1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,480 Come on, oh, crossing family, I am over the moon about what is 2 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:09,240 about to happen. You guys can have a seat. 3 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,000 I want to welcome those of you joining at all of our different 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,760 locations, those of you watching online, and those of you who are 5 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,560 part of the crossing inside. I also want to wish a very 6 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:23,000 special welcome to those of you who are new to the crossing, 7 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,360 whether it's your first time or your first time in a long time. 8 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,000 And I mean this, our church loves you. 9 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,480 We are rooting for you. We are in your corner, and we 10 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:37,440 cannot wait until you've had a chance to experience what we 11 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:39,960 have experienced in Jesus Christ. 12 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:44,400 I want to say another special welcome to the 950 Club, to the 13 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,600 950 of you that have been praying at 9:50 in the morning 14 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,880 and 9:50 at night. Forgot to do an amazing work 15 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,880 this weekend because I know that new stories are about to be 16 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,200 written because we're going to have a very special experience. 17 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,840 I also want to welcome Patrick. Do we have a shot of Patrick? 18 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,400 What up Patrick? Thank you, Patrick. 19 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,480 You've got an interesting journey ahead of you. 20 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,160 I'd also would you guys give a warm crossing welcome to my 21 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:11,720 friend Mr. Todd. Come on up here. 22 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:19,480 Mr. Todd. The best compliment I got today 23 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:22,680 was someone was walking in this room and they came up and they 24 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:24,880 thought that I was the cowboy. They didn't know that. 25 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,640 That's how good I look. You look like Hank Williams in 26 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:29,840 those glasses. Yeah, I know. 27 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:31,480 I'm I'm going. I'm going for RIP. 28 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:35,640 That's, that's my, this is Mr. Todd and he goes all across the 29 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:37,760 country and does this. And this is an incredible 30 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:39,200 ministry. We've had a chance to partner 31 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,040 with riding High Ministries. Make sure you seek them out on 32 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:44,680 all their social media and on YouTube because you're only 33 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,080 getting a snapshot of what what they do. 34 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,240 But tell me what we're about to experience. 35 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:56,760 Well, I'll tell you more as we go, but really the only thing 36 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,720 that I've got control of over the next hour is going to be 37 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,280 myself. And I think that this is kind of 38 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:06,720 the dilemma of heaven, that Jesus, just out of love, refuses 39 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,639 to take control of us. And he gives us this freedom to 40 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:12,640 do whatever it is that we will with our lives. 41 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:15,760 But once you discover who he is, he's pretty, pretty 42 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:17,600 irresistible. That's exactly right. 43 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:19,800 So crossing family, I'm going to ask a very special thing, 44 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,160 whether you're joining at one of our locations or you're here at 45 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,840 48th St. would you just extend your hand towards Todd or the 46 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:26,640 screen? We're going to pray for him. 47 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,640 Heavenly Father, I just ask that you would keep him safe as he 48 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:32,960 enters the ring. God, that you would write a 49 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,440 beautiful story, not just for him and the horse, but for us 50 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,480 and you. God, that this would be a 51 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:40,960 spiritual marker of something that we never forget. 52 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:42,680 And your name, I pray. Amen. 53 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:47,120 Get after it bud. Thanks, man. 54 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,640 Wow, this is such a such a wild night. 55 00:02:52,120 --> 00:03:00,160 You guys have got pigs and goats and sheep and llama and ponies 56 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:07,560 in your church. I had to come to Illinois to see 57 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:11,920 it, but you guys did it and you've got a whole bunch of sand 58 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:20,640 in your front living room here. I appreciate the prayers like 59 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:26,400 the investment people of like sometimes money's easier to give 60 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,080 then like actually connecting your heart to what it is that 61 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:34,120 God loves and loving what he loves and interceding for that. 62 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,080 So just to have you all praying for me specifically and my 63 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:41,160 family and this event means the world to me. 64 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,480 And we're just going to kind of stay in a place for the next 65 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,200 hour, if you will, that I don't know. 66 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,120 I'm sure a lot of you just came because you like to see what's 67 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:53,680 going to happen and why it is that there's a horse in church 68 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:58,120 and it's, it's worth coming for. Like that's just kind of a cool 69 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,840 thing. But I want to invite you that 70 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,240 this could be the moment that you've been waiting for your 71 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:07,520 entire life where you've you've done what it is that you've done 72 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,160 up until now. And you've got an amazing story. 73 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,160 And if someone would take the time and listen to your story, 74 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:17,480 they'd be fascinated by it. But many of you have maybe 75 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,920 missed out on the fact that you can actually live your life in 76 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:25,000 love. And I'm going to do my best. 77 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:30,040 I've never met this horse. And they brought him from a 78 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,600 local ranch. And So what did we say His name 79 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:40,520 was Patrick. So Patrick, I can tell this 80 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:47,600 isn't a wild, wild horse, but Patrick's confused. 