1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,440 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Love Quest International 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,560 Church podcast, where we seek to love all nations, equip the 3 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:09,480 church, mobilize the equipped, and serve all. 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:13,040 We're super glad you're joining us from whenever and wherever 5 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:15,720 you're at in the world. Welcome to the family to get 6 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,440 your Bibles ready, get some water, get some coffee, maybe 7 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,640 some tea, and get ready to receive. 8 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:22,680 It's cold time, let's get into it. 9 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,080 Pastors, thank you for this opportunity again to share the 10 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,040 word of God. It's always such a blessing to 11 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:36,000 do so and it's an honor to be front of God's people and your 12 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,880 people and to represent you. And I just pray I do it well and 13 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,320 I pray a doing and worthy that gives the same impact for the 14 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:45,120 Kingdom. I can't do you pastor, because 15 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,480 you are fearfully and uniquely made, but I pray have the kind 16 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:53,160 of impact you'd be proud of and the Kingdom would feel in this 17 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:53,840 time. Amen. 18 00:00:54,880 --> 00:01:00,360 So I am going to do a quick review or a few, few things. 19 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,200 I'm going to pick up some new stuff from moving forward. 20 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:07,360 Amen, Amen. So, and, and I'm telling you, 21 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:11,280 the days are really coming where you, you can't be able to pick 22 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,720 and choose. The guy's going to start 23 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,600 something in one moment and and you can't like do a brief review 24 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,200 and catch it up in the next moment. 25 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,840 Kind of am I making sense right now? 26 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,480 One thing I want to do too is I don't want people to be under 27 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:26,880 condemnation. We're not trying to guilt people 28 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,680 in the coming and stuff. What we're trying to tell you is 29 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:34,160 the opportunity that's available and what God is doing right, 30 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,000 because God's going to be God, but he wants his people to 31 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,760 partake of it. Amen. 32 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:48,840 I said last time before we before we looked at the at the 33 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,720 9:00 AM experience, I said if Jesus was talking here at 9:00 34 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,600 and 11:30, would you be here or do you be like Jesus? 35 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,680 I got enough for you at 9. I don't need to be here 11:30 or 36 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:00,600 like Jesus, I don't care what you got to say at 9:00, but 37 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,760 11:30 I'll be there. Please make sure it's like 38 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,560 everything that you will say at 9 without me being there. 39 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,240 And some people can take that as saying, John, are you saying 40 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,040 that you were Jesus? I'm not saying I'm replacing 41 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:16,200 him. What I'm saying is God's calling 42 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:20,000 us to understand reverence for his word and when he's calling 43 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:25,200 us to gather, and I was using that to suggest to you that if 44 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,600 there you feel some type of way about that, if it was Jesus, but 45 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:32,040 and we believe that God by his spirit through the people he's 46 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:37,400 he brings up is trying to communicate to us, then you have 47 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,720 to be challenged and say, man, if it's not Jesus present, maybe 48 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:43,520 it's Jesus speaking through those people. 49 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:47,560 Should I treat it just the same? One of the ways you have my 50 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:49,160 heart is you treat my kids right. 51 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:54,720 You cross my kids, you cross me. When you cross who represents 52 00:02:54,720 --> 00:03:01,040 me, you cross me when you receive who represents me, you 53 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:02,720 receive me. The Bible says it that way. 54 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:08,280 Who has the son as the father. So I wanted to make sure that 55 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,640 was available for you today. We're going to have some. 56 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:13,440 We already having fun. We're going to laugh a little 57 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:15,960 bit more too. So don't don't y'all get it 58 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:20,040 twisted the fear of God fall in or fall away. 59 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:24,560 Now the subtitles are important because they give you an insight 60 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:27,640 in how to organize the information and and and the 61 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:29,120 points of direction and emphasis. 62 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,800 Fall in or fall away. Everyone say fall in or fall 63 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,120 away. We talked about the difference 64 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,200 between the fear of and being afraid of. 65 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,200 What fear of does like this is summaries. 66 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:42,680 You don't have to try to check every slide. 67 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,200 I'm summarizing. So it's OK if I move faster than 68 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,560 the slides. The fear of is you stand up, 69 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,440 stand forward, stand in, stand close, stand ready to go. 70 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:54,880 That's when you have the fear of God. 71 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:59,000 The fear of God gets you ready. It doesn't cause you to fall 72 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,200 back and fall away. OK, Afraid of get you falling 73 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,400 back? Afraid of gets you covering 74 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,720 this. Afraid of gets you thinking more 75 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:11,000 about how lowly you are and the consequences of punishment you 76 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:16,680 might face if you mess up. Afraid of fixes itself on you, 77 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:23,520 not on God, believe it or not. OK, fear of God and having you 78 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,480 stand and draw near also suggests something. 79 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:30,400 You know something about his character because I know he is 80 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,200 love when he demonstrates himself. 81 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,400 The fear of God says I can approach love. 82 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,040 It's approachable versus something to be hidden from. 83 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:46,440 OK, so we talked about fear of versus afraid of and one of the 84 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,640 things we talked about was standing in all reverence means 85 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,200 to stand in all. To fear the Lord means to have 86 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,880 reverence for the Lord. Reverence means to stand in awe. 87 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,800 We dealt with a little bit of how the images of reverence 88 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:03,120 often are low images, bowed images, me making me little 89 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,840 images. OK, but the definition of 90 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:11,320 reverence means to stand in awe. So if you reverentially worship 91 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,440 God, it means you're standing in awe. 92 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,720 Doesn't mean you can't bow, doesn't mean you can't kneel. 93 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,880 But how often do we not even think of standing in awe as a 94 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,760 posture of reverence? We talked about how when you 95 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,360 stand, you stand in your authority. 96 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,920 When the king comes in, the expectation is what? 97 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:36,720 Everybody stands up. Everyone stands up, right? 98 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,240 You don't have to stand up. No, no, no. 99 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:40,680 Come, come. I'm gonna let you in the side, 100 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:42,760 right? What happened to me right now is 101 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,040 is Eminem. Slim Shady went through my head 102 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,400 just then. OK, But I said everyone stands 103 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:51,080 up and I just saw the whole thing at the Emmys or whatever 104 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:52,720 Grammys and all the little Slim Shady. 105 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,720 All that went through my head real quick and I was trying to 106 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,000 be disciplined and say, John, be focused. 107 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,880 That's not that was the part that I was doing. 108 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:02,200 I wasn't giving you the pregnant pause for you to respond on 109 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:06,160 that, right? So anyway, but when the king 110 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:11,560 walks in, everyone stands up, right? 111 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,160 When you stand up, you're in your highest authority, not 112 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:15,720 your. When you kneel down, you're more 113 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,240 vulnerability. So when the king walks in and 114 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,600 you stand up in his presence, what you're saying is I'm 115 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:25,240 presenting all of my authority to you, all of me standing up in 116 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:29,080 honor of all of you. And then what happens is this. 117 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,160 After a moment of standing up in front of a king, when there 118 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,160 comes a time where you want to join covenant with them after 119 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:41,640 having stood up in your finest, you come and you kneel or bow 120 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:45,320 before that king because you stood up in your authority. 