1 00:00:01,100 --> 00:00:04,100 Welcome to the first episode Church podcast. 2 00:00:04,500 --> 00:00:08,000 Our church mission is to love as God loves showing compassion 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,500 Every Soul, thus, winning those souls and equipping them to be 4 00:00:11,500 --> 00:00:13,800 sent out to plant and to harvest. 5 00:00:14,100 --> 00:00:17,000 Thank you for joining us today. And we hope that you are blessed 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:28,500 by today's podcast. Bless your Holy Name today. 7 00:00:30,100 --> 00:00:33,200 Hey man, look at your neighbor this morning telling me feels 8 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:38,100 good to be in church. Man, you may be seated. 9 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,200 Give honor to my Bishop this morning. 10 00:00:47,900 --> 00:00:53,000 Love and appreciate him. Appreciate and love our pastor 11 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,700 and his wife and family this morning. 12 00:01:00,300 --> 00:01:02,400 What a privilege it is to be in church today. 13 00:01:07,900 --> 00:01:10,800 And I look across this congregation this morning and 14 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,600 I'm purposefully stalling, just a little bit as these gentlemen, 15 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:18,000 get ready. But I look across the 16 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,500 congregation this morning and I can't help, but feel a cross 17 00:01:22,500 --> 00:01:25,400 mixed emotion of both frustration and gratitude. 18 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:33,000 And my gratitude Bishop is that I have a desire to come to the 19 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:37,300 house of the Lord. That's not what I'm talking 20 00:01:37,300 --> 00:01:39,600 about this morning. I'm just, I'm just sharing that 21 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:44,100 I'm thankful to be here today. When you miss? 22 00:01:45,500 --> 00:01:48,600 regardless of the reason, if it's something that you want to 23 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:53,500 be at you miss it, You man. So I appreciate that this 24 00:01:53,500 --> 00:01:55,900 morning. We're going to do something 25 00:01:55,900 --> 00:01:58,800 date. We have both guitar setup. 26 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:03,700 Okay. Oh, there it is. 27 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,000 All right. We're going to do something this 28 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,200 morning. I'm going to teach. 29 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:07,800 We're going to get into the word of the Lord. 30 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:12,500 But we're doing something with purpose today, so I'll explain a 31 00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:15,900 little bit as we go along and then more afterwards, Landon you 32 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:18,200 ready? Ready, buddy. 33 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,700 All right, we're going to have a couple of guitar solo. 34 00:02:22,700 --> 00:02:26,100 Presentations this morning for your listening enjoyment. 35 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:32,400 All right. I'm ready when you are. 36 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:35,900 Whatever. Feels good. 37 00:02:37,600 --> 00:03:11,000 Got some volume. Alright, let's give him a good 38 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,300 hand. Was it that good? 39 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,300 Hey man, can anybody else out in the congregation? 40 00:03:17,300 --> 00:03:22,200 Do that. I can't do that. 41 00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:24,800 All right, it was good. Now we're going to have another 42 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:29,700 one. We're going to go back and forth 43 00:03:29,700 --> 00:03:31,600 here just a little bit. Alright, everybody. 44 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,700 Okay, you're going to stay with me. 45 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,600 All right. I don't care what you like. 46 00:03:38,200 --> 00:04:04,300 Whatever feels good. Alright, let's give him a good 47 00:04:04,300 --> 00:04:10,200 hand this morning. All right, we're going to switch 48 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,300 back where the land is going to take another. 49 00:04:12,300 --> 00:04:18,800 Go at it. this is not necessarily a guitar off, or 50 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,200 however, they say that like the drum off or whatever, but we are 51 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,600 doing some compare and contrast this morning with the very 52 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,500 specific reason, Whenever you're ready. 53 00:04:41,900 --> 00:04:44,300 All right, very good. Let's give him a good hand. 54 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,900 Alright, one more time. Whatever. 55 00:04:51,900 --> 00:04:53,900 I don't care, whatever makes you happy. 56 00:05:15,300 --> 00:05:19,300 Alright, let's give them both a good hand this morning and if 57 00:05:19,300 --> 00:05:21,100 you'll stand with me this morning, we're actually going to 58 00:05:21,108 --> 00:05:23,300 read the word of the Lord. Don't anybody get nervous? 59 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,900 I'm going to be teaching this morning on the subject of the 60 00:05:27,900 --> 00:05:34,800 value of Small Beginnings. We're going to compare and 61 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,400 contrast. What just happened in just a 62 00:05:36,407 --> 00:05:38,700 moment. The value of Small Beginnings, 63 00:05:38,700 --> 00:05:42,100 The Book of Mark, chapter 4, and verse number 30, the Bible reads 64 00:05:42,100 --> 00:05:48,000 and he said we're into shall we liken the kingdom of God or with 65 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:54,600 what comparison shall We compare it it is like a grain of mustard 66 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:59,100 seed which when it is sown in the earth is less than all the 67 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:03,100 seeds that be in the Earth. But when it is sown it, groweth 68 00:06:03,100 --> 00:06:08,400 up and become a greater than all herbs and shoot us out. 69 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,500 Great branches. So that the fowls of the air May 70 00:06:11,500 --> 00:06:17,400 Lodge Under The Shadow Of it, the value. 71 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,600 Of Small Beginnings. Bishop would you ask the Lord to 72 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,500 help us this morning? Anoint the lips of clay to speak 73 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:53,400 today. Amen. 74 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,200 Lord bless you. You may be seated this morning. 75 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:58,800 Brother, Alex for the Landon, thank you for your help this 76 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,400 morning. I appreciate that what they have 77 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:05,200 demonstrated for you this morning very briefly is the 78 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:09,500 value of Small Beginnings. They did. 79 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:13,800 So through a demonstration of varying levels of guitar 80 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:18,900 experience for the Landon represented, the beginner level 81 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,000 of guitar playing. Actually I wrote that he 82 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,400 represented the beginner level but he probably represents a 83 00:07:25,407 --> 00:07:30,200 little bit above beginner level because as a novice or beginner 84 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,400 guitar player, who never intends to be on anything but that I 85 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,000 can't do that. So he might be a little bit 86 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,300 better than beginner but he definitely represented a 87 00:07:40,300 --> 00:07:43,500 starting point and Alex represented. 