81 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:53,000 And I'm not sure, but that word confused has taken on a new 82 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,680 meeting in our culture where we've got a culture that's kind 83 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:02,000 of confused that we don't really know what our life is about. 84 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:08,360 And we've done our best with what it is that we've been 85 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:12,000 given. And I want to find some way for 86 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,560 you to connect to this guy that Patrick has got this far in life 87 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:20,440 with the experiences he's had and with the tools that he's 88 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,840 been given. And it looks like he's grown up 89 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:31,120 to be healthy and strong. But I don't know if you can have 90 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,080 enough of an imagination to think what is he thinking right 91 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,240 now? I'm pretty sure it's not like we 92 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,400 think. And he's wondering why it is 93 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:46,640 that all of this is happening. But already, if you watch his 94 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:51,040 right ear, he's fascinated by the fact that I am standing 95 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:52,760 right here in the middle of all of this. 96 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,720 And because of the fascination with all the distractions that 97 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:10,560 surround him, I'm going to ask him to do a series of things 98 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:16,640 over the next hour to make it to where that wildness that's in 99 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,720 his eyes, there's a reason it's there. 100 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:27,040 He's alert and he's curious and he's got fire in his eyes. 101 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:32,920 And I love it because I don't want to take that fire from him. 102 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,160 I want him to understand that all this emotion that he's 103 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,200 feeling right now, it was actually something that he was 104 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:47,640 given as a gift. And when he knows what to do 105 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:49,480 with it, it's going to become significant to him. 106 00:07:08,670 --> 00:07:11,190 We spend a whole lot of our life running around and we're 107 00:07:11,550 --> 00:07:15,390 reacting to the world around us, and we find all sorts of 108 00:07:15,390 --> 00:07:19,440 strategies to figure out how it is that we can get safe, how it 109 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:23,760 is that we can get comfortable. And that's not a bad thing. 110 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,200 I think that it makes sense that that's what he would want is to 111 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:33,080 find a way to get safe and to have provision. 112 00:07:39,430 --> 00:07:41,750 But there's some thoughts that have never crossed his mind 113 00:07:41,750 --> 00:07:43,550 because the questions have never been asked. 114 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:21,160 He's making a whole bunch of decisions right now and I'm not 115 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:28,160 going to talk too much. He's smart enough to know that 116 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:32,520 there's all sorts of dividing thoughts and things that he 117 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:43,840 could give his attention to. And I feel something so deeply 118 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:49,320 for him that he can feel what I'm feeling because I can give 119 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:56,560 all of my affection towards him and invite him into a a brand 120 00:08:56,560 --> 00:09:00,280 new lifestyle that never even crossed his mind that it was 121 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:05,680 possible. And we've got a world that's 122 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:07,480 filled with conflicting narratives. 123 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,240 I'm not really sure who to trust anymore. 124 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,480 The stories that are being told, the things that are even coming 125 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:19,280 across the news. And really it's been pretty 126 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:24,840 traumatizing to us as people. It's affecting how it is that we 127 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:27,640 find our peace. And it's it's affecting how it 128 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:29,720 is that we're able to love ourselves and how it is that 129 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,440 we're able to love each other and how our families are going 130 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,680 to make it and why it is that we're going to do the things 131 00:09:34,680 --> 00:09:37,880 that we do. And it's all got really 132 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:41,760 confusing, more so than the planet has ever experienced. 133 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,760 And technology has made it to where you can find out all the 134 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:49,240 top 20 worst things that's going on in the planet right now. 135 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:56,440 What are we going to do with all of the bad news and even the 136 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,160 parts of your story that you feel like are so broken and you 137 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,640 don't know what to do with them. Patrick has never had any 138 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:06,080 resource to do anything about his life other than figure out 139 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:11,760 how to stay safe and get comforted. 140 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:15,800 And he's done really good with that so far. 141 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:24,160 And this is what I'm invite you into. 142 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:29,440 Well, Austin is just going to worship over you because we're 143 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,720 not needing a whole bunch of new information tonight. 144 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,800 We're needing to have something going on within us that we're 145 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:38,520 inviting Jesus, the King of the universe, the Prince of Peace, 146 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,800 the one that was the word of God that was made flesh. 147 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:43,520 And he came and he dwelt among people. 148 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:47,160 He was not just a man. He was the beginning and the 149 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:50,280 end. And then he demonstrated to us 150 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:51,920 what it looks like to be fully alive. 151 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:56,720 And it never entered the hearts of man, what it is that they 152 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:00,520 were capable of if they would just become one with him and 153 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:04,040 that he gave every one of us. And this is the the thing I was 154 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:08,600 talking about from up front is that it's amazing that God would 155 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,600 create us and then he would turn US loose and allow us to choose 156 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:18,360 him or choose our own way. And that's going to be the the 157 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:24,200 decision that he gets to make. And just by my presence and what 158 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:28,080 it is that he feels that's going on with enemy, he's going to be 159 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:30,840 asked to do things that's actually against his own nature. 