WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.839 And today, as we open up your word, we're asking 00:00:02.839 --> 00:00:06.059 that your spirit be the guide. Introduce us to 00:00:06.059 --> 00:00:09.880 truth. Change our trajectories. Shift our minds. 00:00:10.060 --> 00:00:14.199 Focus us. And remind us that you are a faithful 00:00:14.199 --> 00:00:17.800 father. We are not forgotten. We are not forsaken. 00:00:18.260 --> 00:00:20.940 But we are covered. And so we just thank you 00:00:20.940 --> 00:00:24.120 for this day. In your precious name, I pray the 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:26.640 name above all names. Y 'all say with me, Jesus. 00:00:27.820 --> 00:00:33.609 Amen. Well, listen Look at your neighbor say 00:00:33.609 --> 00:00:40.049 hey neighbor Welcome to week four of here is 00:00:40.049 --> 00:00:45.490 home You know, we started this journey declaring 00:00:45.490 --> 00:00:49.289 order in the house right that that we were going 00:00:49.289 --> 00:00:52.130 to establish some places that we weren't gonna 00:00:52.130 --> 00:00:55.490 be We're not gonna be positioned in places that 00:00:55.490 --> 00:00:59.009 we weren't postured in and so we declared home 00:00:59.009 --> 00:01:03.500 to marriage is home to addresses home to churches 00:01:03.500 --> 00:01:06.299 home to city but understanding that a double 00:01:06.299 --> 00:01:09.459 -minded man is unstable in all of his ways and 00:01:09.459 --> 00:01:12.000 you can't expect us receive wisdom from God when 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:14.859 you haven't declared where home is and So we 00:01:14.859 --> 00:01:17.140 started that journey. So I pray that you've been 00:01:17.140 --> 00:01:19.900 declaring some places home Anybody been declared 00:01:19.900 --> 00:01:22.519 some places home? We've been talking about no, 00:01:22.659 --> 00:01:25.400 there's some promises that are also home Like 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:28.219 i'm home to what god has promised and i'm going 00:01:28.219 --> 00:01:30.519 to pivot i'm going to battle from right here 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:33.379 Then we talked about speaking again, right? We 00:01:33.379 --> 00:01:36.819 have to be home to speaking being speaking believers 00:01:36.819 --> 00:01:39.739 I don't know when as believers we started believing 00:01:39.739 --> 00:01:42.299 that our confession didn't matter that our words 00:01:42.299 --> 00:01:44.500 didn't matter But i'm here to remind you your 00:01:44.500 --> 00:01:47.519 words still matter your confession still has 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:50.379 place and the things you speak They do establish 00:01:50.379 --> 00:01:53.439 things can never say hey neighbor what you speak 00:01:53.439 --> 00:02:00.760 will establish things in your life amen amen 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:09.520 and then of course last week we talked about 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:13.840 being home again to know we got to go some places 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:18.810 that we can't be stagnant believers but we have 00:02:18.810 --> 00:02:20.830 to receive that there are some places you gonna 00:02:20.830 --> 00:02:23.870 have to go say hey neighbor there's some places 00:02:23.870 --> 00:02:30.069 that you gonna have to go and today I'm extremely 00:02:30.069 --> 00:02:33.349 excited because I'm here on assignment to stir 00:02:33.349 --> 00:02:38.050 up your faith right because when you go you're 00:02:38.050 --> 00:02:40.389 going because there's something that you are 00:02:40.389 --> 00:02:45.349 home to again and it's gonna sound strange because 00:02:45.349 --> 00:02:48.939 many of us wouldn't say that we don't believe 00:02:48.939 --> 00:02:52.159 in this, but true for the matter is our actions 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:54.919 don't line up with what we are doing if we do 00:02:54.919 --> 00:02:59.860 believe. But when you are, check this out, positioned, 00:03:00.020 --> 00:03:02.879 which many of us are, we're positioned to believe 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:06.419 in the supernatural. We're positioned to believe 00:03:06.419 --> 00:03:10.300 in miracles, but we're not postured to receive 00:03:10.300 --> 00:03:14.000 them. What does position mean? We're in relationship 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:17.319 with the Father. You're in relationship with 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:20.240 the father. You know what he can do. You're just 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:22.879 not posturing the way to see him do it in your 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:27.740 life But it's time for us to be home again looking 00:03:27.740 --> 00:03:33.020 they say it's time to be home to miracles signs 00:03:33.020 --> 00:03:36.780 and wonders The Bible tells us that miracle signs 00:03:36.780 --> 00:03:40.400 and wonders they follow the teaching of the word 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:43.460 And so as believers, we shouldn't just be positioned 00:03:43.460 --> 00:03:46.080 in that truth We should be postured ready to 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:49.580 receive it in our lives like God. I don't know 00:03:49.580 --> 00:03:51.939 what to do I may not have the full plan, but 00:03:51.939 --> 00:03:56.199 you are a god of miracle signs and wonders that 00:03:56.199 --> 00:03:59.400 you are a god who still Performs today. We've 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:01.180 been talking about the last few weeks that we 00:04:01.180 --> 00:04:03.939 have to see that the same God we're reading about 00:04:03.939 --> 00:04:07.020 in this Bible is the same God who's alive and 00:04:07.020 --> 00:04:10.199 living today. The same God who was there, who 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:12.800 knocked Saul off of his horse and turned him 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:17.019 into Paul is still here today. The same God that 00:04:17.019 --> 00:04:19.600 spoke to Ezekiel that these dry bones are going 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:23.579 to live, he is still here today. The God of the 00:04:23.579 --> 00:04:27.680 Bible is the God of your life. And if he performed 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:30.879 miracle signs and wonders, then he performs them 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:35.480 now. Cuz some y 'all been wondering how am I 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:38.180 gonna get this grave to turn to some glory? Well, 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:40.660 let me tell you something you serve a God who 00:04:40.660 --> 00:04:45.480 still performs miracles Look at your neighbor 00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:53.000 again says your God performs miracles We have 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:57.399 to be home to that again and Understand this, 00:04:57.639 --> 00:04:59.860 you know, I know many people they see me right 00:04:59.860 --> 00:05:01.939 I'd say listen you gotta stay I never left here 00:05:02.189 --> 00:05:05.769 Right, so, you know, I'm 40 years old. I got 00:05:05.769 --> 00:05:08.250 saved when I was five, but I've been here for 00:05:08.250 --> 00:05:11.629 35 years I'd never left What does that mean? 00:05:11.670 --> 00:05:15.089 I've seen a lot of things seen a lot of journeys 00:05:15.089 --> 00:05:18.829 and Understand how over time your heart can grow 00:05:18.829 --> 00:05:21.730 sick to certain things God has said I've seen 00:05:21.730 --> 00:05:24.569 things be confessed. I've been seen hands stretched. 