88 00:07:43,500 --> 00:07:46,400 The more experienced level this morning. 89 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:52,200 Somewhere around eight years ago if I've got my timing. 90 00:07:52,200 --> 00:08:00,400 Correct Alex brother, Alex was also at the beginner level. 8 91 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,300 years, 10 years 12 years. Some of your somewhere around 92 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:07,400 there in his level of guitar playing. 93 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:12,500 Now, the only reason why his plane Advanced to the level that 94 00:08:12,500 --> 00:08:16,100 it is today. Does anybody want to wager a 95 00:08:16,100 --> 00:08:19,600 guess? Practice. 96 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:24,700 Yes, I can't disagree with that, but if I could take it one step 97 00:08:24,700 --> 00:08:28,700 further this morning. The reason why he is Advanced to 98 00:08:28,700 --> 00:08:34,299 the level he is today is because he never quit plate. 99 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:41,100 Sounds simple must not be as simple as it sounds today. 100 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:45,300 There are a lot of people and I'm going to use music as a very 101 00:08:45,300 --> 00:08:47,800 brief example. This morning, there are a lot of 102 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,600 people who want to play an instrument, but don't want to 103 00:08:50,608 --> 00:08:53,700 put the time that it takes into learning how to do. 104 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:59,800 So I can recall as as a little boy in my my father's Church. 105 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:05,900 There was a particular woman in the church who who said I say 106 00:09:05,900 --> 00:09:10,800 this carefully said she had a desire Bishop to play the piano 107 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,500 she and and odds are. She's not going to hear this 108 00:09:14,500 --> 00:09:16,400 podcast. I won't call her by name but I 109 00:09:16,408 --> 00:09:20,400 will speak somewhat freely. She really expressed. 110 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:25,000 It was such an Earnest Ian and what appeared to be such desire 111 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,600 that oh Lord. I want to play the piano if 112 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,600 you'll just help me so much. So and I'm not making fun this 113 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:32,800 morning. I know that God can choose to do 114 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,500 whatever he wants to however he wants to but Literally went over 115 00:09:36,500 --> 00:09:40,800 to the piano one evening during a service and ask them to pray 116 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:44,200 for her hands that God would give her the ability to play. 117 00:09:45,900 --> 00:09:48,100 Now, I'm not saying God can't do that. 118 00:09:49,100 --> 00:09:53,900 But what I also know is behind the story, The Fred Jim 119 00:09:53,900 --> 00:09:57,600 practice. She putting time into Mastery 120 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,400 her skill. She didn't try learning chords, 121 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,600 she didn't do anything, she wanted God to just drop out of 122 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:09,600 the sky without effort this ability to be able to play and 123 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,700 then boom. Whoo, I'm a piano player. 124 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,000 There are no shortcuts. Unless God performs a miracle, 125 00:10:17,700 --> 00:10:21,200 God will not usually do for you what you can do for yourself. 126 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,500 But I will tell you this morning that when you do what you can 127 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:33,700 do, he'll take over from there. I can recall my my own personal 128 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,900 prayer. As a teenager, I wanted nothing 129 00:10:36,900 --> 00:10:38,600 more. There was three particular 130 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:42,900 gentleman who played the Hammond B3 organ and I like playing the 131 00:10:42,900 --> 00:10:44,500 keyboard. I like playing the piano. 132 00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:47,800 I don't like any playing anything as much as I do the B3 133 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:53,300 and as a teenager I wanted so bad to play like these three 134 00:10:53,300 --> 00:10:58,000 gentlemen but I didn't have near the skill set but I was only 13 135 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,600 years old at the time. I can remember Bishop praying 136 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:06,100 and saying God, if you will help me play like them. 137 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:11,700 I will use that for you. Now I'll tell you what I did do 138 00:11:11,700 --> 00:11:16,100 at that point in a whole lot of spare time. 139 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:21,300 I would play their music. I would have my keyboard in my 140 00:11:21,300 --> 00:11:25,300 bedroom set on the organ setting and me and these three 141 00:11:25,300 --> 00:11:30,800 gentlemen, we go to town I didn't sound like them, but as 142 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:33,000 long as I was playing with them, I thought I did. 143 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:36,900 But what that did do is it taught me the discipline of 144 00:11:36,900 --> 00:11:41,300 practice, it taught me, the discipline of rehearsing, and 145 00:11:41,300 --> 00:11:46,100 committing myself to the effort. And I'm not to wear, I'm not to 146 00:11:46,100 --> 00:11:48,700 the skill level, that these three gentlemen are still yet 147 00:11:48,700 --> 00:11:53,800 today, but I can tell you that, as I put effort in God, met me 148 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:57,400 there. And and, and, and I can't even 149 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,400 begin to explain the full process. 150 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:04,000 It wouldn't make sense to some of you, but I know beyond the 151 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:08,000 shadow of a doubt that God answered my prayer to a certain 152 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:13,700 degree because the effort was placed, there are many things in 153 00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:17,300 life that we see. And we experience that start out 154 00:12:17,300 --> 00:12:23,900 small but grow Small seeds, grow into Big Trees. 