1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:06,320 Oh, Crossing Nation, what a weekend. 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:10,000 I am so glad that you guys are here from all of our locations. 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,560 I want to welcome you, those of you watching online and inside. 4 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:16,520 I've been trying to loosen up this knuckle. 5 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,040 I got my bubble. Wub a shoe. 6 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:25,280 Yep, this is who I am. Now if you you should go to a 7 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:28,160 rodeo soon because there's not going to be a lot of wild 8 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,360 animals left now that I'm a cowboy, I'm going to be breaking 9 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,840 them for the that's my purpose. Now to those of you who are new 10 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,360 to the crossing, those of you watching online, we're just so 11 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:39,840 glad that you're here. And if you are new here, whether 12 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,400 it's your first time or your first time in a long time, would 13 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,280 you do me a huge favor and ultimately, I believe do 14 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:49,760 yourself a huge favor before you leave today, Would you swing out 15 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,720 into the lobby next to the new here booth and get connected? 16 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:57,120 We'd love a chance to get to know you a little bit better and 17 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,800 help you on your spiritual journey. 18 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,280 Today we are going to participate in what I believe 19 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,640 will be one of the most memorable services of your 20 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,240 entire life. We're all big fans of Jesus 21 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,200 here. And Jesus, when he taught 22 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,680 people, he taught them using parables. 23 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:20,400 He used a powerful story to convey a powerful truth. 24 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,880 And that is exactly what is going to happen right in front 25 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,440 of your eyes in just a few moments. 26 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,200 A story is going to get told. We're going to use the horse, 27 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:34,760 and the horse is going to represent you, and Todd is going 28 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,440 to represent God. And you're going to see over 29 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,440 time what happens when a horse begins to trust the cowboy. 30 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:45,440 And what I'm hoping you'll see is what is possible when you, 31 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:49,480 though you are wild and full of potential and purpose, will not 32 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:54,160 fully experience it or realize it until your life begins to 33 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,680 trust God. Would you guys please welcome to 34 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,240 the stage, our cowboy for the weekend. 35 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:08,180 Mr. Todd Pierce, I need you to know I officially have a cowboy 36 00:02:08,180 --> 00:02:13,380 crush on you, but I'm not, you know, I'm saying it because, you 37 00:02:13,380 --> 00:02:15,380 know, we don't get to share the stage again for a while. 38 00:02:15,860 --> 00:02:20,340 You have been a tremendous, tremendous blessing to our 39 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:24,260 church and people that many people all across this region 40 00:02:24,660 --> 00:02:28,320 have been praying for are here because of what you do and how 41 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,200 you leverage your life and your abilities. 42 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,800 And I just need you to know we are so deeply grateful for you. 43 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:35,640 Thank you. And what I want to do is I'm 44 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:37,600 going to have our whole church, we're going to pray for you, and 45 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:39,160 then I'm going to let you get after it. 46 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:40,360 How's that sound? Yes, Sir. 47 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:43,160 So if you're here at 48th St. would you extend your hands 48 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,560 towards Mr. Todd at your one of our locations? 49 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:47,520 Would you just extend your hand towards the screen? 50 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:52,120 Heavenly Father, I'm asking that you would do a mighty work right 51 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:56,120 now, that you would keep Todd safe, That you would give him 52 00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:00,920 the words that He is supposed to speak to us and over us, about 53 00:03:00,920 --> 00:03:04,800 us and about you and the God. That because of the interactions 54 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,040 He's about to have, that every single person would draw closer 55 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,240 to you in their intimate personal relationship. 56 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:11,920 And you're in my prey. Amen. 57 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:13,280 Amen. Get it, buddy. 58 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:21,760 Thank you. So it's I hope this never gets 59 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,320 old to me. We're in church with a horse, 60 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,960 and I grew up not liking church at all. 61 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:33,920 And actually I didn't like people, but I loved animals. 62 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,600 And it was because of this miracle we talked about 63 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:46,880 transformation, that an insecure, scared little boy that 64 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:52,000 only found safety in animals learned how to be consumed by 65 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,360 the love of God and made it to her. 66 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,080 I love people and I've fallen in love with this family. 67 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:02,720 They've treated us so well. And I'm so impressed that we 68 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:07,640 were sitting at dinner the other night and this ginormous man 69 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:15,360 that just said he had a crush on me, his alarm goes off and it's 70 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:19,120 like twice a day. There's been hundreds of y'all 71 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:25,200 praying for this and I feel like I get to step into all of this 72 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:32,400 sewing into the lives of others and the the privilege of getting 73 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,320 to do it with something that I love and I've loved my whole 74 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:41,280 life and surrounded by a whole bunch of y'all that I get to 75 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:47,600 express that love to. So last service was a little bit 76 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:52,320 of a surprise to me. It was a cute little little dude 77 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:57,200 that ran for the entire hour and wore me smooth out. 78 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:05,920 But is she 3 so I haven't met her. 79 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:11,720 She's 3 year old Palomina which my wife's a Palomino. 80 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:23,040 I love Palominos cute little blonde girl and so I don't know 81 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:24,680 much about her. Well, actually I don't know 82 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:30,960 anything about her other Now I know that she's 3 and it looks 83 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:35,440 like she's really well groomed. So she's been at the beauty 84 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:40,160 parlor a lot and I'm hoping that they didn't put this solution on 85 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,160 their hair that makes it to where they're slick. 86 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:48,520 Did they, they call it SHO Sheen or some form of that? 87 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:52,880 And when I get on them, it's like sitting on a greased pig. 88 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:58,560 It makes it really difficult. But I'm going to ask her to 89 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:02,680 start moving for a second because I think Clayton did a 90 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:08,600 great job of, of just laying out this invitation. 