WEBVTT 00:00:00.739 --> 00:00:05.759 took on flesh and so that me and you could be 00:00:05.759 --> 00:00:12.519 one with God the Father. How could we in our 00:00:12.519 --> 00:00:16.000 humanity and brokenness share space with such 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:20.519 a holy God other than to be introduced by the 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:24.920 holiest one which is Jesus. So I know he died 00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:29.699 so that me and you could share space with the 00:00:29.699 --> 00:00:33.039 holy god and the creator of the universe and 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:36.600 that we could be be be brought back into union 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:41.380 with what man messed up i know why but the song's 00:00:41.380 --> 00:00:47.420 still here the song's still here but i'll pray 00:00:47.420 --> 00:00:48.979 we'll jump into it y 'all ready to get into the 00:00:48.979 --> 00:00:52.700 word today thank y 'all you know they even got 00:00:52.700 --> 00:00:58.399 the blood on the day the red Father, I gotta 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:00.759 thank you for today, and I just thank you for 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:05.120 this opportunity to come and to minister to your 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:08.299 people. I just thank you for this sweet atmosphere, 00:01:09.180 --> 00:01:12.900 this convergence of generations. This is what 00:01:12.900 --> 00:01:15.200 we believed for, this is what we prayed for, 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:18.340 and I'm thankful, God, to be in this moment with 00:01:18.340 --> 00:01:21.980 both those who have been in the faith and those 00:01:21.980 --> 00:01:23.959 who have just been introduced to the faith and 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:27.349 just sharing. what has been rich for generations. 00:01:27.489 --> 00:01:30.269 Thank you, God, for bringing us together and 00:01:30.269 --> 00:01:34.409 having us here and experience what has been good 00:01:34.409 --> 00:01:38.349 for generations. Thank you for today. Thank you 00:01:38.349 --> 00:01:42.450 for loving us and inviting us into this moment 00:01:42.450 --> 00:01:45.489 with you. As we open up your word, we are asking 00:01:45.489 --> 00:01:48.150 your spirit to guide us to illuminate the text 00:01:48.150 --> 00:01:51.189 and reveal to us what you have for us today. 00:01:51.930 --> 00:01:55.189 We cannot expect to come to you without your 00:01:55.189 --> 00:01:57.629 spirit being the guide and walk away with truth. 00:01:58.069 --> 00:02:00.489 But we pray that today your spirit invade this 00:02:00.489 --> 00:02:03.829 atmosphere, invade this moment, and remind us 00:02:03.829 --> 00:02:07.269 of who we are and what you've done and just the 00:02:07.269 --> 00:02:10.009 precious promises you have for us. And I just 00:02:10.009 --> 00:02:13.949 pray in the mighty name of Jesus that this moment 00:02:13.949 --> 00:02:17.090 be glorifying to you, Father. In your precious 00:02:17.090 --> 00:02:19.629 name, I pray the name above all names y 'all 00:02:19.629 --> 00:02:23.550 say with me jesus. Amen with love on your neighbor 00:02:23.550 --> 00:02:29.009 and Amen y 'all go ahead and turn over to ephesians 00:02:29.009 --> 00:02:38.889 chapter four And um, we we did all of chapter 00:02:38.889 --> 00:02:44.229 three last week, right Y 'all was excited about 00:02:44.229 --> 00:02:46.460 that Hope y 'all excited about that because we're 00:02:46.460 --> 00:02:48.340 gonna do chapter four today. So hey, there you 00:02:48.340 --> 00:02:53.919 go Let's keep the let's keep it going and so 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:58.319 turn me to Ephesians chapter four and and I am 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:02.020 I am grateful for your your hunger and thirst 00:03:02.020 --> 00:03:05.400 for truth, you know, that's how I see it that 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:07.860 um, you have a hunger and thirst for truth and 00:03:08.060 --> 00:03:11.039 So as much as I could say a lot of things, truthfully, 00:03:11.060 --> 00:03:13.639 the most powerful thing that will happen in this 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:16.340 service is what God will say to you as it's happening. 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:19.520 And so as we read the word, my expectation is 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:22.819 for the word to do what I don't even have the 00:03:22.819 --> 00:03:27.580 eloquence to speak. And so I pray you guys don't 00:03:27.580 --> 00:03:30.000 get dull of hearing the word of God being read 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:33.539 to you. Amen. But just to set some context, right, 00:03:34.020 --> 00:03:37.229 that one of the. Awesome things about Ephesians 00:03:37.229 --> 00:03:40.590 chapter four is it actually is a crossover, right? 00:03:40.930 --> 00:03:43.770 there's six books in the in Ephesians and the 00:03:43.770 --> 00:03:47.030 first three actually laying a spiritual foundation 00:03:47.030 --> 00:03:50.669 and Then when we get to four five and six Paul 00:03:50.669 --> 00:03:54.009 gets extremely practical about how we are to 00:03:54.009 --> 00:03:56.949 live what we just learned and so it is important 00:03:56.949 --> 00:03:59.129 that we take everything that we've heard these 00:03:59.129 --> 00:04:01.930 first three chapters and kind of kind of live 00:04:01.930 --> 00:04:05.449 from there right and Understand this that as 00:04:05.449 --> 00:04:08.490 you're hearing this, you know, the truth is designed 00:04:08.490 --> 00:04:12.729 first check this out to to confront before it 00:04:12.729 --> 00:04:16.149 transforms the fruit truth confronts before it 00:04:16.149 --> 00:04:19.189 transformed and so I say that so that you don't 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:21.639 Feel like it's a it's a it's a wrong thing It's 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:23.180 actually the right thing that as we're reading 00:04:23.180 --> 00:04:25.079 the word and you're like man that I don't know 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:28.439 about that That's that's this beginning of transformation 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:31.220 that there's confrontation before this transformation 00:04:31.220 --> 00:04:34.319 y 'all rocking with me And so we're not reading 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:36.920 the word so it just lines up with us We're reading 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:39.100 the word so we can find what's in us. That's 00:04:39.100 --> 00:04:41.279 that doesn't belong there and the word can begin 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:45.040 the transformation of it of it of it No longer 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:50.560 being connected to who we are but the fees and 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:54.660 chapter four just to give you guys some I'm even 00:04:54.660 --> 00:04:57.639 I'm holding on to it, you know, because once 00:04:57.639 --> 00:04:59.600 it's out there it's out there and so I'm hoping 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:01.800 I'm saying enough to say with the title of today's 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:05.800 messages, but it's already gonna hit you So it 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:08.300 might as well just be what it is But when you 00:05:08.300 --> 00:05:10.360 look at a vision chapter four, especially the 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:12.319 lens we'll be looking through today It's saying 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:15.019 something really powerful that I think we all 00:05:15.019 --> 00:05:18.069 need to hear today and it's simply this people 00:05:18.069 --> 00:05:23.230 aren't your problem people aren't your problem 00:05:23.230 --> 00:05:26.750 and i know i'm no different than a lot of you 00:05:26.750 --> 00:05:29.290 guys i probably spend a lot of my day just saying 00:05:29.290 --> 00:05:34.870 to myself it's these it's the people y 'all be 00:05:34.870 --> 00:05:37.829 leaving me all by myself in certain moments but 00:05:37.829 --> 00:05:40.110 it's okay i know it's true a lot of times you 00:05:40.110 --> 00:05:41.790 sit down at the end of day like you know if i 00:05:41.790 --> 00:05:44.269 just have some better people around me Some people 00:05:44.269 --> 00:05:46.769 that would agree with what I see or just you 00:05:46.769 --> 00:05:48.709 know But at the end of the day you come to this 00:05:48.709 --> 00:05:52.110 conclusion that people are the problem but as 00:05:52.110 --> 00:05:55.069 you read Ephesians chapter 4 it challenges us 00:05:55.069 --> 00:05:58.129 because it lets us know that People aren't your 00:05:58.129 --> 00:06:01.189 problem So go ahead look at your neighbor. Let's 00:06:01.189 --> 00:06:02.910 just practice it right y 'all know I love for 00:06:02.910 --> 00:06:07.170 us to practice say it say hey neighbor people 00:06:07.170 --> 00:06:14.509 Aren't your problem? Matter of fact Ephesians 00:06:14.509 --> 00:06:17.790 begins to challenge us to not only stop seeing 00:06:17.790 --> 00:06:21.189 people as the problem But to see people as a 00:06:21.189 --> 00:06:27.990 part a part of what could possibly be Your growth 00:06:27.990 --> 00:06:38.810 And so here we go and Just to kind of put this 00:06:38.810 --> 00:06:41.350 here right Ephesians 6 and 12 tell us where we 00:06:41.350 --> 00:06:45.279 do not wrestle Against flesh and blood but against 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:48.860 principalities and spirits in high places. So 00:06:48.860 --> 00:06:52.860 it always lets us know put this in Context, you 00:06:52.860 --> 00:06:56.319 know when and one of the benefits that this truth 00:06:56.319 --> 00:06:59.680 is giving us is for us to be free from people 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:03.399 Because as long as you believe people can be 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:07.519 your problem. It's hard to be free from people 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:13.060 And so the Bible is trying to get you free but 00:07:13.060 --> 00:07:18.420 it has to address how you see people in the the 00:07:18.420 --> 