1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,040 Let's go into the title there. First love. 2 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:04,760 Yeah. And so God first love, and it's 3 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:08,360 simple first love, it's some simple message. 4 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:11,200 It says God loved you first. God loved us first. 5 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,280 That's first love. He loved us first. 6 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:19,720 And so he didn't wait for us to read perfection, OK, He didn't 7 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,720 say, OK, first clean yourself up before I love you or first go 8 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,640 and get in a better place before I know he loved, he opened his 9 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:30,040 arms. And I just love the fact that 10 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,960 God can run into us. He can run into us. 11 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,600 That's the simple gospel message. 12 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:41,840 Love went first. I mean, and so you know, the 13 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:46,840 other day we just at the park and my youngest son, Josh, I 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:50,480 love to play football with him. And so we're there at the park 15 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:55,280 and he's got 2 left shoes on. So we, so he's at that age now 16 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,760 where he's getting his shoes, you know, the left and the right 17 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,480 and, you know, learning how to make his laces and all of that. 18 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:02,800 But we're in the park there and he's got the two left shoes. 19 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,319 But we played football and he ran like a champion. 20 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,640 And so sometimes in your life, you don't have to have 21 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:10,920 everything perfect. You don't have to do everything 22 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:12,280 right. You don't have to be this 23 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,240 perfect holy person. All that you need is just the 24 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:19,400 love, is the love of a dad, a Father, a heavenly Father. 25 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:25,160 Bottom line, the love of God. So he first loved us so that we 26 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,120 can live, so that we can love, so that we can move forward. 27 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:30,400 He first loved us. Amen. 28 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,880 So love went first, first love and he came to us. 29 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:40,480 He became one of us. And so he didn't wait for your 30 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,560 perfect performance. He did not wait for your perfect 31 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,280 good works for your perfect worship. 32 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,000 He came to us and he demonstrated that he crossed 33 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:54,960 that gap even before we knew there was a gap. 34 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:58,240 He crossed it before the Bible says before the time you're 35 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:04,120 ready, gave his life for us. And God said I loved you first. 36 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,720 That's the gospel. I loved you first, love went 37 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,080 first. And I believe God wants to do 38 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,080 something special in this house today, something special in your 39 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,360 family, in our community, but also for our nation. 40 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,960 The UKI really feel we are on the brink of a revival and this 41 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,360 revival in the UKI really believe in the Western. 42 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,920 I really believe it's going to be a love revival. 43 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,800 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I really. 44 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:33,200 But it's going to take the love of God, a love of a father, 45 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:35,560 because I love my kids, my children, OK. 46 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:41,280 And and the love of the father is going to bring a revival in 47 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:45,120 the UK. So get ready for a revival, a 48 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,560 love revival. OK, yeah, OK. 49 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,120 It's going to come through revival. 50 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,000 Somebody shot revival. Yeah. 51 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,840 Revival. Get ready for revival. 52 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:56,120 Yeah. First love. 53 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:00,760 First love is about to hit the UK. 54 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,800 First love is about to hit the UK on fire. 55 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:10,000 Burning on fire is going to take passion where the Lord is not 56 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,880 just another hobby or just another sideline on a Were you 57 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,680 so passionately on fire that he's the everything. 58 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,920 He's the very essence of our lives. 59 00:03:18,920 --> 00:03:23,560 Our everything is him. There is nothing that compares 60 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:25,800 to him and his goodness and his love. 61 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,160 He is so good. He's incredibly good. 62 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,120 Once you've had an encounter, I'm not talking about you've 63 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,680 heard about God or you've been in Church of heard about, you 64 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,440 know, many people. We've heard about the queen or 65 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,960 the king or we've heard about that celebrity. 66 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,520 Oh yeah, I've heard about, you know, Elon Musk. 67 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,520 OK, have you actually met Elon Musk? 68 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:45,040 Have you actually had a conversation with? 69 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,760 OK, now listen, this is where the church, we've been making 70 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:53,120 things so complicated about God, about religion, church and all 71 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:54,640 that. Listen, it's simple. 72 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,120 It is a relationship. When I get up in the morning, I 73 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:03,200 walk to the pond there by the ducks, and I talk to Jesus like 74 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,720 I'm standing to you, right? Yeah, I'm talking to Jesus. 75 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,320 He's my best friend. He's my buddy. 76 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,360 He is my, my everything. And I have a conversation with 77 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,480 the Lord. Simple, not churchy stuff, not 78 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:16,680 anything. Listen, I never even thought I'm 79 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,800 going to be. I was just studying sports 80 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:21,120 degree. I was on my way. 81 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,480 I was one AC champions. I was hanging out with 82 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:25,840 celebrities in Joe in South Africa, Eagle. 83 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:27,720 I know all of them. All of the celebs. 84 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:30,320 You just mentioned their names. They know where all of them. 85 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:31,240 I was hanging out with these guys. 86 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:35,160 That was my life until I had a conversation with Jesus. 87 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,960 Not about Jesus, not about church, not about religion. 88 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:42,080 To Jesus directly face to face. So I I have encountered Jesus 89 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:46,120 face to face. So when you speak directly to 90 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:50,600 Elon Musk or you can say I know him, not I read in the paper or 91 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,800 heard or saw on the news or heard about a church. 92 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,320 I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ himself. 93 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,680 That's the difference. Come on somebody, the church 94 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:04,280 have complicated things hopeful and it's time for us, our 95 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:09,240 nation, the UK to come in a simple relationship with Jesus, 96 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:12,520 fall in love with Jesus just like the way I fall in love with 97 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,360 my wife. When I saw my wife on the stage 98 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:15,680 she was worshipping Jesus in church. 99 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,400 I'm like that's my wife and we fell in love and yeah, OK, I can 100 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,200 say I loved her first. OK, first love. 101 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,240 OK. I actually chased after her, 102 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,120 gave her my number. And I Can you believe it, 103 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,480 Michelle, she OK? She said she lost my number. 104 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,560 But then those days, OK, we don't have mobile phones. 105 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,520 I gave her my number on a piece of paper. 106 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,080 I'm like, OK, you just phone me. Months later, I'm like, Oh my 107 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:41,440 God, she's never phoned me, this woman. 108 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,120 And I laughed. I'm like, yeah, I really want 109 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:44,240 it. But I didn't know where it was 110 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,080 those days. We didn't have Facebook and all 111 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,160 the social media. We said, where do I find her? 112 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,640 Where do I find Michelle? It was I met her. 113 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,680 It was it was wallet. And now a year later, I was in 114 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,280 the gym I worked in, in Melville. 115 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:58,680 I was running this Belardus and Wellness studio as a gym 116 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:00,560 manager. And so early in the morning, I'm 117 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,880 like, OK, God, where do you want me to go to church? 118 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:04,160 Because there was a lovely big church. 119 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:05,920 I want to mention the name big church, but I'm like, well, 120 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:07,360 that's the big church. So that's where I'm going to 121 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:10,520 find a nice wife because I was looking to date somebody. 122 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:12,920 Now he's got, you know, I want to go to the big church. 123 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:17,520 But the Lord said, and I don't go to the big church, go to this 124 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,360 church in Northcliff. And I'm like, this is such a 125 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,600 small little church. How am I going to find you know? 126 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,720 And so in that small church when I walked in, there is Michelle 127 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:27,240 Alamo. There you are. 128 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:31,520 I've been looking for you. I've been looking for you. 129 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,400 Never phone me. And so, yeah, first love. 130 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,440 I loved her first. And so then we then I made sure 131 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:39,680 I'm inviting you on a date. So OK, we're going on a date. 132 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,080 Like you're not just giving you my number. 133 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,240 We're going on a date. So yeah, it's just start to fall 134 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:45,680 in love with Jesus. It's simple. 135 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,360 It's not a religious, it's a relationship. 136 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,160 That's what it is. I'm talking to the Lord all 137 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:52,160 throughout the day while I was here. 138 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,360 This is looking of the kids doing all things all throughout 139 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:55,480 the day. It's a relationship. 140 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,120 When you're in love with somebody, you think about it. 141 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:00,960 I phoned my wife. I don't have to like, oh, how do 142 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:03,520 I hear the voice of God? Listen, when Michelle, I know 143 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,000 it's her when the Lord talks to I know it's him. 144 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,520 When he talks and we talk, we have I just know it's because I 145 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,360 know him. I know Michelle. 146 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,880 So that sounds like, oh, this is now your wife, the pastor. 147 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:17,600 This is who I know. I know her voice. 