00:05:24.569 --> 00:05:27.939 I've been seen it all And so there's places where 00:05:27.939 --> 00:05:31.459 you can grow a sense of you become apathetic, 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:34.420 right? You can become desensitized to things 00:05:34.420 --> 00:05:38.519 that you should never give lose hope of and There 00:05:38.519 --> 00:05:40.699 are seasons that as a believer we like well I 00:05:40.699 --> 00:05:43.300 don't know if I should be believing God for for 00:05:43.300 --> 00:05:45.680 a miracle or I should be just going through these 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:47.939 steps y 'all remember that and then there was 00:05:47.939 --> 00:05:50.740 a season we say eliminate all steps y 'all remember 00:05:50.740 --> 00:05:59.319 that season We didn't hurt a lot But there's 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:03.660 certain things we should never lose hope in And 00:06:03.660 --> 00:06:06.339 one of those things is the supernatural power 00:06:06.339 --> 00:06:10.939 of God God said this to me And he says we don't 00:06:10.939 --> 00:06:14.560 he said we don't want to be the church that knows 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:18.639 him personally Yet limits him supernaturally 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:23.500 That we don't want to be the church that knows 00:06:23.500 --> 00:06:34.279 him personally yet limits him super Naturally 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:36.560 Depending on how well y 'all receive my intro 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:41.879 determine what my title is gonna be I Had two 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:47.459 titles right the first one was see the glory 00:06:47.459 --> 00:06:54.800 of God I Like the second one better It's a little 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:56.779 more controversial that's probably why I like 00:06:56.779 --> 00:07:04.000 it But what to do when you need a miracle What 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:10.120 to do when you need a miracle I Think I say this 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:12.720 because we've been standing in this truth right 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:17.920 to every promise there's what church a path So 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:20.279 every promise there is a path, but we know our 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:26.240 God does miracle signs and wonders and so there 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:32.480 has to be path to receive in a miracle What is 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:35.759 the path to receive in a miracle? How do I posture 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:41.980 myself? Pastor Brian for miracle It's a good 00:07:41.980 --> 00:07:44.899 question to answer right and by the power of 00:07:44.899 --> 00:07:51.879 the Holy Ghost we go answer it today And so go 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:56.629 with me the John chapter 11 I'll be reading in 00:07:56.629 --> 00:07:59.930 the New King James Version today, simply because 00:07:59.930 --> 00:08:04.370 it's the largest Bible I have. Y 'all see this? 00:08:04.370 --> 00:08:06.990 This phone is big. I said, listen, I've been 00:08:06.990 --> 00:08:08.689 reading out that ESV. I'm gonna have to get a 00:08:08.689 --> 00:08:11.569 big font ESV. I can't be up here with the one 00:08:11.569 --> 00:08:22.050 I had. Words are getting distant. Certain things 00:08:22.050 --> 00:08:24.069 did change at 40. I don't care what y 'all say. 00:08:25.379 --> 00:08:29.439 Ain't nothing pastor Brian. Oh, it's some It's 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:33.240 for show some I'm checking the brightness on 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:47.659 my TV like is it But here's the thought what 00:08:47.659 --> 00:08:51.200 you're taking this what do we say we do not want 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:55.960 to be the church that knows him personally, yet 00:08:55.960 --> 00:09:02.639 limits him supernaturally. So we're actually 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:04.659 going to start at the end of this. Let's go to 00:09:04.659 --> 00:09:08.019 verse by the grace of God. We're going to make 00:09:08.019 --> 00:09:11.419 it through this whole chapter. And so y 'all 00:09:11.419 --> 00:09:14.299 stick with me. It's a big one. No, actually, 00:09:14.299 --> 00:09:15.659 you know, we're going to try to do the first 00:09:15.659 --> 00:09:19.919 44 verses, right? And so but they read well, 00:09:19.980 --> 00:09:22.100 they read smooth, so we should be all right. 00:09:22.789 --> 00:09:25.730 So go to verse 38. We'll start verse 38. It sets 00:09:25.730 --> 00:09:30.570 up everything really well. It says um then Jesus 00:09:30.570 --> 00:09:37.029 again groaning in himself came to the tomb It 00:09:37.029 --> 00:09:42.110 was a cave and a stone lay against it Jesus said 00:09:42.110 --> 00:09:46.470 take away the stone Martha The sister of him 00:09:46.470 --> 00:09:50.750 who was dead said to him Lord by this time there 00:09:50.750 --> 00:09:56.610 is a stench for he has been dead for days. Jesus 00:09:56.610 --> 00:10:03.110 said to her, did I not say to you that if you 00:10:03.110 --> 00:10:09.169 would believe you would see the glory of God? 00:10:10.370 --> 00:10:13.789 What are we being introduced here as we start 00:10:13.789 --> 00:10:19.769 this journey on what to do when you need a miracle? 00:10:23.690 --> 00:10:29.070 The truth is every promise of God is inseparable 00:10:29.070 --> 00:10:35.950 from believing in God. Every promise from God 00:10:35.950 --> 00:10:41.889 is inseparable from believing in God. Jesus worse 00:10:41.889 --> 00:10:46.370 or worse, did I not say to you that if you would 00:10:46.370 --> 00:10:51.500 believe you would see the glory of God? simple 00:10:51.500 --> 00:10:55.679 as that sounds one of the things that posture 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:59.500 us for receiving a miracle is believing that 00:10:59.500 --> 00:11:06.399 he came I told you that if you would believe 00:11:06.399 --> 00:11:11.440 you will do church you would see the glory of 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:15.480 God what is the glory of God that's God's power 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:20.879 made known amongst men So that's God's power 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:24.919 made manifest, God's power made tangible, God's 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:28.220 power made perceivable, God's power made touchable. 