1 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:22,040 thankful if you are new to next level, new to who Pastor 2 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:24,880 Charlotte is. She is an author speaker, She is 3 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,800 a prophetic voice to the global church. 4 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:32,240 She loves leaders. She pours into US year round and 5 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,400 we are just so honored. She doesn't just speak to women, 6 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,520 she speaks to men too. So lean in and listen. 7 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,920 We are in for a word from God today. 8 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:53,000 So we put your hands together and welcome Pastor be in the 9 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,320 house. I'm going to keep you on your 10 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,880 feet just for a few seconds longer. 11 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:58,400 First of all, happy Mother's Day. 12 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,600 From my heart to all the women in the room, wherever Mother's 13 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,200 Day finds you. I just want to say that Mother's 14 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,200 Day for some is a joyous day. For some, it's a hard day. 15 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,400 I remember there were years where Steve and I, my husband, 16 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,120 we were told we would never have children. 17 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,840 And I remember being in services on Mother's Day, aware of my own 18 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,000 lack of being able to be a mother. 19 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,440 And it was a hard day, but I knew I served a good God. 20 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,320 And I want to remind you if today is a little harder for you 21 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:36,120 that we serve a good God. I now I'm the God rewrote the 22 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,520 story of the doctor's report, and he can rewrite your story 23 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,520 too. And so I celebrate you mums. 24 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,480 We do a lot and expect little. So I pray today that God 25 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,320 overwhelms you with his kindness and his goodness. 26 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,240 And I pray today that you realise you're doing way better 27 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,280 than you think you are. We're the hardest on ourselves, 28 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,440 but you do way better than you think you are. 29 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,800 And I get to open the word just in these next few moments. 30 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:04,960 I love this house. I love you pastors. 31 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,240 They're incredible people. And I'm thankful that I get to 32 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:12,040 come back and pour into this house and this location and all 33 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,600 the other locations. And I loved being with the 34 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,400 women, but I love being with the church because this is where we 35 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,520 get to build right family and home. 36 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,520 And and so I want to help you receive. 37 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:26,160 And maybe sometimes we just need a picture to help us receive. 38 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:31,080 And you know, I've been saying this to the services because I 39 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,640 think it's important we get ourselves in the right posture 40 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:36,720 to receive what God has. I really believe we sometimes 41 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,400 miss things because we're not in the right posture. 42 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:41,480 We're not in the mode of receiving. 43 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:44,560 You know, in the worship just a moment ago, you lifted your 44 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,240 hands. Many of you, we lift our voice. 45 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:49,920 Why? Because we're giving God our 46 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:53,440 worship. Worship is your opportunity to 47 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,680 give God something. He doesn't need anything, but we 48 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,640 get to give Him our worship. We get to give Him our thanks. 49 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:01,440 We get to give Him our gratitude. 50 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:06,080 But when it comes to the Word, this now is not about us giving 51 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,320 God something. The Word is actually about God 52 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:13,040 giving you something. Which blows my mind that God 53 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,240 wants to give us something right back after we just worshipped 54 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,840 Him. So what that means is that your 55 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,760 posture has to change. The worship we're giving. 56 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,400 But now we have to go into a posture of receiving. 57 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,560 And I don't know much about your game, football. 58 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,920 I don't even know why you call it football because that would 59 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:37,160 mean you use your feet. But if you were on my team and I 60 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:42,320 had the ball in my hand and I know this is a good pass, I know 61 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,920 if you catch it right now, we're about to win. 62 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,880 I know if you catch this ball, the whole game is about to 63 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,520 change. So I get ready to throw the ball 64 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,120 and you're on my team and I know your job brief is you're the 65 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:58,160 receiver. And I get ready to throw the 66 00:03:58,160 --> 00:03:59,920 ball that I know can change the game. 67 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,360 And I look at the receiver and his hands are in his pockets or 68 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,080 he's on his cell phone. He's chatting to somebody on the 69 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:07,680 sidelines. I'm thinking to myself, what are 70 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:09,680 you doing? Don't you understand? 71 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,000 All I need you to do right now is receive. 72 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,600 And this whole thing changes. And I feel like when it comes to 73 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:17,839 the Word, it's like God's given me a ball. 74 00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:21,000 He's given me some truth, He's given me a revelation and I've 75 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,000 just got to throw it out into the room. 76 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,200 But I'm just looking for the receiver that realises if I 77 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,080 catch this, it could change my marriage. 78 00:04:28,280 --> 00:04:30,320 If I catch this, it could change our family. 79 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,600 If I catch this, it could change my future. 80 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:41,040 I'm going to receive, so let's shift our posture before we take 81 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,120 our seats. God, we thank you that you want 82 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:49,920 to give us Your Word. God, you're aware that our lives 83 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:54,440 are filled with many people's words, but none of them can do 84 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:58,120 what your word can do. The God I pray today that we 85 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:02,080 would put ourselves in the seat of the learner, the God. 86 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,880 Today, no matter how long we've been alive on this planet, we 87 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,080 would sit in these next few moments saying, God, teach me, 88 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,640 God, the things I need to learn. There are things I don't know 89 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,400 that you do know. God, I pray today we'd be so 90 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,000 hungry for your Word, so desperate for your Word, that we 91 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,200 would leave here knowing we just received something that can 92 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:27,200 change the rest of our life. And God, I pray as always that I 93 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,000 would get out of the way. God, I want to be invisible so 94 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,880 that you can be fully visible today. 