1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:04,000 Welcome to the First Apostolic Church Podcast. 2 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:08,000 Our church mission is to love as God loves, showing compassion 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,480 every soul, thus winning those souls and equipping them to be 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,680 sent out to plant and to harvest. 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,000 Thank you for joining us today and we hope that you're blessed 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:37,930 by today's podcast. Worthy is your name, Jesus. 7 00:00:39,250 --> 00:00:44,690 You deserve the praise. Worthy is your. 8 00:00:44,770 --> 00:00:46,850 Why don't you lift your hands and just sing that to him this 9 00:00:46,850 --> 00:00:52,570 morning? Worthy is your name, Jesus. 10 00:00:54,650 --> 00:01:00,430 You deserve the praise. Worthy is your name. 11 00:01:02,190 --> 00:01:13,070 Worthy is your name. Jesus, you deserve the praise. 12 00:01:14,750 --> 00:01:19,870 Worthy is your name. How many believe he's worthy 13 00:01:19,870 --> 00:01:23,270 this morning? Let's glorify the name of the 14 00:01:23,270 --> 00:01:30,670 Lord together today. He's a worthy God. 15 00:01:30,670 --> 00:01:42,070 If you have, your Bibles would turn with me this morning to the 16 00:01:42,070 --> 00:01:47,590 book of Exodus, chapter 16. Give honor to our Bishop this 17 00:01:47,590 --> 00:01:53,630 morning, our pastor. I know he is not here, but he's 18 00:01:53,630 --> 00:01:57,350 still pastor whether he's in this building or not. 19 00:01:58,970 --> 00:02:00,450 Love and appreciate both of them. 20 00:02:01,610 --> 00:02:03,330 Give honor to our youth pastor this morning. 21 00:02:04,650 --> 00:02:07,370 Appreciate him honor my wife today. 22 00:02:39,940 --> 00:02:43,100 There is a sweet presence of the Holy Ghost that just swept into 23 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:57,070 this house this morning, Bishop. When I stand before him, I don't 24 00:02:57,070 --> 00:03:09,010 want to be found one. Let's read. 25 00:03:09,010 --> 00:03:12,690 I know you're standing this morning, but I feel I feel 26 00:03:12,690 --> 00:03:14,330 something in my spirit right now. 27 00:03:17,690 --> 00:03:18,410 I don't. I don't. 28 00:03:18,610 --> 00:03:20,770 I don't pretend to know what needs are represented in this 29 00:03:20,770 --> 00:03:24,850 house this morning. But I can tell you this. 30 00:03:26,930 --> 00:03:34,610 We serve the wave maker. We serve the problem solver. 31 00:03:37,700 --> 00:03:40,940 I believe God's going to serve serve up some solutions for 32 00:03:40,940 --> 00:03:47,020 someone today. Exodus chapter 16 and verse #15. 33 00:03:47,020 --> 00:03:51,420 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another 34 00:03:51,420 --> 00:03:59,460 in his manna, for they wished not what it was, Moses said unto 35 00:03:59,460 --> 00:04:02,540 them. This is the bread which the Lord 36 00:04:02,540 --> 00:04:07,690 hath given you to eat. This is the thing which the Lord 37 00:04:07,690 --> 00:04:10,930 has commanded. Gather of it every man according 38 00:04:10,930 --> 00:04:15,770 to his eating, and Omer for every man according to the 39 00:04:15,770 --> 00:04:19,170 number of your persons. Take ye every man for them which 40 00:04:19,170 --> 00:04:27,430 are in his tents. My assignment today is not to 41 00:04:27,430 --> 00:04:33,510 feed the 5000 I want to. I want to just manage 42 00:04:33,510 --> 00:04:37,100 expectations right now. My assignment's not to feed the 43 00:04:37,100 --> 00:04:38,380 5000. That's his job. 44 00:04:40,380 --> 00:04:42,780 My assignment today is just to bring him the bread and the 45 00:04:42,780 --> 00:04:50,020 fish. Let's let's lift our hands right 46 00:04:50,020 --> 00:04:52,380 now and ask the Holy Ghost to minister to us together. 47 00:04:52,460 --> 00:04:59,220 Jesus, God, you know the thought of every need. 48 00:05:00,980 --> 00:05:04,300 I ask you, God, to center every mind and imagination around you 49 00:05:04,540 --> 00:05:09,650 today. Around your word cast down every 50 00:05:09,650 --> 00:05:12,810 imagination in anything that is unclean and unlike you today. 51 00:05:14,210 --> 00:05:16,330 Release your spirit in this house this morning. 52 00:05:17,810 --> 00:05:20,050 Do a work today, God, that only you can do. 53 00:05:20,730 --> 00:05:22,530 No man should glory in your presence. 54 00:05:24,330 --> 00:05:26,610 We give you praise and glory for it today and honor. 55 00:05:28,410 --> 00:05:32,770 In the name of Jesus I pray and the church said Amen. 56 00:05:34,310 --> 00:05:35,750 And Lord bless you. You may be seated. 57 00:05:35,750 --> 00:05:38,550 That is a courtesy, not a command. 58 00:05:39,430 --> 00:05:41,950 I want to talk to you this morning for a few moments on 59 00:05:42,870 --> 00:05:47,750 this subject today. What are you hungry for? 60 00:05:50,190 --> 00:05:55,070 What are you hungry for? And I asked that in question 61 00:05:55,070 --> 00:06:01,710 form an omor of manna, the measurement of an omor. 62 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:10,220 Is approximately 43 ounces of manna per person per day. 63 00:06:12,340 --> 00:06:13,660 Somebody say that's a lot of bread. 64 00:06:15,580 --> 00:06:22,340 They gathered enough for the number of persons in their tent 65 00:06:23,300 --> 00:06:28,820 by families, but only enough for one day. 66 00:06:30,540 --> 00:06:36,540 They did this every day of the week for five days, and on the 67 00:06:36,540 --> 00:06:40,820 6th day they were commanded by God to gather 2 days worth 68 00:06:42,260 --> 00:06:44,780 because there would be no distribution of manna from 69 00:06:44,780 --> 00:06:50,660 heaven on the Sabbath and there would be no physical labor that 70 00:06:50,660 --> 00:06:56,780 God expected his people to do to gather the manna on the Sabbath. 71 00:06:58,310 --> 00:07:07,550 This supernatural phenomenon occurred 6 days a week for 40 72 00:07:07,910 --> 00:07:11,950 years. It did not stop until they 73 00:07:11,950 --> 00:07:15,790 crossed into the promised land of Canaan. 74 00:07:18,870 --> 00:07:22,070 When you think about when I think about, I'll. 75 00:07:22,110 --> 00:07:27,950 I'll say it this way when I think about eating 43 ounces of. 76 00:07:28,610 --> 00:07:35,770 Bread every day for six days for 40 years. 