1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:05,840 It's impossible to be a parent on a car ride with your kids 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:09,000 without eventually being confronted with one of the 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,560 age-old car questions that kids ask. 4 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:17,920 And here it is. If you were an animal, what 5 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:22,440 animal would you be? Take a second turn, Your 6 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:27,160 neighbor, the one you like? Answer the question, if you had 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,360 to pick which animal, which animal would you be? 8 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:34,120 I'm I'm watching some of you guys are a little embarrassed by 9 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,880 what you just heard. This, it's going to be tough. 10 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:42,200 We asked at multi site. We asked the staff that were in 11 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,480 there for the day. If you were going to be an 12 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:46,160 animal, which animal would you be? 13 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:48,920 We got some dolphins and some whales. 14 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,040 I've never heard that before. That was interesting. 15 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:55,240 Someone picked a Flamingo and another person picked a turtle. 16 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:58,560 They're not going to last, but we were thankful for their 17 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:02,720 honesty. We we had a person pick a duck 18 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:05,800 to which I replied, don't fly over Pike County. 19 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,560 There were a couple people who picked an eagle. 20 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,120 Come on, America. I was like, that's good, That's 21 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,720 solid. And who doesn't love flying? 22 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,720 I like it. But you know the well, there was 23 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:21,400 also a wolf, but you know, the predominant family of animals 24 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:26,160 that were chosen. We had lions, tigers, snow 25 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,200 leopards. Two different people said they 26 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,280 wanted to be a Panther. And a lot of these were fellas, 27 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,800 which I found interesting because for as much as men hate 28 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:43,440 cats, secretly you want to be 1. My answer to this question has 29 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,560 always been the same, all the way back in junior high. 30 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:48,760 So if you could be an animal, what would you be? 31 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:54,800 Easy silverback gorilla. That is 100% my position. 32 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:57,840 You're just strong. You eat whatever you want. 33 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:59,440 You seem like you have a pretty good life. 34 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:08,919 But I had to ask the Internet, is the gorilla the ultimate apex 35 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,280 predator? Because that's what I want to 36 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,200 be. I want to be an apex predator. 37 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,080 Comes find out. They would lose to the lion. 38 00:02:18,920 --> 00:02:23,120 They would lose to the tiger, but the apex predator is the 39 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:28,080 polar bear, which is now my new, that's my new answer. 40 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:29,880 I'm done with silverback gorillas. 41 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:34,920 I'm now on team polar bear. Would it surprise you that the 42 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:40,120 animal that you would choose for you is completely different than 43 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,240 the animal that God would choose for you? 44 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:50,360 And the animal that he has for you didn't make anyone's list. 45 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:52,640 I want to welcome all of our different locations. 46 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:55,440 Those of you watching online, those of you who are part of our 47 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,520 inside family, specifically those of you who are at our 48th 48 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,440 St. location or Macomb or Kirksville, 929 Pike County, 49 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,360 Hannibal, Lima, Mount Sterling, Keokuk, Monmouth, Jacksonville, 50 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:08,880 Weaver. We are so thankful to be a part 51 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:12,160 of this ministry alongside each and every single one of you. 52 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:16,720 Today we are starting a new series designed to help you grow 53 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,120 in your love and appreciation for God. 54 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,400 The sermon series is called same name. 55 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:24,760 Turn your neighbor and say same name. 56 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,480 I've heard lots of times, you've probably heard it as well, that 57 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:33,600 there are people who struggle with the God of the Old 58 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,680 Testament and they'll say things like I just I have a hard time 59 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,000 with the God of the Old Testament. 60 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Well, what's surprising to me is that the people in the Old 61 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:48,200 Testament had a completely different view of God than we do 62 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,320 of the God of the Old Testament. In fact, the names that they 63 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:57,240 gave God run contrary to the narrative professed by modern 64 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:02,280 day critics and skeptics. And I thought it might be a 65 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:06,520 little helpful for us to allow the people of the Old Testament 66 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:11,960 to tell us what the God of the Old Testament was actually like. 67 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:17,480 And what you'll find is that the God of the Old Testament is the 68 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:21,600 same God in the New Testament. It's the same God with the same 69 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,360 name because he is still offering the same power and the 70 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,880 same promise, if you're willing to receive it. 71 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,560 So what animal would God choose for you? 72 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,720 A sheep. And I know what you're thinking. 