1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,900 Welcome to Ocean Water. 2 00:00:06,900 --> 00:00:11,720 We hope you feel refreshed by the living water of Jesus Christ as we help people receive 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:15,560 drinking water from the ocean for free. 4 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:20,080 Thanks for joining us for this week's message and if you enjoy it, please share it with 5 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:21,080 a friend. 6 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:22,080 Hi, I'm Peena. 7 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:31,080 I work for Ocean Water with my grandpa. 8 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,520 I do ocean water to drinking water. 9 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:37,480 We're here today at the beach where I live in California. 10 00:00:37,480 --> 00:00:38,800 It's already a beautiful day. 11 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:43,200 I'm glad that you can be with us for this week's Beach Talk. 12 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,560 We are spending nine weeks learning from a person in the Bible named Daniel in the Old 13 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:47,560 Testament. 14 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:52,800 We're calling this time Together Waves, like the ones behind me, learning to ride what 15 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:53,800 life brings. 16 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,880 Today I want to talk to you about Perfect Waves. 17 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:01,600 And I've said in each of these talks how there's always a blessing that comes with all the 18 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:06,960 tests in our life because God wants to see what we can handle before he gives us more 19 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:07,960 responsibility. 20 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:13,120 The greater the success, the greater the blessing in our life and God wants us to see what we 21 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:15,380 can handle before he gives us stuff. 22 00:01:15,380 --> 00:01:19,920 So success is also a test. 23 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,720 We've talked about this every week. 24 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,960 Again, God wants to see what we can handle before we get the next thing. 25 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:26,240 Jesus said this in Luke. 26 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:31,400 He said, you must be proven trustworthy in small things before you're trusted with greater 27 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:32,400 things. 28 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:37,440 And if you've not been faithful in what is not your own, how will you trust the more 29 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:39,920 that you've been given? 30 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,440 So so far we've looked at five tests. 31 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:48,120 Today we're going to look at the sixth one, how God tests us when everything's going well, 32 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:49,800 when everything's going right. 33 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,920 You say, wait a minute, I know stress is a test. 34 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,120 I know suffering is a test, but why is success a test? 35 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,920 Well have you ever seen success ruin anybody? 36 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:01,840 Well of course you have. 37 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:03,260 It goes to their head. 38 00:02:03,260 --> 00:02:04,260 People get stuck up. 39 00:02:04,260 --> 00:02:05,260 They get conceited. 40 00:02:05,260 --> 00:02:06,260 They change. 41 00:02:06,260 --> 00:02:08,640 They can't handle it actually. 42 00:02:08,640 --> 00:02:12,120 Success has ruined a lot of people. 43 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,840 Stress is as much a test in our life as suffering is. 44 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:20,880 In fact, I think more people have been ruined by success than have been ruined by suffering. 45 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,380 Because when you're suffering, you go straight to God. 46 00:02:23,380 --> 00:02:28,200 But when you're successful, we forget about God all the time. 47 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:36,560 For every nine people who can handle pain, you'll find one person that can handle fame. 48 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,800 You know, the number one thing that young people have said they want to grow up according 49 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,360 to one study was being famous. 50 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,200 The Bible talks about this in Psalms 27. 51 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:51,280 It says, a hot furnace tests silver and gold, but people are tested by the praise they receive. 52 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,240 Did you know that every time you're complimented, this is a test? 53 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,520 Compliments and criticisms are kind of like chewing gum. 54 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:02,080 You chew on them a little, but you never swallow it because both of them can really mess you 55 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:03,880 up. 56 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:08,020 Human beings are the only thing God created that when you pat them on the back, they get 57 00:03:08,020 --> 00:03:10,440 a bigger head. 58 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:18,200 Sometimes we want to be aware of the danger of pride and arrogance so that we can continue 59 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,200 to be blessed by God. 60 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:28,000 You see, the tough times that we go through, it's often those we don't understand. 61 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:32,560 Nebuchadnezzar was the most powerful man on the planet, but he had a problem and it was 62 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:33,640 his pride. 63 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:35,040 It was his ego. 64 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,820 Some people have a problem with anger their entire lives. 