1 00:00:20,100 --> 00:00:22,500 Crossing family. Are you excited to be at church 2 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:25,600 today, man? It's good to be with you. 3 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,600 I love you. So stinking much all are welcome 4 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:30,700 to join us from all of our different locations, those of 5 00:00:30,700 --> 00:00:33,300 your part of our online family, and those who are part of the 6 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:36,400 crossing inside. I also just want to welcome all 7 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,900 of you who are joining us for the first time or the first time 8 00:00:38,900 --> 00:00:40,900 in a long time. And I want to let you know, 9 00:00:40,900 --> 00:00:43,300 we're glad you're here. And if at any point in time 10 00:00:43,300 --> 00:00:46,000 during the service, you'd like to get connected taking next 11 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,300 step, learn more. There's a QR code on the seat 12 00:00:49,300 --> 00:00:52,500 and In front of you and we'd love to take that opportunity to 13 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:56,000 connect before we get into all of the festivities of today. 14 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,400 There's a couple things I at least want to make you aware of. 15 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:04,200 First thing is summer camp. Sign up, are officially open. 16 00:01:04,599 --> 00:01:06,800 We are incredibly excited about that. 17 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:10,300 Because here at the Crossing we will develop leaders who honor 18 00:01:10,300 --> 00:01:13,800 God and inspire people. And in turn, they will change 19 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:18,900 the world and every kid needs time away with to grow and 20 00:01:18,900 --> 00:01:22,300 develop in their With Jesus Christ crowd participation. 21 00:01:22,300 --> 00:01:23,900 You guys know how to do this ready. 22 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,400 How many of you would say that the greatest decision you ever 23 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:28,700 made was making Jesus your lord and savior. 24 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,300 Yeah me too. That's exactly right and hands 25 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:33,100 down. How many of you would say that? 26 00:01:33,100 --> 00:01:35,600 What your biggest regret is that you didn't make that decision 27 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,000 sooner? Yeah, so now you know the 28 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,200 importance of camp we want to make sure we give our kids an 29 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,200 opportunity to get the love of Jesus in their heart as soon as 30 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,200 humanly possible. The second thing I want to make 31 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,700 sure that you are aware of is that camp? 32 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,400 Scholarships are open here at the Crossing. 33 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,700 We will gladly give up the things we love for a future 34 00:01:55,700 --> 00:01:57,900 generation. We love even more. 35 00:01:58,300 --> 00:02:02,300 And there are some of you who have the capacity and the desire 36 00:02:02,300 --> 00:02:06,700 to help other kids go to Camp, some of you can give $20 some of 37 00:02:06,700 --> 00:02:09,500 you 50, some of you could pay for kid, just to go to Camp, 38 00:02:09,500 --> 00:02:12,100 others of you might be in a position where you could send 39 00:02:12,100 --> 00:02:15,700 one kid to all seven of our weeks of Camp. 40 00:02:15,700 --> 00:02:17,800 Whatever your participation looks like. 41 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:19,700 I want to give you an opportunity to dig. 42 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,100 Big today so that other people can drink tomorrow. 43 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,800 Here's what I can promise you before. 44 00:02:25,900 --> 00:02:29,500 This night is over Jennifer and I will sign both of our boys up 45 00:02:29,500 --> 00:02:32,500 to go to camp and we will start setting aside monies that way we 46 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:35,500 can send one kid to all seven of the camps that we're going to be 47 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:39,000 offering this year as a church, and I would like to invite you 48 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,800 to join with me in that mission. The final thing I want you to 49 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,500 know is next weekend, Jerry and I are going to be starting a new 50 00:02:45,500 --> 00:02:50,200 sermon series called reclaim. Reclaim restoring what was lost 51 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,800 and fixing what is broken. He's going to be preaching, a 52 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:54,200 couple of them. I'm going to be preaching a 53 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,600 couple of them, and we believe that every single person wants a 54 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,800 better life, a better family, and better relationships. 55 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,600 And there are things that have been lost and broken along the 56 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,800 way. But here at the Crossing, we 57 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,300 don't believe they have to stay that way. 58 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,300 So when I would encourage you invite a friend, invite a 59 00:03:12,308 --> 00:03:15,500 neighbor be here for all seven of those weeks, as we try to 60 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:18,200 help our families become more god-honoring and better. 61 00:03:18,300 --> 00:03:22,000 I'm in the process. But the real reason why you're 62 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,800 all here today and some of you didn't hear a word. 63 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,100 I said, because you keep seeing this and you're going Clayton, 64 00:03:27,100 --> 00:03:28,000 is that a replica? Nope. 65 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,700 This is a real Super Bowl championship ring. 66 00:03:30,900 --> 00:03:33,600 And is it on your pinky? Yeah it is on my pinky finger 67 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:38,100 because I'm just that big but this weekend we have a special 68 00:03:38,100 --> 00:03:40,100 guest with us. He played ten years in. 69 00:03:40,100 --> 00:03:42,800 The NFL is a Super Bowl champion. 70 00:03:42,900 --> 00:03:45,700 He was also called the fittest man in the NFL. 71 00:03:45,700 --> 00:03:48,200 We have so much in common. He is a father of six. 72 00:03:48,300 --> 00:03:51,600 Six and serious about his walk with the Lord. 73 00:03:51,700 --> 00:03:53,100 Would you please give a Crossing? 74 00:03:53,100 --> 00:03:58,000 Welcome to the stage? My man, Steve Weatherford. 75 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,800 I don't have a Wikipedia page, but if it did, it would say that 76 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,900 I beat Steve in a 5k. Because yesterday, that's 77 00:04:10,900 --> 00:04:14,100 exactly what I did. Now out of fairness, I was a 78 00:04:14,100 --> 00:04:20,000 mile ahead of him before he started and he walked, but I 79 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,700 walked faster. Okay. 80 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,800 And I won. So I've beat I'm not going to 81 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,200 let this go. I just need you to know that you 82 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,400 you hang on to that. Yeah that's that's That's not. 83 00:04:31,100 --> 00:04:32,900 All right, I'll give you your ring back. 84 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:39,700 Dirty now, thank you for that introduction. 85 00:04:39,700 --> 00:04:41,500 I'm so honored you, look at this place. 86 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:46,600 It's packed, man, I'm so honored to be here Quincy, Quincy 87 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:48,700 Illinois. I've been here for three days. 88 00:04:48,700 --> 00:04:52,100 I've gotten a chance to go work out with Sam dancing. 89 00:04:52,100 --> 00:04:54,400 I've gone to several of the restaurants around here. 90 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:56,700 I've gotten to build some relationship with some of your 91 00:04:56,700 --> 00:04:59,800 staff. It has been such a Joy and such 92 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,900 an honor. I even miss my 16th wedding 93 00:05:02,900 --> 00:05:07,200 anniversary to be here with you. And I say that to say, I'd love 94 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,400 to show you a picture of my family and what I said no to. 95 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,100 So I could be here with you, because that's how important you 96 00:05:13,100 --> 00:05:14,600 are to me. This is my family. 