1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,040 I'm so excited about today. This is our last day of Pursuit 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:08,000 21 and we are standing in faith and just believing that God is 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,840 going to continue to give us breakthrough and and show up in 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,320 miraculous ways. And this is our final message of 5 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,600 the series that we've called hunger and thirst. 6 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,160 And we've been looking at this verse every week. 7 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:25,520 These are Jesus's words found in Matthew chapter 5, verse 6. 8 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,680 I want us to read this together. Let's go ahead and put that on 9 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,080 the screen and let's read together what Jesus said. 10 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:38,280 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for 11 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:43,440 they will be filled. Jesus says that we're blessed 12 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:47,280 when we hunger and when we thirst for the things of God 13 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:48,560 because He's going to fill us up. 14 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,600 How many of you with a show of hands would say over these 21 15 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:55,000 days you have felt the infilling and the satisfaction that comes 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,360 from God alone when we hunger? Come on, so many of you. 17 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,040 Well, I'm believing that no matter where you came in today 18 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,680 that God has even more for us today. 19 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,880 I highlighted the word thirst within that because Jesus said 20 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,360 blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. 21 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,640 Because that's a little bit of what I want to talk to you 22 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,760 about. Have you ever been in a moment 23 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:20,040 in life where you were hot and thirsty? 24 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,920 Come on, Southwest Florida. I know it's cold today, but that 25 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,960 is not normal. We usually have a hot and a 26 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:27,600 thirst moment. Maybe you're playing with your 27 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,280 kids out in the yard and they're like, come on, one more. 28 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,080 And you're like, I can't, I am going to die. 29 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,880 How do you still have energy? They're sweating and having a 30 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:37,560 blast, right? And you're like, no. 31 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,080 Or maybe you're in construction and you're working outside. 32 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:43,480 Come on, those roofers. God bless you. 33 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,280 I don't know how you stay up there on a blacktop roof, but 34 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:48,920 you do. But you understand, right? 35 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:53,520 This idea of being hot and tired and sweaty and just wondering, 36 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,320 can I keep going? Well, that was me in Israel 37 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:00,720 about 3 1/2 years ago. We were going to visit and Getty 38 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,920 and I was promised it was going to be amazing. 39 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,720 But what I feel like the tour guide underestimated was just 40 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:10,919 how out of shape some of us were. 41 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:15,840 I mean, so we get there and it's this mountainous terrain that we 42 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,120 have to walk through, walk around. 43 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,720 This is just one aspect of it. You would get up 1 portion of 44 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,200 the hill and then there would be stairs and then there would be 45 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,800 more terrain. And I was so hot. 46 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,240 I was like, I know you all said this is going to be amazing, but 47 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:35,280 I'm not sure I can keep going. Any of you ever feel that way in 48 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:39,200 your life? Like the terrain of life is just 49 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:43,640 wearing you out and you're hot and you're just wondering, can I 50 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:45,920 go on? Maybe for some of us, it's this 51 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,320 expectation. I've been believing for healing. 52 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,720 I've been praying for this and God, I have to. 53 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:54,720 I rounded a corner and it's just desert like again, there's, 54 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:57,040 there's more heat, there's more pressure. 55 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,200 Maybe you're believing for a breakthrough in your marriage or 56 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,960 in your kids lives and you haven't quite seen it yet. 57 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:05,280 And you're like, I don't know if I can keep going on. 58 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,400 I'm battling. I'm I'm trying to keep my 59 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,880 thoughts pure, but man, God, this is hard. 60 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,640 And you reach that place of desperation. 61 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:14,680 You're like, I don't know if I can keep going. 62 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:18,880 Well, that was me that day. I was like, I'm not sure that I 63 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,800 can actually get to the destination. 64 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,600 I'm more trained and for treadmill and air conditioning, 65 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,600 everybody, I was not trained for this moment. 66 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,760 And then the answer came in the form of a tree. 67 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:35,600 And we found this tree and I was like that, let's go there. 68 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,840 And we sat under the tree. Those who are more trained kept 69 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,560 going and some of us just sat under this tree, got our water 70 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:46,280 out because we are so hot and we are so thirsty. 71 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,240 And we took that big drink of water and then we were able to 72 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:55,400 finish what we needed to finish. And that day in Israel, I 73 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,800 realized it wasn't that I couldn't go on. 74 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,560 It was just that I was thirsty and I needed some water. 75 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:03,560 And so that's the title of my message today. 