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Good morning, Illuminate Church.
I want you just to imagine with 

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me for a second that you are an 
Irish man or an Irish woman and 

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living in Ireland and the Lord 
speaks to you and says, I want 

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you to drop everything and move 
to Florida. 

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I'm going to show you a ministry
there to be involved with, and 

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you do it. 
And you show up to Florida and 

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you go to the Crossing Church in
Tampa, FL, just to make some 

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connections. 
And the very day that you show 

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up, that team of people at the 
Crossing had been praying. 

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Lord, send us somebody to lead 
our Spanish campus. 

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The problem is you're Irish, but
surprise, you grew up as a 

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missionary kid on the Canary 
Islands and you are fluent in 

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Spanish. 
And that very day that you 

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arrive to the crossing church, 
they hire you to be the Spanish 

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campus pastor. 
Well, this is not an 

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imagination. 
This is a dear friend of mine, 

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Doctor David Murphy. 
He's here this morning to lead 

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us in the second part of our new
series called The Kingdom 

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Unveiled. 
As we're studying Jesus's 

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parables, I would love for you 
to please stand to your feet and

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give a huge illuminate church 
welcome to Doctor David Murphy. 

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Sit down. 
I haven't done anything yet. 

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I'm so, so glad to be here. 
Thank you. 

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Thank you for the invite. 
Thank you for the warm welcome. 

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What a joy. 
It was already the first 

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service. 
And now you guys, you've had 

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your breakfast. 
You slept in, you're ready to 

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rock'n'roll. 
Well, my name is David and, and 

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yes, as Pastor Tim has said, I, 
I, I served with him at the 

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crossing Church and, and now I 
serve further down the the coast

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in Bradenton, FL Actually parish
Florida, but parish doesn't even

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turn up in a weather map. 
But but what God is doing there 

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is is is just humbling and I was
I came to well, I mean obviously

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when Tim and Christine started 
the church way back then and 

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they birthed illuminate in the 
school I was able to teach those

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years ago and what a joy to see 
what God is doing. 

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Yes, the accent is not from 
Alabama safety, but I but I grew

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up in Spain and Espana I aliena 
que entiend El espanol que 

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Levante la mano yo-yo prede car 
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I'm going to speak in Spanish. 
How are you, honey? 

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Well, I'll tell you what. 
For the rest of us, let's learn 

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the language of heaven in a 
minute. 

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OK, Follow me. 
OK. 

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Just repeat after me. 
Ah, men. 

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Amen. 
You know you're preaching. 

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Amen. 
Here you go. 

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OK, Mezzanine. 
You're with me. 

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OK. 
Repeat after this. 

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Ah Le Lu. 
Yeah. 

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Hallelujah. 
I I you told me they were smart.

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They're really smart. 
One more. 

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One more. 
Go, California. 

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Go. 
La Coca-Cola. 

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You, you speak Spanish too. 
Humbled is a word that's used 

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many times, but I truly am 
honoured to stand here to see 

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what God has done. 
When faithful people follow God,

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give it time and see the impact 
it can have. 

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That's what we're going to be 
studying today. 

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So let me pray and then we'll 
open goes word. 

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Lord, thank you. 
What an honour it is to have 

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Your word in a language that we 
can understand. 

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And we thank you for the 
faithfulness from generation to 

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generation so that the inherent 
word of God in the original form

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can now be in a language that we
we understand. 

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But Lord, I pray you'll take the
words in a book and Holy Spirit,

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I pray you will sow it in our 
souls that it will bring forth 

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much fruit for your glory. 
We love you and we thank you in 

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Jesus name, Amen. 
We are in a series talking about

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the the parables. 
If if you're a guest with us, if

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you're watching online, you're 
going to have to come back the 

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next few weeks to hear the 
pastor of this church. 

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He is for sure a better 
preacher, but not so good 

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looking. 
That's me, but you. 

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So you have to come back. 
You've got to have come back. 

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And actually, if you didn't 
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you've got to listen to Pastor 
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He sets up a really good 
foundation of what we're going 

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to be dealing with. 
Power bells stories, earthly 

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stories with a heavenly meaning,
spiritual insight through normal

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natural story. 
As we see this, Jesus is 

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teaching. 
He's teaching the disciples, 

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He's teaching the people who are
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What does it look like to have 
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He's teaching people. 
When you live a life of service 

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to God, what does it look like? 
And I'm glad he didn't give us a

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lecture. 
He gave a story because story 

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captures the imagination. 
This story tells us how what God

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is doing in Matthew 13. 
So open your Bibles, your apps, 

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your whatever it is that you 
use. 

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It's actually a good thing to 
bring your Bible to church. 

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Just saying. 
If you don't have a Bible, 

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there's a team coming down the 
hall the the aisles, and they 

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would love to give you a paper 
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How many of you are paper Bible?
How many of you like put them 

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up, Brian and Blair. 
OK, good. 

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Well done. 
And the rest of you need Jesus. 

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OK? 
No, I'm joking. 

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I'm joking. 
I'm joking. 

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I'm joking. 
You get to go to translations. 

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OK, in Matthew 13 we started to 
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Matthew 13 we have 7 different 
parables, 7 different stories, 

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insights into the Kingdom of 
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When Jesus prayed, May your 
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done on earth as it is in 
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We can have a bit of heaven on 
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of God. 
So as Kingdom representatives, 

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you live in the United States. 
But as I scan this auditorium, 

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oh, there's people from nations 
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wonderful countries. 
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Jesus Christ, we become, we are 
part of God's Kingdom, the 

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Kingdom of heaven. 
So as we set the scene, I know 

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you've been taught well at this 
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If you don't have a context of 
what you're reading, you can 

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make what you're reading say 
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I do it all the time. 
I read the Bible and I read eat,

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drink and be merry. 
And as an Irishman, I love that 

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verse. 
Until someone comes along in a 

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biblical community and say, hey,
you idiot, read the rest of it 

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for tomorrow we die. 
See, the contest is important. 

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So the first 23 verses of 
chapter 13 talks like we saw 

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last week about the Sower and 
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Now remember, Jesus is teaching 
his disciples and in those few 

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verses we're going to see a 
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He wants to have a show 
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of God is going to be like. 
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Well, because as you saw last 
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to the gospel of Jesus Christ 
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There'll be those who will be 
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There'll be those who show 
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there'll be no roots. 
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will walk away from the faith. 
There'll be those who show signs

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of growth and and fruitfulness. 
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deceitfulness of wealth will 
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person. 
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And that soil is only evident by
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So Jesus, in the context of his 
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life in the Kingdom of God. 
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Not everybody will respond 
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You keep sowing. 
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encouraged. 
Then he moves to the second 

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section and the second section, 
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actually see a challenge because
we're told another parable of an

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owner who has a harvest. 
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comes along and sows weeds, and 
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as the wheat. 
And the workers want to go and 

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get pull out the weeds and the 
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no, no, no, no, no, no. 
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time it says, I will tell the 
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they will separate. 
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seeing in the story form that in
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Christ, there will be weeds, 
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right beside us in our 
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neighborhoods, maybe in the 
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And we want to live in this 
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But Jesus is reminding us to be 
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You're going to have to blossom 
where you are in spite of the 

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circumstances around you. 
You're going to blossom and bear

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fruit in spite of what TikTok 
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says mum and dad say Uncle DoD 
or whatever says you've blossom 

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where you're sitting. 
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at that time listening to these 
Powerballs sitting there, what 

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on earth is Jesus talking about 
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He's told me that only one in 
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sowing of the seed. 
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even when I saw the seed and the
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middle of it, there's going to 
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Like, I mean, talk about 
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And then he tells us the 2 
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look at today. 
There's only three verses. 

