1 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,880 Welcome to the podcast of the White Church in Adelaide, South 2 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,720 Australia. So I think a few weeks ago, just 3 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:17,880 before a time like we shared about the presence of God, that 4 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:22,040 God can do more in a moment of His presence than He could do 5 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:23,800 through any number of hours of preaching. 6 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:27,080 As much as we're going to hear from Dave this morning, these 7 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,760 moments with God, he can do so much more in our hearts and so 8 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:35,240 much more through us and, and he can say stuff and minister to us 9 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:39,120 way more than any man. He is the lover of our souls. 10 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:42,840 Hey, how cool is that? Father, we thank you for Dave as 11 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:44,440 he steps up to preach this morning. 12 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,520 We thank you for your word as we've sung it, we're going to 13 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:49,600 hear it spoken. It's the same word. 14 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:51,840 It's the same God speaking to us. 15 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:57,120 And so we open our hearts wide for the word this morning and we 16 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,680 pray that you would use Dave mightily in this place. 17 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:06,560 In Jesus name, Amen. Can I just, can you come to 18 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:08,880 share that word that you brought this morning? 19 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,480 So Peter support a word that he'd felt in the law this 20 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:15,880 morning. And I just asked him to share 21 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:19,600 that now because it's just, you'll see how relevant this is 22 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:25,720 to this morning. OK, so this morning I was going 23 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,360 through and just asking God what we need. 24 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,240 You know, what do you want to share this morning? 25 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:38,240 And he actually led me to Psalm 113 and it was similar, similar 26 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,240 to what I was preparing for music wise. 27 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:46,400 But it starts at verse 5 and it says who can compare with God, 28 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:51,000 our God, so majestically enthroned, surveying his 29 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:55,200 magnificent heavens and earth. He picks up the poor from out of 30 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,760 the dirt, rescues the forgotten who have been thrown out with 31 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:03,880 the trash, seats among them the honour guests and places the 32 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,280 honour of among the brightest and best. 33 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:12,400 He gives childless couples a family and gives them joy as the 34 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,680 parents of children. Hallelujah. 35 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:17,320 Amen. Thank you, Pete. 36 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,560 How wonderful is our God, the things that he does, the things 37 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:27,640 that he's doing. You know, I just, even just 38 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:31,760 before I start, I just want to remind us like we've sort of 39 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,280 spoken about this. The Holy Spirit is here. 40 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,400 How do we know that the Holy Spirit is here among us right 41 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:46,480 now? Because, because the, because 42 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:50,040 the word says, right. Even if you can't feel it, even 43 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,640 if you can't experience it in some way, if you, if you're 44 00:02:53,640 --> 00:03:00,680 unaware, the word says that the Holy Spirit will come and 45 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:06,840 indwell and live inside us. And bunch obviously bunches of 46 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,640 other scriptures is talking about his presence and the 47 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:14,720 things that he's there doing. He's here today and we, we 48 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:19,240 honour him. We honour you, Lord Holy Spirit, 49 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:23,920 you are God and we give our attention to you knowing that 50 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:28,320 you are here, knowing that you are within us, knowing that you 51 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,560 are speaking, that you are leading, you are guiding, you 52 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,280 are teaching. You've got a lot to say this 53 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,440 morning and I pray that you would speak through me. 54 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:43,360 I pray that you would take over this vessel and use me for your 55 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,640 plan and for your purpose. I don't want to speak out of my 56 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:48,760 own authority. I don't want to speak out of my 57 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:52,120 own resources. Lord God, we want to hear from 58 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:56,520 you today and we pray that you would help us just to open 59 00:03:56,520 --> 00:04:02,160 ourselves up wide to to catch and to hear and to be put in 60 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,400 motion for the plan and purpose that you have for our lives and 61 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,720 for this church. Lord in Jesus mighty name, Amen. 62 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:15,680 So we've had an amazing couple of weeks with Ty and Nicole with 63 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:20,880 us and the boys last week. And you know, it's, it's just 64 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,040 been I've really enjoyed that. I hope you guys enjoy that. 65 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:29,160 I've sown into this church, into our foundation and we're going 66 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,000 to spend some time. There's there's a lot to go 67 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,640 through, right. So in the coming weeks where 68 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,200 we're going to be unpacking some of these things that we're 69 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,520 feeling God's highlighting to us as as leaders here. 70 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:48,760 One of the things that Nicole mentioned when when she got up 71 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:52,120 on on the 1st Sunday was she talked about us as a lampstand 72 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:56,720 and God had planted A lampstand here and Time mentioned a 73 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,840 lampstand many times. What does that mean? 74 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:05,800 What is a lampstand? Revelation 120 says that the 75 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,400 seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches. 76 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:13,560 So there's 7 letters being written to seven churches and 77 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,000 Jesus identifies. There's a vision that John has 78 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:21,120 and there's lampstands and Jesus identifies the lampstands as 79 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,480 churches. So we understand from scripture 80 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:33,720 that a lampstand is a church and this church here is a lampstand 81 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:38,200 that Jesus has placed here, that this is a God thing. 