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:33.580 It's when God's power actually invades Earth's 00:11:33.580 --> 00:11:36.200 atmosphere. I'm saying this because it's the 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:39.460 manifestation of what God has said It's the realization 00:11:39.460 --> 00:11:42.320 of what God has said, right? The glory of God 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:44.740 isn't something that still exists in the spiritual 00:11:44.740 --> 00:11:47.320 realm It's when the spiritual realm has invaded 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:50.279 this natural world and he says I told you that 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:54.620 if you would believe you would see me touch your 00:11:54.620 --> 00:12:02.440 world That if you would believe you would see 00:12:02.440 --> 00:12:09.220 me change your world. I'm gonna say it again, 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:12.019 because there's not much more to say. That's 00:12:12.019 --> 00:12:17.519 as simple as it starts. That if you would believe 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:25.879 you would see God touch your world, change your 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:31.860 world, shift your life. How, Pastor Brian? Believe. 00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:36.580 I said this last week, it's with those same framework 00:12:36.580 --> 00:12:39.700 that you were saved, that if you would believe 00:12:39.700 --> 00:12:44.120 that he died and rose again, you would be what? 00:12:44.580 --> 00:12:48.500 Saved. It was a belief followed by a confession 00:12:48.500 --> 00:12:52.679 and then receiving took place. Belief, confession. 00:12:52.940 --> 00:12:56.000 Receiving we're seeing that same framework when 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:59.320 he's talking about seeing the glory of God believe 00:12:59.320 --> 00:13:05.259 confess and what? receive Lucas never said neighbor 00:13:05.259 --> 00:13:11.860 believe Speak that thing and receive it is so 00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:20.639 Now obviously we're jumping in at the end We're 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:22.879 jumping in at the end of this account where Jesus 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:30.600 is in the midst of This miraculous moment At 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:34.600 this point they are shocked at the turn of events 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:38.759 that has taken place They didn't imagine it would 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:41.000 come to this They didn't imagine it would have 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:44.500 gone this far their request earlier on was for 00:13:44.500 --> 00:13:47.450 Jesus to come heal a sick man Well, as you know, 00:13:47.809 --> 00:13:50.769 Jesus had delayed his arrival. So about time 00:13:50.769 --> 00:13:53.950 he showed up, the man was dead. But Jesus had 00:13:53.950 --> 00:13:56.669 already told him from the beginning that this 00:13:56.669 --> 00:14:00.750 had happened for what? The glory of God. And 00:14:00.750 --> 00:14:02.889 so we're jumping in at the moment where Jesus 00:14:02.889 --> 00:14:06.070 is sitting at the tomb now because he's showing 00:14:06.070 --> 00:14:09.409 up not on their time, his time. And that's one 00:14:09.409 --> 00:14:11.490 thing we have to realize that God may not be 00:14:11.490 --> 00:14:15.129 on your time But he's always on time that when 00:14:15.129 --> 00:14:17.250 you start believing for miracles You got to realize 00:14:17.250 --> 00:14:20.730 miracles always show up on time not before time 00:14:20.730 --> 00:14:24.710 not after time But on time that a miracle shows 00:14:24.710 --> 00:14:29.129 up right when the miracle needs to be made known 00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:34.700 because timing shouldn't shake your believing. 00:14:35.220 --> 00:14:37.340 Why? Because miracles show up when the miracle 00:14:37.340 --> 00:14:40.600 needs to show up. And so I keep believing until 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:42.980 the time is right. When you just have to tell 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:45.820 yourself, remind yourself self, you don't know 00:14:45.820 --> 00:14:48.740 when the time is right. We think we know, but 00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:52.539 we don't know. We don't know. You have no idea. 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:55.039 Because if the time was right, the miracle would 00:14:55.039 --> 00:15:10.860 be done. and I wait to receive it. But he says, 00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:15.200 I love this. Now we're gonna jump into some of 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:18.980 these details. He says, then Jesus again groaning 00:15:18.980 --> 00:15:22.200 in himself came to the tomb and it was a cave 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:26.279 and a stone lay against his. Jesus said, take 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:29.879 away the stone. What I love so much about this 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:33.399 is as Jesus is going through this account, you'll 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:36.220 notice something very particular. Every physical 00:15:36.220 --> 00:15:38.720 thing he asked them to do, every spiritual thing 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:45.639 he did. Every physical thing he asked them to 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:49.679 do, every spiritual thing he did. He asked them 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:53.000 to move the stone. Well, what was the stone? 00:15:53.100 --> 00:15:56.460 The stone was blocking where Lazarus was laying. 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:59.539 Jesus was going to do the raisin they had to 00:15:59.539 --> 00:16:03.580 move the stone so he could come out There was 00:16:03.580 --> 00:16:07.399 a stone in the way But Jesus's assignment wasn't 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:09.940 to move the stone his assignment was to raise 00:16:09.940 --> 00:16:13.080 the dead Their assignment was to move the stone 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:16.220 his assignment was to raise the dead Sometimes 00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:18.799 your assignment is to move the stone. His job 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:22.139 has always been to raise the dead The question 00:16:22.139 --> 00:16:28.299 is have you moved your stone? He will always 00:16:28.299 --> 00:16:30.580 take care of the spiritual. The question is, 00:16:30.620 --> 00:16:33.820 have you taken care of the natural? Many people, 00:16:33.940 --> 00:16:35.820 the stone you're dealing with today is belief 00:16:35.820 --> 00:16:41.320 that he still can. Stones are mindsets. Stones 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:44.500 are people. Stones are acts of obedience. Stones 00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:47.639 are assignments he's told you to do. Have you 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:51.659 moved your stone? Look at them say, hey neighbor, 00:16:51.980 --> 00:17:00.279 is there a stone in the way? stone in the way 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:06.400 