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 --> 00:00:16,640 Australia. Well, we have two amazing people 3 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,280 that are going to be sharing with us today out of their time 4 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:22,240 away, so I'm just going to stop talking. 5 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:26,800 We're going to invite Chantelle to come, and Hilary's going to 6 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:28,720 pray for Chantelle and for the rest of us. 7 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:34,800 So there we go. I'm not surprised because I was, 8 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,320 I was thinking about you, this world as we were worshipping. 9 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:42,480 And I'm just like I can remember during COVID, we went for a walk 10 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:44,840 because that was the only way we were allowed to catch up. 11 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:47,760 And it was early in our friendship. 12 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,960 And I can remember you said something to me in that time 13 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,640 that's always stuck with me. And it actually came up at our 14 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,320 time at the Global Equip. Someone else preached a message. 15 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:00,120 It was basically, I think he had it titled Our Only option. 16 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,760 And it always makes me think of you because you know, the stuff 17 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,760 that you had walked through up until that point and you know, 18 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,120 whatever had gone on around you and whatever you had done and 19 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:12,120 everything else you said to me, following God is my only option. 20 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,200 And I was just like, that's just incredible. 21 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,560 It's always stuck with me. Just a young girl who just loves 22 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,800 God and she knows what life's throwing at her and all the rest 23 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,320 of it. But following God's the only 24 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:25,040 option. So Lord, we just sorry, set you 25 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,120 up with that. So Lord, we just thank you for 26 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,840 this precious, precious woman. We thank you that from the 27 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:34,080 youngest age that she has given her life to you and followed you 28 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,080 every step of the way. Lord, we thank you, God, that 29 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,520 you redeem every moment and that you carry us further into more 30 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,280 and more of what you have for for us. 31 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,200 Lord, we thank you, God, that you continue to speak to her and 32 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,440 grow her and shape her and use her. 33 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,600 We thank you for the legacy that her life will set for her family 34 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:55,440 to follow her, Lord, and that and the legacy of the revelation 35 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,360 that you've given her that we get to walk into. 36 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,920 Lord, we pray your anointing over her as she shares what 37 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:02,520 you've revealed to her over this time. 38 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,520 Lord, we pray for for our own hearts, Lord, that you would 39 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,720 soften us, that you would just prepare us to hear your voice 40 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,120 for our lives. Lord, that you would prepare us 41 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,480 to make changes, Lord, in accordance with that which she 42 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,560 reveals to us through your through your spirit. 43 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,160 Lord, we pray your peace upon her. 44 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,560 We pray your confidence upon her, not a confidence of her own 45 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,120 ability, Lord, but a confidence that comes from knowing you and 46 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,720 walking with you. Lord, we thank you that you hold 47 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:31,160 every step in your hand and we just pray your anointing over 48 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:32,840 her right now. Lord, Amen. 49 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,240 Thank. You Well, good morning. 50 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,520 Hello, everyone. So, yeah, I'm just going to 51 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:47,640 share a little bit about what God kind of spoke to me at the 52 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:54,080 equip, which in itself was a incredible opportunity, 53 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:58,960 testimony, all the good things that, you know, we even got 54 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:04,840 there and got to go and got to experience just the bigness of 55 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:09,440 God and everything that he's done in and through people. 56 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,400 Yeah, it was amazing. Bit overwhelming with the amount 57 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:23,440 of people, wouldn't necessarily recommend doing it pregnant, but 58 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,680 that all aside, it was really cool. 59 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,640 So if you ever get the opportunity to go, I encourage 60 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:37,080 you to go step out of little old Adelaide and experience the 61 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:43,160 vastness of our Kingdom. But yeah, I am also at the part 62 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,480 of pregnancy where if I talk too much I get out of breath. 63 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:51,600 So you have to bear with me just a little bit. 64 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,680 So yeah, OK, anyway, as I was saying, it was a cool experience 65 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,840 just seeing the different testimonies of what God is doing 66 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:05,600 from around the world and just seeing the reality and the cost 67 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,280 of what it means to lay down your life for God 68 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,280 wholeheartedly. There was a lot shared. 69 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:14,920 They packed a lot in to a small amount of time. 70 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:21,519 So yeah, they're only like really two things that stuck out 71 00:04:21,519 --> 00:04:27,600 to me. Two sentences, phrases that were 72 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,360 said at totally two different times by two different people, 73 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:36,040 two different circumstances, two different environments and one 74 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,120 of them was. So it just doesn't sound 75 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:41,520 encouraging, but one of them was. 76 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,160 Your circumstances back home have not changed. 77 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,520 And the other one was don't forsake your birthright in 78 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:51,680 weariness. So before we went, I was like, I 79 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:58,240 was so encouraged to go and experience change and just all 80 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,560 the goodness of God has for us. And they're the two things that 81 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:07,360 stuck with me, which aren't necessarily encouraging in, you 82 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,640 know, the shallow aspect. And they aren't necessarily 83 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:17,040 comforting when you leave being like, God's going to change 84 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,200 everything. And then you hear nothing has 85 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:25,640 changed back home. So yeah, which was fun, but I 86 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,320 wanted to come home and feel like everything has shifted that 87 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,480 like, we're going to go for gold, like. 88 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:39,440 But nothing had changed. So things won't necessarily be 89 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:47,200 easy when we get back home, but my yeah, I wanted to come home 90 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,800 and feel like everything had shifted or changed, that things 91 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:55,160 would be easy but and that I wouldn't have to change that. 92 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:59,200 Just my situation would. But truth is, God doesn't bypass 93 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,480 our process. He invites us into it, which 94 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:08,960 that is encouraging for anyone who has kids, pregnant family, 95 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,760 that's encouraging that, you know, God's in it with us. 96 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:15,920 And he doesn't just change everything around us, but he 97 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,560 invites us into it and walks us through it. 98 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:25,160 So walking in God's plans and purposes doesn't just happen, 99 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:29,240 but it takes a response. It takes deliberate choices. 