73 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,640 Please, no, not a sheep. Yeah, a sheep. 74 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,480 The dumbest animals in the animal Kingdom. 75 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:49,720 Let me just walk you through the stat sheet on sheet. 76 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:55,480 No defensive weapons, no offensive weapons. 77 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:00,840 Poor sense of direction. They wander, they get lost. 78 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,400 Add to that, they don't have the ability to clean themselves. 79 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,400 You've heard me talk about my golden dummy, Suge. 80 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,320 Suge, When he goes outside after it's rained and he, you know, 81 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,040 does his number one and his number 2, the golden dummy comes 82 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,560 back in the house and he lays down and he will clean himself 83 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:21,320 all night long so that way he can present himself to the world 84 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:23,840 like he's like a chick getting ready for work in the morning. 85 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:27,440 Like that's sugar. Sugar can clean himself all 86 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:28,520 night long. Not a sheep. 87 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:34,480 Sheep have zero ability to clean themselves, so their thick coats 88 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,600 collect dirt, hold and sweat and without somebody pulling them 89 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:41,800 aside and shearing them, they will become heavy laden and 90 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,600 overheat and die. You've heard me talk about this 91 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,720 a bunch. That we have a tendency to take 92 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:49,920 all the stupid pills in the medicine cabinet that like we 93 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,880 love a good stupid pill. Do you know who really loves 94 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:55,120 stupid pills? Sheep. 95 00:05:55,960 --> 00:06:00,880 It's their favorite meal. So since sheep are defenseless, 96 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:06,680 dirty, susceptible to attack, and cannot take care of 97 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,000 themselves, they need something that nobody else in the animal 98 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:15,800 Kingdom needs. Sheep need a shepherd. 99 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:22,840 And so God has always raised up leaders, shepherds, to take care 100 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:27,840 of His sheep, His people. Look what it says in Psalm 78. 101 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,120 He chose David. What was David? 102 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:35,600 David was a shepherd, his servant, and took him from the 103 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:37,640 sheep pens. What was he doing in the sheep 104 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,280 pens? He was shepherding from tending 105 00:06:40,280 --> 00:06:42,360 the sheep, from shepherding the sheep. 106 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,240 He brought him in to be the shepherd, the leader of his 107 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,720 people, Jacob of an Israel, his inheritance. 108 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:54,760 And David shepherded them, LED them with the integrity of 109 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:59,800 heart, with skillful hands. He led them, He shepherded them. 110 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:07,840 And God takes the care of his people so seriously that he 111 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:12,200 pronounced judgment on the leaders of Israel for not 112 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,960 shepherding, leading the sheep, the people. 113 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,000 Look what it says in Ezekiel chapter 34. 114 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:24,760 The word of the Lord came to me, Son of Man, prophecy against the 115 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:30,080 shepherds of Israel, prophecy and say to them, This is what 116 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:37,000 the sovereign Lord says. Woe to you, shepherds of Israel 117 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:41,560 who only take care of yourselves. 118 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:46,000 Should not shepherds take care of the flock? 119 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:49,880 You eat the curds, clothe yourself with the wool, 120 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:55,040 slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the 121 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,400 flock. You have not strengthened the 122 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,480 weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. 123 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:04,080 You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. 124 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:09,080 You have ruled them harshly and brutally. 125 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,040 So. They were scattered because 126 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,640 there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered, they became 127 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:20,840 food for the wild animals. My sheep wandered over all the 128 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,760 mountains, on every high hill. They were scattered over the 129 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:30,800 whole earth, and no one searched for them or looked for them. 130 00:08:32,159 --> 00:08:35,039 And for some of you at our different locations today or 131 00:08:35,039 --> 00:08:38,360 watching online, this is your story. 132 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:44,920 Your father was supposed to be a Good Shepherd to you, but he 133 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:48,760 wasn't. Your mom was supposed to take 134 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,000 care of you. She didn't. 135 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,120 Your parents were to watch over you and protect you, and instead 136 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:03,640 they only cared for themselves. There's no doubt that there are 137 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,520 some women in attendance today who you have lived with. 138 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:14,600 A man who was selfish, harsh, brutal in his dealings with you. 139 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,880 There are many, I'm sure across this region. 