1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,300 Okay. Perfect. 2 00:00:03,300 --> 00:00:06,400 So Donna was just sheer kind of a little bit of our story. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:11,200 Kind of what brought us here and why we're here and because we're 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,500 here as a culmination of what God has been doing in our lives 5 00:00:14,500 --> 00:00:19,200 and like all of us, right? And then we love stories and 6 00:00:19,300 --> 00:00:33,300 actually He got saved in high school 7 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:36,300 through Young Life, High School Ministry and Williamsburg. 8 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,300 I got saved. When I was 12, I was a drop-off 9 00:00:39,300 --> 00:00:42,600 child at church, but I really came into the Lord in college 10 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:46,200 and we got married in Harrisonburg, you went back to 11 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,200 Williamsburg because his dad was there and we were a part of New 12 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:53,000 Testament Church for about seven years Church, went through some 13 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,700 things, we were part of a pain. Coastal Church for about seven 14 00:00:55,700 --> 00:00:58,400 years Church. Wednesdays, there is a theme 15 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,900 here but it was actually our boys. 16 00:01:01,900 --> 00:01:06,100 We have six kids, 18 years spread in our children, that 17 00:01:06,100 --> 00:01:10,700 happened to homeschoolers by the way, and our four Sons were 18 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:13,200 drummers in the coiling for Fife and Drum Corps. 19 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,600 And when that happens, they become employees and we couldn't 20 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,000 get away on the week. It sounded like a house of 21 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,100 woodpeckers. Most. 22 00:01:20,100 --> 00:01:22,000 So we started coming over here, camping. 23 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,000 Been on a whim. We bought a little teeny cinder 24 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,800 block house. So, Holly Beach started coming 25 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,900 there because we could run back in 15 minutes and the Lord just 26 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:35,800 began to draw our heart to Gloucester County since 2005 27 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,900 2004. Right after Isabel we bought a 28 00:01:38,900 --> 00:01:44,500 house that we had a heart for and came and I was telling the 29 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:48,600 Angelina, right? And Adam this morning we had 30 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,500 this strategy we were going to visit churches and be there 31 00:01:51,500 --> 00:01:53,700 three weeks or so. Six weeks, we had a whole list 32 00:01:53,700 --> 00:01:56,200 of what we were looking for. And the first Sunday, we were 33 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,600 here, we went to Lighthouse and kin and Holly invited us over to 34 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,400 lunch, and they actually turned our daughter. 35 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,300 Who was 12 at the time and said, what do you love? 36 00:02:04,300 --> 00:02:09,300 And she says, I love dance. I'm in a dance group and kisses, 37 00:02:09,300 --> 00:02:10,699 well, why don't you do that here? 38 00:02:10,900 --> 00:02:14,800 So they freely offered us the church for in his steps and we 39 00:02:14,808 --> 00:02:21,300 were like, this is what we land. So, so thus saith the Lord we 40 00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:24,800 and, you know, Like there's a saying, the grass is greener on 41 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,600 the other side, we really believe with churches. 42 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:31,400 The grass is green, everywhere, God's doing something and every 43 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,900 church, it's just where you supposed to be. 44 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,600 And I'm sure, you know, we have a lot of friends, we know 45 00:02:37,700 --> 00:02:41,700 friends at churches everywhere, but, but I'll share this with 46 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:44,700 you all because you all are laying the block of your church. 47 00:02:44,700 --> 00:02:48,400 And it's so amazing to be able to lay a block, a church from 48 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,900 his foundation houses don't do well with that block. 49 00:02:53,300 --> 00:02:58,200 But wait, when we have been at Lighthouse about a month one day 50 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,800 during worship, I just had this picture and Kenan Holly were 51 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:07,400 feverishly repairing Foundation, removing block, pretty young and 52 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:12,200 we didn't even know the story of the church, but we felt like the 53 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,100 Lord said to us. You can trust them because 54 00:03:15,100 --> 00:03:18,900 they're restores and actually, I was telling Angelina's morning. 55 00:03:18,900 --> 00:03:22,600 We're kind of that way too. I like old things, I don't I 56 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:26,600 have a new and the perfect, so we really were actually 57 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,500 restoring a house. Now that was almost condemned 58 00:03:29,500 --> 00:03:32,800 that we're going to downsize to, but we love seeing lives 59 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,100 restored. That's when we get retired right 60 00:03:35,100 --> 00:03:38,300 now. I'm just tired and you know, 61 00:03:38,900 --> 00:03:42,500 Natalie and I've gotten together a few times and honestly, I'm a 62 00:03:42,900 --> 00:03:47,100 Mike's this way to wear a Shades up, you can ask us anything 63 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:50,900 about our life. And as a mom, I will tell you, I 64 00:03:50,900 --> 00:03:54,900 believe you, give birth to your Your children twice, you have a 65 00:03:54,900 --> 00:03:57,000 physical birth where you burn your kids. 66 00:03:57,700 --> 00:04:02,800 But the real labor is Burly men to Christ and praying for them 67 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,500 and and part of our story when Mike told me, what he's 68 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:09,400 preaching on this morning. I was like, okay, yeah, I know 69 00:04:09,900 --> 00:04:14,200 is in our marriage. Mike had a group of guys really 70 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:20,000 lay a firm foundation in his life in college and probably my 71 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,300 kids, most precious monomeric seeing her dad. 72 00:04:22,500 --> 00:04:24,100 Sitting in the chair, reading the Bible. 73 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:31,800 And at times I resented that as a busy mom, I wasn't the 5:30 74 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,900 wake up person. I was catching the word whenever 75 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:40,300 I could, but but I can honestly say the word has been what has 76 00:04:40,300 --> 00:04:45,600 really established our home, and how this guy walks the word. 77 00:04:45,900 --> 00:04:49,400 And so he has an encouraging word. 78 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,100 Hopefully if it's if it's not just raise your hands. 