1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:07,700 Crossing family. I just got to tell you. 2 00:00:07,700 --> 00:00:11,600 I am in a present state of just gratitude. 3 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,700 I am just incredibly grateful for things that kind of just 4 00:00:14,700 --> 00:00:17,000 seem to be going really stinking. 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:18,700 Well, in a lot of different places. 6 00:00:18,700 --> 00:00:21,100 I mean, here's just one of them, this is low-hanging fruit. 7 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:26,800 I'm on the last hole on my belt. I put this bad boy, on and I'm 8 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,100 gonna have to make a hole if I get any smaller. 9 00:00:30,700 --> 00:00:35,100 Yeah, and I just want you guys to know, I haven't done anything 10 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:39,600 to Warrant that kind of favor from the Lord, he just he has 11 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:41,600 Mercy on those, he has Mercy on. Okay. 12 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,500 Second thing, dear friends of mine are getting an opportunity 13 00:00:45,500 --> 00:00:49,300 to baptize their daughter today and I'm Excel I'm celebrating 14 00:00:49,300 --> 00:00:50,700 that that's going to be happening. 15 00:00:51,500 --> 00:00:55,300 I got a text message from a girl who's a part of our church who I 16 00:00:55,308 --> 00:00:58,900 went to high school with and her son is going to get baptized 17 00:00:58,900 --> 00:01:00,500 today. And I get to coach his baseball 18 00:01:00,500 --> 00:01:02,700 team. Team to me a great day. 19 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,000 Here's another one. Me and my wife are matching 20 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:11,300 today. and the reason why this is so special is you fall into 21 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:14,800 one of two categories, you're the people who you love matching 22 00:01:16,700 --> 00:01:21,500 And the people who hate it and we go like Disney World. 23 00:01:21,500 --> 00:01:23,900 There's the couples that have all the matching Disney shirts. 24 00:01:23,900 --> 00:01:28,100 Like, I'm with Mickey, I'm with many and my wife hates that, 25 00:01:28,100 --> 00:01:32,100 like, she's a vomit City with people who match and you guys 26 00:01:32,100 --> 00:01:35,500 also know she picks out my clothes, which means she picked 27 00:01:35,500 --> 00:01:38,200 out my clothes and then she totally forgot what she had 28 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,600 picked out for me. And then she basically put on 29 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,000 the exact same thing, and she came to church. 30 00:01:43,300 --> 00:01:46,100 I said we match and she almost went home. 31 00:01:46,100 --> 00:01:47,700 She almost And make it to first service. 32 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,500 And so, I had a few hundred people take pictures. 33 00:01:50,500 --> 00:01:54,300 So we all have a record of it. If you are joining from all of 34 00:01:54,300 --> 00:01:58,300 our different locations online inside, I am so glad that you 35 00:01:58,308 --> 00:02:00,600 are with us. And I believe that what we're 36 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,100 going to talk about today could have lasting impact. 37 00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:06,700 And so, I'm so thankful that you took time out of your schedules 38 00:02:06,700 --> 00:02:10,600 to participate in what God is doing here at the Crossing 39 00:02:10,699 --> 00:02:12,700 today. I want to kind of recap this 40 00:02:12,700 --> 00:02:16,100 sermon series that we've been in called better. 41 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,700 How to win at home. We believe that everyone wants 42 00:02:20,700 --> 00:02:25,700 to win at home because home is where we experience some of our 43 00:02:25,700 --> 00:02:30,200 greatest joys. It's also where we can 44 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,200 experience some of our deepest pain. 45 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,400 If I were to ask you what is one of your favorite memories? 46 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:40,100 I'm guessing it involves people that are from your home and if I 47 00:02:40,108 --> 00:02:42,700 were to tell you, if you were to tell me some of your deepest 48 00:02:42,700 --> 00:02:45,800 pain, I'm guessing it has something to do with people that 49 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,600 at one point in time lived under the same roof as you. 50 00:02:49,700 --> 00:02:53,000 And that if we can figure out a way to allow God into that part 51 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,200 of our Lives, something significant, something good 52 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,600 could happen and we began this whole sermon series. 53 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,800 Talking about a core belief that here at the Crossing we have. 54 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,300 But basically all Christians share and that is God, can 55 00:03:06,300 --> 00:03:13,000 redeem and restore anything and everything and that includes you 56 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,500 and your family. And we talked about can Suki and 57 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:19,100 that the broken pieces of Our Lives. 58 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,100 Can be put back together that are cracks are not hidden but 59 00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:26,100 they are redeemed with golden significance. 60 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:29,000 And then we talked about in order to give your life and your 61 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,900 family, and your kids, the best chance of success, you're going 62 00:03:32,900 --> 00:03:36,500 to need a strong foundation. And there are a lot of things 63 00:03:36,500 --> 00:03:39,300 that you can build your life around, but when the storms 64 00:03:39,300 --> 00:03:41,800 come, you're going to need something that you can depend 65 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,500 on, you're going to need something that's sturdy, you're 66 00:03:44,500 --> 00:03:46,100 going to need something that's immovable. 67 00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:49,300 And here at the Crossing, we believe that that Foundation is 68 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:53,200 Jesus Christ, and there is nothing better to build your 69 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,600 life around. And then we discussed how we 70 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,700 were wired around our emotions, and how we are wired around our 71 00:03:59,700 --> 00:04:02,100 gender than that. That's true for you and your 72 00:04:02,100 --> 00:04:05,700 friends and your kids and we had some of you take tests to figure 73 00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:09,500 out your love languages and then we talked about God's design for 74 00:04:09,500 --> 00:04:13,000 us is to do life in circles. And that each of us have an 75 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,500 opportunity to put people into the Board Room of our lives. 76 00:04:16,500 --> 00:04:19,300 And we need to be careful who we allow into the boardroom. 77 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:21,700 Our lives. And we also talked about how 78 00:04:21,700 --> 00:04:24,500 each of us have an opportunity to be a board member in the 79 00:04:24,500 --> 00:04:28,600 lives of our kids, and how we behave and handle our board 80 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,800 seat. Will determine our influence 81 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,400 over the Long Haul. And then, we talked about one of 82 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,700 the most valuable tools that God gives us in the raising. 83 00:04:37,700 --> 00:04:43,800 And the development of our kids is time and we also recognize 84 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,000 that technology may be robbing us of the very thing. 85 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:51,900 We need to make the biggest difference because technology 86 00:04:52,100 --> 00:04:57,000 steals our time and then Jerry and Andre talked about synaptic 87 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,100 pruning. And how the decisions that we 88 00:04:59,100 --> 00:05:02,700 are making today are creating Pathways for our children's 89 00:05:02,900 --> 00:05:05,400 future. I've told you guys this a bunch 90 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,600 about the prayer that I do with my boys on the way to school. 