1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,300 Crossing family. I am so glad that you guys are 2 00:00:03,300 --> 00:00:05,800 here today. You pumped to be a church that 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,400 away. I love you, too. 4 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:10,300 I want to welcome all of our different locations. 5 00:00:10,300 --> 00:00:14,900 Those of you watching online and inside, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,400 We have an incredible weekend of ministry ahead of us and then 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,400 this upcoming weekend Super Bowl weekend, the third highest 8 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,900 attended weekend at our church, every single year is upon us. 9 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,500 I don't want to have to do this, but I think it's important that 10 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:29,900 I do. Because I think sometimes you 11 00:00:29,900 --> 00:00:33,000 guys doubt Out, my pastoral powers. 12 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:37,400 A couple weeks ago, I said this we are going to we were going to 13 00:00:37,408 --> 00:00:40,000 try and bring in a Kansas City, Chiefs player that's on the 14 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,800 roster presently but they'll be playing in the Super Bowl this 15 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:48,300 year. If you know, you know, I'll be 16 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:50,700 reading Palms after the service for 25 bucks. 17 00:00:51,300 --> 00:00:53,100 If you guys want to know what the lottery numbers are to let 18 00:00:53,100 --> 00:00:56,200 me know, it is going to be an incredible weekend to bring your 19 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,700 friends and family were bringing in Steve Weatherford. 20 00:00:58,900 --> 00:01:02,600 A former NFL player, big Fitness guy guy, you fell in love with 21 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,400 Jesus, and is telling people all across the country about them, 22 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,900 it will be a great weekend for you to bring friends, family and 23 00:01:08,900 --> 00:01:10,800 neighbors. We are also going to be 24 00:01:10,808 --> 00:01:16,400 participating in The Frigid 5K, our first-ever 5K, my second 25 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,600 ever 5K. All proof. 26 00:01:18,700 --> 00:01:20,300 Okay, listen, here's why we're doing it. 27 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:22,000 Not because we're workout freaks. 28 00:01:22,500 --> 00:01:25,400 Although I am not because we want to get out in the cold 29 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:27,500 because we already live in a bad place. 30 00:01:27,700 --> 00:01:30,900 The reason we're doing it is because we are raising money to 31 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:35,100 rescue and rehabilitate those who are in sex trafficking and 32 00:01:35,100 --> 00:01:37,900 we've got two great ministry partners that we're going to be 33 00:01:37,900 --> 00:01:39,600 directing all of the funds toward. 34 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,500 And there is a spot for every single one of you to 35 00:01:42,500 --> 00:01:45,100 participate, you can run it. You don't care. 36 00:01:45,107 --> 00:01:47,600 If you buy kit, you can roll it. You can I don't care you. 37 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,600 Can crawl it or you can just be there and serve people while 38 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,900 they do it. But there is a spot for 39 00:01:53,900 --> 00:01:57,200 everybody and I want us to come together, make a memory together 40 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,200 and ultimately make a difference together. 41 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,400 I also want to tell you this if you are here for the first time, 42 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,200 or maybe the first time in a long time, at any point in time 43 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,199 during this message, you can click on the QR code. 44 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:10,400 In front of you, you can get connected to our church. 45 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,500 You can sign up for the 5K. You can get more information 46 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:15,300 about how to take your next steps. 47 00:02:15,700 --> 00:02:17,900 What I want to do before I jump in and message, I want to Spend 48 00:02:17,900 --> 00:02:21,000 just a little bit of time in prayer for the ministry that is 49 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:22,100 ahead of us. Would you guys do that? 50 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,900 Got only, you know, what could happen in a person's life? 51 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:32,100 Next weekend. God, you're the only one who 52 00:02:32,100 --> 00:02:35,400 knows the power of an invite, the power of a little bit of 53 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:39,000 boldness, the power of a little bit of Courage, on our part got 54 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,300 that, you could take that small seed of faith and you could 55 00:02:42,300 --> 00:02:46,500 absolutely change a family tree. Got to pray that you would help 56 00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:49,000 us as a church. Be ready to love and welcome and 57 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,100 care and encourage God, I pray that we would never lose sight 58 00:02:53,100 --> 00:02:58,400 of the fact that you're Sacrifice forever changed us. 59 00:02:59,100 --> 00:03:03,000 But it's not just for us, it's for every person we will ever 60 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,900 meet your name. I pray. 61 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,500 Amen. Well, today marks the end of 62 00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:12,400 this sermon series, there has to be a place and I've been beating 63 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,500 you up on this spiritual spectrum that our church exists 64 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:17,000 for. Absolutely everybody on this 65 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,200 spiritual Spectrum, people who absolutely absolutely hate God, 66 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:22,000 and people who think they look like him. 67 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:26,600 It is for everybody, which means that this is A church for you. 68 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:30,200 And our job is to help people, no matter where they're at, move 69 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,600 from left to right. And we started off talking about 70 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,300 there has to be a place that is committed to reaching the lost 71 00:03:37,300 --> 00:03:39,900 and making disciples. And then we said, there has to 72 00:03:39,900 --> 00:03:44,000 be a place that believes that Jesus still changes. 73 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,100 People, don't ever let Satan get you into this. 74 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:50,400 Stinking thinking that God is still not at work. 75 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:55,000 Still changing lives, still reorienting people's eternity. 