1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,960 Welcome to the Illuminate Church podcast. 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,520 We hope today's message is encouraging to you. 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:13,120 Today I'm talking about faith, rest. 4 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:18,120 And so if we could, let's just begin in prayer this morning and 5 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:24,560 then I'll step into the message. So holy God, thank you that you 6 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,920 are here. God, we don't need another 7 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:34,040 person talking, we need Jesus. And Lord, I ask that you would 8 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:37,120 do what only you can do this morning. 9 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:42,200 Lord, that you would open our hearts up to your truth, your 10 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:47,640 life, your way. You are all, You are everything. 11 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:52,960 And Lord, I pray you would bless us to hear what you would speak 12 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,920 into us this morning. Lord, I thank you because I 13 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,040 believe that's exactly what you're going to do. 14 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,760 Now if you would right there at your seat, just ask the Lord if 15 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,480 He would speak to you this morning. 16 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:17,960 Just give you a moment. And then if you would pray for 17 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:23,280 me that the Lord may speak through me to you. 18 00:01:32,650 --> 00:01:38,210 Holy God, we love you, we trust you, we ask you to do far more 19 00:01:38,210 --> 00:01:41,650 than we could ask, think or imagine because that's who you 20 00:01:41,650 --> 00:01:45,410 are. Lord, I, I pray this knowing 21 00:01:45,410 --> 00:01:46,770 that that's what you'll do Thank you. 22 00:01:46,770 --> 00:01:50,890 God, pray this in Jesus name, Amen. 23 00:01:52,160 --> 00:02:00,720 So in life we know for those who have trusted in Christ that if 24 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:04,680 we set our lives upon Jesus, by the way, this stands for Jesus. 25 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:10,639 But if we set our life upon Jesus and we put our trust in 26 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:14,600 Him, we put our faith in Him, and we build our lives around 27 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,720 Christ, we will find abundant life. 28 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:25,480 If we simply believe in what He has said and stepped into Him, 29 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:32,360 we will have life. But many times in life, we can 30 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:39,760 feel like things get overwhelming and we can feel 31 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:46,080 like we're weighed down by the worries of the world. 32 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:50,880 And so, you know, in school, we start out and we, by the way, 33 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,240 Aaron's helping me this morning, in case you're wondering why 34 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:57,640 this giant, wonderful, godly man is walking towards me. 35 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:04,440 But we may feel like we start out in school and we're like, 36 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:08,840 man, I got I got to get some good grades and and we might 37 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,720 even be going through chemistry. You know, we just feel like, 38 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:15,760 man, Mr. Kraft efforts just making it really complicated for 39 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:17,680 me, really hard to pass this class. 40 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,440 But we're trying to get into college and and we're just 41 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:24,960 weighed down by, oh, man, what I wonder if that person who I have 42 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,600 a crush on, I wonder if they have a crush on me. 43 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:31,120 And I'm not even going to get into what happened to Jason's 44 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,000 party last week, if you know what I'm saying. 45 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:38,720 And then we get into college and now we've got to start thinking 46 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,160 about what we're going to do with our lives and what we're 47 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,800 going to major in. And, and we've got to start 48 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,640 thinking about what what's going to happen next. 49 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:52,200 And, and we have all these worries and concerns about 50 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:56,720 what's happening with our lives. And then, and then all of a 51 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:58,960 sudden we need give me one more minute. 52 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:06,200 We meet that person, that special someone, and everything 53 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:11,160 else just kind of fades away and the Hallelujah course starts and 54 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:16,000 then we start going on a date and then we go on a lot of dates 55 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,839 and we're like, oh man, this person's pretty great. 56 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:23,600 My life is pretty great and I may be getting CS now where I 57 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:28,200 was getting A's, but man, I feel like it's going pretty well. 58 00:04:28,280 --> 00:04:32,320 We get engaged and then we'll start thinking, oh man, I, I've 59 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:34,840 got to start thinking about a really good job. 60 00:04:34,840 --> 00:04:38,200 I've got to start thinking about how I'm going to pay these bills 61 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,800 and, and pay for this wedding and, and, and Oh my goodness. 62 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:46,120 Then we finished college and we got to figure out what house 63 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,880 we're going to get and we got to figure out, oh man, we were 64 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:54,320 starting to have kids and what, what literally are they going to 65 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:56,760 join and what are we going to do? 66 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:58,520 What church are we going to join? 67 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:01,000 And all the while I'm trying to pay the bills. 68 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,080 I'm trying to keep up with Facebook and I'm trying to keep 69 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:08,040 up with Instagram and I'm trying to keep up with Snapchat. 