the miracle worker is present he's on scene he's 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:10.140 he's there he has the power but he ain't touching 00:17:10.140 --> 00:17:24.160 your stone Martha the sister of him who was dead 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:26.200 said to him Lord by this time he shows thank 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:32.609 you Check this out verse one. They took away 00:17:32.609 --> 00:17:35.910 the stone who took away the stone They who's 00:17:35.910 --> 00:17:48.750 they they are those who did not believe It's 00:17:48.750 --> 00:17:50.829 amazing how God will ask you to keep doing things 00:17:50.829 --> 00:17:53.109 even when you've lost belief that it can actually 00:17:53.109 --> 00:17:58.640 be We talked about this last week that he doesn't 00:17:58.640 --> 00:18:02.579 want us peripheral to his will. He wants us integral 00:18:02.579 --> 00:18:08.019 to his will. That he intentionally put them in 00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:12.259 the middle of what was happening. Even though 00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:19.500 they halfway believed it could be. Why do you 00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:25.119 say it's Pastor Brian? Because a lot of our excuses 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:30.900 won't change his direction. Man, I just don't 00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:32.539 think it's gonna work out. That didn't change 00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:38.380 what he said. I just don't see how this is purposeful, 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:40.220 that don't change what he says. Hey, you know 00:18:40.220 --> 00:18:42.160 he stinks in there, right? I don't care what 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:46.160 he looks like now. Did you not hear what I said? 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:50.460 I don't care about the present condition of the 00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:53.190 problem. That's what he's speaking. You think 00:18:53.190 --> 00:18:55.670 that there's factors that lead to me changing 00:18:55.670 --> 00:18:58.690 what I came here to do. But I'm not changing 00:18:58.690 --> 00:19:01.509 what I came here to do, regardless of the condition 00:19:01.509 --> 00:19:04.789 I found you in when I got here. It doesn't matter 00:19:04.789 --> 00:19:07.509 how long he's been in there. It doesn't matter 00:19:07.509 --> 00:19:09.470 how long you've been in what you've been in. 00:19:09.490 --> 00:19:12.730 When he shows up to your door, your response 00:19:12.730 --> 00:19:17.509 is, here I am. Come on, y 'all gotta preach with 00:19:17.509 --> 00:19:20.299 me. I'm trying to... Stack these things one week 00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:22.759 after another right y 'all gotta preach with 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:26.420 me that when he shows up to your door The you 00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:29.220 don't start telling him about how hard it is 00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:32.960 How hard it's been how difficult it is how many 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:35.880 objects are in the way? How bad their attitude 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:38.339 is how much you can't see the difference when 00:19:38.339 --> 00:19:41.660 he shows up to the door the response is here 00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:48.319 I am Lord Look at your neighbor, say, hey, neighbor. 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:54.079 We got a new response. When Jesus speaks, it's 00:19:54.079 --> 00:20:07.420 not who is that. It's here I am. Then he took 00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:09.299 away the stone from the place where the dead 00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:14.279 man was lying. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and 00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:18.869 said, Father, thank you that you have heard me 00:20:18.869 --> 00:20:24.170 and I know that you always hear me but because 00:20:24.170 --> 00:20:28.529 of the people who are standing by I said this 00:20:28.529 --> 00:20:32.670 that they may believe that you sent me because 00:20:32.670 --> 00:20:36.029 of the folks standing by now y 'all know me I 00:20:36.029 --> 00:20:40.410 don't like to talk much about people because 00:20:40.410 --> 00:20:45.970 people aren't your problem would be remiss if 00:20:45.970 --> 00:20:54.009 I didn't tell you Jesus loves an audience he 00:20:54.009 --> 00:20:58.210 loves a good audience he loves a good audience 00:20:58.210 --> 00:21:02.690 he loves to knock out as much disbelief at once 00:21:02.690 --> 00:21:06.630 as possible so sometimes the timing ain't right 00:21:06.630 --> 00:21:13.410 because the audience hasn't assembled Sometimes 00:21:13.410 --> 00:21:16.349 the timing isn't right because the audience has 00:21:16.349 --> 00:21:21.950 yet to assemble Like God is waiting on not just 00:21:21.950 --> 00:21:25.029 for you to be delivered because you should already 00:21:25.029 --> 00:21:28.109 be living like you free Because who the Sun says 00:21:28.109 --> 00:21:31.789 free is free indeed. So we shouldn't be living 00:21:31.789 --> 00:21:35.519 captivated captured our According to our conditions 00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:38.339 anyway, you should already be living free regardless 00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:41.279 of what you have received or not received Your 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:43.819 lifestyle shouldn't change based upon what you 00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:46.160 have or don't have you have all things in him 00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:48.720 So you get what I'm saying And so God is not 00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:51.220 looking at you at a state of you don't have and 00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:53.160 I think it's important for us to realize that 00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:55.259 because we're like man I need this God doesn't 00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:57.880 see you as insufficient when he looks down from 00:21:57.880 --> 00:22:01.000 heaven. He sees you as what in Christ so he sees 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:04.640 you full complete lacking in Wanting nothing 00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:07.380 and so a lot of times we think that we he's like 00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:10.539 man. We just love but he's like you are fine 00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:17.900 You know what find you a good neighbor Say hey 00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:27.119 neighbor You're just fine The greater one lives 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:31.019 on the inside of you you are better than you've 00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:36.940 ever been Jesus himself resides on the inside 00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:41.859 of you. You couldn't be in a better state if 00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:45.720 you had beachfront property in Hawaii. You wouldn't 00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:49.319 be in a better state than you are right now. 