79 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:56,600 It wouldn't really encouraging and what I found to encourage 80 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:00,900 you mom's there will be a time. Where your house will be quiet 81 00:05:01,700 --> 00:05:05,800 and you can have uninterrupted quiet times and it's kind of 82 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,300 cool because my grandkids especially with two of my sons 83 00:05:09,300 --> 00:05:12,500 wives, my grandkids know, they can tear through the living 84 00:05:12,500 --> 00:05:14,600 room. I was having her quiet time. 85 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,200 They've learned to respect a quiet time. 86 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,500 You know, they've learned that mama is a brighter mom. 87 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,500 A better mom and she's had time in the word when she's had time 88 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,800 and this week. But my daughter-in-law posted, 89 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,500 this really funny Instagram on to share this with you. 90 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,500 She said, this is me with my ear pods on any given school day, 91 00:05:35,500 --> 00:05:38,800 because she homeschools, if I'm listening to the word or 92 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:44,500 audiobook and everything's flying, but she's fled, and I'm 93 00:05:44,500 --> 00:05:46,400 thankful that we have a lot of different ways. 94 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:50,000 Ear pods are great too. So, anyway, that just gives you 95 00:05:50,008 --> 00:05:52,600 a little bit about us and we're Thankful to be here. 96 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:56,000 We love John, Michael and Natalie and yes, it's an honor 97 00:05:56,100 --> 00:05:59,700 to be with you guys. You guys are awesome and so so 98 00:05:59,700 --> 00:06:09,000 that thanks honey so much. You guys are techno savvy have 99 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,700 the stuff. There we go. 100 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:12,900 Does it have like if I go on too long? 101 00:06:12,900 --> 00:06:17,500 Does it have like a flashing anything that you like, do they 102 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,600 know you're out of here, guys. Time's up, anyway. 103 00:06:21,700 --> 00:06:25,000 So what the Lord put on my heart was to talk about the Eternal 104 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,400 Word of God and his eternal work in our lives. 105 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,700 So there's a I'm going to cover some ground. 106 00:06:30,700 --> 00:06:33,200 Don't feel like you have to turn if you want to. 107 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:34,900 You can just listen and soak it in. 108 00:06:34,900 --> 00:06:39,500 But the kind of the Cornerstone, the, the pivotal scripture is as 109 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:42,700 we all know, John 1:1 that says in the beginning was the word 110 00:06:42,700 --> 00:06:48,200 and the Word was with God. And the Word was God, he was 111 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,700 with God in the beginning through him all things were made 112 00:06:50,700 --> 00:06:53,100 without him. Nothing was made that has been 113 00:06:53,100 --> 00:06:58,400 made in him was life and that life, excuse me was the light of 114 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,300 all mankind so they pray, Lord, I Thank You. 115 00:07:01,300 --> 00:07:05,300 Lord, that you your plans and purposes are established that 116 00:07:05,300 --> 00:07:07,200 you've created good. Works that we should walk in 117 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,600 them. Lord that you want to reveal 118 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:11,100 yourself to us and deeper way Lord. 119 00:07:11,100 --> 00:07:13,200 We pray that you would have mercy on us, that you wouldn't 120 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,200 allow us to walk out of here. The same as we walked in Lord. 121 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:20,000 But you would be able to take this message and change our 122 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,100 hearts in Jesus. His name. 123 00:07:22,100 --> 00:07:26,600 Amen. So I just this isn't like a 124 00:07:26,700 --> 00:07:30,900 preachy preachy word, you know? And sometimes I do that but I 125 00:07:30,900 --> 00:07:34,900 don't think this is that it's kind of like a just a reflection 126 00:07:34,900 --> 00:07:39,200 just can we kind of just share, kind of Reflections on insights 127 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,000 and things about that. So one of the things that God 128 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:48,100 made apparent to me, a long long time ago, and it's really every 129 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:49,500 day. I'm reminded of it. 130 00:07:50,300 --> 00:07:53,600 There's like two less. My life, there's two lists in 131 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,600 your life. One is a very, very, very short 132 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,200 list. I only know of two things on 133 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:02,000 that list. The other is a very long list 134 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,900 that is just goes on and on and on forever. 135 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,300 So, the short list is what this has to do today. 136 00:08:08,300 --> 00:08:10,500 The short list are the Eternal things, right? 137 00:08:10,500 --> 00:08:14,300 The things that last forever, the things that go on the other 138 00:08:14,300 --> 00:08:16,800 things are temporal, and that's our huge list, right? 139 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,100 Because we got to deal with their stuff, we got to deal with 140 00:08:19,100 --> 00:08:22,900 all the details, all the other stuff, but if we lose sight of 141 00:08:22,900 --> 00:08:24,900 the short list, we've really are missing. 142 00:08:24,900 --> 00:08:27,300 We're really fallen short, right? 143 00:08:27,300 --> 00:08:29,500 So he wants to remind us this morning of the shortlist. 144 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:33,100 One, is the the word of God last forever. 145 00:08:33,500 --> 00:08:36,400 I mean, that scripture just said that it was from the beginning, 146 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,700 all the way through the end. When Jesus comes back, he has a 147 00:08:39,700 --> 00:08:42,299 sharp sword. Two-edged sword in his mouth. 148 00:08:42,900 --> 00:08:45,600 Say when he comes back, there is no more Mercy. 149 00:08:45,700 --> 00:08:49,200 It's all truth, you know. So right now we can, we can ask 150 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,300 for Mercy, we can ask him to change this and all that. 151 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,500 But when he's coming back, I mean, he is the Living Word of 152 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:56,100 God. Okay? 153 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:00,100 So when I think about and the other thing has to do with goes 154 00:09:00,100 --> 00:09:02,100 on in your heart and soul, right? 155 00:09:02,100 --> 00:09:06,100 That's Eternal either accept Christ and you have a lordship 156 00:09:06,100 --> 00:09:08,400 relationship with them where you reject him and live for 157 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:12,800 yourself, right? So let's be shortlisted today, 158 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,100 okay? Going to be short shortlisted be 159 00:09:15,100 --> 00:09:19,200 mindful of that. So have you guys ever struggled 160 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,600 with having quiet times? This this is like time to be 161 00:09:21,700 --> 00:09:24,400 Honest. Right, you're looking at like 162 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:28,200 the main struggle or here. I've struggled for years and and 163 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,800 being the leader of my family, it's like got to do devotions 164 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,900 like I never had that grown-up like how do you do that as a 165 00:09:34,900 --> 00:09:36,700 guy? You know, how do you lead in 166 00:09:36,700 --> 00:09:38,400 that way? And to be really honest. 