148 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,400 I know the voice of the Lord. So the more time you spend with 149 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:25,600 the Lord, the more you know him. And so, yes, this morning, let's 150 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:30,000 just fall in love with Jesus. Let's fall in love with Jesus 151 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,040 all over again. Yes. 152 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:33,960 Come on, somebody. We get on fire. 153 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,640 We fall in love with Jesus. So what can I get ready? 154 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,680 Revival is about to break loose, break out in the UK. 155 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:41,960 I'm ready for this love revival. How many of you are ready for a 156 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:43,440 love revival? Yeah, yeah, yeah. 157 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,880 That's what it's going to be. It's not going to be religious 158 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,440 revival like we used to. This is going to be, We see it 159 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,760 on stats now, the highest. It's the Bible. 160 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:54,640 Sales are up. You just go on Amazon, it's the 161 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:58,560 highest, best seller. It's the Bible, OK? 162 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,040 The stats are showing people are flocking to churches because we 163 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,920 know there is a real God. It's real. 164 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:08,880 So how many of you are excited about this today? 165 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:13,120 Aven? OK, God's love is in this room. 166 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:14,800 Hallelujah. Now we're going to I'm going to 167 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,960 show you amazing verse. Are you ready for this verse? 168 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:19,600 And this is our text verse for today. 169 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,600 It's first John chapter 4 verse 19. 170 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:31,160 We love why the Bible says because he first love us. 171 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:36,960 Somebody say first love. OK, so first love, God moved 172 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:42,840 first love moved first and because God love move first, we 173 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,400 can move forward, we can learn, we can love. 174 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:49,600 So we just thank you Father, to our hearts to open speak to us. 175 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:54,720 Lord, stir faith, let your love change us from the inside out in 176 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:58,360 Jesus mighty name and we thank you, Amen. 177 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:02,160 Now, I remember when my kids, they were small and so they were 178 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:04,960 that stage where, you know, we're just learning to walk. 179 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:07,360 And so it's like tumble and then few steps. 180 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,960 They walk three steps and then they tumble, OK. 181 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,360 And sometimes when they fall, OK, it's bruises and head 182 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,320 injury, all these things. But it's a learning process, 183 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:17,200 learning to walk. And I love my kids. 184 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:19,880 And so they're walking and tumbling and fall. 185 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:23,560 And So what do we do as loving parents when our kids fall? 186 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:26,760 What do we do when our kids fall down? 187 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:30,760 OK, We don't stand at a distance with our arms crossed, OK. 188 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,640 And with the lecture, OK with a there's a clipboard and say, OK, 189 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:38,120 I'm going to deduct score points off. 190 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:43,640 OK, Now as loving parents, what we do when our kids fall, OK, we 191 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,920 run in. I I at the moment my kid falls. 192 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,640 I mean, I've so many seen them fall much as our bicycles 193 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,400 different places. I just run in the other night. 194 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,360 Was it my middle 1 cried out in the middle of the night. 195 00:09:56,560 --> 00:10:00,480 OK, I don't get up and like try and check and give AI run to my 196 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,200 child. I pick up my child and I hold 197 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,200 him in my house. I comfort him straight away. 198 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,760 That's what a loving parent we do for our kids. 199 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:12,240 And so we rush and we move in and so I pick up, we pick them 200 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:15,160 up. OK, wipe off the tears, kiss the 201 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:16,960 scrape or the bruise or whatever. 202 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:22,200 OK, And we just love on me and I just say are you OK That easier? 203 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,240 Okay, wherever it is, if there's a middle of the night on 204 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,960 convenience, okay, the key is falling off the bike that 205 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:31,200 easier? You'll be okay. 206 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:32,640 I'm right here. I've got that. 207 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:38,520 That is how heaven treats us. That is a picture of our 208 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:42,520 heavenly Father that when we fall, make mistakes, when 209 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:45,760 something happened, our Father doesn't stand with his arms 210 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:49,920 crossed from a distance criticizing now I will fall when 211 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:51,800 we fell. Even you can see it all 212 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:53,560 throughout the Bible since day one. 213 00:10:53,560 --> 00:10:57,000 In the beginning when mankind fell, all throughout the Bible, 214 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:01,320 God came running in. God came running to help, to 215 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:05,000 love, to comfort the Bible. He's not just standing there 216 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:09,000 waiting, watching you go for your struggle and struggling and 217 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,960 falling and God rush is in the Bible says in the book of John 218 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:17,640 three that God so loved the world that he gave his son. 219 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:19,320 Whoever believes in it shall not pray. 220 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,920 But I never lost him God. And then he says this, I did not 221 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:27,680 send my son now listen to this church to condemn the world. 222 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:35,120 I did not send my son to condemn the world, but so that the world 223 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:39,440 can be saved through him. Wow, that's a different story 224 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,400 that I've heard at some religious organization where God 225 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:46,200 says I have given my son not to condemn the world, but to save 226 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:51,600 the world. I love that John 3 verse 16, 227 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,560 very famous verse. And so love didn't wait from a 228 00:11:55,560 --> 00:12:00,040 distance, Love run, love moved in, love comforted. 229 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:04,400 And I love what it says in Romans, you know, when Christ 230 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:11,680 died for us, Roman says even while we were Yitsenness, my 231 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,960 God, that is a loving God. Even while we were running in 232 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:16,600 the mud, while we were doing well. 233 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:21,240 Fun thing while I was in in the world, man in Pretoria, living 234 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,120 in the world in the hostel, private school for boy. 235 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,560 I mean watching rugby at Loftus first or hanging out, living for 236 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:28,720 myself, just doing my own thing, living wild. 237 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,800 He showed me he loved me even in my mess. 238 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:39,160 While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 239 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,600 Not when you clean yourself up that I love. 240 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:45,720 Not when you're in a perfect place where you've had a perfect 241 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,040 week right in the middle of the mess. 242 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:54,240 Jesus stating and Jesus so, and Jesus gave himself for us in the 243 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:57,320 mess and he didn't stand from a distance shouting directions 244 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,720 across the gap. No, Jesus crossed the gap, he 245 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:04,040 cried, he became one of us. He came to us, he crossed it. 246 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:08,640 And when he came, he carried our issues, our problems, he took it 247 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:10,560 upon him. He said, there's this great 248 00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:13,040 exchange and I love Remembrance day-to-day because we're 249 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:14,680 remembering Jesus. He took it. 250 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:16,840 He said, listen, let me just take your sickness, disease, 251 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,040 troubles, put it on me and I'll give you my blessing. 252 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:26,360 He took our sin and our guilt. He paid it, so we messed up. 253 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:27,800 OK, Stand before the judge, right? 254 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:30,880 You got to pay the bill. Jesus said, I'll take that, I'll 255 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,520 pay the bill, you're free. Hallelujah. 256 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:37,040 Somebody give God some praise. That's what he did. 257 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:41,520 God moved first so we can move forward. 258 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:43,880 God move first. Say that with me. 259 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:47,160 God move first so I can move forward. 260 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:52,080 Start again, God move first so I can move forward. 261 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,440 Hallelujah. And so the message is not climb 262 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:59,840 up to God. The message is God came down to 263 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:02,840 us. That's a simple gospel message. 264 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:04,440 Let that sink in. First love. 265 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:08,040 And so, yeah, what does that means on a Monday morning in 266 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:12,680 everyday life? It's we love because he first 267 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:16,760 loved us. So it's out of that place of his 268 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:21,080 love for us that we flung. OK, so he went first. 269 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:22,720 It's not something that we earned. 270 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:24,960 It's not something we perform to do. 271 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:29,800 It's he came, he loved us and we see that in the cross. 272 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,800 We see that in the entity tomb, how he made a way. 273 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,400 Love went first. Now let me just talk about value 274 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,640 for a moment because 1 Psalm 139 is verified. 275 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,120 The Bible says that we have been powerful, wonderfully, 276 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:44,520 wonderful, fearfully and wonderfully made. 277 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:51,120 I mean, OK, so that means that God has taken extra special care 278 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:56,280 with you, wonderful, fearfully and wonderfully mate. 279 00:14:56,280 --> 00:15:00,120 I mean, and so you are not random, you're not an accident, 280 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:04,200 you're not some mistake or leftover parts, OK? 281 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:09,920 You are carefully your planned, known, OK, Known and seen. 282 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:13,080 And so you are. It's so beautiful because you 283 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,480 are wanted. You're genuinely wanted, OK? 284 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:17,440 You are wanted. Tell your neighbors that you are 285 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:22,440 wanted. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're wanted. 