95 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:36,320 So God, have your way in these next few moments and we'll give 96 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:40,720 you all the glory in Jesus name, Amen and Amen. 97 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:47,160 You may take your seats. I don't know how you begin your 98 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,920 years. I hope that there's some prayer 99 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:51,600 in it. I hope there's some devotional 100 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,720 time in it. For me, at the beginning of 101 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,360 every year, I lean in. I pray. 102 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:58,120 I'm really. I'm just asking God. 103 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,080 OK, God, what is it that's on your heart for this year? 104 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,520 What is it that you would have me lean into this year? 105 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,720 That's where I found myself in January of this year. 106 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,640 And as I was praying, I felt such a sense of excitement, 107 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:15,360 honestly, such a sense of passion to run after God with 108 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,040 all my heart. I was a little surprised because 109 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,080 when you've done something, as long as I've done what I'm doing 110 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,680 now, you can almost go into, you know what, maybe God, I'm over. 111 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:26,280 Maybe it's time for me to retire. 112 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:30,240 I mean, I started preaching the word of God at age 21 and I'll 113 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,080 be 53 this year. I'm like God, maybe it's time 114 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,440 for me to put the book down. Maybe it's time for me to do 115 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:37,920 something else. But I honestly started this year 116 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,280 feeling feeling just excited about preaching as I was when I 117 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:44,280 was in my 20s. I was so passionate to get out 118 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:48,080 and do what God needed me to do. And so I felt this urgency at 119 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,320 the beginning of the year to go for it, to serve God, to open 120 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,120 his word, to teach, to preach like I am doing now. 121 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:58,000 But at the same time, I felt something I'd never felt before. 122 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,320 And I felt God say to me, Charlotte, I don't just need 123 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:05,640 your urgency this year. I need your accuracy this year. 124 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:08,720 I don't just need you to run with passion. 125 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,480 I actually need some precision this year. 126 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:15,400 I don't just need speed. I actually need some specific 127 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,640 things doing this year. And if you're running too fast, 128 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,840 you're going to miss the things that will be more effective 129 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:25,760 because there is an accuracy that I want to put alongside 130 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:29,160 your urgency. And I was reminded when I was 131 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:34,280 praying had something that we went through as a family years 132 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:39,120 ago, years ago, I needed to see a doctor, a specialist, but the 133 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,520 doctor and the specialist that I needed to see in England was 134 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,840 really hard to get an appointment with. 135 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:49,440 So I had been on a waiting list to see this doctor for over 18 136 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,000 months. That's how long it was taking 137 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,480 just to get an appointment with him. 138 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,080 And I knew seeing this doctor, this specialist, it literally 139 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,120 could change the rest of my future health wise. 140 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,320 I knew that he could help me in a way that no one else could. 141 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,360 So we waited. So you can imagine the 142 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,280 excitement when we finally got the letter saying you've been 143 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,000 accepted. He's going to see you. 144 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,360 He's going to be in your region. This is the date. 145 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:16,240 This is the time we rearranged our entire schedule so that I 146 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,560 could be at that appointment. On the day of the appointment, I 147 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:22,640 was up early, early. I was not going to let anything 148 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:24,360 get in the way. I'm not, I'm not going to get on 149 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:26,280 a traffic jam. I'm not going to get caught in. 150 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,720 I'm going early, early. And so I was at the appointment 151 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:33,679 way before my time. So I realise I'm here, you know, 152 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,520 nearly 3040 minutes early. So I'm just going to sit and I'm 153 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,320 just going to wait until it's my time. 154 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:41,679 And I'm waiting and I'm hearing people's voice names get called 155 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:44,280 over the voice tanoi, and they're saying a name and then 156 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,000 they're saying the room for this person to go to, then another 157 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,120 person's name and the next room to go to. 158 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,760 But I know I'm early, so I'm not waiting for my name yet. 159 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,640 So then it gets to the time of my appointment. 160 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,720 And so now I'm like, OK, it should be me next. 161 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,120 And so I'm waiting, but it's taking a while. 162 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,760 And I'm thinking to myself, like you would think to yourself, 163 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:05,840 well, he's busy. These people have been waiting 164 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,960 as long as me to see him. Appointments are probably taking 165 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,280 a little longer. So I'll have a little patience. 166 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:15,280 I'll have a little grace. Well, now we're 5/10/15. 167 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,680 Now we're 20 minutes past my appointment time. 168 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,160 So I just go to the desk at the front and I just say to the 169 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,760 lady, Hey, just wanted to let you know I am here. 170 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,480 I, I, I, I have not heard my name yet. 171 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,360 I've heard everybody else's name, but I've not heard my name 172 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:30,680 yet. So I'm just letting you know I 173 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:33,080 am here in case you forgot to Call My Name. 174 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,160 So she said, well, just let me know. 175 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,040 Remind me your name, your time on all the things. 176 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,520 And so I gave her the details of my appointment. 177 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:42,840 And she goes on her computer and then she gets on the phone. 