1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 Feeling 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Yeah 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,000 We're feeling good, we're feeling alright 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,000 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,000 We're feeling alright, yeah 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,000 We're feeling good, we're feeling alright 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 8 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,000 It's about that time for us 9 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:33,000 To look around and meet somebody new 10 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Well, let's all welcome in familiar faces 11 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,000 Perhaps somebody who 12 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,000 Has a conflict in their life 13 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Alright 14 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,000 Tell them you're sorry, but 15 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:54,000 There's ways to change, they're on to right 16 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,000 See, we can sit in a distant haze 17 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,000 And watch rain clouds 18 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:00,000 For thoughts of 19 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Welcome to Ocean Water 20 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,000 We hope you feel refreshed by the living water of Jesus Christ 21 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:10,000 As we help people receive drinking water from the ocean for free 22 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,000 Thanks for joining us for this week's message 23 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,000 And if you enjoy it, please share it with a friend 24 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,000 30% of the world's surface is covered in ocean water 25 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,000 Yet 1 out of 8 people in the world have a water problem 26 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,000 This is really backwards and we aim to fix that 27 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Now I'm here today at the beach where I live in California 28 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:38,000 And we work every day on providing a decentralized and free solution to this problem 29 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,000 It's called small-scale desalinization 30 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,000 This is where we remove salt from the water and we make it drinkable 31 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,000 Now why is this important? 32 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:52,000 Well, did you know that those people, the 1 in 8, also have the highest water cost per person on the planet? 33 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,000 That's right 34 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,000 People with the worst access pay the most for it 35 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:02,000 That should really make our blood boil if we follow Jesus 36 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:06,000 It affects every race of people in the world 37 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000 Now the good news is that it does not have to be this way 38 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:14,000 We provide a relatively low-cost solution along rural and remote coastal areas 39 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Where these systems are deployed on really fun trips that are a blast 40 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Where we make a big difference 41 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,000 We install these systems and we also start a church and work through a church 42 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,000 Now why do we do that? 43 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,000 Well, one word, Africa 44 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Africa has had more outside investment from governments and NGOs in the last 50 years than anywhere on earth 45 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,000 And yet it's basically as worse off as it's ever been 46 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Because if you have money and you help people and you work around them 47 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,000 Instead of through them, it doesn't work 48 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,000 So we always work through a local church or we help start a church 49 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,000 Because this group of people are the hands and feet of Jesus who live their year round 50 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Who are there for people all the time long after a trip has been accomplished 51 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Now I also help other people do beach talks 52 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,000 I want to be very clear 53 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,000 We're not trying to have one big church 54 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:11,000 We are trying to make disciples one at a time and plant churches one at a time 55 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,000 That's it 56 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:17,000 Our church in St. Clement had over 60 people the last time we met in February 57 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,000 That's a lot of people 58 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Now I'm quite aware that some people don't like a small church 59 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 They like things big and that's fine 60 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,000 That's why we have freedom of religion in America 61 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:32,000 So if big is your gig, by all means, go rock it out 62 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000 We like small and rad 63 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:41,000 We want to give our time, effort, energy and lives to a network, a movement of small, rad churches 64 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,000 It's the same love for Jesus, just a different methodology 65 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:48,000 You know, when we get to heaven and all the pastors get together and have their monthly meeting 66 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Because that's what pastors do 67 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:57,000 99% of the pastors in heaven, when they talk about their church, will have had less than 50 people in it 68 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Large churches are a recent sort of trendy development in the last 80 years, especially in North America 69 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,000 History paints a much different picture 70 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:17,000 The last book called Church Planting Movements by David Harrison really helps you understand this 71 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:24,000 When you look at a historical perspective, you see that God's always worked through small, genuine groups of people 72 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 To be His hands and feet all over the world 73 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,000 So at Ocean Water, we want to be small and rad 74 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,000 And when we sense that there's like an alpha leader in our midst 75 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:37,000 We want to give them the tools and trust them and get out of their way to go make another one 76 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:44,000 I want to be very clear, here at Ocean Water, we're trying to play global small ball 77 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:50,000 What we've learned is you can basically have a church up to about 60 people and it doesn't cost anything 78 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Isn't that awesome? 