70 00:05:08,280 --> 00:05:11,480 And I really don't know if I even like Snapchat and and I 71 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:20,480 don't know what Snapchat is, but OK, OK, OK, OK, so we can get 72 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:31,000 caught up in the chaos of this world right now. 73 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,080 It's OK. It's a part of what the the 74 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,560 enemy tries to throw at us as a part of this Western culture 75 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:42,840 that tries to throw at us this mindset of keeping up with the 76 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:52,120 Joneses and trying to just keep up with life, spin all the 77 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,640 plates. And we, we can feel chaotic at 78 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:56,880 times. We can feel like we're not doing 79 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,360 enough and we can feel like, man, I don't, I don't know how 80 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:05,160 I'm possibly going to get through this next phase of life. 81 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:12,360 And before we know it, the enemy is stolen, our joy is stolen, 82 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:16,480 our peace, and all we feel is anxiety and chaos. 83 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:24,480 And as we carry on with the Sabbath message, I wanted to 84 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:32,160 show us kind of all the the stuff that we have to deal with 85 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:37,760 in this life. It's not bad, but when we build 86 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:45,280 our life upon Jesus, then he starts putting in what we really 87 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:49,880 need and and we find that all the worries are actually just, 88 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,960 we don't necessarily have to have them, but we can step in 89 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,280 with Christ and let him minister his peace to us. 90 00:06:58,280 --> 00:07:00,960 And So what Pastor Tim is preaching in this Sabbath 91 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:06,800 series, he's helping us reorient ourselves, our lives to God's 92 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,480 rest for our lives. But this morning, what I want to 93 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:15,000 encourage us in is what the foundation of Sabbath is. 94 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:21,240 Pastor Tim is helping us step into embracing Sabbath rest one 95 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:25,000 day a week and how that transforms our life to live from 96 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:28,200 rest instead of trying to reach Forrest. 97 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:34,520 But what happens if we step into Sabbath one day a week and we 98 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,960 really don't believe in what God says? 99 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:42,920 So yeah, we're not doing as many things, but our mind is running 100 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,920 1,000,000 miles a minute. So I want to talk today about 101 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:53,480 what what the foundation of Sabbath is, which is faith. 102 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,640 And that's really what I want to encourage us. 103 00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:02,000 And I believe God is calling his people in this season deeper in 104 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,080 to faith. I believe one of the greatest 105 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:08,960 struggles of the American church is this battle between faith and 106 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:10,560 unbelief. And I don't believe we're really 107 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:16,600 talking about it much. And so I want to step in with 108 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,200 you all this morning. And I believe the Lord wants to 109 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:24,240 release hearts of faith this morning. 110 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:29,640 He wants us to embrace what he wants, which is better than the 111 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,919 anxiety. He has peace where unbelief 112 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:43,080 wants us to get stuck in anxiety so that when if we embrace 113 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:48,760 faith, if we embrace faith, rest, we step into that Sabbath 114 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,960 day. Oh man, my eyes are on you, 115 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,160 Lord. I'm embracing your presence and 116 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:59,000 your peace. And the enemy can't do anything 117 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,760 about it. So that's where we're going 118 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:09,920 today and we're going to start out in Hebrews 3, that last 119 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:16,680 verse of the chapter. So just to catch us up on what's 120 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:21,600 happening in this passage, the writer is referring to the 121 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,200 Israelites and what God did to deliver them out of Egypt. 122 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:30,400 So if if you want to catch up on this story, this is found, the 123 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,280 original story is found in Exodus where God delivers Israel 124 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,120 out of Egypt. And the story goes like this, 125 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:42,360 that God in his mercy heard the cry of the Israelites as they 126 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:49,280 were in slavery, they were being oppressed by Egypt and they were 127 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:52,400 being a hard pressed start there, that they were treating 128 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:56,400 them badly. Israel starts praying God, God 129 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:00,040 delivers them. He sends Moses and through many 130 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,720 signs and wonders. If you've ever seen the Prince 131 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:07,760 of Egypt or read the book of Exodus, many signs and wonders. 132 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:14,080 He delivers them out of Egypt and and draws them into the 133 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,040 wilderness. Now the wilderness was just a 134 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:21,480 holding place where he was providing for them. 135 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:25,200 He's helping them. He's still miraculously giving 136 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:29,400 them everything they need, preparing them for the promised 137 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:36,560 land. But no matter what God did, the 138 00:10:36,560 --> 00:10:42,360 Israelites chose not to believe. They chose not to believe that 139 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,280 God would do what he said He would do. 140 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:53,760 And so that's where we pick up here in Hebrews 319. 