97 00:05:15,500 --> 00:05:17,800 Pastor said, I have six kids, thank you. 98 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,000 And I actually have ties to this church. 99 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,200 I went to the University of Illinois and I met my wife, when 100 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,300 I was on my recruiting trip to play football there and her 101 00:05:26,300 --> 00:05:30,200 older sister Shanna actually. Goes to the Macomb campus. 102 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,000 So this is this is home to me, you know, so thank you for 103 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:34,600 having me. And these are the rest of my 104 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,400 kids. My I have two sons and I have 105 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,200 four daughters. My son is Ace. 106 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,100 He's 15 years old. He's about to drive and I can't 107 00:05:42,100 --> 00:05:45,800 believe it. And then my daughters are 13, 10 108 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:50,200 7, and 4, and their names are carne Aurora golden and Josie. 109 00:05:50,500 --> 00:05:54,600 And then my son that I'm holding was born almost two years ago 110 00:05:54,900 --> 00:05:59,800 and and my wife, if you combine all of the weights of Children, 111 00:06:00,300 --> 00:06:04,400 my wife has had nine pounds, nine pounds, 29 pounds 10, 10 112 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:08,600 pounds, 5, 11, and my son was 12 pounds in 3 ounces. 113 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,300 Did you hear all the ladies gasp? 114 00:06:13,300 --> 00:06:17,900 I'm so proud of my wife's. He is like a pro at multiplying 115 00:06:18,100 --> 00:06:22,400 children, you know? So I know that she's watching at 116 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:24,100 home. So virtual toddler. 117 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,100 I know. That's so babe. 118 00:06:26,300 --> 00:06:28,900 I love you walk. Thank you for giving me all 119 00:06:28,900 --> 00:06:31,300 those babies. Thank you for loving me and 120 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:35,100 knowing that what I'm doing right now is is just as 121 00:06:35,100 --> 00:06:37,000 important as being a father and a husband. 122 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,800 So thank you for trusting me. And thank you Pastor for trust. 123 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:42,000 Me and allowing me to come, because you and I have known 124 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,900 each other for very long. We're beginning a really great 125 00:06:44,900 --> 00:06:48,100 relationship, but thank you for trusting me and building such an 126 00:06:48,100 --> 00:06:51,500 amazing, amazing audience and then allowing me to share some, 127 00:06:51,500 --> 00:06:55,300 some things of my journey that have to do with identity, they 128 00:06:55,300 --> 00:06:57,800 had to do with purpose. They have to do with burdens 129 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,400 that we all carry around but ultimately, I believe it's 130 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:03,600 becoming more clear. Why I'm supposed to be here. 131 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:07,200 It's to challenge each and every one of you in a loving, but in a 132 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,800 firm way, it's time for us to go pro. 133 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,600 There's a difference between an amateur and a pro and I'm not 134 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,100 saying that because I have a Super Bowl ring in the trophy. 135 00:07:16,300 --> 00:07:18,500 I'm saying that because there are areas of my life and 136 00:07:18,500 --> 00:07:22,100 especially with God I was, I was such a rookie or I didn't even 137 00:07:22,100 --> 00:07:24,500 show up for the game. So I really just wanted to put 138 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:27,000 that out there that I'm so happy to be here, but I feel like I'm 139 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,600 a part of this family because my family is a part of your family. 140 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,200 Yeah. And my roots were in Illinois. 141 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,600 So I know that there's a reason that I'm supposed to be here and 142 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,300 I'm not at home watching the Super Bowl with my family. 143 00:07:36,300 --> 00:07:38,700 I'm going to be on a plane and I'm making that sacrifice 144 00:07:38,700 --> 00:07:41,100 because I believe that. What I have to share with, you 145 00:07:41,100 --> 00:07:43,900 can shift things in your life. So I just need everybody to 146 00:07:43,900 --> 00:07:46,500 pause right now and I need them to repeat. 147 00:07:46,500 --> 00:07:49,100 After me I'm going to make shift happen. 148 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:54,000 One, two, three. I'm going to make shift happen. 149 00:07:54,100 --> 00:07:59,100 Yeah, you were very young and very careful with that, but 150 00:07:59,100 --> 00:08:03,200 that's what I believe can happen inside of this church and inside 151 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,800 of every single location is shift can happen. 152 00:08:07,100 --> 00:08:09,900 But there's going to have to be a few things that you need to. 153 00:08:10,100 --> 00:08:12,200 Side. But I can't wait to get into our 154 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:13,900 Kelsey's. Well, it's, let's talk about 155 00:08:13,900 --> 00:08:16,600 that, you know, before all the glitz before, all the glamour 156 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,600 before you're on the cover of the magazines or winning Super 157 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:25,700 Bowl rings, there was a 6 7 8 9 10, 11 year-old Steve and he was 158 00:08:25,700 --> 00:08:28,700 navigating all kinds of hardships, all kinds of 159 00:08:28,700 --> 00:08:32,600 realities, all kinds of trauma that most of these people 160 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:34,700 wouldn't get from the Wikipedia page. 161 00:08:34,799 --> 00:08:37,200 Talk to us about that. Yeah, I feel like those are the 162 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,900 formative years, you know? Like I feel like that. 163 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000 That's looking back on it and learning more. 164 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,600 Now from like two years to eight years, or the most formative 165 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:49,000 years, that's the years. When we decide who we are, we 166 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,500 decide what we deserve, we decide where we belong. 167 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:57,000 And so my parents are amazing, parents like they took me to 168 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,500 church and we had Sunday school and, you know, I went to a 169 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:04,900 decent School in a decent area, but every place that I went in, 170 00:09:04,900 --> 00:09:08,300 my family had two brothers at a sister and my family and Sunday 171 00:09:08,300 --> 00:09:10,700 school and also in Therese. Cool. 172 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,500 I felt like an alien. I felt like I just didn't fit 173 00:09:13,500 --> 00:09:14,800 in. I felt like a renegade. 174 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,900 I felt like a lost with felt like a weirdo and the reason 175 00:09:17,900 --> 00:09:21,000 being is one of those reasons is I have ADHD. 176 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,300 So you know I'm one of those guys like very rare. 177 00:09:24,300 --> 00:09:27,100 Will you find a child that gets kicked out of Sunday School? 178 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:32,400 Pastors giving a microphone? Yeah, somebody like that, but I 179 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,100 got kicked out of Sunday school almost every single weekend and 180 00:09:35,100 --> 00:09:36,800 it wasn't like, I was trying to be bad. 181 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:41,900 I just, I had ants in my pants and so I remember going to 182 00:09:41,900 --> 00:09:43,500 kindergarten the first five days in a row. 183 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:46,200 It was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where they could 184 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:47,900 paddle you without calling your parents. 