1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,240 Well, today we are wrapping up our series that we've been 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:07,120 calling from here to there. And we've been talking about 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,440 specifically moving our money in our heart from where we are to 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:15,400 greater significance and peace and really looking on at our 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,520 lives and saying in faith, wherever we are, God, we want to 6 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,720 be where you're calling us to wherever, wherever our here is 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:25,680 God, you have a there and we've been taking a lot of ground in 8 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:27,520 the series. So if you've missed anything, be 9 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,160 sure to go back catch up on YouTube because we've been been 10 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,800 hearing testimonies about how God is moving in individual's 11 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:35,400 hearts. Yeah, and as you can tell, 12 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,560 Pastor Sarah and I are team teaching today. 13 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,400 And the reason why is because we want to talk about the there 14 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:44,240 everyone say there there that God has next for us as a church. 15 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,720 Because, you know, you hear us say it often that our purpose 16 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:49,920 around here is that we exist as a church. 17 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,800 We exist. We exist to lead people to 18 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:58,000 become fully engaged followers of Jesus. 19 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,480 And can I just tell you, we're committed to that. 20 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,480 We're going to keep doing that across Southwest Florida, across 21 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,840 our nation, around the world, Cape Coral, we're going to keep 22 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:08,560 doing that in Cape Coral. We're going to keep reaching the 23 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,320 lost and the hurting and the broken ones downtown. 24 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:13,360 We're going to keep doing that. We're going to keep reaching the 25 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,800 next generation of children and young people. 26 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,440 We're going to change the city from the inside out. 27 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,480 East family. We're going to keep doing that 28 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:22,000 in Lehigh. We're going to keep doing that. 29 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,040 In the neighborhoods of Gateway and Alva and Buckingham, We're 30 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,080 going to do it. Fort Myers location, we're going 31 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:30,040 to keep doing that. Gods called us to Southwest 32 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:33,200 Florida, We're going to do this. So of course, we've been talking 33 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,200 about finances and how we move our finances, as you just said, 34 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:40,760 Babe, to significance and peace. And so financially, it's the 35 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,360 tithe. When we return the first fruits, 36 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:47,080 the Bible says the first of our increase to the church, the 37 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:50,600 storehouse where we're fed. It's the tithe that allows us to 38 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,040 do that here locally. And we like to say that the 39 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:57,440 tithe keeps the church alive, but we also have what Pastor Rob 40 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,840 talked about last weekend, which is Kingdom builders. 41 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:03,200 Everybody say Kingdom builders and see, see Kingdom builders 42 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,400 allows us to keep advancing the Kingdom of God through above and 43 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,560 beyond giving and generosity. And our Kingdom builders here at 44 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:15,200 Next Level Church focuses on 4 strategic initiatives reaching 45 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,160 the lost. And so we have ministry partners 46 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,560 around the world, around the nation that are reaching lost 47 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,600 people. And it is awesome. 48 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,680 We have ministry partners that that are equipping the church. 49 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,000 I think about our relational network that we oversee and run 50 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,560 our that was in town this week that we were just celebrating. 51 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:33,080 We have over 2. We reached it. 52 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,800 We're over 200 churches now. 202. 53 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:38,040 Churches, 202 churches, that's amazing. 54 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,080 What a milestone. And we're equipping the church. 55 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,640 We're empowering the next generation. 56 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,400 I think about our student conference every summer that 57 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:50,280 gets underwritten by our Kingdom builders, giving and generosity. 58 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:51,880 And we bring healing to the hurting. 59 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,040 And we partner with ministries around the world that are 60 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:59,320 bringing healing to the hurting, rescuing young girls, young boys 61 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:03,280 from from from human slavery, sex trafficking around the 62 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:04,800 world. We have ministry partners that 63 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,400 are doing this. So when we tithe, we keep the 64 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,880 local church alive. And when we give above and 65 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:13,480 beyond to Kingdom builders, it helps us fuel all of these 66 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,080 things for the Kingdom. And so if you're taking notes 67 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,320 today, the title of this message that God has given us is an 68 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:23,480 opportunity for significance, that we believe that we are 69 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,600 positioned for an opportunity for significance. 70 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,800 And each one of us have a part to play in that significance and 71 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:35,360 in that impact that he has called us to to make and to 72 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,400 continue to feel forward. So let's pray. 73 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,400 Father, we thank you, Jesus. What an opportunity you gave us. 74 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,440 We thank you, God, even as we received communion today, we're 75 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:48,800 just reminded Jesus of the sacrifice you gave to give us 76 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,440 all significance. What an opportunity. 77 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:56,080 And so, Father, I pray that as we share today, God, that ears 78 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,520 would be open to hear what you, Holy Spirit are saying to the 79 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,680 church. God, we just say today, we're 80 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,200 listening, we're listening, we're leaning in. 81 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,080 God, we want to hear your voice above all. 82 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:10,120 And everyone who agreed with that prayer said Amen. 83 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:14,640 Well, it's hard to believe that it was 24 years ago this week 84 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,680 that we had our first Bible study as Next Level church. 85 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,959 And my goodness, when we reflect on all that the Lord has done 86 00:04:20,959 --> 00:04:22,920 over 24 years, we actually kind of want to do that today. 