76 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,320 If you're taking notes, the title of the message that God 77 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,720 has given me today is not empty, just thirsty. 78 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:15,560 Not empty, just thirsty. And I believe no matter how 79 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:20,560 you've come in today, how full you are or how thirsty you are, 80 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:27,120 that God wants to pour out his Spirit on us on this 21st day of 81 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:28,600 prayer. He's going to meet us right 82 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,120 where we are. So will you just join me in 83 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:32,880 prayer? Heavenly Father, we thank you. 84 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:39,520 Jesus, Holy Spirit, would you come and would you pour out your 85 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,840 spirit on us? God, give us ears to hear what 86 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:44,120 you're saying to us. The church, we're listening. 87 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,600 We pray in Jesus name. And everyone who agreed said 88 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:50,880 Amen and Amen. So if you have your Bible, you 89 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,600 can go ahead and turn to First Samuel 23. 90 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,760 If not, don't worry, the verses will be on the screen for you. 91 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,200 But I want to give us some context for those of you who are 92 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:03,800 maybe new to following Jesus or new to Bible study. 93 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,360 Let me give you some context because we're going to be 94 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:12,080 looking at David's life. And David was an anointed man of 95 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:16,520 God who was a young man who Samuel, the prophet of the day, 96 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,680 anoints as Israel's future king. And so there's this anointing 97 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:22,480 service. You're going to be king. 98 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,800 It's going to be amazing. God's hand is on you, David. 99 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,320 But Saul, King Saul was still on the throne. 100 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:34,200 And so David becomes the target of Saul's jealousy and Saul's 101 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:38,360 anger, and he just randomly starts to try and kill David. 102 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,160 And David's like, what did I do? Like, I'm just serving you. 103 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,040 David always had a heart after God. 104 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:46,440 He always had a heart to just serve the king, and yet the king 105 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:49,720 had it out for him. So he's forced to flee and he 106 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:54,320 has to leave Israel. And David lived as a fugitive in 107 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,200 the caves and in wilderness places. 108 00:05:57,280 --> 00:06:01,880 So by First Samuel 23, he's hiding in the wilderness of 109 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:06,800 Judah, and Saul is straight up hunting him down. 110 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,560 He wants him dead First. Samuel 20, three verse 14 111 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,160 records. David stayed in the wilderness 112 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,440 strongholds and in the hills of the desert of Ziff. 113 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:21,640 Day after day Saul searched for him, but God did not give David 114 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,640 into his hands. While David was at Horace in the 115 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:30,520 desert of Ziff, he learned that Saul had come out to take his 116 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:34,600 life. So David is in the wilderness. 117 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:39,440 He's in the desert. You see, deserts are physically 118 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:41,960 rough places, and this is where David was. 119 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:47,560 He was in a dry and dangerous place because Saul was 120 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:53,000 aggressively chasing after him. So this is a picture of a little 121 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,720 bit of what the Judean Desert would have looked like for David 122 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:02,040 and his men who found themselves on the run from King Saul. 123 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,720 But what I want us to understand is that the Judean Desert was 124 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:09,680 actually around 500 square miles. 125 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,920 In other words, no matter where David went in the wilderness, 126 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:18,600 all he could see was desert. You see deserts. 127 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,760 The thing about deserts are that they're hard to navigate. 128 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,040 You can tell there are no roads. If you're in the middle of the 129 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,440 desert, you don't know how you're going to get out. 130 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:32,680 The desert makes your eyes dry and your mouth dry and your body 131 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,560 dusty. The desert feels like there is 132 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,960 no end and you see church, family, desert and wilderness. 133 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:44,120 Seasons are a metaphor of what we can often feel like in our 134 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,560 lives. Have you ever had a desert 135 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:51,800 season, a desert situation, A desert season maybe where 136 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:56,240 there's infertility and it's not just six months of that 137 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,520 pregnancy test saying negative, negative. 138 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:02,880 It's years upon years and it's a desert season. 139 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,920 Maybe it's a a loss of someone or something. 140 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,080 And that season of grief just continues on. 141 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,880 It feels like we're in a desert desert season where we're 142 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:16,040 praying and believing for that miracle, but we haven't seen it 143 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,440 happen. And so it becomes the season. 144 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:20,960 But there's also just desert situations. 145 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,680 Sometimes it's elongated, but sometimes it's just situational. 146 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:29,280 Someone betrays you, someone walks out on your in your life 147 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,720 and all of a sudden you feel like you are in a desert moment. 