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And welcome back this week.

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Back again, back again.

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Goodness.

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And technical difficulties abounding.

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I have no working camera tonight for some strange reason that

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So that's going to be fun to figure out later on.

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Hey, at least

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 the internet didn't go down because that's that same thing that has the

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 dock that has that on it is also where the internet's plugged in.

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So, uh, you know,

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Yeah, the internet stayed up, the laptop's still charging off of it.

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So, well, I assume it's charging off of that or the other one.

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don't know.

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It's charging off of one of these 2 docks.

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So, you know, something's working.

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 we'll, uh, we hopefully we'll have that fixed before next week,

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 but, um, how's your week been, brother Brian?

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Awesome so far.

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Yeah, yeah, I had a good day.

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So today's my birthday.

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And, uh, yeah, so I've been getting all the all

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 the birthday wishes and the Facebook birthday wishes and all the things.

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So, yeah, so...

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Actually, did not realize that was today.

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52 years young today.

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Hey, there we go.

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Yeah, just thankful to live another day.

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Hey, amen.

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That is that is always a blessing.

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And this week, Dennis is off enjoying

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 the ski slopes and hopefully not breaking anything.

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He threatened to come back with a cast.

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Hopefully he's doing well and

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 we're definitely praying for him and glad he's getting to go have some

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 a good time with his son and his family and spend time with all them.

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And so tonight we have brother Carter here with us.

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Yeah.

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Awesome.

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Good to have you with us tonight.

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Now you were here last year, year before last?

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Yeah, last year.

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 in the year, January, February.

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Yeah, it wasn't long ago.

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About a year ago.

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started, yeah.

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Yeah, you, uh, you had, uh, I don't

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 think you had taken the church at that or the, you've done it because

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 we were talking about youth ministry when I was here.

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I was fresh, though.

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I'm saying something like that.

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Yeah, yeah, really early on.

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So nearly no knowledge of anything.

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And, you know, only a year and a half in now, maybe a year

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 and a couple of months, but maybe a little more knowledge than what I had before.

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Hey, well, we are we were very glad to get you to come

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 back and play some for us and talk with us about things.

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I know I know doing youth.

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I think I said at that time was, it's

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 a special calling, takes a special heart, and it is tough.

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It is really tough because, you

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There's nothing more rewarding, though.

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 that you don't in adults, but seeing kids grow in their faith and

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 the discipleship process and then becoming disciples themselves and

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 going and making more.

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and uh, I don't know.

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It is great to see adults, but there's just something about watching kids grab

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And so it's fine.

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And lately you've been, you've been like throwing some

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And, uh, anyways, they, uh, they started a

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 little Bible study on FaceTime with their friends and they were telling me about it and

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 they're like, it's going real well.

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I leading it tonight.

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I'm like, that's great, guys.

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you know, 8 little 8th graders.

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And I said, how many people are on there?

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40 kids on a FaceTime Bible study and just watching stuff like that.

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Man, you can't beat that.

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Knowing those kids learning how to be leaders at a young age, you know?

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So, man, that's awesome.

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Well, hey, keep encouraging them because we definitely

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I mean that's what we're supposed to be doing.

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We got to be bringing them up as leaders and being ready to do

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 you can go clean the floor and, you know, whatever it is, just getting kids

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Because that's tricky.

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It's tricky because a lot of kids, they maybe have

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 although these kids are the church of tomorrow, they can be the church of today too.

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I think that that was something that I, uh, learned

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 at the church I grew up at was, you know, uh, I

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 like that and Sunday school we'd have random Sundays

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 where the teens would lead it and they'd be the ones teaching and it wasn't.

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So it was, you know, we want y'all to be just involved as the adults are.

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It's good for you to be stepping into those

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 opportunities being involved in the church like the rest of the congregation is.

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And there is nothing better than having, um,

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It's like, what do I do?

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You know, get up and read a Bible's verse.

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 and so we need you to, you know, we're going to try to get something that goes with this

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 they really did pour into the youth at Mount Carmel.

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 some sweet little old ladies that poured into me too.

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We would have you Sunday.

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I mean, it was, it would make you more nervous to be in their class than

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 and they wanted me to teach.

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And even if I had of, and I probably did, they were so encouraging.

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They were super encouraging to me and like, you know,

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 you know, I didn't teach them anything.

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They didn't know, but, uh, but, but, but, man, that,

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They poured into the youth.

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They didn't just sit back and say, yeah, one day.

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 and you're a part of the church, then you

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 need to be, you need to dig in, right?

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Diggy Hills in and do something.

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Yeah, and that's the beauty of like Christianity.

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If you were a novice at any other thing jumping

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 well, but I bet they got so much out of, even if you made a fool of yourself, just,

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 uh, the Lord could use you in a way just to bless them because

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 they see a young person or reveal something to you that they

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Well, it's a blessing too, to watch when

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Right now, I think we've got, I

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 don't know, 4 or 5 different men

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 and young men who have came from our church

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 just since I've been here in the last 20 years, who

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 not like I've done anything, but just to watch them develop

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 and to watch God, um, take them

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 and use them because that's what we're here for.

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You know, I hate to lose them when they go somewhere.

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But, but really, that's, that should be our job to to

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Right, right.

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Yeah, it's absolutely.

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 so, uh, what do we what do we got for tonight?

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Let me, let me, I want to do.

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I want to do one little thing and then we're going to get into the into some

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But I do, I do want to, because this, this is the, the,

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 uh, the elephant in the room with everybody right now and,

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 and I'm not going to get deep into it.

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might get a little bit deeper into it next week when we get back into Revelation.

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Um, And I just want to say, I've

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 seen some crazy posts out there about some

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 crazy prophecy stuff that really are

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 not biblical and they're not right.

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And I've seen some good stuff out there too, some solid

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 stuff that they've used scripture to back it up.

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Guys, we know that we're living in the last days.

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And we know that Christ could come at any moment.

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There's, there's no prophecy left that

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 would keep Christ from coming back and or at least,

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 uh, meeting us in the air and rapturing the church out.

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Okay?

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The rapture could take place at any moment, at any time.

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Nothing in prophecy.

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It has to be fulfilled to keep that from happening.

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There's other things after that that will be fulfilled.

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But nothing is holding that back.

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And so when we look at all this,

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 all this that's going on right now, war in Iran.

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This is nothing neat at all.

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Nothing new at all.

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They've been fighting for over 2000 years.

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They've been, the only

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 difference now they're, they're, they're shooting missiles instead of throwing rocks, you know?

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But this has been going on forever.

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And this does not mean that the end is here.

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In fact, Matthew 24 tells us that, you know,

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 when you hear wars and rumors of wars, that,

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 you know, that this, the end is not yet.

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And so, so, again, are we in the last days?

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Yes.

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Does this war that we're having?

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Does every little thing that happens

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 over in the Middle East mean that now, okay, it's fixing to happen right now?

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No, no, it doesn't mean that.

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Pay attention.

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Pay attention.

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Israel is a time clock for God's promises,

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 but pay attention to the word of God, pay attention to scripture,

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 and and just pay attention to what we're supposed to be doing

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 because the church has

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 the greatest opportunity that I believe that

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 has ever been since, since Christ died.

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I mean, with technology, with opportunities

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 to get out and to spread the gospel, to be able to go

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 and uh, to to evangelize and

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 to to do mission work.

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We have a greater opportunity today to do all those things

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 than we ever had before.

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And so I'm saying today, just be about the father's business, right?

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I preached on 2nd Chronicle 714 last night,

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 that familiar chapter and verse.

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Um, and, and, you know,

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 he gives us this list of things that we've got today, humble ourselves.

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Pray, seek his face.

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And when we go through that process, when we do that,

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 he says, then I will hear from them and

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 I will heal their land.

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So we need to be focused on that.

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We need to be focused on being humble.

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We need to focus on prayer.

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We need to focus on seeking the face of God when we worship.

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And one of the things I talked about last night is

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 not manufacturing worship, right?

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worship cannot be man-made.

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It cannot be manufactured.

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We can't drum it up and say, okay, you

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 know, if I play this song, then because

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 this happened when I played this song last time, then

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 it's going to happen again today.

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I think we get caught up in that.

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You know, we get these, we got certain songs that we like to hear and

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 we think, man, this is going to break out, but let's

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 count on more on the Holy Spirit being in any song or

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 any type of worship than than just

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 one particular thing and putting God in this box over here.

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Uh, true worship is when we worship in spirit and truth,

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 because God is a spirit.

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And so we must worship in spirit and truth.

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That's what the word of God tells us.

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And so that's what we want to do.

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And I know that that's what I know that's what you put into it every

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 time you pick up that guitar, every time you step up to

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 that mic and I'm thankful.

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I'm thankful for you and for that.

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Uh, thankful uh, to have a son-in-law

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 to lead my daughter and and uh,

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 and to lead other people into worship.

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And so that's that's just what we want to do tonight.

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I want you to feel free and the freedom to worship and

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 to seek God's face tonight as we play.

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I think we, uh, for anybody that's new or

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 maybe wasn't here earlier last year when Carter got come.

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This is Brother Brian's son-in-law.

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Just in case somebody missed that.

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And it is.

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It comes across when I've gotten to see you here,

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 come and sing with us and perform for us.

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It really comes across that you've put some, you've put prayer

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 into it and you are trusting God's spirit because

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 it's obvious when people don't.

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I mean, we've had groups here from time to

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 time that come in and it's like, wow, that was dead as

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 a doornail because they were they were showy.

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They were exciting, but it was just dead spiritually.

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And unfortunately, a lot of the modern churches

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 have gotten this idea that they have to create the

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 atmosphere of worship rather than entering into

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 the atmosphere of worship.

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You know, you're coming to worship.

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You're not bringing the worship or creating it.

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You're entering into it.

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And I think people forget that a lot because there's a reason it's worded that way.

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There's a reason we are, we're stepping

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 into the presence of God and into his house, dividing him in the room.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, yeah.

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an invitation to and just an invitation.

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It's, you know, God come in and do as you will

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 and surrender.

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It's a surrender, but you see a lot of the modern churches do.

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They, they, absolutely.

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I mean, and I think I've said it before on here.

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There are modern churches that literally have classes

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 for their worship leaders on how to create an

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 atmosphere of worship and it is all about just

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 getting people so excited and so fired up.

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And so, and it's like, wow, what are you guys trying to do here?

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Yeah, and it's not a new music against old music.

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vice versa.

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It's just, it's across the board.

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It really is.

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Yeah, because they can do it with any of the music.

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It's not it's not specifically new stuff or old stuff.

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They can do it.

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It's amazing to watch how they will do this training

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 and stuff and they'll use amazing grace.

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And that'll be part of it and they'll use, you know,

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 old hymns and I'm like, Lord have mercy.

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Why are you so focused on trying to make people feel a certain way?

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I think there should be a balance that's not there anymore between

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 leading people because you are a worship leader.

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You're trying to lead it, but also worship yourself and worship,

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 not worship not worshiping yourself, but worship for yourself.

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And if I am leading

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 worship somewhere, my goal should

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 be, I'm leading them absolutely, but it should be to worship the

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 Father and I extend an invitation for the congregation to do the same.

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Yeah, come with me and worship me with me, right?

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absolutely.

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Y'all worship and not entertain you, but worship, let's worship together.

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Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

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And it is.

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It's very sad when I see churches that have entered

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 into that newer idea of we're going to make

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 people feel a certain way and create this thing.

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creative atmosphere.

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Yeah, it's like, no, no, just enter into worship.

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Yeah, because God's already...

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Hopefully God's already there.

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Now, if he's not there in the church to begin with, you've got a completely different problem.

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You

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 know, I have to, you mentioned that about the Iranian

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 stuff going on, and I do have to share.

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I was rather stunned.

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I don't know if you knew about this.

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They, they actually, the, the number

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 one goal was to take care of the, was to get rid of the leaders that were over there.

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I mean, they were they were killing the Iranians that were protesting, what

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 was it, like 40,000, I think, a couple of months ago, they just went out and just murdered them.

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It was awful.

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And so our goal was to get rid of, obviously, the leadership.

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And the entire mission was pretty much done in about 4 hours.

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Um, something that they were expecting

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 to take, you know, several months and a couple hours, they were done.

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And I'm like, whoa.

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And then, so the the,

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 these are the largest producers

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 of terrorists in the world right now.

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The Taliban is a 100 is primarily

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 funded from Iran.

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Uh, um, um, Hezbollah,

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 all of these other terror groups are primarily funded by Iran.

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And, I mean, it's awful.

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So they obviously wanted to get another leader lined up.

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Um, I think they got the new guy about 2

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 or 3 hours ago.

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I think he was in office a grand total of about 20 minutes.

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Oh, yeah.

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So, so their their leaders over there are kind of

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 panicked today and going, no, no, we don't want to step up.

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We'll stay in our cave.

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So, be praying, be praying.

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Pray, pray, pray, Christians for it because, like, brother

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 Ryan said, it's, it's really not, you know, anything

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 that signs anything more than just, it's another war and

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 it's another, or it's another battle.

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I'm not even going to go so far as say this is a war.

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This is really looking and feeling more like this is going to be a fairly short skirmish.

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It's going to go on for a little bit and then we're going to be done.

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And I can only hope for the Iranian people.

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I've heard stories from people that had to come to America when

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 the Shaw was overthrown back in the 70s and it was awful.

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I mean, they have, there are people in our area.

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I don't know if you know this, but there are people that live right here in our area

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 that have family.

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They don't get to see, but like one or 2 members at

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 a time every few years because they're not allowed to leave Iran

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 together and have not been since the 70s.