141 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:59,360 Hebrews 319 says it is clear that they could not enter into 142 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:03,920 their inheritance because they wrapped their hearts in 143 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:11,000 unbelief. And so for Israel, they, God had 144 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:16,240 promised them the promised land, but they refused to believe in 145 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:21,520 what God had promised them. And so they killed their ability 146 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:25,600 to receive the promise because of their unbelief. 147 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,480 And I want to encourage us this morning that this is what the 148 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:35,600 enemy wants to do in our life. He wants to steal what God wants 149 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:42,000 to give you by telling you, Oh well, you can't believe in his 150 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:47,400 promises. By even the passive ability of 151 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:51,280 not to do anything or or or consciously make the choice of 152 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:58,200 faith, we embrace unbelief. Now the Israelites that first 153 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,880 generation did not go into the promised land because they 154 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:09,520 didn't believe, but the next generation did Joshua get LED 155 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:13,800 them believing in God. He led them into the promised 156 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:15,240 land. We're going to talk a little bit 157 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,920 more about that in a little bit, but let's let's continue. 158 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:23,640 Hebrews 41 says now the promise of entering God's rest is still 159 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:27,880 for us today. So we must be extremely careful 160 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:33,480 to ensure that we all embrace the fullness of that promise and 161 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:40,840 not fail to experience it. Some of us are here today and 162 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:44,240 we're wrestling with anxiety and, and believe you me friends, 163 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,400 I'm preaching to me. I'm preaching to all of us here 164 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,320 today. I am not preaching at you, I am 165 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,920 with you. But some of us are wrestling 166 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:58,200 with anxiety because we're struggling to embrace what God 167 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,200 has said and believing that it's true. 168 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:09,480 Skip down a couple more verses. Hebrews 46 says those who first 169 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:12,760 heard the good news of deliverance failed to enter into 170 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:17,800 the realm of faith rest because of their unbelieving hearts. 171 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:22,800 Yet the fact remains that we still have the opportunity to 172 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:28,760 enter into faith, rest life, and experience the fulfillment of 173 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,640 the promise. Praise God. 174 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,560 All right, so I got three points today. 175 00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:42,400 And the first one is faith is a choice. 176 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:48,200 Now we see this, the Israelites, they made a choice. 177 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:52,360 They, they chose not to believe. God delivered them by signs and 178 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,640 wonders. He shows he's with them in the 179 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:56,400 wilderness. He's giving them food 180 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:00,280 supernaturally, He's giving them water supernaturally, He's 181 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,360 providing for them, He's preparing them for the promised 182 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,920 land. And when they go to scout it 183 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:11,360 out, they find that there's giants in the land that are 184 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,920 bigger than them. And instead of trusting that God 185 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:19,880 will provide, they decide, Nope, we're like grasshoppers in 186 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:24,600 comparison to these people. So what they say Joshua and 187 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:27,960 Caleb the whole time are like, no, let's believe God. 188 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,120 Let's go. God has given us the land. 189 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,800 Let's do this. Can read about it in Numbers 13 190 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:38,080 and 14. And and, and, and he's trying to 191 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,000 Joshua and Caleb are trying to be like, Hey, let's believe in 192 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,920 God's promise. And they refused. 193 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:47,120 And so God says, then I will not let you into the land. 194 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:59,320 So that generation, they literally died spiritually and 195 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:03,120 physically, not beholding the promise because of unbelief. 196 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:08,840 But then God raised up Joshua and Joshua made a choice too. 197 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,760 Joshua chose to believe in God and God gave him this promise. 198 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:16,720 If if you read Joshua one, it's beautiful. 199 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:20,200 He says it again and again and again. 200 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:24,120 He tells him, he says this is the key to the battle that you 201 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,560 face. This is the choice I want you to 202 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:29,480 make every day and this is what will lead you to victory. 203 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,400 He says be strong and courageous. 