1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,160 So glad you're here online, Family, we see you. 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:04,840 We're grateful you're with us. Everybody in this room, you put 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:06,320 your hands together. Let's welcome everybody that's 4 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:11,800 joining us this weekend. If we've we've never met, if 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:13,080 we've never had the opportunity to do so. 6 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,080 My name is Luis Quintero. I'm one of our pastors here on 7 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:16,840 staff. I get to serve with our lead 8 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:20,080 pastors, Pastors Matt and Pastor Sarah on our executive team. 9 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:22,840 I'm also a part of our teaching team and it's just such a great 10 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:25,200 honor to get to share God's work today. 11 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,040 I just want to let you know, Pastor Matt today is along with 12 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,400 Pastor Charles, another one of our our teaching pastors There 13 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,240 are in one of our network churches in Arizona. 14 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,760 They're ministering there and so be praying for Pastor Matt. 15 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,040 But we're just so grateful for our pastors, aren't we? 16 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,520 They't amazing. They love God, they love US, and 17 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:41,640 come on. Yeah, show some love to your 18 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:42,960 pastors. We're just so grateful for you 19 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,360 pastors. And we we get the honor, I get 20 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,360 the honor today to close out a series that we've been on for 21 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,080 the last several weeks. This is week #4 and we're 22 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,200 closing out a series that's called Don't Let Doubt. 23 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,120 Everybody say Don't let doubt take you out. 24 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,280 That's what we've been talking about over the last several 25 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,680 weeks. We've been looking at how doubt, 26 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:06,680 how the enemy uses things like fear and other tactics to make 27 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,240 us doubt God. And, and when that happens, then 28 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,400 that doubt takes us out of all of the promises of God, all of 29 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,080 the potential God has for our lives. 30 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:18,160 And, and today my assignment as we close this series, I get to 31 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,600 talk about one of those little tools the enemy uses often in 32 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,760 our lives to to keep us from trusting God from from believing 33 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,040 in in the promises of God and to take us out. 34 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,840 And this specific, this, this specific little tool that he 35 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:33,920 uses. It's one of those that often 36 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,120 sits right underneath doubt. It's kind of one of those that's 37 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:39,760 a little deeper. It's really quiet. 38 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,560 And for many of us, we've been carrying, we've been carrying 39 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,280 something like this for a long time. 40 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,520 And The thing is that we rarely talk about it. 41 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:53,160 Today I want us to see how the enemy often time uses shame to 42 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,600 make us doubt God. And when he when he makes his 43 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:58,840 dog out, he takes us out from all the potential, all the 44 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,200 promises of God. And so I just want to invite us 45 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,400 to open up our hearts. Every location right now, I want 46 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,480 to invite you to just bow your head, close your eyes. 47 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,680 I want to invite us to pray. I want to invite us to just 48 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,600 allow the Lord to do a work in our hearts today. 49 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,160 Heavenly Father, we thank you for this opportunity to be 50 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,360 together in your house. God, I thank you for everybody 51 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,200 that is under the sound of my voice today. 52 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,480 Lord, we just come to you and we say, God, we open up our hearts 53 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:24,920 to your word, Lord. Well, if there's anything right 54 00:02:24,920 --> 00:02:27,880 now that we would that that that would keep us from receiving the 55 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:29,520 good seat of your word, we lay it aside. 56 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:34,080 If there is worry if there is any any just distraction or we 57 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,920 put it down, we lay it down at your feet and and we just open 58 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:39,040 up our hearts to your word. We open up our hearts to your 59 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:40,640 spirit. Lord, speak to us today. 60 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,640 Heal us today, change us today. We pray, pray just allow me to 61 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:48,240 be a conduit of your spirit, Lord that I would just be in 62 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,800 tune with your spirit as your word just leads forward. 63 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:56,520 We pray all this in Jesus mighty name and everybody said Amen and 64 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,920 Amen. So I was preparing this week and 65 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:02,320 just praying about all right, Lord, I was trying to remember 66 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:06,520 the first time that I felt shame in my life and it was it didn't 67 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:08,480 take that long. I have a pretty pretty quick 68 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,480 core memory that came up. And if you've never heard some 69 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,720 of my story, I grew up in in Columbia. 70 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:16,080 I grew up in a Christian household. 71 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,880 My parents were amazing. They exposed us to the things of 72 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,760 God from very, very young. And so I was in church like 4 73 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:24,560 times a week. Monday nights I was in church. 74 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:26,440 I don't even remember what was Monday nights, but I was there. 75 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:28,320 I remember being there Wednesday nights. 76 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:30,760 It was Bible study. Every other Saturday was prayer 77 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:32,320 and fasting. Sunday morning, it was the 78 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:33,680 services. I was there all the time. 79 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,160 And I remember this specific memory. 80 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,960 I must have been like 8 or 9 years old. 81 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:41,360 It was a Wednesday night Bible study. 82 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,040 There was like 100 people at the church. 83 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,480 And I remember coming in, it was a long day of school and, you 84 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,200 know, I was tired. And I remember the pastor, I 85 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:49,720 think he was teaching on David and Goliath. 