121 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,560 When you bow, you're saying now I'm presenting all of my 122 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:52,360 authority to you. The kneel doesn't mean as much 123 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:58,240 if you never stand up, OK? The king comes in and summons 124 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,400 you into the court, and you come in on your knees like this. 125 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:03,800 Be there just a bit. Why? 126 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,080 Because I'm really reverent. You let me know what's wrong 127 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:10,360 with you, OK? I can't even see all the reggae 128 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,520 you have on your cloak. It tells me what kind of king 129 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:21,120 you are standing in awe. We talked about that if you want 130 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,120 to grow great in the fear of God, you got to get to know the 131 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,440 God the Father, the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. 132 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:33,840 Even better. We also talked about use a 133 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:38,240 heaven context to check things. So if the spirit of the fear of 134 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:42,560 God is for me, my best indication of how hard to 135 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:46,520 respond to it is if it's in heaven, if the spirit of the 136 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,440 fear of God's in heaven, then how would I respond to the 137 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:50,920 spirit of the fear of God in heaven? 138 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,000 That means that's how I should respond to it. 139 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,160 Here. The Holy Spirit, one of the 140 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:59,000 manifestations of the Holy Spirit is the spirit of the fear 141 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,240 of the Lord. So the Holy Spirit's in heaven, 142 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,080 which means what? The spirit of the fear of God's 143 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:06,280 in heaven. Got it. 144 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,600 So what was, What's heaven's response to things we said? 145 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:15,120 We said also sin's response to things is about doing. 146 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,560 It's about works, it's about approval, it's about 147 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,520 performance. I got to show myself to be good 148 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,200 enough. I got to do more, demonstrate 149 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,360 more. Sin is not in heaven. 150 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:31,800 And if sin is characterized by works and performance, then the 151 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,320 spirit of the fear of God is not characterized by works and 152 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,559 performance. What was it characterized by? 153 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:43,280 What was in heaven? Presence is in heaven, rest is 154 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:47,240 in heaven, reverence is in heaven, being is in heaven, 155 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,040 relationship was in heaven. So what am I saying? 156 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,680 I'm saying if you really want to demonstrate a greater fear of 157 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:57,160 God, it doesn't begin with your actions. 158 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:02,080 It begins with your internal heart posture of reverence and 159 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:06,200 understanding who God is and out of that actions they come 160 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:10,920 alongside. OK, so to say I fear God. 161 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:12,440 Why? Because I come to church on 162 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:15,400 time. But if in your heart posture 163 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,720 you're coming to church on time because you don't want to get in 164 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:21,360 trouble, but you're not fearing God, you are really afraid of 165 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:26,560 God because your focus is on punishment, not relationship and 166 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:30,080 standing and drawing near. Make sense? 167 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:34,120 OK, so if you really want to grow in the fear of God, yes, it 168 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:38,000 leads to obedience, but it comes out of a love and a reverence 169 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:40,760 and a connection with him in, in being. 170 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:45,320 When does the fear of the Lord happen? 171 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,560 So we're on new stuff now. When does the fear of the Lord 172 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:52,160 happen? Now this is a really important 173 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:56,440 question because we sometimes we save up like the fear of the 174 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,960 Lord. We treat it like, like our 175 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:03,960 wedding dishes. You know, you get married. 176 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:07,080 And sometimes we did. We signed up for dishes and we 177 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,120 put them in the cabinets like, we're going to use them. 178 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,320 We're going to wait till the right time. 179 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,120 What was the right time? I don't know, but we'll know it. 180 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,240 And after a year and two years, you find out you haven't used 181 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:21,960 the dishes. Why? 182 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:23,320 Because it's never been the right time. 183 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,680 Because you misunderstood. Dishes are for eating and for 184 00:10:25,680 --> 00:10:30,400 using. OK, using your wedding dishes 185 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,760 daily allows you to remember daily God's goodness to you at 186 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:39,640 your wedding. You miss an opportunity to 187 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:44,280 remember God if you save those dishes only for certain high 188 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:48,080 occasions. I'm glad you asked me, Troy, 189 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:49,200 what it got to do with the fear of God. 190 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,960 Thank you man, I felt you OK exactly right. 191 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:57,200 When you treat the fear of God as this singular special one 192 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:02,960 time thing when I go to church, that's the fear of God in a big 193 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:06,720 moment of falling back in glory. That's the fear of God 194 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:10,400 demonstrated. You miss the opportunity to walk 195 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:12,880 in the fear of God all the days of your life. 196 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:18,160 The fear of God is for living, not for high ceremony only. 197 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,480 It's for daily live. It's the Holy Spirit for daily 198 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,640 living. I will lead you into all truth. 199 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:27,680 The Bible says I will show you the way you should go. 200 00:11:27,680 --> 00:11:29,640 The Holy Spirit will says about the Holy Spirit. 201 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,120 Well, if the Holy Spirit's for daily living, then the spirit of 202 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:34,880 the fear of the Lord's for daily as well. 203 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:39,520 But how you perceive it will determine how well you tap into 204 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,280 that. So when is does the fear of the 205 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,120 Lord happen? I got on the bottom and there 206 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,520 says this ain't the wizard and this ain't Oz. 207 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:50,320 If you know the Wizard of Oz, the one time when they went to 208 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,960 the great beginner, that was for me. 209 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:57,840 I enjoyed that. It happens always, every day 210 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,640 with everyone. That's when the fear of the Lord 211 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,520 happens always, every day with everyone. 212 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:09,080 That's the Father and Son, the Holy Spirit and all the people 213 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,720 that are surrounding you. That's when the fear of the Lord 214 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:13,000 happens. That's when the fear of God 215 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,960 happens. So how do you posture for the 216 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:19,280 fear of the Lord every day? Now notice, notice the keyword 217 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,040 there. What's the keyword there? 218 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:28,520 You think posture, right? Because ultimately the fear of 219 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:32,640 the Lord is based on God revealing himself, and you can't 220 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,880 force God to reveal himself to you or in you or through you, 221 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,880 OK? You can posture yourself for 222 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:42,200 that. You can get yourself ready. 223 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,760 You can tell God, man, if you want to show me more of who you 224 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:46,280 are in this moment, God, I'm open. 225 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,400 I'd be excited. I look forward to that. 226 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:52,880 It'd be a real blessing. OK, so it's more about a posture 227 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,640 than it is about I'm just going to decide to fear God more. 228 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:58,640 I'm going to talk a little bit a little bit more about that 229 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:00,240 later. OK, so you arise themselves. 230 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,880 How do you posture yourself? Here's some ways you posture 231 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:05,120 yourself. Focus on gratitude, not guilt. 