100 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,920 It takes repentance, faith, and obedience, and often course 101 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:37,960 correction, which out of those two statements is, I think what 102 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:44,520 God was trying to show me that just through life circumstances, 103 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:49,160 maybe my course hadn't quite been on God wholeheartedly or 104 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:54,680 I'd let things get in the way, but that through those two 105 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,880 statements, He was bringing me back to His heart and bringing 106 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:03,800 me back to what He has for me. So these two statements had made 107 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:11,560 me look at my heart and look at where I truly was in my walk, 108 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:16,480 where I actually was in my parenting and being a wife, 109 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:20,920 being a mother, being a friend. Yeah. 110 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,400 So I had a question that had popped up in my mind just 111 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:29,560 pondering upon this. It's have I been responding to 112 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:33,200 God out of faith and obedience or out of weariness and 113 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:37,960 frustration? Because the truth is, in life it 114 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:42,360 makes us weary. We've had health problems that 115 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,040 have made us weary. We've had work that makes us 116 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,080 weary. Family relationships have made 117 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,000 us weary. Parenting has made us weary. 118 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:55,400 Even like preparing for this baby like makes us weary. 119 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:01,640 So for me, I found myself responding from a place of 120 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:06,280 weariness and not necessarily out of a place of faith and 121 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:12,720 obedience. So that led me to my next 122 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:14,800 question. Have I been looking for a way 123 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,560 out of my weariness over contending for the inheritance 124 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:23,600 that God has for me? Which you know, you can all 125 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,760 answer that in your own hearts and that's between you and God. 126 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:31,200 But I know for me, some circumstances probably haven't 127 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,640 been contending for the inheritance that God has for me 128 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,039 in the way that I know that He has called me to do it as well. 129 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:46,520 So which brings us to the story that one of the ladies shared, 130 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:53,600 which is Esau's story out of Genesis 27 verse, sorry, Genesis 131 00:08:53,600 --> 00:09:02,120 25, verse 29 to 34, which is an example of Esau choosing 132 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,120 temporary relief over the lasting reward. 133 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:13,360 So just going to read out just a few bursts to remind us. 134 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,520 So Esau came in from the field, exhausted and hungry. 135 00:09:17,680 --> 00:09:21,800 He saw that Jacob had made some Stew and in his desperation he 136 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:25,960 said, let me have some of that red Stew, I'm famished, Jacob 137 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,640 replied first sell me your birthright. 138 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:32,640 And Esau agreed. Esau said, Look, I'm about to 139 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:34,680 die. What good is this birthright to 140 00:09:34,680 --> 00:09:38,960 me? So this little snippet of 141 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:44,320 Scripture reveals his short sightedness, that he was focused 142 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:49,240 on his present discomfort so much that he devalued his future 143 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:53,480 inheritance, a legacy that was both material and spiritual. 144 00:09:55,960 --> 00:10:02,440 Which sort of links to my question Have I been looking for 145 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:05,800 a way out of my weariness? Have you been looking for a way 146 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:10,880 out, looking for temporary relief instead of holding on and 147 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:15,480 pushing in and contending for the things that God has for you? 148 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:20,400 So Esau shows us that spiritual weariness or disappointment in 149 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,720 the work that God has called us to can lead us to make poor 150 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:27,200 decisions. So Esau was out hunting and he 151 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:28,880 was doing what God had made him to do. 152 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:34,680 It was his God-given role, but he had came up empty and the 153 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:38,080 lack of results made him feel that what was promised no longer 154 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,240 had the value. And he let his momentary hunger 155 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:45,960 and discoverment discouragement outweigh the significance of his 156 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:52,800 God ordained future. Which is a big, a big thing for 157 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,440 a bowl of soup. Like, you know, like I don't 158 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,440 think I've ever been so hungry that I've gone. 159 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,400 Lord, you're actually not what I want. 160 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:07,080 I'm going to have a soup. So, but we can get to this place 161 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:14,280 of weariness and discouragement where we feel that we actually 162 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:19,320 can't go on. So, yeah. 163 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:26,840 And so just tying that in over the last few months, just what 164 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:34,440 I've personally felt in and for this church, listening to what 165 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:41,120 everyone has preached, what everyone has brought over the 166 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:45,640 last well, since we've been here, you know, they've talked 167 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,560 about God's intention for us, what it truly means to build his 168 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:51,560 house while we gather in this place. 169 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,280 And my questions to you guys today is have you let, have you 170 00:11:56,280 --> 00:12:00,320 gone weary in trying to put these things into place because 171 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,240 it hasn't gone the way you expected? 172 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:07,440 You know, we've talked about opening up our homes and 173 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:10,160 connecting with each other. And sometimes that doesn't 174 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:14,760 always go the way we plan. Sometimes having someone over is 175 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:17,840 hard work. Cleaning your house for someone 176 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:19,920 to come over is not necessarily fun. 177 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,800 It's not necessarily what you want to be doing. 