76 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,800 And then we said, there has to be a place that is committed to 77 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,700 using the gifts that God has given them to make a difference 78 00:04:00,700 --> 00:04:05,100 in people's lives and joining him in his glorious Mission. 79 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:07,400 And then we said, there has to be a place that's committed to 80 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:12,600 biblical Community because you were not meant to live alone. 81 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,500 God's plan was for you to be in community with others. 82 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,800 So you can be a refuge for them and they can be a refuge for 83 00:04:19,899 --> 00:04:21,700 you. And then last week, we talked 84 00:04:21,700 --> 00:04:25,700 about there has to be a place that joyously gives to a advance 85 00:04:25,900 --> 00:04:27,600 the mission. And the whole reason we're doing 86 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:31,500 this is because we want to make this place right here, all ten 87 00:04:31,500 --> 00:04:33,900 thousand seven hundred, ninety five square miles. 88 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:35,800 This, I don't even know what this looks like. 89 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:37,400 It'll be a great tattoo for somebody. 90 00:04:37,700 --> 00:04:42,000 This place right here, the hardest place on planet Earth to 91 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,500 get to Hell from and it is going to require absolutely every 92 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:47,600 single one of us to make it happen. 93 00:04:48,300 --> 00:04:52,100 Today I titled my message. Let's dig. 94 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:54,200 Turn to your neighbor. Say let's dig. 95 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,800 I don't like digging right? I get it back in October of 96 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,700 2000. Yeah, back in October. 97 00:05:02,100 --> 00:05:04,500 I was doing some Bible reading and I ended up going down a 98 00:05:04,500 --> 00:05:10,000 really weird Rabbit Hole. However, at the end of that 99 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,200 rabbit hole, I found something that was incredibly spiritually 100 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,500 moving for me. It was so moving. 101 00:05:16,500 --> 00:05:18,800 I took our elders through it at our elders, Retreat. 102 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,700 I took our staff through it, we had a special gathering at the 103 00:05:21,700 --> 00:05:24,300 beginning of the year and I took that group of people through it 104 00:05:24,700 --> 00:05:28,700 and today I'm incredibly excited to share it with you. 105 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,400 The Rabbit Trail and went down is where all the times in the 106 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,200 Bible where it talks about digging. 107 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,300 And there's a couple of like, highlight reels. 108 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:38,500 It doesn't show up that all that often. 109 00:05:38,500 --> 00:05:40,200 But there's a couple highlights 01. 110 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,000 Is Matthew chapter 25 where people dig out of fear. 111 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,500 Again, it will be like a man going on a journey who called 112 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:50,600 his servants and entrusted, his wealth to them, to one, he gave 113 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:54,200 five bags of gold to another two bags, into another one bag each. 114 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,000 According to his ability, then he went on his journey. 115 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:01,200 The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and 116 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,900 put his money to work and gained five bags, more. 117 00:06:03,900 --> 00:06:08,000 So also the The one with two bags of gold, gained two more, 118 00:06:09,300 --> 00:06:12,700 but the man who had received one bag went off. 119 00:06:13,900 --> 00:06:18,300 Dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money. 120 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,700 Instead of leveraging what he had been given for a greater 121 00:06:22,700 --> 00:06:24,900 purpose. He hit it. 122 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:30,200 He dug a hole to bury it and protect it and preserve it. 123 00:06:30,500 --> 00:06:33,800 He wanted to take the gift that had been given to him and give 124 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:38,500 it back to his master in perfect mint condition. 125 00:06:38,900 --> 00:06:43,500 But that is not at all how God wants you to use the gift. 126 00:06:43,700 --> 00:06:47,500 You have he wants us to be the kind of people that have dirty 127 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:51,100 knees and calloused hands that are gifts, have some Nicks in 128 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:55,200 them because we've used them for his glory, god would rather you 129 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:59,200 try something and fail on his behalf, then have a perfect 130 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:03,700 track record of never trying anything and never failing at 131 00:07:03,700 --> 00:07:06,600 all. Another reason people dig in 132 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,100 scripture is they dig for stability. 133 00:07:09,900 --> 00:07:13,500 Look at this one, Luke chapter 6, why do you call this? 134 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:18,100 Is Jesus talking, why do you call me Lord Lord, and do not do 135 00:07:18,100 --> 00:07:21,300 what I say you guys know those kind of people people who say, 136 00:07:21,300 --> 00:07:23,900 they believe in Jesus, but don't act anything like him. 137 00:07:24,300 --> 00:07:26,000 Those people look a lot like us, right? 138 00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:30,300 As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them 139 00:07:30,300 --> 00:07:34,500 into practice I will show you what they are, like. 140 00:07:35,500 --> 00:07:42,400 They're like a man building a house who dug down deep and laid 141 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:46,700 the foundation on Rock. When a flood came the torrent, 142 00:07:46,700 --> 00:07:53,100 struck that house but could not shake it because it was well 143 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,600 built. But the one who hears my words 144 00:07:56,900 --> 00:08:00,100 they were at church, they were sitting right next to you. 145 00:08:00,300 --> 00:08:04,300 Hands were up during worship. And does not put them into 146 00:08:04,300 --> 00:08:07,900 practice, is like a man who built a house on the ground. 147 00:08:08,900 --> 00:08:12,400 Without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck 148 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:16,900 that house it collapsed and its destruction was completed. 149 00:08:18,100 --> 00:08:24,000 Come here. There are people out there who 150 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,700 will tell you that. Once you find a relationship 151 00:08:26,700 --> 00:08:29,100 with Jesus Christ, you will have no storms. 