155 00:12:24,500 --> 00:12:27,100 It's a matter of fact, one of the smallest seeds in the world, 156 00:12:27,100 --> 00:12:31,700 grows into the great Sequoia tree, which can grow up to 300 157 00:12:31,700 --> 00:12:38,900 feet in height babies, grow into adults, small puppies, some 158 00:12:38,900 --> 00:12:46,000 breeds grow into big dogs, iron ore from the ground is made into 159 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,700 steel, which is made to use to in the building of bridges and 160 00:12:49,700 --> 00:12:52,200 skyscrapers. Scrapers and Automobiles trains 161 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:57,700 and airplanes just to name a few small things become big. 162 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:05,000 It takes a process of time. There are some learning 163 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,900 opportunities that caused this to start out small. 164 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:13,700 Learning a new language. You don't start out in a new 165 00:13:13,700 --> 00:13:21,000 language, fluent. It just don't happen. 166 00:13:21,700 --> 00:13:25,200 I've actually put a set of headphones on played in my 167 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:26,900 target language and went to sleep. 168 00:13:26,900 --> 00:13:28,800 Hoping that when I woke up, I'd speak better. 169 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:36,200 It doesn't work. It didn't help at all. 170 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:37,900 I woke up and tried a few things. 171 00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:42,600 I was like, well, I didn't help. But it takes time, it takes a 172 00:13:42,608 --> 00:13:46,600 process, learning them. You a new musical instrument? 173 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:50,300 We discovered that this morning already, it takes step by step. 174 00:13:51,700 --> 00:13:56,000 Now, I don't know what it's like to to take guitar lessons. 175 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,500 I don't even know what it's like to take piano lessons 176 00:13:58,500 --> 00:14:02,600 necessarily be better if I did, I do know what it's like to take 177 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:05,400 drum lessons, and I remember Pastor, or whenever I was a 178 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:09,600 little boy, taking drum lessons. They started me out slow. 179 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:12,600 They started me out on just a couple things. 180 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,400 You know, I wanted to do all the licks and the fancy symbols and 181 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:19,200 boom, bop bop bop bop Papa Brad Malone. 182 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:20,600 They didn't start me out on that. 183 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,400 They started me out on something, that they knew I 184 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,800 could handle. Now I could have chosen to give 185 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,100 up then because I wasn't interested in what they were 186 00:14:30,100 --> 00:14:32,500 teaching me. But what they were teaching me 187 00:14:32,500 --> 00:14:36,600 was necessary for me to be able to do at a later date. 188 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:40,400 What it was? I wanted to do because it is a 189 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,500 process. Somebody say, Amen, learning to 190 00:14:43,500 --> 00:14:46,700 sing. It's not always natural. 191 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,900 I can remember trying to learn how to sing my brother and I 192 00:14:53,900 --> 00:14:59,700 were in our in his bedroom. And he was playing his guitar. 193 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,600 This was on a Saturday night, he's having Church to next 194 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:05,700 morning. Of course, he was playing his 195 00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:10,500 guitar and I was singing, man, we just have more worship and I 196 00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:11,800 thought things were going pretty good. 197 00:15:12,900 --> 00:15:16,500 So Mom came to the door. And she said, why are you 198 00:15:16,500 --> 00:15:19,400 singing every song? And every note in the exact same 199 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:26,000 note? I didn't know, I was So I needed 200 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:30,400 to be taught what was the right way to try to sing learning a 201 00:15:30,408 --> 00:15:35,100 new job. Has anyone here this morning 202 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:40,200 ever started a new job and immediately you had it mastered. 203 00:15:42,500 --> 00:15:44,100 I know there's some people that think they do. 204 00:15:47,900 --> 00:15:50,900 No. So, it takes effort. 205 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:57,800 You start out at a certain place and then you grow from there, 206 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,000 whether it, there are just a couple of jobs in particular, 207 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,800 that I can think of that would really require somewhat of a 208 00:16:04,808 --> 00:16:10,800 learning curve. One is a mechanic II appreciate 209 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:13,300 mechanics, especially whenever something goes wrong with my 210 00:16:13,300 --> 00:16:16,000 car. Doctors. 211 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,100 Doctors. Don't start out cutting you 212 00:16:20,100 --> 00:16:25,100 open. They start out with four years 213 00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:28,900 of preliminary school and then four years of medical school and 214 00:16:28,900 --> 00:16:33,500 then several years of residency and Specialties and learning and 215 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:35,700 learning and learning. It's a lifelong journey of 216 00:16:35,700 --> 00:16:40,600 learning lawyers. I've never needed one. 217 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:48,200 But if there's ever a day that I do, I want one who has been 218 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,000 skilled in doing what needs to be done. 219 00:16:54,500 --> 00:16:59,200 Factory work. Can't Overlook that they're hard 220 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,600 jobs. They require skill. 221 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:07,099 They require effort a pilot. God bless the pilots. 222 00:17:07,099 --> 00:17:10,800 They keep us safe. That's a skill. 223 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,900 I can remember still, I learning how to type. 224 00:17:18,900 --> 00:17:21,700 I don't even think they teach typing classes anymore, but I 225 00:17:21,700 --> 00:17:23,700 can remember learning learning home row. 226 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:31,500 And the first exercises, jay, jay, jay, jay, jay, jay, jay, 227 00:17:31,700 --> 00:17:35,200 jay jay. Now that bores me to tears. 228 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,500 Now, but at that time, I was pretty excited. 229 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:40,900 Well, this is pretty cool. And then, whenever we got to 230 00:17:40,900 --> 00:17:43,400 where we could actually type a few three-letter words without 231 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:50,800 looking you know, the the boy, that's more than three letters. 232 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,900 The boy jumps, you know, the cow jumps over the brown fox and all 233 00:17:55,900 --> 00:18:02,400 that kind of stuff. Start small and then it grows 234 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,600 from there. Stephen Covey said, start with 235 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:11,800 the end in mind using this as a frame of reference this morning, 236 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:15,700 it would be healthy for us. And would it help keep us from 237 00:18:15,700 --> 00:18:17,900 quitting when the matters of Life? 238 00:18:17,900 --> 00:18:20,300 Get in the way. Ladies and gentlemen, this 239 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:23,500 morning life is hard. I'm here to tell you today that 240 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:27,200 life is not even fair. People can be mean, life can get 241 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,900 sloppy, sometimes I'm happy. He sometimes I'm embarrassed. 