82 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,640 God put a lampstand here for a reason. 83 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:47,880 Jesus himself says that he is the light of the world. 84 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:53,720 Jesus revealed the glory of the Father, the things of God. 85 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,520 He says that if you've seen me, you've seen the Father. 86 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:00,440 It's like when when you see Jesus, when you understand him, 87 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:04,240 when you embrace him, you, you know God. 88 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,680 You know God's ways. Jesus has always been revealing 89 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:13,000 the Father through Scripture and just, you know, reveals the 90 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,960 things of God, God's truth and justice and mercy and grace and 91 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,240 love, all of these things, the things that you see in Jesus, 92 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,200 the attributes of God revealed to us. 93 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:31,960 Matthew 5, Jesus says speaking to to us or to to people, he 94 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,000 says you are the light of the world. 95 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,960 So Jesus says I'm the light of the world. 96 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,320 Then in Matthew 5 he speaks to people and he says you're the 97 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,480 light of the world. Those that are saved will be the 98 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,800 light of the world. A city that is set on a hill 99 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,920 cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put 100 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:55,000 it under a basket, but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to all 101 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,040 who are in the house. So let your light so shine 102 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:03,960 before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your 103 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:09,040 Father in heaven. Jesus calls us light and then he 104 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,320 says that you put the light on a lampstand. 105 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:15,680 Where like where lights guys, where does the lampstand go? 106 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,040 Sorry, where? Where is the light supposed to 107 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,480 sit on the lampstand? What is the lampstand? 108 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,240 The church. We are supposed to be a part of 109 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,360 the church. We are lights in, in the 110 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:31,520 lampstand, in the church to reveal God's glory. 111 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:37,880 The way church is a lampstand. God placed it here this time, 112 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:43,800 this place here. Like it's not an accident that 113 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,920 we're here. God has a very specific plan and 114 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,720 purpose for this church here. He put it here. 115 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:54,880 He could have put a church here. I mean, there was a church here 116 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:56,280 at one point. Justin was a part of that 117 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:59,720 church. But but you know, like it's in. 118 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,520 I'm just the point I'm making is it's in this time and this place 119 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,320 very specific. God doesn't make mistakes, does 120 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,400 he? So for Jesus and for God to put 121 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:14,920 a lampstand here is by purpose, by design, for a reason Ty spoke 122 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,520 a lot about, I love this. I hope we caught this. 123 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:19,880 I'm going to remind us of what he said. 124 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,920 He said not God's plan for my life. 125 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:30,200 My life for God's plan isn't that powerful because we're 126 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,360 running around like I've been in church long enough to know that 127 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,799 the biggest question that we want to ask is God, what's your 128 00:08:35,799 --> 00:08:39,480 plan for my life? Like that's the most important 129 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:40,520 thing. We're we're talking to other 130 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:41,720 people. Hey, what do you think God's 131 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:43,400 plan is for my life? What's my plan for my life? 132 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,480 Give my prayer. What's God, What's your plan for 133 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,560 my life? We've got it upside down, right? 134 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:55,920 What my life for God's plan. We're, we're supposed to just go 135 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,640 all right, God, what's your plan? 136 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:04,520 How can I be involved, right? I think it's simpler that way 137 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,120 because now we don't have to try and work out what God's plan is 138 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,160 for us. We just go, right? 139 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:11,520 We know God's plan through Scripture. 140 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,560 Let's go and do that thing, right? 141 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:17,000 Get on with it. I think that's easier for me and 142 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,680 I'm a simple guy. Give it to me simple. 143 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:26,920 So again, if if TWC like the white church, if, if this church 144 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,800 is your family, I just wrote it in there because it's easy to 145 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,840 write down if it's your family and your fellowship. 146 00:09:33,560 --> 00:09:36,840 We got to take part. We got to we got to have a 147 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:42,360 active role in the reason that this lampstand is here. 148 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,440 We can't just be sitting on the sidelines. 149 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,240 We can't just be doing our own thing. 150 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,120 We have to be a part of God's purpose. 151 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,280 Otherwise, it's not my life for his plan. 152 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,360 Otherwise it's just again, it just comes back to what's your 153 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:59,400 plan for my life in this room? God, what can I get out of 154 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:06,600 church, right? Can I just like remind us that 155 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:08,680 we got to understand what church is? 156 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,920 I think that this might be one of the, the great deceptions 157 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:19,080 that Satan's pulled over our eyes as believers, even we don't 158 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,120 really understand what church is, what the church is. 159 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:27,720 Churches, like it's not something that fits in with your 160 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,560 life. Like church isn't one of the, 161 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,920 the things that are, you know, like the list of the things that 162 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,840 you're involved in in your life. Like I've got my family, I've 163 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:42,280 got my work, I've got some hobbies, I've got church. 