1 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:09,600 Thanks, Max. I've got, like a whole lot of 2 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:11,480 pink envelopes. Come on. 3 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,880 Yeah. All from the congregation to say 4 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:19,360 Happy Mother's Day to me. So, so really cool. 5 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,200 It's really nice to have you. If I said crocodile, what would 6 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:27,720 you say? If I just said like crocodile, 7 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:30,240 what would be the first word? I'll tell you what, my wife's 8 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,680 first word. I said crocodile to my wife and 9 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,920 she said Dundee to me. Not the answer I was looking 10 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,160 for. It's like saying to you guys in 11 00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:45,040 Afrikaans clear and you'll say crocodile or crocodile in the 12 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:46,600 clear. No, I'm not looking for. 13 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,560 If I just said crocodile, what would you say to me? 14 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:51,680 Are you Indian like you? Wouldn't. 15 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:53,320 What would you say? Carry. 16 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,760 Carry the thing. Carry it. 17 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,920 If I say crocodile T, what did you say? 18 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:06,680 Be of your butter cheese. Hey, God, there's not there's 19 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,680 not political. There's not political. 20 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:10,640 We're in the chair. Yeah. 21 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,320 Let's let's cross the Rubicon. You know what I'm saying? 22 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:15,840 Let's get across the Rubicon. And and. 23 00:01:15,960 --> 00:01:17,080 Yeah. Thank you so much. 24 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,080 Indeed. What kind of crocodile would you 25 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,840 think of? Real and Nile crocodile? 26 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:23,640 Thank you. Real. 27 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:24,920 Thank you. Thank you so much. 28 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,440 Just say Nile crocodile in in Afrikaans. 29 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,520 The nail crocodile. Yeah, guys. 30 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,560 So that's it's it's so nice to have you. 31 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:37,160 Welcome. I'd like to dedicate today to my 32 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,880 mom. She turns 86 this year. 33 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,240 And I wouldn't be if it wasn't for her. 34 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,760 Not just in the earth, but in the church. 35 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,040 She prayed for me and she taught me about Jesus. 36 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,320 So if you're online, Mum, which you will be this afternoon, I 37 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,920 love you and I want to honor you in front of my family in 38 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,200 Pretoria. I want to tell you, mum, you 39 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:01,640 taught me about Jesus and you prioritized the church to us. 40 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,480 I don't know why you always went and sat in the front, but maybe 41 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,520 God knew that I was meant to be a pastor, but we always sat in 42 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:12,160 the front of the church. I, I'd embarrassed me with every 43 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,000 wedding we went to. We went to the front row, 44 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,880 whether it was our cousin, second cousin, third cousin or a 45 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,240 mistake invitation, we sat in the front row. 46 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,480 But ma'am, you, you I've had, I've watched you have your daily 47 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,440 devotions for the time that I've been alive. 48 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,160 I've been alive 58 years, probably for 55 years. 49 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,640 I've watched you have daily devotions every single day. 50 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,360 Faith for daily living, get hold of Jesus. 51 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:40,520 And I've watched you bring every part of our family's life to 52 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,080 Christ, and I want to honor you for that. 53 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,720 The second person I want to honor is my my niece or my 54 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:48,440 nephew and niece, Nicholas and Demi. 55 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,920 My niece and nephew have been trying for a baby for many, many 56 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:53,360 years. And this week, they gave birth 57 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,520 to Lily Mae. Yeah. 58 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,720 So Lily Mae is the newest member of our family. 59 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:02,960 And he's saying, why are you doing the story? 60 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,920 Because we're building a family. And I have the chance of being 61 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,600 the voice today. So Demi, who's lying in hospital 62 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,720 and Lily May and my nephew Nicholas, so to say, really, 63 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:19,040 really happy 1st Mother's Day to you and really love you. 64 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:20,400 And I'm really, really proud of you. 65 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:25,400 I want to dedicate this day to my very dear friend Erica, who's 66 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:31,400 sitting up there. And I had the privilege, Erica, 67 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,840 of watching you journey the journey to find your mum. 68 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:42,000 And I can't remember this 52 or 53 years, but I know it was over 69 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,920 50 years while you were looking for your tummy mummy. 