1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,840 I'm super excited about this world today. 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:05,800 Listen, we are starting a brand new series today and it's called 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:11,280 Strong Family. Yeah, let me put that up there. 4 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,600 A brand new series. Are you ready for the brand new 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:24,240 series Strong Family? Yay, Hallelujah, right. 6 00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:27,760 So we, we're going to start the brand new series, Strong Family, 7 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,160 and we're going to go straight into that. 8 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,000 So for the next couple of weeks, it's two weeks or so, we're 9 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,680 going to be focused on the family because God cares about 10 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:37,680 the family. Yeah. 11 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:40,280 OK. God, he loves family. 12 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,480 He delights and family and marriages. 13 00:00:43,480 --> 00:00:47,400 God cares about marriages, house, kids, children, family, 14 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,920 OK. And so God wants our homes to be 15 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:51,680 happy homes. Yeah. 16 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:57,080 He wants us to enjoy home life, happy homes, healthy homes. 17 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,600 He wants our homes to be stronger than ever before. 18 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,160 And so we're going to be looking at that for that couple of 19 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:05,560 weeks. So today we're just starting off 20 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,560 laying the foundation. So just going to go into it like 21 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,880 some foundations and then we're going to build every message on 22 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,200 strong family. And so today's first message is 23 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,680 called Strong Homes in a Shaky World. 24 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:18,760 How many of you know we live in a shaky world? 25 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,000 So I'll just put that up there because I really believe that 26 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:27,440 today is and now word for today because the times we are living 27 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:31,640 in, we are living in times of shaky, A shaky world. 28 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,080 And so I mean, let's just be honest, we just, you know, 29 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,800 sometimes it feels like life is just shaky. 30 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,920 It's just shaky around us, shaky in the economy, in the nations, 31 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,680 and it just feels some pressure rises, anxiety tries to creep in 32 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:54,560 and families face challenges. The homes, they come under 33 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,880 attack. And so the good news today that 34 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:03,520 I'm bringing is that when the world gets shaky, God still 35 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,680 knows how to build strong homes. Come on, somebody. 36 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,160 God knows how to build strong, solid homes on the rock. 37 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,120 Standing strong, solid on the rock, OK? 38 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,840 In shaky times, God knows how to build strong homes. 39 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,920 And we're going to look at that today from the book of Matthew 40 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:24,800 Chapter 7, Hallelujah, Matthew Chapter 7. 41 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,880 And we're going to pick it up from verse 24. 42 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:31,200 It says they forever hears these sayings of mine and does them I 43 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:35,320 will liken into a wise man who built his house on the rock. 44 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,560 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the wings blew 45 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:45,320 a bit on that house, and it did not fall, for it was founded on 46 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,200 the rocks. I just pray, Father, we thank 47 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,920 you for your goodness. We thank you for every family 48 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,240 represented in this place, in this room. 49 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:58,280 And Lord, we thank you that even when there's shakings, the 50 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,080 shaking world, that you are our rock. 51 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:04,440 You are our solid foundation, our peace and our help. 52 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:07,600 And I pray that this message will stir faith and strengthen 53 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,640 homes today. Jesus mighty name, we pray 54 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:13,680 somebody shower, Amen. And so if you look in context, 55 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,000 you to put in context Jesus in Matthew Chapter 7, he's talking 56 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,720 about two houses, two homes. And so he goes and he talks 57 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,080 about right now one house stands, OK, just stood and the 58 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,880 other one fell, right? So and you see the storm coming, 59 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,960 but there's two homes, 2 houses, but two very different outcomes, 60 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,120 two different results. The one stood in the one fell. 61 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,000 Now the one that's not because there was no storm and no 62 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,840 problems. He stood because he was built on 63 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,240 the rock. So the message is very clear. 64 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,600 The problem is not the storm, it focuses. 65 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:53,480 The factor is the foundation. OK, so if your life and your 66 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:58,480 family is built on the rock, you don't have to be shaken by 67 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,760 anything, not the economy, not circumstances, difficulties, 68 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,680 challenges. You do not have to be shaken by 69 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,240 anything. Come on, somebody, if your life 70 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,560 is built on Jesus Christ in the word of God, on the solid rock, 71 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,080 you do not have to be shaken by anything that the world throws 72 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,800 at you. No storm, no, no difficulty, 73 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:18,120 because you're built on the rock. 74 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:22,240 So you can stand strong, you can stand secure, you can stand 75 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,400 victorious. Somebody shout strong house. 76 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:27,760 Yeah, Hallelujah. Strong house. 77 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:29,480 And so are you with me. Somebody. 78 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:33,840 So I want you, you to grab this. That it's not the storm that's 79 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:35,600 the problem. The difficulty is shaking. 80 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,680 It is. We've got to look at the 81 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,400 foundation. What is pulled on? 82 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,240 What's the difference between the houses? 83 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:47,880 Because you look at both houses when you read both houses face 84 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,480 pressure. Both houses, The storm came. 85 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,600 The wind, the rain faced the storm. 86 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,960 So the shakening will everywhere. 87 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,600 Everyone goes through the storms of life, It will come to 88 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:01,400 everybody. So it came to both houses. 89 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:03,760 Both were tasted. OK. 90 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:08,640 But the difference is not in what came against the house. 91 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,800 It's not the storm. The difference is what they were 92 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:13,560 build on. Yeah. 93 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:18,080 The one build on a rock and the other one pulled on sand. 94 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,480 Yeah, which side do we want to be on? 95 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,000 Church. We want to be on the rock. 96 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,680 Let's just be very honest, you know, let's just be real in the 97 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,040 House of God, OK? We don't want any flaky stuff. 98 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,920 We want to be real. We don't just want to just go 99 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:35,080 through this or we want to be storm proof. 100 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,480 We want to be rock solid, unshakable, because the shakings 101 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:39,920 is coming. Everything is going to be 102 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:41,840 shaken. We are living in it. 103 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:44,840 It is going to keep on shaking. So we've got to look at the word 104 00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:48,760 of God, what it takes for us to be storm proof because the 105 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:49,800 rainfalls. But what do we do? 106 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,840 We put on a raincoat. Simple, simple. 107 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,920 There's certain things that we can do in the word of God that's 108 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:00,040 going to make you storm proof when the economy hits, wherever 109 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,840 the world, the World War 3, whatever the difficulty, 110 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:06,880 whatever you want to be storm proof, you want to be safe in 111 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:08,440 the ark like Noah and his family. 112 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:11,080 So we want to be in that safe place. 113 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,520 OK, because both store, both houses were it. 114 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:16,240 But what made the difference is the rock. 115 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,280 So yes, the storms, they're real, but the rock is stronger. 116 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:22,760 So there's something that's strong that's going to give us 117 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,360 that firm foundation that's going to make a solid rock in 118 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,080 these entires. OK. 119 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,080 And so that's what we're going to look at today as we lay this 120 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,320 foundation in the series. OK. 121 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:34,680 So the rock is stronger. Somebody say the rock is 122 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,400 stronger. Tell your neighbors, say the 123 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,960 rock is stronger. Yeah. 124 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:44,680 Yeah, it's just simple because Jesus never said that we would 125 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:48,480 have a life without problems. Nowhere in the Bible Jesus never 126 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,240 promises said there's going to be no storms, no problem, you're 127 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:52,520 going to have a problem free life. 128 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,000 No, but Jesus shows us in his word. 129 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,840 The Bible is the answer is the road map. 130 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:00,840 Jesus shows us the principle what to do, how to bolt and how 131 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:03,680 to stand in the middle of the storm, how to stand in the 132 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,440 state, how to stand in these same times, what to do and how 133 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,240 to stand strong. That is what Jesus said. 134 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:11,720 OK, so storms will cut not Eve, but when. 135 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,840 But Jesus gives us this powerful principles in the word of God 136 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,480 that we're going to look about how to be storm proof. 137 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,280 And so, yes, if it's raining, all of that, I like, how am I 138 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,400 going to stay dry? Put on a raincoat, Simple. 