164 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:47,080 Do you see what we do like, like church is just an activity in a 165 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:51,400 list of long activities. Church is not an activity in our 166 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,840 lives. Our lives are found in the 167 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:58,640 church. And it's almost like people 168 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:02,480 don't like, people have a such a skewed understanding of church 169 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:04,520 now. It's almost like church is a 170 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:10,120 negative thing that if I, if we stand here now and I go, church 171 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,480 needs to be the most important thing in your life. 172 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,600 If you don't understand what church is, you just go, Oh my 173 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:17,640 gosh, like they just want everything from me. 174 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:20,520 Like you've got a twisted understanding of what I'm 175 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:23,400 saying, but but what I am saying, we're not. 176 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:27,360 And, and hear me out, church is the most important thing in your 177 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:31,120 life, not because it's a building, not because you're 178 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:33,960 supposed to go to church, not because you Jesus says you 179 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,360 should go to church because of what church is. 180 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:41,480 Church is Jesus. He's the body. 181 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,240 Sorry. He's the head of the church. 182 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:50,480 We are the body of the church. You are a part of the church if 183 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:54,240 you're saved, If you're a Christian, you are a part of the 184 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,280 church. If you're not a part of the 185 00:11:56,280 --> 00:12:00,560 church, you're not a part of the body and you're not a part of 186 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:05,720 Jesus. Those that are saved are one 187 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,800 with Christ. They have been grafted into 188 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,080 Israel. They've become a part of his 189 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,640 body, a part of his family, haven't we? 190 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,760 So that means when you understand that church is the 191 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:24,880 body of Christ, you understand that outside of that body is all 192 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:27,960 the other stuff that you know you do with your life. 193 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:32,560 Your life is found in him in church. 194 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:36,960 And again, the the word church has been so messed up that it 195 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:40,840 even sounds wrong for me to say in my own ears, right? 196 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:44,760 Like we're devoted to the church because we're devoted to the 197 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,760 King and he's the head and we're the body. 198 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:52,720 And you can't separate the head from the body, as Ty mentioned. 199 00:12:53,680 --> 00:12:56,200 Otherwise you've got a body less head. 200 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,080 Can't really do much with a head. 201 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,480 You might have some great ideas, but you know it's hard to get 202 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,280 anything done with no arms and legs, right? 203 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:06,440 But what's a body without a head? 204 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:08,960 A body without a head is a lifeless corpse. 205 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,960 We are a part of his body. He is the head. 206 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:15,120 We're the body. We need to adjust our thinking 207 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,880 of church. Church is not a bad word. 208 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,760 Church is the body of Christ. It's the ecclesia that called 209 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,000 out once. That's who we are. 210 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:27,680 So you don't go to church. You are the church. 211 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,120 You. We gather as the church. 212 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:33,920 We come together as the church. It's such a joy to be together 213 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:36,880 with the church, isn't it? I love being with the church. 214 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:38,440 Tony, do you love being with the church? 215 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:39,960 Loves it. It tells me all the time. 216 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:43,880 Loves being with the church. We love the church. 217 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,000 We love the church because it's the body of Christ. 218 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:50,280 We love the church because Christ is in the body. 219 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:56,600 We are seeking him first. So Ty Ty talked about the the 220 00:13:56,600 --> 00:14:00,200 why and the what. He talked about the why and the 221 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,200 what and The Who and the hell. And so we're going to look at 222 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:10,280 the why and the what today and the why and the what is vision 223 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,680 for the church. Why is the church here? 224 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,960 So let's talk about the wire. I mean, Ty covered it. 225 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,040 We're going to talk about it again because we need to get in 226 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:23,560 here. Why did Jesus place a lampstand 227 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,040 here? Why is the church here? 228 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:33,120 To glorify God, to bring Jesus his inheritance. 229 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:40,280 People, the church is here as a vehicle to reach the lost to to 230 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:47,720 reach people for God, that people could find him again. 231 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:53,320 So Jesus is here on the earth in the body of the Christ in the 232 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:57,040 form of the church. Sorry to reach the lost, to 233 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:00,360 gather them together, to bring them to the Father. 234 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,440 No one comes through to the Father but through me. 235 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:08,680 That's why the church is here to gather people to God, to glorify 236 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:13,560 God, to manifest God, to represent God, to show the world 237 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:17,920 who God is. The church is here to take the 238 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:20,600 gospel out. That's what the reaching the 239 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,280 lost is not just here everywhere. 