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And I'm like brothers and sisters and kids that grew up not

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 getting to see their aunts and uncles.

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And that's awful.

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That's terrible that they've been in that in that position for so

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 long and it's like, hey, we might might actually get out, get that gone.

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So I'm praying for those people.

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I'm praying for them that, hey, it'd be great.

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Some of these folks get to see their grandkids and great grandchildren

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 and nieces and nephews that they've never even met.

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That'd be awesome.

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And and so I pray that God can use this to kind of kind

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 of bring some bring some peace to some folks.

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Um, and that's a weird thing to say when people are shooting at each other.

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But hopefully what's on the other side is a little bit of peace for a time

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 because we know that when things go real peaceful over there, I'm going to be honest.

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when I'm real worried.

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Well, patient, you know, if it gets completely peaceful,

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 I'm concerned because I miss something.

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No, yeah, peace is a person anyway, right?

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That's right.

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It's in Jesus, and that's what we find, and that's who we're worshiping tonight.

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Let's worship you.

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So let's worship.

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Yeah.

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Look at the flowers.

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In all of their beauty.

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I

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 don't have to wonder You

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 know what you're doing.

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So

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 why would I worry it all?

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You're faithful to supply.

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Everything I

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 need, everything I need.

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My father has.

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My father has it every

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 single time.

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The Lord will provide my

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 father has it.

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My father has it.

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Ooh,

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 look at the sparrow.

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It's lacking for nothing.

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No

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 fear of tomorrow.

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And what it will bring.

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Always,

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 I have you, I have enough.

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Cause your love will satisfy.

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Everything I

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 need Everything I need.

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My father has it.

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My father has it every

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 single time.

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The Lord will provide.

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My father has it.

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My father has it.

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Everything I need.

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Everything I need.

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My father has it.

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My father has it, every

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 single time.

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The Lord will provide.

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My father has it.

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00:24:04,833 --> 00:24:09,450
My father has it all.

507
00:24:15,633 --> 00:24:18,983
So seek first the kingdom

508
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,816
 and its treasures.

509
00:24:21,866 --> 00:24:24,916
Everything else, it will

510
00:24:24,933 --> 00:24:27,983
 be added, all that

511
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,066
 I'm needed.

512
00:24:29,133 --> 00:24:32,183
I know the

513
00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,299
 Lord will provide.

514
00:24:34,416 --> 00:24:37,950
I

515
00:24:37,950 --> 00:24:40,950
 know my God's not empty

516
00:24:40,950 --> 00:24:42,316
 handed.

517
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,849
He gives us blessings.

518
00:24:44,966 --> 00:24:48,266
Blessings, and I'm

519
00:24:48,266 --> 00:24:49,700
 still believing.

520
00:24:49,766 --> 00:24:53,233
I know the Lord

521
00:24:53,250 --> 00:24:54,683
 will provide.

522
00:24:54,750 --> 00:24:57,916
So

523
00:24:57,933 --> 00:25:01,049
 seek first the kingdom and

524
00:25:01,049 --> 00:25:02,716
 its treasures.

525
00:25:02,799 --> 00:25:05,799
Everything else it will

526
00:25:05,799 --> 00:25:09,750
 be I did, all that I needed.

527
00:25:09,816 --> 00:25:12,983
I know the

528
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,916
 Lord will provide.

529
00:25:15,099 --> 00:25:18,566
I

530
00:25:18,566 --> 00:25:21,683
 know, my God's not empty

531
00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:23,066
 handy.

532
00:25:23,133 --> 00:25:26,966
He gives us blessings all apart.

533
00:25:27,033 --> 00:25:28,400
Blessings.

534
00:25:28,466 --> 00:25:30,133
I'm still believing.

535
00:25:30,266 --> 00:25:33,266
I know the

536
00:25:33,266 --> 00:25:35,783
 Lord will provide.

537
00:25:35,916 --> 00:25:40,233
Everything

538
00:25:40,233 --> 00:25:44,183
 I need Everything I need.

539
00:25:44,316 --> 00:25:47,183
My father has it.

540
00:25:47,250 --> 00:25:49,650
My father has it.

541
00:25:49,716 --> 00:25:52,883
And every single time the

542
00:25:52,900 --> 00:25:55,000
 Lord will prove I.

543
00:25:55,049 --> 00:25:57,316
My father has it.

544
00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,400
My father has it,

545
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,616
 oh, everything I need.

546
00:26:02,666 --> 00:26:04,883
Everything I need.

547
00:26:05,016 --> 00:26:07,583
I know my father has it.

548
00:26:07,716 --> 00:26:10,716
My father has it.

549
00:26:10,766 --> 00:26:12,566
And every single time.

550
00:26:12,700 --> 00:26:16,466
The Lord will provide My

551
00:26:16,466 --> 00:26:18,083
 father has it.

552
00:26:18,150 --> 00:26:21,566
My father has it.

553
00:26:21,633 --> 00:26:29,366
I

554
00:26:29,366 --> 00:26:31,766
 know the Lord will provide.

555
00:26:31,766 --> 00:26:36,433
Hey,

556
00:26:36,450 --> 00:26:37,583
 man, amen.

557
00:26:37,650 --> 00:26:38,299
Amen.

558
00:26:38,366 --> 00:26:41,533
I think we, uh, we

559
00:26:41,549 --> 00:26:44,849
 get caught up in worry and anxiety and all the things,

560
00:26:44,849 --> 00:26:48,083
 you know, and and I mentioned yesterday and in

561
00:26:48,099 --> 00:26:51,099
 our, uh,

562
00:26:51,099 --> 00:26:54,216
 our marriage, uh,

563
00:26:54,216 --> 00:26:56,733
 messages that I've been preaching the series.

564
00:26:56,799 --> 00:26:59,966
I've been preaching that, uh, you know, we we do get

565
00:26:59,966 --> 00:27:03,200
 worried sometimes and and if we

566
00:27:03,216 --> 00:27:05,250
 say that we don't, we're we're lying, right?

567
00:27:05,316 --> 00:27:08,433
But, uh, but man, when you sit and think about it,

568
00:27:08,433 --> 00:27:10,099
 whatever we need, he's got it.

569
00:27:10,166 --> 00:27:13,400
you know, and and I don't

570
00:27:13,416 --> 00:27:16,416
 want to get materialistic with it or or, you know,

571
00:27:16,416 --> 00:27:19,166
 prosperity gospel with it.

572
00:27:19,233 --> 00:27:23,000
But, but I will say this, you know, all

573
00:27:23,016 --> 00:27:26,016
 all the spiritual things, of course, is what we're really,

574
00:27:26,016 --> 00:27:29,066
 that's 1st and foremost, and that's what we deal with when

575
00:27:29,066 --> 00:27:32,066
 we're dealing with scripture most of the time, but, but he

576
00:27:32,066 --> 00:27:34,216
 does provide for us everything else too.

577
00:27:34,299 --> 00:27:35,799
Food, shelter.

578
00:27:35,849 --> 00:27:38,783
The Bible says you'll never see one of his begging bread.

579
00:27:38,849 --> 00:27:42,200
And, um, so there's been times

580
00:27:42,216 --> 00:27:45,266
 that, I know when Nicole and I, uh, in,

581
00:27:45,266 --> 00:27:48,383
 in our, in our marriage in the last, uh, 20,

582
00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,516
 um, 29 years, uh, that, uh,

583
00:27:51,516 --> 00:27:54,633
 that I thought, man, how are we going to pay this bill or what are we going to do here,

584
00:27:54,633 --> 00:27:57,750
 especially when we were younger and, and, uh, you know,

585
00:27:57,750 --> 00:27:59,183
 the income wasn't as much.

586
00:27:59,250 --> 00:28:02,549
And, uh, and then there would be a,

587
00:28:02,549 --> 00:28:06,083
 a check come in like, uh, from I overpaid insurance company

588
00:28:06,099 --> 00:28:09,150
 or, or, you know, uh, got a

589
00:28:09,150 --> 00:28:12,450
 refund back on something that I had no idea was going to get a refund

590
00:28:12,450 --> 00:28:15,616
 back on and just all these things that, that God

591
00:28:15,633 --> 00:28:18,633
 just, our neighbor comes over and says, hey, cook

592
00:28:18,633 --> 00:28:21,566
 supper tonight, you know, God takes care of us.

593
00:28:21,633 --> 00:28:22,283
Yeah, does.

594
00:28:22,349 --> 00:28:25,049
And his word reminds us in so many ways too.

595
00:28:25,116 --> 00:28:26,183
You find it.

596
00:28:26,250 --> 00:28:29,366
I mean, the song talked about looking at

597
00:28:29,366 --> 00:28:32,483
 the flowers and the beauty and you look at creation and

598
00:28:32,500 --> 00:28:36,216
 think, man, he's got this or scripture

599
00:28:36,216 --> 00:28:40,166
 in that song too, just talking about, you know, him caring for the sparrows.

600
00:28:40,233 --> 00:28:41,133
if he's going to care for them.

601
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:42,150
He's going to care for us too.

602
00:28:42,216 --> 00:28:45,266
And you look at most popular scripture, like, you know,

603
00:28:45,266 --> 00:28:48,500
 I looked at the 23rd Psalm for so long,

604
00:28:48,516 --> 00:28:50,183
 Lord's my Shepherd, I shall not want.

605
00:28:50,250 --> 00:28:53,299
And then I looked at the part about green pastures and

606
00:28:53,316 --> 00:28:56,483
 still waters for so long as like, man, that's a peaceful

607
00:28:56,500 --> 00:29:00,266
 scene and just imagine tranquility and that kind of stuff.

608
00:29:00,266 --> 00:29:03,733
And maybe that is good and the Lord can provide us with that kind of stuff too.

609
00:29:03,816 --> 00:29:06,683
But for a sheep, that's that's sustenance.

610
00:29:06,750 --> 00:29:09,083
That's food and drink.

611
00:29:09,150 --> 00:29:12,316
And so, I mean, we stress

612
00:29:12,333 --> 00:29:13,833
 out and worry about all kinds of stuff.

613
00:29:13,900 --> 00:29:17,066
We can be confident knowing that he's

614
00:29:17,066 --> 00:29:18,266
 going to provide for what we need.

615
00:29:18,333 --> 00:29:18,983
Amen.

616
00:29:19,116 --> 00:29:19,766
Amen.

617
00:29:19,833 --> 00:29:21,266
He is our provider.

618
00:29:21,333 --> 00:29:23,183
And so we trust in that.

619
00:29:23,250 --> 00:29:24,500
And what a good song.

620
00:29:24,566 --> 00:29:27,916
What a wonderful song, uh, if that voice sounds familiar

621
00:29:27,933 --> 00:29:31,233
 to you and you hadn't, uh, you wasn't here last time,

622
00:29:31,233 --> 00:29:34,349
 uh, our, our song, um, that

623
00:29:34,349 --> 00:29:36,316
 we, our intro song that we have.

624
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:40,166
That's that's Carter singing with some

625
00:29:40,166 --> 00:29:43,333
 background girls and Tatum.

626
00:29:43,416 --> 00:29:46,950
Tatum, my daughter is in there. and a

627
00:29:46,950 --> 00:29:48,150
 couple of partain girls.

628
00:29:48,216 --> 00:29:51,216
So, uh, but, uh, but yeah, uh,

629
00:29:51,216 --> 00:29:54,083
 I've, uh, I appreciate that.

630
00:29:54,150 --> 00:29:57,316
I wrote down some words and Carter made

631
00:29:57,333 --> 00:29:58,883
 them work and put music to them.

632
00:29:58,950 --> 00:30:00,016
You get a credit.

633
00:30:00,099 --> 00:30:01,349
You got to write the credit.

634
00:30:01,416 --> 00:30:03,216
That's all it takes.

635
00:30:03,266 --> 00:30:06,866
Hey, and like

636
00:30:06,866 --> 00:30:09,983
 I said last time, y'all, y'all threw that together super quick, so...

637
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,049
It was very spur of the moment, and, hey,

638
00:30:13,049 --> 00:30:16,099
 I'm going to send gel an audio file, listen to it, and come tomorrow

639
00:30:16,116 --> 00:30:19,466
 to record it, and we had it done in 2 days, and yeah,

640
00:30:19,466 --> 00:30:20,483
 yeah.

641
00:30:20,549 --> 00:30:21,616
And here we go.

642
00:30:21,700 --> 00:30:22,416
Here we go.

643
00:30:22,533 --> 00:30:23,366
So, man.

644
00:30:23,433 --> 00:30:25,400
What else you got in there?

645
00:30:25,466 --> 00:30:29,366
Oh, this is a new one.

646
00:30:29,433 --> 00:30:32,666
I love a

647
00:30:32,666 --> 00:30:34,766
 lot of elevation worship stuff.

648
00:30:35,016 --> 00:30:39,566
I may not agree with all their their doctoring at their church, but their

649
00:30:39,566 --> 00:30:43,033
 songs most of the time are pretty scriptural. and I

650
00:30:43,049 --> 00:30:46,283
 have like, they maybe released this a week or 2 ago.

651
00:30:46,349 --> 00:30:50,000
So I really don't know it that well, but I have been worshiping

652
00:30:50,016 --> 00:30:52,766
 to this, just ministered to buy this song.

653
00:30:52,833 --> 00:30:54,200
So I'll play it real quick.

654
00:30:54,266 --> 00:30:54,383
Okay.

655
00:31:00,450 --> 00:31:05,900
I

656
00:31:05,916 --> 00:31:08,966
 don't have a halo, but I wanna

657
00:31:08,966 --> 00:31:12,733
 sing with the A.