148 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:34,520 You feel like something happens to you. 149 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,440 Maybe you lose your job. And I didn't do anything to 150 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:39,120 deserve this. And all of the sudden I'm in a 151 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,960 desert situation. But there can also be desert 152 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,320 moments. Or maybe it doesn't feel like an 153 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:48,760 elongated season or a situation, but a moment that you walk into 154 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,120 the room and you've prayed, you've spent some time with 155 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,080 Jesus and you walk into that business meeting, or you walk 156 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,560 into the school. Something happens and you feel 157 00:08:57,560 --> 00:09:01,400 darkness, you feel opposition. And all of a sudden the light 158 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,920 you thought you were bringing starts to dim because you find 159 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:08,640 yourself in this desert moment. And in those moments, we can 160 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:14,720 have this reaction, the reaction that we can have because it 161 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:18,240 feels dry and because we feel dusty. 162 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,000 All of a sudden, we can have this reaction where the enemy 163 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,720 tries to get us to believe in those desert situations. 164 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:29,160 In those desert seasons, those desert moments, the enemy starts 165 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,000 to lie to us and we can feel empty. 166 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:37,200 We feel empty on the inside. We feel empty of promises. 167 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,960 They can make you feel empty, but don't miss this. 168 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,160 Deserts also have natural hiding places. 169 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:48,560 In every desert there are moments in hiding places like 170 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:52,680 caves and hills of protection. And this is where David was, 171 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:59,040 both in a physical desert but also finding hiding places where 172 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:03,800 it says that God would not allow the enemy to take out David and 173 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,440 the anointing that was on his life. 174 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,000 So let's pick back up into the situation. 175 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:12,240 First Samuel 23 he records in verse 24. 176 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:18,040 Meanwhile, David and his men had moved into the wilderness of 177 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:21,880 Mayon in the Araba Valley South of Deshemin. 178 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:26,080 When David heard that Saul and his men were searching for him, 179 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:31,280 he went even farther into the wilderness to the great rock, 180 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,640 and he remained there in the wilderness of Mayon. 181 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:39,600 But Saul kept after him in the wilderness. 182 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,600 So David, he's on the run, he's in the wilderness. 183 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,320 And then the Scripture records that not only was there not a 184 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:54,360 way out, but he had to go even further, even further into the 185 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:56,840 wilderness. He has this moment where he's 186 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:00,120 not leaving to go back to Israel, where it's going to be 187 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,000 bright and sunny and everything's going to be OK. 188 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,920 He actually is in a desert and in a wilderness. 189 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,240 And it is hard. And it feels like there's no 190 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,160 end. And somebody's on the run to 191 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:12,800 come and get him. And then he has to go even 192 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,480 further. Have you ever been there where 193 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:19,600 it's a situation you're going through or a season you're going 194 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:21,320 through and you're like, this is so hard. 195 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:24,120 This is this is hard to keep the faith. 196 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:27,840 This is hard to keep praying and and it's hard to keep believing 197 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:32,800 and and you think it can't get any worse and then it does. 198 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:39,120 I know I've been there moments where I think surely the answer 199 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:42,720 is right on the other side and instead I have to go further 200 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:46,720 into the wilderness. This is where David was. 201 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,800 He goes even further. But what I want us to understand 202 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:54,040 is that in First Samuel we get to see, We get a glimpse to see 203 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:57,880 what was happening to David. But the Psalms are prayers and 204 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:01,880 journals to God. They also allow us to see how 205 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:07,440 David was processing it with God because all around him was 206 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:10,120 wilderness. And even though he was in this 207 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:13,920 place, he never forgot who God was. 208 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,480 He never forgot the promises that God has spoken over him. 209 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,640 He never forgot the God that he served. 210 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:24,000 And so we see throughout the songs that there are these 211 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,240 moments where David would cry out to God. 212 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,960 What a glimpse you see. There is what you see, but there 213 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:36,520 is always who you can't see. And in every desert situation 214 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,480 there is what you see. In every desert moment there is 215 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:43,240 what is happening around you. In every desert season there are 216 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:47,080 things that start to compile and add up, and yes, that is what 217 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,000 you see. But who you can't see is God, 218 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,160 who is with you and for you and surrounding you. 219 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,640 Right in the middle of that. Who you can't see are Angel 220 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:59,720 armies that in a moment can be dispatched on your behalf. 221 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:02,760 Who you can't see is Jesus Christ, who already paid the 222 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:06,960 price, the Holy Spirit who is within us, that with one cry, in 223 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:12,600 one moment, we can have answers in the midst of the wilderness. 