86 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:51,440 I'm like, I know this one. And so I was like, I'm going to 87 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,040 take his news. And so I just, I remember laying 88 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,240 down on my mom's lap and how many of you have ever like you 89 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,800 fall asleep and then you startle yourself up like you wake up 90 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,560 like all jolted up. Anybody else like so this, this 91 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,040 happened to me. The problem is how it happened. 92 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:11,200 I was sleep and the next thing I know, I jolted myself up by 93 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:15,800 ripping the loudest fart. I'm 18, like an 8 year old has 94 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:17,880 ever. I I believe this wholeheartedly 95 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,519 that it was and I just jolted up. 96 00:04:21,079 --> 00:04:23,720 And the worst part is I, I jolted up and then I just saw 97 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:28,360 everybody's face turn. Everybody's laughing. 98 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,680 I felt the blood rush to my face. 99 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,240 I smiled, but I wanted the earth to swallow me. 100 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,680 Who does that? I just pretended like I was 101 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:38,440 still asleep and went back down to sleep. 102 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,600 And I remember laying on my mom's lap and thinking, who does 103 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,000 that? Like what is wrong with me? 104 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,920 That's the first time that I actually felt that there was 105 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,480 something wrong with me. Somebody that makes mistakes in 106 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,120 their sleep, well, how do you do that? 107 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,360 And then as I started kind of going through my years in 108 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,440 school, I remember not too far after that, probably a year 109 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,120 later, I was in class and I was a very active kid. 110 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,760 And so I was probably messing up somebody's day or joking around. 111 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,360 And I remember teaching correcting me. 112 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,480 And she corrected me in front of everybody. 113 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:08,920 And at the end she said, shame on you. 114 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:12,480 And I remember thinking, what, what does that even mean? 115 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,760 Later on, I remember being in a in recess. 116 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,280 We were just playing soccer with a buddy and we got into it. 117 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:19,840 You know, things happen. You want to win. 118 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:21,720 We start kicking each other, punching each other. 119 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,040 We're fighting. Teacher comes over and separates 120 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:25,760 us, goes what's what is going on here? 121 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:29,120 Hey, shame on you guys. And I remember thinking, what is 122 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,920 the shame thing? Why is it, why is it like a 123 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:33,960 thing that they just throw on me like a jacket? 124 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:35,320 What is what does that even mean? 125 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:39,040 And why does it feel like every time I hear that, it's not that 126 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,000 I made a mistake, but it feels like something's wrong with you. 127 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,520 You are the mistake. And you see that's exactly how 128 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,440 shame works. Shame takes a negative 129 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,280 experience and then he personalizes it. 130 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,560 So instead of it being I made a mistake, shame says the enemy 131 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,640 uses shame and says you are the mistake. 132 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:01,880 It sticks to our identity. Shame sticks and attacks our 133 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:03,280 identity, and that's what the enemy does. 134 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:07,440 The enemy takes these moments in life where maybe we've made a 135 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,520 mistake, where where we're sinful, or something happened, 136 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:12,320 or maybe something was done to us. 137 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,680 Maybe there was a simple thing that was done to us, something 138 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:17,240 wrong that was done to us. And the enemy takes those 139 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:21,880 things, attaches shame to them, and then with those things, it 140 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,600 then distorts our identity because we start believing 141 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:26,360 things about ourselves that are not true. 142 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:29,240 Here's the problem. The problem is this. 143 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,480 If shame can distort our identity, then it can actually 144 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,960 distort our destiny. It can distort our future. 145 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,120 Because if I'm believing things about myself that are not true, 146 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,320 I'm not going to be able to believe God about the things 147 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:46,760 that He's believing for me, that he calls on Scripture for me. 148 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:47,640 You see where I'm going with this? 149 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:51,640 You see on healed shame can keep us from living in the freedom 150 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,440 that Jesus came to give us when he died on the cross. 151 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,840 Jesus said this in John 10/10. He said the thief comes only to 152 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:02,200 steal kill and destroy specifically for this message 153 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,840 your identity kill, steal and destroy your identity and Jesus 154 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:10,200 says I have come that they may have life and have it to the 155 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,800 full. Now that that word full means a 156 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,600 lot right. If if Jesus meant full life for 157 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:17,240 us, it doesn't mean that we're going to have perfect lives 158 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,800 without problems. It means that we can have a full 159 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,600 life with abundant overflow of God, with wholeness, with 160 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,480 freedom, with true identity in him, so that no matter what 161 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,240 comes our way, we can live in his will. 162 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,160 You see, I believe that there are many of us here today under 163 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:34,640 the sound of my voice, every location. 164 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:36,800 Who? Maybe you're missing out on that 165 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:40,680 full life that Jesus came to give us because shame keeps 166 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,400 whispering. Yeah, yeah. 167 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,880 That's not for you, though. Yeah. 168 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:46,600 That that that's that's for other people. 