286 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:25,520 Yeah, you are wanted. Yeah. 287 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:29,640 And so, you know, God stands with his arms wide open and he's 288 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:34,040 like, you are wanted, OK. And so, yes, you are my prized 289 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,680 position. I mean, and so no matter what 290 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,920 you go through in life, no matter the difficulty, your 291 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:44,600 child or how many mistakes or how many disappointments or 292 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:51,480 doesn't matter what you face in life, okay, your value, it stays 293 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,560 the same. Your value doesn't change, OK, 294 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:55,640 You are always the apple of his eye. 295 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,760 You're always the one for him. He always loves you. 296 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:02,520 And so your value stays the same. 297 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:06,240 It doesn't go up or down. You know, I read about medical 298 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,160 researchers that they've tried to calculate the worth of a 299 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:12,440 human body. And so they try to calculate, 300 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:16,120 OK, so we talk about now the enzymes, the hormones, the body 301 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,920 organs, body part, you know, bones, muscles, and they sort of 302 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,120 OK, right. If kidney is 100,000, level is 303 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,680 250, a heart is maybe 500. And so they've come up with an 304 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,240 estimation. The medical research is that 305 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:34,520 it's about half 1,000,000 lbs. So an average size person is 306 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:37,920 about half £1,000,000 worth. So that's what they've worked 307 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,040 out on the human body, right? OK. 308 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,840 And so just imagine that, how does it feel to be half 309 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:50,440 £1,000,000 person? Yeah, half £1,000,000. 310 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:53,480 OK, for the heart, now it's illegal to pay for organs. 311 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:55,840 OK, these days we donate organs. It's. 312 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,520 So that's just an estimation, but it just shows you how much 313 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:02,560 the treasure that God has placed in you, OK, Because God, the 314 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:06,400 manufacturer sets the price. How much worth, how much value. 315 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:11,800 And so the Heavenly Father put value on you, He put worth on 316 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,040 you. And so your heavenly Father put 317 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:16,920 value on you. And, and I just love it because 318 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,640 your creator, he's signed you, he's put his name, he's signed 319 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,400 you, you carry his name. He's put his signature on your 320 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,400 life. I mean, that is his glory. 321 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,920 It's just to think about that just settles it. 322 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:33,240 I mean, OK, my maker, he, he sets my value, that settles the 323 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,440 value. My maker, I belong to God. 324 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,920 And so I just came to tell somebody here today that you are 325 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:44,040 extremely valuable. You're worth. 326 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:47,000 You're so valuable to God. You're worth. 327 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,560 And that's what it says in Ephesians, that you are God's 328 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:54,400 workmanship. And now the word for workmanship 329 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,400 means that you are God's masterpiece. 330 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:58,960 Now, you do realize that the masterpiece is not mass 331 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,040 produced. You don't just come off an 332 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:02,960 assembly line. You're not just that project, 333 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:05,520 OK? You're not just average or just 334 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,880 ordinary, OK? You are one-of-a-kind. 335 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:11,920 You are unique. You're an original, OK? 336 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:16,440 Yeah, You custom made one-of-a-kind, a masterpiece. 337 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:18,480 You've been signed off by the artist. 338 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:25,040 And it's more than Picasso. It's God Almighty, the creator 339 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,240 of everything. Now maybe life, I've put labels 340 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,480 on you. Maybe life said that you're good 341 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,640 or just average or not good enough, or maybe mistakes try to 342 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,960 define you. Many people have rejected you or 343 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,600 overlooked you. But heaven comes with a better 344 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:40,760 word. Heaven says you are a 345 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:46,600 masterpiece. Oh glory to God, I feel the 346 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:49,320 annoying thing in this place. Now let me just give you a 347 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,920 simple picture. OK at home I I mean, I enjoy 348 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:54,440 playing OK, I grew up playing rugby. 349 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:58,240 But now since I've been you know, in the UK, probably over 350 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:00,320 to football now we call it soccer in South Arabia. 351 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,800 Now football OK, so I've got a football at home. 352 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,200 My kids now play football. Sometimes I've thrown in a rugby 353 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:09,200 ball anyways, so now I've got this football at home. 354 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,480 Now it's same size as what they would play in the pros. 355 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,280 So it's about what, 20 bucks a football? 356 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:19,360 OK, if I take that football and I take it to a professional 357 00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:21,440 footballer, let's say I take it to Ronaldo. 358 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,120 Ronaldo, can you sign my football? 359 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:25,360 And Ronaldo puts his signature on that football. 360 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,760 All of a sudden that football is not 20 lbs anymore, but it's 2 361 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,800 million. OK, what is all of a sudden I 362 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:35,800 can sell it for a fortune sign, football, sign letter sign 363 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,400 places. What changed? 364 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:45,280 Not the football, the owner. So in Christ, we belong to God. 365 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:50,000 You are God's prized position. The Bible says that you are 366 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:55,040 God's chosen people. God has placed his signature on 367 00:19:55,120 --> 00:19:57,400 your life. That makes you valuable. 368 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:00,840 Somebody shout Hallelujah. Yes. 369 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,400 Glory be to God. Yeah. 370 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:07,960 So you're worth. Your value is not performance 371 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:09,800 based. You're worth. 372 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,600 Your value is not based on what you can do, on your 373 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:15,920 qualifications, on your job, on your achievements. 374 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:24,040 OK, now your value, your worth is based on who you belong to. 375 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:29,280 Yeah, I belong to God. Yeah, it's who you belong to. 376 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:34,680 And so he signed his signature on your wife when he formed you. 377 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,480 He claimed you when he gave you Jesus. 378 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,680 And now we can say with peace in our hearts, oh, we belong to 379 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:44,280 God. God is how I belong to God. 380 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:49,720 And that value settled with settle and think about a watch 381 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,760 shop because was it that the lexicon of one of the shopping 382 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:57,040 malls, one of the shops there Now it looks very simple, very 383 00:20:57,040 --> 00:21:00,040 plain. I mean that one shops 50,000 lbs 384 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,960 OK, some of the shops you got 50 thousand 70,000 lbs for a for a 385 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:07,880 watch. OK, now look very until the 386 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:12,200 jeweler open the back. I'm like oh OK. 387 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:17,000 Now all of a sudden when the jeweler shows me the watch and I 388 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,080 look at and I say, OK craftsmanship. 389 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:24,240 I see the make, I see the model and I look at that, I look at 390 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:28,080 that watch and I'm like my God, this is a this is a Rolex. 391 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,560 No one. That's 70,000 OK, £70,000 for a 392 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:34,280 watch. Now, when I looked at it at 393 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:37,960 first I looked at it, it looked from the outside, very plain, 394 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,960 very simple. The same when people look at 395 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:45,400 you, sometimes they just look at the outside and they just look. 396 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,120 You look orderly, you look simple. 397 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:50,120 God looks deeper. God looks on the inside. 398 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:55,440 God looks at the heart and He sees His image in your heart. 399 00:21:55,600 --> 00:22:00,280 He sees His signature, His Rolex signature in your heart, in your 400 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,120 life, His Christ, His presence in your life. 401 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:07,440 And he calls you a masterpiece. That settles your value. 402 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:11,280 That settles your work. Somebody give God some praise in 403 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,240 this place. Yeah, that's right. 404 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,800 Because that is who you are. You are a masterpiece. 405 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,960 You are not second hand. You are not just. 406 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:28,760 You are one-of-a-kind, original with heaven's signature on your 407 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,600 life. So just receive this word today. 408 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:35,200 Wow, you are loved. You are loved. 409 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,720 You are wanted. You are so valuable. 410 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,920 You are so loved. I just love that song. 411 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:44,040 Oh, how he loves us. This is so awesome And majesty. 412 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:48,680 You know, his love, it changes everything, the love of God. 413 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,440 It doesn't go up or down. God's love is constant, the same 414 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,760 everlasting. Regardless of you know, we've 415 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:57,800 had a good week or a bad week, God still loves us. 416 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,080 It doesn't go up and down. It's God's nothing. 417 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:05,840 Which wings He's eternal loving you in my child. 418 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:10,040 OK, when my kids are and I've got sons, OK, they kid naughty 419 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,520 at home. Listen, if they naughty at home, 420 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:15,800 OK, I still love those guys, my little ones. 421 00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:18,800 I'm like, come to daddy, you've been really naughty now, OK, 422 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:21,160 you're going to clean up your room now. 423 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:25,600 But I love the our heavenly Father treats us the same way he 424 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,720 loves us. It's like, oh, I had a rough 425 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:30,440 week. God, I just did this to the dog 426 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:31,840 and that and look, I was like, I still love you. 427 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:35,640 Yeah, that's our Father, you see, and that's it. 428 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,960 Because listen, you, we, because he love us first. 429 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,000 He's not changed his mind. We can move forward first. 430 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:46,280 You can get back up, not because you'd never fall, but because 431 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,480 his love wash us. It's his love. 432 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:53,000 The gospel is not try harder. Oh, you really need to try now. 433 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,040 Really harder. No, the gospel is simple. 434 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:59,520 It's looked at Jesus because he made the first move. 435 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:03,640 Jesus become your next step. So you are left so that you can 436 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:05,320 now live. And now let's make this 437 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:12,720 practical tomorrow morning. It's how simple open the word 438 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,400 and so speak the word and you speak it out loud. 439 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:22,680 You just because when you look at the word, first look at the 440 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,520 the mirror. The Bible talks about the word 441 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:26,400 as a mirror. Before you look at any other 442 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,640 mirror, before we go into the bathroom mirror, first look at 443 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:33,000 that, the Scripture mirror. And so then while you're making 444 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:39,000 coffee, getting the kids ready, just speak the word out loud and 445 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,720 you just say thank you, God, that I am fearfully and 446 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:46,400 wonderfully, mate. Thank you, Lord, that I am a 447 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,920 masterpiece. Thank you, Lord, that you've 448 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:51,880 chosen me. I belong. 