91 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,600 And for those of you who are brand new to the crossing, maybe 92 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,400 haven't heard it. Let me give you a little Tip, 93 00:05:12,700 --> 00:05:14,800 when I'm driving my boys to school every single day, I 94 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,900 reached behind into the backseat that we hold hands for a little 95 00:05:17,900 --> 00:05:20,300 bit and I just pray a very simple prayer. 96 00:05:20,300 --> 00:05:22,400 God. Help my boys to have to grow up 97 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:24,300 to love you with all their heart mind, soul, and strength, and 98 00:05:24,300 --> 00:05:27,100 help him to embrace embrace, the Great Commission and Make 99 00:05:27,100 --> 00:05:30,000 Disciples of all Nations, and help them to find a wife who 100 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,500 will love you and love them. Well, like that's the prayer on 101 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:36,400 the way to school, And it was during that sermon that Jerry 102 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:40,200 and Andre were preaching about synaptic pruning and the 103 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,500 pathways that get created. When we're young that I 104 00:05:42,500 --> 00:05:45,800 remembered that. My dad used to pray with me all 105 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:50,200 the time on the way to school. I didn't realize that God had my 106 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,900 dad through, God's help had created a pathway. 107 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:58,600 That was benefiting my kids. And I started go okay. 108 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,300 What other Pathways and what Pathways can I create for my 109 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:04,900 kids then Jerry and John talked about balance? 110 00:06:04,900 --> 00:06:08,100 Well today, what I want to do is I want to wrap up this entire 111 00:06:08,100 --> 00:06:11,100 sermon series. And I've called this sermon 112 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:16,600 generational impact, as I was getting ready to write this 113 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:21,100 sermon, I was looking at some statistics, and I came across 114 00:06:21,100 --> 00:06:24,500 this one, and I was devastated, and no doubt about it. 115 00:06:24,500 --> 00:06:26,600 When you guys hear it, you're probably going. 116 00:06:26,700 --> 00:06:32,000 Feel the same way. The research is in nearly three 117 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:39,000 out of every five young Christians. 59% are going to 118 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:43,200 disconnect permanently or for an extended period of time from 119 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:51,400 their faith and the church after age 15 Grandparents. 120 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,800 Over half of your grandkids are going to walk away from the 121 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,400 faith. Parents. 122 00:07:01,300 --> 00:07:06,300 Over half of your kids. If you're listening to my voice 123 00:07:06,300 --> 00:07:08,900 at one of our different locations and you are over the 124 00:07:08,900 --> 00:07:12,200 age of 15, you're in junior, high high school in that area. 125 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:17,600 Over half of the people that you sit next to at church are going 126 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:23,300 to walk away from God. You hear a statistic like that 127 00:07:23,300 --> 00:07:27,400 and it. It's heavy. 128 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:33,400 I mean, I've got two kids like we should have just had one. 129 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,100 Like what do we what do we like, who? 130 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:40,600 Who is? How do you handle this? 131 00:07:41,700 --> 00:07:42,900 And what I want to do is I want to propose. 132 00:07:42,900 --> 00:07:48,300 We got three options as a church of how we respond to a statistic 133 00:07:48,300 --> 00:07:50,600 like that. We have three choices. 134 00:07:50,900 --> 00:07:52,700 The first one is, we can throw in the towel. 135 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:58,900 We can just stop, we can quit, we can go, hey, you know, we get 136 00:07:58,900 --> 00:08:02,300 it, some people accept Jesus and some people, don't some people 137 00:08:02,300 --> 00:08:05,200 follow Jesus for a while and then some people quit, I mean, 138 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,600 it's Paul who wrote who cut in on you, you are running such a 139 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,900 good race. Maybe we should just acknowledge 140 00:08:10,900 --> 00:08:13,000 that. People run for Jesus for a while 141 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,400 and then eventually they just get sidetracked. 142 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:18,900 After all Clayton, wasn't it? Jesus, who said wide is the road 143 00:08:18,900 --> 00:08:22,100 that leads to destruction and narrow is the road that leads to 144 00:08:22,100 --> 00:08:24,100 eternal life. Why are you trying to fight 145 00:08:24,100 --> 00:08:26,800 against it? We can say, we tried, we had a 146 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,400 good run and we can just send all of our 02:18 money to 147 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:34,500 missionaries and repurpose our 02:18 staff and help them all 148 00:08:34,500 --> 00:08:39,000 hang out with adults. We could do that because fifty 149 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:43,200 nine percent. It's not that good. 150 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,800 That's option. One, option two is we can just 151 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,800 keep doing what we're doing. No need to change anything. 152 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,500 No need to adjust. No need to get uncomfortable. 153 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,900 It was a good sermon series. We had a good time working 154 00:08:57,900 --> 00:09:00,400 through this. It was nice while it lasted but 155 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:06,300 let's just keep things the same. Keep 02:18 the same which means 156 00:09:06,500 --> 00:09:11,000 let's change. Let's hardship, less pain, less 157 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,500 sacrifice. We just came out of a pandemic. 158 00:09:14,500 --> 00:09:17,700 We came out of a contentious election like we just need to 159 00:09:17,700 --> 00:09:21,900 heal right now, the last thing we need to do is try to take a 160 00:09:21,908 --> 00:09:24,800 whole bunch of new ground. Let's just all collectively. 161 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:29,400 Get our breath back. I mean after all we've got a 162 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,600 pretty good system and Rhythm here at the church and we've 163 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:34,600 been getting pretty good at what we do. 164 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:46,300 We could do that one. and I, I think. 165 00:09:49,100 --> 00:09:51,300 That there's probably quite a few of you. 166 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:56,800 Who were going option, three. Better be better. 167 00:09:57,900 --> 00:10:02,800 Then options 1 and 2 that you're a little bit like me that you're 168 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:06,600 going after. All the goodness of God, that's 169 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:11,200 been poured out on my life. After all the sacrifice that 170 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:16,100 Jesus has done on my behalf, in light of everything that I know 171 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:20,200 about having an intimate personal relationship with Jesus 172 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:24,200 Christ. I can't stand option one, and I 173 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,500 refuse option to. So, whatever option. 