1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:05,120 We are one church. We love God, love people, love 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,840 his mission and love his church. Welcome to the One Church 3 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:16,640 Podcast. Hello and welcome. 4 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,960 To the One Church Podcast, it's great to have you joining us. 5 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,560 Hope you're having a wonderful summer and hopefully haven't got 6 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,000 too wet from the torrential rain this week. 7 00:00:27,250 --> 00:00:30,330 This week we have Pastor David speaking to us from the OB site. 8 00:00:30,610 --> 00:00:34,290 May be blessed as we think about building our life on Jesus. 9 00:00:38,570 --> 00:00:41,210 Hello everyone and hello on the podcast. 10 00:00:41,210 --> 00:00:44,690 Today as we're going to talk about building. 11 00:00:45,130 --> 00:00:50,410 On the 14th of July 2022, we were sat in Mayway's 12 00:00:50,530 --> 00:00:55,770 construction offices in OB. We'd just become one church and 13 00:00:55,770 --> 00:00:58,610 we knew he was calling us to develop the building and we'd 14 00:00:58,610 --> 00:01:03,130 sat and discussed ideas for the Frog Island development and I 15 00:01:03,610 --> 00:01:06,130 had convinced myself that we would be able to do it for 16 00:01:06,130 --> 00:01:12,010 somewhere around £600,000. And that quote turned out to be 17 00:01:12,010 --> 00:01:16,210 significantly higher. And we listened to all the plans 18 00:01:16,210 --> 00:01:18,650 and we looked to all the drawings and we talked through 19 00:01:18,650 --> 00:01:20,450 what could be in this presentation. 20 00:01:20,850 --> 00:01:24,050 And then it came to the moment when we looked at the costings 21 00:01:24,890 --> 00:01:27,450 and of course the development has turned out to be just under 22 00:01:27,730 --> 00:01:31,290 £2 million. But I'm hearing the amount. 23 00:01:31,690 --> 00:01:35,970 Susan and I sat a little deflated and we began a process 24 00:01:36,170 --> 00:01:39,010 in us and now we're going to pick up with a message I 25 00:01:39,010 --> 00:01:42,530 preached yesterday in OB talking about this. 26 00:01:43,210 --> 00:01:45,690 Everybody went off and she's now went for a walk around the air 27 00:01:45,690 --> 00:01:47,970 and thought, Lord, what do you want us to do? 28 00:01:48,050 --> 00:01:51,480 What's your plan? And we were honest about where 29 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:55,360 we were and honest about what we felt the Father wanted us to do. 30 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,560 And we carried on listening. And we believed it was his heart 31 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,680 to develop this building. There was a prophetic word given 32 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:07,880 just three or so years ago about how the Father was calling us to 33 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:10,080 renovate this building that he'd given us. 34 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:14,120 And as we did, he would raise the level of his presence in 35 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,360 that place. And we believed to trust him. 36 00:02:18,630 --> 00:02:22,470 And here we were in June thinking, God, what does this 37 00:02:22,470 --> 00:02:24,430 mean? And we started to look at 38 00:02:24,430 --> 00:02:29,990 designs and planning permission and the challenges of that and 39 00:02:29,990 --> 00:02:33,390 people and timings and noise and dust. 40 00:02:33,870 --> 00:02:38,310 We renovated our officers before Christmas, and we moved in in 41 00:02:38,310 --> 00:02:42,110 the first week of January to see what the Lord would do. 42 00:02:42,110 --> 00:02:44,470 And of course, many of you were part of that journey. 43 00:02:44,470 --> 00:02:48,680 Our incredible vision offering in November and other provision 44 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,920 that we were able to have some money that came to us as we 45 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:54,400 joined trust. The selling of a house in high 46 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:58,000 fields and recently the selling of our building in high fields. 47 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,760 And over my life there was a scripture hanging that was a 48 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:04,680 great burden to me. It'll just come up on the 49 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:06,520 screen. Here it says this. 50 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,960 Suppose one of your Jesus words, he writes, Suppose one of you 51 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,840 wants to build a tower. Won't you first sit down and 52 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:18,270 estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete 53 00:03:18,270 --> 00:03:20,990 it? For if you lay the foundation 54 00:03:20,990 --> 00:03:24,430 and are not able to finish it, everyone will see it and they 55 00:03:24,430 --> 00:03:27,070 will ridicule you. Saying this person began to 56 00:03:27,070 --> 00:03:31,550 build and wasn't able to finish. Many years ago when I was a 57 00:03:31,550 --> 00:03:34,350 staff member in a different city, in a different church. 58 00:03:34,630 --> 00:03:38,150 We settle on a building project and the people sacrificed and 59 00:03:38,150 --> 00:03:41,510 they gave and Susan and I invested into that and believed 60 00:03:41,510 --> 00:03:43,590 God. And that building was never 61 00:03:43,590 --> 00:03:46,470 built. In fact we never came anywhere 62 00:03:46,470 --> 00:03:50,110 near to building it. And that leads to challenges and 63 00:03:50,110 --> 00:03:53,790 questions and what what did God said and and what do you do with 64 00:03:53,790 --> 00:03:56,230 what people have given? And and that was not I was not 65 00:03:56,230 --> 00:03:59,230 leading at that time. But when here in Leicester that 66 00:03:59,230 --> 00:04:02,630 was a burden hanging over me. Lord, what happens if we start 67 00:04:02,630 --> 00:04:06,190 and then we don't finish? What happens if we if I stay 68 00:04:06,190 --> 00:04:08,110 from the front. We're going to do this and then 69 00:04:08,430 --> 00:04:11,270 no one gives anything. These are the the insecure 70 00:04:11,270 --> 00:04:13,590 moments of a leader at 3:00 o'clock in the morning. 71 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,440 I mean, sometimes God can be very small and doubts can be 72 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,360 very large. And we have watched as he has 73 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,920 done something quite incredible among us. 74 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:29,880 And I am so, so thankful. And he has helped us in so many 75 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:35,240 ways than so many stories as we've watched people giving 76 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,440 beyond anything we ever imagined believing. 