152 00:08:30,300 --> 00:08:35,799 Those people are idiots. Now, listen, you avoid some 153 00:08:35,799 --> 00:08:38,200 storms as a Christian, no doubt about it. 154 00:08:38,500 --> 00:08:41,600 You avoid some, but you do not avoid them. 155 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:48,300 All the difference is for the believer, who digs down deep the 156 00:08:48,300 --> 00:08:54,000 storms can come, the wind can blow, the rain, can fall the 157 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,100 flood. Waters can rise and when the 158 00:08:56,100 --> 00:09:02,900 storm is over, because no storm last forever, when the storm is 159 00:09:02,900 --> 00:09:08,400 over, Christian is still standing in 2023. 160 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:17,200 You will have a storm hit you and those who dig down deep and 161 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:20,700 put the words of God into practice in their life, they 162 00:09:20,700 --> 00:09:25,500 will have a firm foundation. And after the storms over, they 163 00:09:25,500 --> 00:09:29,600 will still be standing when you dig down deep in prayer. 164 00:09:29,700 --> 00:09:33,200 When you dig down deep in your reading, in your service into 165 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,800 your community, you are laying a foundation not just for you. 166 00:09:38,100 --> 00:09:42,100 But for all who will find Refuge with you, another, one of the 167 00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:44,700 reasons why people dig in scripture is Mark chapter 2, 168 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:47,100 they dig for people who don't know, Jesus, yet. 169 00:09:47,100 --> 00:09:48,900 Look what happens. A few days later. 170 00:09:48,900 --> 00:09:52,100 When Jesus, again entered Capernaum, the people heard that 171 00:09:52,100 --> 00:09:55,800 he had come home, they gathered in such large numbers that there 172 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:59,800 was no room left, not even outside the door and he preached 173 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:04,000 the word to them. Some men bring to him a 174 00:10:04,008 --> 00:10:09,800 paralyzed man carried by four of them, since they could not get 175 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,800 him the paralyzed man to Jesus because of the crowd, they made 176 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:18,600 an opening in the roof above Jesus, by digging through it and 177 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:23,300 then lowered the mat, the man was lying on when Jesus saw 178 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:27,200 their faith. This is really interesting. 179 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:34,200 He said to the paralyzed, man. Son, your sins are forgiven. 180 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,200 I'm praying that we would be the kind of church. 181 00:10:38,500 --> 00:10:42,300 That would dig a hole in a roof to get people to Jesus that we 182 00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:46,300 would do whatever it takes to help lost people, find their way 183 00:10:46,300 --> 00:10:49,600 home to their heavenly father. That we would be the kind of 184 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:54,200 church that would invite people. Pray for people be kind to 185 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,600 people say, we pick him up and bring him. 186 00:10:56,700 --> 00:10:58,800 Say we take him out too. I eat afterwards and let them 187 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,500 ask questions invite them into our lives and ultimately invite 188 00:11:02,500 --> 00:11:04,900 them in to a relationship with Jesus. 189 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,500 That would be the kind of people that would dig by serving to 190 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:09,000 make sure that their needs are met. 191 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,400 The kind of church that would dig and be ready when they show 192 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,300 up to receive them. The kind of people that dig by 193 00:11:14,300 --> 00:11:17,700 being the leader of a Biblical Community to Journey with them 194 00:11:17,700 --> 00:11:20,900 to love them and delete them closer to Jesus. 195 00:11:21,100 --> 00:11:24,500 There's got to be a church. That's willing to dig. 196 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,400 Then there's the story of Elijah is another interesting one. 197 00:11:28,700 --> 00:11:33,100 This is when he's on Mount Carmel, and he's against 450 198 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:36,100 prophets of Baal. There'd been a drought. 199 00:11:36,100 --> 00:11:39,500 It hadn't rained for three years which resulted in a severe 200 00:11:39,500 --> 00:11:42,100 famine. And the people of God were no 201 00:11:42,100 --> 00:11:45,500 longer calling. On God, they were worshipping a 202 00:11:45,508 --> 00:11:52,700 false god. and so, Elijah issued a challenge, he said you guys 203 00:11:52,700 --> 00:11:56,700 call on your God and I'm going to call on mine and whichever 204 00:11:56,700 --> 00:12:00,800 God sends down fire and sets the sacrifice that we've made a 205 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,500 flame. He will be the real God. 206 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,900 So the false prophets went and they got a bull and they made an 207 00:12:06,900 --> 00:12:10,400 altar and they they set it on a pile of wood and they began 208 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,500 praying. They started praying in the 209 00:12:13,508 --> 00:12:15,300 morning and they prayed all the way till noon. 210 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,300 And not a word from God. Then went from noon until midday 211 00:12:20,300 --> 00:12:23,900 from midday till evening. And not once did the god that 212 00:12:23,900 --> 00:12:28,200 they were crying on issue, a word or answer by fire. 213 00:12:29,700 --> 00:12:33,300 Then it was Elijah Stern. He told them to build an altar 214 00:12:33,300 --> 00:12:38,600 with 12 Stones. Instead of Bowl upon it, then he 215 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:45,400 dug a trench all the way around the Altar and he ordered them to 216 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:51,800 take four large jars, fill them with water, that hasn't rained. 217 00:12:52,700 --> 00:12:56,500 In three years. They're in the middle of a 218 00:12:56,500 --> 00:13:04,800 family and he says, fill four large jars of water and pour it. 219 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,000 On the altar. So they did. 220 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:16,200 And then he said, Do it again. And they did and then he said, 221 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:20,100 do it a third time. And they didn't. 222 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:24,400 And the water rain down the bowl down, the wood down the stones, 223 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:27,200 and it filled the trench that he had dug in the dirt. 224 00:13:29,700 --> 00:13:33,600 First Kings chapter 18. At the time of the sacrifice, 225 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,900 the Prophet Elijah step forward and prayed Lord, the god of 226 00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:42,700 Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are 227 00:13:42,700 --> 00:13:46,500 God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these 228 00:13:46,500 --> 00:13:51,100 things at your command answer me, Lord, answer me. 229 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:55,500 So these people will know that you Lord, Our God, and that you 230 00:13:55,500 --> 00:13:58,200 are turning their hearts back again. 