224 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:15,560 You see, when we're in a wilderness of any kind, the 225 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:20,080 enemy wants us to think that we are empty. 226 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:22,640 He'll lie to us and go. You are empty. 227 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:26,080 You're empty of promises, you're empty of solutions. 228 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,880 You're empty of answers. You are empty. 229 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:34,720 You're not enough and he wants you to look on and try and fill 230 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,360 them with things to make that void go away. 231 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:43,040 Who convinced us we need to turn to pornography or go get drunk 232 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,080 to just numb the pain away or turn to drugs? 233 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,880 Or maybe it's just turning to that person. 234 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:52,840 Maybe it's turning to gossip. Maybe it it's just it's getting 235 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:57,200 angry around a certain situation and what's happening is we're 236 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,760 trying to fill the void because we feel we feel empty. 237 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:04,560 But I want to tell us, church, today, you are not empty, you're 238 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:08,840 just thirsty. In those desert situations, in 239 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,560 those desert seasons, in those moments, we have to understand 240 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:15,000 what's happening. The enemy will try and convince 241 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,400 us that we're empty, but we're really just thirsty. 242 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:22,840 So what do we do? How do we respond when we 243 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:27,920 recognize, oh, I'm just thirsty? So we're going to look at Psalm, 244 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:34,120 Psalm 63, because this Psalm was recorded when David was in the 245 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:35,920 desert. So David's in the middle of the 246 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:37,320 desert. He's in the middle of this 247 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:42,200 situation in the Judean desert. And this is the Psalm that is 248 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:46,360 recorded by him. He says in Psalm 63, one, you, 249 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,880 God are my God. Earnestly, I seek you. 250 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:54,520 I thirst for you. My whole being longs for you. 251 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:59,880 In a dry and parched land where there is no water. 252 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,080 See, there's no water around him. 253 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,360 It's dry. It's a wilderness place. 254 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:09,280 But #1 we see that David was able to turn to God first. 255 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,720 He knew who was for him. He never forgot the God that he 256 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:17,600 could not see. And he turns to him first. 257 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:22,000 And he cries out to God. Oh God, you're my God. 258 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,280 And in this moment of desperation, and in this moment 259 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,800 of a dry and parched land where it feels like there's no water, 260 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,840 I am thirsty. But God, I'm thirsty for you. 261 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:37,000 You see, it's so easy, church family, when we get that phone 262 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:41,360 call or we hear that news, it's so easy to want to just pick up 263 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,400 the phone and call someone or start researching all of the 264 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:48,200 answers or try and figure it out on our own or, or, or start to 265 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:50,560 tell someone else about the situation. 266 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,320 Not in the form of a prayer request, but in the form of 267 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,360 gossip and fear and anger and all of the things. 268 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,960 And so it is. It's so essential that we 269 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:03,080 understand that that is the tactic of the enemy to try and 270 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:07,160 get us to spiral, to try and get us out of faith, to try and get 271 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:11,160 us knocked down, to try and get us anxious or afraid, to try and 272 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:14,720 get us to search, chat, ChatGPT surely for the answer. 273 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,600 But could we church family be a church? 274 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,760 How many of you would say I want to be a son or daughter of God? 275 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:25,040 That turns to God first. The minute we feel that we are 276 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:26,600 thirsty, I'm going to turn to him. 277 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,200 I'm going to turn to him. I'm going to recognize I'm 278 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:33,760 thirsty, which means I need him. David goes on and he says I have 279 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:37,760 seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your 280 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:43,240 glory, because now he explains why your love is better than 281 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:47,360 life. My lips will glorify you. 282 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:51,240 How do we respond when we're thirsty #2 We need to recognize 283 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:56,840 God's love and power. God has love for us and He has 284 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,920 power in the Holy Spirit that He wants to give us. 285 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:03,280 When we are in these desert situations, when we face a 286 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:07,280 desert kind of moment, when we're in a desert season and the 287 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,319 enemy tries to get us to feel empty. 288 00:17:09,319 --> 00:17:12,160 No, no, no, we're just thirsty. And what we're really thirsty 289 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:16,560 for is His love and His power. You see, every time we're in a 290 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:20,280 moment like this, the enemy will try and put a spirit of fear on 291 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,319 us. He'll try and convince us that 292 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:28,520 we're abandoned, that we're left alone, that God doesn't care 293 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,760 about us. I mean, imagine how David must 294 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,800 have felt. It's easy to read this because 295 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,200 we know the ending. We know Jesus comes through the 296 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:41,160 line of David and but in this moment, he didn't know how it 297 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:44,120 ended. He's crying out for God. 298 00:17:44,120 --> 00:17:47,040 And he says, I've seen you in the sanctuary and I've beheld 299 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,160 your power and your glory because your love, oh God, your 300 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:55,520 love is better than my life. He says, you see, his love is 301 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,200 better. And the New Testament says that 302 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,480 perfect love, it casts out all of that fear. 303 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,360 So when the enemy's trying to put fear on us, God's like, I 304 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:05,880 got something for you to cast all of that out. 305 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:07,960 You don't need to turn to pornography. 