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It's we're actually going to see
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version. 
But Mark mentions it, Mark four 

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and Luke 13 mentions it again. 
So hey, blossom soul and 

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blossom, soul and blossom, don't
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And then Jesus brings us this 
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that gives us an insight into 
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Kingdom. 
Let's read it together. 

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Matthew 13, verse 31. 
I'm reading from the New Living 

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Translation that says this. 
Here is another illustration 

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Jesus used parable. 
The Kingdom of heaven is like a 

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mustard seed planted in a field.
It is the smallest of all seeds,

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but it becomes the largest of 
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It grows into a tree and birds 
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it's branches. 
Jesus also used this 

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illustration. 
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the yeast a woman used in making
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Leaven. 
Maybe in one of the 

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translations, same same word, 
yeast leaven. 

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Even though she put only a 
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of flour, it permeates every 
part of the dough that Jesus is 

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teaching. 
By the way, those two parables 

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are always together and the 
three gospels are always 

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together. 
Why? 

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Because even though Jesus is 
telling them, hey guys, have the

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right expectation to live for 
Christ, it's hey, it's not going

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to be easy. 
People may not respond. 

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There will be evil around you. 
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we're we're told, we're 
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And in Kingdom of God, there's 
always promise of progress. 

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There's always promise of growth
progress. 

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The seed, the mustard seed was 
the smallest seed that was used 

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in those days and farming it was
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In those smallest of seeds when 
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Jesus says it will grow into the
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Now if you know anything about 
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have to go and research it. 
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into bushes, I'm told, not 
trees. 

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But I love the way that in the 
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supernatural things with small 
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So the first thing I want you to
realise in this section is never

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don't underestimate small 
beginnings. 

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Don't ever estimate small 
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The Kingdom of God is that like 
small seed that was planted? 

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I, I love studying reading 
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Anybody with me studying 
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OK, the rest of you need Jesus 
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If you do not know where you 
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you're what's going on right 
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If you do not know the past you 
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past. 
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my thesis as I was studying, 
I've had the privilege to study 

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the last 50 years of church 
history, modern church history 

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and now we are where we are 
today because of that which the 

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past happened. 
So I want to encourage you. 

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You think maybe you were taught 
history is boring. 

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No, it's fascinating how people 
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Let me tell you a little bit of 
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years of our church history. 
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this, the people that were 
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they were nobodies. 
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society. 
They weren't the decision 

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makers. 
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homemakers and bakers and slaves
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Nobody cared about them and 
nobody cared about the person 

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they said they worshipped. 
This guy called Jesus. 

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their vertical faith had an 
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It was just not a vertical thing
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It affected their Monday. 
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persecution, it affected their 
word, their work, and their 

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walk. 
I won't say that again because I

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can't say that three times in a 
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Their word, their work and their
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And in those first 300 years, 
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rapid explosion in, in, in, in 
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history in the last 2000 years 
of those in the middle of 

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persecution. 
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Because a small seed. 
God said do the Kingdom thing, 

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do the Kingdom work. 
There's promise of progress. 

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Many people, thousands of 
people, you and I are here today

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because people behind us, prayed
for us, served us, told us about

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Jesus. 
You're living in the days today 

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that we somebody else prayed 
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So when you look back in 
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power of small beginnings. 
Never underestimate the season 

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of life that you're in that in 
your workplace, you think in 

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your business, you're like, 
should I start that branch? 

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Should I start that business? 
But I don't know, you know, 

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like, you know, I wanted to be 
like Elon Musk, You know, he 

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started with something small. 
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the Kingdom of God when you do 
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See when they, they're that size
and they're, and you know, 

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they're little brats and you 
know what, when I'm becoming a 

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parent, I realized original sin 
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I used to look at them and 
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Wow. 
At least that was from your 

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family. 
That's my wife's family. 

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Did you teach them that? 
Did you teach them that? 

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But you know what? 
Faithfully loving your children 

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and seeing them as a gift from 
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If you don't fight for them and 
teach them at 3 year old, you'll

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lose them at thirteen years old.
If you don't teach them the word

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of God and seven-year old when 
they're 17, they're walking 

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away. 
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in this place. 
I'm so glad you're here 

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worshiping the Lord, but get the
word of God into your soul. 

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Why? 
Because your school, your 

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friends, TikTok, Insta, whatever
face, whatever, Facebook, 

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whatever, we'll all tell you 
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They algorithm will disciple 
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Algorithms will disciple you. 
So depends what you feed will 

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come out. 
So church don't ever estimate 

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parents invest in your children.
Spend time with them. 

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Don't let just the scream lead 
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We're involved in their life. 
They're a gift from God in your 

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business, in your workplace, in 
your travelling, in your 

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talking, even a small word, a 
kind word, a text message, a 

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prayer, a gift, all, all has 
ricochets in the Kingdom of God.

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Never underestimated that day 
after, just after that, a few 

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years later, 120 people with 11 
disciples who were scared 

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senseless, the Holy Spirit 
started a movement that you and 

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I are here today because of it. 
Something small grew in God's 

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Kingdom. 
Let me tell you about the impact

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that it's had. 
You know, the healthcare and 

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hospitals in this world can have
the roots, the roots in 

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followers of Jesus Christ, The 
Red Cross, Salvation Army all 

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started because of believers. 
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were monks and nuns caring for 
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Schools and universities were 
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clergy, actually what you and I 
call Ivy schools today. 

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Yale, Harvard, Oxford were all 
founded on Christian principles 

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to teach clergy about God. 
It was our our humanitarian and 

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relief organizations, World 
Vision, Samaritans First 

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Compassion International all 
began by Jesus followers that 

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that our justice system and the 
social reform Christians led the

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way William Wilberforce with 
slavery, Elizabeth Frye with 

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Christian reform, Prison Reform 
Doctor King social reform. 

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Today it's the Christians that 
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inside the womb and outside the 
womb are the Christians that are

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who were the stars of Hospice to
care for those who are dying. 

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I was listening to a church 
historian and she was talking 

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about they could nearly track 
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Do you guys in Florida and 
Orlando know what a hotel is? 

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Do have you, have you got a few 
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Maybe You know those hotels 
actually they they were able to 

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track in the early days, 
believers would add an extra 

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room in their home for 
travelling friends and 

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travelling missionaries and 
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And in doing so, then they start
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The modern hotel was birthed 
because of Christians. 