00:07:20.980 weight you give them to what God is doing in 00:07:20.980 --> 00:07:23.399 your life and and It's wanting to make sure that 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:27.279 you give appropriate rate weight to the relationships 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:30.120 and the people that Surround you y 'all. All 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:36.360 right But a fees is chapter 4 starting in verse 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:40.480 1 it says therefore I'm reading the ESV Says 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:43.620 I therefore a prisoner for the Lord. That's Paul 00:07:43.620 --> 00:07:48.040 talking urge you to walk in a manner Worthy of 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:52.180 the calling to which you have been called and 00:07:52.180 --> 00:07:53.879 right there Just we're gonna pause just to sell 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:57.019 a context right that that that we're even seeing 00:07:57.019 --> 00:08:00.560 Paul Apply that same principle right there. He 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:06.019 says a prisoner for the Lord Paul wasn't mad 00:08:06.019 --> 00:08:11.199 at the people who put the chains on them He's 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:14.920 already taken this condition that many of us 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:21.439 would see as as as as As a challenge and he's 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:25.639 put it in context of who God is once you start 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:28.720 putting things in context of who God is you get 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:31.779 the filter to be able to Live and see things 00:08:31.779 --> 00:08:33.899 the way God wants you to be that's where we're 00:08:33.899 --> 00:08:35.919 last. We just give me a second Y 'all remember 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:39.080 just give me a second so I can I can put this 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:44.200 in the context of of who God is And so he says 00:08:44.200 --> 00:08:46.419 prison floor. I urge you what to walk in a manner 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:49.759 Worthy of the calling to which you have been 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:52.379 called and so just to do some some fine -tuning 00:08:52.379 --> 00:08:55.019 right there When he says walk in a manner he's 00:08:55.019 --> 00:08:59.399 speaking of us Living a life of faith when he's 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:01.620 speaking a walk they talk about walking and they 00:09:01.620 --> 00:09:04.179 mirror walking to living And so while he's saying 00:09:04.179 --> 00:09:06.580 I want this is the way that you should be living 00:09:06.580 --> 00:09:11.399 say hey neighbor You should be living Worthy 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:18.019 of the calling Now we get here that calling that 00:09:18.019 --> 00:09:20.360 Paul begins to break down as we go through Ephesians 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:24.580 chapter 4 isn't talking about Like, you know 00:09:24.580 --> 00:09:27.360 a lot of times we think about my calling my calling 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:30.620 what what Paul is referring to is the called 00:09:30.789 --> 00:09:34.889 The call that if you responded to Jesus and said 00:09:34.889 --> 00:09:39.210 yes to his calling you are now the called and 00:09:39.210 --> 00:09:42.350 So he's speaking to every born -again believer 00:09:42.350 --> 00:09:46.389 that if you said yes to Jesus you answered his 00:09:46.389 --> 00:09:50.009 call and now you are what church Boy, y 'all 00:09:50.009 --> 00:09:54.350 are good. Y 'all are sharp You are the calling 00:09:54.350 --> 00:09:59.549 him say hey neighbor you are the called and so 00:09:59.549 --> 00:10:01.919 he's saying, you know Understand that you may 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:07.019 have individual gifts But as the call there's 00:10:07.019 --> 00:10:10.200 a way we should walk That as a person who was 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:12.440 snatched out of darkness into God's marvelous 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:15.440 light that you were called into the kingdom There 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:19.039 is a generalized way in which you should be living 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:22.980 Right. There may be nuances based upon your your 00:10:22.980 --> 00:10:25.820 personal gifts and within it but as the call 00:10:25.820 --> 00:10:30.259 look you say hey neighbor as the called There's 00:10:30.259 --> 00:10:33.259 a universal way that oh y 'all gotta say all 00:10:33.259 --> 00:10:37.679 that When I pause it's supposed to be a break 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:40.200 -in I thought I went over this before y 'all 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:42.120 remember this a few weeks ago. I said hey when 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:46.340 I pause this I'm giving space to disconnect the 00:10:46.340 --> 00:10:54.379 repeating If Paul is saying this because he doesn't 00:10:54.379 --> 00:10:56.820 want anybody here what else is about to be said 00:10:56.820 --> 00:11:01.070 to say that ain't me And so that's really why 00:11:01.070 --> 00:11:03.950 that's there that none of us can escape the truth 00:11:03.950 --> 00:11:09.110 that's coming So verse 32 he says with all humility 00:11:09.110 --> 00:11:13.049 and gentleness and patience Bearing with one 00:11:13.049 --> 00:11:18.669 another in love eager to maintain the unity of 00:11:18.669 --> 00:11:23.929 the spirit in the bond of peace so Paul begins 00:11:23.929 --> 00:11:26.889 to say that there are virtues attitudes that 00:11:26.889 --> 00:11:30.990 as the call We should be walking in three of 00:11:30.990 --> 00:11:36.309 them are witches humility gentleness and patience 00:11:36.309 --> 00:11:40.529 He also asked us ask us there to bear one another 00:11:40.529 --> 00:11:44.769 in love Eager check this out. This is the key 00:11:44.769 --> 00:11:49.909 to this eager to what church? Maintain the unity 00:11:49.909 --> 00:11:53.929 of the spirit in the bond of peace. This is where 00:11:53.929 --> 00:11:57.840 revelations first starts to hit us Paul doesn't 00:11:57.840 --> 00:12:01.940 say to obtain unity He says to maintain unity 00:12:01.940 --> 00:12:04.659 and this right here gets me so excited when you 00:12:04.659 --> 00:12:07.860 realize that Me and you don't have the assignment 00:12:07.860 --> 00:12:10.779 of obtaining unity with one another. We actually 00:12:10.779 --> 00:12:14.639 have the assignment of maintaining unity I'm 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:17.320 gonna say it again that we don't have to wear 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:21.740 the weight of trying to bring us together That 00:12:21.740 --> 00:12:24.179 if you're thinking how can I bring us together? 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:28.360 You've already missed the revelation The revelation 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:32.820 is we are already Together the question is how 00:12:32.820 --> 00:12:37.860 do we maintain? That unity you've obtained unity 00:12:37.860 --> 00:12:41.179 That's so good because I know as we think down 00:12:41.179 --> 00:12:43.519 our family trees all we can see is the vision 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:48.000 But we have to realize that in Christ You are 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:51.720 all you've obtained unity that if you want to 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:54.940 bring your family together Introduce your family 00:12:54.940 --> 00:13:03.159 to Jesus Jesus has obtained Unity for us one 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:06.039 of the incredible benefits about being a born 00:13:06.039 --> 00:13:10.039 -again believer is we don't have to fight to 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:14.779 get Unity we have to maintain the unity we've 00:13:14.779 --> 00:13:17.860 been given That's why we have this body that 00:13:17.860 --> 00:13:20.179 we live in and we are all parts in particular 00:13:20.179 --> 00:13:24.179 But we have to maintain what we've obtained but 00:13:24.179 --> 00:13:27.019 you don't have to strive for unity You don't 00:13:27.019 --> 00:13:30.279 have to strain for unity. You don't have to fight 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:32.940 for unity You just have to remind people they 00:13:32.940 --> 00:13:36.100 need to maintain what they've obtained We are 00:13:36.100 --> 00:13:38.799 one look at your neighbor. Say hey neighbor We 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:57.100 are one We want But of course, that word maintain 00:13:57.100 --> 00:14:02.539 now carries new weight. Because if I don't have 00:14:02.539 --> 00:14:09.879 the burden of creating unity, that means I do 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:14.059 have the responsibility of maintaining what I 00:14:14.059 --> 00:14:18.139 obtain. Someone else already did the hard work, 00:14:18.220 --> 00:14:25.860 but now must Maintain what was obtained Right, 00:14:26.179 --> 00:14:28.080 it's like somebody gives you a house that's paid 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:33.139 for you still have taxes and so you have to maintain 00:14:33.139 --> 00:14:37.759 what someone else obtained for you your house, 00:14:37.940 --> 00:14:40.460 but did you pay the taxes because if you don't 00:14:40.460 --> 00:14:45.279 pay the taxes you can Lose what was obtained 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:50.059 but check this out maintenance is always a fraction 00:14:50.059 --> 00:14:54.480 of what it takes to obtain and So if we had to 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:57.460 ask Jesus to do one thing for us, I would say 00:14:57.460 --> 00:15:02.059 do the work of obtaining the unity We can handle 00:15:02.059 --> 00:15:06.100 the maintaining say hey neighbor Let's handle 00:15:06.100 --> 00:15:12.159 the maintaining And he uses these three virtues 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:16.720 these three attitudes he says humility