91 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:13,120 That's for all of us. And to me, it's, it's a little 92 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:17,040 bit shocking that we've we've missed. 93 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:21,960 We have the amount of Christianity that we have in our 94 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:32,560 country and churches everywhere, and somehow people have missed 95 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:37,760 the beauty and the simplicity and the significance of what a 96 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,200 life transformed by Jesus really looks like. 97 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:49,480 And so today, while I work with her, you can see that there's 98 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:56,760 this beautiful, magnificent, like majestic almost creation 99 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:03,200 that is 100% clueless about what her life's supposed to be. 100 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:08,960 And there's only one way to unlock it. 101 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:26,840 A lot of distractions for her right now. 102 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:34,440 First time in a church. Have we got any other first time 103 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:39,440 church goers here? Do we? 104 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:45,840 Yeah. Well, then you can relate. 105 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,360 It's a little bit weird and there's a lot of distractions 106 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,520 and people do things that you're not used to. 107 00:07:53,480 --> 00:08:00,160 But stick with it for a minute. Who in the world I'm going to 108 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:01,840 fall on this thing and break my neck? 109 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:17,480 Did you dig this hole? She's wrote to a litter box I 110 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:26,000 guess. So with all of her story and all 111 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,840 of the things that have got her attention and everything that's 112 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:35,120 LED up to this day, all sorts of thoughts going through her mind, 113 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:40,679 and each one of you are having your own thoughts and you have 114 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:43,200 your own reactions to the things that are going on around you. 115 00:08:52,400 --> 00:09:06,650 She's purposely ignoring me, not a girl. 116 00:09:12,530 --> 00:09:15,290 So if you watch her ears and you watch where her attention is 117 00:09:15,290 --> 00:09:22,970 being drawn to as we go here, she's going to have to, at least 118 00:09:22,970 --> 00:09:26,130 for a moment, give her attention to me. 119 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,720 Not because I'm just another person, but because of the 120 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:38,760 significance of this day. It's going to require her to 121 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:42,200 reconsider. Get this if you will. 122 00:09:54,250 --> 00:09:57,730 She's going to have to reconsider everything that she's 123 00:09:57,730 --> 00:10:01,570 ever believed about herself. And I don't know if you can be 124 00:10:01,570 --> 00:10:05,560 humble enough to just sit here for a minute. 125 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:24,480 Come on, sweetheart. There's a really important part 126 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:28,800 because she's been handled enough that she just, she's 127 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:33,360 learned how to tolerate things. And it's amazing what we can 128 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,200 learn to tolerate in our life and what it is that we've come 129 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:40,360 accustomed to and we've taken it for granted. 130 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,280 I don't want her to feel as though it's just another day, 131 00:10:53,320 --> 00:11:01,600 another guy so special to me like this right here would be 132 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:12,480 like, you had me at hello. That was really bad timing. 133 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:21,240 But because all the questions that I saw her asking in that 134 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:24,200 look right there. Was it OK? 135 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:29,160 Maybe this is not just another version of the same old story. 136 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,880 And if this is not just another version of the same old story 137 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:38,680 that you've told yourself or that you've been told, then 138 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:43,040 today represents the first day of the rest of your life. 139 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:48,200 Because you're going to get a glimpse into what is possible 140 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:50,960 and what it is that the invitation of heaven really was 141 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,760 and why it mattered that Jesus did what he did. 142 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:01,600 It wasn't so that the people could start a new religion and 143 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:04,560 start following the rules that were always going to be the 144 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:06,680 rules that make it to where humans prosper in. 145 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:12,480 It was going to be that my people need power and they're 146 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:19,040 going to get power that comes from becoming one with me. 147 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:27,600 And I know in a lot of Bible teaching we have, I'm going to 148 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:33,840 unpack this all, but we kind of mix those of you that can have 149 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:36,240 the ears to hear on this. We mix the old covenant with the 150 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:41,320 new covenant and we watch the lifestyle of Jesus and the 151 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,160 interaction that his disciples had with the world around him 152 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,600 before the resurrection of Jesus and the outpouring of the Holy 153 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,360 Spirit. And we combine the two. 154 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,360 And sometimes it gets confusing, especially for a guy like me. 155 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:57,040 Like it's got to be super practical for me to get it. 156 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:04,800 And so I thought because Jesus would say to his disciples, hey, 157 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,080 come follow me. And they did. 158 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,440 Those that chose to follow him, they literally followed him 159 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:23,720 around. And OK, I was tired of following 160 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:27,080 people around. I was tired of being told what 161 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:31,520 to do. I'd I'd had a scarred life of 162 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:38,480 being bullied and dominated. I didn't need another boss in my 163 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:44,200 life and I didn't want to follow Jesus because I didn't need 164 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:46,600 another boss in my life telling me what to do. 165 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:56,920 I was just broken in a bad way. And but I had this encounter 166 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,000 with Jesus. It was so undeniable that it's 167 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,640 as though I had a conversation with a God that I can't see, but 168 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,360 it was more real than any human conversation I'd ever had. 169 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:09,160 And it was him telling me that he loved me and that he had a 170 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,000 plan for my life and that I can trust him. 171 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:16,040 And I believed him. This God I couldn't see. 172 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:24,080 And so because I said yes to him, his yes back to me was such 173 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:30,360 a huge yes that it was. It was like everything in my 174 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:32,560 life stayed the same, but nothing was the same. 175 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,320 And I didn't, like I told you, I didn't trust people. 176 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,640 So I sure as heck wasn't going to go to church. 