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I thought that was fascinating, 
missions and global impact 

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missionaries that are going into
parts of our world that they 

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don't even have a written 
language or they only have a 

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spoken language. 
But because of their push to 

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tell people about Jesus, they 
have created alphabets and they 

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have written the language so 
that the people could have the 

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word of God in their original 
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It's amazing the impact of Jesus
Christ in this world and in the 

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marketplace, the impact, the 
inventions, the businesses, 

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godly values, godly Kingdom 
financially, practically being 

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an impact in the world. 
You know, one of the famous 

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ones, you know, we can't even 
have chicken on a sundae because

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of one of them. 
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they're having in the world. 
Chick-fil-A is incredible. 

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Hobby Lobby. 
I was able to listen to David 

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Greene and one of the things, 
what a godly man, he's in his 

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80s and the passion for the Lord
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He says, I'm just a merchant. 
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Do you know what Hobby Lobby is?
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yeah, of course I know. 
And the guys go, I meander 

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around doing thing. 
I don't know, you know, he was 

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saying I'm just a, I'm just a 
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But for the Kingdom of God, the 
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If God removed the people of 
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But he hasn't. 
And he calls the people of God 

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like that little mustard seed. 
He promises you live for the 

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Kingdom of God and if their 
progress will happen. 

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Never underestimate the power of
something small. 

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Small beginnings. 
The teachers of Jesus didn't 

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stay in sermons. 
It built hospitals, it freed 

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slaves, it educated nations, it 
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There's actually a ministry 
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I didn't share this in the first
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Friends of ours in this area, 
they live in this community and 

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they pray, walk the parks and 
then they open their home to 

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the, to the, to the people who 
serve in all the parks and they 

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share like 4th of July 
Thanksgiving. 

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And in doing so, then they share
the Christian background on what

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Jesus has done. 
You know, you live in an area of

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the world, guys, that literally 
every nation, tribe and tongue 

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comes to this area. 
You're, you're, you're, you're, 

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you're positioned in an 
incredible place to be able to 

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reach nations for Jesus Christ. 
People that don't look like you 

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act like you think like you're a
cook like you and you think, 

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well, what can we do? 
You can pray, you can sow, you 

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can blossom and then you can 
share. 

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And when you do so, leave the 
consequences to the Lord because

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in the Kingdom of God, when you 
sow seed of the word of God into

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people's life, when you live the
word of God, that Kingdom is 

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impactful. 
Let me tell you about what you 

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illuminate church. 
You know, let me tell you what 

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you did. 
I asked Pastor Tim to send me 

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some of the stories of what you 
guys do. 

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You know that your church last 
year you went to this is just 

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some examples. 
You went to a mission trip to 

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Guatemala and when you were in 
Guatemala, some of you were 

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there that you you, you shared 
the gospel with people who would

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never had never heard of an 
evangelical church. 

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Evangelical means that we teach 
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Salvation is through Christ 
alone. 

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And during that trip a man 
witnessed what was going on, 

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what was happening. 
He gave his life to Jesus. 

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He was moved by God. 
What God was doing that he 

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donated a piece of land and on 
that piece of land, with your 

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help, they built a church to 
this day is proclaiming the word

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of Jesus Christ in that area. 
Isn't it amazing what you've 

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done? 
A little seat, a little mission 

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truth. 
Two years ago you you had a 

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training on on evangelism. 
And I'm told that after the 

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training session, there's a 
family or a little illuminate 

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church family that went to 
Walmart and start to talk to 

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people about Jesus and in the 
Walmart parking lot LED another 

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family to Jesus Christ. 
Isn't that amazing? 

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Not across the world, that's in 
Walmart. 

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You as a church, as you as a 
church financially give to 

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missionaries that are serving in
countries that I cannot publicly

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even mention the name because 
they're closed countries where 

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the gospel of Jesus Christ is 
not accepted. 

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But they go in as English 
teachers and not only do they 

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sow the seed in the English, but
they show it in their lifestyle 

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and people are coming to Jesus 
Christ with through their 

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testimony. 
Why? 

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Because you sat in your seat and
one day someone said we're going

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to do something for Jesus. 
And you, you may have, you may 

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even have done it as a tip to 
Jesus, but in Jesus hands, it's 

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impacting people. 
A small prayer, a kind word, a 

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text message, a phone call, an 
invite to a church, a small 

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conversation, the potential for 
explosion in God's hands. 

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Never underestimate the power of
something small. 

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I can't wait till the day when I
get to see Jesus. 

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Do you, by the way, do you guys,
do you know we live in the land 

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of the dying going to the land 
of the living? 

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We're doing everything we can to
make sure we're fine here. 

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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 
This is but just a little part 

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of eternity. 
What we do here echoes in 

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eternity. 
How we Live Today impacts 

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eternity. 
And I can't wait when we get to 

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heaven. 
And in my mind, and I'm a bit 

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like, I love visual, I think 
there's going to be this nerdy 

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Angel. 
He's going to go name David 

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Murphy. 
I don't know why he sounds like 

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the Monsters Inc girl, but. 
And he said, do you remember? 

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Do you remember when you were 
serving in the kids ministry and

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a child came up to you and you 
smiled and you listened and you 

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prayed and you loved and you 
were like, Oh yeah, I do 

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remember that. 
Here, let me show you what your 

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little sowing of God's seed 
impacted in eternity. 

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Do you remember when you served 
at VBS and this week and there 

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was special needs and there was 
kids coming and remember you 

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just you just opened the door 
and closed the door or you just 

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made the coffee or you were in 
the park. 

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And I remember that. 
And you're like, yeah, I don't 

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like kids, but I like to serve 
the Lord. 

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And I just came here that week 
to serve because I don't like 

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kids. 
I said, yeah, but that little 

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sign that nerdy, the nerdy Angel
will say, well, let let let me 

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show you what happened in the 
life of that child because of 

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your faithfulness. 
Remember. 

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Remember when you prayed and you
were praying for those 

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missionaries in closed 
countries? 

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And remember when you prayed for
the persecuted church and you 

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said, yes, Lord, I prayed, but I
can't remember. 

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But let me tell you what your 
prayers did in eternity. 

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Remember when you led the small 
group and everybody loved your 

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small group and you were 
pontificating about all the 

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things that theology? 
You remember that? 

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Oh yes, Lord, I remember that. 
Well, you're not getting any 

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credit for that because you did 
that in your own strength. 

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Because was it about your name 
being known or not about my name

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being known? 
Remember in your, in your 

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business that the Lord had given
you a business and you were in 

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the marketplace and you're 
investing in something or 

453
00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,160
leading something. 
And you thought that that job 

454
00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,560
was just a mundane job and you 
just did your thing. 

455
00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:57,000
But hey, because the way you did
it, because you were faithful in

456
00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,360
your stewardship of your 
finances and your time and your 

457
00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:03,520
words, Let me show you what God 
did. 

458
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:11,120
Never underestimate the power of
the Kingdom of God and the word 

459
00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:15,320
of God. 
Young person, please hear me. 