79 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,000 You know, 40 million Americans just filed jobless claims 80 00:04:55,000 --> 00:05:00,000 And there are hundreds of areas around the world along the coast that don't have a church 81 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:06,000 Isn't it exciting that we found a free way to do church so we can help people in a free way overseas? 82 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,000 This is a really exciting time to be alive 83 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:15,000 So each week when I do my beach talk, I'm providing a message for our church here in San Clemente 84 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:23,000 But I'm also modeling in a very simple way how easy it is to start something that helps people with no money 85 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:29,000 Now, we're not trying to get people who already have jobs to give money to our church 86 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,000 That's good because we believe in generosity, it's a part of our worship 87 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:38,000 But we're trying to get people who already have a job to start a church 88 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,000 That's a big difference 89 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Now why? Because I've been to 42 countries and I've seen the devastation and inequity caused by a lack of access to water, food, housing, and education 90 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:55,000 In areas where we need simple, free, scalable solutions so we can help people in those environments 91 00:05:55,000 --> 00:06:01,000 So this week's beach talk, we want to continue in our study in the book of Daniel 92 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:05,000 About the life of Daniel, we've called this time together Waves 93 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,000 And today I want to talk to you about being coached 94 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Did you know the best surfers in the world have one thing in common? They all have coaches 95 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Now today we're going to talk about how important it is to learn from people who've gone ahead of us 96 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:21,000 To have a spiritual coach, people that we look up to 97 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Now, we've shared for the last six weeks that before every blessing comes a test 98 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:30,000 God tests you to see what you can handle before he gives it to you 99 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:35,000 Look at what God says are the five waves to be coached in life 100 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:43,000 Now, the first thing that you need to do is you need to make a commitment to never stop learning 101 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,000 What does that mean? It all starts with a choice 102 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Nobody can decide for you, you've got to make this choice yourself 103 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,000 You have to realize how important learning is for the rest of your life 104 00:06:52,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Proverbs says commit yourself, that's making a commitment to instruction and tune in your ears to hear the words of knowledge 105 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:07,000 You know, I've been in school for 26 years of my life 106 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:13,000 12 years in grade school, 4 years for a bachelor's degree, 4 years for a master's degree, 5 years on a doctorate 107 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,000 I love learning 108 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:19,000 Your education, and you know this, it doesn't stop when you graduate 109 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:24,000 I've actually heard people say, well I'm glad I finished my education so now I can start my career 110 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,000 The rest of your life is an education 111 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:34,000 There are a lot of things God wants to teach us that we've not yet learned 112 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Learning is not a stage of life, learning is your life, learning is your lifestyle 113 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:43,000 God wants you to learn something every day, so he says commit yourself to instruction 114 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,000 Make a commitment to never stop learning 115 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,000 What new skill are you working on right now as we've all been at home? 116 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Is this skill going to help you next year, get ahead in your work, your life, your family, your business? 117 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:00,000 Are you going to be any different? Are you going to be better? Are you going to come out of this stronger? 118 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:05,000 It's our choice, will you be wiser? It's our choice 119 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:11,000 Now we make that commitment because we want to keep growing until the day we see Jesus 120 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:15,000 The moment you stop learning, you stop influencing 121 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:19,000 You can never take a person farther than you yourself have been 122 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:24,000 So why should you never stop learning? Well it brings success and profit 123 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:29,000 Do you want those things in your life? Then you need to be continuously learning as a person 124 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,000 The more you learn, the more you earn 125 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:38,000 Ecclesiastes says if an axe is dull and its edge is unsharpened, more strength is needed but skill will bring success 126 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:44,000 If you've got an axe and you're chopping wood and the blade is dull, obviously it takes a lot more time and energy 127 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:51,000 to chop the wood. If your axe is sharp, which represents skill, then it doesn't take as much effort 128 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,000 It's simply saying here, work smarter not harder 129 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,000 You're never wasting your time when you're sharpening your axe 130 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:04,000 Notice it didn't say desire, it didn't say prayer, it says skill will bring success 131 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:08,000 You can pray all you want, have all the desire you want, write down all your dreams and goals 132 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:14,000 But if you don't have the skill, you're not going to be as successful as you could be 133 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:20,000 Now I know a lot of people who have the desire to be successful, a desire to grow, they desire to be effective 134 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,000 But they're not willing to learn