70 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,000 And maybe you're sitting in this auditorium and it's been 25 71 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,920 years or 30 years that you've been looking for your tummy 72 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,840 mummy. But that Lady looked for her 73 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,440 tummy mummy for 52 years and she found her. 74 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:07,040 And so I honor her today. I want to honor your mum and I 75 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,440 want you to tell your mum that we really love her and that we 76 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:14,520 really honor her. And that which she gave birth to 77 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,519 was so beautifully and wonderfully knit together in her 78 00:04:17,519 --> 00:04:19,640 womb. And we've had the privilege of 79 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:24,000 living out your ordained days as your friends and as your fellow 80 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:28,080 believers in this church. I want to dedicate this day to 81 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,200 NAO. He is the husband of Maggie, who 82 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,240 lost his mum this week. And some of you, this will be 83 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,280 your first Mother's Day without your mother's well on earth. 84 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:41,360 Nio, Maggie. And thank God for what he did in 85 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:45,440 your life and how he came into your life and gave you a little 86 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,200 girl. Become a mum of your own. 87 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,160 And I think of that very, very broken girl who walked into this 88 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:56,080 auditorium 12 or 13 years ago and how you used to sing with 89 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,800 absolute freedom and how people used to resent you. 90 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:01,480 And then they started to love you. 91 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,960 And the amazing thing to see a young black lady lead a meeting 92 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:11,120 in Pretoria with a probably 90% Afrikaans church is quite a 93 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:14,200 miracle of God. And I'll explain to you from the 94 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,400 scriptures how that works. But we honor you Mags, and we 95 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,880 honor Naya and we honor the memory of his mother. 96 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,440 I met a man and you say, why are we taking so long? 97 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,280 Because that's what we do. We're a family. 98 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,920 I met a man in the actually, I met a whole lot of people today. 99 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,920 I met people from Palabora. I didn't even know people lived 100 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:39,600 there anymore. Not English. 101 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,800 I don't think many English people would survive there, but 102 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,400 they just wrote them say Oz fun Pele Bora. 103 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:52,680 I said Huyemora 200 against bang Natali hiras hetala hetala Mesa 104 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:57,160 in Kabira 1 hideous account as I believe Kanye yo Kabira by the 105 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:02,440 coffee shop Los but Oscar nodi hiredin I said answers lit 106 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,320 martyr from your cat. So the Mensa from palabora and 107 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,720 puff other. That is why a welcome oblain and 108 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,440 in pursuin. Yeah. 109 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,120 Bye donkey. Bye. 110 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:18,120 Bye bye donkey. Yeah, Thank you. 111 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,760 And now what we're going to do is we're going to get all the 112 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,800 children in this auditorium whose mothers are here today. 113 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,240 I want you to stand. If your mothers are here today, 114 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:34,280 I want you to stand. OK, put your telephones down. 115 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,560 Your mother's are not allowed to go into AI and we're going to do 116 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:48,320 the Biblical Mother's Day quiz to get A to get a voucher to get 117 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:54,600 a voucher to a coffee. I know to a beautiful restaurant 118 00:06:54,600 --> 00:07:00,520 to take your mother out for lunch, Randy. 119 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,040 Oh, you can start. What's yomar? 120 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,240 What's yomar? What's Randy Samar? 121 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:12,360 What's Randy Samar? What I say what? 122 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:20,640 Ask Randy Samar. Ek Vietnam is your nominee Tony 123 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:30,880 and yet may live for the doctor that actor Hirika took a comet 124 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:35,720 EDMA live hard and that vidya is in Pharos Odelanus a flowers and 125 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,920 ma. But for me it's just my ma and 126 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,760 to act for doc for your hue more to say they could say hue more 127 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:48,040 and more a Kenya netos MO and aerial. 