240 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:27,360 The whole world is this harvest field that we're called to reach 241 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:33,080 that the gospel would go out and gather people, gather Jesus 242 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,480 inheritance to himself. It's why the church is is the 243 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:40,440 why behind the church. It's why Jesus came, lived, 244 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,400 died, rose again. It was all about redemption. 245 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:47,320 It was all about restoring people to God the Father. 246 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:52,400 God had a plan to make people in his image and fellowship with 247 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:59,480 them forever and have eternal life and godliness and goodness 248 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,200 and hope and peace and wonderful, everything wonderful 249 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,760 you could think of God's intention for mankind. 250 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:13,040 God's intention for Christ and the gospel was to restore, was 251 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:18,320 to restore things that God's purpose and plan would be 252 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:22,240 fulfilled ultimately. And when God's plan and focus is 253 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,520 fulfilled forever will never end. 254 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,600 God had a plan. Some things happened. 255 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,120 God put some things in place to fix it. 256 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:36,520 You know, not, not out of response, out of knowing the 257 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,000 things that would happen. So ultimately God's plan from 258 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,520 the beginning and what will happen at the end and everything 259 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:47,960 in between, always God's plan. God has a plan and the gospel is 260 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:52,400 fulfilling the plan of God by bringing people to him. 261 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:57,920 So that's the, that's why Jesus, why the church, that's what 262 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:04,400 we're here for. And so the what then? 263 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:09,839 Because we're we're talking about a lampstand that is here, 264 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:16,160 a church that has been put here. The what is why is this? 265 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,079 I mean, it's kind of confusing. Is it what is this church here 266 00:17:19,079 --> 00:17:22,880 for? OK, it's here because of the 267 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:27,480 why, which is Jesus, the what is what is this church? 268 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:33,880 What is the way church doing in this location in this time right 269 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:35,480 now? What is it that God's wanting to 270 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:39,640 do here? It's interesting because we, we 271 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:44,800 got together with Ty and Nicole over dinner and the basically 272 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:49,280 the first question that Ty had for us was like, what has God 273 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,560 called this church to do? Or what are the words that were 274 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,160 spoken over this church? What is it? 275 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:55,680 What's the what here guys? What's the what? 276 00:17:57,360 --> 00:18:01,600 And it was a really good question, and it's brought some 277 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,760 clarity to us to ask that question. 278 00:18:06,360 --> 00:18:10,640 And can I be honest, like, for us to be in this place now, you 279 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:14,640 know, coming up on two years, this has taken too long for us 280 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:19,680 to be able to really nail this down and go, this is what this 281 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,640 church is here for. So this is what we're talking 282 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:23,880 about today. What is this church doing here? 283 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:28,240 There's churches everywhere in this suburb. 284 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:33,680 There's churches, there's a church there like next door. 285 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,600 There's churches everywhere. So why here? 286 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:42,120 And what is it that God's calling us to do differently or 287 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,160 specifically compared to all of the other churches? 288 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,760 And it's not about comparison like you guys are about that. 289 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:49,720 We're about that. We don't care what the other 290 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:53,200 churches are about. We don't need to worry about the 291 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,040 what behind all of the other churches. 292 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:58,120 We need to worry about the what, what for us here. 293 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:04,600 So why here and amongst all these churches, God has given us 294 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:10,360 a heart for the lost. From the moment that, you know, 295 00:19:10,360 --> 00:19:15,240 God had placed this desire in our heart to plant, there's just 296 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:21,400 such a, you know, a stirring for those that don't know him. 297 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:28,440 And this is one of the big things that is the heart for why 298 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:35,640 this church is here to reach the loss, the hurting people, the 299 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:40,840 heavy people, the lonely people, the broken people, the poor, the 300 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:46,200 purposeless, the rejected people, those that are cut off, 301 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:50,920 abandoned, mistreated, abused, those people. 302 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:59,320 Can I just say something just here as well, if that's you, if 303 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,880 you if you like you hear that though that list and you go with 304 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:06,800 they're talking about me. Welcome to the club guys like we 305 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:10,040 are. We are all broken in some way. 306 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,320 We all have hurts. We all need healings. 307 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,920 Thank God for Christ Jesus. This is the reason that we need 308 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,520 to save you guys. So for the ones that need to 309 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,280 come in here. Because God's called you in 310 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,840 broken and hurting and and needing family and needing 311 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,680 fellowship. It's not because you're any less 312 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:35,520 than any of the rest of us here. It's because God's joining us 313 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:39,880 together to be a family. So I just, I need to say that 314 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:44,240 because there's almost a sense like when, when we make such a 315 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,360 big fuss about, you know, the, the hurting and the broken 316 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:50,640 people and we're called to reach them, it's almost like there's a 317 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,800 separation from us and them in our minds. 