169 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:51,960 You, you're broken. You are broken. 170 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,480 And many of us maybe believe that I am broken. 171 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:55,920 Pastor Lewis, you don't understand. 172 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:57,640 Though I have a broken sexual past. 173 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:00,000 Pastor Lewis, you don't understand. 174 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,200 There are things that that I've done here in the last few years 175 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,440 and in my present that I am broken. 176 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:06,560 I can't fix this. I can't. 177 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:08,240 It's the same thing over and over. 178 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,920 Some of us walk around feeling like we're unwanted. 179 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,480 Pastor Lewis, you don't understand. 180 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:18,480 I'm in my second, third divorce. You don't understand, Pastor 181 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:20,880 Lewis. I live on the streets. 182 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:21,720 I'm. I'm homeless. 183 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,440 The shelters won't even take me. I am actually unwanted. 184 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:29,000 I grew up in the foster system from home to home to home to 185 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,640 home. Nobody wanted me. 186 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,720 I am actually unwanted. And many of us walk around and, 187 00:08:35,159 --> 00:08:38,000 and, and we believe this, this thing that attached to our, our 188 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,280 identity, Many of us deal with addiction and, and we deal with, 189 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,400 with lying maybe, or, or anger. And we believe that we are 190 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,160 damaged. Something was done to us. 191 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,720 Maybe something happened earlier in our lives. 192 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:51,160 And then there's no way God can fix this. 193 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,160 I, I feel dumb. I am disqualified. 194 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:58,280 You don't understand the mistakes that make at school, 195 00:08:58,440 --> 00:08:59,880 the mistakes that make them work. 196 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:03,120 I am, I am dumb and this is what shame does. 197 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,760 It attacks our identity and here's what the enemy would 198 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,160 love. The enemy would love to keep you 199 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,080 with that distorted identity because it'll keep you from the 200 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,480 promises of God that are yes and Amen for those who have placed 201 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,000 their lives in Christ Jesus. He hears the thing. 202 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,520 Shame can be hoped away, can be wished away. 203 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,640 Shame can only be healed that the cross. 204 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:28,040 Shame can only be healed by Jesus and the work that he did 205 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,040 on the cross recovery for us. Here's what you need to know 206 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,600 today. I believe Jesus wants to change 207 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:35,680 some names today. I believe Jesus wants to heal 208 00:09:35,680 --> 00:09:38,160 some hearts today. I believe Jesus is saying this 209 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:42,600 not shame on you, shame off you son, shame off you daughter. 210 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,720 I pay for it in Calvary already. And I believe today you can 211 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:50,200 receive healing in the mighty name of Jesus. 212 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,600 I've titled my message today, shame off you. 213 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,120 Look at your neighbor and say shame off you. 214 00:09:54,680 --> 00:09:58,240 Come on, shame off you. Jesus came and he said shame off 215 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:00,200 you. Now, now here's the deal. 216 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:04,200 When we're struggling and dealing with shame, there are 217 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,120 certain things that will manifest in our lives, certain 218 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,040 things that will come up in our lives. 219 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:11,800 And so I want us to look at a scripture today. 220 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,840 This was the the very first account where we see shame 221 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,440 coming into the world. This is the moment where Adam 222 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,200 and Eve, just for context, we're going to go to Genesis, Genesis 223 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,800 chapter 3. Adam and Eve sinned. 224 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:24,320 They went against the will of God. 225 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,960 They disobeyed God. If you know the story, they live 226 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:30,120 perfectly in in the Garden of Eden with God. 227 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,040 There was nothing wrong. There was closeness intimacy 228 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:35,160 that were naked. It was, it was free, it was 229 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,640 amazing. And God gave him dominion over 230 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,000 everything, over the food, over the animals. 231 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:42,320 But God told him, hey, there's only one thing I don't want you 232 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:43,640 to do. And he's to eat from this one 233 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,120 tree. And then here comes Satan, the 234 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,200 serpent comes in and he convinces Eve to eat from that 235 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,440 tree. Eve goes ahead and does it. 236 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:53,080 And then Adam then follows along. 237 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:55,560 And what happens here we're going to start reading is the 238 00:10:55,560 --> 00:10:58,240 moment that they realized, Oh my goodness, there's some shame 239 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,640 coming in. So verse 7 says this, This is 240 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:04,640 both Adam and Eve. Then the eyes of both of them 241 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,600 were open and they realized they were naked. 242 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,160 There it is. That's where shame came into the 243 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,400 world. So they sewed fig leaves 244 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:14,760 together and made coverings for themselves. 245 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:16,760 Now they're covering from each other. 246 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,880 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he 247 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,520 was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid 248 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,680 from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 249 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,600 But the Lord God call to the man, and he said, Where are you? 250 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,040 And Adam answered, I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid 251 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,320 because I was naked, so I hid. And then God said, Who told you 252 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:40,560 you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree 253 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:42,400 that I commanded you not to eat from? 254 00:11:43,560 --> 00:11:46,600 And Adam said, the woman you put here with me, she gave me some 255 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:48,280 fruit from the tree and I ate it. 256 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:56,480 Come on Adam, come on brother. Then the Lord God said to the 257 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:57,920 woman, what is it that you have done? 258 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:01,040 The woman said, the serpent deceived me and I hated you. 259 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,040 See, everything changed after this moment. 