128 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,920 OK, OK, they're wonderful. So so you're ready. 129 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,680 So we're not going to put the questions up. 130 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:59,960 We're going to ask this question for the first gift voucher. 131 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:09,120 What is Moses? Says Mother's name. yo-yo, 132 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,760 yo-yo, yo. As my friend. 133 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,640 As my friend. You can, said Maura. 134 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:15,640 I said. Say it loudly. 135 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,040 You said Maura. I said no, not Maura. 136 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:21,960 Mary. You said Mary. 137 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:23,800 Yes, you said Mary. You're wrong. 138 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:26,400 Well done. Nice to have you. 139 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:30,080 Happy Mother's Day. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 140 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:31,520 no, no. You've been living in my house. 141 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:33,520 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 142 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,240 You came and had coffee. Yes. 143 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,159 Yes, yes. Hey, Mary. 144 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,320 Miriam. Absolutely wonderful. 145 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:42,840 No, you're not. You're wrong as well. 146 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,880 Yes, Sir. Hey, be say yochabit. 147 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:56,120 I say Yochabit. Keep standing, keep standing, 148 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:58,440 keep standing. Enjoy a nice meal with your 149 00:08:58,440 --> 00:08:59,360 mother. Yochabit. 150 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:03,320 It is Yochabit. Did you know that it's in the 151 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:05,640 Bible? Moses mother's name is Yochabit. 152 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,680 By a donkey. By a donkey. 153 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:11,000 OK, then we got to ask the second question. 154 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:17,800 What are the names of the midwives? 155 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:21,360 Because you wouldn't have a baby if you didn't have a midwife. 156 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:25,200 And what are the names of the midwives in the book of Exodus? 157 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:28,840 Mary. Yeah. 158 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:29,760 Mary. Mary. 159 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:32,760 Mary. Mary's everywhere. 160 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:36,360 Mary's everywhere. Anybody. 161 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:37,320 Anybody. Don't. 162 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:38,400 Don't know. AI. 163 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:39,640 Your mother. Stop it, man. 164 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,080 Erica, stop it. I can see you on your phone. 165 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:48,480 Put your phone down, Erica. Who said Zippra And. 166 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,040 And. And what's the other one's name? 167 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:53,600 Poor don't sway in the church Bruin. 168 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:59,480 Shipra and PUA, Did you know that Shipra and Pua, you come 169 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:16,040 get your voucher and whoever whispered to you, 170 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:25,560 enjoy it, Enjoy it and you can have a meal with your mum just 171 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:28,600 because you have a beautiful mum and and because you're a 172 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,160 beautiful lady. OK, so we have to ask this 173 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,640 question. What was? 174 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:37,440 Because it's Mother's Day and you're like, hey, let's go to 175 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:38,400 church. It's Mother's Day. 176 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,720 Crocodile. No, not Dundee. 177 00:10:46,920 --> 00:11:01,080 What is Timothy's granny's name? What's the Eunice? 178 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,520 Eunice. Yo, that's absolutely amazing. 179 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,360 That's his mother's name. Very close. 180 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,040 Who? Yeah. 181 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:12,440 I'll say my mark. Call me. 182 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:24,130 So you didn't realize it was so much about mothers in the Bible, 183 00:11:24,130 --> 00:11:24,330 huh? Yeah. 184 00:11:25,450 --> 00:11:25,810 Yeah. Yeah. 185 00:11:25,930 --> 00:11:26,410 Yeah. Yeah. 186 00:11:26,530 --> 00:11:29,330 Yeah, yeah, yeah, Yeah. OK. 187 00:11:29,330 --> 00:11:35,480 Last one. Last one, what did Ruth's 188 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:43,000 mother-in-law call herself? Who said that? 189 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,240 There we go. Here we go girl. 190 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:54,820 Enjoy your time with your mum. OK? 191 00:11:54,820 --> 00:11:58,460 Happy Mother's Day, and for those who come tonight, I've got 192 00:11:58,460 --> 00:12:06,160 different questions. If you've become a single mum 193 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,680 this year, this year you've become a single mum either 194 00:12:08,680 --> 00:12:11,680 through death or divorce. Is there anybody here who's 195 00:12:11,680 --> 00:12:19,820 become a single mum this year? Wait, why don't you come here? 196 00:12:19,820 --> 00:12:23,460 Ma'am, Please come. Yeah, come. 197 00:12:23,460 --> 00:12:24,780 Geraldine, you've become a single mum. 198 00:12:31,300 --> 00:12:33,780 God knows. God cares. 