77 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,360 God, as I've read just recently, so many stories been sent to me 78 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:48,000 of what people have seen as God has helped them be able to do 79 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,800 what they felt he wanted them to do. 80 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,000 So many stories, some of which I'll share with you in the in 81 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,000 the weeks and months ahead and the Lord has helped us. 82 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,680 And here in this last part, even this week, a surprise, 83 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:04,720 unexpected gift of just under £17,000 to help us kit out the 84 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:08,260 whole of our coffee shop. And Hayes has been praying and 85 00:05:08,260 --> 00:05:11,140 believing God for something to come through for the coffee 86 00:05:11,140 --> 00:05:12,860 shop. And then a surprise and she 87 00:05:12,860 --> 00:05:16,260 stands in front of me this week with this check and she says the 88 00:05:16,260 --> 00:05:20,620 Lord has done it. And when we open in in 89 00:05:20,620 --> 00:05:23,620 September, we'll talk to you about how the Lord has provided 90 00:05:23,620 --> 00:05:27,220 for us to be able to finish what we started together. 91 00:05:28,060 --> 00:05:30,740 The buildings are only ever spaced to reach people. 92 00:05:32,180 --> 00:05:36,550 Buildings are, I understand, built for the glory of God, But 93 00:05:36,550 --> 00:05:40,430 the buildings that we have will only be spaces in which people 94 00:05:40,430 --> 00:05:43,190 can be changed. And in the process of this last 95 00:05:43,190 --> 00:05:47,390 year, he has been building me and building us behind the 96 00:05:47,390 --> 00:05:50,070 scenes. And we're we're committed to all 97 00:05:50,070 --> 00:05:52,350 of our sites. We're committed to planting 98 00:05:52,350 --> 00:05:54,390 more. We're not going to become a 99 00:05:54,390 --> 00:05:55,870 church that meets in one building. 100 00:05:55,870 --> 00:05:58,350 We're going to be more spread out. 101 00:05:58,950 --> 00:06:02,510 But we get the joy of coming back together and then being 102 00:06:02,510 --> 00:06:05,230 spread out again. And he's been building us in 103 00:06:05,230 --> 00:06:09,260 this year structure, teams, people, vision. 104 00:06:09,460 --> 00:06:11,540 God has been incredibly faithful. 105 00:06:11,860 --> 00:06:15,780 He's helped us behind the scenes to strengthen for what he wants 106 00:06:15,780 --> 00:06:19,980 to do in September. We already have a growing group 107 00:06:19,980 --> 00:06:22,540 of people committed to the leadership team of our next 108 00:06:22,540 --> 00:06:25,340 site, which we'll announce in September. 109 00:06:25,900 --> 00:06:28,780 Leaders, people ready to be part of the core of that. 110 00:06:29,420 --> 00:06:34,500 And it's been such an honor. And he's also been building me. 111 00:06:34,940 --> 00:06:39,620 I can say that here in my life, growing me, challenging me, 112 00:06:39,620 --> 00:06:43,820 strengthening Susan and I to build our lives more than ever 113 00:06:43,820 --> 00:06:47,340 before on the rock, to delegate more to others, more than we 114 00:06:47,340 --> 00:06:52,820 ever have before, and to release other people and not just carry 115 00:06:52,820 --> 00:06:55,900 it ourselves. And today I want to bring a 116 00:06:55,900 --> 00:06:58,460 message to us here and then to the wider church through our 117 00:06:58,460 --> 00:07:03,980 podcast about building about some important principles, about 118 00:07:03,980 --> 00:07:08,040 building for us individually. And the first thing I want to 119 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,680 just just look at is this, that we should build everything in 120 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:14,520 our lives on Jesus. And here we are in Matthew 121 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:18,240 Chapter 7, a well known story that Jesus told. 122 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:23,400 Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and puts 123 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:27,520 them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on 124 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,080 the rock. The rain came down on the 125 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,360 streams rose and the winds blew and beat against that house. 126 00:07:33,890 --> 00:07:38,290 Yet it did not fall because it had its foundations on the rock. 127 00:07:39,850 --> 00:07:43,970 He is the rock. He's the immovable one, Jesus. 128 00:07:44,210 --> 00:07:48,290 But when everything else is shaken, he remains the rock. 129 00:07:49,090 --> 00:07:52,290 And we're not promised an easy road. 130 00:07:52,730 --> 00:07:56,560 And so often, Jesus, teachers and other parts of the 131 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:00,520 scriptures reminders that life is not meant to all be easy. 132 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:02,400 And look here, Look at that passage. 133 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:09,240 The rain came down the streams they rose, the winds they blew 134 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,760 and beat against that house. It doesn't sound to me like just 135 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:19,800 a time of devotion and quietness and and peace in in everything. 136 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:24,100 There are challenges. Rains come, streams come, winds 137 00:08:24,100 --> 00:08:25,940 come. They're part of the journey, and 138 00:08:25,940 --> 00:08:29,180 sometimes it feels like they're beating on the House. 139 00:08:29,580 --> 00:08:32,580 Questions and challenges, difficulties, moments of 140 00:08:32,580 --> 00:08:37,220 precious sadness and this promise that he'll be with us, 141 00:08:37,220 --> 00:08:41,620 building us in the middle. So how do we build our lives on 142 00:08:41,700 --> 00:08:44,460 Jesus the rock? How do we keep, Whether we're 143 00:08:44,460 --> 00:08:49,250 new to faith or whether we have been Jesus followers for 30-40 144 00:08:49,250 --> 00:08:53,610 fifty years, how do we keep building our foundations on 145 00:08:53,690 --> 00:08:57,570 Jesus, the rock in the building on Frog Island? 