232 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,000 How grateful are you? God, thank you. 233 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:11,320 I thank you for this. I thank you for that. 234 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,680 Every time you focus on gratitude, you're remembering 235 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:17,200 that God did something. You're remembering that he gave 236 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,160 it to you. You're remembering that he kept 237 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:20,800 you. You're remembering him and what 238 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,760 he did. That will automatically increase 239 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:28,280 your reverence for who God is. And the more you give and the 240 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:31,960 more grateful you are. Say you give 10,000 thank yous. 241 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:35,040 Wow. The weight of God's goodness and 242 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:39,120 who he is increases. The more you give gratitude, the 243 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,640 more you say thank you. Man, I've been saying thank you 244 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:45,000 for 100 million times and God I still do not thank you for 245 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:49,720 everything. Wow, does that make sense? 246 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:54,760 So gratitude not guilt, Grace not grind. 247 00:13:56,080 --> 00:14:01,040 Focus on grace not grind. It's by His Spirit, It's by his 248 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,200 power. It's by his doing. 249 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,520 What about my hard works? Because of His grace, you can 250 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:08,480 work hard. It's my hard work. 251 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:09,640 I study. You're right. 252 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:12,080 Who gave you the mind? Who gave you the school? 253 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,240 Who gave you the breath? Who gave you the activity of 254 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,080 your limbs? Who gave you a teacher that 255 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:18,800 could teach? Who protected you from the guns 256 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:20,440 and the shooters in that classroom? 257 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,280 Who did all that without you having to pay for it, ask for 258 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,960 it, or even earn it? Grace, not grind. 259 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,680 Focusing on God's grace will keep you walking and growing and 260 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,680 practicing the fear of God because you're recognizing it's 261 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,040 God's doing in my life more than my doing. 262 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:47,840 Being complete, not casual. Focus on everything, not just 263 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:51,000 some things. Being complete, not casual. 264 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:53,280 What does that mean? We'll use church for example. 265 00:14:54,200 --> 00:15:01,920 OK, that means if church is at 9, I am ready to go at 9 at 8:50 266 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:05,480 because I know we have prayer at 855. 267 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:11,720 Y'all hear what I just said? It means complete, not just 268 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:18,360 casual. Being complete causes you to be 269 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:23,720 more intentional. Being styled not sloppy 270 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:28,280 increases the fear of God. Does that mean you have to wear 271 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:30,280 a suit and tie? No, but it means even if you got 272 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,000 whatever you got on you've, you've thought about how you 273 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,760 want to wear it. You've thought about know how I, 274 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,760 I, this is what I want to do. This is how I I'm representing 275 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:41,520 myself and God today. Increasing yourself, decreasing 276 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:44,760 the fear of God has to focus on being styled, not sloppy. 277 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,600 It's being intentioned, not indifferent. 278 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,120 Whenever you are intention, you're thinking about who am I 279 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:53,600 meeting with? What's going on? 280 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,600 What does it matter? And the more you think about how 281 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,640 it matters and who matters, the more you begin to say, wow, I'm 282 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:06,440 going to church today, OK? I'm expecting to encounter God 283 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,080 today. What's God? 284 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:10,760 The one who made the heavens and the earth. 285 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:14,440 OK, that's a big deal. The one who raised Jesus from 286 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:18,520 the dead. OK, that my intentionality in my 287 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:23,000 going, in my doing, will automatically posture me to see 288 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,880 more reverence for God forgot to reveal Himself to me in a 289 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:29,680 greater way. Intention and not indifferent. 290 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:36,480 Obedience and not obligation. Now, before this slide was 291 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:46,760 obedient versus obligatory, I changed it to obedience because 292 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,640 that's a mindset posture internally. 293 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:53,600 It's a quick story. There's a young man, parents 294 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,560 said sit down. He said no. 295 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,680 He said sit down. He said no, no kid, sit down. 296 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:02,400 No kid, you know, kid, sit down. He said no, sit down. 297 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:04,599 He said no. He said, listen, if you don't 298 00:17:04,599 --> 00:17:07,720 sit down, no ice cream, get sat down. 299 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,800 And then he said to his parents, I may be sitting down, but I'm 300 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:17,480 standing up on the inside. That was obedient, but not 301 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:22,000 obedience. You got it. 302 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:26,400 OK, Obedience is something different on the inside. 303 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,720 So obedience, the more you walk in obedience to what God says 304 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,920 and does, the more He's able to reveal more to you of Himself 305 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,880 because He can trust you because you're listening to Him. 306 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,040 The journey to obedience is what helps you be ready to receive 307 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,280 more of God. How you have to listen, how you 308 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:45,040 have to ask questions, how you have to trust God, how you lay 309 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:47,640 down your fears. All of that process towards 310 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:51,480 obedience opens the door for you to receive and to get to know 311 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:54,920 God better. So obedience, not obligation, 312 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:59,320 fresh, not familiar, fresh not for me. 313 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:01,480 So, so yeah. And this is all this is about 314 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:03,920 intention as well. OK. 315 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:08,120 So the more you're able to focus on doing things fresh and being 316 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:13,600 fresh, Well, this is my 470 time going to Caleb. 317 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:18,520 That's our sound right there. Caleb now he he, he, he, he is 318 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:20,240 however old he is. OK. 319 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:25,200 And ever since he was like, what, 15/12/13, he started 320 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,840 drumming in church. OK, Caleb, how old are you now? 321 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:35,760 27625 height. How old is he? 322 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:43,430 He's 26. Let me tell you the more 323 00:18:43,430 --> 00:18:44,750 important part. He's my son. 324 00:18:45,670 --> 00:18:49,350 I ain't confused about that. Think about that when you're 325 00:18:49,350 --> 00:18:51,870 looking for your measurable to justify your relationship with 326 00:18:51,870 --> 00:18:53,910 your father, not your relationship. 327 00:18:55,590 --> 00:19:01,640 So he's 26 from 13 to 26. He has missed four times, I 328 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:06,440 think, drumming in church on a Sunday four times. 329 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,360 He has learned how to make it fresh every time. 330 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,400 That's why you see oil come out. That's why you see power come 331 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,000 out. That's why you see anointing 332 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,200 come out each and every time even though he's only missed 4 333 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:26,480 from 12:13 to 26. You have to be attention to make 334 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,320 things fresh. Music team, we meet back in in 335 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,520 the office there as we talk about make sure we're on the 336 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:35,000 same page and get together and pray and a little bit. 337 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:39,880 And they came in and they sat down and I said OK, good, I want 338 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:40,880 y'all to get up and switch seats. 339 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,560 OK, there's switch seats. And they said OK, good, now I 340 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:50,040 want y'all sweet seats again, but don't go back to the 341 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:53,920 original seat. OK, so they did that. 342 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,400 Then I said, OK, I went over some details. 343 00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,520 I didn't address why I had to do it, but I still don't raise 344 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,720 their hand and said, can you tell me why you why you did 345 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,920 that? I said because, you know, it's 346 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,280 about being intentional, being fresh with each other. 347 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,040 Don't get so familiar, so comfortable. 