204 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:35,360 Do not be discouraged or afraid. Why? 205 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:40,200 Someone tell me. I hear it echoed all over the 206 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,360 room. I love that because the Lord 207 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,640 your God is with you wherever you go. 208 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:51,320 We can be strong and courageous because the Lord our God is with 209 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:57,000 us wherever we go. Now this is a conscious choice 210 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:01,680 that I have to make. I can't make it passively. 211 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,640 I can't just kind of assume that it's true and then go throughout 212 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:10,040 my day. I have to actively make a choice 213 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,400 and believe. I'm walking into a meeting right 214 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:19,040 now, God, and unless you show up, I don't know how this is 215 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:23,080 going to go. But the Lord says He is with me 216 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:27,160 wherever I go. So I'm going to believe that God 217 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:31,000 is with me and I'm going to step into this meeting and the Lord's 218 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,800 going to have his way and it's going to be wonderful. 219 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,480 And you know what? Every time I do that, every time 220 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:42,320 I put my faith in him, he opens up heavens. 221 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,760 He does things that I, I couldn't do. 222 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:50,600 And, and this is our choice to step into this life. 223 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,280 Hear me, faith isn't a vibe, it's a verdict. 224 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:01,640 Faith isn't a vibe, it's a verdict. 225 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:05,319 Some of us, we feel like, well, I'm just not really feeling 226 00:17:05,319 --> 00:17:08,920 faith today. I don't feel that thing that 227 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:13,720 makes me believe. And I want to encourage us. 228 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,119 I'm not here to to step on toes, though. 229 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:20,000 I'm probably doing that, but I'm not here to do that. 230 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:27,880 I believe God wants to build us up, but He wants to build us up 231 00:17:28,079 --> 00:17:34,160 in this truth that we aren't feelers, we're believers. 232 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:40,720 So whether I feel like I have the faith today, I can choose to 233 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:44,160 believe God is true to what He says. 234 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,560 He's true. What what He says is true is 235 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,800 true. What He says goes, and I can 236 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,880 step into that. I can step into his promise. 237 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:57,440 And just like Joshua, he stepped onto the battlefield in the 238 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:02,640 promised land and God took the promised land. 239 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:06,200 God. God gave them victory in the 240 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:12,040 Promised Land, gave Israel the land of Israel because Joshua 241 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:16,280 LED them in faith, because they made a choice. 242 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,920 So we, we make choices all the time, right? 243 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:31,280 I, I, I choose to believe my wife when she tells me she loves 244 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:32,720 me. Why? 245 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:38,480 Because day after day she shows me she's so faithful, so 246 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:43,360 steadfast in her love. And so I choose to believe it 247 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:47,960 because it's true. On the other hand, I, I choose 248 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:51,360 not to believe the news every day when they say that the world 249 00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:55,480 is ending, because every day the world keeps spinning. 250 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,760 And I'm just like, I don't, I don't trust that anymore, you 251 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:03,240 know? And, and so for our lives, as we 252 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:07,280 look at God and his track record, we look at, OK, what has 253 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:11,600 he done to prove that, that I can trust him, that I can put my 254 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,120 faith in him. And I encourage you to look no 255 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:20,280 further than Jesus, for God said, I love you so much that 256 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:23,000 there's nothing I will not do to rescue you. 257 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:27,840 There's nothing I wouldn't do to to redeem your life and to draw 258 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:32,080 you in and to build your life in me so that you have abundant 259 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,600 life. So I will go to any extent, even 260 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:42,000 death on a cross, even to be tortured and to bleed out on a 261 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,320 cross so that I can have a relationship with you. 262 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:49,640 This is God's love for us. And it didn't stop at the cross. 263 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:53,160 It continues in power. If we will step in and believe, 264 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:57,800 and if we will activate our faith and choose today, I will 265 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:09,120 trust in what God has said. Now point #2 like point #1. 266 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,840 It's the opposite of point #1 unbelief is a thief. 267 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:23,280 I want to unveil this for us because I, I, I think we have 268 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:27,920 the wrong idea of this. But unbelief is a thief. 269 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:35,240 Unbelief teams up, I believe it's a spirit, but it teams up 270 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:40,000 with the enemy and and it tries to steal life from us. 271 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:46,840 Now John 1010 just totally reveals the enemy's plan and 272 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:53,120 God's plan and, and John 1010 says the thief, the enemy, 273 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:59,560 Satan, demons, the thief comes to steal, kill and destroy. 