177 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,920 And I didn't know how to read well enough that I could read 178 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:49,400 the Bible. So I was kind of stuck in this 179 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:54,920 spot on, how am I? What am I supposed to do? 180 00:14:55,920 --> 00:15:00,520 Like maybe I'm supposed to quit cussing and drinking and chasing 181 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:04,160 girls and chewing tobacco. Like, is it? 182 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:06,400 What am I supposed to do? Jesus. 183 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:10,680 And it was really surprising to me. 184 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,520 It was nothing. But I started working a horse in 185 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:18,160 a round pan. And don't disqualify me over 186 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:19,480 this. Just stick with me long enough 187 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:24,320 to get through this part. I was talking to the horse and I 188 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:31,880 hadn't talked to horses before and it was though it was an echo 189 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:38,200 and God was speaking to me. And it was a plea because this 190 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,640 horse that I was working with at that moment wouldn't stop. 191 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:49,960 And this language and this thing that I am doing even right now, 192 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,760 there's a plea in my heart that makes it to where I don't want 193 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,120 you to settle for this. I've got so much more for you. 194 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,480 The life that we can do together, I promise you is going 195 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:05,600 to be a whole lot more than me just leading you around. 196 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:10,960 I'm not asking you to follow me. I'm asking you to become one 197 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:12,320 with me. And it's very different. 198 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:18,200 And so as I was being mentored or discipled by horses, 199 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:23,000 literally, Holy Spirit is teaching me through what it is 200 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,400 that I was doing, just as I'm doing right now. 201 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:30,240 I didn't make this up. This is my story. 202 00:16:38,180 --> 00:16:48,100 But if we use the language that says that come, follow me, I get 203 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:55,700 the right side. Now, Britain, it looks kind of 204 00:16:55,700 --> 00:16:58,120 like this. And I can teach her a lot from 205 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:00,960 here and I can get her from point A to point B. 206 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:09,720 But Jesus went way beyond that. And that's why they let him kill 207 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:18,599 him, because when he defeated death and sin and made it to 208 00:17:18,599 --> 00:17:23,800 where all the things that you have stacked against you, the 209 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:30,040 guilty conscience, the unseen things, the shame, the fear, all 210 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,880 the insecurities, all those things that have been stacked up 211 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:36,320 in your life. There was a reason why there was 212 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:38,720 a sacrifice that made it to where that no longer has to 213 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:46,280 stick on you. And that because of that, Jesus 214 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:51,560 said, it's my desire that you become one with me the way I'm 215 00:17:51,560 --> 00:18:06,240 one with the Father. I know 216 00:18:23,890 --> 00:18:31,250 she's gentle and she's really trusting, but because no one's 217 00:18:31,250 --> 00:18:33,450 ever been on her, she's never had a saddle on her. 218 00:18:38,130 --> 00:18:41,770 She's doing this for a different reason than obedience. 219 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,520 She's doing it because at whatever level she's got, she 220 00:18:47,520 --> 00:19:10,170 trusts me. First steps of doozy. 221 00:19:10,170 --> 00:19:16,050 Had a girl. Had a girl. 222 00:19:23,110 --> 00:19:31,600 So sweet, so sweet. Could we get caught up in the 223 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:36,920 words of Jesus for a second and say, why did he say follow him? 224 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:41,480 And then he say that, hey guys, it's better if I go away. 225 00:19:41,480 --> 00:20:18,470 You're suspicious. When Jesus taught us to pray, he 226 00:20:20,790 --> 00:20:24,950 told his disciples. He said when you pray, pray like 227 00:20:24,950 --> 00:20:30,950 this, our Father who is in heaven. 228 00:20:34,030 --> 00:20:38,640 You realize that when he uttered those words that the religious 229 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:44,720 people had to kill him. Now he was, he was making 230 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:49,680 himself like God. He was saying that we could 231 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,800 actually address God as a father rather than back in the day, you 232 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:55,480 couldn't even use the name of God. 233 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,960 It was so reverent, you couldn't even whisper it. 234 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:07,840 And he's inviting humanity to engage with God as a father. 235 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:16,920 It changed everything because not only did he model what it 236 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:22,960 was like to be a son, but then he empowered us to do it. 237 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:32,560 Because there's a beauty in having the word of God that 238 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:36,480 gives us like a the solid foundation that makes it to 239 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:40,200 where we can understand the attributes and the personality 240 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:47,480 of Jesus in the context of like, I need it to happen in my home. 241 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:52,040 I need it to happen so deeply in my heart that my insecurities my 242 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:57,120 my bad ways that I learned to lead that it's going to change 243 00:21:57,120 --> 00:22:01,680 those things because I was a man fully devoted to Jesus and 244 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,880 loving other people and tearing my family apart at the same time 245 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:07,560 because the only way I knew how to father and how to be a 246 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:09,200 husband was what was shown to me. 247 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,960 And I could pull up a scripture that says, Hey Todd, love your 248 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,400 wife as Christ loved the church and laid his life down for like 249 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,720 heck yeah. I would love to die for her. 250 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,520 I don't know why she's so mad though. 251 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:31,640 I'd take a bullet for that girl, but I the things that I wouldn't 252 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,080 do and the things that I didn't know how to do was take care of 253 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:39,000 myself in a way that I know how to walk into my home filled with 254 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:44,160 love and peace and joy and hope and enthusiasm and provision and 255 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,800 protection and be able to inspire my family. 256 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:51,720 Rather than give all of that I have away to the world around me 257 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:56,400 and then come to my home as though I've got nothing left to 258 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:59,280 give. I didn't know what was wrong 259 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:03,840 with me. I needed more than a scripture 260 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:07,880 to pull up in that moment. I needed a power to do something 261 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:11,960 that I couldn't do. I needed new wisdom on what does 262 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,360 it look like to guard my heart with all diligence? 