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that you have become our faithful father and

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we're thankful god for that we're thankful for

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the love you poured out upon us for giving us

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of our sins and making us righteous and acceptable

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we thank you god that you gave us spiritual blessings

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you've given us a joy an unspeakable joy and

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we're thankful god for you in this moment and

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it's time for bringing us here together. We don't

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take these times for granted. We don't take these

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moments for granted, but we are grateful that

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we get to come together, worship together, pray

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together. We're asking God for you to lead us

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and guide us in this moment. As we open up your

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word, we pray that your truth will set us free.

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That if anybody came in here bound by any lies

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or caught up in any schemes, That the truth of

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your word will set them free in this hour. That

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they will experience the freedom that comes with

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knowing truth and being loved by you. In your

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precious name I pray. The name above all names.

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Y 'all shout it with me church. Jesus, amen,

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amen. We'll love on your neighbor. Tell them

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you're glad to see them. Tell them this has been

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an incredible journey. But looking to say, Hey

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neighbor, you've made it to the end of this chapter.

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You know, we've been in the series. Here is home.

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And I believe it's been one of our most powerful

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sermon series. Do y 'all agree? I'm gonna try

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that again. I believe it's been one of our most

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powerful sermon series. There we go. Here is

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home is coming from an understanding that um

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God Loves a devoted people The Bible is not casual

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nor is it? Shy are reluctant about God's desire

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for us to love him completely spirit soul and

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body That he wants the fullness of us. He wants

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all of us He wants to consume us the Bible speaks

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of it like a like a all -consuming fire. He wants

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to into your lives and Here is home was more

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than just a title. It was a declaration that

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if we found ourselves in any great spaces concerning

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Where God has called us who we are Some of our

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beliefs that we would officially declare. No,

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we're home here. We're home in Miracle signs

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and wonders right that we're we're home if God

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has called you to Tampa, Florida. I'm here. I'm

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home Until my address changes. I might as well

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be where my feet are You know, we declared home

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to this church, you know, God's called you to

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reveal the truth ministries here is home, you

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know and home and marriages and home and jobs

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and home everywhere simply knowing that The Bible

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tells us in James that a double -minded man is

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unstable in all of his ways and he cannot expect

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to receive anything from God And so we're saying,

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no, we want to be postured in a place to where

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we can receive that all that heaven has for us,

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that we want to truly experience that new life.

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And we want to go from graves to glory. We want

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to experience the glory of God in our lives.

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Anybody want to experience the glory of God in

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your life? And we realize that in order to experience

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that glory, we must have not information, but

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revelation from God. We need his wisdom. We need

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to know what is not just permissible, what is

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profitable for our lives and that takes wisdom

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from God. Believe it or not, there are things

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God has for you, specifically for you, that without

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connection with him, you will not know what they

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are. Won't be able to tell you what they are

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your mama your daddy your auntie uncle There's

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things that God has for you that he is intending

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on communicating directly to you And so that

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means we need to sit under an open heaven Amen

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and under that open heaven God is able to pour

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out wisdom that we need for us to be not just

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Not just off -the -shelf Christians, but but

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truly be ones filled with the spirit of God.

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That we don't want to be ones that are so caught

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up by the letter that we miss the spirit of God

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that's behind every word that is spoken. Y 'all

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rocking with me? Amen. And so we spent the majority

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of our time there. And you know, as we were closing

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this thing out, God just said, it's time, time

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to go to war. And so we've been spending these

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last three weeks gloves off. So looking to say,

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Hey neighbor, this is another gloves off service

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meaning that our objective as believers is to

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know the truth and it's by that very truth we

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shall be set free and understanding that anytime

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you hear truth it may be convicting it may be

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controversial but those things we know lead to

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our good that the Bible I know we've been saying

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even when it doesn't taste good it Boy, I'm gonna

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try to get on this side. Even when it doesn't

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taste good at what it lives good And so we don't

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want to hear the truth. Oh, that was good. Yeah,

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some of it is really good But stick around to

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find out the path. That's normally where you're

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like, okay God I hear you mama. She's listening

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on the way in she's I ain't gonna miss a minute

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of this word and so We went back and I have been

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I can't tell you how stirred up I've been, as

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a pastor, to see how you guys have been responding

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to truth the last two weeks. You know, we went

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back to where we actually started this year,

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in the book of Haggai. Y 'all see how I did that?

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Working on it. In the book of Haggai, and said,

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you know, God told us that this year, point blank

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period, that we were going to have to consider

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our ways. Now, I don't know maybe some people

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forgot about that doesn't matter we're all in

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here together and so as we were entering to this

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last quarter God said we need to go back and

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some of us got a little lost some of us No, we

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were right where God wants us to be but truthfully

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and I say this because you can also miss this

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in the book of Haggai is The fact that or the

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truth that it wasn't about an individual arrival

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I'm saying it again. The book of Haggai wasn't

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about an individual's arrival. It was about a

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people's arrival. I'm saying it to this side.

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Maybe y 'all over here care about folks. But

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the book of Haggai, he was telling them to individually

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consider their ways for collective victory. Okay,

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I said it wrong over this. In the book of Haggai,

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he was telling them to individually consider

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their ways for a collective victory, that it

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wasn't about someone saying, I got it, I'm good.

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No, it was about, we individually considered

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our way so that we can get it. That we must understand

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that there are things that we are called to do

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together and experience together, but it may

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come through the path of you considering your

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individual participation in our we thing. And

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so, Even if you are, wherever you are, experiencing

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your new life, we ain't all there. So let's come

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together and let's as a church, oh man, be that

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new community, be that brother's keeper. Y 'all

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all right? And so three places which I understand,

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not all of these things are, how can I say this?

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considered the same way for everybody that's

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why you need wisdom from God and so we said we're

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gonna dial in these last three weeks the first

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week we talked about sowing and last week we

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talked about seeking and this week we're gonna

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talk about serving and we talked about these

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three areas because as a people we haven't really

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connected our our what's going on in our lives

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naturally to how we've handled those areas spiritually.

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And that was also a big mistake that was made

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in the Book of Haggai, that they were connecting,

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they weren't connecting their realities, what

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they were seeing to how they were handling spiritual

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matters. And there was a disconnect and Haggai

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says, no, no, no, no. What you're experiencing

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naturally is directly connected to how you are

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handling things spiritually. That you have been

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translated into a new Kingdom and so you don't

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live by the rules and the dictates of this world

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You are governed by a greater kingdom. That's

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the kingdom of God say hey neighbor You were

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in this world, but not of this world. You are

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governed now say this with some audacity by a

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greater Kingdom and so he says guys You know,

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that's what the Bible says. Seek ye first the

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kingdom of God. And you know that these things

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are letting us know that when you put God first,

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that everything else happens according to how

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he wants it to go. And so we prioritize the kingdom

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and in prioritizing his kingdom, there are things

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about this everyday walking around life that

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are no longer of concern. And so here's the thing.

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The thing is it's not for us to be to you hear

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that truth in order to live that truth It should

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say to me when my everyday life is out of order.

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It's because something in the kingdom has lost

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its order Hear me out Gloves off. I know it's

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early Right. So what does that? How do I live

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that truth? You can know the truth, but if you

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do not know how to He lived by that truth. It

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does you no good. So if I know the Bible says

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Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness

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and all these things will be added unto you.

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What were those things? Those are things concerning

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their everyday walking around life. Well, that's

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what I know, but how do I live it? This is how

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I live it if I'm if I'm walking around in my

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everyday life It's out of order that lets me

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know it's because something of the kingdom is

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not in order And that's what Haggai was trying

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to tell them y 'all keep wondering around while

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you're why you got your money got your bags humping

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holes in your money bags and your harvest isn't

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yielding you're wondering all of these things

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but you haven't considered how you've actually

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treated God's kingdom and so this is not necessarily

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breaking ground of revelation but it's as fundamental

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for us to realize as believers y 'all rocking

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with me right go with me to mark 10 now oh Jesus

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Christ Today we are going to teach a message

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on servanthood y 'all knew that when y 'all showed

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up here this message Must be taught according

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to the word of God Hear me out because as we

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start to read It's important for you to realize

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that none of us set this standard But all of

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us have an opportunity to live up to now I will

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also tell you if there's a message that I, Pastor

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Brian, carry the greatest conviction concerning

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is this one right here. I cannot explain outside

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of these truths why God has been so good to me.

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If someone asked me, why do you believe God has

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been so good? I would say it's because of believing

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that what he said here is actually true. So I'm

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gonna preach it, just as it's written. Y 'all

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like, why pastor came into worship late? I'm

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gonna tell you why I came to worship late. I

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came into Worship Lake because I was like, God,

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if there's a disclaimer, if there's a group of

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people this doesn't hit, let me know before we

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start. And he did give me a group, which is fine.