460
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:22,360
Do not compromise God's values. 
I have 30 year olds and 40 year 

461
00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:25,800
olds looking at me today and 
they Dave, I wish at 17 I should

462
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:30,000
never have done that. 
I wish I would have listened to 

463
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:34,640
my parents when they said, you 
know, thank God that there's 

464
00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,880
people in your life that are 
fighting for your soul. 

465
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,400
Parents, if we don't fight for 
that for their soul, somebody 

466
00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:45,680
else will. 
Every prayer, every word. 

467
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:50,080
Never, ever, ever underestimate 
the power of small beginnings. 

468
00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,000
The second thing I want you to 
notice here is that you had to 

469
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:57,080
give it time. 
Give it time. 

470
00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,480
Seeds don't blossom into trees 
overnight. 

471
00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:04,760
I am, I am such a like, I want 
it. 

472
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,200
No, I want my parking spot. 
No. 

473
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:08,920
I want to go to the restaurant 
and have it. 

474
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,800
No, I want my food. 
No. 

475
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:12,120
But the microwave. 
No. 

476
00:27:12,120 --> 00:27:14,120
Everything has to be now like 
now. 

477
00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,920
So I'm saying no, now some of 
you are gone. 

478
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:24,200
So you speak in Spanish again. 
We're so like 7, you know, 7 

479
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,080
seconds. 
That's all our concentration 

480
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,280
these days. 
We're so programmed by these 

481
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:32,800
reels, which are really funny 
sometimes, but but before I know

482
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:38,080
it, 3 hours later. 
Give it time. 

483
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:40,760
You know what? 
I grew up in Spain. 

484
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,080
When I buy a Yeah, buy a yeah. 
Is it like a dish? 

485
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,600
You know, you put the budget 1 
arrow bonehel queso, buna El 

486
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,680
pollo, buna El chorizo. 
You put it in there and just do 

487
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,120
two or three hours. 
You're just simmered away. 

488
00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:54,920
Just simmers in there and the 
and the juices. 

489
00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,440
I tell you what, every neighbor 
in the area, every dog, cat, 

490
00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,320
every donkey will come out 
looking for that thing. 

491
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,520
And there's something about and 
of course, because it's Paella, 

492
00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:03,840
Spain's going to win the World 
Cup. 

493
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:05,560
Be Espana, by the way, just let 
me know. 

494
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,560
I want the US to do well. 
I'm an American citizen now, OK?

495
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,160
So I want you guys, Brazil, you 
need a World Cup. 

496
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:20,160
You need a midfield, OK. 
Oh, you know, Tim, I'm not going

497
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,680
to be invited back after that. 
I know It was just anyway it is,

498
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,680
you know, but there's there's 
the let the let let it simmer 

499
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:29,680
takes time. 
A good meal takes time. 

500
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,760
How many of you know that a good
meal takes time, You know, you 

501
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,120
know, it's just like, oh, 
father, no, let's, let's, let's 

502
00:28:35,120 --> 00:28:37,640
say it, let's say it the same 
with the word of God. 

503
00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,080
Let it simmer in your soul. 
Give it time. 

504
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:46,240
For the last five years, my wife
and I in our kids, we have 4 

505
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:50,120
kids and we let we, we, we were 
living on five acres. 

506
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:52,600
We lived on land. 
And some of you like, wow, 5 

507
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:53,640
acres. 
That's exciting. 

508
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,080
You don't know how much work it 
takes for five acres. 

509
00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:00,760
You know what? 
When we arrived at the on the 

510
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:02,760
property, I thought, yeah, I'm 
going to be green fingers. 

511
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,320
I'm going to farm my own thing. 
I'm going to be all thing. 

512
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:07,440
I'm going to. 
And if we planted these weed, 

513
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:13,760
what we, I was told we're mango 
trees, I would be planted them 

514
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,280
and I would go over every day 
and, you know, water, we bet 

515
00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:18,680
here and we bet there and I, you
know, over time I would come 

516
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,280
over them the next day and I was
like, nothing's changing. 

517
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:25,680
And week after week I would look
at this thing and I'm like, wow,

518
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,240
not a lot of changing. 
See, I didn't know then. 

519
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:34,480
But God was the plant was 
working in the invisible, in the

520
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:38,280
unseen, in the root system. 
Before it could be seen in the 

521
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,640
visible, there was things that 
are happening in the invisible 

522
00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:44,400
before going to affect the 
visible and overtime, then it 

523
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:48,000
started to grow and overtime 
there was he's like leaves 

524
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:53,440
started to appear. 
And four years later there was 

525
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:58,240
this mango. 
And then we sold the property. 

526
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:11,440
I'm not joking. 
So the new owner is going to 

527
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:17,400
benefit from my sewing and they 
will benefit even though I sold.

528
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:21,200
They will enjoy the fruit 
because I sold and because I 

529
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:25,560
sold. 
They will enjoy the mangoes just

530
00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:29,280
like people have done before you
got here that they set up and 

531
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:34,400
tear down in the high school for
12 years, faithfully giving, 

532
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,640
praying, setting up so that you 
and I could come into this 

533
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,000
beautiful building now and this 
beautiful. 

534
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,520
And don't forget your history. 
Don't don't forget where you 

535
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:46,440
come from church because the 
sacrifices of those gone before 

536
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:50,640
us that were not seen, it was in
the unseen, but God was in time.

537
00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:54,520
The fruit will come. 
But now it's our responsibility 

538
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,560
not to sit back and have our 
latte and hope we're OK on a 

539
00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:01,160
Sunday morning not to decide to 
go to Disney before we come to 

540
00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:06,160
church to commit to saying I'm 
part of the Kingdom of God. 

541
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:10,480
I'm going to not ever 
underestimate small beginnings. 

542
00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:15,680
Guys, young people, do your 
homework, learn your your 

543
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:17,640
classes. 
Do your classes. 

544
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,720
Why? 
Because someday we're going to 

545
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,080
need the doctors, the lawyers, 
the homemakers, the business 

546
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:23,920
people. 
And if you don't learn it, then 

547
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,960
we're in trouble there, 
especially if you're going to be

548
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:29,480
a pilot or a surgeon. 
OK, if you're one of those two 

549
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:33,200
and I'm in your plane, you 
better not miss class, but give 

550
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,240
it time. 
Give it time because even though

551
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:40,560
we don't see it, he's working. 
Even though that we don't feel 

552
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,720
it, he never stops, never stops.
Someone should write a song 

553
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:49,480
about that never stops working. 
I'm glad you know the song. 

554
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,160
Give it time. 
Be consistent. 

555
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:57,080
See that business idea? 
They got it. 

556
00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,280
See, raising your godly kids 
takes time. 

557
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,080
You know what if you have a 
godly man who's seeking godly 

558
00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:05,400
the Kingdom of God and doing a 
God's way, there will be weeds 

559
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,840
around you who are saying look 
at you, why you do this? 

560
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:09,400
Why don't you sleep there? 
Why don't you try that? 

561
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:13,120
But you keep you be a godly man 
because a godly man will then 

562
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:17,000
meet a godly girl and a godly 
girl does a God's way. 

563
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,760
Not what TikTok is telling you 
what God's saying. 