274 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,720 That's their plan. That's the same as Unbeliefs 275 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,360 plan. It wants to take it all from us. 276 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:09,880 But God has come. Jesus said, I have come that you 277 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:11,800 may have life and have it abundantly. 278 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,480 So the enemy's plan is to steal life from you. 279 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:20,240 This is what unbelief does God's, God's desire is to give 280 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:25,760 life to you abundantly. He wants it to overflow in our 281 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,160 lives. And so when God tells us to make 282 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:32,760 the faith choice, when he encourages Israel to go take the 283 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,360 promised land and they stepped away, said, Nope, we're not 284 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:40,520 going to believe you. God was wanting to give them 285 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,120 something. God is wanting to give us 286 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:47,280 something today by encouraging us to make that faith choice. 287 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:53,440 Does this make sense? So there was a lady named Gladys 288 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:59,880 and Gladys, she lived a difficult life. 289 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:09,360 She didn't have much and in her small town she was known by her 290 00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:14,600 poverty and she didn't really know how to read. 291 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:18,960 And one day, middle of her life, she gets this envelope and in 292 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:25,640 the envelope that she can't read is a check for $20 million. 293 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:31,960 A long lost relative had passed away and he was very, very 294 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:37,720 wealthy and and so Gladys can't read but she loves the fancy 295 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:42,040 lettering on the check and she loves the fancy numbers on it 296 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,320 and it's one of the fanciest things she has. 297 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:48,920 So she framed it and she put it on her wall in her one bedroom 298 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:53,680 apartment so she was able to see it each day. 299 00:22:55,080 --> 00:23:00,800 And Gladys lived the rest of her life barely having enough to get 300 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:05,800 by. And after her life was over, the 301 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:10,800 property management team came in to clean her apartment and and 302 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:15,320 they found the check on the wall that she looked at every day or 303 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:21,040 walk past every day. And they were amazed that Gladys 304 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:25,600 was one of the the most wealthy people that they knew of. 305 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,200 And yet she lived as if she was penniless. 306 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:37,280 And friends, I'm telling you a life that that doesn't take God 307 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:42,280 at his word, that doesn't step into the promise of the Lord in 308 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:49,400 us for us through his word. It is a life like Gladys because 309 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:55,080 spiritually we are abundantly wealthy in His love and in His 310 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,000 joy. And it is peace. 311 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:01,280 We have total access to it. It can consume us and we can 312 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:05,120 overflow with it. If we step into what He has said 313 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,560 and we're going to, we're going to talk about how to do that in 314 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:13,520 just a little bit. But Gladys, she, she doesn't 315 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:18,160 know that she's a millionaire and she, she lives in ignorance 316 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:22,360 of this wealth that she has access to, but doesn't know she 317 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:24,960 has access to. And that's what we're unveiling 318 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:35,520 today, that we have access to a heavenly love in Christ. 319 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:40,960 We have access to a peace surpasses understanding. 320 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:48,760 We have access to a joy that his pastor Volodymyr says. 321 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:51,720 It's wonderful. It's so wonderful. 322 00:25:00,340 --> 00:25:05,220 But unbelief tries to make millionaires live like beggars, 323 00:25:05,220 --> 00:25:11,880 beggars in the faith. Unbelief tries to make our 324 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,880 wealthy spirits in Christ what Christ has given us. 325 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:17,320 I'm not talking about name it, claim it. 326 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:22,400 I'm not talking about physical money. 327 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,480 I'm talking about what we have in Jesus. 328 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:30,120 Unbelief tries to steal the beauty of all that Christ would 329 00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:35,840 want us to receive. And God is saying, I want to 330 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:39,640 give it to you if you would simply believe. 331 00:25:45,010 --> 00:25:51,450 So Unbelief tries to tell us, is God really with you? 332 00:25:52,410 --> 00:25:55,410 Have you guys ever heard these voices right? 333 00:25:56,290 --> 00:25:59,450 Is God really with you? Unbelief tries to get us to look 334 00:25:59,450 --> 00:26:02,250 at self. Unbelief is very self focused. 335 00:26:05,810 --> 00:26:09,680 Maybe another day we can talk about what grows in the garden 336 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:12,600 of unbelief and what grows in the garden of Faith, and we can 337 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,200 tell OK what's growing in my garden. 338 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,600 But for today, we're going to keep it at this. 339 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,400 Unbelief tries to tell you you aren't strong enough. 340 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,840 Unbelief tries to tell you aren't smart enough. 