167 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:42,900 So just really struggled and over time he really started 168 00:09:42,900 --> 00:09:48,800 bringing home to me really who he is in the word so it's not 169 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:53,100 just reading your Bible. I can tell you, I read my Bible 170 00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:55,200 a lot and I'd fall asleep. Reading my Bible. 171 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:58,400 That's not a bad thing. It's least you're meditating on 172 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,700 the right thing. Sometimes, we're just like Plum 173 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:05,800 worn out, right? So, But when you approach it, 174 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,500 I'd like to just to think and this may be really simplistic 175 00:10:08,500 --> 00:10:11,600 but I think in some ways it's a paradox in its profound as well. 176 00:10:12,300 --> 00:10:16,200 So when we think of having a dedicated time to spend time in 177 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:21,000 the word, think of it as being spending time with Jesus being 178 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,000 the word. So when Jesus walked with his 179 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,600 disciples for three and a half years, he was physically with 180 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:32,800 them and was constantly speaking the word in their lives, but he 181 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,200 left and Guess what? We have. 182 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,900 We have his word. That's what he's left. 183 00:10:37,900 --> 00:10:40,700 Us his word, he's left us. His holy spirit to guide us to 184 00:10:40,700 --> 00:10:43,400 be our Advocate to help us walk in truth. 185 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,400 So when you, when you sit down, we're going to talk about some 186 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:50,700 tools and some different things when you do have time dedicated 187 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:56,300 to the Lord, like, think of him as being your source and 188 00:10:56,300 --> 00:10:59,600 sometimes. So, one of the things like, with 189 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:03,600 technology, this technology sometimes can be a blessing, 190 00:11:03,700 --> 00:11:06,100 right? And technology sometimes can be 191 00:11:06,100 --> 00:11:11,300 a curse and it's a curse because we got so much stuff coming at 192 00:11:11,300 --> 00:11:13,500 us, right? We got messages, we got 193 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:18,400 Instagram post, we've got done that, that you got notes, you 194 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,800 got everything that you want. And so, sometimes it may be 195 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,700 good. The disciples didn't have all 196 00:11:23,700 --> 00:11:26,500 that, they could just sit and listen to Jesus, right? 197 00:11:26,900 --> 00:11:31,200 So sometimes it may be good to detach right as a strategy is 198 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,000 like you know, that thing is not really helping me here, you 199 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:35,500 know. No, I'm just going to put that 200 00:11:35,500 --> 00:11:37,800 on, maybe just turn it off. So it's like, okay, I got it, 201 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,300 you know, it's always going to be coming at you. 202 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:46,500 Now, the enemy of your soul, he does not want you to approach 203 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,000 the word of God. Like a were talking about this 204 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,600 morning, so he is also the prince of the power of the air, 205 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,700 right? Do you think that he has some 206 00:11:54,700 --> 00:11:59,000 influence over your technology? Absolutely. 207 00:11:59,300 --> 00:12:02,500 So part of a lordship relationship so we can start by 208 00:12:02,500 --> 00:12:03,900 thanking them for being our savior, right? 209 00:12:03,900 --> 00:12:06,000 If you've called on the name of the Lord and you know him and 210 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,100 your name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life. 211 00:12:08,100 --> 00:12:09,700 That is eternal, you're good to go. 212 00:12:10,900 --> 00:12:13,900 But when you're plugging into him and spending time with him 213 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:17,700 as your Source, think of him as being the source of everything 214 00:12:17,700 --> 00:12:21,600 that Springs up, that's good. So when you draw close to your 215 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:24,100 Source, he wants to just love on you. 216 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:29,900 He wants to reveal himself to he'll do that through his word 217 00:12:30,700 --> 00:12:34,600 to do that through his word. So now the Pharisees Jesus was 218 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:36,700 surrounded by Pharisees. They were always hanging around 219 00:12:36,700 --> 00:12:38,100 him and they're always like challenging. 220 00:12:38,100 --> 00:12:40,400 And I think probably a couple of them got it. 221 00:12:40,900 --> 00:12:42,900 But, you know, the problem with the Pharisees, what was their 222 00:12:42,900 --> 00:12:45,800 problem? They knew the word like crazy. 223 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,200 They knew the law, they knew everything, but you know what? 224 00:12:49,300 --> 00:12:53,900 It His head knowledge, it was a heart knowledge and you need 225 00:12:53,900 --> 00:12:57,000 both, you need you need to increase your understanding of 226 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:01,000 who he is and the scriptures and and we're going to talk a little 227 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:05,300 bit about that. But he really wants it to go 228 00:13:05,300 --> 00:13:09,700 beyond your head and into your heart and your life because he's 229 00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:12,300 all about transformation, right? He's all about wanting to 230 00:13:12,300 --> 00:13:14,900 transform us. So that just like I prayed this 231 00:13:14,900 --> 00:13:16,700 morning that we don't walk out of here the same, right? 232 00:13:16,700 --> 00:13:19,400 If you we don't want to just be a have a Monday and Christian 233 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:21,500 Life, right? We want to get deeper, we want 234 00:13:21,500 --> 00:13:24,200 to know him more. We want him to reveal himself to 235 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:27,900 us because it's his murse, by his Mercy that he challenges us 236 00:13:28,100 --> 00:13:31,500 is by his Mercy, that he reveals himself is by his Mercy, that he 237 00:13:31,500 --> 00:13:33,600 like gets in her. Right. 238 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:38,700 And so when you draw close to him and I like it in the morning 239 00:13:38,700 --> 00:13:40,400 because that's before everything is going. 240 00:13:40,900 --> 00:13:44,300 And so I kind of fell into a place, to honor had mentioned, 241 00:13:44,300 --> 00:13:49,600 it of just a rhythm of being able to have dedicated time and 242 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,200 if it's only five minutes, it's okay. 243 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,200 But he will bless whatever you have. 244 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:58,500 You don't have to like, oh man, I don't have an hour or two like 245 00:13:58,500 --> 00:14:00,700 just spend time of the. Well, I just don't, you know. 246 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,500 So whatever you do, He blesses? Is faithfulness, He blesses, 247 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,800 whatever we have to offer. And in fact, another Paradox in 248 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,800 the scripture is he says, let the weak say I am strong. 