87 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,160 We actually want to we want to talk about our there the next 88 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:27,320 there that God's called us to, but we also want to kind of go 89 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,960 back and and and take all of us on a little bit of the journey 90 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:32,880 of next level church. And as all of you know, we have 91 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,400 a vision to reach all of Southwest Florida. 92 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,680 And the way we do that is we use a multi site strategy to 93 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,720 accomplish that around here. We like to say we are one house 94 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,240 with. Come on, stay with me. 95 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:46,920 We're one house with. Many. 96 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:49,400 Rooms, yes. And so you hear us say often 97 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,920 right now there's a whole bunch of us worshiping Jesus all 98 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,600 across Southwest Florida. And so we have our four 99 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,400 locations. And so if you're sitting inside 100 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,160 of one of those locations right now, you know right where you 101 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:01,680 are. OK, so, so that's the outside of 102 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:03,840 our locations. But let me show you what it 103 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:07,960 looks like on the inside. Because again, as you know, one 104 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,040 of the methods, one of the tools, the mediums that we use 105 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,720 is video teaching. And we use video. 106 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,960 So teaching as a tool to allow us to reach more people than we 107 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:23,200 ever could in just one location. So, so I was thinking about it 108 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:27,200 this week, We have 10 services across our four locations now as 109 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:32,120 a church, every single Sunday we we have 10 services and at least 110 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:37,000 every Sunday, at least seven of those services are video, our, 111 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,920 our video teaching. And it's, it's a medium that 112 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:42,920 allows us to multiply. So here's what that means. 113 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,080 That means that there's a whole, a lot more people that are 114 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:50,400 watching us on video right now then are watching us in person. 115 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:54,360 And so we just thank God for the ability for us to be one house 116 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,040 with many rooms. I was thinking about it that we 117 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:01,040 have families that live in Northwest Cape Coral and if 118 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,680 that's you, you know, you know who you are and, and it's 119 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:05,080 beautiful out there. Like there's a whole lot of 120 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:06,640 development going on in Northwest Cape Coral. 121 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:08,400 It's awesome. But I was thinking this week we 122 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,160 also have families that live in East Lehigh. 123 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,160 So think about it. Those families live like 2 124 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,640 hours, especially this time of year with traffic 2 hours apart. 125 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,720 But they're all a part of the same church, isn't that? 126 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:24,280 Aren't you thankful that you don't have to drive 2 hours to 127 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:26,120 be a part of what God's doing at next level church? 128 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,840 That's the power of a multi site strategy. 129 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:32,440 It's amazing, beautiful, it's amazing, and you know this, this 130 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,680 is incredible to think about. 10 services for locations, all of 131 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:39,200 that video technology, It did not start this way. 132 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,440 Come on. You just need to know that this 133 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:45,440 has been a faith journey with miracle stories every single 134 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:50,840 step of the way. We started Portable on May 11th, 135 00:06:50,840 --> 00:06:54,280 2000, 1002 or sorry, May 12th. My son was born on May 11th. 136 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:58,320 So I merged those dates together, May 12th, 2002, and we 137 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,240 had 35 people in the bell tower. Anybody remember what the Bell 138 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:05,080 Tower used to look like? Yeah, We were in the Bell Tower 139 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:09,120 movie theater for four years. We had 35 people on that first 140 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,800 Sunday. We had 19 on the second. 141 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,560 How many know from here to there? 142 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:18,480 That is the wrong direction. That's like, but we didn't give 143 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,760 up. God was just so faithful to us 144 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,360 through those beginning years. And then we moved to South Fort 145 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:27,160 Myers High School and we were portable in South Fort Myers 146 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:29,080 High School for another five years. 147 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:33,560 Miracle Stories started serving our city in those years, and God 148 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,800 just continued to allow the church to grow. 149 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:40,440 And then it was 15 years ago next month, April of 2011 that 150 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,760 we moved into our first permanent location, what we call 151 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:45,320 now our Fort Myers. OK, look at that. 152 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,480 That's what it looked like back in the day. 153 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:49,240 Look. At the little bitty trees. 154 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,920 And so that was 15 years ago. It's hard to believe. 155 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:58,440 And then three years later in 2014, we bought land and built 156 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:02,840 our E location launched that March of 2014, which was 157 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,080 incredible, built from the ground up and God has been 158 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:10,240 moving east of I-75 for over a decade now. 159 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:14,400 And then in 2016, we launched our Coconut Point movie theater 160 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:16,800 location. Some of you may know that we had 161 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,120 a movie theater location there and then due to the hurricane 162 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,880 that ripped off the roof there, we called that our Bonita 163 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:27,280 Springs location because we had to move to another location and 164 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:30,360 God just moved there. We did end up closing that 165 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:32,960 location in 2020 right before the pandemic. 166 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:38,640 And and yet so many of you, your story began by meeting Jesus 167 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,559 through that location. So then in 2018-2019, we had a 168 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:46,080 church lighthouse fellowship in Cape Coral that was given to US. 169 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:49,520 And so then the pandemic slowed down construction. 170 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:53,360 But in 2021, five years ago, come on, Cape Coral, we launched 171 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:55,520 our Cape Coral location. And yeah, that's awesome. 