140 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:23,200 If you were to describe the status of your soul, you could 141 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:30,040 use the word scattered. And you feel like no one came 142 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:34,320 looking for you. And I want you to hear me say 143 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:39,400 this. God takes what happened to you 144 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:45,960 personally and He does something about it. 145 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,800 This is Ezekiel 34. You know, Old Testament, the 146 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:54,000 book that nobody reads. Look what God says in response, 147 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:58,080 verse 11, same chapter. For this is what the sovereign 148 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:03,680 Lord says. I myself will search for my 149 00:10:03,680 --> 00:10:08,200 sheep and look after them as a shepherd looks after his 150 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:10,760 scattered flock when he is with them. 151 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:16,160 So I will look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the 152 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:20,200 places where they were scattered on the day of clouds and 153 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:23,360 darkness. I will bring them out from the 154 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:28,240 nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them 155 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:32,680 into their own land. I will pasture them on the 156 00:10:32,680 --> 00:10:36,440 mountains of Israel, in ravines, and in all the settlements in 157 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:40,040 the land. I will tend them in good 158 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:42,960 pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their 159 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:47,160 grazing land. There they will lie down in good 160 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:50,360 grazing land. There they will feed in rich 161 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:53,040 pasture on the mountains of Israel. 162 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,760 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the 163 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,360 sovereign Lord. I will search for the lost, 164 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:07,680 bring back the strays, bind up the injured, strengthen the 165 00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:10,360 weak. This is the God of the Old 166 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:16,320 Testament. This is not someone off moment 167 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:21,520 or one off metaphor either. Over and over and over again in 168 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:25,120 the Old Testament, we see God establishing his relationship 169 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:29,440 with his people as a shepherd with his sheep. 170 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:37,680 Most notably, perhaps the most famous piece of all Scripture is 171 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:45,000 found in the Old Testament in Psalm 23. 172 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:50,080 Now, before we read it, the mission of this church is to 173 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:54,840 help people find an intimate, personal relationship with Jesus 174 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,880 Christ. And you may at some point in 175 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:00,080 time have somebody come up to you and go, well, where is that 176 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:04,160 in the Bible? Psalm 23 is the answer to that 177 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,200 question. If somebody were to come up to 178 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:08,760 you and say, I think I would like an intimate personal 179 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,400 relationship with Jesus Christ, I just don't know what that 180 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:13,720 looks like. What does an intimate personal 181 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,200 relationship with Jesus Christ look like? 182 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:24,440 The answer to that question is 6 of you are smarter when somebody 183 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:26,720 goes, the mission of this church is to help people find an 184 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,720 intimate personal relationship with Jesus Christ. 185 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,200 Where would I go to see what that relationship looks like? 186 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:35,760 All you have to do is go to now. So many of you are smarter. 187 00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:39,280 Now watch. We're going to walk you through 188 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:43,360 what life with Jesus looks like and what you're going to find 189 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,520 out is it's really stinking good. 190 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:51,840 Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd. 191 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:58,040 I lack nothing. Right off the bat you and I get 192 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:06,080 a name, a title given to God and for God from David, the name 193 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:12,040 Jehovah Rohi. God is my shepherd. 194 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,320 Now that is good news right there. 195 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:21,480 You want to know why? Because a shepherd has a job and 196 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:28,760 his job is to take care of his sheep, that means that not only 197 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:33,440 has God handled my eternity, but He is caring for me in my 198 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,120 reality. I know a lot of people that were 199 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:41,440 hoping that their job would take care of them only to find out it 200 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,440 wouldn't. I know a lot of people who are 201 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,320 hoping that their health would pull them through only to find 202 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,600 out that it wouldn't. I know people that were hoping 203 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:53,320 and they looked for a spouse who would take care of them only to 204 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:55,920 find out that they were not strong enough to handle their 205 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,040 deepest needs nor powerful enough to handle their greatest 206 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:03,360 longings. If you go looking for a shepherd 207 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:09,160 and you get the wrong one. But I have never seen anyone 208 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:16,480 trust in God and be let down. I've never seen a cry of the 209 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,560 heart that missed his ear. I've never seen a person who 210 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,960 trusted in him put to shame. I've never seen a person who 211 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:28,280 built their life on him not be able to survive the storms of 212 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,680 life. Verse 2. 