249 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,200 So this is an area of weakness is like and I just don't do that 250 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:19,300 start small and just ask him to bless us, O Lord, I just commit 251 00:14:19,300 --> 00:14:21,800 myself this five minutes or ten minutes. 252 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:25,500 I want it to be. Distraction-free. 253 00:14:25,500 --> 00:14:29,700 I want it to be just totally dedicated to you for you to do 254 00:14:29,700 --> 00:14:31,900 whatever you want. And he will take that. 255 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,400 It's kind of like your money when he oh, so blessed to see 256 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:38,300 the little kids like, you know, he will take whatever, we give 257 00:14:38,300 --> 00:14:42,200 him, and grow it and, and multiply it. 258 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,100 And that that's what he wants for us, right? 259 00:14:44,100 --> 00:14:48,800 Because then that's how you can become diligent and faithful by 260 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:52,400 establishing patterns that are healthy and good, right? 261 00:14:52,900 --> 00:14:56,900 So there's Scripture that says knowledge puffs up, but love 262 00:14:56,900 --> 00:14:59,200 edifies. So the Pharisees, a lot of them 263 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,600 were really puffed, up their knowledge of the word was all 264 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:07,200 about how people saw them. Oh, you really know a lot of the 265 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,000 Bible. Anyone ever wear? 266 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,900 What you know, on your sleeve like to really impress someone 267 00:15:12,900 --> 00:15:17,300 and it's easy to do, but see what he wants, what what the 268 00:15:17,300 --> 00:15:21,200 Living Word of God wants is he wants to just allow us to draw 269 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:25,400 close to him as their source so he can bring things up. 270 00:15:25,700 --> 00:15:28,100 So we don't want to miss the Messiah right in front of our 271 00:15:28,100 --> 00:15:33,700 noses like the Pharisees, right? This message is not you ought to 272 00:15:33,708 --> 00:15:38,500 read the word if you're hearing that just shut me out because 273 00:15:38,500 --> 00:15:42,900 that is it's not a not word it's like it's a I believe that God's 274 00:15:42,900 --> 00:15:47,100 heart he has a long to reveal himself he has a longing to love 275 00:15:47,100 --> 00:15:51,300 on you. He is a longing to just affirm 276 00:15:51,300 --> 00:15:56,900 you and encourage you and so our part is is to dedicate time for 277 00:15:56,900 --> 00:16:03,100 that transaction to happen. Amen. so, when we approach the 278 00:16:03,100 --> 00:16:09,600 word, Think of dwelling in him and communing with your creator, 279 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:14,000 the author and the finisher of your faith, the lover of your 280 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:15,500 soul. These are all the things that he 281 00:16:15,500 --> 00:16:19,300 is to us, right? And your personal Advocate you 282 00:16:19,300 --> 00:16:21,400 ever feel like you need someone really advocate for you. 283 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,100 He is your Source. He's the one that will do that, 284 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,000 whatever your circumstances, The Good, the Bad, the Ugly just 285 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,900 bring it to him and Beyond it. You know what he, I believe he 286 00:16:30,900 --> 00:16:35,800 really appreciates is honesty. Don't feel like you got to get 287 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,500 your all your act together before you can sit down with 288 00:16:38,500 --> 00:16:40,800 them because if you really try and get your act together, 289 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,300 you'll never do it right. Because I don't know about y'all 290 00:16:44,300 --> 00:16:46,700 my acting together, you know? So. 291 00:16:46,700 --> 00:16:50,700 But what he wants is he just wants us to be who we are, where 292 00:16:50,700 --> 00:16:57,500 we are in the moment with him, but bending our need to him in a 293 00:16:57,508 --> 00:16:59,900 lordship relations. And the lordship relationship is 294 00:16:59,900 --> 00:17:02,000 different than a savior relationship. 295 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,099 A lordship relationship is like okay. 296 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,599 Good. The Bad, the Ugly, whatever I 297 00:17:07,599 --> 00:17:11,500 am, I give it to you. He can handle. 298 00:17:11,500 --> 00:17:16,099 I always always have said this that you and your worst moment 299 00:17:16,099 --> 00:17:17,800 God does not fall off his throne. 300 00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:23,500 There's not a Divine thump, when he sees your sin, your struggles 301 00:17:23,700 --> 00:17:27,500 aren't you? Glad honey, Jesus, man, he knew 302 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:30,300 our Humanity, he knew our struggles, he knows our 303 00:17:30,300 --> 00:17:32,800 carnality, he knows the things that are coming at us. 304 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:36,200 He knows the things that are bombarding us and all he wants 305 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,900 is us, just be honest with him. It's like that Lauren. 306 00:17:38,900 --> 00:17:41,700 I'm really struggling. In this area, please help me. 307 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:44,600 And so that's why you approached him his throne of grace to 308 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,100 obtain. What Mercy, right. 309 00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:52,900 Need mercy. And then, so here's some 310 00:17:52,900 --> 00:17:55,900 professional Reflections on spending time with the word of 311 00:17:55,900 --> 00:18:01,400 God, lean in when you have time to try and hear his heartbeat. 312 00:18:02,900 --> 00:18:06,300 His heartbeat because you know what it is is there and it is 313 00:18:06,300 --> 00:18:10,900 strong but he wants you to hear. The heartbeat is like there's a 314 00:18:10,908 --> 00:18:16,400 scripture that said that, God spoke to Moses face to face, but 315 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,800 he revealed his deeds or his actions to the people. 316 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:24,600 Now, was that because Moses was really special, nothing Moses, 317 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:26,600 had a heart to really want to press in. 318 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,900 One of my other favorite scriptures was about Enoch. 319 00:18:28,900 --> 00:18:33,000 You know, what was said, best about Enoch that he Talked with 320 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,400 God and was not. Whoa. 321 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,800 What do you mean? Do you mean he like connected 322 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:43,300 with his source and and he just loved God and they would walk 323 00:18:43,300 --> 00:18:45,500 together and it's like once you just come with me you don't have 324 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:50,800 to die in that. Cool that there aren't many 325 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,200 examples like that, David. I mean he was here a lot of 326 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,100 struggles. A lot of things he did right? 327 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,300 What he was really good at is he had a heart after God's Own 328 00:18:59,300 --> 00:19:00,800 Heart. That's what God said about him. 329 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,000 How do you like God to call you his friend? 330 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,800 We know what he is. Is and he calls you his friend. 