174 00:10:27,700 --> 00:10:31,200 Is I'm in, I don't even need to hear it because you're going, I 175 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,100 can't look at Jesus. I can't look at a blood-stained 176 00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:36,400 cross and go. Yeah, I'm just going to phone it 177 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,100 in. I'm just going to quit. 178 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:42,500 He deserves something more. And the people I love deserves 179 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:44,900 something more. And so here's what I would say, 180 00:10:44,900 --> 00:10:51,400 is option 3, we could pivot. As a church towards generational 181 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:55,500 impact where we could decide that we are going to be a place 182 00:10:55,900 --> 00:11:00,300 that has generational impact and expects a generational return. 183 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:02,900 But in order to have generational impact, we can't 184 00:11:02,900 --> 00:11:04,600 just say it. We actually are going to have to 185 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:07,200 do at least three things if we're going to be that kind of 186 00:11:07,208 --> 00:11:12,000 church, the kind of church that attacks a 59% statistic a church 187 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,500 that says not here. Not while we're around. 188 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,300 There are three things that I believe at the bare minimum that 189 00:11:18,300 --> 00:11:20,700 we're going to need to have generational impact. 190 00:11:20,700 --> 00:11:25,500 The first one is consistency, if you've been in this sermon 191 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:27,100 series, you've done a bunch of challenges. 192 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,600 You've been you went on a date night thing. 193 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,700 You read your Bible challenge. You took the love language test. 194 00:11:32,700 --> 00:11:35,700 You did the technology thing. You did an awful lot of stuff 195 00:11:35,700 --> 00:11:38,500 last night. I was at a Texas Roadhouse and 196 00:11:38,500 --> 00:11:42,300 while I was eating a guy kind of pops up over the side, he's 197 00:11:42,300 --> 00:11:44,800 like, hey Clayton. I'm on my Crossing date night. 198 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,300 I'm like awesome man. And I'm like, what question are 199 00:11:47,300 --> 00:11:49,700 you on? He goes for, like, you got a 200 00:11:49,700 --> 00:11:53,400 tough road ahead. Okay, eat the steak now. 201 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:55,000 Okay? Like you. 202 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:56,600 I'm going. Yeah, that's awesome. 203 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:00,600 But hear me? If you did all those things, you 204 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:05,400 saw the benefits. However, if we want to be a 205 00:12:05,408 --> 00:12:08,800 church that has generational impact than this sermon series, 206 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,100 cannot be a Mountaintop experience. 207 00:12:12,700 --> 00:12:16,200 The disciplined disciplines, we learn during the sermon series, 208 00:12:16,500 --> 00:12:21,800 have to become our new normal. We continually get invested in 209 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,100 God's word. We continually Spend Time dating 210 00:12:25,100 --> 00:12:28,200 our spouse. We spend time choosing our kids, 211 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:32,600 over our devices, you have to make that part of who you are 212 00:12:33,700 --> 00:12:35,800 consistency. I was talking to Ray need 213 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:39,000 Richard campus Pastor from Hannibal about this and he said 214 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,600 talk about Noah's Ark. How many of you at all of our 215 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:42,800 locations? You've heard of Noah's Ark? 216 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:44,300 Just want to make sure I got home crowd, okay? 217 00:12:44,500 --> 00:12:47,100 I'm thinking about taking a huge crew of you to actually go, see 218 00:12:47,300 --> 00:12:50,600 a replica at some point. So, pay attention to Email, but 219 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,900 God came to Noah and said, no, I want you to build an ark which 220 00:12:53,900 --> 00:12:56,400 is a big boat, like, how big super big. 221 00:12:56,700 --> 00:12:59,000 It was 100. Our it was one point, five 222 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,100 football, fields long, 50 feet high. 223 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:05,700 Like you can't assemble Ikea furniture and he's building 224 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:10,500 that, okay, now it was supposed to be. 225 00:13:10,700 --> 00:13:13,900 Yeah, one point five football fields long, 50 feet high. 226 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,100 It was supposed to be made a gopher wood in a supposed to be 227 00:13:16,100 --> 00:13:20,600 lined with pitch. And it took him between 55 and 228 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,500 75 years to build and I haven't done anything that long in my 229 00:13:24,500 --> 00:13:27,300 life, okay? I don't even breathe that long. 230 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,800 And here is Noah it. Took him between 20,000 days and 231 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,800 27,000 days. Everybody say 20,000. 232 00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:41,400 Twenty thousand days of cutting down, gopher trees. 233 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:46,900 Say 20,000. Twenty thousand days of turning 234 00:13:46,900 --> 00:13:49,800 those trees into boards. Give it to me one more time. 235 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,900 Days of hammering them into place. 236 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:58,900 Give me a one more time days of lining it with pitch. 237 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:06,500 It took consistency to save his family. 238 00:14:07,900 --> 00:14:09,800 And it's going to take consistency. 239 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:16,300 To save yours, it's going to take consistency if you want to 240 00:14:16,300 --> 00:14:20,000 have generational, impact, consistency, and prayer, 241 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,300 consistency. And spending time in your word, 242 00:14:22,300 --> 00:14:26,100 consistency, in dating and loving your spouse consistency 243 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:30,000 in neglecting your phone and engaging with your kids, but 244 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:34,500 when the storm came Noah and his family were ready. 245 00:14:35,300 --> 00:14:39,800 And when the storm comes, you'll be ready to 40 days of 246 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:45,200 protection. Were purchased with 20,000 days 247 00:14:45,500 --> 00:14:49,600 of consistency. Galatians 6:9 says this. 248 00:14:49,700 --> 00:14:53,200 Let us not become weary in doing good for at the proper time. 249 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:56,000 We will reap a harvest. If we do not give up, this is 250 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:03,200 like every pastors life verse Because you are just pouring out 251 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:08,100 hoping and praying that one day. It'll pan out. 252 00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:15,500 Listen to me do not become weary in doing good. 253 00:15:15,700 --> 00:15:17,200 Some of you right now you're going to back. 254 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:21,000 I'm gonna I'm gonna be consistent and like next week 255 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:23,300 like I don't know if I can do this. 256 00:15:24,500 --> 00:15:31,100 That's seven days. What was Noah like on day, one 257 00:15:31,100 --> 00:15:34,500 thousand. They 5,000. 258 00:15:35,900 --> 00:15:39,700 Is it ever going to rain? Am I ever going to run out of 259 00:15:39,700 --> 00:15:42,000 trees? Is this thing ever going to be 260 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,300 big enough? Is this thing even gonna float? 261 00:15:46,300 --> 00:15:52,500 Twenty thousand days do not become weary in doing good for 262 00:15:52,500 --> 00:15:56,200 at the proper time, we will reap a harvest. 263 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:02,800 If we do, not give up Crossing family. 264 00:16:03,100 --> 00:16:06,100 Do not become weary in doing good things. 