213 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:34,440 He makes me lie down in green pastures. 214 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:41,920 He leads me beside quiet waters. He refreshes, restores my soul. 215 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:47,840 This means that he takes me to the places that he knows I need 216 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:51,520 the most. He knows my deepest longings. 217 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:55,520 He knows my greatest needs. And he knows where to get them 218 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,720 taken care of of. And in doing so, he refreshes 219 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:02,600 and restores my soul. And you might be going, but 220 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,440 Clayton, I don't think he's doing that for me. 221 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,720 Oh, yeah, he is. Maybe you didn't realize it. 222 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:11,800 Maybe you showed up for ADBS. It's the DBS you've been going 223 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,560 to for a while. But for some reason on that 224 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,800 particular day, at that particular DBS, it was on the 225 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,760 subject matter that you had been struggling with. 226 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,760 And you went, boy, that's a coincidence. 227 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:28,520 It wasn't. It was God saying, come here, I 228 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:31,080 have green grass and good water for you. 229 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:35,640 I'm about to restore your soul. It's when you're having your 230 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:39,000 anchoring time and a verse that you didn't know you needed jumps 231 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,080 off the page. It's a word of encouragement 232 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:43,960 from somebody that you didn't see coming. 233 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:47,160 It's the worship song at the end of the service that you didn't 234 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,680 know and you didn't know how bad you would end up needing it. 235 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:57,360 That was God pasturing you, watering you, restoring and 236 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:02,280 refreshing your soul. Here's why this is good news. 237 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:10,000 This takes the burden of you off of you, and it puts the burden 238 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:15,280 of you on him. And when the burden of you is 239 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:21,200 off you and it's on Him, this leads to peace and to rest. 240 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,080 But the only way you and I are able to access this is through 241 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,160 faith. When you begin to trust that 242 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:33,440 God's ways are above your ways and you allow Him to be your 243 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:37,920 Shepherd, what's He do next? He guides me along the right 244 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:44,120 paths for His namesake. I don't know about you, but I 245 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,440 can find the wrong path on my own. 246 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:51,520 I don't need Agps to get lost. I can do. 247 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,560 I can do that right now. And since I like to go through 248 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:58,560 life fast, not only can I get lost fast, I can go the wrong 249 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:02,840 way for a long time fast. You know what you need though? 250 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,599 If you're going, I'm tired of going the wrong way and I want 251 00:17:06,599 --> 00:17:10,200 to start going the right way, you and I need the exact same 252 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,640 thing. We need divine direction. 253 00:17:13,839 --> 00:17:18,680 If my heart longs to walk in the ways of God, I need somebody to 254 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,760 guide me. And if I have Jehovah Rohi, I 255 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:26,680 have a shepherd who will guide me along the right path that I'm 256 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:30,160 supposed to take. Verse 4, Even though I walk 257 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:33,680 through the valley or through the darkest valley, I will fear 258 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:39,160 no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they 259 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:43,200 comfort me. This is the part of the message 260 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,280 that gets a little depressing. There's only three types of 261 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:51,760 people in the world, people who are coming out of the valley. 262 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:55,520 Those are the happy people. There's people who are in the 263 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,760 valley and there's people who are about ready to walk into it. 264 00:17:59,120 --> 00:18:01,560 Which means that only about 1/3 of you right now showed up to 265 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:03,760 church today going, man, God got me through. 266 00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:08,240 The other third of you are in it, and the other third of you 267 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:13,360 are like, oh Dang it, it's going to be a rough week. 268 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:15,800 We're not coming out and we're not in it. 269 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:17,400 Yeah, you're going to bump your head. 270 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:20,520 Here's the good news. Watch, watch, watch. 271 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,280 Let me clear this up for those of you who are watching. 