185 00:09:47,900 --> 00:09:51,400 And I remember getting freaking worn out five days in a row. 186 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,700 And we could all kind of laugh about it now because I'm a Super 187 00:09:54,700 --> 00:09:57,400 Bowl champion. And from what you know, like I'm 188 00:09:57,500 --> 00:10:00,300 I'm living in full Freedom with Jesus Christ, so we can laugh 189 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:02,400 about it. But man when I was 5 and 6 years 190 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,800 old, I began to hating myself because everywhere that I went, 191 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:08,300 I felt like I was making a problem and I was ruined it for 192 00:10:08,300 --> 00:10:10,000 everyone else and I didn't want to do that. 193 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:14,800 I didn't want to be that but I couldn't control it and then 194 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,200 around 8 or 9 years old. I discovered that God had 195 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:21,300 blessed me with something. Through this ADHD with 196 00:10:21,300 --> 00:10:24,100 athleticism and I would play these Sports and it didn't 197 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:26,800 matter if it was basketball or track, or if it was the first 198 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:31,100 time, Tried the sport. He came natural to me because of 199 00:10:31,100 --> 00:10:35,000 my abundance of energy, but also my split-second making 200 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,500 decisions. And I remember the first time a, 201 00:10:37,500 --> 00:10:41,500 another man of authority, like really gave me words of 202 00:10:41,500 --> 00:10:43,900 affirmation, because I love my dad. 203 00:10:43,900 --> 00:10:46,600 And I honor my dad, but he grew up with a father that didn't 204 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,400 like Pat him on the back and say Steve, you're such a good boy 205 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:51,600 and you ride and I'm proud of you. 206 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,500 You know, he was more of a disciplinarian, I have a great 207 00:10:54,500 --> 00:10:57,800 relationship with my dad and I'm we've we've healed those Father 208 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:02,400 wounds, but my dad was doing his best, my dad, coached, all of my 209 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:03,900 team. So it wasn't like he wasn't 210 00:11:03,900 --> 00:11:06,700 around, but I remember when this, when this other parent 211 00:11:06,700 --> 00:11:10,100 came up to me after a game, he's like my goodness, he's like, you 212 00:11:10,100 --> 00:11:13,100 are unbelievable. He said, you're so talented when 213 00:11:13,100 --> 00:11:14,900 we played this team last year, they blew us out. 214 00:11:14,900 --> 00:11:17,300 In this year, we beat them by three goals, it's because you're 215 00:11:17,300 --> 00:11:19,400 on the team. I remember getting in the car 216 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,300 and just feeling like I was seven feet tall and it was at 217 00:11:22,300 --> 00:11:27,100 that moment that I decided when I win, I'm valuable. 218 00:11:27,100 --> 00:11:30,700 And so Went all in on Sports at like 8 years old because it was 219 00:11:30,700 --> 00:11:34,100 the only place where I felt celebrated and so as I say those 220 00:11:34,100 --> 00:11:36,700 words I don't know if that connects with you in a certain 221 00:11:36,700 --> 00:11:41,100 place in your life or a certain place during your story of there 222 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:43,600 was a place where you felt valuable. 223 00:11:43,900 --> 00:11:49,400 And so when I found it, I went all in on Sports because I felt 224 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:54,700 like if I could win I could be valuable because I desperately 225 00:11:54,700 --> 00:11:58,600 wanted people to tell me who I was because my identity 226 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:01,200 everywhere that I went, I didn't feel like I fit in with anybody 227 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:02,900 else. But when people told me that I 228 00:12:02,908 --> 00:12:05,500 was great and that I was special and I'm that I was number one 229 00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:09,100 point that that made me feel really, really good. 230 00:12:09,100 --> 00:12:11,900 So that I feel like sets an accurate context, you're like, 231 00:12:11,900 --> 00:12:16,600 what kind of little boy I was up until about 10 years old but if 232 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,700 I can share like with things when my relationship with Jesus 233 00:12:19,700 --> 00:12:23,300 began, was it 11 years old? And it was a church kind of 234 00:12:23,300 --> 00:12:26,900 similar to this a bigger church and I was invited by a friend 235 00:12:27,100 --> 00:12:29,100 has Anybody ever seen The Power Team? 236 00:12:30,100 --> 00:12:31,300 Yeah. There's a couple of hands that 237 00:12:31,300 --> 00:12:33,100 have raised up. So for those of you that don't 238 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:37,100 know what the power team is, just imagine WWF wrestlers, kind 239 00:12:37,100 --> 00:12:38,800 of like this. Look like me, but maybe even 240 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,800 bigger with tank tops on, on a stage like this breaking bricks 241 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,800 bending bars busting handcuffs and they're doing the strength 242 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,800 concert but they're doing it as a Ministry. 243 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:50,800 And I had never seen anything like that. 244 00:12:50,900 --> 00:12:54,100 I grew up in a church where people were khakis and they took 245 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:58,500 their shirts in and they didn't drive Cadillacs and how dare you 246 00:12:58,500 --> 00:13:01,100 for wanting to have a big house. And so I had these big dreams 247 00:13:01,100 --> 00:13:03,800 and I felt like I didn't fit in in the church but at 11 years 248 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,800 old Pastor, I saw possibility and it was then that I gave my 249 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:12,000 life to Jesus and I felt like finally I fit in and I had like 250 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:17,500 six months of fitting in and then the most traumatic thing of 251 00:13:17,500 --> 00:13:20,700 my life happened. Really where I feel like the 252 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:26,900 enemy really tried to take me out and there's a scripture in 253 00:13:26,900 --> 00:13:31,300 Romans 12:2 that says, do not be Form to the patterns of this 254 00:13:31,300 --> 00:13:34,700 world, but be transformed by the renewing of your spirit. 255 00:13:34,700 --> 00:13:37,500 Well, this is when the world really tried to conform me? 256 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:41,100 I had a teacher and I didn't really realize that in the 257 00:13:41,100 --> 00:13:44,400 moment, but he was grooming me everyday. 258 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,300 He would tell me how special I was every day. 259 00:13:47,300 --> 00:13:49,800 He would tell me how good my work was and I would get like a 260 00:13:49,808 --> 00:13:52,900 b-plus and he was just showering me with these words of 261 00:13:52,900 --> 00:13:55,100 affirmation that I wasn't getting other places. 262 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,800 So I, I begin to trust this guy and after a few few weeks and 263 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,800 months of that he did, Things to me that nobody should ever do to 264 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,600 a little boy. And it left me with questions of 265 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:11,100 it was at a Christian School and it left me with questions of 266 00:14:11,100 --> 00:14:14,700 like, if God is real, how could he let something like this 267 00:14:14,700 --> 00:14:15,300 happen? To me? 268 00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:18,300 And then I'm left with the ultimate question of like, does 269 00:14:18,300 --> 00:14:22,600 this make me bad in mi gay but I didn't have anybody to ask those 270 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:27,400 questions to hmm, But the only thing that I knew they could 271 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,700 make those feelings. Go away was winning. 272 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,200 And so I'm going to zoom through. 273 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,200 Probably a lot of my life High School I played for sports, I 274 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:38,400 was for sport Allstate and then I was introduced to under 275 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:43,600 underage drinking drugs sex and so anything that would make like 276 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:47,200 the trauma or the pain. Go away of like me being so 277 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:51,400 dirty or broken or unlovable. Very my God just pushed me 278 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:54,900 further into Athletics, earning a scholarship going to the pros 279 00:14:54,900 --> 00:14:58,100 and I always thought to myself and what's I get to this place? 