1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,680 Hey, want to give a quick update as most all of you know if 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:05,600 you've been hanging around Next Level for any period of time, 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:08,440 you know really since the first of the year that we are under 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:12,600 contract to purchase a 31,000 square foot building on Metro 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,000 Parkway. Yes. 6 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:19,120 And we are scheduled to close on that building by the end of this 7 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:23,000 month here in just a few few days, just about two weeks or 8 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,760 so, less than two weeks. And so again, you probably know 9 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,560 we have $1,000,000 match that a couple in our church has come 10 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:31,720 forward and said, hey, we want to offer $1,000,000. 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,600 And then for every dollar that comes in between now and that 12 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,000 closing the end of the month, then that goes toward the down 13 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,400 payment of that Metro Parkway building purchase. 14 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:44,640 And so I want to give you an update as of right now we are at 15 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:49,720 six 568,000. Yeah, come on. 16 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,840 Which is awesome toward that match 568 and so listen, here's 17 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:55,920 the deal. Our responsibility is make the 18 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,920 need known all of our responsibility as as family 19 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,440 members at next level churches go to the father and say God is 20 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,519 for me in my house. What would you want us to do and 21 00:01:04,519 --> 00:01:07,440 then just simply obey and here's what pastor Sarah and I have 22 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:11,160 found over 24 years. God's never failed us yet Amen. 23 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,880 Come on, he's never failed us yet. 24 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,720 So hey, participate in that. Just smart Kingdom builders. 25 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,440 When you go to the website, it's that simple, that intuitive. 26 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,880 Or grab somebody with a lanyard and say, hey, how do I do that? 27 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:23,720 We would love, love, love to help you. 28 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:27,480 Well, listen, today we are continuing our series called 29 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:32,520 Don't Let doubt Take You Out. And we'll say doubt take you 30 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,840 out. We're not going to let doubt 31 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,040 take us out. And this series is is based off 32 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,840 of my pastor, Pastor Todd Mullins, who is the pastor of of 33 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:45,000 Christ Fellowship Church in West Palm Beach, off of his book that 34 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,160 he released about a year ago called Don't let doubt take you 35 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:49,440 out. And church family. 36 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,920 Let me say this. If you didn't get a copy of it, 37 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:56,000 I think we have a few at at all our location. 38 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,880 Maybe it's definitely on Amazon. Make sure you get it. 39 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,600 The good news is leaders are readers and all of you bought a 40 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,360 whole bunch of copies last week. So if there's any, make sure you 41 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,480 grab one at your location. If there's not, just go to 42 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,360 Amazon. There's plenty of copies there. 43 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:10,840 We already checked. We know that's true. 44 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,320 But man, I just love hearing the stories already of how not only 45 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,560 the series, but the the content of this book is making such a 46 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,720 difference in your life. And so, you know, the truth is 47 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:24,080 doubt is one of those things that that is present in all of 48 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,240 our lives. And the truth is what what's 49 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,320 interesting to me is when you study the Bible, which around 50 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,960 here in next level church we believe is the inspired word of 51 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,160 God relevant and applicable to our everyday lives. 52 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:39,320 When you study the the men and women of God that he used, that 53 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:43,240 God used in a mighty way, what we discover church family is 54 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,120 every one of them went through seasons, went through through 55 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,600 moments, went through periods of time where they wrestled with 56 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:55,480 doubt, where fear tried to grip their heart, where anxiety, 57 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,480 where, where, where depression hit them. 58 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,080 So the good news is, if you've ever struggled with that, which 59 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:07,200 again we all have, the good news is you're not alone. 60 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,200 And I actually want us to look at one of those people today in 61 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,160 the Old Testament who struggled with fear, anxiety and doubt and 62 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,840 how God showed up on his behalf. Hey, before we're before we move 63 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,040 on to the word of God, let's pray. 64 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,960 Father, thank you, God, thank you that you're bigger than 65 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:24,520 doubt. God, thank you that you're 66 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,520 bigger than fear or anxiety. God, you're bigger than 67 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,560 depression. And Lord, we pray as we look in 68 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:35,480 your word and a man named Elijah and how you showed up on his 69 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:37,920 behalf when he struggled with this issue that we're struggling 70 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,720 with. God, would you speak to our 71 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:41,640 hearts? Lord, we're open. 72 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,000 Whatever you want to say, we want to listen in Jesus name, 73 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,240 everyone who agreed with that prayer said Amen, Amen, Amen. 74 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:50,160 So let me ask you a question before we get started. 