263 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:16,680 This is the Bible verse either way. 264 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,360 Guard my heart with all diligence knowing that all these 265 00:23:20,360 --> 00:23:22,360 issues in my life, they're flowing out of it. 266 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,520 This encounter that she's having, this lifestyle that 267 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:34,240 she's being invited into when it matters, when things start 268 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:37,440 falling apart and she gets scared and wants to do something 269 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,720 that's going to hurt herself or someone around her, I'm going to 270 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:44,600 be able to be there with her and say we don't need to do it that 271 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:45,840 way. There's a different way. 272 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:53,600 Look, you're still scared. It's OK, but we're not going to 273 00:23:53,600 --> 00:24:00,800 stay this way. That's why when Jesus said that 274 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:05,360 when I go away, that the counselor is going to come, the 275 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:07,960 Holy Spirit's going to come, and when the Holy Spirit comes, he's 276 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,560 going to convict the world of sin and of righteousness and of 277 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,840 judgment. It's going to be such a powerful 278 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:27,760 encounter that. I'm going to convict the world 279 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:32,600 of sin. There are people here today that 280 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,040 you've not given your life to Jesus. 281 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,280 You're you're not a son or a daughter of God. 282 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:43,600 And it's OK. But I hope, I hope that you're 283 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:48,800 receptive enough, humble enough in this moment to say I actually 284 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,680 need to see what it is that's in the way. 285 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:55,800 Why am I still living my life separated from God? 286 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,480 Why do I not feel as though I'm actually one with God? 287 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:00,360 It might just be because you're not. 288 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,120 He said that he's given every one of us the right to become 289 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:08,480 children of God. It's not just something that 290 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:12,240 you're born into. Every man is born. 291 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:16,040 But then every man gets to make the decision on what it is that 292 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:46,320 they're going to do with this. Jesus Christ is ready to help my 293 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:57,800 freely gifts. I will ever love and trust Him 294 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:07,240 in His presence. Daily I surrender. 295 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:27,920 I surrender on TV. My blessed say you're right. 296 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:37,280 Surrender. I surrender. 297 00:26:43,160 --> 00:27:00,070 I surrender all to thee, my blessed Savior, I surrender. 298 00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:37,800 There's some of you that just realized that that was actually 299 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,320 you. I'm so happy for you. 300 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,640 It's almost like we we can't even go anywhere if we don't 301 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,120 first of all realize that we need saved from something. 302 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:53,920 It's a circular conversation. This is not just about trying to 303 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:55,320 figure out how to make life better. 304 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:57,160 This is about getting rescued from hell. 305 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:03,760 And I've heard your pastor say that there's an explicit goal of 306 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,440 this church, and that is to make it as hard as possible for 307 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,520 anybody to ever live separated from God. 308 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:14,520 It's almost like you can't get there from here. 309 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,040 And we want to make it as clear as possible that you don't have 310 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:22,640 to leave here with any shame, any doubt, any condemnation 311 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:26,640 whatsoever. Completely clean. 312 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,520 So much so that if you can understand the language that God 313 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:33,400 would call you his righteousness, that you're as 314 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,680 pure as he is simply because you said yes to Jesus. 315 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,080 And you get an infusion of holiness that makes it to where 316 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:46,640 you are righteous because the rest of the verse that I said 317 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,480 that it came to convict the world of sin. 318 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:53,960 Sometimes we get stuck in that, that he's Holy Spirit's trying 319 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:55,960 to show you everything that's wrong with you. 320 00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:59,960 The next part is he's convicting the world of sin and 321 00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:06,880 righteousness and judgment. So what if this whole time you 322 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:10,920 thought that it was Holy Spirit pointing out everything that's 323 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:14,720 wrong with you and you just feel like you can never measure up, 324 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:21,120 never be good enough. I'll just throw it out there. 325 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:23,520 What if, what if that's actually not Holy Spirit? 326 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,960 That's actually a demonic torment that is the accuser of 327 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,440 the brethren. That makes it to where we can 328 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:36,720 sit here in a house fully whole, filled with the power of God, 329 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,240 the righteousness of God in Christ, that we're seated in 330 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:43,080 heavenly places with Him and still look at ourselves as 331 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,200 though we're just sinners saved by grace. 332 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,680 No wonder we're too scared to do anything. 333 00:29:53,200 --> 00:30:05,640 It's too hard. I just said a bunch, and I'm 334 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:09,080 going to trust that Clayton's going to clean up any of that 335 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:25,680 that you misunderstood. This is not my quote, but I 336 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,800 think it's probably the most profound thing I could say in 337 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:32,680 this moment, that Jesus didn't come to make bad people into 338 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:37,320 good people. He did what he did so that he 339 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,600 could take dead people and bring them back to life. 340 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,520 It's a big difference to me because I was dead. 341 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:52,480 I was so stuck in a pattern that I inherited from my parents and 342 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:55,600 from the culture that raised me that I was never going to 343 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:59,360 change. That would be a middle-aged. 344 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:05,040 I'm old now. Maybe even I'd be a 54 year old, 345 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:16,320 angry, bitter, a lone man. I couldn't get myself out of the 346 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:19,400 hole that I was in. You can't get yourself out of 347 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,680 the hole that you're in. We can't make things that are 348 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:26,640 wrong, right? That's what the forgiveness is 349 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:30,520 about. It didn't come from me, but I 350 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,480 get to possess it. It's the forgiveness of God. 351 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:51,840 It's the power of God. Man, I just said a lot. 352 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:56,200 I don't want this to overwhelm you to the point where you just 353 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,880 shut down. I'm going to let Austin just 354 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:03,800 worship over you. close your eyes if you need to. 355 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:08,640 Take some deep breaths. Nobody's put in a corner. 