65 00:03:37,820 --> 00:03:40,680 He had a problem with pride, with arrogance. 66 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:45,800 His entire life had been one success after another. 67 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:47,320 Daniel 4, this story picks up. 68 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:48,320 He's in his 50s. 69 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:50,840 He's already well into his leadership as the emperor. 70 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:52,600 He's a very powerful man. 71 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,000 One night he has a very disturbing dream. 72 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,560 This is 32 years after the previous dream that we looked at. 73 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:03,640 He couldn't interpret it, so again he calls on Daniel to interpret it. 74 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:08,080 32 years later he says, I've got another weird dream. 75 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:09,160 Can you tell me what it means? 76 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:15,600 And Daniel tells him, well he's sad to be the bearer of bad news, but what this dream 77 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:21,040 means, the one you just had, it means that God is fed up with your arrogance. 78 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:25,000 He's fed up with your pride and he's fed up with your ego. 79 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,920 And you'd have nothing if it weren't for God. 80 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,080 Everything you've got in life is because God allows you to have it. 81 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:35,360 And if God didn't want you to have it, you might be homeless on the street. 82 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:39,800 See, most of the time we take credit for the things that have done in our life. 83 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:43,560 And Nevid Knesser should have known better because God had shown him a bunch of miracles 84 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:45,840 since the Jews had been there. 85 00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:50,320 Remember by the way that he had built a 90 foot statue to himself? 86 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:54,120 Well that's an ego problem. 87 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:58,960 Anytime you build a 90 minute statue to yourself and every time the horn blew, the people bowed 88 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:03,760 down and worshiped the statue, this went on for 30 years and finally God just said, I've 89 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,760 had it. 90 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:11,480 He says, all this time God gave you all these chances because you haven't humbled yourself 91 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,560 and you haven't depended upon God. 92 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:18,600 God is going to remove you as the king of the greatest empire in the world for a season 93 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:19,600 of time. 94 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,920 And he says, not only are you going to lose your kingdom sir, you're going to lose your 95 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,080 mind. 96 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,240 You're going to lose touch with reality. 97 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,920 You're going to actually go insane for a little while. 98 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:36,600 And all of this is happening because of your pride, because of your ego, because of your 99 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,280 arrogance. 100 00:05:39,280 --> 00:05:43,040 He says that your fingernails are going to grow so long they're going to look like claws. 101 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:47,640 You're going to live like an animal because truly you'll actually lose your sanity for 102 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,160 a period of time. 103 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:56,400 You see sometimes you can notice who is far from God because they act a little crazy. 104 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,600 Daniel says, but here's the good news King, you can avoid it all. 105 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:04,360 You don't have to go through this humiliating experience if you'll humble yourself and if 106 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:09,140 you'll listen to God and if you'll start honoring God with your success. 107 00:06:09,140 --> 00:06:14,560 Get this phrase, if you'll start honoring God with your success, you can avoid the fall. 108 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:21,280 So number one, we get into trouble in life when we get comfortable with success. 109 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:23,240 We get comfortable and complacent. 110 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:27,440 And this happens to all of us when things are going good, we just kind of cruise. 111 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:32,560 Daniel 4 says, I never could answer was enjoying a time of peace and prosperity in my kingdom 112 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:33,560 and palace. 113 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,520 I was taking it easy without a care in the world. 114 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,200 Does that sound like somebody who's praying every day? 115 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:40,200 Well, not really. 116 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,040 Let me ask you a personal question. 117 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,240 Do you pray more in your pain or in your pleasure? 118 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:49,620 Well, there's no doubt that we pray more when we're going through pain. 119 00:06:49,620 --> 00:06:51,720 We say, oh God, I need your help right now. 120 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,920 Like when things are going great, we say, let's go to the beach like the one that I'm 121 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:55,920 at right now. 122 00:06:55,920 --> 00:07:00,040 And you're not even thinking about God because things are going so well in your life. 123 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,280 So it's pleasure that pulls us away. 124 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:06,120 It's the good times when pride creeps in that we tend to forget about God. 125 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,920 Proverbs 16 says, the Lord despises pride. 