242 00:18:33,300 --> 00:18:36,800 But I can't quit. Now, I've come too far to stop. 243 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:40,200 Now, I'm a trip. I may make mistakes. 244 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,200 Let me tell you something. The person that never makes 245 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,000 mistakes. This morning, never tried 246 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,000 anything. So don't get, don't get deterred 247 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,500 today by people who say, they've never messed up. 248 00:18:49,500 --> 00:18:51,500 Anybody ever tells you? They've never messed up. 249 00:18:51,500 --> 00:18:55,600 They've never tried You can't you can't Market someone who's 250 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,800 trying even though they may mess up, if I don't get it right 251 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,200 today, I'm going to try again tomorrow. 252 00:19:01,500 --> 00:19:03,200 Why? Because I've got the end in 253 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,300 mind. I know where I'm headed. 254 00:19:05,300 --> 00:19:07,800 I know what my purpose is this morning. 255 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:11,400 I can declare that. I know what my why is, why am I 256 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:12,300 here? Why am I here? 257 00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:15,100 Why am I doing this? Why do I worship God? 258 00:19:15,100 --> 00:19:19,200 Why do I come to church? I know what my wife is because 259 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,700 I'm In Love With Jesus. It's not just because I want to 260 00:19:22,708 --> 00:19:25,200 go to heaven. I'm not here this morning trying 261 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,200 to avoid some type of absentee penalty. 262 00:19:29,100 --> 00:19:31,500 I'm here today because I'm In Love With My Savior. 263 00:19:32,300 --> 00:19:36,100 How many is here this morning? Because you love the Lord, we're 264 00:19:36,100 --> 00:19:39,300 not here today because because we're afraid to get in trouble. 265 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:45,900 I'm here because I love him. We must understand this morning 266 00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:50,900 at the master of anything was once a beginner But there are 267 00:19:50,900 --> 00:19:53,800 some of us that if we try one thing and it don't work out the 268 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:55,100 first time, what do we want to do? 269 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:01,000 We won't quit. No one starts out and then 270 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,900 something new and is immediately the master of it. 271 00:20:04,900 --> 00:20:08,200 Maybe someone here this morning, that Small Beginnings for you 272 00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:12,900 means a moment of outward worship that you normally don't 273 00:20:12,900 --> 00:20:16,000 do. Maybe Small Beginnings for you 274 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,600 as a small amount of daily prayer, maybe it's Financial 275 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,000 giving that you're not accustomed to. 276 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,200 Maybe Small Beginnings for you is surrendering to 277 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:27,700 transformational, living changing your lifestyle. 278 00:20:27,700 --> 00:20:30,800 Maybe Small Beginnings for you is changing The Company. 279 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:34,300 You Keep modifying, your language attending church 280 00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:38,300 Faithfully, Small Beginnings for each of us, may differ. 281 00:20:38,300 --> 00:20:41,900 But I'm here to tell somebody this morning that just because 282 00:20:41,900 --> 00:20:45,000 you try and it doesn't work out, doesn't mean you need to Stop 283 00:20:45,700 --> 00:20:48,200 because the only way you're ever going to get to where you need 284 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,700 to go, is to keep pulling yourself up every time you fall. 285 00:20:52,700 --> 00:20:55,500 It's to keep trying every time you fail. 286 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,600 That's the only way we can make that happen. 287 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:06,200 We're often interrupted in our Small Beginnings by troubles and 288 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:10,300 by adversities that if we're not careful, cause emotions to get 289 00:21:10,300 --> 00:21:14,000 in the driver's seat and those emotions will cause doubt and 290 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:18,300 fear and concern and somehow take over what it is that we're 291 00:21:18,300 --> 00:21:21,100 about to do. This leads us to the questioning 292 00:21:21,100 --> 00:21:30,000 moments of our effort, maybe it wasn't worth it after all. well, 293 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:34,800 I tried Once, and it didn't work. 294 00:21:35,900 --> 00:21:40,900 So, I'm done. You must watch some 295 00:21:40,900 --> 00:21:44,700 relationships, don't work. Is because somebody in the 296 00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:49,300 relationship. Only tried once And said to 297 00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:51,000 themselves. I don't care enough about that 298 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,500 person to try again. Amen. 299 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:57,700 So perhaps it wasn't worth it, so I'll just quit. 300 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:03,600 Didn't work out the first time. How many times? 301 00:22:03,700 --> 00:22:07,600 How many examples? How many occasions can you quote 302 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,000 that, you know, that it was perfect the first time? 303 00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:17,700 Not many. It's so rare. 304 00:22:17,700 --> 00:22:19,700 I can't think of any off the top of my head. 305 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:25,200 So is it worth quitting? No, it's not worth quit. 306 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:26,600 Don't quit. Just because there's 307 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,500 difficulties. Don't quit just because you 308 00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:34,700 didn't get it right? The first time, God values, 309 00:22:34,700 --> 00:22:40,400 Small Beginnings because Small Beginnings become giant endings. 310 00:22:41,900 --> 00:22:46,800 I love hearing stories of people who start out in their walk with 311 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,400 God and you watch the transformation. 312 00:22:49,500 --> 00:22:52,600 You see the steps that they're taking to get from where they 313 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,900 were yesterday, to where God wants them to be today and then 314 00:22:55,900 --> 00:22:59,200 all of a sudden they transition to where they're teaching Sunday 315 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:04,100 School classes. Amen. 316 00:23:06,500 --> 00:23:10,800 If we rewind the clock. Eleven years. 317 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,900 Is that right? Ten years. 