1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,960 Welcome to the Illuminate Church podcast. 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,480 We hope today's message is encouraging to you. 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:11,000 Well, welcome everybody. Welcome If you're watching 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,880 online, welcome to all you up in the mezzanine way up Yonder. 5 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:16,960 It's great to have you here in the House of the Lord together. 6 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:20,760 I love Sundays, Amen. Last Sunday we were away 7 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,280 celebrating my son, who's here today, graduating. 8 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:32,520 College. And congratulations to all the 9 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:34,080 graduates, high school and college. 10 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:40,600 By the way, big week happening. Well done take. 11 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:42,000 Time to celebrate. It's worth it. 12 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:44,000 That's a long journey. It's worth it. 13 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,280 It's an expensive journey, and Gee, OK, Hallelujah. 14 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,640 But I wanted to honor Pastor Drew for filling the pulpit last 15 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:57,320 week just spitting fire. We we were moving the piano this 16 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,440 morning a little bit further back and a tennis ball popped 17 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,040 out. So we're like, Pastor Drew, one 18 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:03,520 of your pieces of chaos is over here. 19 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,560 So thank you, Pastor Drew, for your heart to serve. 20 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:09,360 He's back in there with the worship team. 21 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,120 Now. They have team time during the 22 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,800 second service where they pray and fellowship and all sorts of 23 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:19,360 good things happen back there. So anyway, so today we continue 24 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,800 our series Unrest. Has it been helpful, yes or no? 25 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:23,800 Helpful? Yeah. 26 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:28,120 What are you going to say? No, That would be awkward for 27 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:29,800 all of us. Mostly for you. 28 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,960 I want to begin by telling you what one of my favorite things 29 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:40,640 in ministry is to do. It'll be 30 years in ministry 30 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:45,320 this coming August. And one of my most favorite 31 00:01:45,320 --> 00:01:53,160 things is to officiate weddings and specifically that I get the 32 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:58,640 absolute best seat in the house. No one has it better than me. 33 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,200 I'm standing right there with the groom. 34 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,120 All of y'all come and sit out in the hot sun for. 35 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,039 Hours and hours because we're running a little late typically. 36 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:15,520 And then the moment everybody is waiting for my favorite moment 37 00:02:15,920 --> 00:02:17,640 of any wedding. Some of you may say it's the 38 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:19,440 kiss that uses. The bride and groom's favorite 39 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,680 part? But my favorite part is when our 40 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:27,480 honored guest arrives, everyone stands and turns and I got this 41 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:34,040 direct view of the best moment when the bride finally arrives. 42 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:35,680 Do you love this moment? Say yes. 43 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:39,160 So touching. It's so powerful. 44 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,320 I remember standing and watching just recently at a wedding, and 45 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,760 there's a guy next to me, 6 foot 7. 46 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:49,640 He's a big, brawny dude. He was a bouncer at a bar before 47 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:51,640 he knew Jesus. You don't mess with this guy. 48 00:02:51,640 --> 00:02:54,480 He's tough, he's rough, he's crying. 49 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:03,240 What's up, Bob? Yeah, I remember seeing you come 50 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,000 down the aisle, Cindy. I mean, it's just breathtaking, 51 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,360 this moment. When they lock eyes and this 52 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,880 journey is not culminating, it's like this new launching that's 53 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,360 happening. God has done this miracle work 54 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:19,160 to take two people out of 8 billion people and draw them one 55 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,080 to each other. And that moment is so precious. 56 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:26,880 I love that arrival. What I want to share with you 57 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,520 today in this message called Welcome the Bride, is that when 58 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:34,520 you practice the Sabbath every week, you get to have a moment 59 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,640 like this. Where you've been going through 60 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:42,320 your week, all this stuff's been happening, but then it just 61 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:46,480 stops. And there's this moment where 62 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,160 you get the welcome to bribe. We're going to talk more about 63 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,960 that in just a minute. But today I want to to begin, I 64 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,480 want to remind you what we learned in Week 1, many, many 65 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,120 weeks ago in this series called Unrest. 66 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:01,360 Remember, we are unlearning the way that we rest to learn the 67 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,160 way that others rest. I have some resource material 68 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,760 here to help you in case you love to study. 69 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,080 Some of you want more than what we're able to give here. 70 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,040 You want high academia? You want you just want to go 71 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:12,560 deeper. I've referenced this book. 72 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,520 My favorite book on the Sabbath is called The Sabbath. 73 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,680 There it is. Abraham Heschel. 74 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:22,040 He is a Jewish rabbi who passed away in 1972. 75 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,400 But he left us this treasure called the Sabbath. 