356 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:15,680 This isn't about a conversion. This is an introduction to a 357 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:20,800 king and a creator of heaven and earth that you don't maybe know. 358 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:25,920 And the fact that he wants to become one with you should like 359 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:31,640 it is to me, feel like why? I don't know why he would want 360 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:36,600 me, but he does enough to reveal himself to me and he's revealing 361 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:40,080 himself to you right now. And I don't know why. 362 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,880 I guess it's just that's what perfect love does. 363 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:12,760 I love you Lord, for your mercy never fails me. 364 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:19,480 All my days I've been held in your head. 365 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:31,520 From the moment that I wake up till I lay my head, I will sing 366 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:43,180 of the goodness of God. And all my life you have been 367 00:33:43,220 --> 00:33:53,060 faithful. All my life you have been so so 368 00:33:53,060 --> 00:33:58,740 good. With every breath that I am 369 00:33:58,820 --> 00:34:05,100 able, I will say of the goodness. 370 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:16,199 I love your voice. You have led me through the 371 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:23,440 fire. In darkest night you were close 372 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:29,800 like no other. I've known you as a father. 373 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:38,960 I've known you as a friend that I have lived in the goodness of 374 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:53,639 God all my life. You have been faithful all my 375 00:34:53,639 --> 00:34:58,120 life. You have been so, so good. 376 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:10,120 With every breath that I enable, I will sing of your goodness 377 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:18,000 with God. Your goodness is running after 378 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:26,400 it's running after me. Your goodness is running after. 379 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:31,960 It's running after me. With my life laid down, 380 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:36,800 surrendered, now I give you everything. 381 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,160 Your goodness is running after you. 382 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:49,000 It's running after me. Your goodness is running after 383 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,920 me. It's running after me. 384 00:35:54,560 --> 00:36:00,000 Your goodness is running after. It's running after me. 385 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:05,000 With my life laid down. I'm surrendered now. 386 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:13,000 I give you everything. Your goodness is running after 387 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:14,480 me. It's running after me. 388 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:34,760 All my life you have been faithful, all my life you have 389 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:44,520 been so so bad. With every breath that I enable, 390 00:36:46,480 --> 00:37:11,070 I will of forget me God. Oh man, she's so tender, and the 391 00:37:11,070 --> 00:37:21,410 thing about her tenderness is be easy to take advantage of her 392 00:37:26,090 --> 00:37:28,130 because she's so kind and she wants to please. 393 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:53,830 She's a little bit sore, so we're not going to push her, but 394 00:37:53,830 --> 00:37:57,910 I want her to know that the gifts and the callings of God 395 00:37:58,030 --> 00:38:00,270 that are irrevocable, that there's gifts that I'm going to 396 00:38:00,270 --> 00:38:05,430 give her that metaphorically will never be taken away. 397 00:38:07,070 --> 00:38:12,480 And the gift isn't the saddle, the gift is me. 398 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:20,160 But with me comes all sorts of resources, tools to do things 399 00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:37,660 better. What's been wild for me is to 400 00:38:37,660 --> 00:38:52,080 realize that. So many of the things that our 401 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:58,480 Father wants to give us comes embodied in somebody else. 402 00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:02,720 I can makes it to where we're going to have to learn to love 403 00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:14,160 and partner with each other without any shame so that we can 404 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:16,720 come to each other with all of our brokenness and all of our 405 00:39:16,720 --> 00:39:23,920 questions and truly start taking care of each other. 406 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:37,040 Because of the type of encounter I had with Jesus, trusting Him 407 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:43,680 has been so easy for me. And I know that's not the case 408 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:45,560 with so many people. Like they actually have a hard 409 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:49,520 time trusting God, and I'm just so amazed that it doesn't bother 410 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:54,240 him. He's not insecure about your 411 00:39:54,240 --> 00:39:58,400 uncertainty and the real questions that you have and you 412 00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:04,680 can even be angry at God and he'll, he'll just wait. 413 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:09,720 He's like, I know all that was super painful. 414 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:03,840 Holy Spirit, we embrace you in this place, knowing that you're 415 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:08,560 the author and the finisher, that nothing good that we know 416 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:11,080 of comes from any other source but you. 417 00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:18,360 Thank you for a room full of people that are hungry to become 418 00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:19,720 more than what they are right now. 419 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:26,560 They're hungry for you. Can we pray, Buck, at the same 420 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:30,640 time? Thank you. 421 00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:35,760 We can sit here just amongst each other and enjoy your 422 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:40,920 presence knowing that you're the one that began this good and 423 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,080 work in US and you're going to complete it. 424 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,680 And we present ourselves to you as our as your family. 425 00:41:55,010 --> 00:41:59,610 I love the stories of Jesus and the ways the people around him 426 00:41:59,610 --> 00:42:04,930 would freak out and he'd just wait till they're done freaking 427 00:42:04,930 --> 00:42:09,010 out and then he'd say peace be still. 428 00:42:10,370 --> 00:42:13,610 It's OK promise. It seemed like the whole sky was 429 00:42:13,610 --> 00:42:16,530 falling there for a second, but it really wasn't. 430 00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:26,320 I got you. I'm I'm glad to inform you all. 431 00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:30,200 You can't kill me. I'm never going to die. 432 00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:35,720 I'm not afraid of dying and I'm not afraid of living because 433 00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:40,840 this body is just something that I get to steward for a lifetime. 434 00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:50,880 But it ain't me. What happens to a group of 435 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:52,440 people that aren't afraid of anything? 436 00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:58,960 You can't stop them. And the only way we're ever 437 00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:01,680 going to get there is to be fathered by God. 438 00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:05,560 We're not going to find it in a religion. 439 00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:08,720 The next great book isn't going to bring the healing. 440 00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:11,400 This message is not going to heal you. 441 00:43:14,240 --> 00:43:17,200 You deciding to partner with God the rest of your life and 442 00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:20,680 allowing him to father you in a way that only a perfect father 443 00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:23,400 can. And I know that that even that 444 00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:25,800 word can be a trigger for some people. 445 00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:29,320 Like your dad just wasn't. Please don't let God be like my 446 00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:35,000 dad. That might be your story, but we 447 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:38,880 get to see in the life of Jesus, and if you can just stick with 448 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:41,760 the Bible long enough to get through the Gospels, Matthew, 449 00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:45,040 Mark, Luke, and John, and look at Jesus. 450 00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:47,320 Look at how he conducted himself. 451 00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:50,680 Look at how it is that he viewed the world. 452 00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:55,640 And then we're going to live a lifestyle of learning to see the 453 00:43:55,640 --> 00:44:10,400 things that he saw. This is what the becoming looks 454 00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:24,290 like. I think it would be tragic for 455 00:44:24,290 --> 00:44:31,330 her to spend her life apart because at best she'd have been 456 00:44:31,330 --> 00:44:34,930 pretty. I got nothing against pretty. 