160 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,240 His nature would be to keep anything off its back. 161 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,800 That's the no go zone. That's the danger zone. 162 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:42,280 And that's why if you ever watch a horse get broken, that's when 163 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:46,560 they throw fits and they buck and they, they do crazy things 164 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:48,640 because they're trying to protect themselves. 165 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:52,720 They're not just being mean. It's against their nature for 166 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:56,360 something to be there. But there's something miraculous 167 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,280 that happens when he says that. I've given everyone of you in 168 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,480 this room, everyone of you within the sound of my voice, 169 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,920 you've been given the right to become sons and daughters of 170 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:07,760 God. And if you're not a son of God, 171 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,000 if you're not a daughter of God, if you don't know what I'm 172 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:15,480 talking about, then tonight, please, for God's sake, for your 173 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:18,920 sake, for your family's sake, for the generations that are 174 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:22,360 going to follow you, do something about this. 175 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:33,320 Don't just listen. Living. 176 00:12:41,900 --> 00:12:50,620 God, come fall afresh on me, come awaken me from my sleep, 177 00:12:53,300 --> 00:12:58,700 blow through the cabins of my soul, pour. 178 00:12:58,700 --> 00:13:14,280 It makes you overflow. Spirit of the living God, come 179 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:25,800 fall afresh on me, Come awaken me from my sleep, blow through 180 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:32,200 the cabins of my soul, pour it me to overflow. 181 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:46,800 Oh. Come and fill me, get over. 182 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:56,120 There's a reason that I'm here, because his understanding of 183 00:13:56,120 --> 00:14:01,080 authority has been what he learned from other horses. 184 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,760 Our understanding of authority and what it looks like to submit 185 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:10,640 has been taught to us by our culture, and we've missed what 186 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:16,560 it is to be a king that has so much love, so much humility, 187 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:22,120 that he would lay himself down so that others could live, and 188 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:26,600 that that was the demonstration of power and authority. 189 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,800 But this horse has never experienced someone that is 190 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:36,960 already shown him that I do have authority, I do have an 191 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:42,000 influence that he's allowed me to already get on him, which is 192 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,040 a miraculous thing just in and of itself. 193 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:48,280 But he does not understand why I would put myself in a vulnerable 194 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:52,320 position to him. And it's this life of mystery 195 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:55,440 that he's going to spend the rest of his life caught up in. 196 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:01,160 And I think that this is the invitation that humanity has 197 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,160 been waiting for. And somehow religion has 198 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:08,200 misrepresented it. And we've we've got lost in the 199 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:13,080 busyness of, of maybe doing church or thinking that there's 200 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:17,640 some way to find that you're going to get this fulfillment 201 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:21,080 that you were created for outside of this good God. 202 00:15:29,290 --> 00:15:33,170 He's going to hang in tension his entire life and learn to 203 00:15:33,170 --> 00:15:36,330 move very fast, not knowing where he's going. 204 00:15:38,130 --> 00:15:41,450 It's what Jesus invited us into was this lifestyle of faith. 205 00:16:09,630 --> 00:16:19,920 Darn it. Good job, buddy. 206 00:16:27,220 --> 00:16:30,380 Yeah, I know. I was up there and then now I'm 207 00:16:30,380 --> 00:16:36,200 down here and it happens, but I'm not upset. 208 00:16:42,150 --> 00:16:46,550 Did I scare you? It gets way better, I promise. 209 00:16:51,670 --> 00:16:55,390 It's almost like you could have some compassion for what it's 210 00:16:55,390 --> 00:16:59,430 like for someone to have had experiences in their life where 211 00:16:59,430 --> 00:17:01,670 it's like, I don't know if I want to trust or believe in a 212 00:17:01,670 --> 00:17:05,160 God that I don't understand. And that would allow so many 213 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,760 things that are going wrong to continue to go wrong. 214 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:54,720 Your glory God, is what our hearts long for, to be overcome 215 00:17:55,560 --> 00:18:05,120 by Your presence. Lord, our spirit are welcome. 216 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:11,680 Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere. 217 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:26,200 Your glory, God, is what I long for, to be overcome by your 218 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:37,000 presence, Lord. Just your presence, Lord. 219 00:18:57,990 --> 00:19:10,390 OK, I know it's scary. It's scary, but I'm good. 220 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:26,480 It's a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living 221 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:30,120 God. It's unbearable to not. 222 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,080 And we're going to have to decide what it is that we're 223 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:36,440 going to place all of our faith in. 224 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:40,600 Because if you're putting your faith in your own idea who of 225 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,480 who God is, then you've actually just created an idol. 226 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:48,520 And us as humans, we've been around long enough to know that 227 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:57,800 it that just don't work. And this ruthless, like vicious, 228 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:05,040 pursuing, loving God decided that he would not let his people 229 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:06,880 take the punishment of their own sins. 230 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:14,360 He would let the brutality that we deserve be taken out on 231 00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:24,600 himself. It's a good boy. 232 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:39,120 It's a good boy. And the kindness and the 233 00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:44,760 generosity of heaven. It says that I, I could do 234 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:50,280 whatever I want with you all, but I'm just going to wait and 235 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,160 you can keep going. And this horse has got the 236 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,400 option like he can just keep running in circles. 237 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:57,840 And I'm grateful that he didn't for very long. 238 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,720 But there's some parameters around him. 239 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:06,600 For those of us that live in this day and age, the parameters 240 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:10,320 is maybe planet Earth. Like you can't get off the 241 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:13,080 Earth, but you just can't hide anywhere. 