1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:05,080 What's up next level church? Hey, I want to say welcome to 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:09,640 all of our locations today. We are a multi site church, 3 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:11,680 which means we are one house with many rooms. 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,240 And so that means there's a whole bunch of us worshipping 5 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,640 Jesus all across Southwest Florida right now. 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,840 So I actually want to say a quick welcome to our E location, 7 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,200 downtown location, Cape Coral here Fort Myers if you're an 8 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:27,840 additional seating. Also, I want to welcome so many 9 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:32,640 of you who are listening to me right now in Espanol via 10 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,600 Veniros. Yes, and so church family. 11 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,600 Let me just remind us at all four of our locations that we 12 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:44,400 have Spanish translation of the message UN Mensahe every single 13 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:51,280 weekend, Todos fiende Semana. And so church family, if you see 14 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,160 someone with headphones in, they're not listening to the 15 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,160 newest and latest thing on Spotify. 16 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,200 They're listening to me in or one or whoever's our teaching 17 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:00,960 team, they're listening to us in Spanish. 18 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:03,480 So come on one more time. Just welcome everybody who's 19 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:07,960 listening in Spanish. We're so thankful for you and 20 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,960 fam, let me say this, if you've got friends or family members, 21 00:01:10,960 --> 00:01:14,960 maybe coworkers who Spanish is their heart language or is their 22 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:17,920 preferred language, don't be afraid to invite them to church. 23 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,440 Just stop at our welcome center on the way into church and our 24 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,320 team will do the rest and help them hook up their headphones 25 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,080 and listen to us in Spanish. So we're so thankful that we can 26 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,120 serve our Spanish speaking family. 27 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:34,160 Also want to say real quick, welcome to all of our our ladies 28 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,760 from Saint Matthew's House at our downtown location. 29 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:43,760 Yeah, Church. I was able to go down to our 30 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,680 downtown location because this past week we celebrated one year 31 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,720 of our Saint Matthew's House women and children's shelter and 32 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,080 listen to this church, fam, just in the first year of that 33 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,120 ministry, our partnership with Saint Matthew's House, an 34 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,520 incredible ministry. They they have. 35 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:05,120 We have served together over 340 women and 142 children through 36 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:06,760 our women and children's shelter. 37 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,120 Yes. So ladies, welcome want you to 38 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,120 know we love you. We're so thankful for you. 39 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,440 Ophelia, I see you. I'm so thankful for the 40 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,760 conversation we got to have this week. 41 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,520 You mean the world to us ladies? And we are covering you in 42 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:22,480 prayer. Well, hey, Speaking of prayer, 43 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,160 we are in the middle. We're on day 7. 44 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,040 Come on. See that Day seven. 45 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:31,800 I'll get there. I'll get there. 7 something Day 46 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,560 7. We're in day seven of our 21 47 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:38,160 days of prayer and fasting. And can I just tell you how 48 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,520 thankful I am for all of you that just hundreds and hundreds 49 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:45,560 of you who are diving in and just going hard for God. 50 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,400 The church, between our four locations yesterday and our 51 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:52,240 Saturday morning 8:00 AM prayer meeting, we had over 400 people 52 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,160 in the house praying. Yeah, come on, let's celebrate 53 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:55,920 that. That's awesome. 54 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,960 And but here's what I know. What I know is all of us are 7 55 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,240 days in and we're going OK, this is good. 56 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:07,440 But like, what else? Like am I missing something like 57 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,000 is there is like, like what else do I need to be doing? 58 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,280 So today what I want to talk about for the next few minutes 59 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,160 is how to increase our hunger for God. 60 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:16,520 Maybe we want to write some things down. 61 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:17,600 Maybe we want to take some notes. 62 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:21,240 I want to talk about how we increase our hunger for God 63 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,760 because I get it. I've been there in seasons in 64 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,120 the past where I've, where I've, I've looked on, I've went, OK 65 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,760 God, I'm praying, I'm fasting, I'm turning down the noise of 66 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,080 the world turning down, you know, so many desires of the 67 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,200 flesh and I'm, I'm trying to turn you up. 68 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:40,160 But but how do we increase that? How do we, how do we do that? 69 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:42,280 How do we increase our hunger for God? 70 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:44,720 That's what I want to talk about one more time before we turn to 71 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:45,800 God's word. Let's pray. 72 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,760 Father, I thank you, thank you for your Holy Spirit. 