331 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:10,900 Jesus said that, I know I call you servants, but I call you 332 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:15,300 friends. So anyways, so when you lean in 333 00:19:15,300 --> 00:19:18,000 to hear him ask him to whisper to you. 334 00:19:18,500 --> 00:19:22,300 Whoo, you can't hear a whisper. Can you if there's a lot of 335 00:19:22,300 --> 00:19:26,700 other noise, right? Static and believe me. 336 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:29,200 The enemy wants to throw as much static as you as possible, 337 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:31,900 because the last thing he wants is for you to hear the whisper 338 00:19:31,900 --> 00:19:33,900 the intimate Whisper of God in your life. 339 00:19:36,100 --> 00:19:39,400 You want to hear something? I didn't really think about this 340 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:46,500 but Donna said I got saved in North Carolina at a young life 341 00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:50,100 camp and I wasn't really interested in hearing about a 342 00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:52,100 lot of messages. But I had to because I was there 343 00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:56,500 is like a sports camp and the guy who is kind of like the 344 00:19:56,500 --> 00:19:59,400 leader who had been praying with me, praying for me ever since he 345 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,300 met me, he had this huge Bible, Eddie intersecting. 346 00:20:02,300 --> 00:20:05,100 The only time I was really by myself and I was in a In 347 00:20:05,108 --> 00:20:07,100 standing because, hey, you want to take a walk? 348 00:20:07,100 --> 00:20:12,200 And I looked at the Bible go. I'll sure, you know, and we sat 349 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,200 there and I did he ask me questions and all that but he 350 00:20:14,208 --> 00:20:17,400 was making a really cool thing at that Summit. 351 00:20:17,500 --> 00:20:21,900 I reconciled and struggled with some things, but I prayed three 352 00:20:21,900 --> 00:20:25,200 words, I need you. And at that point, the Lord came 353 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:29,300 into my life and just changed me and started a process. 354 00:20:29,300 --> 00:20:32,200 A relationship where I felt like my place of residence. 355 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,400 He changed that it's not here. It's heaven. 356 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,600 The father win that I had growing up. 357 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:39,200 Anyone have father wanted, you know. 358 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:45,100 Yeah, he like filled that to a large extent, a large extent. 359 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,500 So what school? I have to travel a lot for my 360 00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:53,000 work and I was flying back from Chicago. 361 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:57,100 I think into Charlotte, will you have to go over to the Smoky 362 00:20:57,100 --> 00:20:59,300 Mountains and all that? I look out the window is. 363 00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:04,400 It was late afternoon and the most beautiful wispy clouds were 364 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,100 there never seen. Clouds like that. 365 00:21:06,100 --> 00:21:09,200 I mean they're like I guess cirrus clouds but just as I was 366 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:14,400 just amazed and and the sun was setting and it was like golden 367 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:25,600 and just incredible things and it was in August and Lord told 368 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:29,800 me that's our anniversary of when we met. 369 00:21:31,900 --> 00:21:36,600 And it was right over that spot. And that's the love of God 370 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:45,200 because I don't deserve that. So, when you hear his Whisper of 371 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:49,400 affirmation affection and direction, Place yourself under 372 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:53,800 his authority. As the Eternal Word of God, 373 00:21:54,300 --> 00:22:00,800 think of him as your first love. Give him your first fruits of 374 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:05,900 time and affection. And then a firm his lordship of 375 00:22:05,900 --> 00:22:07,900 your life. Not just your salvation. 376 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:14,700 So there are several ministries of the word of God in your life. 377 00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:18,300 And there's through that, I really wanted to focus on one is 378 00:22:18,300 --> 00:22:22,000 the cleansing from the word. One is the Revelation from his 379 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:26,400 word and the third is the Vitality that he gives from his 380 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,600 word. So, firstly, cleansing the Mind. 381 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,600 Think of the word of God as a waterfall. 382 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:38,800 Anyone like waterfalls? Picture yourself, there's a time 383 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,900 where it's like, man, I just need to sit under a waterfall 384 00:22:41,900 --> 00:22:46,000 and just get refreshed and if I ever had my ideal property, it 385 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,800 would have a waterfall and I don't think they exist but I 386 00:22:48,808 --> 00:22:52,300 think everyone else is claim them, but I just love that. 387 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,700 And when we came to light house, we were kind of like burnout and 388 00:22:56,700 --> 00:22:59,300 kind of need it. And we needed to place herself 389 00:22:59,300 --> 00:23:01,800 under the waterfall of the word of God, the ministry of the word 390 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:08,600 of God and clear, hot stuff. So, A waterfall at times. 391 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:12,400 Will bring refreshing cleansing and specially. 392 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:16,000 If you're struggling with weariness, you just fatigued. 393 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,000 Just worn out if you're struggling with anxious 394 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,000 thoughts. That a lot of anxiety, struggle 395 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,400 with depression, even filthy thoughts, that washing of the 396 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,100 word will cleanse your mind. Amen. 397 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:35,500 So there's three things in a lordship relation, it's all 398 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:37,200 about submitting, bending your knee. 399 00:23:37,300 --> 00:23:39,800 Amen. He wants us to submit to the 400 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:44,000 teaching of the word he wants us to submit to the preaching of 401 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,600 the word. So what does that mean to submit 402 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:49,100 to those things as like, okay, I want you to change me. 403 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,600 I just don't want to know more. I want you to change me. 404 00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:55,000 I want you to, like, Light Me Up. 405 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,700 And you know what he did, he didn't need much of an 406 00:23:59,700 --> 00:24:04,800 invitation because he he's like, it's like the the river of the 407 00:24:05,100 --> 00:24:08,400 Living God is Flowing from the Throne of God into our lives. 408 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:13,000 And so, if you open yourself up, so Lord just cause your word to 409 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,400 flow in my life, he will do that. 410 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,900 And if it's just a trickle, if it could be a Niagara Falls, 411 00:24:18,900 --> 00:24:20,800 maybe you just don't know, you know, but he wants. 