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And I think this is important. It was so beautiful

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because I also realized that we are a multi -generational

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church. There are people that are serving this

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ministry right now beyond their tenure. So I

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don't want you to hear this message and think

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God's calling you back to a place you've graduated

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from but I do you need you to realize that this

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is the same truth that changed you and What is

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your assignment is to not back down from the

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truth that changed you? Because there's a new

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generation that needs to hear the truth Unfortunately,

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there's a lot of seasoned people who aren't telling

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them the truth anymore Because they are afraid

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that the truth is gonna call them back to a place

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that they have graduated from which you have

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I want to preach the message, but I got to make

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sure That y 'all are that people are in the right

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seats You hear what I'm saying? right that that

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there are many of you who have done this and

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well done well done, but then there's those you

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still in this and you just need to hear the truth

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and stop messing around with them lies. Y 'all

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all right. And so I'm asking some of y 'all to

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join with me in calling others out of, bruh,

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that's not how it works. Because we all can agree

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we live in a generation that think that they

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can just do what they way. And that's not how

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it works. They want what they see, but they don't

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want to duplicate anybody who's got it. Oh, they

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talking to me. you know they see where you live

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now but they don't want to do an ounce of what

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you did to get there we have a generation that

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wants to be successful without having to be faithful

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like that's what we got that's what we got and

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they're looking at you and saying well you ain't

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there like you like like you still asking me

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to be there and you gotta tell i was there it's

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your turn that's the truth i did it You up. And

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so I'm saying that because this is a multi -generational

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church, so I want to teach the truth. But I want

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y 'all to also understand some of y 'all ain't

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being called back to. You're being called to

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say the truth, Bowley. To be reinvigorated with,

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you know what, pastor? You right. I'm not finna

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try to sugarcoat it with them no more. You cannot

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be successful without first being found faithful.

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Period. The Bible even tells us that if you wanted

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to find out if you are faithful, that you can't

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even ask yourself that question. That you should

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ask the person to whom you said you're called

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to be faithful too. So many people, this generation,

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they call themselves faithful. Not knowing the

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Bible don't even acknowledge you calling you

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faithful. I'll get started. I was seeing how

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far I could get. But like y 'all listening, one

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last thing before we start. These are just things

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God told me to share. before we start, so y 'all

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just hear me out. Many of these truths I was

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convicted of before I even read them in the text.

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Why am I saying this? Because some of you guys,

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this message is going to be confirmation of what

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you already knew. I was like, I knew that was

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true. I just didn't know where it was at. Any

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of y 'all ever had one of the moments in scripture?

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You felt the conviction before you even read

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the text? But amen. Sorry, y 'all there, Mark

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chapter 10, verse. We'll start at 35. I'm reading

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ESV. It says, and James and John, the sons of

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Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, teacher,

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we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.

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All right. Now, first, hear me out. We all read

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that. We all gasp the same way to think that

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Who is anybody to come up to Jesus and make such

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a statement as we want you to do for us whatever

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we ask of you many of us that just makes the

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inside of us tear up and I would say you're that

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mature group I was talking about like you'd like

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this sound wrong all right I don't even know

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what the rest of this is pastor you don't even

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got to break this text down but cast them brothers

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out but here's the truth That's how this generation

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approaches Jesus Unfortunately, that's how many

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of us have gone back to approaching Jesus We

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talked about this last weekend seeking that we

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truthfully are coming here and in our hearts

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is one simple request we just want you to do

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what we asking and Jesus this is so good you

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would think Jesus's response is No, but check

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this out church. Jesus doesn't say no He said

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to them What do you want? Me to do for you. So

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Jesus didn't say no to that request He asked

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them. What is it that you want? Because there's

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something else we know about the kingdom to whom

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much is given Much is required. So Jesus is not

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immediately offended by their request Jesus is

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not confused, baffled, or even offended by their

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request. Jesus first wants to know, well, what

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are you asking? And we should always ask ourselves

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when we are coming to Christ, what is it that

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you truly desire? That's why Jesus asked him,

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what is it you want? Because once I hear what

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you want, I can discover what's actually in your

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heart. And they said to him, grant us to sit

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at your right hand and one at your left hand.

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glory. What they were saying is the right hand

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and the left hand of any leader was considered

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places of prestige and honor. What they were

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asking for was to be represented in prestige

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and honor upon his victory over Jerusalem. Their

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thought was that Jesus came to establish an earthly

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kingdom that was visible and so what they were

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asking for was to be seen in visibility with

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him as he conquered this earthly kingdom but

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this revealed something in their heart that they

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didn't realize that jesus didn't come to establish

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an earthly kingdom but a heavenly kingdom jesus

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came to destroy an earthly kingdom and establish

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a heavenly one And so it actually revealed that

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they missed some steps along the way. Sometimes

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we've missed some steps along the way. We've

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heard some things. Oh, that sounds good. What

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did they hear? They heard that the ones who have

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been oppressing them roam, that Jesus was going

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to go conquer them. And so they were like, hey,

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listen, we're about to free the people. And because

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they were oppressed as a people, it sounded attractive

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to be with the one who was going to take down

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the power that they saw. But we know that Jesus

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doesn't fight flesh and blood. He fights principalities,

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rulers, and places that you cannot see. So they

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were imagining a physical victory when Jesus

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was fighting a spiritual one. And so, in this

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moment, when Jesus was speaking more and more

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about his coming time for me to do what I've

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came to do, they saw that time was running short.

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in seeing that time was running short they're

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like we got to get our request in because we

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want to be close to him when we win and so they

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were seeking a natural victory a scene victory

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although Jesus was fighting a spiritual victory

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in other words they've been walking with them

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but they've been on two different pages hope

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y 'all rocking with me and that's happens with

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us sometimes sometimes we trade in the deeper

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for the cheaper Right, that we started understanding

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that he's freed me from sin, he's freed me from

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death, he's given me a heavenly home, my eternity

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is secure, but over time we've drifted into truly

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desiring to be seen visibly good. Wrong side

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of the church again. So, the fight was for spiritual

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freedom. And so Jesus says, hey listen, I've

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come to set you free. from a greater oppression

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than you even realize that Rome has. They thought

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Rome was an oppressor. They didn't realize that

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sin is always a greater oppressor than Rome.

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So Jesus didn't come to just set them free from

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a physical oppression of Rome, but from a spiritual

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oppression called sin. And he's like, listen,

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if you've been set free from sin, what can Rome

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do? And so Jesus like, I'm doing what you're

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saying. It's just not visible the way you want

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it. Come on y 'all gotta rock with me, right?

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And so They're in this journey. They're like

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well, whoa. Whoa. Whoa We now want some visibility

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of our victory. I don't want to mess with y 'all

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too much But this is where a lot of us are today

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That you have been set free sin no longer has

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you bound grace is flowing through your life

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But yet because you don't have as many physical

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signs as victory as you thought you're beginning

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to think that the fight wasn't worth it This

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is where they are and so they're saying listen

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We want to rock next to you because every king

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has a throne and so when you conquer I got any

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James is in the house any John's in the house,

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right? That's right. So their thought was save

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us from Rome. His thought was save you from sin

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Which is a greater slavery than Rome has ever

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Oppressed you with this right here is also revealing

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to They said, in your glory, I was going to do

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this later on, but I don't think we're going

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to make it. But that right there was the trigger

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to understand that they had misaligned at some

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place because they were wanting to be in Jesus's

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glory. And Jesus is like, there is no glory apart

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from the fathers. And he appropriates this here.

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Jesus said to them, you do not know what you

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are asking to drink the cup that I drink. or

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to be baptized with the baptism which I am baptized.

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In other words, you cannot ask without realizing

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that there must be something given to achieve.

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You're asking to be with me in glory. Well, the

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path of glory goes through death. So the answer

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wasn't no. What was given to them was the path

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to the request. You gotta see this you gotta

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see this so Jesus didn't say that's the stupidest

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thing I ever heard before in my life How could

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you ask for the right and the left? I know you've

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misinterpreted the right and the left, but either

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way, we can work that out as we continue to grow

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and learn each other. But what I need you to

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understand greater now than anything else in

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this moment, bump your mistheology right now.