73 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:53,680 We ask you like the song fall like rain, fall like rain. 74 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,880 Even in the midst of these consecrated 21 days, Jesus, fall 75 00:03:58,880 --> 00:03:59,800 like rain. We pray. 76 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,440 We give you permission to speak. Your sons and daughters are 77 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:05,120 listening. And everyone who agreed with 78 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,040 that prayer said Amen, Amen, Amen. 79 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:13,400 So as many of you know, last August and September, Pastor 80 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,560 Sarah, my wife and I, we took 50 day sabbatical. 81 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:20,399 Every seven years we take a sabbatical in leadership and 82 00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:24,960 just are able to disconnect and get away and just focus on Jesus 83 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,680 and just rest and hear from him. And it was such a such a 84 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,440 powerful time when we started our time in Europe, as most of 85 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:33,680 you have heard us talk about. Well, the last three days we 86 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:35,480 were in Europe, we were in Paris. 87 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,400 And so one of the days that we were in Paris, we were we were 88 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,560 on this guided tour, walking tour and seeing the different 89 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,480 sites of Paris. And so as we're walking, all of 90 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:47,200 a sudden our tour guide stops and he goes, oh, and hey, by the 91 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,680 way, I want all of you to see this. 92 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,000 And, and while we were approaching this window of this 93 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,680 storefront, not only are we hearing our guides say, I want 94 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,040 you to see and experience something, but we started 95 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,560 smelling what I can only describe as the fragrance of 96 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:08,480 heaven because he was walking us up to the window of a bakery. 97 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:14,360 And in the window of this Parisian bakery, we saw this. 98 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,520 That, my friends, is what I would call the world's. 99 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,680 Or at least biggest mats. Ever seen croissant in the 100 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,480 world? OK, this is a normal pastry down 101 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,560 here. Look, this is the these are the 102 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,000 handheld ones you and I are used to in our life. 103 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:31,240 Us plebs, right? Us. 104 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:32,240 Right. This. 105 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:33,760 OK? These are the ones we're used 106 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:34,720 to. Look at this thing. 107 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:37,480 I know what you're thinking, Pastor Matt. 108 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:38,800 We can barely see that. OK. 109 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:43,120 I got you. And now you're thinking, what 110 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,680 are you doing to us? We're trying to fast. 111 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:51,000 OK, €37. By the way, did you buy it? 112 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,680 We did not, no, because we wanted to pay our mortgage at 113 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:58,760 the end of the month. That is pretty much actual size. 114 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:03,480 I mean, that thing was probably 20 to 24 inches, 2/3 of a meter 115 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,960 wide. So we so, so our tour guide kind 116 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:11,040 of walks up, shows us this and is like, yeah, yeah, so and just 117 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,160 keeps right on walking. And I'm like, that's it. 118 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,320 Like we don't get to like we don't get to go in and like 119 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,040 sample some pastries. Like what are we all of a 120 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,560 sudden? Sure enough, there were several 121 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,640 of our people on our tour who like 3 minutes later, started to 122 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:29,640 lag behind and then about 8 minutes later showed up with a 123 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:31,960 handful of pastry. Right. 124 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,840 Why? Because something had gotten 125 00:06:34,840 --> 00:06:38,560 awakened. A hunger had gotten awakened in 126 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:40,600 them. And here's what I think, Church, 127 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:44,600 I think that this week, these first seven days of our 21 days 128 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,520 of prayer and fasting, for many of us, something is getting 129 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:50,520 awakened. Can you get rid of the picture, 130 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:51,880 please? Pastor, I got you. 131 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:56,200 Let's do that. Something has gotten awakened in 132 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:00,200 US and what I want to do today is I want to see if we can't 133 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:04,760 take that to the next level. Anybody ready? 134 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:06,480 So let's ask and answer the question. 135 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,920 How do you and I increase our hunger for God? 136 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,720 How do you and I increase our hunger for God? 137 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:14,520 Let me give you 4 thoughts. And again, maybe we want to 138 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:16,160 write some of these down. Here's the first thought. 139 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,880 Number one, we have to examine what we're eating. 140 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:24,400 Everyone say that with me. Examine what we're eating. 141 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:30,320 Anybody grow up with a mom or a teacher or a gym coach somewhere 142 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:34,280 in your life who used to tell you you are what you eat? 143 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,440 Anybody heard that phrase, right? 144 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:38,320 Here's another one I remember from childhood. 145 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:43,360 Garbage in, garbage out, right? And listen, that's true, 146 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,240 obviously, in terms of our nutrition and our bodies. 147 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:48,640 But church family, here's where I want to go today. 148 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,560 I want us to slow down for a couple minutes because that you 149 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:57,480 are what you eat and garbage in, garbage out is true on a soul 150 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:02,160 level as well. In church. 