75 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,800 Have you ever had one of those moments in your life where 76 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,320 you're just, you're cruising along like everything's going 77 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,120 awesome, everything's going fine, everything's decent, 78 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:00,840 everything is normal, everything's OK. 79 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,960 And then all of a sudden someone says one thing to you. 80 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:07,320 Come on, anybody know what I'm talking about? 81 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:13,600 Or, Or you get one piece of news, or you read 1 headline or 82 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,600 you read one comment on a post you make. 83 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,480 Come on, somebody all right, I'm preaching to the right people 84 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:27,920 today and all of a sudden it just right like you, just you 85 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,080 just all of a sudden you were cruising along and now you're 86 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,280 just right. OK. 87 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:34,600 This happened to me a few weeks ago. 88 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,280 So I was fine, OK. I was in a good way. 89 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:40,280 You know how some people are like, how are you fine? 90 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:43,200 Clearly you're not fine. No, no, I was fine. 91 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,000 Everything was good. And then I was in a conversation 92 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,120 with someone in our church and they told me that someone else 93 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:54,920 in our church had been gossiping about me behind my back, which 94 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,200 is a normal occasion when you have set when you pass through 95 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:58,440 several thousand people, it's fine. 96 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,320 I'm good for that. Like it's I know people talk 97 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:01,080 about me. It's fine. 98 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:04,080 But for whatever reason, like this person was a friend is a 99 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,640 friend. And it was one of those moments 100 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,440 for right, we've all had to one of those moments where all of a 101 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:17,120 sudden it was like, and man, I just like I couldn't get out of 102 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:17,960 it. The next morning. 103 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,160 I had to wake up. I got early, I got my journal 104 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,160 out. I had to pour out my heart to 105 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,280 like, I thank God for freedom principles, Amen. 106 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,360 We've all been there, right? Well, today I want us to look at 107 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,760 someone who I mentioned a moment ago named Elijah. 108 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:35,600 Everyone say Elijah and he lived 700 ish years before Jesus. 109 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,160 OK, so we're going all the way way back into the Old Testament 110 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:43,680 pre Jesus and Elijah was God's prophet into the to the children 111 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:45,520 of Israel, who are God's people in the Old Testament. 112 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,800 And so in those days, God would basically choose a spokesperson 113 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:53,680 in every generation that he God would then speak through to kind 114 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,080 of be his mouthpiece, his spokesperson to the whole 115 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,960 nation. Well, Elijah was that guy and 116 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:00,880 God was using him in a mighty way. 117 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:05,000 And in First Kings chapter 18 and 19, we see this this story 118 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,400 where Elijah is being mightily used of God. 119 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,360 As a matter of fact, in those days, there were there were 120 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:13,320 these prophets, these false prophets of bail of a false God 121 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:15,960 named Bail. And there were about 800 of 122 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,120 them. Well, God uses Elijah in this 123 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:23,680 massively awesome way to to basically call down fire from 124 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:28,600 heaven and destroy these 800 prophets of Baal. 125 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:33,480 It's an intense story, like Avengers kind of awesomeness. 126 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,800 Like if you don't read the Bible, you really should. 127 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,600 People like it's there's cool stuff in here. 128 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:42,640 OK, so read first Kings 18. All of that to say Elijah's on a 129 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:44,120 mountaintop ever say mountaintop? 130 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,760 OK so Elijah's on this mountaintop then look what 131 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,920 happens next. First Kings chapter 19 verse one 132 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,600 says this. Now Ahab who's the king told 133 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,440 Jezebel his wife everything Elijah had done. 134 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:00,080 So all the guy just got used when he fired the thing and what 135 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,880 like crazy and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 136 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,320 This is where things start to turn. 137 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:12,120 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, May the gods, 138 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:17,000 little G gods, deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this 139 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:22,360 time tomorrow I do not make your life like one of them. 140 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,280 In other words, you killed them, now I'm going to kill you. 141 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:31,120 Look what it says. Elijah was afraid and ran for 142 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,320 his life. I want to give us three thoughts 143 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,840 today that I think matter to each of us, where we find 144 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:41,480 ourselves maybe wrestling with doubt, fear, anxiousness, 145 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,160 discouragement today. Here's the first thing I want 146 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,680 you to see. Number one, Elijah was messed up 147 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:51,440 by a message. Elijah got messed up by a 148 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,600 message. Jezebel essentially posted post 149 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,480 the equivalent of a negative comment on Facebook or 150 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:00,960 Instagram. She sends him a message, little 151 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:04,120 DM. She slipped into his DMS Old 152 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:11,760 Testament style and Elijah flips out. 153 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,280 It says he was afraid. Look at verse three. 