318 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,960 No, there isn't. No, we're welcoming them into 319 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,440 the family of broken and hurting people. 320 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:02,320 Amen. And God's preparing us to be 321 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,880 able to take care of these people and knit them into 322 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:10,480 family. So one of the things that we 323 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:15,080 said when when we were planting was that we didn't want to grow 324 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:19,040 through just, you know, people coming from other churches. 325 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:20,840 And I still believe that to be true. 326 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:25,560 It can't just be that we need well equipped people to come. 327 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:28,760 So we're calling those people in as well. 328 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:33,720 We need the seasoned. We need those that are mature. 329 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,320 We need those people to come as well. 330 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:40,880 But we want to see growth through, you know, through fruit 331 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,960 and through reproduce reproduction. 332 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,800 We want to see people saved. If the church isn't seeing 333 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:49,800 people saved, it's not really growing. 334 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:52,480 If people are just coming from this church and being a part of 335 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,960 this church, and then all of a sudden 50 people from that 336 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:57,480 church and 100 people from that church. 337 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,960 And yeah, now my church has got 1000 and none of them were saved 338 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,080 because of the gospel. Is that church? 339 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,280 Is that a fruitful church? Is it getting on with the thing 340 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,040 that that God's calling us to do? 341 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:15,800 We want to see salvation. We want to see people coming 342 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:20,840 from having absolutely no reference point of who God is to 343 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:25,800 coming to us as a people and seeing him and receiving him. 344 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,320 And then those people we're called to raise up and send. 345 00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:32,200 Those people were called to raise up and send. 346 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,840 This is a, this is a plan. This is the purpose for the 347 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,320 church. This is the what for this 348 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,040 church. It's not good enough for us to 349 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:45,040 just see a whole bunch of bunch of people saved and then send no 350 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:47,960 one. We need to be raising people up. 351 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,840 That's what discipleship is. It's raising people up into 352 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:55,320 maturity and then sending. We need to be a sending church. 353 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:01,080 I just want to read through some of the prophetic words that were 354 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:06,640 spoken over us as a church, just in light of this heart that God 355 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:12,520 has for us as a church. So Jeremiah 3313, I'm going to 356 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,840 read all of it, but it starts with this. 357 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:19,680 And this really spoke to me when I was reading this, you know, 358 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:24,920 over a year ago. It says, in the cities of the 359 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,200 mountains, in the city of the veil, in the cities of the 360 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,360 South. And I really felt like that was 361 00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:35,080 God speaking to us for the here it says, the flocks pass again 362 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,560 under the hands of him who telleth them, Behold the days 363 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:42,720 come, saith the Lord, that I will perform a good thing which 364 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:46,400 I promised unto the House of Israel, unto the House of Judah 365 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,760 in those days. At that time I will cause the 366 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:53,720 branch of righteousness to grow up unto David and he shall 367 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:57,640 execute judgement and righteousness in the land in 368 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:02,440 those days shall due to be saved and Jerusalem shall dwell safely 369 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:07,240 and this is the name wherewith she shall be called the Lord our 370 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,880 righteousness. This is talking about like the 371 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:14,400 flocks coming back to the Lord and righteousness and salvation. 372 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,520 I mean this should be the call of every church right? 373 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:22,760 But this is the because if this is our what if this is what we 374 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:26,960 need to be focused on the the vision for this church, then 375 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:33,320 setting the, the The Who and the how needs to come out of this. 376 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:37,160 OK, then who's going to be involved in seeing this come to 377 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,160 pass and how that's strategy, right? 378 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,880 One Samuel 22. This has been on my heart a 379 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:47,920 whole lot in the planning process. 380 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:53,360 And since David therefore departed from there and escaped 381 00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:57,600 to The Cave of a dullen, so when his brothers and all his 382 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,720 father's house heard it, they went down there to him. 383 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,680 And everyone who was in distress, everyone who was in 384 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:08,360 debt, everyone who was discontented, gathered to him 385 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:13,520 and he became captain over them. And there was about 400 men with 386 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:15,600 him. You know, we picture, there's a 387 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,960 picture here of David's family that my name is David, right? 388 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,560 We're talking about Jesus, OK? We're talking about the family 389 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:26,160 of God coming together. We're talking about those that 390 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:31,080 are in distress and in debt, you know, those that are hurting and 391 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:34,640 owing and you know, discontented. 