151 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,800 I'm I'm so burdened for us and I'm so thankful for my wife, 152 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,200 Pastor Sarah's message last weekend. 153 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,840 And we heard from so many of you about how that was, as she 154 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:16,280 prayed at the beginning of her message, an awakening moment for 155 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:20,440 us that we we cannot, I'm we're where's your pastors? 156 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:30,640 We're so burdened right now by by by the content that is 157 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:38,880 contaminating our souls. It's not neutral social media, 158 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:45,120 the news, the alerts that you get that we get on our phone, 159 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:49,520 although I've minimized most all of them, the hate, the division. 160 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:52,920 Here's my wife and I, we find ourselves saying now to the 161 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:57,080 young generation, and if you're under the age of 30, hear me, 162 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,200 'cause we used to, we, we used to find ourselves saying this to 163 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:04,280 the young generation. It didn't used to be like this. 164 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:11,200 It didn't used to be the vitriol, the hate, the division 165 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:18,080 of our culture, the fear. It didn't used to be this way. 166 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:25,240 And so church, listen, when we eat this stuff consistently, we 167 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:31,960 have to not be naive to think that it is not absolutely 168 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:38,080 affecting us at a soul level. As all of you know, we have not 169 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,560 only we lead next level church here in Southwest Florida, but 170 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,680 we also lead the next level relational network of churches. 171 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:47,200 And so we have a whole network of churches, 192 churches now 172 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:51,640 across the United States, Canada, over 20 churches now in 173 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:52,800 Europe. Come on, somebody. 174 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,880 And one of our pastors from Europe is actually right here in 175 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,160 the service I'm in from Zurich. They're planting the church. 176 00:09:58,160 --> 00:09:59,880 Come on, somebody. That's awesome. 177 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:01,560 Welcome. We're glad you're here. 178 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,520 I don't know that language, Spanish. 179 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:05,760 I'm working on that one. I got nothing. 180 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,600 OK, here's here's the deal though. 181 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,640 I I lead a brotherhood group in our we have brotherhood and 182 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:13,280 sisterhood groups for pastors as well. 183 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,360 And so in my brotherhood group, we have one of our pastors in 184 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,800 Phoenix, AZ. His name is Pastor Justin 185 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,200 Hamilton. And in December, we were talking 186 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:25,480 about this subject about how what we eat at a soul level, 187 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:28,800 what we're consuming, it does affect us. 188 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,600 And he said, he talked in our group and he said, I, I have, I 189 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:36,000 just preached about this. And the message he preached was 190 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,400 a revelation from God's. I watched it, I listened to it. 191 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:41,600 And he in it, he had this quote. I want you to see this quote. 192 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:47,480 We will eventually be consumed by what we consistently consume. 193 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:53,000 I want us to get that. I actually quoted a version of 194 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,400 that in week 1 of this series. Some of you caught it. 195 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:00,480 I wanted to say it again. We will eventually be consumed 196 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:06,600 by what we consistently consume in church family. 197 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,400 The Bible has a ton to say about this. 198 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,560 Let me show us. The Apostle John said it this 199 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:15,080 way. He said do not love the world or 200 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:19,840 anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, look 201 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:23,040 at this. Love for the Father is not in 202 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,840 them, for everything in the world. 203 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,760 The lust of the flesh. Should I hold it up or did you 204 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,680 get the point? The lust of the flesh, the lust 205 00:11:31,680 --> 00:11:36,640 of the eyes, the pride of life. Look at this comes not from the 206 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:42,160 Father, but from the world. James, the half brother of Jesus 207 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,200 takes it up another notch. He says this. 208 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:51,880 You adulterers, you cheaters, don't you realize that 209 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:56,960 friendship with the world makes you look at this an enemy of 210 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:00,600 God? I say it again. 211 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,920 He's like, maybe you didn't hear me the first time. 212 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,680 Let me say it a different way. Look, if you want to be a friend 213 00:12:06,680 --> 00:12:10,200 of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. 214 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:16,320 Now, church, I'm not telling us to give up all social media. 215 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:18,240 Never be. I'm not telling you to go join a 216 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:23,440 commune. What I'm telling us is we have 217 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:27,960 to be aware of what we're eating. 218 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:30,720 So what's the remedy? Well, Paul gives us the remedy 219 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:32,920 in Romans chapter 12. He says this, well, here's what 220 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:38,040 we got to do then, in light of what is coming at us, do not 221 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:42,600 conform to the pattern of this world, but be, look, a whole 222 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:46,960 different word, transformed. There is a way to be in the 223 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:49,400 world, not of the world. That's what we're gonna talk 224 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:51,560 about next Sunday, by the way, be in the house. 