564
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,360
Not with that pin, rest pin, 
Crest pin, Pinterest, Pinterest.

565
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,800
As you, as you can see, I 
frequent the place very often. 

566
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,720
No, no, no, no, no, no, you're 
doing a God's way because when 

567
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,560
you have a godly man and a godly
woman who have a Kingdom 

568
00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:32,960
mentality and they get together,
they become a godly home. 

569
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,160
And then in a Kingdom home, when
you have a godly man, a godly 

570
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,040
woman, usually they have godly 
children doing a God's way, not 

571
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,440
perfect God's way. 
And when a Kingdom home is 

572
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,720
established and you have a lot 
of those Kingdom families 

573
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:47,200
gathering together, it's called 
a Kingdom church and we have a 

574
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,000
Kingdom church at the foot of 
Disney. 

575
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,760
It doesn't matter how big they 
are, the Kingdom of God will 

576
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:54,920
prevail. 
So keep being faithful. 

577
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,280
Never underestimate that what 
God can do with faithful people 

578
00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:02,080
who are sowing God's word. 
Just give it time, give it time,

579
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,960
give it time. 
And lastly with the second 

580
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:09,560
parable that we see is the 
parable of the the 11 or the 

581
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:13,960
parable of the sower. 
Just let it permeate all. 

582
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,880
Let it permeate this. 
The illustration, the story here

583
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:24,640
that gives us a heavenly insight
is when leaven, when yeast is in

584
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:29,160
a batch of dough, it it actually
influences the entire thing. 

585
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:35,800
If there's no yeast in the dough
and you put it in the oven, it 

586
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:40,400
usually comes out brittle, fast,
flat, hard and dry. 

587
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:47,200
But if you lie that yeast to sit
in that dough, the leaven, the 

588
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,240
yeast will change the nature of 
the dough. 

589
00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:54,640
And when it change the nature of
the dough and you put it into an

590
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:59,560
oven, it comes out like fresh 
baked bread. 

591
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:06,240
Oh, I don't know about you guys.
Even if I'm stuffed, if I smell 

592
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:10,639
fresh baked bread, anybody with 
me, there's another stomach 

593
00:34:10,639 --> 00:34:15,480
develops. 
It is fluffy, it is appetizing, 

594
00:34:15,639 --> 00:34:19,880
it is just delicious. 
And I know the Bible says man 

595
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,719
shall not live by bread alone, 
but with a little bit of Irish 

596
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:27,040
butter, I'm in. 
Hallelujah ciento senora 

597
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:31,040
quidentro confito bank. 
I was speaking Spanish, by the 

598
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,880
way. 
Let it permeate. 

599
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:42,280
Just like when Jesus saved your 
soul, someone invited you, 

600
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:46,120
someone said something, someone 
invited you to church someone's 

601
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:50,320
life when you were, then you 
heard the good news, the seed 

602
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:54,440
that Jesus is God, that he is 
who he says he was. 

603
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:58,200
He did exactly what he said he 
did that geographically, 

604
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,560
archaeologically, 
philosophically, all the 

605
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:05,000
ologies, whatever you want, he 
is who he says he is and he did 

606
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,440
exactly what he said he did. 
And you realize that salvation 

607
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,560
is not, I choose Jesus. 
No, that salvation was that 

608
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,000
Jesus opened a way for you and I
to get to heaven. 

609
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,640
It's not religion. 
It's not like take a box. 

610
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,680
It's not like I have to make 
sure it's all clean and right. 

611
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,920
That's why I love that the 
you're, you're everybody's 

612
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:27,880
welcome, but everybody's welcome
to Jesus because it was religion

613
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:29,960
tells you what you have to do to
get right with God. 

614
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:33,400
The Bible tells us what God did 
to reach your soul and that 

615
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,880
light little seed that was 
planted in your heart. 

616
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,760
And you realize that God 
Forgives you and God has plans 

617
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:42,400
and purposes. 
And you realize that that little

618
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:46,440
seed starts to permeate your 
dough, your life. 

619
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,280
How does it do it? 
By reading God's word. 

620
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:54,960
How does it do it? 
By allowing the gift of Holy 

621
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:58,200
Spirit in your life, that God 
gave you the GPS system, that 

622
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,960
God gave you himself to live in 
you, that you don't have to go 

623
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:04,680
looking for the presence that 
you carry, the presence that you

624
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,640
don't have to go to like all 
kumbaya. 

625
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,400
I need to raise my hand. 
No, that, that, that when you're

626
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,560
in Publix shopping, when you're 
in Disney walking, when you're 

627
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,120
in your workplace and when 
you're playing jiu jitsu, 

628
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:18,160
playing the violin in classes, 
in the car line, wherever that 

629
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:21,640
is, that you Kingdom people 
carry the Kingdom of God. 

630
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:24,320
So when that happens, it 
permeates. 

631
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:27,000
But then you have to do it in 
godly community. 

632
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:28,600
Why? 
Because I can make this word of 

633
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:32,720
God say whatever I want so that 
I need God. 

634
00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:35,280
I need godly community. 
You need godly community. 

635
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:40,000
That's why at the church we talk
about life steps and it's a 

636
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,200
process of people. 
I don't matter. 

637
00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:44,640
I don't care if you were a 
pastor and I don't care if you 

638
00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:46,720
were your background. 
If you're part of this church, 

639
00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:49,840
your leadership are saying, hey,
enter the enter the journey with

640
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:54,920
us so they can grow. 
Some of you been coming for a 

641
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:56,320
while. 
You sit there, you drink your 

642
00:36:56,320 --> 00:37:00,800
latte, you go home, you take a 
box, and then you wonder why God

643
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:04,960
doesn't permeate your life. 
Then you blame the God. 

644
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,240
You say you do worship, but 
you've created that God. 

645
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:09,680
That's not the God of the Bible.
That's the God that you've 

646
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:13,440
made-up. 
So with boldness, I need to tell

647
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,320
you, no, no, no, Jesus says, 
Jesus said. 

648
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:20,280
Jesus said like the yeast that 
permeates the dough, let him 

649
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:26,280
change your nature. 
Once you were arguing and once 

650
00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:28,720
you responded and man, pride and
anger. 

651
00:37:28,720 --> 00:37:29,680
No, not anymore. 
Why? 

652
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:33,160
Because you allow the word of 
God to permeate your biblical 

653
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:38,920
community. 
You open the door and you smile 

654
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:42,800
at someone on the way to church.
And because your little smile at

655
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:46,760
changes our day. 
Don't ever underestimate small 

656
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,480
beginnings. 
Don't ever under me. 

657
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:52,040
Just give it time and let it 
permeate the Kingdom of heaven 

658
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:56,160
is like a small seed that 
overtime grows and let it 

659
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:59,680
permeate your life. 
A text message, a kind word, a 

660
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:02,680
Sunday school lesson, a 
financial gift, a listening ear,

661
00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:04,760
all of it. 
My wife prayed for her parents 

662
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:08,880
for 20 years so that come to 
know Jesus 20 years. 