260 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,840 Sin entered the world, and so did shame. 261 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:10,520 And so I want us to look at four ways in which shame manifests 262 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,360 itself in our lives. These are these are probably 263 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:15,080 things that if you're dealing with shame, you're going to 264 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,120 recognize in your own life because this is exactly what has 265 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,480 plagued humanity ever since that moment. 266 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,200 Here's the first thing. The first way in which shame 267 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,320 manifests in our lives is this shame makes us hide from God. 268 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,200 Shame makes us hide from God. In verse 8, we see that they hid 269 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:32,720 from the Lord among the trees of the garden. 270 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,560 You see, what happens is we often hide from God because we 271 00:12:35,560 --> 00:12:38,680 believe that because of what we've done, because of what has 272 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:40,560 happened to us, that he hates us. 273 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,600 That he doesn't want to do anything with such a messed up 274 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:46,880 person. That my addiction, my anger, the 275 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:50,640 thing that was done to me in my past, makes me unworthy of God's 276 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,080 love, makes me unworthy of God's care for me. 277 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:56,600 And So what we do is we hide from God, we hide from his 278 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,320 presence. We don't spend time with God. 279 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:01,320 We hide from his word. We don't pick up the truth of 280 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:04,960 God's word to cover our lives. And then we hide from God's 281 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,520 house, the people of God. We hide, we stay away from the 282 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:10,560 things of God. And my friends, I'm here to tell 283 00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:13,560 you today, nothing good happens when we're away from God. 284 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:17,040 Nothing good happens. Our flesh kicks in our our 285 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:19,720 desires kick in. And we often wonder, why do we 286 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:23,400 act and respond and think the way we do is because oftentimes 287 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,520 there's shame attached to it. Now, I want you to notice 288 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:29,240 something very powerful about this story. 289 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,600 In this story, notice that God did not leave Adam and Eve. 290 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:39,600 Adam and Eve hid from God. The very next thing we see is 291 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:43,480 what we see. God coming and looking for Adam 292 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,560 and Eve. You see, God was, God was 293 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:49,080 looking for both of them. But shame whispers, God is 294 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,720 disappointed in you. God doesn't want to do anything 295 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:53,640 with you. God cannot use you. 296 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,520 God loves other people more than you. 297 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:59,760 But the gospel of Jesus Christ says that even though we have 298 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,040 messed up, even though wrong things have happened to us, God 299 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,800 so loved the word that he said, Jesus, there is grace for you. 300 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,560 He loves you. He's calling some names today. 301 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,320 He's saying, hey, Bob, I'm looking for you. 302 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:17,160 Hey, Amy, I'm looking for you. Hey Natalie, me, I'm looking for 303 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,120 you. God is looking and searching for 304 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:22,640 His children. This is grace and He wants to 305 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,360 heal you today. He wants to change your name 306 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:28,760 today #2 What a shame. How does shame manifest in our 307 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:30,800 lives? First, it makes us hide from 308 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,280 God, but second, shame makes us cover from one another. 309 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:36,760 Shame makes us cover from others. 310 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,120 Verse 7, it's when they realized that they had sinned and shame 311 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:43,080 came in Adam and Eve. They sewed fig leaves together 312 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:44,400 and they made covering for themselves. 313 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:46,880 In other words, now all of a sudden they were very aware of 314 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:49,160 their shortcomings. They were very aware of their of 315 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,240 their humanness, right? And they started covering, they 316 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:54,880 started kind of pretending and kind of, you know, hiding from 317 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,560 one another. You see, we may not be using 318 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,360 good old fig leaves like they did, but there's some modern day 319 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:04,240 fig leaves that we hide behind and we cover from others. 320 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,480 Some of us, we believe we're so damaged and we believe we're so 321 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,400 dumb that that we hide behind our success. 322 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:14,000 That if you only see how successful my business is, how 323 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,760 successful my family is, if you can only see how that's it 324 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:19,320 proves that I am not that damaged. 325 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,720 I'm not that dumb. But we go home and we still deal 326 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:23,880 with that. Some of us, we hide behind 327 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:26,600 perfection. If everything is just pristine, 328 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,760 if everything looks good on social media and everybody 329 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,640 believes that I am perfect, maybe I proved that. 330 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:38,720 Maybe I'm not that unwanted. And some of us, we love humor, 331 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:42,320 but we hide behind our humor. We feel so unwanted. 332 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,040 But because we're funny, we keep joking. 333 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,120 We keep doing all of this because it's the only way that 334 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:48,640 we can feel some love from people. 335 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,760 But in reality, we go home and we feel this. 336 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:54,400 We deal with this sense of unwantedness. 