225 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:54,480 Come on, somebody, do not be conformed to the pattern of this 226 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:56,480 world. Instead, be transformed. 227 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,560 Live different, live higher, live better. 228 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,440 How? By the renewing of your mind. 229 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:05,480 Then you'll be able to test and approve. 230 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,040 In other words, you're gonna know what God's will is, His 231 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:12,800 good, pleasing and perfect will. Church, we have to examine what 232 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:17,080 we're eating. OK, so how do we increase our 233 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:18,960 hunger for God? Number one, we got to, we got to 234 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:22,200 examine what we're eating #2 we got to examine why we're eating 235 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:26,800 it. We got to examine why we're 236 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,000 eating it. Of in different seasons of my 237 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,400 life, I've seen a, a mental health therapist, a counselor, 238 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:35,000 which by the way, counselors aren't for crazy people, they're 239 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,560 for normal people. So you and I all qualify. 240 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:43,880 We got to take that stigma out. So for several years after we 241 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:47,880 moved here 24 years ago, I, I saw a counselor once a month. 242 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,680 And man, oh man, it was just the best money I could spend, best 243 00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:53,680 investment in me and just loved it. 244 00:13:53,680 --> 00:13:57,160 And my counselor would say to me often when I start to describe 245 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,000 something, oh God, why do I do this? 246 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:00,120 You know, whatever, help me, man. 247 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:02,920 And he would, he would always say to me, He'd always say, 248 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:08,080 Matt, every action in your life is linked to something deeper 249 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:12,240 within you. And I remember, like, being in 250 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,640 my late 20s at the time and like, hearing that and being, 251 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:21,240 like, really like everyone. I even asked him that a couple 252 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,920 times, like, really like, like, like everyone. 253 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:30,320 Well, now at 50, looking back on five decades of life, yeah, he 254 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,320 was right. He was right. 255 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:35,920 See church family. If we're going to increase our 256 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,720 hunger for God, we have to examine what we're eating. 257 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,120 But secondly, we have to examine why we're eating it. 258 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:43,800 Here's why. Because everything we consume is 259 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:49,960 motivated by something. And we have to slow down and ask 260 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:53,360 the question, why am I consuming this? 261 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,600 Why am I? Why am I eating this? 262 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:01,680 Why am I putting this in my mind, my body, my soul, my 263 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:05,880 spirit? Everything we consume is 264 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:10,520 motivated by something. Am I avoiding something with the 265 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:14,080 scroll? Some of us are medicating pain 266 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,000 and it's time we get honest about it. 267 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,880 Some of us, we are addicted to it. 268 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:30,320 We crave the dopamine hit of it. We got to get honest because 269 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,200 everything we consume is motivated by some, by something. 270 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,720 Some of us. We, we, the reason we scroll 271 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:42,200 like we do, the reason we engage with all of that like we do, is 272 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,560 because we're trying to find people who agree with our point 273 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:51,320 of view to fuel something in us. Some of us, we're, we're trying 274 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:57,920 to fuel our anger toward the others, whoever they are who 275 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,760 aren't like us, who don't believe like us, who don't think 276 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:02,960 like us, who don't see the world like us, who don't vote like us. 277 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:10,040 And we're, we're engaging, we're eating this, we're consuming 278 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,760 this to fuel. So we got to examine what we're 279 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:16,360 eating, but we got to examine why we're eating it. 280 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:18,960 Some of us, it's just to distract ourselves. 281 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:22,280 We don't know how to be quiet anymore. 282 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,200 We don't know how to be still and know like we talked about in 283 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:31,000 week one, that he is God Church. When was the last time we asked 284 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:36,520 ourself why am I consuming this from food and junk food? 285 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:42,200 And all the nutritionists in the room said Amen to social media 286 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:46,000 and news headlines because everything we consume is 287 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:50,160 motivated by something. In my prayer for these 21 days 288 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:57,080 is God open our eyes to why we're doing what we're doing. 289 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:00,760 Let me show you scripturally. Proverbs 16 verse 2 says this 290 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:02,640 all a person's ways seem pure to them. 291 00:17:04,839 --> 00:17:07,560 Here's what I know because I've preached on social media before. 292 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:11,839 Here's what I know. The vast majority of us 293 00:17:11,839 --> 00:17:15,760 listening to me right now are a Manning on the outside and on 294 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:21,599 the inside going. That's so good for them and we 295 00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:23,000 have a picture of whoever they are. 296 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,400 We don't think we have the problem. 297 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:32,320 I can't tell you how many older generation people I talk to who 298 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:34,560 go, yeah, that's right, those young people. 