348 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:12,960 Don't come in and sit with the same people, the same place, the 349 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:14,960 same time, the same way all the time. 350 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,440 The more you can keep things fresh, the more you can keep 351 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,000 things reverent. Because you're thinking about 352 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,280 the newness, you're thinking about what it is, you're 353 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,800 thinking about what's been done, but you're also thinking about 354 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:27,960 the possibilities of what is yet to come. 355 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:37,120 Rested, not running ragged, trusting the rest in the Lord. 356 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:42,880 When you fear the Lord, he tells you what he's done, and He tells 357 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:48,640 you he wants you to rest. So when you are able to walk and 358 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,880 rest, you're walking in the fear of the Lord. 359 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,400 Lord, I don't have to grind. I can rest in you and what 360 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:57,360 you've done. If you tell me to do X and I do 361 00:20:57,360 --> 00:20:58,920 it, God, that's enough. I can rest. 362 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,400 Not feeling I have to accomplish more or do more. 363 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,400 Being reverent but not rolling back. 364 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,360 Here's one Walking in honor not owe me. 365 00:21:12,360 --> 00:21:18,480 Walking in honor not owe me what you owe me pastor comes up here. 366 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,200 How many of y'all walk in church or people walk in church and say 367 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:25,320 you owe me a good word. You owe me to get out on time. 368 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,040 You owe me to give me the community I need. 369 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:33,240 And you owe me the the the, the obligation of not having to do 370 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:36,560 anything and serving here. And you continue to receive me 371 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:41,360 back every time and say nothing to me about my not serving or 372 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:44,200 contributing to the community. You owe that to me. 373 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:49,400 How do you know that shows up? Because then when pastors set 374 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:53,040 different expectations, all of a sudden it becomes they're doing 375 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:54,840 too much. They all like they don't take 376 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:56,400 all that. They don't take this, they don't 377 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:57,800 take that. What you're really saying is 378 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,160 that no, no, you owe me something different and you're 379 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,480 not giving me what you're supposed to give me. 380 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,520 Honor says I'm going to reverence. 381 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,240 I'm going to respect. I'm a reverence. 382 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,600 I'm a respect. I'm going to treat as valuable. 383 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:15,880 Here's one reason you ought to honor everyone. 384 00:22:16,360 --> 00:22:18,560 Everybody's made in the image and likeness of God. 385 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,920 Honor that image. If you can't honor the person 386 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,240 the way they've chosen to live their life. 387 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,240 Honor always helps continue to increase the fear of God. 388 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,760 Pastor Terence will call me Sir. He says, excuse me, Sir. 389 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:35,120 Now we have a good relationship. We're friends. 390 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:38,920 That's a joke with me and my wife. 391 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:46,120 OK, but they're you say Sir, call me Sir for the it's just 392 00:22:46,120 --> 00:22:47,840 honor. What do I call him? 393 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:49,800 Pastor? I'm honoring his call. 394 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:51,760 I'm honoring the gift of God on his life. 395 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:54,840 That's why I call him pastor. That's why I call leaders, 396 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:58,080 leaders and directors, directors, because I'm honoring 397 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,000 them in what God's called them to do, what God's called them to 398 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,400 be. And honoring them I received 399 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,720 from them, but I also build up honor in my own life. 400 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,360 The Bible says this honor your mother and father. 401 00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:11,960 They don't say whether they're good or bad honor them that your 402 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,720 that it may be well with you that your days may be long on 403 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,040 the earth and you know one father. 404 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,040 You need to honor God at your father. 405 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,400 How can you honor the father you can't see if you can't honor the 406 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:26,560 father that you can't see the work of honor. 407 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,200 What tells you to go through the issues of brokenness and 408 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,520 unforgiveness and the issues of when your when your relationship 409 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,040 family and in getting those out of the way? 410 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,840 So you can't honor a parent or a honor a father. 411 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,680 It opens the door for you to honor God as your father. 412 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,200 If there's brokenness in you, you can't go straight just to 413 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,680 honoring God fully because I say brokenness is going to have you 414 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:49,640 impacted there. How does it show up? 415 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,240 It shows up in church like this. I don't trust my daddy. 416 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,440 OK, cool. But I don't trust the pastors. 417 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,520 I don't trust the leaders. I don't trust anybody when they 418 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,840 try to hold me accountable or want to encourage me or give me 419 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,200 something that I have not specifically asked for or think 420 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,280 that I need. You said it gets transferred. 421 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:16,200 OK, so honor posture, not performing posturing yourself 422 00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:20,680 increases the fear of God and the and the ability to receive 423 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:23,440 it and walk in it. How do you posture yourself? 424 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:29,360 Are you casual? A lot of times internal things 425 00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:31,360 are reflection of external. I mean, external things are 426 00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:34,560 reflection of internal things. So when we talk about how you 427 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,760 sit, it's not because you can't sit a certain way, but it's that 428 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,800 sitting a reflection of some internal things. 429 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,960 Does that make sense? So how do you posture yourself? 430 00:24:45,120 --> 00:24:48,160 How do you present yourself? How do you prepare yourself? 431 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,600 One way you posture yourself is making sure you keep weeds out 432 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,520 your garden. What do you do to make sure a 433 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,120 fence doesn't creep into your garden? 434 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,640 Do you talk to the people that you've gotten offended with 435 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:01,680 directly? And so I want to tell you 436 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:03,640 something. You may have done nothing wrong, 437 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,800 but I'm telling you, man, what you said really offended me. 438 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:08,880 It's my issue I'm working through. 439 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:11,720 I'm not telling you for you to change. 440 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:16,400 I'm telling you to bring exposure to the fact that I got 441 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,280 an issue and I'm dealing with my issue. 442 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:22,120 So as I deal with my issue, please don't take how I'm 443 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:24,360 working it out anyway against you. 444 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:29,640 I'm dealing with my own issue. What's your posture of how you 445 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:34,400 govern your internal garden? Are you quick to take the plank 446 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,840 out of your own eye before you take the speck of dust out of 447 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:43,600 somebody else's posture will help you grow and increase and 448 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,200 prepare for the the spirit of the fear of the Lord. 449 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:52,040 Amen. Now in the recognition we're in 450 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:56,640 a parliamentary country, we have what we call question period. 451 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:05,160 Question period, OK, So we won't have question period. 452 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:06,640 Now. I got all my own questions 453 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,920 already. See, I asked you all for 454 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:10,400 questions, but I got my own questions. 455 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,080 But I thought there was interesting questions that could 456 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:13,840 come up. Question period on the bottom I 457 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:15,920 got conscience, consistency and contours. 458 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:18,520 Why? When someone says the fear of 459 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:22,560 God, you can go yeah, or you can say yeah. 460 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:24,520 How does that work with this though? 461 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,600 If you're not asking the questions of consistency and and 462 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:32,320 contour and continuity, you, you, you're undermining your 463 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,600 ability to fully believe it and walk in it. 464 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,680 This church is never asking you to take stuff and just believe 465 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:42,280 it and just go. We want to give you the tools to 466 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:46,960 wrestle to work through your faith in community and in love 467 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,560 with honour for each other. Does that make sense? 