265 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:10,600 Because the payoff. Is worth it. 266 00:16:11,900 --> 00:16:14,000 If we want to have generational impact, we're going to have to 267 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,300 be consistent. The second thing is we're going 268 00:16:16,300 --> 00:16:19,200 to have to be engaged. It's going to require engagement 269 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:22,400 out of each and every single one of us, we cannot simply sit on 270 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,500 the sidelines and watch this happen or expect other people to 271 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:29,700 participate. We must lead out and engage. 272 00:16:30,300 --> 00:16:32,100 There are some of you maybe right now, at all of our 273 00:16:32,108 --> 00:16:34,200 different locations, maybe even watching online that are 274 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:38,200 sensing, that God may be calling you to participate beyond your 275 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:41,400 own home. That you don't want to just help 276 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:44,900 your family but you want to serve alongside God's family and 277 00:16:44,900 --> 00:16:48,000 his Redemptive work, there might be some of you that are saying, 278 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,900 you know what, I'm ready to be a coach and just investing kids in 279 00:16:50,900 --> 00:16:52,800 the community. I've been amazed at the doors 280 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,600 that God's been opening for Jennifer and I we moved to town, 281 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:57,700 you know, for pastors, it's really easy for us to get 282 00:16:57,700 --> 00:17:01,200 surrounded by church folk and forget what it's like to, you 283 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,000 know, Reach people who don't know Jesus. 284 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,900 And so we signed up to be coaches and I coach baseball 285 00:17:06,900 --> 00:17:09,500 last year and then I coach basketball this winter and we're 286 00:17:09,500 --> 00:17:12,300 coach. Baseball again today are and my 287 00:17:12,300 --> 00:17:14,200 basketball team is horrible a full disclosure. 288 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,800 I mean, we well, it's bad. Like half my team didn't know 289 00:17:17,808 --> 00:17:20,500 the difference between a sack of potatoes and a basketball game 290 00:17:20,900 --> 00:17:23,400 and it was like, like on a regular basis. 291 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,000 I'd have to say we're on defense now. 292 00:17:26,099 --> 00:17:29,200 Okay, stop shooting it. There's okay, it was, it was 293 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,500 horrible. But the crazy thing is, is when 294 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:33,800 you walk in the game, how many times you gotta pray with 295 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:35,300 somebody? And I got to give somebody a hug 296 00:17:35,300 --> 00:17:38,000 and I got to talk to somebody or somebody would invite me over to 297 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:39,700 talk to their friend to invite them to church. 298 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:41,000 Church. Like just in those little 299 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,900 moments that simple Act of obedience had profound impact 300 00:17:44,900 --> 00:17:48,800 recently, the schools had a donut day with parents for 301 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:50,200 breakfast. They know how to get Dad's to 302 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,400 show up because they were there in full force and I mean, I went 303 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,000 through the line on my, I just need to bring this up. 304 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:59,300 I have two kids here. And I'm willing to adopt, okay, 305 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,500 like how many donuts do I get by get one per kid? 306 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:06,200 Anyhow, while I'm there. Some of the kids that have been 307 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,300 on other teams like came up and I got an opportunity to give him 308 00:18:08,300 --> 00:18:10,300 a hug and and high five and pray for them. 309 00:18:10,300 --> 00:18:14,000 Like you have no idea what God could do in your life with just 310 00:18:14,100 --> 00:18:19,600 one small Act of obedience, one small engagement, one 311 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,300 opportunity where you put yourself out there and allow 312 00:18:22,300 --> 00:18:26,300 yourself to be used by God to be a part of shaping and molding 313 00:18:26,300 --> 00:18:29,200 and Caring for and loving the Next Generation. 314 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,900 I would love across all of our different locations. 315 00:18:31,900 --> 00:18:34,500 If the communities were going, you know what these Crossing 316 00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:37,400 people just show up and they're coaching all the sports because 317 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:43,600 Crossing dads and Crossing moms. Love kids and love families. 318 00:18:44,700 --> 00:18:46,100 There might be some of you who are going you know what? 319 00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:49,200 I'm ready to serve alongside of our this gen team and I want to 320 00:18:49,208 --> 00:18:52,100 be a part of our this gen team whose difference makers are 321 00:18:52,100 --> 00:18:54,900 serving kids at church every single weekend and you're 322 00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:57,100 saying, you know what, I'm ready to be a spiritual father or 323 00:18:57,300 --> 00:19:00,600 grandfather or mother or grandmother and and so you know 324 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,700 what, I'll be a part of it, I'll be a consistent face on a 325 00:19:03,700 --> 00:19:07,000 weekend that someone can come in and learn and be loved and have 326 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,500 at least an hour of reprieve from the chaos that surrounds 327 00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:14,100 their life. Maybe you would be that There 328 00:19:14,100 --> 00:19:16,700 might be some of you that are going man, you're low on time 329 00:19:16,700 --> 00:19:21,700 and you're low on energy but you know, your amply supplied and 330 00:19:21,700 --> 00:19:24,400 you're going, you know what, I don't want finances to be a hint 331 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,800 of a hindrance to any kid who's wanting to go to camp. 332 00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:30,100 And you're the kind of person who go up and find one of our 333 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,400 staff members and say hey how much is this week of camp and 334 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,600 you're going, you know what, I'll sponsor, one kid or five 335 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:37,800 kids are 10 kids. I'll just make it happen because 336 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,300 I don't want anybody to not be able to go. 337 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,600 I've been praying that there'd be a hundred people that would 338 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:45,100 join our next. Game over the next couple weeks 339 00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:46,900 here at our church that would say, you know, our this gen 340 00:19:46,900 --> 00:19:48,300 team. Who'd say, you know what, I'm 341 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:51,000 in, I want to serve right along side of you. 342 00:19:51,500 --> 00:19:52,900 Maybe you're the person who's going, you know what? 343 00:19:52,900 --> 00:19:55,700 I'm ready to lead a life group and I'm going to invest in moms 344 00:19:55,700 --> 00:19:59,100 and dads and marriages to give them a stronger foundation, so 345 00:19:59,100 --> 00:20:02,000 that they can create a stronger foundation for the kids. 346 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,600 This is what happens if we all leverage our gifts together. 347 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,500 This is what it says in Romans chapter 12, for just as each one 348 00:20:07,500 --> 00:20:11,700 of you has one body with many members and these members do not 349 00:20:11,700 --> 00:20:15,500 have all the same function. So, in Christ, we though many 350 00:20:15,500 --> 00:20:19,500 form one body and each member belongs to all the others. 