126 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,360 You can be sure the proud will be punished. 127 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:16,520 The Bible says in James 4, God resists the proud, but he gives grace to the humble. 128 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:18,520 Grace is the power that we need to change. 129 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:23,320 And if you need something to change in your life, it starts with humility because God 130 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,160 resists the proud. 131 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,520 You see, whenever I'm prideful, I'm on the opposite side of God. 132 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:33,040 Now, the second thing is we usually don't pay attention to the warning signs. 133 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:37,140 Often in our life when things are going good, we don't see the warning signs. 134 00:07:37,140 --> 00:07:42,320 But in every success, there are the seeds of our own destruction. 135 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:46,280 Often the signs are not seen because pride blinds us. 136 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:47,780 God warned Kevin Nebuchadnezzar. 137 00:07:47,780 --> 00:07:49,640 He didn't just remove him from office. 138 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,160 God cared enough about this king to warn him. 139 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:53,620 He gave him a dream. 140 00:07:53,620 --> 00:07:56,120 He sends in Daniel to interpret it. 141 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:57,440 Daniel says, this is going to happen. 142 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,220 You can avoid it. 143 00:07:59,220 --> 00:08:03,560 He gives him a warning, just like he always does in our lives. 144 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,920 He's saying, if you'll just humble yourself, stop forgetting God. 145 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:07,920 Do the right thing. 146 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:13,720 God says, I'm going to warn you in advance about everything you're about to lose. 147 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:17,160 And I'm doing this because I care about you. 148 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:22,040 So what are the warning signs for when we're letting our success blind us? 149 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,360 Well, conflict can be a warning sign. 150 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:28,440 If you're having conflict in a relationship, that could be a sign. 151 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:33,440 Chaos in your life, if everything's just disruptive and disorderly, that could be a sign. 152 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:34,440 Or being really confused. 153 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:36,200 I don't know what I'm supposed to do right now. 154 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:42,120 That could be a sign too of just being disconnected, of letting our success and good times blind 155 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:43,480 us. 156 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:48,240 When we're on our own power, if it's up to us, temptation can be a warning sign. 157 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:53,880 Like I'm being tempted at work or in school or to take a shortcut or with a person. 158 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:55,960 That can be a warning sign as well. 159 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,480 God-warm Nebuchadnezzar, you're going to lose it all. 160 00:08:58,480 --> 00:08:59,680 You're successful. 161 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:00,840 You're powerful. 162 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:01,840 You're influential. 163 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:08,560 In fact, the most successful, powerful, influential person in the world right now. 164 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:12,600 Daniel says that the king needed to do a few things in 427. 165 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,800 He says, here's what you should do. 166 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,800 Repent of your sins and start doing what is right. 167 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:25,400 Begin to show merciful kindness to the poor and the oppressed. 168 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,400 God will help you to prosper. 169 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:33,520 If you want to maintain your success, then you need to do those two things. 170 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:34,520 What does repent mean? 171 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:35,720 We've talked about this word before. 172 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:41,140 It just means to change your mind, to change your attitude, to change your thinking. 173 00:09:41,140 --> 00:09:45,360 The word repent means metanoia, which means to change, and noia means your mind. 174 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:50,360 It literally just means to change your mind, which leads to you changing our lives. 175 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,740 Change starts in the thoughts first. 176 00:09:53,740 --> 00:09:58,040 We're supposed to give ourselves a kind of a checkup from the neck up. 177 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,040 That's what it means to repent. 178 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:01,040 It's all about God. 179 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,480 It's all about following what he wants us to do. 180 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:04,480 Well, why? 181 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,800 Well, because humility is a choice. 182 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,720 Let me say that again. 183 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:10,760 Humility is always a choice. 184 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,600 It's something that we do for ourselves. 