658
00:31:12,816 --> 00:31:15,933
I

659
00:31:15,933 --> 00:31:18,983
 don't know the future that I know

660
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,466
 the God of the ages.

661
00:31:22,533 --> 00:31:26,250
When

662
00:31:26,250 --> 00:31:29,849
 I think of

663
00:31:29,849 --> 00:31:32,599
 all you've done.

664
00:31:32,666 --> 00:31:36,016
I

665
00:31:36,033 --> 00:31:39,750
 could see my

666
00:31:39,750 --> 00:31:42,266
 whole life long.

667
00:31:44,066 --> 00:31:48,383
This simple song, thank you.

668
00:31:48,516 --> 00:31:53,366
Thank you.

669
00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:56,549
For the wonders you've

670
00:31:56,549 --> 00:32:00,500
 done, and the ones that you're still gonna do.

671
00:32:00,566 --> 00:32:03,316
Thank you.

672
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:08,366
I

673
00:32:08,366 --> 00:32:11,533
 was a bed now, I have a

674
00:32:11,549 --> 00:32:14,849
 seat at the table.

675
00:32:14,916 --> 00:32:18,266
I

676
00:32:18,266 --> 00:32:21,383
 was an orphan, now I have a

677
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,799
 father who's faithful.

678
00:32:23,849 --> 00:32:27,750
And

679
00:32:27,750 --> 00:32:30,916
 when I think

680
00:32:30,933 --> 00:32:34,283
 of all you've done.

681
00:32:34,466 --> 00:32:38,183
I

682
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:42,266
 could see mine.

683
00:32:42,333 --> 00:32:44,483
Oh, last long.

684
00:32:44,616 --> 00:32:49,650
This simple song Thank

685
00:32:49,650 --> 00:32:50,666
 you.

686
00:32:50,799 --> 00:32:55,650
Thank you.

687
00:32:55,833 --> 00:32:58,883
Before the wonders you've

688
00:32:58,900 --> 00:33:02,666
 done And the ones that you're still gonna do.

689
00:33:02,799 --> 00:33:05,366
Thank you.

690
00:33:05,500 --> 00:33:10,416
Thank you.

691
00:33:10,533 --> 00:33:15,383
Thank you.

692
00:33:15,566 --> 00:33:19,166
All my worship belongs

693
00:33:19,166 --> 00:33:22,333
 to the one who has carried me

694
00:33:22,349 --> 00:33:23,966
 through.

695
00:33:23,966 --> 00:33:25,216
Thank you.

696
00:33:31,299 --> 00:33:35,849
I

697
00:33:35,849 --> 00:33:39,316
 can't breathe in your breath and not sing

698
00:33:39,333 --> 00:33:40,766
 of your love.

699
00:33:40,833 --> 00:33:44,783
Oh, you've done too much for me.

700
00:33:44,849 --> 00:33:47,966
I care for back my heart,

701
00:33:47,966 --> 00:33:50,183
 my hallelujah.

702
00:33:50,250 --> 00:33:53,299
Oh, you've done too

703
00:33:53,316 --> 00:33:54,683
 much for me.

704
00:33:54,750 --> 00:33:58,049
I was lost, but you Wash me

705
00:33:58,049 --> 00:34:00,083
 clean with your blood.

706
00:34:00,150 --> 00:34:01,400
Oh.

707
00:34:01,466 --> 00:34:03,866
Look what you've done for me.

708
00:34:03,933 --> 00:34:07,466
I will never stop singing

709
00:34:07,466 --> 00:34:10,033
 hallelujah.

710
00:34:10,116 --> 00:34:14,066
Oh, look what you've done for me.

711
00:34:14,133 --> 00:34:16,583
I can't breathe in your breath

712
00:34:17,016 --> 00:34:19,416
And not sing out of your love.

713
00:34:19,466 --> 00:34:23,183
Oh, you've done too much for me.

714
00:34:23,250 --> 00:34:26,599
I can't pull back my heart on

715
00:34:26,616 --> 00:34:28,766
 my hallelujah.

716
00:34:28,833 --> 00:34:32,000
Oh, we've done too much

717
00:34:32,016 --> 00:34:33,083
 for me.

718
00:34:33,150 --> 00:34:35,183
I was lost in you.

719
00:34:35,250 --> 00:34:38,250
Wash me clean with your blood.

720
00:34:38,316 --> 00:34:42,216
Oh, you won't do much for me.

721
00:34:42,333 --> 00:34:45,683
I will never stop singing

722
00:34:45,699 --> 00:34:47,800
 Hallelujah.

723
00:34:47,916 --> 00:34:51,033
Oh, what you've

724
00:34:51,033 --> 00:34:52,466
 done for me.

725
00:34:52,599 --> 00:34:57,150
Thank you.

726
00:34:57,266 --> 00:35:01,099
Thank

727
00:35:01,116 --> 00:35:02,316
 you.

728
00:35:02,433 --> 00:35:05,849
Oh, for the wonders you've done.

729
00:35:05,916 --> 00:35:09,083
And the ones that you're still gonna do.

730
00:35:09,216 --> 00:35:11,783
Thank you.

731
00:35:11,916 --> 00:35:16,716
Thank you.

732
00:35:16,833 --> 00:35:21,800
Thank you.

733
00:35:21,816 --> 00:35:25,349
All my worship belongs

734
00:35:25,349 --> 00:35:29,000
 to the one who has carried me through.

735
00:35:29,016 --> 00:35:31,583
Thank you.

736
00:35:31,716 --> 00:35:34,833
For the wondrous you've

737
00:35:34,833 --> 00:35:38,666
 done And the ones that you're still gonna do.

738
00:35:38,733 --> 00:35:41,250
Thank you.

739
00:35:41,316 --> 00:35:45,683
I

740
00:35:45,699 --> 00:35:47,733
 know we're done enough.

741
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:51,516
But I'll keep showing up with these two.

742
00:35:51,566 --> 00:35:53,966
Thank you.

743
00:35:58,050 --> 00:35:59,116
Amen.

744
00:35:59,199 --> 00:35:59,916
Amen.

745
00:35:59,966 --> 00:36:03,083
Well, forever be thankful to him

746
00:36:03,099 --> 00:36:05,250
 all throughout eternity, won't we?

747
00:36:05,316 --> 00:36:08,366
There is nothing that we can do

748
00:36:08,366 --> 00:36:11,716
 to give back to him or to repay

749
00:36:11,733 --> 00:36:14,966
 what he's done for us, but to

750
00:36:14,966 --> 00:36:18,016
 give us, to give our lives up, to be a

751
00:36:18,033 --> 00:36:21,033
 living, to be a living sacrifice for him,

752
00:36:21,033 --> 00:36:24,566
 um, and to just uh, holy

753
00:36:24,566 --> 00:36:27,566
 and fully worship, like what we've

754
00:36:27,566 --> 00:36:30,683
 been talking about doing and realize that he is our

755
00:36:30,699 --> 00:36:33,866
 provider, and he does give us everything, and then when we realize that,

756
00:36:33,866 --> 00:36:35,116
 to thank him for it.

757
00:36:35,199 --> 00:36:35,849
Yeah.

758
00:36:35,849 --> 00:36:38,716
So, say, what can we say to him other than thank you.

759
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:39,449
Yeah.

760
00:36:39,516 --> 00:36:40,166
I see it.

761
00:36:40,233 --> 00:36:42,750
Yeah, the least we could do is be a sacrifice ourselves.

762
00:36:42,816 --> 00:36:45,216
If he sacrificed his life for us, why can't we do the same?

763
00:36:45,266 --> 00:36:45,916
Yeah.

764
00:36:45,933 --> 00:36:46,349
Amen.

765
00:36:46,416 --> 00:36:47,133
absolutely.

766
00:36:47,199 --> 00:36:50,199
Well, and Paul, you know, makes that very clear

767
00:36:50,199 --> 00:36:53,199
 to us that that is very possibly what we're going to be called

768
00:36:53,199 --> 00:36:57,033
 to do and that, hey, that's that's just more for us.

769
00:36:57,099 --> 00:36:57,866
That's just gain.

770
00:36:57,933 --> 00:36:59,133
Yeah, yeah.

771
00:36:59,199 --> 00:37:02,016
you know, sacrifice comes in so many different ways.

772
00:37:02,066 --> 00:37:04,216
It can come monetarily.

773
00:37:04,300 --> 00:37:07,000
It can come with our time.

774
00:37:07,050 --> 00:37:10,283
I think sometimes we're more apt

775
00:37:10,300 --> 00:37:13,466
 to throw some money at something that we are to

776
00:37:13,466 --> 00:37:15,133
 give our time to it, right?

777
00:37:15,216 --> 00:37:18,216
I can put some money in the plate.

778
00:37:18,266 --> 00:37:21,266
But when I'm asked to, uh, uh, to teach that

779
00:37:21,266 --> 00:37:24,316
 VBS class or to, you know, fill in that Sunday

780
00:37:24,333 --> 00:37:27,750
 school class or to go on that mission trip or,

781
00:37:27,750 --> 00:37:31,699
 you know, step out of the box some way or somehow and

782
00:37:31,716 --> 00:37:33,566
 God's calling us to something.

783
00:37:33,633 --> 00:37:36,683
Uh, that's when it gets harder and we start,

784
00:37:36,699 --> 00:37:39,750
 we start uh, sacrificing time and and

785
00:37:39,750 --> 00:37:43,283
 we start uh, sacrificing resources and different things like that.

786
00:37:43,349 --> 00:37:46,400
So, but I think whatever it is that he wants

787
00:37:46,416 --> 00:37:48,633
 us to sacrifice, we need to be willing to do it.

788
00:37:48,699 --> 00:37:50,366
All of those things are forms of worship.

789
00:37:50,433 --> 00:37:53,483
I feel like the word worship, although it can

790
00:37:53,500 --> 00:37:56,616
 be through song and it can be through raising your hand

791
00:37:56,616 --> 00:37:58,583
 in service and praise that way.

792
00:37:58,650 --> 00:38:01,650
you know, giving is just as much of a form of worship.

793
00:38:01,716 --> 00:38:02,616
It really is.

794
00:38:02,666 --> 00:38:05,833
And I, you know, and I've preached on time, I think before, and it's

795
00:38:05,849 --> 00:38:09,566
 not like people like to hear it, especially from the pasture, but I

796
00:38:09,566 --> 00:38:10,766
 don't want them to look at.

797
00:38:10,833 --> 00:38:12,199
God doesn't need your money.

798
00:38:12,333 --> 00:38:15,383
And he really doesn't need your time or your resources.

799
00:38:15,449 --> 00:38:16,883
But he does want you.

800
00:38:16,949 --> 00:38:19,949
I always go back to that casting

801
00:38:19,949 --> 00:38:23,066
 crown song, you know, that says that he doesn't, he doesn't

802
00:38:23,066 --> 00:38:24,500
 need me, but he wants me.

803
00:38:24,566 --> 00:38:27,616
And so for me to be willing to say, okay,

804
00:38:27,633 --> 00:38:30,633
 God, if you want me, that's what could

805
00:38:30,633 --> 00:38:33,633
 be better than the God of the universe, the creator

806
00:38:33,633 --> 00:38:36,633
 of everything, actually wants to have a

807
00:38:36,633 --> 00:38:39,383
 relationship with me and wants me to serve him.

808
00:38:39,449 --> 00:38:42,866
I mean, we should be willing to give it all up.

809
00:38:42,933 --> 00:38:45,449
But it is a form of worship, right?

810
00:38:45,516 --> 00:38:48,750
Whether it's monetarily or whatever it is, because what you're

811
00:38:48,750 --> 00:38:52,283
 doing is saying, okay, Lord, I trust you with

812
00:38:52,300 --> 00:38:55,949
 what's not mine anyways, but I trust you with what you've given me.

813
00:38:56,016 --> 00:38:59,733
I'll give it back to you and you you take care of it and you multiply it.

814
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:03,216
Yeah, I think having the posture of a manager is

815
00:39:03,216 --> 00:39:05,666
 what's lacked most of the time now.

816
00:39:05,666 --> 00:39:08,966
We're here to manage the belongings we have is us

817
00:39:08,966 --> 00:39:10,166
 managing and not owning it.

818
00:39:10,233 --> 00:39:11,133
Yeah, right.

819
00:39:11,133 --> 00:39:12,933
Even that being our time.

820
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:16,716
We're here to manage it, not take ownership over it.

821
00:39:16,766 --> 00:39:18,199
It's all the Lord's.

822
00:39:18,266 --> 00:39:21,266
Well, that takes perspective too, because you've got to realize

823
00:39:21,266 --> 00:39:24,983
 why you're here and what you're, you know, why do I have this job?

824
00:39:25,050 --> 00:39:28,099
Well, I've got this job so that I can provide for my family so that I

825
00:39:28,116 --> 00:39:31,233
 can, you know, so that we can eat so that we can do whatever.

826
00:39:31,300 --> 00:39:35,133
But really, I mean, God's going to take care of all that too.

827
00:39:35,199 --> 00:39:38,366
But our main purpose is in everything that

828
00:39:38,366 --> 00:39:41,483
 we do and our jobs that we've been given, our positions

829
00:39:41,500 --> 00:39:44,849
 that we have, the blessings that we get, our job

830
00:39:44,849 --> 00:39:47,966
 is to just, like you said, to manage

831
00:39:47,966 --> 00:39:51,266
 it and let God use it for the glory of him, to

832
00:39:51,266 --> 00:39:54,800
 A be lifted up in it, uh, and and not us.

833
00:39:54,933 --> 00:39:58,466
So, because like I said, we own nothing.