146 00:08:57,930 --> 00:09:01,810 It's been fascinating to watch, to just have a look at progress, 147 00:09:01,810 --> 00:09:06,050 to see how our foundations lay, How do they go about the process 148 00:09:06,050 --> 00:09:09,370 of changing things? How is and how you build your 149 00:09:09,370 --> 00:09:13,290 foundations on Jesus are very simple and they're in this 150 00:09:13,290 --> 00:09:15,330 passage. He says this. 151 00:09:16,050 --> 00:09:19,590 Here's these words of mine and puts them into practice. 152 00:09:20,030 --> 00:09:23,230 Now, if you're looking for something really, really deep, I 153 00:09:23,230 --> 00:09:25,710 don't think you're going to find anything deeper than this. 154 00:09:26,190 --> 00:09:28,110 This is this deep as I get today. 155 00:09:28,950 --> 00:09:33,510 How do we build our foundations on Jesus, the rock, These words 156 00:09:33,510 --> 00:09:35,550 of mine. We read the Bible. 157 00:09:36,350 --> 00:09:40,670 Here's these words of mine. We listen to what it says and 158 00:09:40,670 --> 00:09:46,030 puts them into practice. We do what we hear, hear and do. 159 00:09:46,390 --> 00:09:51,710 There's a simplicity in faith in walking with Jesus that is so 160 00:09:51,710 --> 00:09:56,390 much based around reading, hearing and doing what the Bible 161 00:09:56,390 --> 00:10:02,110 says it is at the the foundation of building on the rock. 162 00:10:02,150 --> 00:10:05,030 It's why it sometimes could be a challenge to read the Bible for 163 00:10:05,030 --> 00:10:06,830 people. It's why you meet someone and 164 00:10:06,830 --> 00:10:08,870 you say, when did you last have your Bible open? 165 00:10:08,870 --> 00:10:10,790 And they say three or four months ago. 166 00:10:11,590 --> 00:10:14,510 How can we possibly expect to grow strong? 167 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:19,640 Because growing and building our foundations on Jesus the Rock 168 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,200 involves what he's already spoken to us. 169 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,200 Here's three things he said to me this week. 170 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:28,880 Firstly from Mark chapter 4. Still others like Seed sown 171 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:32,520 among thorns hear the word. And then this is what I felt him 172 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,280 highlight to me. But the worries of this life, 173 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,920 the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things 174 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,680 come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 175 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:48,530 And just reading the Bible, hearing what he said, the three 176 00:10:48,530 --> 00:10:52,170 challenges that can take the seed from your life when you 177 00:10:52,170 --> 00:10:57,650 become over worried, over, focused on money and consumed by 178 00:10:57,650 --> 00:11:01,570 your desire for things. I'm just bringing again to say 179 00:11:01,570 --> 00:11:05,810 Lord in my own life, I'm choosing to give you my worries. 180 00:11:06,450 --> 00:11:10,690 Gosh, that's a process. I'm not going to be trapped ever 181 00:11:10,970 --> 00:11:14,380 by the desire for money and the desire for things. 182 00:11:14,540 --> 00:11:16,260 Help me to always keep it in check. 183 00:11:17,300 --> 00:11:20,180 And then you put a bit more foundation on the rock. 184 00:11:21,220 --> 00:11:25,500 I was reading Psalm 78, I think it was maybe Monday last week, 185 00:11:26,140 --> 00:11:29,020 and a verse is precious to me. At the end of Psalm 78, it said, 186 00:11:29,020 --> 00:11:31,860 David shepherd them with integrity of heart. 187 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:38,300 With skillful hands he led them. Read Hear Father. 188 00:11:38,300 --> 00:11:42,020 I want to be a shepherd who's always full of integrity. 189 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,960 The what people see on the outside is who I am on the 190 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:47,400 inside. That in my most private moment, 191 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:49,320 I would not be embarrassed with that. 192 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:54,600 To be seen by others and to lead with skillful hands, skillful 193 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,720 hands. And I'm realizing more and more 194 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:01,480 that skillful leadership honestly is not about doing it 195 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,680 yourself. It's about empowering everyone 196 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:08,880 to do their part. Susan I sometimes stop and look 197 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:12,000 at the team that God has built around us in one church. 198 00:12:12,770 --> 00:12:16,130 I mean, don't tell them, but many of them are far more gifted 199 00:12:16,130 --> 00:12:19,130 than us. I've got gifts that we don't 200 00:12:19,130 --> 00:12:24,330 have, of talents that we can't reach, are more competent in 201 00:12:24,330 --> 00:12:28,130 areas, and there are many of them in our team. 202 00:12:28,130 --> 00:12:32,810 I'm so blessed with what God has built, and my way of being 203 00:12:32,810 --> 00:12:36,650 skillful is simply to release them to be what God has called 204 00:12:36,650 --> 00:12:40,450 them to be, whilst providing a cover for them to get feedback 205 00:12:41,180 --> 00:12:43,660 and care. And then I was reading Psalm 82. 206 00:12:44,500 --> 00:12:46,900 These verses, so powerful, defend the weak and the 207 00:12:46,900 --> 00:12:50,060 fatherless, uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed, 208 00:12:50,340 --> 00:12:53,460 rescue the weak and the needy, deliver them from the hand of 209 00:12:53,460 --> 00:12:57,900 the wicked, the heart of God, act justly, love mercy, and walk 210 00:12:57,900 --> 00:13:01,460 kindly from my these are these are the heart of God. 211 00:13:01,820 --> 00:13:06,660 And it's why, at the core of our work, it will always be to 212 00:13:06,660 --> 00:13:10,280 defend the weak and the fatherless, to uphold the cause 213 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,040 of the poor and the oppressed, to rescue the weak and the 214 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:15,560 needy, to deliver them from the hand of the wicked. 215 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:19,320 Jesus said, you will always have the poor with you, but how we 216 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:21,680 treat them is our responsibility. 