172 00:08:56,320 --> 00:09:00,640 And next Sunday, Cape Coral family, we're coming to party. 173 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,400 March the 8th next week, we are going to be partying to 174 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,480 celebrate our five years of Cape Coral. 175 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,440 And then a lot of, you know, fall of 2024, we launched our 176 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:11,880 downtown location. And what God is doing and has 177 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,480 done downtown is simply miraculous. 178 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:16,200 And so that's a little of a story. 179 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:21,800 So, so rewind back to 2018-2019. God gave us the opportunity as a 180 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:26,120 church to purchase 10 more acres of land here at our Fort Myers 181 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:28,280 location. That gives us a total of 20 182 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:28,680 acres. Yes. 183 00:09:28,680 --> 00:09:31,160 So there's the present Fort Myers location and then that's 184 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,880 the ten extra acres that God gave us. 185 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,080 And we were able to pay cash for that in 2019. 186 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,120 And so God gave us a vision at that time to build a large 187 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:42,280 auditorium that gives us the ability to grow at our Fort 188 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,160 Myers location, as well as a facility large enough to 189 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:49,000 accommodate all of the of the events that we can come together 190 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,320 like student conference or like network events like we just had 191 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,080 this week or beautiful conference. 192 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,280 Like, like we need a facility to do that. 193 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,680 It was also during that time that the Holy Spirit spoke to us 194 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,560 that we weren't supposed to build a large auditorium right 195 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:06,640 away, but we were actually supposed to launch Cape Coral 196 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:12,440 and downtown first. Like we had a word from God that 197 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,720 we were supposed to launch Cape Coral and downtown 1st. 198 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,960 And can we tell you like to most church consultants or like 199 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,960 church growth, you know, strategist, that makes no sense. 200 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,520 They literally they would tell us like you need to build a 201 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:27,840 large auditorium first. But we knew we knew we had heard 202 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:29,280 from God. So listen, if you're sitting 203 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:32,520 right now in a Cape Coral or downtown location, look at each 204 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:33,680 other. Come on, look around the room 205 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:35,520 for a second. Cape Coral and downtown, 206 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:41,760 literally thousands of lives have been impacted because of 207 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:45,360 how the Holy Spirit spoke to us to to not build the building 208 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,240 first, but to to launch Cape Coral in downtown. 209 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:52,200 Which by the way, church, This is why it matters that as Christ 210 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:56,520 followers we are praying and we are seeking the voice of God and 211 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:01,280 we are listening to the Holy Spirit because we have to obey 212 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:05,320 God in every area of our life and worldly knowledge is not the 213 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,280 same as godly wisdom. Say it. 214 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:11,920 Let me say that again, worldly knowledge is not the same as 215 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,760 godly wisdom. So often times what makes sense 216 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:17,640 to us or what somebody, what makes sense to somebody else, or 217 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,040 this is the way it's always done. 218 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,680 If we will pause and say, God, I don't want to just go through 219 00:11:21,680 --> 00:11:23,480 the motions. I don't want to assume that what 220 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:24,960 they're saying is what I'm supposed to do. 221 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:27,240 No, God, I want to hear from you. 222 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,240 I need your wisdom. I need it more than godly 223 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:32,280 wisdom. Like that is, that's what 224 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:34,880 happens. So we launched downtown in 225 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:38,760 October of 2024, and then five months later we began the next 226 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:42,160 steps to expand Fort Myers because God has said Cape Coral. 227 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,640 Then downtown, then you can begin to expand. 228 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,760 So we started to take those steps for the Fort Myers 229 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,680 expansion. And that was when we found out 230 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:55,320 that FedEx on Metro Parkway, which is right behind the land 231 00:11:55,320 --> 00:12:00,160 that we already owned, who had been there for 14 years, had 232 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:05,080 just moved out and that building was empty for the first time. 233 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:08,640 Oh my goodness. So yes, this is that building, 234 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,440 this is the inside, this is what it looks like, and here's what I 235 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,160 want us to understand. Church family. 236 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,960 This is what God had in mind. This is what he was doing when 237 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:21,320 he told us eight years ago that we were not supposed to build 238 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,080 this first. He had Cape Coral in mind, He 239 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:27,320 had downtown in mind, but he also knew that this building 240 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,520 would get empty and it was going to be key to the expansion that 241 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,640 God had for us on this property. And this is what happens when 242 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,360 you hear the voice of God. You obey him and you follow Him. 243 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,320 This timing is always perfect. So, so let us explain why this 244 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,280 matters that see, in order for us to develop and build a larger 245 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:45,240 auditorium here at our Fort Myers location that allows us to 246 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:49,120 serve honestly, about 2000 people per service will be able 247 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:52,000 to serve on a weekend. On Sunday, we're going to need 248 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:56,120 another way off of the property. And so this building gives us 2 249 00:12:56,120 --> 00:13:00,840 lanes in and two lanes out that connect to the land we already 250 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:01,720 own. There's a little, there's a 251 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:03,240 rendering of it. You can kind of start to see it. 252 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:07,200 OK, so Metro Parkway is down there and then our churches up 253 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:09,480 there, we'll we'll zoom out here in a second, but but this 254 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:14,200 building gives us that as well as a 31,000 square foot building 255 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:18,200 that's essential for us to have before we build the larger 256 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:19,600 auditorium. So if you're new to next level, 257 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:21,840 if you're a snowbird, this is kind of the first time you're 258 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:23,920 here in any of this. We want you to know last 259 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:27,440 November, we told the church at Christmas last November, we went 260 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:30,520 under contract to purchase this building. 