351 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,400 For we have different gifts. According to the grace given to 352 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:27,300 each of us, if your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in 353 00:20:27,300 --> 00:20:30,800 accordance with your faith. If it is serving, then serve if 354 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:34,500 it is teaching, then teach if it is to encourage then, give 355 00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:37,400 encouragement if it is, giving, then give generously. 356 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,600 If it is to lead, then do it diligently. 357 00:20:39,700 --> 00:20:44,000 If it is to show Mercy than do it, cheerfully in order to have 358 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,000 generational impact you. And I need to take the gifts 359 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,800 that God has given us and I don't have every gift. 360 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,300 You don't have every gift, but if you take the gift that you 361 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:56,500 have, and I take the gift that I have and we give them back to 362 00:20:56,500 --> 00:20:59,700 Jesus. He's able to create a clear 363 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:04,500 picture of himself to a watching world when you take your gift. 364 00:21:04,500 --> 00:21:07,900 And I take my gift and we turn our gift back over to Jesus for 365 00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:11,300 his glory, were able to more accurately, be the hands and 366 00:21:11,300 --> 00:21:13,400 feet of Jesus to people who need it. 367 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:20,200 The most But it only happens when we engage the third thing, 368 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,300 we're going to have to be consistent. 369 00:21:22,300 --> 00:21:23,800 We're going to have to be engaged. 370 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:27,000 The third thing is, we're going to have to sacrifice. 371 00:21:28,700 --> 00:21:31,800 You've heard me talk about our core values and this core value 372 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:33,900 kind of resonates with all of us like the high end. 373 00:21:33,900 --> 00:21:37,300 But on the low end we struggle. Let me show you downward. 374 00:21:37,300 --> 00:21:40,400 We will gladly give up the things we love for a future 375 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:44,400 generation. We love even more. but I think 376 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:50,700 if we could reword it, most of us would say we will 377 00:21:50,700 --> 00:21:54,700 begrudgingly. Give up the things we love for a 378 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:59,300 future generation wear. Right? 379 00:21:59,300 --> 00:22:04,500 Because this is what sacrifice requires will gladly give it up 380 00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:08,700 because we love them even more than the things that we have. 381 00:22:08,700 --> 00:22:12,000 In the things that we cherish. It might mean that you have to 382 00:22:12,008 --> 00:22:15,400 give up a sermon series that you like for a generation, you love 383 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,200 even more. It might mean you have to give 384 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,300 up hearing a particular Communicator Because You Love a 385 00:22:20,300 --> 00:22:23,500 certain generation even more. It might mean you have to give 386 00:22:23,500 --> 00:22:26,000 up some of your time. It might mean that, you know, 387 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,500 your parking lot won't be as nice as you want it to. 388 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,100 I have travelled around to a lot of different places and I've 389 00:22:31,100 --> 00:22:33,200 kind of noticed that churches that have the best parking lots 390 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,700 or sometimes the churches that have the least amount of kids. 391 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,400 Because you can only spend your money in so many places, and if 392 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,500 you dump it all in the parking lot, there's just not that much 393 00:22:41,500 --> 00:22:47,000 left. So, you know, You know, tires, 394 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:51,100 don't go to heaven. People do so, you know, now you 395 00:22:51,100 --> 00:22:53,500 know, why our parking lots, aren't that great. 396 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,400 Okay. You might have to give up a Hot 397 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:01,500 Weekend in the summer to go and be at camp and invest in this 398 00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:03,400 generation. You might have to give up an 399 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,700 hour of sleep on a Sunday or a home-cooked meal on a Thursday, 400 00:23:06,700 --> 00:23:08,400 because you're going to show up and serve. 401 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,200 However, we are choosing to give up the things. 402 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,800 We love for a future generation. We love even more. 403 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:19,000 And Jesus never comes into people's lives without somebody 404 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:25,100 sacrificing just how it works. Jesus came to Earth through Mary 405 00:23:25,100 --> 00:23:27,800 and Joseph, you know what? They had to give up that he give 406 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:32,100 up their home and the reputation Jesus came into people's lives 407 00:23:32,100 --> 00:23:34,300 because the disciples carried the message, they had to give up 408 00:23:34,300 --> 00:23:39,200 their jobs, their home, their livelihood, their dreams and 409 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,400 their comfort. God, had to give up his son, and 410 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,200 Jesus had to give up his life. Jesus is our Supreme example. 411 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:49,000 Look what he says in Mark chapter 10, for even the son of 412 00:23:49,008 --> 00:23:52,400 man did not come to be served. The son of man is Jesus, did not 413 00:23:52,408 --> 00:23:54,200 come to be served. Served but to serve and to give 414 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:59,200 his life as a ransom for many. He had to sacrifice. 415 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,400 If we want to be a church that has generational impact, we have 416 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,700 to be consistent. We're going to be engaged. 417 00:24:07,900 --> 00:24:12,100 We're gonna have to sacrifice. The kind of wrap this up and put 418 00:24:12,100 --> 00:24:13,300 it in context. There's been something that's 419 00:24:13,300 --> 00:24:16,600 kind of been bugging me for a while and it was just, it was 420 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,300 kind of personal and then it kind of became organizational. 421 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,500 And so, I kind of put my thoughts down and I've shared it 422 00:24:22,500 --> 00:24:24,600 over a couple weeks with the campus pastors. 423 00:24:25,100 --> 00:24:28,200 And then this past Tuesday, I had all of our staff come in for 424 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,800 an all staff. And while they're there, I kind 425 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,400 of shared this with them. And I want to kind of share it 426 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:36,700 with you because hopefully, it'll help it'll help you have 427 00:24:36,700 --> 00:24:39,900 some terminology to talk about what we're wrestling through as 428 00:24:39,900 --> 00:24:42,100 a church or at, Is what I'm wrestling through. 429 00:24:43,300 --> 00:24:45,600 These are Clayton six stages of ownership. 