337 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,960 This, this, this belief of being unworthy, disbelief of being 338 00:15:57,960 --> 00:15:59,880 unlovable. Some of us, I believe you are. 339 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,960 You're a people pleaser because you, you, you, you believe that 340 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:06,440 if you just say yes to everything, if you burn yourself 341 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:10,080 out, if you just yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, maybe that'll prove 342 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,280 that I'm lovable and they'll love me and they'll stay and 343 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,160 they'll care for me. But we're not dealing with the 344 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:21,480 root, 'cause you see, shame teaches us to manage our image. 345 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:24,840 But Jesus says, let me heal your heart. 346 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:26,360 You don't have to worry about that image. 347 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:28,400 You don't have to worry about that thing you're pretending to 348 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,080 be. As a matter of fact, I believe 349 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,960 that there's many of us today. James 5 says this, that if we 350 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,920 confess to one another and we pray with one another, there is 351 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:39,640 healing that happens. But Jesus can't heal you because 352 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:41,520 you keep pretending to be somebody you're not. 353 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,360 And Jesus wants to heal the real you today. 354 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,480 Here's the third way. The third way that we can see 355 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:54,040 shame manifest in our lives is this #3 shame makes us act in 356 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:57,360 fear. Shame makes us act in fear. 357 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,800 Verse 10 says this. I heard you in the garden, Adam 358 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,040 said, And I was afraid. There's the fear because I was 359 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:04,800 naked. So here's his action. 360 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:08,880 He hid. Fear cost him to hide. 361 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:13,000 You see, shame brings fear and when the fear starts to drive 362 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,680 and lead our decision making, making it, it makes us do things 363 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:19,480 that are not godly. It makes us, you know, act in 364 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:22,200 certain ways that are completely against God's will for our 365 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:23,920 lives. There's many a times where that 366 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,119 fear will tell you, hey, you can't trust God. 367 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:29,200 You can't trust people because if they only knew they're real 368 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:37,640 you who can accept you? Hide, be angry, bite back and we 369 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,120 start acting based out of that fear. 370 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:45,360 For many of us, God has called you to lead, but fear kicks in 371 00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:48,280 from that shame and and you hear, don't lead. 372 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:50,440 Don't lead in your business, don't lead in your home. 373 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:53,040 Don't do that. You're not smart enough for 374 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:54,800 that. You're not qualified for that. 375 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:59,200 And that came from a place where you picked up some shame. 376 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:03,240 Shame will tell you to not hope or try because man, you've tried 377 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,280 and it never works. You're never going to change. 378 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:10,560 Why are you hoping for? Fear starts driving our decision 379 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:14,840 making when we don't allow Jesus to heal the shame to give us a 380 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,000 new name. Let me just say this, if you 381 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,240 missed Pastor Matt's message last week, he spoke all about 382 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:24,000 this. He spoke on fear and how fear is 383 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,360 used by the enemy to to keep us from doubting God and to keep us 384 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:30,200 from all the the amazing things that God has for us. 385 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,800 Here's the fourth thing that shame does, the way it manifests 386 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:37,040 in our lives when when we are dealing with shame, when our 387 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:40,800 shame is done, heel #4 shame makes us blame others. 388 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:44,680 He makes us blame others. See, God comes looking for them 389 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:46,520 on in the garden. Adam, where are you? 390 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,320 Eve, where are you? What's the first thing that Adam 391 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:54,520 does? Hold up, God, I know I'm a 392 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,680 little undone here and naked and shameful. 393 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,600 It wasn't me. You made her out of me. 394 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,960 It was her fault. Then God comes to even. 395 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,720 What does Eve do? You created the serpent. 396 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,960 It was the serpent. Here's here's what's. 397 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:17,280 Here's what's crazy about shame. Shame keeps us from looking at 398 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:20,080 ourselves. Shame keeps us from allowing God 399 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:23,560 to come in and heal. And he makes us blame others. 400 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:27,040 And I believe that right now, maybe sitting next to you is the 401 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:31,360 person who's been taking the brunt of your shame, but your 402 00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:33,520 spouse is the one that gets blamed for some of the things 403 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:35,280 that you're unwilling to deal with. 404 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:38,280 Your kids are dealing with the shame that you're undealing. 405 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,840 You're not dealing with maybe your coworkers, your friends. 406 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,120 Because shame makes us blame others. 407 00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:48,200 Shame makes us cover from others. 408 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,640 Shame makes us hide from God. Shame makes us act out of fear. 409 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:55,560 Pastor Lewis, what do we do? How do how do we, how do we 410 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:59,280 allow God to heal our shame? It is very simple. 411 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:05,000 But it's a step of courage that requires us to have some faith 412 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,480 to believe this. But here's what we need to do. 413 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,760 We need to take our eyes of that mistake. 414 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,960 We need to take our eyes of what you've done, of the mess up that 415 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:16,920 you've made, of the sin that you've committed. 416 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,040 We got to take our eyes of the sin that was committed to us. 417 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,760 In other words, we got to take our eyes of the shame and we 418 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,160 have to put our eyes on Jesus. We got to come to Jesus. 