the skills 135 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,000 You've got to go back to school and get a new skill or whatever 136 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Skill, as the Bible says, is what will bring success 137 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:35,000 And not only that, but the Bible says it will bring profit 138 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:42,000 Proverbs 19, 8 says, do yourself a favor and learn all you can, then remember what you learn and you will prosper 139 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:47,000 You'll have a better life, the more you learn, the more you'll earn 140 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:52,000 Now humility asks questions, pride says, why I don't want to ask questions, I'll look dumb 141 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:57,000 Well there are no dumb questions in life, the dumb thing is to not ask questions 142 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:01,000 So in humility you'll actually learn more because you'll ask questions 143 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:08,000 There's a verse in the Bible that says, counsel in the heart of man is like a deep well, but a man of understanding will draw it out 144 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,000 Daniel was a man of understanding 145 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:16,000 Proverbs 23, 12 says, pay attention to your teacher and learn all you can 146 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:21,000 Now here's the second key that the Bible tells us to be coached 147 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Learn the lessons of the prior generation 148 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:33,000 The whole reason why I wanted to talk about this was because there was a mistake that King Belshazzar made 149 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:37,000 He could have learned lessons that would have prevented his kingdom from being overthrown 150 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:43,000 Because his grandfather had made all these mistakes, but he didn't listen, he didn't learn, and as a result he lost it all 151 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:47,000 Learn the lessons from the people that have gone before you, all you have to do is ask 152 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:51,000 This concept is actually something that God commands us to do 153 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,000 Let me give you an example of it 154 00:10:53,000 --> 00:11:01,000 The Bible in the book of Job, chapters 8 verses 8 and 9 says, ask the former generations and find out what their fathers learned 155 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:05,000 For we were born only yesterday and we know so little 156 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:12,000 He said, I want you to go out and ask the former generations so you need to learn the lessons of people who came before you 157 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,000 If you don't, you're being prideful 158 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,000 If you're humble, you'll learn 159 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,000 What does that mean? 160 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:24,000 In your life, you're going to be wise, you're going to need four kinds of people 161 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,000 First, you're going to need a mentor 162 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,000 Now these are coaches 163 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:32,000 In life, if you're going to succeed, you're going to need the way God intends you to 164 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:37,000 You're going to need some mentors and some models, some partners, and some friends 165 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000 And what are these? Well, mentors are coaches 166 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,000 They're the people that help you along in life 167 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:46,000 In my life, I have one, Ralph Moore 168 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,000 Ralph's pastor planted churches for 50 years 169 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:55,000 He was used by God to be a catalyst, an architecting, a network of over 2400 churches 170 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,000 We talk every Wednesday 171 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,000 I always come with a set of questions 172 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 I always read what he tells me to read 173 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,000 I always do what he asks 174 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,000 It's a great relationship 175 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 Now the second thing you need is models 176 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:09,000 Models are already doing what you want to be doing in your life 177 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Now we learn fastest from models 178 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:16,000 You need partners, and partners are those who row the boat with you 179 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,000 They're like your co-workers in what you're working on 180 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,000 And then of course you need friends 181 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,000 Friends aren't helping you with your goal 182 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,000 They're just your friends 183 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:25,000 They love you no matter what you do 184 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,000 You can really mess up and they love you 185 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,000 They'll just be there for you no matter what's going on 186 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:34,000 A friend walks into your life when everybody else is walking out 187 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,000 Remember that 188 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:41,000 Your friends are there when you need them the most 189 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:48,000 The number three key to being coached, the Bible says, is the word of maintain a humble attitude that honors God 190 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Maintain throughout your life a humble attitude that honors God 191 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Humility and teachability actually go together 192 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000 Be humble or you'll stumble 193 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:02,000 The Bible says that pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall 194 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,000 Humility begins simply realizing that you're not God 195 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:09,000 If you ever get under stress, repeat this three times 196 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,000 I'm not God, I'm not God, I'm not God 197 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,000 And I don't need to be 198 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,000 Takes the pressure off, takes the stress off 199 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:18,000 That's humility 200 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,000 If you don't realize that, you're not a humble person 201 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:27,000 Proverbs 15 33 says, reverence for the Lord is an education in itself 202 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,000 You must be humble before you can ever receive honor 203 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,000 