178 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:27,120 And trying to keep it clean with children in the house doesn't 179 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:31,480 necessarily go to plan. And it can make you go weary and 180 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:37,400 frustrated And but do you still expect fruit to come from it? 181 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:41,840 Or are you just focusing on temporary relief that maybe you 182 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,440 don't need to invite anyone over, so you don't need to clean 183 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:47,000 your house and you don't need to worry about what it looks like? 184 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:51,800 Have you stepped back, maybe even tried to hand away your 185 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:55,200 birthright, the very inheritance that Jesus paid on the cross 186 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,920 because it felt too hard, too slow or too uncomfortable? 187 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:05,600 You know, we've talked about worship and what that looks like 188 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,680 sometimes, you know, clapping your hands can feel awkward. 189 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:13,240 Sometimes holding your hands up can feel awkward, or singing 190 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:16,360 with someone stand next year is just a bit uncomfortable. 191 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:23,280 But you know, as we heard this morning, it's our very right and 192 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:26,040 privilege and our inheritance to praise Jesus with everything 193 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:29,360 inside of us. So, you know, the cost of it 194 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:33,960 feeling too uncomfortable doesn't come close to, you know, 195 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,000 the privilege that we have to worship him. 196 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,480 So the truth is that following God's call and building his 197 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,640 house isn't about comfort. It's about commitment. 198 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:48,840 It's about choosing faith over frustration, obedience over 199 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,000 weariness, and trusting that what God has spoken, he'll bring 200 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,720 to pass. So I have a verse that I've 201 00:13:55,720 --> 00:14:03,320 personally stuck to since the equip because circumstances back 202 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:07,320 home didn't change. It's Galatians 6, verse 9. 203 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:11,200 It's let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper 204 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:14,080 time we'll reap a harvest if we do not go give up. 205 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,480 And for me, this isn't just a nice verse, but it's a lifeline. 206 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:22,600 It reminds me that even in the middle of exhaustion, there is a 207 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:24,960 harvest coming. That I can't give up. 208 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,440 That I can't let weariness dictate my choices or derail my 209 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,360 obedience. I can't trade my birthright, the 210 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:35,120 coding identity and inheritance that God has given me just 211 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:41,320 because I am tired. So now my circumstances haven't 212 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,560 changed because I went to the Global Equip. 213 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,600 I still have to parent 2 very passionate boys. 214 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:51,040 There's still a house to clean and a baby to prepare for and an 215 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:56,280 endless list to sort out. But I no longer feel that I need 216 00:14:56,280 --> 00:15:01,360 these situations to change for my life to get easier because 217 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:05,360 God is changing me and that God, what God is doing in me is far 218 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,480 more important than what's happening around me. 219 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:12,000 And if I stay the course, weary or not, frustrated or not, I 220 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,360 will see the fruit that he has promised. 221 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:20,000 So I just encourage you guys in this season that we're walking 222 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,600 in as a church, that when it gets hard and when you feel 223 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:27,240 weary and when you feel exhausted and tired and 224 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:32,600 everything else, that to keep contending for what God has for 225 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:37,720 us, to keep contending what God has for you personally and to 226 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:41,920 not give up because we'll reap a harvest and it's coming because 227 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,040 God said it. And that's. 228 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,800 The don't don't run away. Chantel was going to pray for us 229 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:56,800 in a minute. She just learned that, but you 230 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:01,760 know, like it is, it's easy to fall into weariness and you 231 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:03,920 know, serving the Lord's not easy, right? 232 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,480 Like it's not the easiest choice, like, but it's, it's 233 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:09,200 obviously the most rewarding choice. 234 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:13,240 It's where you, you know, it's where God's made us to be. 235 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:17,240 It's, it's what we're designed for to follow the Lord to serve 236 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,720 his plan and purpose. So I just, we need to respond to 237 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:23,320 that. If we're tired, if we're weary, 238 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,800 whatever, if we just need just to be rewinded, you know, we're 239 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:30,840 going to keep moving forward. Can we just stand and just, you 240 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:35,240 know, as a, as a response to the Lord and, and Chantel's just 241 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:37,040 going to pray for us. So thank you. 242 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:45,200 Lord, we just thank you for who you are, Lord Jesus, and all 243 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,000 that you have for us. Lord, we open up ourselves to 244 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,440 you, Lord God, in these moments of weariness and these moments 245 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:55,960 of frustration and tiredness. Lord God, when we can easily 246 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:58,880 step back and take ourselves out of the game. 247 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:02,280 Lord Jesus, to sit back and let someone else do it. 248 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:06,359 Lord Jesus, but we just speak and declare that we'll be a 249 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,400 people that contend for your Kingdom, Lord God, that contend 250 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:13,040 for your will, Lord Jesus. That will work, Lord, until we 251 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:16,160 see the harvest, until we see the fruit, Lord Jesus, that we 252 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:21,240 won't give up, Lord Jesus, but we will continue to press on and 253 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:25,240 press into all that you have for us as individuals and as a 254 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:28,000 church, Lord Jesus. So we just thank you that we 255 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,160 look forward and we look onwards, Lord Jesus, to the 256 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,800 harvest that you had for us, Lord the fruit, Lord God, that 257 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:38,400 we will see. It may be slow in our eyes, Lord 258 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,520 Jesus. It may not happen the way we 259 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:44,640 want it, Lord Jesus, but we just thank you for your goodness and 260 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:47,840 your kindness, Lord Jesus, that when you say something will come 261 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:51,520 to pass, Lord God, Jesus. So we choose to believe you over 262 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:54,880 our circumstances. We choose to believe you over 263 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:57,480 our emotions, Lord Jesus, because you are King and you are 264 00:17:57,480 --> 00:17:59,120 Lord over all, and we praise you. 265 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,640 Amen. Thank you so much. 266 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,280 Good job. Hey, well done. 267 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,560 I'm going to ask Daniel to come. Dudley, would you please come as 268 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:10,880 well before you sit down? You sort of halfway down. 269 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:13,920 Would you come and pray for Daniel for us, please? 