185 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,640 Let's define the words pride and humility for a moment. 186 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:22,280 Pride is when I accept the credit for the things that God has done and that other people 187 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,080 did through me and for me. 188 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:28,160 I accept the credit even though it really doesn't belong to me. 189 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:32,920 I couldn't have done it without God and other people, but I'm acting like I did it all because 190 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:37,920 I'm brilliant and because I'm smart and because I have this long resume. 191 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:42,080 Humility, humility is not thinking of less of yourself. 192 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,120 It's thinking of yourself less. 193 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:48,360 A lot of people think humility means I walk around saying, oh, I'm not good or I'm nothing 194 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:49,640 or I'm just worthless. 195 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,920 Well, no, Jesus didn't make you worthless. 196 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:54,880 You're infinitely valuable to God. 197 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:55,880 Look at the cross. 198 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,520 It shows how much you're valued. 199 00:10:58,520 --> 00:10:59,640 Jesus died for you. 200 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:04,960 That's how valuable you are, but we're deeply flawed and broken and we have weaknesses and 201 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,320 mistakes and sins and all of our lives that are true. 202 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:09,480 We're deeply flawed. 203 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:11,720 We're also deeply loved. 204 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,080 Humility is just having a realistic estimation of yourself. 205 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:16,940 It's not putting yourself down. 206 00:11:16,940 --> 00:11:18,380 It's thinking about others. 207 00:11:18,380 --> 00:11:20,880 It's getting the focus off of ourselves. 208 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,800 Now the second thing he says that you're to do is to serve the poor. 209 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:27,880 Why in the world would God tell the most powerful man in the world to serve the poor? 210 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,440 Well, first, it gets the focus off of yourself. 211 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:36,120 You're thinking about people who have more needs than you do when you're succeeding. 212 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,440 Now second, it keeps you in touch with reality. 213 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,120 Now in America, we don't realize how blessed we are. 214 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:43,120 We live in a bubble. 215 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:45,000 Let me put this in some perspective. 216 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,920 If you have any money in your pocket right now or any coins in a little dish at your 217 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:55,880 home or if you've got a purse, you're already wealthier than over 90% of the people in the 218 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,720 world just to even have a thing called money. 219 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:01,260 It's just laying around. 220 00:12:01,260 --> 00:12:06,240 If you have a refrigerator with food in it, you're wealthier than 50% of the world. 221 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:10,640 Most people would love to be poor in America. 222 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:12,440 Everybody's rich in America. 223 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:13,440 Everybody. 224 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:18,120 Even the poorest of the poor in America are rich because we have safety nets here to take 225 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:19,780 care of people. 226 00:12:19,780 --> 00:12:22,200 Even the poor have a television or have a phone. 227 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,200 They have clothes. 228 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:24,840 They have a roof over their head. 229 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,520 Most of us would love to be poor here in the United States. 230 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:29,880 That's the bubble we live in. 231 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:34,880 But then you go on a trip to like El Salvador or Bangladesh or Indonesia and you see how 232 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:38,120 the rest of the world lives. 233 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:42,000 When you serve the poor, it keeps you in touch with reality. 234 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:46,480 Well, that's one of the reasons God is blessing ocean water. 235 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:47,480 Why? 236 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,280 Because we're trying to serve the poor and plant churches. 237 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:51,780 It's really simple. 238 00:12:51,780 --> 00:12:52,780 It's so simple. 239 00:12:52,780 --> 00:12:53,780 Most of us miss it. 240 00:12:53,780 --> 00:12:55,960 I'm so proud of Steve and Bella Martinez. 241 00:12:55,960 --> 00:13:01,040 They were leading a group of people to Bangladesh to help install a system that turns ocean 242 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,200 water into drinking water. 243 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:07,200 You know, over two million people were just displaced from their homes in a super cyclone 244 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:08,980 about a month ago. 245 00:13:08,980 --> 00:13:12,880 So many people says, God, I'm going to help Steve and Bella do that. 246 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:14,700 God will help them. 247 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:17,960 I'm proud of Billy Martinez, who's going to lead a group of people to El Salvador next 248 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:24,160 April to help rebuild a home for a family that lost their home there in the recent flood. 