457 00:44:34,930 --> 00:44:38,170 Like I told you, I got a really pretty Palomino at home. 458 00:44:39,570 --> 00:44:45,680 But the tragedy would be that our lives just become what it is 459 00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:51,000 that we can do superficially. And that song that they sang at 460 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:54,480 the beginning, that you were made for more. 461 00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:58,360 I don't know if that's a familiar song around this house. 462 00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:00,400 Do you guys sing that much? OK. 463 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:05,040 It should just be an anthem, and it doesn't breed discontentment 464 00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:08,560 inside of you. I asked the last service and I 465 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:10,000 guess I'm going to ask you all too. 466 00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:14,280 If I'm not, I'm going to stick with men. 467 00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:18,520 I'm just safer there. But men, if you want to be a 468 00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:21,320 better man than you currently are, would you raise your hand? 469 00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:29,240 That's not a self condemning thing to do. 470 00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:33,080 This is what we do as sons and daughters of God. 471 00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:35,960 We spend a lifetime of repentance. 472 00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:39,040 Meaning that I want to see more clearly. 473 00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:43,400 I want to love more purely. I want to know what it's like to 474 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:45,800 see what it is that God sees when he looks at me. 475 00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:50,920 And as long as that image is distorted, I'm not there yet. 476 00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:58,680 You still see what it is that you see based on a whole bunch 477 00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:02,360 of circumstances that we're out of your control. 478 00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:10,600 What if what God says about you is more true than what it is 479 00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:18,640 that you believe about you? What an invitation that is. 480 00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:27,000 I know as a dad, I've got one of my sons sitting right here who's 481 00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:30,480 now a man. But I remember when he was a 482 00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:37,000 boy, he came to me after someone had told him that he was 483 00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:43,840 annoying and he came and said, dad, am I annoying? 484 00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:53,360 I'm so grateful for Holy Spirit for moments like this because 485 00:46:53,960 --> 00:47:00,120 had I just responded, he was so hyper that you could use that 486 00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:05,400 word. But Holy Spirit caught me in 487 00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:08,760 that moment and realized your son is asking you an identity 488 00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:11,720 issue that's going to track with him the rest of his life. 489 00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:16,400 So get your wits about you before you open your mouth and 490 00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:19,880 make sure that you know how to answer this question correctly. 491 00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:26,120 There's things that you can do better, son, but with all my 492 00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:33,120 heart, you are not annoying and don't have her let anybody else 493 00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:35,200 tell you who you are or what you are. 494 00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:40,880 I get to do that until you learn to hear from God himself. 495 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:47,280 And if we live a lifestyle of not asking what the world around 496 00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:50,160 us believes about us, what our spouse believes about us, what 497 00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:54,880 our friends believe about us, we actually ask God, what do you 498 00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:58,720 believe about me? He's not going to hide the fact 499 00:47:58,720 --> 00:48:00,640 that, yeah, there's a lot of things, Todd, that you can 500 00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:07,600 continue to grow in. But I see you as so much. 501 00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:10,480 I I see what you can become. I already know it. 502 00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:12,320 I know what she's going to be able to do. 503 00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:18,080 She doesn't know. But I would spend a lifetime 504 00:48:18,080 --> 00:48:24,840 helping her see what she can do. And it gets better and better 505 00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:29,720 and better, even though she may only get a certain level of 506 00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:38,000 physical aptitudes and training. The better is in the faith, hope 507 00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:40,360 and love, the the joy, the peace. 508 00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:47,400 She's yawning. You don't do that your first day 509 00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:53,480 of training like normally. It's way different than this, I 510 00:48:53,520 --> 00:48:57,480 promise. But she's not trained, she's not 511 00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:03,080 broke, she's being healed. She's being involved, invited 512 00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:07,160 into a covenant. The way Jesus puts it, that 513 00:49:07,160 --> 00:49:08,960 makes it to where this is pretty one sided. 514 00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:12,000 Sweetheart, I came after you. I'm revealing my love to you. 515 00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:16,360 Yes, you get to respond to it. But I started this and I promise 516 00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:18,760 you that I'm not going to leave you up to your own resources to 517 00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:27,920 finish it. I'm with you in this, and I know 518 00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:30,520 that that may not sound like the version of God that you've 519 00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:33,640 heard, but I swear with my life it's true. 520 00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:38,160 And if you don't believe the words that I say, please believe 521 00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:44,080 the the evidence. This is the kindness of God that 522 00:49:44,080 --> 00:49:48,160 leads to repentance. This is what it's like to be 523 00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:51,360 caught up in something that you don't even have to understand. 524 00:49:53,840 --> 00:49:56,320 Because she didn't have a ton more information. 525 00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:08,540 Nothing really changed other than everything and she never 526 00:50:08,540 --> 00:50:11,540 really heard my voice, but somehow I was able to get her 527 00:50:11,540 --> 00:50:14,780 here. It's a mystery. 528 00:50:56,730 --> 00:51:01,970 It's a good girl. All my words were short. 529 00:51:01,970 --> 00:51:14,250 I've got nothing used. How can I spread all my gravity? 530 00:51:17,800 --> 00:51:25,360 I could sing these songs as I often do. 531 00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:34,560 Every song must stay and you never do. 532 00:51:38,920 --> 00:51:44,840 So I throw up my hands and praise you again and again. 533 00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:56,960 All that I have is the Hallelujah, Hallelujah. 534 00:51:59,840 --> 00:52:05,040 And I know it's not much, but I'm nothing else fit for you 535 00:52:07,720 --> 00:52:38,080 except for a heart singing high. How sweet it is to be loved by 536 00:52:38,080 --> 00:52:42,880 the creator of heaven on earth. Don't miss it, please. 537 00:52:53,330 --> 00:52:55,570 I'm going to get on an airplane tomorrow and I'm going to fly 538 00:52:55,570 --> 00:52:57,930 home to that Palomino field I was talking about. 539 00:52:59,650 --> 00:53:05,970 And it's kind of a, it's a bittersweet thing for me because 540 00:53:07,050 --> 00:53:14,200 I want to stay here and watch you guys like what you as, what 541 00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:17,680 you're going to do as a family. What is you're going to do as a 542 00:53:17,680 --> 00:53:30,000 community with a band of sisters and brothers that just refuse to 543 00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:35,960 give up on each other, that have just decided that there's only a 544 00:53:36,280 --> 00:53:40,000 few things worth dying for and there's only a few things worth 545 00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:42,320 living for, and we're going to prioritize that. 546 00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:45,200 We're not building a congregation. 