199 00:12:34,300 --> 00:12:37,380 God can stop at Mother's Day service to remind you that 200 00:12:37,380 --> 00:12:40,060 you're not alone, young lady. You will look after you. 201 00:12:40,220 --> 00:12:49,800 Take someone and bless them. For 30 years this lady nursed a 202 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:53,240 very sick husband. For 30 years nursed a very sick 203 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:57,280 husband has never ever had the opportunity to travel overseas. 204 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,880 And on Tuesday, through the generosity of the people in this 205 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:04,480 church, she gets on an aeroplane to renew 30 year old friendships 206 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:08,520 of people she used to work with. Because the local churches are 207 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:13,440 awesome place where single mothers get to thrive. 208 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:16,200 God bless you, girl, God bless you. 209 00:13:29,140 --> 00:13:32,420 Did you ever think you would stand proudly in front of the 210 00:13:32,420 --> 00:13:35,700 church knowing that God can do whatever he wants? 211 00:13:35,700 --> 00:13:38,660 And on this Mother's Day, you thought, flip, it's going to be 212 00:13:38,660 --> 00:13:43,300 really lonely, not cool. It's going to be not cool. 213 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:48,740 Hey, but God's cool. God's cool and he stays cool. 214 00:13:49,420 --> 00:13:53,760 So invite somebody for lunch. Oh, drop the mic. 215 00:13:55,200 --> 00:14:03,970 Thank you. There's a man called David here. 216 00:14:03,970 --> 00:14:06,810 Portuguese man. He's 83 years old. 217 00:14:06,810 --> 00:14:10,650 He lost his wife, Rena. She turned 80 in February. 218 00:14:10,890 --> 00:14:13,010 He lost her a few weeks ago. He's here today with his 219 00:14:13,010 --> 00:14:15,450 daughter and his son-in-law and his grandson. 220 00:14:15,570 --> 00:14:21,130 Where are you, David? Where are you? 221 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:29,200 Can you pass this back to David? David, you take your grandson 222 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:41,840 out for a meal today. Spoiler OK, I've got 30 minutes 223 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,680 starting now. Now don't worry, relax. 224 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:46,640 Let's go to Exodus chapter one, please. 225 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:48,440 Good morning. Nice to see you. 226 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,894 I'm going to talk to mothers. I'm going to talk to daughter in 227 00:15:16,490 --> 00:15:20,960 It might win you a competition when you leave this church and 228 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:26,800 join Doxa next year. The Doxa probably wouldn't do 229 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:30,680 this. Whose names are Shipra and Puah. 230 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:34,760 When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them 231 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:38,120 on the delivery stool. If it is a boy, kill him. 232 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:40,760 But if it is a girl, let her live. 233 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,000 Let's keep that up there. Don't look at me. 234 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:44,880 So. So basically, if we get rid of 235 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:48,600 the men, we can take the wives for concubines or prostitutes or 236 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,000 wives, and we can eventually take them into our Egyptian 237 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,240 world. And actually we'll integrate 238 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,000 them into our society and we'll reproduce more Egyptians. 239 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:58,560 But the boys get rid of the boys. 240 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:02,280 And so there's a murder threats over the boys of Egypt. 241 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,640 What's over your life today on Mother's Day? 242 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:06,600 What is the edict over your life? 243 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:08,280 What is this saying over your life? 244 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:12,000 Maybe it's this week that you got some kind of news about some 245 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,960 kind of thing that has completely and fashioned you and 246 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:18,640 completely driven you and feared you, whatever. 247 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:20,040 What is the thing over your life? 248 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:25,360 The midwives I ever feared God and did not do what the king of 249 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,600 Egypt had told them to do. They let the boys live. 250 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:33,240 So it's a crooked system, but inside of the system are people 251 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,720 that fear God. So this is how the system 252 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:41,600 worked. The king, the men, the woman, 253 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:47,960 the barren woman, the king, the men, the women, the barren 254 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:51,080 woman. Barren woman had absolutely no 255 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:54,560 standing in society. And yet when the book of Exodus 256 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:58,040 is written, one of the greatest books in the Bible, the king 257 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:01,320 doesn't get a name, but the barren woman get given a name. 258 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,640 And maybe you're sitting here and saying nobody knows me, 259 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,119 nobody cares about me, I haven't counted. 260 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,920 In society you are the very people that guard names and 261 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:15,560 uses. The Bible works completely 262 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:17,520 differently to the systems of the world. 263 00:17:18,599 --> 00:17:20,800 Then the king of Egypt never gets a name. 264 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,480 He never gets a name. If I gave this message a title, 265 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:26,319 it would be 5 women and no funeral. 