gentleness 00:15:17.129 --> 00:15:23.289 patience that those three virtues and the prioritization 00:15:23.289 --> 00:15:28.549 of those three virtues and Attitudes is how you 00:15:28.549 --> 00:15:33.909 maintain what you've obtained What does that 00:15:33.909 --> 00:15:36.769 let me know that lets me know that unity begins 00:15:36.769 --> 00:15:44.110 to break down When pride shows up Because pride 00:15:44.110 --> 00:15:50.210 is the opposing attitude humility It lets me 00:15:50.210 --> 00:15:53.169 know that when aggression shows up division can 00:15:53.169 --> 00:15:57.429 show up because Aggression is the opposing attitude 00:15:57.429 --> 00:16:01.850 to gentleness It lets me know that when I become 00:16:01.850 --> 00:16:06.269 impatient that Impatient is a force that breaks 00:16:06.269 --> 00:16:14.110 what was obtained Y 'all alright And so he's 00:16:14.110 --> 00:16:20.149 saying hey listen we stay Maintaining what we've 00:16:20.149 --> 00:16:26.009 obtained when we continue to develop in humility 00:16:26.009 --> 00:16:31.330 Have a gentle attitude and practice patience 00:16:31.330 --> 00:16:39.250 What you'll also see here This is bearing with 00:16:39.250 --> 00:16:49.649 one another in in in love Love and I love this 00:16:49.649 --> 00:16:53.690 because look at him say hey, you're been in love 00:16:53.690 --> 00:17:07.250 with somebody If you ever been in love I Mean 00:17:07.250 --> 00:17:10.069 I'm talking about that good love You mean you 00:17:10.069 --> 00:17:13.549 know, it's an it's an atmosphere That it's not 00:17:13.549 --> 00:17:19.180 just an action It's an atmosphere That that love 00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:22.400 in its greatest expression isn't an act. It's 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:27.240 an atmosphere That that that you created a safe 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:32.960 space for me to exist That that that in love 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:37.160 means that there is an atmosphere that is cultivated 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:42.779 for unity to permeate So Paul's not asking us 00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:47.440 to do of love he's saying cultivate an atmosphere 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:57.319 of love say hey neighbor you was caught up because 00:17:57.319 --> 00:18:00.960 it wasn't just what they was doing it was the 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:06.559 air you was breathing they had you in an atmosphere 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:13.910 you was just every time I turn around love I 00:18:13.910 --> 00:18:19.450 mean I'm in love and But why am I saying this 00:18:19.450 --> 00:18:22.890 because if we are to maintain we have to realize 00:18:22.890 --> 00:18:25.910 we are maintaining an atmosphere not just acts 00:18:25.910 --> 00:18:29.690 He's not asking us to just do things different. 00:18:29.789 --> 00:18:33.769 He's asking us to maintain our worlds differently 00:18:33.769 --> 00:18:44.200 He's telling us to allow humility be what they 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:49.440 breathe allow gentleness to be what they breathe 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:54.960 allow patience to be what they breathe not I 00:18:54.960 --> 00:19:00.480 was patient with you that's interesting that 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:06.460 sounds more like an act than an atmosphere and 00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:08.740 so when we talk about maintaining he's saying 00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:16.640 make this the atmosphere say hey neighbor Let 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:22.200 patience be the atmosphere. Let gentleness be 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:27.279 the atmosphere. Let humility be the atmosphere. 00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:33.599 Don't stop at the act. Let it be the atmosphere. 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:40.200 Woo! Some of y 'all already got a playlist for 00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:42.319 it, Pastor. I got the perfect song. I'm going 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:44.180 to put it on as soon as I get home. I'm going 00:19:44.180 --> 00:20:02.880 to just... Let it let it permeate Verse 4 he 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:10.859 says There is one body and one spirit just as 00:20:10.859 --> 00:20:16.619 you were called to one hope that belongs to who's 00:20:16.619 --> 00:20:22.180 called Your call there is one Lord one faith 00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:28.059 one baptism one God and one father of all who 00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:34.380 is over all and through all and in all right, 00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:41.740 and so we see this one one one one one and Paul 00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:46.190 is highlighting us to us What are our unifying 00:20:46.190 --> 00:20:51.470 characteristics? He's not just saying things 00:20:51.470 --> 00:20:54.869 randomly He's actually giving the manuscript 00:20:54.869 --> 00:21:00.369 by which we are united the one thing that we 00:21:00.369 --> 00:21:05.470 should see the same is There's only one spirit 00:21:05.470 --> 00:21:11.569 That's the spirit of god That there is one lord 00:21:11.569 --> 00:21:16.970 his name is jesus There is one faith There's 00:21:16.970 --> 00:21:20.490 one baptism. We all been baptized there is one 00:21:20.490 --> 00:21:25.230 God and in a father of us all who is overall 00:21:25.230 --> 00:21:29.029 and in all and What is he also letting us to 00:21:29.029 --> 00:21:31.369 know and this is the part that we want to be 00:21:31.369 --> 00:21:36.930 clear about that If there's going to be division 00:21:36.930 --> 00:21:45.000 it's because we don't unify in the ones Because 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:48.799 there are now we got to sit this on what we've 00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:51.559 been learning so far. There are people who aren't 00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:56.559 what? spiritually alive and Because they're not 00:21:56.559 --> 00:22:00.559 spiritually alive. They are dead to what God 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:05.000 is doing and When someone is dead to what God 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:08.079 is doing that means they're also not alive to 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:12.839 that spirit of unity This is important for you 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:17.000 to hear too Because we have to understand salvation 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:20.660 is a critical act because it starts the process 00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:27.440 of unity Without Christ we cannot be unified 00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:31.240 Without Christ we don't have the strength and 00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:34.339 the power to see the same things the same way 00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:37.779 We can't even start talking about one faith and 00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:41.200 one Lord and in one spirit because we haven't 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:49.220 been baptized by one Jesus This helps us because 00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:52.759 oftentimes we're fighting for unity in places. 00:22:52.759 --> 00:23:00.099 It will never develop And you can find yourself 00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:04.420 straining and striving and fighting and Struggling 00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:09.240 and throwing away all your peace Trying to obtain 00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:12.079 trying to obtain what we've only been called 00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:16.819 to maintain We haven't been called to obtain 00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:21.180 unity We've been called to maintain a unity that 00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:25.099 exists in Christ So until you're in Christ, there's 00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:27.920 no point in me fighting for what you don't have 00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:32.279 these eyes to even see Y 'all rocking with me 00:23:42.399 --> 00:23:46.420 So this is my first like, you know is us in our 00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:48.019 little truth questions. I have reason to praise 00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:50.400 right? I'm gonna see if y 'all see this is a 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:54.460 reason to praise y 'all may or may not But Christ 00:23:54.460 --> 00:24:03.900 makes unity possible So reason the praise Christ 00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:13.259 makes unity possible that man And I was really, 00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:18.119 really just thinking about this. And I believe 00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:26.240 anybody that has experienced moments of success 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:29.220 or achievement, I believe they can bear witness 00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:33.400 to it, is that you realize success and achievement 00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:41.539 without community doesn't bring wholeness. Success 00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:46.420 and achievement without community doesn't bring 00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:55.000 wholeness Y 'all don't like that I'm trying to 00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:56.420 figure out which party you was arguing with it 00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:59.960 your flesh and just it's just making its way 00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:08.920 That Success and achievement without community 00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:13.220 will not result in wholeness. You will achieve 