272 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,680 Like health and wealth, people being in an intimate, personal 273 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:31,480 relationship with Jesus Christ does not mean you don't have 274 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:37,160 valleys. It means you have Jehovah Rohi 275 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:41,840 in the valley with you. Valleys are tough. 276 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:47,920 Valleys are incredibly tough. The sunsets the fastest in the 277 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,520 valley. It rises the slowest in the 278 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:56,120 valley. Valleys are by nature dark, and 279 00:18:56,120 --> 00:18:59,760 it is impossible to outrun the shadows. 280 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:05,280 But when you are in Christ, when God is your Jehovah, Rohi, 281 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,200 instead of looking at the shadows, you can look at the 282 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:13,120 shepherd. Verse 5 You prepare a table 283 00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:15,520 before me. In the presence of my enemies, 284 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:19,320 you anoint my head with oil. My cup overflows. 285 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:23,160 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my 286 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:28,840 life, and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever. 287 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:31,960 This means I have nothing to fear. 288 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:37,800 If I have Jehovah Rokie, I could dine in the presence of those 289 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:42,680 who desire my destruction and have No Fear, knowing that 290 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:48,080 Jehovah Rohi is my protection. I grew up on the water. 291 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:52,040 We would go up to a place in Iowa and we would go boating and 292 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:54,240 we had a blast and then we moved down here. 293 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,320 We started trying to make it as often as we could down to the 294 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,280 Lake of the Ozarks and you guys can have all the beaches you 295 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:01,640 want. Give me the lake. 296 00:20:02,360 --> 00:20:06,320 I am a lake guy. And I like going out, but I know 297 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,640 what people say when they go to the Lake of the Ozarks, those 298 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:12,320 big boats make it impossible for you to enjoy your time. 299 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:14,520 That's just because your boat ain't big enough. 300 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,760 Because you get on the right kind of boat, you're like giddy 301 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:23,280 up, but you're out there. And I get it, the boats flying 302 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:26,560 by and their weight comes and it hits you and you're, you're 303 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,240 laying down on like those expensive Styrofoam things that 304 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,960 people marketed you for like 1000 bucks and you're taking a 305 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:33,120 nap. And then you accidentally get 306 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:36,120 waterboarded by yourself because the the weight comes through and 307 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:37,840 you inhale all. I get it, I get it, I get it, I 308 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,880 get it. But what's happening is David is 309 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:44,960 showing us that as you and I go through life, you and I leave 310 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:50,480 awake just like a boat. There is stuff that is coming 311 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:55,040 off of you. And I got to ask you kind of a 312 00:20:55,040 --> 00:21:02,280 tough question. What's in your wake this week? 313 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:04,120 When you were in the office, you're having a tough 314 00:21:04,120 --> 00:21:05,880 conversation with some people you work with. 315 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:10,920 When you left, were your Co workers going? 316 00:21:16,630 --> 00:21:22,200 Was that was that goodness and love that I just experienced? 317 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,800 We were getting ready for Valentine's Day. 318 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,280 Everybody's got high hopes, trying to keep everybody happy 319 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:30,480 in the house. But you started a bit of a 320 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,440 conversation that turned into a bit of an argument. 321 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:42,960 And when the argument was over, was your spouse going goodness 322 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:49,440 and love right there? Yeah, No, on my own. 323 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,720 The wake you and I produce, hear me, is not the wake we want. 324 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,680 This is Romans 7. There is a good that you and I 325 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,880 want to do that we do not do. But the thing that we do not 326 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:03,720 want to do, we keep on doing. So we nobody wants to make their 327 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,880 spouse angry, especially during Valentine's Day week. 328 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,520 But sure enough, the good you want to do, you don't do. 329 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:12,920 And the thing you don't want to do, you end up doing, and your 330 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,240 spouse is left with. And I'll let you fill in the 331 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:22,840 blank, but when God is your Jehovah Rohi, and he leads you 332 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,520 on the past that you're supposed to go in, and he takes you to 333 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,440 where you're supposed to feed, and he takes you to where you're 334 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:29,720 supposed to get water. And your soul, soul is 335 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,280 refreshed. What leaves behind you when you 336 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,200 are with God is goodness and love. 337 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:38,440 I can stop this sermon right there. 338 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,840 But we said that this sermon series was called the same name. 339 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:47,000 Why? Because it is the exact same 340 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:51,920 God, with the exact same power, offering the exact same promise. 