266 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,600 Five women and no funeral. God is busy developing A 267 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,880 rescuer. He's a man who's going to rescue 268 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,440 a whole nation, millions of people. 269 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:42,600 And you know how he does it? He uses 5 women, starts with 270 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:47,240 Shipra and Puah. Then the king of Egypt summoned 271 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,760 the wild wives and he asked them, why have you done this? 272 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:54,080 Why have you let the boys live? The midwives answered Pharaoh. 273 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:56,520 Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women. 274 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:01,920 They are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive. 275 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:03,640 Why don't, why don't you 2 stand? 276 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:09,400 Yeah, you got, you got to stand. Don't, don't look around. 277 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:12,600 You'll be embarrassed. Just just just look at me. 278 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,360 How the heck did you fit in there? 279 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:23,000 Why don't you stand? Why don't you stand? 280 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:29,000 And the Bible says that men are stronger than women. 281 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:35,560 You Acts wouldn't survive 15 minutes in a labor war, China. 282 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:41,280 I was pushing so hard. I popped the vein in my eye and 283 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,840 the doctor said, stick your head out the window, young man. 284 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:49,480 You're going to faint. I was pushing this thing. 285 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:59,120 This thing was five KGS 11 lbs. Natural birth. 286 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:06,000 Natural birth. Natural birth. 287 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:08,960 Hi, when's your baby? Two hour. 288 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:13,280 We've got an elected Caesar on the 14th of September. 289 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:23,000 Yeh mud netta Buddhafrotro me Marse Salome H to it by a 290 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:27,320 donkey. Torchings, Mel. 291 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:31,560 Happy Mother's Day, my darling. You're not my mother, but you're 292 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:40,480 a vigorous chick. So God was kind to the midwives 293 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,280 and the people increased. It became even more numerous. 294 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:49,400 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of 295 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:56,880 their own. Oh God, king, men, women, 296 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,640 nothing in society. The Bible calls them shipra and 297 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:06,600 poor. And because they feared God, he 298 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:11,320 gave them families of their own. We we need people, just people 299 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:15,400 of no rank, No title, that will just stand up for God and we 300 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:19,800 will start to see the power of God break out in our city. 301 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,760 And maybe say nobody knows, nobody cares. 302 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:26,600 God knows, God cares. Single mother, barren woman, God 303 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,320 knows, God cares. Just keep fearing him. 304 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:31,680 They'll open radical doors for you. 305 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:39,400 Then Pharaoh, no name, gave this order to all his people, every 306 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,520 boy that is born. You must throw into that what 307 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,640 happens in the Nile. Amen. 308 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,600 Amen. In the Nile, they're crocodiles 309 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,800 and some of you mothers are going to get let go of your 310 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:57,160 children today because some of them are 35 and you're still 311 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,480 holding on to them. I'm speaking to you on Mother's 312 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,040 Day. I'm speaking to you on Mother's 313 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:08,200 Day because Jocker Bed trusted God enough that she placed her 314 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:12,640 three month old child into a crocodile infested river. 315 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:16,040 Because she believed God more than she believed society. 316 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,480 And you are not the salvation of your children. 317 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,720 God is a salvation of your children. 318 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:28,120 And God has got more power to look after your children. 319 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:35,200 And the Nile is not some kind of spraky bronchos Spraky, Nell 320 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,280 Spraky. It's a retrofit. 321 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:46,600 My mouth as I says the Orania refir, it's a pumping river and 322 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:51,120 she knew that he was safer in a pumping crocodile infested river 323 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:55,200 than in her care because God had better opportunity to take care 324 00:21:55,200 --> 00:22:01,880 of him than she did. Now a man of the House of Levi 325 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,400 married a Levite woman and she became pregnant, gave birth to 326 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,880 her son. But when she saw that he was a 327 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,920 fine child. Have you ever seen a parent that 328 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:12,800 doesn't think their child is fine? 329 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:18,080 It's amazing thing. Hey, you check old, old 330 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,320 Buckwater there and you say, hey, isn't he beautiful? 