249 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:28,000 God says, I'm going to help Billy Perez do that. 250 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:32,920 I'm so proud of some Papa who, along with his family, has helped provide water and food 251 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:37,300 daily in Palmecito during the COVID-19 crisis. 252 00:13:37,300 --> 00:13:40,520 God says, I'm going to help some Papa and his family do that. 253 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:45,080 I'm so proud of Bobby Ramsey, who's leading a group to Indonesia next March to help install 254 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:49,680 a system that turns ocean water into drinking water for a small island community. 255 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:52,560 God says, I will help Bobby Ramsey do that. 256 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:58,200 I will God help Billy and Bobby and Steve and Bella because they're trying to help the 257 00:13:58,200 --> 00:13:59,400 poor. 258 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:06,160 That's why God is helping us, not because we're good, not because we're awesome, but 259 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:10,160 because our intention is to serve the poor. 260 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:15,480 The Bible says that it's a sin to despise the poor. 261 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:21,480 It says in Proverbs 4, 13, 14, 31, whoever mistreats the poor insults God. 262 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:26,160 It says those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time 263 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:27,740 of need. 264 00:14:27,740 --> 00:14:33,080 God didn't give us success so that we can have a lot and be prideful and buy islands 265 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:36,200 and have little drinks with umbrellas in them. 266 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:40,800 God gives us success not for our benefit, but for the benefit of others. 267 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:44,600 When you understand that God will give you more in your life, because if you're faithful 268 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:48,220 in a little, then you'll be faithful in a lot. 269 00:14:48,220 --> 00:14:49,220 So we're to repent. 270 00:14:49,220 --> 00:14:50,960 We're to change our attitude. 271 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,040 We're here to serve the poor. 272 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:57,280 That is a warning that God gave to Nebuchadnezzar and he totally ignores it. 273 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:02,200 Now the third thing that happens, write this down somewhere if you can, we put off doing 274 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:03,720 what we know is right. 275 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:05,100 We procrastinate. 276 00:15:05,100 --> 00:15:06,100 We postpone. 277 00:15:06,100 --> 00:15:08,520 We delay and defer things in our life. 278 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:15,120 Daniel 4, 28 says 12 months later, 12 months later, what was he doing for 12 months? 279 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:16,800 He was procrastinating. 280 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:21,960 He was putting off the necessary changes that he knew that he needed to do, just like you 281 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:22,960 and I do. 282 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:24,560 We procrastinate sometimes. 283 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:26,120 We put things off. 284 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:30,160 God says, if you really want my blessing, you have to quit procrastinating and do the 285 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,040 right thing and serve the poor. 286 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,040 Yeah. 287 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:38,600 Nebuchadnezzar was kind of taking it easy. 288 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:42,000 Walking around on the roof of his palace, he looked across the city, started thinking 289 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,920 he was great. 290 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:45,960 Probably called himself Neb. 291 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:49,280 He had some self-taught like this saying, you know what, I'm the man, the guy everybody 292 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:50,280 wants to be. 293 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:54,720 And while his words are still on his lips, the voice comes from heaven and it says, this 294 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,900 is what God decrees for you, Neb. 295 00:15:57,900 --> 00:16:02,480 Your power is being taken away and you're no longer ruler of this kingdom. 296 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,320 In fact, you're going to be deposed from the palace. 297 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:06,320 You're going to be ostracized. 298 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,160 You're going to be forced to live with the animals. 299 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:11,060 And it all happened like that. 300 00:16:11,060 --> 00:16:13,160 He lost his kingdom and his mind. 301 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:19,360 Have you ever seen a friend who all of a sudden decides they want nothing to do with God and 302 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:26,040 they just walk off a cliff and do something self-destructive and you go, what in the world? 303 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:27,520 Why would you do that? 304 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:29,720 Why would you do something so crazy? 305 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:33,240 Your wife and your kids, are you losing your mind? 306 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:37,840 You're going to leave this godly scenario and walk into something else? 307 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:40,200 We've all seen that. 308 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,280 People do this all the time. 309 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:46,200 They're running from God and don't want that anymore. 310 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,200 There are three steps to recovery after a failure. 