318 00:23:16,700 --> 00:23:22,800 Somewhere in there. James Malone was not a guy that 319 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,100 was going to step foot behind this pulpit. 320 00:23:32,300 --> 00:23:41,200 Right. the first time he came to church, he didn't come up here. 321 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:48,200 first time he came to church, I don't know if he felt anything 322 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:59,100 other than fear. What changed him kept coming. 323 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,100 He kept exposing himself to the presence of God. 324 00:24:05,700 --> 00:24:09,000 And what was once a small thing has become a bigger thing. 325 00:24:10,500 --> 00:24:14,300 And his consistency in that small thing, led to an even 326 00:24:14,300 --> 00:24:17,300 bigger thing. And then another bigger thing, 327 00:24:17,900 --> 00:24:22,200 and it's building blocks, ladies and gentlemen, of life, If you 328 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,700 look over your shoulder, you should not be standing on the 329 00:24:24,700 --> 00:24:27,600 same Foundation. You were years ago, you should 330 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,800 be building blocks ahead of where you were. 331 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,200 I should not be in this race. The same place, the same 332 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:39,100 position I started in. If you are in the same position 333 00:24:39,700 --> 00:24:42,600 in line of this race that you were, when you started and you 334 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:48,400 haven't moved. God value Small Beginnings, even 335 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:53,500 if it's just one step at a time. He's not looking for Supermen 336 00:24:53,500 --> 00:24:56,300 and superwomen to LEAP tall buildings in a single bound. 337 00:24:56,300 --> 00:24:59,000 He's looking for people that will consistently love him. 338 00:25:00,900 --> 00:25:03,900 And know that in our Humanity, when I mess up. 339 00:25:04,900 --> 00:25:06,700 I'm not going to walk away from him. 340 00:25:17,900 --> 00:25:22,300 Anyone. I'm going to venture out on a 341 00:25:22,300 --> 00:25:25,000 limb here, just a minute and I hope it's a big limb and sturdy. 342 00:25:26,700 --> 00:25:30,500 Oh, would you look up here? Three guys. 343 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:36,600 All different, all individualistic. 344 00:25:38,300 --> 00:25:46,800 And all subject to mistake. All three of us. 345 00:25:48,300 --> 00:25:51,600 I'm not calling them to error. I'm just saying we're human. 346 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,000 For all you gentlemen in the room this morning, we put our 347 00:25:56,000 --> 00:26:00,200 pants on the same way you do. One leg at a time. 348 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,300 We don't hold our pants up running jump in them. 349 00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:09,800 If any of the three of us, did it be Bishop? 350 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:14,800 But I don't think he does. One of my get a time, we're no 351 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,200 different. In our Humanity than you are. 352 00:26:19,300 --> 00:26:23,600 Subject to error subject to mistake, you may not know about 353 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:28,500 it. Listen to me. 354 00:26:29,900 --> 00:26:33,400 There are some of you this morning that that you you put 355 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,500 certain people. I know I'm probably not one of 356 00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:40,100 them, but you put certain people up on a pedestal You say, well, 357 00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:42,400 I don't have it all figured out the way Bishop does. 358 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,700 And I mess up a whole lot more than he does. 359 00:26:47,700 --> 00:26:54,900 You don't know that. And even if that's true, that's 360 00:26:54,900 --> 00:27:01,400 why he's Bishop. We've got to be careful. 361 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,200 What we use is our measuring stick. 362 00:27:03,700 --> 00:27:05,700 Our measuring stick needs to be God. 363 00:27:10,100 --> 00:27:13,900 That should not take away from our respect, but our measuring 364 00:27:13,900 --> 00:27:22,900 stick should be God. and if you're making an effort, Even if 365 00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:26,400 you're not where you need to be, if you're making an effort and 366 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:30,000 it's one step forward one. Step forward, three steps 367 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:34,000 backwards don't stop. Keep making another step 368 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,700 forward. God's Gonna bless you because 369 00:27:37,700 --> 00:27:39,800 God values. Small Beginnings. 370 00:27:41,900 --> 00:27:46,300 God, blesses people who will not quit just because it's not easy. 371 00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:50,900 He said, well I'm not I'm not ready to worship the way that 372 00:27:50,900 --> 00:27:52,700 you guys worship. That's fine. 373 00:27:52,800 --> 00:28:01,700 Start somewhere. well, I can't pray in our, I don't know if 374 00:28:01,700 --> 00:28:15,300 anybody's asked you to Jesus asked his disciples to And look 375 00:28:15,300 --> 00:28:20,600 what happened? Fell asleep. 376 00:28:26,100 --> 00:28:30,500 I'll be honest with you. Nah, I miss power are the other 377 00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:33,500 night completely forgot about it till Friday. 378 00:28:34,900 --> 00:28:41,000 How's that for Humanity? But there's been a power hour or 379 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,700 two. I've left feeling like the 380 00:28:44,708 --> 00:28:51,500 Apostle, Peter I've got one. Amen. 381 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,300 What's that mean? I've fallen asleep on him 382 00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:59,800 before. Lord, where was I? 383 00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:02,500 Hey man. Hallelujah, thank you. 384 00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:11,500 Jesus. Now. 385 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,100 To those who that's never happened to. 386 00:29:17,900 --> 00:29:21,800 They could easily judge that. I can't believe somebody fall 387 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:22,700 asleep. Praying. 388 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:33,600 It's fine. but for those of you, that's never tried, What point 389 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:38,600 I'm trying to make for you this morning is when you try and it 390 00:29:38,608 --> 00:29:41,800 don't go so well. Try again. 391 00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:53,100 Try again. Zechariah 4. 392 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:59,700 And verse number 10, the Bible says For who hath despised the 393 00:29:59,700 --> 00:30:04,100 day of small things. Several other translations. 394 00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:05,700 That's word. Small Beginnings. 395 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:11,700 For they shall rejoice and shall see the plummet or Plumb line in 396 00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:15,800 the hand of the ruble, with those seven, they are the eyes 397 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,500 of the Lord, which run to, and fro through the whole Earth. 