280 00:14:58,100 --> 00:15:01,300 I got want to feel better once I get to To the pros, right? 281 00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:04,600 Kind of, like I challenge, all of you all, like some of us 282 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,700 before we walked in here. Think they? 283 00:15:06,700 --> 00:15:09,300 Like, once we get to an area of life, we get to this amount of 284 00:15:09,300 --> 00:15:10,600 money, we're getting to this house. 285 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:13,800 We married this woman. We fix this thing, then, we're 286 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:18,400 going to have peace. Hmm, But but ultimately, going 287 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,600 pro isn't taking responsibility for everything. 288 00:15:22,300 --> 00:15:25,700 Going pro is actually releasing things, receiving things in 289 00:15:25,700 --> 00:15:29,800 committing to things, but I didn't know that I went pro. 290 00:15:29,900 --> 00:15:33,000 Sports and so that just drove me to have the all of these 291 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,700 different goals. And really, my life reminds me 292 00:15:35,700 --> 00:15:39,200 of the story of a ronin. So I really love Japanese 293 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,200 culture and discipline and, and having Legacy. 294 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,500 And one of the things I read about that, I really connected 295 00:15:45,500 --> 00:15:47,900 with, but not in a way that inspired me in a way that really 296 00:15:47,900 --> 00:15:51,800 convicted me that my life was, I was wasting, it was I read the 297 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,700 story of the Ronin and a ronin is somebody who has very special 298 00:15:55,700 --> 00:15:58,800 gifts and I feel like God has placed a special gift site of 299 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:00,100 each and every one of us. Us. 300 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:07,300 But I used my special gifts for Missions for me so I'm 40 years 301 00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:10,500 old. So for 35 years hmm I was on 302 00:16:10,500 --> 00:16:13,700 these different missions of earn a scholarship. 303 00:16:13,700 --> 00:16:17,100 Go to the pros, make a million dollars, become a Super Bowl 304 00:16:17,100 --> 00:16:19,600 champion become the fittest, man in the NFL. 305 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:21,800 One thing we didn't mention, I was the most philanthropic. 306 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:25,100 Voted the most philanthropic man in the NFL, but all of those 307 00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:28,100 were born out of the insecurity of I need to do more because I'm 308 00:16:28,100 --> 00:16:29,500 not enough. Hmm? 309 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:33,300 And so, the Ronin takes his If sand goes out and Do's and goes 310 00:16:33,300 --> 00:16:35,500 on all these missions for himself. 311 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,900 So, I was living a life on Mission but not on purpose. 312 00:16:38,900 --> 00:16:42,700 And so, it wasn't until I really submitted to the Sensei to God 313 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,900 and really received everything that he had for me, not half of 314 00:16:45,900 --> 00:16:47,500 it. Not like, okay, I've received 315 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:50,200 enough to go to heaven, but I'm gonna carry the rest of these 316 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:54,300 burdens on my own because you said earlier, are you just told 317 00:16:54,300 --> 00:16:57,900 me earlier that? A ronin is a, is a warrior, a 318 00:16:57,900 --> 00:17:00,800 masterless samurai but he has no master. 319 00:17:01,900 --> 00:17:05,900 And how many of you you are becoming disciplined in an area, 320 00:17:05,900 --> 00:17:09,300 but you haven't submitted that discipline to the lordship of 321 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:12,200 Jesus. And so you can be going out and 322 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,500 winning all these missions, but it has no ultimate purpose and 323 00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:18,099 that was like a big shift for you and you're talking about, as 324 00:17:18,099 --> 00:17:20,800 you're zooming forward. This is the thing that would be 325 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,000 the hardest for us. We're looking at somebody in 326 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,099 many respects was at the Pinnacle of success. 327 00:17:26,099 --> 00:17:29,100 And this is actually a pretty interesting story about you. 328 00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:36,700 It's the Super Bowl. Hmm, and your team want one at 329 00:17:36,700 --> 00:17:38,200 half time, you're going to get into that. 330 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,800 You're being praised at an incredibly high level and so 331 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:46,500 you're experiencing from the outside in the highest of Highs. 332 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,800 But from the inside out, you're actually navigating one of the 333 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:51,100 lowest of lows. Yeah. 334 00:17:51,100 --> 00:17:53,000 Walk us through that. I think that's the goal. 335 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,500 Probably, you know, I got a chance to meet your dad back 336 00:17:56,500 --> 00:17:59,500 stays and you were sharing some wisdoms with me for my kids. 337 00:17:59,500 --> 00:18:01,500 Oh, my dad's a sense. Yes. 338 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,800 Well, I have notes on my phone Miyagi, how he walked away and I 339 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,100 was like, yeah, please. Nobody else asked me Super Bowl 340 00:18:07,100 --> 00:18:09,800 quite a bit. My dad's favorite parenting line 341 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,700 when he was growing up with me, is this a father had two sons 342 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:16,000 and then he'd tell the ideal son and then he described me and 343 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,400 going, which one do you think the father loved more? 344 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:23,300 Yeah. Sorry Dad, he didn't need a, he 345 00:18:23,300 --> 00:18:26,000 didn't need a hammer. When you use wisdom that way, 346 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:29,700 it's kind of like, when the dad says, I'm not mad at you, it's 347 00:18:29,700 --> 00:18:34,600 really disappointing. The pointed at the Super Bowl 348 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:38,900 night, yeah, you've your you're destroying the game. 349 00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:41,300 I mean, you're having the will talk you talk about it. 350 00:18:41,300 --> 00:18:44,900 So so the Super Bowl Super Bowl. 46 was against the greatest 351 00:18:44,900 --> 00:18:46,200 football player that's ever lived. 352 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:47,800 Tom Brady, I think we can all agree to that. 353 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:51,900 Now we can say blue but here's the deal Hardware's Hardware 354 00:18:51,900 --> 00:18:53,900 man. He's got he's got seven of these 355 00:18:53,900 --> 00:18:56,400 me and Tom you guys invited me because I have one, you know, 356 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,900 the guys to go, right? So it's February 5th. 2012, it's 357 00:18:59,900 --> 00:19:02,900 11. Years ago, and it's 46 miles 358 00:19:02,900 --> 00:19:05,200 from my home, town of the greatest game of my life, to 359 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,400 give you context at halftime Cris Collinsworth, until Michael 360 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:09,800 said, man. I don't think we've ever said 361 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,200 this, but if we vote for a Super Bowl, MVP at halftime, we give 362 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:13,800 it to the punter, Steve Weatherford. 363 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,400 So I say that giving glory to God because I performed well, 364 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:20,900 but the ball bounced my way every single time and and the 365 00:19:20,900 --> 00:19:23,100 game gets over to confettis coming down. 366 00:19:23,100 --> 00:19:26,800 We defeated Tom, Brady, the greatest of all time and I 367 00:19:26,808 --> 00:19:30,300 remember pulling my son out of the stadium stairs and can 368 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,900 Fetty's coming down actually. Post a picture of it on 369 00:19:32,900 --> 00:19:35,300 Instagram yesterday. I can't believe how big he is 370 00:19:35,300 --> 00:19:37,400 now. Like holding him would be really 371 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:41,100 difficult now but every like all of all of the things that you 372 00:19:41,100 --> 00:19:43,700 you and I probably dreamed like I mentioned your dad, because 373 00:19:43,700 --> 00:19:46,800 you probably threw the football with your dad in the backyard. 