231 00:13:59,100 --> 00:14:03,000 Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice. 232 00:14:03,300 --> 00:14:08,900 The would the stones and the soil, and also licked up the 233 00:14:08,900 --> 00:14:14,600 water in the trench. Here we see Elijah dig for Faith 234 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:19,400 long after this moment, not long after it, God opened up the 235 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:23,100 heavens and the rain started to fall from the sky. 236 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:27,300 Elijah dug a hole in the ground knowing that it nothing is 237 00:14:27,300 --> 00:14:30,700 impossible with God. That not only could God answer 238 00:14:30,700 --> 00:14:34,400 by fire but he could restore all the water that was poured out 239 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:38,900 and then some Elijah Doug for Faith, he believed that God 240 00:14:38,900 --> 00:14:41,100 still moved, still heard prayers. 241 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:45,600 And that at a moment's notice, God could turn any situation 242 00:14:45,900 --> 00:14:48,400 around. However, the one that got me, 243 00:14:48,700 --> 00:14:52,500 I've even got to my sermon. The one that got me was an 244 00:14:52,500 --> 00:14:55,400 obscure one in Genesis chapter 33. 245 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:59,400 We find these words after Jacob came from paddan-aram. 246 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:03,600 He arrives safely at the city of shechem in Canaan and Camp 247 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:08,800 within sight of the city for a hundred pieces of silver. 248 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,300 He bought from the sons of hamor, the father of shechem, 249 00:15:12,500 --> 00:15:15,300 the plot of ground where he pitched his tent. 250 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,300 There, he set up an altar and called it LL. 251 00:15:18,300 --> 00:15:21,600 Oh hey Israel, the mighty one, Of Israel. 252 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:26,500 You like Clayton. That's the first verse that 253 00:15:26,500 --> 00:15:28,200 really doesn't talk about digging. 254 00:15:28,700 --> 00:15:35,000 Well, you need to fast forward to John chapter 4. 255 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,200 Look what happens here. In John chapter 4, this is 256 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,600 talking about Jesus. Now he had to go through 257 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,200 Samaria. So we came to a town in Samaria 258 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:50,700 called sychar near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his 259 00:15:50,700 --> 00:15:56,900 son, Joseph Jacob's. Well, was there and Jesus tired 260 00:15:56,900 --> 00:16:00,600 as he was from the journey sat down by the well, it was about 261 00:16:00,700 --> 00:16:04,500 noon when a Samaritan woman came to draw water. 262 00:16:04,500 --> 00:16:07,800 Jesus said to her, will you give me a drink? 263 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,900 His disciples had gone into town to buy food? 264 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:16,200 Dude, the Samaritan woman said to him, you are a Jew and I am a 265 00:16:16,208 --> 00:16:20,100 Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink 266 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,700 for Jews? Which is Jesus do not associate 267 00:16:22,700 --> 00:16:26,200 with Samaritans? Jesus answered her. 268 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,700 If you knew the gift of God and who it is, that asks you for a 269 00:16:29,708 --> 00:16:33,500 drink, you would not have asked him and he would not have given 270 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:36,700 you and he would have given you living water. 271 00:16:37,300 --> 00:16:41,000 Sir, the woman said, you have nothing to draw. 272 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:46,800 Draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living 273 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,800 water? Are you greater than our father? 274 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:55,300 Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself. 275 00:16:55,400 --> 00:17:00,700 As did, all of his sons and livestock, Jesus answered 276 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:04,500 everyone, who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but 277 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:08,200 whoever drinks the water that I give them will never thirst. 278 00:17:08,300 --> 00:17:12,700 Indeed, the water, I give them will become in them a spring of 279 00:17:12,700 --> 00:17:18,400 water, welling up to eternal life and this was The piece that 280 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:23,599 got me all twisted up. Jacob bought a piece of land. 281 00:17:25,099 --> 00:17:31,600 And he dug a well. And for 1800 years. 282 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:39,600 People drink from it. He drank from it, his livestock 283 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,800 drink from it. And for eighteen centuries, 284 00:17:43,700 --> 00:17:48,200 anybody who was thirsty, could go to the well that he dug and 285 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:53,200 get something to drink. Fathers and Sons would fight the 286 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:57,900 heat of the day at Jacob's. Well, Mothers and daughters 287 00:17:57,900 --> 00:18:00,600 friends and neighbors would gather together and get the 288 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,300 sustenance they needed to get through each day out of well 289 00:18:04,300 --> 00:18:07,400 that was Doug. Eighteen hundred years before. 290 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,400 It was a deep. Well, she was right. 291 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:18,800 It was 40 meters. Deep 120 feet into the ground. 292 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:22,700 Jacob dug a well and 1,800 years later. 293 00:18:22,900 --> 00:18:27,500 Jesus sits down at the very well that he dug and turns a woman's 294 00:18:27,500 --> 00:18:35,600 life around. So I went and got myself up. 295 00:18:36,900 --> 00:18:42,000 A garden Spade. And I wrote something on it. 296 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:46,600 But I want to be the kind of person that digs today. 297 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,300 So other people can drink tomorrow. 298 00:18:51,700 --> 00:18:54,200 I want to be the kind of church. I want to be the kind of person. 299 00:18:55,500 --> 00:18:58,600 That's willing to do the hard work, the Dirty Work, the 300 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:03,100 digging down deep work so that for Generations, other people 301 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:08,300 can find the Living Water that only God can give that every 302 00:19:08,300 --> 00:19:11,600 time I invite somebody, I'm turning a little bit of dirt. 303 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:15,400 Every time that I serve at the church, I move a little bit of 304 00:19:15,408 --> 00:19:17,900 dirt, every time I'm in community and I make an 305 00:19:17,900 --> 00:19:20,800 investment in somebody in their life and in the direction, and 306 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:23,700 the spiritual formation of who they are, and who are they? 307 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:27,700 They're becoming Even a little bit of dirt, I'm digging today 308 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:31,400 because you never know who's going to need a drink tomorrow. 