178 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,120 And then she looks at me and she says, Mrs. Gamble, I'm really 179 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:49,320 sorry to tell you this. She said, you do have an 180 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:53,280 appointment with that doctor and it is today and you have the 181 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,080 right time. But did you not get the updated 182 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,440 e-mail? I said, what e-mail? 183 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,640 She said the one that would have let you know his office is no 184 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:05,320 longer in this building. He's a good 30-40 minutes all 185 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:10,000 the way across town. And I realized in that moment I 186 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:14,880 have been sat here getting angry and frustrated that no one is 187 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:19,360 calling my name when the reality was 40 minutes away. 188 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:24,480 Someone was calling my name, but I was not in the right room. 189 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,200 See, I had part of the equation, right? 190 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:30,400 I had the day right. I had the time right? 191 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:34,680 I had the doctor right? I just had one part off and that 192 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:38,440 was I was in the wrong building. But how many of you know it 193 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,360 doesn't matter if I had 3/4 of it, right? 194 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:46,000 That one part that was off meant I missed the entire appointment. 195 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,360 And that's what I felt God remind me of in the beginning of 196 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:51,920 this year. Charlotte, I don't need you to 197 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:55,200 get 3/4 right. I don't need you to get just the 198 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,760 time right or just the person right. 199 00:10:57,760 --> 00:10:59,280 I need you to get the space right. 200 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:03,440 I need you to get the accuracy that I require from you this 201 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:06,200 year. And I was reminded of Two Samuel 202 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:10,480 11, which is a story about David, King David, chosen by 203 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,800 God, anointed of God. But the Bible says in Two 204 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:20,880 Samuel, at a time when kings go to war, David is a king. 205 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:23,720 David, it's letting you know you're the king. 206 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:28,760 This is the time and this is the place you should go to war. 207 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:33,440 But the Bible says that David decided he would not go to where 208 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:36,200 he should be, but instead he would stay home. 209 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,680 It seems like a small decision. It seems like an insignificant 210 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:45,960 choice until you realise all the enemies waiting for is for you 211 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:48,080 to get one part of the equation wrong. 212 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,400 Because if you're not where you should be doing what you should 213 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,920 be doing, he will wait till you where you shouldn't be, and then 214 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,680 he will give you something to do that you shouldn't be doing. 215 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:03,040 And in that one decision to stay home, Bathsheba shows up. 216 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:07,120 And the Bathsheba became the temptation that David did not 217 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:12,560 resist, and the whole trajectory of David's life was changed just 218 00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:16,720 because he refused to be in the right place at the right time. 219 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,920 So I don't want to overlook this today. 220 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:24,320 I don't want to downplay the seriousness today of us 221 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:29,120 positioning ourselves where God needs us to be when He needs us 222 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,520 to be there. There is a verse in Galatians 223 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:36,240 that says this. It says, since we live by the 224 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:40,920 Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 225 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:45,760 That is a small, short sentence to read, but that is a huge 226 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:47,720 revelation to wrap your mind around. 227 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:50,960 What's it saying? It's saying, hey, I need you to 228 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:55,000 know that you actually can live out of step with the Spirit. 229 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,880 You have to choose to live in step with the Spirit. 230 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,000 I don't know if you've ever danced with someone that's not a 231 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,120 great dancer, but when they're out of step with the step they 232 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,640 should be in, you get your toes trodden on. 233 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:10,040 It's a painful experience. And some of you right now are 234 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:13,600 having a painful experience in your walk with God, but it's not 235 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,400 that His step is off, it's that your step is off. 236 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,000 See, when you get in step with someone, somebody has to 237 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,600 surrender. And just in case you wondered, 238 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:28,760 it ain't God. You don't have to surrender, You 239 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,280 do. So let me illustrate and get my 240 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,720 helper up here to let you see what it is that Galatians is 241 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:37,520 trying to help us understand. It's telling us we've got to 242 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:41,480 live our lives in a way that stays in step with the Holy 243 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:43,840 Spirit. When you stay in step with 244 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:48,440 someone, it means that you have to be attached to that person. 245 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:50,920 In order to stay in step with someone. 246 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,480 It means my life has to be In Sync with whoever I'm trying to 247 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,640 stay in step with. The problem is that a lot of us 248 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:02,440 come in services like this or go to conferences like this weekend 249 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:04,320 and we're like, I'm in step with you, Lord. 250 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,280 I'm in step with you, Lord. But then we get in the car and 251 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:09,000 we're like, and now I'm not in step with you. 252 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:11,680 I don't want your step in my business. 253 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:13,960 I don't want your step in my relationships. 254 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:17,360 I don't mind it in services. I don't mind it in church, but I 255 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:19,400 don't want it on Wednesday. I certainly, I really don't want 256 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,080 it on Friday. I don't want it at the party on 257 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:22,760 Saturday. So I'm just letting you know 258 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,720 Sunday I'll be in step. But the rest of the time I'm out 259 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,560 of step. Because here's the thing, when 260 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,080 you're in step with the Holy Spirit, he don't, don't want to 261 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,320 do what you want to do. So you're like, I'm just going 262 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:35,880 to say that. And the Holy Spirit is like, no, 263 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:38,440 I don't think so. I'm just going to put that on 264 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,480 Facebook. He's like, I don't do Facebook. 265 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:44,920 Well, they said a mean thing. So I'm going to say a mean 266 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:46,240 thing. Holy Spirit is like, we don't do 267 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:48,040 mean things back. We don't retaliate. 268 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,480 Well, I'm angry. I don't do angry. 