392 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,360 These could be people that do you know how many people are 393 00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:42,400 discontented with church that are believers that are at home 394 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:47,840 fellowshipping on their own Somehow many those people, we've 395 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:51,440 got to call those people in. They need to come in to the body 396 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,280 of Christ. Again, we need to call those 397 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:58,600 people home, right? Many of them in this area, I can 398 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,040 tell you they're everywhere, everywhere. 399 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:03,280 OK, so this is some of these people. 400 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:07,040 You don't have to be an unbeliever to fit into these 401 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:11,520 categories to be discontented. You could be a believer. 402 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:16,480 It's, it's shocking what Satan's been able to do to the church, 403 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:21,960 you know, to confuse us and, and just misguide us. 404 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:28,040 It's a bit of a mess, right? But if we just get on with the 405 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:31,440 plan and the purpose of God, we're just going to have to 406 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:34,840 trust God to work some of these things through and be 407 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:35,920 successful. Amen. 408 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:43,600 As I43, fear not, for I am with thee. 409 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,520 I'll bring thy seed from the east and gather them from the 410 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,880 West. I will say to the north give 411 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,920 them up, and to the South keep not back. 412 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,280 Bring my sons from afar, my daughters from the ends of the 413 00:26:56,280 --> 00:27:01,160 earth. God's wanting to bring them to 414 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,520 himself. Now think about this, right? 415 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:08,560 When I say, you know, God's wanting to bring the sons and 416 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:12,640 daughters, the lost, the broken, when I say he wants to bring 417 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,320 them to the church, what do you think of? 418 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:18,040 We think of a bunch of people walking through this door here 419 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,560 into our Sunday meeting. That's what we think. 420 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:24,160 That's not just what this is saying. 421 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:29,720 Our lives out there are where we live as the church. 422 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:36,480 God's going to put people in your path and around you that 423 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,800 fit these categories that we're called to reach. 424 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,600 We got to reach them. We got to trust that God's 425 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:48,120 called this church to reach those people and trust that the 426 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:50,960 power of the Holy Spirit will help us to do that. 427 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:52,600 We just be obedient. We just go. 428 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,200 That's, that is a hurting, broken person there. 429 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,160 That's what this church is called to, to reach. 430 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:00,760 That's the sort of people that we're called to reach. 431 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:05,240 Who's going to do that? You the lamp, right? 432 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:09,000 The light of the world is going to reach that person and we're 433 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,280 going to we're going to see God set that person on the lampstand 434 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,960 in the church. When I got saved, I wasn't a 435 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:20,320 part of I was sort of saved already when when God got a hold 436 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:24,800 of my heart again after I'd just ignored him for 20 years, you 437 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:29,080 know, like it was like all of a sudden, you know where, where I 438 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:33,440 wanted to be in the lampstand. Why is that? 439 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:36,840 Because it's God's plan and purpose, right? 440 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:42,240 As soon as you're as soon as my life becomes for his will, he 441 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:43,640 just takes you where you need to be. 442 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,320 So I said, Lord, I'll do anything, I'll follow you 443 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:47,320 anywhere. Go good. 444 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,000 You're going to church. You've got to go be a part of 445 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,360 the church. All right, right. 446 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,920 Isn't that cool? God puts you where you need to 447 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:59,400 be, not your will for my life, my life for your will. 448 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:04,640 All right, so I'm going to read a couple more. 449 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:10,000 There was Joshua 119 this scripture or a couple of 450 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:14,000 different because it says this a lot in Joshua has been said so 451 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,800 many times to us. It's been read from the front 452 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:23,440 here Joshua 19 have have I not commanded you be strong, be 453 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:28,800 strong, be of good courage, be not afraid, neither be thou 454 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,240 dismayed. Listen to this for the Lord thy 455 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:38,200 God is with you wherever you go. He's with you. 456 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:43,120 When you see broken people, when you know they need Christ, fear 457 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:48,320 not, I am with thee. Be bold, be courageous. 458 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:53,600 Our confidence is in Him, not in our ability to speak well. 459 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,200 I'm not a great speaker, guys. I don't know if you've noticed, 460 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:03,800 but my confidence is in Him. It's the Spirit of God, guys. 461 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:07,680 It's not through you and me. It's the light of the world, 462 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:12,680 Jesus Christ in you to them, Amen. 463 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:16,560 We can do this. We just got to rely on him. 464 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,840 See the power of the Holy Spirit do its thing. 465 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:27,320 Do his thing. Excuse me, Isaiah 54 many 466 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:29,560 sources. Again, this is another scripture 467 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:31,240 that's been mentioned over and over again. 468 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:37,040 Sing, O Baron, now that this this not bare, break forth into 469 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:40,240 singing and cry aloud. Thou that this not. 470 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:44,720 What version have I put in here? Thou that this not travail with 471 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,720 child for more of the children of the desolate. 