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:52.019 It may be a different view, but I'm just saying 00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:56.880 you wouldn't be in a better state. You can get 00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:59.839 more peace sitting in this room Receiving his 00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:02.339 love from you then you can with a thousand dollar 00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:05.839 massage at the best Sauna that you've ever been 00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:08.359 to in your life. You can sit here and realize 00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:13.940 that I am His and he is mine and you will receive 00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:16.940 peace that passes all understanding so when he 00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:20.839 looks down at you he does not see you as Busted 00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:24.890 disgusted. He doesn't see you that way It's important 00:23:24.890 --> 00:23:27.210 to realize this otherwise you'll think that what 00:23:27.210 --> 00:23:30.069 you are believing for is delay is punishment 00:23:30.069 --> 00:23:32.630 Delay is only punishment is if you have living 00:23:32.630 --> 00:23:35.349 a less than life on the way But you don't not 00:23:35.349 --> 00:23:37.490 live in a less than life on the way to what God 00:23:37.490 --> 00:23:40.109 is doing We live a more than enough life on the 00:23:40.109 --> 00:23:42.690 way to what God is doing what God is doing is 00:23:42.690 --> 00:24:24.569 God's business Y 'all see what I'm saying But 00:24:24.569 --> 00:24:27.609 there was a lot of people there to celebrate 00:24:27.609 --> 00:24:30.869 his death. Turns out this was a resurrection 00:24:30.869 --> 00:24:40.390 party. Woo! I wish I could move on. But some 00:24:40.390 --> 00:24:42.309 of y 'all got to realize that you played in the 00:24:42.309 --> 00:24:44.089 death when God's playing in the resurrection 00:24:44.089 --> 00:24:47.460 party. You looking at the date that they put 00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:49.440 on the paper that they gonna kick you out and 00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:51.140 God's looking at that date It's the same date 00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:53.460 of the resurrection you looking at it through 00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:55.339 what they say it is He's looking at it through 00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:59.539 what he knows he's going to do They were planning 00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:10.599 a funeral he was playing a resurrection He they 00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:12.900 came to bury somebody he was coming to raise 00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:24.509 somebody I believe that the same God that you're 00:25:24.509 --> 00:25:28.170 seeing in this Bible is the same God that's watching 00:25:28.170 --> 00:25:30.890 over your life. What are you saying, Pastor Brian, 00:25:31.250 --> 00:25:34.769 that what are you planning as an end right now 00:25:34.769 --> 00:25:39.670 that God is simultaneously seeing as his resurrection 00:25:39.670 --> 00:25:44.329 moment? I know many of y 'all walked in here 00:25:44.329 --> 00:25:50.410 with dates, expirations, fears, concerns, wonders, 00:25:50.849 --> 00:25:53.400 doubts. I got enough money to last me the next 00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:55.539 six months. I don't know about that. I don't 00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:57.759 know what I'm gonna do after that. I still find 00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:59.660 it right, you know, one of the most amazing things, 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:03.380 you know, went with my mom and went with myself. 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:05.539 It's amazing to me. Like, it's like they just, 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:07.759 the world just starts off with the wrong picture. 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:11.420 So we talking about retirement saving, me and 00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:13.339 Rashida talking about retirement saving. They 00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:15.420 said, well, how long you plan on living? Well, 00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:19.779 that's a crazy question to ask right now. So 00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:22.940 in order for me, to start thinking about what 00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:25.480 provision looks like, I have to consider death. 00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:28.819 You know what? Y 'all really jacked up in this 00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:33.299 world. It's a really upside -down world that 00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:35.819 in order for me to properly plan my future, I 00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:38.180 got to think about my end. Don't y 'all know 00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:40.940 that's not how we work. You know, you got to 00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:42.599 sit in there and be really prayed up when you 00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:44.740 talking to these financial advisors, because 00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:46.980 they'll start speaking deaf when you came with 00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:49.519 life. You like listen, I don't work my whole 00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:51.880 life assume this amount of money and the first 00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:53.900 thing they tell you is when it's gonna run out 00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:56.799 And what you need to do to make sure it don't 00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:58.900 run out y 'all looking at me crazy But this is 00:26:58.900 --> 00:27:01.559 what they do and so that instead of leaving there 00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:23.529 was security you leave there with fear And that's 00:27:23.529 --> 00:27:24.970 what a lot of people, I don't know why God got 00:27:24.970 --> 00:27:28.789 me here today. I don't know. But I like where 00:27:28.789 --> 00:27:32.250 he has me sitting right here. That some of y 00:27:32.250 --> 00:27:34.970 'all feel like you're marching towards an end. 00:27:36.690 --> 00:27:39.710 When truthfully, you're headed towards a miracle. 