242 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,800 No matter where we go, we're going to find ourselves still 243 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:22,360 running. And if this good Father has 244 00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:26,200 presented himself in such a way to where you're devoted to 245 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:30,400 something, and if you being devoted to yourself or to your 246 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:35,600 own form of godliness or your religion, ask yourself if you're 247 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,200 getting what it is that you desire. 248 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,560 Do you have faith, hope, and love? 249 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,320 Are you filled with goodness and kindness and gentleness and 250 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:48,280 self-control? Do you feel like you're actually 251 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,320 able to manage what's going on within you? 252 00:21:50,320 --> 00:22:03,320 Your beautiful son. Great job, great job. 253 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:23,400 Give me something. So many things to pay attention 254 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:44,950 to. Don't worry, I've gotten really 255 00:22:44,950 --> 00:22:51,350 good at it. It's good. 256 00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:56,510 Really. Yeah, you're doing so good. 257 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:03,680 It'd be helpful probably for them if I quit falling off, but 258 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:10,860 I can't help it. That's a good boy. 259 00:23:21,450 --> 00:23:25,930 What if partnership with God like it's taken me a lifetime? 260 00:23:27,650 --> 00:23:34,490 I'm 54 years old and I'm falling more and more in love. 261 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:40,280 This doesn't wear out. This father that I so 262 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:44,520 desperately need now more than ever is continuing to teach me, 263 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,320 showing me how to become what He is. 264 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,920 And that's love. And that we can look at the 265 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,840 world so differently. We can we have an opportunity 266 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,960 that we don't just see through our own pain and through our own 267 00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:05,360 experiences. Thanks, Patrick. 268 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:21,040 You see what he was looking at? He's never seen himself on 269 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:27,120 camera before. He's like, why the long face? 270 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:36,360 That's an old rodeo joke. Isn't that something? 271 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:44,640 Your beautiful son, but I prowl. Yep, that's us. 272 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:51,440 Man. I love this picture right now 273 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:56,160 because the Bible talks about the idea that we can actually 274 00:24:56,160 --> 00:25:03,480 look in a mirror with veil, the faces, and then the veil gets 275 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,520 lifted off and we don't just see our face, we see the glory of 276 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:10,080 God. That there's something about 277 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,960 Jesus feeling the heart of a man and a woman that makes it to 278 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,040 where he feels us with his glory. 279 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,320 And we don't have to look in the mirror and stare at brokenness 280 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:24,040 and failure and the things that we continue to struggle with, 281 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:28,080 like repentance is going to become a new lifestyle that I'm 282 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,920 inviting you, son, into a brand new way of seeing yourself. 283 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,360 That if you can see yourself with me, that there's nowhere we 284 00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:35,120 can't go, there's nothing we can't do. 285 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,760 There's actually no weapon that can be formed against you that's 286 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:53,630 going to ever prosper. How did we miss this part? 287 00:25:55,470 --> 00:25:58,950 The oneness that we have with God that there's no more 288 00:25:58,950 --> 00:26:03,430 separation. There's not a set of rules that 289 00:26:03,430 --> 00:26:07,270 I'm waiting for Him to follow in order for me to want connection 290 00:26:07,270 --> 00:26:11,030 with Him and the oneness that He's invited me into. 291 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,120 He said yes, so I will never say no. 292 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:19,040 And it doesn't matter how many times I hit the ground. 293 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:22,480 We're not. We're not going to stay in this 294 00:26:22,480 --> 00:27:29,760 place. I'm going to keep inviting him 295 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:34,400 into new things. It's still you. 296 00:27:45,470 --> 00:27:53,400 We've got like, I don't know, 6000 years of history that we 297 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:59,560 can see it biblically and we see what man did the the people of 298 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:06,800 God, how it is that they were given a lifestyle, a miraculous 299 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:12,840 lifestyle of provision and information and a structure to 300 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:16,680 live within. And we've got thousands of years 301 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:23,320 of watching what man does with being LED around with the rules. 302 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:28,280 And it wasn't a bad idea for thousands of years. 303 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:31,400 That's exactly what God had for his people is you choose me and 304 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,960 choose to follow me. You'll be prosperous in all your 305 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,520 ways. We have a nation. 306 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:42,200 We started off that way with a submission to something that we 307 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:45,320 actually put on paper. That there's a way that we're 308 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,600 going to conduct ourselves and there's an accountability that 309 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:51,440 we're going to hold ourselves to and and our government to, and 310 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:52,720 that there's going to be a freedom. 311 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,480 A freedom that we're willing to lay down everything for. 312 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:05,720 In my generation, we have taken so much for granted that as 313 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:13,080 though our own nation is now suffering the way the children 314 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:18,600 of God suffered way back in the day, they were still under his 315 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,680 covering all. They were under his provision, 316 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:29,560 and they were suffering because they refused to do it His way. 317 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:36,600 But I've got some really good news that we're not stuck there, 318 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:38,520 and it's not because we're Americans. 319 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,440 We're not stuck there because there was a final price that was 320 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,120 being paid. And This is why it is that the 321 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:45,880 blood of Jesus is such a big deal. 322 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,400 That's not the marker of Christianity. 