374 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,300 Imagining you're catching a touchdown in the Super Bowl. 375 00:19:49,300 --> 00:19:51,000 Notre Dame with Touchdown. Jesus. 376 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,200 Yeah, I did too. I mean but I mean, I'm not 377 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,400 telling the story of how I caught a touchdown, so I don't 378 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:58,600 want to give you any misrepresentation but I played 379 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,200 in the game and so here I am. Everybody that I love my mom and 380 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,700 dad my grandma my my coaches everybody that's close to me and 381 00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:09,500 everybody that's not at the game they're watching on TV 124 382 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:12,800 million people and had the greatest game of my life and in 383 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,400 the confettis coming down and everybody's telling me how 384 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:19,200 amazing I am and then I remember when everything got over and I 385 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:23,700 got to my hotel room at night and I walked in and my bed was 386 00:20:23,700 --> 00:20:27,600 made up and I remember hearing a noise as I walked up to, to the 387 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,400 window and I looked down it was just an ocean of pixels. 388 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:34,600 People in all different NFL jerseys taking pictures, taking 389 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:38,200 shots, taking selfies just make him the most amazing memories 390 00:20:38,500 --> 00:20:41,200 and here I am I had the greatest game of my life in the biggest 391 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,100 game of my life in front of millions, hundreds of 100 392 00:20:44,100 --> 00:20:47,000 million plus people. And I remember looking down and 393 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:51,700 seeing them be so happy. And I remember taking a deep 394 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:53,700 breath in, and before I could, exhale it out. 395 00:20:53,700 --> 00:20:56,800 I just remember this wave of depression coming over me 396 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:00,000 because I'm realizing that this was like the highest thing that 397 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,500 I imagined would like make this thing in my chest to go away. 398 00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:06,200 Like, get the elephant off like fix that god-sized hole. 399 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,300 And it was that moment, right? Then that I knew that my numbers 400 00:21:09,300 --> 00:21:12,600 in the NFL were numbered because I knew if this didn't do it, 401 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:15,100 there was nothing else that I could do that. 402 00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:17,100 I could achieve that would do it for me. 403 00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:21,300 And so from that moment, I played three more years in the 404 00:21:21,300 --> 00:21:25,000 NFL and retired much earlier than probably what I needed to 405 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:29,600 but would have brought me to the moment of really searching for 406 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,300 not another mission but searching for a purpose and I 407 00:21:33,300 --> 00:21:36,800 knew that I had a relationship. I knew that I made a decision 408 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:41,900 for Jesus when I was 11 but it was more of a, like a decision 409 00:21:41,900 --> 00:21:44,700 of religion. And I don't know if you guys 410 00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:47,300 know the difference between religion or relationship, but I 411 00:21:47,308 --> 00:21:49,600 had a 1986 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. 412 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:53,500 Pam was my first car when I was 16 it was as long as this stage, 413 00:21:53,500 --> 00:21:56,700 it was I loved it. It was terrible gas mileage, but 414 00:21:56,700 --> 00:21:59,000 it was really roomy. All my buddies wanted to roll in 415 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,200 it, but I remember much like we all do. 416 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,600 I made a mistake driving my first car, and I remember taking 417 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,800 an illegal U-turn in here in a crunch of the metal. 418 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,100 And then, thinking to myself, I gotta call my dad, he's gonna 419 00:22:10,100 --> 00:22:13,700 freaking kill me because my dad was, if you make a mistake, 420 00:22:13,700 --> 00:22:16,400 you're going to pay the price. The disciplinarian doesn't make 421 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,700 him a bad dad but I knew what to expect and I feel like that's 422 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,700 That's that's how I formed my relationship with God. 423 00:22:22,700 --> 00:22:25,800 Was my relationship with my father's, like, man, when I make 424 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:30,400 a mistake, I want to hide it from my dad, that's religion 425 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,200 relationship. With God is so much different 426 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,400 and that's when everything changed for me because it's 427 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,700 making the same mistake, making the same illegal U-turn that, 428 00:22:39,700 --> 00:22:41,700 you know, that you shouldn't do. But as soon as you hear the 429 00:22:41,700 --> 00:22:46,300 crunch of the metal, you think to yourself, I got to call my 430 00:22:46,300 --> 00:22:48,700 dad because he's gonna know what to do. 431 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,700 Yeah. Now you take your problems, your 432 00:22:50,700 --> 00:22:54,600 like that Dad hears, the porn that I started because I didn't 433 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,300 know what else to do dad. Here's the drugs that I started 434 00:22:57,300 --> 00:23:00,200 because I had so much pain. I needed the memories to go away 435 00:23:00,300 --> 00:23:02,400 Dead. All of this winning that I did 436 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:04,700 to try to earn it. I'm going to give it to you, 437 00:23:04,700 --> 00:23:09,800 too, because I'm tired. I'm tired, dad, that's 438 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,800 relationship. And so for 36 years, I'm trying 439 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:16,700 to earn something from God when The whole time God is just like 440 00:23:16,700 --> 00:23:19,900 dude you haven't you haven't given it all to me because I 441 00:23:19,908 --> 00:23:22,800 want to do it all for you. There's been a price that was 442 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,900 already paid for each and every one of us that are in this room 443 00:23:25,900 --> 00:23:29,200 right now. God put a uniqueness inside of 444 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,400 you and he wants you to go pro. He wants to pull it out of you 445 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:36,100 and he wants you to say, don't be committed to, you be 446 00:23:36,100 --> 00:23:41,900 committed to me, let me be your Sensei because I have everything 447 00:23:42,100 --> 00:23:46,000 that you need in Jeremiah 29:11. It says Thank God. 448 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,500 It says, for I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord 449 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:53,300 plans to prosper you and not to harm you plans to give you hope 450 00:23:53,300 --> 00:23:56,000 and a future. And I'm one of those people. 451 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,300 And I want every single one of us to be the type of person that 452 00:23:59,300 --> 00:24:01,600 said, God's talking about me when he said that. 453 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,300 So, I'll pause right there, because I know that there's a 454 00:24:04,300 --> 00:24:07,200 few things, you you teed it up, and I want to, I want to get 455 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,300 into it. You started your relationship. 456 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:12,900 Jesus at 11. Then you went pro athletically, 457 00:24:13,300 --> 00:24:15,100 but you didn't start going pro spiritually. 