00:27:46.890 --> 00:27:52.309 Believe and receive it. Believe and receive it. 00:27:52.809 --> 00:27:55.369 that very appointment that you think is about 00:27:55.369 --> 00:28:02.750 to go in the wrong direction. God has the power 00:28:02.750 --> 00:28:10.789 to invade earth and change it for his good. Oh, 00:28:10.789 --> 00:28:14.710 yes, he does. Oh, yes, he does. He has a track 00:28:14.710 --> 00:28:20.069 record. He has a track worker of disrupting our 00:28:20.069 --> 00:28:23.589 nightmares. with a vision and a dream that exceeds 00:28:23.589 --> 00:28:28.509 our expectations. I don't care. You know, I really 00:28:28.509 --> 00:28:29.890 feel this in the spirit. Some of y 'all done 00:28:29.890 --> 00:28:32.609 had some dreams that you wonder what this dream 00:28:32.609 --> 00:28:35.269 is about. You ate something real bad. That's 00:28:35.269 --> 00:28:40.710 what it was. You got this dream and you holding 00:28:40.710 --> 00:28:44.809 on to this dream that God, that something devastation 00:28:44.809 --> 00:28:48.029 is coming. You need to let that go. God is a 00:28:48.029 --> 00:28:52.210 God of life and more life. That if God is involved, 00:28:52.309 --> 00:28:57.750 life is the result. If you see it, you got to 00:28:57.750 --> 00:29:01.950 confess, that ain't for me. I'm in this world, 00:29:01.950 --> 00:29:05.609 I'm not of this world. That okay, that's a warning, 00:29:05.710 --> 00:29:08.009 but that's a warning for those who do not have 00:29:08.009 --> 00:29:11.609 divine connection to the Father. I am aligned 00:29:11.609 --> 00:29:14.670 with the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. 00:29:14.670 --> 00:29:19.109 He's watching over my everyday life, orchestrating 00:29:19.109 --> 00:29:22.609 things beyond my thoughts and my imaginations. 00:29:22.890 --> 00:29:25.990 I only serve a God of more than enough. A God 00:29:25.990 --> 00:29:28.009 of more than enough called me out of darkness 00:29:28.009 --> 00:29:30.910 into this marvelous light. Not because he didn't 00:29:30.910 --> 00:29:33.509 have a plan, but because he had a strategic plan. 00:29:33.750 --> 00:29:36.769 And regardless of how I think or feel, he's working 00:29:36.769 --> 00:29:41.980 out his strategic plan right now. in your life 00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:44.980 and the only thing Satan can do is convince you 00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:48.799 to quit because it's already finished. So he'll 00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:51.240 throw dreams, he'll throw thoughts, he'll throw 00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:54.079 people, he'll throw suggestions, anything to 00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:57.559 get you to cave in and quit because it's already 00:29:57.559 --> 00:30:01.480 done. The framework has been set. I believe it, 00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:05.960 I speak it, I receive it, God settles it. That's 00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:24.880 it. Verse 43 now when he had said these things 00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:29.200 he cried with a loud voice lazareth come forth 00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:36.500 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot 00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:41.180 with grave clothes And his face was wrapped with 00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:47.420 a cloth jesus said to them Loose him and let 00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:54.009 him go Loose him Let them go. Church, I can't 00:30:54.009 --> 00:30:56.349 tell you how much of a message this is right 00:30:56.349 --> 00:30:59.750 here. That the same folks who wrapped him had 00:30:59.750 --> 00:31:06.549 to unwrap him. That the same folks who wrapped 00:31:06.549 --> 00:31:12.089 him as dead now had to unwrap him as alive. Woo! 00:31:14.210 --> 00:31:18.430 That the same folks that declared it was an end 00:31:18.430 --> 00:31:22.059 had to be a part of the new beginning. That the 00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:24.839 same folks that thought it couldn't happen had 00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:29.200 to have hands on what God did once again Jesus 00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:32.740 called them out, but they had to unwrap them 00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:39.799 What are you saying pastor Brian that many of 00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:42.279 us you are going to be involved of the unwrapping 00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:45.509 of a lot of things There's a lot of mindsets 00:31:45.509 --> 00:31:47.690 that you gonna have to unwrap. There's a lot 00:31:47.690 --> 00:31:50.289 of rise says people have to unwrap around you 00:31:50.289 --> 00:31:52.349 There's a lot of places people have mentally 00:31:52.349 --> 00:31:55.130 placed you that once God gets a hold of you They're 00:31:55.130 --> 00:31:57.670 gonna have to change those cloths They're gonna 00:31:57.670 --> 00:32:00.250 have to change that linen that they have you 00:32:00.250 --> 00:32:03.210 label as dead and done But what God is about 00:32:03.210 --> 00:32:06.289 to do is change your whole trajectory and they're 00:32:06.289 --> 00:32:09.589 about to have to undo everything They thought 00:32:09.589 --> 00:32:12.950 everything they said everything they imagined, 00:32:13.230 --> 00:32:18.430 they had no idea of what God was about to do. 00:32:18.769 --> 00:32:21.869 Y 'all hear what I'm saying? That the God of 00:32:21.869 --> 00:32:25.869 miracles is alive today and he wants to be active 00:32:25.869 --> 00:32:30.930 in our lives. And as he's active in our lives, 00:32:31.349 --> 00:32:35.529 he rearranges people's perspective of how they 00:32:35.529 --> 00:32:44.640 saw us before. Hey neighbor, this is the new 00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:52.460 me New life Now I know you may have to unwrap 00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:56.759 some things that you thought about me I Know 00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:59.420 there's some things that you know about me some 00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:03.380 things that you declared done about me but God 00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:07.539 is opening up these graves and screaming glory 00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:28.569 is How, Pastor, believe it? What they had to 00:33:28.569 --> 00:33:32.730 realize is, here's the truth, Jesus was developing 00:33:32.730 --> 00:33:38.269 a resilient faith within them. One capable of 00:33:38.269 --> 00:33:48.029 enduring crushed hopes. overwhelming fear that 00:33:48.029 --> 00:34:03.210 as we walk back it is 1023 as we run back you 00:34:03.210 --> 00:34:06.789 know I'm gonna save it for next week no it's 00:34:06.789 --> 00:34:13.369 too it's too good to rush to see how He unwraps 00:34:13.369 --> 00:34:18.389 this moment and how He gets their mind to understand 00:34:18.389 --> 00:34:21.550 what is going on. What are you saying, Pastor 00:34:21.550 --> 00:34:25.210 Brian? That as believers, it's important for 00:34:25.210 --> 00:34:28.449 us to see how our Savior responds to tragedy. 