00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:16.859 the thing. You will get the thing. You will have 00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:20.180 the thing, but wholeness won't be present until 00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:22.460 you're sharing it with who God called you to 00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:26.299 be with. There will always feel like there's 00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:32.940 this piece missing. Like it was good, but then 00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:41.900 there's that asterisk. And so when we're hearing 00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:46.940 this It's not just about having people around 00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:50.279 you. It's about you experiencing wholeness in 00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:57.160 life That as believers when he says you were 00:25:57.160 --> 00:26:00.900 called to one body He's also letting you know 00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:05.799 that unity is a part of how you now find peace 00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:10.299 That it's actually hard Sleep well when I'm at 00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:12.539 odds with those I'm supposed to have peace with 00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:17.319 That it's actually extremely difficult for me 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:19.720 to call the day good when I've been arguing with 00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:23.819 people I love That it's it's it's a it's a difficult 00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:27.779 thing It's like I can be where I'm at and bills 00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:31.359 paid house paid for but if I'm yelling at the 00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:33.160 people I'm supposed to be dwelling here with 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:38.509 there's no wholeness so Paul is trying to get 00:26:38.509 --> 00:26:42.450 us to expand from our carnal way of thinking 00:26:42.450 --> 00:26:46.569 because many of us have spent our whole lives 00:26:46.569 --> 00:26:49.609 trying to isolate ourselves because we determined 00:26:49.609 --> 00:26:53.250 that people are the problem and the less people 00:26:53.250 --> 00:26:57.170 that's around me the more peace I have and you 00:26:57.170 --> 00:26:59.490 can have temporary peace but if you're looking 00:26:59.490 --> 00:27:06.089 for permanent wholeness Y 'all ain't got to tell 00:27:06.089 --> 00:27:09.650 me I've been there before I've been on the beach 00:27:09.650 --> 00:27:14.230 Watching the waves Under read all the little 00:27:14.230 --> 00:27:17.130 descriptions right now. You should feel at peace 00:27:17.130 --> 00:27:21.490 and all I can think about is I Just don't understand 00:27:21.490 --> 00:27:25.349 why they feel like that You ever broke up somebody's 00:27:25.349 --> 00:27:27.849 moment you was in paradise and you ain't want 00:27:27.849 --> 00:27:30.210 to break it up But you just couldn't shake it. 00:27:30.210 --> 00:27:32.569 So you're like hey, you think they still mad 00:27:32.569 --> 00:27:36.380 at me Wow Talk about that out here right now 00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:42.519 You know, but what am I saying? That in grain 00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:45.480 in me in you deep I should say stronger than 00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:49.519 that Deposited in me in you by way of the spirit 00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:53.400 living in us is a desire to be unified with the 00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:59.440 people God has called us to That you could have 00:27:59.549 --> 00:28:02.769 hated people before you met christ you meet jesus 00:28:02.769 --> 00:28:06.049 you now are starting to develop a love for people 00:28:06.049 --> 00:28:08.829 a compassion for people that you want to see 00:28:08.829 --> 00:28:13.210 those who are estranged Those who are far away 00:28:13.210 --> 00:28:17.269 being brought near to what you are experiencing 00:28:17.269 --> 00:28:20.410 the love that you have i'm saying this because 00:28:20.410 --> 00:28:23.680 we shouldn't give up on unity we just need to 00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:27.559 appropriate how we maintain unity now now understand 00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:30.119 that Christ is going to bring it together Christ 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:34.359 is the unifier praise be to God that I don't 00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:38.059 have the responsibility of creating unity I just 00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:41.720 have the obligation to maintain what Christ has 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:45.119 obtained so when Christ brings it together I 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:58.519 know the part I'm supposed to be playing Y 'all 00:28:58.519 --> 00:29:01.880 alright, there is no way I don't think we're 00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:07.200 gonna make it What is he saying he's saying our 00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:12.119 unity isn't based on similarity is based on a 00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:18.519 shared identity in Christ Our unity isn't based 00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:23.440 on similarity is based on a shared identity in 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:28.569 Christ We are one because we have a single belief 00:29:28.569 --> 00:29:32.789 system as it refers to who we are in Christ So 00:29:32.789 --> 00:29:37.690 we are unified in Christ. We are unified in his 00:29:37.690 --> 00:29:47.589 Identity. We are very different people We don't 00:29:47.589 --> 00:29:59.430 need sameness we need alignment What are you 00:29:59.430 --> 00:30:01.769 saying like Christianity is not about finding 00:30:01.769 --> 00:30:04.029 people who you will finally agree with everything 00:30:04.029 --> 00:30:10.650 upon It doesn't mean that we all agree on everything 00:30:10.650 --> 00:30:19.890 but we all believe in one unifying Jesus And 00:30:19.890 --> 00:30:25.849 as long as you are pursuing him I am pursuing 00:30:25.849 --> 00:30:29.740 him It's impossible for us to develop division 00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:41.019 in route You you maintain I Maintain and we continue 00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:47.579 to enjoy what he obtained My father say like 00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:52.779 this like it's it's not a kingdom issue The truth 00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:54.680 is if it's not a kingdom issue it shouldn't be 00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:57.670 a division issue Well, what are the kingdom issues 00:30:57.670 --> 00:31:04.710 one Lord? one God one spirit one baptism one 00:31:04.710 --> 00:31:08.190 faith soon as you start talking about many spirits 00:31:08.190 --> 00:31:12.789 that spooky spirits and you got too many gods 00:31:12.789 --> 00:31:17.630 and What is who is Jesus to you is he the Savior 00:31:17.630 --> 00:31:20.869 and the Redeemer of your soul or historical figure 00:31:20.869 --> 00:31:24.130 that you consider sometimes Because if you consider 00:31:24.130 --> 00:31:27.009 him a historical figure not the savior of your 00:31:27.009 --> 00:31:29.710 soul. Well, my friend we have an actual kingdom 00:31:29.710 --> 00:31:44.690 issue Anything other than that Jesus has obtained 00:31:44.690 --> 00:31:51.269 our unity He said but grace was given to each 00:31:51.269 --> 00:31:53.680 one of us According to the measure of Christ 00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:56.779 gives therefore it says when he ascended on high 00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:59.940 He led a host of captives and he gave gifts to 00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:02.779 men and saying he ascended What does that mean? 00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:05.720 But that he had also descended into the lower 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:10.000 regions the earth he who descend is one who ascends 00:32:10.109 --> 00:32:13.490 far above all the heavens that he might fill 00:32:13.490 --> 00:32:17.049 all things and he gave the apostles the prophets 00:32:17.049 --> 00:32:20.390 the evangelists the shepherds and teachers to 00:32:20.390 --> 00:32:23.049 equip the saints for the work of ministry for 00:32:23.049 --> 00:32:27.430 building up the body of christ until we all attained 00:32:27.430 --> 00:32:31.069 the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of 00:32:31.069 --> 00:32:34.869 the son of god to mature manhood to the measure 00:32:34.869 --> 00:32:39.170 of the stature of the fullness of christ So that 00:32:39.170 --> 00:32:46.549 we may no longer be children Tossed to and fro 00:32:46.549 --> 00:32:50.630 by the waves and carried about by every wind 00:32:50.630 --> 00:32:54.890 of doctrine by human cunning by craftiness and 00:32:54.890 --> 00:32:59.789 deceitful schemes This is so good. So right and 00:32:59.789 --> 00:33:02.609 so now we are getting that new life say hey new 00:33:02.609 --> 00:33:08.079 life neighbor the new life why it is prioritized 00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:12.240 to Maintain what Jesus has obtained that Paul 00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:16.539 is making it clear. It is Difficult impossible 00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:23.619 for me and you to mature without each other What 00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:26.240 are you saying that you can develop in isolation, 00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:30.859 but you only can mature in community so we need 00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:33.859 one another. There's a there's a why to why the 00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:36.779 maintaining is important because you will remain 00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:44.099 immature in isolation. If you are going to mature 00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:47.900 