77 00:07:37,930 --> 00:07:40,610 My taste buds start to get just a little bland. 78 00:07:43,210 --> 00:07:48,730 But let's look at the taste and nutrition of what God supplied 79 00:07:48,730 --> 00:07:52,850 his people. Now the Torah describes the 80 00:07:52,850 --> 00:07:57,250 taste as being similar to that of something that is fried in 81 00:07:57,250 --> 00:08:02,200 oil. And honey, we're off to a pretty 82 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:06,360 good start. The mana was adapted. 83 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:08,360 Watch this. Now this is what they say in the 84 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:11,640 Jewish writings. The mana was adapted to the 85 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,960 taste of each individual, to the adult. 86 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:19,080 It tasted like the food of an adult, and while it tasted like 87 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:25,920 breast milk for a baby, by wishing one could taste in the 88 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,310 mana. Whatever they desire, whether it 89 00:08:29,310 --> 00:08:34,630 be beef or fruit or grain. Interestingly, the Israelites 90 00:08:34,630 --> 00:08:39,230 later complained to Moses that they missed the zucchini, the 91 00:08:39,230 --> 00:08:41,750 watermelon, the leeks, the onions and the garlic. 92 00:08:42,870 --> 00:08:45,750 And if the man, it could taste like anything in the world, why 93 00:08:45,750 --> 00:08:49,870 did they miss these specific vegetables? 94 00:08:51,670 --> 00:08:55,030 The Jewish writings of the Talmud explains that since those 95 00:08:55,030 --> 00:08:58,020 vegetables. Could be harmful to lactating 96 00:08:58,020 --> 00:09:00,900 women. God omitted them from the diet 97 00:09:00,900 --> 00:09:03,420 plant. That's what kind of a God we 98 00:09:03,420 --> 00:09:08,220 serve today. Another explanation was that 99 00:09:08,220 --> 00:09:11,740 while it could taste like those foods, it wouldn't take on their 100 00:09:11,740 --> 00:09:14,180 texture as it did with other foods. 101 00:09:15,420 --> 00:09:19,460 Being a heavenly food, the mana contained the nutritious matter 102 00:09:19,820 --> 00:09:23,700 only and was fully absorbed by the body. 103 00:09:24,670 --> 00:09:30,150 And they believe that after consuming this meal, they did 104 00:09:30,150 --> 00:09:33,950 not need to expel any waste products from the body. 105 00:09:35,230 --> 00:09:41,350 God's design. It would take a special appetite 106 00:09:42,790 --> 00:09:49,430 still yet I like my ruts. I I I like my routines. 107 00:09:49,430 --> 00:09:50,910 I know some people don't like routine. 108 00:09:50,910 --> 00:09:53,670 God bless you too. But I I like my routines. 109 00:09:55,410 --> 00:10:01,930 But even after a while, I want something different. 110 00:10:04,370 --> 00:10:11,210 The appetite is a natural desire to satisfy a bodily need. 111 00:10:13,130 --> 00:10:18,290 The factors that affect one's appetite are one's diet, mental 112 00:10:18,290 --> 00:10:22,410 health, depression, eating disorders. 113 00:10:23,180 --> 00:10:25,860 Pregnancy, medication, infection and disease. 114 00:10:26,900 --> 00:10:29,100 There are ways to increase your appetite. 115 00:10:29,140 --> 00:10:30,540 There are several of them, actually. 116 00:10:30,540 --> 00:10:33,700 I was quite astonished at this, but they can all be summarized 117 00:10:33,700 --> 00:10:35,580 down to this one very simple point. 118 00:10:35,860 --> 00:10:37,780 It requires that you actually eat. 119 00:10:40,620 --> 00:10:43,180 You can't think your way into a better appetite. 120 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:51,020 The person who goes on and on and on and on and on and on and 121 00:10:51,020 --> 00:10:55,330 on and does not eat. They never get an appetite 122 00:10:55,450 --> 00:10:58,890 unless they actually start eating. 123 00:11:00,290 --> 00:11:07,210 It doesn't happen by accident. A person's appetite describes 124 00:11:07,210 --> 00:11:11,890 his or hers desires for whatever it is that they want. 125 00:11:12,450 --> 00:11:16,610 Watch this now what they want to consume. 126 00:11:19,210 --> 00:11:21,570 Several years ago there was an article published. 127 00:11:22,130 --> 00:11:24,930 In the Ann Landers newspaper column, I know that there are 128 00:11:24,930 --> 00:11:27,490 people here today that don't know what that is, but for those 129 00:11:27,490 --> 00:11:30,490 of us that do, we can just smile and say Amen. 130 00:11:31,290 --> 00:11:35,210 But it was titled The New Stress Diet, written by a lady named 131 00:11:35,210 --> 00:11:39,090 Pamela Petler. The New Stress Diet looks 132 00:11:39,090 --> 00:11:42,490 something like this. Maybe you can, Maybe you can. 133 00:11:42,490 --> 00:11:44,490 You can. You can testify to this, I don't 134 00:11:44,490 --> 00:11:47,210 know, breakfast. Half a grapefruit. 135 00:11:48,050 --> 00:11:52,540 One slice. Whole wheat bread. 8 oz Skim 136 00:11:52,540 --> 00:12:01,300 milk lunch. 4 ounces Broiled chicken breast, 1 cup steamed 137 00:12:01,300 --> 00:12:08,460 zucchini, one Oreo cookie, 1 cup of herbal tea. 138 00:12:10,180 --> 00:12:11,780 Now we're not off to too bad of a start. 139 00:12:11,780 --> 00:12:14,500 I'm not a dietitian today, but that that don't sound like too 140 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:19,140 bad of a menu. Oreo cookie might be a bit bit 141 00:12:19,140 --> 00:12:21,490 risky but. Not too bad, right? 142 00:12:23,970 --> 00:12:32,250 Mid afternoon snack, the rest of the package of Oreo cookies, 1 143 00:12:32,250 --> 00:12:47,650 quart rocky road ice cream, one jar hot fudge dinner, 2 loaves 144 00:12:47,970 --> 00:12:52,990 of garlic bread. A large pepperoni pizza, a 145 00:12:52,990 --> 00:12:58,830 pitcher of soda, 3 candy bars, and a frozen cheesecake. 146 00:13:02,430 --> 00:13:08,150 The whole cheesecake. Now, I don't know if this menu 147 00:13:08,150 --> 00:13:10,150 stresses me out or relieves stress. 