299 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,760 And I can't tell you how many young people I talk to who go, 300 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,760 yeah, wow, those old people in their Facebook. 301 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,680 Thank God I'm in the middle. So it's clearly it's not me. 302 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:49,960 And all the Gen. X said it's never been us. 303 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,600 All a person's ways seem pure to them. 304 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:56,640 But look at this. But motives are weighed by the 305 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:58,920 Lord. In other words, the Bible says 306 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:00,480 we don't even know our own motives. 307 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:06,080 What if this 21 days church, we said, God show me my motives. 308 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:11,200 Stop texting me. Some of you are like, oh, watch 309 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,320 this. You're blowing up my phone man. 310 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:27,720 I live on do not disturb. Just so you know, God, show us 311 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,200 our motives. The Lord says the motives are 312 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:34,080 weighed by the Lord, which means what do we have to do? 313 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:35,920 We have to pray. Psalm 139. 314 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:41,640 Search me, God, know my heart. Church, I challenge you to pray 315 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:45,360 this prayer. Search me, God, test me. 316 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:51,400 Know my anxious thoughts. No, God, reveal to me why I'm so 317 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,360 anxious. God, show me what's going on in 318 00:18:54,360 --> 00:18:56,520 me. You are what you eat. 319 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:02,120 See if there's any offensive way in the church. 320 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:04,720 Jesus is going to return one day. 321 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:09,280 We believe soon and he's coming back for a pure and spotless 322 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:14,440 bride. That's my heart's desire that we 323 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,000 as next level church and we'll talk more about this in March. 324 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:26,280 Don't miss he's coming back for for purity any offensive way in 325 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,920 me and then he says, and then leave me in a different way. 326 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,800 Is it possible the way we've been doing, it's not working. 327 00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:41,600 Let me read it like I wrote it and you receive it. 328 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:47,080 We're not mindless animals who don't have the ability to 329 00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:54,520 control our impulses. We can and must examine our why. 330 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,440 Well, it's just how it is. Well, everybody's on social 331 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:00,320 media. No, they're not. 332 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:05,400 No, they're not. Well, everybody spent two hours 333 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:10,040 and 20 minutes a day is the new average for Americans on social 334 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,600 media. And again, right now you're 335 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:17,000 hearing that going, well, that's not me, OK? 336 00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:20,000 On the count of three, here's what I want you to do. 337 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:22,680 I want you to turn to the person sitting next to you, look him 338 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,000 straight in the face. Just choose one, it's fine. 339 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:28,520 And just tell him, wow, that's intense. 340 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:29,600 Ready, 123. Go. 341 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:38,360 Now look at the other person and say, wow, that was a lot, 123-GO 342 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,880 and a collective deep breath. Ready 123. 343 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,480 All right, let's move on #3 How do we increase our hunger for 344 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:50,680 God? We got to examine what we're 345 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:54,040 eating #2 we got to examine why we're eating and #3 let's have a 346 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:55,800 little fun. We got to pray around the 347 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,440 fridge. Come on, say it with me. 348 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:02,720 We got to pray around the Now here's what I'm not telling you 349 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:04,560 to do. Some of you're like, OK, first 350 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:08,040 the croissants, now you're telling me I have to go pray 351 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,440 around my fridge? You're killing me, Smalls. 352 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:16,240 Right, OK, here's, here's here's I'm not telling you to go do 353 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,480 prayer walks around your refrigerator in, in your, in 354 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:22,120 your, your kitchen. OK, But if the Lord leads you 355 00:21:22,120 --> 00:21:25,600 that way, do whatever you want, do whatever he says actually, 356 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:27,560 But here's here's what I'm talking about, K. 357 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,000 So you'll notice that it's, it's this. 358 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:35,880 So in June of last year, I woke up 1 morning and, and this 359 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,280 happens often to me. I woke up and the first thought 360 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:45,000 I had was I heard what I believe the Holy Spirit said Matt pray 361 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,760 the fridge. And I saw the word fridge in my 362 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:54,400 mind FRIDGE. And I just got up and I went out 363 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,360 to my living room and I started to pray and I'm like, Lord, what 364 00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:00,000 does that mean? And the Lord started to break 365 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,520 down for me the acronym of fridge. 366 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,920 And so this is just how my brain works. 367 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:09,040 It's a gift. You're welcome. 368 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,800 So here's here's what I want to do. 369 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,080 I want to help you for the next couple of minutes because some 370 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,200 of you we're we're always looking for new ways to stir up 371 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,240 this prayer thing in US. And maybe even though you go 372 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,400 over these first seven days, you've been like, I want to fast 373 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:26,160 and pray, but got it. Got a latest tool? 374 00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:28,000 I do. It's called the fridge. 