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I need you to get a basic principle that if you

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are asking for something, you must be willing

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to give of yourself in proportion to what you

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have asked for. That you cannot ask for something

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great and be willing to give something small

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That if you are asking for greatness, you must

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be willing to sacrifice great With it that you

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cannot be asking for much and only be willing

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to give Little that if you're asking for much

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if you came in hear me out church and ask Jesus

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to do something so world -changing It's not that

00:31:36.890 --> 00:31:47.369
he said no He didn't tell them no I hear y 'all

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dream carriers every week and you believe that

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God is going to do Exceedingly abundantly above

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what you can ask think or imagine many came in

00:32:00.809 --> 00:32:03.690
here You have named what it is that you want

00:32:03.690 --> 00:32:07.750
God to do in your life And I'm here to show you

00:32:07.750 --> 00:32:12.009
he didn't tell them no He just gave them the

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path to what they asked for because the every

00:32:14.890 --> 00:32:19.069
promise there's a and so he says hey You want

00:32:19.069 --> 00:32:28.460
this glory want this glory? I think y 'all should

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:31.069
look at y 'all never say hey neighbor You want

00:32:31.069 --> 00:32:45.539
this glory? You you got to trace the story and

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:54.569
he says hey Are you able to drink the cup that

00:32:54.569 --> 00:32:57.490
I drink or be baptized with the baptism which

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which I'm baptized Jesus is speaking of the cup

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of death If you're willing to rock with your

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boy, maybe there's a chance, but what you ask

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:20.059
for is mighty great. What are you saying Pastor

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:28.480
Byron? I know it may seem as though Jesus is

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asking you for a lot right now, but have you

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:42.759
considered what you've asked him for? Have you

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actually considered what you've asked him for?

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We have a church that has minimized our request

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in the face the majesty of his glory Just because

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he's big doesn't mean it makes what you have

00:34:10.389 --> 00:34:18.130
to do small. I'm gonna say it again Just because

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he's a big God. It doesn't mean You get away

00:34:22.389 --> 00:34:30.000
with doing small things I'm gonna say this Just

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:34.320
because he's a big God That does not mean you

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:42.929
get away with doing small things We have a generation

00:34:42.929 --> 00:34:45.269
now that thinks God's so big they can do nothing

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:53.880
I can do nothing. God's so great, I can do nothing.

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:59.389
This is where we are. Boy, y 'all about to run

00:34:59.389 --> 00:35:00.949
me out of the church. I can feel y 'all right

00:35:00.949 --> 00:35:11.150
now. Anyway, check this out. Verse 39, this should

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blow your mind again. And they said to him, we

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able. Boy, this is a different group of mama

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:33.780
jammers right here. This is top flight discipleship.

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:38.599
This this is discipleship on levels many of us

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:42.619
have yet to experience Jesus is saying you gonna

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:45.800
have to drink the cup be baptized with the fire.

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They're like bring it on Whatever you ask if

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:53.940
it results in glory, we are willing Whatever

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:57.139
you ask if it results in glory, we are willing

00:35:57.139 --> 00:36:00.719
whatever you ask if it results in glory, we are

00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:05.530
will whatever If it results in glory, we are

00:36:05.530 --> 00:36:08.289
willing we don't even understand what it means

00:36:08.289 --> 00:36:11.210
to drink the cup But if it takes drinking the

00:36:11.210 --> 00:36:16.530
cup to sharing glory past the cup Jesus They

00:36:16.530 --> 00:36:19.650
don't even understand the magnitude of what they're

00:36:19.650 --> 00:36:23.610
asking for But they do understand the principle

00:36:23.610 --> 00:36:27.110
to who much is given much is required Why should

00:36:27.110 --> 00:36:30.250
I even expect to have a small request given what

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I've asked? I've asked to sit next to Jesus in

00:36:35.349 --> 00:36:44.420
victory. I've asked to be side by side with the

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:49.420
Savior in victory. Why would I even think that

00:36:49.420 --> 00:37:01.619
comes with me doing something small? Look at

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:06.440
your neighbor. Say, hey neighbor, what have you

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:13.519
asked? I know you're complaining about what he's

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:17.650
called you to do, but what did you ask? That's

00:37:17.650 --> 00:37:19.670
the new question. We got to start asking people

00:37:19.670 --> 00:37:22.869
when we're seeing people complain about About

00:37:22.869 --> 00:37:25.710
about about serving and we're seeing them complaining

00:37:25.710 --> 00:37:29.369
about sacrifice and we shouldn't try to try to

00:37:29.369 --> 00:37:31.730
help them understand We should first ask them.

00:37:31.750 --> 00:37:41.320
What did you ask? Oh what you're mad about and

00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:43.500
I know what you think is too high and I know

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:46.059
you the Expectations are through the roof. But

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:49.039
before I even evaluate whether or not they're

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:51.480
misusing you Can I ask you a question? What did

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:57.460
you ask Jesus for? Before I say they putting

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:59.880
too much on you before I say they not considering

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:02.260
your family before I say that they not doing

00:38:02.260 --> 00:38:04.860
blah blah blah Can I can I just ask what what

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:07.460
did you what did you what did you ask? What did

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:15.409
you ask Jesus for? because truthfully Some requests

00:38:15.409 --> 00:38:21.440
come at the leaving of your family I would be

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:24.179
lying to you if I didn't show you that many times

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:27.480
throughout scripture Based upon the request the

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:32.340
follow -up was get out of here. You have to leave

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:37.900
everything you know you have to put down your

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:41.239
occupation you have to put down what you think

00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:43.539
is your primary gifting you're gonna have to

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:46.199
put down what you think is your primary source

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:48.900
of resources you will have to lay it all down

00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:53.199
so I can't tell you that the request is too much

00:38:53.199 --> 00:39:05.340
before I realize what did you ask you know they

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:06.940
want us up there every night of the week what

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:12.889
did you I can't tell you it's too much until

00:39:12.889 --> 00:39:25.800
I know what you upside down, you're not gonna

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:33.690
be able to do that from your couch, bro. You're

00:39:33.690 --> 00:39:36.150
not gonna be able to maintain your sleeping schedule

00:39:36.150 --> 00:39:41.170
according to some app on your phone. So you're

00:39:41.170 --> 00:39:43.809
telling me the app knows more about the rest

00:39:43.809 --> 00:39:47.170
you need than the Christ who found you. What

00:39:47.170 --> 00:39:53.900
are you saying? I haven't reached my peak. What

00:39:57.199 --> 00:40:05.889
is this? The matriarchs are seasoned saints.

00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:08.440
Because you're like, what are these devices that

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:10.940
you are using in substitution of the Holy Spirit?

00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:15.210
We do not know of the Jesus you follow That's

00:40:15.210 --> 00:40:18.289
what y 'all really want to tell them. We don't

00:40:18.289 --> 00:40:20.849
know what Jesus y 'all follow, but it ain't the

00:40:20.849 --> 00:40:27.219
one that found me I suggest You go find the real

00:40:27.219 --> 00:40:32.239
Jesus because the Jesus you think Ain't the Jesus

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:59.400
I serve They said we are able and Jesus said

00:40:59.400 --> 00:41:05.739
to them the cup that I drink You will drink and

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:09.760
with the baptism which I am baptized You will

00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:13.400
be baptized. What did you say? He says you right?

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:21.929
Right now it's going to be in your way Because

00:41:21.929 --> 00:41:24.570
there's only one who's getting on the cross for

00:41:24.570 --> 00:41:28.380
all mankind but what you must realize each one

00:41:28.380 --> 00:41:33.570
of us does have a cup we will have to drink and

00:41:33.570 --> 00:41:37.599
Your cup may not be my cup, but you got a cup

00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:53.809
Hey neighbor You got a cup and next time you're

00:41:53.809 --> 00:41:58.280
reluctant about drinking it just ask yourself

00:41:58.280 --> 00:42:03.900
What did I ask for? But what's most important

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:08.440
here is the principle. What does the cup represent?

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:12.119
It represents suffering It represents the thing

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:14.280
you don't want to go through to get to where

00:42:14.280 --> 00:42:17.570
God wants you The cup represents the thing you

00:42:17.570 --> 00:42:19.710
don't want to go through to get to where God

00:42:19.710 --> 00:42:22.670
wants you and what we must all realize there

00:42:22.670 --> 00:42:24.610
is always going to be something you have to go

00:42:24.610 --> 00:42:27.170
through to get to where God wants you but you

00:42:27.170 --> 00:42:30.250
have to ask yourself before you say ask too much

00:42:30.250 --> 00:42:33.369
what did i ask him for because we all have a

00:42:33.369 --> 00:42:36.289
cup we must drink up as it turns out James would

00:42:36.289 --> 00:42:39.130
be killed he would be martyred John would be

00:42:39.130 --> 00:42:42.090
exiled from the country so John separated from

00:42:42.090 --> 00:42:44.769
family James killed so that was their cups wasn't

00:42:44.769 --> 00:42:48.019
the cross But I love to think about this because

00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:50.980
even Jesus had to carry his cross before he got

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:54.369
a chance to fight his fight I'm saying again

00:42:54.369 --> 00:42:57.570
Jesus carried the cross Before he fought the

00:42:57.570 --> 00:43:02.280
fight. I'm saying to this side. He carried the

00:43:02.280 --> 00:43:06.900
cross Before he fought the fight we think carrying

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:12.250
the cross is the fight this side We think carrying