323 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:54,480 That was the price paid so you and I could be free and that our 324 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:57,920 nation doesn't have to follow. But As for me and my household, 325 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,840 we're going to follow, but it's not going to be from this 326 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:06,200 position. This is not good leadership and 327 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:09,160 this is what the rules present to us is here. 328 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,400 Just do the right things and follow these ways. 329 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,160 The rules aren't the problem. The problem is that he's still 330 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,160 living his life, just separated from me. 331 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:25,280 And the oneness that Jesus bought for us was why it is that 332 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:30,680 it's so important for him to be decided that this is what it's 333 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,240 going to look like the rest of my life. 334 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:38,400 And from this position, he's going to go places that he could 335 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:41,600 have never gone on his own. And he's not going to be limited 336 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,080 to the parameters of this fence or any other pasture. 337 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,680 He has my mind and he has my thoughts. 338 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:54,000 His ways are going to become my, my ways are going to become his 339 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:59,160 ways. And we only get to see a little 340 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:04,200 snapshot of this, But if we look at the timeline that we know of, 341 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:11,760 what happened to those 12 that decided that, yes, Jesus, we're 342 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:16,200 going to follow you Because after he died, there was a lot 343 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:25,720 of confusion going on because they still wanted to follow 344 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:30,840 Jesus. And Jesus said it's not the way 345 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:37,480 anymore, boys, gals, the 100 or so that we're following him. 346 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:39,880 We're going to have to find out what Jesus meant, that it's 347 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:44,560 better if I go away because when I go away, I'm going to send the 348 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:46,440 counselor, the comforter, the empowerer. 349 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:50,320 The spirit of my spirit is going to be sent and come upon you. 350 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:54,960 So the call is no longer come, follow me. 351 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:01,440 The invitation has become one with me, and me becoming one 352 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,120 with God is a whole lot different to me. 353 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,360 Just deciding that I'm going to follow some principles. 354 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:13,080 It's why it eyes is that I can stand before you as a father and 355 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:17,680 as a husband. Knowing that I've been invited 356 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:22,520 into a love affair with a father that is so kind and so good and 357 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:26,680 so powerful that he's continuing to give me new ways to forgive 358 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:28,840 myself and to forgive the people around me. 359 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,520 To be able to love without conditions, to make it to where 360 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:35,800 even those things around me might be falling apart. 361 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:41,920 That there's an integrity and a dignity and a strength within me 362 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:44,160 that makes it where we can stand. 363 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:51,520 If this is the invitation that Jesus gave to his people, then I 364 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,880 I just think it's really important that we ask ourselves 365 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,720 this question. What are we doing with it? 366 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:03,320 Because when the followers of Jesus were filled with his 367 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:08,040 Spirit, they didn't just keep doing normal things. 368 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:12,920 I think I want to put the saddle on him, Britain. 369 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:29,320 I want to do this just for he's getting a little bit dull and I 370 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,040 see this happening in the church folks. 371 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:32,920 So I'm, I just really want to make a point. 372 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,560 I'm not talking about this church. 373 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:39,000 I'm talking about the worldwide people of God that have gone 374 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:43,200 silent and they're missing. Where are they? 375 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,240 And this is just going to be a shout out to the world. 376 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:50,320 Like where is my family? I'll stand here and I can only 377 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:53,600 do what I can do. And I'll continue to plead. 378 00:33:55,480 --> 00:34:02,280 I'll continue to humble myself before my own family, but we 379 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:04,120 can't just keep doing the same old thing. 380 00:34:30,650 --> 00:34:34,770 So he's never had a saddle on. So again, it's a big deal. 381 00:34:55,199 --> 00:35:00,720 The followers of Jesus, they, they just did what he did. 382 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:09,760 They did what he asked him to do, but they didn't know that 383 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:15,920 they were actually not just learning a model lifestyle, but 384 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:20,280 they were positioning themselves to be the very hosts of heaven, 385 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:26,520 that their bodies would become the Tabernacle that our bodies 386 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,320 are actually now, the temple of God. 387 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:32,360 The places that they would go to be in the presence of God now is 388 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,480 something that is dwelling inside of them, and they didn't 389 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:37,160 get it until that day when it happened. 390 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:41,320 And so, Holy Spirit, we ask you to fall on us in a way that 391 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:45,440 we've never understood before. We receive your power and your 392 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:51,080 grace and your feeling that we would become like those that 393 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,960 thought they were just other men, normal men, normal women. 394 00:36:06,970 --> 00:36:09,290 Some of you here don't know all the stories, so I'll tell you 395 00:36:11,690 --> 00:36:18,010 these people that devoted their life to following Jesus after 396 00:36:18,010 --> 00:36:20,010 they killed Jesus and they buried him. 397 00:36:22,050 --> 00:36:24,490 All that time they spent with Jesus, they still didn't get it. 398 00:36:25,810 --> 00:36:29,330 They went back to fishing. They didn't know what else to 399 00:36:29,330 --> 00:36:32,120 do. They didn't continue to just go 400 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,600 and heal the sick and the blind and preach the gospel of the 401 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:37,920 Kingdom of Jesus. They quit. 402 00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:40,880 They didn't know what to do next. 403 00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:54,620 That's a good boy, Patrick. 404 00:37:08,500 --> 00:37:12,780 But they were single hearted and devoted to Jesus. 405 00:37:12,780 --> 00:37:13,980 They just didn't know what to do. 406 00:37:14,980 --> 00:37:20,840 And I think there's so many of you here that if I were to ask 407 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:22,960 the question, do you want to give your life to Jesus? 408 00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,040 So many of you're just going to say absolutely. 