217 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:27,760 And that's why it's so important you read, you hear, and you put 218 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:30,280 it into practice. And the promise of what we read 219 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,480 at the beginning of this, this point, is that if we build on 220 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:35,880 the rock, it won't fall. Look at this. 221 00:13:36,310 --> 00:13:40,590 Yet with the wind, the rain, the storms, it did not fall white 222 00:13:40,790 --> 00:13:44,230 because it had its foundation on the rock. 223 00:13:44,790 --> 00:13:48,990 Build everything in your life on Jesus. 224 00:13:50,590 --> 00:13:53,150 Build everything in your life on Jesus. 225 00:13:54,550 --> 00:13:56,910 Sometimes. I've spoken at funerals. 226 00:13:56,910 --> 00:13:58,990 I spoke at one yesterday. I'll tell you a little bit more 227 00:13:58,990 --> 00:14:01,590 about that in a moment. But you speak at a funeral in 228 00:14:01,590 --> 00:14:04,470 which somebody has died in their in their mid 60s. 229 00:14:04,750 --> 00:14:09,420 And you realize even that though they saved for retirement and 230 00:14:09,420 --> 00:14:13,700 they prepared for retirement and and they got things in order, 231 00:14:14,660 --> 00:14:19,420 when it came to that moment, I pray they'd built everything on 232 00:14:19,460 --> 00:14:22,980 Jesus because he's so much more important than having those 233 00:14:22,980 --> 00:14:24,620 things in place. And I'm not saying they aren't 234 00:14:24,620 --> 00:14:27,900 important. Build everything in your life on 235 00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:34,460 Jesus and secondly to allow him to build you. 236 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,720 Look at this in Psalm 127 verse one. 237 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:45,360 Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in 238 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,560 vain. Unless the Lord builds the 239 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,920 house, the builders labor in vain. 240 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,520 Now God uses people. We we get very enamored by 241 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,680 people. I was in an environment recently 242 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:02,710 in which there was food and it was said we're going to person 243 00:15:02,710 --> 00:15:05,230 pray to them and said now we'd like all the pastors to come 244 00:15:05,230 --> 00:15:07,630 first. I felt really uncomfortable with 245 00:15:07,630 --> 00:15:10,830 it, you know that to be first and and I thought I'll hang back 246 00:15:10,830 --> 00:15:13,990 but nobody was going to eat in the room until I'd gone and got 247 00:15:13,990 --> 00:15:15,910 myself a play. I felt very uncomfortable with 248 00:15:15,910 --> 00:15:18,030 it. But you know, sometimes we can 249 00:15:18,030 --> 00:15:22,190 look at people, but honestly, God blesses people and he 250 00:15:22,190 --> 00:15:24,150 blesses obedience and he blesses faith. 251 00:15:24,350 --> 00:15:29,690 But he can use anyone who allows him to build them. 252 00:15:30,210 --> 00:15:34,210 He can use anyone. He's always the source of all 253 00:15:34,210 --> 00:15:38,330 growth and blessing. All the praise always goes to 254 00:15:38,330 --> 00:15:41,570 him. When I see a talented musician 255 00:15:41,650 --> 00:15:44,970 or a brilliant singer, my first thought, whether they're singing 256 00:15:44,970 --> 00:15:48,330 songs about Jesus or not, is to say I hope they realize that the 257 00:15:48,330 --> 00:15:53,290 gift they have comes from him. He has given them the ability to 258 00:15:53,290 --> 00:15:58,410 make that sound to to perform in that way, to speak in this way. 259 00:16:00,070 --> 00:16:03,190 Allow him to build you, allow him to build you. 260 00:16:03,750 --> 00:16:06,230 The father's got a plan to build all of us. 261 00:16:06,550 --> 00:16:08,630 He believes in us. He is for us. 262 00:16:08,630 --> 00:16:14,950 He has great plans for us and said don't labor in vain. 263 00:16:15,510 --> 00:16:19,510 So how do we let the one who holds everything in his hands 264 00:16:19,670 --> 00:16:23,150 build us? Well, I don't want to just go 265 00:16:23,150 --> 00:16:24,390 back to the principle I've just said. 266 00:16:24,390 --> 00:16:28,260 But we read what he says and we believe we accept what he says 267 00:16:28,380 --> 00:16:31,340 about us. Look at that verse we read 268 00:16:31,340 --> 00:16:33,500 previously. Everyone who hears these words 269 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:38,660 of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who 270 00:16:38,660 --> 00:16:42,820 built his house on the rock. We read, we hear, we put it into 271 00:16:42,820 --> 00:16:47,740 practice, and he builds us. He builds us. 272 00:16:48,060 --> 00:16:52,540 The Father wants to build you. This is not the best version of 273 00:16:52,540 --> 00:16:54,590 you. There's another level. 274 00:16:54,910 --> 00:16:57,630 As he builds you, there's more in you. 275 00:16:57,950 --> 00:17:01,190 As the Spirit comes on you. God still has plans for you, 276 00:17:01,190 --> 00:17:03,750 however old you are. To your last breath. 277 00:17:03,950 --> 00:17:09,150 He still has plans to build you. I was reading on Friday morning 278 00:17:09,230 --> 00:17:12,390 before our prayer Army and I I led us through this passage. 279 00:17:12,829 --> 00:17:14,750 Just some thoughts. Susan had said the night before 280 00:17:14,750 --> 00:17:17,190 about Philippians, and they'll just come up on the screen. 281 00:17:18,069 --> 00:17:20,710 How do we let him build us? Well, let's just take one 282 00:17:20,869 --> 00:17:23,349 thought. Rejoice in the Lord always. 283 00:17:23,349 --> 00:17:25,109 I'll say it again. Rejoice. 284 00:17:25,750 --> 00:17:27,510 Let your gentleness be evident to all. 285 00:17:27,510 --> 00:17:29,830 The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about 286 00:17:29,830 --> 00:17:32,510 anything, but in every situation, by prayer and 287 00:17:32,510 --> 00:17:35,990 petition with Thanksgiving, present your request to God and 288 00:17:35,990 --> 00:17:38,710 the peace of God which transcends all understanding 289 00:17:39,190 --> 00:17:41,950 will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 290 00:17:42,270 --> 00:17:47,190 How do we let Him build us? Because not only are we building 291 00:17:47,190 --> 00:17:49,750 our lives on the rock, He is building us. 292 00:17:51,060 --> 00:17:54,700 Rejoice in the Lord always as I always rejoice. 293 00:17:54,860 --> 00:17:57,860 He is building me. As I allow praise to be on my 294 00:17:57,860 --> 00:17:59,620 lips. He's building me. 295 00:18:00,620 --> 00:18:05,060 Let your gentleness be evident to all as I am genuinely gentle 296 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:07,940 and compassionate and kind to other people. 297 00:18:08,980 --> 00:18:12,100 I'm trying whenever I've got a gentle complaint to bring about 298 00:18:12,100 --> 00:18:14,300 something or I'd like to make an observation or I think 299 00:18:14,300 --> 00:18:15,580 something's not been quite dealt with. 300 00:18:15,780 --> 00:18:19,260 I'm trying to speak in a way that is honoring. 