148 00:13:11,870 --> 00:13:17,030 It might be a momentary relief, but if it's too good to be true. 149 00:13:20,020 --> 00:13:27,740 It is regrettably today this stress diet mirrors a lot of 150 00:13:27,740 --> 00:13:35,540 spiritual appetites. We start off good, we have very 151 00:13:35,540 --> 00:13:39,740 good intentions. But about the time real hunger 152 00:13:39,740 --> 00:13:43,260 starts setting in, we fall off to whatever feels good. 153 00:13:45,350 --> 00:13:49,750 Have a tendency to lean toward everything we don't need, the 154 00:13:49,750 --> 00:13:52,710 author of this stress diet continued in the article by 155 00:13:52,710 --> 00:13:56,190 stating these statements. If no one sees you eat it, it 156 00:13:56,190 --> 00:14:01,470 has no calories. That'd be nice. 157 00:14:03,390 --> 00:14:06,710 If you drink a diet soda with a candy bar, they will cancel each 158 00:14:06,710 --> 00:14:09,990 other out. I've heard people say that 159 00:14:09,990 --> 00:14:13,230 before. It doesn't work. 160 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,040 Calories don't count if you eat with someone and you both eat 161 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:21,720 the same thing. Food taken for medicinal 162 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:27,000 purposes does not count. If you fatten up everyone around 163 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:32,760 you, you'll look thinner. Snacks consumed in the movie do 164 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:34,840 not count as they are part of the entertainment. 165 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,000 Pieces of cookies contain no calories. 166 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,320 The process of breaking causes a calorie leakage. 167 00:14:46,670 --> 00:14:48,670 And late night snacks have no calories. 168 00:14:48,670 --> 00:14:52,710 The refrigerator is not strong enough for the light to see 169 00:14:52,710 --> 00:14:54,350 their way into the calorie counter. 170 00:14:56,310 --> 00:15:05,740 Sounds ridiculous, right? Sounds just as ridiculous as 171 00:15:05,740 --> 00:15:15,620 some of our excuses. Righteous living requires a 172 00:15:15,620 --> 00:15:23,300 commitment. You cannot be halfway saved. 173 00:15:27,300 --> 00:15:29,940 You can attend church, and I I didn't come to be offensive 174 00:15:29,940 --> 00:15:32,620 today. You can attend church every 175 00:15:32,620 --> 00:15:35,500 service, or you can at least check in every Sunday. 176 00:15:36,580 --> 00:15:40,780 But the mere act of attendance, as important as I believe it is, 177 00:15:41,460 --> 00:15:48,220 that alone does not save you. You cannot be half human, 178 00:15:49,420 --> 00:15:52,060 therefore you cannot be half spiritual. 179 00:15:54,140 --> 00:15:57,100 You are either saved and redeemed by the blood of 180 00:15:57,100 --> 00:16:05,660 Calvary. So how's your appetite today? 181 00:16:07,180 --> 00:16:10,700 #1 from this list? She said if no one sees you eat 182 00:16:10,700 --> 00:16:14,140 it, it has no calories. I am afraid that some of us have 183 00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:17,460 fallen prey to the lie of the enemy today, that if there are 184 00:16:17,460 --> 00:16:26,750 no witnesses, it's not wrong. Wrong is still wrong in 2023. 185 00:16:27,870 --> 00:16:29,990 We still serve a black and white God. 186 00:16:30,870 --> 00:16:35,230 We still serve a God that believes in in what he wrote. 187 00:16:38,940 --> 00:16:42,100 I know society's getting soft and we're getting all kinds of 188 00:16:42,620 --> 00:16:46,260 of dirty compromise and we're we're too weak today to really 189 00:16:46,260 --> 00:16:49,900 state truth. But God's word does not change. 190 00:16:54,700 --> 00:16:58,020 #5 from the list says if you fatten up everyone around you, 191 00:16:58,020 --> 00:17:00,340 you look thinner. And I'm afraid that we fall and 192 00:17:00,340 --> 00:17:04,420 prey to the enemies work today. That if we just gossip about 193 00:17:04,420 --> 00:17:06,660 those around us and make them look worse than us. 194 00:17:09,380 --> 00:17:11,339 Then I could go home and feel just a little bit better. 195 00:17:14,020 --> 00:17:16,619 We need an appetite today for godly things. 196 00:17:18,220 --> 00:17:22,700 We need an appetite today for godly things because God doesn't 197 00:17:22,780 --> 00:17:29,620 do easy. Now I know the Bible says the 198 00:17:29,620 --> 00:17:31,900 way of a transgressor is hard. That's not what I'm talking 199 00:17:31,900 --> 00:17:32,740 about. But. 200 00:17:33,370 --> 00:17:35,370 Let me tell you something. If we're honest with ourselves, 201 00:17:35,570 --> 00:17:39,090 God doesn't do easy. If you're looking for an easy 202 00:17:39,090 --> 00:17:46,700 path, this isn't it. Really. 203 00:17:47,780 --> 00:17:51,540 Well, then maybe I'm in the wrong church because I don't 204 00:17:51,540 --> 00:17:56,980 want to work that hard. You go live in the world, you'll 205 00:17:56,980 --> 00:18:01,260 still have to work that hard. You still won't have it easy. 206 00:18:01,260 --> 00:18:06,700 If you walk away from God, easy does not exist. 207 00:18:09,420 --> 00:18:12,420 There's a sacrifice that we have to make somewhere. 208 00:18:12,660 --> 00:18:16,420 We either make the sacrifice for righteous living or we make the 209 00:18:16,420 --> 00:18:20,820 sacrifice for sinful living. Easy as a mirage in the desert, 210 00:18:21,060 --> 00:18:28,620 it does not exist. And if you don't have the right 211 00:18:28,620 --> 00:18:32,820 appetite today, you'll coast along on appetizers for a while, 212 00:18:33,060 --> 00:18:35,540 enjoying what you feel in the presence of God. 213 00:18:35,780 --> 00:18:39,020 But eventually you're going to get hungry, you're going to need 214 00:18:39,020 --> 00:18:42,340 some nutrition, and if you haven't developed an appetite 215 00:18:42,340 --> 00:18:46,260 for godly things, you will gravitate to whatever feels 216 00:18:46,260 --> 00:18:57,190 good. God never does what's easy, he 217 00:18:57,190 --> 00:19:00,430 does. What's divine and divine often 218 00:19:00,430 --> 00:19:04,070 seems complicated to us. Why did God choose a barren 219 00:19:04,070 --> 00:19:09,470 woman to birth a prophet? What did God choose a boy to 220 00:19:09,470 --> 00:19:13,350 kill Goliath? What did God send a backslider 221 00:19:13,350 --> 00:19:17,550 to preach to Nineveh? What did God use a century old 222 00:19:17,550 --> 00:19:18,750 man to have? Isaac? 