00:34:29.409 --> 00:34:32.670 Because until you understand how Jesus responds 00:34:32.670 --> 00:34:35.349 to tragedy, it's hard to live in the freedom 00:34:35.349 --> 00:34:39.380 that He's given you. many believe we do not understand 00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:44.420 how he responds to tragedy that we think he panics 00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:49.659 we think he changes we think that he shifts he 00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:52.880 does none of those things you know what he does 00:34:52.880 --> 00:35:04.719 he prepares a miracle and many of you have experienced 00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:08.840 very traumatic in tragic moments in your life. 00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:15.920 And what you need to realize is he doesn't run 00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:19.840 from tragedy. He doesn't dismiss tragedy. He 00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:30.179 prepares a miracle for every tragedy. You're 00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:35.699 not forsaken. But there is an appointed time. 00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:42.340 The Bible describes them as kairos moments. So 00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:47.940 when heaven touches earth, and what was designed 00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:57.199 to be tragic becomes miraculous and serves towards. 00:36:15.630 --> 00:36:20.869 Father God we thank you for today And I thank 00:36:20.869 --> 00:36:24.389 you for this opportunity to come and to stir 00:36:24.389 --> 00:36:33.530 your people I Pray father God that as they leave 00:36:33.530 --> 00:36:40.710 here They understand That there's a father who 00:36:40.710 --> 00:36:46.679 has never left him never forsaken but who is 00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:54.119 right now watching over their lives. Father God, 00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:57.800 I pray that you give them the strength, the resilience, 00:36:58.699 --> 00:37:04.059 the confidence, the courage to stand strong. 00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:10.699 The Bible tells us that yet though they slay 00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:18.539 me, I shall trust. Father God, I pray that we 00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:24.960 have a trust in you that survives temporary pain 00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:29.480 momentary loss I pray that we have a trust in 00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:36.739 you that transcends dark moments That transcends 00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:39.960 evil moments. I pray that we have a faith in 00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:44.000 you that transcends Decisions that have been 00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:48.119 in favorable on our behalf Father God, I pray 00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:56.440 that we have a faith That you are a God who performs 00:37:56.440 --> 00:38:03.739 miracles signs and wonders Father God, I pray 00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:06.960 that we leave here with the confidence with the 00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:14.800 courage with the resolve That you do have a blessing 00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:23.059 with our name on it. We're asking for your peace 00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:26.519 to invade our hearts. We're asking for your joy 00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:37.960 to invade our lives. Father God, cover us as 00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:45.030 we journey with you. I would like to also give 00:38:45.030 --> 00:38:49.869 an invitation to anyone who would love to receive 00:38:49.869 --> 00:38:53.510 Jesus today. The Bible says if you confess with 00:38:53.510 --> 00:38:55.530 your mouth and believe in your heart that Jesus 00:38:55.530 --> 00:39:00.449 died and rose again you shall be saved. It's 00:39:00.449 --> 00:39:04.789 confession and a belief leads to salvation and 00:39:04.789 --> 00:39:06.730 so collectively I'm going to say a prayer if 00:39:06.730 --> 00:39:09.090 that's you just say this prayer as we say it 00:39:09.090 --> 00:39:14.039 but father God I thank you for your son Jesus 00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:20.280 I believe he died and he rose again and when 00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:24.179 he rose he rose with salvation my forgiveness 00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:31.820 and I am now a child of his I Believe my sins 00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:38.599 are forgiven And heaven is my home church can 00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:40.400 we celebrate those who said that prayer for the 00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:56.559 first time Also, today's a special Sunday. God 00:39:56.559 --> 00:40:02.780 told us to just mark this Sunday as a day for 00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:10.880 many of you guys to go. Go wear pastor. Go be 00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:13.340 that person that's there to remove that stone. 00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:16.940 Go be that person that's ready to unwrap those 00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:19.599 grave clothes. what are you saying pastor brian 00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:24.199 that god told us to start a new discipleship 00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:30.519 journey here at the church and um we've been 00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:34.780 preparing for you we've been waiting for you 00:40:34.780 --> 00:40:37.079 but god told me that some of you guys wanted 00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:41.199 to experience new life when it comes to being 00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:46.199 a disciple of christ you know one of the things 00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:51.440 that i um Truly struggled with is this thing 00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:54.880 called church membership Simply because like 00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:56.980 I said, I've been around church a long time you 00:40:56.980 --> 00:41:00.719 can Church membership almost sounds like country 00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:06.179 club membership and You know, I Just don't see 00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:11.820 the point of it however, I do see the point of 00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:16.559 discipleship I See the point of servant leadership 00:41:18.679 --> 00:41:21.780 So a part of one of the things that God asked 00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:26.599 for us to do in this new season now y 'all Don't 00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:31.019 don't shock too much But we are no longer going 00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:35.519 to ask people to be members of this church We're 00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:38.679 gonna ask them if they want to be discipled at 00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:46.239 this church What does that mean that's intentionality 