331 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:28,240 And you think you're he could go into like air traffic control, 332 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:35,000 like the radar thing, you know, But they say, oh, beautiful. 333 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,520 That's not what it means. It just means if you read 334 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:42,080 Hebrews, because she makes the list in Hebrews, it says he was 335 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:47,440 no ordinary child. For my friends Glenn and Simonet 336 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,680 who bought their little boy Peter James, they call him 337 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,520 James, They bought him here today I think for the second or 338 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:55,800 third time I met, I met Glenn about here and he said will you 339 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:57,160 do my wedding? I did his wedding. 340 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:01,440 He pre teaches the Pretoria boys high and then his beautiful wife 341 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,160 Simonet. And then they had this little 342 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,800 boy and they bought him today. He's no ordinary child. 343 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:15,120 You're no ordinary child. You're no ordinary child. 344 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,440 And when you look at people, friends, when you look at 345 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,760 people, these are the Pizza brothers. 346 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:28,240 You're no ordinary children. You had a remarkable mother and 347 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,800 remarkable father who taught you the ways of God. 348 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:37,120 You are no ordinary children. They had the privilege of doing 349 00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:40,280 your son's funeral and your mum and dad's funeral, both of them. 350 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,480 No ordinary children. Look at the person. 351 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:48,080 Next thing, just say this. You're no ordinary child. 352 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,240 That's it, guys. I'm, I'm being dead serious. 353 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:02,000 I'm, I'm being dead serious. This this is my first born son. 354 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,840 This is my first born son. That is my friend Mark. 355 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,960 Mark used to come and live in our home. 356 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,360 Mark used to look after my first born son and my daughter that he 357 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:18,200 used to babysit for us. Now he's sitting. 358 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,040 And then Mark got given this incredible blessing, actually, 359 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,440 the way that he started a Home group and, and he was so shy of 360 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,680 the first girl that walked in. He said, will you marry me? 361 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:30,160 I, I mean, I mean, he should have said welcome to my Home 362 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,160 group, but she said, yes, I'll marry you. 363 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:41,600 And it goes 12345 these 6. I look at you, say you're no 364 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:46,840 ordinary child. Sarah Dickie, you're no ordinary 365 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:51,080 child. Amber, you're no ordinary child. 366 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,560 Rachel, you're no ordinary child. 367 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:59,640 Josh, you are no ordinary child. Jude, you are no ordinary child. 368 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,120 Mitchell, you're no ordinary child. 369 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:05,760 And now God gives us these gifts. 370 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:10,640 And on Mother's Day, we realize we have to steward these 371 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:14,960 unbelievable gifts which God has knit together in the mother's 372 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:16,720 womb. And for all your mothers, just 373 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,360 put your hand here. And I want to say, Lord God 374 00:25:19,360 --> 00:25:24,560 bless these wombs that knit together, these extraordinary 375 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:32,080 children. So why don't you come and stand 376 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,600 with me here? Come see. 377 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:53,690 Come, son of Si, will you take photos of your children today 378 00:25:53,690 --> 00:25:57,450 and just look at them? Maybe some of them have wandered 379 00:25:57,450 --> 00:26:00,810 from the truth. Maybe some of them are far from 380 00:26:00,810 --> 00:26:03,130 God. Maybe some of them don't want to 381 00:26:03,130 --> 00:26:07,200 set foot in a church any longer. But will you just take that 382 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:13,160 photograph and look at them and say no, ordinary child? 383 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:17,760 I want to look in your eyes, Simon, and say this to you with 384 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:22,760 your mum between us, you're a fine man. 385 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:35,600 Look at me. See. 386 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:38,160 Why don't you say that? So you're a fine. 387 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:50,640 You're a fine man. How are we doing on Mother's 388 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,000 Day? How are we doing on Mother's 389 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:57,360 Day? Can you imagine if a mother 390 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:01,000 looked down at his son like that and said he is a fine child? 