139 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,080 So there's certain principles that we could do. 140 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,480 And I'm going to show you from the word of God today how we can 141 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:31,360 storm prove our homes. Are you ready for this somebody? 142 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:32,560 Yeah. OK. 143 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,040 Because I wanted to start out this theory just so you know 144 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:39,600 that your home, it matters to God, your marriage, your family 145 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:44,240 matters to God. The atmosphere in your home, God 146 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,880 cares about the atmosphere. It matters to God. 147 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,200 OK, So the people in your home, they're not just there by 148 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,480 accident. The people in your home, your 149 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:57,360 loved ones, your family, their gifts from God, your spouse is a 150 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:01,080 gift from God. OK, Yeah, I thank God for my 151 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,080 wife and my kids. They gift from God. 152 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:05,880 Our family, they're treasures from heaven. 153 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,720 I mean, these people. And so that is why, because 154 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,040 they're so valuable, that is why the enemy attacks the home. 155 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:18,000 That's why the enemy comes against family, marriages, homes 156 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,480 against the kids, comes against the home, because he knows that 157 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:25,320 if he can attack their home and he can weaken the home, then he 158 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:30,240 can wound the people in it and bring instability for the next 159 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,080 generation. And so that is why the enemy is 160 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:37,360 doing everything he cans to fight the home, fight the 161 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:41,640 families, OK? But listen, the enemy does not 162 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,120 get the final say over your house. 163 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,880 Come on somebody, when your house belongs to Jesus, the 164 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:50,840 enemy does not have the final say over your home, over your 165 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,200 family. God has the final say. 166 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:54,880 I was like, God for me, my house we will. 167 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:57,600 So this house belongs to God, to you, Lord. 168 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:02,440 And so God has the final say. Somebody say that God has the 169 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,080 final say. Come on, say that again. 170 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:07,800 God has the final say. Somebody shout Hallelujah. 171 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,280 Yeah, God has the final say now maybe you year today and you 172 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,880 say, well, pastor, my home, OK, My home doesn't have it all 173 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,000 together. My home is not perfect all the 174 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,960 time. Right now my home is not going. 175 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,160 OK, let's just settle that right now. 176 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:26,920 It's OK, OK, Because none of our homes are perfect. 177 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,080 None of our homes, our family lives are perfect. 178 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,240 It's got it all together. We've arrived somewhere, OK? 179 00:09:32,680 --> 00:09:37,840 Every family faces pressure. Every family goes through 180 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:41,720 something that they wish that they could do over again, OK? 181 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,000 Some difficult moments, some challenging moments. 182 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,920 Every family face pressure. And as had those stretch 183 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,880 seasons, OK, comes to every home, every family. 184 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:54,960 But that doesn't mean that God cannot bless your home, OK? 185 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,280 So let's just be real, OK? Because God is a rebuilder. 186 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:01,960 Yes, He's a restorer. He can restore what's lost. 187 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:05,960 He can heal what's broke. But what's broken and what's 188 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:07,600 been hurt? Come on. 189 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:11,160 God can. He's more than able to make your 190 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:15,880 home strong, To make your home strong and safe and secure. 191 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:20,160 Full with the fullness of God. God knows how to build your 192 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:20,840 house. Come on. 193 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,960 Somebody shout Hallelujah. Yeah, and that drinks to Joshua 194 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,720 24. Now Joshua stood in front of the 195 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,080 people and he makes his bold declaration and he sets it in 196 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,080 verse 15. He says, but As for me and my 197 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:36,400 house, we will serve the Lord, Amen. 198 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:41,920 And I love that because Joshua decided Joshua was not in 199 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:46,200 between in or out, OK? It's not like, OK, let's just 200 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,960 wait and see what happens with how the culture, where the 201 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,000 economy is going, where the culture, which way that goes, 202 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:53,840 OK? No, he made-up his mind. 203 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:59,720 He made a decision, a choice, a declaration that is not going to 204 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,040 be waiting for the culture. He didn't say, well, let's just 205 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,800 see what happens. Let's just see. 206 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,040 No, he didn't say that. We will serve God. 207 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:11,360 You know, when life is good, we will serve God. 208 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,120 When it's convenient, then we will serve God. 209 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,800 He did not say, listen, let the world, we're just going to wait 210 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,080 and see. Let the world decide how we 211 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:26,120 live. He, he drew a line in the sand. 212 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:30,680 He made a choice in the decision and he declared that, listen, 213 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:34,520 regardless of culture in the world for me and my house, this 214 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:36,640 is the direction we're going. We're going to be built on the 215 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:38,280 rock. We're going to go for God. 216 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:42,040 We will serve the Lord. Somebody say we will serve the 217 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:44,760 Lord. Come on, shout Hallelujah. 218 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:49,200 I want you to declare again, say my house, we will serve the 219 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,120 Lord. Amen. 220 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:56,360 So point #1 every strong home starts with a decision. 221 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,320 So we make a decision, we make a choice, we make up our mind. 222 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,240 We say, right, this is what we're going to do. 223 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,120 It starts with a decision because homes do not become 224 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:12,280 strong by accident, just automatically just by the by 225 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:17,440 chance OK by accident. When it's like neutral by 226 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:24,080 default it drifts, but a strong decision on how it stands. 227 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:26,880 Drifting. The problem with drifting is 228 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:32,240 very subtle. If you fly and an aeroplane and 229 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:37,320 that plane can go off course, if it's a few degrees off, it can 230 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,080 go off course. The pilots will tell you just a 231 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,120 few degree. You see, at first it looks 232 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:43,320 great. OK, we're on our way. 233 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:45,920 It doesn't seem like anything is wrong. 234 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,760 We seem like we're going to our destination, but just a few 235 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:54,800 degrees off. If that the plane is just a, it 236 00:12:54,800 --> 00:13:00,960 can cause miles off for that plane to land where it's 237 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,440 supposed to land. That's the danger of saddle 238 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,880 drifting. It can happen to families too. 239 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:12,120 A little drift step, every little step, every little day, a 240 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:16,880 little less pray, a little less Bible reading, a little less 241 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,680 time together, a little less honor in the house. 242 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,080 And it's drifting slowly. In the beginning, it doesn't 243 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,720 seem anything, but it's slowly. It's just drifting. 244 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,240 And that is the danger. And that is why this matters so 245 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,400 much, because the strong homes, OK, don't just happen by chance. 246 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:36,520 Strong homes take intention on purpose. 247 00:13:36,680 --> 00:13:38,320 Intentional. That's right. 248 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,040 Make a decision. Yes. 249 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:44,840 And I love Joshua's Paul's decision that he says that for 250 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:46,920 me and my house. And today we make a decision. 251 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:50,720 We are not leaving our homes just for chance, just for 252 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:51,440 chance. OK? 253 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:56,320 Listen, if nobody decides the direction of your home, the 254 00:13:56,320 --> 00:14:01,560 culture will. If you don't set the tone in 255 00:14:01,560 --> 00:14:07,040 your home, the world will. If nobody takes the lead, 256 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,400 something else will take the lead. 257 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:14,440 The culture will take the lead if we don't take the lead. 258 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,280 If nobody takes the lead, the culture will. 259 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:20,040 The world will. The social media will. 260 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,000 OK. And so if you don't decide the 261 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:28,840 direction of your home, the world will gladly decide for you 262 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:33,880 what happens in your house. So we have got to be bold. 263 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:36,200 We've got to stand and make a stand. 264 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,200 And I love it when Doctor Rodney Howard Brown took a stand. 265 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:44,160 When they say shut your church down or we will arrest you, he 266 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:47,040 said, the Bible says we gather together, we will keep the 267 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:48,920 church open. And when they arrested him, he's 268 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:50,600 in prison. But they had to release him 269 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:55,440 again. And now they are baking a stand. 270 00:14:56,480 --> 00:15:00,080 So we have got to stand. We are the resisting restrainer, 271 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:02,440 OK? We are standing for what is 272 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,400 right. And that's what I love because 273 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,640 Joshua understood this. He's like, listen, this, 274 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,920 somebody has got to stand up. Somebody has got to rise. 275 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,560 Somebody has got to take the lead and say for me in my house, 276 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:16,200 we will serve the Lord. And he made that bold statement. 277 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,400 And that's what I love about Joshua. 