261 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:35,680 Come on, somebody so awesome. So we're scheduled to close in 262 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:37,800 just 30 days. Yeah, yes. 263 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,320 So which is exciting. So we've been working with a 264 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:44,040 church design specialist on what the potential for the entire 265 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:45,840 property could look like. So check this out. 266 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,400 So this first picture is from Metro Parkway. 267 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:53,400 So again, this is Metro Parkway. This is the FedEx building. 268 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,560 And just follow those two roads. That would be a new parking lot 269 00:13:57,560 --> 00:13:59,880 that we would build. That would be a new building 270 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:02,320 that we would build. The blue roof building is our 271 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:04,160 current building. Let's flip it around and look at 272 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:08,240 it from Plantation Rd. Now you see, right? 273 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:12,680 OK, so from Plantation Rd. this will become a new kids and 274 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:15,040 student building. We will renovate that for just 275 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,520 kids and students. We could build a brand new 276 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:21,920 auditorium, 600 more parking spaces that then leads to that 277 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,480 Metro Parkway building. Isn't that exciting? 278 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:32,840 So a couple months ago in January, during 21 days of 279 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,080 prayer and fasting, I woke up 1 morning and I felt the Lord say, 280 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:40,320 Matt, it's time to take, it's time to take possession of the 281 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,880 land. It's time to take possession of 282 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:45,280 the land. And I knew that was scripture. 283 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:47,440 So I got up and I went to my grey chair in my office at the 284 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,960 house and, and, and I started to pray and I looked up Deuteronomy 285 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:54,640 chapter 1, which is where God tells Moses and the children of 286 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,840 Israel after 40 years of wandering the exact same thing. 287 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,080 I want, I want you to see this because I believe this is a word 288 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:04,080 for our church in this season. Deuteronomy chapter one verse 8 289 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:09,120 says this God speaking to Moses, See I have set the land before 290 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:13,680 you go in and take possession. I want to say take possession. 291 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,880 Go in and take possession of the land that the Lord swore to your 292 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:19,720 father's. Then look at this part to 293 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:23,400 Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. Do you see the multiple 294 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:30,000 generations here to give to them and their offspring after them? 295 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,880 So what's happening here? God is speaking to Moses, saying 296 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:35,320 Moses, you've been wandering for a long time. 297 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:37,760 You've been where you are for a long, long time. 298 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:43,240 It's time to go in and take possession of the land that I 299 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,480 promised your ancestors generations ago. 300 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:50,520 I promised this land to them and it's a multi generational 301 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:52,800 covenant promise and church family. 302 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:56,240 We believe this is a generational project that 303 00:15:56,240 --> 00:16:00,160 positions our church to impact Southwest Florida, our nation 304 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,840 and the world for generations to come. 305 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:10,600 We believe it. So if you if you back up five 306 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:16,320 verses to verse three, you see where God gives Moses this word. 307 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,640 I want to show you look at verse 3 says in the 40th year. 308 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:20,200 So they've been wandering for 40 years. 309 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:24,720 On the first day of the 11th month, Moses spoke to the people 310 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,160 of Israel, according to look at this part, all that the Lord had 311 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,920 given him in commandment to them. 312 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:32,840 In other words, what was Moses doing? 313 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,200 Moses was essentially the pastor of the church back then, right? 314 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,000 The children of Israel, God was. God gave Moses a word. 315 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,840 Moses spoke that word to the people and said this is what God 316 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,160 wants. This is the direction we need to 317 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,400 go. And church family, we believe 318 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,840 God's given us a word for the future of our church. 319 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:54,360 We believe God's given us in the same way God's given us a word 320 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:59,160 for the future of our church. This is our next step. 321 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,640 This is our, this is our next there. 322 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,319 It won't say there. God wants to take us from here 323 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,760 to there. And the word is take possession 324 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,640 of the land, take possession of the land. 325 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,480 And we were on sabbatical for 50 days in August and September of 326 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:18,520 last year. I was praying one morning and I 327 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,680 was journaling and I felt the Holy Spirit just speaks so 328 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:27,200 loudly to my heart. And the Lord said, Matt, get 329 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:33,120 FedEx like church. I heard the Holy Spirit say we 330 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:38,920 need this building. This is our next step, get 331 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:40,320 FedEx. And when we came home, when we 332 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:43,640 got off sabbatical, come on, Pastor Charles, when we got, it 333 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:48,280 was a, it was a war, it was work, but we had a word from God 334 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:51,200 and it took us a few months to negotiate that thing. 335 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:54,640 But God was good and God is kind and gracious. 336 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,120 And so we went under contract. And as you just said, we're 337 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:02,680 scheduled to close church family on March 31st in 30 days. 338 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:08,640 Let's go, let's go. I love this all right. 339 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,600 Look at verse 6. The Lord our God said to us in 340 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:15,600 Horeb, you have stayed long enough at this mountain. 341 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,800 Anybody in your life ever been in the same place? 342 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,360 And all of a sudden God's like it is long enough to move like 343 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:24,880 long enough. Been there long enough. 