76 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,800 He calls it Sabbaths are our great cathedrals more than a 77 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:34,120 space we go to, it's time with the Lord that transforms us. 78 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,920 So highly recommend that book. The next one is called the Rest 79 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:42,760 of God by Mark Buchanan. A fabulous book if you like the 80 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:44,800 breakdown of the Scripture in high order. 81 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,520 Some of the things I've taught with are from this book, an 82 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,480 incredible book about the rest of God. 83 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:53,160 And then you have this book called Rest, which is a secular 84 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:54,360 book. It's by Alex. 85 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:56,920 Let me get this right, Alex Sojung and Kim Peng. 86 00:04:57,520 --> 00:04:59,320 It's a great book. It's secular, it's not 87 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,680 Christian, there's no theology in it, but what when you read 88 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,560 it, this is what's fascinating. You find out that everything 89 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,760 that God has told us they're starting to figure out in 90 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:08,080 science. So when you hear me sharing the 91 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:09,960 science, they're learning it in here. 92 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,040 Great book. And then a new book that was 93 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:16,120 just published this week. It's called Unrest by Me. 94 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,760 30 years it took in ministry to write one book. 95 00:05:28,840 --> 00:05:35,960 That's the reason that I wrote this book is because the Lord 96 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:39,000 put it in my heart. To write, and for no other 97 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,200 reason alone except that he saved me from the grips of 98 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:45,600 anxiety and it was debilitating. And I know that I'm not the only 99 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,960 one. So if you have a cure, you 100 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,280 better share the cure, not hoard the cure. 101 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:53,920 And so we wrote this book so that anybody who needs help, 102 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:56,760 anyone who needs to learn how to rest, which is anybody with 103 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:06,640 lungs, right, Then you can learn from what is in this book. 104 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,440 We're selling them here at the church today, but they're not 105 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:14,960 here because they got destroyed on their transportation ride 106 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:16,640 here. No joke. 107 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,320 They were being transported. We got a note that says, hey, 108 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,280 all the books have been destroyed in transportation. 109 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:26,120 I'm like, is this spiritual? Anyway. 110 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,320 And so they, they're, they're reshipping them. 111 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:32,240 So all we're doing today is pre selling. 112 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,760 There's a big old line after the first service, pre selling the 113 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:35,920 book. They're $10. 114 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,800 I want you to know, and this is going to explain to you who we 115 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,200 are as a church, who I am as a pastor, that all the proceeds of 116 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,760 all the the books sold here at the church go to the church, not 117 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:47,400 to Tim and Christine's lunch fund. 118 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:48,840 When? Right. 119 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:53,240 We're not trying to make money off the church in selling this 120 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,120 book. There is, I need to be just 121 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,640 candid with you, an Amazon version of this where you can go 122 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,520 buy the book on Amazon. And the the idea is not that you 123 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:03,200 would buy those books. You would buy them here. 124 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:05,640 The money goes to the church. It actually pays just for the 125 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,880 making of the book more than us having proceeds to do ministry 126 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,640 with. But if you buy a book on Amazon, 127 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,440 I do want to be clear, it does benefit my family and I. 128 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,640 So if that weirds you out and you don't want to do that, don't 129 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:21,040 buy it on Amazon, right? And I anticipate my wife and I 130 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,720 are going to make dozens and dozens of dollars off of this. 131 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,120 All I'm trying to say is that the motivation has not, nor is 132 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,720 it now, nor will it ever be any sort of money making deal. 133 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,480 The Lord put this on our heart to share and we wanted to share 134 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:36,920 it with you. If it's helpful to you, if it's 135 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,080 helpful to somebody you know who's dealing with anxiety or 136 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,400 whatever the case needs rest, please get this into their 137 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,320 hands. There's also a digital cop of 138 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,760 the digital version available at Amazon. 139 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:51,000 One other thing, this is going to sound weird. 140 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,240 I hope that doesn't sound weird. I don't know, you tell me, but 141 00:07:54,400 --> 00:08:02,320 I'm not going to sign any. Books, it's number one. 142 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,240 It's very presumptive of me to think that. 143 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:09,440 You would want me to sign a book that you may or may not buy, but 144 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:12,720 it just feels like it crosses a line into celebrity that I'm not 145 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:18,040 interested in and I, I, I don't want to like why do you need my 146 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:19,120 name on the book? What is it? 147 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:22,000 What value does it have? What's in the book is those out 148 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,480 of is what is of value. Amen. 149 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:27,240 So don't ask me because then we'll have an awkward. 