278 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:22,360 And so I believe this is a word for us today for our lives. 279 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:26,280 So God is calling us back to the rock, calling us back to the 280 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,480 Word, calling us back to prayer, back to the praises of God. 281 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,080 Come on, somebody shout Hallelujah. 282 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:35,680 Yeah, this is, we are living in ancient, not a time now to float 283 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:37,640 and drift and take it easy occasionally. 284 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:42,200 Now is the time to decide. Now is the time to make a stand 285 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,800 and to say with confidence, As for me and my house, we will 286 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,240 serve the Lord. Amen. 287 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:52,520 OK, so that's the foundation. Now that we've got the 288 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,920 foundation, now let's go deeper. Once you've decided we've made 289 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:58,240 the choice, we've decided we take a stand there. 290 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,480 Now the next one comes. The question is what will fool 291 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:07,000 the house, OK. Because whatever is filling the 292 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,200 house will shape the people in it. 293 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,640 It will form the people in it, OK. 294 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:17,000 And so I want to give you some things that must fool your house 295 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,800 for a strong house. OK. 296 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:24,040 And the very first thing, a strong house is God's presence. 297 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:29,840 And we see this in second Samuel chapter 6, verse 11. 298 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:34,480 It says the ark of the Lord remain in the House of Obadi 299 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,360 Edom the guitar. And the Lord placed Obadiah and 300 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,440 all his household. Somebody say all his household. 301 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:46,120 So the Bible says that God blessed Obadiah Edom and his 302 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:50,960 entire household. So when the ark of God came into 303 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,720 his house, now the ark of the Lord represents the presence of 304 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,360 God. The moment the ark came into the 305 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:00,080 house, the presence of God, the thing that happened, and he 306 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,160 wasn't just about it was his entire household. 307 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:03,760 The entire household was blessed. 308 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:09,119 So the moment the presence of God comes in, just like possibly 309 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:13,880 shed the life, life comes, it comes alive. 310 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,960 When the presence of God comes in, the blessing of God comes 311 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:20,040 with it. OK, so God's blessing upon the 312 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,280 household is connected to his presence. 313 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:26,240 So the moment we welcome God's presence into our homes, always 314 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:31,320 welcome God's presence, but comes with his blessing upon the 315 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:36,840 entire household, the the kids, the home, the family life, every 316 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:40,320 area there's a blessing. And so it tells me that we are 317 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:45,320 not just called to build a nice cozy house, nice furniture, nice 318 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:46,440 things. And that's all good. 319 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,640 I have nice for a nice house and nice busy hours. 320 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:54,280 OK, but we are called to build a Godfold house. 321 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,960 Amen. I might not have all the nice 322 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:02,320 fancy furniture, but you know what I want the presence of God 323 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:06,640 in the house. Number one, I'm like, Lord, your 324 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,320 praises, come see your first and yes, we'll look at the sofas in 325 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:11,320 the furniture and that's great at the blazing walk up. 326 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,200 But first of all, I work. So first thing and I thank God 327 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,360 when we moved in, Charles at Blue Mountain, God bless us, a 328 00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:22,680 brand new house, brand new. And I realized I walk into this 329 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:25,960 house, This is the first owners, the first people. 330 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,120 God blessed us. We're like, OK, thank you, Lord, 331 00:18:28,120 --> 00:18:30,200 for buying this. The first people in this house, 332 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,960 the first thing I did, Lord, this house belong to you. 333 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,960 Your presence is welcome in this house. 334 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:42,960 Oh, the presence of God is welcome for me. 335 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,160 And how we will step along. Yeah. 336 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,880 Yeah. And so the praises of God in the 337 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:48,760 house. OK. 338 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:52,800 Because the house is more than just furniture and routines and 339 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:55,240 more than you know, here's the thing. 340 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:58,640 A house carries an atmosphere. You can feel it. 341 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:00,320 Yeah. Yeah. 342 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:01,800 You can feel. You don't even really need the 343 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:03,000 sermon. You walk into your house, you 344 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,560 can feel it. You can feel the atmosphere in 345 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:07,080 the house. Just walk through the door. 346 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:09,280 You feel it. There's some houses you walk in. 347 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:11,760 You feel peace in this house. Peace. 348 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:13,800 This house. I walk into the house through 349 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:15,000 the door. I feel. 350 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:17,160 I feel like I feel this is alive. 351 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,440 This house is alive. You walk in some houses, you 352 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,840 feel pressure. Why is this house still so 353 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,880 heavy? Pressure, The pressure pressing 354 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,600 thing at this house. Because every house, when you 355 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:30,840 walk into a house, you can feel it like that. 356 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:32,440 Every house carries an atmosphere. 357 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,560 It carries an atmosphere. It's not neutral, okay? 358 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:38,360 It carries an atmosphere. Are you with me, somebody? 359 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,200 Now I want to show you something in Deuteronomy 6 because it 360 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:42,920 brings this into our everyday lives. 361 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,760 It says you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, 362 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:47,360 with all your soul, with all your strength. 363 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:51,320 You shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk 364 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:55,200 then when you sit in your house, OK, so I said, listen, I want 365 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:58,240 you Jesus saying I want you to love me and Jesus saying, 366 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,400 listen, I don't just want you to love me now and I want you to 367 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,280 love me with all of your life, with your heart, with 368 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:03,280 everything. I want you to love me. 369 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,240 And then I want you to talk to your kids about me. 370 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:09,400 I want you to talk about my ways way we just read it. 371 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:12,480 Where where do you want to talk about it? 372 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:18,120 At the house? OK, so that's what he want. 373 00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:22,360 He's like, listen, I want you to talk about the ad hoc, not just 374 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:24,960 at church. So it just tells me that faith 375 00:20:25,120 --> 00:20:27,600 is not meant to just stay at church on a Sunday. 376 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:31,840 Faith is meant to live at your house right there in your home. 377 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:39,120 That's why we everyday lives at the prayer breakfast table, 378 00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:43,480 dinner table, bedtime praise, bedtime, read OK in the house. 379 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:48,320 He's saying I want you to talk about me in the house and that's 380 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,720 a stronghold. That's what he says in your 381 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,160 daily conversations. A stronghold is built when the 382 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:58,480 things of God becomes normal in your everyday life. 383 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,480 Prayer becomes normal in the house. 384 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,720 Talking about God, praise and worship God is normal. 385 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,320 It becomes normal. The word of God becomes normal 386 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:15,000 in the house, in the house with my kids, with my we can talk 387 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,800 about God, we can talk about the word, prayer time. 388 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:24,120 It becomes a normal a part of your everyday life. 389 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:26,280 OK. And so that is how a house 390 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:30,480 becomes strong, day by day, choice by choice, having 391 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,920 conversations about God. Let's talk about God in the 392 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:33,880 home. Let's pray. 393 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,760 And it's not spooky or weird or anything, OK? 394 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:39,560 We just, every day is normal, right? 395 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,720 And we talk about God. And so with God first. 396 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:49,560 Now if you want a strong home, we make room for his presence. 397 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:55,240 That's the first one. I mean, now the next one that 398 00:21:55,240 --> 00:22:01,000 you must fill your house for a strong home very important is 399 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,040 joy, because the joy of the Lord is your strength. 400 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,280 And a family that laughs together lasts longer together, 401 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:13,680 OK Laughing, enjoying life, enjoying each other, OK. 402 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:18,200 Because it's a strong home. It should be alive, OK. 403 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,920 Yes, of course there should be standards in our home, standards 404 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:22,760 and boundaries, sort of. But there should also be 405 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,360 laughter. We should all be laughing and 406 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:27,920 enjoying one another and celebrate one another in the 407 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:28,680 home. OK. 408 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:30,600 Yeah. It's not just all work and no 409 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,440 play. We got to play together in the 410 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,120 home and have fun, OK. And I just love it because I 411 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:36,480 enjoy. I play dinosaur. 412 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,640 My kids jump on my back and we just play and we laugh. 