341 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:27,880 Unbelief tries to tell you you're less than. 342 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:32,040 Unbelief tries to get you to do everything in your own strength, 343 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,760 tries to get you to bear the weight of the world on your 344 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:42,480 shoulders. Unbelief is very filled with 345 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,880 anxiety because we it's all on us. 346 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:53,480 The weight is on us. And yet faith puts our eyes on 347 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:57,080 Jesus. Faith believes in what he says, 348 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:59,280 for God says this is what faith says. 349 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,160 Faith says I am. God says I am with you. 350 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:08,080 And we receive that faith says, because this is what Scripture 351 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,800 says, that Christ is strong enough and he is in you. 352 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:16,080 This is Galatians 220, where Paul says there's no longer I 353 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,400 who lives, but Christ who lives in me. 354 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:22,600 So I don't have to live by my own limits anymore. 355 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,480 I am living from the empowerment of Christ. 356 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,760 And so are you. If we step into it, if we're 357 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:33,320 willing to believe, if we're willing to believe in what he 358 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:39,360 says, Faith says Christ has all the wisdom so I don't have to be 359 00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:41,480 enough. He will lead me. 360 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:45,960 He will help me. Faith says Christ is most worthy 361 00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:53,520 and he is leading me. You see, Faith believes in what 362 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:58,800 He can do and it allows us to lay every weight at His feet. 363 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:03,000 Because I can't do it and I'm just being honest. 364 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,680 We aren't strong enough to bear the weight of this life. 365 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:12,400 But when we lay it at his feet and say, Lord, would you lead my 366 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:17,520 life? And then we we say, OK, God, I'm 367 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,080 about to do this. What? 368 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:24,560 What are you saying about that? And then all of a sudden we feel 369 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:29,040 this nudge in the spirit that oh man, I remember a Bible verse 370 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:34,560 that talked about this and it said fear not for the Lord is 371 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:38,760 with you. This is Isaiah 4110, right? 372 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,680 Fear not for the Lord is with you. 373 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,880 He will strengthen you and he will uphold you with his 374 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:53,400 righteous right hand. Faith keeps our eyes on Jesus. 375 00:28:54,880 --> 00:29:00,280 OK, so I've tried to make the point strong this morning, as 376 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:04,360 strong as the Lord will allow me to, that this battle between 377 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:11,600 unbelief and faith is real. But how do we step in to faith? 378 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:15,240 How do we step into a life of faith? 379 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:20,920 And I believe eventually the answer is as we get closer to 380 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:28,320 the Lord, we we grow in knowing Him and knowing His heart and we 381 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:34,320 gauge our faith-based upon what His Spirit is doing in that 382 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:37,840 moment. But I believe it always comes 383 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:42,280 back to this because even in times where we are growing in 384 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:46,000 our faith, it always comes back to this point. 385 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:51,920 It begins and is grounded in believing in the Word of God. 386 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:59,200 We have to believe and what God says. 387 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:11,640 So Psalm 23, we know this chapter in the Scripture that a 388 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,400 lot of us do. Anyone who's been around church, 389 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,160 you probably heard it a lot, right? 390 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:21,200 But my question is this morning, do we believe it? 391 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,360 And and here's what God challenged me with in this in 392 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,560 this last year. He's like, he's like, Drew, do 393 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,080 you believe this? And I'm like, well, yeah, I 394 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:34,320 believe it. You know, he's like, no, no, 395 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:41,120 Drew, I want you to think about what you're saying when you say 396 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:48,640 these words because for a long time I wasn't trying to, but 397 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:52,080 subconsciously I was saying the Lord is my shepherd. 398 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:54,200 I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green 399 00:30:54,200 --> 00:31:00,440 pastures. It just became a root words that 400 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:04,600 that were just kind of OK, I'm reading the Bible. 401 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,960 I'm quoting a scripture because that's what Christians do. 402 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,040 That's what I'm supposed to do to follow Jesus. 403 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,880 But God was challenging me. He's like, do you believe it? 404 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:21,120 And I remember this one day I was I was hiking and he told me 405 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,880 to just begin to quote Psalm 23 is like, believe it, son, 406 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,520 believe it. And I just began to say the Lord 407 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,360 is my shepherd. And I couldn't get past that 408 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:37,160 phrase. I just began to internalize that 409 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:42,800 what a shepherd does is as it stands really close to the sheep 410 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:46,120 and, and the sheep or he doesn't let them out of their sight. 