449 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:57,200 I'm loved that simple. I just giving you illustration 450 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,480 of my morning. I'll just just say those few 451 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,200 words. God, you move first. 452 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,480 So now I can have a blessed day today out of that love 453 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:08,000 relationship. I'm telling you when you speak 454 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,920 like that, you start your day like that, something shifts. 455 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,240 All of a sudden the pressure falls off because I know what it 456 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,440 is. I've managed over 100 people in 457 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,080 some Monica Trust in Bristol. I know what it is to manage 458 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:21,920 people. I know what it is to have the 459 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,040 CQC inspectors come in. I know I've managed a very 460 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:29,280 affluent retirement village and that's how I start in the car 461 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:33,280 before I go to work. I speak those words and all of a 462 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:38,600 sudden the problems that feel so permanent, it shifts people's 463 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,040 opinions. All of a sudden, it loses its 464 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:42,600 grip. Yeah. 465 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,000 Because I've just been declaring the word. 466 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,400 I've just been speaking what the word of God says. 467 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:52,880 And so all of a sudden, you stop trying to get approval and you 468 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,880 walk from a place that you carry approval. 469 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:57,840 Can you say, I mean, somebody? Yeah. 470 00:25:58,080 --> 00:25:59,920 And so just grab hold of this word today. 471 00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:03,160 Set it deep in your heart that you were loved even before you 472 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:04,840 improved. OK. 473 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,840 Yeah. You were valued before you 474 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,920 perform. You were chosen before you chose 475 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:12,640 him. Come on. 476 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,120 That's first love. He chose you long before you 477 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:17,000 chose him. Yeah, that's first love. 478 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,920 That's why your future is bright. 479 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,360 Your future is bright not because you do everything 480 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:25,840 perfectly. Your future is bright because 481 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:29,120 his love is perfect. Because his love is eternal. 482 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:33,400 Because his love is stable. That's why your future is 483 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:38,040 bright, because of his love, OK? Not because you will never 484 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:42,840 stumble, never make a mistake, but because His love, God is 485 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:44,760 love. Because His love has already 486 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:48,360 made provision. He's already got that covered. 487 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:53,080 So God moved first so that we can move forward. 488 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:58,480 Now let me just talk briefly about Jesus, the greatest gift, 489 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,400 OK? Because love gifts. 490 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,400 Oh, come on, guys. Listen, I love my wife. 491 00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:07,840 So what do I do? I give her stuff. 492 00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:11,640 It's just I'm like, OK, lovey, you want to go to which mall 493 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,080 today, right. Do you want a credit card? 494 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,080 You want this? It's like, where's my wallet? 495 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:20,080 Because I love her. I'm going to buy something nice. 496 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,400 No, that was looking at all. But he's like, OK, come on now, 497 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:25,120 guys. That's true. 498 00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:29,320 Because when you love Becks, OK? Like Becks. 499 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:36,120 What do you want? Because, you see, The thing is, 500 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:38,760 when you genuinely love somebody, James, you give to 501 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,160 Julia. Listen, when you love somebody, 502 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,320 you give to them. You take somebody on a date, 503 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:46,680 you're going to pay the ball. Why? 504 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:49,560 Now? Come. 505 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,120 Let's go to Switzer. Come on. 506 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,720 Yeah, guys, He's nice. You, you do it. 507 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:56,320 Come on. I can. 508 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:58,080 We'll carry on. This is how you treat Ellie. 509 00:27:58,400 --> 00:27:59,280 Come. I love you. 510 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:05,080 So what do we do, guys? When we love one another? 511 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:07,520 We give. That's love. 512 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:10,640 And that shows us the character of our God. 513 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,120 Yeah, that's real genuine love. I'm not talking about fight 514 00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:16,400 love. Real genuine love. 515 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,240 The Bible says God so loved. What did he do? 516 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:23,720 God so loved us, the world. God so loved the world that he 517 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:25,560 gave. Yeah. 518 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:31,560 Yeah, Brian, you got it. He gave his only begotten Son. 519 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:36,080 OK? So God did not give £1,000,000 520 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,920 to buy us, OK? He did not give, He gave his. 521 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,520 He didn't give a system or a formula. 522 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:46,280 He didn't. He gave a person, He gave his 523 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:50,200 son. OK, that's real genuine love. 524 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,720 And so the Scripture calls it God's indescribable gift. 525 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:57,040 So that's the greatest gift, it's Jesus, it's the highest, 526 00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:00,240 it's the most incredible gift is his son that he gave the 527 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,320 greatest gift that changes every part of life. 528 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,040 Now think about a family inheritance, right? 529 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,840 Inheritance is not something that you work for. 530 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:15,240 So my son's birthday is coming up now in November 1st born 531 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:18,040 Peter. So I give him a birthday gift, 532 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,720 not because he has been a good boy or his work. 533 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,480 I give him a because it's his birthday. 534 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:27,120 The same with an inheritance. An inheritance is something that 535 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:31,280 somebody places in your hands. They give it to you because 536 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:34,720 you're family, not because you earned it, not because you work 537 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,480 for it, because you are family, OK. 538 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:41,240 And so that is what the Father did with Jesus. 539 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:45,120 He came in Jesus. We receive forgiveness, a brand 540 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:48,240 new stock, new mercies every morning, a brand new heart, a 541 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,760 brand new life. We receive that in Jesus. 542 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:54,360 Not because we performed, not because you did a good work to a 543 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:58,040 charity or attended or this or that, a good work, none of that. 544 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,240 It's because He loves you. That's why I gave you Hama Saba. 545 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:05,120 That's why he doesn't. Because I love you. 546 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,480 Not because you go to a church or not, because you do a big 547 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,520 work of charity. None of that. 548 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,040 He loves you. A father that loves his child. 549 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:16,600 I'll give you a present. Now, what's very important is 550 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,720 that it needs to be received, OK? 551 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,680 He needs to receive and unwrap the gift. 552 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:27,400 That's the only thing. So we don't work for it. 553 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:29,160 We don't. But if I sit there and I look at 554 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,080 my son and he's not unwrapping, he's not receiving the gift. 555 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,040 You see, what we need to do is we need to receive it. 556 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:40,000 And this matters. And the reason this matters, if 557 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:45,080 we do not receive and unwrap the gift, the world will try and 558 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:51,160 sell you a fake, the world will try and sell you something for 559 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:56,080 like a copy, and the world will try and push you to prove your 560 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,720 value, to perform for more likes. 561 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:08,200 OK, but your value, your worth does not come from the boss, the 562 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,280 crowd, people. Your worth, your value comes 563 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:15,240 from your owner. That's where your where your 564 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:18,920 value comes from. I mean, and so it's very freeing 565 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:24,560 when you live a life and you realize that it's a very free 566 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,960 life to live when you realize you don't have to impress 567 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:30,880 people. It's very free when you come to 568 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:32,000 a place you don't have to impress people. 569 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:36,880 Because The thing is, it takes a lot of energy to compete and 570 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,200 compare and keep up with the Joneses. 571 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,320 It takes a lot of energy, a lot of you know, with it. 572 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,880 Because The thing is, it's working hard. 573 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,320 It's like running on a treadmill now. 574 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:50,120 I like exercises, but running on a treadmill, it's hard work, but 575 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:53,040 you're not getting anywhere. It's like going nowhere slowly, 576 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:54,240 you know, running on the treadmill. 577 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:57,160 Now, I'm not against exercise. I love exercise and treadmills. 578 00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:59,480 I used to have a bike. I like one of those bike 579 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,880 treadmills now, especially in the winter. 580 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:07,040 But now hard work on a treadmill, not going anywhere. 581 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:12,520 That's how it takes energy. As soon as you prove yourself to 582 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:16,440 one person, prove myself to this person, then oh, I need to 583 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:19,520 impress another person. There's someone else that I need 584 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,960 to impress. Oh, I've proved myself to this 585 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:23,400 person. Oh, now I need to impress this 586 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:24,240 person. I need to be. 587 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:28,080 And so just take the pressure off and get off the treadmill, 588 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:32,280 breathe and relax. You don't need to impress 589 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,680 anyone. Oh, that's, that's treater. 590 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:38,920 It's you can live. Oh, that's you can enjoy your 591 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:42,240 life every day in God's love. You don't need to perform. 592 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,760 You can enjoy your everyday life. 593 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:47,080 OK. And especially in these times 594 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,960 that we are living in, I mean, this culture that we are living 595 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:53,960 in, I mean, it's just designer brand names, labels everywhere. 596 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:56,720 Wherever you look, there's a designer label. 