344 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:27,320 He says you've stayed long enough at this mountain. 345 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,600 Turn and take your journey. Church family, we believe it's 346 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,400 time to turn and take this journey. 347 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,920 This is the next phase of the vision of Next Level Church. 348 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:42,560 So let us just slow down because this is a $12 million prize 349 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:46,320 project. We'll just wait for the gasp or 350 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,080 the gulp, whatever response we might have. 351 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:52,640 It's easy for God. But half of that I just, we just 352 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,080 want you to know, half of that is the purchase price. 353 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:57,320 Come on. So this is prime real estate off 354 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,760 of Metro Parkway in a building that exists, but it does need 355 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,320 renovated, built out, and this won't be a church building. 356 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:06,960 So some people have said so is this another location? 357 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:09,840 Are we having church in there? So we will not have Sunday 358 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:13,560 services in there, but it positions us to have a larger 359 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:17,360 church on this property and to serve all of our present 360 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:21,480 locations and our future, our future locations. 361 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,360 We believe again, for generations to come. 362 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,640 We actually had someone look at us and they said, wow, you guys 363 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,360 are already getting old and you're still like moving forward 364 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:33,000 and building all of this. First of all, thank you very 365 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,560 much. I think I look great anyway. 366 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:43,000 Say it girl, girl, you do look great. 367 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:45,800 You were talking about how everyone's watching us on video. 368 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,960 I'm like just so you know, the video does add 10 lbs that looks 369 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:51,320 better in person but. That needs to be said. 370 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,080 Video ads, yes. So we expect when we see you in 371 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:57,680 persons for you to say you're skinnier in person and younger, 372 00:19:57,680 --> 00:19:58,640 younger. How much younger? 373 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,720 But I thought it it was awesome. They looked at us like, wow, 374 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:03,440 you're getting old and you still have vision. 375 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,320 We're like, right, Because this isn't about us. 376 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,960 This is about the generations that are to come. 377 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,080 There is more people who need reach. 378 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,440 There are generations that we believe are going to be reached 379 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,520 through this. So so here's what this Metro 380 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,560 Parkway building does for us. It gives us, as we've been 381 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,960 saying, it gives us access to Metro Parkway, which is a major 382 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:24,040 5 lane Rd. in our that goes all the way South to Estero, all the 383 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:27,320 way N to downtown Fort Myers. It gives us a new video and 384 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:31,400 production studio things like freedom curriculum videos, 385 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:35,560 podcasts, all of these ways that resources to the nation's will 386 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,160 be able to create there and some of you're like well how do we do 387 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,240 it now Well we're. Renting an Airbnb? 388 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:45,160 Yeah for yeah for freedom. We had to rent an Airbnb but but 389 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:50,520 honestly, our presence studio is like a 10 by 15 little X office 390 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:54,720 room in our trailers Outback. And we're not ungrateful, but we 391 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:59,760 have replaced the floor twice because it rots in Florida and 392 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:01,960 it's literally we'll come into the studio sometimes and there's 393 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:06,520 giant green red tape X's that we tape over holes and it's like 394 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:08,840 don't stand there because you'll fall. 395 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:10,520 You'll literally fall through the. 396 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:13,520 Floor, our staff can tell you absolutely, US women, we're not 397 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,280 allowed to wear heels because we will fall through the floor. 398 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,280 So we are not ungrateful. But those trailers will not last 399 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:21,560 forever, although they have lasted through several 400 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:23,320 hurricanes and we're very thankful for that. 401 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,760 It will also give U.S. central offices. 402 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,920 So all of our central staff will be able to office out of there. 403 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,360 We'll be able to resource and serve all of our locations even 404 00:21:32,360 --> 00:21:36,080 better, in addition to a distribution center. 405 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:40,200 So because this was a FedEx distribution center, now we're 406 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:43,280 going to be able to distribute to the nations from this place. 407 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,720 But it's got the garage door, it's already built in. 408 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,800 And so we are so excited about that. 409 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:52,200 We're going to be able to serve our cities even better because 410 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,360 we're going to be able to keep things on hand like we never 411 00:21:54,360 --> 00:21:57,680 have before, and we're going to be able to be positioned to 412 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,120 serve after a crisis like never before. 413 00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:03,960 Food, water. Just immediately we'll have the 414 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:06,840 distribution ready for. Maybe the thing I'm most excited 415 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:10,400 about we're going to be able to house our SU at NLC Ministry 416 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,240 Leadership Program in there. Listen to this church. 417 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:17,520 We're going to be able to have 80 students trained students, 80 418 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,960 students a year through our SCU. Matter of fact, one of the 419 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:24,320 rendering pictures they gave us is a picture of what that could 420 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:26,160 look like. So they're they'll students will 421 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,760 have their own entrance. There'll be a whole section of 422 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:32,000 the building that'll just be for ministry training students, this 423 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,560 outdoor area where they'll be able to to sit with their 424 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:37,360 laptops and do homework. We're so I think we have a 425 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:38,800 rendering of just the building. There you go. 426 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:40,440 That's like from metro what it could look like. 427 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,200 So church family, it's happening, it's time. 428 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,440 It's time to take and we'll say take possession. 