411 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:50,120 And he, he's protective of them and he's watchful over them and 412 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:56,000 he leads them to these beautiful places where they're provided 413 00:31:56,000 --> 00:32:01,200 for and he leads them to still waters. 414 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:05,800 And and I'm like, this is what you're saying, God, that you are 415 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:09,720 my shepherd, that I shall not want. 416 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:18,920 And it's not about, OK, when was the last time that that I felt 417 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,640 that way? It's not about do I feel 418 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:29,440 strongly that this is true? It's deciding, do I take God at 419 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:32,920 his word or not? Do I make that faith choice 420 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:41,160 today and choosing to step in and say, OK, I receive you as my 421 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:44,280 shepherd. You are my protector. 422 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:49,080 Lord, I trust that you are providing everything that I 423 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,440 need. You are leading me in this 424 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,600 beautiful way. You're leading me to still 425 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:57,040 waters. You're restoring my soul and 426 00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,760 then it becomes prophetic, right? 427 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,520 Because if I believe it, I'm stepping into it. 428 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:07,360 I'm stepping into what God desires for my life and for your 429 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,360 life. I'm actually activating what 430 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:17,160 God's word says. And here's how I, this is what I 431 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:21,480 believe God has taught me to do. He's like, I want you just to 432 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:24,640 thank me now because it's already done. 433 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:29,480 Just believe it and thank me, God. 434 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,120 Thank you that you are my shepherd. 435 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,320 I'm going to pray this over us right now. 436 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:38,960 I'm not done yet, but I'm just going to pray this over us. 437 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:41,880 God, thank you for being our shepherd. 438 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:47,960 If you would choose to believe this, thank you for being our 439 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:49,960 provider. Thank you. 440 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,520 They are leading us to green pastures. 441 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:57,800 We have nothing to fear for. You are leading us. 442 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:01,960 God, thank you. We receive you as our shepherd. 443 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,280 We receive you as our life giver. 444 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:08,040 You lead us to still waters, God, and you're multiplying 445 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:11,239 life. This is why sheep needed still 446 00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:17,360 waters to have babies. You're multiplying life in us by 447 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:21,760 leading us where you lead us. You're restoring our soul. 448 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,840 God, thank you. Thank you that you're restoring 449 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:31,600 every broken place. It's a choice to believe that, 450 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,719 friends. Lord, thank you that you're 451 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,360 leading us in positive righteousness. 452 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:42,199 Thank you that you are are, no matter if we're on the 453 00:34:42,199 --> 00:34:46,040 mountaintop or in the valley low, if everything's going great 454 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:51,760 or if we are in a pit of despair, Lord, you are with us 455 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:57,480 so we have nothing to fear. Thank you, God, your rod and 456 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:03,600 your staff, they comfort us. Thank you, Lord, the enemy can't 457 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:08,000 get us because you're there. Are we willing to step into that 458 00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:10,800 and believe it this morning? It's a choice. 459 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,840 We have to consciously believe it. 460 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:21,400 Lord, thank you that if the enemy's stupid enough to sit at 461 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:26,640 the table with us, you prepared a feast for us, God, and you are 462 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:30,200 the feast, as you say, Jesus, you are the bread and you are 463 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:34,320 the living water that we need. So we come and we feast with 464 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:36,400 you. We feast on your life. 465 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:44,760 Thank you God. Thank you, God, that you have 466 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,640 put oil on our heads. This is the oil of the Holy 467 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:52,480 Spirit, as First Corinthians 317 says. 468 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:56,240 Do you not know that you are the temple of the Holy Spirit? 469 00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,840 Lord, you have anointed us with the Holy Spirit. 470 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,960 Thank you, God, your presence is with us. 471 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:07,960 Lord, thank you that the cup of life you've given us, it 472 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:15,480 overflows. Thank you God, whether I feel 473 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:20,560 like that's true in this moment or not, it's true in the Spirit 474 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:23,560 because you're doing it. And the more I step into and am 475 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:27,320 willing to make that choice to believe it, it's true, I will 476 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:32,720 see it come to fruition. Let us partner with the Lord in 477 00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:37,000 faith. Our cup is overflowing. 