391 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,440 Can you imagine the Father in heaven when he looks down at you 392 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:12,280 and thinks this is beautiful beyond description? 393 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:25,800 And you, 3 young girls, you came from the same room, fine fine 394 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:30,600 children. And you young man, with your mum 395 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:34,120 in the back of the church on an oxygen bottle, having barely 396 00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:36,560 survived COVID. Every time I see her with that 397 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:40,840 oxygen bottle, still coming to church for that oxygen bottle. 398 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:46,080 Because without that, she dies. And inside of that womb, God put 399 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:52,120 together something very fine. And Zander Manita, this 400 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:57,640 beautiful young man that we see here, this strong young man came 401 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,240 from your womb, is a massive thing. 402 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:07,000 Happy Mother's Day. When she saw that he was a fine 403 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:11,440 child, she hid him for three months, say three months. 404 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,480 And Mitchell stayed in our bedroom for one night. 405 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,480 It was the worst night of my life. 406 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,600 I had all sorts of beautiful things in my heart. 407 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:29,640 Amazing Grace, how sweet. But he's like, shut up. 408 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:35,320 Second night in the baby's room. Imagine keeping a newborn child 409 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,680 quiet for three months. That's faith. 410 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,800 That's faith. And she had faith to take a 411 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,200 newborn child where the command of the king was, kill him. 412 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:50,400 If he just peeped, he would have been killed. 413 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,640 But she had faith to hide him for three months. 414 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:57,000 Can you imagine if we take today's date and on Mother's Day 415 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:01,280 you take the faith of Jochebed and trust God that in three 416 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,560 months time something could be completely different? 417 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:09,240 Can you do that today, on Mother's Day, you trust God? 418 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:15,600 May, June, July, beginning of August, something can look 419 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:20,400 completely different. I think she's an amazing woman. 420 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,200 But when she could hide him no longer, you see, we can. 421 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:27,480 We've all got a measure of faith. 422 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,440 When she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket 423 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,960 for him and coated it with tar and pitch. 424 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:38,960 The only time that this verse appears in the Bible is when 425 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:42,400 they built the ark and they coated it with tar and pitch. 426 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:50,600 That word is taba, which means like a covenant, which means a 427 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:55,280 protection. And while your son who might 428 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,880 have been in and out of rehab 15 times and you don't know how to 429 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:02,360 do it anymore, you can only do what your faith allows. 430 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,520 And I'm saying today, would you just coat whatever vehicle it 431 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:11,800 might be in the prayer and the covenant of God and release your 432 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:18,960 son into the care of Jesus? Then she placed the child in it 433 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:23,840 and put it among the reeds. What lives in the reeds along 434 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,520 the Bank of the Nile? Because safer is the child in 435 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,600 the hand of God than in our own hands. 436 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:34,320 Next, first, please. His sister stood at a distance 437 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:38,720 to see what would happen to him. Why don't you stand this? 438 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:50,160 Why don't you stand? And when you look, when you look 439 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,880 at a distance of any one of these, who's the 1st to phone? 440 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,640 Who's the 1st to bring a meal? Who's the 1st to pray? 441 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,320 Who's the 1st to put a message on the message group? 442 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,920 Who is it, boys? Who's it? 443 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:05,800 It's the sister. Because on Mother's Day we heard 444 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,440 you say it. We heard it at your 21st. 445 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:12,880 Sarah, what did you say about your sister on the 21st? 446 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,360 What did you say? You said at the end of you said, 447 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:20,720 I want to be religious like you. 2 The other religion is that is 448 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:24,480 taking care of from a distance, your well-being. 449 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,600 And the church is made-up of brothers and sisters. 