472 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:48,880 Maybe I'll just read it off of you. 473 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:52,760 I'm going to start again. Sorry guys. 474 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:57,040 Sing, O Baron, you who have not born, break forth into singing 475 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,840 and cry aloud. You who have not laboured with 476 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:03,440 child for more of the children of the desolate than the 477 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,680 children of the married woman, says the Lord. 478 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,600 Enlarge the place of your tent and let them stretch out the 479 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,680 curtains of your dwellings. Do not spare. 480 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:19,000 Lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes for you. 481 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:22,800 You shall expand to the right and to the left, and your 482 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:27,080 descendants will inherit the nations and make the desolate 483 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:31,080 cities inhabited. Isn't that a wonderful promise? 484 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:37,400 My goodness, there's so much in that talks about children that a 485 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:41,720 desolate being many like more than the children that are. 486 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:46,760 Is that true for our world? Is there more people out there 487 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:50,800 that aren't a part of the plan and the purpose of God that are 488 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:55,280 in his body? I think there is, but there's a 489 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:59,040 promise here that says that like, oh, make the desolate 490 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:02,640 cities inhabited. Do we live in a city? 491 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:07,840 Should we be going after this promise for our city that the 492 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:12,520 city of churches would be greater inhabited by the people 493 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:16,200 of God and those that aren't? I think we should. 494 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:20,040 I think we should stand on faith in that and just go. 495 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,840 Lord, let it be so. Amen. 496 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:29,680 And making space for many again, not just in this room, guys. 497 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:34,320 Making space for the many means making space for them in your 498 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:40,280 life, freeing yourself up that, you know, I don't have time for 499 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:43,840 these people. We got to make time, you know, 500 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,920 like we're we're going to you're going to open up your homes. 501 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:50,800 We have homes, invite them into your homes. 502 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,160 We've spoken about this many times. 503 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,160 This is one of the strategies that God's given us for reaching 504 00:32:56,160 --> 00:33:01,000 the law. What an opportunity guys to like 505 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:06,720 bring people into your home and then get them surrounded with, 506 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:10,880 with the church, get them introduced to the body of 507 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:16,840 Christ, the strategies of of our Father to reach the loss. 508 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,720 You know, and we love just to sit around and eat and have 509 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,360 fellowship. It's one of the things that we 510 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:25,200 love more than anything. And so God's given us this 511 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:29,160 amazing tool to reach. And so I say all of that to say 512 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:33,520 that like the gathering of the people isn't just on the Sunday 513 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:36,560 meeting. We gather them together whenever 514 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,000 we meet. We've seen guys, as Justin 515 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,200 mentioned, we've seen guys gathered together as we connect 516 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:47,200 as men, unsaved guys, and we open up the Bible and we sit 517 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,360 there and teach and they sit there and listen, and they come 518 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,920 back and they ask questions, right? 519 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,480 It's so good. It's so amazing what God is 520 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:01,680 doing. All right, I'm going to do a 521 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:07,440 couple more. Isaiah 50, This is just Isaiah 522 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:10,400 50 verse 4. The Lord has given me the tongue 523 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:15,040 of the learned that I should know how to speak a word in 524 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:19,440 season to him who is weary. Now Dudley spoke that over us 525 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,560 when we were set in here. Let me read it again because 526 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,880 this is not just for me. This is not just for Hillary. 527 00:34:26,639 --> 00:34:28,639 This is for us as a church, right? 528 00:34:28,639 --> 00:34:30,840 Listen to this. The Word of God is for us, for 529 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:35,280 the body. The Lord has given me the tongue 530 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:40,560 of the learned that I should know how to speak a word in 531 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:44,920 season to Him who is weary. Isn't that amazing? 532 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:50,040 That means that the tongue that is in your mouth is equipped to 533 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:53,920 speak a word that will encourage the weary. 534 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:58,200 Amen. The power of God in and through 535 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:02,280 His people. Eliza gave a word to us as she 536 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:05,440 was, as she was leaving, I think it was in one of the prayer 537 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:10,200 meetings, she said she spoke of an influx of people coming and 538 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:13,800 she said the Lord wants to give us a Moses anointing. 539 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,040 And I was thinking about that this week. 540 00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:24,360 Dave Hagar prophesied over Hilary and I few years ago and 541 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:31,520 and he spoke about that cry of let my people go, let my people 542 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:36,840 go. God has put a cry in our hearts 543 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:40,760 to let the people go to free the people. 544 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:46,760 This is like the the Moses anointing is to free the people 545 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:53,720 that are in bondage. That's the the what behind why 546 00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:58,600 we're here. God's going to back up the 547 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:06,360 purpose for while we're here, I hope we're catching a sense of 548 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,880 the vision. It's a simple thing and it's 549 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,880 almost too simple because it's like we're just talking about 550 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:13,840 the church. We're just talking about what 551 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:19,680 we're called to do. But but in the, in the strategy 552 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:23,760 from this, in the plans and the purposes, the things that we put 553 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:30,480 in place will be in line with this and we'll trust that God 554 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,600 will breathe on it. Amen. 555 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:35,440 We've been doing something of this and some of this. 556 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:39,520 And obviously you guys can think of some of the things that we're 557 00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:43,160 involved in and stuff like that. There's reason for some of these 558 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:46,720 things, obviously. And next week we're going to 559 00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:50,040 talk about, we're going to talk about The Who and the how. 560 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:54,040 And I'll, I'll give you the spoiler already. 