223 00:19:19,670 --> 00:19:22,550 What did God choose a virgin to birth Jesus? 224 00:19:23,270 --> 00:19:25,670 What did God? What did Jesus tell a man whose 225 00:19:25,670 --> 00:19:28,110 hand was withered? Stretch forth your hand. 226 00:19:28,230 --> 00:19:32,820 He could have just healed him. But he required something from 227 00:19:32,820 --> 00:19:37,300 him, who tells a blind man to go wash in a pool so he can see, 228 00:19:37,580 --> 00:19:43,260 and it's a pool he can't even see to get to, Who stands in 229 00:19:43,260 --> 00:19:45,460 front of a tomb and tells a dead man to get up? 230 00:19:47,540 --> 00:19:51,820 That's not easy. God's way can seem so 231 00:19:51,820 --> 00:19:56,700 complicated to us and it can be frustrating to us. 232 00:19:57,360 --> 00:19:59,760 And if you don't have an appetite that allows you to 233 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:03,560 accept the complicated, you'll miss out on the divine nature of 234 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:11,520 God in your circumstances. I, I, I read a quote, a man, a 235 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:16,240 man said the other day said, if we don't know the Bible, if we 236 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:21,840 don't know doctrine, if we don't know theology, it's virtually 237 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:26,240 impossible for us to identify false prophets. 238 00:20:31,930 --> 00:20:37,170 I often worry that in the Apostolic Church we are guilty 239 00:20:37,170 --> 00:20:43,650 of wanting to feel so much that we lose the head knowledge of 240 00:20:43,650 --> 00:20:45,850 God. What God wants to impart to us 241 00:20:46,570 --> 00:20:49,570 through His word. We need to know the word. 242 00:20:51,690 --> 00:20:58,150 I I know that there. I know there are places I won't 243 00:20:58,150 --> 00:21:00,310 drop their name today. I'm not trying to be rude, but I 244 00:21:00,310 --> 00:21:04,030 know that there are places where that the man that stands behind 245 00:21:04,030 --> 00:21:07,610 the pulpit will tell people. Don't worry about reading it for 246 00:21:07,610 --> 00:21:08,690 yourself. That's my job. 247 00:21:09,770 --> 00:21:12,930 I know those places exist that don't happen here. 248 00:21:16,210 --> 00:21:22,130 We are constantly telling you, read your Bible, pray, develop a 249 00:21:22,130 --> 00:21:25,730 relationship with God. We are constantly trying to get 250 00:21:25,730 --> 00:21:32,170 you to do for yourself what you need to do for yourself. 251 00:21:34,670 --> 00:21:37,750 Because we recognize today, if we don't have an appetite for 252 00:21:37,750 --> 00:21:42,150 godly things, we will default to believing that attendance to 253 00:21:42,150 --> 00:21:45,390 church on a Sunday and being a good person makes us a 254 00:21:45,390 --> 00:21:48,390 Christian. This is a trap of the enemy 255 00:21:48,390 --> 00:21:50,980 today. Yes, we need to be in the House 256 00:21:50,980 --> 00:21:53,740 of God. Yes, we need to be good people. 257 00:21:54,060 --> 00:21:56,180 Yes, we need to be Christ followers. 258 00:21:56,460 --> 00:22:00,220 But we'll never be any of the above until we fall in love with 259 00:22:00,220 --> 00:22:05,100 this word and fall in love with an appetite for godly things in 260 00:22:05,100 --> 00:22:08,990 my life. I'm not looking to come to 261 00:22:09,030 --> 00:22:12,990 church on a Sunday morning at 1121 Cedar St. just to feel 262 00:22:12,990 --> 00:22:15,750 good. I'm not here today just to check 263 00:22:15,750 --> 00:22:19,150 in and make sure that you know I'm here so my attendance list 264 00:22:19,150 --> 00:22:23,070 has a check mark beside it. I'm not here today for any other 265 00:22:23,070 --> 00:22:27,910 reason than I love Jesus and I'm in love with His word today. 266 00:22:28,310 --> 00:22:32,190 And I know come Monday morning, I'm still going to love him. 267 00:22:38,810 --> 00:22:49,530 I know it's 2023. We cannot we cannot afford to 268 00:22:49,530 --> 00:22:54,770 fall in this trap because if we fall into this trap, we will 269 00:22:54,770 --> 00:22:59,010 find ourselves transitioning to just attending church. 270 00:22:59,010 --> 00:23:04,450 When it fits our schedule, we'll fall out. 271 00:23:04,450 --> 00:23:07,970 We'll find ourselves transitioning to where I'll I'll 272 00:23:07,970 --> 00:23:11,670 pray when I need something because he's there. 273 00:23:12,870 --> 00:23:15,590 We'll we'll find ourselves worshipping only when someone's 274 00:23:15,590 --> 00:23:17,830 watching us, because I want to look good. 275 00:23:19,350 --> 00:23:20,710 I I want to look like a Christian. 276 00:23:20,710 --> 00:23:22,350 So if somebody's watching, I'll worship. 277 00:23:22,350 --> 00:23:27,510 If not, it's optional. We'll defer to saying Amen 278 00:23:28,270 --> 00:23:31,030 somewhat under our breath because we like the fortitude to 279 00:23:31,030 --> 00:23:33,750 say it out loud. And we'll only do this when we 280 00:23:33,750 --> 00:23:41,170 agree with what's being said. You know, there's times I say 281 00:23:41,170 --> 00:23:47,690 Amen because it's not what I agree with, but it's what I 282 00:23:47,690 --> 00:23:53,770 needed. We used two years ago say say 283 00:23:53,770 --> 00:24:11,100 Amen or owe me. If we defer and our walk with 284 00:24:11,100 --> 00:24:20,540 God to only serving him when things are good, we'll never 285 00:24:20,540 --> 00:24:31,210 find him when things are bad. And if we transition to these 286 00:24:31,210 --> 00:24:36,130 things in our walk with God, our next transition will be getting 287 00:24:36,130 --> 00:24:42,310 mad when church don't make me happy, our next transition 288 00:24:42,310 --> 00:24:44,710 because you see it's a it's it's a it's a cause and effect. 289 00:24:45,830 --> 00:24:49,590 Our next transition will be to criticize when the church 290 00:24:49,590 --> 00:24:54,390 doesn't offer the right number of programs and pop culture 291 00:24:54,390 --> 00:25:01,130 niceties. Let me Let me tell you 292 00:25:01,130 --> 00:25:02,250 something. If you're worried about the 293 00:25:02,250 --> 00:25:04,890 number of programs we have, we've got the three best 294 00:25:04,890 --> 00:25:08,250 programs you can ever ask for Sunday morning, Sunday night and 295 00:25:08,250 --> 00:25:12,800 Wednesday night. And if you can't be saved with 296 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,240 those three programs, no clown face is going to save you. 297 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,840 No March rally down down Broadway Street is going to save 298 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,040 you. My God, I feel the Holy Ghost. 