270 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,920 Thank you, man. Sorry to make you walk all the 271 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,240 way out here. Cool. 272 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:20,120 Yeah. Come. 273 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:28,440 Thanks. Let's all stretch our hands out 274 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:33,640 towards Dan. Father, we thank you. 275 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:37,960 This man loves you. We thank you that we see how 276 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:43,800 every opportunity he gets, he talks about you, serves you, is 277 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:48,600 available with a servant heart. You've raised him up. 278 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:53,960 I remember the day I met him when he walked into that 279 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:57,720 meeting, the things you said to me about him. 280 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:02,200 And I want to just say, Lord, I believe them to this day. 281 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:05,840 We've seen some of it and there's so much more coming. 282 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:10,400 We ask that you'd bless him now his family. 283 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:15,400 You'd lift up wherever there is weariness. 284 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:19,920 Give them strength. You've said and you promised, 285 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:27,360 and it is true as your days, so shall your strength be that you 286 00:19:27,360 --> 00:19:31,720 also said, they that wait upon the Lord, they shall renew their 287 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:35,240 strength, that they shall walk and not grow weary. 288 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:40,400 They shall run and they shall rise up with wings like eagles. 289 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:45,120 And so we pray that for them as a family, their children growing 290 00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:47,680 up. But I pray now that whatever 291 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:51,360 he's going to share, that it'll come in the power of the Holy 292 00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:53,920 Spirit. Release him from any 293 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:58,720 intimidation, awkwardness, even lack lots of words or lack of 294 00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:04,080 understanding or words that you'll speak truth with boldness 295 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:10,640 and release that comes only from the One who brings freedom in 296 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:12,920 Jesus name, Amen. Amen. 297 00:20:23,360 --> 00:20:29,360 The global equip. Why say that at the beginning we 298 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:31,600 weren't going to go because financials. 299 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,600 And then we said, you know what, we're going to buy a ticket to 300 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,680 this the equip, not even a plane ticket, nothing like that. 301 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,440 And I remember that day we were on the beach. 302 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:43,760 We were just like, you know what, let's just do it. 303 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:46,600 However we're going to do, we're just going to do it. 304 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:50,080 And we just kept going. All right, let's try and work 305 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,640 out our work schedule. As men, we like to fix things 306 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:55,600 and try and get it all online. So I was like, all right, I'll 307 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,120 pick up some extra garden jobs, I'll do overtime, I'll do 308 00:20:58,120 --> 00:21:02,840 whatever I have to do. And God saw that heart and he 309 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,680 opened up a door to bring the blessing that he played, paid 310 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,400 for flights for us to get there. The door got opened that we 311 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,120 could be a part of the bigger things of NCMI, but the bigger 312 00:21:11,120 --> 00:21:14,000 things of God's doing over this world. 313 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,480 Do you connect with people that we thought we would never get 314 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,720 connected with? Guys from Canada, guys from 315 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:23,640 Spain, from Brazil, South Africa, now we've got doors 316 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,400 open, homes and places people like come, come. 317 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:28,600 So that's my first encouragement. 318 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:33,120 The next time that happens, put your faith out there step and 319 00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:37,080 say I don't, I don't have it and try work it out because God 320 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:38,360 wants to see your faith in action. 321 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:42,840 And when your faith is in action and you're beating just that 322 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,440 small little thing on the side of you, God's guarantee you're 323 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,560 going to pack the bill and he did. 324 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:52,240 That's my encouragement when you do that step out, he will supply 325 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,280 three things. One of the big things was 326 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,440 obedience that run through the entire conference. 327 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:02,320 Most of the the speakers spoke about obedience being our only 328 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,840 option. Obedience is now, the time is 329 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,680 now. And the next one they talked 330 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,680 about fruitfulness and multiplication. 331 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,560 And something that really struck me is when we're talking about 332 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,120 weariness, there was still fruit in weariness. 333 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,560 And this lady shared on faith. Well, her name was Faith as 334 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:25,560 well. Faith shared on faith in 335 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,560 unshakeable situations or in shakeable situations. 336 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,840 She was in her house. She planted a garden and then 337 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:34,560 the gods like she's like, I'm looking off this garden and like 338 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:35,640 actually going to move out of this house. 339 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,880 Now she's like, oh, I'm not going to water the garden 340 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,760 anymore. But then God spoke to her heart 341 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,040 and said, hey, you're watering for the next generation for that 342 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,400 garden. So there was fruit in her 343 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,400 shaking. There was fruit and weariness. 344 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,680 There was fruit and lack. There's fruit and abundance. 345 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:51,840 There's fruit and sowing. There's fruit and harvest. 346 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:56,480 If we join with what God is revealing us, if we can see what 347 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:58,280 He's doing, we will see the fruit. 