429 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:50,200 So here's what this means for for all of us as a whole church. 430 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,760 This is our next there and now is the time. 431 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,320 So let us explain financially how we get from here to there. 432 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,600 So Kingdom Builders, as most of you know, but we just want to 433 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,280 slow down for all of us. Kingdom Builders is our one 434 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,080 fund. It's a one fund where we give 435 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,880 above and beyond our ties and our offerings and that allows us 436 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:13,520 to fuel forward the vision of the church locally, nationally 437 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:18,040 and globally. So our goal for 2026 for Kingdom 438 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:22,680 Builders is to raise $4 million, which that 4 million will fuel 439 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,920 forward all of our partners, all of our initiatives, all of our 440 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,520 missionaries, things like student conference, our network, 441 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,720 all of the things that we are able to do with compassion and 442 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:35,040 one hope and Bibles and everything will be within that 443 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:39,280 as well as then 2.5 million that we'll be able to dedicate that 444 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:41,720 will go toward this metro project this year. 445 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,640 So let us so show you a strategy for the whole 12 million and how 446 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:47,400 we we feel like we can get there. 447 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,480 So we'll actually we'll kind of move out of the way. 448 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:55,000 So it's a $12 million project. And so at the by the end of last 449 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,840 year because of your generosity, we have already, we saw over a 450 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,840 half million dollars come in already, which is how you. 451 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,040 Celebrate that. So then the the first real 452 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:08,640 milestone as we mentioned is March 31st, March 31st. 453 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,120 So in order for us to close and purchase the building, we need 454 00:24:12,120 --> 00:24:16,640 to to raise at least $1,000,000. But let me say this, last week 455 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,360 as we were casting this vision to some leaders in our church, 456 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,760 we had a couple come forward and they said to us, Pastor Matt and 457 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:24,800 Sarah, here's what we feel LED in the spirit to do. 458 00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:29,880 We want to to provide a matching fund through the month of March 459 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,200 between now and the close closing of the building to 460 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:35,920 purchase a matching fund that for every dollar that's given, 461 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:40,280 dollar for dollar, one to one, we want to match up to 462 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,120 $1,000,000 that's given this month. 463 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:47,240 Come on church family, let's go, let's go. 464 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,080 What could God do? What could God do? 465 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:51,320 So that's the first one is March 30. 466 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:52,720 First, yeah. So everything that you give, 467 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,480 just think it's twice. It's just doubling. 468 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,440 It's literally doubling when you're giving it. 469 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,840 So that first benchmark, March 31st, 1,000,000, the second 470 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:04,080 benchmark then will be December 31st by the end of this year to 471 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:08,400 raise another 1.5 million. Then in all of 2027 to raise 472 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:12,200 another 2.5 million. That then leaves this gap and 473 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:13,880 you can see where the orange line is. 474 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:17,560 That is a $7,000,000 loan. Now great news is we have 475 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:21,720 already secured with our partner Wesleyan Investment Foundation 476 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,920 alone to be able to finish this project. 477 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,200 They've already said they will give us $7,000,000 to finish 478 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,520 this out, which is incredible. But we have a faith goal. 479 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:35,120 Come on, they all 12 million could be debt free in Jesus 480 00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:37,760 name. So that's our real faith goal 481 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,360 because again like you said, this is easy for God. 482 00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:42,880 And so, and This is why this matters. 483 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,800 The faster we fund this first part of the project, the sooner 484 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:50,880 we can move on to Phase 2, which is the new auditorium in the 485 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,160 parking and finishing out the entire property. 486 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,600 As a matter of fact, I think we have that aerial view. 487 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:57,480 Yeah. So this kind of would show. 488 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,080 Plantation. That's Metro. 489 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:03,800 So the faster God supplies for this phase, the quicker we can 490 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,920 move on to this phase and see more and more people say yes to 491 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:10,280 Jesus and dedicate their lives and see the greater impact that 492 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,400 God has for us as. So God spoke to Moses and said, 493 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,800 take possession of the land. It's time to go in. 494 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,560 It's time to take possession. And through Joshua, they did. 495 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,920 God moved them into a whole new season, into a whole new place 496 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:26,880 and church. We believe that's the season we 497 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,800 find ourselves in now as well. So what does that look like? 498 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,880 What, what are what are the next steps for all of us? 499 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,080 Well, for some of you, as we've been talking through the weeks 500 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,960 of the series, some of you, your next step is to get into the my 501 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:40,440 God, my money class and really start to get a handle on your 502 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:42,760 personal finances. Some of us it's to get out of 503 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,240 debt and to to live on a budget. Stay focused on that. 504 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,440 Some of us, it's to begin and to tithe, to begin to put God first 505 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:51,800 in your finances. For others of us, it's above and 506 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:55,680 beyond giving to to giving to Kingdom builders, which fuels 507 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:59,600 forward all of our initiatives, including this project. 508 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,320 And this is for all of us, whether you're a teenager, 509 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,200 whether you're retired, a business person. 510 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,640 This is what Pastor Rob was talking about last week, that we 511 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:12,560 can have a plan, we can have a vision, we can have a dream. 