306 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:09,960 My love is better than pornography. 307 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:13,200 My love is better than what that person can tell you. 308 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:16,520 My love is better than your life. 309 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:21,000 My love is better than you getting angry if you would just 310 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,120 turn to me and recognize that he's got love. 311 00:18:24,120 --> 00:18:28,520 He's got love for us and he's got power because God has not 312 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:32,600 given us the spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind. 313 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:36,040 So he's got power. He wants to deliver to us to get 314 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:40,400 us through the wilderness, but we have to exercise that when we 315 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,160 receive his love. Now we've got our power back. 316 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:45,080 And this is what David was praying. 317 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:48,920 Verse four, he goes on. He says, I will praise you as 318 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:52,600 long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. 319 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:57,840 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods. 320 00:18:57,840 --> 00:18:59,960 Now pause. Remember he's in the desert. 321 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:04,000 There is no rich food in this desert. 322 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:08,920 So he is in this place. Not only is he thirsty, but he's 323 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,520 hungry. And he's probably just imagining 324 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,720 what he wishes he could eat. Come on, 21 days. 325 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,760 Some of you are like, that's me. Tomorrow, I'm going to eat the 326 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:20,000 bread and the cheese and the chocolate. 327 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:21,720 And that's me. That's just me. 328 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:23,480 That's what's on my list for tomorrow, right? 329 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:28,720 So David, he's in this desert and he's saying, God, I'm 330 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,640 imagining, I'm just imagining that he's thinking about this 331 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:34,400 kind of food that would be amazing if he could have a table 332 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,520 and he could eat up. But he says no, no, I will be 333 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:42,440 fully satisfied as with as if I had rich food. 334 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:44,640 I'm going to be satisfied with you, God. 335 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:46,760 And then he says with singing lips. 336 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,720 My mouth will praise you on my bed. 337 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,360 I remember you. I think of you through the 338 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:56,280 watches of the night. Now what were the watches of the 339 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,760 night? You see, during that time when 340 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:02,960 there was an enemy that was coming against them, they would 341 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:06,160 take different watches. They would take 3 hours at a 342 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:07,440 time. There were three different 343 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,560 watches through the night. So that they were very aware of 344 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:14,280 what the enemy was trying to do. So some would be awake and they 345 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,560 would be looking out for what the enemy was doing, while the 346 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:19,840 others could sleep. Come on, that's a good friend 347 00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:22,080 praying for you. Some of you, you've been waking 348 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,000 up in the middle of the night. You've been wondering why? 349 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:26,240 Because God's calling you to intercede and pray. 350 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:30,160 It's the watch of the night. So he says through the watches 351 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,840 of the night, even while in the physical, I'm looking out for 352 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:35,920 the enemy. Oh God, my thoughts are on you. 353 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:39,680 And that's how we can be #3 how do we respond? 354 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:41,320 We've got to praise him non-stop. 355 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:46,400 Praise him non-stop. I love this because David was a 356 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,680 worshipper. He was a worshipper and he makes 357 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,480 a decision. As long as I. 358 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:57,120 Live and remember he knew this Saul might kill him any day. 359 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,000 And he says as long as I live, I will worship you. 360 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,240 As long as I live, I will praise you. 361 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,200 As long as I'm looking out. Yeah, for what the enemy might 362 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,200 be trying to do to me. My thoughts are on you. 363 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,600 This is who you are. He said in the good, in the bad, 364 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:15,280 in the ugly, in the desert, in the in the in the palace, no 365 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:17,200 matter where. God, I'm going to praise you. 366 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,680 I'm going to praise you. Could we be a church who says 367 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,760 I'm going to praise him non-stop? 368 00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:26,960 No matter what we are going through, I'm going to worship. 369 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,680 I'm going to worship you. You see, in these seasons, in 370 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:34,320 these situations, in these moments when it feels like we're 371 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,600 dry and we are weary, can I encourage you? 372 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:41,640 We need water and worship can be our water. 373 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,280 That's what David was doing. Some of us, we are running 374 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,560 through life. We are running through life and 375 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:52,040 we feel so dry and we feel so weary. 