348 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,480 If we're submitted to Him, we'll see the fruit no matter what 349 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,040 season we're in. Then from fruitfulness becomes 350 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:10,120 multiplication because something that Leo shared was a fruit has 351 00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:13,720 seeds in it. We ate an apple, Seeds come out, 352 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,680 there are multiple seeds in an apple, and then you plant it 353 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,800 again, and then more trees and apples come up with more seeds 354 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,880 inside of them, and then again and again and again and again. 355 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:28,800 That is the principle. But the beginning point starts 356 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:32,240 with obedience. If we can't be obedient, we 357 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,080 won't see fruit, we won't see a harvest, we won't see a 358 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,640 multiplication come. So I'm going to speak around 359 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:41,520 obedience this morning. Everyone likes this word 360 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,440 obedience. It's a word we never ever 361 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,080 graduate from. That's something that I really 362 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,240 felt strongly at the equip. No matter where you're at in 363 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,440 your walk with God, obedience is a word that you can never 364 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,920 graduate from. You continue to be obedient to 365 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:59,480 his voice. Before I get to the obedience 366 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:01,480 part, I'm going to talk about disobedience first. 367 00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:04,360 Some of the David said he's like, you might want to contrast 368 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:05,960 to this. I was like, actually a smart 369 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:06,520 idea. Hey. 370 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,760 So when I thought of disobedience, I thought of two 371 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,960 people in the Bible that there's significance of their 372 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,000 disobedience brought to generations. 373 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,320 We got Adam. Adam gave up his God-given 374 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,880 authority as Satan. As soon as Adam ate of the 375 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:28,080 apple, he had this awareness that he was naked and he was 376 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:30,560 ashamed and then the presence of God. 377 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:32,520 He was afraid of the presence of God. 378 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:39,080 He then was taken out of their garden, so he had his peace 379 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,640 taken away from him. The presence of God was hard and 380 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:43,480 I had to work to get to the presence of God. 381 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,640 And the next thing is his relationship was fractured, not 382 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,800 just with God, but with Eve. He said this is the woman that 383 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:54,040 you gave me God. She she right instantly there 384 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,640 was a relational fracture happening here from 385 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:58,800 disobedience. There was three things that 386 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,760 really stuck out to me was that he lost his authority. 387 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:03,600 He lost his peace in the presence of God. 388 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,240 And then his relationships are all fractured around that. 389 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,240 And we see that throughout all of the Bible, every relationship 390 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,280 from there had been fractured and broken. 391 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:15,960 Sin had tainted it. The second one is Saul. 392 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,320 Saul was anointed king by Samuel. 393 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:24,640 He was more afraid of people than afraid of God. 394 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:29,000 And in the end there was this last battle where I'm going to 395 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,440 read it in Samuel one. Yeah, one Samuel 15 one to 396 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,120 three. One day Samuel said to Saul, it 397 00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:38,080 was the Lord who told me to anoint you as king of of his 398 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,680 people, Israel. Now listen to the message from 399 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:42,920 the Lord. This is what the Lord of heavens 400 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,520 armies has declared. I have decided to set accounts 401 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:50,160 for the the nation of Amalek for opposing Israel when they came 402 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,640 from Egypt. Now go and completely. 403 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,760 The word here is completely destroy the entire like nation, 404 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:01,440 men, women, children, babies, cuddles, sheep, goats, camels 405 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:05,800 and donkeys. We skip further down to verse 20 406 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:09,400 and 22. This is what Saul was saying, he 407 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,000 said, but I obeyed the Lord. Saul insisted. 408 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,680 I carried out the mission that he gave me. 409 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,640 I brought back King Agag, but I destroyed everyone else. 410 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,680 Then my troops brought in the best of the sheep, The cattle 411 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,720 and the goats are plundered. The sacrifice to the Lord 412 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:28,480 regarding Gilgal. But Samuel replied, What is more 413 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,880 pleasing to the Lord, your burnt offerings or sacrifice or your 414 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,760 obedience to his voice? Listen, obedience is better than 415 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,160 sacrifice. Submission is better. 416 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:44,840 Saul was afraid and he wanted to kind of quote that, hey, these 417 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:48,040 are good animals, I'm sacrificing to God, but God 418 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:49,640 never said that to sacrifice them. 419 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,600 God said destroy them completely. 420 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:59,120 Saul didn't completely obey God. And from that very moment we see 421 00:26:59,120 --> 00:27:03,160 further on in that story, the presence that was on Seoul was 422 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,800 taken away. And and the sad thing is it 423 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,920 wasn't just Saul that had to have the ramifications of the 424 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:14,120 disobedience. His entire lion, God said, I'm 425 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:16,560 going to bless your lion to have the Kingdom of Israel. 426 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:20,440 When Saul did that, the entire family, the entire line of soul 427 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:24,200 was taken away from Israel as reigning king and God raised up 428 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,600 David. See, 1 little disobedience may 429 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,600 will not feel like it affects us now, but it's going to affect 430 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,240 generations and people that haven't even been born yet. 431 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,880 I want to talk about obedience now. 432 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:39,880 So we know, we know what disobedience is, right? 433 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:47,160 It is hearing the word of God and going Nah, or God knowing 434 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,240 something that God's told you to do or you stirred in and you go, 435 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,600 Nah, too odd. That's what Australians do, 436 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:54,920 right? We just go, ah, that's a bit too 437 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:56,120 odd. Put that in that basket over 438 00:27:56,120 --> 00:28:00,680 here. I shared this at Community group 439 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,120 and this, this verse has hit me again. 