468 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,640 OK, so you got to take these kind of things and say what 469 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,120 about this question though? Because believe it or not, 470 00:26:56,120 --> 00:26:58,720 everything you, your, your subconscious mind, your internal 471 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,720 person is more accurate than your external person. 472 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:05,880 Does that make sense? You're able to capture more, 473 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,240 it's more precise, more detail it don't miss anything. 474 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:13,520 It's a question period. First question, what does love 475 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:23,640 have to do with it? Not see me not not when I was 476 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:25,720 saying stand up with Slim Shady. I'd have been doing the same 477 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,680 thing with Slim Shady and I got caught myself, right? 478 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,600 Anyway, what does love have to do with it? 479 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,720 Why? Because again, pastor said this, 480 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,680 you can love God, but you may not fear God. 481 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,400 A lot of people love God, but not I'm the kind of person that 482 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:42,680 if I'm hearing this stuff, I say God. 483 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:48,360 I got to deal with that OK, because I've always thought love 484 00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:51,320 was more was as important. So God as I'm hearing the things 485 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,280 about the fear of God. How does that what God help me 486 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:58,400 understand? I'm not questioning the people 487 00:27:58,400 --> 00:27:59,960 I'm saying God, I want to understand him. 488 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:07,200 What's love got to do with it every hold on, hold on, no hold 489 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:12,000 on, hold on who we answered What kind of love? 490 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:16,080 What kind of love you talking about? 491 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,120 Because too often we lump all love together. 492 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:27,040 OK, we're talking about agape love, not emotional affection. 493 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,280 A lot of folk got emotional affection for Jesus. 494 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:37,800 They don't have agape for him. That's why you can love God but 495 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,880 not fear him, because you can't truly agape and not walk in 496 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:46,680 fear. OK, does that make sense? 497 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,640 Right. So it's the the kind of love 498 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:53,680 we're talking about that has everything to do with the fear 499 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:57,200 of God is an agape love, not an emotional affection. 500 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:01,160 It's a covenant love, not a love because of what he's done for 501 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,800 you. A lot of people's love for Jesus 502 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,160 based on what he's done for me. You've forgiven me. 503 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,080 You saved my soul, You delivered me all of those things. 504 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,520 That's not covenant. The fruit of covenant, Covenant 505 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,760 love says my life is your life. I lay it down for you. 506 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:18,040 I unify everything I am with everything you are. 507 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,520 I'll submit to whatever you say about my life and treat it is 508 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,440 true without doubt, without questioning, without falling 509 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:26,080 back. And I'll and I'll and I'll live 510 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:28,800 it out and only for me, but for the generations after me. 511 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:32,640 That's what covenant says. It's not based on what God did 512 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,320 for me. Because I might based more on. 513 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:39,120 How much I'm going to sacrifice and give fully myself to the 514 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:41,520 Lord? Reverence comes from. 515 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,560 So when you're talking about agape level, agape has 516 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,520 everything to do with it. Reverence comes from identity 517 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,960 acknowledged, not accomplishments. 518 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:52,480 I'm kind of building on the covenant part. 519 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,600 So let me ask you this If God never did anything for you, is 520 00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:00,400 he still worthy to be feared? That's what you got to. 521 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,720 Decide, because then when you stop getting stuff, are you 522 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:07,000 going to fear him the same, not be afraid of him? 523 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,520 Are you going to lead into him the same, stand with him the 524 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:13,280 same, honor him the same, be ready the same, posture yourself 525 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:16,600 the same? That's what you got to. 526 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,040 Ask OK, reverence comes from identity. 527 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:21,720 Acknowledged. Now, I didn't say from 528 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:23,760 acknowledging identity. I didn't say that. 529 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,520 To say it comes from acknowledging identity suggests 530 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:29,920 that unless I acknowledge it, you're not worthy of the 531 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:34,040 reverence. Identity. 532 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,960 Acknowledge says your identity determines your reverence, 533 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:39,600 whether you're worthy of it not or not. 534 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,240 My walking in it is based on how I acknowledge it. 535 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:46,720 Do I really acknowledge that? God is the one who gives me 536 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,800 life. If I truly acknowledge that, 537 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,520 what does that mean for how I breathe every day? 538 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:56,560 If I truly acknowledge that I owe everything to Jesus. 539 00:30:58,520 --> 00:30:59,880 I owe everything to. Him. 540 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:07,520 If I truly acknowledge. That that I have no identity 541 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:11,440 except me and Him and what the Father has produced to me before 542 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,720 the foundations of the world. If I truly acknowledge that, 543 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:18,120 then how do I respond? If my reverence based on. 544 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:19,880 Accomplishments. I respond differently. 545 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:24,000 Mark 12/29. Says this, and Jesus answered 546 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,160 him. Talking about what has love? 547 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,640 Got to do with it. So now in the New Testament says 548 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:31,120 well, Jesus, what's the greatest commandment? 549 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,960 Love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength and love 550 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,680 your neighbor as yourself. Here's a context for one 551 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,400 response to that and Jesus answered him. 552 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,920 The first of all the commandments is here, O Israel, 553 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,560 the Lord our God is one. It's beginning with reverence. 554 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,240 It's beginning with acknowledging that God is God. 555 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:50,560 There's a father son and the Holy Spirit. 556 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:53,400 They together work together and you that have no other God 557 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:57,400 before him and says in the Old Testament it begins with that 558 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:02,280 awesome understanding of who God is and his worthiness to be 559 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:04,680 revered even if he's never done anything for you. 560 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:07,840 That's the first. Part. 561 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,800 Thou shalt love now out. Of that you shall love the Lord 562 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,840 your God. With all your heart. 563 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:19,200 With all your soul, with all your mind, with all your 564 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:23,920 strength, can you really say you love Jesus fully an agape way? 565 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:25,080 I'm not saying you don't love him. 566 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,120 There's different kinds of love. Pastor's got a book he's writing 567 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,440 about that's amazing. There's different kinds of love. 568 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,000 But do you really say you can agape Jesus when you're not even 569 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:37,200 thinking about trying to do it with all of your heart, all of 570 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,240 your soul, all of your mind, all of your strength? 571 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:45,240 It's when you say God. I'm purposing to give you my 572 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,240 all, as she talked about earlier in the song. 573 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:53,960 That's when you're. Saying I love God from an agape 574 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:57,080 standpoint, covenant standpoint, and notice what happens next. 575 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:00,280 And the second is lamely, you should love your neighbor as 576 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,880 yourself. So once you come out of that 577 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:06,200 full agape commitment to love, now you know how to agape your 578 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,360 neighbor, and now you know how to Revere them and fear them and 579 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:11,880 fear what God's doing in their life as as well. 580 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:14,440 John 14, says. This. 581 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:17,440 If you really love me, you'll keep my commands. 