309 00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:35,400 That every time I give I'm putting my shovel in the ground. 310 00:19:36,100 --> 00:19:37,700 Listen. I-i've got the living water in 311 00:19:37,700 --> 00:19:41,200 my heart but there's just too many people that don't that 312 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:45,800 every time I read my Bible and I put a little bit of it into 313 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,100 practice. I'm giving myself a little bit 314 00:19:48,100 --> 00:19:51,500 of water that I can disperse to my friends and my family members 315 00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:54,900 that when someone goes through a hard time in their life in 316 00:19:54,900 --> 00:19:57,800 there, navigating challenging circumstances in there and their 317 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:03,000 soul is parched. That I would be in a position 318 00:20:04,100 --> 00:20:07,100 that can give them just a little bit, a living water. 319 00:20:08,300 --> 00:20:10,800 But listen, if you start digging your going to look weird. 320 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:15,300 I wonder how long it took him. How long would it take you? 321 00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:20,800 To dig a hole. 120 feet into the ground. 322 00:20:22,700 --> 00:20:24,700 Wonder how many times he was digging and he was wondering my 323 00:20:24,700 --> 00:20:29,400 ever going to hit water. but he just kept digging because he 324 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:33,200 knew that one day somebody would need something to drink. 325 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:38,600 I want us to be a church, every single one of us, who's okay? 326 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,400 With looking a little weird, our calendars are going to look a 327 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,600 little different. Our spending habits are going to 328 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,300 be a little different. Are giving. 329 00:20:46,300 --> 00:20:48,200 Habits are going to be different. 330 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:51,400 Our weekly activities are going to look different. 331 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,900 Our priorities are going to be different. 332 00:20:54,100 --> 00:20:56,500 And people are gonna be like, why are you doing what you're 333 00:20:56,500 --> 00:20:58,400 doing? You're going to tell them 334 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,900 because I'm digging. I'm digging today. 335 00:21:02,900 --> 00:21:04,400 So other people can drink tomorrow. 336 00:21:05,100 --> 00:21:07,900 If you want to know what this looks like, there's a video that 337 00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:52,100 perfectly captures it. I don't know. 338 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:10,900 I am not playing around, quit crying that commercials a big 339 00:24:10,900 --> 00:24:13,700 Pharma commercial. All they're trying to do is give 340 00:24:13,700 --> 00:24:17,500 you some vitamins. I'm not playing around. 341 00:24:17,500 --> 00:24:20,500 Isn't that? Who you want to be deep down 342 00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:24,800 inside doing something that matters who is the picture? 343 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,100 Who is the picture? Who's the person that would 344 00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:34,300 motivate you to dig down deep? There's going to be a lot of 345 00:24:34,300 --> 00:24:36,700 people. A lot of people who are going to 346 00:24:36,700 --> 00:24:41,500 spend their entire lives focused on themselves, but there has to 347 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:44,700 be a church. There has to be a church that's 348 00:24:44,700 --> 00:24:48,000 willing to dig. There's me a lot of people who 349 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,200 are going to spend all their money on themselves, but there 350 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,300 has to be a place that's willing to dig. 351 00:24:55,200 --> 00:25:00,300 There has to be a place that's willing to dig down deep so 352 00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:06,500 other people can drink tomorrow. I'm asking you listen, I'm 353 00:25:06,500 --> 00:25:11,100 asking you not, not for me. I'm asking you, for you. 354 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:16,200 To be a part of a church to be a part of making a place that digs 355 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,400 down deep. So other people. 356 00:25:20,900 --> 00:25:23,500 Can drink tomorrow. I feel like the only way to 357 00:25:23,500 --> 00:25:26,800 finish this sermon series is the finish it the way we began it. 358 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,800 Hello. I was an inmate in Vandalia 359 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:43,700 Missouri. I was released on January, 21st 360 00:25:43,700 --> 00:25:45,900 2022. I want to take a little bit of 361 00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:47,300 your time to tell you. Thank you. 362 00:25:48,100 --> 00:25:50,500 Thank you to the amazing people who came to Vandalia every 363 00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:52,900 Monday night to allow me to hear God's word and guidance. 364 00:25:54,100 --> 00:25:58,100 You all save my heart mind and soul and help me so very much by 365 00:25:58,100 --> 00:26:00,000 helping me to reach out to God for help. 366 00:26:00,700 --> 00:26:03,400 I was an extremely broken shattered person from The Life 367 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,600 Choices, I had made and from the cards that were dealt to me, I 368 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,300 still remember the first time I went to service in 2019, I like 369 00:26:10,300 --> 00:26:14,100 the service so much, but when I was only able to attend to 370 00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:17,400 Services because I was transferred, then I came back 371 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,800 for the fourth time, but covid-19 on, so you all were not 372 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:25,600 allowed in the camp on November. Of 2021, they allowed you back 373 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,300 and when I was asked by another offender about the service, I 374 00:26:28,308 --> 00:26:31,600 was like, why not nothing better to do on a Monday night? 375 00:26:31,900 --> 00:26:34,800 The first service was, of course, amazing with the music, 376 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,400 the sermon and the communion. I liked it enough. 377 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,500 I was going to keep going because of the service on 378 00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:42,400 Mondays, because I was always told you don't give up on the 379 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,500 Miracle because you never know when it will occur. 380 00:26:47,300 --> 00:26:49,600 I've had a very rollercoaster relationship with Jesus ever 381 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:54,100 since my mother was murdered in 1999 when I was 17 years old at 382 00:26:54,100 --> 00:26:56,200 41 years old. I made the decision to continue 383 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,000 to attend. I had no idea exactly when it 384 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,100 happened but the band played Battle Belongs and I knew 385 00:27:02,100 --> 00:27:04,600 something was happening because I got cold chills in my eyes 386 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,700 filled up with tears, let me explain why that's important. 