311 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,200 One you want to look up to God. 312 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:57,120 Daniel 434 says, after the time had passed, I Nebuchadnezzar looked up to heaven and my 313 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:59,520 sanity returned. 314 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,760 Literally it says in the Hebrew, he lifted up his eyes to heaven. 315 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:05,160 Do you need to do that today? 316 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,360 Maybe you've never done that. 317 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:08,920 Maybe you're in trouble right now. 318 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:09,920 You're in a mess. 319 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,040 I have great news. 320 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:15,640 God is here right now and wants to reach out to you. 321 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:20,120 Just open up your heart and say, God help me. 322 00:17:20,120 --> 00:17:21,800 Other people can't solve our problems. 323 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:23,480 We have to look to God. 324 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:24,480 God helps us. 325 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:30,400 The government, our friends, our spouses, whatever it is, whatever mess you're in, refocus 326 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:31,800 on God. 327 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,840 Stop looking at anything and everything and start looking up to God. 328 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:39,160 He'll help us every single time. 329 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:44,640 All you have to do right now is look up to God and say, God help me. 330 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:47,000 I ask that you give me your grace. 331 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:51,120 The second thing that he did is he woke up. 332 00:17:51,120 --> 00:17:56,840 Wake up to God's greatness and start worshiping God. 333 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:58,320 What does that mean? 334 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:02,520 Well, you start worshiping him. 335 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:04,040 Worship just means that we focus on God. 336 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:08,680 When you focus on God's greatness, that's called worship. 337 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:13,600 You get your focus off of yourself and off of your problems and off of your humiliation 338 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,440 and get your focus back onto God. 339 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:18,760 Well, how do you do that? 340 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,920 Well, starts with God's word. 341 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:27,800 We have 15 days left in our Bible reading plan that we started on July 19th of 2019. 342 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,640 57 people signed up. 343 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:31,440 51 people are still in the group. 344 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:36,840 I think eight people are going to complete the Bible reading. 345 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:37,940 That's awesome. 346 00:18:37,940 --> 00:18:42,000 That's eight people that have never read the entire Bible cover to cover before. 347 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,000 That's great. 348 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,120 We're going to start this again on July 27th. 349 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:50,240 I'd like to encourage you to start it and finish it next year so that you can worship 350 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:54,960 God in a greater way in your life by knowing everything that he's saying to you and trying 351 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:56,880 to apply it into your life. 352 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:57,880 God will see your heart. 353 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:03,000 He'll see your intention and he will help you do that. 354 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:07,480 Now, some of us need to make just a recommitment to worship every single day. 355 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:11,720 I have a worship playlist that I'm going to email out with this week's beach talk. 356 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:15,960 I listen to it every single day when I ride my bicycle, ride my motorcycle around town 357 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:20,920 doing my errands and it fills me with the Holy Spirit. 358 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:26,600 He says when we get successful, we tend to rely on our own strength and our own riches. 359 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:32,240 We tend to think, oh man, I'm cool and I'm so self-motivated. 360 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,840 It's God that gives us the ability and the strength to produce wealth. 361 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:39,000 Those of us who are entrepreneurs, we need to write that down. 362 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,480 We need to put that somewhere where we can remind ourselves that it's God who gives us 363 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:47,480 the ability and the resources and the strength to produce wealth. 364 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:49,120 That's a gift from God. 365 00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:53,040 God wants us to steward it and use it wisely. 366 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:58,480 He says, I warn you, if you ever forget God and begin turning things into idols that you 367 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:07,320 worship, we can turn our cars, any material possession into an idol. 368 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:11,720 God gives us things to bless us, not so that we can worship them. 369 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:13,520 We use them for His kingdom. 370 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,920 We don't worship them for our own benefit. 