341 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:53,920 Can I take you to the New Testament? 342 00:22:54,800 --> 00:23:00,160 To Jesus when he's talking? He says this in John chapter 10. 343 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:01,920 See if you notice the similarity. 344 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:10,040 I am the Good Shepherd. I know my sheep, and my sheep 345 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,720 know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. 346 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:17,840 Let me pause right there. God knows you as well as he 347 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:22,440 knows God. Jesus knows you as well as he 348 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:25,920 knows God. He has a perfect understanding 349 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,640 of you. All the good you want to do, all 350 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:34,200 the bad you don't want to do. Watch and all the bad that you 351 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,080 do, and all the bad that you do, that nobody else knows. 352 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:47,960 He knows you perfectly. And I lay myself down for the 353 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,280 sheep. How good is this shepherd? 354 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,800 He knows just how bad and evil you are and still is willing to 355 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,760 lay his life down for you. That's a Good Shepherd right 356 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,880 there he goes on verse 9. I am the gate. 357 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:05,840 Whoever enters through me will be saved. 358 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:08,320 They will come in and go out and find pasture. 359 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:13,000 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. 360 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:17,440 I have come that they may have life and have it to the full. 361 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:22,920 I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his 362 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:29,760 life for the sheep. Jesus came to be your Jehovah 363 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:33,280 Rohi. He laid his life down on your 364 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,920 behalf so that you could experience the fullness of his 365 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,720 abundant life. Like I said, it is the same name 366 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,680 because it's the same God with the same power offering the same 367 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:48,320 promise if you're willing to receive it. 368 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:53,920 I want to take just a a quick moment and just honor our 369 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,320 English teachers that are with us all across this region day. 370 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,480 And the reason I want to honor you is because nobody likes you. 371 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,040 You don't teach the cool subjects like math. 372 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,280 Like nobody's walking up to somebody going, man, that's a 373 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,320 good reader right there. That's a good writer. 374 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:14,000 That's a great sentence structure. 375 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:16,080 How's your kid doing in school? Oh, yeah. 376 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,800 He's taking honors math. Nobody's saying he's writing 377 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,560 complicated paragraphs. Yeah. 378 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:25,040 We get you and we say stuff, and then you correct us. 379 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:27,200 And then we stop inviting you places. 380 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,040 God bless the English teachers. But this, this is all about the 381 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:35,280 English teachers because if you were to hang out with an English 382 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,200 teacher and we were talking about the Lord is my shepherd, 383 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:42,920 what they would tell you as that the word is, is present tense 384 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:49,600 means that something is happening right now and tense 385 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:54,560 makes all the difference. Nobody, nobody would be talking 386 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:58,240 about how good Psalm 23 is if David wrote that in the past 387 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:03,200 tense, the Lord was my shepherd. That just doesn't hit the same, 388 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,880 does it? That's just not the same kind of 389 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:09,200 thing because a past tense provision in a present tense 390 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:14,080 need will not pull you through. And past tense power in a 391 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,160 present tense pain is not what you're praying for. 392 00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:21,240 There are a lot of you right now that that was how you would 393 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,920 probably describe your relationship with Jehovah Rogi 394 00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:27,680 past tense. That's the song you're writing. 395 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,600 That's your Psalm 23. And then you came down with an 396 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:34,400 awful case of the used to's. You used to follow God. 397 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,400 You used to seek him in prayer. You used to seek his counsel. 398 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:41,160 You used to submit to his ways. You used to follow his voice. 399 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:43,760 And I just got to ask you, how's that working for you? 400 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,440 We teach here at the crossing that God's way is the best way. 401 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,760 So if you're walking your way, it's not his way, which means 402 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:54,600 you are not walking the best way. 403 00:26:56,280 --> 00:27:00,520 Thank you. There's some of you. 404 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:07,600 If you were to write Psalm 23, it would be future tense. 405 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:17,320 God will be one day my shepherd, just not this day. 406 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,040 This is where it gets tough. I'm glad you're here, but this 407 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,080 is going to hurt. You're going. 