299 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,640 If you can't be saved on a Sunday morning and a Sunday 300 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,960 night and a Wednesday night connect group, nothing else is 301 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:37,480 going to save you. And I'm not against programs. 302 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:39,760 I'm not against clowns and balloons. 303 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,080 But that's not where my salvation is. 304 00:25:48,020 --> 00:25:50,980 And the next thing that will lead to us is the spirit of 305 00:25:51,020 --> 00:25:54,180 offense that will cause us to hear things that aren't being 306 00:25:54,180 --> 00:26:02,540 said. So I must keep my appetite in 307 00:26:02,580 --> 00:26:07,300 check. I've come today to sound an 308 00:26:07,300 --> 00:26:10,100 alarm. I'm not trying to be in your 309 00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:11,700 face on a Sunday morning this early. 310 00:26:12,580 --> 00:26:16,000 I get it. But I ask God for boldness to 311 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,720 preach His word today. And I've come to tell somebody 312 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,440 today with when church attendance becomes negotiable, 313 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,120 don't be surprised when God becomes negotiable. 314 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,840 When you when you prefer to default to watching online to 315 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,000 versus being in the House of God, you're starting to 316 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:40,600 negotiate God out of your life. Let me say that differently. 317 00:26:41,130 --> 00:26:44,770 If you won't worship God at church, you sure won't worship 318 00:26:44,770 --> 00:26:52,500 him at all. If you have to ask if church is 319 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:55,740 necessary, you're already flirting with the wrong 320 00:26:55,740 --> 00:27:01,660 appetite. I I read I mentioned this in our 321 00:27:01,660 --> 00:27:04,340 Connect group Wednesday night, but I read one One of the 322 00:27:04,340 --> 00:27:07,500 pastors, a Bishop in the Indiana district, had put up a post a 323 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:11,620 few days or weeks ago and he said Sunday morning church is a 324 00:27:11,620 --> 00:27:15,880 Saturday night decision. If you wait till you get up on 325 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,320 Sunday morning to see if you feel good enough to go to church 326 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:22,200 or not, you're not making the right decision. 327 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,520 And just for clarity, I'm not referring to our elders there 328 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,480 because that may very well be their season. 329 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:33,840 But I can guarantee you on a Saturday night, they're already 330 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:39,760 thinking about it. If your children are asking you 331 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:47,200 if church is necessary, you need an appetite check for your whole 332 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:53,320 family, because the salvation of your family is your 333 00:27:53,320 --> 00:28:00,160 responsibility. Some dad and some mom needs to 334 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,080 hear this. This morning you are responsible 335 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:13,000 for saving your children, not the church, David said. 336 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:17,960 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go, and to the House 337 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:21,360 of the Lord. I know it's not popular today, 338 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,960 but I have to rehearse the words of Joshua. 339 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:32,890 But As for me in my house, you know why my 24 year old son 340 00:28:33,090 --> 00:28:36,450 married out of the house still serves God? 341 00:28:36,650 --> 00:28:39,930 It's because when he was at home, it wasn't an option. 342 00:28:41,450 --> 00:28:43,410 When he was home, we said we're going to church. 343 00:28:43,570 --> 00:28:46,330 Matter of fact, he knew the lifestyle so much we didn't even 344 00:28:46,330 --> 00:28:51,610 have to talk about it. We didn't have to talk about 345 00:28:51,610 --> 00:28:54,090 Saturday night whether or not we was going to church the next day 346 00:28:54,330 --> 00:29:03,000 because it wasn't optional, he told Mohosata. 347 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:13,150 We need to serve the Lord. We need to worship the Lord. 348 00:29:13,910 --> 00:29:18,030 We need to worship the Lord. We need to worship the Lord. 349 00:29:19,390 --> 00:29:22,870 I don't worship Him with my my attendance, my presence does not 350 00:29:22,870 --> 00:29:24,270 tell him I think he's good enough. 351 00:29:26,750 --> 00:29:30,190 My body language does. My words do. 352 00:29:30,790 --> 00:29:35,220 My actions do my behavior well, you didn't sing any songs I like 353 00:29:35,220 --> 00:29:36,300 this morning. That's all right. 354 00:29:36,700 --> 00:29:39,740 I sing songs sometimes I don't like, but I still worship him. 355 00:29:40,700 --> 00:29:43,380 My worship him. His worth is not predicated on 356 00:29:43,380 --> 00:29:46,300 which song we sang. His worth is not predicated on 357 00:29:46,300 --> 00:29:49,660 which style of music we play. His worth is not predicated on 358 00:29:49,660 --> 00:29:51,460 whether you like my tie or my socks. 