430 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:50,300 Okay, in any environment in your life, you're going to go through 431 00:24:50,300 --> 00:24:52,600 these six stages. Okay? 432 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,300 So your boss comes to you and says hey we're going to start 433 00:24:55,300 --> 00:24:57,600 doing this. You're going to walk all the way 434 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,500 through these when your wife comes home and says I want to 435 00:25:00,500 --> 00:25:03,600 get a cat. Okay, you're going to walk. 436 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:05,300 This is universal. Okay? 437 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,300 And so this will happens, you hear you process it, you 438 00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:12,100 understand it, you agree with it, you implement it, and then 439 00:25:12,100 --> 00:25:16,100 you own it, and everything in your life is kind of following 440 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:20,500 somewhere on this Continuum. So this sermon the sermon 441 00:25:20,500 --> 00:25:24,500 series, you hear it and then you process it. 442 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,000 Right, let me give you a couple examples. 443 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:32,400 Um, Working out. Okay. 444 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:39,100 You go to your doctor? And they say, hey man, you got a 445 00:25:39,108 --> 00:25:42,300 little chunky. Now, you've heard it. 446 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:45,800 Okay, I never liked you anyway, man. 447 00:25:47,500 --> 00:25:50,600 And you're ugly, you know, I can lose weight, but that's, that's 448 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:54,200 staying right. So you're, you know, you decide 449 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,700 you come home and you're processing it and you're talking 450 00:25:57,700 --> 00:25:59,800 to your wife. I don't even like that guy, you 451 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,600 know? I mean he who she's like, well I 452 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,300 mean you want to you want to be around to roll around with the 453 00:26:06,300 --> 00:26:09,500 grandkids and you know, you've always wanted to have washboard 454 00:26:09,500 --> 00:26:15,600 abs. This is all hypothetical Right? 455 00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:18,200 And then you're kind of like I do I do want to, you know, when 456 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,600 we have grandkids, I want to be the cool grandpa, I want to be 457 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,600 limber, you know. I don't want to hurt myself, 458 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:29,700 putting my shoes on. I get it, I gotta change the 459 00:26:29,700 --> 00:26:31,700 way. I mean, you know what? 460 00:26:32,500 --> 00:26:35,200 I think the doctor was right little died in a little 461 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,000 exercise, probably go a long way. 462 00:26:37,700 --> 00:26:41,200 I was driving around a guy for a job interview that he did an 463 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,600 exercise plan called 75 hard, had a drink, a whole bunch of 464 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,900 water. Read a book, do two workouts a 465 00:26:46,908 --> 00:26:51,200 day and then he just quit. And he lost like 30 pounds and 466 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:52,700 then he was, you know, starting to get back. 467 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:57,300 He says my problem is that I don't know how to lose weight. 468 00:26:57,300 --> 00:26:59,100 I know exactly how to lose weight. 469 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,100 The problem. Is doing it. 470 00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:10,000 So many of us. Agree with it. 471 00:27:11,100 --> 00:27:14,900 But don't ever implement it. Let me give you another one. 472 00:27:14,900 --> 00:27:18,500 Let me give you a fun one. I did the sermon on technology. 473 00:27:20,300 --> 00:27:23,800 I have never in my life received more positive feedback. 474 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:28,600 From a sermon. Oh yeah. 475 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,600 Clayton. Oh after church that was so 476 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,600 good. Well you when you were saying 477 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:38,800 it, my ears were just being massaged by the Holy Spirit, I 478 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,400 heard it. Aah. 479 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,600 And I was sitting there processing that and I was like 480 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:50,100 my kids and my grandkids are always on their phone and I was 481 00:27:50,100 --> 00:27:57,400 like, that's not good but your sermon was I processed it and I 482 00:27:57,500 --> 00:28:02,900 Exactly what you're getting at that, if we keep this up, it's 483 00:28:02,900 --> 00:28:08,400 going to cause all kinds of problems. and I agree with you, 484 00:28:08,900 --> 00:28:17,400 wholeheartedly and that night. Right? 485 00:28:18,300 --> 00:28:21,100 Yeah, yeah. They'll look at your screen 486 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:24,200 time. Don't come at me, right? 487 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:30,100 How many things in our lives? Stop at agreements. 488 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,400 We never get around to implementation. 489 00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:37,000 The difference between these two things right here. 490 00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:39,000 I think that's Implement. Yeah. 491 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,900 I mean, you know, the Bible says the difference between these two 492 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:49,700 wisdom and foolishness Jesus is the one who says, don't just 493 00:28:49,700 --> 00:28:54,200 simply be hearers of the word, but be doers of the word, he who 494 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,800 hears the word, these words of mine and puts them into practice 495 00:28:58,100 --> 00:29:03,600 is like a wise man who built his house upon the rock. 496 00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:09,400 But the foolish man heard it. Processed it. 497 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:17,100 Understood it agreed with it and built his house on the sand. 498 00:29:18,500 --> 00:29:24,200 And the rains came. And beat against that house and 499 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,900 it fell because it had no Foundation. 500 00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:34,100 How many of us Have heard invest in your family. 501 00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:38,100 Take invest in your spouse. All yeah. 502 00:29:38,100 --> 00:29:40,600 My marriage is actually probably going to be better if we spent 503 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:42,300 time with each other and you go up. 504 00:29:42,300 --> 00:29:45,300 Yeah I do actually every time I've ever made this investment 505 00:29:45,300 --> 00:29:48,000 things have got better. I wholeheartedly agree that we 506 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,300 should I think I'm going to watch the game today. 507 00:29:56,000 --> 00:30:01,000 Here's what I need, if we want to be a generational church, we 508 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:05,800 have got to at the very least, move past agreement. 509 00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:10,400 We have to at least take a step in the area of implementation 510 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,700 and you could implement it for a variety of reasons. 511 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,000 There might be two, maybe even three of you who would go? 512 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,800 Yeah, I'll do it. Because Clayton and Jerry said, 513 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:19,300 so you just like, yeah, we love them. 514 00:30:19,300 --> 00:30:21,500 Trust them. We're on board, all three of us. 515 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,800 There might be others of you who are going, you know what? 516 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,700 I love Jesus and light of everything that he's done. 517 00:30:25,900 --> 00:30:28,800 On my behalf, I'll do it because, you know, Jesus 518 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:32,000 deserves it and you might do it because your wife is just 519 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,800 nagging at you. You might comply because your 520 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:38,400 kids just keep begging, you moment of transparency. 