371 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:24,120 God says, I'll destroy it all just like I've destroyed nations who forgot God. 372 00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:25,120 What is he saying here? 373 00:20:25,120 --> 00:20:27,240 He's saying that success can be dangerous. 374 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:28,420 So be careful. 375 00:20:28,420 --> 00:20:32,120 There's a danger when you experience blessings in your life. 376 00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:35,240 Now God's kingdom will outlast everything you do. 377 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:40,680 So I want you to make a lasting impact with your life and bet on the kingdom of God. 378 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:42,080 Our careers aren't going to last. 379 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:43,620 Our jobs aren't going to last. 380 00:20:43,620 --> 00:20:45,440 Our homes aren't going to last. 381 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:49,160 Daniel 4 says, God's rule is everlasting and His kingdom is eternal. 382 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:53,160 That's why Jesus said, seek first, make your number one priority the kingdom of God and 383 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:57,440 all this other stuff, the passion, the pleasure and the positions and all the stuff that you 384 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,000 need, it will be taken care of. 385 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:04,260 Seek first to the kingdom of God and all these things will be added to you. 386 00:21:04,260 --> 00:21:11,480 Make it your number one priority to build God's kingdom, not our kingdom. 387 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:14,980 It's far more important than our career. 388 00:21:14,980 --> 00:21:17,460 God didn't put us here just for a career. 389 00:21:17,460 --> 00:21:20,680 He put us here to build His kingdom. 390 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:24,240 Now God's approval matters way more than other people. 391 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:29,320 Now people may disapprove, but if God approves of your life, it doesn't really matter what 392 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:30,560 everybody else thinks. 393 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,520 The only person's approval you need is God. 394 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:38,160 If God likes you and you like you, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. 395 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,040 You don't need other people's approval to be happy. 396 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,600 You just need God's approval. 397 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:47,200 God's power is absolute, which means that He's big enough for any problem that we're 398 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,040 facing right now in our lives. 399 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:55,520 Daniel 4 says, He has the power to do whatever He pleases among the angels of heaven and 400 00:21:55,520 --> 00:22:00,080 with those who live on the earth, no one can stop Him or challenge Him or even question 401 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:01,360 what He does. 402 00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:05,040 And those who walk in pride, He is able to humble. 403 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:06,640 Wow. 404 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:13,560 God's big enough to handle everyone, every country, every person, every problem. 405 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:17,040 God is sovereign and over all of it. 406 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:21,120 He is the King of heaven, the King of glory. 407 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:23,240 So what does He do? 408 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:26,920 So He looks up to God and then He wakes up to His greatness and He says, God, you're 409 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:28,720 in control and I worship you. 410 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:35,600 And then the third thing that He did that we need to do is that when you go through 411 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:39,680 a failure, you have to look up and you have to speak up. 412 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:44,920 You have to tell other people how God has saved you and changed you. 413 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:49,680 You know, in 2007, I went through a divorce, I lost everything a man can lose. 414 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:51,240 Since that time, I had to repent. 415 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:58,520 I had to own all my mistakes, every single one and accept responsibility, no excuses. 416 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:02,680 And every year since 2007, life has gotten a little better for me. 417 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:07,120 Now it's 2020 and God brought me my loving, beautiful wife who's on the beach with me 418 00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:08,120 here, Maria. 419 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:09,120 We have a home here. 420 00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:12,720 I have my motorcycles and my surfboards and my stuff and it's awesome. 421 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,480 I have a highest level of education. 422 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,760 Well, why? 423 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:22,400 God did it because I just try to keep pointing people to the Bible, keep pointing people 424 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:26,960 to simple church planting and keep pointing people to serve the poor. 425 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:27,960 That's it. 426 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,600 It has nothing to do with me. 427 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:34,680 But if we love God and try to love people, try to plant simple churches and serve the 428 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:42,000 poor, God says, I will help you do that and you'll have my favor and my blessing. 429 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:46,360 You know, a lot of us are caught up with trying to be cool and wanting to be accepted. 430 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:50,080 Let me ask you a question. 431 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:51,800 Has God done anything for you? 432 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:53,760 Has God saved you from anything? 