398 00:30:20,500 --> 00:30:25,300 Israelites returned to Jerusalem from Exile in Babylon and there 399 00:30:25,300 --> 00:30:29,600 were very discouraged at the smallness of the foundations of 400 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:34,100 the temple and understood the task before them was very great. 401 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,500 God, sent his Prophet Zechariah to them, to encourage them with 402 00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:42,500 the promise of his word. Ladies and gentlemen, if we're 403 00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:45,400 not careful this morning, our fear of small Beginnings will 404 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,900 keep us from stepping out in faith. 405 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:54,400 Some people are paralyzed by trying anything out of fear that 406 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:58,800 it's not going to go well. So, rather than make a decision 407 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:01,600 to try, they make a decision to do nothing. 408 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,600 But I want you to know this morning, God will bless your 409 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:13,800 effort even if it's messy. There are reasons, we typically 410 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:18,000 despise Small Beginnings. Small Beginnings. 411 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:22,100 Don't appear to be successful. After all, if it was successful, 412 00:31:22,100 --> 00:31:26,200 would it be bigger? That's not necessarily true but 413 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:30,100 that's what we think. The second reason we typically, 414 00:31:30,100 --> 00:31:32,300 despise Small Beginnings is Small. 415 00:31:32,300 --> 00:31:35,600 Beginnings are hard. They require a lot of work. 416 00:31:36,300 --> 00:31:37,900 And to be brutally honest, this morning. 417 00:31:37,900 --> 00:31:43,400 We are living in a lazy society and that laziness pardon me this 418 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,300 morning. But that laziness has crept into 419 00:31:45,300 --> 00:31:51,400 the church. We don't worship the way we used 420 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:55,400 to and I'm not necessarily saying we at First Apostolic 421 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:57,400 church. That's not a berating statement. 422 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:01,500 I'm saying we as a people, there's a few exceptions out 423 00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:05,100 there, but generally speaking, we don't worship the way we used 424 00:32:05,100 --> 00:32:11,800 to, as a church Society. But we can't excuse our Behavior 425 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:19,100 just because someone else does. If every Apostolic Church 426 00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:22,200 refuses to worship that doesn't make us right to follow. 427 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:30,700 There's value in worship. Small Beginnings in your 428 00:32:30,700 --> 00:32:36,700 worship, God will bless I remember the first time the 429 00:32:36,700 --> 00:32:39,600 first time that I really started vocalizing. 430 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:43,300 My worship as a young man. As a young boy, I can remember 431 00:32:43,300 --> 00:32:46,700 the first time during during my dad's preaching, Bishop that I 432 00:32:46,700 --> 00:32:50,600 said, a man out loud and it took, it took a lot of lot of 433 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:52,900 working up, you know, a lot of mental things. 434 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:57,900 I was waiting for the right moment, you know, and I'd worked 435 00:32:57,900 --> 00:32:59,800 it up and right moment, presented itself. 436 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:03,600 And I said, amen. I was the only one that said, 437 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:07,800 amen. You don't want to happen. 438 00:33:08,100 --> 00:33:10,400 Now. God bless our elders. 439 00:33:10,700 --> 00:33:14,400 I'm not, this is not meant to be a disparaging comment toward 440 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,600 them because it wasn't in this church. 441 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,500 But in that particular Church, what happened? 442 00:33:20,700 --> 00:33:30,500 is Elders, turned around and looked at me and went and you'd 443 00:33:30,500 --> 00:33:33,300 have to know my personality to appreciate this and some of you 444 00:33:33,300 --> 00:33:36,600 do some of you don't, but that just made me want to say many 445 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:44,700 more like what you looking at Let me tell you what that would 446 00:33:44,700 --> 00:33:47,800 do for some of you. It make you crawl back in the 447 00:33:47,808 --> 00:33:51,800 hole and say well I don't think I'm gonna same anymore. 448 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:59,900 We need to be careful what our behavior is toward our fellow 449 00:33:59,900 --> 00:34:04,200 brother and sister and worship. Because we might be a stumbling 450 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,900 block to them to cause them to not worship the way that they 451 00:34:06,900 --> 00:34:17,199 want to. Some people need a firm 452 00:34:17,199 --> 00:34:20,600 affirmation. Some people need more support. 453 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:32,100 I didn't let it stop me. but some people would I can remember 454 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:38,600 the first time I paid ties. This week, he's teaching on 455 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,199 financial stewardship. So let me just throw this Story 456 00:34:41,199 --> 00:34:43,600 in real quick. This isn't going to happen to 457 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,100 everyone and it didn't happen to me every time but it did boost 458 00:34:46,100 --> 00:34:49,199 my faith. The first time I paid ties, I 459 00:34:49,199 --> 00:34:53,600 was making $30 a month for my aunt to we'd eat her Lon so I 460 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:58,600 had three dollars tithe to give I was proud. 461 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,900 May I don't remember how old I was, maybe 11 years old. 462 00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:05,400 I was proud. I had a tithe envelope. 463 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:09,000 With my name on it, I had been taught by my parents to tithe 464 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,900 what it meant to tithe. So I had an opportunity to do it 465 00:35:11,900 --> 00:35:14,100 and I'll tell you what, I was flat proud. 466 00:35:16,500 --> 00:35:21,200 I mean, chest out. Bouncing the step proud. 467 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:23,000 I was like, yeah, I paid my ties today. 468 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:30,900 Before that Sunday was over. I gave three dollars still to 469 00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:32,500 this day. I don't know how it happened. 470 00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:39,800 Before the evening service that afternoon I had over 80 dollars 471 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:47,000 cash money in my wallet. I don't know how it happened. 472 00:35:49,900 --> 00:35:52,600 Now, every time I've given God, he hasn't blessed me in return 473 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:56,200 financially. There's times He blesses, me and 474 00:35:56,200 --> 00:36:04,100 health. God spoke to me specifically on 475 00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:07,100 our missionary night. My health been improving ever 476 00:36:07,100 --> 00:36:12,800 since. God bless the small things. 