into this body mature and to Christ has called 00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:51.759 you into you have to Maintain what he is obtained 00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:55.240 which is the unity of the body that as much as 00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:58.380 you want to do your own thing Doing your own 00:33:58.380 --> 00:34:05.819 thing will result in an immature you That's what 00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:09.139 they say people aren't your problem their opportunity 00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:13.809 to grow It's hard to be patient without a who 00:34:13.809 --> 00:34:19.829 to be patient with. It's hard to develop humility 00:34:19.829 --> 00:34:23.570 without me having to find somebody not to be 00:34:23.570 --> 00:34:29.630 prideful. You think you know everything. I was 00:34:29.630 --> 00:34:32.210 thinking the other day, man, it be getting too 00:34:32.210 --> 00:34:35.969 real sometimes. Where he at? Is he in here? Is 00:34:35.969 --> 00:34:38.570 he listening? If somebody around my nephew Gregory 00:34:38.570 --> 00:34:41.809 tell him not to listen to this. Was talking to 00:34:41.809 --> 00:34:46.449 this man the other day I Had to flip my script 00:34:46.449 --> 00:34:50.389 I Was like maybe he's here so I can exercise 00:34:50.389 --> 00:34:54.889 humility This brother think he know everything 00:34:54.889 --> 00:35:05.449 And I'm fighting to maintain what Jesus is obtained 00:35:05.449 --> 00:35:16.420 because all I'm thinking is Ain't even nothing 00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:25.619 what neff Neff hear me and hear me clearly But 00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:33.860 then I was thinking or maybe God is helping me 00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:47.099 To walk in humility And and maybe Patience isn't 00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:50.639 an act in this moment. It's an atmosphere that 00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:55.900 needs to be cultivated Because I can say well 00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:58.559 I gave him plenty times to get it right Well, 00:35:58.559 --> 00:36:00.860 that means patience is an act not an atmosphere 00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:05.659 if it has a if it has a limitation on usage It's 00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:09.059 an act if it's an atmosphere. It's indispensable 00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:18.860 Lord help me help me just maintain what you've 00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:23.380 obtained Can we say that together I? Just felt 00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:25.559 the spirit of God on that like y 'all just same 00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:31.360 say Lord Help me to maintain What you've obtained? 00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:43.599 Help me to grow from acts to atmosphere I Just 00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:47.849 don't want to do Patient acts I want to be a 00:36:47.849 --> 00:36:57.090 patient person I Don't want to just act to have 00:36:57.090 --> 00:37:00.309 acts of humility. I want to walk in humility. 00:37:01.250 --> 00:37:05.170 I Want when I show up humility cultivates the 00:37:05.170 --> 00:37:09.349 atmosphere? Like like everything star now pride 00:37:09.349 --> 00:37:13.610 begins to crumble because I've shown up as the 00:37:13.690 --> 00:37:16.929 atmosphere of humility. I'm not just thinking 00:37:16.929 --> 00:37:19.110 about what I'm doing. I'm thinking about how 00:37:19.110 --> 00:37:22.329 I can cultivate an atmosphere that responds to 00:37:22.329 --> 00:37:25.469 what God is doing. Y 'all hear what I'm saying. 00:37:27.570 --> 00:37:30.710 God, just give me the strength to maintain what 00:37:30.710 --> 00:37:34.369 you've obtained. You create, you died so that 00:37:34.369 --> 00:37:37.670 we could have one God. We can have one faith. 00:37:37.849 --> 00:37:42.599 We can have one Lord. Baptism you aligned us 00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:46.260 at all the major things. Let me not put down 00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:49.539 our Discredit the minor things that keep the 00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:54.940 atmosphere good You obtain the foundation for 00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:58.840 unity by giving us one Lord by giving us one 00:37:58.840 --> 00:38:02.960 God by giving us one Spirit by giving us one 00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:06.300 faith you did the grunt work so let me just do 00:38:06.300 --> 00:38:09.429 let me just do you know just the I was thinking 00:38:09.429 --> 00:38:12.250 elves because Christmas factory and the elves 00:38:12.250 --> 00:38:18.849 work with Santa I Was telling somebody the other 00:38:18.849 --> 00:38:21.190 day there they always says where do you get the 00:38:21.190 --> 00:38:23.610 examples from us? I don't write down the examples. 00:38:24.309 --> 00:38:27.110 I Just let the Holy Spirit do it every once in 00:38:27.110 --> 00:38:28.989 a while one of those comes out And that's that's 00:38:28.989 --> 00:38:31.309 the result of not having written them down. I 00:38:31.309 --> 00:38:34.869 was thinking How can I make this plain? You know 00:38:34.869 --> 00:38:39.550 Santa he got elves But he needs the elves to 00:38:39.550 --> 00:38:43.989 maintain, you know anyway I'll bring it back 00:38:43.989 --> 00:38:47.050 in November. See if the season won't let it hit 00:38:47.050 --> 00:38:51.389 better. I don't knows Somewhere like he called 00:38:51.389 --> 00:38:53.309 us else I didn't call you don't mean your elves, 00:38:53.309 --> 00:38:59.309 but I Don't know I'll leave it alone second service. 00:38:59.309 --> 00:39:00.929 I'll have something better for y 'all. I'm telling 00:39:00.929 --> 00:39:06.619 you I'm telling you But he's saying right that 00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:09.639 you have these these check this out now if you're 00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:11.960 reading that list You'll also notice that there's 00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:13.719 a there's a there's a there's a there's a there's 00:39:13.719 --> 00:39:15.719 a gift not on that list That gift is the gift 00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:18.679 of a deacon deacons are on that list on that 00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:24.239 list is actually the teaching gifts And on that 00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:27.300 list he's letting us know which course goes Man, 00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:29.420 it's just just rips up all of the cultural things 00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:31.519 that people say today But unless you know right 00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:34.699 that you can without a doubt you can Develop 00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:36.960 in private and that's what I was even talking 00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:39.139 about last week that some of y 'all need to get 00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:44.880 away You need to get spend a lot of time with 00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:50.179 Jesus so that you can develop develop so that 00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:54.440 when you get into This unity this community you 00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:56.860 are now just maintaining what you have clear 00:39:56.860 --> 00:40:03.059 sight of a Lot of times it's hard for us to maintain 00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:07.079 because everyone's in this community unassigned 00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:11.519 And so he says there's teachers there's there's 00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:14.860 prophets there's a villain evangelist that there's 00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:27.429 gifts within the body Say hey neighbor, it's 00:40:27.429 --> 00:40:34.010 difficult to maintain what you haven't been assigned 00:40:34.010 --> 00:40:40.869 Right that in that community as we're there that 00:40:40.869 --> 00:40:43.590 that everyone has this role that they play and 00:40:43.590 --> 00:40:48.610 they have this thing that they're bringing But 00:40:48.610 --> 00:40:51.349 I also find it I do I do I do because if you 00:40:51.349 --> 00:40:57.559 know a deacon is responsible for maintaining 00:40:57.559 --> 00:41:03.579 the house And I do I find it just all striking 00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:07.820 striking that a deacon isn't on this list Which 00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:10.460 leads me to believe that when Paul is speaking 00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:13.840 of that unity of the body that we are all called 00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:19.679 to maintain That in this context no one is above 00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:22.480 the maintenance and no one has a different assignment 00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:25.429 We all should be opening doors at the house Is 00:41:25.429 --> 00:41:28.070 what i'm saying we all should be picking up groceries 00:41:28.070 --> 00:41:31.010 and we all should be cleaning stuff up And we 00:41:31.010 --> 00:41:33.949 all should be making sure it's not a wreck when 00:41:33.949 --> 00:41:44.670 Boy ain't nothing worse than coming over to somebody 00:41:44.670 --> 00:41:46.230 house and it's dirty and they trying to say well, 00:41:46.230 --> 00:41:54.449 it's not my week Well, is it your house? What 00:41:54.449 --> 00:41:58.630 are you doing to maintain? What was obtained? 