597 00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,880 Oh, another designer label. Oh, designer shoes. 598 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,600 Oh, fancy sunglasses. OK, I've got the right bag, the 599 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:09,880 right car, the right the latest iPhone mobile device. 600 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:14,040 And it's all these fancy and it can make you feel good for a 601 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,840 moment. But sometimes we'd wear so many 602 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:20,720 other name brands that we forget our own. 603 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,040 Yeah. We start looking to design the 604 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,040 labels to tell us what will you matter? 605 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:28,440 Our badly. OK. 606 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:31,440 Very quiet in this Presbyterian Church. 607 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,640 Are you with me? Are you receiving OK? 608 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:42,120 OK, listen, there's nothing wrong with designer labels, OK? 609 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,800 Please, I just want you to understand there is nothing 610 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:48,840 wrong with designer labels with dress good, look good. 611 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:55,640 And all of us. OK, enjoy them, but don't let 612 00:33:55,640 --> 00:34:00,960 the things set your value. Oh, I'm wearing a designer Jean 613 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,480 now. Now my value is really oh, why 614 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,280 is my designer Jean now my values? 615 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:09,239 OK, so don't let things set you because I'm wearing the fancy 616 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:10,679 sunglasses. Oh, I love that. 617 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,239 I'm like yeah, no, but don't let that tell you who you are 618 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:18,320 because The thing is your name. Now thank God for the different 619 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:19,840 names in the Nike and the Adidas and what? 620 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:24,679 But your name is unique. I'm like, we've got to make my 621 00:34:24,679 --> 00:34:27,000 own sweater, you know, with our name, Will's name or something, 622 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,400 you know, But yeah, your name is unique. 623 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:35,760 Your name in God is unique. And OK, it's it's in fact, it's 624 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:39,080 actually greater than the name that stitched on the shirt that 625 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:43,480 the Tommy, you know, it's your name in God is greater than the 626 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:47,480 label and all respect you that made labels and all of that. 627 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,239 That's fine. But yes, the difference between 628 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:52,440 you and the brown is that God has breathed his life into you. 629 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,159 You are carrying the image of God. 630 00:34:55,159 --> 00:34:57,120 God's image, God's Spirit is in you. 631 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:01,920 You are a son and a daughter of the most high goal. 632 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:06,680 Sallelujah. Repeat your cow. 633 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:09,920 The name between Nas and the brand name. 634 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,520 And we thank God for the kids running around with Ronaldo 635 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:14,680 shirts and football shirts and and all these things. 636 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:18,120 Yeah, it's fun. But never forget your name is 637 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:19,960 unique. Yes, there's a Ronaldo, but 638 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:23,920 there's a Nas. Come on now. 639 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:26,480 Is Nas born again? You are safe. 640 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:30,560 You're the child of God. OK, Look at your value. 641 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:35,960 You carry the signature of God higher than the Rolex, and I 642 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:38,120 thank God for the 50,000. But you guys got more. 643 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,160 Yeah. So whether he's now a designer 644 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:47,840 or a discount, whether he's now Gucci or Goodwill, your value 645 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,880 stays the same. Whether I wear the label now to 646 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,960 do it or not, it stays the same. Whether I live in this much 647 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:57,520 small flat or in a brand new house, it stays the same. 648 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:01,760 OK, you cannot get more valuable because of something that you 649 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:03,640 brand new car, you cannot get more valuable. 650 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:07,920 The highest is a child of God. The highest child of God is the 651 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:10,400 highest value. Your value is priced on one 652 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:14,680 thing, that you belong to God the Father, the highest value 653 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:19,040 that you belong to the father. So yes, we thank God for the big 654 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,320 house. We thank God for the driving the 655 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:23,160 nice car. We thank God for that. 656 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:27,080 Yeah, get the big house, drive the nice car, all of the good 657 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:29,200 listen. And that may increase your bank 658 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,720 account. Your bank account may go a bit 659 00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:35,640 bigger and yes, it may increase your net worth, but not yourself 660 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:42,400 worth. Whoa, yeah, yeah, increase it to 661 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:48,720 network, but not yourself worth. Yeah, God is the one that sets 662 00:36:48,720 --> 00:36:51,320 your value. It's in the heart. 663 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,600 God is the one is Jesus in your heart. 664 00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:57,400 When you're a child of God, that sets the value. 665 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,080 When God breathed his life into you, that sets us. 666 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:06,040 But The thing is, the enemy works overtime to devalue us. 667 00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,680 And he used a trick. And I want to show you something 668 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,040 very powerful. If you get this today, it's 669 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:12,760 going to really bless you. It's the free piece. 670 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:14,120 You'll never forget this, the free piece. 671 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:16,760 Remember the free piece, the first one, performance, 672 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:19,640 possessions and popularity. Because that's what he pulled 673 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:23,480 off on Jesus. Listen, the signed devil still 674 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,560 signed tricks. And you know what happened in 675 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:31,160 Luke 4 in the wilderness? The enemy came to Jesus and this 676 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,480 is what he said to you, because he pulled this. 677 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:37,400 He's tried this same trick. The performance, the possessions 678 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:39,640 and popularity. The first thing that the devil 679 00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:43,720 said to Jesus, turn these stones into bread. 680 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:49,240 Perform. Prove yourself through a 681 00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:53,880 miracle. Jesus said man shall not live by 682 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,240 bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth 683 00:37:56,640 --> 00:38:00,400 of God. So in other words, I don't have 684 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:05,000 to perform to know who I am. I don't need performance. 685 00:38:05,240 --> 00:38:09,280 I don't have to prove to feel good about myself to know who I 686 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:11,320 am. I don't need performance to 687 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:13,400 prove who I am. That's, that's, that's number 688 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:16,000 one. OK #2 the enemy showed him the 689 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:19,520 kingdoms of the world. He said right thou, and it's 690 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:20,760 yours. Now. 691 00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:26,520 Jesus refused and said no, because I don't need stuff to 692 00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:30,800 know my worth. I don't need possessions to 693 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:35,880 prove that I'm worth my value. I don't need possessions to 694 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:39,280 prove my worth or mother. And then finally, this is what 695 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:42,360 the enemy said. He said, all right, if you are 696 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:46,640 the Son of God, jump off this temple because you said that 697 00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:49,720 your angels will catch you. The enemy was trying to get 698 00:38:49,720 --> 00:38:54,240 Jesus to show off in front of the people to get the the crowd 699 00:38:54,240 --> 00:38:58,440 cheered the crowd a mate and to cheer him popularity. 700 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:04,120 But Jesus refused and he said I don't need the applause of 701 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:08,640 people to feel secure. I don't need the applause and 702 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:12,200 the approval of people to know who I am and to feel secure. 703 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:15,840 I know who I am. I don't need those three things. 704 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:20,120 I don't need performance. I don't need possessions. 705 00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:23,280 I don't need popularity to feel valuable. 706 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:26,160 I don't need those three things to tell me who I am. 707 00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:30,080 I know who I am. I am the son of a living God. 708 00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:35,840 I am the son of God. Oh Jesus, I know who I am. 709 00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:39,600 I don't need those things to prove who I am. 710 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:44,400 A lot of people, they live in these days proving foreman's 711 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:51,200 mode, proving they cannot feel happy about themselves unless 712 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:57,440 they have proved to people that that I'm important, prove, 713 00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:02,280 perform. OK, now why could Jesus say no 714 00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:07,440 to all those three things? Because his identity was 715 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:12,200 settled. He knows this is who I am. 716 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,320 I don't need to perform. I don't need stuff. 717 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:19,320 I don't need the the crowd to chir. 718 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:27,680 I know who I am and how the father spoke that over him in 719 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:31,440 Matthew 3. Remember that? 720 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:35,120 And when did the father speak that over him? 721 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:43,600 Yeah, but before his ministry even started, the father said, 722 00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:52,160 this is my son, my beloved son in who I am well pleased he's 723 00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:55,560 not done anything yet. We're talking about first love. 724 00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:57,240 Come on, somebody's going to get this today. 725 00:40:57,680 --> 00:40:59,600 It's going to drop now in the moment. 726 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,920 We're talking about first love. The Father loved him first 727 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:08,120 before he did anything, before he did a public miracle, before 728 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:11,360 Jesus went about doing good, healing the sea, cleansing the 729 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:15,520 labours, rising, before he did anything, The Father already 730 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:18,720 said, I love you my son Umanuel, pleased. 731 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:23,960 Before Jesus did anything, first love, first love, He loved you 732 00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:28,640 first. Jesus did not work for approval. 733 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:31,760 Jesus did not work for love to receive. 734 00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:34,160 He had the love right in the beginning. 735 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:40,000 His Father said your love. The Father did not say that 736 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:43,160 after his monastery and said well done Jesus, you've healed 737 00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:45,640 so many people, you've done so many miracles, You've done this, 738 00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:47,360 you've healed this. Well done. 739 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:51,800 Right at the start, first love, love moved first. 740 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:57,000 From the place of first love, Jesus flowed his ministry. 741 00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:01,040 The miracles flock. We follow the same pattern. 742 00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:05,520 From a place of first love. Our Father loved us first. 743 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:09,840 Out of that place we flow, we love. 744 00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,280 That's what the Bible verse said. 745 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:13,880 What we read, we love. Why? 746 00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:20,720 Because He first. You're getting this church. 