409 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:29,280 Like, who doesn't want this? If I go from something that's 410 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:32,080 just walking around behind fences trying to stay alive and 411 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:35,440 figure out how I can get some enjoyment out of this life, to 412 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:38,840 something that now has a purpose and a vision and a power to do 413 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:40,600 things that were impossible before. 414 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,080 If this is what Jesus offers, who would not want this? 415 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,000 But we're also going to know what to do. 416 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:59,960 And I know that he actually wants to lay down. 417 00:37:59,960 --> 00:38:02,920 I don't know if you guys can pick that up. 418 00:38:13,170 --> 00:38:17,530 I call it drunk in the spirit. So, and I've been accused of 419 00:38:17,530 --> 00:38:21,650 this so, and I know there's an online audience too, but I've 420 00:38:21,650 --> 00:38:26,410 been accused of drugging with the horses because of this. 421 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,800 Like this isn't a horse that's never been ridden, never had a 422 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:35,720 saddle on it type of reaction with several 1000 people around 423 00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:40,880 him in lights and screens and noise and he's about to lay down 424 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:45,480 and go to sleep. It's peace. 425 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,200 It's a piece that goes beyond understanding. 426 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:50,960 It's what we're dying for, folks. 427 00:38:56,240 --> 00:38:58,360 It's why it is that no matter how hard you feel like you're 428 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:01,440 going to try to just do it better tomorrow, it just doesn't 429 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:03,600 ever come because you just can't find the peace. 430 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:11,440 And if the invitation of heaven is come to me, all of you, if 431 00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:17,120 you're weary and you're heavy burden, you're tired, you're 432 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:23,400 anxious, learn from me, for my ways are gentle and they're 433 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:36,520 kind. Goodness gracious, and I know I 434 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:40,600 thought we moved enough. Now I'm not upset. 435 00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:46,200 Everybody takes some deep breaths because he's figuring 436 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:49,200 out what he's going to do with himself. 437 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:55,080 And when people around you get triggered and start getting out 438 00:39:55,080 --> 00:40:01,040 of control, there's something about a kind answer that turns 439 00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:09,560 away all of this and we'll wait. I did pop my knee that first 440 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:14,400 time I got backed off earlier this evening, so I'm a little 441 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:18,240 disabled. So that's an excuse. 442 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:19,720 I'm telling you that because I'm prideful. 443 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:31,360 Isn't that terrible? OK, let's try this one more 444 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:36,400 time. Now give me a second. 445 00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:46,760 OK, now we can play. OK, I didn't say it was going to 446 00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:50,320 be easy. OK, this this life of following 447 00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:52,880 Jesus. If you think it's boring, come 448 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:56,960 follow me. There ain't nothing boring about 449 00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:59,880 saying yes to Jesus, because by saying yes to Jesus, I'm saying 450 00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:02,000 no to a whole lot of things. That's going to upset a whole 451 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:06,720 bunch of other people. There's a lifestyle and there's 452 00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:11,640 a sacrifice involved in it, but it's worth it. 453 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:22,120 It's a good boy. It's just a problem, isn't it? 454 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:31,040 He won't go to the left. So just for the sake of time, 455 00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:33,040 we're going to keep going to the right. 456 00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:40,200 Do we want to bet on if he's going to buck me off again? 457 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:47,720 OK, OK. Yeah. 458 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:49,720 It'll even out here in just a minute. 459 00:41:49,720 --> 00:41:50,280 That. Oh boy. 460 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:54,120 Oh, my God. Oh, my goodness. 461 00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:59,920 Not funner. Yeah, I don't take near as much 462 00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:06,720 energy. Can you see the picture? 463 00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:09,920 Folks, please don't get caught up in this. 464 00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,520 Because the invitation of a lifetime stands before you. 465 00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:16,600 And it's the Spirit of God presenting himself to us in a 466 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,480 way that it's like, can you see it? 467 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:33,160 Because Jesus would do things like hold up a branch and say 468 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:39,200 this branch not connected to the vine is never going to have 469 00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:43,960 fruit. Likewise, you, disconnected from 470 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:52,000 me, will never bear fruit. And this could be a matter of 471 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,760 theology for y'all. Like people think that you can 472 00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:57,560 be born again and you can leave God. 473 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:03,240 I don't know that. I know that if you're asking 474 00:43:03,240 --> 00:43:05,960 that question, you're asking the wrong question. 475 00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:12,560 The better question is, Papa, why am I feeling disconnected 476 00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:15,760 from you? Why am I not feeling your peace 477 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:19,680 and your joy and your provision? Why do I not feel this wisdom 478 00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:25,240 that I once felt? It's OK. 479 00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:27,960 Like that's a better question to ask. 480 00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:33,200 And then repentance would be, can I look again? 481 00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:38,720 Can we, can we do this, do this again? 482 00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:43,120 I promise the answer is always going to be yes. 483 00:45:00,670 --> 00:45:03,270 It's so simple, it's hard for some people to understand. 484 00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:16,240 You can make it as complicated as you want to, but I recommend 485 00:45:16,240 --> 00:45:22,280 that you don't because there was actually a warning and it was 486 00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:27,080 like, I'm afraid you guys are actually going to miss the 487 00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:32,160 simplicity that's in the Gospel the same way Eve missed it when 488 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:36,640 she was in the garden and she missed out on the simplicity 489 00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:42,120 that was in the gospel. She was deceived into asking the 490 00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:46,880 wrong questions. She questioned who she was. 491 00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:50,080 She questioned who God was. She questioned where she stood. 