478 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,920 Would you just cut, hold out your cup of life and let the 479 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:44,560 Lord fill it? He has filled it to overflowing. 480 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:48,200 Thank you, God. Lord, thank you that your 481 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:53,680 goodness and your mercy, we can't outrun them no matter what 482 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,360 what we're doing. God, your presence is with us 483 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,560 all the days of our life. We're going to dwell in your 484 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,480 presence where life, where abundant life is found. 485 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:08,120 God, thank you. We step in this morning. 486 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:12,160 We believe in what you have said. 487 00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:20,920 I pray this in Jesus name, Amen. So what I sought to do there is 488 00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:26,720 to model the choice of faith that when we read the Word, I 489 00:37:26,720 --> 00:37:30,680 want to encourage you not to make the passive decision. 490 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:34,520 So many times we can read the Word or come to church on Sunday 491 00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:38,000 thinking we're doing the Christian thing when when God 492 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:43,200 wants us to step in with him and to be like, what is this saying? 493 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:47,920 Am I willing to believe it? Am I willing to believe that? 494 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:53,440 Here's my strong tower. Am I willing to believe that He 495 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:58,520 is my shelter and He overshadows me with His wings, as Psalm 91 496 00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:01,840 says? Am I willing to believe that He 497 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:07,080 is my light and my salvation? My very strength is Psalm 27 498 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:11,080 says. Am I willing to believe that He 499 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:14,800 is the mighty One who fights for us, fights for me? 500 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:19,480 Am I willing to believe that, as Psalm 35 says, now, these are 501 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:23,920 just a few promises that the Scriptures replete with them, 502 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:29,840 But we will find that our lives rise in peace and in love and in 503 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:34,520 joy and in the favor of the Lord if we're willing to believe what 504 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:39,200 He says. And I feel like the Lord is 505 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:44,120 saying to encourage you that this is not a passive choice. 506 00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,680 I know I said it already but I just want to make it clear. 507 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:55,160 Unbelief is passive. Unbelief doesn't really pursue 508 00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:58,840 anything, it just lets gravity pull it down. 509 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:06,000 But faith makes a conscious choice to step in and believe 510 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:11,640 and say yes Lord, I choose to believe what you say and because 511 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:14,760 of that I am filled with faith. I encourage you if you've never 512 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:20,160 tried it, stretch those faith muscles, take God at his word 513 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:23,320 and and here's what I want to encourage us to do today. 514 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:26,320 This is the final promise and I'm going to end with a 515 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:33,560 salvation call Matthew 1128. Jesus says come to me, all who 516 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:39,280 are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest. 517 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:46,840 Jesus is promising rest today. Are we willing to receive it? 518 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,680 He wants to give us life. Are we willing to receive it? 519 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:57,360 The way we receive it is by receiving and believing in what 520 00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:01,320 He says. So if you agree with that, it's 521 00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:02,960 going to lead us in a quick prayer. 522 00:40:08,780 --> 00:40:14,780 If you would say this after me, God I lay down my anxiety at 523 00:40:14,780 --> 00:40:22,320 your feet. And I ask you to invade with 524 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:29,960 your peace. We're talking about faith today. 525 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:33,160 And I believe there are people in the room that may have never 526 00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:40,320 put their faith in Jesus. And he loves you, and he bled so 527 00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:43,680 that your sins and my sins could be paid for, so that we could 528 00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:46,680 have life in him. And if you would like to trust 529 00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:51,600 Jesus as your Lord and Savior today I'm going to lead us in a 530 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,720 prayer. And if we could all just pray 531 00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:58,200 it, those who are already Christians and those who want to 532 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:02,320 step into faith in him, let's say this together. 533 00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:08,400 Lord Jesus, I thank you for what you've done for me. 534 00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:20,760 By your blood, I am saved. I put my faith in you as my Lord 535 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:25,320 and Savior. I step in in faith with Jesus. 536 00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:32,640 Yes Lord, I pray your blessing on every person here. 537 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:36,880 I pray that you would bless us to make the faith choice in our 538 00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:40,000 life. I pray this in Jesus name, Amen. 539 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:41,880 Amen. Thanks for joining us today. 540 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:44,960 We hope God is speaking to your heart through this message. 541 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:47,920 If you'd like to connect with us, you can text connect to 542 00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:54,440 407-588-0115 or visit Illuminate dot church. 543 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:56,160 Have a great week.