301 00:18:19,630 --> 00:18:22,190 And this person said to me, they rang me and said I've listened 302 00:18:22,190 --> 00:18:25,950 to your call with my assistant. And I said to them, can you tell 303 00:18:25,950 --> 00:18:28,990 me was I polite on it? Because she'd listened to it. 304 00:18:29,230 --> 00:18:31,470 And she said, Oh no, you were, you were wonderful with what you 305 00:18:31,470 --> 00:18:33,550 said compared to some of the things I've heard. 306 00:18:33,550 --> 00:18:37,390 And I thought because the person was not helping me, they were 307 00:18:37,470 --> 00:18:40,390 immovable. And I was trying so politely to 308 00:18:40,390 --> 00:18:43,550 say I think this may be a little bit unfair. 309 00:18:44,550 --> 00:18:48,400 And this person said it was unfair and sorted it out, but I 310 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,480 wanted to feel that I'd been gentle and loving with the way 311 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:55,320 I'd spoken. I'm trying to work on how I feel 312 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:56,920 when people cut me up on the road. 313 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,600 I find it's one of the hardest things in life to not show 314 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,320 carnality. Some people's driving is so 315 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:08,320 terrible and they were the things that they do to you, and 316 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:12,440 the desire to go a little bit quicker to catch up can be 317 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:14,640 strong. In my heart. 318 00:19:17,150 --> 00:19:19,390 The Lord is near. Remembering His nearness. 319 00:19:19,390 --> 00:19:22,630 Remembering his nearness. Susan and I were talking about a 320 00:19:22,630 --> 00:19:28,350 character who was in, as was TLC when we first came, a lovely, 321 00:19:28,430 --> 00:19:31,990 uncomplicated, childlike man who went to be with Jesus. 322 00:19:32,190 --> 00:19:35,070 And whenever, whenever you would see him, you'd ask him how he 323 00:19:35,070 --> 00:19:37,070 was in it go. Oh thank you Father, I'm 324 00:19:37,070 --> 00:19:39,590 wonderful. And he used to help with 325 00:19:39,590 --> 00:19:41,470 different things. And I've never forgotten him, 326 00:19:41,470 --> 00:19:45,430 even though he passed away 13 years ago because the Lord was 327 00:19:45,430 --> 00:19:48,430 near to him. And I was speaking to someone in 328 00:19:48,430 --> 00:19:50,390 his his extended family this week. 329 00:19:50,390 --> 00:19:54,670 And it's brought it back to me. How do we let him builders do 330 00:19:54,670 --> 00:19:58,150 not be anxious about anything By giving him our anxiety, not 331 00:19:58,150 --> 00:20:01,190 living with worry. I think sometimes we carry 332 00:20:01,190 --> 00:20:05,870 things unnecessarily. I was speaking to somebody in 333 00:20:06,110 --> 00:20:09,030 our church who, in his other part of what he does, he's a 334 00:20:09,030 --> 00:20:11,650 counselor. And I asked him a question about 335 00:20:11,650 --> 00:20:13,730 something we were just reflecting, and he came back to 336 00:20:13,730 --> 00:20:16,770 me with It felt like he was just giving me a free counseling 337 00:20:16,770 --> 00:20:19,730 session. And he was talking about how we 338 00:20:19,730 --> 00:20:23,890 cannot carry responsibility for what goes on in other people's 339 00:20:23,890 --> 00:20:27,330 heads. We can't spend time worrying 340 00:20:27,330 --> 00:20:29,610 about what they might or might not be thinking. 341 00:20:30,490 --> 00:20:34,610 We have to just give him our anxiety and trust him. 342 00:20:35,930 --> 00:20:39,570 Susan received this post on Instagram from a friend of hers 343 00:20:40,350 --> 00:20:44,190 who is in all reality dying of cancer. 344 00:20:44,830 --> 00:20:47,990 We met with her recently. She's a church leader from 345 00:20:47,990 --> 00:20:49,790 another city and this is her post. 346 00:20:49,790 --> 00:20:51,790 She said. Here are some of the things I'm 347 00:20:51,790 --> 00:20:56,470 learning in this season. Firstly, this is not my battle 348 00:20:56,470 --> 00:20:59,670 with cancer. Jesus dealt with all sickness, 349 00:20:59,670 --> 00:21:03,150 including this crazy rare cancer when he went to the cross 350 00:21:03,150 --> 00:21:06,350 resolve. It's his battle and he won. 351 00:21:07,250 --> 00:21:09,690 I don't know which side of eternity or I will see or 352 00:21:09,690 --> 00:21:14,650 experience his victory in my body, but I will see it, she 353 00:21:14,650 --> 00:21:16,570 said. Eternity is hardwired within 354 00:21:16,570 --> 00:21:19,410 each of us by design. We always want to live forever 355 00:21:19,410 --> 00:21:22,930 and because of Jesus, we can time here together, may never 356 00:21:22,930 --> 00:21:25,890 feel enough. I do want so much more here and 357 00:21:25,890 --> 00:21:30,610 now, but I keep on praying. I gave my life to Jesus when I 358 00:21:30,610 --> 00:21:33,490 was 14. I'm not taking back control now. 359 00:21:34,090 --> 00:21:36,280 I choose to trust him this season. 360 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,920 How do we let him build us with Thanksgiving? 361 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,960 Present your request to God remaining thankful in every 362 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:43,120 season. Thankful. 363 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:47,640 There's always so much to say. Thank you for presenting your 364 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:51,480 requests to God, asking with confidence, and letting His 365 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:54,640 peace fill you. I think there's simplicity in 366 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,520 how we build our life on the Rock and the simplicity with how 367 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:02,440 He builds us. We're here, we obey and He 368 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:04,890 builds and we don't labor in vain. 369 00:22:04,890 --> 00:22:07,610 Behold everything on Jesus allow Him to build. 370 00:22:07,610 --> 00:22:13,450 You build others poor rights and Ephesians in him. 371 00:22:13,610 --> 00:22:18,690 You two are being built together to become a dwelling in which 372 00:22:18,690 --> 00:22:23,810 God lives by His spirit. We're called to walk with others 373 00:22:24,210 --> 00:22:28,530 and build with others. We are called to be in 374 00:22:28,530 --> 00:22:32,060 community. It's why being in community in 375 00:22:32,060 --> 00:22:35,300 addition to Sundays is so important in church life. 376 00:22:36,260 --> 00:22:39,740 Small groups, friendship circles, people who will pray 377 00:22:39,740 --> 00:22:43,100 with you, talk to you, help you, who you can do life with, who 378 00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:46,300 annoy you and help you become more and more like Jesus. 