154 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,040 He was afraid and ran for his life. 155 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,840 Look at this. When he came to Beersheba in 156 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:25,280 Judah, he left his servant there while he himself went a day's 157 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:27,760 journey into the wilderness. OK, let me tell you about this. 158 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,760 A few years ago, a team of 20 of us, you've heard us talk about 159 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,720 we went to Israel. So we've been to Mount Carmel, 160 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,760 where Elijah was, which is in the northern part of Israel. 161 00:08:37,159 --> 00:08:41,240 This says that then he ran, ran on foot to Beersheba. 162 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:48,560 Beersheba is 86 miles away. That's a lot of fear. 163 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:54,880 That's like someone sending us a death threat and us being like, 164 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,400 I'm out, I'm going to Sarasota on foot. 165 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,160 Then it says he left his servant when he got to Beersheba, and he 166 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,920 went another day's journey into the woods, into the wilderness. 167 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,440 A day's journey in those days was about 15 miles. 168 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:15,280 So my man goes over 100 miles on foot. 169 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:19,160 Why 'cause he got messed up by a message. 170 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:23,560 See, what the enemy wants to do was the enemy wanted to use fear 171 00:09:23,560 --> 00:09:27,840 and doubt to take Elijah out of his calling and church family. 172 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,680 He wants to do the same thing with us. 173 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:34,960 Man, don't miss this. One of the devil's biggest 174 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:39,840 tactics is to use negative messages to steal our 175 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:44,880 confidence. Watch, the enemy wants to use 176 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:50,640 negative messages both personally and in generally to 177 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,400 steal our confidence. And here's why. 178 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:57,200 Because the Bible says in Hebrews chapter 10 verse 35 that 179 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,560 if we don't throw away our confidence, look at this verse, 180 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,080 then it will be richly, richly rewarded. 181 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:07,520 Church, the devil knows that if, if, if, if you and I will stand 182 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:09,760 in Our Calling. If you and I will stand as sons 183 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,400 and daughters of God. If you and I will stand in our 184 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,320 confidence, not in ourselves. As Pastor Todd said last week, 185 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:20,960 our Godfidence, the enemy knows there's a big reward attached to 186 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,080 that. And some of you, the devil's 187 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:27,240 been attacking you with doubt and fear and worry and anxiety 188 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:32,680 because he's trying to knock you out of your confidence, your God 189 00:10:32,680 --> 00:10:37,040 confidence, who you are. That's what he did in Elijah's 190 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:38,800 day. That's what he's doing in our 191 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:40,960 day. So church, listen, we have to be 192 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:46,520 so aware of the messages that we're allowing into our hearts 193 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:50,000 and minds. We know this is true. 194 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:57,120 Input drives output, right? What you put in, you get out 195 00:10:57,880 --> 00:10:58,760 input. Same. 196 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,880 It's true. In our life, input drives 197 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:03,400 output. So watch this. 198 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:08,440 If what you and I are inputting all day into our heart, into our 199 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:13,400 mind, into our spirit is negative and pessimistic and 200 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:18,040 angry and fearful and divisive, then guess what? 201 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,160 We have to know it will affect our output in our life. 202 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:31,520 So, church, we have to be so, so aware when negative messages 203 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:35,840 come our way. It's not nothing and it's not 204 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:40,000 neutral. You can't watch hours and hours 205 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:44,840 and hours and hours and hours and hours of negative news and 206 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:48,840 not think it's not going to affect your spirit. 207 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,960 It does. You can't scroll for hours and 208 00:11:55,960 --> 00:12:00,400 hours and see conspiracy theories and anger and division. 209 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:03,960 And they said and they said and they said about what they said 210 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,040 and they said we and not think it's not affecting us. 211 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:12,680 Input drives output. Elijah was messed up by a 212 00:12:12,680 --> 00:12:14,000 message. So here's my question. 