419 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:31,600 Hebrews 12/2 says this, looking unto Jesus, the author and the 420 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:35,680 finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him, 421 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:41,000 he endured the cross, despising the shame, and he sits now at 422 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,760 the right hand of the throne of God. 423 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:47,360 You see, Jesus already on the cross of Calvary paid for our 424 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:49,520 sin, but he also took on our shame. 425 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,240 You see, the cross was a shameful act, the the cross. 426 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,240 The cross meant that you would be stripped and mocked and 427 00:20:56,240 --> 00:21:00,360 exposed and rejected publicly. And Jesus said, I'll do that for 428 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:04,880 my son and for my daughter. See, Shane came into the garden 429 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:10,280 with Adam and Eve, but Shane was healed and Shane was defeated at 430 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:15,480 the cross with Jesus. I'm so grateful for that. 431 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:20,440 I know I've experienced that many a times because Jesus, when 432 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,560 he heals you, when he gives you a new name, that shame no longer 433 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,680 defines you. And there's no greater way to 434 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:30,840 walk in life to fulfill the call as parents, to fulfill the call 435 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:35,200 as students, as as employees, our bosses, as as people in this 436 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:36,640 world. As a matter of fact, the most 437 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,760 important call we have as Christians is this. 438 00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:42,680 There's no greater joy that to live in that freedom to tell 439 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,560 others about Jesus. We are disciples of Christ and 440 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,320 we are. If we're not filled with that 441 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:50,880 shame, we're going to be able to declare where our shame was 442 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:55,480 healed and help others. And so today, if we allow him, I 443 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:59,160 believe Jesus wants to take those distorted identities, 444 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:03,720 takes those place of shame and, and he wants to bring new names. 445 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,320 He wants to heal what you've carried for many years. 446 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:09,680 Some of us have been carrying some of his labels for many, 447 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,720 many years, maybe 30-40, fifty years. 448 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,840 And today can be the day where Jesus heals you. 449 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:21,040 I believe some of us have walked around for many years believing 450 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:25,880 that you're broken, Pastor Lewis, I am broken and you don't 451 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:29,000 understand. I, I endured abuse in my life. 452 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,520 You don't understand what I've had to deal with as a child. 453 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,840 You don't understand what I've had to deal as an employee. 454 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,480 There's been betrayal in my life and abandonment in my life and 455 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:40,680 failure in my life. There's been things that have 456 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:45,360 been spoken over me tell me that I am broken by my friends today. 457 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:47,760 I want to encourage you, if you have the faith to come to the 458 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,800 cross, and if you have the faith to say Jesus, I give you my 459 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,880 shame, then he says this. You are a new creation. 460 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:58,960 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation. 461 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:02,360 The old is gone and the newest here. 462 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:04,760 You no longer have to carry that identity. 463 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,000 I believe some of us have been walking around feeling like 464 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,120 we're unwanted, believing that we're unwanted. 465 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:11,800 You don't understand the divorces. 466 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:13,240 You don't understand Pastor Lewis. 467 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,320 I have gone from shelter to shelter. 468 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,440 I've never experienced a parent in my life. 469 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,400 I am actually unwanted. But today, if you have the 470 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,960 courage to come to Jesus, and if you say Jesus, take my shame, I 471 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:27,800 will pick up a new name. He'll say to you, no, no, no, 472 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:29,360 no, no, no. You are not unwanted. 473 00:23:29,360 --> 00:23:31,360 You are welcome because Ephesians says that comes 474 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,520 consequently. You're no longer a stranger. 475 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,680 You're no longer somebody that God doesn't know, but you are a 476 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:38,800 fellow citizen. You are welcome into the 477 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,720 household that he's created. You are not unwanted. 478 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,560 Your identity is of a son and a daughter. 479 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,880 That's welcome to Pastor Lewis. You don't understand. 480 00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:50,880 I'm so dirty. The things I've done in my life, 481 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,680 how I've cheated, how I've, I've, I've manipulated. 482 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,480 You don't understand the drugs I've taken, you don't understand 483 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,880 the the alcohol abuse that I've had all my life. 484 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,040 I am so dirty. I'm too far gone. 485 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:07,280 There is no way God can clean me up, but today you come to the 486 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,160 cross and you say, Jesus, I give you this label. 487 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,480 I'm telling you today Jesus is going to remind you that he 488 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,760 washes you clean, that you are pure. 489 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:20,080 In John 19 He says if you confess your sin, he is faithful 490 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,200 and just to forgive you and forgive you of your sins and 491 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,200 purify you. You're no longer dirty. 492 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,880 You are washed clean. The Bible says that as far as E 493 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:29,840 is from the West, he won't remember your sin. 494 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:34,720 The Bible says that that he will wash you as white as snow, and 495 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,560 that dirt that you feel, that shame that you feel, if you 496 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,600 bring it to the cross, He will heal it. 497 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,880 Some of us feel completely unlovable. 498 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,680 You walk around every day feeling this way and trying to 499 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,240 prove to everybody that you are worth loving. 