379 00:22:47,940 --> 00:22:51,940 Sandpaper People are a gift from God for your character, and all 380 00:22:51,940 --> 00:22:55,780 of us have them. This week, the mother of a 381 00:22:55,780 --> 00:23:01,930 family, a man in our church, passed away in Burundi and 382 00:23:02,010 --> 00:23:04,250 unable to get there for the funeral, which was yesterday. 383 00:23:04,610 --> 00:23:07,170 And just seeing how that community, the Congolese and 384 00:23:07,170 --> 00:23:10,010 Burundi community in our city rally together. 385 00:23:10,010 --> 00:23:12,810 They're all in different churches, but they find 386 00:23:12,810 --> 00:23:14,770 compassion and care for one another. 387 00:23:14,770 --> 00:23:20,290 And yesterday I preached at her celebration here in Leicester 388 00:23:20,330 --> 00:23:22,410 for those who were unable to be at her funeral. 389 00:23:23,050 --> 00:23:26,690 A woman who had built her life on Jesus, who had demonstrated 390 00:23:27,010 --> 00:23:29,650 and preached the gospel for her life. 391 00:23:30,110 --> 00:23:33,950 And Susan and I found ourselves along with Polly and Alan and 392 00:23:33,950 --> 00:23:37,510 others, just eating together with this beautiful community at 393 00:23:37,510 --> 00:23:42,590 the end, walking with others. None of us are an island. 394 00:23:43,830 --> 00:23:48,710 I need you and you need me. So how do we build others? 395 00:23:48,710 --> 00:23:52,150 Well, look at this another verse that Paul says in Thessalonians. 396 00:23:52,150 --> 00:23:56,550 He says, therefore, encourage one another and build each other 397 00:23:56,550 --> 00:23:58,470 up. Just as in fact you are doing 398 00:24:00,330 --> 00:24:05,450 encouragement, thankfulness, saying how we appreciate another 399 00:24:05,450 --> 00:24:13,450 person being there for others, stories of look what the Lord 400 00:24:13,450 --> 00:24:16,490 has done, words that build up others. 401 00:24:17,810 --> 00:24:20,130 It's something very powerful about saying thank you. 402 00:24:20,970 --> 00:24:23,050 About saying how you appreciate another person. 403 00:24:23,730 --> 00:24:28,790 About stopping for a moment to say I really value you and I 404 00:24:28,790 --> 00:24:32,150 value what the contribution you make in my life. 405 00:24:32,150 --> 00:24:37,750 In our church, in areas. Be an encourager. 406 00:24:38,030 --> 00:24:40,950 This is how you build others. Be an encourager. 407 00:24:41,190 --> 00:24:46,270 Being someone who brings hope. Bring someone who stirs a light 408 00:24:46,270 --> 00:24:48,070 in the middle of a dark situation. 409 00:24:49,030 --> 00:24:50,590 Be someone who when you leave them. 410 00:24:50,590 --> 00:24:54,790 I've I've used the phrase that I heard of a I think it was a 411 00:24:54,790 --> 00:25:00,680 Catholic monk who shared a story, that of asking the Lord 412 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,880 that whenever he left people, he asked himself a question. 413 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,920 Did they see Christ in me? Did I see Christ in them? 414 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:13,600 I want people to see Jesus in my life when I meet with them, even 415 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:18,480 in humor and stupidity. To see something of him build 416 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,080 everything on Jesus. Allow him to build you build 417 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:25,560 others by being an encourager. And lastly, build to the finish. 418 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,280 Go back to that verse that we read at the start about starting 419 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:31,440 and not completing. Look at this. 420 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:35,080 At the end it says people were ridiculous, saying this person 421 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,720 began to build and wasn't able to finish. 422 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,360 Faith is for life. It's a constant journey of his 423 00:25:44,360 --> 00:25:48,000 closeness and growing and becoming more whole. 424 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:53,240 In him there's a new adventure. Susan and I. 425 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,660 You will. Many of you will know at night. 426 00:25:55,660 --> 00:25:58,460 We're privileged to live near a beautiful golf course and we go 427 00:25:58,460 --> 00:26:01,420 to our back gate with a dog and every night we can. 428 00:26:02,420 --> 00:26:05,140 When players finished, we walk around the golf course and 429 00:26:05,140 --> 00:26:08,420 unpack our days. And as we turn to come home, we 430 00:26:08,420 --> 00:26:13,260 pray together and the desire is always about the next adventure. 431 00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:16,740 Grateful for what God has done and looking forward to what He's 432 00:26:16,740 --> 00:26:21,060 about to do, Building for the finish. 433 00:26:21,300 --> 00:26:25,240 And it's easy to settle. It's easy to settle, to take 434 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,720 your gaze off Jesus and it becomes about the now life and 435 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:32,960 the distractions around you and perhaps some of your own journey 436 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,480 of healing when you need to press in. 437 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,320 But you pull back. Because we're in the process of 438 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,760 being healed, aren't we? And sorting us out piece by 439 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:47,800 piece. We take our gaze off and we stop 440 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,680 walking forward. And we stop building. 441 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,150 Well, we're not building to the finish. 442 00:26:53,430 --> 00:26:57,630 And some of us get get hurt. We lose our fervor. 443 00:26:58,190 --> 00:27:01,870 How many through the pandemic came out of that thinking, 444 00:27:02,230 --> 00:27:05,790 Believing what I think is a lie from the pit. 445 00:27:06,350 --> 00:27:07,790 That actually we don't need fellowship. 446 00:27:10,270 --> 00:27:13,110 We can do faith on our own. We can. 447 00:27:13,830 --> 00:27:17,190 But I need you and you need me. I need your encouragement and 448 00:27:17,190 --> 00:27:19,790 you need mine. I need you to help me grow. 449 00:27:20,110 --> 00:27:21,630 And you need me to help you grow. 450 00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:24,420 So how do we build to the finish? 