213 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,520 What do we do? What what are we doing with the 214 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:22,280 negative messaging that's coming in and bombarding our souls on a 215 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:27,840 daily basis? We have to be aware of this and 216 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:32,280 then we have to be aware of what we're doing with it, which can I 217 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,400 just say thank God for freedom. Amen. 218 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:39,360 Listen to if you've never been through our freedom here at Next 219 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,480 Level Church, you got to get signed up. 220 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:42,920 I'm sure there's a waiting list somewhere. 221 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:46,160 Go to somewhere, something, somehow I'm just get signed this 222 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,000 fall. I'm just telling you at your 223 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,360 location, you got, if you've never been through freedom, 224 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:53,920 here's why 'cause freedom is a whole bunch of things, but it's 225 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,560 a toolbox, which by the way, we had freedom experience this 226 00:12:57,560 --> 00:13:05,600 weekend with over 400 people. We're hearing so many stories of 227 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:10,800 how God is just transforming so many of us in our church family. 228 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:13,840 Man, I'm so thankful. Why? 229 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:18,000 Because freedom gives us the tools to be able to deal with 230 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:21,240 all the stuff that's coming at us. 231 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,720 Elijah was messed up by a message. 232 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:25,720 Keep reading. It says verse four that he came 233 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:29,200 to a broom Bush, sat under it and prayed, look at this, that 234 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:33,160 he might die. I've had enough, Lord, he said, 235 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:35,880 take my life. I am no better than my 236 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,440 ancestors. Then he lay down under the Bush 237 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:40,360 and fell asleep. Here's the second thought I want 238 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,480 to give us today as we're talking about not letting doubt 239 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:44,920 take us out. Number two, Elijah let his 240 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:48,920 feelings dictate his reality. Elijah was messed up by a 241 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,640 message, but #2 he let his feelings dictate his reality. 242 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,560 Elijah was exhausted. He was tired, he was spiritually 243 00:13:56,560 --> 00:13:59,520 spent. Elijah was overwhelmed, he was 244 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,040 overworked, and now he's scared and afraid. 245 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:06,240 And in that state, doubt tried to take him out. 246 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:07,600 Did you? Did you see it in the verse? 247 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:12,320 He literally said, God, take my life. 248 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:22,120 Let me pause just for a second. That is a suicidal ideation in 249 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:24,320 church. We want you to know that that's 250 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,440 real, man. You can't get this many people 251 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:33,080 across 4 locations in a church like ours and not have some of 252 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:40,080 us who are struggling. And we want you to know we your 253 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,160 church, we take it seriously. We love you. 254 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:45,480 We want you to know we see you. We want you to know your 255 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,480 Heavenly Father sees you. We want you to know there's 256 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:50,440 hope. Matter of fact, we've created a 257 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,760 whole web page, nextlevelchurch.com/soul 258 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,880 healthnextlevelchurch.com. So we need to take a picture of 259 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:00,040 that and write that down right now, nextlevelchurch.com/soul 260 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,200 Health. And this is a whole page, a 261 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,320 whole web page that we've created with resources, with 262 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:08,040 counselling, with books. There's a whole series we did 263 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,720 called Breaking the Stigma a couple of years ago. 264 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:14,080 All of those messages of the four parts of that series are 265 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,040 there on that web page. And so listen, if you're 266 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,720 struggling, we want you to know you're not alone. 267 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:20,200 We want you to know there's hope. 268 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,920 And we want you to know we, as your church fan, want to come 269 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,920 alongside of you and walk with you. 270 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,520 Elijah was messed up by a message and he started to let 271 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,200 his feelings dictate his reality. 272 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:39,800 OK, do you know that globally the number what? 273 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:44,360 The number one answer to the question how are you is now? 274 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:49,080 Anybody got any guesses what the number one well #1 answer 275 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:51,680 probably is for? For the word for the question 276 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:53,360 how are you in the world right now? 277 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,120 Ready. Here it is busy. 278 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,960 To which everybody intuitively says Amen, right. 279 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:06,440 Like right. Like how are you busy? 280 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,160 I'm busy. And here's here's the deal. 281 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:16,400 All of us know that busyness is a problem that's real in our 282 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:20,960 life, but very few of us actively know how to do anything 283 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,920 about it. You know what else we 284 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,640 intuitively know? Church Van We intuitively know 285 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:31,160 that we don't make our best decisions when we're tired, when 286 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:35,080 we're overwhelmed, when we're stressed out, when we're busy. 287 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:40,200 Right? Snickers? 288 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:44,640 Anybody else love those Snicker Bar commercials? 