150 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,600 Conversation like I'm I'm not signing your book. 151 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,760 Not signing your book, Bruno, this is your copy. 152 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:35,960 You want me to sign it? OK, OK. 153 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,080 Some of you already went online and bought them. 154 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,720 I'm getting pictures of people that have the books and it's 155 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,000 just, it's touching. It's amazing. 156 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,960 I'm grateful that the Lord is using it to help people find 157 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:54,600 abundant life in Jesus. That was a quiz you failed. 158 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:59,040 In Jesus. All right, so all right, in week 159 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,680 1, remember I was teaching you that we are unlearning our 160 00:09:01,680 --> 00:09:05,360 concept of rest and embracing God's rest when we practice the 161 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,320 Sabbath. It's like marrying the Sabbath 162 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:11,400 in week 1, I asked you, everybody here, get married 163 00:09:11,560 --> 00:09:13,000 today. A guy left the first service 164 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,080 today and he's like I for the first time married the Sabbath 165 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:17,560 today. I'm like perfect. 166 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,040 And if you don't know what that means, essentially follow me 167 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,520 here in this trail. First of all you have to 168 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,080 remember that God made Sabbath holy. 169 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:30,120 Genesis chapter 2 verse 3 says then God bless the 7th day and 170 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:35,480 made everyone say made it holy. God made it holy because on it 171 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:38,200 he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. 172 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:40,920 Then God told him in Exodus 20 verse 8. 173 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,920 Later on in the 10 commandments remember the Sabbath day by 174 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:48,400 keeping it holy. Everyone say keeping so God made 175 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,560 the Sabbath holy. Then he gives us a charge in 176 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:55,480 Exodus to keep the Sabbath holy. How do we keep the Sabbath holy? 177 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,960 You marry the Sabbath. Just as when you marry a spouse 178 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:01,520 you are set apart one to another. 179 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:04,920 When you marry the Sabbath, you're setting that day apart. 180 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,760 Ephesians chapter 5 speaking about marriage. 181 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,400 Look at this. Husbands love your wives. 182 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,920 How? Just as Christ loved the church, 183 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,720 gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the 184 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:19,840 washing with water through the Word, and to present her to 185 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,720 himself as a radiant church without staying a wrinkle or any 186 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:27,080 other blemish. But holy and blameless thanks be 187 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:31,280 to God. Jesus asked husbands to sanctify 188 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:36,480 their wives, to lead them from sin and lead them towards God. 189 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:40,160 Just as Jesus did when he went to the cross and overcame the 190 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:45,920 tomb, He led us from sin and he led us into relationship with 191 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:48,880 God our Father. When you marry the Sabbath, you 192 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:53,640 were taking that day and leading away from sin and towards God. 193 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,960 This day I'm making our keeping holy. 194 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:00,280 God makes it holy, we keep it holy. 195 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:02,800 And you may say, well, shouldn't I do that every day? 196 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:07,320 And the answer is yes. The reason that we practice 197 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,960 Sabbath. It's so that we are trained on 198 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:13,120 what to do the rest of our days with an extra command. 199 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:14,960 On that day, The Sabbath day, you don't work. 200 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,800 On the other days you work, but you still want to walk in 201 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:20,440 holiness. We are training during the 202 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,840 Sabbath that one day for the other six days. 203 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,720 Fawn Horne, you're here today. We were talking about this one 204 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:30,560 time in a group, like, shouldn't we be living Sabbath every day? 205 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:33,120 And the answer is kind of yes. And Fawn said, But what's 206 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,160 different about the Sabbath is just like, you love your kids 207 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,520 every day, and don't you parents love your kids every day? 208 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,720 Say yes, even if you don't mean it prophetically. 209 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:47,600 Believe it on their birthday, even though you love them every 210 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:50,560 day. You highlight, you accentuate, 211 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:54,600 you focus on that child. You know my wife, Christine, I 212 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,080 love her every day, all the days. 213 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:14,650 But since today is her actual birthday, happy birthday to you. 214 00:12:15,370 --> 00:12:24,210 Happy birthday to you, Lauder. Yay. 215 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:36,360 Yeah, y'all pray, pray for me. Sorry, she said don't do 216 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:38,080 anything, but it just fit the message. 217 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:41,720 So I had to, right? I had to. 218 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:43,840 It's from the Lord. Amen. 219 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,320 Yeah. So on all days, of course I love 220 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,480 her. But today it's emphasized. 221 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,000 It's the same thing with the Sabbath. 222 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,160 Every day we're walking in holiness. 223 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,600 Every day we're walking away from sin and towards God. 224 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:00,040 But on the Sabbath, you stop working like you're dialed in 225 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:06,040 and then it spills over to the rest of your life as we welcome 226 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:09,360 this honored guest each week, the Sabbath. 