458 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,000 Till much later. I feel like I can't sit down 459 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,400 right now. So, yeah, well, I want you to 460 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,500 preach this. I want you to preach this. 461 00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:22,500 I want you to talk to them because you made this statement 462 00:24:22,500 --> 00:24:26,400 that was really profound about the difference between amateurs 463 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:27,400 and Pros. Yeah. 464 00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:30,900 So talk to them about that. Yeah, so it's like, my life 465 00:24:30,900 --> 00:24:34,800 Mantra because for so many years I was led by my feelings and 466 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,100 your feelings are a liar, the difference between, and I'm 467 00:24:38,100 --> 00:24:40,500 going to say it two times, I want everybody to just hear my 468 00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:43,400 voice. The difference between an 469 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:47,100 amateur and a pro is amateurs. Make decisions based upon their 470 00:24:47,100 --> 00:24:50,400 feelings and pros, make decisions based upon their 471 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:56,100 commitments because I know that there's some days Like you maybe 472 00:24:56,100 --> 00:24:59,800 you don't feel God, it doesn't mean that he's not there. 473 00:25:00,500 --> 00:25:06,100 And I feel like in order for us to go pro in life, it's going to 474 00:25:06,300 --> 00:25:08,900 require us to make a decision in about five minutes. 475 00:25:08,900 --> 00:25:12,400 We're going to come to a time of decision and so if you would, I 476 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:14,700 would love to read you a poem. Yeah. 477 00:25:14,700 --> 00:25:18,400 That I read every single morning, I have it printed out. 478 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,100 And if you want to just message me on Instagram, and I'll find a 479 00:25:22,100 --> 00:25:24,700 way to get it to you, but I print it out and I put it on my 480 00:25:24,700 --> 00:25:28,000 mirror and I read it every single morning and it helps me 481 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,900 to recalibrate who my Sensei is and what my purpose is on this 482 00:25:31,900 --> 00:25:36,900 planet. So my mentor actually wrote 483 00:25:36,900 --> 00:25:41,400 this, his name is Keith craft. And the poem is called choose 484 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:45,000 your hard because every single day is hard. 485 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,500 Being your best is hard, being normal is hard. 486 00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:54,100 Making wise decisions is hard, making bad decisions to start 487 00:25:54,100 --> 00:25:56,000 being in shape is hard. Being out of shape. 488 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,000 As hard losing weight is hard being fat. 489 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,300 As hard being disciplined, his heart, being lazy as hard 490 00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:03,300 getting outside of your comfort zone. 491 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,400 Some of us are going to be called to do that today. 492 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,800 I hope all of us are didn't outside. 493 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,300 Your comfort zone is hard but staying inside your comfort 494 00:26:10,300 --> 00:26:14,900 zone, how it always used to be. That's hard to come on, starting 495 00:26:14,900 --> 00:26:17,200 a business is hard working for someone else to start making. 496 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,200 Lot of money to start making a little bit of monies. 497 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,200 Are being rich is hard. Being pores are having great 498 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:25,700 relationships as hard having bad relationships as hard. 499 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,400 Having friends is hard. Having no friends. 500 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,700 This hard hear me. When I say this guy's, this is 501 00:26:29,700 --> 00:26:31,900 part of my testimony. Get a chance to share today. 502 00:26:32,700 --> 00:26:35,100 Fighting for your marriage is hard. 503 00:26:35,700 --> 00:26:39,000 Divorce is hard. Having a lot of things. 504 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,500 It's hard, having nothing to start living on. 505 00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:43,900 Purpose is hard. Living off. 506 00:26:43,900 --> 00:26:47,500 Purposes hard, doing life. God's way is hard doing life. 507 00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:51,100 Your own way as hard? Everything is hard, we have to 508 00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:54,800 choose our hard. So if I had, like two minutes to 509 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,900 speak to you before, you went out for the game of your life on 510 00:26:57,900 --> 00:27:01,500 this Super Bowl Sunday, you know, I would have three things 511 00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:05,600 for you to do, just three things, I would ask him going to 512 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:09,800 walk you through them quickly. I task for you to think about 513 00:27:09,900 --> 00:27:14,000 releasing some things, receiving some things and committing to a 514 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:18,000 thing. Because for me I did so much of 515 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,600 my life trying to earn it when God was just looking for me to 516 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,100 lay something down, I feel like what God has for each and every 517 00:27:24,100 --> 00:27:28,000 one of us is so big. We need two hands to to download 518 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:32,900 it and we're still stuck with hanging on to depression or 519 00:27:32,900 --> 00:27:37,500 anxiety, or drugs, or drinking or porn, or just these different 520 00:27:37,500 --> 00:27:40,500 things. God wants us to lay those things 521 00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:45,000 down so we can receive everything that he has for us. 522 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,500 So there's got to be a release. There's got to be. 523 00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:50,400 I'm going to say it again. There's got to be a release 524 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,900 happening in order for you to receive everything that God has 525 00:27:53,900 --> 00:27:55,400 for you. Because I feel like God gives me 526 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,500 a picture. When I talk about receiving. 527 00:27:57,900 --> 00:28:01,100 I've seen this meme of this really cute precious little girl 528 00:28:01,100 --> 00:28:02,400 looks like, she's like six years old. 529 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,300 It's a cartoon. And she's hanging on to this 530 00:28:05,300 --> 00:28:08,600 teddy bear so tight because she loves it so much and she's He's 531 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,700 looking up at Jesus and Jesus is standing here and he's got his 532 00:28:12,700 --> 00:28:17,200 hand out. He's like, just just give me 533 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:21,200 what you have, she doesn't realize it and I didn't realize 534 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:25,700 it for 36 years. God had a teddy bear bigger than 535 00:28:25,700 --> 00:28:29,100 I could ever ask think or imagine right behind his back 536 00:28:29,300 --> 00:28:32,000 but in order for me to receive that, I needed to release 537 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,100 something. So I'm believing on this morning 538 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:39,800 when we pray this prayer when we make this This decision. 539 00:28:41,100 --> 00:28:45,700 Did it has staying power in the last thing that I'm going to ask 540 00:28:45,700 --> 00:28:50,800 you to do is to commit. Don't commit to just Jesus being 541 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:56,500 your savior. Because that's the JV team, I'm 542 00:28:56,500 --> 00:28:59,600 calling you up to the pros. God's calling you up to the 543 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:03,700 pros. Jesus wants to be your Lord. 544 00:29:04,300 --> 00:29:06,500 He's the wants to walk alongside to you. 545 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,400 He wants to empower you. He doesn't want to stop you from 546 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,000 doing the things that are fun. Look at me. 547 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,200 I'm not a football player, I'm a freedom fighter. 