433 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:56,160 Has he shown his grace to you in any way? 434 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:59,560 Have you been changed by God in any way? 435 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:00,560 Then who are you telling? 436 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:04,560 Have you been telling anybody about how good God has been to you? 437 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:08,920 Are you telling anybody how good God has been in your life? 438 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:12,500 You know, God's been good to all of us. 439 00:24:12,500 --> 00:24:14,280 God blesses all of us. 440 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:18,320 Sometimes our pride just keeps us from sharing that. 441 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,880 So when you're saying I don't want to talk about God with my friends or the people that 442 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,760 I work with, well, that can be our pride. 443 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,880 It's saying I'm embarrassed to say that God's been good to me. 444 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,820 I'm embarrassed to talk about how he's changed my life. 445 00:24:31,820 --> 00:24:34,640 Sometimes our ego can get in the way. 446 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:40,400 You know, we need to tell the people in our lives what God has done to help us. 447 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:45,000 And that shows humility because it says, you know, God's been gracious to me and God's 448 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,760 given me a chance to do life differently. 449 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:52,520 You know, it's so easy to send a text message to someone and send them the ocean water message 450 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:53,520 and encourage them. 451 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:57,560 You know, I want you to think about somebody this week who you think might need to hear 452 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,120 what God is trying to say. 453 00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:03,840 That shows our gratitude because we just really want people to be friends with Jesus. 454 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:04,840 It's really that simple. 455 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:11,360 And all you have to do to be a friend with Jesus is say, God, will you forgive me and 456 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:13,360 eliminate my shortcomings? 457 00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:15,000 Cover me with your grace. 458 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,880 Give me a second chance. 459 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,840 If you do that, Jesus is, of course, I'm going to help you. 460 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:21,160 I'd love to be your friend. 461 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,840 I'd love to turn your life around. 462 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,720 We have people do that every week who pray together. 463 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:31,960 Jesus come into my life, change my life, guide me today. 464 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:32,960 Amen. 465 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,440 You know, if you're friends with Jesus, you're in God's family. 466 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:40,840 If you prayed today that I'd like you to message me at ocean water. 467 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:45,360 I'd love to get you a worship list, invite you to read the Bible with us, help you find 468 00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:46,360 a group. 469 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:48,120 Some people are starting other ocean waters. 470 00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:49,120 That's a beautiful thing. 471 00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:55,240 Now I want to thank those of you who support ocean water as part of your worship each week. 472 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,280 You know, giving is a part of our worship. 473 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:02,600 God doesn't care about how much he just watches the sacrifice behind the amount. 474 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:04,400 God knows it's worship when it costs us something. 475 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,840 You see, if it doesn't cost you something, it's not worship. 476 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,880 The Bible says we must worship in spirit and in truth. 477 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,400 Only you and God know what it really costs. 478 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,520 That's why it's between you and him. 479 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:21,760 I'd like you to go online today at oceanwater.com and click on give and pray about what God 480 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,960 would have you give as part of your worship. 481 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:25,880 Be faithful in that way. 482 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:29,180 You know, in the next 12 months, we'll be doing work in four different countries as 483 00:26:29,180 --> 00:26:32,160 we talked about, four different languages. 484 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:36,720 God always grows our perspective until it becomes global just like his. 485 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:42,400 And the more we have here at Ocean Water, the more we can serve people. 486 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,600 Thank you so much for being with us today. 487 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:45,600 And have a great week. 488 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:50,280 More information about Ocean Water Church, how to join us on an upcoming trip, how to 489 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:55,800 be part of one of our clean water projects, how to financially support our movement, or 490 00:26:55,800 --> 00:27:00,320 even information on how you can start an ocean water church yourself. 491 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,920 Please look us up at Oceanwater.com.