00:43:12.250 --> 00:43:15.489
the cross is the fight the cross carrying was

00:43:15.489 --> 00:43:21.929
the prerequisite to the cross He had to carry

00:43:21.929 --> 00:43:27.179
the crawl the cross to the cross The victory

00:43:27.179 --> 00:43:30.469
wasn't in how he got there The victory is that

00:43:30.469 --> 00:43:35.429
he withstand everything when he arrived And so

00:43:35.429 --> 00:43:37.469
we have believers that think because they went

00:43:37.469 --> 00:43:40.690
through something the battle is over No, oftentimes

00:43:40.690 --> 00:43:44.239
what you went through just got you to The battlefield

00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:50.230
now that you're on it. You got a fight. That's

00:43:50.230 --> 00:44:11.219
that seems like a lot the shame it's heavy cross

00:44:12.460 --> 00:44:14.780
victory and God's like you ain't even at the

00:44:14.780 --> 00:44:23.489
battlefield yet you ain't even made it to the

00:44:23.489 --> 00:44:35.500
battle yet and you mad about a cross we had a

00:44:36.269 --> 00:44:41.880
leadership meeting last month no y 'all pray

00:44:41.880 --> 00:44:44.179
for past this is how times been with me last

00:44:44.179 --> 00:44:58.699
week and I'm gonna say this because someone came

00:44:58.699 --> 00:45:07.710
to me and they said oh that's right some people

00:45:08.510 --> 00:45:12.320
they couldn't make it They had a reason, you

00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:15.429
know. They had somewhere else they had to be.

00:45:16.360 --> 00:45:19.429
I said, you know, it's so amazing to me. One

00:45:19.429 --> 00:45:23.079
day, we'll realize as a people, everybody had

00:45:23.079 --> 00:45:28.539
somewhere else to be. There wasn't a person in

00:45:28.539 --> 00:45:30.480
the room that didn't have a better place to be.

00:45:31.909 --> 00:45:33.849
But for some reason, there's a select amount

00:45:33.849 --> 00:45:37.480
of us that think that where we supposed to be

00:45:38.119 --> 00:45:42.059
has greater rank than other people. And I don't

00:45:42.059 --> 00:45:45.340
understand, maybe one day you'll realize. everybody

00:45:45.340 --> 00:45:56.500
always has another option. That's what's going

00:45:56.500 --> 00:45:59.559
on in culture today. Some people are living in

00:45:59.559 --> 00:46:04.360
what they think they already arrived to. They

00:46:04.360 --> 00:46:11.150
really think they already are that. Just because

00:46:11.150 --> 00:46:13.590
the song says I'm him that don't make it you.

00:46:17.519 --> 00:46:19.460
You get caught up in the lyrics and forget your

00:46:19.460 --> 00:46:36.239
reality. What are you saying Pastor Brian? They

00:46:36.239 --> 00:46:44.500
had false illusions of places of honor. False

00:46:44.500 --> 00:46:57.480
illusions. places of honor Jesus was going to

00:46:57.480 --> 00:47:02.829
sit on an earthly throne not realizing he was

00:47:02.829 --> 00:47:14.409
ascending to a heavenly one what are you saying

00:47:14.409 --> 00:47:16.590
that truth is the kingdom of God is not made

00:47:16.590 --> 00:47:19.809
up of place of palaces and thrones but of hearts

00:47:19.809 --> 00:47:25.440
and lives that Jesus wasn't trying to sit on

00:47:25.440 --> 00:47:32.800
the throne of a built palace but sit on the throne

00:47:32.800 --> 00:47:40.860
of one hearts so his reign would be great But

00:47:40.860 --> 00:47:44.280
it's an internal victory, not one perceived by

00:47:44.280 --> 00:47:47.179
this world's standards of what's great, but what

00:47:47.179 --> 00:47:54.280
is truly eternally beneficial. He's the greatest

00:47:54.280 --> 00:48:02.500
King without a visible throne. The only time

00:48:02.500 --> 00:48:04.460
he would be lifted above this earth, it would

00:48:04.460 --> 00:48:15.639
be on a cross. The only time he would be seen

00:48:15.639 --> 00:48:19.769
lifted above this earth, it would be on a cross,

00:48:23.179 --> 00:48:27.030
dying for everyone that sat below it. That's

00:48:27.030 --> 00:48:42.619
how humbled he walked but yet we have a generation

00:48:43.190 --> 00:48:47.179
that is serving him So they could be lifted to

00:48:47.179 --> 00:48:50.239
places. He would never even be lifted to himself.

00:49:04.030 --> 00:49:14.429
There's 40. Oh, man This is so beautiful, but

00:49:14.429 --> 00:49:20.010
to sit at my right hand or at my left It's not

00:49:20.010 --> 00:49:27.230
mine to grant but it is for those for whom it

00:49:27.230 --> 00:49:36.500
has been prepared What was he saying? Y 'all

00:49:39.119 --> 00:49:43.099
understand James and John did not quit at the

00:49:43.099 --> 00:49:48.550
same But Jesus finishes the same by saying the

00:49:48.550 --> 00:49:51.150
thing you asked for it's not even mine to get

00:49:58.929 --> 00:50:01.650
Who will determine who's on the left and the

00:50:01.650 --> 00:50:07.719
right? But as for me and you We shall follow

00:50:07.820 --> 00:50:11.480
and allow him to bless us. However, he so chooses

00:50:11.480 --> 00:50:22.519
I heard your request based on your request This

00:50:22.519 --> 00:50:27.780
is the ask But I need you to understand, even

00:50:27.780 --> 00:50:33.090
though we will give all, it's still not on us

00:50:33.090 --> 00:50:37.519
to determine how we will be blessed because of

00:50:37.519 --> 00:50:46.760
it. Many people are willing to do things for

00:50:46.760 --> 00:50:50.099
a guarantee. Very few are willing to do them

00:50:50.170 --> 00:50:52.750
because they understand the great love from which

00:50:52.750 --> 00:51:04.579
they've been loved. He's pulling out a heart

00:51:04.579 --> 00:51:09.960
of servanthood and service and sacrifice that's

00:51:09.960 --> 00:51:15.329
unrecognizable by most of us. Can we be honest

00:51:16.130 --> 00:51:25.690
if someone told you I heard what you asked it's

00:51:25.690 --> 00:51:29.219
gonna cost you everything But at the end of everything

00:51:29.219 --> 00:51:33.539
being taken, I'm not gonna guarantee what you

00:51:33.539 --> 00:51:36.800
gave it all up for How many y 'all still rocking?

00:51:42.519 --> 00:51:48.920
This is what he's saying. I'm gonna leave y 'all

00:51:48.920 --> 00:51:57.980
alone and when the ten heard it they began to

00:51:57.980 --> 00:52:05.530
be at James and John and Jesus called them Called

00:52:05.530 --> 00:52:09.190
them to him and said to them You know that those

00:52:09.190 --> 00:52:11.869
who are considered rulers of the Gentiles Lord

00:52:11.869 --> 00:52:16.429
over it Lord it over them and their great ones

00:52:16.429 --> 00:52:19.969
exercise authority over them But it shall not

00:52:19.969 --> 00:52:26.480
be so among you but whoever Would be great among

00:52:26.480 --> 00:52:33.969
you Must be your servant Jesus in those short

00:52:33.969 --> 00:52:39.269
amount of text was setting the order for what

00:52:39.269 --> 00:52:45.730
greatness in the kingdom looks like. The ten

00:52:45.960 --> 00:52:50.900
were indignant because they too were being brought

00:52:50.900 --> 00:52:55.860
back to a place of physical representation of

00:52:55.860 --> 00:52:59.179
kingdom greatness. They were indignant because

00:52:59.179 --> 00:53:02.320
they realized once someone's on your right and

00:53:02.320 --> 00:53:04.420
someone's on your left ain't no more seats of

00:53:04.420 --> 00:53:07.380
honor left. These two brothers jumped in before

00:53:07.380 --> 00:53:13.579
the rest of us realized What was going on? So

00:53:13.579 --> 00:53:16.840
members 12 disciples, so the other 10 were listening

00:53:16.840 --> 00:53:21.519
it was like hold up Ain't we all going in the

00:53:21.519 --> 00:53:26.800
same direction? Why did these two? Because remember