269 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,120 See what I'm saying? When you are In Sync with the 270 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,640 Holy Spirit, it kind of cramps your style because you want to 271 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:57,360 do something over here. And the Holy Spirit's like we're 272 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,120 not doing that. That's why we come to church and 273 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,640 we have a moment where we sync up, but then we leave church and 274 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,960 we detach because I don't want you to confront me on Friday. 275 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,040 I don't mind on Sunday, but leave alone my Friday. 276 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:13,640 But the Bible says you've got to keep in step with the Spirit. 277 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:17,320 So you've got to start working at this awkward relationship 278 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,360 that God wants you to get in step with. 279 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,960 But the more you do it, the more you find a rhythm. 280 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,160 And all of a sudden what was awkward becomes quite normal. 281 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:28,080 And now it's not just you walking, it's the Holy Spirit 282 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:31,200 walking with you. There's a sink into what you're 283 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,040 doing, and that's what this Scripture is appealing for. 284 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:36,960 It's saying, hey, since you live in the Spirit, why don't you 285 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,320 keep in step with the Spirit? See, you always have God on the 286 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:42,080 inside. If you've said yes to Jesus, 287 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,680 he's going nowhere. He's on the inside of you. 288 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:46,800 He's not leaving you. He's not forsaking you. 289 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:48,640 Thank you. He's on the inside of you. 290 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,280 But just because he's on the inside of you doesn't mean 291 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:55,000 you're in step with him. It's like having power in your 292 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,600 house. You have power in your house, 293 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,560 but just because you have power in your house doesn't mean it 294 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,800 works. Until you flip a switch that 295 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,680 connects the power to the light bulb and all of a sudden the 296 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,760 power has a purpose. You have the power on the inside 297 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:12,440 of you, but until you get in step, that power has no purpose. 298 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:17,920 I think one of the places where we often detach, where we say 299 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,560 God, you know what, I don't mind you speaking into this, but I 300 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,160 don't want you speaking into that, is when we get into 301 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:28,040 seasons where we feel hurt or upset or offended or pained. 302 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,000 Something happens and we don't like what just happened. 303 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,600 It's in those moments that we often want to detach from the 304 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,880 Spirit because the Spirit wants to move on and your feelings 305 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:41,080 want to stay. I've discovered something about 306 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,280 God. He don't care much about my 307 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:46,960 feelings. You don't care about your 308 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,640 feelings. God's not a feeling driven God. 309 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:52,160 Thank the Lord he's not feeling driven. 310 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:54,840 Because if he was feeling driven, most of us in here would 311 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:58,480 be dead by now. He'd be like, I ain't giving you 312 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:01,000 no more breath because you keep wasting it on dumb stuff. 313 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:04,000 I have a feeling you've been rebellious enough. 314 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:05,839 We're done. We wouldn't have woken up with 315 00:17:05,839 --> 00:17:08,319 breath this morning if he was feeling driven. 316 00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:11,480 So thank the Lord that he's not driving our lives through his 317 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:15,040 feeling. So God doesn't we care much 318 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:18,599 about our feelings. He'll let us have them, but he 319 00:17:18,599 --> 00:17:22,599 won't let us live in them. And some of you are out of step 320 00:17:22,599 --> 00:17:25,760 with what God wants to do because you've got stuck in a 321 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,359 feeling. You've got stuck in an emotion. 322 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:30,640 You got stuck in something that happened. 323 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,560 And today God wants to get you unstuck because there's 324 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:36,920 something greater for your life, but you can't get to the greater 325 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,240 until you let go of what you're in right now. 326 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:45,080 There's a story in the Bible where there's a potential woman 327 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:49,920 that's about to get stuck. She loves Jesus, She followed 328 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:54,360 Jesus, she went with Jesus and the disciples to many places. 329 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:59,920 This woman's name is Mary, and we're about to bump into this 330 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:02,960 story that Mary is in, in John 20. 331 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,800 And we're about to see that Mary has got stuck and she needs a 332 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:11,920 little help to get unstuck. Mary, who loves Jesus, has just 333 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:16,800 a few days earlier, before we jump into John 20, just a few 334 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,160 days earlier, Mary has had the greatest loss. 335 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:25,000 She just watched Jesus be crucified. 336 00:18:26,120 --> 00:18:28,600 I mean, Jesus was everything he was. 337 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:33,320 He was her hope for the future. Jesus, she knew was a good man. 338 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:35,800 She knew there was nothing bad in Jesus. 339 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,840 And yet she had watched him be brutally crucified. 340 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:42,080 She'd watch people accuse him of things that he was not guilty 341 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,320 of. She was distraught. 342 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:50,000 And so she is deep in her grief, and she's grieving, and she is 343 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:54,400 crying, and she is overwhelmed with the loss she is facing. 344 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:59,080 And so now, after the Sabbath has passed, she knows I can now 345 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,760 go to the body. I can go to where the body is 346 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:03,880 laid. I just need to go grieve some 347 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,320 more. I just need to go cry some more. 348 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:10,360 And she even was going to the tomb with embalming fluids to 349 00:19:10,360 --> 00:19:13,240 embalm the body. I'm going to go embalm the body. 350 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:16,000 I'm going to build a monument here at the body. 351 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,400 I'm going to build a memorial at the body. 352 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,840 She was on her way to grieve a little longer. 353 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,520 And I sense when I was putting this message together, I sense 354 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:30,280 the Holy Spirit say, there are so many of you that entered this 355 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:35,800 year going to embalm the body from last year, going to embalm 356 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,880 and going to cry a little more about what happened last year, 357 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,840 about what happened three years ago. 358 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,600 Going to the side of the tomb to go and grieve a little longer 359 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,800 over the thing that happened so far back in your past. 360 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,240 You are crying still about what happened. 