412 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:24,500 He has so much to give you and then so there's some tools that 413 00:24:24,500 --> 00:24:28,200 we have Least and this is not exhaustive down in mentioned it 414 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,300 a little bit. You know what I love to do 415 00:24:30,300 --> 00:24:34,800 sometimes is I have anyone have you version on your phone? 416 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,800 You know that I do that, but I like to hear it sometimes just 417 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,400 an audio and just listen, sometimes I'll read along to but 418 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,800 I'll just like want to get really practical. 419 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,000 It's like what? I need to hear your verbally. 420 00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:49,700 Yeah. Because sometimes I read things 421 00:24:49,700 --> 00:24:51,600 as like. It didn't quite go. 422 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,900 The same way your feel like you get stale sometimes like in your 423 00:24:53,900 --> 00:24:55,400 purse, so sometimes it's good to change. 424 00:24:55,500 --> 00:25:04,000 Get up, right? Anyone here really good at 425 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:08,000 scripture memorization I balked at that big time. 426 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:12,100 What I was you know because like I'm not a chapter text in verse 427 00:25:12,100 --> 00:25:16,100 guys like yeah I know I just I just my I don't know, maybe I 428 00:25:16,108 --> 00:25:19,000 had a bad childhood experience, I don't know but I had a hard 429 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:24,400 time with that now I don't have a problem at all with truth so I 430 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:28,900 know a lot of his truth from spending time and having his 431 00:25:28,900 --> 00:25:35,700 deposit go in my life. So memorizing the passages and 432 00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:37,700 just seeing him over and over and over again. 433 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:43,300 It'll start to really sink in Anyone ever have a promise book 434 00:25:44,100 --> 00:25:47,400 you ever use that that was like popular back in the 80s or so 435 00:25:47,500 --> 00:25:49,500 like the Jesus pocket promise book. 436 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:54,700 I'm really showing my age now. But anyways, he has so many 437 00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:58,000 promises and there. Yea and amen in your life. 438 00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:04,300 So start to do, especially if you struggle with negative 439 00:26:04,300 --> 00:26:08,700 thoughts, doubt fear. You know, that in that realm, 440 00:26:08,900 --> 00:26:11,200 it's like, Lord, I need to know your promise because what it 441 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,000 Will do is, it'll really encourage you to build up your 442 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,700 faith because without faith. It's what impossible to see God, 443 00:26:17,700 --> 00:26:19,700 right? So he wants to build up our 444 00:26:19,708 --> 00:26:21,700 faith. So, that's another thing is to 445 00:26:21,700 --> 00:26:24,600 really meditate on his promises. And when you read them, it's 446 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:28,200 like, that's not, that's for someone else, think of it as 447 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,100 like, no, thank you, that's for me. 448 00:26:30,100 --> 00:26:34,100 Insert your name in that promise, when you're praying for 449 00:26:34,100 --> 00:26:37,500 a loved one, insert their name, that prop, make it personal 450 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,100 Sometimes I need a big picture approach. 451 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,000 That means reading through the Bible, over a certain period of 452 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,900 time, reading the Old Testament, New Testament. 453 00:26:49,900 --> 00:26:52,700 Psalms and Proverbs there's lots of programs to do that. 454 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,700 That's a good. That's a good method as well. 455 00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:00,100 Last 15 minutes. Oh sorry, was that my cue to? 456 00:27:00,100 --> 00:27:05,000 Alright. Anyways, so the big picture 457 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,500 approach is really and all these. 458 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:08,200 I mean, there's a lot of different approaches. 459 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,600 Another thing that's really important is to enjoy trying to 460 00:27:13,608 --> 00:27:16,500 establish an anchor list. Anyone know what an anchor list 461 00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:18,900 is anyone? Like the water you ever been on 462 00:27:18,900 --> 00:27:20,900 a boat out, on the water you ever? 463 00:27:20,900 --> 00:27:22,800 If you don't have an anchor, you're in a world of hurt, 464 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:24,600 right? If so if a nor'easter blows up 465 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:28,400 and you're out there and I've I have I'm on, when I had a boat, 466 00:27:28,500 --> 00:27:32,300 I was on personal speed, dial with Seto, I was not, I was not 467 00:27:32,300 --> 00:27:36,600 very good, and Donna worried a lot, because we were stranded 468 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:41,000 many times out of boats. But anyways, an anchor. 469 00:27:41,100 --> 00:27:43,700 So, if you have an anchor, an anchor for your soul, is this, 470 00:27:43,700 --> 00:27:46,600 this is your testimony. This is what God has done that. 471 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,700 No one can argue with no one can refute. 472 00:27:49,700 --> 00:27:51,700 It's an immutable truth in your life. 473 00:27:51,900 --> 00:27:55,300 It's personal to you. Write it down and you know it. 474 00:27:55,300 --> 00:27:58,800 So when you Have a struggling time when you feel like you're 475 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,700 being just battered with the waves and the wind, and the 476 00:28:01,700 --> 00:28:05,000 chaos, and the churn, and all that, go to your anchor, drop 477 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,700 anchor drop anchor by saying. Lord, I Thank you that you saved 478 00:28:08,700 --> 00:28:10,400 me on this day. Lord, I Thank you that you fill 479 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,200 me with your Holy Spirit. Lord, I Thank you for what 480 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,000 you've spoken to me. I thank you for what you've 481 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,800 done. I thank you for and you go to 482 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:19,200 the zinc, drop anchor. And that's a really important 483 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:23,600 strategy in being an approach God because then it creates you 484 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,600 start off with being think once to the needy. 485 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,500 A lot of times when we approach the lord it's like I need this. 486 00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:30,600 I need that. Yes. 487 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:36,000 And we have our list, right? And he understands all that, he 488 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:41,200 knows what we need even before we ask him but it's just helpful 489 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,600 to be able to approach him from the right context. 490 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,700 So let's talk a little bit about Revelation Spirit of Revelation. 491 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:52,700 Now John, anyone love John, John was great. 492 00:28:52,900 --> 00:28:55,700 John was the only of the disciples that was not martyred. 493 00:28:55,900 --> 00:28:59,000 They tried. They bought him an oil, can you 494 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,500 imagine that? But he survived it because Jesus 495 00:29:01,500 --> 00:29:06,000 said that he was not going to, that was not his walk, all the 496 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,800 other ones, they gave up their lives as Martyrs. 