359 00:29:51,820 --> 00:29:54,340 His worth is predicated on the fact that he's the God of the 360 00:29:54,340 --> 00:29:56,380 universe. And he said there's no one 361 00:29:56,380 --> 00:29:58,660 beside me. He said there's no one over 362 00:29:58,660 --> 00:29:59,780 here. There's no one. 363 00:30:00,220 --> 00:30:08,260 I am the only guy and if we'll fall in love with him and get an 364 00:30:08,260 --> 00:30:12,580 appetite for him, we will uphold our covenant relationship with 365 00:30:12,580 --> 00:30:26,260 God. Somebody say whoo God gave 366 00:30:26,380 --> 00:30:33,440 Israel manna for the day, look at your neighbor this morning, 367 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,400 smack him a high five and say for the day. 368 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,160 Now if you just smacked them and didn't give him a high five, 369 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:41,280 that's not what I told you to do. 370 00:30:46,580 --> 00:30:54,780 Gave them manna for the day. We need to learn to trust God's 371 00:30:55,140 --> 00:31:02,660 portion because He's giving me daily what I need. 372 00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:08,860 He's not giving me what I want. He's not giving me what I think 373 00:31:08,860 --> 00:31:11,780 I need. He's giving me a portion for the 374 00:31:11,780 --> 00:31:15,620 day. That is exactly what I need. 375 00:31:16,540 --> 00:31:23,340 Each day God has a portion. You can't come collect your 376 00:31:23,340 --> 00:31:26,340 portion on Sunday and get a week's worth. 377 00:31:29,300 --> 00:31:31,140 Hear me now? You can't. 378 00:31:31,140 --> 00:31:32,860 It's it's contrary to God's work. 379 00:31:33,060 --> 00:31:37,380 You can't get a week's worth of portion and walk away and be 380 00:31:37,380 --> 00:31:41,380 satiated every day and have your appetite full of God every day, 381 00:31:41,460 --> 00:31:43,300 when all you did was collect once. 382 00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:52,540 Because when the Israelites collected more than a day's 383 00:31:52,540 --> 00:31:59,740 worth, what was good for them became cursed, Had breadworms 384 00:31:59,740 --> 00:32:04,100 and it stank. The Bible said God will give you 385 00:32:04,100 --> 00:32:07,140 on a daily basis what you need, but you've got to collect it on 386 00:32:07,140 --> 00:32:12,060 a daily basis. If you'll start collecting his 387 00:32:12,060 --> 00:32:15,780 portion on a daily basis when you get to Sunday morning, 388 00:32:15,940 --> 00:32:18,860 Sunday church won't will feel quite as foreign to you. 389 00:32:21,980 --> 00:32:24,500 Because you see, what what happens is, is we have to 390 00:32:24,500 --> 00:32:27,580 readjust our appetite every time we come to church. 391 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,680 Because I I ate off of God's portion last Sunday, but ever 392 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:38,320 since I've not had his portion, so now my taste buds aren't 393 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,560 acclimated to what he's trying to feed me. 394 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:45,960 So then we want to that don't taste good. 395 00:32:53,090 --> 00:32:59,330 You you can't. You can't dine at Hobbs on a 396 00:32:59,330 --> 00:33:08,190 cheeseburger appetite or cheeseburger cost for that 397 00:33:08,190 --> 00:33:13,710 matter. First time. 398 00:33:14,190 --> 00:33:17,350 First time I had a company meal at a really nice restaurant, I 399 00:33:17,350 --> 00:33:20,230 certainly couldn't afford it. I was glad the company was 400 00:33:20,230 --> 00:33:22,830 paying for it. Brother Malone, the first time I 401 00:33:22,830 --> 00:33:26,510 had a nice meal. And I'm not talking Ponderosa 402 00:33:26,510 --> 00:33:29,400 buffet. First time I had a nice meal, 403 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:33,520 first time I ate at a Hobbs steakhouse or a Ruth's Chris or 404 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,840 some place like that, that in my natural life I couldn't afford 405 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:47,200 first couple of bites who they like this. 406 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:54,840 They paid this much money for this because my appetite wasn't 407 00:33:54,840 --> 00:34:00,030 adjusted to that menu. You'll eat whatever you develop 408 00:34:00,030 --> 00:34:07,070 an appetite for, but if you're not eating off of God's portion 409 00:34:07,990 --> 00:34:12,070 through the week, you spend in the first half of Sunday service 410 00:34:12,070 --> 00:34:13,630 trying to redevelop your appetite. 411 00:34:16,190 --> 00:34:18,670 And by the time your appetite gets adjusted, we're ready to 412 00:34:18,670 --> 00:34:20,590 dismiss you. Miss the menu? 413 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:27,080 Well, why is he doing daily? Because he gives me a portion 414 00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:30,239 daily today that I might trust him for tomorrow. 415 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,080 I've got to learn. We have to learn. 416 00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:38,840 You have to learn to walk by faith, not by sight. 417 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:43,000 God's not going to give you portion every day of the week 418 00:34:45,159 --> 00:34:48,880 early. He's going to give it to you as 419 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:52,880 a daily portion, on a daily basis. 420 00:34:53,179 --> 00:34:56,460 He'll give you today what you need today, so you can trust him 421 00:34:56,620 --> 00:34:59,140 for tomorrow. If you aren't trusting him for 422 00:34:59,140 --> 00:35:03,900 the journey and accepting his daily provision, it will affect 423 00:35:03,980 --> 00:35:09,180 your appetite. And then when you don't get what 424 00:35:09,180 --> 00:35:11,500 you think you should get on a Sunday morning, you don't come 425 00:35:11,500 --> 00:35:21,180 back on a Sunday night. You've got to keep showing up. 426 00:35:23,820 --> 00:35:29,590 You've got to keep eating. You may not always understand 427 00:35:29,590 --> 00:35:32,190 your situation, but keep showing up. 428 00:35:32,910 --> 00:35:36,310 You may not always like your circumstances, but keep showing 429 00:35:36,310 --> 00:35:38,910 up. You may not always feel like it 430 00:35:38,910 --> 00:35:43,310 and I can guarantee you today with 100% confidence, you're not 431 00:35:43,310 --> 00:35:47,670 always going to feel like it, but just keep showing up. 432 00:35:47,910 --> 00:35:50,550 There is power today and just not quitting. 