477 00:36:14,300 --> 00:36:16,900 He'll bless the things that you can't rationalize. 478 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,500 He'll bless the things that your education can't qualify. 479 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,800 Because his ways are not my ways. 480 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:29,400 I'm feeling the Holy Ghost. Now, his thoughts are higher 481 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,500 than my thoughts. I don't need to validate 482 00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:35,700 everything I'm thinking in the spirit because it may not make 483 00:36:35,700 --> 00:36:37,800 sense to me. It may not make sense to you, 484 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:43,600 but if God sanction it, God will bless it and there's value in 485 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:48,100 it. Valuing. 486 00:36:51,300 --> 00:36:54,100 We're often another reason why we despise Small Beginnings. 487 00:36:54,100 --> 00:36:58,800 We're often surrounded. But-, adversarial people. 488 00:37:00,700 --> 00:37:03,500 Who just seems like they just lived discourages. 489 00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:08,900 Pull us down to their level. And their level is the world of 490 00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:12,900 don't try anything. They sure don't want you to try. 491 00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:18,100 Hello. I guarantee you there are people 492 00:37:18,100 --> 00:37:20,600 in your life that don't want you to try harder because that'll 493 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:27,200 make them look bad. Who do you want to please this 494 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:34,200 morning? Then we're God, he values. 495 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:38,700 The small things? Not only should we try, but we 496 00:37:38,700 --> 00:37:40,300 should praise him while we're at it. 497 00:37:41,900 --> 00:37:44,700 Psalms 10 5 and verse number one says, oh, give thanks to the 498 00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:47,700 Lord call upon his name. Make known his deeds among the 499 00:37:47,700 --> 00:37:50,900 People Sing unto him. Sing Psalms unto him. 500 00:37:50,900 --> 00:37:56,000 Talk you of all, his wondrous Works glory in His holy name, 501 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:59,700 let the heart of them Rejoice that seek the Lord seek the Lord 502 00:37:59,700 --> 00:38:02,000 and his strength, seek his face ever more. 503 00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:07,600 Remember, His Marvelous works that he hath done his And the 504 00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:13,500 judgments of his mouth a few verses following this were told 505 00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:16,800 that he has remembered his Covenant, the Covenant that he 506 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:20,800 made with Abraham Isaac and Jacob and Jacob, including his 507 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:24,400 confirmation that he would give Israel the land of Canaan. 508 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:29,400 Then in Psalms 105 verse number 12, the Bible says, when they 509 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:36,300 were, but a few men in number that Small Beginnings. 510 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:43,800 Then a few verses later 105 verse 24 says and he increased 511 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:51,100 his people greatly and made them stronger than their enemies. 512 00:38:51,500 --> 00:38:55,300 That's God blessing, small things that's God. 513 00:38:55,300 --> 00:38:58,600 Valuing the beginnings that are small. 514 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:04,700 Because he increased the people greatly and made them stronger 515 00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:09,000 than their enemies. The final verse of this chapter 516 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:12,400 and beginning at verse number 43, these verses say and he 517 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:16,600 brought forth his people with joy and his chosen with gladness 518 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:18,500 and he gave them the lands of the Heathen. 519 00:39:18,500 --> 00:39:21,900 And he and they inherited the labor of the people that they 520 00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:25,000 might observe his statutes and keep his laws. 521 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:33,900 Praise ye the Lord God. Honours and values, Small 522 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:37,100 Beginnings, looking back at Zechariah. 523 00:39:37,100 --> 00:39:40,300 Now, a few verses earlier than the verse we read earlier in, 524 00:39:40,300 --> 00:39:43,300 Zechariah 4 & 6. Then he answered and spake unto 525 00:39:43,300 --> 00:39:44,900 me saying, this is the word of the Lord. 526 00:39:44,900 --> 00:39:49,900 And to zerubbabel saying, not by might nor by power, but by my 527 00:39:49,900 --> 00:39:54,300 spirit saith, the Lord of hosts. We often quote, that verse here, 528 00:39:54,300 --> 00:39:59,100 it is right on alignment with God saying who hath despised the 529 00:39:59,100 --> 00:40:00,900 day of small. Beginnings. 530 00:40:01,100 --> 00:40:04,700 God don't want us to forsake. Small Beginnings, our Victory 531 00:40:04,700 --> 00:40:08,200 comes from Small Beginnings, our strength comes from Small 532 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:12,200 Beginnings, our future with God, comes from Small Beginnings, 533 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:15,400 start today, ladies and gentlemen, because they'll be no 534 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:19,700 tomorrow without something small in our life today to start. 535 00:40:20,300 --> 00:40:22,400 Oh, could you lift your hands and just Magnify Him this 536 00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:25,100 morning? I need small things in my life. 537 00:40:25,100 --> 00:40:27,100 I need Small Beginnings in my life. 538 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,800 Value. Small. 539 00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:41,700 Beginnings. You can't go anywhere without a 540 00:40:41,700 --> 00:40:44,900 beginning. You can't take a trip without a 541 00:40:44,908 --> 00:40:48,800 start. Can't come to church without 542 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:50,200 getting ready. There's a beginning. 543 00:40:56,500 --> 00:40:58,800 Small Beginnings. When I take a big trip whenever 544 00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:04,000 I take a globe-trotting trip, my beginning is rather small 545 00:41:04,900 --> 00:41:08,200 because I've got to pace myself, it's 26 our day. 546 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:13,400 So I start out with just this is how I do it. 547 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:15,800 I start out with my first leg of my journey. 548 00:41:16,500 --> 00:41:19,000 I don't start out clock in the entire trip saying. 549 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,900 Alright it's minute 10 of 26 hours. 550 00:41:23,300 --> 00:41:26,700 I say I've got I've got it between now my Leg of this 551 00:41:26,700 --> 00:41:30,200 journey is to get to Evansville. And then, once I get to 552 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:33,300 Evansville, my next set of my journey is to get to Atlanta. 553 00:41:33,900 --> 00:41:35,300 This is a trip that's coming up for me. 554 00:41:35,300 --> 00:41:38,300 So I've already rehearsed it in my mind when I get to Atlanta. 