497 00:29:10,300 --> 00:29:11,700 That's what it means to be an apostle. 498 00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:13,900 Any Apostles in here, guess what? 499 00:29:13,900 --> 00:29:18,000 Yeah. But we are called all called to 500 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:19,600 be sent ones. We're all called to make an 501 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,400 impact, right? So John was special in a couple 502 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,000 ways. He struggled with position 503 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,800 priority and all that his mom Eagle 2. 504 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,100 That wanted to make sure that James and John were right next 505 00:29:31,100 --> 00:29:34,400 to Jesus, you know, at the resurrection and all that, the 506 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:39,100 other disciples didn't really care for that too much, but he 507 00:29:39,100 --> 00:29:42,100 was the one that Jesus on the cross, his last dying breath 508 00:29:42,100 --> 00:29:47,700 gave charged his mother. And he said, behold your son to 509 00:29:47,700 --> 00:29:50,500 John job was the only one at the cross. 510 00:29:50,700 --> 00:29:54,200 You know, it was not a popular time to be a follower. 511 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,500 He also was the one that was exiled on the island of Patmos 512 00:29:58,500 --> 00:30:00,200 and received the Book of Revelation. 513 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,700 And I'm so glad for John, but John, the picture of John was, 514 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,100 he's the guy that the other disciples would go to kind of, 515 00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:09,200 get the inside track on what Jesus was thinking. 516 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:13,400 John had a way of being out of lean into Jesus and hear his 517 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,500 heartbeat. And the picture in the last 518 00:30:15,500 --> 00:30:18,700 supper was, he was reclining. They're all, you know, he was 519 00:30:18,700 --> 00:30:22,300 reclining and he was really close in proximity to Jesus and 520 00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:24,200 Jesus shared like, who was going to betray him. 521 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,800 So was John, had an inside track. 522 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:34,300 We can be like John So when he asked the Lord, when you lean 523 00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:39,900 into him, ask him to soften your heart and stop your ears and 524 00:30:39,900 --> 00:30:43,000 open your eyes to understand him and see him as he really is. 525 00:30:43,100 --> 00:30:45,500 Amen. And a fission is 117. 526 00:30:45,500 --> 00:30:50,600 This is, this is a great prayer. Says I keep asking that the god 527 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,000 of our Lord Jesus Christ, The Glorious father, may give you 528 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,900 the spirit of wisdom and Revelation so that you may know 529 00:30:56,900 --> 00:30:59,800 him better. You can pray that look, give me 530 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:03,400 a spirit of wisdom and Revelation so I can really see 531 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:04,400 you. Reveal yourself. 532 00:31:04,500 --> 00:31:06,800 That's what Revelation means is a revealing. 533 00:31:07,500 --> 00:31:09,900 That's what he wants to do. He wants to reveal himself. 534 00:31:13,300 --> 00:31:18,300 Hmm. The word as a in the area of 535 00:31:18,300 --> 00:31:21,900 Revelation, the word is a seedbed of Revelation in your 536 00:31:21,900 --> 00:31:24,400 life. So as you deposit the word in 537 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:28,000 your heart and you build up your reserves of the word of God, 538 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,400 think of it. That way, you build up reserves 539 00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:32,000 so that when you need it, it's there. 540 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:37,600 Okay, he will speak and use that and cause that to come alive, 541 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:41,300 come alive to you to be able to encourage you but also to use 542 00:31:41,300 --> 00:31:43,400 you in other people's lives. Amen. 543 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,900 So Jesus spoke the words of life to his disciples, he showed them 544 00:31:53,900 --> 00:31:58,300 his ways. And then he taught them how to 545 00:31:58,300 --> 00:32:00,700 use those ways in those words to feed others. 546 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:05,000 You ever see on the bottom of the like a coke bottle. 547 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,100 Something no deposit, no return. You know, what does that mean? 548 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,600 Yeah, that means you know, maybe if you turn it in, you get 549 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,000 something back. Well our approach to the word is 550 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,900 the same way if we don't deposit. 551 00:32:16,900 --> 00:32:20,200 And get deposits of the word coming into our life and it 552 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,900 becoming something that just becomes a part of this. 553 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,800 There's no return on investment because there's nothing to draw 554 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:30,800 from you're overdrawn and he wants us to have be rich in the 555 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:34,800 word. So think of yourself, we have a 556 00:32:34,808 --> 00:32:37,700 lot of kids in here. A lot of women and men. 557 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,200 Think of yourself. Personalizes said, Lord help me 558 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:47,900 to be A father, the word help me to be a husband of the word 559 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,200 Lord. Help me to be a follower of your 560 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,100 word. Help me to be a daughter of the 561 00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:54,300 word. How many be a son of you and 562 00:32:54,300 --> 00:32:56,700 think of yourself as a person of the word? 563 00:32:57,300 --> 00:33:00,400 That's your identity, you know? So this is a shift, right? 564 00:33:00,900 --> 00:33:03,400 So it's not just about trying to just figure out bits and pieces 565 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,400 of it. It's like, man, I want to be in 566 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,700 your truth. I want to be in that flow. 567 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:15,400 So when you become a person of the word, you don't, Because you 568 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:19,100 become more eternally, minded more Kingdom Minded. 569 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:20,900 Why? Because that's what his word is 570 00:33:20,900 --> 00:33:24,500 all about. And then you're going to be 571 00:33:24,500 --> 00:33:30,200 aligning yourself to his heart and his ways and then yeah, it's 572 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,600 going to be like automatic when he uses you you know it because 573 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:33,900 there's stuff. It's just going to be flowing 574 00:33:33,900 --> 00:33:36,300 out of you. People say what is it about you? 575 00:33:36,300 --> 00:33:39,900 Why are you so happy obey it? I've got love, joy, peace, 576 00:33:39,900 --> 00:33:42,600 patience, kindness the fruit of the spirit will your roots are 577 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:44,900 going down in the word. Your roots are going down so 578 00:33:44,900 --> 00:33:47,200 that he can he can do that Eternal work in you. 579 00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:50,700 We don't want to be kind of Christians with a lot of fake 580 00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:51,400 fruit. Right? 