289 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:49,000 You're not yourself when you're hungry, OK? 290 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:54,200 How is it possible that a candy bar company understands 291 00:16:54,200 --> 00:17:01,880 something that we sons and daughters of God are are I think 292 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:02,840 we got to get? Come on. 293 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:04,319 There's room for improvement, everybody. 294 00:17:04,319 --> 00:17:06,280 Amen. Hey, elbow the person next to 295 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:07,960 you and tell them come on, there's room for improvement. 296 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,480 Come on, tell them there's room for improvement. 297 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:14,920 So here's. So back to our boy or Elijah. 298 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,119 Back to our boy. Come on, everybody, focus right 299 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:18,119 here. Come on, lock it in. 300 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:20,000 Now you're talking. No, no, no. 301 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:20,880 Come on. Right here, right here. 302 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:31,560 OK, Elijah, he's exhausted, he's stressed out, he's worried, he's 303 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:35,600 overwhelmed like so many of us feel like we are in our world 304 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,800 today. And in that state of exhaustion, 305 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:43,720 he was, he was vulnerable. So let me ask you a question. 306 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:46,080 Ready. Let's get super granular, super 307 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:47,680 practical for a second this weekend. 308 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:54,920 On a scale of 1 to 1010 being high, how exhausted? 309 00:17:54,920 --> 00:18:00,520 And let me say it this way, not yourself are you right now? 310 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:05,160 One to 10, Give yourself a note. If you're taking notes, write 311 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,400 your number down on a piece of paper, on your phone, whatever 312 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:09,600 you know, 1 to one out of one to 10. 313 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:15,000 How exhausted, How not yourself are you right now? 314 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,520 OK, whatever your number is, you don't have to share your number. 315 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,240 You're not going to share this with the person next to you. 316 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,440 That's I'll have you say something else to them in a 317 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:23,920 second. You just hold this to yourself. 318 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:27,400 K1 to 10. Are you a 5 right now? 319 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,800 Are you a 7 right now? Are you a nine right now? 320 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:34,480 Are you like a 9.9997 right now? Are you a some of you? 321 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,480 You're like Pastor Matt. I'm an 18 brother. 322 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:39,920 I'm going to need more numbers on the scale. 323 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,240 How how not yourself are you? Look, what if I asked your 324 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:47,120 spouse or your kids? What number would they? 325 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:48,920 What if I asked your mother-in-law? 326 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,440 Because she might be the only person in your life that'll tell 327 00:18:54,440 --> 00:19:02,280 you the truth. Thank God for mothers in law. 328 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:10,800 Come on church, Fear, doubt, anxiousness will always run 329 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:15,960 close to exhaustion. And that's where Elijah was. 330 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:22,720 And some of us, God brought you here into your location today to 331 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:30,800 get you to admit I'm not OK, because guess what? 332 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:35,440 God can meet you there. Back to our story. 333 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:39,160 Look at verse 5. All at once an Angel touched 334 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,400 Elijah. God showed up and said get up 335 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,680 and eat. He looked around and there by 336 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:50,160 his head Elijah with some bread baked over hot coals in a jar of 337 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,280 water. He ate and drank and then lay 338 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:53,640 down again. That's interesting. 339 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,600 The Angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him 340 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:59,280 and said get up and eat. Look at this part for the 341 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:04,800 journey is too much for you. In other words, hey Elijah, what 342 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:09,360 you're facing? You're not going to be able to 343 00:20:09,360 --> 00:20:14,240 handle in your own strength, in your own power, in your own 344 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:16,680 ability. You're going to need 345 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:23,120 supernatural strength. And some of you, that's a word 346 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:26,640 for you today because you've been trying to be the man, 347 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:28,440 you've been trying to be the woman. 348 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,920 You've been trying to be tough. You've been trying to to tough 349 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:32,480 it out. You've been trying to be be. 350 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,000 I just need to be strong in my hey, guess what? 351 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,760 You're not gonna have enough strength for what you're facing. 352 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,120 You need the strength of the Lord today. 353 00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:43,680 You need something super. This isn't a game. 354 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,280 This is real life, everybody. And we need the supernatural 355 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:54,760 power of God, like Elijah did verse 8. 356 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:58,720 So he got up and he ate, and he drank, and strengthened by that 357 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,960 food, this is awesome. He travelled 40 days and 40 358 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:05,080 nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. 359 00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:07,800 There he went into a cave and spent the night. 