00:41:46.239 --> 00:41:50.469 that have an expectation and we have a commitment 00:41:50.469 --> 00:41:54.670 that you want to be here because you want to 00:41:54.670 --> 00:41:57.889 be like Jesus and we have a commitment to showing 00:41:57.889 --> 00:42:02.610 you how to do that that you know oftentimes I 00:42:02.610 --> 00:42:04.809 see people that I'm a member at that church and 00:42:04.809 --> 00:42:10.510 I'm thinking what does that mean to you and so 00:42:10.510 --> 00:42:14.010 God just asked us to bring some new life we can 00:42:14.010 --> 00:42:18.309 say new life Some people saying am I no longer 00:42:18.309 --> 00:42:21.809 a member? Yeah, you still are you just You just 00:42:21.809 --> 00:42:23.849 a disciple now. We'll change it on the back end 00:42:23.849 --> 00:42:29.449 for you But there's a new front end now Right, 00:42:29.550 --> 00:42:30.969 so you don't have to do nothing. We'll change 00:42:30.969 --> 00:42:33.610 it on the back end Just know that when we say 00:42:33.610 --> 00:42:36.630 disciple maker and servant leader We're talking 00:42:36.630 --> 00:42:40.409 about you now that we want to call you into activation 00:42:40.409 --> 00:42:43.449 We want to call you into an understanding of 00:42:43.449 --> 00:42:46.590 why you are here and what our commitment is to 00:42:46.590 --> 00:42:49.250 you while you were here. Just to make that plain, 00:42:50.190 --> 00:42:51.730 many people may not even know what it means to 00:42:51.730 --> 00:42:55.050 be a disciple. It means to be one that reflects 00:42:55.050 --> 00:42:57.909 the lifestyle of Christ. And so it's actually 00:42:57.909 --> 00:43:02.110 a specific form of teaching that looks at how 00:43:02.110 --> 00:43:04.829 Jesus handles things and teaches you how to handle 00:43:04.829 --> 00:43:07.969 your life. I'm saying this because we actually 00:43:07.969 --> 00:43:10.690 develop another set of teaching that goes along 00:43:10.690 --> 00:43:13.989 with that. They'll be coming out weekly via video 00:43:13.989 --> 00:43:16.349 so you can watch them at your leisure at your 00:43:16.349 --> 00:43:18.230 convenience And then we'll assemble together 00:43:18.230 --> 00:43:21.190 and talk about those lessons collectively So 00:43:21.190 --> 00:43:23.510 yeah, it's not just a title, but there's actually 00:43:23.510 --> 00:43:25.389 teaching that's gonna come along with these title 00:43:25.389 --> 00:43:27.969 And so there we are right there's a QR code you 00:43:27.969 --> 00:43:30.969 scan that QR code You're able to log in begin 00:43:30.969 --> 00:43:34.090 that journey I'm excited to walk on this journey 00:43:34.090 --> 00:43:36.610 with you guys And it's simply we're gonna take 00:43:36.610 --> 00:43:40.570 Sunday's message and pull out even the discipleship 00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:42.719 points there's direct points where you can see 00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:45.500 this is how Jesus handles life and this is how 00:43:45.500 --> 00:43:49.179 I should handle life and so we're excited about 00:43:49.179 --> 00:43:51.119 it so if you're ready to be a servant leader 00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:55.860 and a disciple maker scan that QR code and the 00:43:55.860 --> 00:44:00.000 journey shall begin y 'all excited about that 00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:28.340 look you never say new life And so here at Reveal 00:44:28.340 --> 00:44:30.800 the Truth Ministries, we believe in cheerful 00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:33.860 givers. Cheerful givers, what does that mean? 00:44:34.360 --> 00:44:38.699 We believe that your heart should be in your 00:44:38.699 --> 00:44:43.840 giving. That the Bible does never ask us to respond 00:44:43.840 --> 00:44:46.940 to coercive. presentations of giving it never 00:44:46.940 --> 00:44:50.659 asked us to respond to giving because of out 00:44:50.659 --> 00:44:53.840 of need but the Bible tells us that man should 00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:57.059 be cheerful in their giving that you should ask 00:44:57.059 --> 00:45:00.300 God what he's asking for you to give and in response 00:45:00.300 --> 00:45:04.019 to what he says be obedient not grudgingly are 00:45:04.019 --> 00:45:06.440 of necessity what is grudgingly I didn't want 00:45:06.440 --> 00:45:08.860 to do it was necessity I did it out of need those 00:45:08.860 --> 00:45:14.219 are not biblical in the truth ministries we support 00:45:14.219 --> 00:45:18.300 cheerful givers and you guys are incredible incredible 00:45:18.300 --> 00:45:20.960 i think many people would be surprised that people 00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:23.300 still give even though they're giving cheerfully 00:45:23.300 --> 00:45:25.699 that they really think they have to force people 00:45:25.699 --> 00:45:27.739 into doing something for them to do it that is 00:45:27.739 --> 00:45:31.940 crazy but um true for the matter is you guys 00:45:31.940 --> 00:45:34.440 are incredible you respond to as god is leading 00:45:34.440 --> 00:45:37.000 you and as a result we are able to move forward 00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:48.829 the gospel amen amen And so So Y 'all know y 00:45:48.829 --> 00:45:50.889 'all know pastor Brian and so I've been trying 00:45:50.889 --> 00:45:53.630 to figure out this whole service, you know, I 00:45:53.630 --> 00:45:57.969 told Elder Nick I was gonna celebrate day and 00:45:57.969 --> 00:46:04.349 raise it 45 years 46 years of marriage Between 00:46:04.349 --> 00:46:07.550 elder Nick and miss Terry and you know what? 00:46:07.550 --> 00:46:09.269 I was so funny the whole service. I was like 00:46:09.269 --> 00:46:12.559 they not sit next to each other This would be 00:46:12.559 --> 00:46:15.340 awkward to celebrate an anniversary if they beefing 00:46:15.340 --> 00:46:18.940 currently, but I think she's sitting next to 00:46:18.940 --> 00:46:22.000 her granddaughter All right. I was like boy. 00:46:22.019 --> 00:46:27.059 This is about to be awkward, you know, I Don't 00:46:27.059 --> 00:46:30.960 know if I should skip it or do it But I saw the 00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:33.219 granddaughter so, you know, she's sitting next 00:46:33.219 --> 00:46:35.639 to the granddaughter. So they are celebrating 00:46:35.639 --> 00:46:41.940 40 y 'all give it up for one 46 years marriage 00:46:41.940 --> 00:46:48.320 that's incredible and so y 'all gonna come back 00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:51.159 next week up otherwise we'd have been here for 00:46:51.159 --> 00:46:57.280 a very long time but um man y 'all can stand 00:46:57.280 --> 00:47:05.119 to your feet we'll finish I guess it'd be part 00:47:05.119 --> 00:47:10.400 two of what to do when you need a miracle But 00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:14.659 now unto him that is able to keep you from falling 00:47:14.659 --> 00:47:18.119 and to present you faultless for the presence 00:47:18.119 --> 00:47:22.360 of his glory with exceeding joy to the only wise 00:47:22.360 --> 00:47:27.619 God, our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion 00:47:27.619 --> 00:47:51.420 and power both now and forever. Amen. So far 00:47:51.420 --> 00:47:54.719 nothing so much but nothing compared to a mother's 00:47:54.719 --> 00:47:54.980 touch