548 00:29:16,300 --> 00:29:20,300 They grow here to deliver a message to you to challenge you. 549 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:32,200 So, I've got 58 seconds. To stir everybody up. 550 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,900 But instead of me doing that, I'm just going to ask Holy 551 00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:42,100 Spirit to move in your heart. Yo because the root word of 552 00:29:42,100 --> 00:29:48,400 decision means to cut off and in John 10:10, it says that the 553 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:52,100 enemy comes to steal to kill and destroy. 554 00:29:52,300 --> 00:29:53,900 Don't let him steal your identity. 555 00:29:55,800 --> 00:30:00,300 Don't let him kill your, your ability to multiply and don't 556 00:30:00,300 --> 00:30:04,600 let him destroy your legacy. It's time to make a decision. 557 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,100 Yeah. And when we get ready to make 558 00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:08,800 that decision here in a second. Yeah. 559 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,200 You guys you're going to we're doing a bonus round real quick 560 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,000 because I want to I want to hit one more thing that you said 561 00:30:18,100 --> 00:30:21,300 earlier. You're asking people to receive 562 00:30:21,300 --> 00:30:23,000 something from God. You're asking people to make 563 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,100 commitments to God, but we talked about a stat that had an 564 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:30,500 impact on both of us about what happens when the men in the home 565 00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:33,300 gets serious and decide to go pro in their face. 566 00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:36,300 What kind of impact that has on the family? 567 00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:38,600 And what kind of impact that has generationally? 568 00:30:38,700 --> 00:30:41,800 Now we're already going on. Long but let's let's make this 569 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:44,600 let's make that count before we before we sign off. 570 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,900 Yeah this is the last challenge. I read this that two weeks ago 571 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,800 and I shared it with pasties like I'm a pastor. 572 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,900 I knew that eight years ago. That's not what I'm going to 573 00:30:53,900 --> 00:30:55,300 shove. It is share with you guys. 574 00:30:55,300 --> 00:30:58,100 He didn't say that but he did know that much before I did. 575 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,000 And this challenge is to the men. 576 00:31:01,700 --> 00:31:06,300 I want every single person to make a decision this morning, 577 00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:10,600 but I'm speaking to the men because when the men come come 578 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:15,500 forward, there's a statistic that says, there's a 93% chance 579 00:31:15,500 --> 00:31:17,700 that your wife and your children will follow you into the house 580 00:31:17,700 --> 00:31:21,100 of God and let God move on them, the way that God moves on them. 581 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:27,500 If the woman comes forward, there's a 17% chance that is 582 00:31:27,500 --> 00:31:30,600 husband and his kids are going to follow him and if a child 583 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,300 comes forward, there's a three percent chance that the husband 584 00:31:33,300 --> 00:31:37,100 and the wife are going to follow him if we want to change, 585 00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:39,900 Quincy, Illinois. If we want to change, Illinois, 586 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,600 if we want to change America, it starts with the men. 587 00:31:43,100 --> 00:31:46,300 And so, for the challenge, when we, when we have this time of 588 00:31:46,300 --> 00:31:50,400 decision, I want to see the men, the first people up here. 589 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:54,100 I want to see them sprinting to the Want to to assume their 590 00:31:54,100 --> 00:31:57,200 place as the prophet, the priest, the king, and the 591 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:00,800 warrior of their home. Not just the provider, not just 592 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:05,200 the, the strongman the spiritual leader in their home because 593 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:08,800 there's a 93% chance that God will move on your family as 594 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:10,700 well. It's time to make a decision. 595 00:32:10,700 --> 00:32:12,000 Let's do it. We're moving the time of 596 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,900 decision. Great job. 597 00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:21,300 There you have it. We have a play call. 598 00:32:21,700 --> 00:32:23,900 They just threw it out to us. So, for those of you in this 599 00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:25,900 room, are those of you still watching online? 600 00:32:26,100 --> 00:32:29,000 Man, I need to talk to just one group of people real quick. 601 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:33,000 It's that person who has not fully committed to stepping over 602 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,400 that line, and making Jesus, their personal Lord, but also 603 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,300 their savior. You've not just gone all-in on 604 00:32:39,300 --> 00:32:41,500 that decision. You've been holding back. 605 00:32:41,500 --> 00:32:45,300 Something you haven't fully released all the areas of your 606 00:32:45,300 --> 00:32:49,000 heart to Jesus, and I know that there's still inside of their 607 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,300 yours. I mean, that's he's talking to 608 00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:52,200 me. I know that I'm still living for 609 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,400 myself. I know that I'm still living on 610 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,700 My Own Strength In my own power. And but for some reason, there's 611 00:32:57,700 --> 00:33:00,100 still things in your head saying, I just don't think it's 612 00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:03,800 for me, you're disqualifying yourself. 613 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,700 You, you're probably going back to a moment in your childhood. 614 00:33:07,900 --> 00:33:12,100 A lot of us probably experienced before were your end in PE class 615 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,200 and you can name, whatever sport that you're at in PE class. 616 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:20,000 But you're lined up and there's two people who are the Captains 617 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,100 and they're picking the teams and you're just like, there's no 618 00:33:23,100 --> 00:33:26,700 way they're going to pick me. And the reason we say that is 619 00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:29,900 because we start disqualifying ourself right away? 620 00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:32,400 We start saying I'm not fast enough. 621 00:33:33,300 --> 00:33:38,000 I can't I can't kick the ball high or far enough and you start 622 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,000 disqualifying yourself. And that is what happens inside 623 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,800 of a relationship with God. That you're just like, there's 624 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:48,200 no way he wants me. I'm not good enough. 625 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:52,300 I know what I did yesterday. I know what I did this morning. 626 00:33:52,300 --> 00:33:55,000 I know what I did in the car on the way to church today. 627 00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:58,700 I know how I talk to my wife or I know how I talk to my husband. 628 00:33:58,700 --> 00:34:01,100 I know how I, how I treat my kids. 629 00:34:01,900 --> 00:34:05,700 I know how I talk to my boss or how I talk about my boss behind 630 00:34:05,700 --> 00:34:09,400 his back. Fill in the blank. 631 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:11,600 You start disqualifying yourself. 632 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,300 And for those of you in this room, listen. 633 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,900 If you've not stepped into that because you've done that, I want 634 00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:22,199 you to hear this truth. That Jesus is for you. 635 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:28,400 And he went to the cross for you and he paid the debt of your sin 636 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:32,600 on your behalf. And he looks at you every single 637 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:37,100 one of you, he looks you in the eye and he says you are mine. 638 00:34:37,500 --> 00:34:43,400 You are my daughter, you are my son, you are my child. 