360 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:13,600 And the word of the Lord came to him #3 last thought I want to 361 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,480 give you, Elijah needed a word from the Lord. 362 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,360 Elijah needed a word from the Lord. 363 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:24,280 And church fam, can I just tell you this weekend we need a word 364 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:28,240 from the Lord. When Elijah finally slowed down 365 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:32,560 enough to hear from God, God's voice got really, really loud. 366 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,840 And some of us were struggling with doubt and fear. 367 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,840 We're struggling with anxiety and discourage and depression. 368 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,520 And what we need is not more of the world. 369 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:49,360 What we need is to carve in some time to actually hear from God. 370 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:55,600 But isn't that usually the hardest thing for us to do? 371 00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:01,480 Here's why. Because our flesh and the devil 372 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:08,960 fight like crazy to let us get to that place where we actually 373 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:15,640 can hear from God. And So what I need most in my 374 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,760 life is to pray and hear from God. 375 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:24,280 And because of my flesh, it's all it always feels like it's 376 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:28,160 the last thing I want to do. Anybody else find that to be 377 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:32,280 true in your life? That the thing I need most, it's 378 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:34,040 a moment with God. It's a word from God. 379 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,480 It's to spend time with God. And yet that's the moment where 380 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:38,880 you now you're distracted and you're on your phone. 381 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,320 That's the moment where the kids need to. 382 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:42,400 That's the moment where you, your kid do like, oh, I need to 383 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,440 can't ever get to order this or I need to get this. 384 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:45,560 I need to pick up this prescription. 385 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,040 All right, all of the it's all the it's all watch. 386 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:49,960 Why? Because we're in a spiritual 387 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:54,440 battle. We need a word from God. 388 00:22:54,440 --> 00:23:00,640 Elijah needed a word from God. Getting a word from God is the 389 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:06,160 secret to victory over doubt and fear in our lives. 390 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,360 Verse 9, The word of the Lord came to him. 391 00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:15,040 What are you doing here Elijah? And Elijah replied, I've been 392 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,040 very zealous for the Lord God Almighty, the the Israelites, 393 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:20,000 his people have rejected your covenant. 394 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,320 They've torn down your altars. They put your prophets to death 395 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:24,560 with the sword. I'm the only one left. 396 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:26,600 And now they're trying to kill me too. 397 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,080 OK, can I tell you something? I've been preaching for over 30 398 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,840 years. I have preached this story 399 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:36,920 dozens of times. And every time I've preached it, 400 00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:41,480 I have dogged Elijah right here. Oh, he's whining to gun. 401 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,600 I'm the only one left. Can I tell you something? 402 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:51,360 This morning the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, Matt, he 403 00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:53,960 wasn't just whining. You know what the Holy Spirit 404 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,600 said? He was pouring out his heart to 405 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,680 God. He, he was, he was just 406 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:04,560 extroverting, saying out loud what he was feeling on the 407 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:08,400 inside. Some of you, you've never given 408 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:13,760 yourself permission to say out loud to the Lord what's really 409 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:18,960 going on in this season? Can I tell you you're in a 410 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:24,200 church where that's OK? It's OK to say it out loud. 411 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,280 We don't have to pretend. We don't have to faith it up. 412 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:32,680 Elijah's just real. And God was OK with it. 413 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:34,800 Now he didn't let him stay there. 414 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,280 Check it out, verse 11. And the Lord said, hey, go out 415 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,520 and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord. 416 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,960 Look for the Lord's about to pass by. 417 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,040 In other words, I'm about to show up. 418 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,640 OK, good. Elijah, you've extroverted it. 419 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,040 You've journaled it all out. You've said it out loud. 420 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,080 Awesome. That's where you really are. 421 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,040 Well, guess what? The Lord's going to show up 422 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:55,840 where you really are. I love that. 423 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:57,280 That is awesome. Look. 424 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:00,880 Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and 425 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:02,720 shattered the rocks before the Lord. 426 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:04,760 But the Lord was not in the wind. 427 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:07,880 After the wind, there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not 428 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:09,880 in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a 429 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:11,800 fire. Earth, wind and fire. 430 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:15,000 By the way, if you know, you know. 431 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:19,720 Come on, older generation, let's go. 432 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,840 All right, all right, all right. That's enough. 433 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,600 We're fine. But the Lord looked. 