00:41:58.989 --> 00:42:01.090 You know, sometimes I'd be thinking y 'all be 00:42:01.090 --> 00:42:02.849 getting so spiritually deep. I got to bring this 00:42:02.849 --> 00:42:07.510 thing right on back Just bring it right on back 00:42:07.510 --> 00:42:12.670 it ain't my week That sounds like an act not 00:42:12.670 --> 00:42:16.050 an atmosphere are we trying to maintain cleanliness 00:42:16.050 --> 00:42:18.389 are we the folks only clean up when people come 00:42:18.389 --> 00:42:28.440 in I'm gonna look down on that way Boy, I took 00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:31.260 all time boy ain't no house cleaner than the 00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:34.679 day the hours before people come over But ain't 00:42:34.679 --> 00:42:37.059 no house as dirty as the the moments after they 00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:40.780 leave It's like you will clean every little jot 00:42:40.780 --> 00:42:43.480 and tittle for destruction to take place But 00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:46.219 then live in something that's not reflective 00:42:46.219 --> 00:43:05.969 of what you've obtained Man He says rather speaking 00:43:05.969 --> 00:43:11.949 the truth in love. We all grow Up in every way 00:43:11.949 --> 00:43:15.150 and to him who is the head into Christ from whom 00:43:15.150 --> 00:43:18.369 the whole body joined and held together By every 00:43:18.369 --> 00:43:21.429 joint with his equip when each part is working 00:43:21.429 --> 00:43:25.789 properly If you happen to be here with your family 00:43:25.789 --> 00:43:27.269 or some of your family are they across the room 00:43:27.269 --> 00:43:30.849 just make eye contact with some family Hey mama 00:43:32.579 --> 00:43:37.559 When each part is functioning properly it makes 00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:46.800 the body grow Makes the body grow And that is 00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:50.780 what's so awesome about Spiritual family what 00:43:50.780 --> 00:43:54.300 you come to find out is that um, it's not here 00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:57.019 We'll get to it as we keep reading but I know 00:43:57.019 --> 00:44:00.820 it it fits best right here is that many people 00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:06.650 come to christ with broken families and it is 00:44:06.650 --> 00:44:10.869 the assignment of the church to step in as spiritual 00:44:10.869 --> 00:44:14.530 family for the broken places so that we can all 00:44:14.530 --> 00:44:17.690 be a functioning body that many of the things 00:44:17.690 --> 00:44:20.590 that we hear are actually not out of context 00:44:20.590 --> 00:44:24.530 that they are actually spiritually good and what 00:44:24.530 --> 00:44:27.110 god wants to see that you know i don't know i 00:44:27.110 --> 00:44:29.329 think amber thinks she has like 30 uncles now 00:44:29.329 --> 00:44:33.769 you know She calls everybody in a certain age 00:44:33.769 --> 00:44:37.789 bracket her uncle, you know and auntie and she 00:44:37.789 --> 00:44:42.590 just runs around and she got many different Family 00:44:42.590 --> 00:44:45.550 members that aren't blood but we are all on the 00:44:45.550 --> 00:44:50.590 same foundation and So although we are not bound 00:44:50.590 --> 00:44:53.949 by last name we are bound I ain't gonna do it. 00:44:53.949 --> 00:45:02.380 It's right there his name Paul wants to know 00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:07.820 that it's good because it's how we grow It's 00:45:07.820 --> 00:45:13.760 how we mature I Love this he says so that you 00:45:13.760 --> 00:45:18.800 don't become tossed to and fro from every wind 00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:24.920 and wave of doctrine Because truth is sometimes 00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:28.519 you need someone who loves you enough to challenge 00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:34.190 your version of reality Sometimes you need someone 00:45:34.190 --> 00:45:38.530 who loves you enough to challenge your version 00:45:38.530 --> 00:45:49.469 of reality That many believers become agitated 00:45:49.469 --> 00:45:53.710 by the assignment of the body to mature them 00:45:53.710 --> 00:45:57.510 into who they are and So they take that agitation 00:45:57.510 --> 00:46:04.750 and they move to isolation Don't want nobody 00:46:04.750 --> 00:46:08.050 to say that to me and I don't want Nobody who 00:46:08.050 --> 00:46:11.570 are they and who is he and who are you and who 00:46:11.570 --> 00:46:15.150 are us? And just all the things that try to dismantle 00:46:15.150 --> 00:46:19.909 that it was truth that was shared And every once 00:46:19.909 --> 00:46:22.789 in a while you need somebody to challenge your 00:46:22.789 --> 00:46:26.110 version of reality You do know you have your 00:46:26.110 --> 00:46:28.329 version of what's happening in your life and 00:46:28.329 --> 00:46:36.800 it might not be accurate You have aversion Here's 00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:40.820 the truth. It may not be accurate Well, how do 00:46:40.820 --> 00:46:43.559 I not get tossed to and fro by every wave winner 00:46:43.559 --> 00:46:46.199 doctrine? You have people who will tell you what 00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:54.659 you just said ain't it? Lot of times people couldn't 00:46:54.659 --> 00:46:56.239 means like that's what God told me I said, is 00:46:56.239 --> 00:46:59.480 that all he said? Please tell me it's more because 00:46:59.480 --> 00:47:03.340 if this is what we got to work with We got we 00:47:03.340 --> 00:47:07.099 got one God and one baptism and one spirit and 00:47:07.099 --> 00:47:08.980 one faith And it don't sound like what you said 00:47:08.980 --> 00:47:15.420 came from any of them ones. I know What do you 00:47:15.420 --> 00:47:17.840 say it faster Brian that it helps right it helps 00:47:17.840 --> 00:47:20.800 our feelings not become facts and Help us not 00:47:20.800 --> 00:47:23.199 take assumptions and make them into convictions. 00:47:23.260 --> 00:47:26.619 It's not preferences become doctrines It doesn't 00:47:26.619 --> 00:47:29.559 let our wounds become lenses like girl I know 00:47:29.559 --> 00:47:31.579 it hurt but you can't live life through what 00:47:31.579 --> 00:47:33.840 happened to you. Who is that talking to you? 00:47:33.840 --> 00:47:36.260 That's someone who understands the faith the 00:47:36.260 --> 00:47:40.159 baptism the spirit the calling and what God can 00:47:40.159 --> 00:47:50.699 do Y 'all rock you with me Let's rock oh But 00:47:50.699 --> 00:47:53.039 Paul begins to speak about love he says love 00:47:53.039 --> 00:47:58.840 it tells the truth love bills and What else does 00:47:58.840 --> 00:48:05.760 love do? Give me a second It's up here Love bears 00:48:05.760 --> 00:48:26.460 with people Y 'all doing all right Let's keep 00:48:26.460 --> 00:48:29.980 going. I think we can do this. We can look at 00:48:29.980 --> 00:48:36.900 him say yes, we can He says now this I say and 00:48:36.900 --> 00:48:39.260 testify in the Lord that you must no longer walk 00:48:39.260 --> 00:48:42.179 as the Gentiles do and the futility of their 00:48:42.179 --> 00:48:45.820 minds they are darken in their understanding 00:48:45.820 --> 00:48:49.369 alienated from the life of God because of Ignorance 00:48:49.369 --> 00:48:52.389 that is in them due to their hardness of heart 00:48:52.389 --> 00:48:55.030 They have become callous and have given themselves 00:48:55.030 --> 00:48:58.230 up to sensuality greedy and practice every kind 00:48:58.230 --> 00:49:01.130 of impurity But that is not the way you learned 00:49:01.130 --> 00:49:04.429 Christ Assuming that you have heard about him 00:49:04.429 --> 00:49:07.650 and were taught in him as the truth is in Jesus 00:49:07.650 --> 00:49:10.590 to put off your old self Which belongs to your 00:49:10.590 --> 00:49:12.889 former manner of life which is corrupt through 00:49:12.889 --> 00:49:15.670 deceitful desires and to be renewed look at their 00:49:15.670 --> 00:49:20.019 say hey neighbor be renewed The spirit of your 00:49:20.019 --> 00:49:23.820 mind and to put on this new self created after 00:49:23.820 --> 00:49:35.760 the like I didn't pause And to put on this new 00:49:35.760 --> 00:49:39.380 self Created after the likeness of God and the 00:49:39.380 --> 00:49:42.780 righteousness of holiness Therefore put away 00:49:42.780 --> 00:49:46.230 falsehood let each one of you speak The truth 00:49:46.230 --> 00:49:50.150 with his neighbor for we are members one of another 00:49:50.150 --> 00:49:54.230 and I love this I love this so much because paul 00:49:54.230 --> 00:49:57.309 speaks about what we make so difficult so simply 00:49:57.309 --> 00:50:01.269 That he's like, hey, hey just put that off That 00:50:01.269 --> 00:50:03.789 whole that whole old you just just take that 00:50:03.789 --> 00:50:07.369 off and hey just put on this new person Like 00:50:07.369 --> 00:50:10.010 just put it on he's referring to things like 00:50:10.010 --> 00:50:12.369 as if they're clothes like like you can just 00:50:12.369 --> 00:50:15.039 wake up and put on your new self and you can 00:50:15.039 --> 00:50:17.659 take off your old self like he's not putting 00:50:17.659 --> 00:50:21.019 this whole world of like struggle to become who 00:50:21.019 --> 00:50:23.860 God has called you to be like Christianity is 00:50:23.860 --> 00:50:25.940 the most difficult thing you could have ever 00:50:25.940 --> 00:50:28.559 embarked on struggle struggle struggle mode no 00:50:28.559 --> 00:50:33.119 he's like yo just wake up and put it on put on 00:50:33.119 --> 00:50:38.059 your new self put on that new attitude and and 00:50:38.059 --> 00:50:41.619 be renewed in the spirit of your mind and and 00:50:41.619 --> 00:50:46.969 be a to what God is saying is good y 'all rocking 00:50:46.969 --> 00:50:49.969 with me what am I saying that here's the truth 00:50:49.969 --> 00:50:52.510 and I have to say the truth is you will never 00:50:52.510 --> 00:50:55.630 experience wholeness while fighting against what 00:50:55.630 --> 00:51:00.550 God calls good and God calls this good and since 00:51:00.550 --> 00:51:03.349 he calls it good I can't fight with it and expect 00:51:03.349 --> 00:51:06.789 fruitfulness I align with what he calls good 00:51:06.789 --> 00:51:10.409 so I can live in the fruit of good I don't fight 00:51:10.409 --> 00:51:12.590 what he calls good and also don't make difficult 00:51:12.590 --> 00:51:17.610 when he said it's simple. He said put it on Just 00:51:17.610 --> 00:51:21.750 put it on Whoo, what is he speaking like and 00:51:21.750 --> 00:51:25.150 I love this I love when the Bible speaks to us 00:51:25.150 --> 00:51:29.670 as though we're finished work That if going back 00:51:29.670 --> 00:51:32.869 to Ephesus chapter 2 if I have all spiritual 00:51:32.869 --> 00:51:36.210 blessings in heavenly places Then what is happening 00:51:36.210 --> 00:51:40.760 as I live is I'm now having to ex From what I've 00:51:40.760 --> 00:51:44.500 already obtained like I already have it in other 00:51:44.500 --> 00:51:47.579 words You already have meekness you already have 00:51:47.579 --> 00:51:50.800 gentleness. You already have patience. You already 00:51:50.800 --> 00:51:53.860 have joy You already have long suffering. You 00:51:53.860 --> 00:51:56.360 already have these things. You just need to put 00:51:56.360 --> 00:52:02.099 it on Why am I putting it on because Because 00:52:02.099 --> 00:52:04.320 no matter how much you achieve, and no matter 00:52:04.320 --> 00:52:07.219 how much you obtain, you will never have success, 00:52:07.659 --> 00:52:09.920 or how much success you have, or how much you 00:52:09.920 --> 00:52:11.719 achieve, you will never have wholeness where 00:52:11.719 --> 00:52:15.059 there is no unity. But in order for unity to 00:52:15.059 --> 00:52:17.960 form and be maintained, we have to put it on. 00:52:18.099 --> 00:52:20.400 We have to put on. our new selves and take off 00:52:20.400 --> 00:52:23.460 our old self the old you was divisive the all 00:52:23.460 --> 00:52:26.340 you was confrontational the all you was aggressive 00:52:26.340 --> 00:52:29.920 prideful the old you was destructive the all 00:52:29.920 --> 00:52:34.179 you found a problem with everything but the new 00:52:34.179 --> 00:52:38.599 you the new you finds life and peace and joy 00:52:38.599 --> 00:52:42.239 and patience and long suffering and it sees these 00:52:42.239 --> 00:52:45.579 things as good and you have a choice every day 00:52:45.579 --> 00:52:49.969 to just put it on be renewed in the spirit of 00:52:49.969 --> 00:52:53.789 your mind and let Christ be alive in your everyday 00:52:53.789 --> 00:52:56.630 walking around life and I love this because Paul 00:52:56.630 --> 00:52:59.269 doesn't picture this or position this as this 00:52:59.269 --> 00:53:01.869 difficult thing he says you put it on just as 00:53:01.869 --> 00:53:03.630 you put on your clothes to come to church this 00:53:03.630 --> 00:53:10.090 morning today look at him say hey neighbor today 00:53:10.090 --> 00:53:32.480 I will walk in I'll be patient with you. And 00:53:32.480 --> 00:53:34.659 he's speaking to you like you're finished work, 00:53:34.659 --> 00:53:38.059 like Jesus has already obtained these things. 00:53:38.380 --> 00:53:42.440 And so we just maintain what he's obtained for 00:53:42.440 --> 00:53:45.940 the sake of unity and the sake of wholeness and 00:53:45.940 --> 00:53:48.780 the sake of maturing and the sake of not being 00:53:48.780 --> 00:53:51.460 caught and tossed up to and fro, because if you're 00:53:51.460 --> 00:53:53.199 isolated, you're also going to find yourself 00:53:53.199 --> 00:54:06.300 deceived. He says be angry and do not sin that's 00:54:06.300 --> 00:54:11.519 crazy But look how he's talking to us like I 00:54:11.519 --> 00:54:19.659 know you mad but you know just don't sin I love 00:54:19.659 --> 00:54:23.820 because he says be angry He didn't say don't 00:54:23.820 --> 00:54:33.340 be angry he says be angry but don't sin Like 00:54:33.340 --> 00:54:35.380 Paul is teacher for the perspective of actually 00:54:35.380 --> 00:54:41.039 having having to live this faith. I Found out 00:54:41.039 --> 00:54:43.820 that immature people think that like they will 00:54:43.820 --> 00:54:46.980 say immature people be like don't be angry Mature 00:54:46.980 --> 00:54:48.840 people know you're gonna be mad sometimes but 00:54:48.840 --> 00:54:52.699 don't let it change what you do Don't let it 00:54:52.699 --> 00:54:56.860 factor in who you are Take that anger off and 00:54:56.860 --> 00:55:00.110 put on your joy Just take it off. It's connected 00:55:00.110 --> 00:55:03.150 to a mentality be renewed in the spirit of your 00:55:03.150 --> 00:55:05.710 mind Do not allow your mind to continue to think 00:55:05.710 --> 00:55:07.849 about things that aren't taking you in the direction 00:55:07.849 --> 00:55:10.769 of who your new self is Right that that that 00:55:10.769 --> 00:55:12.730 that you I know you're mad, but don't stay mad. 00:55:12.809 --> 00:55:15.730 Don't don't don't foster mad Don't water mad 00:55:15.730 --> 00:55:18.329 don't develop mad and definitely don't make it 00:55:18.329 --> 00:55:20.469 seem like you mad at me You may be mad at what 00:55:20.469 --> 00:55:22.849 I did, but you know, I've done some things that 00:55:22.849 --> 00:55:30.590 I've been influenced by That's the first year 00:55:30.590 --> 00:55:34.090 somebody always look at you. You made me do it 00:55:34.090 --> 00:55:36.190 Boy nothing like somebody look at you, but you 00:55:36.190 --> 00:55:41.170 made me do it. I Know what I did, but you made 00:55:41.170 --> 00:55:44.469 me do it Look at that and give no opportunity 00:55:44.469 --> 00:55:47.010 to the devil. Let the thief no longer still let 00:55:47.010 --> 00:55:56.849 the thief no longer steal Let the thief no longer 00:55:56.849 --> 00:56:00.929 steal put that joker in jail don't let him rob 00:56:00.929 --> 00:56:03.929 you of your joy and rob you of your peace and 00:56:03.929 --> 00:56:07.110 rob you of what God has done he's obtained so 00:56:07.110 --> 00:56:12.030 many things don't let that thief no longer steal 00:56:12.030 --> 00:56:19.170 let the thief no longer steal but rather let 00:56:19.170 --> 00:56:23.420 him labor doing honest work with his hands so 00:56:23.420 --> 00:56:26.119 that he may have something to share with everyone 00:56:26.119 --> 00:56:29.039 he he was actually speaking of like people who 00:56:29.039 --> 00:56:33.940 steal things but we also don't even let devils 00:56:33.940 --> 00:56:39.860 rob us but if you still in stop stealing y 'all 00:56:39.860 --> 00:56:44.679 that that doesn't it doesn't work well with community 00:56:44.679 --> 00:56:46.820 because if you rob and they're gonna say we was 00:56:46.820 --> 00:56:52.500 you know complicit let no corrupt talk come out 00:56:52.500 --> 00:56:54.679 of your mouths, but only such as what's good 00:56:54.679 --> 00:56:58.119 for building up as it fits the occasion and That 00:56:58.119 --> 00:57:01.000 it may give grace to those who hear and do not 00:57:01.000 --> 00:57:03.179 grieve the Holy Spirit of God by whom you were 00:57:03.179 --> 00:57:05.719 sealed by the day of redemption Let all bitterness 00:57:05.719 --> 00:57:08.460 and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be 00:57:08.460 --> 00:57:12.019 put away from you along with malice be kind to 00:57:12.019 --> 00:57:13.960 one another tender heart of forgiving one another 00:57:13.960 --> 00:57:24.179 as God in Christ forgave you Say this last thing 00:57:24.179 --> 00:57:29.440 to you And we'll go to chapter 5 next week, but 00:57:29.440 --> 00:57:32.739 he says here this truth is Maturity allows you 00:57:32.739 --> 00:57:37.079 to recognize that someone can hurt you without 00:57:37.079 --> 00:57:43.940 requiring you to hate them And he's working that 00:57:43.940 --> 00:57:48.820 maturity in us Getting us to value the right 00:57:48.820 --> 00:57:57.730 things maintain what I love this because I get 00:57:57.730 --> 00:58:00.309 the question all the time and prayerfully as 00:58:00.309 --> 00:58:01.849 you're hearing this you're hearing the answer 00:58:01.849 --> 00:58:04.630 to the question I get all the time and what is 00:58:04.630 --> 00:58:07.090 that Pastor Brian? People oftentimes they'll 00:58:07.090 --> 00:58:10.190 come to me and tell me of some great tragedy 00:58:10.190 --> 00:58:13.510 that has occurred or offense that has happened 00:58:13.510 --> 00:58:17.909 to them and their question is what should I do? 00:58:18.610 --> 00:58:26.659 And Paul's saying maintain. It's maturity to 00:58:26.659 --> 00:58:30.539 be able to allow somebody to be able Someone 00:58:30.539 --> 00:58:38.099 can hurt me and I not hate them That's the mature 00:58:38.099 --> 00:58:41.280 believer that's what Paul is working them to 00:58:41.280 --> 00:58:45.860 To understand that people aren't my problem and 00:58:45.860 --> 00:58:54.519 I've been called to maintain Hey, man Look at 00:58:54.519 --> 00:59:05.599 him say you did it Ephesians chapter 4 Father 00:59:05.599 --> 00:59:08.219 God, we thank you for today and I just thank 00:59:08.219 --> 00:59:11.820 you for this opportunity to come into Read your 00:59:11.820 --> 00:59:15.760 word before your people. I pray that um It stirred 00:59:15.760 --> 00:59:18.719 them up. I pray that it challenged them. But 00:59:18.719 --> 00:59:23.210 at the same time I pray that it freed them I 00:59:23.210 --> 00:59:29.349 pray that they leave here In a Deeper intimacy 00:59:29.349 --> 00:59:32.869 with you. I pray that they leave here with an 00:59:32.869 --> 00:59:35.769 understanding of who you are and what your expectations 00:59:35.769 --> 00:59:40.289 are of them I pray that they leave here excited 00:59:40.289 --> 00:59:46.369 stirred up About that God we talked about at 00:59:46.369 --> 00:59:50.010 the end of Ephesians 3 and 20 who can do exceedingly 00:59:50.010 --> 00:59:55.219 abundantly Above all we could think ask or imagine 00:59:55.219 --> 00:59:59.340 and I know many of them Think that there are 00:59:59.340 --> 01:00:08.260 people There are places and situations That are 01:00:08.260 --> 01:00:13.719 far beyond your reach of restoration But I declare 01:00:13.719 --> 01:00:18.480 boldly here today God To whom the Sun says free 01:00:18.480 --> 01:00:24.440 is free indeed So we free that condemning mindset 01:00:24.440 --> 01:00:28.960 we free that that that that mind that says that's 01:00:28.960 --> 01:00:31.179 not all things some things are possible No, we 01:00:31.179 --> 01:00:35.380 free ourselves to all things are possible to 01:00:35.380 --> 01:00:40.460 them that believe and father God we are believing 01:00:40.460 --> 01:00:45.280 for a healing from what people have done to us 01:00:45.280 --> 01:00:52.230 a healing from what being around people has caused 01:00:52.230 --> 01:00:58.030 us to bear and Father God, I pray that you I'm 01:00:58.030 --> 01:01:04.130 restoring us Restoring us a new heart and That 01:01:04.130 --> 01:01:08.110 you give us new thoughts that will prioritize 01:01:08.110 --> 01:01:16.670 what you call good and just trust you For the 01:01:16.670 --> 01:01:23.320 working of it all We will not lose heart We will 01:01:23.320 --> 01:01:27.280 not lose hope We will not cave in we will not 01:01:27.280 --> 01:01:31.559 quit We will not