834
00:39:58,533 --> 00:40:00,750
when he comes right down to it.

835
00:40:00,816 --> 00:40:01,533
We own nothing.

836
00:40:01,599 --> 00:40:04,599
Well, you have to recognize that you own nothing and then there's

837
00:40:04,599 --> 00:40:07,716
 the added piece that, um,

838
00:40:07,949 --> 00:40:11,116
I think it's lost

839
00:40:11,133 --> 00:40:14,183
 because a lot of places put so much emphasis on tie,

840
00:40:14,199 --> 00:40:15,516
 tie, tie, tie, tithe.

841
00:40:15,566 --> 00:40:18,733
And like I say, I get really nervous when I see churches

842
00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:21,983
 puts the emphasis on it, followed by, and here's

843
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:23,066
 how God's going to bless you.

844
00:40:23,133 --> 00:40:24,333
That's where you have a problem.

845
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:25,949
It's not saying you need to tithe.

846
00:40:26,016 --> 00:40:27,383
You need the tithe, you got to give.

847
00:40:27,449 --> 00:40:29,783
But it's not for the blessings.

848
00:40:29,849 --> 00:40:33,083
It's not for these other things, but we get so focused on that that

849
00:40:33,099 --> 00:40:36,333
 we forget and people get so caught up in that.

850
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:37,416
like, well, I wrote my check.

851
00:40:37,466 --> 00:40:38,900
What more do you want from me?

852
00:40:38,966 --> 00:40:40,816
And it's like, I don't know.

853
00:40:40,900 --> 00:40:44,133
You know, maybe the fact that he saved you from from hell and

854
00:40:44,133 --> 00:40:47,366
 he gave you a new life and he's given you a home in heaven for

855
00:40:47,366 --> 00:40:49,766
 eternity, you could give him a few years on earth.

856
00:40:49,833 --> 00:40:50,483
Yeah.

857
00:40:50,500 --> 00:40:53,500
Well, every act should be done

858
00:40:53,500 --> 00:40:57,699
 with the purpose of exalting the Lord and to receive something in return.

859
00:40:57,750 --> 00:40:59,900
And go ahead.

860
00:40:59,966 --> 00:41:03,616
No, no, I was just going to say, he tells us to give out a thankful heart, too.

861
00:41:03,699 --> 00:41:05,133
Not begrudgingly.

862
00:41:05,199 --> 00:41:05,500
right?

863
00:41:05,550 --> 00:41:08,666
So when we're when we're putting that dollar in

864
00:41:08,666 --> 00:41:12,083
 the plate or what or that $1000 in the plate, if you're if

865
00:41:12,099 --> 00:41:15,099
 you're pulling back on it and trying to

866
00:41:15,099 --> 00:41:18,216
 keep it in the same thing with your with your time, right?

867
00:41:18,266 --> 00:41:21,433
Well, I've got so many other things that I could be doing right

868
00:41:21,449 --> 00:41:23,966
 now, but I'm over here at the church and I'm doing this.

869
00:41:24,033 --> 00:41:27,449
Well, if that's the way you feel about it, then you're

870
00:41:27,449 --> 00:41:29,000
 not doing it right anyway, right?

871
00:41:29,066 --> 00:41:32,483
I mean, this should be a blessed opportunity just

872
00:41:32,500 --> 00:41:37,050
 one more time to lift up the name of Jesus and to proclaim his name to the world.

873
00:41:37,116 --> 00:41:39,449
Yeah, we talk about tithing.

874
00:41:39,516 --> 00:41:40,883
The 1st thing that comes to mind.

875
00:41:40,949 --> 00:41:44,066
First story is Mary with her alabaster

876
00:41:44,066 --> 00:41:47,300
 box and anointing the Lord's feet,

877
00:41:47,316 --> 00:41:50,433
 and then you have the disciples who speak up

878
00:41:50,433 --> 00:41:51,566
 and they say, what a waste.

879
00:41:51,633 --> 00:41:54,750
Like, and they're all confused.

880
00:41:54,816 --> 00:41:57,866
Like, I was preaching about this to my kids

881
00:41:57,866 --> 00:42:01,583
 and, you know, set a year's wages and I'm like, average American salary.

882
00:42:01,716 --> 00:42:02,916
65 grand.

883
00:42:02,966 --> 00:42:05,783
And you imagine pouring that out at the feet of Jesus.

884
00:42:05,849 --> 00:42:08,599
And so they're sitting there saying, we could have gave this to the poor.

885
00:42:08,666 --> 00:42:10,816
We could have we could have done so much else for this.

886
00:42:10,900 --> 00:42:11,666
We could have bought more food.

887
00:42:11,733 --> 00:42:13,883
We could have done whatever else.

888
00:42:13,949 --> 00:42:16,949
And, uh, that's their mindset and I probably

889
00:42:16,949 --> 00:42:18,199
 would have the same in that moment.

890
00:42:18,266 --> 00:42:21,733
But Jesus looks at them and says, you do not realize what

891
00:42:21,750 --> 00:42:23,000
 beautiful things she just did.

892
00:42:23,066 --> 00:42:26,116
And, uh, so, you know,

893
00:42:26,133 --> 00:42:29,550
 giving your money towards the Lord is the same thing.

894
00:42:29,616 --> 00:42:32,666
You know, you're making those sacrifices and he looks down on

895
00:42:32,666 --> 00:42:34,166
 that and uses that to exalt himself.

896
00:42:34,300 --> 00:42:38,250
Well, and think about that story in contrast,

897
00:42:38,250 --> 00:42:40,166
 you have the rich young ruler that came out.

898
00:42:40,233 --> 00:42:43,349
And he says, give up everything you have and come, you know, sell it

899
00:42:43,349 --> 00:42:45,449
 to the 4 and give all of it away and then come follow me.

900
00:42:45,516 --> 00:42:46,533
And he was like, oh, well.

901
00:42:46,599 --> 00:42:48,099
You know, can't do that.

902
00:42:48,150 --> 00:42:48,800
And then here she is.

903
00:42:48,866 --> 00:42:49,633
s a year's wages.

904
00:42:49,716 --> 00:42:50,666
Here you go.

905
00:42:50,733 --> 00:42:53,783
I mean, he was able to keep the commandments, right?

906
00:42:53,849 --> 00:42:56,966
to do those things, but when he said, okay, you

907
00:42:56,966 --> 00:43:00,133
 know, give everything up and follow me, just another time Jesus

908
00:43:00,150 --> 00:43:01,400
 turned everything on its head.

909
00:43:01,466 --> 00:43:02,300
Yeah.

910
00:43:02,316 --> 00:43:06,083
And there's the Mary story, they're sitting in Simon the leper's house.

911
00:43:06,216 --> 00:43:08,849
That Hardy is crazy, you know?

912
00:43:08,916 --> 00:43:11,916
So it's assumed that he healed him beforehand, but I can only

913
00:43:11,916 --> 00:43:15,383
 imagine the people in the room that are like, man, we're we're,

914
00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:17,016
 you know, eating dinner with the leper.

915
00:43:17,016 --> 00:43:18,683
And he she comes out and does this.

916
00:43:18,699 --> 00:43:19,599
And so, yeah.

917
00:43:19,650 --> 00:43:22,766
And I just wonder, you know, I wonder so many times why

918
00:43:22,766 --> 00:43:25,766
 she bought so early this this

919
00:43:25,766 --> 00:43:28,816
 ointment because the ointment was made for to

920
00:43:28,833 --> 00:43:32,000
 bury a body and they would place the ointment on

921
00:43:32,016 --> 00:43:33,866
 the body to keep it from stinking, right?

922
00:43:33,866 --> 00:43:36,983
Because it would get it would get the time

923
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:40,416
 that they left it out until the time that they were able to mummify

924
00:43:40,416 --> 00:43:43,533
 the body and wrap it up and all that, they would put the ointment on

925
00:43:43,533 --> 00:43:44,599
 it to keep it from stinking.

926
00:43:44,666 --> 00:43:47,833
So I just, I wondered a lot of times if, if,

927
00:43:47,849 --> 00:43:51,016
 if she had something that was going on with her that she might have been dying.

928
00:43:51,033 --> 00:43:53,250
Yeah, it was just...

929
00:43:53,316 --> 00:43:54,516
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

930
00:43:54,566 --> 00:43:56,483
But anyway, she she bought it.

931
00:43:56,550 --> 00:44:00,316
It was very expensive and she didn't waste it at all, didn't she?

932
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:01,466
She didn't waste it at all.

933
00:44:01,533 --> 00:44:02,000
Yeah.

934
00:44:02,066 --> 00:44:02,833
Maybe she knew.

935
00:44:02,916 --> 00:44:05,483
Maybe it was, you know, if she...

936
00:44:05,500 --> 00:44:07,766
Because Jesus says, you've prepared me for burial now.

937
00:44:07,833 --> 00:44:11,733
And so maybe that would have been a, you know, just insight that she had.

938
00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:12,516
I don't know.

939
00:44:12,566 --> 00:44:13,466
It was a stay up.

940
00:44:13,533 --> 00:44:16,099
Well, and you got to think, I mean, here she is.

941
00:44:16,166 --> 00:44:19,400
She's, you know, had all the all this stuff leading

942
00:44:19,416 --> 00:44:22,766
 up to that and everything that had happened and so many people healed and so many people.

943
00:44:22,766 --> 00:44:26,116
Maybe it was a family member that she bought it for that.

944
00:44:26,133 --> 00:44:27,800
He just walked by one day and went, okay, you're not.

945
00:44:27,866 --> 00:44:28,516
you're fine now.

946
00:44:28,599 --> 00:44:30,816
And she's like, yeah, yeah, Lazarus.

947
00:44:30,933 --> 00:44:31,699
could have been Lazarus.

948
00:44:31,766 --> 00:44:32,066
Yeah.

949
00:44:32,066 --> 00:44:33,983
That's her that's her brother.

950
00:44:34,050 --> 00:44:35,666
And at this point, he's healed.

951
00:44:35,733 --> 00:44:36,383
That's right.

952
00:44:36,449 --> 00:44:36,866
Yeah.

953
00:44:36,933 --> 00:44:38,966
Or not healed, but resurrected.

954
00:44:39,033 --> 00:44:40,400
That's what I'm saying, yeah, healed from death.

955
00:44:40,533 --> 00:44:41,250
pretty good healing.

956
00:44:41,316 --> 00:44:42,683
Absolutely.

957
00:44:42,750 --> 00:44:43,816
Yeah, absolutely.

958
00:44:43,900 --> 00:44:45,033
Absolutely.

959
00:44:45,033 --> 00:44:48,383
That little inconvenient sleep he took for a few days.

960
00:44:48,449 --> 00:44:48,916
Yeah.

961
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:52,166
Man, that,

962
00:44:52,166 --> 00:44:55,933
 that, that right there is one, one of the stories that has always just floored

963
00:44:55,949 --> 00:44:58,650
 me because here, here Jesus is.

964
00:44:58,716 --> 00:44:59,849
And this was a family he cared about.

965
00:44:59,916 --> 00:45:03,033
He spent a fair amount of time with them from the way

966
00:45:03,033 --> 00:45:06,150
 it reads and the way it talks and the way they speak to him when they see him.

967
00:45:06,216 --> 00:45:09,816
It's obvious that he had a connection there that went a

968
00:45:09,816 --> 00:45:10,883
 little deeper than most.

969
00:45:10,949 --> 00:45:14,366
And he shows up and they're like, well, if you'd just been here.

970
00:45:14,433 --> 00:45:17,433
Okay, Martha, if you'd just been here just a

971
00:45:17,433 --> 00:45:19,349
 few days ago, everything would have been fine.

972
00:45:19,416 --> 00:45:22,833
And he's like, no, it's it's going to be fine.

973
00:45:22,900 --> 00:45:23,433
I'm still here.

974
00:45:23,500 --> 00:45:25,716
Well how can you do anything now?

975
00:45:25,766 --> 00:45:27,800
Well, okay, just hang on.

976
00:45:27,866 --> 00:45:28,400
I'll show you.

977
00:45:28,466 --> 00:45:32,300
Yeah, and I think the Bible is intentional

978
00:45:32,316 --> 00:45:35,316
 was showing the gravity of the situation when it says that he wept, you know?

979
00:45:35,366 --> 00:45:38,666
And so, uh, I don't,

980
00:45:38,666 --> 00:45:42,016
 I, I think that keeps you from having the mindset of Jesus

981
00:45:42,033 --> 00:45:45,266
 didn't care and he was just nonchalant and walked up and healed him.

982
00:45:45,333 --> 00:45:47,000
there was some depth to this.

983
00:45:47,066 --> 00:45:50,116
Whatever he was weeping about, whether it was the fact that they didn't

984
00:45:50,133 --> 00:45:54,800
 believe him or whether it was him actually grieving the death of Lazarus or whatever.

985
00:45:54,866 --> 00:45:55,216
Or both.

986
00:45:55,233 --> 00:45:55,583
Yeah.

987
00:45:55,650 --> 00:45:58,583
And I mean, he had to get he had to get really blunt with the disciples.

988
00:45:58,650 --> 00:45:59,849
We've got to go.

989
00:45:59,966 --> 00:46:01,400
I've got to go and see Lazarus.

990
00:46:01,466 --> 00:46:04,466
and I've got to wake him and they're like, well, I mean, if he's sick and

991
00:46:04,466 --> 00:46:06,433
 asleep, he need he's dead, guys.

992
00:46:06,516 --> 00:46:09,816
He just had to spell it out for him.