413 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,160 And we have a ball of. So we have got to laugh, Yeah, 414 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,720 in our homes and play with one another and enjoy each other, 415 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:46,840 OK. Because they need to be more 416 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,160 play because we are living in such a busy life. 417 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,280 Everything busy, busy, busy, busy with this, everyone's 418 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,800 rushing, busy with that pressure, yeah, pressure that if 419 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:59,200 we are not careful, the home can feels like boot camp or just 420 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,720 rushing boot camp feels like this pressure zone just 421 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,080 constantly. But a strong home should not 422 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:09,480 feel like boot camp, just just the pushing that no, it should 423 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:13,040 feel like a happy, joyful love after he says medicine. 424 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,920 The Bible says, come on, we got to take our lack of belly love 425 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,560 and they say, you know, kids love up to like so many times 426 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:23,400 during the day and that's good laugh this medicine. 427 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,840 And so we got to laugh and enjoy life and God wants us to enjoy 428 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,040 life everyday life. It's not just work hard with 429 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:33,360 that. We do that, but we have also got 430 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:36,080 to enjoy everyday life. Jesus come that we can enjoy 431 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:40,520 life everyday life. So we enjoy our family, we enjoy 432 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,560 one another. And he says yeah, in 433 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,040 Ecclesiastes, not enjoy life with your wife. 434 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,080 Come on. Oh, come on, guys. 435 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:48,440 Am I the only one? Yeah. 436 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:50,960 OK, guys, come on. I enjoy your life. 437 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:51,760 OK. Yeah. 438 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,000 Thank you. Jules. 439 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,720 Mike, I I've said summer, somebody's with me. 440 00:23:56,360 --> 00:23:58,000 Wonderful times. We are. 441 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:02,480 It's just amazing. OK, so we just hold hands and 442 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,960 you know, Michelle, I'm like yeah, okay, all right, so I'm 443 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:08,000 enjoying my life, Happy Mother's Day. 444 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,880 So yeah, enjoy life now. Enjoy it. 445 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,400 We got to enjoy each other. We got to love, we got to have 446 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,400 fun, OK, because the world out there is very stressful. 447 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:21,640 And when we come home, we want to have that relaxed time. 448 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,840 Even though we've got some busy boys jumping off the couches, we 449 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:30,080 still we in and through all of that, it's it's not perfect, but 450 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:34,280 there has to be some laughter, some joy, OK, some everyday 451 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,120 simple moments. You know, when children, they 452 00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:41,080 talk about what they enjoy about their family, it's most of the 453 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:47,120 time it's not about the, the big flashy day out or the big 454 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:50,200 distractions. And we thank God for the, the, 455 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:53,600 the rides and the Legoland and all these places. 456 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:58,840 But most of the times the kids say time with dad, with family, 457 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,760 mom and dad family together, those simple moments. 458 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:04,920 And Michelle and I've, we have seen this with our boys. 459 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,280 We have found this in our home now. 460 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:13,160 We have pulled back a lot on constant screen time, constant 461 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,880 PlayStation, all that because we we've decided to make more room 462 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:22,160 for family time around the table and played some board games. 463 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,160 You know, like, you know, you showed us how to play, you know, 464 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,480 I mean, I don't know. And then you play so many board 465 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,560 games. I mean, I'm like, thank God for 466 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,440 board games and we've got Scrabble. 467 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,160 I've never assignment showed us how to play Scrabble and we sit 468 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:35,560 around the table and play Scrabble. 469 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:37,360 I've never played Scrabble in South Africa. 470 00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:40,800 OK, I'm like, wow, that's the and we just love these board 471 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,160 games. OK, I grew up, I knew about 472 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,120 snakes and ladders. That's a nice board game. 473 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,920 And so we as a family sit around and we could spot for the it's 474 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,200 right because we pulled back from the concert some screen 475 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:52,240 time. All of a sudden we're sitting 476 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,080 around the table and we're laughing, we're enjoying 477 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,160 ourselves, we're interacting. What a turn around in our 478 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:57,480 family. Yeah. 479 00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,320 We've personally seen this in our home. 480 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,000 Yeah. And one, one time there was just 481 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,200 we had like a place in every room. 482 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,800 I'm like, what on earth? Let's get rid of all the the 483 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:11,280 screen time, you know, and let's start playing board games. 484 00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:15,280 Let's sit around the table. And, you know, it's so funny 485 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,520 when I realize some people like these board games that, you 486 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:20,680 know, some people they, they play for fun, but then some 487 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:24,880 people play to win. I'm like listeners without kids. 488 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,280 I'm like, OK, it's a board game. But, you know, some play. 489 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:31,000 Listen, you got to win this. This is like the final of the 490 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:35,160 World Cup, you know, And then some people need counselling off 491 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,120 of the second round of Snakes and Ladders. 492 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,240 At some point. I really, because I realized 493 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:45,400 Joshi, my 4 year old beating me on snakes and ladders and I 494 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:49,520 realized, OK, this game is playing level field because my 495 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:53,000 degree and my smart and my talents not going to cause me to 496 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,480 win this game. I'm like, so how can I figure 497 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,760 out how am I going to win my 4 year old in this game because 498 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:00,440 Joshi, my 4 year old is beating me. 499 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,560 It's snakes and ladders rolling the dice. 500 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,400 I'm like, Oh my goodness. So it's not about how smart I am 501 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,920 on my qualifications or but and that's what I love about these 502 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,520 board games because it's teaching us so many things. 503 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,160 It's just it's those moments and it may, it's like teach 504 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,720 patience, self-control. These create these amazing 505 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,800 memories in our families. And honestly, they've become 506 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:24,920 some of these amazing meaningful moments in our home, in our 507 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,360 family. Because The thing is with 508 00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:31,520 screens, constant screen time can become isolating. 509 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,400 And you have so many people in the room, but it's like everyone 510 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,320 is in the room. They're there, but they're not 511 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,280 there. Like 1 is on YouTube, 1 is on 512 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,240 face monitor. And it's like in the same room, 513 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:41,840 but everyone is in their own little world. 514 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,480 And I've seen literally our hunt transformed like that. 515 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,480 And that guy, like, listen, I want you to share this with the 516 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,600 church because this works. This is a principle. 517 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,360 And all of a sudden we sit around the table, we are 518 00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:58,760 interacting with my sons. We're talking, we are laughing, 519 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,040 we are connecting. Yeah. 520 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,160 And so, yeah, I mean, I was just amazed because Simon taught us 521 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,280 how to play Scrabble and here I have. 522 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:11,320 I'm like you, you showed us. Now the boys come to me and and 523 00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:13,440 I said, like, Dad, can we play someone on Scrabble? 524 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,520 I'm like, I'm my word. Isn't that incredible? 525 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:17,720 What a turn around. And here's the thing, what I 526 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:19,720 love about Snakes and Ladders, even though it's like a very 527 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,120 basic Snakes and Ladders is a picture of life. 528 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:25,160 Life. Come on, somebody. 529 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,280 I nearly, I wanted to bring the, the board game here this morning 530 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:31,360 just to show us how amazing metaphor that is of life because 531 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:34,080 it's full of ups and downs. That's life. 532 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:38,280 Oh yeah, it's, it's up and down life and, and, and and that 533 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,240 simple book, it teaches us so many things. 534 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,800 Up and down life. That's life. 535 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,160 Yeah. The one time, 1 moment we are 536 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,560 praising God, we hit a ladder, we are going up. 537 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:54,800 Oh, and the very next moment we hit the snake and we are sliding 538 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:59,680 down. Oh boy, that my boys have been 539 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,480 laughing at Daddy When I hit that snack, I'm right at the 540 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:04,880 top. I'm about to win that boy. 541 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,480 I'm like, come on now, I got to win this. 542 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:09,720 And then I hit that snack like all the way back down. 543 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,120 Oh, those boys love it. They love it when they beat 544 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,680 Daddy on the board. And I'm like, this is just 545 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,200 crazy. You know, the one moment we hit 546 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,760 the ladder, we're climbing up, and then the next moment we hit 547 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,320 the snake sliding down, repuking snakes. 548 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,560 I'm repuking them. Oh, my God. 549 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,320 I'm gonna just review that snake on that board game. 550 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,160 No, no. And that is his life. 551 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:36,480 Life is full of ups and downs, wins and losses, forward 552 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:40,160 progress and then setbacks. And I'm like, wow, this is you 553 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:44,680 can really learn something about board games, snakes and ladders. 