451 00:27:24,420 --> 00:27:26,860 Because there's always more. Whatever age you are today, 452 00:27:27,020 --> 00:27:29,940 wherever your life is today. If you're listening to this 453 00:27:29,940 --> 00:27:32,420 podcast and you're wondering, where is my life? 454 00:27:32,540 --> 00:27:35,580 Listen, God has the next chapter for you. 455 00:27:35,580 --> 00:27:38,780 Ready. So how do we build to the 456 00:27:38,780 --> 00:27:42,300 finish? Look at these powerful words in 457 00:27:42,300 --> 00:27:45,700 Corinthians if anyone builds on this foundation. 458 00:27:45,940 --> 00:27:49,720 Jesus the rock. But if you build using gold or 459 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:54,760 silver or costly stones or wood or hay or straw, their work will 460 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,040 be shown for what it is because the day will bring it to light. 461 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,000 It will be revealed with fire and the fire will test the 462 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:07,120 quality of each person's work. I want to build and I urge you 463 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:10,160 to build your life with the best materials you have. 464 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,560 The gold of your life. Give him your best. 465 00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:19,960 I was moved by by Jordan this morning teaching on giving. 466 00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:23,880 I have to tell you, I still passionately believe what he 467 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,320 said, that I know there are different views on giving and 468 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:33,680 tithing and giving generously, and I understand there are many 469 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:35,960 different teachings. I still passionately believe 470 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:39,360 what he brought today. You bring your tithe and you 471 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,080 test him in this. And he says, see if I will not 472 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:46,590 open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing 473 00:28:46,590 --> 00:28:49,310 you will not be able to contain. This is the testimony of my 474 00:28:49,310 --> 00:28:51,550 life. This is the testimony of my dear 475 00:28:51,550 --> 00:28:53,630 friend Brian's life. This is a testimony of our 476 00:28:53,630 --> 00:28:56,150 lives. Build with the best materials. 477 00:28:56,150 --> 00:28:58,870 You have the gold of your life. Give it in your best. 478 00:28:59,070 --> 00:29:03,030 Build with the best intentions the silver you have. 479 00:29:03,830 --> 00:29:07,030 Invest it in the Kingdom of God, whatever that is. 480 00:29:07,190 --> 00:29:11,160 Your talents, your abilities, some of your time, your prayers, 481 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:15,080 your love, Build with full devotion to Him the costly 482 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:19,840 stones of your focus. Give them to him and your life 483 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:25,240 and not just do other things. Don't build hard heartedly just 484 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,640 with the woods you've got left. Don't build with the wrong 485 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,040 things, the hey that's part of your life. 486 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:34,360 Don't build with things that mean little to you the straw. 487 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:39,580 Because one day what we've done will be go through the fire and 488 00:29:39,580 --> 00:29:41,860 only what was built for him will last. 489 00:29:43,140 --> 00:29:47,260 Build in such a way that the reward comes from the father 490 00:29:47,420 --> 00:29:51,500 when you meet him. Whenever I come to speak at a 491 00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:55,140 funeral, and especially if you have the box there, it's very 492 00:29:55,540 --> 00:29:59,780 focusing because we all end up in a box, every person. 493 00:30:00,020 --> 00:30:03,140 It's it's the 100% statistic I can give you. 494 00:30:03,820 --> 00:30:06,980 You're going to end up in a box 1 day. 495 00:30:07,140 --> 00:30:11,090 Unless you're one of those people that sees him coming and 496 00:30:11,090 --> 00:30:16,730 you meet him in the air, you're going to end up in a box. 497 00:30:17,490 --> 00:30:21,850 Build your life in such a way that this reward comes from him 498 00:30:21,850 --> 00:30:27,570 when you meet him in September the 9th and 10th of September, 499 00:30:27,570 --> 00:30:29,290 and we'll be talking more and more about that. 500 00:30:29,610 --> 00:30:32,650 We're going to open our building this week. 501 00:30:33,570 --> 00:30:35,810 The painting is now finished in the main hall. 502 00:30:36,970 --> 00:30:38,690 There's some technical equipment going in. 503 00:30:38,690 --> 00:30:42,970 They're beginning to carpet the the door at the side for the 504 00:30:42,970 --> 00:30:47,250 midweek entrance and the the friendly entrance for people who 505 00:30:47,650 --> 00:30:49,850 need some support. They're coming into the storage 506 00:30:49,850 --> 00:30:52,450 at the back, the ramps being finished at the front. 507 00:30:52,450 --> 00:30:55,090 They're putting a roof on that. We're taking the signage down, 508 00:30:55,330 --> 00:30:57,530 ready for new signage. The new electric doors at the 509 00:30:57,530 --> 00:31:00,050 front that will open as you walk to them and then to the 510 00:31:00,050 --> 00:31:03,970 secondary doors have been put in there and that that that initial 511 00:31:04,210 --> 00:31:07,330 kind of a carpet whatever it is has got to be put down there. 512 00:31:07,490 --> 00:31:09,930 The floors finished. There's some flooring going 513 00:31:09,930 --> 00:31:12,010 around. The baptism tank just got a few 514 00:31:12,010 --> 00:31:13,970 bits to do in the industrial kitchen. 515 00:31:14,250 --> 00:31:17,570 The mirrors will go up in the in the fantastic lose that have 516 00:31:17,570 --> 00:31:19,850 been that the Lord has helped us to do. 517 00:31:20,410 --> 00:31:23,250 There's some more painting to go in two of the classrooms we've 518 00:31:23,250 --> 00:31:24,850 had done. There's some artwork to go 519 00:31:25,170 --> 00:31:27,850 because it's going to be some artwork where you can lead 520 00:31:27,850 --> 00:31:31,250 someone to Jesus. Around 5 pieces of artwork. 521 00:31:31,770 --> 00:31:36,820 It starts with the creation of the world, the fall of man, the 522 00:31:36,820 --> 00:31:40,260 cross, the choice you make and as you go around the corner 523 00:31:40,380 --> 00:31:43,740 there'll be a prayer on the wall how you can lead someone to 524 00:31:43,740 --> 00:31:45,340 Jesus. And I've stood there many times 525 00:31:45,340 --> 00:31:48,980 and said to people just here, many people are going to come to 526 00:31:48,980 --> 00:31:51,380 faith as their friends lead them to Jesus. 