500 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,400 And it's exhausting. And you go home and you cry 501 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:55,920 yourself to sleep. Some of you have been rejected 502 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,600 so much in your life. You are walking around believing 503 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:02,280 this every day. But if you bring this to Jesus, 504 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,000 if you let Him have that label, he'll say this about you. 505 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,600 You are beloved of mine. He says that I, I actually will, 506 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,080 I will give you a new name, sees what great love the Father has 507 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,400 lavished on us, that we are called sons and daughter, 508 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:21,000 children of God. So that pain that you feel can 509 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:25,520 be healed at the cross today if you allow Jesus to give you a 510 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,640 new name. That sounds great. 511 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:35,960 I'm just just unworthy. Some of us, I believe When I was 512 00:25:36,120 --> 00:25:38,640 writing this, I felt like there's many of us under the 513 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:42,760 sound of my voice, where you feel like you deserve 514 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:48,200 punishment. I don't deserve anything. 515 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,720 The pain I've caused and the pain that has been caused to me 516 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,480 tells me that I am not worth anything. 517 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:57,960 I deserve some punishment, if any. 518 00:25:58,120 --> 00:26:00,760 If maybe I'm punished enough, then I'll feel worthy. 519 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:07,360 Have good news for you today. If you bring this to Jesus and 520 00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:11,720 you lay it at the cross. He says you're a son, you're a 521 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:13,720 daughter. For God so loved the world that 522 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:18,440 he gave his one and only son. You are worth the Son of God. 523 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:21,640 He loved you so much. He said whosoever believes in 524 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:25,120 him will not perish, but will have eternal life. 525 00:26:25,360 --> 00:26:27,120 It is in the, it is at the cross. 526 00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:30,760 It is at the work of Christ. It is that healing that he 527 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:32,720 brings to our lives. And today I just want to 528 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:38,080 encourage us with this. Shane may have given you a label 529 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:41,640 and an identity, but today Jesus wants to give you a new name, a 530 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,040 new identity. If you would just allow him 531 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:48,040 today to do so. If you come to him, if you come 532 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,200 to the cross and allow him to do that, I believe he will. 533 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,680 Here's what I want to do with the few moments that we have 534 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,600 left. I want to pray over us. 535 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:01,800 If you're here today and you are tired of living with the labels 536 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,480 of shame, that distorted identity that shame has brought 537 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,480 to your life, and you're ready to come to Jesus, you're ready 538 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,800 to receive a true and new identity as I invite you to 539 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,240 close your eyes and bow your head in a moment, I, I want you. 540 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,320 That's you today. Here's what I want you to do. 541 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,360 They're in your seat. I want you to just put your 542 00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:22,480 hands like this. And here's what this means, 543 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:28,440 Jesus, here's my shame. Jesus, here's my unworthiness. 544 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,680 Here's my belief that I'm dumb. Here's you're going to lay it at 545 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:35,440 him and he's going to pick it up and you're going to leave your 546 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,720 hands out and Jesus is going to give you a brand new name. 547 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,760 I believe that. Hearted So with every eye closed 548 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,920 and every head bowed, if that's you today, this is a holy 549 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,680 moment. This is a moment between you and 550 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,720 God. The Spirit of the Lord is in 551 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,200 every one of our rooms and everybody that's watching. 552 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,120 If that's you today, if you're tired, I love living with that 553 00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:55,240 shame. I just want you to strange your 554 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:56,720 arms like I showed you a minute ago. 555 00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:59,440 Here's what I want you to do. I want to lead you through a 556 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:05,240 prayer, but I want you right now for the next few seconds, I want 557 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:06,960 you to tell Jesus what that shame is. 558 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:10,800 I want you to tell Jesus, here's here's my shame, Lord. 559 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,640 Here's my my belief that I'm unlovable. 560 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,400 Come on, every location right now, give it to Jesus. 561 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:21,840 Lord, I believe I'm dumb all my life. 562 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:27,120 Come on, give it to Jesus. Father, I feel so dirty. 563 00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:30,320 I've been, I've been carrying this label of being dirty all my 564 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:33,240 life, feeling like I don't deserve anything better. 565 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,960 But but the worst, give it to Jesus right now. 566 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,120 Come on every location, bring it to Jesus. 567 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:46,240 Bring it to Jesus. I'm broken, I'm damaged. 568 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:51,680 God can't use me too far gone, whatever that is right now. 569 00:28:51,680 --> 00:29:05,360 Come on, just give it to Jesus. that you died on the cross for 570 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:09,280 me and that you took my shame on the cross. 571 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:17,160 I give you my shame today and I receive a new identity. 572 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:22,960 I receive a new name. And so Father, right now I pray 573 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,120 you speak to your children. You are a new creation in Christ 574 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,160 Jesus. Some of you, you need to know 575 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:31,080 that you are pure because of the work of Christ. 576 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,520 Father, I pray right now speak to your children. 577 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:36,240 You are called in your anointing. 578 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,640 You are the head and not the tail. 579 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,240 You are loved. You are cared for. 580 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:48,040 If a good father gives good things to his children, how much 581 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:51,480 more our Heavenly Father will care for his children. 582 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:55,200 So God, I pray right now for those that have felt unworthy 583 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:57,480 that you would cover them right now. 584 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,280 Those who have been feeling for a long time like they, they 585 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,960 don't belong. God, I pray right now that they 586 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,800 would, They would feel your arms around them, they would feel 587 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:08,680 your love, they would feel your care. 588 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:12,720 Father, they would see you on the cross, receiving all that 589 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:16,040 was for them, that you bore for them. 590 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,560 God I pray, speak, speak life. Lord, speak those identities. 