408 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,080 I want to get right with God. I just need a little time. 409 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,960 I just need to get it together. And I need you to hear me say 410 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:35,280 this clearly. That is satanic thinking. 411 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:42,360 It's demonic watch God wants you to be in relationship with him 412 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,440 right now. So anything that is keeping you 413 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:49,400 from starting a relationship with him right now is satanic 414 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,040 because what does Satan want you to do? 415 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,320 He wants you to delay getting right with God or Satan wants 416 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,320 you to think that you have to fix you before you can get with 417 00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:02,080 God, which takes the gospel and rips it of its power because we 418 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:06,000 are made right because God sent his son to make us right so we 419 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,560 could be right with him. But if you think that you have 420 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,480 to get you fix before you can get right with God, that means 421 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,640 that somehow you are your own savior. 422 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,800 That's from Satan. Satan wants to deny you of the 423 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,840 ability to access the cross, and he wants to rob you of the 424 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,000 ability to see the power of the cross. 425 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:27,400 And so he gets you to say, maybe next week he gets you to say, 426 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:31,120 one of these days. The problem with one of these 427 00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:34,280 days I'll get right with God is sometimes one of those days 428 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:39,280 never actually comes. One of these days of your life 429 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,200 is snatched from you. Life changes in an instant. 430 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:44,760 There's some of you you're going. 431 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:48,320 I want to get right with God. I just kind of like sinning and 432 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:51,480 listen, I get that. I've never had a bad time 433 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:57,640 sinning. Sinning's not like broccoli like 434 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:02,000 I guess I got to go sin today. Nope, it's it's not like that 435 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,880 Sin is fun. I've never been in the middle of 436 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,920 my sin and been like, this is the worst. 437 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:11,560 Not once. All of it feels good in the 438 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,560 moment. It feels good to win in an 439 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,760 argument. And you Can you imagine being 440 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:21,960 married to me? I mean, you guys comp on me that 441 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:23,960 I can put some words together. Can you imagine me in an 442 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:25,360 argument? I'm great. 443 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,320 And I'm like, well, that was wicked. 444 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:29,920 That was good. That was some wordsmithing. 445 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:34,400 It rhymed. And then afterwards you're like, 446 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:38,520 nobody wants to be around me. It's the after sitting that's 447 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:42,120 tough. It's what happens after I choose 448 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,640 to step into sin because the invitation to sin is always 449 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:47,480 good. It just never leads to good 450 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:51,800 places. And so some of you are going, I 451 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:57,960 kind of like God's forgiveness and I kind of like sin, which 452 00:29:57,960 --> 00:29:59,640 means you don't really like Jesus. 453 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:04,840 You want to be close enough to the fire to get warm, but not 454 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:10,480 close enough to get changed. You don't actually fully regret 455 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:14,400 who you are outside of him and don't realize who you can be in 456 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:23,600 him. So David writes, the Lord is as 457 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,640 Tony Evans says, we have a right now God. 458 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:32,400 You know why that's good news. That means that right now I have 459 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:36,240 access to salvation. Not in the future, not in the 460 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,120 past. Right now means I have right now 461 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:43,280 access to hope, right now access to peace, and right now access 462 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,200 to power. It means that right now I am no 463 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:50,320 longer my responsibility. I am my shepherd's 464 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:55,200 responsibility because the Lord is my shepherd, which makes me 465 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:59,640 his sheep. But is he your Shepherd? 466 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:02,400 We're moving to a time of decision. 467 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,280 To those of you who are in the room or watching online, 468 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:13,800 everything we just talked about lacking nothing, restoring 469 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:17,760 souls, being guided, directed, experiencing His presence, His 470 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:22,040 power and His protection in the valley are there for the taking. 471 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,640 And we spent so much time talking about the Lord is that 472 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,200 we didn't spend nearly enough time in the sermon talking about 473 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,920 the next two letter word, which is equally important. 474 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:41,160 My, my shepherd. It doesn't matter if your friend 475 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,880 can say it, if your mom can say it, if your grandma said it, if 476 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:47,040 your grandpa said it. The question is, can you say it? 477 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:53,720 Can you say, Jehovah Rohi, the Lord is my shepherd? 