You want to start out on a lifelong goal? Be wise 204 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:37,000 Get to know God and the more you know God, the more you'll get to know his word 205 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,000 You're going to simply be a wiser person 206 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,000 You'll be wiser in relationships 207 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,000 You'll be wiser the way you manage your money 208 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,000 In the way you handle conflict 209 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,000 In the way that you diffuse and solve problems 210 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,000 You'll just be wiser 211 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:57,000 Because you're not simply depending on your own intellect 212 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,000 You're getting the wisdom of God 213 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,000 Now the wisdom of the ages, maintain a humble attitude 214 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:06,000 James 4 6, God opposes the proud but he gives grace to the humble 215 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,000 Why does God oppose the proud? 216 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Because they're unteachable 217 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,000 They think they know it all 218 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Humility says I can learn from anybody 219 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Pride says I can't learn from anybody 220 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,000 Humility means you can literally learn from anyone 221 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,000 Now number four, key to being coached is 222 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:31,000 Refuse to fill your mind with garbage 223 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:36,000 Now we're all worried about water pollution and air pollution 224 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,000 And we should be, we need to take care of the earth 225 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:48,000 But those very often we allow our minds to be polluted and corrupted all the time 226 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:54,000 Through social media, through entertainment, through not reading books 227 00:14:54,000 --> 00:15:01,000 In fact there's never been more mind pollution than there is right now 228 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,000 We become like the content we fill our minds with 229 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:09,000 Now there are basically a couple different kinds of content that you can fill your mind with 230 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:13,000 You can fill it with poison, stuff that will really hurt you 231 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:18,000 There's concepts that can actually derange and degrade you and ultimately defeat you 232 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:23,000 There's self-defeating thoughts that we allow into our lives and that we buy into 233 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:27,000 The third thing you can fill your mind with is brain food 234 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:32,000 This is the good stuff, books, God's Word 235 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:36,000 Makes us a more well-rounded person 236 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,000 But in addition to brain food you need super food 237 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:40,000 Now that's the Bible 238 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:45,000 Now this is why I read every word of God every year of my life 239 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:50,000 Because I want God's Word to be in my mind every single day 240 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:56,000 We're getting ready to start another chance to read through the entire Bible in the year on July 27th 241 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,000 I'd love for you to message me and have you be a part of that 242 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,000 There's already a group forming 243 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:06,000 Now the Bible answers all of life's questions 244 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Now you might say, I don't really have an appetite for reading the Bible 245 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:17,000 Well it's because it's like when you go from eating junk food to eating fruits and vegetables and lean meats and nuts 246 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:23,000 And stuff that's actually held for you that comes right out of the ground and doesn't touch anything and gets right into your body 247 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:27,000 There's a transition there where you have to get used to that 248 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:34,000 You see, there's no reason why we can't listen to every word of God in our life every year of our life 249 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:39,000 The average person spends four and a half hours on their phone now 250 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:46,000 We can easily spend ten minutes a day listening to God's Word get into our mind 251 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,000 It's so easy you don't even have to read it 252 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,000 You can hit play and let it fill your mind 253 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:56,000 So let's quit making excuses and quit sounding stupid 254 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:00,000 We absolutely have time to read the Bible every year 255 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,000 It's no problem 256 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:09,000 You see, we need to spend less time on Facebook and more time in God's Book 257 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:17,000 Now number five, if you're going to learn to be coached, you've got to put into practice what you've already learned 258 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:23,000 Putting into practice means that God teaches you and then you act on it 259 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:28,000 God is not in the business of simply satisfying your curiosity 260 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,000 He tells you one thing and he waits for you to act on it 261 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,000 Now once you act on it, then you get to go to the next step 262 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:40,000 Once you act on it, then you go to level two or three or four 263 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,000 You have to apply the truth 264 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,000 You have to act on it 265 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,000 You have to internalize what you've learned 266 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,000 We all know way more than we do 267 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,000 We want to be doers, not hearers 268 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:54,000 A lot of people would say, well, I've been a Christian for 20 years 269 00:17:54,000 --> 00:18:00,000 But really, they just had the same year of Christianity over and over again for 20 years 270 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,000 They haven't learned anything 271 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:07,000 They've been stuck in year one and done year one 20 times 272 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,000 Being a Christian isn't about how long you've been