361 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,560 And I just need you to know that maybe God's going to ask you a 362 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:57,960 few questions today because Mary was about to be asked some 363 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:01,400 questions. It says Mary is at the tomb in 364 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,160 John 20. So now Mary stands outside the 365 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:08,000 tomb and she's crying. And as she wept, she bent over 366 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:12,280 to look into the tomb and she saw 2 angels in white seated 367 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:17,080 where Jesus body had been, one at the head and the other at the 368 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,560 foot. Here comes the first question. 369 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:26,880 And they asked her woman, why are you crying? 370 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,720 It feels an insensitive question. 371 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:38,520 I mean, really. I mean, just a few days earlier, 372 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:43,400 I watch Jesus be beaten, I watch Jesus be mocked. 373 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:48,080 I watch Jesus be crucified. I watch Jesus take his final 374 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,040 breath. And I'm just a few days on from 375 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:55,960 my grief and you, I have the audacity to ask me why I'm 376 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:59,960 crying. That's why. 377 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:05,240 We don't like sometimes keeping in step with the Spirit because 378 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:12,200 he feels insensitive to our emotions, but he's asking the 379 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:16,640 question because he's trying to help her move from where she was 380 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:19,880 to where she now is. See, I need you to understand 381 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,000 something. All throughout Scripture, when 382 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:26,320 this story is recorded, there is no recording of anyone asking 383 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,000 Mary why she is crying at the cross. 384 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:33,560 No one asks her why are you crying at the cross? 385 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,160 Because at the cross the tears make sense. 386 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:38,280 At the cross, the tears are an offering. 387 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,480 At the cross, the tears are beautiful. 388 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,040 At the cross, the tears are appropriate. 389 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:48,360 Ecclesiastes 3 says everything is beautiful in its time, even 390 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:52,840 grief, even pain, even anger. It's beautiful in its time, but 391 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,280 out of time it's no longer beautiful. 392 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,560 And I know over here there were tears because of your loss, but 393 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:03,440 we're not over here anymore. We're now over here, and this is 394 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:05,800 not the cross. This is an empty tomb. 395 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,960 That should be a clue, Mary. We don't need to cry because 396 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:12,240 there's no body in the tomb. There's something took place 397 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:14,800 between where you were and where you now are. 398 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,040 But your emotions are keeping you in the past, and some of you 399 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:20,800 are in the present, but you're living in your emotions of the 400 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:22,800 past. And you can't see the miracle 401 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,520 that God's trying to do because you're trying to embalm the body 402 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:29,680 of what what happened last. Why are you crying? 403 00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:34,680 Maybe the question is not why are you crying? 404 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,480 Maybe the question is this, why are you still offended? 405 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:44,800 Get over it. But you don't know what they 406 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,320 said. I don't need to know what they 407 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,800 said. All I know is your life is stuck 408 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,040 at a place called offence, which means you can't move into the 409 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,000 blessing of your future because you're parked up at a fence. 410 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:59,160 The enemy loves it when we get stuck in our feelings, get stuck 411 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:03,880 in our emotions, But everything is beautiful in its time and out 412 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:07,000 of time. It is ugly, and right now some 413 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:10,480 of the ugly in your life is not to do with anyone else, but it's 414 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,520 to do with you because you've got out of step with the Spirit 415 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,600 of God. The best way I can describe this 416 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:21,160 moment is by telling you a story of what happened in our lives 417 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,920 several years back. We were in England, it was 418 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:29,400 Christmas Eve, we were all having fun as a family upstairs 419 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,800 hanging out. But it came to the point in the 420 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,160 evening where the kids were going to bed and mum and dad 421 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,600 needed to go and be Father Christmas's helpers, if you know 422 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,560 what I'm saying. There were things to do, there 423 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,520 were presents to bring, there was organization that needed to 424 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:46,160 happen. So the kids go to bed and we go 425 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,960 down to the basement where everything is stashed. 426 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,840 There's a, there's a living area down there, there's a games 427 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:53,640 console and couch, sofa down there. 428 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:57,080 So we'd hidden stuff down there. So we go down to the basement. 429 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,320 I take a step down into the basement, but as I go to put my 430 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,880 foot on the step, my foot hits water. 431 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,680 I'm like, wait a minute, there shouldn't be water on the 432 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,600 basement step. And it's not just a little bit 433 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,000 of water, it's all the way up to my ankles. 434 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:16,160 And I suddenly begin to have the horrific realisation that while 435 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,760 we've been upstairs with our family having a good time, a 436 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:24,240 pipe had burst in our basement and everything was ruined. 437 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,760 This is 11:00 PM on Christmas Eve. 438 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,880 There is no rescuing Christmas. There is no fixing this problem. 439 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:35,440 Every present is destroyed, everything is gone. 440 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:39,240 I would like to stand here and tell you that I stood on that 441 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:43,640 step and said the joy of the Lord is my strength. 442 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,160 He is my provider, He is my waymaker. 443 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,360 But I did not say any such thing. 444 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:53,480 I would be a liar if I told you that I stood on that step and 445 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:55,080 said things that I should not have said. 446 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,600 I said words that I had to repent from saying after I had 447 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:02,600 said them because I was angry and I was frustrated and I was 448 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,800 mad. Our whole Christmas was ruined. 449 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,840 Everything was ruined. I went to bed crying. 