663
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:17,200
Dennis grew up in a poor area of
a city that was divided by 

664
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:19,800
hatred in Belfast, Northern 
Ireland. 

665
00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:23,880
He was the perfect candidate to 
end up one of the terrorists 

666
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:28,040
until a grandmother prayed for 
him and took him to church. 

667
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:32,560
And he give us life to Jesus and
then he give us life to tell 

668
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:37,960
other people about Jesus. 
Marie was born in another part 

669
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,680
of the city. 
She was born in a middle class 

670
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:44,680
farming family and at the age of
17, she went to Bible college 

671
00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:47,800
because she wanted to learn how 
to share the good news of Jesus 

672
00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:50,520
with people who don't look like 
her, act like her, think like 

673
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:53,800
Laura Cook, like her. 
They met, they got married and 

674
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:57,760
they went to a nation, a nation 
at the time that was under 

675
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:01,840
dictatorship and a nation at the
time called Spain in the 70s was

676
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:06,080
ruled by Franco. 
They had to go undercover for 40

677
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:09,280
years. 
They were fearful to the 

678
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:16,800
children for 25 of those years, 
Dennis would go to the prisons 

679
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:20,640
to tell people about Jesus. 
For 25 years. 

680
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:25,200
There was a high rise community 
being raised and they moved 

681
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,440
their small family. 
They had seven children. 

682
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:31,520
They had seven children and 
moved the family to this area of

683
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:36,440
of the Canary Islands. 
In that area is where 

684
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:40,880
prostitution and gangs and drugs
and everything was there. 

685
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:45,080
But they said if someone has to 
tell them about Jesus, there is 

686
00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:47,200
their family there. 
They were laughed at. 

687
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,560
You know, actually in in Marie's
story, she said for the first 

688
00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:54,600
two years of her time in in in 
the Canary Islands, nobody spoke

689
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:57,800
to her in public because she was
different and she was a 

690
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:03,800
foreigner until she had her 
first baby and the first baby 

691
00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:07,000
was over 10 lbs. 
Another woman go. 

692
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,680
But because of that baby, people
then realized, they realized 

693
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,440
they had, they learnt 
afterwards, they tell us in 

694
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:16,760
their story that in that time, 
if you had a healthy baby, it 

695
00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:22,280
means God is with you. 
They served the church and after

696
00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:27,560
40 years they returned to 
Belfast and in their 70s they're

697
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:31,400
still serving the Lord. 
But many of the leaders of the 

698
00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:35,440
church in the Canary Islands 
today have their birth 

699
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:40,760
spiritually in camps and kids 
ministries, in VB, s s and 

700
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:42,880
conferences. 
And many of the elders and the 

701
00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:46,080
teachers in the church today was
because of their investment all 

702
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:49,000
those years ago. 
Let me tell you about their 

703
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,280
children. 
They didn't have everything they

704
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:54,920
wanted, but we are told in the 
story that they had everything 

705
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:59,880
they needed. 
We're told that Janice was seen 

706
00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:02,920
praying in the mornings for his 
family, the church, and the 

707
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:05,560
area. 
Marie would walk half the night,

708
00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:09,720
praying and preparing the home 
while the kids slept. 

709
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:16,960
One of their kids today is a 
seminary professor impacting 

710
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:18,720
thousands. 
He's a pastor. 

711
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:21,760
Actually, he's a pastor here in 
the in the United States. 

712
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:25,400
One of the daughters is a 
medical doctor, so she's in the 

713
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:28,600
marketplace sharing Jesus as a 
doctor. 

714
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:32,200
Another one is a pastor of a 
church in Belfast. 

715
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:35,120
Actually he's one of one of the 
biggest churches in Belfast, and

716
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:36,760
that means one of the biggest 
churches in Ireland. 

717
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:41,120
The other daughter is an 
optician in the marketplace. 

718
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:42,360
The other one is a youth 
director. 

719
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:45,800
The other one takes missionary 
teenagers on mission trips. 

720
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:50,400
And the eldest son, actually the
eldest son is me. 

721
00:41:54,480 --> 00:42:04,280
My parents, my brothers and I, 
we speak to more people in any 

722
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:07,960
given Sunday than my parents 
ever did in their entire 

723
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:11,680
ministry life. 
But they were faithful. 

724
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:17,000
And because they were faithful, 
she's my mom used to say she 

725
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:18,440
just prayed for us and didn't 
know. 

726
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:21,160
What on earth are these three 
rascals going to do one day? 

727
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:30,320
And she fought for our soul and 
then God did the rest. 

728
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:35,960
Grandparents, parents. 
Never underestimate the power of

729
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:41,520
something small businessman and 
woman. 

730
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:45,960
Even a small business dude. 
God's way king read it. 

731
00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:49,080
It's a manual for life. 
How to do your finances, how to 

732
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:51,840
steer your business. 
It's unbelievable. 

733
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:56,760
No, nobody can do what this is 
actually the world is taking the

734
00:42:56,760 --> 00:43:01,680
principles from the word of God.
They don't even know what I want

735
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:04,520
to show you guys. 
I want to show you a quick 

736
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:07,200
video. 
And in this quick video, it was 

737
00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:09,240
is by a guy called Josh 
Howerton. 

738
00:43:09,240 --> 00:43:12,760
He's a pastor in Texas. 
And I wanted, I wanted to say 

739
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:14,920
this, that the illustration and 
I wanted to share it. 

740
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:16,840
And then I thought I'm not going
to steal from him. 

741
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:19,160
We pastor steal illustrations 
all the time. 

742
00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:20,960
Not your pastor, obviously not 
him. 

743
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:24,720
No, no way. 
So I want you to listen about 

744
00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:31,120
the the well, just listen. 
I'm getting ready to tell you 

745
00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:33,920
the story of the most 
spiritually significant man in 

746
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:36,640
our nation's history. 
You have never heard of this 

747
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:40,000
guy. 
His name was Mordecai Ham, not a

748
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,480
famous guy. 
He was a he was a an American 

749
00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:46,800
tent revival preacher in the 
late 1800s, early 1900s. 

750
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:52,960
In 1934 he was preaching a tent 
revival in Charlotte, NC and 214

751
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:55,800
year old boys saw the tent and 
they saw the commotion of people

752
00:43:56,240 --> 00:44:01,480
and they heard this bold love of
the father preaching. 

753
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,040
They just happen to be walking 
by and they're like huh? 

754
00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:07,600
But as they walk up they see 
there are no seats available. 

755
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:13,040
But as they walk away, an usher 
whose name no one knows to this 

756
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:16,640
day, an usher, ran after these 
two 14 year old boys and grabbed

757
00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:20,120
one of them and he said, hey, we
can find 2 seats for you boys 

758
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:22,720
together. 
And he walked them back, asked a

759
00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:25,360
couple people to scoot over and 
found those 214 year old boys 

760
00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:28,440
seats that day. 
They ended up giving their lives

761
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:30,720
to Christ and consecrating 
themselves for the purposes of 

762
00:44:30,720 --> 00:44:34,160
God in their generation. 
One of those boys was a man we 

763
00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:37,360
now know as Billy Graham. 
Billy Graham ended up preaching 

764
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:40,200
the gospel to more people than 
anyone else has ever preached to

765
00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:42,760
in the history of the world. 10s
of millions of people were 

766
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:44,960
caught up into the Kingdom of 
God under the preaching of Billy

767
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:47,240
Graham. 
The other boy's name was Grady 

768
00:44:47,240 --> 00:44:50,560
Wilson, and he was the man that 
ended up helping Billy Graham 

769
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:52,880
organize all of his evangelistic
crusades. 