00:53:26.800 --> 00:53:30.260
Jesus didn't tell them no I Imagine they were

00:53:30.260 --> 00:53:32.119
looking back like we were looking back. Oh, he

00:53:32.119 --> 00:53:34.849
bought them. He bought them put them in a place

00:53:34.849 --> 00:53:37.869
They just asked for school. Watch them. Watch

00:53:37.869 --> 00:53:40.570
them. Save you're about to get them step back

00:53:40.570 --> 00:53:44.500
y 'all step back Jesus about to tell them then

00:53:44.500 --> 00:53:47.840
they hear Jesus be like sounds fine to me They're

00:53:47.840 --> 00:53:53.639
like well if all we had to do was ask It he's

00:53:53.639 --> 00:53:56.360
like listen y 'all let me help all y 'all out

00:53:57.349 --> 00:54:05.230
this world prioritizes Greatness by its ability

00:54:05.230 --> 00:54:10.710
to impose its authority upon others This world

00:54:10.710 --> 00:54:14.570
sees greatness by the ability you have to govern

00:54:14.570 --> 00:54:19.050
others against their will that their seats of

00:54:19.050 --> 00:54:22.809
authority aren't even true seats of honor because

00:54:22.809 --> 00:54:25.130
everyone who is subject to them is only subject

00:54:25.130 --> 00:54:28.670
because they have some type of authority or ranking

00:54:28.670 --> 00:54:32.730
given to them by financial gain by by manly positions

00:54:32.730 --> 00:54:37.659
that they have rankings that Determine their

00:54:37.659 --> 00:54:40.139
authority, but none of their authority is genuine

00:54:40.139 --> 00:54:44.320
if they lose the title they lose the power What

00:54:44.320 --> 00:54:46.599
do you say in passive Brian your boss as long

00:54:46.599 --> 00:54:50.750
as they? your boss can tell you what to do your

00:54:50.750 --> 00:54:59.699
boss go to your house now boss I don't know if

00:54:59.699 --> 00:55:09.050
you was aware it is but here you don't read nothing

00:55:09.309 --> 00:55:17.559
here this is my house you have situational authority

00:55:17.599 --> 00:55:22.219
it runs within the time frame at a location with

00:55:22.219 --> 00:55:25.119
given tasks pre -described in a job description

00:55:25.500 --> 00:55:28.139
And at the time you ask for something outside

00:55:28.139 --> 00:55:31.019
of that time, away from locations or outside

00:55:31.019 --> 00:55:33.840
of that job description, you no longer have authority.

00:55:34.260 --> 00:55:37.199
Matter of fact, the day you stop passing money,

00:55:40.769 --> 00:55:44.989
you lose authority because you don't have true

00:55:45.150 --> 00:55:53.360
sonship. You don't have true servants. We are

00:55:53.360 --> 00:55:57.619
not here because we believe in what you are doing.

00:55:59.699 --> 00:56:02.550
We are here. because it's a means for me somehow

00:56:02.550 --> 00:56:05.250
to get closer to what I believe I should be doing.

00:56:07.320 --> 00:56:23.079
You're a means to an end. The entrance to the

00:56:23.079 --> 00:56:36.650
kingdom. Here's the problem, church. Many of

00:56:36.650 --> 00:56:40.909
us are very unaware that we are presently treating

00:56:41.289 --> 00:56:45.030
our Heavenly Father like we do these earthly

00:56:45.030 --> 00:56:52.039
kings. That if it doesn't fit within my calling,

00:56:52.920 --> 00:56:57.550
my gifting, my schedule, where I plan to be already,

00:56:58.530 --> 00:57:12.829
it's a no -go. My friends didn't capture your

00:57:12.829 --> 00:57:16.150
heart so that he would have to operate within

00:57:16.150 --> 00:57:23.909
your confines. He captured your heart so that

00:57:23.909 --> 00:57:26.929
he can live outside of what you think should

00:57:26.929 --> 00:57:35.860
be done. Gave his life not for your availability.

00:57:36.880 --> 00:57:49.179
He gave his life for your life, not give his

00:57:49.179 --> 00:57:54.400
life for your availability. He gave his life

00:57:54.400 --> 00:58:21.690
as an exchange for your life. Here's the truth.

00:58:24.239 --> 00:58:27.340
We say we are willing to suffer for Jesus while

00:58:27.340 --> 00:58:29.840
complaining about the mire and irritations that

00:58:29.840 --> 00:58:35.460
come with serving others. What is that confines?

00:58:37.550 --> 00:58:41.130
Strictions. This doesn't fit my calling. Why

00:58:41.130 --> 00:58:49.440
am I being asked? This doesn't fit my availability.

00:58:50.679 --> 00:59:03.260
Why are we asking to be there? Jesus, you are

00:59:03.260 --> 00:59:06.699
asking me is outside of the convenience of the

00:59:06.699 --> 00:59:15.829
life I've created. And Jesus is like, nothing

00:59:15.829 --> 00:59:19.789
I did for you fit inside of the convenience of

00:59:19.789 --> 00:59:27.960
the God that I was. I took on flesh for you,

00:59:29.730 --> 00:59:31.889
and you won't even take on inconvenience for

00:59:31.889 --> 00:59:57.409
me. And I put this together as a chart because

00:59:58.400 --> 01:00:05.420
many of us, it's not that we're not committed,

01:00:08.139 --> 01:00:10.619
it's just we fail to realize what it actually

01:00:10.619 --> 01:00:22.099
looks like to be submitted. Jesus wasn't committed

01:00:22.099 --> 01:00:26.059
to the cross. He was submitted to the cross.

01:00:32.789 --> 01:00:35.559
What do you mean, Pastor Brian? He wasn't on

01:00:35.559 --> 01:00:39.980
the cross as a savior. He was on the cross as

01:00:39.980 --> 01:00:47.920
a convicted conspiracy theorist. They didn't

01:00:47.920 --> 01:00:50.760
put a savior up there in their eyes. They put

01:00:50.760 --> 01:00:57.920
a criminal up there. He wasn't on that cross

01:00:57.920 --> 01:01:12.010
in glory, on that cross in shame. I'ma go home.

01:01:12.510 --> 01:01:16.440
I told y 'all, just forgive me. God tell me,

01:01:16.559 --> 01:01:19.639
Brian, that's enough. That's enough. Because

01:01:19.639 --> 01:01:23.210
I get extremely passionate about this when I

01:01:23.210 --> 01:01:27.969
see people ask for much and complain about little

01:01:27.969 --> 01:01:46.769
requests And it shows up in the little things

01:01:46.769 --> 01:01:54.019
church. I mean sometimes Just jump out at you

01:01:54.019 --> 01:01:56.420
like I don't have on the right outfit today.

01:02:00.130 --> 01:02:03.579
It seems so small But it represents something

01:02:03.579 --> 01:02:08.010
so much greater. What does it represent? It represents

01:02:08.010 --> 01:02:11.730
a limitation You're afraid of looking bad when

01:02:11.730 --> 01:02:20.340
he wasn't afraid of being spit on Being mocked

01:02:20.980 --> 01:02:30.159
So your cup is a bad hair day. Don't sound like

01:02:30.159 --> 01:02:51.199
a bad cup Man, I got to go but it shall not be

01:02:51.199 --> 01:02:56.760
so among you in other words That ain't our kingdom.

01:02:58.469 --> 01:03:05.110
We do not live that way. We do not live under

01:03:05.110 --> 01:03:14.110
the pretense of authority No, we live in authentic

01:03:14.110 --> 01:03:20.360
submitted life A life that says the greatest

01:03:20.360 --> 01:03:26.110
among us is the servant. The greatest among us

01:03:26.110 --> 01:03:29.610
is the one who is willing to go where no one

01:03:29.610 --> 01:03:32.550
else is willing to go, do what no one else is

01:03:32.550 --> 01:03:36.989
willing to do, do it seen and unseen, heard and

01:03:36.989 --> 01:03:40.769
unheard, visible and invisible. We are the ones

01:03:40.769 --> 01:03:45.110
that understand that servanthood is the besthood.

01:03:48.380 --> 01:03:52.690
That if it needs to be done, It shall be done

01:03:52.690 --> 01:03:56.849
because my life is being presented as a sacrifice

01:03:56.849 --> 01:04:08.880
Not my availability Whoever would want to be

01:04:08.880 --> 01:04:12.159
great amongst you must be your servant and whoever

01:04:12.159 --> 01:04:16.699
would be First among you must be a slave of all

01:04:16.699 --> 01:04:20.500
for even the son of man came not to be served

01:04:20.500 --> 01:04:24.719
but to serve and to give his life as a ransom

01:04:24.719 --> 01:04:29.159
for others so Jesus takes this and wraps it up

01:04:29.159 --> 01:04:34.949
in what he's doing himself how could you say

01:04:34.949 --> 01:04:39.980
you've come to follow me but not be willing to

01:04:39.980 --> 01:04:44.539
die to others when the main crux of my whole

01:04:44.539 --> 01:04:50.079
mission is to die for others the whole point

01:04:50.079 --> 01:04:55.860
of my coming is so that i may die so others may

01:04:55.860 --> 01:05:01.610
live that i lay down my very life as a sacrifice

01:05:01.610 --> 01:05:06.269
so that others may meet the life of jesus that

01:05:06.269 --> 01:05:09.730
if it's bringing them closer to jesus it doesn't

01:05:09.730 --> 01:05:15.809
matter what the ask is i'm going to do a throwback

01:05:15.809 --> 01:05:18.789
y 'all ready for this the response is simple

01:05:18.789 --> 01:05:37.820
here i am lord here we are lord what are you

01:05:37.820 --> 01:05:42.929
saying pastor brian that some of guys god is

01:05:42.929 --> 01:05:46.550
calling you from being committed to this life

01:05:46.550 --> 01:05:50.690
of Christ to being submitted to the life of Christ

01:05:52.130 --> 01:05:54.670
and I want to just point out some differences

01:05:54.670 --> 01:06:03.989
here Committed people require information Where

01:06:03.989 --> 01:06:06.150
are we going? What are we doing? What's supposed

01:06:06.150 --> 01:06:11.269
to happen? Submitted people need revelation What

01:06:11.269 --> 01:06:19.929
did God say? Committed people connect to what

01:06:19.929 --> 01:06:26.159
they understand submitted people Submit to who

01:06:26.159 --> 01:06:32.179
they trust Committed people need agreement before

01:06:32.179 --> 01:06:37.309
moving Submitted people Need direction while

01:06:37.309 --> 01:06:45.409
moving. Here's the thing about committed people.