375 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:28,680 Ready. Here you go. 376 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,400 So let's break it down. So the F is forgive. 377 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,720 Everyone say forgive. So watch this every day ask this 378 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,640 question Lord, who do I need to forgive from yesterday? 379 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:42,720 Bible says keep short accounts. Can I just tell you this is so 380 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:46,600 important. You know why 'cause there's so 381 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:51,040 much to be offended by. Every day I'm amazed that when I 382 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:55,000 pray the fridge it literally I'm like F forgive. 383 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,600 Who do I need to forgive from yesterday? 384 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:05,280 And like, just kidding, but there's usually several. 385 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,680 Here's the R repent, everyone say repent. 386 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:11,760 So we're going to start, Lord, where do I need to? 387 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:13,800 Who do I need to forgive yesterday from yesterday? 388 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:17,080 Repent though, says where do I need to repent from yesterday? 389 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,440 This is a moment for us to just pause in His presence and 390 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:26,120 examine our own hearts. Say God, search me, is there 391 00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:28,920 anything in me? God forgive me when I lost my 392 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,960 cool yesterday, God forgive me. When I misspoke yesterday. 393 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,120 God forgive me. When I exaggerated the truth 394 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:36,440 yesterday. God forgive me when I lied to my 395 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,120 spouse yesterday. God, is there anything in me? 396 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:41,440 God forgive me. This is where we repent. 397 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,120 Then the eye is invite. Everyone say invite. 398 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,000 Now we turn it to today. What do I need to invite God 399 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,200 into today? So now watch this forgive from 400 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:53,840 yesterday, repent from yesterday. 401 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:57,160 Now we turn it forward and we say, God, in terms of today, we 402 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,480 start to zoom forward and we say, where do I need to invite 403 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,920 God into today? God, I've got this lunch meeting 404 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,000 today and it's with a client and it's really, really important. 405 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,960 And so God, I invite you into that. 406 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:09,560 Lord, would you move on their heart? 407 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,080 God, would you touch them? God, I've got this meeting today 408 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:15,080 with my boss, this presentation. Would you help me with that? 409 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,480 God, I'm, I'm meeting with someone. 410 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:18,800 So God, my wife and I are headed out on a date night tonight. 411 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,600 God, would you be with us and be in the middle of our marriage 412 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,840 because a three stranded cord is not easily broken. 413 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:27,600 We invite God into our day. Then D is discern. 414 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,520 Everyone say discern. And here's the question we ask, 415 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,080 Where do I need God's wisdom and discernment today? 416 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,720 So we forgive, we repent, we invite, but then watch we go. 417 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,880 God, I'm facing this decision today. 418 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:42,520 Give me your wisdom beyond myself. 419 00:24:43,120 --> 00:24:46,760 God, business leaders, this is for you, for you, God, give me 420 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,640 wisdom on this. Parents, I've got this situation 421 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:51,320 with my teenager, with my preteen. 422 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:53,840 God, I need your wisdom. God, I need your discernment. 423 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,720 Where do I need God's wisdom and discernment today? 424 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:00,080 Then the G is gratitude. Who and what am I thankful for 425 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:00,960 today? So watch. 426 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,840 We forgive, we repent, we invite, we discern, then we 427 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:09,160 praise God. God, I thank you for my family. 428 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,280 God, I thank you for my wayward teenager that you're bringing 429 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:13,680 them back. God, I thank you for my 430 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:15,880 marriage. God that it is blessed in you 431 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,800 and it is holy before you got to thank you for my job. 432 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,440 God, I thank you for my car. It gets me back and forth even 433 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:23,480 if I don't have air conditioning. 434 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,040 Got to thank you for do you see it? 435 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,880 We move to gratitude. Then lastly is encounter. 436 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:35,920 So forgive, repent, invite, discern, praise him gratitude, 437 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:38,360 and then just pause. Here's what I encourage you to 438 00:25:38,360 --> 00:25:44,600 do church family, just pause in God's presence and just say, 439 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,720 God, I need to encounter you right now. 440 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,640 How do you how do you want me to encounter you? 441 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:53,920 Maybe you just need to encounter his love. 442 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,560 Maybe you just need to encounter his peace and his hope. 443 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:04,160 God, I want to encounter you. Do you see it? 444 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,320 Is that helpful, everybody? Did you take a picture of it? 445 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:09,600 Did you get it? Because it's going to be gone in 446 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:14,200 a second fridge. Forgive, repent, invite, discern 447 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,000 gratitude, encounter. Since last June, I've been 448 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,360 praying this way often. And man, it's been so helpful. 