747 00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:25,000 That's our pattern. So when the enemy whispers, it 748 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:28,800 says prove yourself, impress others, impress, work to get 749 00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:31,040 approval. You can smile and say, listen, 750 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:34,240 my worth is not for sale. No, it's not. 751 00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,600 It's not for sale. It was settled on the cross. 752 00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:43,920 That's where it was done. So your worth, your value, it 753 00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:47,680 doesn't change. The love of God for you never 754 00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:50,720 changes. If you've had a good week or a 755 00:42:50,720 --> 00:42:53,440 bad week, God's love never changes. 756 00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:56,280 Oh God, I feel so bad. I've really been the bad boy. 757 00:42:56,600 --> 00:43:00,760 God's like me, still love you. There's nothing, nothing, 758 00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:04,160 nothing that can change His love for you. 759 00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:08,640 Nothing, nothing. Grab that hole of that today. 760 00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:12,800 Come on, it's not performance driven. 761 00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:15,680 Oh, this week God loves me. That week God and he loves you. 762 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:23,000 Oh, somebody's getting this. Your worth, your value. 763 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,080 It doesn't change. It's not dependent upon your 764 00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:27,520 background. Do you know my background? 765 00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:30,360 What I've done? It doesn't depend on that. 766 00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:33,920 I never knew I'm going to be a part of being started church. 767 00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:35,880 I'm shocked. I'm still, I'm still shocked. 768 00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:36,920 I don't even know what I'm doing there. 769 00:43:38,240 --> 00:43:41,040 Look, God, this can only be God, not me. 770 00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:44,320 I've been this good boy. I've not gone to Bible school, 771 00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:52,240 theology, study sports. This can only be God, this God's 772 00:43:52,240 --> 00:43:55,360 first love. It's the way God is. 773 00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:59,440 So your value, it doesn't change based on your background or your 774 00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:03,120 performance or what you can do or your qualifications, your 775 00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:05,400 behaviour. OK, your worth is only it's 776 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:07,160 because you're a child of the most high God. 777 00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:09,000 Now let me give you 1 simple picture. 778 00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:12,120 If I take who's got a £20 note? Anybody's got a note you or 779 00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,880 something because I've it's already been offering time 780 00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:16,280 right? We probably do you have a note 781 00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:18,400 here because I just want to give you like a demonstration of 782 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:21,520 something because if I take a note, yeah, thank you. 783 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:30,200 Now if I take a note, so this note £5 note, if I crumble it 784 00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:37,680 like that, does it change its value because I've crumbled it? 785 00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:42,480 Does the IT becomes less worth like for all of a sudden the 5 786 00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:46,160 lbs changes to 2 lbs? No, it's still it's still it's 787 00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:49,480 still the same. It's still it doesn't lose value 788 00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:52,960 the same. If I take this 5 lbs and let's 789 00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:56,360 say I drop it on the floor and so I come and and let's say 790 00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:03,000 somebody steps on, does that change the value drop the value 791 00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:05,280 of the 5 LB drop? OK, this is not the stock 792 00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:06,040 market. This is OK. 793 00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:10,880 So what happened? So if you feel that maybe in 794 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:15,640 life has crumbled you or someone's rejected you or hurt 795 00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:20,880 you or dropped you or somebody's betrayed you, that doesn't 796 00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:23,920 change your value. Somebody's getting this. 797 00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:28,880 It doesn't change your value. If you now feel life, life has 798 00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:34,160 trembled on you, stepped on you, crumbled, OK, you're worth your 799 00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:37,760 value is still the same. That never changes. 800 00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:39,240 Amen. Come on, let's put our hands 801 00:45:39,240 --> 00:45:46,320 together, OK, So I want you to understand that regardless of 802 00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:50,560 what happens in life, the difficult God's signature, God's 803 00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:53,400 image is still in and upon your life. 804 00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:57,560 His image, okay? And he, when he paid the price, 805 00:45:57,560 --> 00:46:01,760 did not pay £1,000,000. When God love us like, right, 806 00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:04,160 this is the mistake, this is the fault. 807 00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:07,160 Now somebody's going to have to pay for this because sin is 808 00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:10,480 expensive. And now it's actually did not 809 00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:13,480 cost him 1000 million pounds. In fact, it's actually cost him 810 00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:15,240 his own son. So he's like, right, I'm going 811 00:46:15,240 --> 00:46:19,360 to accept my son with his blood, and his blood still stands. 812 00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:23,880 He paid the price for all of us. Hallelujah, Praise God, thank 813 00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:25,520 you, Jesus. OK. 814 00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:29,200 And so how do we live this out every day? 815 00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:32,160 It's very simple. You just step off the trade 816 00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:36,400 mode, step off the performance proving mode, OK. 817 00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:38,160 Because you are not working for love. 818 00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:41,640 You're not working for, you're not auditioning for love. 819 00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:44,600 The role is already yours. You're already approved. 820 00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:47,080 OK. And so calm your heart and say, 821 00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:52,800 OK, so I flow from approval, from value, not for approval or 822 00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:55,600 for value. And so, church, you are loved 823 00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:58,600 already. Yeah, you're already, you're 824 00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:03,360 proved already valued, already first love went first. 825 00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:07,440 And so this week you will see how love, the love of God 826 00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:10,880 touches and changes, how you walk, how you think, how you see 827 00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:14,480 yourself, the love of God when you catch this revelation 828 00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:17,880 because he loved us first. So we can move forward. 829 00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:21,320 Now let's talk about first love, what it does. 830 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,120 And this is amazing for guilt and shine. 831 00:47:24,120 --> 00:47:28,040 You know the heavy feelings because it says very clearly and 832 00:47:28,040 --> 00:47:30,800 I want to read that to you. I've quoted it many times, but I 833 00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:35,720 want you to actually see this. It says John 3 and then after 834 00:47:35,720 --> 00:47:43,960 the 16 comes verse 17. Let me show you right. 835 00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:47,960 So there it is. It says that for God did not 836 00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:54,840 send his son into the world soon condemn the world, but to save 837 00:47:54,840 --> 00:47:58,640 the world through him. So Jesus didn't show up with a 838 00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:02,440 clipboard pointing fingers and he's standing there with his 839 00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:05,680 clipboard and he's reviewing all of your mistakes. 840 00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:08,800 Jesus did not show up reviewing all of the failures. 841 00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:12,120 He did not point. No, Jesus came to save. 842 00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:15,800 Jesus came to rescue to save the to rescue. 843 00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:20,720 So Jesus came to pull us out, not to push us down, OK, to 844 00:48:20,720 --> 00:48:23,880 bring us peace, not to keep you in proving much. 845 00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:27,880 Now think about a lifeguard. When a lifeguard is on, dude, 846 00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:31,320 and there's somebody going down, let's say it's in the sea, OK, 847 00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:33,680 Margaret, or Durban or someone or at the coast somewhere. 848 00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:36,520 And So what happens is the the person's going under the water. 849 00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:40,520 The lifeguard does not stand on the pier and stand and scream 850 00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:42,560 and shout, oh, why did you swim in that water? 851 00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:45,280 Why did you swim in the ocean current and throw out a lecture 852 00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:48,680 and throw out a manual on cut waters, ocean currents. 853 00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:53,080 Now, if a person goes down a lifeguard, the first thing is he 854 00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:58,280 dives in, he swams as fast as he can, reaches out, pulls you out 855 00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:03,240 and gets you back to safety. That is a picture of our Savior. 856 00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:06,640 Jesus comes, He reaches out to his people. 857 00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:09,840 He says, come, let me pull you out, not to push you down, but 858 00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:14,000 to save you, to rescue you. Not to point a finger, not to 859 00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:17,960 condemn you, but to save you, to rescue us. 860 00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:22,560 Come on. Jesus is a very present help in 861 00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:25,840 the time of trouble. It is the best prayer that you 862 00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:27,560 can pray. I've been in times I've been in 863 00:49:27,560 --> 00:49:30,080 rough waters in my life. I nearly died many times the 864 00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:33,520 first thing I had to help. And Jesus has always been 865 00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:35,640 faithful to help me. It's the best prayer you can 866 00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:38,560 pray, help you just it's just remember that prayer. 867 00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:41,880 He's a very present help in a time of trouble. 868 00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:45,280 He's not distant. He's closer than you think you 869 00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:47,560 are. When you cry out, you'll never, 870 00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:49,120 ever let you down. Never. 871 00:49:49,880 --> 00:49:52,200 Never. Were you in trouble? 872 00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:55,720 I was on my bicycle and I was crossing the road and I saw the 873 00:49:55,720 --> 00:49:58,160 car and he hit me like this. I cried out. 874 00:49:58,160 --> 00:50:00,400 Jesus. I flew right over the car all 875 00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:01,560 the way. Everything happens, Loma. 876 00:50:01,560 --> 00:50:06,200 I should have died in Sunnyside in Pretoria that day. 877 00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:07,640 The devil said I'm going to destroy you. 878 00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:09,360 I'm going to kill you even before you have a wife and 879 00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:11,160 children. He wanted to kill me and Take Me 880 00:50:11,160 --> 00:50:14,480 Out. I screamed to you and he helped 881 00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:16,360 me the one time in Margaret as well. 882 00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:18,840 I was nearly drowning. I was in the back and this 883 00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:22,080 picture God showed it to me. My friend Kharad Feniger was 884 00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:25,160 right next to me. We went under the I gave my last 885 00:50:25,160 --> 00:50:27,080 breath. I realized I'm way too far deep 886 00:50:27,080 --> 00:50:29,680 and I cannot stand the the current sucked us completely in 887 00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:32,920 and I I went and then I thought I'm dead. 888 00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:36,440 I'm gone. A hand came through like this. 889 00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:41,080 My God, I just cried out to the Lord. 890 00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:44,680 I said, Jesus, if this is it that I'm coming to heaven, I, I 891 00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:48,040 knew I was so, but I had, it was not my time yet. 892 00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:50,320 And that lifesaver, that guy, he just grabbed me. 893 00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:53,520 He saved my life. And Jesus said to me, that's how 894 00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:56,360 I will save you. What's coming in this world? 