639 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:48,300 And today, when I want to tell you is this, it's time to get in 640 00:34:48,300 --> 00:34:51,199 the game. It's time to accept that he's 641 00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:56,400 picked you and that you can say, Jesus, I give you everything. 642 00:34:56,400 --> 00:35:00,500 I believe that you save me and I want to start believing that you 643 00:35:00,500 --> 00:35:03,800 are my Lord and all areas of my life. 644 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,700 And for those of you you've never stepped into that. 645 00:35:06,700 --> 00:35:10,000 You've never started that relationship with Jesus in just 646 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,100 a little bit. There's going to be an 647 00:35:12,100 --> 00:35:14,600 opportunity for you to do. Just that there's going to be 648 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,300 Someone up by the baptistry, one of our pastors will be here, 649 00:35:17,300 --> 00:35:19,100 48th Street. And you may be like I have 650 00:35:19,100 --> 00:35:21,700 questions. I don't know what that means. 651 00:35:21,900 --> 00:35:25,000 And what do I do next? Do I get in the waters of 652 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,800 baptism? Do I start making that 653 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:30,500 declaration today? And the answer is yes, you move 654 00:35:30,500 --> 00:35:36,100 today and I can tell you this tonight, most likely there will 655 00:35:36,100 --> 00:35:40,800 be a touchdown there. Will for sure be a turnover. 656 00:35:41,100 --> 00:35:45,600 There will be some type of Celebration and in Her home in 657 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,600 the stadium, all across the world. 658 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:53,100 There are going to be cheers but when someone when one person a 659 00:35:53,100 --> 00:35:56,400 sinner, who says I'm going to repent, I'm going to turn to 660 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:57,900 Jesus. I'm going to give my life and 661 00:35:57,900 --> 00:36:00,800 I'm going to be in the waters of baptism and they go under and 662 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,600 they come out of that water. There will be a celebration in 663 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:07,000 this room today that will be much louder than any Stadium. 664 00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:11,900 And if we're not loud enough, the heavens will be rejoicing 665 00:36:11,900 --> 00:36:15,500 and they will be declaring how good that is because of what 666 00:36:15,500 --> 00:36:17,600 Jesus has done for us. And so on, just a little bit, I 667 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:20,300 invite you to do that for all of us in a room. 668 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,100 Listen, there's for those of you who are Christians you made that 669 00:36:24,100 --> 00:36:26,900 decision for Jesus. You remember that moment. 670 00:36:27,300 --> 00:36:30,500 There might have been something you carried into this room that 671 00:36:30,500 --> 00:36:35,100 you haven't released yet. You haven't given full authority 672 00:36:35,100 --> 00:36:37,400 to Jesus. You're just like man. 673 00:36:37,500 --> 00:36:40,300 I've been dragging this thing. Round and it's been weighing me 674 00:36:40,300 --> 00:36:42,800 down and I keep carrying it in church. 675 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:45,500 I keep carrying it out of church, I keep carrying it in my 676 00:36:45,500 --> 00:36:47,300 car. I keep carrying it in my house. 677 00:36:47,300 --> 00:36:49,100 I keep taking it everywhere, I go. 678 00:36:49,100 --> 00:36:53,100 And quite frankly, it's exhausting today might be the 679 00:36:53,100 --> 00:36:56,800 day where you just say Lord. I am going to release that to 680 00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:01,200 you and I'm ready to receive what you have for me today. 681 00:37:01,900 --> 00:37:04,500 And one of the best ways to do that is just to come up to these 682 00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:08,700 steps right here, this campus and to commit, Lord hears the 683 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,600 The things that's holding me back here is the things that is 684 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,100 holding me from what you have, for me, holding me from my 685 00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:17,100 purpose that you've given me and you can just come to these 686 00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:18,700 steps. Get on your knees and just say, 687 00:37:18,700 --> 00:37:20,600 Lord, I'm committing them to you. 688 00:37:20,900 --> 00:37:22,800 I'm committing my full allegiance to you. 689 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:28,500 I want you to have every area of my heart. but also, as I look in 690 00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:31,900 this room and as I think about that person who's watching 691 00:37:31,900 --> 00:37:37,500 online, every single, one of you have a story, Those of you who 692 00:37:37,500 --> 00:37:40,500 have called on the name of Jesus, he is rescued, you you 693 00:37:40,500 --> 00:37:42,900 remember where you were before Jesus? 694 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,700 And you can think about where you are now, you have a story, 695 00:37:46,700 --> 00:37:50,900 Steve has a story and he shared it with you and it brings a lot 696 00:37:50,900 --> 00:37:53,500 of like, man just like, oh, that was awesome. 697 00:37:53,500 --> 00:37:55,700 That's cool. But listen, you have a powerful 698 00:37:55,700 --> 00:37:57,900 story. I have a powerful story. 699 00:37:57,900 --> 00:37:59,400 Maybe God wants to tell you today. 700 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:03,300 Today's the day you use your story to tell somebody about 701 00:38:03,300 --> 00:38:06,500 what Jesus has done in and through you and not mine. 702 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,900 Courage them this week. And so, wherever you're at, 703 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:14,100 Church. What I love about this moment 704 00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:19,800 and Steve set us up men, women. Wherever you're at, we have an 705 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:24,100 obligation to move and to respond and to refer to just 706 00:38:24,100 --> 00:38:26,000 move closer to what he's calling us to do. 707 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,500 And I think this moments right here, I think it's right now. 708 00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:30,500 Would you guys stand me? Let's, let's pray together. 709 00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:33,600 Let's go this time of decision. Let's Get Right with the Lord. 710 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:37,700 Let's let some things release, and let's receive what he has 711 00:38:37,700 --> 00:38:39,400 for us. And let's commit that we're 712 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,700 going to just draw closer. To him in this moment. 713 00:38:41,700 --> 00:38:44,700 Heavenly Father God I give you. Thanks and praise for this 714 00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:46,600 weekend. I give you thanks and praise for 715 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,700 you. Jesus for the way that you you 716 00:38:49,700 --> 00:38:52,200 love us. You look at us and you call us 717 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:56,600 yours. God I pray that in this moment 718 00:38:56,600 --> 00:39:00,000 as as a body of Believers are in here. 719 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:03,100 I pray God that we just ask you to search our hearts. 720 00:39:03,900 --> 00:39:07,400 You allow us to spend these moments with you on our knees 721 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,500 and we can just say, hey where do I go? 722 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:13,900 And to start releasing some things in these moments. 723 00:39:13,900 --> 00:39:18,600 God, I pray for that person. I pray for that group of people 724 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:22,300 who there's just trying to do it on their own, I pray, today's 725 00:39:22,300 --> 00:39:25,900 the day, they let go of some of those things, they release it 726 00:39:25,900 --> 00:39:29,000 and they receive you. Jesus as their personal Lord and 727 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:33,500 Savior, I pray not in this moment that it's just abundantly 728 00:39:33,500 --> 00:39:35,700 clear. That the spirit of God you are 729 00:39:35,700 --> 00:39:39,300 talking directly to that person and they respond God, help us. 730 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,300 Move closer to you help us respond in this time in Jesus 731 00:39:43,300 --> 00:39:44,800 name I pray. Amen. 732 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,300 Move closer to you help us respond in this time in Jesus 733 00:39:43,300 --> 00:39:44,800 name I pray. Amen.