554 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:47,840 And he just teaches the children how to wait. 555 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,360 They take. Yeah. 556 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,520 And so how to handle disappointment. 557 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,240 Yeah. And how to lose without falling 558 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:57,800 apart. You know, I got it. 559 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:01,120 And after this guy, OK, I need some cancer with, you know, and 560 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:06,520 also how to win without becoming pride proud. 561 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:11,080 And so for them to keep on going, it teaches them just keep 562 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:12,120 on going. OK, done. 563 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:15,160 Now we have a meltdown. Or just keep on going even now 564 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,360 when things don't go your way. It's a ball guy. 565 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:20,400 But he's great. It's teaches to it teaches our 566 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:24,280 kids I've seen a huge turn around in these basic things and 567 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,120 you know, I just love this verse. 568 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:32,160 It says here in Proverbs 2416 when a righteous man person of 569 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:35,640 my fall 7 times that arise again and one of the greatest things 570 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,240 you can teach your teach your kids is resilience. 571 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:41,880 Get it back up again so many times. 572 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,960 Get back up again. You know, maybe it's they fall 573 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:47,360 off their bicycle or so we just like, come on, you're going back 574 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,760 on your butt. Try again, pray again, trust God 575 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:54,080 again. It's to get back up again, OK. 576 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:56,640 And that is what those family moments are doing. 577 00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,600 And it's just not only just ball games, you know, I've just seen 578 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,360 amazing when we go to John's Lane, play football. 579 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:06,960 Wow, we go play volleyball. My word. 580 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:11,120 It's incredible how it teaches the kids when we go for a bike 581 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:14,560 ride, Frisbee, have a picnic, we go fishing. 582 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:18,120 We're just out and about. And that is not just interested, 583 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:22,840 it bolds family. Oh, we live in a busy world, 584 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,600 maybe in the world that's not very flashy, you know. 585 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,960 Oh, you're going for your that bolds family. 586 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:34,640 It's I've seen it in our lives. We are in that fight. 587 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,520 And I've seen how we just go and we go simple. 588 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,120 I mean, we've just got to play football. 589 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:44,200 The boys that come alive, they learn things. 590 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,240 OK. Are you with me, somebody? 591 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,120 Yeah. It's just those kids didn't 592 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,080 show. The children know how what it 593 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:55,160 feels like. They how to feel, how joy feels 594 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:59,440 like, teach each other how love feels like, how safety feels 595 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,920 like. Yes. 596 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:04,200 What? Yeah, How it feels like. 597 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,520 Because, you know, people might not always remember what you 598 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,600 said. And this cause in any corporate, 599 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:15,400 they might not always remember what you said, but people will 600 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:20,000 remember how you made them feel. Yeah, that's not true. 601 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,360 Yeah, that's not true. They'll always remember how you 602 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:27,280 made them feel and that's what I want my boys and my family. 603 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:32,560 That's a leg is that I want my boys that it was a safe home. 604 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:38,680 A home was joyful, safe warmth. I want them that for them, for 605 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,720 my kids, for them to feel wow, their home was safe and for. 606 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:48,600 And that doesn't mean it's perfect, but when he's fallen 607 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,520 off the bicycle or something's happened, there's been a 608 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:54,240 meltdown. Things go rough and tough and in 609 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:58,040 the Hut, even though we've been knocked down 7 times. 610 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:02,360 OK, right, Not perfect, but by the grace of God we can stand 611 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:06,880 back up again. Hallelujah, family life. 612 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:11,720 That's what I love. So yes, bring correction, set 613 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:16,120 boundaries, put that in play, but also love, celebrate one 614 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,840 another, play together, enjoy each other. 615 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:23,440 OK, so fill the house with joy. Now can we go a little deeper 616 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:27,960 because this one is very, very important that I want you to get 617 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:32,600 about a strong house. A strong house is prepared. 618 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,960 It's got to be ready for what's coming, OK? 619 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:38,040 Because we know the shakings is coming. 620 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,000 And now what happened was the storm came. 621 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:42,480 But what? I love the Bible. 622 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:46,080 Now Noah built an ark. And this is what God is showing 623 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,240 us, how we're building an ark. OK. 624 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,120 These are principles from the word of God, how we build an 625 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:52,720 ark. Now Noah built an ark. 626 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:56,720 Why? He built an ark for the saving 627 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,120 of his family. Yeah. 628 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:02,280 OK. We are moving in the end times. 629 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:06,600 We are moving in shakings. God wants to keep our homes and 630 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,199 our families safe. OK. 631 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,880 Now we want to make sure we are on the rock, on the safe place, 632 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,480 and be ready and prepared for what's coming. 633 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:18,719 So we don't live in fear, but we live in faith. 634 00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,520 Now I want you to see this. When Noah built an arc for his 635 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:24,000 family. So God used one man to save his 636 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:24,840 family. Watch this. 637 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:28,199 It says here by faith, Noah being divinely worn. 638 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:33,199 So there's a caution, there's a warning of things not yet seen 639 00:34:33,199 --> 00:34:35,320 because the flood's coming. Move with godly fear. 640 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:38,800 Prepare that ark for the saving of his household. 641 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:42,480 So God's like, listen, I'm giving a warning because there's 642 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:47,400 a big storm coming. Yes, Noah, praise God, he 643 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,639 obeyed. Yes, God, we obeyed. 644 00:34:49,639 --> 00:34:51,120 We're going to follow the principles of God. 645 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,679 We're going to build our house, our homes, our families on the 646 00:34:53,679 --> 00:34:57,160 rock. And so he built that before the 647 00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,720 storm came. OK? 648 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:05,440 So he was already prepared. Noah did not wait until the rain 649 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:09,040 starts. Noah was prepared before the 650 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:12,960 pressure came before the storm, before it arrived. 651 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:18,120 He already built the ark for him and his family before the storm 652 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,920 hits before. So we have got to a strong 653 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:24,280 family is ready and prepared for what's coming. 654 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,080 That is the word of God for us today. 655 00:35:27,240 --> 00:35:32,960 Somebody OK, And so God wants us to have a storm proof house. 656 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:38,320 So back to Matthew 7 that when that storm's coming, one house 657 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:41,800 stands and one house falls. The Bible says it very clearly. 658 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:45,320 David says it in the book of Psalm 99 says, listen, 1000 may 659 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:50,520 fall, OK, it will happen. It will hit the world, but it 660 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:53,960 will not hit our house. It will not hit us. 661 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,640 Go to another address, not at not at my house. 662 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:00,320 Devil, you are not welcome in my house. 663 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:04,520 I will not open that door to a devil or to a deal, OK? 664 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:05,800 It will fall. David said. 665 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:09,160 He will fall on my 1000, fall on my right, my right side, 10,000, 666 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,280 right. But it will not come near me and 667 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:14,120 my house. Just like these rising Goshen. 668 00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:17,760 When the plagues hit Peril and Egypt, all those plagues hit. 669 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,120 It did not touch Israel in Goshen. 670 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:24,560 So was there like a security fence? 671 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,360 So you get all these flies, all these plagues they just couldn't 672 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,000 get through. I mean, they're right next door, 673 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:33,720 right next there. Goshen is right there by Egypt. 674 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:35,840 How is it that the plagues did not eat this wrong? 675 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:41,840 This is what God is saying to us that we are in this time right 676 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:47,440 now to prepare, to get ourselves ready to make our home storm 677 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:51,120 proof for what is coming. Can you say I mean somebody? 678 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,640 Because strong families are bold by people who say I'm not 679 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:58,520 waiting for things to fall apart before I start serving God and 680 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:01,360 get serious about God. I am not waiting for the 681 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:05,360 marriage to drift apart, for the marriage to get cold before I 682 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,400 sow love. I'm not waiting for my family 683 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,440 and my children to get into trouble before I start covering 684 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:15,400 them in prayer because prayer is one of them as well. 685 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:22,160 OK, so I'm not waiting until a crisis hits and things go wrong 686 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:25,240 before I build an ark. No, we are building an ark right 687 00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:27,960 now. We are putting principles in our 688 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:32,760 lives, in our families, is telling these things that we are 689 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,560 storm proof and ready for the storm. 