478 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:57,640 And if today you haven't started that relationship with him, I 479 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:00,760 got really good news for you. Today's a good day to start. 480 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:05,320 And in just a few moments, all around this room, they're going 481 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,800 to be people who are going to stand up and they're going to 482 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,680 sing and worship, and there's going to be other people who are 483 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:10,840 going to come to the steps and pray. 484 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:16,400 And while they are doing that, you can walk right over there 485 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:20,800 underneath that screen next to the baptistry and you can talk 486 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:22,240 to somebody. If you don't want to do that, 487 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,200 look across the room and go, I know somebody here and go and 488 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,960 talk to that somebody about how you can start that. 489 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:35,720 So you can say this sentence, the Lord is my shepherd because 490 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,840 if he is your shepherd, He will lead you wherever he is going to 491 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:40,640 be. And the Bible says that he is 492 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:42,720 with the Father. And if you want to be with the 493 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:45,440 Father when you die, you better make sure you have a shepherd 494 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:50,280 right now to the rest of you in the room, to those of you who 495 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:53,360 already know who Jesus is. Since Jesus is a shepherd, 496 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:58,000 Shepherds tell shepherds stories, and one of his favorite 497 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:02,200 and most famous shepherd stories is found in Luke chapter 15, 498 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,560 verses 3 through 7. Many of you have heard it. 499 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:12,040 Then Jesus told them this story. Suppose one of you has 100 sheep 500 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:18,960 and loses one of them. Doesn't he leave the 99 in the 501 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:26,680 open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 502 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:31,920 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his 503 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,720 shoulders? This is where we get the Hobby 504 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:39,080 Lobby pictures, right here. So he picks it up when I watch 505 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:43,760 joyfully. What do you think about God? 506 00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:48,080 Not only does he look for you, but when he shows up, he is not 507 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:54,280 showing up with condemnation. He is joyfully putting you on 508 00:33:54,280 --> 00:34:00,200 his shoulders to take you home. And then he calls his friends 509 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:06,520 and his neighbors, and he gathers them together, and 510 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:10,400 that's what he says. Rejoice with me. 511 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:19,920 I have found my lost sheep. That's the kind of shepherd he 512 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,199 is. Maybe you've been wandering off 513 00:34:23,199 --> 00:34:26,679 from him. He came looking for you. 514 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,960 Verse 7. Then he explains it. 515 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:36,199 I tell you that in the same way, there will be more rejoicing in 516 00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:43,800 heaven over 1 Sinner who repents than over 99 righteous persons 517 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,239 who do not think they need to repent. 518 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,199 One of the things is if He is your shepherd and He is come 519 00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:54,920 looking for you and He has found you in your sin, He has found 520 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:58,160 you in your wandering, maybe today what you need to do is you 521 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,880 need to repent. You need to start a party in 522 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,400 heaven. There's a sin that you've been 523 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,920 carrying for way too long. There's a thing you can't seem 524 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,520 to let go. There's an area where you're not 525 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:15,000 trusting Him. There's a sin you're clinging to 526 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:20,920 heaven that throws a party when God's people repent others of 527 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:23,040 you. You've been wandering for a long 528 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,960 time, and for some reason you find yourself here today. 529 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:31,400 That was God searching for you. Will you allow Him to put you on 530 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:34,080 His shoulders and take you to the throne room of God? 531 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:38,920 Would you stand with me? Heavenly Father, help us to be 532 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,280 about your mission of finding the lost sheep. 533 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:46,160 Help us to trust you and silence the voice of Satan in our lives 534 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,600 and in our spirits so we can follow your voice. 535 00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,800 God, help us to trust you more and more each day. 536 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:58,800 Grow our faith and our dependence in you and God. 537 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,080 Right now, all across this region, you know what every 538 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:03,920 single person is navigating, what every single person is 539 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:05,800 struggling. You know exactly what it is that 540 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,400 they need to do. And y'all, we're asking in 541 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:09,880 faith. And not only would you show us 542 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:13,320 what we're supposed to do, but give us the faith to do it. 543 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:15,080 Your name, I pray. Amen.