547 00:53:46,240 --> 00:53:47,920 We're not trying to build a church. 548 00:53:49,240 --> 00:53:53,400 There is one church, and the gates of hell will never prevail 549 00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:57,080 against that one church. And there's only really one 550 00:53:57,080 --> 00:53:59,480 government, and that government's resting on the 551 00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:03,120 shoulders of Jesus. So I promise you there's a 552 00:54:03,120 --> 00:54:05,960 Kingdom that's being established that's going to last forever, 553 00:54:06,320 --> 00:54:09,080 and we get to decide whether we want to be a part of that or 554 00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:12,440 not. And I don't know why this life 555 00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:17,520 happens to be so significant, but it is because I think of my 556 00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:21,280 life in the context of eternity. And I just don't know how to do 557 00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:23,640 that other than to just say it's true. 558 00:54:25,520 --> 00:54:30,160 Jesus lived one life. It changed everything and the 559 00:54:30,160 --> 00:54:32,760 only reason that I've got the privilege to stand in front of 560 00:54:32,760 --> 00:54:36,040 you, not a converted man to Christianity, but a man that's 561 00:54:36,040 --> 00:54:39,960 been caught up into a 3rd heaven that makes it to where there is 562 00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:42,440 a reality that you can't see that's more real than what you 563 00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:44,720 can see. And there's a voice that's more 564 00:54:44,720 --> 00:54:47,120 true than anything that you're ever going to be able to look up 565 00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:51,280 on Google. It's the Word of God and it gets 566 00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:53,320 made flesh and it dwells among us. 567 00:54:57,920 --> 00:55:01,040 And everybody in this room that's been rescued by the 568 00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:06,040 reckless, relentless, powerful love of God, those people, 569 00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:08,240 they're going to tell you the same thing. 570 00:55:10,280 --> 00:55:13,160 And it's with that that I can leave knowing that you guys are 571 00:55:13,160 --> 00:55:16,920 going to to win. I don't think Kansas City's 572 00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:23,560 going to win. But I didn't know how that was 573 00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:26,920 going to go. I'm sorry, I'm a Dallas Cowboy 574 00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:32,560 fan because my wife told me to be Yeah, we don't have football 575 00:55:32,560 --> 00:55:39,880 in Idaho, but this is our life. This is our game. 576 00:55:39,880 --> 00:55:42,240 This is our chance. Like this is our family and our 577 00:55:42,240 --> 00:55:48,600 legacy and our destiny. And after I'm gone, my kids, 578 00:55:48,600 --> 00:55:52,720 kids, kids, kids are going to have kids that are going to talk 579 00:55:52,720 --> 00:55:55,680 about the fact that there was one man and one woman that stood 580 00:55:55,680 --> 00:56:00,120 in their lineage that went against all the odds of their 581 00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:04,440 prior generations to say that we're not going to follow that 582 00:56:04,640 --> 00:56:08,560 we're not going to continue to be like we were taught to be. 583 00:56:09,080 --> 00:56:10,680 And I'm not dishonouring my parents. 584 00:56:10,680 --> 00:56:13,400 They, I, they made huge ground for us. 585 00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:19,120 And I don't want my kids to be like I am other than saved. 586 00:56:20,720 --> 00:56:21,920 They're going to be better than me. 587 00:56:22,720 --> 00:56:25,160 But there's a change in the trajectory of your family that 588 00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:30,480 gets to start with you. What a huge privilege. 589 00:56:30,680 --> 00:56:33,240 And we're not victims to the culture and the sky is not 590 00:56:33,240 --> 00:56:35,840 following and and AI has not taken over. 591 00:56:36,160 --> 00:56:40,920 Did you guys know that AI stands for artificial insemination? 592 00:56:41,920 --> 00:56:43,640 They're not stealing our word, man. 593 00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:48,040 I went years of hearing about AI taking over the world, thinking 594 00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:50,600 that they were talking about artificial insemination. 595 00:56:52,520 --> 00:56:55,880 And then I realized what they were talking about and I'm like, 596 00:56:57,000 --> 00:57:13,600 oh that Dang, I love my gift. Was I saying anything important? 597 00:57:15,560 --> 00:57:19,440 I don't want to go. That's I'm I'm -4 minutes on the 598 00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:26,920 time clock. And it would break my heart for 599 00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:30,160 any of you to leave here without knowing where it is that you 600 00:57:30,160 --> 00:57:35,440 stand. And if you've got any questions 601 00:57:35,800 --> 00:57:41,240 on what it is on whether you truly are one with God, I'm, 602 00:57:41,560 --> 00:57:44,320 I'll stay here as long as they let me. 603 00:57:46,240 --> 00:57:49,520 And I know that there's a ton of other people that will stay here 604 00:57:49,520 --> 00:57:51,320 and make sure that your questions are answered. 605 00:57:55,280 --> 00:57:57,640 Amen. And I'll be right up front at 606 00:57:57,640 --> 00:58:00,800 the end of this deal. If, if anybody needs anything 607 00:58:02,080 --> 00:58:03,440 other than don't just chat with me. 608 00:58:03,960 --> 00:58:07,240 This is a pretty sacred moment. Let's if you want prayer, if you 609 00:58:07,240 --> 00:58:12,080 have a legitimate question, let's talk about it because I 610 00:58:12,080 --> 00:58:16,120 know there's a lot of back story that's coming into this 611 00:58:16,120 --> 00:58:21,920 conversation for you. Mr. Clayton, I love you all. 612 00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:31,940 Thank you. You did such a good job. 613 00:58:33,140 --> 00:58:35,940 It was. I have a unique privilege of 614 00:58:35,940 --> 00:58:37,300 getting to see all three of these. 615 00:58:37,660 --> 00:58:43,220 And Thursday night all that horse did was buck. 616 00:58:44,140 --> 00:58:49,880 It just would not quit kicking. And then first service, that 617 00:58:49,880 --> 00:58:54,080 horse would not stop running. And then I was watching this 618 00:58:54,080 --> 00:58:55,480 one. I was like, what a completely 619 00:58:55,480 --> 00:58:57,200 different experience. There was a little bit of 620 00:58:57,200 --> 00:59:00,200 kicking him, but there was a desire to lean in. 621 00:59:01,840 --> 00:59:03,840 It's while he's talking. I'm just starting thinking 622 00:59:03,840 --> 00:59:05,680 through like, man, Thursday night was me. 623 00:59:05,680 --> 00:59:09,440 All I did was kick against God. That's all I did. 624 00:59:10,040 --> 00:59:13,760 I just kept kicking him and kicking him and kicking him and 625 00:59:13,760 --> 00:59:16,920 kicking him. And then during first service, 626 00:59:16,920 --> 00:59:20,560 my wife is sitting next to me. I, I probably wore a hole in the 627 00:59:20,560 --> 00:59:23,160 back of her shirt because I just kept scratching her back going. 628 00:59:23,160 --> 00:59:25,880 That was my wife. She just kept running from him, 629 00:59:26,880 --> 00:59:34,000 running from him because she put a lot of her past and a lot of 630 00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:38,080 her family on God. And so she was having a hard 631 00:59:38,080 --> 00:59:40,560 time trusting God. And so she just spent a whole 632 00:59:40,560 --> 00:59:45,360 lot of time running. And then I was watching this 633 00:59:45,360 --> 00:59:49,000 service and I was like, oh, that's my voice. 634 00:59:50,600 --> 00:59:55,000 They're not going to have to hit absolute rock bottom before they 635 00:59:55,000 --> 00:59:56,560 turn to Jesus. They're not going to have to 636 00:59:56,560 --> 01:00:01,000 write the worst testimony you can put pen to paper. 637 01:00:01,400 --> 01:00:03,200 They're going to have a different story. 638 01:00:03,200 --> 01:00:06,600 They're going to have a desire early on to lean in. 639 01:00:06,600 --> 01:00:10,000 And then I was going, if I could have any prayer this week, 640 01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:14,320 answered in this region. It would be that your kids and 641 01:00:14,320 --> 01:00:21,840 your grandkids find him early and lean in soon. 642 01:00:23,320 --> 01:00:25,960 There's a little bit of kick in all of our kids, but they don't 643 01:00:25,960 --> 01:00:28,880 have to kick for long. I mean, when you're a horse, 644 01:00:28,880 --> 01:00:31,560 that's kind of what you do. You can bite at the other 645 01:00:31,560 --> 01:00:35,080 horses, you can kick at your enemies, or you can run and get 646 01:00:35,080 --> 01:00:37,200 out as fast as you can. Those are like your three 647 01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:42,120 options. Bite, kick, run, bite, kick, 648 01:00:42,560 --> 01:00:45,000 run. And I'm willing to wager that if 649 01:00:45,000 --> 01:00:47,480 you were to kind of look at the different areas of your life, 650 01:00:47,920 --> 01:00:49,760 that's kind of been your three options. 