690 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,200 I meant we've got to be ready. Like Noah. 691 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:43,640 He pulled the ark before the storm for the saving of his 692 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:46,160 household. And you know, here's one of the 693 00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:49,600 amazing details. What I love about Noah's story 694 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:57,640 is that Noah and I love this. He made sure that his whole 695 00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:02,160 family was on the ark. Wow. 696 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:06,560 He made sure his whole family was on the ark. 697 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:12,880 Now that's amazing. I mean, and so he wasn't just 698 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:17,240 casual about it, but he was intentional, was fully invested, 699 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:20,800 watchful for its family, looking out. 700 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:27,240 I'm building this ark and the Bible says Noah was the 8th on 701 00:38:27,240 --> 00:38:30,760 the ark. That means Noah got on lost. 702 00:38:32,720 --> 00:38:35,600 Why? He got on lost on the ark before 703 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,080 the ark store closed because there's gonna come at some. 704 00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:41,720 He got on lost because he wanted to make sure that his whole 705 00:38:41,720 --> 00:38:46,040 family is on the on the ark. He made sure. 706 00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:49,120 I want everybody on board because there's a flood coming. 707 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:51,640 There's a storm coming and I don't want my family to be 708 00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,120 destroyed. There's trouble coming. 709 00:38:54,240 --> 00:38:55,840 Jesus said it. It's gonna come. 710 00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:58,520 But what can we do to remain safe? 711 00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:03,640 Noah made sure his whole family and that is a spiritual parent, 712 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,600 a spiritual parent. Always look out for everyone 713 00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:09,640 else and make sure everybody is in. 714 00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:13,720 I'm like, it's amazing to see us here together today as a church. 715 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:17,320 Make sure look how amazing. Bring your son to church. 716 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,760 Isn't that a come on somebody? Isn't that incredible? 717 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:25,720 Yes, look today, my God, my God, I just love it because what's 718 00:39:25,720 --> 00:39:30,080 incredible is we as parents, we're like, listen, I let's do a 719 00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:36,480 headcount whispy, right, Paul, Josh, all of you, you with 720 00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:40,640 daddy, mommy, you on the ark, you safe. 721 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:45,480 Noah got a lost to make sure he's all family safe. 722 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:49,920 Oh Hallelujah, because it's important to cover your family 723 00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:53,200 and I believe this is a word of God in this time for us as a 724 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,200 church. God is saying build an ark of 725 00:39:56,200 --> 00:40:00,120 safety. Come on, somebody. 726 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:04,120 This is a word of God. Pulled an arc of safety. 727 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:08,440 All right. Somebody said build an arc. 728 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:12,000 Yeah. There's an urgency here today. 729 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:14,240 Tell your neighbor, build an arc. 730 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:17,600 Build an arc. Yeah. 731 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:21,760 Are you with me, somebody? Yeah. 732 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:23,400 Because God's interested in families. 733 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:25,600 God cares about the the home matters. 734 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:29,360 He cares about family. Then we see this throughout the 735 00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:32,080 Bible. This is pattern Acts 10. 736 00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:35,280 It says here talk about Camellias, A devout man, one who 737 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:38,200 feared God with all his household, who gave arms 738 00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:40,720 generously to the people and prayed to God always. 739 00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:44,920 OK so that is just amazing. What a testimony for heaven to 740 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:47,840 record that over a family because there's family. 741 00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:53,080 It shows us the principles, and that's amazing because not that 742 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:55,520 they were perfect, not that they had it all together, not that 743 00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:58,240 they didn't have any problems, but the Bible says that they 744 00:40:58,240 --> 00:41:03,440 love God, devoted to God, OK. And so there's generosity. 745 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:05,120 I talk that house is full of prayer. 746 00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:11,520 It says it did not just Cornelius love this because 747 00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:14,160 that's what we do. I'm teaching my kids the prayer. 748 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:18,280 So the whole household is full of prayer. 749 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:22,400 They're full of serving one another, OK, Generosity going 750 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:26,040 on. And so that is a legacy that I 751 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:28,720 want for my family. When I read that, I'm like, 752 00:41:28,720 --> 00:41:30,040 what? I want that for my family. 753 00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:32,400 And we're on this process now. We are teaching our boys. 754 00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:34,480 And before bedtime we're like pray, OK? 755 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:37,840 And we're like pizza pray, Paul, pray every our kids pray. 756 00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,600 We like teach you to pray. And like when they get pocket 757 00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:44,480 money, like, OK, now my son, listen, when you get pocket 758 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:50,280 money, OK, just some belong to the church, to God, some belong 759 00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:53,040 saving. Yeah. 760 00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:54,920 And then to enjoy. So you don't just when you get 761 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,440 pocket money and I'm teaching him, it's like, oh, I'm going to 762 00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:59,720 buy another toy. I'm like, no, don't just spend 763 00:41:59,720 --> 00:42:02,360 all your money at a very young age. 764 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:05,880 I'm teaching him giving very powerful principle. 765 00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:07,360 Listen, we are talking about building an ark. 766 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:08,760 How do you build an ark? Generosity. 767 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,120 Simple principle. How do you build an ark? 768 00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:13,600 Prayer. So I'm teaching my children at a 769 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:15,840 young age already. Right now they get their pocket 770 00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:19,320 money right from the 10 lbs one pound and he comes to church and 771 00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:21,920 he put it in the bucket. That principle is taught. 772 00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:25,600 That's going to, that secures, it brings a blessing, a covering 773 00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:30,160 of his life at a very young age. Because generosity doesn't just 774 00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:32,120 come automatically. These things don't just happen 775 00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:34,480 automatically in the family. It needs to be taught. 776 00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:35,840 Pray. It doesn't just happen. 777 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:40,720 I have to teach my children to pray, so I've got to teach them 778 00:42:40,720 --> 00:42:43,760 to pray so Daddy will pray and show them an example. 779 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:47,560 And after Daddy has prayed, now you pray, my son. 780 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,200 It doesn't happen automatically. It's being taught. 781 00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:55,320 Take your pocket money, sell it into the church, give help 782 00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,680 somebody else. That's how we teach our because 783 00:42:57,680 --> 00:42:59,960 that's how the home is so powerful, because it's always 784 00:42:59,960 --> 00:43:03,720 teaching. Yeah, it happens in the home. 785 00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:07,560 It's not just up to the school or the government. 786 00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:13,160 No, they cannot, they cannot replace your responsibility in 787 00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:15,800 your home. It's not up to the church or the 788 00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:19,120 God or the school. It is up to us in our homes, in 789 00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:21,400 our families. We cannot, cannot be replaced. 790 00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:22,480 We cannot put it on somebody else. 791 00:43:22,720 --> 00:43:24,520 Are you going to teach my kids about God? 792 00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:29,760 We as parents do that. It's not up to the, it's the 793 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:31,800 first responsibility. A spiritual parent. 794 00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:40,160 That's what we do Amen. And so X chapter 10, it shows us 795 00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:43,160 this amazing principles, how to cover our homes. 796 00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:46,800 So how do we cover our homes? Serving generosity and prayers. 797 00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,520 Now let me show you another guy by the name of Job. 798 00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:56,320 Now job is spelled JOB. Job because job in the book of 799 00:43:56,320 --> 00:44:03,400 job, he has got a job. One of the first jobs that job 800 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:07,000 has got. His job is to pray for his 801 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:10,240 family. Very powerful. 802 00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:14,480 Sounds simple, but you are covering your family. 803 00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:18,400 The very first thing when I get out of it, the first thing I do, 804 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:23,160 I cover my family. I'm selling you church. 805 00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:31,200 Very powerful. The first thing we do, we cover 806 00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:32,680 up. We call that joke. 807 00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:35,400 I'm going to show you. When he got up, he covered his 808 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:36,840 family. What did it? 809 00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:38,480 Watch this? It says yeah. 810 00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:42,240 And joke because a strong home is not just build on wisdom, but 811 00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:45,320 it's build on prayer. It says Job would sing and 812 00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:48,120 sanctify them, talking about his joy, and would rise early in the 813 00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:50,560 morning and offer burn sacrifice according to the number of them 814 00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:52,080 all, according to the number of all. 815 00:44:52,240 --> 00:44:53,560 OK, that means each and everyone. 816 00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:57,000 So it rose early and he offered sacrifices and he covered his 817 00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:59,720 family, each one. He covered them before God. 818 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:03,280 He called their names before God who was covering them. 819 00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:07,440 So Job understood something that every parent and every person 820 00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:10,600 that loves their family must understand, that there are some 821 00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:14,520 things in life that you in the family you cannot fix by just 822 00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:16,920 trying harder. You cannot fix by just 823 00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:19,000 counseling and talking more and worrying more about it. 824 00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:22,240 You have got, there's some things that you have got to take 825 00:45:22,240 --> 00:45:25,240 to God in prayer. You have got to talk to God 826 00:45:25,240 --> 00:45:27,600 about it. Lord, we've got the situation in 827 00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:28,880 the family. You've got to have that 828 00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:30,360 conversation with the Lord in prayer. 