561 00:36:55,240 --> 00:37:02,400 You're The Who, where, The Who, not your who, The Who, where, 562 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,840 The Who. So we need to come back and talk 563 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:10,440 about all right now that we know that the reason that we're here 564 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:14,800 is for Christ. The reason that this church is 565 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:18,960 here in this time, in this place is for the broken and then lost 566 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:22,960 in this community, this city, and way beyond that. 567 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:30,440 Now what? How do I fit in to that plan and 568 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,720 to that purpose? How do I fit in to that vision? 569 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:39,120 And God has a way for every single one of us, regardless of 570 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:43,240 age, regardless of experience, regardless of maturity, 571 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:50,040 regardless of every anything. God has a way for us to give our 572 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:54,720 lives over to His plan and purpose and he will give us work 573 00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:58,920 to do things, to do things, to be occupied with things that 574 00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:05,480 will give us life when we're, you know, the, the greatest gift 575 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:11,080 that we have as believers is to give ourselves over 576 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:16,200 wholeheartedly to the Lord. Because when we're living in 577 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:21,320 God's plan and purpose, there's no such thing as a more 578 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:23,720 fulfilled life. There's guys in this room that 579 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,760 can vouch. I've spent, I've spent lifetimes 580 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:31,280 doing this. They know there was no other 581 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:35,720 place we would rather be, right? No other place we would rather 582 00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:42,760 be but in God's will, no riches, no glory, no nothing that can 583 00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:48,200 compare to the fulfilment of serving the Lord God 584 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:51,280 wholeheartedly. It's such an amazing thing. 585 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:55,720 So I'll leave it there for now, but I just, I'm going to say 586 00:38:55,720 --> 00:39:03,440 this again, these words, not God's plan for my life, my life 587 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:07,800 for God's plan, Amen. It's good stuff. 588 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,120 All right, let's, if we could just raise to our feet, please. 589 00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:13,080 We're just going to pray. We're just going to pray. 590 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:16,560 We're going to pray. Thank you, Lord. 591 00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:24,360 Lord God, you are so amazing. Your plan and your and your 592 00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:28,680 purpose is perfect. There is nothing that needs to 593 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:30,960 change. The only thing that needs to 594 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,560 change is US, Lord. The only thing that needs to 595 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:37,840 change is is our understanding the things that we put first. 596 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:40,800 All of those things. And Lord God, as we stand in 597 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:44,040 this place, we hope or or no we don't hope. 598 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:49,680 We are standing here full of faith, knowing that your plan 599 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:54,000 and your purpose for this church has is taking root in our 600 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,080 hearts. Lord, we thank you. 601 00:39:56,080 --> 00:40:01,600 Lord, that as we get a clear vision of why we're here, that 602 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:04,640 the pieces will begin to fit together, that we would 603 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:08,440 understand what it is that I'm I'm called to do. 604 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:12,400 And that we can get on with it and we can run and we can see 605 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:15,880 fruitfulness. Lord, we stand here believing, 606 00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:20,760 trusting faithfully for fruitfulness and multiplication 607 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:25,760 in the way Church in 2026. Lord, we call them in Lord from 608 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,160 the north and the South and the east and the West. 609 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,480 Bring them in not just into this meeting. 610 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:34,400 Lord, highlight those people to us in our lives. 611 00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:39,120 Let us see clearly those that are are are ripe for the 612 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,600 harvest. Lord, your word says that the 613 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:45,360 harvest is ready, but the workers are few call. 614 00:40:45,720 --> 00:40:48,480 So pray for the for the workers of the harvest. 615 00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:52,040 Lord, we pray that You would make us workers in the harvest 616 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:55,800 this week. Today we pray that we would see 617 00:40:55,800 --> 00:41:00,440 your mighty power in our midst, Lord, that signs and wonders 618 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:03,240 would follow the preaching of the gospel. 619 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,680 We pray that people would be healed, set free, delivered. 620 00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:10,040 Lord, we pray that You would stir our faith to know that You 621 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:14,160 are with us every day, Holy Spirit, that you're with us 622 00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:18,040 every step of the way that you are speaking, You are guiding, 623 00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:21,360 you are shaping us. God, that you are the most 624 00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:24,600 important thing in our lives. We love you. 625 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:29,920 Lord Jesus, have your way here in Jesus mighty name, Amen. 626 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:33,400 Excellent. Well, bless you guys. 627 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:38,240 I hope that you have a wonderful day and let's be the church. 628 00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:43,800 The church, Amen. Thank you for joining us for 629 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,200 today's message. For more information about The 630 00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:50,400 Way Church, please visit ourwebsite@thewaychurch.com dot 631 00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:51,800 AU. Have a blessed day.