993
00:46:09,866 --> 00:46:11,066
Yeah.

994
00:46:11,066 --> 00:46:14,300
Yeah, but and it also teaches us a lesson

995
00:46:14,316 --> 00:46:17,366
 of future too, because it

996
00:46:17,366 --> 00:46:19,633
 should teach us how to deal with death, right?

997
00:46:19,716 --> 00:46:23,733
Because we get so called up in the finality of death.

998
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:27,400
And if we know Jesus and that person that died,

999
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:31,166
 no knew Jesus, then this is not the end, right?

1000
00:46:31,233 --> 00:46:35,250
It may not be 4 days later that he's raised from the grave, but he's going to be raised from the grave.

1001
00:46:35,316 --> 00:46:35,849
Yeah.

1002
00:46:35,916 --> 00:46:36,866
And we know that.

1003
00:46:36,933 --> 00:46:38,066
So amen.

1004
00:46:38,133 --> 00:46:40,883
And, you know, I have to ask this.

1005
00:46:40,949 --> 00:46:44,783
You guys have, you know, worked with kids and worked with pastoring a church.

1006
00:46:44,849 --> 00:46:47,900
Have you ever put it together for people that they completely

1007
00:46:47,916 --> 00:46:49,949
 ignored him with Lazarus, right?

1008
00:46:50,016 --> 00:46:51,633
I'm going to wake him up.

1009
00:46:51,699 --> 00:46:52,766
He's going to be fine.

1010
00:46:52,833 --> 00:46:55,699
Well, you know, and he's dead.

1011
00:46:55,766 --> 00:46:57,316
Well, what are you going to do now?

1012
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:58,116
It's been 4 days.

1013
00:46:58,166 --> 00:46:58,816
It's been so long.

1014
00:46:58,900 --> 00:47:01,466
Right before he goes into the tomb.

1015
00:47:01,533 --> 00:47:03,150
He had told him, I'm gonna wake up.

1016
00:47:03,216 --> 00:47:06,383
I'm getting back up after 3 days, and it's not until after he's

1017
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:09,699
 risen, and after the stones roll away, and after there's an earthquake,

1018
00:47:09,699 --> 00:47:12,750
 and after there's all this commotion, hull blue, they're like, oh, yeah,

1019
00:47:12,750 --> 00:47:13,816
 I remember he said something about that.

1020
00:47:13,900 --> 00:47:14,849
Yeah.

1021
00:47:14,916 --> 00:47:18,516
It's like, did, seriously, you had 3 years with a guy?

1022
00:47:18,566 --> 00:47:20,233
Did you ever listen to a thing he told you?

1023
00:47:20,316 --> 00:47:24,750
a lot of things begin to click at his resurrection, you know, yeah.

1024
00:47:24,933 --> 00:47:28,833
And tear this temple down in 3 days I'll build it back again.

1025
00:47:28,900 --> 00:47:32,733
But we tend to think on an earthly aspect

1026
00:47:32,733 --> 00:47:35,366
 and his thoughts.

1027
00:47:35,433 --> 00:47:38,666
That's what the Bible means when they say his thoughts are so much higher than

1028
00:47:38,666 --> 00:47:42,683
 Nigers are so much greater than ours because his he's looking.

1029
00:47:42,750 --> 00:47:46,050
He sees future, he sees, he's

1030
00:47:46,050 --> 00:47:47,849
 passed, he sees left, right?

1031
00:47:47,916 --> 00:47:51,816
He's got this heavenly perspective on things that we cannot see.

1032
00:47:51,866 --> 00:47:55,699
And that's why we're told to lean

1033
00:47:55,716 --> 00:47:57,150
 not on our own understanding, right?

1034
00:47:57,216 --> 00:48:00,750
Proverb 3 says, you know, in all your ways acknowledge him.

1035
00:48:00,750 --> 00:48:03,616
And, uh, and, and, and he will direct your paths.

1036
00:48:03,699 --> 00:48:06,933
We see things from this earthly perspective from

1037
00:48:06,933 --> 00:48:11,733
 this human perspective when God says, look, it's so much bigger than that.

1038
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:13,000
so much bigger.

1039
00:48:13,050 --> 00:48:17,116
And I don't know, hindsight's 2020 and I'm

1040
00:48:17,133 --> 00:48:20,599
 sure I can look at scripture

1041
00:48:20,616 --> 00:48:23,733
 now and say, man, them disciples were just stupid for not seeing it coming

1042
00:48:23,733 --> 00:48:26,849
 because, you know, they, uh, he

1043
00:48:26,849 --> 00:48:30,449
 flat out said it, but he fled out said it before, too.

1044
00:48:30,516 --> 00:48:33,683
To be fair, they even said that after it was, oh, yeah, we were like,

1045
00:48:33,699 --> 00:48:36,816
 it even talks about how they started talking to each other and going, hey, you remember he

1046
00:48:36,816 --> 00:48:38,066
 kind of told us this.

1047
00:48:38,133 --> 00:48:41,250
Yeah, but then I'll look back at my life and see things

1048
00:48:41,250 --> 00:48:45,083
 I've went through when his word says he's going to provide for me and he's done said it.

1049
00:48:45,150 --> 00:48:48,150
And all I have to do is trust in what he's already said.

1050
00:48:48,216 --> 00:48:51,266
However, I guess in the midst of

1051
00:48:51,266 --> 00:48:53,000
 a situation, it may be a little harder to do.

1052
00:48:53,066 --> 00:48:54,433
It's hard, like, God, why?

1053
00:48:54,516 --> 00:48:55,766
Why am I going through this?

1054
00:48:55,833 --> 00:48:58,650
And not that it's not that it's bad to say that.

1055
00:48:58,716 --> 00:49:01,716
I mean, I think that's how we talk to God and he talks to us as

1056
00:49:01,716 --> 00:49:05,616
 long as we're respectful, know who he is and he's holy, but I

1057
00:49:05,616 --> 00:49:08,666
 think that that, um, that we do get caught up in the

1058
00:49:08,666 --> 00:49:12,016
 situation and it's like, this is never going to, this is never going to end.

1059
00:49:12,099 --> 00:49:15,150
This is this is a permanent thing and we're never

1060
00:49:15,150 --> 00:49:18,266
 going to get past this, but he will he will take us

1061
00:49:18,266 --> 00:49:20,900
 past this and he will take us to a better place.

1062
00:49:20,966 --> 00:49:24,383
So he's, you know, weeping

1063
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:28,466
 is today, but joy comes in the morning, morning.

1064
00:49:28,533 --> 00:49:28,949
Yeah.

1065
00:49:29,016 --> 00:49:29,433
Yeah.

1066
00:49:29,500 --> 00:49:31,000
Amen.

1067
00:49:31,050 --> 00:49:32,000
What else you got?

1068
00:49:32,066 --> 00:49:35,666
I

1069
00:49:35,666 --> 00:49:38,066
 am an instrument.

1070
00:49:38,133 --> 00:49:41,733
The exultation.

1071
00:49:41,849 --> 00:49:44,900
I was born to

1072
00:49:44,916 --> 00:49:48,333
 lift the name above all names.

1073
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:51,400
You hear the

1074
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:54,699
 melody of all

1075
00:49:54,699 --> 00:49:56,133
 creation.

1076
00:49:56,250 --> 00:49:59,366
But there's a song of

1077
00:49:59,366 --> 00:50:02,599
 praise that only I can ring.

1078
00:50:02,733 --> 00:50:05,733
Who else is worthy?

1079
00:50:05,849 --> 00:50:09,150
Who else is worthy?

1080
00:50:09,216 --> 00:50:12,216
There is

1081
00:50:12,216 --> 00:50:13,883
 no one.

1082
00:50:13,949 --> 00:50:17,783
Only you, Jesus,

1083
00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:19,766
 who else is worthy?

1084
00:50:19,900 --> 00:50:23,500
Who else is worthy?

1085
00:50:23,550 --> 00:50:26,900
There is no

1086
00:50:26,916 --> 00:50:30,266
 more Only you,

1087
00:50:30,266 --> 00:50:31,333
 Jesus.

1088
00:50:31,533 --> 00:50:35,183
You are the infinite

1089
00:50:35,199 --> 00:50:39,449
 God of the ages.

1090
00:50:39,516 --> 00:50:42,816
Yet you chose to make my

1091
00:50:42,816 --> 00:50:45,216
 heart to dwell in place.

1092
00:50:45,333 --> 00:50:49,099
You healed my brokenness

1093
00:50:49,116 --> 00:50:52,650
 and showed me your glory.

1094
00:50:52,766 --> 00:50:56,183
So I have songs of

1095
00:50:56,199 --> 00:50:59,066
 things, not even angels sing.

1096
00:50:59,133 --> 00:51:02,066
Who else is worthy?

1097
00:51:02,133 --> 00:51:05,483
Who else is worthy?

1098
00:51:05,616 --> 00:51:08,849
There is no

1099
00:51:08,849 --> 00:51:12,266
 one Only you,

1100
00:51:12,266 --> 00:51:15,866
 Jesus Who else is worthy?

1101
00:51:15,933 --> 00:51:19,349
Who else is worthy?

1102
00:51:19,416 --> 00:51:23,783
There is no one.

1103
00:51:23,849 --> 00:51:27,500
Only you Jesus.

1104
00:51:27,633 --> 00:51:30,800
Oh, I'm of

1105
00:51:30,816 --> 00:51:34,166
 God, anointed one, who was and

1106
00:51:34,166 --> 00:51:36,199
 is and is to come.

1107
00:51:36,266 --> 00:51:39,683
We seated on the throne above.

1108
00:51:39,750 --> 00:51:43,166
Holy, holy,

1109
00:51:43,166 --> 00:51:46,633
 righteous one who shed his blood.

1110
00:51:46,716 --> 00:51:50,316
You proved to us the father's love.

1111
00:51:50,366 --> 00:51:53,833
Jesus Christ believed it up.

1112
00:51:53,916 --> 00:51:57,633
Holy, holy,

1113
00:51:57,633 --> 00:52:00,800
 lamb of God, anointed one,

1114
00:52:00,816 --> 00:52:04,166
 who was in his and his to come.

1115
00:52:04,233 --> 00:52:07,583
You're seated on the throne above.

1116
00:52:07,650 --> 00:52:11,550
You're holy, holy,

1117
00:52:11,550 --> 00:52:14,550
 righteous one shed is blood.

1118
00:52:14,616 --> 00:52:18,083
It cools to us, the Father's love.

1119
00:52:18,150 --> 00:52:21,616
Jesus Christ be lifted up.

1120
00:52:21,699 --> 00:52:25,300
Who else is worthy?

1121
00:52:25,416 --> 00:52:28,716
Who else is worthy?

1122
00:52:28,766 --> 00:52:33,016
There is no one.

1123
00:52:33,150 --> 00:52:37,766
Only Jesus who

1124
00:52:37,766 --> 00:52:39,800
 else is worthy.

1125
00:52:39,866 --> 00:52:42,683
Who else is worthy?

1126
00:52:42,750 --> 00:52:45,750
There is

1127
00:52:45,750 --> 00:52:49,883
 no one Only Jesus

1128
00:52:49,900 --> 00:52:53,199
 who else is worthy.

1129
00:52:53,316 --> 00:52:57,083
Who else is worthy?

1130
00:52:57,216 --> 00:53:00,383
There is no

1131
00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:04,116
 one Only Jesus

1132
00:53:04,116 --> 00:53:07,650
 who else is worthy.

1133
00:53:07,716 --> 00:53:11,016
Who else is worthy?

1134
00:53:11,066 --> 00:53:14,366
There is

1135
00:53:14,366 --> 00:53:18,916
 no one, only Jesus.

1136
00:53:24,033 --> 00:53:24,866
Amen.

1137
00:53:24,933 --> 00:53:27,933
Who

1138
00:53:27,933 --> 00:53:31,699
 else is worthy to open the scrolls and then they they

1139
00:53:31,716 --> 00:53:33,033
 looked across heaven, right?

1140
00:53:33,099 --> 00:53:36,099
No one, they knew that, right?

1141
00:53:36,150 --> 00:53:37,583
That question was for us.

1142
00:53:37,650 --> 00:53:40,816
They, they, there was no question in who and

1143
00:53:40,833 --> 00:53:43,166
 who he was and what he would do.

1144
00:53:44,016 --> 00:53:47,066
I always get tickled in

1145
00:53:47,066 --> 00:53:50,366
 the song that we sing, and it's a good song,

1146
00:53:50,366 --> 00:53:53,599
 what a savior, but they, they, they,

1147
00:53:53,616 --> 00:53:56,616
 they, they looked across heaven to try

1148
00:53:56,616 --> 00:53:57,816
 to find a savior.

1149
00:53:57,866 --> 00:54:00,133
Ah, he got there.

1150
00:54:00,266 --> 00:54:02,000
There's a few of the older hymns.

1151
00:54:02,066 --> 00:54:04,283
I don't know if that's how it's supposed to go.

1152
00:54:04,349 --> 00:54:07,283
Every now and then I'll point out one in the co- what we're saying.

1153
00:54:07,349 --> 00:54:09,616
that even makes sense right there?

1154
00:54:09,699 --> 00:54:10,533
Is that biblical?

1155
00:54:10,599 --> 00:54:13,833
I told her, I told her yesterday, I can't remember what song he

1156
00:54:13,833 --> 00:54:16,833
 sang, and it was just one little part in it, and I said, I

1157
00:54:16,833 --> 00:54:19,833
 said, theology is tearing this song book up for me.

1158
00:54:19,900 --> 00:54:21,266
Yeah.