829 00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:37,240 It's not just having more worries about thinking about the 830 00:45:37,240 --> 00:45:41,520 person hoping about it. Talk to God in prayer about it. 831 00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:44,640 Call their names before God because the moment you call 832 00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:46,800 their name before God, you're covering your family. 833 00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:49,640 You call that person's name. You call that person wherever 834 00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:52,360 thou on the world. I call them my moments are my 835 00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:54,040 family. I just yes, God, I call their 836 00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:55,720 names out before you. I'm covering them. 837 00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:58,080 I said a lot to a lot of people when they're round them all that 838 00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:00,280 I say you covered a pastor, but how can you say God because I 839 00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:04,080 prayed for you. I mean, even when our brother 840 00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:06,760 Andrew went through Somerset, I had dream after dream and God 841 00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:09,160 showed me in the dream, he's going to be OK. 842 00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:12,600 So there's the storm that hit. But God gave me the dream. 843 00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:16,600 And I remember in that dream when I sent Andrew, I sent you, 844 00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:18,680 I think it was on the Friday evening, I sent you the message 845 00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:21,760 that I had the dream and I said, I want to send you the the 846 00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:24,040 message very quickly because I don't want to forget about it 847 00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:25,920 because God give me dreams all the time. 848 00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:27,920 I see people's faces all the time, but I'm not going to go 849 00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:29,880 and do. But at that particular I send 850 00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:32,720 him the message. I say right in the dream, I 851 00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:35,520 said, listen, I see you. You're looking very, very smart. 852 00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:37,040 You've got the tire on. You're on this. 853 00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:42,000 So whatever happens, do not worry when the storm hits 854 00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:45,520 everybody. I said to my wife, I said, do 855 00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:47,400 not worry about Andrew. He's going to make it. 856 00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:51,480 Oh, but across the world, how do you know he's going to make it? 857 00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:54,840 I saw it in the dream. I saw it godshot me. 858 00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,280 He's going to be. And now he's going to set aside 859 00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:01,200 this time he's going to get this exactly what Jesus told his 860 00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:04,920 disciple of Peter. Oh, when Peter, when Jesus said 861 00:47:05,240 --> 00:47:07,040 I'm going to go and die, Peter said, no, you're not. 862 00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:12,520 Jesus said to him, I'm going to. But he repeat, Peter denied 863 00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:17,120 Jesus three times, failed Jesus. But Jesus said, I prayed for you 864 00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:20,520 that your faith will not fail. You're going to come out on the 865 00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:23,240 other side. Even when the storm hit, you're 866 00:47:23,240 --> 00:47:26,920 going to make it OK. And so, yeah, maybe you feel 867 00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:28,560 that you have pride and you feel OK. 868 00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:30,320 You've not seen everything. But don't give up. 869 00:47:30,320 --> 00:47:32,400 Don't give up too soon. Don't quit. 870 00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:36,560 Just because you haven't seen movement yet, it doesn't mean 871 00:47:36,560 --> 00:47:38,440 that God's not moving. It doesn't mean that God's not 872 00:47:38,440 --> 00:47:40,080 working. Behind the scene, your prey 873 00:47:40,080 --> 00:47:44,280 seats, they are still alive. And just because that child 874 00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:49,560 looks distant, OK, it doesn't mean they are too far gone. 875 00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:54,040 It doesn't mean they are too far out of reach, beyond the reach 876 00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:57,320 of grace. Your prayers are working. 877 00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:02,520 They are seeds that are alive. Keep on praying, don't give up. 878 00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:10,080 OK, that son who seems so far, God knows their name. 879 00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:14,560 God knows his name. That child, that son, that 880 00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:17,880 daughter that seems called, God knows their name. 881 00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:24,840 That loved one that makes wrong decisions wrong, God knows their 882 00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:30,320 name, OK? God is a rebuilder and so God 883 00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:32,640 knows. Just keep on praying, keep on 884 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:35,240 calling their names before God, keep on loving them. 885 00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:38,120 Keep on. It's not too late, you know, and 886 00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:40,760 look at Noah. When God spoke, Noah was in 887 00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:44,560 advance in years. Age is not an issue, OK? 888 00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:48,080 It's never too late. Just keep on. 889 00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:50,880 Don't let the enemy tell you that it's too late. 890 00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:54,240 Don't let the enemy tell you that your family is too far 891 00:48:54,240 --> 00:48:56,400 gone. Don't let the enemy lie and tell 892 00:48:56,960 --> 00:49:01,280 lies that they cannot get into the boat, OK? 893 00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:04,160 We've seen many lives, many families turn around because God 894 00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:06,000 is a reporter. God is a restorer. 895 00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:08,440 God knows how to restore what was lost. 896 00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:11,000 He knows how to, He knows how to bring joy back into the heart. 897 00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:13,840 God turns it. Sometimes it feels very messy 898 00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:17,040 and hard and difficult in store. God knows how to turn that 899 00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:22,520 situation around and then and it just takes 1 surrendered heart, 900 00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:29,520 one person, A1 knower because one surrendered heart, one 901 00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:32,400 person can start and shift an entire family. 902 00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:37,000 One person, God use one person, no one save this entire family. 903 00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:41,280 When God rebuilds A harm, it starts with one person, a 904 00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:44,640 surrendered heart, somebody that says yes, like Joshua for me in 905 00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:49,240 my house, OK, no one, one person, yes, Lord starts with 906 00:49:49,240 --> 00:49:52,440 me. It starts with me. 907 00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:57,000 I'm like, Lord, every family, it starts with me. 908 00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:00,000 Come on, say that. Somebody say it starts with me. 909 00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:02,920 It starts with me. Now let's bring this to a close 910 00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:04,640 because it all comes down to this. 911 00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:08,840 Someone is following your footsteps. 912 00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:15,520 Someone is following your footsteps. 913 00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:24,720 Your life is preaching wherever they're watching you. 914 00:50:24,720 --> 00:50:29,680 Yeah, yeah. And that's the thing. 915 00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:32,560 After a while, children do not just do what you say. 916 00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:37,040 Children do what you show. Your life is an example. 917 00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:41,560 They're watching. They watch what you value. 918 00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:44,320 They watch what is important to you. 919 00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:50,120 They watch you what you stand for, what you tolerate, what you 920 00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:52,640 allow, what you don't. They watch your life. 921 00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:55,880 They watch your choices, your decisions, what you value. 922 00:50:56,960 --> 00:50:59,720 They watch your life. What's important to Dad? 923 00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:02,320 What is his type and what is he doing? 924 00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:07,800 They watch you more than That's our lives. 925 00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:09,840 This is like a sermon. They watch you. 926 00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:12,520 Yeah. That's how it is. 927 00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:16,680 What you pursue, what you. It's that picture of the family, 928 00:51:16,680 --> 00:51:18,360 that father, that walking in the snow. 929 00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:23,000 And so the day he looks around and he saw that his little child 930 00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:29,760 steps into the same footprints. And so the father turned back, 931 00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:37,480 he looked and he saw his little child step after step, stepping, 932 00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:40,240 walking, followed in the same footprint. 933 00:51:41,360 --> 00:51:44,920 The child, his little child walked where he the way the 934 00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:49,920 father walked. And the moment dad looked back 935 00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:56,800 and he saw that my son, my child, and he saw that my child 936 00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:59,040 is following me, stepping in the same position. 937 00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:01,520 The moment he saw that, it was like he's hot. 938 00:52:01,600 --> 00:52:05,080 It was like conviction hit him and hit him so hard that 939 00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:11,560 conviction that and he realized my child is walking where I walk 940 00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:16,480 and he's like this is my child and he's following in my 941 00:52:16,480 --> 00:52:22,120 footsteps. My little child is walking in my 942 00:52:22,120 --> 00:52:27,000 footsteps, following my example and that became his brain. 943 00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:35,840 He prayed inside. Lord, let my footsteps lead my 944 00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:45,920 children to you. Jesus, what a prayer. 945 00:52:47,080 --> 00:52:50,480 What a prayer. What a prayer. 946 00:52:51,440 --> 00:52:57,240 Late my footsteps, late my life lead my child. 947 00:52:58,280 --> 00:53:03,920 I told my family to you. Lord, come on. 948 00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:07,280 That's the cry of the species. We, we see families here today. 949 00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:13,480 You know how incredible it is. I see my children with me in 950 00:53:13,480 --> 00:53:15,120 church. Yeah, jeez. 951 00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:21,080 We see the kids, we see the family church, the the little 952 00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:24,720 one is following Daddy, Mommy, wait, wait. 953 00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:27,760 We are an example. Not just sermon, not just 954 00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:28,760 talking. What we show. 955 00:53:29,040 --> 00:53:34,680 What do we show them? More than just speaking, my son 956 00:53:34,680 --> 00:53:38,360 this. He's driving in a car, Thank you 957 00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:41,760 Jesus. What does my son see when he 958 00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:44,960 sits next to me and he sees his dad praying? 959 00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:52,040 Not religious, a relationship with Jesus. 960 00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:56,800 I'm driving here this morning with my sons in the car talking 961 00:53:56,800 --> 00:54:01,040 to Jesus and and not freaky because you can talk to me. 962 00:54:01,040 --> 00:54:02,920 Yes, dad, we're going to go for a bike right after church. 963 00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:05,440 Yes, my son, of course, and then I'm thank you Jesus for your 964 00:54:05,440 --> 00:54:07,160 goodness today. Thank you Jesus, you are 965 00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:08,120 wonderful. Thank you Jesus. 966 00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:11,120 Daddy, come, we come. So conversation with the Lord 967 00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:15,240 and with my son. We are seeing a turn around in 968 00:54:15,240 --> 00:54:22,160 families because the kids follow a true genuine example, not a 969 00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:25,120 flaky thing just on Sunday. Oh, we got to go pray every day 970 00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:28,480 of my life. It's natural. 