440 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,240 And I kept it in here because I was like, this has to happen. 441 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:09,600 So Acts 96 to 19 was a bit of a lengthy one, but we'll get 442 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,840 through it. Now get up and go into the city. 443 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:14,600 This is Saul and Paul at the moment. 444 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:16,640 We're just going to give us a paraphrase. 445 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,400 Actually, my apologies. Saul was going and hunting down 446 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:24,480 the Christians. But in this moment Saul had been 447 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,960 encountered with Christ, knocked off his horse, and he was 448 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,440 blinded. Now God was speaking to him. 449 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,760 And we'll start here. Now get up and go into the city 450 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,880 where I've told you what must must be do, must be done. 451 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,080 The men of souls stood speechless, for they heard the 452 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,000 sound of someone's voice, but they saw no one. 453 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,040 Saul picked himself off the ground, but when he opened up 454 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,880 his eyes he was blind. So his companions led him by the 455 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:50,200 hand out of Damascus. He remained there blind for 456 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:51,920 three days and did not eat or drink. 457 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:54,640 Now there's a believer in Damascus named Ananias. 458 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,240 The Lord spoke to him in a vision, calling Ananias. 459 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,160 Yes, Lord, he replied. The Lord said, go over to 460 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,640 Straight St. to the House of Judas. 461 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:07,560 When you get there, ask for a man of Tarsus named Saul. 462 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,320 He is praying to me right now. I have shown him a vision of a 463 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:15,680 man named Ananias coming in, laying hands on him so he can 464 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:20,400 see again. But Lord, exclaimed Ananias, 465 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:24,000 I've heard many people talk about this terrible things this 466 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,920 man has done to the believers in Jerusalem, and he is authorized 467 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:32,200 by the leading priest to arrest anyone who calls and calls upon 468 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:36,800 your name. But the Lord said, go, for Saul 469 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,840 is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and 470 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:43,360 to kings, as well as to the people of Israel, and I will 471 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,600 show him how much he will suffer for my name's sakes. 472 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:51,920 So Ananias went and found Saul. He laid his hands on him and 473 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,360 said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the 474 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:59,640 road has sent me, that you may regain your sight and be filled 475 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:02,440 with the Holy Spirit. Instantly, like scales full of 476 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,440 Saul's eyes, he regained his sight. 477 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:10,560 Then he got up and was baptized. Afterwards he ate some food and 478 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,400 regained his strength. Still sight there in the 479 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,120 believers Damascus for a few days. 480 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,280 See, Ananias had a little moment where he went. 481 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:21,400 He's actually got authority to do this. 482 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:24,040 Lord, Are you sure I'm hearing you correctly? 483 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,120 And the Lord says I've already shown him that it's you. 484 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:29,960 And so. And I says, all right, well, if 485 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,640 you've said you've said it, Lord, I'm going to do it. 486 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:35,320 And even that he gave him explicit instructions go down 487 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,680 straight, straight. If we listen carefully enough, 488 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,760 God will give us the right direction and instructions to us 489 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,200 to be obedient to what he's saying. 490 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:48,760 And from that, we're standing here because of what Ananias was 491 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,840 obedient to the word of God because Paul then later on we 492 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:55,120 see he's been changed to Paul and he writes the New Testament, 493 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,760 most of the New Testament, and we're standing here teaching the 494 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,840 New Testament today. And that revelation that he had, 495 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,160 generations were impacted by his obedience. 496 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:09,760 Many people came to know Jesus because of his obedience, but it 497 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:13,160 started with the man that was being prayed to, being asked for 498 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:14,960 a vision. Go and pray for this man. 499 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,360 So Ananias heard God and obeyed and it brought fruit for 500 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,560 generations and for generations to come that are unborn. 501 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,560 The next example I felt was Abraham. 502 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:33,760 We know Abraham was named Abram before he got a name change to 503 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:36,880 Abraham. And God called him out of his 504 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,600 own hometown and said, now leave and go to this town that I'm 505 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:44,160 going to show you. Canaan didn't tell him much more 506 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:47,120 about that, did he? He didn't say pack this much, go 507 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:49,120 this way. He just said go. 508 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:59,000 Abraham had barely any details, but he went, he obeyed God. 509 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,760 So this is another scripture. We may not have all the details, 510 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:09,000 but God's telling us through this, just do it because there's 511 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,960 an there's fruit from that obedience because then we see 512 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,880 that later on. He says, if you leave your 513 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,960 country, your relatives and your fathers, I will show you and 514 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:18,560 I'll make you into a great nation. 515 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:22,160 I will bless you and make you famous and a blessing to others. 516 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:26,120 As you become obedient, God will make you a blessing to others 517 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:30,640 around you and other generations to come will reap the harvest of 518 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:36,160 your obedience. Matthew 2818 and 20. 519 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,160 We all know this one, right? Jesus came and told his 520 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,480 disciples, I have given you all authority in heaven and earth. 521 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:46,800 Teach these new disciples to obey all my commands I've given 522 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:50,680 you and be sure of this, that I am with you to the end of the 523 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:55,240 age. Jesus said teach them to obey 524 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,560 all my commands. Now I've just lifted a few 525 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,640 commands here. Love God, love your neighbor, 526 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,160 forgive, turn your other cheek. Do not judge. 