1159
00:54:21,266 --> 00:54:25,283
Keeping me from being that would have saying this right here anyway.

1160
00:54:25,349 --> 00:54:28,583
Well, you know, some of those old songs, it's kind of, you

1161
00:54:28,599 --> 00:54:31,716
 can't look too hard and you got to remember the guys that wrote it probably,

1162
00:54:31,716 --> 00:54:33,816
 some of them had trouble reading the Bible.

1163
00:54:33,866 --> 00:54:34,883
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1164
00:54:34,949 --> 00:54:37,883
And, and, you know, and a lot of times they're just trying to rhyme.

1165
00:54:37,949 --> 00:54:40,949
Boy, some of the words that they come up with to try to make the word

1166
00:54:40,949 --> 00:54:44,849
 fit in there and now I'm with the other word, it's like, okay, there is power.

1167
00:54:44,916 --> 00:54:46,650
That's a strict.

1168
00:54:46,650 --> 00:54:47,483
There's power, power.

1169
00:54:47,550 --> 00:54:50,300
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

1170
00:54:50,366 --> 00:54:52,216
Wonderworking power.

1171
00:54:52,300 --> 00:54:56,199
Oh,

1172
00:54:56,199 --> 00:54:57,333
 but there he is in there.

1173
00:54:57,400 --> 00:54:58,716
I wish I could get away with that stuff.

1174
00:54:58,766 --> 00:55:02,233
Writing my own music, just changing words around to make it work like that.

1175
00:55:02,316 --> 00:55:03,083
Oh, yeah.

1176
00:55:03,099 --> 00:55:06,566
Well, you know, the rule of thumb is, you

1177
00:55:06,566 --> 00:55:08,900
 ask forgiveness, not permission to do stuff like that.

1178
00:55:08,966 --> 00:55:12,199
You know, some of the best songwriters I've

1179
00:55:12,216 --> 00:55:15,449
 known over the years have always said, the rules are there while you're learning,

1180
00:55:15,449 --> 00:55:17,966
 but you know, once you've learned them, I mean, you're just a guest.

1181
00:55:18,033 --> 00:55:20,849
Yes.

1182
00:55:20,849 --> 00:55:21,683
Yes.

1183
00:55:21,750 --> 00:55:23,250
But amen.

1184
00:55:23,316 --> 00:55:25,050
But I am I'm glad he's worthy.

1185
00:55:25,116 --> 00:55:27,266
I'm glad that there's no one else.

1186
00:55:27,333 --> 00:55:30,333
The Bible tells us he's the

1187
00:55:30,333 --> 00:55:31,400
 way, the truth, and the life.

1188
00:55:31,466 --> 00:55:33,383
No one comes to the father but by him.

1189
00:55:33,449 --> 00:55:36,150
And so, so we trust that, right?

1190
00:55:36,216 --> 00:55:37,533
We trust that he's the only one.

1191
00:55:37,533 --> 00:55:40,650
And I, for me, I'm glad that there's

1192
00:55:40,650 --> 00:55:43,816
 not other choices because I

1193
00:55:43,833 --> 00:55:46,050
 would definitely make the wrong choice, right?

1194
00:55:46,116 --> 00:55:48,150
I need I need one choice.

1195
00:55:48,216 --> 00:55:51,216
I go into a restaurant and and and Carter

1196
00:55:51,216 --> 00:55:54,333
 does I get food anxiety, you know, and then if

1197
00:55:54,333 --> 00:55:57,449
 I'm looking at a big menu, I mean, a big menu,

1198
00:55:57,449 --> 00:56:01,466
 you go into the, some places you go in and they got everything on there, right?

1199
00:56:01,533 --> 00:56:04,766
from hamburgers to chicken to to steaks

1200
00:56:04,766 --> 00:56:07,766
 to to seafood to whatever, you know, and I'm just

1201
00:56:07,766 --> 00:56:11,483
 like, 0 gosh, what am I going to get, you know, and what's

1202
00:56:11,500 --> 00:56:14,849
 the biggest plate, you know, across my mind?

1203
00:56:14,916 --> 00:56:18,083
But there's all these choices, and I may make the wrong choice,

1204
00:56:18,099 --> 00:56:20,666
 and I might not get the best thing on the menu, you know?

1205
00:56:20,733 --> 00:56:23,900
And then I'll ask this waitress, so this little skinny waitress

1206
00:56:23,916 --> 00:56:25,466
 over there and she goes, well, I don't know.

1207
00:56:25,533 --> 00:56:29,300
I hadn't tried that, but the sandwich is good. and I'm like, okay, no, I'm going to ask you again.

1208
00:56:29,366 --> 00:56:32,416
But, but anyway, I'm getting off

1209
00:56:32,433 --> 00:56:35,733
 subject, but they, but

1210
00:56:35,733 --> 00:56:37,466
 I'm glad that he's our only choice.

1211
00:56:37,533 --> 00:56:40,949
I'm glad that there's not there's not other other ways.

1212
00:56:41,016 --> 00:56:42,083
He is the way.

1213
00:56:42,099 --> 00:56:45,150
And we can, we can find confidence

1214
00:56:45,150 --> 00:56:48,266
 and clarity and hope and all the things

1215
00:56:48,266 --> 00:56:49,516
 in Jesus.

1216
00:56:49,599 --> 00:56:50,316
Absolutely.

1217
00:56:50,366 --> 00:56:54,800
You know, they, it's funny you mentioned that about the multiple choices.

1218
00:56:54,866 --> 00:56:58,099
It kind of reminds me of, I don't know if you've ever eaten at the city cafe

1219
00:56:58,116 --> 00:57:01,166
 up in Champagne, you know, 10 pages long on the menu.

1220
00:57:01,233 --> 00:57:02,000
Yeah, yeah.

1221
00:57:02,066 --> 00:57:05,833
Because they have like 4 different continents menu sections.

1222
00:57:05,916 --> 00:57:08,783
I mean, you know, you got American next to Greek next to

1223
00:57:09,033 --> 00:57:12,866
I think there's some Italian in there and maybe a little bit of Mexican.

1224
00:57:12,933 --> 00:57:14,433
It's like, what in the world?

1225
00:57:14,500 --> 00:57:18,333
But then you look at their desserts and you're like, yeah, okay, I don't care because I know what I'm getting at the end of the menu.

1226
00:57:18,400 --> 00:57:19,416
Right, yeah.

1227
00:57:19,466 --> 00:57:20,300
Yeah.

1228
00:57:20,316 --> 00:57:21,866
But it is.

1229
00:57:21,933 --> 00:57:23,183
I mean, we are.

1230
00:57:23,250 --> 00:57:26,366
one direction, one choice, one way to get into

1231
00:57:26,366 --> 00:57:30,133
 heaven, and people want, people like choices.

1232
00:57:30,216 --> 00:57:33,333
And I'm like, no, no, no, no, thank you.

1233
00:57:33,400 --> 00:57:34,349
No thank you.

1234
00:57:34,416 --> 00:57:35,966
I'll choose Jesus every single time.

1235
00:57:36,033 --> 00:57:39,033
Because if you got choices, one of them's got to be, one of them's got

1236
00:57:39,033 --> 00:57:40,349
 to be easier than the other choices, right?

1237
00:57:40,416 --> 00:57:42,216
And so you're, so what?

1238
00:57:42,266 --> 00:57:45,316
We're just going to pick the more difficult choice because that's the one

1239
00:57:45,333 --> 00:57:49,099
 you decided to pick and you can't change your mind or can you change your mind since there's multiple weights?

1240
00:57:49,166 --> 00:57:50,416
I mean, makes no sense to me.

1241
00:57:50,500 --> 00:57:53,916
I don't I don't know why people don't just go with the simple one.

1242
00:57:53,966 --> 00:57:57,983
You know, like there's so much simplicity to the gospel when it's he died for you.

1243
00:57:58,050 --> 00:57:59,116
You deserve death.

1244
00:57:59,199 --> 00:58:01,166
He died for you, so accept that gift.

1245
00:58:01,233 --> 00:58:03,266
And give your life to Jesus.

1246
00:58:03,333 --> 00:58:05,733
And it's it's not a not a complicated thing.

1247
00:58:05,800 --> 00:58:06,566
People overcomplicated.

1248
00:58:06,633 --> 00:58:07,233
It's not.

1249
00:58:07,300 --> 00:58:10,466
And the problem is that, you know, all these other things

1250
00:58:10,466 --> 00:58:12,433
 that we call choices never chose us.

1251
00:58:12,516 --> 00:58:13,949
He chose me.

1252
00:58:14,016 --> 00:58:17,250
He chose me before the foundation to the world.

1253
00:58:17,316 --> 00:58:18,449
He chose me.

1254
00:58:18,516 --> 00:58:21,816
And so for me to accept that, as you just said,

1255
00:58:21,816 --> 00:58:24,216
 is, man, that's what it's all about.

1256
00:58:24,266 --> 00:58:27,316
Yeah, and all these other religions and choices

1257
00:58:27,333 --> 00:58:30,933
 and whatever, you see so many based on works and what you can do.

1258
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:33,400
I heard somebody said the other day, I loved it.

1259
00:58:33,449 --> 00:58:36,500
And that kind of got me in the 1st half, but they

1260
00:58:36,516 --> 00:58:39,750
 said, your salvation is based on works, just not yours.

1261
00:58:39,816 --> 00:58:41,183
And I loved that.

1262
00:58:41,199 --> 00:58:43,300
Oh, yes, taking that one.

1263
00:58:43,349 --> 00:58:45,316
Absolutely. absolutely.

1264
00:58:45,400 --> 00:58:48,699
Because, and, and, and the problem, again, with those other religions

1265
00:58:48,699 --> 00:58:51,866
 is either, uh, is on both sides of

1266
00:58:51,866 --> 00:58:54,983
 it that you are working yourself to get there

1267
00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:58,116
 and and and your lack of

1268
00:58:58,116 --> 00:58:59,966
 work is what keeps you from there.

1269
00:59:00,033 --> 00:59:03,083
You know, so again, it puts

1270
00:59:03,099 --> 00:59:06,866
 it solely on you and it takes it off Jesus.

1271
00:59:06,933 --> 00:59:09,199
Look, he said, my yoke is easy.

1272
00:59:09,266 --> 00:59:10,333
My burden is light.

1273
00:59:10,416 --> 00:59:12,566
you know, come to me, come unto me.

1274
00:59:12,633 --> 00:59:15,800
And I'm thankful that he does, he done it all.

1275
00:59:15,866 --> 00:59:17,783
I just I just accepted the free gift.

1276
00:59:17,849 --> 00:59:21,266
And just remember at the end of the day, it is Jesus plus nothing.

1277
00:59:21,333 --> 00:59:22,166
That's right.

1278
00:59:22,233 --> 00:59:22,699
That's right.

1279
00:59:22,766 --> 00:59:24,616
I drilled that for a while, didn't I?

1280
00:59:24,750 --> 00:59:25,283
You did.

1281
00:59:25,349 --> 00:59:25,816
I love it.

1282
00:59:25,900 --> 00:59:26,500
Now, I love that.

1283
00:59:26,550 --> 00:59:29,849
Every Wednesday night for a couple of months, it was Jesus plus nothing.

1284
00:59:29,966 --> 00:59:33,083
You know, Paul, he pushed that.

1285
00:59:33,150 --> 00:59:33,750
He pushed that.

1286
00:59:33,816 --> 00:59:37,283
It's like, look, you're going back and you're taking, you're taking this

1287
00:59:37,300 --> 00:59:40,349
 part of, of, of your, your Jewish faith and

1288
00:59:40,349 --> 00:59:43,400
 you're trying to put this into Christianity and you're going back and you're

1289
00:59:43,416 --> 00:59:46,533
 trying to add this and you're saying, hey, circumcision

1290
00:59:46,533 --> 00:59:50,483
 plus this or, or, you know, or

1291
00:59:50,500 --> 00:59:54,150
 your diet plus this or, or, or a,

1292
00:59:54,150 --> 00:59:56,250
 um, a sacrifice plus this.

1293
00:59:56,316 --> 00:59:58,833
But that's not what it is, right?

1294
00:59:58,900 --> 01:00:00,699
It's Jesus plus nothing.

1295
01:00:00,750 --> 01:00:03,500
And you got to remember who was the one that was saying that to us.

1296
01:00:03,566 --> 01:00:05,366
He kept all the laws.

1297
01:00:05,433 --> 01:00:08,550
Paul was a Pharisee of Pharisees, man.

1298
01:00:08,616 --> 01:00:09,566
He was the best.

1299
01:00:09,633 --> 01:00:11,133
He was good at keeping those laws.

1300
01:00:11,199 --> 01:00:14,849
But when it came down to it, he went, yeah, I'm glad I don't have to do that anymore.

1301
01:00:14,916 --> 01:00:18,383
But just like we said earlier, you know, you look at your actions

1302
01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:20,366
 should be to exalt Jesus.

1303
01:00:20,366 --> 01:00:20,783
Exactly.

1304
01:00:20,849 --> 01:00:23,849
The extra stuff was exalting themselves.

1305
01:00:23,966 --> 01:00:27,316
And that was the fair sequel mindset of, you

1306
01:00:27,333 --> 01:00:30,333
 know, look what I can do and look how holy I am and righteous

1307
01:00:30,333 --> 01:00:33,333
 I am compared to, you know, the things that Jesus

1308
01:00:33,333 --> 01:00:35,366
 commands us to do exalts him instead.

1309
01:00:35,433 --> 01:00:36,449
Right.

1310
01:00:36,449 --> 01:00:36,916
That's right.