01:06:45.590 --> 01:06:51.460
You'll always find temporary intersections of

01:06:51.460 --> 01:06:56.360
Agreement and I want to do this example actually

01:06:56.360 --> 01:07:00.190
did this example nine years ago Some y 'all may

01:07:00.190 --> 01:07:05.130
remember it because I want you to understand

01:07:05.130 --> 01:07:15.659
the fullness of of what is being presented here.

01:07:18.719 --> 01:07:20.719
If you're hearing all of this and you think this

01:07:20.719 --> 01:07:25.179
is how we build a better church, you're right.

01:07:25.980 --> 01:07:28.199
But if you don't understand this is how you build

01:07:28.199 --> 01:07:30.280
a better marriage, you missed the whole point.

01:07:35.849 --> 01:07:39.769
Jesus is teaching this because as we submit to

01:07:39.769 --> 01:07:45.119
what this is, all other things come together.

01:07:46.119 --> 01:07:54.420
So I want to give you an example, right? People

01:07:54.420 --> 01:08:00.199
who are in a committed marriage. What does that

01:08:00.199 --> 01:08:05.280
mean? that they're not in this seat of sacrificial

01:08:05.280 --> 01:08:09.690
service to one another. They're committed to

01:08:09.690 --> 01:08:13.760
the idea of marriage and if you're committed

01:08:13.760 --> 01:08:17.439
to the idea, you will have momentary intersections

01:08:17.439 --> 01:08:20.180
where you feel as though it's good. What does

01:08:20.180 --> 01:08:22.800
that look like, right? That if the wife says,

01:08:23.039 --> 01:08:26.500
you know what? All I want is more date nights.

01:08:28.680 --> 01:08:31.859
Then as long as that husband is taking her out

01:08:31.859 --> 01:08:35.449
on date nights, While they're out on those dates

01:08:35.449 --> 01:08:39.970
she feel as though the marriage is good Whether

01:08:39.970 --> 01:08:42.310
or not the husband wanted to be there or not

01:08:42.310 --> 01:08:44.649
because it turns out we could care less if people

01:08:44.649 --> 01:08:46.590
are where their heart wants them to be nowadays

01:08:46.750 --> 01:08:58.069
We'll just take the body husband. Why won't you

01:08:58.069 --> 01:09:01.050
just watch some football games with me? You're

01:09:01.050 --> 01:09:03.590
not interested in anything. I'm interested in

01:09:03.590 --> 01:09:07.630
so the wife sits on the couch Watches the football

01:09:07.630 --> 01:09:12.739
game uninterested but in this moment we feel

01:09:12.739 --> 01:09:20.380
good why because you're doing what i want and

01:09:20.380 --> 01:09:22.939
so there's momentary intersections every date

01:09:22.939 --> 01:09:25.520
night and every football game we feel as though

01:09:25.520 --> 01:09:28.850
we have a good marriage but what you don't have

01:09:28.850 --> 01:09:35.029
is a submitted one you have a committed one and

01:09:35.029 --> 01:09:37.909
it's hard to have a fruitful marriage where there

01:09:37.909 --> 01:09:40.829
are two living people just wanting their way

01:09:47.449 --> 01:09:50.590
the bible tells us that we are submitting one

01:09:50.590 --> 01:09:55.260
to another under the lordship Christ. So what

01:09:55.260 --> 01:09:57.560
are you saying Pastor? What I'm saying is a submitted

01:09:57.560 --> 01:10:05.649
mayor says what is Jesus define love to be and

01:10:05.649 --> 01:10:09.229
how many times do we intersect at his points

01:10:09.229 --> 01:10:14.670
of agreement not our self -satisfaction. Like

01:10:14.670 --> 01:10:18.010
how many times do we find ourselves where he

01:10:18.010 --> 01:10:22.470
says love exists not how many times we find ourselves

01:10:22.470 --> 01:10:28.020
at places I just want you to be. And so We're

01:10:28.020 --> 01:10:29.979
trying to figure out why there's moments where

01:10:29.979 --> 01:10:32.560
it feels good and moments where it feels empty.

01:10:32.920 --> 01:10:35.460
It's because you have a committed marriage, not

01:10:35.460 --> 01:10:38.479
a submitted marriage. You're not both looking

01:10:38.479 --> 01:10:41.819
at the image of Jesus and allowing Jesus to determine

01:10:41.819 --> 01:10:46.369
where you should be together. But you're looking

01:10:46.369 --> 01:10:49.569
at the desires of one another and creating a

01:10:49.569 --> 01:10:52.289
to -do list that none of y 'all even really want

01:10:52.289 --> 01:10:59.859
to do. Well, how do I do this pastor Brian? I

01:10:59.859 --> 01:11:02.619
realize the greatest among us isn't the one who

01:11:02.619 --> 01:11:06.380
says what should be done but the one who serves

01:11:07.310 --> 01:11:10.590
To the benefit of the other. So what does that

01:11:10.590 --> 01:11:13.229
mean? That means that I'm no longer trying to

01:11:13.229 --> 01:11:15.869
push my desires on you And you're not trying

01:11:15.869 --> 01:11:18.770
to push your desires on me. We are both we are

01:11:18.770 --> 01:11:21.649
willing to serve what Jesus says is good for

01:11:21.649 --> 01:11:37.260
us Y 'all rocking with me. It's a principle that

01:11:37.260 --> 01:11:43.640
unlocks greatness the kingdom it's called surfing

01:11:46.899 --> 01:11:55.579
laying down not just my agenda but my life for

01:11:55.579 --> 01:12:11.359
the benefit of others because here's the truth

01:12:11.359 --> 01:12:20.970
be committed to many things but you only can

01:12:20.970 --> 01:12:30.659
be submitted to one thing at a time so many of

01:12:30.659 --> 01:12:34.460
you have stretched yourselves so thin you haven't

01:12:34.460 --> 01:12:37.319
even experienced the weight of his glory that

01:12:37.319 --> 01:12:40.300
comes from submitting who you are completely

01:12:40.300 --> 01:12:51.199
to anything. So as we end this Here Is Home series,

01:12:52.729 --> 01:12:59.479
my prayer, stop being committed to everything

01:13:01.239 --> 01:13:05.909
and be submitted to the one thing that God has

01:13:05.909 --> 01:13:23.430
called you to pour your life into it. Finally,

01:13:23.710 --> 01:13:36.920
boldly declare, here is, and I cannot expect

01:13:37.810 --> 01:13:43.550
to experience the weight of his glory while scattering

01:13:43.550 --> 01:13:54.609
seeds across barren land. Let's be planted. be

01:13:54.609 --> 01:14:00.210
watered and I must trust God to bring the increase.

01:14:03.609 --> 01:14:06.149
I love the words of Jesus' disciples. He speaks

01:14:06.149 --> 01:14:09.289
to them in John 6 and 16. He tells them, listen,

01:14:09.350 --> 01:14:12.630
I lost a lot of them today because he told them

01:14:12.630 --> 01:14:14.590
that they would have to drink of his blood and

01:14:14.590 --> 01:14:18.210
eat of his flesh and they all ran. Then there

01:14:18.210 --> 01:14:21.829
were 70 left and he says, hey, if that offends

01:14:21.829 --> 01:14:27.220
you, you can go too. But I love their words back

01:14:27.220 --> 01:14:33.590
to him. They said, Jesus. Where else do we have

01:14:33.590 --> 01:14:48.479
to go? You alone have the words of life. Father

01:14:48.479 --> 01:14:52.989
God, I thank you for your people today. I pray

01:14:52.989 --> 01:15:02.510
that your will be done in their lives. I pray

01:15:02.510 --> 01:15:05.810
that your kingdom be lifted up in their lives.