770
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:56,880
He changed the world. 
Not Billy Graham, not Grady 

771
00:44:56,880 --> 00:45:04,960
Wilson, not Mordecai Ham the 
usher, that one man that saw 214

772
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:08,680
year old boys walking away from 
the faith and said not on my 

773
00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:10,280
watch, you get back to your 
voice. 

774
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:17,200
Not on our watch. 
Let me talk to you about the 

775
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:19,160
marketplace. 
You're in the marketplace. 

776
00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:24,040
Do it in the Kingdom way, 
whatever that is. 

777
00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:26,600
Plumber, do God's way. 
Electrician do God's way. 

778
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:29,840
You clean hotel rooms, do God's 
way. 

779
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:34,680
Just sow the seed in prayer, sow
the seed with your life and it 

780
00:45:34,680 --> 00:45:42,320
will impact but a church, the 
usher, the unnamed person that 

781
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:45,280
just opened the door and found 
two seats for two boys. 

782
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:49,000
But because of those two seats 
and those two boys and thousands

783
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:50,440
were issued into the Kingdom of 
God. 

784
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:54,480
You're a pastor in this place. 
Don't give up. 

785
00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:58,440
Do not compare yourself with 
other places. 

786
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:01,320
Be fearful to the people that 
God has put in front of you 

787
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:05,800
because small beginnings. 
God says progress is a promise 

788
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:10,520
is a promise of progress. 
Some of you are like, well, I 

789
00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:13,400
don't I don't know what do I do?
Let me talk about the church. 

790
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:17,120
You know, you're growing in such
a way, which is wonderful to 

791
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:21,040
see, but that comes with part be
part of the team. 

792
00:46:22,720 --> 00:46:24,840
Some of you need to be 
challenged to be part of what 

793
00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:28,080
God is doing here about being 
consumers. 

794
00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:29,840
The church is not a place of 
consumption. 

795
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:33,400
Be participators in the Kingdom 
of God. 

796
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:36,400
Aren't you glad there's people 
in the parking lot welcome you 

797
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:41,280
in and helping you out? 
Apart rail rain. 

798
00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:45,720
Well, not hail because there's 
no hail in Florida, but hot 

799
00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:48,560
storm lightning. 
They're out there so that you 

800
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:50,440
can have a seat here. 
You know, there's people down 

801
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:53,000
that hallway right now that are 
telling your kids about Jesus 

802
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:55,920
that are literally looking after
your brats so that you can be in

803
00:46:55,920 --> 00:47:02,320
here and listen to Jesus Christ.
Why? 

804
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:07,280
Because they love Jesus and some
of you. 

805
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:10,040
It's time to step into what 
God's doing in his Kingdom here.

806
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:21,240
Do the life steps. 
I know my time is gone, but I 

807
00:47:21,240 --> 00:47:27,560
want to challenge the church and
in light of eternity, do you 

808
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:29,840
like technology? 
There's a space for you. 

809
00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:33,360
You don't need to have a pH D in
hospitality. 

810
00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:34,800
Open a door and smile at 
someone. 

811
00:47:35,720 --> 00:47:37,840
But if you don't like the smile,
let's not put you on the door. 

812
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:43,640
Middle schoolers? 
Who puts up a middle schoolers, 

813
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:47,360
but there's people who love 
middle schoolers and tell them 

814
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:48,920
about Jesus. 
Praise the Lord for you. 

815
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:51,640
But you know what you don't have
to be in the kids. 

816
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:53,800
You cannot walk. 
See if these you know you can do

817
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:56,280
the background administrative. 
There's you see in the Kingdom 

818
00:47:56,280 --> 00:48:00,120
of God, God gives talents and 
gifts to people so that his body

819
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:05,000
grows so that his Kingdom grows 
and like a little mustard seed, 

820
00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:09,840
you know, I don't know, but what
if the next pastor Tim is 

821
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:12,720
walking through our doors and 
you take them to their seat? 

822
00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:17,600
What if the next Billy Graham or
whatever got you? 

823
00:48:17,840 --> 00:48:20,320
What are Elon Musk who would 
walk in through the door? 

824
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:22,800
But because of your 
faithfulness. 

825
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:29,160
So don't give up. 
Give it time. 

826
00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:34,720
I, I, I challenge you is the 
Kingdom of God is like not the 

827
00:48:34,720 --> 00:48:38,800
Kingdom of David. 
Building your Kingdom will not 

828
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:43,840
have God's hand. 
Building God's Kingdom will have

829
00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:48,000
his hand. 
And for some reason when God 

830
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:52,640
builds his Kingdom through you 
and I, you can rest your head at

831
00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:57,480
bed at night and sleep. 
Things happen unexpected. 

832
00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:01,600
A little Irish family from 
nowhere meets this church and I,

833
00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:02,920
you know what? 
And then that someday I'll have 

834
00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:04,720
to come back and tell you this, 
tell everybody the story. 

835
00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:07,680
I was just talking to the girl, 
a Colombian girl because she, 

836
00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:12,640
they weren't even talking to me.
I was talking to her, I hope. 

837
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:20,520
Just be faithful. 
Would you close your eyes and 

838
00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:22,840
bow your heads for a second? 
And this is not just to be a 

839
00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:26,360
religious thing. 
This is not to be a religious. 

840
00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:27,760
This is just so you can 
concentrate. 

841
00:49:29,960 --> 00:49:36,880
Holy Spirit, what do you want us
to learn from the message from 

842
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:46,080
Your Word today? 
Don't get distracted. 

843
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:49,560
Lean into what the Holy Spirit's
telling you. 

844
00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:55,560
Is there a small thing that you 
have to do? 

845
00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:56,960
A phone call? 
A text? 

846
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:01,000
Is there a visit? 
Is there going to see someone? 

847
00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:02,280
Is there something you need to 
invest in? 

848
00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:04,160
Is an is it a generous gift you 
need to do? 

849
00:50:04,240 --> 00:50:06,720
What is that small thing that 
the Holy Spirit's been asking 

850
00:50:06,720 --> 00:50:08,560
you to do, but you've been 
ignoring it? 

851
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:23,120
Lord, thank you for your word. 
Give us an opportunity this day,

852
00:50:23,720 --> 00:50:25,920
this week to tell someone about 
Jesus. 

853
00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:30,520
But give us an opportunity this 
week also, Lord, to show the 

854
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:36,400
love of Jesus in our life. 
May your Kingdom come, may your 

855
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:41,000
will be done. 
It's not about our name, it's 

856
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:44,240
about your name. 
And in a world of self 

857
00:50:44,240 --> 00:50:46,240
promotion, Lord, I pray that we 
promote you. 