512 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:14,920 We can work that plan. We can say, all right, God, 513 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:18,720 what's already in my my hands? What have you already put in my 514 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,120 hands? What are some things maybe we 515 00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:23,640 could sell or get creative on to say I want to be a part of the 516 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,440 Kingdom. What is in my hands and what is 517 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,080 the plan and then write the vision down. 518 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,960 What's in God's hands? What does he have he owns at 519 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,320 all. Oh God, would you take what's in 520 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,760 your hands? Put it in my hand and if you do 521 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,920 God, I won't use it for me. I will fuel forward the Kingdom. 522 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,760 And then what is the dream? What is the dream? 523 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:46,280 What can we hold on to in our heart that say, Oh God, in a 524 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:50,720 radical kind of generosity way, how could I make a Kingdom 525 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,200 impact? How could I give meaning to my 526 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,480 money? We can have a plan and a vision 527 00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:01,600 and a dream and we can each go from here to there because this 528 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:05,000 is what Jesus said that we each should do when he looked at his 529 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,840 disciples and gave us all the Great Commission found in 530 00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:13,960 Matthew 2819. Jesus says, therefore go and 531 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:20,840 make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of 532 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,720 the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. 533 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,920 And he gave this to all of us as our Commission, to say you need 534 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:31,240 to go from here to there, you need to go and you need to 535 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:39,360 continue to make disciples. So there's a young man in our 536 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:43,400 church named Jayden Humphries. And Jayden was high school 537 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:49,920 student in Cape Coral and was lost and discouraged, depressed. 538 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:52,200 His life revolved around football. 539 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,560 This Yeah, this is Jayden. He was on the news earlier 540 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,600 today, and he's one of our SEU and NLC students. 541 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,200 We took a picture of him this week. 542 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:04,560 And Jayden got invited to the first service of our Cape Coral 543 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,760 location five years ago. And in those early weeks of 544 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:11,040 coming to Cape Coral, Jayden surrendered his life to Jesus. 545 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:14,200 He said yes. He raised his hand to Jesus and 546 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,200 God radically transformed his Yeah, he got baptized the next 547 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:18,680 Sunday. He's in his pictures of his 548 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,760 baptism last night. And he wanted to go play college 549 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:24,600 football. And the Holy Spirit interrupted 550 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,200 his plans and said, I've called you into ministry. 551 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:31,080 And for the last four years he has been in our SEU at NLC 552 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:35,280 ministry training program and he graduates in in two months. 553 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,840 He graduates and guess what? He's ready. 554 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,000 He's ready to multiply the gospel. 555 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:44,000 He's ready to reach more Jaden's in his generation. 556 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:45,960 He's ready. He's ready. 557 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:51,960 And I think about when I think about what God's called us to 558 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,440 this mountain he's called us to climb, this land he's called us 559 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:57,560 to take possession of, I think to myself, how many more Jaden's 560 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:00,320 like how many more hundreds, literally church, how many more 561 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:04,680 thousands of Jaden's are across Southwest Florida from Northwest 562 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:09,960 Cape to East Lehigh to South Naples to porch truck, 563 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,880 everywhere in between. This is the territory God's 564 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,320 given to us. This is the land. 565 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,960 And he said, let's reach you. This is our next. 566 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,440 This is our there that God's called us to as a church. 567 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,400 So we're going to go from here to there and we all have a part 568 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:27,520 to play in that significance. But maybe you're here today in 569 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:31,680 one of our locations are online and you would say you're more 570 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,040 like Jayden. All of those years ago, someone 571 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,040 invited you. You ended up here. 572 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:39,560 Maybe you've been battling depression or feel lonely or 573 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,800 lost or like, what does what meaning does my life have? 574 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:46,880 Does it even have significance? We believe that maybe right now 575 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,440 you're here is that you're separated from God because you 576 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:53,200 don't know Jesus as your Savior. But the good news is you don't 577 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,000 have to stay here. You can go there. 578 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,760 You can have life abundant here on earth. 579 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,800 You can know that heaven is your home because God loves you. 580 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,360 He sent his Son Jesus to die on the cross. 581 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,600 That's what we were doing when we were taking communion, just 582 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:08,120 celebrating that. And he did that for you. 583 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,720 And we want to give you an opportunity to say yes to Jesus. 584 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:15,120 So with every eye closed and every head bowed, let's just 585 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,400 just invite the Holy Spirit into this moment. 586 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:22,160 And if, if that's you, you don't know Jesus as your savior, you 587 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:25,920 can today, it's as simple as admitting that you're a Sinner 588 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:29,760 and, and knowing that Jesus died for your sins and wanting to 589 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:33,440 place your life and follow him. So if that's you and you want to 590 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,720 say yes to Jesus today, I just want to, we want to pray for 591 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:38,440 you. So you can do that. 592 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,560 Whether you're online, you can put it in the chat, but in this 593 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,960 room, we're going to have you raise your hand on the count of 594 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:44,960 three. Just raise it up really high so 595 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,800 I can know who we're praying for on the count of three, just say 596 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,040 that's me. I want to know Jesus as my 597 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:53,040 savior. 