450 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,360 I woke up crying. I didn't stop crying the next 451 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:14,440 day or the day after that. I was getting madder and I was 452 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:17,640 crying more tears. A week gone. 7 days gone. 10 453 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:22,000 days gone. Two and a bit weeks after this 454 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:26,040 happened. There's a knock on the door. 455 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,440 I go down the stairs. I open the door. 456 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,480 There's a gentleman standing there in a suit with a 457 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,200 briefcase. He said, are you Mrs. Gamble? 458 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,440 I said, yes, I am. He said, well, I'm so sorry. 459 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,120 It's taken me a while to get here. 460 00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:41,840 It's been the holiday season, people on vacations. 461 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,560 We've been down a few staff members, but I'm here now and I 462 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:48,760 believe you had a flood. I'm like, yes, he goes, oh, I'm 463 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,640 from your insurance company, He said. 464 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:56,280 They sent me because my job brief is I'm the loss adjuster 465 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,960 and my job today is to come and see what you lost so I can write 466 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,320 you a cheque for what we owe. How many of you know I ain't 467 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:08,280 crying anymore. I ain't crying One tear. 468 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,920 I'm thinking to myself, I hated that sofa that my granny gave 469 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:13,600 me. I'm thinking to myself, we 470 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:15,920 bought our kids some cheap rubbish, we're about to get a 471 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:18,320 whole upgrade on what they're getting for Christmas. 472 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,360 I'm thinking to myself, we didn't light Nintendo. 473 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,440 We're about to get a PS4. I'm thinking to myself, things 474 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,520 are about to go up in this household. 475 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,200 Why? Because the loss adjuster just 476 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,160 showed up. So when God asks you a question 477 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,640 that seems insensitive, I need you to remember the knock. 478 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:36,520 Because what he's saying is hello. 479 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:38,640 I just need to ask you, why are you crying? 480 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,400 Because I'm from your insurance company. 481 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,760 You have a policy. You have a policy in heaven. 482 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:52,040 And last time I checked, there is no loss that he did not 483 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:55,520 adjust at the cross. There is no pain, there is no 484 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:59,120 shame, there is no sin, there is no betrayal, there is no 485 00:26:59,120 --> 00:27:02,720 offence, there is no hurt. There is nothing that he did not 486 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:06,400 fully pay the price to adjust the loss in your life. 487 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:10,400 So I'm just asking you, Mary, why are you crying? 488 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,880 Because the loss has already been adjusted that you are 489 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:17,840 crying over. Why are you crying? 490 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:23,040 Why are you angry? Why are you frustrated? 491 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,640 He's asking you the question because he's trying to move you 492 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:34,520 into your future. It gets worse because when you 493 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:39,400 act crazy and think crazy, you say crazy things and some of you 494 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:44,720 are Cray Cray in the house today and you need a deliverance today 495 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,280 from your craziness. And you need to get in your 496 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,400 right mind and stop saying the wrong things because your 497 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,240 feelings are driving your tongue. 498 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,960 And instead let faith begin to speak instead out of your mouth. 499 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:59,200 And so Mary has already been asked this question once, but 500 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:02,840 God himself sends Jesus to ask the question again. 501 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,440 And so now as she's standing there and she's asked this 502 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,000 question, she says, well, they've taken my, the Lord away 503 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:10,640 and I don't know where they put it. 504 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,280 At this, she turns around and Jesus is standing there. 505 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:16,600 But she did not realise that it was Jesus. 506 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,680 Why? Because when your head's in the 507 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,920 wrong space, you can't even see who's in front of your eyes. 508 00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:30,920 So now he asks her. Sounds familiar, woman, why are 509 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,280 you crying? He's going at it a second time. 510 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,440 Why are you crying? I'm going to repeat the 511 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:39,200 question, but watch this second part of the question. 512 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:41,960 And who? Who is it? 513 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,400 What is it that you are looking for? 514 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,560 She says. Well, watch this thinking He was 515 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,200 the gardener. How in the world can you think 516 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,560 that Jesus is a gardener? I have no idea. 517 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,480 He didn't have a what? Wheelbarrow and Wellington boots 518 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:00,240 on that. This is like her crazy mind is 519 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,160 imagining crazy things. She can't even recognise the one 520 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,360 she knows so well. So thinking he was the gardener, 521 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:12,360 she says, Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where 522 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,840 you put him and I will get him back. 523 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,920 She's accusing Jesus of stealing. 524 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:22,680 Jesus. This makes no sense. 525 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:24,920 And some of you make no sense right now. 526 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,240 The plan makes no sense. What you're saying makes no 527 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,520 sense. What you're accusing makes no 528 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,400 sense. And Jesus is asking her, what 529 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:35,280 are you looking for, woman? What is it you think is going to 530 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:38,000 fix this situation? That's what he's asking her. 531 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,280 She's like, I need a body. I need I need a body. 532 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,880 I need the body and I need to take control. 533 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:48,000 Hello to all my control freak friends in the house this 534 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:52,320 morning. You are bastard God does not 535 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,240 need you to control the situation. 536 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:58,440 You need to resign from your control freak tendencies. 537 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:02,920 I don't know who told you that you have to fix everything, but 538 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:06,520 I have good news for you today. You can't fix everything, so you 539 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:09,560 ought not to keep trying to fix everything. 