01:15:06.670 --> 01:15:11.619
I pray that you alone sit on the throne of their

01:15:11.619 --> 01:15:17.739
hearts. I pray that They trust your word. They

01:15:17.739 --> 01:15:21.779
lean not to their own understanding I pray that

01:15:21.779 --> 01:15:26.960
they Spend some time with this and I pray that

01:15:26.960 --> 01:15:30.979
they with authenticity consider their ways and

01:15:31.869 --> 01:15:35.500
say God Where am I living committed that I'm

01:15:35.500 --> 01:15:39.689
supposed to be submitted God, where am I afraid

01:15:39.689 --> 01:15:42.789
and have been hesitant to pour the fullness of

01:15:42.789 --> 01:15:46.000
myself in where you are requiring me to I pray

01:15:46.000 --> 01:15:47.939
that he gives you wisdom to understand those

01:15:47.939 --> 01:15:50.500
places. I pray that he also gives you the wisdom

01:15:50.500 --> 01:15:53.939
to understand the places you shouldn't be that

01:15:53.939 --> 01:15:56.520
are causing you to live a scattered life, so

01:15:56.520 --> 01:15:59.720
therefore you have a fragmented harvest. I pray

01:15:59.720 --> 01:16:04.239
that God convict you that he's very clear about

01:16:04.239 --> 01:16:07.699
where you are to focus, where you are to be,

01:16:08.060 --> 01:16:12.039
so that you can live an actual life of pure servanthood

01:16:12.109 --> 01:16:16.989
to where you're not wondering about being Manipulated

01:16:16.989 --> 01:16:20.050
you're not wondering about being misled, but

01:16:20.050 --> 01:16:27.340
I pray that God Restores your heart Cultivates

01:16:27.340 --> 01:16:31.850
a fresh trust in you so that you can experience

01:16:31.850 --> 01:16:39.779
the fullness of this kingdom here on earth I

01:16:39.779 --> 01:16:44.319
pray that as a church That we are no longer tossed

01:16:44.319 --> 01:16:47.460
to and fro by every wind and wave of doctrine

01:16:51.329 --> 01:16:54.689
That we're not trying to find a way around the

01:16:54.689 --> 01:16:59.149
truth no longer that we will boldly pick up our

01:16:59.149 --> 01:17:07.220
crosses We're boldly drink from our cup knowing

01:17:07.220 --> 01:17:10.100
that if you gave your life it might just cost

01:17:10.100 --> 01:17:16.909
me mine I pray that we be bold in our witness

01:17:16.909 --> 01:17:20.170
and be courageous with our faith. I pray that

01:17:20.170 --> 01:17:25.529
we Stir one another up as we take this walk.

01:17:25.529 --> 01:17:30.060
It's not gonna be easy for anybody But I pray

01:17:30.060 --> 01:17:33.239
that as brothers and sisters one to another that

01:17:33.239 --> 01:17:37.079
we stir each other up in faith that we don't

01:17:37.079 --> 01:17:47.050
become reservoirs of complaint in but we embrace

01:17:47.050 --> 01:17:49.149
our brothers and sisters with grace and truth,

01:17:50.699 --> 01:17:53.689
that we speak love towards them, but we do not

01:17:53.689 --> 01:17:56.729
withhold the truth from them. I pray that we

01:17:56.729 --> 01:18:03.899
become living vessels of your glory and your

01:18:03.899 --> 01:18:25.600
power. I was about to say something. I'm gonna

01:18:25.600 --> 01:18:31.520
say it, because I think it might help y 'all.

01:18:35.420 --> 01:18:41.220
Because you may wonder, that Pastor Brian, he

01:18:41.220 --> 01:18:44.920
doing a whole lot. And you may not know what

01:18:44.920 --> 01:18:51.510
I've asked God for. And I was about to pray it

01:18:51.510 --> 01:18:55.880
over y 'all. And you might not want it. I think

01:18:55.880 --> 01:19:05.180
some of y 'all do. But I ask God all the time

01:19:09.060 --> 01:19:12.079
to let us be the church that brings him back.

01:19:17.739 --> 01:19:24.539
Let us be the ones who got it. I ask him that

01:19:24.539 --> 01:19:30.840
all the time. I believe we have the ability to

01:19:30.840 --> 01:19:42.970
be that church. I do. I believe we can be the

01:19:42.970 --> 01:19:46.050
church that heals the wounds of the previous

01:19:46.050 --> 01:19:50.539
one and sets a blaze. for what God always wanted

01:19:50.539 --> 01:19:54.260
his church to be and feel like. I believe that

01:19:54.260 --> 01:20:00.329
with all my heart, that we have the church that

01:20:00.329 --> 01:20:04.170
will reign on every mountain of authority in

01:20:04.170 --> 01:20:07.689
this world. I believe we will reign on the mountain

01:20:07.689 --> 01:20:11.050
of entertainment, of business, of education.

01:20:11.430 --> 01:20:14.630
I believe if the mountain exists, we will be

01:20:14.630 --> 01:20:18.340
on top of that mountain as people of God. That's

01:20:18.340 --> 01:20:22.840
what I ask God for. that every seat of authority

01:20:22.840 --> 01:20:25.680
will be occupied by a person that knows him by

01:20:25.680 --> 01:20:35.819
his name. I believe some of y 'all have that

01:20:35.819 --> 01:20:39.220
same desire. That you don't believe because you're

01:20:39.220 --> 01:20:42.369
a Christian that you're in a subset. You believe

01:20:42.369 --> 01:20:51.989
because you are saved, you're the set. I'm not

01:20:51.989 --> 01:20:54.369
afraid of you putting Christian on my business

01:20:54.369 --> 01:20:59.590
as long as you put best next to it. Yet we're

01:20:59.590 --> 01:21:18.770
saved and we're the best. And I ask him, allow

01:21:18.770 --> 01:21:24.289
us, grace us to be those people. Give us the

01:21:24.289 --> 01:21:29.470
wisdom. To be those people show us where our

01:21:29.470 --> 01:21:33.760
previous have fallen So that we can walk straighter

01:21:35.609 --> 01:21:39.590
Show us those who are sick and hurt and bruised

01:21:39.590 --> 01:21:42.149
by what happened and give us wisdom to present

01:21:42.149 --> 01:21:56.560
healing to them That's what I pray and I want

01:21:56.560 --> 01:22:04.979
to pray for those who you feel that same way

01:22:04.979 --> 01:22:10.600
that same desire What's that pastor Brian? That

01:22:10.600 --> 01:22:21.609
you are no subset that you have been called to

01:22:21.609 --> 01:22:27.960
rule in rain in this world. So if you know that's

01:22:27.960 --> 01:22:30.079
you, you know that you've been called to rule

01:22:30.079 --> 01:22:34.039
and reign in this world. Now I need you to stand

01:22:34.039 --> 01:22:38.100
up regardless of how you presently feel about

01:22:38.100 --> 01:22:45.960
yourself. Because one thing we must realize,

01:22:47.579 --> 01:22:50.079
the harvest never looks like the seed. So I don't

01:22:50.079 --> 01:22:56.199
care what you look like right now, but I believe

01:22:56.199 --> 01:23:00.979
that as you submit yourself to the word of God,

01:23:02.539 --> 01:23:07.180
the harvest eyes have not seen ears have not

01:23:07.180 --> 01:23:12.279
heard what God has planned for those who love

01:23:12.279 --> 01:23:20.329
them and I know many of y 'all think the vision

01:23:20.329 --> 01:23:24.279
is in the grave but this whole year has been

01:23:24.279 --> 01:23:29.880
about calling new life to those things and God

01:23:29.880 --> 01:23:34.250
has already told you that you will be blessed

01:23:34.250 --> 01:23:40.340
to be a blessing and right now Satan's trying

01:23:40.340 --> 01:23:43.859
to rewrite that story but he has no authority.

01:23:45.390 --> 01:23:47.250
I understand you done had some bumps, you done

01:23:47.250 --> 01:23:49.949
had some bruises, you done had some setbacks,

01:23:50.289 --> 01:24:03.479
but our God is a promise keeper. Father God,

01:24:03.539 --> 01:24:05.500
I thank you for your people who are standing

01:24:05.500 --> 01:24:12.050
here. Father God, I pray by their posture right

01:24:12.050 --> 01:24:22.640
now, standing in faith that you will pour out

01:24:22.640 --> 01:24:27.979
upon them in this moment. Wisdom that has exceeded

01:24:27.979 --> 01:24:32.859
anything they've ever experienced. I pray, Father

01:24:32.859 --> 01:24:36.720
God, that you grant them a blessing upon their

01:24:36.720 --> 01:24:41.979
hands, their feet, unlike any they've ever experienced.