527 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,520 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out 528 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:09,840 demons, freely give as you freely receive. 529 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:11,480 Preach to the Kingdom is at hand. 530 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:14,480 Go and make disciples. They're just a few things that 531 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:18,080 God has commanded us as the church to be doing each and 532 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:21,520 every day. Jesus says he's coming back for 533 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:26,320 a ready bride that also includes obedient pride to his commands 534 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:29,800 because he says there teach the new disciples to obey all my 535 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:33,320 commands. That's a hard fun sometimes 536 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:35,840 because sometimes I don't want to turn my cheek. 537 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,320 Sometimes I'm learning how to obey when he says turn your 538 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:42,200 cheek. I haven't seen many demons cast 539 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,160 out, but I'm obeying that. That's that's what the word of 540 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:47,200 God says. I'm I'm doing it healing the 541 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,640 sick. We just got to put our hands on 542 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:51,560 someone and pray for them in his name. 543 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:55,000 We'll see these things because it says when you preach the 544 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:59,400 gospel, these things will come. We just got to be obedient to 545 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,760 the simple things and God's going to do what he wants to do 546 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:05,720 in that. So if Jesus is coming back for a 547 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,239 ready bride, he's coming back for a bride that listens and 548 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,480 loves and obeys his commandments. 549 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:17,639 Why do we need to obey? It keeps our hearts soft before 550 00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:19,920 the Lord. It keeps us able to hear his 551 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:24,000 voice and sensitive to what God's going to do in our lives, 552 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,280 through our lives around those around us. 553 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:30,960 If we're in a workplace, in a shopping center again, he said 554 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:34,120 go and make disciples. Go and share my good news. 555 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:37,560 These are things we have to be obedient to in the moments. 556 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,440 Be sensitive. And if we're in disobedience, 557 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,120 we're starting to nullify the voice of God. 558 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,080 We're starting to harden our hearts to what He said. 559 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,679 Then we won't hear clearly what He's trying to say. 560 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:52,239 See, obedience isn't a heavy thing. 561 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:53,880 Obedience is actually a freeing thing. 562 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:58,160 Obedience gives us a dependence on God like no other. 563 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:02,600 Obedience brings us in a deeper relationship with God. 564 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:07,600 That intimacy grows. Obedience reflects who He is to 565 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,560 others that need to see who He is. 566 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:15,440 A great example is Jesus as I as I land here. 567 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,640 Jesus is a great example of true obedience. 568 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:23,440 He heard the Father, He did. I know what the Father did to 569 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,320 say and do. He even was that obedient. 570 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:30,040 He went to the cross. He's not calling us to go to a 571 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:35,240 cross, but He showed us the true way of living an obedient life 572 00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:38,200 to the voice of God. She's going to end on this 573 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:40,760 scripture verse. So far I didn't write it in 574 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:42,480 there, so bear with me. I'm so sorry. 575 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:47,920 We are made alone, Christ. Once you were dead because of 576 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:51,560 your disobedience here, many sins, you used to live in sin 577 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:53,720 just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil, the 578 00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:55,600 commander, the powers of the unseen world. 579 00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:01,560 So Ephesians 21 to 8, He is a spirit at work in the hearts of 580 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:05,680 those to refuse to obey God. All of us, all of us used to 581 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,480 live that way, following the Passion as eyes, the inklings of 582 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:11,320 our spiritual nature. But by our very nature we are 583 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:14,080 subject to God's anger just like everyone else. 584 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:18,760 But God is so rich in mercy, and He loved us so much, that even 585 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:21,440 though we were dead because of our sins, He gave us life when 586 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,880 He raised Christ from the dead. It is only by God's grace that 587 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:28,080 we have been saved, for He raised us from the dead along 588 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:31,360 with Christ and seated us in the heavenly realms because we are 589 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:35,560 knighted with Christ. So God can point to us in all 590 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,560 future examples of the incredible wealth of His grace 591 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:43,040 and kindness towards us as shown all He has done for us who are 592 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:46,360 united in Christ. God save us by His grace when we 593 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,040 believed, and you cannot take credit for this. 594 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:52,800 It is a gift from God, salvation in the reward of things we have 595 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,480 done. So we cannot boast about it, for 596 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,080 God has. We are God's masterpiece. 597 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:01,040 He created us a new in Christ Jesus so we can do the good 598 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:03,120 things that He had planned for us long ago. 599 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:09,560 He has good things, precious things, treasures for us, but it 600 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,120 all starts with obedience to Him and His Word and His commands. 601 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,880 And as we be obedient, we start to walk in the purposes and 602 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:19,280 plans. And I can only start with a 603 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:22,200 small thing. And He'll continue to strengthen 604 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:25,560 you and build you as you go and take that next step of faith in 605 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:28,680 the obedience. You'll get to open up the doors 606 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:31,120 of destiny for yourself, but also people that are standing 607 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:34,880 behind you. We started off with 608 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,400 disobedience. Generations and generations to 609 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:39,280 come. Obedience and generations, 610 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:42,840 generations to come. Each and every one of us have an 611 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:47,360 obedience that people from behind us will step into the 612 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:51,000 inheritance of that. Yeah. 613 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:03,160 Lord, we want to be a a Church of people that is obedient to 614 00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:08,280 your voice, whether it's a small thing or a big thing. 