449 00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:22,560 It's just brought a new freshness to my prayer life. 450 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,920 So I hope that helps you today. See, it wasn't all intense. 451 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,840 There you go #4 I want to say #4 how do we increase our hunger 452 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:30,280 for God? We have to examine what we're 453 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:31,840 eating, examine why we're eating it. 454 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:33,080 We got to pray around the fridge. 455 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:37,040 And then #4 we have to ask God to make us hungry for better 456 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:39,960 things. Everyone say better things. 457 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,160 I'm invite the worship team to come back before we move on with 458 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,040 our time together today. There's a story in John chapter 459 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,600 4 where Jesus has this encounter. 460 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,680 He's in Samaria, just the wrong side of the tracks. 461 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,400 And he's has this encounter with this woman at the well, a lot of 462 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:01,440 us know the story and they have this incredible conversation and 463 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,480 she tries to pin him on some stuff. 464 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:07,000 And he obviously being God, you know, knows better and 465 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,200 eventually reveals that he himself is the Messiah, that 466 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,400 he's the chosen, He's the savior of the world. 467 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,640 Well, this woman is overcome by this. 468 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,360 And so the Bible tells us in John four that she runs into 469 00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:21,640 town and she essentially tells the whole town the Savior of the 470 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,320 world is at the well, you got to come and talk to him. 471 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:27,160 So the whole town starts to come out and Jesus is there. 472 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,400 Well, what I failed to tell you was the beginning of the story. 473 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,120 Jesus sent his disciples into town to get some lunch. 474 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:38,200 So now this whole crowd is back and the disciples come back to 475 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,200 Jesus and they see him just ministering. 476 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,520 And clearly this is, we've gone through the lunch hour here and 477 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,760 these guys are not OK. And in verse 31, look at what 478 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:49,680 they say to Jesus. They looked at Jesus and they 479 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:54,560 said, meanwhile, his disciples urged him, rabbi or teacher, eat 480 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:58,600 something. But he said to them, I have food 481 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,200 to eat that you know nothing about. 482 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:07,240 Look at his disciples love this. Then his disciples said to each 483 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,840 other, did somebody bring him Taco Bell? 484 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:18,320 Guys, you so are missing the point. 485 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,080 Jesus says I'm on a different wavelength. 486 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,920 You're looking at things on this level. 487 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:33,880 I'm up here church, can I just tell you I want to be on that 488 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:37,760 wavelength. That's what I want for these 21 489 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:39,520 days. That's what these are all about. 490 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:45,120 So I just want to encourage you today, fast food this week, not 491 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:48,840 go get fast food, fast food. And of course, as always, 492 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,000 consult your medical professional, of course, fast 493 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:58,040 food this week and pray instead. Fast social media in the news 494 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:03,720 and pray instead. Several weeks ago I was praying 495 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:08,640 and the Lord said to me, Matt the faith of your 40s isn't 496 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:12,640 going to be enough for your 50s and church. 497 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,960 Can I tell you what I've been praying since I heard the Lord 498 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,840 speak that to my heart. God increased my faith. 499 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,280 God put me on a new level. God take me higher. 500 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:24,440 God, I don't want to settle as and we sang this in the song a 501 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:25,880 minute ago that fall like rain song. 502 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:30,000 I don't want to settle for lesser things when you have 503 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,080 better things. So my challenge question for you 504 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,240 this week is this. What better thing should you be 505 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:36,920 after rather than a lesser thing? 506 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:42,200 This week, what better thing should you be after instead of 507 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:46,000 chasing the scroll or chasing a headline and following it down 508 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,400 some rabbit trail? That's a lesser thing. 509 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,480 Let's be about a better thing. Amen. 510 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:53,720 Amen. Can we stand together at every 511 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:58,600 location, examine what we're eating, why we're eating it, 512 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,920 pray the fridge, Ask God to make you hungry. 513 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,400 That's how we increase our hunger for God. 514 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,400 Here's what I want to do. I want us before we move on 515 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:09,600 together. We're not anywhere close to 516 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:10,440 being done. You're fine. 517 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:15,400 You don't have to rush out. God wants to speak. 518 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:20,120 I believe God wants to speak to every single one of us. 519 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:25,840 For some of you, the closest thing you get to stillness is 520 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:27,840 when you attend Next Level Church every Sunday. 