434 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:25,960 But the Lord was not in the fire. 435 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:31,200 And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 436 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:36,560 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and he 437 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:41,280 went out and stood at the mouth off the The Cave church. 438 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,200 We don't need more loud headlines. 439 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,720 We don't need more alerts on our phone. 440 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:54,040 Turn them off. We don't need more status 441 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,520 updates. We don't need more breaking 442 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,760 news, which by the way, it's not breaking. 443 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:07,200 We don't, we don't. We don't need more online rabbit 444 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:12,120 holes to obsess in. If you're struggling with doubt 445 00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:16,360 and fear and anxiety this weekend, if it, if it, that's 446 00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:18,120 where you find yourself. Guess what? 447 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,640 You don't need all those things. You know what you need? 448 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:26,600 You need stillness and a word from God. 449 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,600 We don't need wind and earthquakes and fire. 450 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:35,400 We don't need big stuff, man. I, I, I, I worry about a young 451 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:39,200 generation who's even growing up in the church who thinks that, 452 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,680 that if there's not lights and haze and fog and full bands and 453 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:46,880 full stadiums and big emotional responses, that God must not be 454 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,040 there. No, he's in the still. 455 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,240 He's in the small. That's where God is. 456 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:59,040 He's, he's in the he's in the quiet. 457 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:05,960 Elijah came out of The Cave of fear and doubt that was trying 458 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:10,960 to take him out and he said, OK, God, I'm listening. 459 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,280 Since he put a cloak over his face. 460 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,000 That's that's a picture of humility. 461 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:22,480 He humbled himself, said God, I need you, God, I'm listening, 462 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,040 God speak. And from this point forward, 463 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:34,040 everything changed. So let me boil this all down for 464 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:35,600 us. Then I want us to pray. 465 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:39,920 What's the point of this message? 466 00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:42,320 My mind goes to three things. Really we we need. 467 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:44,640 First of all, we need to put out negative messages. 468 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:46,440 Number one, just stop. Just stop. 469 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,360 Turn it off. How much is enough? 470 00:27:50,360 --> 00:27:52,720 How much do you really need? How much news do you need? 471 00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:55,200 How much scrolling do you need put out? 472 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:56,880 Put out negative. Check your pace. 473 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:03,440 Check your pace. You need to slow down. 474 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:05,280 Do you need to say no to something this week? 475 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,760 So you need to work from now to to, to June to pull some things 476 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:12,760 out of your calendar to create a little more space. 477 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:18,680 You get a little more disciplined so that you've got a 478 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:22,560 little more time for the Lord, not just running, running, 479 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,560 running. And we need to create some space 480 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:30,200 to actually hear from God because I have found over 35 481 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:37,960 years of walking with Jesus that when I actually slow down and 482 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,760 get quiet and get still, the voice of God gets pretty loud, 483 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,520 very loud. Can we stand together? 484 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:47,680 We're not done. Nobody's leaving. 485 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:49,720 I just want every location. Come on, let's stand together. 486 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:53,200 I'm going to invite our worship teams to come back and we're 487 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,440 going to sing that song Fall Like Rain that we sang earlier 488 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,680 in our time together at all our locations. 489 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:00,960 But here's what I want to before we get into that, before we even 490 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,240 worship, before we turn the music up. 491 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:12,520 Can we just be still? Can we just be still God your 492 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:17,840 word says be still and know that I am God. 493 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:26,880 So God, I pray right now for so many of these precious ones or 494 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,600 we were gathered at our locate God of the our E location 495 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:33,960 downtown. God keep coral or he got it 496 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:36,280 online. Lord that you see Lord, the pace 497 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:37,760 of our life, the busyness of our life. 498 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:39,600 So Lord, right now we just we don't mind. 499 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:44,760 We just pause, just take a deep breath. 500 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:51,760 It just creates space to hear from you. 501 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:56,200 God, one moment in your presence, one word from you, one 502 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,480 touch from you can change everything. 503 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:06,600 God, would you speak to us right now, in this moment? 504 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,080 Lord, where do we need to course correct? 505 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:09,280 Where do we need to tweak some things? 506 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,080 Where do we need to say no to some things? 507 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:12,160 Where do I need to put up a boundary? 508 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:13,840 Where do we need to say yes to some things? 