540 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:12,400 And he's asking her in this moment, what is it that you 541 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:16,120 think will make this better? Like, what is it that you're 542 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:19,720 looking for, Mary? Because I'm right here talking 543 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:21,520 to you. And it seems that you're looking 544 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:24,080 for something that that you think somehow is better than the 545 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:25,720 one that's talking to you right now. 546 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,560 She's like, I need the body. Tell me where it is and I'll go 547 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:30,800 get it. I'll fix it. 548 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,400 I remember when we were going through a crazy season in our 549 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:38,800 church back in England, COVID had just happened. 550 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,840 And COVID in England was a whole different scenario than it was 551 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,600 over here. I mean, we were locked down, not 552 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:46,840 allowed to leave our home for 19 months. 553 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,000 It was crazy. People were crazy. 554 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,320 I remember pastoring through that scenario and people were 555 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:56,400 just posting stuff and being weird and saying crazy stuff 556 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:59,920 like they've lost their minds. And I remember just being so 557 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:03,560 angry and frustrated thinking what is wrong with you all? 558 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,960 And I remember some people posted some stuff that was 559 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:09,920 personally offensive. And I remember just in that 560 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,800 moment, everything in me, the control freak in me, wanted to 561 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,320 sort it out. And I remember God saying, 562 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:18,160 Charlotte, what is it you want right now? 563 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:23,440 And my honest answer that I gave to God because I don't know any 564 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,640 other way but to be honest, I'll tell you God exactly what I 565 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,520 want. I want them to crawl on broken 566 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:33,200 glass to my feet and say they're sorry for the lie they just 567 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,920 posted. I want them to admit to their 568 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,160 sin. I want them to put this right. 569 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,960 And I felt God say to me, Charlotte, I'm asking you a 570 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:46,360 question. Do you want a resolution or do 571 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,880 you want a solution? Well, those words sound similar, 572 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:53,040 so I had to go to the dictionary and look up the difference. 573 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:58,120 But a resolution means when I get the outcome that satisfies 574 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,920 me, a resolution is well, they stole from me, so I want them to 575 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,280 pay me back. Well, they lied about me, so I 576 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,040 want them to tell the truth. Well, you know what? 577 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:07,920 They betrayed me, so I want them to apologise. 578 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:09,600 You know what? They said some mean things. 579 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,400 I need them to unsay the mean things. 580 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:12,760 You know what? They were the one that were 581 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:14,880 wrong, so they need to say sorry first. 582 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:18,280 That's a resolution. And I heard God so clearly say 583 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:23,520 to me, Charlotte, I never promised you a resolution, never 584 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,120 promised your resolution. I never promised they'd say 585 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,000 sorry. I never promised they'd pay you 586 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,680 back. I never promised that it would 587 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,800 all be put right. I never promised it would go 588 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,320 back to the way it was. I never promised you a 589 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:38,360 resolution because people don't often do what they should do. 590 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:43,000 But I did send you a solution. So you can either spend the rest 591 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,560 of your life waiting for the resolution that you feel will 592 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:50,840 justify the situation, or you can realise like Mary needed to 593 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,240 in that moment. I know you want a resolution, 594 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,720 but you're talking right now to the solution. 595 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:01,040 That's why when you read your Bible, he gives you solutions. 596 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,840 I know we don't like them because I'd rather have as a 597 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:07,320 resolution, but he gives you solutions like hey, I know you 598 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:10,000 want a resolution where they say they're wrong, but here's the 599 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:10,920 solution. Forgive. 600 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:14,920 Anyway, I don't like that solution any more than you do, 601 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,240 but it is the solution because you know what it does? 602 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:20,520 It moves you on from the offence into the life that God has 603 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:22,960 waiting for you. Your resolutions keeping you 604 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:26,800 stuck in your past whilst your present is calling you into your 605 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,120 future, but you're stuck. You're camped out. 606 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,720 I know. So we want a resolution that 607 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,800 says, hey, that person that was mean to me that they're going to 608 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:36,400 come and they're going to do good to me. 609 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:38,480 But the Bible says I've got a solution for you. 610 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,040 Even the person that is your worst enemy. 611 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,800 Wrap up your best coat and give it to them as a gift. 612 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:46,840 You're like, what in the world is that? 613 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,960 It's a solution. It's a solution to free your 614 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,680 life from where you've been stabbed for so long. 615 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:01,840 Why are you crying? Why are you angry? 616 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:05,480 Why are you frustrated? And you might have a million 617 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:09,159 answers to that question, but after you've given me all the 618 00:34:09,159 --> 00:34:14,520 answers, after you've given God all the answers, I'm just 619 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:19,639 wondering whether you're willing to say I don't care about the 620 00:34:19,639 --> 00:34:23,239 resolution as much as I care about the solution. 621 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,320 I want to put my head on the pillow tonight and have peace 622 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,159 back. I want to have joy back. 623 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,800 I want to get that sense of vision for my future back. 624 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:34,040 You'll only ever get that when you get back in step with the 625 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:40,040 Spirit that can lead you to it. So in her crazy mind with her 626 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:44,560 crazy mouth accusing Jesus of stealing, Jesus, not seeing that 627 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:48,040 the answer is right there in front of her, Jesus does one 628 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:52,120 thing and this is the one thing He does. 629 00:34:53,040 --> 00:35:00,360 He simply says her name, Mary, And the minute that she hears 630 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:08,640 her name on those lips, she realizes in an instant, Jesus 631 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:15,240 Rabboni teacher, it's you. It's me, Mary. 632 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:18,720 This whole while while you've been freaking out, I've been 633 00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:21,680 right here This whole while while you're looking for a body, 634 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:23,680 I'm hearing my resurrected glory. 