450 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:32,160 And whatever you go through, this should be the safest place 451 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,640 in the whole world because there should be brothers and sisters 452 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,680 that are looking out for you. That's my friend Jochen. 453 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,880 That's his wife, Zetska. They've got three daughters. 454 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,120 I'm your brother. I'm your pastor, but actually 455 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:47,840 much more, I'm your brother and I'm your friend. 456 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,760 And I've looked out for you for years as you have looked out for 457 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:54,680 me. I know how many days their dad 458 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:57,920 was alive because the photograph you sent me of the cap of how 459 00:31:57,920 --> 00:31:59,800 many days your dad was alive, I have that. 460 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,440 It's dear to me. That number, that number is 461 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:11,960 imprinted inside of my heart. And Erica, the reason that I can 462 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:16,320 stand here and honor you is because you met with your 463 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:20,560 sister, your biological sister that you never knew lived in the 464 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,560 same town as you. But God didn't know that. 465 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:28,560 And he just on Mother's Day, he just somehow weaved the pattern 466 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,920 until one day your sister that you had never met came dressed 467 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,960 in the same dress as you, with the same shoes as you, with the 468 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,880 same bunch of flowers at you because you're part of the same 469 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:39,920 family. And on Mother's Day, I want to 470 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:41,960 tell you this, friends, this thing is like a womb. 471 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,080 This is like a womb. And inside of this womb, God 472 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:50,280 starts to knit together a family where brothers and sisters 473 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,720 actually look at each other, take care of each other, serve 474 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:54,640 one another, sacrifice for one another. 475 00:32:56,440 --> 00:33:02,840 Five women, Shipra and Puah jochebed Miriam, the sister of 476 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:05,560 Moses. Let's keep reading. 477 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,520 Then. Pharaoh's daughter went down to 478 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,200 the Nile to bathe and her attendants were walking along 479 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:19,120 the riverbank. She saw the basket amongst the 480 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,280 reeds and sent her slave girls to get it. 481 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,120 She opened it and she saw the baby. 482 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,440 Keep the baby crying, Sana. It's part of the story. 483 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:34,240 Where you going? It was like a queue. 484 00:33:43,610 --> 00:33:48,050 Her dad was really cruel. Her dad was like really, really, 485 00:33:48,050 --> 00:33:52,250 really cruel. She opened and she saw the baby. 486 00:33:52,250 --> 00:33:55,970 He was crying and she felt sorry for him. 487 00:33:57,450 --> 00:34:01,210 We have to know that even in evil systems, God can put 488 00:34:01,210 --> 00:34:06,010 compassionate people. Amen, Yes, Amen, said. 489 00:34:06,010 --> 00:34:07,690 Our children can be taken care of. 490 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:13,440 This is one of the Hebrew babies, she said. 491 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:17,320 Then his sister asked Pharaoh's daughter, shall I go and get one 492 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:19,600 of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you? 493 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:23,080 Yes, go, she answered, and the girl went and got the baby's 494 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:26,480 mother chucker bed. Pharaoh's daughter said to her, 495 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:29,560 Take this baby and nurse him for me and I will pay you. 496 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:35,080 It's a great scheme, eh? Get somebody else to pay. 497 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,360 OK Listen guys, I've got school fees coming up. 498 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,440 So the woman took the baby and nursed them. 499 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:57,760 I have a whole lot of stuff to go. 5 women, Shipra and Puah, a 500 00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:04,520 woman called Miriam, a sister Jochebed, a mother and Pharaoh's 501 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:12,480 daughter took care of one boy, delivered him from the edict 502 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:16,920 which was over his life, which was be to kill all the boys, and 503 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:20,640 that boy ended up saving a whole nation. 504 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:27,400 You were not born by mistake. You are no ordinary child. 505 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,960 And you say to me, I was born out of wedlock. 506 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:38,920 So was Jesus, so was Jesus. You say I was a mistake. 507 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,080 I have seen some of the greatest preachers that came out of 508 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:50,920 mistakes. You are no ordinary child, and 509 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:56,200 God would place all sorts of people around you, sisters, 510 00:35:56,600 --> 00:36:06,120 mothers, midwives, daughters of kings, because you are safer in 511 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:10,640 the reeds of the Nile than in the hands of a human being. 512 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:14,080 God bless you.