492 00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:57,840 Are you really good? And it just got confusing. 493 00:46:00,720 --> 00:46:04,760 And I feel like we're in a time of like the most confused people 494 00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:07,040 group that's ever been around because we've got so much 495 00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:09,400 information, but somehow the information isn't being 496 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:16,640 translated into wisdom. And it's not stopping because 497 00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:20,240 generation after generation, if we don't do something about it, 498 00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:24,200 if I don't become whole, how can I ever lead my sons to be whole? 499 00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:27,960 And I'm grateful that they know God is a father as well. 500 00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:32,040 So I'm the way. It's not all on me, but I still 501 00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:34,560 do get to stand in this position of what is it that I'm going to 502 00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:38,920 do with my sons? Because now that they're grown, 503 00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:42,800 they don't have to do what I say. 504 00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:49,760 But because of this really special thing that we get to 505 00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:52,480 enjoy as a family is that we communicate about the things 506 00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:54,920 that I've done that have hurt them and the ways that I can 507 00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:56,440 partner with them to bring healing. 508 00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:01,000 And how it is that we're all in this together. 509 00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:04,320 That I'm being fathered by God the same way they're being 510 00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:06,160 fathered by God. And we get to do it together 511 00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:17,300 now. I think He's done enough. 512 00:47:20,660 --> 00:47:40,520 You did so good. That's a good 513 00:47:52,150 --> 00:47:57,230 boy. You can do what you want, but if 514 00:47:57,230 --> 00:47:58,910 you're willing, shut your eyes for a minute. 515 00:48:03,310 --> 00:48:04,950 Take a couple of really deep breaths. 516 00:48:07,830 --> 00:48:46,650 Come on guys, deep breaths. Unless you give light, you are 517 00:48:46,650 --> 00:48:53,290 loved. You bring light to the darkness, 518 00:48:53,970 --> 00:49:03,210 You give hope, You restore every heart that is broken. 519 00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:19,360 Great are you, Lord. It's your bread in our lungs, So 520 00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:24,080 we pour out our praise. We pour out our praise. 521 00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:31,880 It's your bread in our lungs, So we pour out our praise. 522 00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:46,080 You only great are you, Lord. You get a light. 523 00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:54,080 You are love. You bring light to the darkness. 524 00:49:54,760 --> 00:50:03,080 You give hope. You restore every heart that is 525 00:50:03,080 --> 00:50:11,640 broken. Oh great, are you Lord? 526 00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:22,760 It's your bread in our lungs, So we pour out our parades. 527 00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:30,880 We pour out our parades into your bread in our lungs, so we 528 00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:40,520 pour out you only. It's your bread in our lungs, so 529 00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:46,040 we pour out our bread. We pour out our praise into your 530 00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:54,800 bread in our lungs, so we pour out our praise to You only. 531 00:51:02,400 --> 00:51:05,120 Some of you haven't felt a piece like this in a long time. 532 00:51:08,080 --> 00:51:11,920 Papa's not mad. There's no more punishment. 533 00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:38,080 You don't have to go anywhere. We're being caught up into this, 534 00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:48,160 like, eternal love affair, but it is set in a world that's at 535 00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:53,640 war. And we don't fight this with 536 00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:57,520 just flesh and blood. Like this is a battle that we 537 00:51:57,520 --> 00:51:59,720 get to decide what we're going to do with right here in this 538 00:51:59,720 --> 00:52:02,040 safe place because you guys are covered. 539 00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:04,960 And I know this is going to sound a little weird to y'all, 540 00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:10,360 but there's been so much prayer and angelic covering and 541 00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:13,160 presence in this room that's making it to where you're having 542 00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:15,200 an opportunity that you may never have again. 543 00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:19,160 Because it just gets too loud. It gets too messy. 544 00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:22,480 We fall back into the same patterns. 545 00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:27,440 Don't walk out of this place ignoring the fact that you're 546 00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:29,360 being covered right now and you're being able to hear 547 00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:32,560 mysteries of heaven that could it be this simple? 548 00:52:32,560 --> 00:52:35,680 That there's a God who just wants me to trust him? 549 00:52:41,240 --> 00:52:46,400 That it's really the only thing worth living devoted to and out 550 00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:49,440 of devotion to God, I become like him. 551 00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:55,480 Don't take that the wrong way. It was what Jesus wanted us to 552 00:52:55,480 --> 00:53:00,880 do was become like him. That we do get to represent to 553 00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:06,640 the world what it looks like to be loved, embodied, and that we 554 00:53:06,640 --> 00:53:09,720 don't live in reaction to the chaos around us and because of 555 00:53:09,720 --> 00:53:13,120 our interaction, so we can have such holy moments with other 556 00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:17,800 people that what you carry inside of you becomes infectious 557 00:53:21,240 --> 00:53:26,520 in the best way possible. This is why there's hope. 558 00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:33,800 This is why it is that I still believe not just in what I can 559 00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:36,600 do, but what it is that we can do as a family. 560 00:53:41,720 --> 00:53:48,080 Hey man, I think you're up, boss. 561 00:53:50,280 --> 00:53:54,240 I asked him if I could jump in his arms and have him carry me 562 00:53:54,240 --> 00:53:59,320 around. He's like 6 foot 8 you. 563 00:53:59,720 --> 00:54:05,680 Did such a good job. Yeah. 564 00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:09,840 You're OK now. I'm a lot bigger than he is. 565 00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:14,200 Horses are really good at a couple of things. 566 00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:17,480 They're good at running, they're good at biting. 567 00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:21,880 They're really good at kicking. And for some of you, that's kind 568 00:54:21,880 --> 00:54:23,720 of what you've been good at for a really long time. 569 00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:26,680 Things don't go the way you want to do. 570 00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:35,760 You bite, you kick, you run. Marriage got hard, You kicked, 571 00:54:38,960 --> 00:54:42,200 took a bite. You ran. 572 00:54:43,040 --> 00:54:45,720 Job got hard. You kicked. 573 00:54:47,080 --> 00:54:51,920 You bit. You ran a wild horse. 574 00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:55,640 That's all it knows. It knows food scarcity. 575 00:54:56,600 --> 00:54:59,360 It knows I've got to figure out a way to get some water. 576 00:54:59,840 --> 00:55:02,520 And when things don't go my way, when things get scary, when 577 00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:05,720 things get tough, I got three options. 578 00:55:06,160 --> 00:55:10,760 I can bite, I can kick, or I can run. 579 00:55:11,840 --> 00:55:14,120 And I got to ask you a really simple question. 