1311
01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:40,050
And it boiled down to a lot of it was just they

1312
01:00:40,050 --> 01:00:41,416
 couldn't accept how easy it was.

1313
01:00:41,500 --> 01:00:42,750
It can't be this easy.

1314
01:00:42,816 --> 01:00:44,316
Yeah, it is.

1315
01:00:44,366 --> 01:00:44,783
It is.

1316
01:00:44,849 --> 01:00:47,483
So you got one more in your pocket?

1317
01:00:47,550 --> 01:00:48,449
Yep, Yep, sure do.

1318
01:00:54,566 --> 01:00:57,616
The wages

1319
01:00:57,633 --> 01:00:59,966
 of my singing was death.

1320
01:01:00,099 --> 01:01:03,816
You

1321
01:01:03,816 --> 01:01:06,816
 knew I couldn't pay the debt.

1322
01:01:06,933 --> 01:01:10,699
You

1323
01:01:10,716 --> 01:01:13,349
 paid it with your final breath.

1324
01:01:13,349 --> 01:01:17,783
Oh, hallelujah.

1325
01:01:21,400 --> 01:01:24,516
You took

1326
01:01:24,516 --> 01:01:26,916
 the ride, did I deserved?

1327
01:01:27,033 --> 01:01:31,166
Your

1328
01:01:31,166 --> 01:01:34,633
 holy blood broke every curse.

1329
01:01:34,716 --> 01:01:37,949
Your

1330
01:01:37,949 --> 01:01:40,766
 mercy had the final word.

1331
01:01:41,316 --> 01:01:45,266
Oh, hi, hallelujah.

1332
01:01:48,633 --> 01:01:52,949
We sing Christ in Christ.

1333
01:01:53,016 --> 01:01:57,333
Crucified you.

1334
01:01:57,400 --> 01:02:00,449
We're raised From

1335
01:02:00,449 --> 01:02:03,566
 death to life, we sing

1336
01:02:03,566 --> 01:02:05,966
 Christ, and Christ.

1337
01:02:06,099 --> 01:02:11,500
Crucified hallelujah.

1338
01:02:22,116 --> 01:02:25,349
No sin is

1339
01:02:25,349 --> 01:02:28,050
 bigger than any old blood.

1340
01:02:28,166 --> 01:02:31,216
No

1341
01:02:31,233 --> 01:02:35,066
 shame is stronger than your love.

1342
01:02:35,133 --> 01:02:38,733
You said it's

1343
01:02:38,733 --> 01:02:40,583
 finished, it is done.

1344
01:02:40,716 --> 01:02:44,916
Oh, hallelujah.

1345
01:02:48,266 --> 01:02:52,033
Death couldn't

1346
01:02:52,050 --> 01:02:54,616
 keep you any blue ground.

1347
01:02:54,750 --> 01:02:57,750
You

1348
01:02:57,750 --> 01:03:01,883
 rose in powering to kill down.

1349
01:03:01,949 --> 01:03:05,416
That power's

1350
01:03:05,433 --> 01:03:07,349
 living in us now.

1351
01:03:07,466 --> 01:03:11,783
Oh, hallelujah,

1352
01:03:11,800 --> 01:03:15,033
 hallelujah.

1353
01:03:15,099 --> 01:03:18,633
We sing Christ, and

1354
01:03:18,633 --> 01:03:22,650
 Christ, crucified

1355
01:03:22,650 --> 01:03:25,949
 in you, worries

1356
01:03:25,949 --> 01:03:29,599
 from death to life,

1357
01:03:29,616 --> 01:03:33,033
 we sing Christ, and Christ,

1358
01:03:33,033 --> 01:03:36,449
 crucified,

1359
01:03:36,449 --> 01:03:44,183
 and hallelujah.

1360
01:03:56,250 --> 01:03:57,916
Oh, death.

1361
01:03:58,000 --> 01:04:01,000
They couldn't even hold you down now.

1362
01:04:01,050 --> 01:04:04,516
They couldn't steal your clown theres.

1363
01:04:04,599 --> 01:04:07,300
Resurrection power.

1364
01:04:07,349 --> 01:04:11,183
Really, you're naming your name, live.

1365
01:04:11,250 --> 01:04:14,666
All the years cry out.

1366
01:04:14,666 --> 01:04:18,383
Up a holy sound, give All

1367
01:04:18,400 --> 01:04:22,833
 the glory now to Jesus'

1368
01:04:22,833 --> 01:04:24,199
 name, death.

1369
01:04:24,266 --> 01:04:27,433
It couldn't hold you down, love.

1370
01:04:27,516 --> 01:04:30,866
Couldn't steal your ground, there's.

1371
01:04:30,933 --> 01:04:34,050
Resurrection power in

1372
01:04:34,050 --> 01:04:37,166
 your name, in your name.

1373
01:04:37,233 --> 01:04:40,949
All the earth's cry out.

1374
01:04:41,016 --> 01:04:44,849
Well, up a holy sound, live all

1375
01:04:44,849 --> 01:04:50,366
 the glory now to Jesus' name.

1376
01:04:50,500 --> 01:04:53,666
We sing Christ

1377
01:04:53,666 --> 01:04:58,883
 in Christ crucifying

1378
01:04:58,900 --> 01:05:00,150
 in you.

1379
01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:04,833
Released from death to

1380
01:05:04,833 --> 01:05:07,400
 life when we sing cries.

1381
01:05:07,466 --> 01:05:14,716
And Christ, crucified,

1382
01:05:14,733 --> 01:05:20,966
 hallelujah.

1383
01:05:24,633 --> 01:05:26,783
Amen.

1384
01:05:26,849 --> 01:05:28,216
Amen.

1385
01:05:28,300 --> 01:05:28,833
Amen.

1386
01:05:28,900 --> 01:05:31,300
Thankful for the cross tonight.

1387
01:05:31,349 --> 01:05:32,599
Leave me.

1388
01:05:32,666 --> 01:05:33,133
absolutely.

1389
01:05:33,266 --> 01:05:35,116
My sins were nailed there.

1390
01:05:35,199 --> 01:05:36,400
Amen.

1391
01:05:36,449 --> 01:05:37,166
To be forgotten.

1392
01:05:37,233 --> 01:05:38,550
Amen.

1393
01:05:38,616 --> 01:05:40,716
Thrown in the sea of forgetfulness, right?

1394
01:05:40,766 --> 01:05:41,900
Amen.

1395
01:05:41,966 --> 01:05:44,366
As far as the east is from the west.

1396
01:05:44,433 --> 01:05:45,033
right.

1397
01:05:45,099 --> 01:05:48,333
He remembers our sin no more, and that is the promise

1398
01:05:48,333 --> 01:05:49,466
 of the cross.

1399
01:05:49,533 --> 01:05:51,449
Yeah.

1400
01:05:51,449 --> 01:05:52,466
Amen.

1401
01:05:52,533 --> 01:05:53,783
Amen.

1402
01:05:53,849 --> 01:05:57,383
I had somebody ask me, um, not long ago,

1403
01:05:57,400 --> 01:06:01,533
 uh, you know, do you think my past is holding

1404
01:06:01,533 --> 01:06:04,583
 me back from from being all that God wants

1405
01:06:04,599 --> 01:06:07,949
 me to be and from enjoying all the blessings

1406
01:06:07,949 --> 01:06:10,349
 that God has in store for me.

1407
01:06:10,416 --> 01:06:13,466
And, you know, there's no doubt that, you know, we make choices

1408
01:06:13,466 --> 01:06:14,833
 that affect us, right?

1409
01:06:14,916 --> 01:06:18,449
They affect our paths, they affect our futures

1410
01:06:18,449 --> 01:06:19,766
 and those types of things.

1411
01:06:19,766 --> 01:06:23,183
And there's consequences for our sins and consequences

1412
01:06:23,199 --> 01:06:25,000
 for things that we do here in this world.

1413
01:06:25,050 --> 01:06:28,349
But when we completely surrender to him,

1414
01:06:28,349 --> 01:06:31,400
 um, He's not over there

1415
01:06:31,416 --> 01:06:32,733
 bringing those things back up.

1416
01:06:32,800 --> 01:06:33,449
right?

1417
01:06:33,516 --> 01:06:37,466
I mean, he's, he's, he's, he said, I've thrown them into the sea of forgetfulness.

1418
01:06:37,533 --> 01:06:40,699
Like you said, as far as the east is from the west, and guess what?

1419
01:06:40,766 --> 01:06:42,733
You can't get there from here, right?

1420
01:06:42,816 --> 01:06:46,233
You can keep going east and you'll never get west.

1421
01:06:46,300 --> 01:06:48,449
You can keep going west and you'll never get east.

1422
01:06:48,516 --> 01:06:51,566
So it's you'll never get there from here.

1423
01:06:51,633 --> 01:06:54,199
It's gone.

1424
01:06:54,266 --> 01:06:57,316
It's forgotten, and we don't have the ability to do that, so it's hard

1425
01:06:57,333 --> 01:06:58,400
 for us to comprehend that.

1426
01:06:58,466 --> 01:07:01,766
Our finite minds can't understand that God can,

1427
01:07:01,766 --> 01:07:04,933
 the God who created everything and knows everything can actually forget

1428
01:07:04,949 --> 01:07:08,183
 our sins and has forgotten our sins.

1429
01:07:08,250 --> 01:07:11,483
And so that

1430
01:07:11,500 --> 01:07:14,800
 don't let Satan tell you, hey,

1431
01:07:14,800 --> 01:07:17,849
 because of who you were, you can't be who he

1432
01:07:17,849 --> 01:07:19,166
 wants you to be.

1433
01:07:19,166 --> 01:07:22,400
He's called us out of darkness in the marvelous light.

1434
01:07:22,416 --> 01:07:26,183
And when he done that, I mean, we're more than conquers, right?

1435
01:07:26,250 --> 01:07:27,800
That's who we are.

1436
01:07:27,866 --> 01:07:30,266
We need to realize who we are in him.

1437
01:07:30,333 --> 01:07:33,383
In my experience, the only reason our past holds us back

1438
01:07:33,400 --> 01:07:34,900
 is because I'm hanging on to it.

1439
01:07:34,949 --> 01:07:35,550
Sure.

1440
01:07:35,616 --> 01:07:35,849
Yeah.

1441
01:07:35,916 --> 01:07:38,733
Oh, yeah, it holds us back because we let it hold us back.

1442
01:07:38,800 --> 01:07:40,166
We're the one remembering, not him.

1443
01:07:40,233 --> 01:07:43,650
When you when you grab a hold of that anchor and just,

1444
01:07:43,650 --> 01:07:46,699
 I'm not letting go, I'm dragging it with me and

1445
01:07:46,716 --> 01:07:49,050
 God's like, I already got rid of that.

1446
01:07:49,116 --> 01:07:50,316
All you got to do is just let it go.

1447
01:07:50,366 --> 01:07:54,316
There's a Christian artist, Joseph Habadank.

1448
01:07:54,400 --> 01:07:57,566
I forget who he used to sing with, but it was a

1449
01:07:57,566 --> 01:07:58,633
 quartet that was pretty well known.

1450
01:07:58,716 --> 01:08:01,949
while he was,

1451
01:08:01,949 --> 01:08:04,949
 I may be getting this wrong, but from what I remember, while

1452
01:08:04,949 --> 01:08:08,366
 he was on the road singing Christian music, he had a major addiction problem.

1453
01:08:08,433 --> 01:08:11,599
And uh, kind of put on a face and uh,

1454
01:08:11,616 --> 01:08:15,516
 you know, still traveled and did that kind of thing, but his his heart wasn't in it.

1455
01:08:15,566 --> 01:08:18,800
And, uh, he talks about that, that verse talking

1456
01:08:18,816 --> 01:08:22,766
 about, uh, casting his sins into the sea of forgetfulness.

1457
01:08:22,766 --> 01:08:25,766
And, uh, his testimony, he'll talk about

1458
01:08:25,766 --> 01:08:28,816
 how he's sure that,

1459
01:08:28,833 --> 01:08:31,883
 uh, he sinned so much that eventually those are going to

1460
01:08:31,899 --> 01:08:34,949
 surface and that, uh, he's going to fill up that ocean because

1461
01:08:34,949 --> 01:08:36,983
 he looks at all the stuff that he's done wrong.

1462
01:08:37,050 --> 01:08:40,050
But the next part about, as far as the East is from

1463
01:08:40,050 --> 01:08:43,766
 the West is what, you know, what kind of changed his mind about that.

1464
01:08:43,833 --> 01:08:45,266
And he wrote a song.

1465
01:08:45,333 --> 01:08:48,566
I pulled up the lyrics, but the chorus, the end of the chorus

1466
01:08:48,566 --> 01:08:51,916
 says, just when you thought you've exhausted his kindness, his gentle

1467
01:08:51,933 --> 01:08:53,483
 compassion pulls you out of hiding.

1468
01:08:53,550 --> 01:08:56,550
And just when you thought that his grace somehow reached the end, you

1469
01:08:56,550 --> 01:08:57,566
 find you're forgiven again.

1470
01:08:57,633 --> 01:08:59,483
Amen.

1471
01:08:59,500 --> 01:09:00,033
That's good stuff.

1472
01:09:00,149 --> 01:09:00,566
Good stuff.

1473
01:09:00,566 --> 01:09:01,466
That's good stuff.

1474
01:09:01,533 --> 01:09:04,699
And you, again, you can go north and

1475
01:09:04,716 --> 01:09:05,966
 you'll eventually go south.

1476
01:09:06,033 --> 01:09:09,033
You can go south and you'll eventually go

1477
01:09:09,033 --> 01:09:12,333
 north, but you cannot go east and ever get west.