let people become a problem 01:01:31.559 --> 01:01:37.679 But we will fight for this thing you call unity 01:01:37.679 --> 01:01:49.880 because you call it good Will believe You are 01:01:49.880 --> 01:01:55.719 the god of the impossible And you can make all 01:01:55.719 --> 01:02:04.539 things new And father God Thank you For correcting 01:02:04.539 --> 01:02:08.659 us and challenging us today so that when you 01:02:08.659 --> 01:02:14.880 make it new We know how to maintain what you've 01:02:14.880 --> 01:02:19.170 obtained that as you bring people back and restore 01:02:19.170 --> 01:02:22.989 broken relationships and broken friendships and 01:02:22.989 --> 01:02:26.329 broken business relationships that Satan has 01:02:26.329 --> 01:02:29.889 been working overtime to stir up division amongst 01:02:29.889 --> 01:02:33.170 the call and father God I'm speaking that you 01:02:33.170 --> 01:02:37.070 begin to cast out that spirit of division and 01:02:37.070 --> 01:02:40.909 begin to to work back together the knitting of 01:02:40.909 --> 01:02:43.610 the brothers the sisters the aunties the uncles 01:02:43.610 --> 01:02:47.449 the grandparents the grandchildren We will walk 01:02:47.449 --> 01:02:50.869 in what you've obtained you've obtained unity 01:02:50.869 --> 01:02:59.210 and we will walk in unity Our households will 01:02:59.210 --> 01:03:02.869 behold We know that that's not something that 01:03:02.869 --> 01:03:06.750 is easy, but all things are possible to them 01:03:06.750 --> 01:03:14.369 that believe And so we believe God We believe 01:03:14.369 --> 01:03:28.750 God Will walk in this unity we will get the fruit 01:03:28.750 --> 01:03:39.570 of unity and You thank you God for loving us 01:03:39.570 --> 01:03:44.489 so much That you'll reach down into us and talk 01:03:44.489 --> 01:03:47.469 about things we don't even want to hear about 01:03:53.679 --> 01:03:59.420 but we thank you God for loving us so much that 01:03:59.420 --> 01:04:06.059 you care about that that in the midst of all 01:04:06.059 --> 01:04:13.820 that you've created that you look down into our 01:04:13.820 --> 01:04:17.579 lives and care about the relationships that matter 01:04:17.579 --> 01:04:21.420 to us we thank you for caring about us in that 01:04:21.420 --> 01:04:31.920 way If there's anybody here today, and you aren't 01:04:31.920 --> 01:04:37.519 saved, you haven't said yes to that call, I would 01:04:37.519 --> 01:04:39.780 like to take this moment this time to give you 01:04:39.780 --> 01:04:43.840 an opportunity to say yes to Jesus. He's a friend 01:04:43.840 --> 01:04:46.500 who sticks closer than a brother. And if that's 01:04:46.500 --> 01:04:48.619 you today, and you're saying, Pastor, I want 01:04:48.619 --> 01:04:50.880 to say yes to Jesus. I'm gonna say a prayer. 01:04:50.940 --> 01:04:53.579 You say it with us. Just know that as you say 01:04:53.579 --> 01:04:55.199 this prayer the bible says if you confess with 01:04:55.199 --> 01:04:56.659 your mouth and believe in your heart that jesus 01:04:56.659 --> 01:04:59.059 died and rose again you are saved so let's say 01:04:59.059 --> 01:05:02.219 it together church say father I thank you for 01:05:02.219 --> 01:05:07.619 your son jesus I believe he died and he rose 01:05:07.619 --> 01:05:12.340 again I believe when he rose rose my forgiveness 01:05:12.340 --> 01:05:17.599 my redemption my sanctification and I am now 01:05:17.599 --> 01:05:23.420 a son a daughter of god No longer a sinner I've 01:05:23.420 --> 01:05:30.719 been saved by grace I'm a child the most high 01:05:30.719 --> 01:05:44.900 God And I have a home heaven I Have a hope Jesus 01:05:44.900 --> 01:05:49.039 Amen, let's celebrate people that said that prayer 01:05:49.039 --> 01:05:59.579 for the first time and Also would just like to 01:05:59.579 --> 01:06:02.639 you got well we can receive today's offering 01:06:02.639 --> 01:06:05.920 and Here reveal the truth. We believe in our 01:06:05.920 --> 01:06:08.760 cheerful givers. What does that mean? We believe 01:06:08.760 --> 01:06:15.760 that No one should be forced or coerced or talked 01:06:15.760 --> 01:06:19.300 into giving but giving is the fruit of what your 01:06:19.300 --> 01:06:22.139 relationship with God has produced that you speak 01:06:22.139 --> 01:06:24.880 to God and as he speaks to you you respond to 01:06:24.880 --> 01:06:28.619 what he said and You do so with excitement joy 01:06:28.619 --> 01:06:31.599 cheerfully because you understand that god is 01:06:31.599 --> 01:06:34.780 not trying to get anything from you But god is 01:06:34.780 --> 01:06:38.340 always always in the business of supplying for 01:06:38.340 --> 01:06:41.260 you. And so we give cheerfully with expectation 01:06:41.260 --> 01:06:45.780 um because of a faithful god that we can trust 01:06:45.780 --> 01:06:52.920 and um, amen amen Well family, I also would like 01:06:52.920 --> 01:06:58.530 to um take a time and just you know, I know every 01:06:58.530 --> 01:07:01.690 county is a little different but Several counties 01:07:01.690 --> 01:07:04.010 are going back to school this week teachers are 01:07:04.010 --> 01:07:08.610 going back to school this week, you know Kids 01:07:08.610 --> 01:07:13.210 are going back to school this weekend You know 01:07:13.210 --> 01:07:17.789 that My prayer is that our children walk in the 01:07:17.789 --> 01:07:23.090 spirit of unity this year that they um Don't 01:07:23.090 --> 01:07:28.389 allow division to disrupt their education that 01:07:28.389 --> 01:07:31.769 they realize that they're not too young to be 01:07:31.769 --> 01:07:34.329 patient and they're not too young to be gentle 01:07:34.329 --> 01:07:37.889 that if they are saved they have the spirit of 01:07:37.889 --> 01:07:40.710 meekness within them and I pray that our students 01:07:40.710 --> 01:07:44.329 walk in that meekness walk in that gentleness 01:07:44.329 --> 01:07:47.690 and walk in that kindness and that their teachers 01:07:47.690 --> 01:07:50.630 are teaching them with gentleness and teaching 01:07:50.630 --> 01:07:52.989 them with kindness and teaching them with meekness 01:07:52.989 --> 01:08:00.019 and that Our schools be an atmosphere That love 01:08:00.019 --> 01:08:03.320 invades y 'all can pray with me about that but 01:08:03.320 --> 01:08:06.460 father God I thank you for our teachers our students 01:08:06.460 --> 01:08:10.420 that are returning to school this week Father 01:08:10.420 --> 01:08:14.179 God, we pray that your spirit invade every classroom 01:08:14.179 --> 01:08:17.460 and we pray that there will not be any hurt harm 01:08:17.460 --> 01:08:21.800 or danger that comes to our students our teachers 01:08:22.189 --> 01:08:25.649 Father God, we pray that this will be a peaceful 01:08:25.649 --> 01:08:31.890 school year that 26 27 will be a glorious year 01:08:31.890 --> 01:08:35.010 for our students and that you're removing any 01:08:35.010 --> 01:08:38.390 distraction the Satan is trying to set up and 01:08:38.390 --> 01:08:42.869 the Spirit of God is Ruling and reigning in every 01:08:42.869 --> 01:08:45.829 way the Bible tells us that you turn the hearts 01:08:45.829 --> 01:08:49.449 of kings to and fro So father God, we know that 01:08:49.449 --> 01:08:53.060 you are the head of this school year and you 01:08:53.060 --> 01:08:56.800 are the head of these these institutions and 01:08:56.800 --> 01:09:00.279 they all bow down to your authority and father 01:09:00.279 --> 01:09:05.000 god we pray that your will will be done and your 01:09:05.000 --> 01:09:08.340 will will reign and the father god i just thank 01:09:08.340 --> 01:09:13.960 you that this year will be exceptional i pray 01:09:13.960 --> 01:09:16.640 that our students will speak of peace and our 01:09:16.640 --> 01:09:20.800 kids will come home full of joy and I pray that 01:09:20.800 --> 01:09:23.520 this destructive plan that Satan has been trying 01:09:23.520 --> 01:09:26.739 to put in place to corrupt what is innocent, 01:09:26.760 --> 01:09:29.800 I pray that it is brought to nothing and that 01:09:29.800 --> 01:09:32.539 every stronghold that Satan has been trying to 01:09:32.539 --> 01:09:36.859 develop in the lives of our young ones is destroyed, 01:09:37.140 --> 01:09:40.380 Father God, and that they will. be kings and 01:09:40.380 --> 01:09:43.600 priests and represent you well i pray that they 01:09:43.600 --> 01:09:46.579 can our students can live a year where they are 01:09:46.579 --> 01:09:49.199 not ashamed of their faith but they are proud 01:09:49.199 --> 01:09:52.060 of their faith where they can boldly speak of 01:09:52.060 --> 01:09:54.899 who you are in their lives and i pray that this 01:09:54.899 --> 01:09:58.000 the teachers are sensitive to who is in front 01:09:58.000 --> 01:10:00.960 of them that they see each life as one in particular 01:10:00.960 --> 01:10:04.760 and i pray that their needs are met that these 01:10:04.760 --> 01:10:07.199 teachers aren't going without that they have 01:10:07.199 --> 01:10:10.119 what they need so the students can get what they 01:10:10.119 --> 01:10:14.060 need and that success is the end result of this 01:10:14.060 --> 01:10:17.380 school year father god i pray that as your people 01:10:17.380 --> 01:10:20.319 we be sensitive to how you're leading us to meet 01:10:20.319 --> 01:10:23.520 some of those needs that we don't just pray to 01:10:23.520 --> 01:10:25.720 a god that we're not willing to be the hands 01:10:25.720 --> 01:10:29.279 for and i pray father god that we aren't afraid 01:10:29.279 --> 01:10:32.840 ashamed Be the hands and feet that you need us 01:10:32.840 --> 01:10:36.039 to be during the school year that we show up 01:10:36.039 --> 01:10:43.100 that we show up That we show up And we don't 01:10:43.100 --> 01:10:47.920 just leave our students to anybody But we are 01:10:47.920 --> 01:10:56.119 proactive in the lives of our young people To 01:10:56.119 --> 01:11:03.439 God be the glory this year Amen Well, I love 01:11:03.439 --> 01:11:07.000 you guys and I thank God for you guys you're 01:11:07.000 --> 01:11:12.880 impressive Chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 next 01:11:12.880 --> 01:11:20.600 week y 'all like this What's the benediction 01:11:20.600 --> 01:11:24.939 now what to him Who is able to keep you from 01:11:24.939 --> 01:11:28.619 falling? to present you faultless before the 01:11:28.619 --> 01:11:32.819 presence of of his glory with exceeding joy to 01:11:32.819 --> 01:11:38.020 the only wise God our Savior be glory and majesty 01:11:38.020 --> 01:11:43.500 dominion and power both now and forever amen.