895 00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:58,840 We're living in the AI world. We are living in the end times. 896 00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:01,200 Things are going to get worse in the world. 897 00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:03,160 But for the church, this is the ark. 898 00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:07,120 This is the ark, Noah's ark. Now, let me just tell you this 899 00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:09,680 one thing about the ark, because no one preached for hundreds, 900 00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:11,960 120 people kept on, kept talking. 901 00:51:12,160 --> 00:51:14,800 He said, listen, there's going to come a day when the door is 902 00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:18,240 going to close and the whole world's going to be thrust with 903 00:51:18,240 --> 00:51:22,400 water. Everything, the door of the ark 904 00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:25,760 is still open right now, but there's going to come a time 905 00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:30,280 when that door closes. So right now, each and every one 906 00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:33,400 of us, it's not about joining a church or a religion or it's 907 00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:37,720 about getting right of Jesus. And so if I die right now and I 908 00:51:37,720 --> 00:51:41,440 stand in front of God, I'm going to heaven because I've received 909 00:51:41,440 --> 00:51:45,120 Jesus. And so Jesus is yet to save. 910 00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:48,880 He's our savior and to bring peace into our lives. 911 00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:52,280 And I love Romans 8 because Romans 8 says very much the same 912 00:51:52,280 --> 00:51:53,720 thing. It says there is therefore no 913 00:51:53,720 --> 00:51:57,480 condemnation. Come on, Romans 8, no 914 00:51:57,480 --> 00:51:59,400 condemnation. That doesn't mean less or half 915 00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:01,560 condemnation. It means no condemnation. 916 00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:04,720 Yeah, Yeah, that's no condemnation. 917 00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:07,400 I'm like, wow. I mean, that's standing before 918 00:52:07,400 --> 00:52:09,280 the judge and I I owe the penalty. 919 00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:11,240 I've got to pay this. Jesus. 920 00:52:11,840 --> 00:52:14,520 The judge declares it in your favour. 921 00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:19,120 Case closed. I pay the price because, Jesus, 922 00:52:19,120 --> 00:52:21,000 you, I took it. And the advocate says, you know 923 00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:23,440 what? I'll pay the ball, I'll take it, 924 00:52:23,480 --> 00:52:25,480 Jesus. That's exactly what so all we do 925 00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:29,800 is we say thank you Jesus, I am free because you pay the bill. 926 00:52:31,080 --> 00:52:34,400 And so very few verses later in Romans chapter 8, that same 927 00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:37,720 verse, it says this God is for us. 928 00:52:38,640 --> 00:52:42,400 Always remember that. Always remember that God is for 929 00:52:42,400 --> 00:52:44,600 us. He's not against us. 930 00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:46,400 That's a lie from the pet of hell. 931 00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:49,160 God is for us. He's backing you in your family, 932 00:52:49,240 --> 00:52:51,040 in your work, in your career, everywhere. 933 00:52:51,120 --> 00:52:52,280 He's there. Let's make this. 934 00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:53,760 Let's open that door. Let's connect you with this. 935 00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:56,640 But he's for you. He's got a prosperous future for 936 00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:58,720 you. He's for you, not against you. 937 00:52:58,880 --> 00:53:02,040 Nothing. Nothing can separate you from 938 00:53:02,040 --> 00:53:03,360 God's love. Nothing. 939 00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:05,240 Come on. There is nothing. 940 00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:08,200 Not the good, the bad. Actually nothing. 941 00:53:08,440 --> 00:53:09,800 Not the good performance. Bad before. 942 00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:12,840 Nothing. No height, no dead, no past, no 943 00:53:12,840 --> 00:53:14,240 prison, no future. Nothing. 944 00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:16,520 No Angel, no demon. No demon. 945 00:53:16,520 --> 00:53:18,920 Hell can separate you from God's love. 946 00:53:19,720 --> 00:53:23,400 Come on, somebody Hallelujah. Yeah. 947 00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:27,560 So, yes, the waves, the difficulties, the challenges. 948 00:53:27,560 --> 00:53:30,760 The critics might talk. When the waves rise, God's grip 949 00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:34,560 gears get stronger. When that wing gets loud, these 950 00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:36,800 problems get louder. And so heaven is for you. 951 00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:38,080 Tell your neighbor heaven is for you. 952 00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:44,240 Yeah, Heaven is for you. Heaven is for you. 953 00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:48,120 It's it's for you. Heaven is for you. 954 00:53:48,120 --> 00:53:51,480 He didn't come to condemn you. He did not come to point the 955 00:53:51,480 --> 00:53:53,760 finger. God, No. 956 00:53:53,760 --> 00:53:56,360 No condemnation. That means no pointing, no 957 00:53:56,360 --> 00:54:01,080 condemnation. No condemnation. 958 00:54:03,920 --> 00:54:08,640 Now, another place the enemy works over time, he works with 959 00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:11,920 mirrors. Now, when I talk about mirrors, 960 00:54:11,920 --> 00:54:13,800 where the enemy, the devil works with mirrors, I'm not talking 961 00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:16,080 about the mirror in your house on the bathroom wall, OK? 962 00:54:16,080 --> 00:54:17,840 I'm talking about the mirror in your head. 963 00:54:18,720 --> 00:54:24,280 Now the mirror in your head, OK. Because how you see yourself is 964 00:54:24,280 --> 00:54:28,160 it matters yourself. Image. 965 00:54:28,520 --> 00:54:29,760 Yeah. God's got my back. 966 00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:34,920 I thank God for that. Now the way you see yourself 967 00:54:35,200 --> 00:54:39,520 matters. Yourself image of yourself, it 968 00:54:39,520 --> 00:54:41,080 can either lift you up or limit you. 969 00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:48,440 If you see yourself negative disadvantage, OK, not 970 00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:49,600 attractive. You see yourself. 971 00:54:49,880 --> 00:54:53,200 It holds you back the way you see yourself. 972 00:54:53,520 --> 00:54:56,720 OK, so I want to talk to you about this because this is very 973 00:54:56,720 --> 00:54:58,760 important. Now think about the funhouse. 974 00:54:58,760 --> 00:55:01,680 We go to this fun house. You see these mirrors at the 975 00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:04,040 fair and you stand in front of the mirror. 976 00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:07,600 And so one mirror it's makes it looks, you look super tall. 977 00:55:08,720 --> 00:55:11,000 So I take the case and we'll stand in front of these mirrors 978 00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:14,160 and it bends you. And so some mirrors, they, they 979 00:55:14,160 --> 00:55:17,160 stretch your arms and my son's like, dad, look at look how I 980 00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:18,440 look. And then they stretch the arms 981 00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:21,000 out like that. And some mirrors, they, they, 982 00:55:21,080 --> 00:55:25,160 they shrink your head and they twist your, your nose and, and, 983 00:55:25,160 --> 00:55:27,920 and, and your mouth features. When you see those mirrors, you 984 00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:30,480 know what I'm talking about, OK, where they actually they, that 985 00:55:30,480 --> 00:55:33,640 your body goes out of proportion big and small. 986 00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:37,000 And OK, look, we all know those mirror images. 987 00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:41,200 They are not true. But the problem is in real life, 988 00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:44,280 we don't always notice when we look at the wrong mirror. 989 00:55:46,360 --> 00:55:49,840 That is the problem. When the image gets distorted, 990 00:55:50,360 --> 00:55:56,120 it gets pinned and twisted. And so the scripture says that 991 00:55:56,520 --> 00:56:00,440 God has made us in the image of God with his image. 992 00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:05,400 OK, now the wrong distortion, the wrong picture of the wrong 993 00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:07,760 mirror, that will keep us limited. 994 00:56:08,920 --> 00:56:11,520 It will hold us back. When we see the wrong picture in 995 00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:13,640 the mirror, look in the mirror. Oh, it's the wrong picture. 996 00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:18,560 OK, but God has gifted us, He's equipped us for our purpose. 997 00:56:18,680 --> 00:56:21,040 Now what? The enemy wants to try and trick 998 00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:25,400 us, put the wrong mirror up to try and distort and bend the 999 00:56:25,400 --> 00:56:32,120 real image so that you do not see who you really are, that you 1000 00:56:32,120 --> 00:56:35,800 do not understand who the real true you, who you are. 1001 00:56:35,800 --> 00:56:39,160 And so the enemy puts up fake mirrors and he puts up mirrors 1002 00:56:39,160 --> 00:56:42,240 with distorted so that you live. And when if you, if you look at 1003 00:56:42,240 --> 00:56:44,400 the, the wrong mirror with the wrong picture, you're going to 1004 00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:47,520 make wrong choices with a distorted image. 1005 00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:50,200 Because now if you look at the real mirror, where's the real 1006 00:56:50,200 --> 00:56:53,880 mirror? The word yeah, that it says in, 1007 00:56:53,880 --> 00:56:58,000 in the book of James chapter 1, it says there the, the mirror, 1008 00:56:58,560 --> 00:57:00,920 it talks about the, the, the word of God, That's the real 1009 00:57:00,920 --> 00:57:04,280 mirror. Yeah, James chapter one, verse 1010 00:57:04,280 --> 00:57:06,400 23. So what do we need to do? 1011 00:57:06,480 --> 00:57:10,840 Just switch mirrors, OK? And so just keep the word of God 1012 00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:14,280 in front of you, because if the wrong mirror comes and his wrong 1013 00:57:14,280 --> 00:57:19,440 mirror says, OK, you're average. Go to the right mirror, the word 1014 00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:22,240 of God and says, well, I'm a masterpiece. 1015 00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:27,480 OK, I'm I'm I'm fearfully and wonderfully mind also if the the 1016 00:57:27,480 --> 00:57:30,920 wrong mirror comes and says, no, you, you can't, then you the 1017 00:57:30,920 --> 00:57:34,160 right mirror says, yes, I can do all things through Christ who 1018 00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:37,400 strengthens me. And so if the wrong mirror says, 1019 00:57:37,400 --> 00:57:40,280 oh, you made a mistake, you blew it again, you just go right 1020 00:57:40,280 --> 00:57:44,040 mirror says there is there now no condemnation in Christ Jesus. 1021 00:57:44,040 --> 00:57:46,720 So you just swap switch mirrors and you just put the right 1022 00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:49,520 mirror in front of you and you keep on answering. 1023 00:57:49,680 --> 00:57:52,160 And so the right mirror, it lines up with the word of God. 1024 00:57:52,320 --> 00:57:55,280 It lines let truth because there's lies and truths in this 1025 00:57:55,280 --> 00:57:56,800 world. I mean, even in the mainstream 1026 00:57:56,800 --> 00:57:58,920 news media, we've seen it this way. 1027 00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:01,680 I want me to know, but we've seen how some of these 1028 00:58:01,680 --> 00:58:04,760 mainstream medias are so corrupt, full of lies. 1029 00:58:04,920 --> 00:58:07,720 It's not even news anymore. Like I can remember and Holden 1030 00:58:07,720 --> 00:58:09,720 that, you know, where I come from, you can't even watch the 1031 00:58:09,720 --> 00:58:11,880 news anymore. I'm like, my God, what's now 1032 00:58:11,880 --> 00:58:14,560 truth and what's a lie? What have they edited? 1033 00:58:14,560 --> 00:58:17,440 What have they done? You know, and I said that it's 1034 00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:20,160 let the truth lead you. So how do we walk this out 1035 00:58:20,160 --> 00:58:21,920 today? Just keep the true mirror in 1036 00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:25,400 front of your face. And so read a verse before you 1037 00:58:25,400 --> 00:58:27,320 read the news. And it's very important. 1038 00:58:27,320 --> 00:58:30,800 I'm like, let me just first read the, the, the, the verse before 1039 00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:33,280 I read the news. And so, yes, speak the word 1040 00:58:33,280 --> 00:58:37,760 before you check the text because 2 minutes of scriptures, 1041 00:58:38,160 --> 00:58:40,560 just like in the morning, I'm going to talk about hours. 1042 00:58:40,560 --> 00:58:43,080 I'm sorry, 2 minutes of scriptures in the morning will 1043 00:58:43,080 --> 00:58:50,240 do more for your heart, OK, than than than anything in the world 1044 00:58:50,240 --> 00:58:54,120 in the news. 2 minutes. Let's send the scriptures. 1045 00:58:54,120 --> 00:58:57,680 It will do more for you than 20 minutes of scrolling. 1046 00:58:58,280 --> 00:59:00,440 And nothing against scrolling. I mean, I've not been on 1047 00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:01,640 Facebook and all this I'm not again. 1048 00:59:01,920 --> 00:59:04,240 But I'm just saying, have you had your time in the Word? 1049 00:59:04,320 --> 00:59:06,520 Because when you've had your time in the Word, you'll feel 1050 00:59:06,520 --> 00:59:09,880 full, not empty. You'll feel settled. 1051 00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:12,360 OK, you settle. I've had the time settled. 1052 00:59:12,680 --> 00:59:16,560 OK, so I'm not working for approval, OK, I'm approved. 1053 00:59:17,280 --> 00:59:24,200 Loved not looking for love, OK. And so I just love the fact that 1054 00:59:24,200 --> 00:59:30,160 in God's love you're safe. No condemnation, no every. 1055 00:59:30,240 --> 00:59:34,480 When I spent time with the Lord is the most fulfilling time more 1056 00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:36,760 than anything with anybody. When I woke up in the morning 1057 00:59:36,760 --> 00:59:40,360 before my kids and my wife, I I just go speak to the Lord. 1058 00:59:40,560 --> 00:59:43,440 It's very fulfilling. It's safe. 1059 00:59:44,080 --> 00:59:45,520 No condemnation. Say that with me. 1060 00:59:45,520 --> 00:59:52,480 No condemnation, just salvation. Yeah, and the presence of God. 1061 00:59:53,680 --> 00:59:58,840 And so Jesus, he told this amazing, it gives us this 1062 00:59:58,840 --> 01:00:00,880 awesome story. It's one of my favorite stories 1063 01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:03,760 about the loving Father because it really for me as a loving 1064 01:00:03,760 --> 01:00:06,800 dad, it really hits me for my children. 