580 00:55:14,520 --> 00:55:19,080 How is that working for you? How's that going? 581 00:55:21,560 --> 00:55:25,320 You can look at this horse and you can see unlimited potential, 582 00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:32,360 but that unlimited potential is only released when it begins to 583 00:55:32,360 --> 00:55:38,000 trust, when it takes the same muscles that it would use to 584 00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:44,920 bite to receive a bridle, it takes the same muscles that it 585 00:55:44,920 --> 00:55:49,280 would use to kick and run and is used to start pulling and 586 00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:52,600 carrying and step into its purpose. 587 00:55:53,480 --> 00:55:58,240 You take a wild horse, it is learning to only trust those 3 588 00:55:58,240 --> 00:56:01,200 instincts. But you take a horse that has 589 00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:02,840 learned to trust and you know what happens? 590 00:56:04,240 --> 00:56:08,440 That horse is taken care of. It doesn't worry anymore about 591 00:56:08,440 --> 00:56:10,400 where it's going to get his water because the cowboy brings 592 00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:11,400 it. It doesn't worry anymore about 593 00:56:11,400 --> 00:56:12,320 where is he going to get his food. 594 00:56:12,320 --> 00:56:15,240 The cowboy brings it. It doesn't worry anymore about 595 00:56:15,240 --> 00:56:18,360 where is he going to get his food, The cowboy brings it. 596 00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:22,160 It doesn't worry about the predators anymore because the 597 00:56:22,160 --> 00:56:25,840 Cowboys got it. You got 2 choices. 598 00:56:26,640 --> 00:56:31,520 You can keep doing you or you can come into a trusting 599 00:56:31,720 --> 00:56:35,960 relationship with Jesus Christ. The Bible says in Second 600 00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:42,240 Corinthians chapter 3 verse 17, where the Spirit of the Lord is, 601 00:56:42,880 --> 00:56:47,360 there is freedom. That means that if you do not 602 00:56:47,360 --> 00:56:52,200 have the Spirit of God in you, you do not have freedom. 603 00:56:53,160 --> 00:56:56,320 You have something, but it's not that. 604 00:56:57,560 --> 00:57:00,600 But when you come into an intimate personal relationship 605 00:57:00,600 --> 00:57:04,000 with Jesus Christ, the Bible says that the Holy Spirit takes 606 00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:07,200 up residence in your life. And when the Holy Spirit takes 607 00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:11,720 up residence in your life, you finally experience freedom. 608 00:57:12,520 --> 00:57:14,520 And so I just got to say something to those of you that 609 00:57:14,520 --> 00:57:16,680 are gathered at our different locations, to those of you that 610 00:57:16,680 --> 00:57:19,280 are here in this room watching online, a part of the crossing 611 00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:24,280 inside. If you have not started an 612 00:57:24,280 --> 00:57:27,240 intimate personal relationship with Jesus Christ, would you at 613 00:57:27,240 --> 00:57:31,240 least consider it? Some of you have been blaming 614 00:57:31,240 --> 00:57:36,040 God for what people did. You said no to God because of 615 00:57:36,040 --> 00:57:39,960 what people have said about God. But you've never let God's 616 00:57:39,960 --> 00:57:43,880 record stand on its own. And I know that you're going to 617 00:57:43,880 --> 00:57:46,360 say that I'm just the preacher. And of course I'm going to say 618 00:57:46,360 --> 00:57:48,200 this so you don't have to believe me. 619 00:57:48,760 --> 00:57:52,400 Can I get a wide angle shot? Here's what I would tell you is 620 00:57:52,400 --> 00:57:57,360 my testimony that the greatest decision I ever made was making 621 00:57:57,360 --> 00:57:59,360 Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior. 622 00:57:59,680 --> 00:58:02,280 And if there's anybody at any of our rooms who would say that, 623 00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:04,280 that's your story too. Would you put your hand up? 624 00:58:04,760 --> 00:58:08,080 You don't have to believe me. Believe the people in your row. 625 00:58:08,080 --> 00:58:09,560 Believe the people that brought you. 626 00:58:10,080 --> 00:58:13,760 I'd also tell you this is my testimony that this my biggest 627 00:58:13,760 --> 00:58:17,560 regret is I didn't turn my life over to him sooner. 628 00:58:17,560 --> 00:58:20,640 I did not trust him sooner. And I'm guaranteeing you that's 629 00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:23,440 not just my story. If somebody else in one of our 630 00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:25,880 locations has that same story, would you put your hand up? 631 00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:29,400 So here's what I'm saying. The best decision we ever made 632 00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:31,520 was starting a relationship with Jesus Christ. 633 00:58:31,520 --> 00:58:34,720 And our bigger biggest regret is we didn't do it any sooner. 634 00:58:35,240 --> 00:58:38,480 So in just a few moments, I'm going to pray and the band's 635 00:58:38,480 --> 00:58:40,760 going to start singing and people at your locations are 636 00:58:40,760 --> 00:58:42,840 going to stand and sing and some of them are going to come to the 637 00:58:42,840 --> 00:58:46,080 steps and they're going to pray. And what I want to encourage 638 00:58:46,080 --> 00:58:49,320 you, if you're here today and you've never started a 639 00:58:49,320 --> 00:58:53,280 relationship with Jesus Christ, you can go next to the baptistry 640 00:58:53,280 --> 00:58:55,760 underneath the screen at the location you guys are watching 641 00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:58,080 from. And we would love an opportunity 642 00:58:58,600 --> 00:59:01,400 to pray with you, to talk to you, to answer some of the 643 00:59:01,400 --> 00:59:04,840 questions that you have. The Bible also says this in 644 00:59:04,840 --> 00:59:07,840 Proverbs chapter 3, verse five and six. 645 00:59:08,480 --> 00:59:13,000 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own 646 00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:19,320 understanding in all your ways. Trust Him and He will make your 647 00:59:19,320 --> 00:59:21,720 path straight. Crossing family. 648 00:59:22,240 --> 00:59:25,160 Those of you who already have a relationship with Jesus Christ, 649 00:59:25,720 --> 00:59:30,160 right now, I want you to think of an area, not every area, an 650 00:59:30,160 --> 00:59:33,840 area of your life where you are not trusting God. 651 00:59:35,880 --> 00:59:39,240 That area of your life will never be made straight. 652 00:59:40,760 --> 00:59:44,080 That area of your life will never experience peace. 653 00:59:45,040 --> 00:59:49,560 That area of your life, if it is not turned over to Jesus, will 654 00:59:49,560 --> 00:59:55,200 always be at war against you. But God and His goodness allows 655 00:59:55,200 --> 00:59:58,120 us to come to Him with our burdens and lay them at His 656 00:59:58,120 --> 01:00:01,000 feet. And He promises to give us a 657 01:00:01,040 --> 01:00:03,240 peace that surpasses understanding. 658 01:00:04,240 --> 01:00:06,120 And so crossing family, if you've got something that you 659 01:00:06,120 --> 01:00:09,920 need to let go of today, an area of your life that you need to 660 01:00:09,920 --> 01:00:13,520 turn over and trust him in, would you do that? 661 01:00:13,520 --> 01:00:16,560 And I'm going to invite you guys to be able to go up to the steps 662 01:00:16,560 --> 01:00:19,280 and pray. I'm also going to ask you while 663 01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:23,800 you're at the steps praying, who is a person that you know that 664 01:00:23,800 --> 01:00:27,640 doesn't know Jesus? And would you pray that God 665 01:00:27,640 --> 01:00:30,800 would use you to introduce him into the want, but introduce 666 01:00:30,800 --> 01:00:34,040 them to the one that changes everything, crossing family 667 01:00:34,040 --> 01:00:36,400 across all locations? Would you stand with me real 668 01:00:36,400 --> 01:00:39,640 quick? God, I'm asking you right now to 669 01:00:39,640 --> 01:00:44,200 do a mighty work, cement this moment and this story and this 670 01:00:44,200 --> 01:00:47,200 illustration in our minds and in our hearts. 671 01:00:48,520 --> 01:00:52,840 God, I'm asking that today would be a spiritual marker, a never 672 01:00:52,840 --> 01:00:56,080 going back moment for every single person that can hear my 673 01:00:56,080 --> 01:00:58,720 voice. God that people that are far 674 01:00:58,720 --> 01:01:02,120 from you would be brought close to you, people that have been 675 01:01:02,120 --> 01:01:05,200 holding out on you would finally turn those areas over to you. 676 01:01:05,200 --> 01:01:09,240 And God that the people we love would find what we love about 677 01:01:09,240 --> 01:01:11,360 you. In your name I pray. 678 01:01:12,320 --> 01:01:12,800 Amen.