582 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,680 And verse 16. Says this and I will ask the 583 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,600 Father, He would give you another comforter. 584 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,040 You can't do this without the work of the Holy Spirit. 585 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:31,120 You can't have this reverential covenant agape love that's 586 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:35,040 fueled with the fear of the Lord unless the spirit of the fear of 587 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,280 the Lord is working in you and that comes from the Holy Spirit. 588 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,560 He quickly acts almost immediately. 589 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,280 He says don't worry. I know it's a big task to honor 590 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:45,400 God that way, to Revere him that way. 591 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:49,040 That's why I'm giving you the Holy Ghost to help you, OK? 592 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,600 And he's going to bring that spirit of the fear of the Lord 593 00:33:52,400 --> 00:34:00,700 with him. And then Isaiah. 11 verse 2 594 00:34:00,700 --> 00:34:04,620 says, And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the 595 00:34:04,620 --> 00:34:06,860 reverential and obedient fear of the Lord. 596 00:34:07,260 --> 00:34:09,580 So again, it's just the Scripture further supporting how 597 00:34:09,580 --> 00:34:12,659 the Holy Spirit is helping you to walk in that obedience. 598 00:34:12,820 --> 00:34:17,739 You can't do it without him. OK, what does honor have to do 599 00:34:17,739 --> 00:34:21,840 with it? Honor amplifies reverence by 600 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:26,920 causing you to remember worth. If I'm going to honor you. 601 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:30,400 Why? Why should I honor you? 602 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:35,480 Now I've got to remember whatever your worth is, right? 603 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:40,080 So as I remember your worth, now I'm able to get more reverence 604 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:42,239 because I'm seeing what God is doing in your life. 605 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:45,520 I'm seeing who you are. I'm seeing who you are to me. 606 00:34:45,679 --> 00:34:48,840 I'm seeing how God loved me enough to put you in my life. 607 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:52,080 So my. Wife. 608 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:55,800 She's been went through me. With a lot. 609 00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,960 So when I look at her and I call her my wife. 610 00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:07,320 I see more than that. I remember a lot of things. 611 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,840 I remember how you stood with me, how you didn't quit on me, 612 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,000 how you helped me when I couldn't help myself. 613 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:18,160 I remember how you told me to grow up, how you challenged me, 614 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,840 how you supported me even when I was wrong. 615 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,760 I remember how you told people to keep your mouth off my 616 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,880 husband, I don't care what he looks like in your mind, only 617 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,360 bring me a good report. What we deal with in our house 618 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:32,680 is in our house. I remember the days. 619 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:34,520 I was sleeping. You roll your hand over and you 620 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,480 put your hand on me and pray for me. 621 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:41,040 When I remember who. God gave me in my life. 622 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:47,400 How can I not say God not only thank you, but who is God to 623 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:56,240 love me that way? My Lord and my God, you see what 624 00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:57,120 I'm saying? Honor. 625 00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,000 They cause you to remember worth. 626 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,280 That's why honor is important. It's that the crux of fear in 627 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:05,400 the Lord. You cannot have the fear of God 628 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:09,080 if you have no honor. This is important. 629 00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:14,120 Not honor for the honorable. But honor? 630 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:18,840 For the worthy. If your dad. 631 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:20,960 Beat you. He's still worthy of honor 632 00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:23,720 because he's, he said yes, they're receiving you and no one 633 00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:27,440 else would. You got me. 634 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:30,200 I'm not. We're not saying be abused. 635 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:36,120 But there is a position. Of honor that's worthy of all 636 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:37,680 the people God's put in your life. 637 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:41,080 Not because they deserve it, Because they're worthy of it. 638 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:42,680 Because of the position God gave them. 639 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:46,080 And I'm telling you, do that, and the honor you give to the 640 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:50,320 position will cause the Kingdom to activate the fruitfulness of 641 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:52,600 what that position was supposed to have done for you. 642 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:55,640 So you come out the other side holding a greater way. 643 00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:00,600 Why does the Bible use the? Same word for fear and afraid. 644 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:07,080 It doesn't because the context governs the text and the 645 00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:15,080 subtext. It doesn't if the Bible uses 646 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:16,880 the. Same literal word for fear. 647 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,080 Fear of God. Step in, draw near. 648 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,720 I'm afraid. Same word, fall back. 649 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,360 What's the context? The context is what you think 650 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:31,040 about God. It's really. 651 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:33,000 It may. Be the same letters but not the 652 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:34,840 same word, because the context changes it. 653 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:41,240 Here it is, we good. We good. 654 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:49,960 We good, we good, we good said the same 2 words. 655 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:53,200 She had a context changes. OK, the. 656 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,920 Context is really what the meaning is about, not just the 657 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:59,360 letters. So in that. 658 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,240 Instance. What you think about God 659 00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:05,960 determines how that that word is translated. 660 00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:09,640 Your response is. Where it comes through the 661 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:13,880 context of fear is is response good or bad? 662 00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:16,400 If you have the fear of God, you'll fall in. 663 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:19,360 If you have the freight of God, you'll fall away. 664 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:23,000 Now, is there a difference between fear of the Lord and the 665 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,640 spirit of the fear of the Lord? Yes, there He is. 666 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:29,640 Is the difference between in you and on you? 667 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:35,600 Say in you, on you. I want to take you to one. 668 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:40,080 Verse here. Acts Chapter 9. 669 00:38:49,790 --> 00:38:51,910 Verse 31 it says. They're walking in the respect 670 00:38:51,910 --> 00:38:53,190 and reverential fear of the Lord. 671 00:38:55,310 --> 00:38:58,910 The fear of. God is what's in you working to 672 00:38:58,910 --> 00:39:02,150 help you fear the Lord. The spirit of the. 673 00:39:02,150 --> 00:39:05,590 Fear of the Lord is what's on you to help those around you to 674 00:39:05,590 --> 00:39:08,910 come to fear Him. Y'all y'all catch? 675 00:39:08,910 --> 00:39:12,150 That it's got to come on you before it can come in you. 676 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:17,240 But if the Holy Spirit who put it on Jesus now lives in us, 677 00:39:17,240 --> 00:39:20,200 then that is already in us. That's where the fear of God 678 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:22,840 comes from. The Spirit of the fear of the 679 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:25,800 Lord is something that can come on us, that causes the people of 680 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:29,720 robbing us to fear God. You'd live consistently a life 681 00:39:29,720 --> 00:39:32,240 before people. They will begin to fear God. 682 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,800 How did they begin to fear God? OK, I'll go to church with you. 683 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:38,480 OK. How can I support you? 684 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:40,600 OK, I'll let you pray. What? 685 00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:44,080 Because the spirit of the fear of God is on them, that person, 686 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:47,360 and it's causing other people to come into reference with God. 687 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,480 So the difference between it being in you and being on you. 688 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,440 But it got to be on you before it can be in you. 689 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,680 And when the Holy Ghost came to live in US, now it's in US and 690 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,160 falling through us to come on us so it can come on them. 691 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:02,800 Lastly, can. I just decide to fear God more 692 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:06,960 because I want to. No, because it's based on his 693 00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:10,400 revealing himself to you. You can't just decide it. 694 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:13,840 You can posture yourself for it. You can. 695 00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:16,640 Ask God for it. You can live a life that says, 696 00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:19,200 God, I want to know you some more and I put you above 697 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:20,960 everything else. Holy Spirit, help me. 698 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:26,320 And as you do, then that's when you get revelation of who God 699 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:29,080 is. And the more he fears you, the 700 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:31,880 more revelation you get. So I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm going to 701 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:34,920 say this with you real quick. That's the song we got. 702 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:39,360 What's the name of the song? The one I've been talking about. 