1065 01:00:07,320 --> 01:00:09,720 And Jesus shared this and he said, listen, let me tell you 1066 01:00:09,720 --> 01:00:11,840 about the Father and I'll just, I'll just keep it very brief. 1067 01:00:11,840 --> 01:00:14,480 Let me tell you about the loving Father that there is no 1068 01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:16,360 condemnation. And this really. 1069 01:00:17,040 --> 01:00:19,200 He said remember and look firstly by the prodigal son 1070 01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:23,920 coming home and he's begging for a job as a servant now when he 1071 01:00:23,920 --> 01:00:28,080 was a long way off. The Bible says when the father 1072 01:00:28,080 --> 01:00:33,080 saw him, he ran. Now that to me the father ran, 1073 01:00:33,240 --> 01:00:37,080 he was running, he took off. When the father saw the son, he 1074 01:00:37,080 --> 01:00:40,800 ran towards him. Not a walk, his Sprint. 1075 01:00:40,800 --> 01:00:43,720 He bolted. He ran towards his son, hugged 1076 01:00:43,720 --> 01:00:48,440 him, kissed him, called for a robe, the family ring, put on 1077 01:00:48,440 --> 01:00:55,520 new shoes, put a tight seat at the table and throw a party fan. 1078 01:00:55,520 --> 01:00:59,840 It is a picture of our loving Father and laughing Heavenly 1079 01:00:59,840 --> 01:01:02,360 Father. That was a loving father. 1080 01:01:03,120 --> 01:01:08,360 He is not waiting to shame you. His wife is running to save you. 1081 01:01:08,920 --> 01:01:14,200 Oh yes, worry to God, our loving father. 1082 01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:18,320 Are you getting this? Just loving father running 1083 01:01:18,320 --> 01:01:23,640 towards his son to save you. You know, I shot this video clip 1084 01:01:23,640 --> 01:01:28,160 the other day about the soldier and he was being deployed after 1085 01:01:28,160 --> 01:01:31,360 long military service of about long two years. 1086 01:01:31,880 --> 01:01:36,240 And this soldier, he walked through the airport and said it 1087 01:01:36,240 --> 01:01:41,960 was amazing because as those glass doors opened, his family 1088 01:01:41,960 --> 01:01:46,080 was waiting. But this grandma, she forgot the 1089 01:01:46,080 --> 01:01:49,600 cane. She took off this guy when she 1090 01:01:49,600 --> 01:01:52,840 saw her son, when she saw her guy, she took off. 1091 01:01:52,840 --> 01:01:57,120 She bolted, she ran and she stopped sobbing and crying, 1092 01:01:57,120 --> 01:02:01,120 laughing at the same time at the airport, the entire terminal 1093 01:02:01,120 --> 01:02:03,600 started clapping. This video went viral. 1094 01:02:04,080 --> 01:02:07,960 I mean, grandma just sobbing, happy tears running. 1095 01:02:08,080 --> 01:02:11,040 He dropped his gear, his military gear, he ran, he 1096 01:02:11,040 --> 01:02:13,560 bolted. And I just thought to myself, my 1097 01:02:13,560 --> 01:02:17,480 God, that is a little glimpse of how heaven treats us, how heaven 1098 01:02:17,480 --> 01:02:21,880 sees us with a warm welcome, happy, loving, running towards 1099 01:02:21,880 --> 01:02:23,480 us. That's a reunion. 1100 01:02:23,480 --> 01:02:25,640 Come on, somebody give God some praise. 1101 01:02:25,920 --> 01:02:29,640 I feel the praises of God in this Christ, Heaven's welcome. 1102 01:02:29,640 --> 01:02:31,360 And that is how the Father loves you. 1103 01:02:31,360 --> 01:02:34,240 He loves you just as you are. He runs you. 1104 01:02:34,240 --> 01:02:38,120 My dad, I mean, he's retired now in Greece somewhere, enjoying 1105 01:02:38,120 --> 01:02:39,760 his life. He was working for Formula One. 1106 01:02:39,760 --> 01:02:42,120 He earned his money. But now what's amazing is he my 1107 01:02:42,120 --> 01:02:45,480 dad when he's, he runs to me. He asked my son, how are you? 1108 01:02:46,520 --> 01:02:50,200 That's our loving Father, that's our God, the God that we serve. 1109 01:02:50,360 --> 01:02:53,120 He reaches out to us, our parents, they run towards US, 1110 01:02:53,120 --> 01:02:57,520 open arms, big, no lecture, love, compassion. 1111 01:02:58,280 --> 01:03:01,080 And yes, maybe some of our earthly fathers or that they've 1112 01:03:01,080 --> 01:03:04,840 not modelled that to us, but our heavenly Father is perfect. 1113 01:03:05,440 --> 01:03:09,480 He is love. And so yes, a warm loving 1114 01:03:09,480 --> 01:03:11,800 welcome home. Now let me bring this message to 1115 01:03:11,800 --> 01:03:15,240 the close. Let's talk about where first 1116 01:03:15,240 --> 01:03:17,520 love is taking us. And we see this amazing picture 1117 01:03:17,520 --> 01:03:21,640 in Second Samuel Chapter 9. There's a man by the name of 1118 01:03:21,640 --> 01:03:25,000 Mephibosheth. Now remember, he was the 1119 01:03:25,400 --> 01:03:30,840 grandson of King Saul, so that means he was born into royalty. 1120 01:03:31,560 --> 01:03:36,960 So if he's now Mephibosheth in royalty and the Bible says that 1121 01:03:36,960 --> 01:03:41,320 he lived in a place called Lodobar, that's a rough place 1122 01:03:41,440 --> 01:03:44,040 when you go look at the that was in the slums. 1123 01:03:44,240 --> 01:03:50,640 And now think about this, this royalty from the palace living 1124 01:03:51,600 --> 01:03:57,800 in the slums just getting by a royal Prince from the palace. 1125 01:03:58,480 --> 01:04:01,280 Now he's living in this loader board just getting by. 1126 01:04:01,520 --> 01:04:05,000 Now remember what happened to him that when he was 5 the 1127 01:04:05,000 --> 01:04:08,120 tragedy hit, he was just five years old that and panicked the 1128 01:04:08,120 --> 01:04:12,520 nurse picked him up, ran and dropped him and he injured his 1129 01:04:12,520 --> 01:04:16,760 legs and he grew up crippled. And so I ended up in Loader Bar, 1130 01:04:17,000 --> 01:04:20,960 this terrible place in Loudabad, rough place in Loudabad. 1131 01:04:21,240 --> 01:04:26,000 Now just think this Prince, and maybe you feel like that you are 1132 01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:28,720 living in a place called Loudabad. 1133 01:04:28,720 --> 01:04:31,760 You feel like you are in a tight place, in a difficult, lonely 1134 01:04:31,760 --> 01:04:35,360 place, in a hard place, in a place that you did not plan to 1135 01:04:35,360 --> 01:04:37,000 be. Maybe you feel like you're 1136 01:04:37,000 --> 01:04:41,160 living in Loudabad, but your location or your situation does 1137 01:04:41,160 --> 01:04:45,640 not change your value. Where you are does not change 1138 01:04:45,640 --> 01:04:48,760 who you are. It doesn't change your work. 1139 01:04:48,880 --> 01:04:52,720 It doesn't change your value, OK, does it doesn't cancel your 1140 01:04:52,720 --> 01:04:55,200 calling. You are still a child of the 1141 01:04:55,200 --> 01:04:58,000 living God. You still carry royal blood in 1142 01:04:58,040 --> 01:05:01,280 you, royalty in you. And so Yuri is a royal Prince, 1143 01:05:01,360 --> 01:05:06,360 is living in amongst the slums. And so one day David, King 1144 01:05:06,360 --> 01:05:11,760 David, he asked, is there anyone, still anyone that I can 1145 01:05:12,400 --> 01:05:16,760 from Saul's family that I can show kindness? 1146 01:05:17,480 --> 01:05:23,440 That's God's heart to you. Restoration is his idea. 1147 01:05:25,040 --> 01:05:27,320 Is there still anyone I can show kindness to you? 1148 01:05:27,640 --> 01:05:29,920 That's God's heart for you. Is there still? 1149 01:05:30,760 --> 01:05:35,240 The king is looking for you. The king knows where you are. 1150 01:05:35,240 --> 01:05:37,120 He knows exactly what you're going through. 1151 01:05:37,240 --> 01:05:39,360 The difficulty. The challenge is the king knows 1152 01:05:39,480 --> 01:05:42,360 how to find you in Lodobar. He knows how to find you in that 1153 01:05:42,360 --> 01:05:45,400 location, a difficulty. He knows your name. 1154 01:05:45,600 --> 01:05:48,680 And King Davidson. He's meant to go and get him. 1155 01:05:49,520 --> 01:05:52,640 Go get my Faber chef. And they carried him to the 1156 01:05:52,680 --> 01:05:55,720 palace. They brought him to the palace. 1157 01:05:55,840 --> 01:05:58,720 Now I'm a fibber chef. Pal says he's like nervous. 1158 01:05:58,720 --> 01:06:01,040 I feel I'm I feel so small. I feel some even he called 1159 01:06:01,040 --> 01:06:02,680 himself a dead dog. I'm just a civil. 1160 01:06:02,880 --> 01:06:07,680 David said, no, I did not bring you into this place to punish 1161 01:06:07,680 --> 01:06:10,240 you. I brought you to this palace to 1162 01:06:10,240 --> 01:06:13,600 bless you. From today, you are going to sit 1163 01:06:13,600 --> 01:06:16,240 at my table. You're going to sit at my and 1164 01:06:16,240 --> 01:06:20,400 eat from my like my own son. And in one moment, my fibber 1165 01:06:20,400 --> 01:06:25,240 chef, he went from hiding to honour, from eating leftovers to 1166 01:06:25,240 --> 01:06:28,480 the King's palace, the King's table, from being rejected, to 1167 01:06:28,480 --> 01:06:32,880 restore. In one moment, that is first 1168 01:06:32,960 --> 01:06:35,600 love. Somebody shout Hallelujah. 1169 01:06:37,400 --> 01:06:41,240 That's what first love wants to do for you. 1170 01:06:41,440 --> 01:06:45,080 You may say, but I am broken. I was dropped. 1171 01:06:45,320 --> 01:06:48,320 OK, maybe somebody dropped you. Somebody's hurt you, somebody's 1172 01:06:48,320 --> 01:06:50,560 opinion. Maybe someone that should have 1173 01:06:50,560 --> 01:06:52,720 protected you did not protect you. 1174 01:06:53,000 --> 01:06:56,520 OK, maybe you have been dropped, but they did not stop your 1175 01:06:56,520 --> 01:06:59,160 destiny. You have had losses, but you 1176 01:06:59,160 --> 01:07:02,400 didn't lose your value. You didn't lose your worth. 1177 01:07:02,640 --> 01:07:07,400 You are still you are a son and you are a daughter of of God and 1178 01:07:07,400 --> 01:07:11,920 as we close first Love Is All throughout the Bible and John 15 1179 01:07:11,920 --> 01:07:17,320 says you did not choose me but I choose you OK God is saying 1180 01:07:17,320 --> 01:07:21,160 first love you did not perform yourself into the palace. 1181 01:07:21,440 --> 01:07:25,160 You did not work or you did not perform through good work into 1182 01:07:25,160 --> 01:07:28,320 the palace. I brought you into the palace. 1183 01:07:28,480 --> 01:07:31,080 That's the word of God. I brought you near the last 1184 01:07:31,080 --> 01:07:33,600 verse for today. The Bible says, but now in 1185 01:07:33,600 --> 01:07:37,760 Christ Jesus, you who once were thought of have been Lord near 1186 01:07:38,480 --> 01:07:44,520 by the blood of Christ first love always wants, Amen. 1187 01:07:44,520 --> 01:07:49,880 Let's all stand together now, stay in this holy moment because 1188 01:07:51,120 --> 01:07:54,520 in the Book of Revelation, I want to share this with you 1189 01:07:55,360 --> 01:07:57,720 because Jesus was sharing this with his people. 1190 01:07:58,680 --> 01:08:01,920 And Jesus was talking in the Book of Revelation to his 1191 01:08:01,920 --> 01:08:05,520 church, to his people. He was talking about first love. 1192 01:08:05,880 --> 01:08:11,200 And Jesus said that you have forsaken the love that you had 1193 01:08:11,200 --> 01:08:15,840 at first. Now maybe that's you today. 1194 01:08:16,120 --> 01:08:19,520 There was a time that you used to burn bright, that you just 1195 01:08:19,520 --> 01:08:22,439 wake up in the morning and like, I love you Jesus, but life 1196 01:08:22,439 --> 01:08:25,439 happened. Somebody hurt you, somebody 1197 01:08:25,439 --> 01:08:29,279 dropped you, OK. And the fighter cooled down. 1198 01:08:29,840 --> 01:08:32,840 Maybe there's been a storm, a difficult, a challenge in the 1199 01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:35,000 family. You're still a child of God, but 1200 01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:37,920 it's not like you used to be. You used to be on fire for 1201 01:08:37,920 --> 01:08:39,439 Jesus. Jesus used to be everything. 1202 01:08:39,600 --> 01:08:42,479 But something else is script in. Something else has taken his 1203 01:08:42,479 --> 01:08:43,920 place, and he's not first anymore. 1204 01:08:44,240 --> 01:08:47,720 Maybe something else has become more important than Jesus. 1205 01:08:48,200 --> 01:08:51,520 And so you're just going through the motions and you feel stuck. 1206 01:08:51,520 --> 01:08:55,120 But listen, I want you to see Jesus's heart in the Book of 1207 01:08:55,120 --> 01:08:58,560 Revelation. It's not pointing fingers in a 1208 01:08:58,560 --> 01:09:01,680 condemning way. He's inviting you. 1209 01:09:02,439 --> 01:09:05,520 That's what I want you to see, the heart of Jesus. 1210 01:09:05,520 --> 01:09:08,640 When he says you have left your first love, it's not condemning. 1211 01:09:08,640 --> 01:09:10,399 It's an invitation to come closer. 1212 01:09:10,680 --> 01:09:13,479 It's an invitation to say, Jesus, you are my passion, you 1213 01:09:13,479 --> 01:09:15,040 are my love, you are my first love. 1214 01:09:15,040 --> 01:09:18,160 Jesus, you are my everything. So it's not condemnation. 1215 01:09:18,160 --> 01:09:20,920 He's calling you close. So love went first so that you 1216 01:09:20,920 --> 01:09:23,200 can move forward. So today maybe if you have 1217 01:09:23,200 --> 01:09:26,560 become lukewarm and your fire is dumb, it's not like it used to 1218 01:09:26,560 --> 01:09:30,319 be and you have drifted and you say, I want to come back to my 1219 01:09:30,319 --> 01:09:33,120 first love, my passion, because that's the word of the Lord 1220 01:09:33,120 --> 01:09:35,240 today. And we say, yes, Lord, yes, 1221 01:09:35,240 --> 01:09:39,000 still child of God, but I want a fiery touch from heaven. 1222 01:09:39,000 --> 01:09:41,720 I want the heart to be a blaze on fire. 1223 01:09:41,880 --> 01:09:44,960 If that is you, I want you to lift your hand right where you 1224 01:09:44,960 --> 01:09:47,359 are right now. There is something powerful 1225 01:09:47,359 --> 01:09:51,640 about saying yes out loud. Hands up, God sees every hand. 1226 01:09:51,640 --> 01:09:53,960 Now I want you to put put your hand on your heart. 1227 01:09:54,440 --> 01:09:57,840 Repeat after me. Say, Father, I come back to my 1228 01:09:57,840 --> 01:10:02,080 first love. Thank you Lord, that you moved 1229 01:10:02,080 --> 01:10:07,960 first towards me. I repent for drifting and 1230 01:10:07,960 --> 01:10:13,640 growing cold. Wash me, restore me, light the 1231 01:10:13,640 --> 01:10:21,360 fire in my heart again. Jesus, be my first love, fill me 1232 01:10:21,360 --> 01:10:28,160 with your Holy Spirit, give me a fresh passion, fresh fire for 1233 01:10:28,160 --> 01:10:33,480 your word, for your presence. From this day I return to you, 1234 01:10:34,040 --> 01:10:40,160 my first love, loving you, seeking you, serving you in 1235 01:10:40,160 --> 01:10:43,160 Jesus name. Now let me pray over you. 1236 01:10:43,160 --> 01:10:46,000 Just raise your hands to heaven. Father in the name of Jesus. 1237 01:10:46,360 --> 01:10:50,200 Lord, I break every life condemnation, every lie of guilt 1238 01:10:50,200 --> 01:10:52,560 and shame. Set hearts ablaze. 1239 01:10:53,360 --> 01:11:00,120 Rekindle first love, joy in the morning, fresh fire be released 1240 01:11:00,120 --> 01:11:03,360 right now. Heal every wound, every hurt, 1241 01:11:03,360 --> 01:11:06,160 and every heart. Maybe it's in the family, maybe 1242 01:11:06,160 --> 01:11:09,240 in the marriage, maybe in the children, maybe it's church 1243 01:11:09,240 --> 01:11:11,320 hurt. Heal every wound. 1244 01:11:11,520 --> 01:11:15,080 Let the oil of the Holy Spirit flow right now. 1245 01:11:15,280 --> 01:11:19,960 Lord, I pray that you would set every heart on fire, set this 1246 01:11:19,960 --> 01:11:24,760 house on fire again, that Jesus is blazing in our hearts like 1247 01:11:24,760 --> 01:11:29,480 never before, our first love, our everything, that Jesus is 1248 01:11:29,480 --> 01:11:32,720 more important than anything else in this world. 1249 01:11:32,880 --> 01:11:35,800 In Jesus name, if you receive that, give God some prize. 1250 01:11:38,720 --> 01:11:40,760 Now just repeat this out loud after me. 1251 01:11:40,760 --> 01:11:44,560 Say God move first, so I move forward. 1252 01:11:45,480 --> 01:11:51,160 My heart is on fire again. No condemnation, just salvation. 1253 01:11:52,160 --> 01:11:56,280 Nothing can separate me from God's love. 1254 01:11:57,040 --> 01:12:01,160 Jesus is my first love. Now give God your best praise. 1255 01:12:01,160 --> 01:12:02,040 Come on, somebody.