376 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,640 Can I encourage you? It's because you're thirsty. 377 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,040 Marathon runners understand this. 378 00:21:58,040 --> 00:21:59,680 Come on. If you are a marathon runner, we 379 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,720 want to celebrate you today. Would you just raise your hand 380 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,080 if you've ever run a marathon? Come on. 381 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:05,120 Yeah, that's awesome. Come on. 382 00:22:05,120 --> 00:22:07,120 Give them a hand. My hand's not up. 383 00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:12,640 I was just encouraging them. Marathon runners understand 384 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:16,800 this. Marathons are 26.2 miles. 385 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:22,240 That's a lot of running. But they would tell you they 386 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,840 can't do it without a water stop. 387 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:31,600 Every marathon has between 12 and 20 options for a water aid 388 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:37,200 station where during the run of the marathon, they have to stop 389 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,560 and drink the water. Why? 390 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,120 Because if you're in the middle of the marathon, you're going to 391 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:43,920 be convinced that you can't keep going. 392 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,400 You can keep going. You just need a water stop. 393 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,640 And some of us, this is how we're running through life. 394 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:56,920 We are running and running and running and we are weary and 395 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,720 we're trying to figure it how. And we feel dry and we feel 396 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:03,520 empty and we're convinced that God's not for us. 397 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,440 And we are running and running and running. 398 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:10,840 Can I tell you, you just need a stop where you can get some 399 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:14,880 water. Every single time you feel like 400 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:18,800 you're empty, just think in your mind and in your heart, I just 401 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,600 need water. And instead of running and 402 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:25,240 running and running and trying to figure it all out on your own 403 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:29,400 and wearing yourself out, you just need to run to the Father. 404 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,240 You need to run to the to the feet of Jesus. 405 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,640 You need the Holy Spirit and you need to say, Oh God, in this dry 406 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,600 land, I am thirsty. Would you fill me up? 407 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:43,160 And the great part is when we bring our empty cup, he's like, 408 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:47,520 of course I'm going to fill you up because you think you're 409 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,360 empty. You're really just thirsty. 410 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:04,760 His refreshing rain will come in any moment if we stop running 411 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,920 and just receive the water that he wants to give us. 412 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,840 When we start worshipping, we start praising. 413 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:19,240 And this is what David did #7 he says, because you are my help. 414 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,080 I sing in the shadow of your wings. 415 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:26,160 I cling to you. Your right hand upholds me. 416 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,080 Church family, what do we do when we're thirsty? 417 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:30,280 We're going to turn to God first. 418 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:31,960 We're going to receive his love and power. 419 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:33,480 We're going to praise him non-stop. 420 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,520 And that we're going to remember He's holding you. 421 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:41,960 He's holding you. Our granddaughter Esther is 7 422 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,960 1/2 months old. And got to spend some time with 423 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,480 her yesterday. And I've just been reminded 424 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:51,160 because, of course, my two boys are adults and grown. 425 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:54,600 And I've been reminded what it is to hold a baby and have one 426 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:56,480 arm get a lot stronger than the other. 427 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,240 Come on, parents, you know what I'm talking about. 428 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,920 Like, my left arm's so weak. And then I'm like, yeah, so this 429 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:03,480 is me with Esther, right? Because I'm. 430 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:07,560 I'm holding her and being able to hold her and realize what it 431 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,880 is to hold on to her. It's just amazing. 432 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:15,000 But we captured this picture at Christmas time and this is a 433 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,200 picture of of us with our Esther. 434 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:23,160 Jane, what I want you to see is that yes, I'm holding her, but 435 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:29,200 also she is clinging to me. Yesterday I was getting my nails 436 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,080 done and I had already written this part of the message, but 437 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:33,960 God spoke to me through the nail tech. 438 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:38,160 Come on, somebody that's good. I told her that I was going to 439 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:40,040 spend some time with Esther that day. 440 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,440 And she said, oh, how old is she? 441 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,720 7 1/2 months? And she said, does does she 442 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:50,240 still like being held? And I said, Oh yeah, she is a 443 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,880 cuddler. And she said, oh, good, 'cause 444 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:56,600 sometimes kids reach that age and they paint outgrown it and 445 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:57,920 they don't want to be held anymore. 446 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:01,400 And I felt the Holy Spirit say, Sarah, that is some of my sons 447 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,200 and daughters that you're going to be talking to. 448 00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:07,560 I'm strong enough for them. I am holding them. 449 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,200 I want to hold them, but they're not clinging to me. 450 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:12,720 They're fighting it off and they're thinking they've got to 451 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,520 have it all together. Can I just remind you he loves 452 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,320 you. He's a good father. 