635 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:26,880 This whole while while you're trying to solve it, I already 636 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:33,280 have brought the solution to it. And my prayer today for you as 637 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:38,040 individuals and as families is that you would be centred again, 638 00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:43,040 that you would reconnect again, that you get back In Sync again 639 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:48,080 with the Holy Spirit and you would hear your name on his lips 640 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:51,480 calling you today back to centre, calling you today. 641 00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:55,400 Out of all of the feelings and the emotions, it's Mother's Day. 642 00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:59,080 And for some of you it's just another year where you feel your 643 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:03,080 headache has got deeper and your pain has got worse. 644 00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:06,440 And I'm just asking you today, maybe you need to talk to the 645 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:09,440 solution instead of holding on for your A resolution. 646 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:12,880 Maybe today you have to pick up a phone or let something go or 647 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:15,560 have a conversation. Maybe today you need to free 648 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:18,560 yourself from the trap that you've allowed yourself to live 649 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:25,000 in for the last 5-6 years. God has so much for you, but He 650 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,440 can't lead you to it unless you get in step with Him. 651 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:32,160 Which means you're going to have to step out of step with some 652 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:34,440 feelings that you've become very attached to. 653 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,960 It's all across the house today. I'm going to ask us to stand to 654 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:44,840 our feet and just right where you're at. 655 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:49,800 I'm just going to ask you to close your eyes and just think 656 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:55,560 of that picture that I started with that illustration of 657 00:36:55,560 --> 00:37:00,240 joining your life to another, of attaching your heart to another, 658 00:37:00,240 --> 00:37:05,480 of letting the Spirit lead you. Where are you out of step today? 659 00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:08,640 Where do you need to answer the question? 660 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:12,960 Why are you still upset? Why are you still offended? 661 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:17,280 Why are you still grieving? Why are you still angry? 662 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,320 Where do you need to answer the question today? 663 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:25,520 What is it you're looking for? Where is it today that you need 664 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:30,960 to let go of your desired resolution and instead say, God, 665 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:35,360 I receive your solution, I'll love anyway. 666 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:38,600 I'll forgive anyway. I'll move anyway. 667 00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:41,560 I'll believe anyway. I'll dream anyway. 668 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:45,560 Your loss adjuster is in the room and I don't care how bad 669 00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,680 the loss is. He paid for every single one of 670 00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:53,880 them on that cross. So God, I pray for healing 671 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:58,080 today. I pray today for conversations 672 00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:01,720 that would lean to the solution instead of the resolution. 673 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:05,440 I pray today for families to find a peace again. 674 00:38:05,720 --> 00:38:09,440 I pray today for marriages to find a space where they can have 675 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,120 a conversation that moves things forward. 676 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:16,680 I pray today that there would be a reawakening of some things 677 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:18,560 that have been dormant for too long. 678 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:22,400 I pray today that we would wipe the tears and we would let go of 679 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,080 the anger. We would let you be our loss 680 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:29,200 adjuster and there's eyes are closed in every location. 681 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:33,040 If in this moment you know that you are not where you should be 682 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:38,880 with God, that you've been drifting or maybe you've never 683 00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:42,160 asked him to be Lord. Maybe he got dragged here on 684 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,680 Mother's Day, but God brought you here not just because it's 685 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,280 Mother's Day, but because He has a plan for your future. 686 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:51,760 He wants to adjust the loss. Without Him, we're going to 687 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,480 hell. With Him, our eternity is secure 688 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,680 in heaven. He does not want the loss of 689 00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:59,640 your life in sin. He wants to redeem it with His 690 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:03,280 grace and His goodness. And today all he asks is that we 691 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,080 say yes to him, the loss of justice. 692 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:10,080 So as eyes are closed, if today you know, I need God to be first 693 00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:12,040 in my life, I need to come home today. 694 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:15,240 I need to make Him Lord. I've been a prodigal today. 695 00:39:15,240 --> 00:39:18,080 I adjust that loss. If that's you, his eyes are 696 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:19,880 closed, just lift your hand at right where you are. 697 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:22,360 I'm going to see it. That hand saying that's me 698 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,160 today. Include me in this prayer that 699 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:26,520 you're about to pray. I know I need to adjust some 700 00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:31,560 things today. I love these moments because I 701 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:33,360 know what's at the other side of this. 702 00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:37,760 Obedience feels like just a hand, but I'm telling you, it is 703 00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:40,400 more than a hand. It's acknowledgement that God, I 704 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,080 don't want to do this my way anymore. 705 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:46,680 My way is not working. Put that same hand on your heart 706 00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:49,200 and I'm going to pray this prayer and I pray you make it 707 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,760 your prayer right now. God, I thank you that you love 708 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:56,280 me and I thank you even though I don't deserve it. 709 00:39:56,280 --> 00:40:00,240 Your grace flows towards me and I thank you that you have 710 00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:03,080 adjusted every loss that I have faced. 711 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:07,760 And so today I receive your grace, and God, I ask for your 712 00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,760 forgiveness. Would you adjust the loss of my 713 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:14,320 sin and my shame? Would you adjust the loss of my 714 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:16,320 grief? And my Baroness, would you 715 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:20,320 adjust the loss in my heart of rebellion and anger? 716 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:25,360 God, today I receive from you a new beginning, a fresh start. 717 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:30,160 Thank you Jesus, that you went to the cross to adjust the loss 718 00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:34,680 for my eternity. Today I receive you as Lord. 719 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:39,640 Today I come home. Today I say thank you God for 720 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:43,560 seeing me and receiving me. And God will give you all the 721 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:47,640 glory. And all God's people said Amen 722 00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:48,640 and Amen.