521 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:41,300 I honestly thought the technology thing was not that 522 00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:46,800 big of a deal in my home. But when I started using the 523 00:30:46,808 --> 00:30:50,700 phrase, no technology night, my boy is latched onto it and on a 524 00:30:50,700 --> 00:30:54,500 regular basis when I pick them up, my boys will say, can 525 00:30:54,500 --> 00:30:57,700 tonight be a no technology night. 526 00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:05,300 Hear that? Could you implement it? 527 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,500 For whatever reason would you just start living out these 528 00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:15,300 principles from this sermon series better because I believe 529 00:31:15,300 --> 00:31:18,500 that you and this world will be better for it. 530 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:24,000 But what I'm really hoping for is not people who implement it 531 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,400 out of obligation. I'm looking for God to raise up 532 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,200 a church. A people that look like you and 533 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:33,300 me who own it and you might we go on Clayton. 534 00:31:33,300 --> 00:31:36,700 What do you mean by own it? A person who owns it, like a man 535 00:31:36,900 --> 00:31:40,300 who owns it a man who's at one of our locations are watching 536 00:31:40,300 --> 00:31:43,700 online right now, A person who owns it, a man who owns it would 537 00:31:43,700 --> 00:31:47,700 say, I recognize that, I'm a man of God, I'm a father 538 00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:50,000 grandfather, Uncle son, and brother. 539 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:54,100 And I have been put into the lives of my family and friends 540 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,900 and neighbors to be a force for good. 541 00:31:57,300 --> 00:32:00,500 A woman at one of our locations are watching online. 542 00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:04,500 Who owns it would say. I'm a woman of God, I'm a mother 543 00:32:04,500 --> 00:32:06,200 grandmother, aunt daughter sister. 544 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,400 And I have gifts and abilities that have been placed inside of 545 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:14,200 me for his purpose and for his glory, a person who says, I'm 546 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,900 going to own, it would say I recognize that there are those 547 00:32:16,900 --> 00:32:21,000 who do not have a strong family, tree to support them and I 548 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:25,500 gladly, give of my time and my talents and my resources so that 549 00:32:25,500 --> 00:32:30,800 other people can be cared for. For loved and pointed to Jesus. 550 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:34,300 I'm praying and hoping that there are people all across this 551 00:32:34,300 --> 00:32:36,600 region who are saying I'm ready to own it. 552 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,500 And the person who owns it would say, I acknowledge that the 553 00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:42,800 minds of the young children in my life are being shaped and 554 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,200 molded. And so I choose to engage in the 555 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:49,500 process to help them develop lifelong patterns, that lead to 556 00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:53,400 Godliness, family, success, and spiritual flourishing. 557 00:32:53,500 --> 00:32:56,300 A person who owns it would say. I choose God. 558 00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:59,300 Oversleeping. In I choose my family over my 559 00:32:59,300 --> 00:33:03,500 device, I prioritize worship and I direct my gaze towards 560 00:33:03,500 --> 00:33:06,700 Heavenly promises. I do not take my spouse for 561 00:33:06,700 --> 00:33:10,300 granted, and I choose to invest in our relationship, a person 562 00:33:10,300 --> 00:33:13,700 who owns it would say, I'm going to spend time in God's word, so 563 00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:17,600 that I'm put fully filled up. So, that way when God wants to 564 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:21,800 pour me out, anytime he wants to, I am amply supplied, a 565 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:25,800 person who owns it would say, I face the challenges of today, 566 00:33:25,900 --> 00:33:29,800 with the confidence that God has all the wisdom that I need. 567 00:33:29,900 --> 00:33:33,700 I am a generational change agent, a person who owns it 568 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:38,200 would say, the generational sins that have been passed on to me 569 00:33:38,500 --> 00:33:43,000 will not flow through me. They stopped with me. 570 00:33:43,100 --> 00:33:47,200 They stop here, they stop. Now, a person who owns it says, 571 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:51,100 the generational sins will not touch my children, they will not 572 00:33:51,100 --> 00:33:55,500 visit my grandchildren, a person who owns it says, my family is 573 00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:57,200 better and they're getting better. 574 00:33:57,300 --> 00:34:01,400 Better because I am taking spiritual responsibility. 575 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:05,000 A person who owns it says, I recognize that the church is 576 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,100 only going to get 17 days with my kid from the time that 577 00:34:08,100 --> 00:34:10,900 they're in kindergarten till the time that they graduate. 578 00:34:10,900 --> 00:34:15,000 So, I recognize that I am the pastor of my home. 579 00:34:15,199 --> 00:34:20,300 I am the pastor of my workplace. I am the pastor of my friends, 580 00:34:20,500 --> 00:34:22,600 and my neighborhood, and my block. 581 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:28,100 I am a spiritual influencer that wherever I go, the Goes with me 582 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:32,400 and the spirit has power. I'm a person who owns it. 583 00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:37,100 My example will have an impact and my investment will reap a 584 00:34:37,100 --> 00:34:40,600 return. I'm a person who brings about 585 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,699 generational impact and I'm wondering. 586 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:50,500 If there's anybody at any of our locations who want to join me in 587 00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:53,000 that mission, we're moving to a time of decision. 588 00:34:58,900 --> 00:35:00,900 There are some of you in here right now. 589 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,000 Who's you been coming here for a long time. 590 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,800 And you're trying to think through your relationship with 591 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,900 Jesus Christ and you've never really started one. 592 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:15,900 You seen lots of other people start one. 593 00:35:16,900 --> 00:35:18,500 But for some reason, it's never been you. 594 00:35:20,100 --> 00:35:22,300 And I get it. You have questions, you have 595 00:35:22,300 --> 00:35:27,100 doubts. and you've, if you were to kind of go through those six 596 00:35:27,100 --> 00:35:32,400 stages, You've heard about it. You've heard about Jesus, you've 597 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:34,700 processed it and you're like, yeah, I need Jesus. 598 00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:37,700 You understand it? You like, you kind of know 599 00:35:37,700 --> 00:35:39,300 what's supposed to happen because you've seen everybody 600 00:35:39,300 --> 00:35:40,500 else around. You do it. 601 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,900 You even agree that your life would be better if you had a 602 00:35:43,908 --> 00:35:49,400 relationship with Jesus, but for some reason or another, you 603 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,700 still think you got to fix you first. 604 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:57,300 And that is one of the most deceptive lies that Satan has 605 00:35:57,300 --> 00:36:00,700 ever spread. I had friends visiting from out 606 00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:03,100 of town and he's getting ready to be a senior pastor in a 607 00:36:03,100 --> 00:36:08,200 church in Ohio, and we're on the phone and we're they were trying 608 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:13,300 to place an offer on a house. And you're placing the offer and 609 00:36:13,300 --> 00:36:15,100 then, you know, you have to get the home inspection. 