453 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:21,760 His wings are big and they are soft, and he's got arms that are 454 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:27,080 broad enough to hold you, and we just get to cling to him. 455 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,520 So this is how David responds when he's thirsty and in the 456 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,400 desert. Let's look at what God does for 457 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,000 him. First Samuel 2326 records. 458 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,080 Saul and David were now on opposite sides of a mountain. 459 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:41,400 Just as Saul and his men began to close in on David and his 460 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:45,360 men, an urgent message reached Saul that the Philistines were 461 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:48,720 raiding Israel again. So there's one mountain, David 462 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:51,040 and his men on one side, Saul on the other side. 463 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,200 They are coming in to close on him. 464 00:26:54,360 --> 00:26:57,800 Verse 28. So Saul quit chasing David and 465 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:01,400 return to fight the Philistines. Ever since that time, the place 466 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,600 where David was camped has been called the Rock of Escape. 467 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:09,960 I love this because God uses the enemy army in the in the form of 468 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,920 the Philistines to actually be David's answer. 469 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:17,040 Do you know that God, if you are called according to his purpose 470 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,120 and walking in his favor, God will turn all things together 471 00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:22,680 for good. He even used the enemy to be 472 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:25,960 David's escape. That is how good our God is. 473 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:31,120 And it says that there was a rock of escape, that this place 474 00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:35,200 where God showed up for him was called the rock of escape. 475 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,560 And I just want to prophecy to some of you today. 476 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:38,960 You've been thinking you're empty. 477 00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:40,840 You've been thinking this is the end. 478 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:43,560 You've been thinking it is over. It is not over. 479 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:47,120 This is not the end. God will always find a rock of 480 00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:52,040 escape for us as his children. He will come through, He will 481 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:57,240 come through and we'll always have kind of this place here on 482 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:01,520 earth where we are thirsty and we are hungry. 483 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,480 There's actually a, a part of Revelation that talks about 484 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,760 this. This is a vision where John sees 485 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:12,400 a great multitude of believers in Jesus who are wearing white 486 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,440 robes. And then it says in Revelation 487 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:18,800 715, therefore they are before the throne of God and serve him 488 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:22,280 day and night and in his temple. And he who sits on the throne 489 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,080 will shelter them with his presence. 490 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:30,440 Verse 16 never again will they hunger. 491 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:36,280 Never again will they thirst always here on earth. 492 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:39,600 We're going to have these desert season situations moments, But 493 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:43,040 when we reach heaven, oh, his presence is going to cover us. 494 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:44,480 We're never going to thirst again. 495 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,000 We're never going to hunger again. 496 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:50,600 The satisfaction of Jesus will be our covering. 497 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:55,720 We're not empty church family. We're just thirsty, going to 498 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:57,920 enter into a time of prayer and worship in a moment. 499 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:00,760 But before we do, I just want to give us an opportunity. 500 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:04,760 If you don't know Jesus is your savior, Maybe you feel empty and 501 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,360 you're like, I've felt this way my whole life. 502 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,840 I've felt that void my whole life. 503 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,840 You've been turned into everything and everyone to try 504 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,320 and fill that void. Can I just tell you God loves 505 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,240 you? Jesus is your answer. 506 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,880 He wants to come in and be that water of life. 507 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:26,240 Revelation 2217 says come, Let the one who is thirsty come and 508 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:31,520 let the one who wishes to take the free gift of the water of 509 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,600 life. That is who Jesus is for you. 510 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:36,920 And if you've never said yes to Jesus, I want to give you that 511 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,320 opportunity. It's as simple as admitting that 512 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,520 you're a Sinner. I've done some things that 513 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:43,840 aren't right. I've been going my own way and 514 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:47,640 just believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that He died 515 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:51,320 on a cross for your sins. He was placed in a grave, but he 516 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:53,440 resurrected from that grave. He's in heaven. 517 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:56,920 You can follow Him as your Savior, and you can just confess 518 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,280 that with your mouth and with one confession. 519 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,880 He's going to come in and be your Savior. 520 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:04,640 You're going to know that heaven is your home and you can walk 521 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,320 with Jesus. He's going to fill up that place 522 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:11,000 of emptiness. So with every head bowed and all 523 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,400 of our eyes closed, just for the privacy of this moment, if 524 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,680 you've never said yes to Jesus, I want to give you the chance to 525 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,960 do that across all of our locations and online. 