227 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:12,360 Now, I've been teaching this message series for like 4 or 228 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:13,840 five weeks now. I don't even remember what week 229 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:15,680 we're on. And it's been about why, why, 230 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:17,320 why? Why they convincing you that you 231 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:19,800 need this Sabbath rest? I haven't been convincing you. 232 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:22,520 The word of God has been convincing us we need the 233 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:26,240 Sabbath rest and I've heard from any of you will like how give me 234 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:30,000 some how everyone say how, how right. 235 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:35,240 Four things all centered on the concept of marriage and weddings 236 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,480 #1 you have to prepare for the wedding. 237 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:42,160 Everyone say prepare. I made a mistake one day and 238 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:48,840 looked at bride.com talk about way too much information on one 239 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,680 pink page. It's like overwhelming and what 240 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:55,760 what I learned and I have it here I I printed it out is that 241 00:13:55,760 --> 00:14:07,920 there are 77 steps to a wedding day prep list 12 months out find 242 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:09,160 a fiance. I'm kidding. 243 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:15,000 Step one, right? No, Determine your budget. 244 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,320 That's the first step, which is always interesting because the 245 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:18,880 budget determines the rest of the stuff. 246 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,080 And for many people, the budget is the buzz kill. 247 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:26,640 I have so many dreams, but here's reality. 248 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:29,640 So we're going to have the wedding in the backyard. 249 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:36,000 Good kids mark it down. Make a guest list a year in 250 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,840 advance. Hire a wedding planner. 251 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:40,200 Decide formality. Select a venue. 252 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,480 The caterer 11 months out, choose a color theme. 253 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,720 We're going to be mauve with white. 254 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:47,040 Start thinking of overall design. 255 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,240 And then it says, hire vendors who book up quickly. 256 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:51,480 Listen to the list. Photographer, band, DJ, 257 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,720 videographer. No. 258 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:57,920 Efficient. You know what happens? 259 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,520 Hey, we're getting married in two weeks. 260 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,720 Are you free? That's not what y'all did. 261 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,400 Cindy is very planned. Cindy, you probably had 97 steps 262 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:06,280 fly. Wedding around. 263 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,440 Europe, you booked your wedding around my schedule. 264 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,360 So nice. It must be nice. 265 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,840 OK, ten months out, start shopping for your wedding dress. 266 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,080 Book hotel rooms. Nine months out, say send. 267 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,520 Save the dates. I'm skipping a bunch. 8 months 268 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:29,040 out, register for gifts. Yeah, select bridesmaids 269 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,160 dresses. Meet with the potential florist. 270 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,080 Five months out, Book transportation. 271 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,960 Book a honeymoon. Buy or rent the grooms with 272 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,560 tuxedo. Begin premarital counseling. 273 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:40,840 Yes, yes, yes. Four months out, Choose your 274 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:41,880 cake. Very important. 275 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:43,840 Buy wedding bands. I'm skipping lots of things. 276 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,200 Three months out, Order the invitations. 277 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,040 Great. Two months out, first dress 278 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,120 fitting. Got to wait till you get close 279 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:51,320 to the wedding to make. Sure it's the. 280 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,040 You know I ain't going to get in that. 281 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,120 All right, Pick your marriage license up. 282 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:00,400 Word of counsel from an officiant who's done probably 283 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:03,520 100 weddings. Don't wait till the last minute 284 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:09,240 to get your wedding marriage license and make sure when your 285 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:14,440 officiant signs. It it is legible otherwise Gavin 286 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,360 and Sarah will call you and say our wedding license was rejected 287 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:19,200 because they couldn't read your handwriting. 288 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,120 I said well then you're not married yet. 289 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:28,840 So Yep, whole thing over it says assemble gift bags one month out 290 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,360 and just, you know, remember the officiant. 291 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,280 OK. Anyways, take care of things 292 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,440 like final week, refreshing hair color. 293 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:38,680 This must be for the ladies. Getting your eyebrows done, 294 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:42,400 manicure, pedicure, getting a massage, final dress fitting. 295 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:46,600 Pack your bags, clean your ring, practice your vows out loud. 296 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:49,880 Write your partner a note the night before, the day before. 297 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,040 Eat a healthy meal. Drink water good night's sleep. 298 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,560 Stay off the feet. Drink even more water. 