one 273 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:14,000 It's about do you apply what you know? 274 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:18,000 Now the Bible says we're supposed to forgive our enemies 275 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Do we believe that? Do we do it? Do we really do it? 276 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,000 The Bible says a lot of crazy things that God expects us to do 277 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:32,000 Now, Beth Shazzar, this king, he loses everything because he failed to do this last point 278 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:36,000 He failed to put into practice what he had seen and learned 279 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:41,000 And he pridefully refused to learn the lessons of the people that had gone before him 280 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Now there's this guy who comes along, he's the grandson, the most famous king of the empire that day 281 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:52,000 Nebuchadnezzar, he saw Nebuchadnezzar literally lose his mind for about seven years all out of pride 282 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,000 He saw all of his mistakes 283 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,000 Now he saw his grandfather come back and correct those things 284 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:01,000 He saw the good and the bad in his life and he chose to ignore God 285 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:09,000 Are you choosing to ignore God? Are you following what God wants you to do and to be in your life? 286 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,000 I sure hope so, I'm praying for that for you 287 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:16,000 So our kingdoms can be taken away and divided just like this story 288 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:20,000 Now Daniel was the one guy in the empire who had the courage to point it out 289 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:26,000 He says in 522, Beth Shazzar, even though you knew all that happened to your father 290 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:35,000 You need to understand that the Babylonian culture, he called you to lead it 291 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,000 But you didn't learn and you refused to humble yourself 292 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:42,000 Now God who rules from heaven is going to correct that 293 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,000 Now here's the big lesson from the story 294 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:51,000 If you don't humbly learn from the prior generations, we'll end up making the same mistakes 295 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:55,000 We don't want to make mistakes 296 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:59,000 We want to avoid the mistakes of the people that have gone before us 297 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:03,000 Not repeat the same ones 298 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,000 We want to have a heart of humble learning 299 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:12,000 A lot of us are going to miss heaven by 18 inches because that's the distance from our head to our heart 300 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,000 Respond when God's softening your heart 301 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,000 Get your head in line, God will open up doors 302 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:21,000 1 Timothy 6, 21, some people have missed the most important thing in their life 303 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,000 They don't know God, do you? 304 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:27,000 You might know string theory or chaos theory or quantum physics 305 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 This area is full of smart people 306 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,000 Doesn't mean you know God 307 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,000 He's going to say this, did you get to know me? 308 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:40,000 Were we friends? Did you build a relationship with me and my son who I sent on earth to die on a cross for you? 309 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,000 You know about it, but did you learn it? 310 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:47,000 Did you walk in relationship? 311 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:51,000 You may have had religion, but that doesn't mean you have a relationship 312 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:55,000 Let me ask you a real question, do you have God in your life? 313 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,000 You say, oh yeah, I've gotten God in my life, really? 314 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:01,000 Has he made any big changes? Has he transformed your life in any way at all? 315 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:05,000 No, but you're like, yeah, I've got God 316 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:09,000 If God is in your life and he hasn't changed anything, God isn't in your life 317 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,000 We can ask him to do that today 318 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,000 You may have gotten religion, but you certainly didn't get God 319 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:18,000 Some people have missed the most important thing in their life 320 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:22,000 And it's just simply this, a relationship with the God who made us 321 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 And it all starts with humility 322 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,000 In fact, right now we can just pray quickly 323 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 Would you pray a simple prayer with me? 324 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 It really doesn't matter what you say 325 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:34,000 Just talk to God, the most important thing is that your attitude is humble 326 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,000 You might just start with God 327 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:40,000 I've never really said this, but you're God and I'm not 328 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,000 I need you in my life 329 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Thank you, Lord 330 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,000 I believe God's working in people's hearts today 331 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,000 And I'm excited about that 332 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,000 Because in the next 12 months we're going to be doing a lot of work 333 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,000 In four different countries, in four different languages 334 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:04,000 And that's exciting because God's a global God and we get to be a part of that 335 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:09,000 Now, the more we have at Ocean Water, the more we can help people all around the world 336 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:13,000 And I want to encourage you today to make generosity a part of your worship 337 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,000 You can go online at OceanWater.com and click on Give 338 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:20,000 I want you to pray and I want you to follow the Holy Spirit's leading 339 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000 Like I want you to in every part of your life 340 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:35,000 Thanks so much for tuning in for this week's Beach Talk