526 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:22,920 Just begin to in the on the count of three, just raise your 527 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:25,080 hand. And that's just you saying, I 528 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,880 confess, I want to know that Jesus is my Savior. 529 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:31,960 I want to follow him. 123 Raise your hand up high so we can see 530 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,600 it at all the locations. I see those hands. 531 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,680 I see those hands. God sees your hand. 532 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,120 I see that hand over in this section. 533 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,360 Yes, I see that hand. God sees you too. 534 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,040 Come on all of our locations online. 535 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,200 You can put it in the chat. If that's you and you have your 536 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,480 hand up, go ahead and just put that hand on your heart. 537 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,840 That's just representing that as I pray you're receiving this for 538 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:56,480 yourself. Jesus, I thank you that you are 539 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,680 the Son of God. I admit that I'm a Sinner. 540 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:05,280 Would you wash my sin Jesus? Would you place me into your 541 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,200 family? I believe that you died and you 542 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,720 rose again. God, I want to know you as 543 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:14,880 Father. Send the Holy Spirit in Jesus 544 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:16,760 name. I want to follow you all of the 545 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,320 days of my life. Amen. 546 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:21,920 Amen. If that was you, before you 547 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,600 leave the property today, we want to put one of these Bibles 548 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:28,080 in your hand to just continue to help you with the decision you 549 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:30,520 made today as you walk with Jesus. 550 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,440 Just head to the Next Steps area and we're going to give you this 551 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:35,840 gift. But we're not finished yet. 552 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:40,280 We've built in some time in our service here to just allow the 553 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,880 reign of the Spirit to fill us up where we're thirsty, where 554 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:48,360 you stand, every location, Cape Coral East family, downtown here 555 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:52,800 in Fort Myers. I want us to do what David did 556 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:56,920 and just begin to worship. Begin to allow the rain of the 557 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,520 Spirit to come into any dry place. 558 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,160 Begin to just open up your hands and your heart. 559 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,080 He wants to meet you right where you're at. 560 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:07,640 Come on, let's see. Let's see. 561 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:32,200 When your glory fall down, fall light dream, Holy Spirit, fall 562 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:43,920 light rain, Holy Spirit, have your way. 563 00:32:43,920 --> 00:33:08,480 When your glory fall down. The. 564 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,760 I don't know what moments you've been facing, what situation you 565 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:27,560 may be in, what season you're going through, but I just want 566 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,360 to proclaim it's not the end and we're going to do what David 567 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,800 did. We're going to pray the same 568 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:36,320 prayer did David prayed. And so I want you to repeat 569 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,960 after me, but get that situation, get that season, get 570 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:43,480 that thing in your mind. And I believe that God is going 571 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:47,040 to come in every place and every crevice where the enemy's been 572 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,200 trying to get you to think that you're empty to realize, oh, I'm 573 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,200 just thirsty. Repeat after me. 574 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:57,360 You God are my God. I earnestly seek you. 575 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:05,680 I thirst for you. My whole being longs for you in 576 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:09,239 a dry and parched land where there is no water. 577 00:34:12,639 --> 00:34:19,159 I have seen you in the sanctuary, and behold your power 578 00:34:19,159 --> 00:34:28,480 and glory, because your love. Is better than my life, my lips. 579 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:34,000 Will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I 580 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:39,199 live, and in your name I will. Lift up my hands. 581 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:48,920 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods, my 582 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,040 see my lips. Will sing to you. 583 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:58,360 I will praise you on my bed. I will remember you. 584 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:02,440 Oh God, you are your help, God which you come through right 585 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:04,840 now. God, I pray Father people, I 586 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:08,560 feel this shadow of your wings covering them right now. 587 00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:11,440 God be the presence and the power. 588 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:20,640 Shower over God and we make a decision to worship. 589 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,720 Let's worship. And let's watch. 590 00:35:36,680 --> 00:36:21,480 The. Thank you on this 21st day of 591 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:24,040 fasting and prayer. We thank you God. 592 00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:25,840 We thank you for answered prayers. 593 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:29,840 We thank you God for prayers yet to be answered. 594 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:33,800 We stand in faith God, that you are good and you will continue 595 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:37,280 to satisfy us. God, your love is better than 596 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,800 life. So I pray blessing, I, I pray 597 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:44,040 favor, I pray protection against the evil one in the name of 598 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:45,760 Jesus. Would you continue to be the 599 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:48,800 rock of escape? God, every time the enemy tries 600 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:52,280 to tell us we're empty, oh God, would you fill us up as we 601 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:56,280 hunger and thirst for you. We pray in Jesus name. 602 00:36:56,280 --> 00:37:00,120 And everyone who agreed said Amen, come on, let's praise God.