433 00:36:02,310 --> 00:36:07,030 When you don't quit, you're telling God I trust you. 434 00:36:10,750 --> 00:36:13,790 When you don't quit, you're telling your enemy that you have 435 00:36:13,790 --> 00:36:18,070 an appetite for the ways of God and you're not moving until God 436 00:36:18,070 --> 00:36:23,110 moves with you. They didn't like Daniel, so they 437 00:36:23,110 --> 00:36:25,270 put him in a den of lions to shut him up. 438 00:36:26,670 --> 00:36:29,270 Daniel kept his appetite for God, and the lions went on a 439 00:36:29,270 --> 00:36:32,790 fast. Moses approached the Red Sea 440 00:36:32,790 --> 00:36:34,430 with millions of Israelites behind him. 441 00:36:34,710 --> 00:36:38,110 Egypt close to their trail, backed into a corner against the 442 00:36:38,110 --> 00:36:43,070 water Moses. Moses had walked away from the 443 00:36:43,070 --> 00:36:48,070 appetite of Egypt to follow God, and when he thought it was just 444 00:36:48,070 --> 00:36:50,590 about over, God said just lift your hand up over the water. 445 00:36:54,870 --> 00:36:57,710 Jesus was on the cross with those mocking him around, saying 446 00:36:57,870 --> 00:37:00,230 he saved his. He saved others, but himself he 447 00:37:00,230 --> 00:37:03,580 can't save. But Jesus knew on the other side 448 00:37:03,580 --> 00:37:05,220 of sacrifice there was resurrection. 449 00:37:06,420 --> 00:37:09,340 He couldn't allow his appetite for earthly things to blur his 450 00:37:09,340 --> 00:37:13,500 vision of what was yet to come. Whatever you do today, just 451 00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:19,700 don't quit. We need an appetite check. 452 00:37:24,500 --> 00:37:29,810 We We had this, this next statement I'm going to make. 453 00:37:29,810 --> 00:37:32,050 We had this material in our Connect group this past 454 00:37:32,050 --> 00:37:35,090 Wednesday and it spoke to me deeply. 455 00:37:37,570 --> 00:37:43,010 I'll put it in my own words. But basically the writer, pastor 456 00:37:43,010 --> 00:37:46,050 of the book said we'll sit for two hours plus and watch an NFL 457 00:37:46,050 --> 00:37:51,650 game. We'll watch a basketball game or 458 00:37:51,650 --> 00:37:56,420 a golf tournament or a movie. But if we start getting close to 459 00:37:56,420 --> 00:37:58,620 11:30 on Sunday morning, we have to go to lunch. 460 00:38:00,340 --> 00:38:02,260 So we'll skip ultra call and check out early. 461 00:38:05,260 --> 00:38:10,100 Sir, Ma'am, you need an appetite check today if your natural 462 00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:12,460 lunch is more important to you than what God could be stirred 463 00:38:12,460 --> 00:38:17,660 up in your spirit today, you need an appetite check if we're 464 00:38:17,660 --> 00:38:19,500 more moved. And I'm not against the NFL 465 00:38:19,500 --> 00:38:21,580 games, basketball games, golf tournaments, movies. 466 00:38:21,580 --> 00:38:30,830 I watch all of them, but not when it's House of God time. 467 00:38:32,910 --> 00:38:43,210 We're not careful. We'll have an appetite problem. 468 00:38:46,410 --> 00:38:52,530 We'll still attend church. It'll still make us feel better 469 00:38:55,250 --> 00:39:09,920 and we'll be lost. Because God did not call you to 470 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:14,520 walk through plan of salvation and then just sit. 471 00:39:20,540 --> 00:39:24,260 That's not what His plan was. Watch what happened in the Book 472 00:39:24,260 --> 00:39:26,100 of Acts after they received the Holy Ghost. 473 00:39:26,860 --> 00:39:28,860 They turned around and started prophesying. 474 00:39:30,500 --> 00:39:32,780 If that was to happen in our day today, I don't know what we 475 00:39:32,780 --> 00:39:34,220 would. I don't know if our brains could 476 00:39:34,220 --> 00:39:40,030 comprehend the the power of God. I'm not trying to be rude. 477 00:39:40,030 --> 00:39:41,550 I'm not trying to be controversial. 478 00:39:41,550 --> 00:39:43,430 I'm not trying to upset anyone this morning. 479 00:39:43,750 --> 00:39:48,710 But I have come to boldly sound an alarm today in a question 480 00:39:48,710 --> 00:39:52,590 form because I'm asking you, what are you hungry for today? 481 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:03,160 Because what you're hungry for determines what you eat. 482 00:40:12,510 --> 00:40:18,230 The book of John, chapter #6 in verse 47 the Bible. 483 00:40:18,430 --> 00:40:22,750 Jesus speaking, says, Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that 484 00:40:22,750 --> 00:40:25,430 believeth on me hath everlasting life. 485 00:40:27,630 --> 00:40:34,510 I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in 486 00:40:34,510 --> 00:40:41,670 the wilderness, and are dead. This is that bread which cometh 487 00:40:41,670 --> 00:40:48,470 down from heaven. He's referring to himself that a 488 00:40:48,470 --> 00:40:57,510 man may eat thereof and not die. What we have here is not a 489 00:40:57,510 --> 00:41:03,550 contradiction, but a connection. In in the wilderness, God 490 00:41:03,550 --> 00:41:07,990 sustained his people physically. And we have a spiritual 491 00:41:08,270 --> 00:41:12,100 application to that of how God is our daily provision. 492 00:41:13,820 --> 00:41:17,260 But then Jesus comes in to kind of close the deal and say they 493 00:41:17,260 --> 00:41:20,780 had physical provision. But I'm here to give you an 494 00:41:20,780 --> 00:41:26,980 eternal provision. So how's your appetite today? 495 00:41:29,220 --> 00:41:38,270 What are you hungry for today? Let me show you something. 