123, Just raise it up really high. 598 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:56,480 I see that hand. I see those hands at our 599 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:58,680 locations. Just go ahead and raise those 600 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:00,120 hands. I see that hand. 601 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,520 I see that hand. Anyone else online, you can put 602 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:05,960 it in the chat. Say that's me. 603 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,920 I want to say yes to Jesus. Take that hand that you just 604 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:10,400 raised and place it on your heart. 605 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:14,160 Let's make this personal. Jesus, we thank you and we 606 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:17,880 believe Jesus, that you died on the cross for our sin. 607 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,280 We admit today that we are a Sinner. 608 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:23,800 We've messed up and we do feel separated from you. 609 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:27,400 But God, today we turn and we say we want to follow you. 610 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,400 Would you place us in the family of God? 611 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:32,440 Would you change our life? Would you send the Holy Spirit? 612 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:36,240 We surrender our life to you today and we want to follow you 613 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:41,160 for the rest of our life. We pray in Jesus name, Amen. 614 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,240 Amen. Hey, many people just said yes 615 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:44,280 to Jesus. Can we come right now? 616 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:48,400 That never gets old. Never get thank. 617 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,080 You Lord. If that was you, we want to help 618 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:52,840 you. We have a free Bible we want to 619 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:54,960 put in your hands. So before you leave, we want to 620 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:57,720 put this in your hands. When you leave the property, 621 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,120 you'll be able to find the connection stent to say, hey, 622 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,120 can I get that Bible or hey, I just said yes, we want to 623 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:06,840 celebrate that and give you some next steps in the best decision 624 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:08,880 that you in your Amen. Amen. 625 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,720 Isn't it good to be in the House of God? 626 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:13,240 You know what? We're not done yet. 627 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:14,400 Let's stand up. Everybody come on. 628 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,040 Every location. Let's stand to our feet. 629 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,240 Whoo. God's got it there. 630 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:23,040 Somebody say there and it's not here. 631 00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,440 We're going somewhere. God's taking us somewhere. 632 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,880 God's taking us somewhere. The team, I want us to sing. 633 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:30,680 Come on, let's sing. That I trust. 634 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:34,920 See God every location. God, trust God. 635 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:59,400 And I trust in God, my Savior, the one who will never fail all. 636 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:31,880 We think. Maybe you've come in today to 637 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:36,760 one of our locations and there's there's a need that's staring 638 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:38,600 you down. I just feel in my spirits to 639 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,120 pray that faith would rise up in your heart today. 640 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:44,320 Father, you see across each room, Lord, you see and you know 641 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:47,920 right where each one of us are. God, you see marriages, Lord, 642 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:49,600 they feel like they're on shaky ground. 643 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,239 God, would you move in those marriages? 644 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:55,120 God, you see where people are feeling insecure about their job 645 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:58,800 and, and maybe someone you just lost your job and in Jesus name, 646 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,720 God, I pray you would supply a new job, you would open a new 647 00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:04,080 door, you would give them faith, you would let faith rise up in 648 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:05,320 our hearts. God give us wisdom. 649 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:08,200 Father, you see what's going on, Lord in a health issue and we 650 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:12,760 pray healing in Jesus name, Holy Spirit, we pray your power, your 651 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:16,560 blessing, God, your provision, Lord Jesus across your sons and 652 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,760 daughters today. God, we don't put our eyes on 653 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,760 the wind in ways we put our eyes on you. 654 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:25,240 I trust in God. Lord, we seek you and you 655 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,000 answer. Come on, let's sing that out. 656 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:44,840 I saw the Lord. Why? 657 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,200 I trust Him, That's why I trust Him. 658 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:54,840 I saw the Lord and he heard, and he answered, and I saw the Lord, 659 00:35:54,840 --> 00:36:05,560 and he heard, and he answered, and I saw the Lord, and he heard 660 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:07,920 and he answered. That's why I trust Him. 661 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:15,080 That's why I trust in God my Savior, the One you will never 662 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:27,080 pray, you will never pray. You not trusting God you must 663 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:34,800 sing. God, you will never pray. 664 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:49,520 We thank you God, we thank you for the vision that you have put 665 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,080 before us. I just like you did with the 666 00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:54,280 people of Israel when you said turn. 667 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:57,480 Take this journey God in every area of our lives. 668 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:01,200 I pray God, we would hear your voice, not the not the worldly 669 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:04,600 knowledge, but your wisdom. God give us wisdom. 670 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,440 Father, you see God, the future of our church. 671 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,920 God, you see this 12 million, we were laughing and saying it's 672 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,240 easy, but God it is, it's easy for you. 673 00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:15,880 So God, would you allow us to be a part of it? 674 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,560 God, would you give us steps of obedience? 675 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:22,280 God, would you give us faith? God to, to have the plan, Lord 676 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:26,200 Jesus to write that vision down to start to dream about how we 677 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,040 could be a part of the significance. 678 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,560 And God, we pray for the next generation. 679 00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:34,440 God, we pray for the nation. Lord Jesus, we thank you God, 680 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,560 that you are the God of generations. 681 00:37:36,720 --> 00:37:39,560 You are the God of the nations. And so, Father, would you 682 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:44,000 continue to allow us, God, to advance and be a part God of 683 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,840 your church. You said in your word that you 684 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,760 would build your church and the gates of hell would not prevail. 685 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:53,000 So God, we are thankful to be a part of that today. 686 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:56,640 We pray all of this and I pray blessing and favor over your 687 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,840 people today. And everyone agreed, said Amen.