615 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:13,240 Lord, obedience is obedience. And as we do that, as we step 616 00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:15,920 out, Lord, we, we thank you that you would show us what you're 617 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:19,600 doing. So help us through this day and 618 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:23,160 through the week ahead to keep our ear attuned to you, to keep 619 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:26,360 our hearts soft and sensitive to us. 620 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,520 Holy Spirit, is there anything that you're trying to show us 621 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:31,840 right now that we can be obedient to even right now? 622 00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:35,240 You're probably staring at some things, Lord, even show us how 623 00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:37,080 we can do that. You gave direction. 624 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:38,920 You gave specific details sometimes. 625 00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:42,720 Sometimes you don't. But Lord, we want to be that 626 00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:47,360 bride that's ready for you, pure, ready and getting yourself 627 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:52,000 for the day of your coming. Lord, So help us again. 628 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:55,280 Remind us again of your commands to teach them to those that have 629 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:59,600 come through, to obey all of them so that generations to 630 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:06,080 come, that nations around us would see who you are, who you 631 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:09,400 truly are. The lost would see the reflector 632 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:14,760 of the Father in us. Your face would shine out of 633 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:20,920 ours. Lord Jesus, we we thank you that 634 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,360 you are our greatest example of obedience. 635 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:28,000 Show us in your word again afresh grip our hearts on how 636 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,760 you were the true example of obedience. 637 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,560 We pray these things in your name, Amen. 638 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:48,200 Thank you, man. I was just like, I was thinking 639 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:52,240 like while while Daniel was speaking about, you know, God's 640 00:39:52,240 --> 00:39:55,960 leading for us and in our lives and stuff like that, you know, 641 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:59,040 God's got a, a very specific plan for us. 642 00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:03,080 You know, even with soul as as Daniel shared, it's just like 643 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,680 soul didn't get on board with God's plan. 644 00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,280 God didn't change his mind about the plan. 645 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:12,400 God just used someone else. And so it's the same with us, 646 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,960 like we don't live in a different place than these guys 647 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:17,120 lived. It's the same with us. 648 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:21,640 We could get on board with God's plan for our lives, for what 649 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:24,440 he's wanting to do, where we live, where He's got us. 650 00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:28,240 We could get on board. We could be used by God or we 651 00:40:28,240 --> 00:40:31,720 could not. And but God will have his way. 652 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:36,680 God's plan is God's plan. So he will use whoever is 653 00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:40,840 willing, you know, and he will move from one person to the next 654 00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:42,560 if need be. And I don't want us to be a 655 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:46,760 people that misses the opportunities that God has for 656 00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:49,760 us. You know, I was thinking about 657 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:54,200 Agps that you know, when you say when you put in a destination 658 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:58,080 and it goes all right, go down there and turn left or turn left 659 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,160 on this street or whatever, so that then you turn left. 660 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,840 When you turn left, then it gives you the next direction, 661 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:06,960 right? So it's like obedience opens the 662 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:11,800 way for the for more direction. Now, if I turn right, what does 663 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:15,000 it do? It redirects you, right? 664 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,800 So you could miss where God's leading you in your life. 665 00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:23,560 And it doesn't mean that God rides you off that OK, forget 666 00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:25,280 about it. I'm not going to bother with 667 00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:27,600 this person anymore. God doesn't do that. 668 00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:32,480 But God might have to redirect a new path for you might miss 669 00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:35,240 something, right? You could blow it. 670 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:37,560 You could miss it. If God was telling you how you 671 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:40,200 just marry this woman and you didn't and she married someone 672 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:43,080 else, you might have blown it. I don't think anyone in this 673 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:47,000 room, I don't think anyone in this room is like, OK, but do 674 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,200 you see my point? You could miss what God was 675 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,400 calling you to do and that might be done now. 676 00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:57,480 So that has to be OK. You have to put the past, let 677 00:41:57,480 --> 00:42:01,120 the past stay in the past and get on with what's in front 678 00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:06,760 because God does have another path for you and I if we blow it 679 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:09,560 so. And we thank you, Lord for that, 680 00:42:09,720 --> 00:42:13,080 Lord, we thank you, Lord, that that you don't turn your back on 681 00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:16,480 us and throw us away like we've we've been disobedient. 682 00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,720 That's it. You always, Lord, have a plan 683 00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:23,320 and a purpose for us. You are always drawing you 684 00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:27,400 sorry, drawing us to yourself. And so we thank you for that 685 00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:29,600 today, Lord. And I just pray for all of us in 686 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:32,840 this room, Lord, whatever the things that because the enemy 687 00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:35,360 remind us of all our messing up and all of those things. 688 00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:37,160 Lord, I pray freedom in this place. 689 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:41,160 I pray that you would free us in our thinking to know that the 690 00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:43,800 past is in the past and the future is ahead of us. 691 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:47,320 Lord, I pray that you would call us into your glorious future. 692 00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:52,040 You are the God of of life. You are the God of future of 693 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:55,560 inheritance God, and we thank you that you're leading us into 694 00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:59,360 those things and we praise you. Lord, even as we started, we 695 00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:02,720 just continue our day just giving you praise and glory. 696 00:43:03,240 --> 00:43:06,040 You're a wonderful God and we love you in this place. 697 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:12,880 Jesus name Amen. Thank you for joining us for 698 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:15,280 today's message. For more information about The 699 00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:19,480 Way Church, please visit ourwebsite@thewaychurch.com dot 700 00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:20,880 AU. Have a blessed day.