387 00:27:07,700 --> 00:27:12,300 I've not cried tears of any type since 1999, it was hard and when 388 00:27:12,300 --> 00:27:16,000 my mother passed away in 99, 20 years later in 2019, I was 389 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:20,100 completely Frozen My heart and soul cease to exist when the one 390 00:27:20,100 --> 00:27:22,700 person in my life who had raised me and believed in me, and my 391 00:27:22,700 --> 00:27:25,400 grandmother passed away. Six days after I was released 392 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:29,400 the first time for modok, then, in July of 2019, six months 393 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,100 after my grandmother died, my best friend. 394 00:27:31,100 --> 00:27:32,900 Brittany passed away from an overdose. 395 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:34,800 That was the final straw. I froze. 396 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,200 Everything in me. So, I would never in my life, 397 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,500 have to feel the pain of a truly broken heart. 398 00:27:40,100 --> 00:27:41,800 Obviously, I don't deal with my emotions. 399 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,400 So what tricks does the devil give us to stop that broken 400 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,300 heart. Well, he gave us crystal meth 401 00:27:46,300 --> 00:27:48,100 cocaine. Owen, and now Fentanyl. 402 00:27:49,100 --> 00:27:52,800 I fell for those tricks and when my heart broke back in 99, the 403 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,500 devil's tricks actually worked for the physical pain because I 404 00:27:55,500 --> 00:27:58,100 was numb. So my choice every time I was 405 00:27:58,100 --> 00:28:01,200 hurting would be to turn to drugs over and over. 406 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,700 I was definitely living a life of insanity this past year. 407 00:28:04,700 --> 00:28:07,100 When I was locked up, I decided I was done with drugs and I was 408 00:28:07,100 --> 00:28:09,700 finally ready to move. Remove all the negativity inside 409 00:28:09,700 --> 00:28:12,300 of my heart and soul. I Turn To The Crossing sermons 410 00:28:12,300 --> 00:28:14,100 on Monday nights as a stepping stone. 411 00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:17,200 At first, I thought nobody could possibly understand or relate to 412 00:28:17,208 --> 00:28:20,800 the extreme pain and hurt. That was frozen inside of me 413 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:24,400 screaming to be released out, but I had Frozen it, then all of 414 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:25,600 a sudden. I felt him. 415 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,400 I felt God, run through my veins, my heart started to beat 416 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:38,200 with Hope and Faith and then came the tears and I realized 417 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,500 that I've never been alone that he was always with me. 418 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,200 The Footprints Prayer, came that people talk about describe to 419 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,000 me. He has carried me all these 420 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,000 years because I couldn't walk on my own. 421 00:28:50,100 --> 00:28:52,100 Because I was so broken and shattered. 422 00:28:52,300 --> 00:28:55,800 Now, at 41 years old for the first time I picked up a Bible 423 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,100 and I read it, I've always heard about the story of Jesus, birth 424 00:28:59,100 --> 00:29:02,000 and death, but to actually sit there and read Matthew Mark, 425 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,700 Luke and John open my eyes and heart to see what God really did 426 00:29:05,700 --> 00:29:08,700 for me, for all of us. I even watch the History Channel 427 00:29:08,700 --> 00:29:12,500 show Easter weekend called The Bible and I cried, I cried real 428 00:29:12,500 --> 00:29:15,000 tears as I watched what he was put through so that my sins 429 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,700 could be forgiven. Everything that happened since I 430 00:29:18,708 --> 00:29:22,000 got locked up in 21. I don't believe would have 431 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,400 happened if I had not decided to go to your sermons in November 432 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:29,200 as I stated before, they kick started, my intimate personal 433 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,900 relationship with God. I now not only no, but believe 434 00:29:32,900 --> 00:29:35,400 100% that nothing is bigger than God. 435 00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:38,000 And that I am never alone, he's always there. 436 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:41,100 I just have to make the choice to listen to open up my heart 437 00:29:41,100 --> 00:29:44,900 and soul, and listen for his guidance and love to embrace me. 438 00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:49,400 So again, thank you. Hopefully with my openness and 439 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,300 acceptance of Jesus as my Lord and Savior. 440 00:29:51,300 --> 00:29:54,100 I will never have to go back through the doors of Missouri, 441 00:29:54,100 --> 00:29:57,400 Department of Corrections. All I want in life is true, 442 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,900 happiness, peace and serenity between the ears. 443 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,500 And when I close my eyelids and I have faith that a little Cur, 444 00:30:06,300 --> 00:30:09,500 I definitely plan to continue watching your services online. 445 00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:12,000 I now live in st. Charles Missouri. 446 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,600 So it's a long drive for me to go to Quincy but one day when I 447 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:17,800 have a driver's license and illegal, Vehicle. 448 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,700 I will be there at the Crossing and I'll be baptized declaring 449 00:30:20,700 --> 00:30:23,300 my surrender. Love faith, hope, and believe 450 00:30:23,300 --> 00:30:25,400 that Jesus Is My Savior and died. 451 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:29,400 So, I could live with him in heaven, I can almost promise 452 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,800 that if it had not been for the Crossing in Vandalia, I would 453 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:35,600 have gone back to my old life of drugs misery hopelessness 454 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,300 praying that, when my eyes would shut, they would never open up 455 00:30:38,700 --> 00:30:42,500 now, I smile, I'm happy. I love again. 456 00:30:42,900 --> 00:30:45,400 I laugh and everything is genuine and not fake, and it's 457 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,100 all because they were brought into my life. 458 00:30:47,300 --> 00:30:50,600 And I pray that you receive this and it puts a smile on your face 459 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,800 because you helped save a soul that was lost and dying in 460 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,900 Ministry. All alone, everyone, I talked to 461 00:30:56,900 --> 00:30:59,300 you since I got out, say they love how happy and full of 462 00:30:59,300 --> 00:31:01,800 faith. Which would not have happened if 463 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:03,500 you had not guide me back to Jesus. 