610 00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:19,500 Right? And if you're incompetent like 611 00:36:19,500 --> 00:36:22,400 you're praying to God, that you get a great home inspector who 612 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:26,500 finds all the things that need fixed. if some of you you 613 00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:28,900 thought about selling your house because the markets been looking 614 00:36:28,900 --> 00:36:32,800 great, And you're going, we got to get all this stuff fixed 615 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,500 first. Otherwise, nobody will buy it. 616 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:44,300 But when it comes to Jesus, he's an as is buyer, you want to know 617 00:36:44,300 --> 00:36:46,500 why? He's not worried about the punch 618 00:36:46,500 --> 00:36:49,800 list of all the things that need to get fixed in your house 619 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:55,200 because Jesus was a Oh, he was a carpenter. 620 00:36:56,500 --> 00:36:59,100 His hands are used to fixing things. 621 00:36:59,100 --> 00:37:03,400 His mind is attuned to see the problems and knows exactly how 622 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:07,400 to fix it, and has all the tools in his tool belt, to do the job 623 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:11,000 that needs done. He's an as is buyer and so 624 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,100 you're going around trying to hammer in trim with a fork. 625 00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:18,800 Glory soon as I get this fixed in Jesus can buy it. 626 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,500 But I need you to hear me say this. 627 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:26,200 If you could fix you, he wouldn't have come. 628 00:37:27,300 --> 00:37:30,800 If you could fix you, you wouldn't have needed a savior. 629 00:37:30,900 --> 00:37:34,300 If he could fix you, he wouldn't have died on the cross. 630 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:41,400 He came to take you as is, and then when he puts his hands on 631 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:47,400 your life, on your spiritual house, man, he You know what? 632 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:49,400 God can do and he gets ahold of somebody. 633 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,000 I don't have to tell you, you've heard plenty of Stories. 634 00:37:53,300 --> 00:37:56,100 The question is, when are you going to let him put his hands 635 00:37:56,100 --> 00:38:02,300 on on you? I know in the back of your mind 636 00:38:02,300 --> 00:38:05,700 it's just it's common courtesy. You just want to fix it up 637 00:38:06,300 --> 00:38:10,300 before you turn it over. But that's not how it works with 638 00:38:10,300 --> 00:38:16,200 Jesus, because he has plans that you can't comprehend that he 639 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,500 wants to do in your life. And the things you're trying to 640 00:38:19,500 --> 00:38:21,900 do are the things that he's probably going to have to undo 641 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:26,400 and do, right? You're trying to lay, you know, 642 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:31,100 Hardwoods over the top of your carpet is like, that ain't stop 643 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:34,100 please. You can't do this. 644 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:40,200 If there's anybody in here. For while you've just been going 645 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,100 I feel like I'm supposed to but I just not yet because I just 646 00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:45,400 haven't figured. Would you be willing to just 647 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,700 talk to somebody today, just a few moments, there's any people 648 00:38:47,700 --> 00:38:50,600 over there by the bachelor that would love an opportunity to 649 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:52,800 talk with you about what it means to start that relationship 650 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:56,100 with Jesus, the voice in your head, that's telling you to put 651 00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:59,900 it off. Is not his I don't know whose it 652 00:38:59,900 --> 00:39:06,400 is but it's not his. Because his says, come come now. 653 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:09,900 To the rest of you in the room who don't have a relationship 654 00:39:09,900 --> 00:39:12,800 with Jesus yet or already have a relationship with Jesus, forgive 655 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,300 me. Here's what I asked you to do. 656 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:18,100 I'm going to ask all of you and you're going Clayton meet. 657 00:39:18,100 --> 00:39:19,700 Yeah. If you've got black socks on, 658 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:25,000 white socks on brown socks, on green socks on no socks on You, 659 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:32,200 some of you are checking okay? You I want you to spend some 660 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:33,800 time during these, next two songs. 661 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:37,400 Whether you come up here to the steps and get down on your 662 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:39,800 knees, whether you'd you get on your knees where you're at. 663 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,100 Maybe you go over by the batching. 664 00:39:41,100 --> 00:39:43,500 You put your hands in the water. Wherever you need to do it at. 665 00:39:43,700 --> 00:39:45,000 Here's what I'm asking you to do. 666 00:39:45,300 --> 00:39:47,000 If we're going to be a church that wants to have generational 667 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,000 impact, we're going to pray for it. 668 00:39:49,300 --> 00:39:52,100 We have to beg God to help us with it. 669 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,600 And so, would you just pray over your kids by name? 670 00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,700 Would you pray over your grandkids by name? 671 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:00,500 Would you pray over the kids that are in your class who, you 672 00:40:00,500 --> 00:40:03,600 know, are going through at hard? Would you pray for them by name? 673 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,200 Would you pray for the people you want to? 674 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:08,200 Like to Easter by name. Would you pray over the people 675 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:10,100 that you work with that? You can't wait until they 676 00:40:10,100 --> 00:40:12,800 finally find an intimate personal relationship with 677 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:14,700 Jesus. Would you pray for them by name? 678 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:16,700 And then when you get done praying for the people in your 679 00:40:16,700 --> 00:40:18,700 life by name? Would you pray that God would 680 00:40:18,700 --> 00:40:21,200 reveal to you? What he wants you to do? 681 00:40:22,900 --> 00:40:31,200 To own it. I wonder what God could do with 682 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:36,200 the church like that. I'd sure like to find out I 683 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,900 think you do too. Would you stand with me? 684 00:40:40,500 --> 00:40:43,100 Heavenly father, I'm asking you to use this moment right now. 685 00:40:44,300 --> 00:40:47,900 To connect with every person in the room whether they're a long 686 00:40:47,900 --> 00:40:49,500 way from you or they've been following you. 687 00:40:49,500 --> 00:40:53,100 Their whole life got I'm begging that this moment right here, 688 00:40:54,700 --> 00:40:59,900 would begin generational change That the only way that we could 689 00:40:59,900 --> 00:41:03,900 describe what is starting to happen across our campuses, is 690 00:41:03,900 --> 00:41:07,700 that you are moving and that we are responding. 691 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:13,100 The god, that we would have the courage to step out In faith. 692 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:17,300 To become a church, that's going to have generational impact. 693 00:41:18,300 --> 00:41:20,100 Your name I pray. Amen.