527 00:31:52,140 --> 00:31:55,420 Perhaps it's together or an event that we do together. 528 00:31:56,700 --> 00:31:59,740 All the snagging's got to be finished and all the bits and 529 00:31:59,900 --> 00:32:04,080 there's lots to happen, some lighting down the side, and 530 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,880 we're going to try and do a bit of painting on #12 to make it 531 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:11,120 look really a little bit nicer than it does at the moment. 532 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:15,000 Temporarily, and then we'll meet. 533 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,920 I've missed being together, I've missed our whole family 534 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,160 gathering. I think it's an important part 535 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:25,560 of what we are to gather, to celebrate one another, to be 536 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:29,120 sent out. On September the 9th, we'll open 537 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,030 that building. None of us are going before it 538 00:32:32,350 --> 00:32:40,070 far from for practices, and we'll walk in and join us and 539 00:32:40,070 --> 00:32:42,950 pray with us for the last parts for the Lord to help us. 540 00:32:43,710 --> 00:32:46,150 But we'll be able to testify on September the 9th. 541 00:32:46,750 --> 00:32:50,230 This is what the Lord has done and it's all the glory goes to 542 00:32:50,230 --> 00:32:53,470 Him. But if I could say even more 543 00:32:53,470 --> 00:32:57,110 important than all that, keep going and building well with 544 00:32:57,110 --> 00:33:01,060 your own life. Keep reaping fruit that will 545 00:33:01,060 --> 00:33:06,180 last forever by sowing well. Build everything in you on 546 00:33:06,260 --> 00:33:07,740 Jesus. If you've got out the habit 547 00:33:08,060 --> 00:33:11,460 today, find a moment. Sit in a chair that says Jesus, 548 00:33:11,460 --> 00:33:14,900 I give you my life again. Allow him to build you. 549 00:33:16,220 --> 00:33:18,420 Read this word. Listen. 550 00:33:18,820 --> 00:33:21,380 Put it into practice. Let him build you. 551 00:33:22,140 --> 00:33:24,900 Build others. Find someone you can encourage 552 00:33:24,900 --> 00:33:30,560 today. Find someone you can build up, 553 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,920 someone you can bless, someone you can help. 554 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:40,760 Bake someone a cake today, or if you're not a very good Baker, 555 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:45,120 send them a card and build to the finish. 556 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,520 Set your heart that with the last breath of your life you'll 557 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,480 be bringing the best that you have, the gold, the silver, the 558 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:55,760 costly stones of your life. And you'll be investing it to 559 00:33:55,760 --> 00:34:00,680 him and giving him the best you can, building to the finish. 560 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:05,560 Let's pray together, Father, thank you so much for the 561 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:10,080 reality of building what I want to just stop and testify in this 562 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:16,320 room that what seemed impossible on June the 14th. 563 00:34:18,199 --> 00:34:24,199 You've helped us do so many stories, so many amazing 564 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:29,090 occurrences, hundreds of people together doing their part, 565 00:34:29,770 --> 00:34:34,250 enabling us to have a bond to reach and disciple people in the 566 00:34:34,250 --> 00:34:40,130 heart of the city. Thank you, but Lord, will you 567 00:34:40,130 --> 00:34:44,010 also help us to keep building ourselves on you, building our 568 00:34:44,010 --> 00:34:47,570 lives on the rock, allowing you to take us deeper. 569 00:34:47,570 --> 00:34:50,690 And I pray over everyone in this room that they may go deeper 570 00:34:51,010 --> 00:34:55,330 into your presence. Meet with them powerfully in the 571 00:34:55,330 --> 00:35:00,020 name of Jesus. Give us all that spirit of 572 00:35:00,020 --> 00:35:04,660 encouragement to inspire others. And may we keep strong to the 573 00:35:04,660 --> 00:35:10,020 finish, strong to our last breath, determined to keep 574 00:35:10,020 --> 00:35:12,780 walking with you and never turning back. 575 00:35:13,460 --> 00:35:17,700 Give us a new fervor, passion for the power of your spirit in 576 00:35:17,700 --> 00:35:20,700 our lives, in the mighty name of Jesus. 577 00:35:24,820 --> 00:35:26,540 Thank you, Pastor David for your message. 578 00:35:27,020 --> 00:35:31,380 What encouragement it is to see this incredible miracle unfold 579 00:35:31,380 --> 00:35:34,860 right in front of our eyes as this building is being built for 580 00:35:34,860 --> 00:35:38,700 the glory of God. And some family news for us this 581 00:35:38,700 --> 00:35:42,620 week on Sunday at 7:00 PM we have our next encounter night. 582 00:35:42,980 --> 00:35:47,260 Join us at 12 Frog Island as we go deeper and encounter him. 583 00:35:48,180 --> 00:35:50,980 Also, we celebrate our two wonderful gap years. 584 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,600 As they finish this week, thank you so much for all that you've 585 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:58,320 given and served in many, many areas in the life of 1 Church. 586 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,240 We love you and we're cheering you on for your next step. 587 00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:06,560 And finally, this week, please be praying for the 11 young 588 00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,800 adults who are going to visit our mission partner Michelle, 589 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:13,000 who's in Tanzania. Pray that as they go, there will 590 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:16,040 be an incredible blessing over there, but also that they will 591 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:19,640 come back changed. Have a wonderful week and may 592 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:25,040 you be blessed. The Lord bless you and keep you. 593 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:28,840 The Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you. 594 00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:32,720 The Lord turn his face towards you and give you peace.