464 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,600 Well, there's a bunch of us that were kind of, like, we don't 465 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:10,000 need to wait till you have a car, and you don't need to wait 466 00:31:10,700 --> 00:31:13,200 until you have a driver's. License will pick you up. 467 00:31:39,700 --> 00:31:43,000 Crossing family. This is Jennifer. 468 00:32:00,700 --> 00:32:04,100 Christ because you chose to dig yesterday. 469 00:32:04,500 --> 00:32:07,900 So in front of all these people, your church family all across 470 00:32:07,900 --> 00:32:10,800 this region, 10,000 miles wide. I want to ask you, I want you to 471 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:14,600 repeat after me. I believe, I believe that Jesus 472 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:20,900 is the Christ, the son of the Living God, and I want him as my 473 00:32:20,900 --> 00:32:23,600 Lord and Savior. It's because your confession of 474 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,500 faith that I have the privilege to baptize you in the name of 475 00:32:26,500 --> 00:32:29,600 the father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 476 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,700 Listen to me Crossing family. There has to be a church. 477 00:32:50,900 --> 00:32:55,400 There has to be, there has to be a church that is willing to dig 478 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:57,400 today. So other people can drink 479 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:01,700 tomorrow and I say that churches here, I say that church is with 480 00:33:01,700 --> 00:33:05,600 us and I say it's now we're moving to a time of decision. 481 00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:23,400 There are. There are people in this room 482 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:27,400 right now. You've never stepped into that 483 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:31,100 relationship with Jesus before, there's people online right now, 484 00:33:31,100 --> 00:33:34,200 you've never said yes to him. You've never surrendered your 485 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,200 life. If you're honest, you've been 486 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,500 living life for yourself how you want to live it. 487 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:43,900 And you have to understand something. 488 00:33:45,100 --> 00:33:48,500 At this church. There's probably people in your 489 00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:51,600 life and they've been digging hard. 490 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:59,800 They've been digging hard. Maybe for a moment such as this. 491 00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:03,400 For you to hear that you were loved. 492 00:34:04,900 --> 00:34:10,000 That you're accepted. And that that because of what 493 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,800 Jesus has done for for us, for what he's done for you that you 494 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:17,800 can be called a child of God. For those of you you've never 495 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:21,800 started that relationship with Jesus man that can change today. 496 00:34:22,699 --> 00:34:26,800 Maybe maybe Jennifer story will just encourage you a little bit 497 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,800 that God is riding the very special story in your life. 498 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:33,500 You may be like, no, no, no, you don't know my story, you don't 499 00:34:33,500 --> 00:34:35,600 know my history. Don't know what I'm going 500 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:37,900 through right now. How can God love me? 501 00:34:37,900 --> 00:34:41,100 Listen. There are so many testimonies 502 00:34:41,100 --> 00:34:44,300 you just heard an incredible. There are testimonies down your 503 00:34:44,300 --> 00:34:46,400 rose right now. There are testimonies of people 504 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:49,100 who are watching online, who just says listen. 505 00:34:49,100 --> 00:34:53,000 It's not about what you done. It's about who you trust in. 506 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,800 And today, man, you can start walking in that relationship 507 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:58,700 with him. You can say yes to him for the 508 00:34:58,700 --> 00:35:01,500 very first time in just a little bit in the worship is going to 509 00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:03,600 start and it is an opportunity for you mean. 510 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:07,400 Here's the first step to come up to these steps, get down on your 511 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,200 knees and just cry out to your You, I need you. 512 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,900 I need you. I don't want to live life on my 513 00:35:13,900 --> 00:35:17,600 own terms anymore and maybe you have questions about what your 514 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:19,500 next step is. Maybe your next step is getting 515 00:35:19,500 --> 00:35:23,300 those Waters of baptism tonight and there's going to be some one 516 00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:24,800 right by the baptistry that would love to help. 517 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,600 Answer those questions in for those who have been digging for 518 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,100 you, man, they're going to Rejoice. 519 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,200 There's people in this Auditorium right now, people who 520 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,200 are watching online. We've been digging for an 521 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:37,700 opportunity for you to say yes to Jesus and that story can 522 00:35:37,700 --> 00:35:42,300 change tonight in an instant, but it starts with you, And I'm 523 00:35:42,300 --> 00:35:45,100 hoping that you will take that step for us who have 524 00:35:45,100 --> 00:35:49,300 relationship with Christ, for those of us who've walked into 525 00:35:49,300 --> 00:35:53,900 that relationship. It's time to dig deep. 526 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:59,700 It's time to dig deeper than we've ever dug before it's time 527 00:35:59,700 --> 00:36:04,100 to dig deeper in our word to have that time during the week 528 00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:07,300 where we don't just get fed scriptures here at church. 529 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,100 But we say man, I want to take God's word and I want to place 530 00:36:10,100 --> 00:36:13,500 it in my heart and I want the word of God to transform me. 531 00:36:13,500 --> 00:36:15,900 I want those words that are coming from the pages that come 532 00:36:15,900 --> 00:36:18,900 alive in my life, and I want to do something about you, dig 533 00:36:18,900 --> 00:36:23,200 deep, stick it in the ground and just start digging There's 534 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:25,500 nothing you, man, you just like, you've been coming to this 535 00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:28,800 church for so long and those chairs are comfortable. 