521 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,640 And that's OK. We're happy to provide that for 522 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:34,680 you. Let's make the most of it then, 523 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,880 shall we? Maybe you just want to open your 524 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,680 hands in front of you like this, just as a posture and symbol of 525 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:46,920 openness, readiness to receive from the Lord. 526 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:51,680 So, Father, right now we just thank you for your word. 527 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:59,400 We thank you, Lord God, but you want us to increase our hunger 528 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:04,240 for righteousness, our hunger for you. 529 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,600 And so, Lord, right now we just pause in this moment. 530 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,080 We don't mind taking time, God, we're just going to pause in 531 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,560 this moment and just give you space to speak. 532 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:26,360 The Holy Spirit, would you turn on your Searchlight in our heart 533 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:30,560 and in our mind? Would you show us with the 534 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:36,000 precision that only your Holy Spirit can give to us when 535 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,680 you're doing that, when you're engaging, that when you're 536 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:44,600 reading that son, daughter, it doesn't please me. 537 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:14,640 that we might be consumed. Filled is Matthew 5-6 word 538 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:24,560 filled with better things. God, would you fill us as we 539 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:29,720 hunger and thirst for you this week we pray, staying in this 540 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:33,240 atmosphere of prayer right now. You can just keep listening to 541 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,880 Jesus, to Jesus as he's the Spirit speaking to your heart. 542 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:38,920 If you're in one of our locations today, our online 543 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:43,360 family, you 2 and you're not in relationship with Jesus, I want 544 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,200 to give you an opportunity to do that right now. 545 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:48,920 It's as simple as acknowledging you're a Sinner, believing that 546 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:52,560 what Jesus did on the cross was payment for your sin, and then 547 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:55,200 confessing on the outside. So with every head bowed, every 548 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:56,200 eye closed, nobody's looking around. 549 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:57,400 It's just between me, you and Jesus. 550 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:01,240 If you every location, if you're ready to surrender your life to 551 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,080 Jesus. You've never said yes to Jesus, 552 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,000 but you're ready to go his way. You've tried everything else, 553 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,520 but you want to go God's way. I'm going to count the three. 554 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,080 And when I hit the three, when I hit 3 in just a moment, would 555 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,840 you throw your hand up whatever room you're in right now? 556 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:17,280 123, Pastor Matthews, Me. Awesome. 557 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:18,760 Thank you. Yeah, thank you. 558 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:19,800 Keep it up, just for a second. Yeah. 559 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,520 That's it all over the room, young and old, front to back, 560 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:23,480 it's happening. That's it. 561 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:24,280 Pastor Matt. Thank you. 562 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:25,520 Pastor Matt. That's me. 563 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:27,320 I'm ready to surrender my life to Jesus. 564 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:30,160 I want to say yes to him. Awesome. 565 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:33,640 You can put your hands down. Listen, for the sake of those 566 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:36,280 who lifted their hand, can we all repeat this prayer after me 567 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:37,880 just to make them feel comfortable? 568 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:39,760 And if you raise your hand, I want you to pray this prayer 569 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:42,360 from your heart. And God's going to hear and come 570 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:45,640 in and and begin to transform your life from the inside out. 571 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:48,040 Come on, let's pray. Say, dear Jesus, thanks for 572 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:50,280 loving me and bringing me here today. 573 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:55,080 I acknowledge that I'm a Sinner, that I've missed the mark and I 574 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:58,680 need a Savior. Thank you Jesus for dying on the 575 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:04,760 cross from my sin. I receive you now and right now 576 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:11,719 I surrender my life to you. Help me to go your way because 577 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:15,280 it is the best way for all of my days. 578 00:34:16,159 --> 00:34:23,320 In Jesus name I pray Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen wow wow wow, wow hey 579 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,920 listen, if you just pray that prayer with me, raise your hand 580 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:30,199 and that you know we want to we want to help you don't leave 581 00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:32,199 your location today. Just go out to the welcome 582 00:34:32,199 --> 00:34:35,880 center and at your next steps area at your location, we have a 583 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:39,159 Bible we want to give you for free and inside this Bible 584 00:34:39,159 --> 00:34:42,440 there's AQR code that in my wife pastor Sarah and I have recorded 585 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:46,000 videos to help you take your next steps in this new 586 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:49,320 relationship with Jesus. So don't leave your location 587 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,320 today without grabbing this free gift. 588 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,120 Amen. Hey, let me pray one more prayer 589 00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:54,280 over his Father. I thank you. 590 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,760 Let your word God continue to come alive in our hearts this 591 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,280 week. Lord, as we hunger and thirst, 592 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,520 as we fast and pray for more of you. 593 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,080 I bless your people today in Jesus name. 594 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,600 And everyone who agreed to that prayer said Amen. 595 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:08,880 Come on, let's give God praise.