703 00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:41,520 My name is love. My name is love. 704 00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:46,080 There's a part in that song that that that the best things are 705 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,880 called the change from the US side to the God side. 706 00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:52,320 And in that part. You help me with the words here. 707 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:57,080 OK? In this part it says say say. 708 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,600 This is God speaking to us. Go ahead. 709 00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:07,720 I see in the deep world I turn the car. 710 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:19,080 These words I've sworn right. They're not. 711 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:29,040 Here's the part you can trust. Believe me when I say. 712 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:33,240 What he's saying is I reveal myself to you and I'm telling 713 00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:37,520 you that I love you. That's the fear of God's 714 00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:42,320 revealing himself to me. I want to let you know nothing. 715 00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:44,600 Can change me or my thoughts about you? 716 00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:48,680 I'm telling you who I am. My mind's made. 717 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:53,120 Up I took the cup. It's already been promised and 718 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:59,760 declared and I want to tell you from now until eternity. 719 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:06,840 You are loved. You are loved, you are loved, 720 00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:11,280 you are loved. And if you want to show the fear 721 00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:14,240 of God, your only response is not this. 722 00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:23,840 Come here, this is my son. Your response to You are loved 723 00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:29,240 isn't this? The fifth God. 724 00:42:29,240 --> 00:42:33,080 Response to him saying I took the cup, My mind's made-up, It's 725 00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:35,400 been promised. It's it ain't changing, it ain't 726 00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:37,960 going nowhere. I need you to know it, that you 727 00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:41,440 are loved. The fifth God response. 728 00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:46,440 To that ain't this. It's this. 729 00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,520 You see what I'm saying? I can't hug it kneeling down. 730 00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:00,800 I can't hug him if he's. Laying on his face. 731 00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:05,000 You understand what I'm saying? The reverence of God will have 732 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:09,440 you stand, because here I can breathe, breath in his nostrils. 733 00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:11,440 I can have my heart close to His. 734 00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:14,120 We beat his one. I got his back. 735 00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:16,560 You ready Just as much as He got mine. 736 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:22,320 You understand that? That's the fear of God response 737 00:43:22,720 --> 00:43:27,400 to standing up and standing in. That's why it's. 738 00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:30,360 Only if God reveals. It he invites us into that. 739 00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:34,880 We're not close with this. Where we're supposed to come up 740 00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:41,920 and announce by doing a very quick prayer is this, It's like 741 00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:45,160 the prodigal son. I told you already, He came 742 00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:47,120 back. He was going to say, Dad, I want 743 00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:51,760 to. He said, go get my robe, the one 744 00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:54,040 I've worn from the foundations of the earth. 745 00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:57,080 Go get my robe, the one I was wearing when I was thinking 746 00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:59,120 about this sacrifice. Go get my robe. 747 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:03,320 Go get my shoes. My, my, get my shoes a piece, 748 00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,120 not just yours. Go get my shoes. 749 00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:07,520 Go get my ring. And you put that on him. 750 00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:10,240 That's the that's the fear of God response. 751 00:44:10,720 --> 00:44:13,800 That's the love. And the only response if you're 752 00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:16,960 walking in the fear of God and referencing him in that moment 753 00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:20,440 is to say, Father, yes, put the robe on. 754 00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:23,960 What kind of response is it if my father gives me his robe and 755 00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:26,160 I say it's too special, I'm gonna fold it up. 756 00:44:26,240 --> 00:44:28,360 I'm gonna put it away for a special occasion. 757 00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:32,480 I'm gonna put that joker. On I'm gonna be like a four year 758 00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:34,040 old. I'm gonna wear it to bed. 759 00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:36,840 I'm aware to outside. I'm aware to play. 760 00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:39,400 I'm aware it in the dirt. I'm gonna wear it everywhere I 761 00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:40,080 go. Why? 762 00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:45,560 Because I'm loved. Father, we thank you for this. 763 00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:48,200 Moment we thank you God, we've received. 764 00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:50,760 Thank you God. You're transforming us with the 765 00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:54,040 fear of God in these moments. We're just beginning to unpack 766 00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:56,680 this and unfold this. We thank you for pastors that 767 00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:59,320 have hearts and ears to release this in our midst. 768 00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:02,280 God, thank you for giving the wisdom and the strategy and the 769 00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:04,960 ability to unfold it and pack it more fully even. 770 00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:08,120 God, we're posturing ourselves and making ourselves available 771 00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:11,080 to you to say. God, we're ready for the spirit 772 00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:12,680 of the fear of God to come in our life. 773 00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:15,400 We're going to love you with all of our hearts, soul, mind and 774 00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:17,880 strength. We're putting it all in and all 775 00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:19,880 out. We know the Holy Spirit's going 776 00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:23,640 to be needed to help us do it, but we're telling you God, with 777 00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:30,000 the words of our lips agape, not affection complete God, not 778 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:34,120 casual. Thank you Lord in Jesus name. 779 00:45:36,240 --> 00:45:38,240 Amen, if you. Received something this morning. 780 00:45:38,240 --> 00:45:52,430 Can we just give God it's? Not it's not fair sometimes. 781 00:45:52,430 --> 00:45:54,830 Get wrecked. And then you got to come and try 782 00:45:54,830 --> 00:45:57,190 to say something that makes sense to a bunch of people. 783 00:45:58,830 --> 00:46:04,230 You can have a seat. Yeah, I'm grateful for the Word. 784 00:46:04,230 --> 00:46:08,920 I'm grateful that God's Word is alive and active and he's so big 785 00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:12,320 and so vast that he would he would birth lyrics in and 786 00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:17,680 through us and then a year later reveal a deeper revelation of 787 00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:22,680 what it even means. He's so, he's so, he's so great, 788 00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:28,960 He's so good. So thank you EJ for living a 789 00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:47,640 life of fearing God. Yeah, grateful to be. 790 00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:52,040 Led by people who really know him and really fear him. 791 00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:57,760 OK. We can do this, OK? 792 00:46:59,920 --> 00:47:01,920 It's it's not even, it is that serious. 793 00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:03,040 I want to say it's not that serious. 794 00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:04,800 It is that serious. I have some announcements for 795 00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:09,560 you guys. So part of the. 796 00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:12,920 Reason probably why we're so tender is because how many of 797 00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:15,160 you know that we are on a fast right now. 798 00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:22,360 You best believe we are fasting as a church for 21 days and we 799 00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:28,840 are meeting here every day, Tuesday to Saturday, 6:30 PM, 800 00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:32,240 Sunday for our Sunday experiences at 9:00 and 11:30. 801 00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:36,280 And then Mondays we have our prayer calls. 802 00:47:36,720 --> 00:47:39,920 The men are at 8:00 PM. And the ladies, Yeah, sorry I 803 00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:42,240 didn't give you all a chance. OK man, let's hear where you at. 804 00:47:42,240 --> 00:47:47,160 All the men are. Yeah, you guys are going to hop 805 00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:50,000 on the call. All the information is there. 806 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:54,760 The Zoom call at 8:00 PM and then all of the ladies in the 807 00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:58,520 room shout out on time. This is the. 808 00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:00,000 Information for your prayer call. 809 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,800 It's going to be at 8:30. I was finding it so funny. 