536 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,200 I get it. They're comfortable for the for 537 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:33,500 the most part. This this Auditorium is heated 538 00:36:33,500 --> 00:36:36,800 correctly, sometimes it's too hot, sometimes it's too cold, I 539 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,900 get it, you're comfortable. But it's time for you to start 540 00:36:39,900 --> 00:36:43,200 digging a little bit deeper, it's time for you to use. 541 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:46,500 The gifts God has equipped you with, to make sure people know, 542 00:36:47,100 --> 00:36:49,500 and can hear the same message that you have heard that has 543 00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:52,300 rescued, you who has saved you, and there's some of you been you 544 00:36:52,300 --> 00:36:57,300 used to A little bit deeper used to serve but I get it, it was a 545 00:36:57,300 --> 00:36:59,600 season. And right now, if you would walk 546 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,200 into your garage, you just see your shovel just hanging in the 547 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,800 garage. You remember the fruit that God 548 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:09,400 was doing through you, you see evidence of it but for some 549 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:12,100 reason you just put it up on the garage and just to hang there 550 00:37:12,100 --> 00:37:15,100 and maybe till later. Maybe tonight's the night where 551 00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:18,800 you say not anymore. I'm taking that shovel and I'm 552 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:22,600 digging a little bit deeper. Maybe it's Community. 553 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:24,600 You stepped away from a community or you've never 554 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:26,800 stepped into that. Biblical Community, you've never 555 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,100 stepped into a life group, a men's group, a women's group, 556 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:32,100 and you're just like, man, I need that Community. 557 00:37:32,100 --> 00:37:34,000 I have five friends, I have family. 558 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:36,800 But I need to dig deeper, I need to get in that Community. 559 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:39,200 I need to dig deep, maybe tonight's the night where you 560 00:37:39,207 --> 00:37:42,600 just like, listen, I heard that but I walked out of the sermon 561 00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:47,400 and I didn't respond tonight's the night, you dig deep, it 562 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,500 could be that in giving as well. When you give to this church, 563 00:37:50,500 --> 00:37:53,400 you're digging deep. You're investing in eternity', 564 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:54,900 you are a part of Jennifer's story. 565 00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:57,300 You are part of this, the stories that are happening, all 566 00:37:57,300 --> 00:38:01,100 over this region, all over this world, we dig deeper. 567 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:05,000 And the reason we dig today, we met Not see it. 568 00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:08,500 We may not see it right away but we dig today. 569 00:38:08,500 --> 00:38:11,500 So others can drink tomorrow. That's the mission of this 570 00:38:11,500 --> 00:38:13,100 church. We want people to understand 571 00:38:13,100 --> 00:38:15,900 that they can have an intimate personal relationship with 572 00:38:15,900 --> 00:38:17,300 Jesus. And so, what do we do? 573 00:38:17,300 --> 00:38:22,000 What's our response? We dig deep and we dig on behalf 574 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,000 of the people that don't know him yet. 575 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:28,400 And maybe in this moment, you have somebody that is on your 576 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:31,700 minds. You've been digging, you've been 577 00:38:31,700 --> 00:38:34,000 trying to prepare the ground for the law. 578 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:37,900 Lord to do what he what only he can do and they're just so much 579 00:38:37,900 --> 00:38:40,800 on your mind and so much on your heart right now that maybe in 580 00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:45,400 this moment as a Believer you come up and you start preying on 581 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:49,200 behalf of them, you dig deep and the prayer side of things and 582 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,700 you just maybe call their name out loud for the first time. 583 00:38:52,700 --> 00:38:55,700 And just say, man I'm praying Lord, that you would do 584 00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:59,200 something in their life. Use me then use the people 585 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:03,300 around them to dig deep. We dig today. 586 00:39:03,900 --> 00:39:06,800 So others can drink tomorrow. I believe that this is the 587 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,500 church, I believe you are the people. 588 00:39:09,500 --> 00:39:12,900 I believe this is the time, but we don't know that until we 589 00:39:12,900 --> 00:39:16,500 start picking up this shovel and start digging together. 590 00:39:16,500 --> 00:39:18,900 Would you guys staying with me? We're going to go in this time 591 00:39:18,900 --> 00:39:22,800 response and I'm praying that we move that we respond. 592 00:39:23,300 --> 00:39:26,800 And we trust what God has for us and the future. 593 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,500 Heavenly father, I'm so thankful for this church. 594 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,200 I'm so thankful for the this, this message. 595 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,400 You have put on our pastor's heart. 596 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:37,800 God that it not only goes on his heart, but it transcends. 597 00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:40,200 All of our hearts that this is not just our pastor's heart 598 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:41,600 Jesus. This is your heart. 599 00:39:43,100 --> 00:39:47,600 He want more of us, you want to fully surrendered, heart to you, 600 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:49,800 Jesus. And I pray right now that we as 601 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:54,300 we leave this place God, so many people in this region are going 602 00:39:54,300 --> 00:39:57,000 to see holes all around it. They're gonna be like, what in 603 00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,100 the world is going on, it's because you're stirring in the 604 00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:03,500 mines, your Stern in the hearts of these people right here who 605 00:40:03,500 --> 00:40:08,000 are going to go out and they're going to dig deep God I pray 606 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,900 that we are not a church that just stands still where a church 607 00:40:10,900 --> 00:40:13,800 that responds. And we humbly blee come before 608 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:17,700 you right now and ask for you to go before us and to give us 609 00:40:17,700 --> 00:40:20,100 directions on where to dig. Got. 610 00:40:20,100 --> 00:40:13,200 Let us do that right now. In Jesus name I pray, amen. blee 611 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:17,200 come before you right now and ask for you to go before us and 612 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,400 to give us directions on where to dig. 613 00:40:19,900 --> 00:40:21,000 Got. Let us do that right now. 614 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:22,900 In Jesus name I pray, amen.