1478
01:09:12,449 --> 01:09:14,116
It doesn't happen.

1479
01:09:14,199 --> 01:09:15,100
It doesn't happen.

1480
01:09:15,149 --> 01:09:18,316
You know, the amazing thing is,

1481
01:09:18,333 --> 01:09:20,300
 and...

1482
01:09:20,316 --> 01:09:23,550
Whew, that's one of the things I always point out, that that verse

1483
01:09:23,550 --> 01:09:27,616
 is one of the verses I always point to when people start talking about, uh,

1484
01:09:27,633 --> 01:09:28,766
 how,

1485
01:09:29,733 --> 01:09:32,783
Well, you know, the scripture's just written by men, and it's just this, and it's

1486
01:09:32,800 --> 01:09:36,816
 just that, they really didn't, they

1487
01:09:36,816 --> 01:09:38,183
 didn't fully understand that back then.

1488
01:09:38,250 --> 01:09:39,083
Yeah.

1489
01:09:39,149 --> 01:09:42,983
I mean, back then, most people thought the world was flat and

1490
01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:45,633
 and took up about the size of, you know, Egypt.

1491
01:09:45,699 --> 01:09:48,033
Yeah, they did not.

1492
01:09:48,100 --> 01:09:50,616
they could not comprehend just how big the world was.

1493
01:09:50,666 --> 01:09:53,666
And so for, for, you know, that statement to be

1494
01:09:53,666 --> 01:09:56,833
 made that the, your sins are for, are forgiven and and

1495
01:09:56,850 --> 01:09:59,850
 forgotten, and it's as far as the East are removed as far as the East

1496
01:09:59,850 --> 01:10:03,316
 is from the West, that meant they did not understand that back then.

1497
01:10:03,399 --> 01:10:04,833
God had to inspire it.

1498
01:10:04,949 --> 01:10:05,483
Yeah.

1499
01:10:05,550 --> 01:10:07,466
And it was a hundred.

1500
01:10:07,533 --> 01:10:11,366
It was several 100 years later before we really started realizing, hey, wait a minute.

1501
01:10:11,433 --> 01:10:13,583
The math shows that this thing's a sphere.

1502
01:10:13,649 --> 01:10:14,183
Yeah.

1503
01:10:14,199 --> 01:10:16,899
And then it's another thousand, two thou-

1504
01:10:17,066 --> 01:10:20,183
Well, yeah, 1500 years or so after that before somebody finally went all

1505
01:10:20,199 --> 01:10:21,866
 the way around and went, oh, it is a sphere.

1506
01:10:21,933 --> 01:10:25,833
Wait, you never change from east to west?

1507
01:10:25,899 --> 01:10:28,416
If you're going east, you're going east forever.

1508
01:10:28,466 --> 01:10:30,316
If you go west, you're going west for it.

1509
01:10:30,399 --> 01:10:34,233
Like, it took that happening, and the thing is, they're

1510
01:10:34,233 --> 01:10:35,433
 looking at going, oh, it's a sphere.

1511
01:10:35,500 --> 01:10:36,750
Same way with north and south, right?

1512
01:10:36,816 --> 01:10:37,833
No, nope.

1513
01:10:37,899 --> 01:10:41,850
For some reason, when you get far enough north, all of a sudden everything starts, you're heading south now.

1514
01:10:41,916 --> 01:10:43,533
And it's like, wait a minute, what?

1515
01:10:43,600 --> 01:10:46,766
I hate to break it to you, all you flat earthers out there.

1516
01:10:46,833 --> 01:10:47,600
Yeah.

1517
01:10:47,616 --> 01:10:50,066
Yeah, that blows that theory yet.

1518
01:10:50,666 --> 01:10:51,383
Yeah, sorry guys.

1519
01:10:51,449 --> 01:10:51,916
Oh, yeah.

1520
01:10:52,000 --> 01:10:54,816
Hate to break it to you, but that is it is not flat.

1521
01:10:54,866 --> 01:10:58,166
Ask anybody who does construction on large scale construction projects.

1522
01:10:58,233 --> 01:11:01,883
You gotta, gotta account for the curvature when you get far enough out.

1523
01:11:01,949 --> 01:11:04,699
But I, hey, I appreciate.

1524
01:11:04,766 --> 01:11:06,500
I appreciate you coming in that, Carter.

1525
01:11:06,566 --> 01:11:10,466
I kind of ask him on some short notice, but, you know, he's out of here.

1526
01:11:10,466 --> 01:11:11,600
Well, like 20 minutes before we got here?

1527
01:11:11,666 --> 01:11:12,433
No, I didn't know that.

1528
01:11:12,449 --> 01:11:13,350
A little more note.

1529
01:11:13,416 --> 01:11:14,250
Yeah, yeah.

1530
01:11:14,316 --> 01:11:17,550
24 hours, maybe, but...

1531
01:11:17,616 --> 01:11:20,066
But no, I knew you'd have several things.

1532
01:11:20,066 --> 01:11:23,416
And, and, and I almost, and Nicole reminded

1533
01:11:23,433 --> 01:11:27,983
 me that this is, this was dinner night at...

1534
01:11:28,050 --> 01:11:28,766
Okay, okay.

1535
01:11:28,833 --> 01:11:31,399
I'm still going to go for a little bit my grandparents.

1536
01:11:31,466 --> 01:11:32,116
Okay, yeah, yeah.

1537
01:11:32,199 --> 01:11:34,833
I thought, oh, man, I wish I hadn't taken him away from that.

1538
01:11:34,899 --> 01:11:37,300
But anyway, I'm glad you got to come.

1539
01:11:37,350 --> 01:11:39,866
And and yeah, we probably need to get out here.

1540
01:11:39,933 --> 01:11:41,850
So you can go and the coach.

1541
01:11:41,850 --> 01:11:42,266
Absolutely.

1542
01:11:42,333 --> 01:11:43,883
And the Coles cook supper for me.

1543
01:11:43,899 --> 01:11:46,899
Um, so, so yeah, I'm going to... birthday

1544
01:11:46,899 --> 01:11:48,100
 cake waiting on you when you got...

1545
01:11:48,149 --> 01:11:51,500
Well, I've kind of been on a diet, so I don't know about birthday cake.

1546
01:11:51,566 --> 01:11:53,483
I mean, you know, I don't think cupcake.

1547
01:11:53,550 --> 01:11:54,983
Yeah, yeah.

1548
01:11:55,050 --> 01:11:56,966
Calories don't count on your birthday do they?

1549
01:11:57,033 --> 01:11:58,283
No, no, that's how that works.

1550
01:11:58,350 --> 01:11:59,116
So, yeah.

1551
01:11:59,133 --> 01:12:00,750
Oh, man.

1552
01:12:00,750 --> 01:12:03,683
Well, we appreciate everybody joining us tonight.

1553
01:12:03,750 --> 01:12:05,783
And if you see it this week.

1554
01:12:05,850 --> 01:12:08,899
This will be up on Rumble all week, and then it'll

1555
01:12:08,916 --> 01:12:11,916
 shift over next week, and it goes live next Monday night

1556
01:12:11,916 --> 01:12:14,916
 right after the show, so it'll be on Facebook

1557
01:12:14,916 --> 01:12:17,966
 and YouTube at that time, along with the podcast.

1558
01:12:17,966 --> 01:12:21,683
We appreciate it.

1559
01:12:21,750 --> 01:12:22,766
and we look forward next week.

1560
01:12:22,833 --> 01:12:24,383
We be picking back up with the book of Revelation.

1561
01:12:24,449 --> 01:12:26,600
I can't remember what chapter we got to.

1562
01:12:26,666 --> 01:12:28,033
13.

1563
01:12:28,050 --> 01:12:28,649
13.

1564
01:12:28,899 --> 01:12:29,733
I think we were on 13.

1565
01:12:29,850 --> 01:12:32,966
And so we'll be picking that back up next week when

1566
01:12:32,966 --> 01:12:36,083
 Brother Dennis gets back, hopefully with lots of stories

1567
01:12:36,100 --> 01:12:39,216
 to tell and excited and feeling good and not feeling like

1568
01:12:39,216 --> 01:12:40,233
 he got ran over by a truck.

1569
01:12:40,300 --> 01:12:43,000
Or got caught in an avalanche.

1570
01:12:43,050 --> 01:12:46,766
Um, so uh, be praying for us that.

1571
01:12:46,833 --> 01:12:47,666
We'll be back for that.

1572
01:12:47,733 --> 01:12:51,083
And, uh, just a reminder to anybody listening this

1573
01:12:51,100 --> 01:12:54,216
 weekend, um, Saturday night,

1574
01:12:54,216 --> 01:12:57,216
 if you have old clocks that don't adjust

1575
01:12:57,216 --> 01:13:00,449
 for you, you need to move them forward an hour because Sunday

1576
01:13:00,449 --> 01:13:02,899
 we're going to be an hour early.

1577
01:13:02,966 --> 01:13:05,966
So don't show up for work or for

1578
01:13:05,966 --> 01:13:09,133
 church an hour late Sunday morning because you forgot that

1579
01:13:09,149 --> 01:13:11,483
 everything spring forward Sunday.

1580
01:13:11,550 --> 01:13:15,316
Um, so, uh, I don't know about y'all.

1581
01:13:15,399 --> 01:13:19,166
I start getting in bed early the week leading up to that.

1582
01:13:19,233 --> 01:13:20,666
Yeah, I mean, I will.

1583
01:13:20,733 --> 01:13:23,300
Well, I used to not do that, but yeah.

1584
01:13:23,366 --> 01:13:24,433
I used to not do that.

1585
01:13:24,516 --> 01:13:25,583
And then I got old.

1586
01:13:25,716 --> 01:13:28,583
And it turns out it works.

1587
01:13:28,649 --> 01:13:30,566
So I've even done that with my kids.

1588
01:13:30,633 --> 01:13:34,399
I'm like, okay, 30 minutes early every night getting in bed and you're getting up 30 minutes early every morning.

1589
01:13:34,466 --> 01:13:35,066
They're like wine?

1590
01:13:35,133 --> 01:13:36,500
I'm like, you'll figure it out next Monday.

1591
01:13:36,566 --> 01:13:39,566
So,

1592
01:13:39,566 --> 01:13:41,000
 that's something I try to do.

1593
01:13:41,066 --> 01:13:43,516
So, uh, hope but, you know, try to do that yourselves.

1594
01:13:43,600 --> 01:13:46,716
And if you can't do that, at least just remember to set your clocks

1595
01:13:46,716 --> 01:13:49,233
 forward before Sunday morning.

1596
01:13:49,300 --> 01:13:50,616
Counting on election of work.

1597
01:13:50,666 --> 01:13:52,283
That's right, that's right.

1598
01:13:52,350 --> 01:13:55,399
Or if you, and if you, if you do everything like I do with your cell phone, you shouldn't have

1599
01:13:55,416 --> 01:13:57,750
 to worry about it because it does it automatically, unless it doesn't.

1600
01:13:57,866 --> 01:14:02,116
So, uh, Brother Carter.

1601
01:14:02,199 --> 01:14:04,416
Will you praise a dismissal tonight?

1602
01:14:04,466 --> 01:14:04,883
absolutely.

1603
01:14:04,949 --> 01:14:05,783
Lord, we love you.

1604
01:14:05,850 --> 01:14:08,250
Lord, thank you for who you are and what you do.

1605
01:14:08,316 --> 01:14:11,850
Lord, we are, I say we.

1606
01:14:11,916 --> 01:14:13,116
I'll speak on my behalf.

1607
01:14:13,233 --> 01:14:15,149
I'm undeserving to call on your name.

1608
01:14:15,216 --> 01:14:16,766
God.

1609
01:14:18,100 --> 01:14:19,899
Thank you for the kindness you've shown me.

1610
01:14:19,949 --> 01:14:23,483
Lord, thank you for the breath you've given me.

1611
01:14:23,550 --> 01:14:26,716
Help me to be motivated

1612
01:14:26,733 --> 01:14:27,983
 to give that back to you.

1613
01:14:28,050 --> 01:14:30,916
Lord, thank you for the opportunity to be here.

1614
01:14:31,000 --> 01:14:33,516
Lord, I pray that you'd bless the people in this room.

1615
01:14:33,566 --> 01:14:34,933
Lord bless this church.

1616
01:14:35,016 --> 01:14:36,266
Bless this podcast.

1617
01:14:36,333 --> 01:14:39,983
Let something that was said tonight, go out there and pierce the heart of somebody that needed it.

1618
01:14:40,050 --> 01:14:44,066
God, we trust that we

1619
01:14:44,066 --> 01:14:47,716
 are giving these efforts for you and that you would honor that.

1620
01:14:47,733 --> 01:14:51,333
And Lord, so work,

1621
01:14:51,333 --> 01:14:54,500
 Lord, we are here to provide

1622
01:14:54,516 --> 01:14:57,750
 the bread and the fish, Lord,

1623
01:14:57,750 --> 01:14:59,600
 and we want you to multiply it.

1624
01:14:59,966 --> 01:15:03,383
Lord, go out there and let

1625
01:15:03,399 --> 01:15:06,699
 your spirit work amongst people that are receiving

1626
01:15:06,699 --> 01:15:07,899
 this end of this ministry.

1627
01:15:07,949 --> 01:15:09,866
God.

1628
01:15:09,933 --> 01:15:11,850
Thank you so much for all you do.

1629
01:15:11,916 --> 01:15:12,750
Your name we pray.

1630
01:15:12,816 --> 01:15:13,116
Amen.