810 00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:05,720 The men are like, yeah, and the girls are like yeah. 811 00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:09,920 Like we're so. We're funny people, man. 812 00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:16,080 And then January 20th to 28th, we're going to have our week of 813 00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:18,480 revival. And the Lord was challenging me 814 00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:21,440 yesterday. He's like, we can just slap 815 00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:24,520 these labels on things, but he's like, like, do you know what 816 00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:26,800 that means? Like, do you actually believe 817 00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:29,840 that? Like are you inviting people 818 00:48:29,840 --> 00:48:32,160 that you know that need to know me to come? 819 00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:34,920 Like is the gospel real to you? Or do you like just singing 820 00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:37,720 songs about me at church? Like let me be the first to 821 00:48:37,720 --> 00:48:41,480 humble myself before you guys. Like the Lord is convicting me. 822 00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:48,680 And so if I can implore you and invite you to ask the Lord to 823 00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:55,120 start preparing your heart now and ask him who you can bring to 824 00:48:55,120 --> 00:48:58,200 that week. And why don't we just for a week 825 00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:01,720 actually believe that God is who he says he is and he's going to 826 00:49:01,720 --> 00:49:03,120 do what he says he's going to do. 827 00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:06,080 And then watch how the domino effect of that effects our 828 00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:10,640 lives. And then January 25th, correct, 829 00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:13,400 January 25th, we're going to do 24 hours of prayer. 830 00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:15,440 Who was there last? Was that last year? 831 00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:18,760 Was that a year? Oh, June, I was like, oh God, 832 00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:20,800 that was not last January. Was it OK, last June? 833 00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:22,520 Who was here for 24 hours of prayer? 834 00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:29,520 How fun was it be for real? We had so much fun, and it was 835 00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:31,800 hilarious. We LED worship at like, 3:00 AM. 836 00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:36,600 And I don't really remember. But what I do know is there is, 837 00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:39,400 yeah. It births this depth of 838 00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:41,680 desperation for God. And when you do it with a bunch 839 00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:45,640 of people, it gives you the courage and the confidence to do 840 00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:50,000 it in your own life. And so book it off work if you 841 00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:51,720 have to. We're going to be here all day. 842 00:49:51,720 --> 00:49:54,800 And then it ends at our Sunday experiences the next day, which 843 00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:57,920 is the 26th. OK, so you have a couple of 844 00:49:57,920 --> 00:49:59,040 weeks. Book it off work. 845 00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:00,960 Do what you need to do. If you have kids or you need to 846 00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:03,200 go and then come back and go and then come back. 847 00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:06,280 You can do that. Wear comfy clothes. 848 00:50:06,520 --> 00:50:10,080 You'll definitely want it. And finally, we're shifting how 849 00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:12,640 we do our prayer ministry a little bit. 850 00:50:12,640 --> 00:50:19,320 And so if you are interested in learning how to pray, I have 851 00:50:19,320 --> 00:50:22,280 grown up in the church. I thought I knew how to pray. 852 00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:25,560 And then I started coming to our prayer meetings and I said this 853 00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:28,200 is awkward because I've been leading worship and I don't know 854 00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:32,960 if I actually know how to pray efficiently. 855 00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:37,040 And, and so if you are interested in learning how to 856 00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:41,800 pray and being activated in prayer, Vanessa, raise your 857 00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:44,200 hand, give us a wave. She's a part of our gap 858 00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:47,360 ministries and you can head to the back at the end of service 859 00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:50,640 and sign up with her. This isn't a sign up to be a 860 00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:54,000 part of the gap ministry. Does that make sense? 861 00:50:54,240 --> 00:50:55,840 OK, so you're not signing up to be a volunteer. 862 00:50:55,840 --> 00:50:59,560 You're saying, I really want to learn how to pray. 863 00:50:59,960 --> 00:51:03,320 And that's going to be happening here on Saturday mornings. 864 00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:06,200 We don't have any time yet, right, to be determined. 865 00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:08,120 But if you were interested in that, does that make sense? 866 00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:09,520 Everybody that makes sense. Cool. 867 00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:12,240 So if you are interested in that, please head to the back 868 00:51:12,240 --> 00:51:15,200 after service so that you can sign up. 869 00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:17,440 OK, sound good? We're now going to turn our 870 00:51:17,440 --> 00:51:19,160 attention to the screen. We got a special announcement 871 00:51:19,160 --> 00:51:20,920 for you guys. Y'all love? 872 00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:26,640 Quest Nation PT here, not with you today, but my spirit is with 873 00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:28,480 y'all. I have a couple of announcements 874 00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:31,680 and a couple of things I want to just reiterate. 875 00:51:31,680 --> 00:51:33,320 That's happening. Very important. 876 00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:38,080 And so February 2nd we have Love Quest Nation and collaborate 877 00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:41,600 collaboration. It is the Renaissance, it is the 878 00:51:41,600 --> 00:51:44,440 revival of Kingdom art and it's artists. 879 00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:49,760 February 2nd we're calling out all creatives, all creatives, 880 00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:53,200 all creatives, artists. And you know if you're creative 881 00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:54,680 or not, you know if you're artists or not. 882 00:51:54,680 --> 00:51:56,800 This is your time. It's going to be a time of 883 00:51:56,800 --> 00:52:02,960 fellowship, fun, food, music, creative exercises and we're 884 00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:05,680 starting a community for creatives. 885 00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:09,000 This will be a year we disciple, we equip all of you artists. 886 00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:12,480 Let me tell you something, your art belongs in the hand of God 887 00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:15,480 and with it revival. Sons and daughters are coming 888 00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:18,800 home and in BC. I feel like in in Love Quest 889 00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:23,560 man, there's so many creatives that are ready to be ignited and 890 00:52:23,560 --> 00:52:27,960 set ablaze into the community. So February 2nd we are going to 891 00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:31,480 be playing off the backs of the pop up shop. 892 00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:34,200 So the pop up shop will happen earlier in the day. 893 00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:36,560 That is going to be fun. That's art itself, that's 894 00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:38,480 creativity itself. It's going to be fun. 895 00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:42,520 But the Renaissance is going to be the after party to the pop up 896 00:52:42,520 --> 00:52:44,880 shop. Yes, that Sunday evening, 897 00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:47,400 February 2nd, we are going to have some fun. 898 00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:50,920 Man, Can you imagine artists from all over the city coming 899 00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:57,360 together with one vision, being encouraged, not isolated and 900 00:52:57,360 --> 00:53:00,080 being ignited. I got a word for you, we got 901 00:53:00,080 --> 00:53:03,640 some fun for you and I'm telling you, you do not want to miss it. 902 00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:08,560 I will see you there. Our pop up shop peoples will be 903 00:53:08,560 --> 00:53:11,880 popping up and giving you some information and details so you 904 00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:15,000 can help them help you. February 2nd. 905 00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:19,160 Let's go, wait a minute, one more announcement, one more, one 906 00:53:19,160 --> 00:53:22,240 more, one more. January 19th to call out for our 907 00:53:22,240 --> 00:53:24,240 Stoop ministries. We're getting ready to upgrade 908 00:53:24,240 --> 00:53:27,680 our our our children's church. We're getting ready to launch 909 00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:30,880 our Army of David ministry, which is our youth ministry. 910 00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:34,880 Listen, this may not even be an area you thought you would be 911 00:53:34,880 --> 00:53:38,920 serving in, but this is an area that God is calling you to. 912 00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:42,840 And so I, I think this is your opportunity, whoever you are. 913 00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:46,240 Look, if you don't want to serve with our students, please do not 914 00:53:46,240 --> 00:53:48,720 do it because we are not playing with our children. 915 00:53:48,880 --> 00:53:52,920 That is our next generations and we really want to serve them and 916 00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:55,520 their families. Well, January 19th after the 917 00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:59,680 11:30 AM experience, I will be sharing with you for 30 minutes, 918 00:54:00,560 --> 00:54:03,320 more like 20 and then and giving you an opportunity to ask any 919 00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:06,240 questions. But we have to give our children 920 00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:09,880 and our families the top shelf service. 921 00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:12,520 If that's you and you can help us accomplish that, I want to 922 00:54:12,520 --> 00:54:15,600 see you January 19th after the 1130 experience. 923 00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:17,640 Until next time, you can be praying. 924 00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:21,200 Do whatever you want to do but until next time for sure get 925 00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:25,280 your love fixed man. Amen. 926 00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:27,880 Well, we are out. Of time, but we are not out of 927 00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:31,720 the fear of God. And so until Tuesday, when I see 928 00:54:31,720 --> 00:54:35,960 you here at 6:30 for prayer, get your love face, man. 929 00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:48,480 Thank you so much for tuning. Into this week's sermon, we pray 930 00:54:48,480 --> 00:54:51,400 you are challenged, equipped and encouraged. 931 00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:53,600 Make sure to follow us on all platforms. 932 00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:57,640 That's love quest intl church. We out here for real. 933 00:54:57,760 --> 00:55:00,000 We're really doing it. That's Facebook, Instagram, 934 00:55:00,040 --> 00:55:03,240 YouTube and TikTok. You can find us anywhere you 935 00:55:03,240 --> 00:55:05,640 need to find us. But until next time you know the 936 00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:07,760 drill. You know the motto, get your 937 00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:10,000 love fixed man and we'll see y'all real soon. 938 00:55:12,960 --> 00:55:18,840 There is a river, a flight slowing down from the Grove. 939 00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:26,000 Can you see it? There is a sound off the shore, 940 00:55:26,720 --> 00:55:27,400 far from heaven.