591 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:24,480 God, I pray right now in Jesus name, new beginnings. 592 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,360 God, I pray for dreams right now in Jesus name. 593 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,440 God, I pray for healing. There are many of us right now 594 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,600 that the Lord is reminding you of when that moment took place. 595 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:39,960 The moment where you pick that shame, you remember the words 596 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,480 that were spoken, you remember the act that happened. 597 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:50,240 I pray healing in Jesus name, God, heal that wound, Father. 598 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:55,360 I pray heal that wound. Cover that wound with your oil, 599 00:30:55,360 --> 00:31:00,160 with your anointed God, healing in Jesus name for you. 600 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:04,240 That that goes, that doesn't longer identify you. 601 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,440 That's no longer what you believe about yourself. 602 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:10,480 Jesus is bringing healing. Thank you, Father. 603 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:17,320 Right now move in every room. Receive that name, beloved, 604 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:19,920 called anointed. Receive that name. 605 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:24,160 You are you are a son and a daughter of God. 606 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:29,840 Stay in this atmosphere of worship. 607 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:35,800 Every head bow, every eye close. If you are here today and you 608 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,520 right now, you're experiencing Jesus. 609 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,280 This is who he is. This is what he does. 610 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,400 He loves you, He cares for you. You are not too far gone. 611 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:48,240 Maybe you are here today and you have never trusted your life to 612 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,120 Jesus. You've never prayed the prayer 613 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:54,920 of salvation. I want to encourage you today. 614 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,360 I want to invite you today. If that's you, I want to give 615 00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:02,160 you an opportunity to, to change the label in your life from 616 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:05,800 Sinner, from from being apart from God to being a son and a 617 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:07,480 daughter. In the way the Bible tells us 618 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:12,600 that that happens is by accepting the sacrifice of Jesus 619 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,080 on the cross, by confessing with our mouth and believing with our 620 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,120 heart that Jesus Christ is Lord, that he died and he rose again 621 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:23,040 and because of that we are saved today. 622 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:26,760 If that's you, you, you recognize you've, you've walked 623 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,240 away from God, you, you, you've sinned against God, you've gone 624 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:34,160 against his will and you want to come home and become a part of 625 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:35,640 the family of God. I want to give you that 626 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,600 opportunity with every head bowed and every eye close. 627 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:39,640 If that's you, you've never prayed the prayer of salvation. 628 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:41,840 I want to, I want to lead you in that. 629 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:43,360 And I just want to know who I'm praying for. 630 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,360 So with every head bowed, every eye close, if that's you at the 631 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,440 count of three, would you just raise your hand? 632 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:51,400 123 Pastor Lewis, that's me. I would love to pray the prayer 633 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,320 of salvation. I would love to, to pray that I 634 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:56,120 see your hands, a couple of hands. 635 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:59,000 I believe there's some hands going up in every room. 636 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,120 If that's you today, here's what I want you to do. 637 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:05,320 Pray this. Jesus, I thank you for dying on 638 00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:09,280 the cross for me. I come to you broken. 639 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:13,400 I come to you sinful. I confess that I am a Sinner. 640 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:19,960 But today I believe in my heart and confess with my mouth that 641 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:24,320 you are Lord, that you died, but you were risen from the dead to 642 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:27,600 pay for the penalty of my sin. I receive the grace. 643 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:33,000 I receive the gift of salvation. And today, Jesus, I give you my 644 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,640 life. I come to you as I am and I 645 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:38,240 thank you that because of your grace, because of your love for 646 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:40,960 me, you will change me to who you want me to become. 647 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:45,800 I give you my life today in Jesus name, Amen. 648 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:50,200 And when we're praying, we're going to close this moment. 649 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,680 So grateful for many hands that that were raised in our pastors, 650 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:55,480 our location pastors are going to come up and they're going to 651 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,240 give us some instruction. But I just want to pray for all 652 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:01,440 of us as the church, as we close this moment, believing in faith, 653 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,080 sealing the work that got us done in every one of our 654 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:05,960 locations. Heavenly Father, we thank you. 655 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:10,840 I thank you Lord, for the many of us that are going to walk out 656 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:14,480 of this place today with a new identity in you. 657 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:17,080 God, I thank you. That shame is off of us. 658 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:20,880 You said of Jesus shame off you Father, because you took on the 659 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:24,600 shame that was due to us today. We get to walk out in freedom 660 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,239 today. We get to walk out in faith to 661 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:30,320 get, We get to walk out with joy, Father, and we thank you 662 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,360 for that. We praise you for that. 663 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:35,880 Thank you Lord for the good work that you are doing and that you 664 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,000 have done. Today we seal it in Jesus name. 665 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,880 That what the what the God of heaven did this morning and 666 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:44,719 today the enemy will not be able to steal it in Jesus mighty 667 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:46,400 name. If you believe that, come on 668 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,679 church, can we give Jesus some praise for that? 669 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:49,440 Amen.