496 00:41:38,270 --> 00:41:40,910 I was, I was, I was very astounded by and something I'd 497 00:41:40,910 --> 00:41:43,950 never read before. But in the Jewish writings about 498 00:41:43,950 --> 00:41:49,310 the the mana in the wilderness, it defines, You know, I think 499 00:41:49,310 --> 00:41:51,430 there's a verse in the Bible that talks about God raining the 500 00:41:51,430 --> 00:41:56,310 bread down from heaven. And I've always, I've always 501 00:41:56,310 --> 00:42:02,910 thought that there was just loaf of bread just raining down from 502 00:42:02,910 --> 00:42:04,430 heaven. And I'm not saying God couldn't 503 00:42:04,430 --> 00:42:09,040 do that, or that he did it. But to provide you with an 504 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:11,960 alternate perspective of how supernatural this really was, 505 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:16,560 the Jewish writings define the the reigning of manna from 506 00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:24,640 heaven as the manna being a white crystal. 507 00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:30,920 Just a little crystal. And I told you to take 43 oz for 508 00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:32,640 an Omer. So you can imagine scooping up 509 00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:37,280 those crystals, meeting them, by whatever means. 510 00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:41,440 I don't know. But the Bible says and the 511 00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:46,520 Jewish writing state that before the manna fell, that there was 512 00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:54,360 due from heaven that came down. It was like a cleansing Do came 513 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:57,800 down and it and it cleaned everything up and and made the 514 00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:00,080 preparation for what was about to happen. 515 00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:05,000 The manna falls. And then after the manna falls, 516 00:43:05,940 --> 00:43:12,420 another dew fell so that the manna was preserved between a 517 00:43:12,420 --> 00:43:18,780 box of dew until they woke for the day and when they got up for 518 00:43:18,780 --> 00:43:26,140 the day, breakfast was served. Now just imagine for me, with me 519 00:43:26,140 --> 00:43:29,220 for just a moment that you're in a tent somewhere out in the 520 00:43:29,220 --> 00:43:39,270 middle of the desert for 40 years, some of y'all, not even 521 00:43:39,270 --> 00:43:47,470 40 years old, You're in the desert. 522 00:43:48,550 --> 00:43:52,310 You've seen miracle after miracle after miracle. 523 00:43:54,230 --> 00:43:57,110 God does this great and wonderful thing for you every 524 00:43:57,110 --> 00:44:07,390 morning, and it's still not good enough and they still have the 525 00:44:07,390 --> 00:44:10,610 audacity to say I want garlic and onions. 526 00:44:12,730 --> 00:44:24,250 The reason why we need to keep our appetite in check is because 527 00:44:24,250 --> 00:44:29,090 if we don't understand what our appetite is for, then even God 528 00:44:29,090 --> 00:44:35,170 himself will never satisfy us and we'll go through life 529 00:44:35,170 --> 00:44:39,130 constantly searching, constantly frustrated, constantly trying to 530 00:44:39,130 --> 00:44:45,470 find an easier route because God himself hasn't been able to feed 531 00:44:45,470 --> 00:44:52,230 me well enough yet. If we can just keep our hunger 532 00:44:53,190 --> 00:44:55,390 for God, Stand with me if you would please. 533 00:44:55,470 --> 00:44:59,710 Musicians can come. What are you hungry for today? 534 00:45:04,070 --> 00:45:05,670 close with this statement this morning. 535 00:45:06,230 --> 00:45:15,790 What you focus on expands. What you ignore shrinks. 536 00:45:19,590 --> 00:45:21,870 Now there's an application to that that we can apply to our 537 00:45:21,870 --> 00:45:28,270 walk with God. Because if I focus, if I focus 538 00:45:28,270 --> 00:45:33,910 on him, then he will expand in my life. 539 00:45:36,110 --> 00:45:41,150 But if I ignore him, if I ignore him, if I walk out of here today 540 00:45:41,150 --> 00:45:47,740 and I ignore him tonight and I ignore him on Wednesdays, the 541 00:45:47,740 --> 00:45:51,420 next Sunday morning, it becomes just a little bit more optional 542 00:45:51,420 --> 00:45:52,980 because I've ignored him all week. 543 00:45:55,780 --> 00:45:57,900 I just don't understand why it's so hard to go to church. 544 00:45:58,220 --> 00:46:02,380 Because you're not, you're not flavoring him through the week. 545 00:46:05,860 --> 00:46:08,060 I told you at the onset of this message this morning that 546 00:46:08,060 --> 00:46:13,970 there's a way to get your appetite up, but it requires you 547 00:46:14,490 --> 00:46:24,060 to eat. Why don't we lift our hands and 548 00:46:24,060 --> 00:46:25,500 just ask God to help us right now? 549 00:46:27,220 --> 00:46:30,140 All over this house this morning, somebody, somebody 550 00:46:30,140 --> 00:46:32,660 talked to the Lord today. This altar is open this morning. 551 00:46:36,060 --> 00:46:37,940 I'm calling on someone today. Who? 552 00:46:41,620 --> 00:46:43,820 Maybe your appetite's fine. That's that's all right. 553 00:46:44,100 --> 00:46:46,540 This alters not just for those that need an appetite check. 554 00:46:47,260 --> 00:46:50,660 Because the way that I keep my appetite in check is I keep it 555 00:46:50,660 --> 00:46:56,260 constant communication with him. Get it in this alter. 556 00:46:56,260 --> 00:46:58,020 Every service is how we seal the deal. 557 00:46:59,300 --> 00:47:00,940 Seal your word in my heart, Lord. 558 00:47:02,820 --> 00:47:04,380 Hide your word in my heart, Lord. 559 00:47:04,380 --> 00:47:05,780 That I might not sin against you. 560 00:47:08,140 --> 00:47:11,140 God, take everything that I've heard today in your word. 561 00:47:11,220 --> 00:47:14,160 Take everything that you've spoken today in this altar 562 00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:16,760 today, God, and absorb it into my appetite. 563 00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:18,720 Help me to have an appetite and a hunger for you. 564 00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:22,880 God, I want to trust you today. Thank you for listening. 565 00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:25,600 If you would like more information about our services 566 00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:28,880 and activities, you can find us on Facebook, Instagram and 567 00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:34,560 Twitter with the username FACMC. 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