01:24:42.800 --> 01:24:45.380
I hear you, Father, there will be a fresh wind

01:24:45.380 --> 01:24:49.119
released beneath their wings this morning. I

01:24:49.119 --> 01:24:53.710
pray for a fresh excitement, a fresh stirring

01:24:53.710 --> 01:24:57.760
on the inside of them. I play for renewal of

01:24:57.760 --> 01:25:01.579
hearts and minds. Satan will not have the final

01:25:01.579 --> 01:25:07.670
say. What happened happened, but we serve a resurrected

01:25:07.670 --> 01:25:13.029
Savior and he's turning every crooked story straight.

01:25:14.960 --> 01:25:17.859
I pray for every, pray against every force that

01:25:17.859 --> 01:25:21.609
may be suppressing what you have designed to

01:25:21.609 --> 01:25:24.609
do in their lives, that that chain be broken

01:25:24.609 --> 01:25:29.390
today. Satan has no authority over their lives.

01:25:31.630 --> 01:25:36.630
I pray that the King of Glory wakes them up every

01:25:36.630 --> 01:25:42.510
day. I pray that they feel a fire like never

01:25:42.510 --> 01:25:47.369
before. That as they seek you, they will see

01:25:47.369 --> 01:25:51.680
you. That everybody has been created in the image

01:25:51.680 --> 01:25:55.460
of an almighty God and they will reflect that

01:25:55.460 --> 01:26:02.359
glory here on earth. I pray that as they walk

01:26:02.359 --> 01:26:05.600
into places, the presence and the fragrance of

01:26:05.600 --> 01:26:15.439
your power goes with them. That right now, God,

01:26:15.520 --> 01:26:17.840
we speak and declare that you are turning things

01:26:17.840 --> 01:26:23.479
around for their good. That every scheme Satan

01:26:23.479 --> 01:26:34.050
has set up, it is called destroyed today. For

01:26:34.050 --> 01:26:38.859
who the Son sets free is free indeed. I speak

01:26:38.859 --> 01:26:44.569
freedom over them, God. Freedom. Freedom. If

01:26:44.569 --> 01:26:47.670
debt has found them bound, we speak freedom.

01:26:55.069 --> 01:26:57.670
If sickness is bound, then we speak freedom.

01:26:59.590 --> 01:27:02.689
If confusion has them bound, we speak freedom.

01:27:04.430 --> 01:27:12.020
Disappointment, freedom. Regret, freedom. For

01:27:12.020 --> 01:27:16.699
this is the day that you have made. And we choose,

01:27:16.840 --> 01:27:21.390
we choose, we choose, we choose. to rejoice and

01:27:21.390 --> 01:27:27.739
be exceedingly glad in it. Stir up joy in the

01:27:27.739 --> 01:27:31.119
hearts of your people, God. Stir up joy in the

01:27:31.119 --> 01:27:34.819
hearts of your people, God. Stir up joy, joy,

01:27:35.119 --> 01:27:40.560
joy, joy, joy. Let it arise. Let its enemies

01:27:40.560 --> 01:27:50.010
be scattered. We will run and not be weary. We

01:27:50.010 --> 01:27:55.250
will walk and we will not faint. Yes, Lord. We

01:27:55.250 --> 01:27:59.720
believe we will see the goodness of our god right

01:27:59.720 --> 01:28:05.850
here in the land of the living generations will

01:28:05.850 --> 01:28:08.970
speak of the goodness that you are moving in

01:28:08.970 --> 01:28:14.329
and through your people right now god generations

01:28:14.329 --> 01:28:17.569
will experience your glory because of the obedience

01:28:17.569 --> 01:28:25.909
of the people who are listening right now the

01:28:25.909 --> 01:28:29.979
hand of god is upon you the hand of god is upon

01:28:29.979 --> 01:28:47.840
you fresh glory god Renewed faith, Lord God.

01:29:04.479 --> 01:29:16.159
Goodness of the Lord wake you up every day. May

01:29:16.159 --> 01:29:23.260
his favor be upon you. Great grace, greater glory.

01:29:41.109 --> 01:29:46.210
Reservoir, I hear a song. Can we sing over y

01:29:46.210 --> 01:29:48.569
'all real quick? I know the time is done with

01:29:48.569 --> 01:29:55.619
the time gone do, but there's just a song I hear

01:29:55.619 --> 01:29:58.420
and I just want to sing it over you as a blessing

01:29:58.420 --> 01:30:03.170
upon you. Y 'all hear what I'm saying? You are

01:30:03.170 --> 01:30:36.140
blessed. and your family and your children and

01:30:36.140 --> 01:30:47.050
their children may his favor be upon you generations

01:30:54.569 --> 01:31:13.229
and your family and your children may his favor

01:31:13.579 --> 01:31:21.340
be upon you and a thousand generations your family

01:31:21.619 --> 01:31:28.520
and your children And their children, may his

01:31:28.520 --> 01:31:37.239
favor be upon you. Generations and your family,

01:31:42.800 --> 01:31:46.989
may his presence, may his presence go before

01:31:46.989 --> 01:31:54.779
you. Behind you, behind you, all around and within

01:31:54.779 --> 01:32:00.520
you. He is with you, he is with you. May his

01:32:00.520 --> 01:32:08.630
presence go before you, behind you, all around.

01:32:09.649 --> 01:32:15.159
And within you He is with you He is with His

01:32:15.159 --> 01:35:18.199
presence Go before you Go before... and you are

01:35:18.199 --> 01:35:21.930
not saved, and you've not made Jesus Christ your

01:35:21.930 --> 01:35:27.189
Lord and personal savior. We would love the church,

01:35:27.289 --> 01:35:31.489
the people that introduce you to Jesus. It takes

01:35:31.489 --> 01:35:35.289
a confession and a belief, and the Bible tells

01:35:35.289 --> 01:35:38.069
us you were then born again. So I'm gonna say

01:35:38.069 --> 01:35:41.899
a confession, just say it with us, and know that

01:35:41.899 --> 01:35:43.979
in faith that you are saved. But Father God,

01:35:44.560 --> 01:35:50.210
I thank you for your son, Jesus. I believe he

01:35:50.210 --> 01:35:54.420
died. and rose again and when he rose he rose

01:35:54.420 --> 01:36:00.279
my forgiveness my sanctification i am now justified

01:36:00.539 --> 01:36:04.850
and been made righteous i've been forgiven of

01:36:04.850 --> 01:36:10.510
my sins i have a home in heaven eternity awaits

01:36:10.510 --> 01:36:16.649
me but for now there's an assignment before me

01:36:16.680 --> 01:36:25.039
and i will serve it faithfully faithfully amen

01:36:25.800 --> 01:36:27.359
The Bible says if you confess with your mouth

01:36:27.359 --> 01:36:29.060
and believe in your heart that Jesus died and

01:36:29.060 --> 01:36:31.439
rose again, you are saved. Church, let's celebrate

01:36:31.439 --> 01:36:33.760
people that said that prayer for the first time.

01:36:34.399 --> 01:36:36.319
If you're here in the building and you said that,

01:36:36.460 --> 01:36:38.340
meet us in the first room on the left as you

01:36:38.340 --> 01:36:41.500
leave. Or if you're online, write us, tell us,

01:36:41.520 --> 01:36:43.000
let us know that you were saved. We would love

01:36:43.000 --> 01:36:45.420
to tell you more about what it means, that decision

01:36:45.420 --> 01:36:54.850
means. I love you guys and man, I'm just thankful,

01:36:54.989 --> 01:37:03.100
trying not to burst out in tears right now. But

01:37:03.100 --> 01:37:30.180
man, you know, anyway, God is telling me I gotta

01:37:30.180 --> 01:37:32.220
let y 'all go and just trust that the Word will

01:37:32.220 --> 01:38:05.229
do the work. I just wanna go with y 'all to make

01:38:05.229 --> 01:38:20.810
sure you do it. Hide the Word in your heart,

01:38:21.250 --> 01:38:36.359
man. Hide it in your heart. Y 'all gotta realize

01:38:36.359 --> 01:38:40.359
I really don't wanna let y 'all go. But you gotta

01:38:40.359 --> 01:38:46.479
go. You gotta go. You gotta do it. You gotta

01:38:46.479 --> 01:38:50.539
believe it for yourself, man. It won't leave

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you, man. It won't. It won't leave you. You can

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trust that. Come on, come on. God and we do trust

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the Holy Spirit that's in you because he's actually

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the one who's gonna be your reminder of those

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things you've committed yourself to man so may

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the breath of God be upon you and go out and

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do who God called you to be now unto him that

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is able to keep you from falling and to present

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you faultless before the presence of his glory

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with exceeding joy. To the only wise God, our

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Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power,

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both now and ever. Amen. Go and do.