555 00:41:38,300 --> 00:41:41,800 The next thing I do, I've got to get to JFK in New York City and 556 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:44,200 that's the third leg. And then the next leg is to get 557 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:47,900 to Israel. And so I dissect it down to all 558 00:41:47,900 --> 00:41:52,700 these small sections And it makes the trip more valuable for 559 00:41:52,700 --> 00:41:56,800 me. Let me, let me break that down 560 00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,500 just a little bit further. We took our young people, I 561 00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:02,800 don't remember what year it was. Maybe it's 2010 to Florida. 562 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,600 I vowed, I'd never do that a single day in my life again. 563 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:15,400 The trip was good. All right. 564 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:17,300 I have no complaint about students. 565 00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:20,500 No complaint about what happened once we got there. 566 00:42:21,300 --> 00:42:23,400 But if it's over, I'm so used to Flying. 567 00:42:23,500 --> 00:42:28,400 If it's over five hours. I don't want to drive I never 568 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:31,700 did what you did. I never did what? 569 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:36,700 Brother, Uncle Fred did. I'm not a driver. 570 00:42:37,300 --> 00:42:42,800 I don't I don't do what Josh Johnson does, so if it's Lord, I 571 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:45,700 hate driving for hours. I hate it. 572 00:42:45,900 --> 00:42:48,000 I don't do what you do on a weekly basis. 573 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:54,000 I hate it with a passion. But I drove that one. 574 00:42:56,000 --> 00:43:08,000 And it was undeniably miserable. Miserable is not even an 575 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,400 adjective that I can use that strong enough to express my 576 00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:19,100 bitter hatred for that trip. Why? 577 00:43:20,900 --> 00:43:24,500 because, I didn't set up Milestones. 578 00:43:25,500 --> 00:43:27,300 I didn't, I didn't set up a small beginning. 579 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,800 We left it to 2:30 in the morning on a Sunday and my clock 580 00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:34,000 started, right? Then to say are we there yet? 581 00:43:37,100 --> 00:43:42,800 And I was miserable. I will tell you this morning, 582 00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:52,700 God values, Small Beginnings. Don't judge your here. 583 00:43:54,100 --> 00:43:57,800 Against someone else. Don't judge your today against 584 00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:01,100 someone else's today. You don't know the road. 585 00:44:01,100 --> 00:44:05,900 They've walked. and for every person it looks easy, it's not 586 00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:15,000 Amen. For every person you look at you 587 00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:18,200 think, well, they just make it look so easy, don't ask for 588 00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:24,100 their Road. Because that's a mistake staying 589 00:44:24,100 --> 00:44:31,700 with me this morning. Just value in Small Beginnings. 590 00:44:40,700 --> 00:44:44,600 I appreciate our guys who helped us demonstrate this morning, 591 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:50,900 They knew what they were in for. They knew what we were comparing 592 00:44:50,900 --> 00:44:59,800 and contrasting. if you want to get, To the place that you've 593 00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:06,900 got, your eyes set on. Quitting will never get you 594 00:45:06,900 --> 00:45:14,000 there. Landon. 595 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:17,500 I don't, I don't know what your desires are, and I'm not asking 596 00:45:17,500 --> 00:45:21,400 you publicly but I'm just making a statement this morning if you 597 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:32,300 want to play the guitar. if you want to play like him, if people 598 00:45:32,300 --> 00:45:43,300 stare at you stare back, you never get anywhere stopping 599 00:45:43,300 --> 00:45:44,900 short of where God wants you to be. 600 00:45:52,300 --> 00:45:55,100 You know, we come to church, I'm landing the plane right now. 601 00:45:55,100 --> 00:46:00,400 I promise we come to church. I watch people. 602 00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:03,800 From up here, see? All kinds of things. 603 00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:09,900 I've seen people. I've seen people leave in the 604 00:46:09,900 --> 00:46:12,800 middle of worship. I don't know why. 605 00:46:13,700 --> 00:46:17,400 I don't even try to think about why I seen people leave in the 606 00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:19,400 middle of worship. Him alone has seen people leave 607 00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:22,800 when worship is over. I can deduce from that they 608 00:46:22,808 --> 00:46:23,900 don't want. What's next? 609 00:46:25,100 --> 00:46:26,300 I don't know if I'm right or not. 610 00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:30,300 I've seen people leave before the preaching, before the word. 611 00:46:30,700 --> 00:46:32,400 See people leave in the middle of the word. 612 00:46:33,300 --> 00:46:35,300 Seen people leave at the end of the word. 613 00:46:39,100 --> 00:46:42,700 You leave, anytime short of the last a man you're cheating 614 00:46:42,700 --> 00:46:48,900 yourself. because you're going to lose an opportunity for God 615 00:46:48,900 --> 00:46:51,900 to seal his word in your heart so that you can leave here and 616 00:46:51,900 --> 00:46:58,100 know that a small beginning is favorable, Faster. 617 00:46:58,100 --> 00:47:01,400 There are messages that I've heard preached that never really 618 00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:05,100 meant anything to me until God's anointing fell in an altar call. 619 00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:11,000 What is felt as Holy Ghost? Sweep through here. 620 00:47:11,700 --> 00:47:14,700 Because there's something it's almost like an altar call as the 621 00:47:14,700 --> 00:47:21,800 sedative for an operation. And God can come in at the end 622 00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:25,100 of the word and just kind of cut like a knife and cut and sew and 623 00:47:25,100 --> 00:47:28,500 do whatever it is he needs to do because it's going to seal his 624 00:47:28,500 --> 00:47:30,000 word in your heart. Let me tell you, ladies and 625 00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:33,200 gentlemen, don't forsake the presence of God. 626 00:47:34,700 --> 00:47:37,600 Whether it's a Sunday morning or Sunday night or Wednesday night 627 00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:44,500 or a Revival service, it's just as important. it's just as 628 00:47:44,500 --> 00:47:47,900 important and no matter how small it seems, God will 629 00:47:47,900 --> 00:47:51,800 favorite God will favorite would you lift your hands as Pastor 630 00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:55,600 comes this morning lift your hands to the Lord today say God. 631 00:47:57,100 --> 00:47:59,200 I need the value of Small Beginnings in my life. 632 00:48:02,100 --> 00:48:04,000 Thank you for listening. If you would like more 633 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:07,200 information about our services and activities, you can find us 634 00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:11,500 on Facebook Instagram and Twitter with the username fac 635 00:48:11,500 --> 00:48:15,700 MC. 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