509 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,600 Where do we need to reprioritize you, your word? 510 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:24,000 We got our new Soap Guides today, getting back into the 511 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:27,200 discipline of every day, just reading God's Word, applying it 512 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:42,400 to our life. Be still and know that I am God. 513 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:45,960 That's what we're doing right now. 514 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:53,520 God. Would you just alleviate anxiety 515 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:58,040 right now? Would you throw out though? 516 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:05,400 Would you encourage the discouraged, which is 517 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:07,600 strengthened the oppressed and depressed? 518 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:14,960 Maybe you're in one of our locations right now. 519 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:16,800 Let's just stay in this atmosphere, just continue to 520 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:18,360 meet with God. But maybe you're here, there's a 521 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:23,080 few of us, perhaps many, and you're not in relationship with 522 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:27,640 God. You've never surrendered your 523 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:29,560 life to the lordship of Jesus Christ. 524 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:32,880 You've never said yes to following him. 525 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:36,840 I want to give you an opportunity to do that today. 526 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,360 The Bible says it's a free gift. It's as simple as acknowledging 527 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,920 that we're a Sinner, believing that what Jesus did on the cross 528 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,800 was payment for our sin. That's what we were celebrating 529 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,520 a couple weeks ago on Easter, His death and resurrection. 530 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:52,000 And the Bible says if you and I will confess that, that we will 531 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:56,120 be saved. If you've never surrendered your 532 00:31:56,120 --> 00:32:00,600 life to Jesus, today I want to give you a chance to do that. 533 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:02,320 Every location. I'm going to count to 3 in just 534 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:06,080 a second if you want to, if you want to make that decision today 535 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,400 when I hit 3, would you just throw your hand up? 536 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:12,520 Come on, let's do it. 123. Pastor Matt, that's me. 537 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:13,920 Pastor Matt. That's it. 538 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:14,800 Just throw your hand up. Awesome. 539 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:15,720 Yeah. Come on. 540 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,880 Every location. East downtown, Cape Coral here 541 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:20,240 in Fort. If you're an additional seat, if 542 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,880 you're, if you're online, just mention it in the chat. 543 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:24,400 One of our team will engage with you there. 544 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:25,760 Pastor Matt, I want us to thank you. 545 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:26,240 Keep. Yep. 546 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:27,640 That's it. Pastor Matt. 547 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:28,720 That's me. Pastor Matt, that's me. 548 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,000 I want to surrender my life to Jesus. 549 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:32,840 Awesome. You can put your hands down. 550 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:35,840 Hey, listen, for the sake of so many who've lifted their hands 551 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:39,880 across our locations today, I'm going to ask all of us to repeat 552 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:44,040 this prayer after me. And if you lifted your hand, I 553 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:45,480 want you to pray this prayer from your heart. 554 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:49,600 And God's going to hear you come in, transform your life from the 555 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:51,600 inside out. Come on, let's pray together. 556 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:55,720 Say, dear Jesus, thanks for loving me, bringing me here 557 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:59,640 today. I acknowledge in this moment 558 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,960 that I'm a Sinner and I need to save you. 559 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:08,280 Forgive me of my sin. Wash me clean, make me a new 560 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:13,880 creation. I say yes to you and right now I 561 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:18,240 surrender my life. Help me to go your way because 562 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,480 it is the best way for the rest of my days. 563 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,560 In Jesus name I pray. Amen. 564 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:26,840 Amen. Amen. 565 00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:27,320 Yeah. Wow. 566 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:36,720 Listen, if you just said yes, we have a Bible we want to put in 567 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:38,160 your hands. Our team will talk about it here 568 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:41,560 in just a second. Don't leave the property without 569 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:43,640 going to your next steps area at your location today. 570 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:45,600 Grab that Bible. There's AQR code on there. 571 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,480 Make sure you scan that code. My wife and I recorded some 572 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:52,040 videos to help you in this your new relationship with Jesus. 573 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,760 Hey, let me pray for all of us before we move on together. 574 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:57,720 Father, thank you that your spirit is here, that your spirit 575 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:01,840 is moving across every room. Lord, you're doing a work in our 576 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:05,320 heart, a work of stillness and peace that's greater than 577 00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:08,239 anxiety and fear. Father, thank you that we're not 578 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:12,239 going to let doubt take us out, but Lord, we're going to respond 579 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,840 to your spirit in Jesus mighty name. 580 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,760 And everyone who agreed with that prayer said, Amen, come on, 581 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:18,800 let's give Jesus Christ.