651 01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:52,480 Marriage isn't going the way you want. 652 01:00:52,840 --> 01:00:56,240 You get a little bitey. Things aren't going right in 653 01:00:56,240 --> 01:00:59,160 your marriage. Some of you, you kick and you 654 01:00:59,160 --> 01:01:02,840 kick hard and some of you things got rough in your marriage and 655 01:01:02,840 --> 01:01:05,120 what did you do? You ran. 656 01:01:06,800 --> 01:01:08,720 Things get rough in your parenting, you get a little 657 01:01:08,720 --> 01:01:10,800 bitey. Some of you kick a little too 658 01:01:10,800 --> 01:01:17,840 much, others of you you ran. All of your instincts say bite, 659 01:01:18,760 --> 01:01:23,360 kick, run. And so when God comes into the 660 01:01:23,360 --> 01:01:29,440 picture, you bite, you kick, you run. 661 01:01:30,360 --> 01:01:34,640 I just got an honest question. How is that working for you? 662 01:01:37,520 --> 01:01:45,160 What if instead you trusted the Bible says in Second Corinthians 663 01:01:45,160 --> 01:01:50,600 chapter 3 verse 17, the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit 664 01:01:50,600 --> 01:01:57,160 is there is freedom. Hear me, there is no way for you 665 01:01:57,160 --> 01:02:01,760 to experience true freedom outside of an intimate personal 666 01:02:01,760 --> 01:02:05,960 relationship with Jesus Christ because when you begin an 667 01:02:05,960 --> 01:02:08,960 intimate personal relationship with Jesus Christ, the Bible 668 01:02:08,960 --> 01:02:12,600 communicates to us that that is when the Spirit takes up 669 01:02:12,600 --> 01:02:17,760 residence in your life. And so if you're here today and 670 01:02:17,760 --> 01:02:19,240 you're going, I'm ready to have freedom. 671 01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:24,160 I'm ready to trust, We're going to give you an opportunity to do 672 01:02:24,160 --> 01:02:26,160 that. And I just want to give you some 673 01:02:26,160 --> 01:02:28,480 incentive. Here's a little bit of my story, 674 01:02:28,480 --> 01:02:30,800 and it's not just my story, it's the story of a lot of people. 675 01:02:30,800 --> 01:02:33,560 I would tell you that the greatest decision I ever made 676 01:02:33,560 --> 01:02:35,960 was starting an intimate, personal relationship with Jesus 677 01:02:35,960 --> 01:02:38,960 Christ. And my biggest regret is I 678 01:02:38,960 --> 01:02:41,680 didn't do it sooner. And I know there's many of you 679 01:02:41,680 --> 01:02:44,120 all across this region, even watching online, you'd go, yeah, 680 01:02:44,120 --> 01:02:46,240 that's just your story. But I want you to know I'm 681 01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:48,480 surrounded by people that would tell you that that is their 682 01:02:48,480 --> 01:02:50,240 story, too. Let me prove it to you. 683 01:02:50,240 --> 01:02:53,080 Can we get a wide shot for a second crossing family? 684 01:02:53,080 --> 01:02:55,600 If you would say that the single greatest decision you ever made 685 01:02:55,600 --> 01:02:58,560 was starting an intimate personal relationship with Jesus 686 01:02:58,560 --> 01:02:59,800 Christ, would you put your hand up? 687 01:03:00,680 --> 01:03:03,840 Would you also agree with me? If you, if you, if you don't 688 01:03:03,840 --> 01:03:05,080 agree with me, you don't have to raise your hand. 689 01:03:05,080 --> 01:03:07,840 But if you do, we'll say that your biggest regret is that you 690 01:03:07,840 --> 01:03:09,840 didn't start that relationship with him sooner. 691 01:03:09,840 --> 01:03:12,480 Would you raise your hand? Check this. 692 01:03:13,480 --> 01:03:16,160 It's not just me. It's people who work where you 693 01:03:16,160 --> 01:03:18,360 work, live where you live in your neighborhood. 694 01:03:18,360 --> 01:03:20,840 And some of them are even in your family and they're in your 695 01:03:20,840 --> 01:03:23,040 row. Some of them they brought you. 696 01:03:26,240 --> 01:03:30,280 When a horse is on its own, all it's trying to do is stay away 697 01:03:30,280 --> 01:03:34,840 from the predators, get some water, and get something to eat. 698 01:03:36,200 --> 01:03:40,040 And when a horse begins to trust the cowboy and lets the cowboy 699 01:03:40,040 --> 01:03:43,240 take up residence in its life, guess what happens? 700 01:03:43,480 --> 01:03:46,240 Guess who's responsible for feeding the horse? 701 01:03:46,880 --> 01:03:51,040 It's not the horse anymore. It's the cowboy who's 702 01:03:51,040 --> 01:03:53,360 responsible for making sure that the horse has water. 703 01:03:54,120 --> 01:03:56,000 It's not the horse's responsibility anymore. 704 01:03:56,360 --> 01:03:59,720 It's the Cowboys. Guess whose job it is to take 705 01:03:59,720 --> 01:04:02,320 care of the predators. It's not the horses anymore, 706 01:04:02,560 --> 01:04:07,040 it's the Cowboys. Jesus says come to me and I will 707 01:04:07,040 --> 01:04:10,320 give you living water and you will never be thirsty again. 708 01:04:11,200 --> 01:04:14,480 Jesus comes to you and he says I am the bread of life, Eat of me 709 01:04:14,480 --> 01:04:17,400 and you will never be hungry again. 710 01:04:18,360 --> 01:04:22,400 And when you walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I 711 01:04:22,400 --> 01:04:26,440 will be with you. I will anoint your head with oil 712 01:04:26,440 --> 01:04:28,800 in the presence of your predators. 713 01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:33,000 That is what He is inviting you to. 714 01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:36,520 And if you are listening to my voice right now and you've never 715 01:04:36,520 --> 01:04:40,160 started an intimate personal relationship with Jesus Christ, 716 01:04:40,160 --> 01:04:42,520 I just want to tell you, don't put it off. 717 01:04:43,120 --> 01:04:45,440 In just a few moments, people around the room at your 718 01:04:45,440 --> 01:04:47,920 different location are going to stand and sing some. 719 01:04:47,920 --> 01:04:50,000 They're going to come to the steps and pray. 720 01:04:50,720 --> 01:04:53,280 And what I want to encourage you to do is walk right over by the 721 01:04:53,280 --> 01:04:56,080 baptistry, wherever you're watching from, and there's going 722 01:04:56,080 --> 01:04:58,440 to be people there that would love to talk with you and pray 723 01:04:58,440 --> 01:05:00,880 with you. If you're here at our 48th St. 724 01:05:00,880 --> 01:05:02,680 location, there's going to be people over the baptistry. 725 01:05:02,680 --> 01:05:04,920 He'd be willing to talk to you as well as Todd and his team 726 01:05:04,920 --> 01:05:06,600 right over here on the opposite side. 727 01:05:07,080 --> 01:05:10,360 And if you have a question about salvation, if you're going, I 728 01:05:10,360 --> 01:05:13,320 want to start a relationship with Jesus Christ. 729 01:05:13,320 --> 01:05:16,040 We would love an opportunity to step into that moment with you. 730 01:05:16,920 --> 01:05:20,520 To those of you who are already Christians, the Bible says trust 731 01:05:20,520 --> 01:05:23,160 in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own 732 01:05:23,160 --> 01:05:27,600 understanding in all your ways. Acknowledge or trust in Him and 733 01:05:27,600 --> 01:05:32,760 He will make your path straight. And so I don't want this moment 734 01:05:32,760 --> 01:05:35,840 to just be lost on those of us who already have a relationship 735 01:05:35,840 --> 01:05:37,760 with Jesus. I want us to capture to the best 736 01:05:37,760 --> 01:05:40,560 of our ability. So if you already have a 737 01:05:40,560 --> 01:05:43,160 relationship with Jesus, can I poke you in the chest for just a 738 01:05:43,160 --> 01:05:46,800 second? Where is an area in your life 739 01:05:46,800 --> 01:05:55,960 where you are not trusting God? And maybe today you'd come to 740 01:05:55,960 --> 01:05:59,360 the steps and get down on your knees and say, God, I am ready 741 01:05:59,360 --> 01:06:03,240 for you to make this part of my life straight. 742 01:06:04,120 --> 01:06:09,160 I'm ready to trust you, and there's others of you. 743 01:06:09,840 --> 01:06:12,440 You couldn't watch this and not think of people that you care 744 01:06:12,440 --> 01:06:15,440 about, people that are close to you that are far from God, that 745 01:06:15,440 --> 01:06:18,880 you can't wait to see come to a relationship with Jesus Christ. 746 01:06:18,880 --> 01:06:21,600 And it would be horrible for us to have a moment like this and 747 01:06:21,600 --> 01:06:24,120 not spend some of our time praying that they'd be brought 748 01:06:24,120 --> 01:06:25,880 back into a right relationship with Him. 749 01:06:25,880 --> 01:06:30,280 Would you guys stand with me? Heavenly Father, I ask that 750 01:06:30,280 --> 01:06:33,120 you'd help us as a church step into this holy moment. 751 01:06:35,600 --> 01:06:37,960 God, you know right now all the different people that need to 752 01:06:37,960 --> 01:06:42,000 start a relationship with you. You know every person that needs 753 01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:44,280 to turn something in their life over to you. 754 01:06:44,280 --> 01:06:52,200 And you know every person that's on our hearts, that's far from 755 01:06:52,200 --> 01:06:56,800 you and God. We have nothing to offer. 756 01:06:56,800 --> 01:07:00,640 We have nothing to give but ourselves. 757 01:07:03,280 --> 01:07:05,440 This is God. If you would, if you would help 758 01:07:05,440 --> 01:07:10,960 us turn who we are over to you, the areas of our lives where 759 01:07:10,960 --> 01:07:14,240 it's hard to trust you, would you give us more capacity? 760 01:07:15,960 --> 01:07:19,080 Yeah, your disciples said, help us in our unbelief. 761 01:07:19,080 --> 01:07:22,120 And so, God, in all the areas where we have shortcomings and 762 01:07:22,120 --> 01:07:24,960 we don't measure up, God, would you fill us to the point where 763 01:07:24,960 --> 01:07:28,920 we need to be? Would you allow us to empty out 764 01:07:28,920 --> 01:07:32,560 ourselves and everything that is not supposed to be in us so that 765 01:07:32,560 --> 01:07:36,160 way we can be holy and completely filled by you? 766 01:07:37,480 --> 01:07:39,320 God? Did you stir something in our 767 01:07:39,320 --> 01:07:44,840 spirit and in our heart so that this moment will not be 768 01:07:44,840 --> 01:07:48,520 forgotten and that we'll live the rest of our lives in 769 01:07:48,520 --> 01:07:51,920 response to it? In your name I pray. 770 01:07:52,720 --> 01:07:53,200 Amen.