581 00:33:51,500 --> 00:33:53,300 You ever try and bite into something that looks good but 582 00:33:53,300 --> 00:33:56,700 it's plastic not quite filling, right? 583 00:33:58,300 --> 00:34:02,300 There's another saying any fisherman in the room Alright, 584 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:06,000 catch and release. Or filet and release. 585 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,800 I don't know. Catcher to catch and release. 586 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:13,800 So when you're spending time of the word and you catch something 587 00:34:14,300 --> 00:34:16,800 ask the Lord to show you how to release it. 588 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,400 Like what is that for? Is that for me separate? 589 00:34:19,500 --> 00:34:23,699 So in this in this Fellowship, in this church, The word of the 590 00:34:23,708 --> 00:34:26,199 Lord needs to come in and he's going to do that through you 591 00:34:26,199 --> 00:34:28,300 guys. He wants to activate you also, 592 00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:32,800 there's like that I got to work. Lord, give me wisdom to know how 593 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:34,300 to release that word. Amen. 594 00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:38,699 So he'll drumset, he'll drop something in your spirit for 595 00:34:38,699 --> 00:34:41,000 someone else, he loves doing that. 596 00:34:41,300 --> 00:34:45,600 He loves to us to be just PVC for his kingdom. 597 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,800 Amen. So my prayer always is Lord. 598 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,500 Just help me get the heck out of the way, you know? 599 00:34:51,900 --> 00:34:57,000 And even today, so read here and meditate on Words of Prophecy. 600 00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,700 If you want to the Lord to use you in the prophetic, receiving 601 00:35:00,700 --> 00:35:03,200 Revelation, to be able to share with other people to give life 602 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,000 and other people. I've spent a lot of time 603 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,200 sometimes, like, just Going through the Minor Prophets, The 604 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:11,100 Major Prophets, and allow that to posit to kind of Bubble Up. 605 00:35:11,100 --> 00:35:14,100 And then, and the audio Bible is really good for that. 606 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,500 So, the third area is in the area of Vitality or Life. 607 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:22,800 John 6:63 says, the spirit gives life, the flesh counts for 608 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,500 nothing. The words, I have spoken to you. 609 00:35:25,900 --> 00:35:31,500 They're full of the spirit of Life, spirit and Life, John 648, 610 00:35:31,500 --> 00:35:33,500 and John lot of passages from John Wright. 611 00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:39,000 Jesus said, I am Am the bread of life so when you it's not just a 612 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:43,100 knowledge thing but he wants to be able to just bring to life 613 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:48,700 vitality and stuff. So it's kind of like Needing CPR 614 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:50,800 and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. 615 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:53,800 So it's like and he wants to just like we are formed, you 616 00:35:53,808 --> 00:35:57,100 know, Adam was formed by him breathing in the very Breath of 617 00:35:57,100 --> 00:36:01,500 God, in a bunch of dirt, you know, and he wants to do that, 618 00:36:01,500 --> 00:36:07,400 he's available to do that. so when we come in Devotion to him 619 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:11,500 and submit ourselves to his word, he wants to take, if we 620 00:36:11,500 --> 00:36:17,700 have anxiety, he can translate that to Peace by the Just 621 00:36:17,700 --> 00:36:21,400 speaking and breathing on his word in your life he can he can 622 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,800 change. Worry to Faith confusion to Hope 623 00:36:24,900 --> 00:36:29,600 bondage if you're in any kind of bondage to Freedom, despair to 624 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:33,200 praise, and the picture really is just the tree of life. 625 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:36,800 He wants you to be a tree of life, with lots of fruit, that 626 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:42,000 is, for other people to enjoy, and then Psalm 119, 130 says, 627 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,700 the unfolding of your words gives light, it gives 628 00:36:44,700 --> 00:36:48,600 understanding to the simple. So he wants to take his word and 629 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:50,500 then fold it. Sometimes we don't get it all at 630 00:36:50,500 --> 00:36:52,700 the same time, right? We don't get a download 631 00:36:52,700 --> 00:36:55,000 immediately of everything he wants to do, but sometimes, 632 00:36:55,000 --> 00:37:00,000 he'll just give us a line, chapter a verse in the book of 633 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,500 our lives. But he wants to expand on it and 634 00:37:02,500 --> 00:37:04,000 then because he knows what we can handle, right? 635 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,600 He doesn't like, give you like a download expect, you understand 636 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:11,900 everything, 100% all the time because he knows has amen. 637 00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:18,700 So in closing, the passage of scripture that kind of sums all 638 00:37:18,700 --> 00:37:23,500 this up is in Isaiah, 55 10 through 11, the Lord says the 639 00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:26,900 rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return to it 640 00:37:26,900 --> 00:37:29,600 without watering the Earth and making it bud and flourish. 641 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,700 So that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater. 642 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,400 So is my word that goes out from my mouth. 643 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:40,200 It will not return to me, empty, but will accomplish what I 644 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:44,600 desire and achieve the purpose. For which I sent it and all 645 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,500 God's people said, amen, we pray for you. 646 00:37:47,500 --> 00:37:51,500 Okay, Lord, I Thank you, Lord, for your Eternal Word but we ask 647 00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:53,600 that you would just help us to Fall in Love with You. 648 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:57,500 Lord more that you would help us to see you Lord as you really 649 00:37:57,500 --> 00:38:00,300 are, the lover of our soul or the author and finisher of our 650 00:38:00,300 --> 00:38:03,200 faith. Lord, our friend Lord, I Thank 651 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,800 you for these people, Lord, for what you're doing in our lives 652 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,600 and we commit ourselves to you learn, pray that you would have 653 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:12,800 your way and you work in the it you'd help us to know you. 654 00:38:12,900 --> 00:38:15,300 More in Jesus's name. Amen. 655 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:25,700 Oh, that's a good word there. Give it here so and and all the 656 00:38:25,700 --> 00:38:29,600 people said good, it's over. Thank you, anyways. 657 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:31,200 God bless you guys. We're available. 658 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:34,600 If you guys want prayer for anything, I mean not that we 659 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:36,600 have answers but we can receive