971 00:54:28,480 --> 00:54:30,240 It's very normal for us in our heart. 972 00:54:30,240 --> 00:54:34,240 And that's why God wants to release this message. 973 00:54:34,240 --> 00:54:40,000 I believe to the body of Christ that family matters because when 974 00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:43,560 that dad looked back and he saw his child following his 975 00:54:43,560 --> 00:54:45,640 footstep, it was a conviction that he didn't realize 976 00:54:45,840 --> 00:54:48,240 everything I do. And that is the cry of this 977 00:54:48,240 --> 00:54:53,480 message. Late my footsteps leave my 978 00:54:53,480 --> 00:54:58,240 family to Jesus. Let my words, my choices lead my 979 00:54:58,240 --> 00:55:03,360 family to Jesus let my life lead my family to Jesus closer to 980 00:55:03,360 --> 00:55:08,520 Jesus let my home be a place where Jesus is real. 981 00:55:09,560 --> 00:55:13,040 It's real, it's the real and dad and moms in our relationship. 982 00:55:13,240 --> 00:55:14,760 It's real. It's not a makeup fake. 983 00:55:14,760 --> 00:55:17,960 If like it's genuine, it's real when we talk about God, it's 984 00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:20,400 it's real. It's a real relationship. 985 00:55:21,280 --> 00:55:30,440 I mean, and so because of the end of the day, the thing that 986 00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:34,600 matches the most, and I'm closing with this, and this is 987 00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:37,040 this is really I want I really want you to get this. 988 00:55:37,480 --> 00:55:41,240 The thing at the end of the day that matches the most is not how 989 00:55:41,240 --> 00:55:46,880 impressive we look. It's not about our looks. 990 00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:50,520 It's not how impressive we look. It's not about how successful we 991 00:55:50,520 --> 00:55:53,320 are in the world, in the business and all of that. 992 00:55:53,760 --> 00:55:56,000 It's not about the titles that we carry. 993 00:55:56,000 --> 00:56:01,800 It's not about the thing that matters the most before 994 00:56:02,080 --> 00:56:04,920 ministry, success, all of any of that. 995 00:56:05,200 --> 00:56:09,840 The thing that matters. Did my life lead my family 996 00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:14,600 closer to Jesus? That's the bottom line. 997 00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:21,040 Church, come on now, I'm giving you the truth of God more than 998 00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:26,320 more than anything in life. Did my life lead my family 999 00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:30,120 closer to Jesus? And we thank God for all the 1000 00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:32,800 money in the bank and all the success and all the titles and 1001 00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:35,640 the good looks and the smile, all of those things. 1002 00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:41,560 But before all that, the number one thing, did your life lead 1003 00:56:41,640 --> 00:56:45,560 your family close it to Jesus part of life. 1004 00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:51,000 And so today is a turning point. Today is a fresh decision that 1005 00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:53,440 we make for honor on behalf of our families who stand in the 1006 00:56:53,440 --> 00:56:56,960 gut that for me and my house, we shall serve them. 1007 00:56:58,120 --> 00:56:59,240 Amen. Let's all stand. 1008 00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:05,680 So right now, this is a destiny moment. 1009 00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:09,600 It's a line in the sand moment right here for us today. 1010 00:57:09,880 --> 00:57:12,720 And so if you're saying post, I'm responding on behalf of my 1011 00:57:12,720 --> 00:57:15,440 home. If that is you, I want to know 1012 00:57:15,840 --> 00:57:18,560 we're going to raise hands. If you are saying right, I'm 1013 00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:21,320 going to stand in the gap for my family, my marriage, my fat, my 1014 00:57:21,320 --> 00:57:26,400 kids, If that is if you are a no one in this place and I'm 1015 00:57:26,400 --> 00:57:29,520 telling you storms are coming, not if when they are coming, 1016 00:57:29,520 --> 00:57:32,400 they're going to hit, but God is giving us his principles to be 1017 00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:34,640 safe. If you are a no on this place 1018 00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:37,480 and you're responding on your family, yes, I see that hand. 1019 00:57:37,480 --> 00:57:39,840 I see another hand there. Raise your hand before God. 1020 00:57:39,840 --> 00:57:43,560 God wants to see that you. Yes, I see those hands all 1021 00:57:43,560 --> 00:57:46,800 across this place. What are now raise both hands up 1022 00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:48,200 because this is a destiny moment. 1023 00:57:48,200 --> 00:57:49,800 Right now. We are drawing a line in the 1024 00:57:49,800 --> 00:57:53,520 sand here for my house, my family. 1025 00:57:55,120 --> 00:58:00,800 I want you to say this, As for me in my house, we will serve 1026 00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:03,480 the Lords. Now I want you to put your hand 1027 00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:08,400 on your heart because I want to pray over your right now. 1028 00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:11,200 Father, in the name of Jesus, I pray for every person responding 1029 00:58:11,200 --> 00:58:15,200 in this place, for their homes, for their marriages, their 1030 00:58:15,200 --> 00:58:19,080 families, their kids. Lord, I thank you that today 1031 00:58:19,080 --> 00:58:22,920 homes are being strengthened. Lord, I thank you that peace 1032 00:58:22,920 --> 00:58:26,280 comes back into the home. Every family represented here. 1033 00:58:26,560 --> 00:58:29,600 Joy comes back into the home. Healing comes back into the 1034 00:58:29,600 --> 00:58:32,280 home. Forgiveness comes back into the 1035 00:58:32,280 --> 00:58:35,480 hub. Let prayer rise in the house. 1036 00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:37,920 Let the Word of God rise in the house. 1037 00:58:38,160 --> 00:58:41,080 Let the things of God become normal in the house. 1038 00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:47,600 Let our conversations be about God in our homes and our family. 1039 00:58:48,040 --> 00:58:51,960 And Father, I thank you that every attack against the home, 1040 00:58:51,960 --> 00:58:56,400 the family, the marriages today, it's broken in the name of Jesus 1041 00:58:56,400 --> 00:58:59,000 Christ of National, by the authority in the name which is 1042 00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:01,680 every attack against the marriage, the children, the 1043 00:59:01,680 --> 00:59:05,920 home, broken. Every spirit of confusion and 1044 00:59:05,920 --> 00:59:09,920 division and strife in the home, that heaviness is broken. 1045 00:59:10,480 --> 00:59:13,680 Every spur of depression, it's broken. 1046 00:59:13,680 --> 00:59:17,200 Lord, let the joy. Let us laugh again in the home. 1047 00:59:18,480 --> 00:59:22,640 I thank you, Lord, that you are building strong homes in a shaky 1048 00:59:22,640 --> 00:59:24,720 world. Thank you, Lord, that the 1049 00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:27,480 children will serve you. Thank you that the marriages 1050 00:59:27,480 --> 00:59:30,720 will be strong. Prodigals will come home. 1051 00:59:30,960 --> 00:59:34,840 Lord, families will be covered by your mercy and grace. 1052 00:59:34,840 --> 00:59:38,560 Lord, let this be a turning point today, a fresh start, a 1053 00:59:38,600 --> 00:59:41,800 new beginning for every home in this place. 1054 00:59:42,040 --> 00:59:45,920 As for me and our house, Lord, we will serve you. 1055 00:59:45,920 --> 00:59:47,520 Come on, somebody, give God some praise. 1056 00:59:47,520 --> 00:59:51,080 If you receive that Hallelujah, praise God. 1057 00:59:55,320 --> 00:59:57,240 So just remain standing right we are. 1058 00:59:57,240 --> 01:00:01,440 If you just say pastor, I need Jesus, I need to give my life to 1059 01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:03,960 Jesus. If that is you and you say yes. 1060 01:00:04,480 --> 01:00:07,240 I want to make Jesus the Lord of my life. 1061 01:00:07,560 --> 01:00:10,880 I want to be a child of God. Yes, I want my family safe. 1062 01:00:10,880 --> 01:00:12,800 Yes, I want the household and my marriage. 1063 01:00:13,200 --> 01:00:15,960 But I want to make sure it first starts with me. 1064 01:00:15,960 --> 01:00:18,520 I want to be the one. I want to raise my hand this 1065 01:00:18,520 --> 01:00:20,160 morning and so make that commitment. 1066 01:00:20,160 --> 01:00:21,880 So maybe you need to come back to God. 1067 01:00:21,880 --> 01:00:25,040 Maybe you've drifted, maybe you've gone cold. 1068 01:00:25,400 --> 01:00:28,320 Maybe you're far away from God, but Jesus is calling you home 1069 01:00:28,320 --> 01:00:30,720 right now. And if you want to make that 1070 01:00:30,720 --> 01:00:33,720 decision this morning, I want to give you the opportunity to say, 1071 01:00:33,760 --> 01:00:37,000 pastor, I need Jesus, I need to be saved. 1072 01:00:37,560 --> 01:00:40,800 If the day is my Lords day on earth and I stand before you, I 1073 01:00:40,800 --> 01:00:43,640 need to know that I'm safe and that I'm born again and a child 1074 01:00:43,640 --> 01:00:45,960 of God. I need to make things right with 1075 01:00:45,960 --> 01:00:48,800 you right now, Lord. So right now, just flip up your 1076 01:00:48,800 --> 01:00:52,200 hand right now you all across if there's anybody says yes, yes, 1077 01:00:52,200 --> 01:00:54,480 yes, I see that hand, yes, yes, I see that hand. 1078 01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:58,200 God bless you, God bless you, Thank you, thank you, your thank 1079 01:00:58,200 --> 01:00:59,520 you. Now I want to just pray this 1080 01:00:59,520 --> 01:01:00,600 out. I would love together say Lord 1081 01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:06,440 Jesus, I come to you today, I give you my life, forgive my 1082 01:01:06,440 --> 01:01:15,280 sin, wash me clean, make me new, be my Lord of my heart, my home, 1083 01:01:15,440 --> 01:01:19,360 my family, Fill me with your peace and your presence. 1084 01:01:19,760 --> 01:01:23,800 I belong to you. I am a child of God, I am saved. 1085 01:01:24,160 --> 01:01:27,000 Amen. You have part of the family of 1086 01:01:27,000 --> 01:01:29,640 God. You've been saved, washed in the 1087 01:01:29,640 --> 01:01:32,640 blood of Jesus. Your sins have been completely 1088 01:01:32,640 --> 01:01:35,280 forgiven. You have been translated from 1089 01:01:35,280 --> 01:01:38,520 darkness into light. Oh, I feel the prayer, the 1090 01:01:38,560 --> 01:01:42,160 presence of God, because when you come into God's family, you 1091 01:01:42,160 --> 01:01:45,600 are protected. Listen, the world can shake. 1092 01:01:45,680 --> 01:01:49,720 You don't have to be shaken. You don't have to fall because 1093 01:01:49,720 --> 01:01:52,760 you are in God's ark. You are in the praises of God. 1094 01:01:52,760 --> 01:01:55,160 You are in the hand of God. I think it snatch you out of 1095 01:01:55,160 --> 01:01:58,280 your Father's hand. So before we leave, let's 1096 01:01:58,280 --> 01:02:00,720 declare this together. Say it out loud. 1097 01:02:00,720 --> 01:02:06,800 My house belongs to Jesus. My home is pulled on the rock. 1098 01:02:07,600 --> 01:02:14,200 My home stands strong. Peace and joy rule in my house. 1099 01:02:14,880 --> 01:02:21,200 Prayer rises in my house. My family is covered by the 1100 01:02:21,200 --> 01:02:25,840 grace of God. My footsteps will lead my family 1101 01:02:26,320 --> 01:02:31,400 closer to Jesus. And As for me, in my house, we 1102 01:02:31,400 --> 01:02:34,120 will serve. Come on, somebody. 1103 01:02:34,120 --> 01:02:37,080 Did you surprise in this place? Hallelujah. 1104 01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:39,960 Yes. OK. 1105 01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:43,960 So this week, remember, the world may be shaky, but your 1106 01:02:43,960 --> 01:02:48,200 house, OK? It doesn't have to fall. 1107 01:02:49,320 --> 01:02:53,400 This is awesome. Hallelujah, somebody praise God. 1108 01:02:54,200 --> 01:02:57,680 Thank you Jesus. This is exciting news today. 1109 01:02:58,200 --> 01:03:01,200 The storm might be real, but the rock is stronger. 1110 01:03:01,560 --> 01:03:05,240 We have Jesus, our solid rock. Hallelujah. 1111 01:03:05,440 --> 01:03:07,440 So we are unshakable. We are strong. 1112 01:03:07,600 --> 01:03:11,800 So this we go with the rock of Christ in your heart and in your 1113 01:03:11,800 --> 01:03:13,400 life and your home and your family. 1114 01:03:13,600 --> 01:03:17,360 So be blessed in Jesus name. Now just put your hand on your 1115 01:03:17,360 --> 01:03:23,200 stomach and say thank you Jesus, that you are always with me, 1116 01:03:24,080 --> 01:03:27,720 that you'll never leave me nor forsake me. 1117 01:03:28,440 --> 01:03:30,240 Now take heart to the person next to you. 1118 01:03:31,480 --> 01:03:35,160 And right now pray for them as the glory of God falls and 1119 01:03:35,160 --> 01:03:37,160 floods this place. Lord, we thank you. 1120 01:03:37,160 --> 01:03:38,640 We pray for one another. Right now. 1121 01:03:38,640 --> 01:03:40,760 It's time, Elisa, being restored, being strengthened, 1122 01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:44,400 homes in Jesus name, marriages, children. 1123 01:03:44,600 --> 01:03:47,880 Now I want you to call that child, I want you to mention 1124 01:03:47,880 --> 01:03:51,480 those names before God, that prodigals call them back into 1125 01:03:51,480 --> 01:03:55,440 the ark Karaboshi under Ababa God, we call in the prodigals, 1126 01:03:55,560 --> 01:03:58,080 we call in our children, we call them in. 1127 01:03:58,280 --> 01:04:01,440 We thank you God, we thank you, Lord that you know their name. 1128 01:04:01,560 --> 01:04:02,560 We thank you. That's right. 1129 01:04:02,560 --> 01:04:06,040 Cry out for your family. Pray right now for your family. 1130 01:04:06,040 --> 01:04:09,200 Everyone of us Araboshi under pray in the spirit Karaboshiya 1131 01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:11,520 the God we cover our families with prayer. 1132 01:04:11,840 --> 01:04:15,320 We thank you Lord Jesus. We thank you, Lord Jesus, for 1133 01:04:15,320 --> 01:04:17,360 protection, for the ark of safety. 1134 01:04:17,600 --> 01:04:18,760 Hallelujah. That's right. 1135 01:04:18,760 --> 01:04:20,640 Pulled the knock. I see people are building up. 1136 01:04:20,640 --> 01:04:22,080 You pull that off. Pulled it. 1137 01:04:22,080 --> 01:04:25,200 Building over your home, over your marriage, your children, 1138 01:04:25,200 --> 01:04:27,320 your family, your finances. That's right. 1139 01:04:27,320 --> 01:04:27,720 Build it.