858
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:54,640
Amen. 
There's so many things rich and 

859
00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:57,280
wonderful teaching stirring 
around in our heart today. 

860
00:50:57,280 --> 00:51:00,760
But there is one thing that we 
don't want you to wait on. 

861
00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:04,000
And that is the decision or the 
answer. 

862
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:07,200
That if the gospel were 
presented to you today in a way 

863
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:10,240
that you understood for the very
first time that coming to church

864
00:51:10,240 --> 00:51:16,160
is not what makes you a Jesus 
follower, being good, giving 

865
00:51:16,240 --> 00:51:19,720
extravagantly, none of that 
makes us a Jesus follower. 

866
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:22,800
The Bible is explicitly clear, 
and we want to make it really 

867
00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:26,840
clear and invite as we sow the 
seed today in all of these rich 

868
00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:30,040
contexts. 
If you haven't first chosen to 

869
00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:32,560
follow Jesus, you have nothing 
to give away. 

870
00:51:33,240 --> 00:51:35,680
And so today the gospel is 
clearly this. 

871
00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:41,120
The wages of sin is death. 
What we earn when we do it our 

872
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:45,000
way is death. 
But the good news is that Christ

873
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:48,720
died for us while I was sinning 
actively in the middle of my 

874
00:51:48,720 --> 00:51:52,680
sin. 
Christ gave his life for me, not

875
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:56,520
as a anything that I earned or 
anything that you earned. 

876
00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:59,440
So if you're sitting here today 
and you're saying I'm having a 

877
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:04,240
revelation for the first time 
ever that I've relied upon 

878
00:52:04,240 --> 00:52:06,760
myself or something I've 
understood about religion or 

879
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:10,240
Christianity, but I've never 
known that what I was earning 

880
00:52:10,240 --> 00:52:12,560
was death and Jesus took my 
place. 

881
00:52:12,560 --> 00:52:16,200
And so clearly today we're 
offering you something. 

882
00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:20,640
Do not wait on, because this is 
what Romans 10 tells us. 

883
00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:24,120
It says the Word of Faith. 
It's in your mouth and it's in 

884
00:52:24,120 --> 00:52:27,440
your heart, and it's right there
ready to birth. 

885
00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:31,160
And what you do is you give your
agreement to the truth that 

886
00:52:31,280 --> 00:52:35,960
Jesus is Lord, that Christ 
raised him from the dead and you

887
00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:38,960
believe in your heart. 
Confess with your mouth that 

888
00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:41,760
Jesus is Lord and listen to this
promise. 

889
00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:47,000
You will be saved. 
This is good news. 

890
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:51,200
And so the invitation for you 
today is to say don't wait on 

891
00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:52,800
this one. 
If God is stirring in your 

892
00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:54,320
heart. 
I believe there are people here 

893
00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:56,920
today that the Holy Spirit is 
saying this is you. 

894
00:52:57,360 --> 00:53:00,480
Make it undeniable. 
The commitment of the decision 

895
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:03,640
to follow Jesus, to give your 
life over to him. 

896
00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:05,240
We're going to pray a prayer 
together. 

897
00:53:05,240 --> 00:53:08,160
We're going to partner with you 
by saying it out loud with you 

898
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:11,760
to help you have the courage and
the faith to speak it boldly. 

899
00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:14,920
If everyone take a posture, a 
prayer, close your eyes so we 

900
00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:18,240
can focus and we're going to say
this together. 

901
00:53:18,240 --> 00:53:21,360
If you are making this decision 
and commitment today for the 

902
00:53:21,360 --> 00:53:24,840
first time, you just declare it 
boldly out loud and we will join

903
00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:29,680
you. 
Jesus, I believe that you are 

904
00:53:29,680 --> 00:53:36,800
Lord, that you were crucified 
for me, that you are dead and 

905
00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:42,840
buried and raised again so I 
could have new life. 

906
00:53:44,240 --> 00:53:52,120
I put my faith, my trust, am I 
hope in you, and I declare you 

907
00:53:52,120 --> 00:53:55,360
are my Lord. 
Yes. 

908
00:53:55,680 --> 00:53:58,360
And for anyone making that 
decision here today, we would 

909
00:53:58,360 --> 00:54:02,040
love to walk with you and to 
stand with you as you take these

910
00:54:02,040 --> 00:54:03,840
steps of faith. 
We're not going to ask you to do

911
00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:06,680
anything weird, just to raise 
your hand so our ushers can 

912
00:54:06,680 --> 00:54:08,800
bring you a card and put it in 
your hand. 

913
00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:11,640
So if you're taking that step 
today for the first time, would 

914
00:54:11,640 --> 00:54:13,200
you raise your hand on the count
of three? 

915
00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:18,480
And we're going to go crazy for 
you. 12 three God, we rejoice 

916
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:22,280
with those who are being saved. 
Raise your hand nice and high. 

917
00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:25,640
Let our ushers bring this to 
you. 

918
00:54:27,280 --> 00:54:29,600
Father, we thank you for those 
that are being saved. 

919
00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:33,840
And we rejoice if you would 
stand to your feet as we close 

920
00:54:33,840 --> 00:54:35,680
our service. 
If you received one of those 

921
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:39,520
cards today, your best next step
is to bring it to one of our 

922
00:54:39,520 --> 00:54:42,120
prayer encouragers that are 
about to appear right here. 

923
00:54:43,720 --> 00:54:45,480
Anybody can come forward for 
prayer. 

924
00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:48,320
They're ready to receive you, to
pray with you, encourage you, 

925
00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:50,920
especially if you made that 
decision of faith today. 

926
00:54:53,240 --> 00:54:56,240
As you go about this week, would
you remember and join us in 

927
00:54:56,240 --> 00:54:58,560
continuing to pray for Vacation 
Bible School? 

928
00:54:58,560 --> 00:55:01,200
If you would commit to that, 
would you say I will? 

929
00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:05,720
And then if you would open your 
hands and receive a blessing, 

930
00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:12,080
that just says, I want 
everything God has for me. 

931
00:55:12,080 --> 00:55:16,320
And so by the word and by the 
life giving spirit, I say over 

932
00:55:16,320 --> 00:55:19,240
you according to the word, you 
have everything that you need, 

933
00:55:19,240 --> 00:55:22,240
that God finishes everything 
that he starts, that he is the 

934
00:55:22,240 --> 00:55:24,520
author and perfector of your 
faith. 

935
00:55:24,720 --> 00:55:28,440
And that as you give him the 
smallest seed and step of faith,

936
00:55:28,600 --> 00:55:32,320
he will do what only he can do 
to produce a hundredfold harvest

937
00:55:32,320 --> 00:55:34,520
in your life. 
And if you're willing to receive

938
00:55:34,520 --> 00:55:38,280
that, would you say Amen, Amen. 
If you have children in kids 

939
00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:40,880
ministry, go out these doors, 
turn left, left and left. 

940
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:42,680
You'll find them. 
God bless you. 

941
00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:43,680
We'll see you this week.