299 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:56,880 Take your dress and veil out of the bag early on have. 300 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,920 Somebody steam them if nothing. OK, it's a lot. 301 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:05,280 I read just a small portion and probably if you've been through 302 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:07,800 the process yourself, you're like, it's way more than 77 303 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,240 steps. It felt like 6 billion steps to 304 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:12,040 get to that. Moment, All I'm trying to say is 305 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,079 the wedding day effectiveness is tied to the wedding day 306 00:17:15,079 --> 00:17:18,599 preparedness. And if we do all of this work 307 00:17:18,599 --> 00:17:21,520 for 1/2 hour service and then a four or five hour reception, 308 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:27,160 what should we be doing for the 24 hours a week that we spend 309 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,960 with the Lord? Certainly not nothing. 310 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:35,080 I I want to say to you that your Sabbath day effectiveness is 311 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:38,480 absolutely tied to your Sabbath day preparedness. 312 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,960 We need to prepare for the wedding they had to prepare in 313 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:43,920 the old days. Exodus chapter 16. 314 00:17:44,120 --> 00:17:46,200 Let me just read some of them. We'll get some context. 315 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,840 Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when 316 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:50,920 the sun grew hot, it melted away. 317 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,600 What's the IT the IT is manna. This is heavenly bread that 318 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:56,160 showed up on the ground each day. 319 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,920 The Lord was teaching them, I'm going to feed you daily, and so 320 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,560 you're going to collect this bread daily. 321 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:06,480 On the 6th day, however, they gathered twice as much, two 322 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,400 omers for each person, and the leaders of the community came 323 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,800 and reported this to Moses. He said to them, this is what 324 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,200 the Lord commanded. Tomorrow is to be a day of 325 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,160 Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. 326 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,160 So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. 327 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,800 Save whatever is left and keep it until morning. 328 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:25,040 So they saved it until morning as Moses commanded, and it did 329 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,640 not stink or get maggots in it. Yummy. 330 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,480 Eat it today, Moses said, because today is a Sabbath to 331 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:32,240 the Lord. You will not find any of it on 332 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,520 the ground today. No mana on the ground on the 333 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:36,800 Sabbath day, six days you already gather it. 334 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:40,960 But on the 7th day, the Sabbath, there will not be any. 335 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:46,320 So usually on regular days they would just collect one day's 336 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:48,280 worth. If they collected 2 days worth, 337 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,480 that extra would rot and get maggots in it. 338 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,840 But on Friday, the preparation day, maybe you've been reading 339 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,840 the scriptures and you've seen the word preparation day. 340 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:58,040 That's the day before the Sabbath. 341 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:00,920 They were told to gather twice as much. 342 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:05,080 Go ahead and get enough for Friday, but also get enough for 343 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:07,440 Saturday as well. You got to prepare. 344 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:10,240 You got to get ready. Two things that you can take 345 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,480 from this, and really both of these could be messages in and 346 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:14,240 of themselves if we would did a deep dive. 347 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:17,800 First of all, if they were not prepared, they wouldn't find any 348 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:20,800 provision. It didn't show up on the Sabbath 349 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:23,120 day. There's something in this 350 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:26,080 theologically about being a prepared person because when you 351 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,360 were prepared, the provision comes with it. 352 00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:32,680 When you're not prepared and you get to the place like maybe I 353 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:37,120 should have been prepared. Secondly, it says on the Sabbath 354 00:19:37,120 --> 00:19:43,080 day, if you have prepared, then the Lord has already provided. 355 00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:46,840 What does that mean? Well, some of us have this 356 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,560 notion in our hearts that makes it hard to rest because we 357 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:51,760 think, if I don't do it, there won't be provision. 358 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,120 I've got to get something done or else it won't happen. 359 00:19:55,120 --> 00:19:59,920 And God's saying, if you will do what I'm asking you to do, then 360 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:02,640 when you get to the Sabbath, you'll see that it's already 361 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:06,320 been provided for. Your peace, your output, your 362 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:10,160 productivity, your fruitfulness, your ability to rest all comes 363 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,400 when we make preparations to do so. 364 00:20:14,120 --> 00:20:16,840 In our house, we used to do our chores on Saturday mornings. 365 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:19,960 Washing bathrooms, washing baseboards, doing laundry, you 366 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:21,240 name it. Whatever your chores are, we're 367 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:22,560 doing the same thing at our house. 368 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,720 But when we started practicing the Sabbath, that went away 369 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,800 because Friday into Saturday is our Sabbath. 370 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,080 When we Sabbath because Sunday we work. 371 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:35,200 Right, everyone understand you following me? 372 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:41,920 So there's a flurry of activity that happens as you prepare for 373 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:43,280 the Sabbath. Getting the meal ready, getting 374 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:44,240 the house ready, getting the table. 375 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:45,720 Ready. Getting all everything in its 376 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:50,720 place and then everything ceases and we're able to rest and let 377 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,680 the chores just be what they are. 378 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,960 I'm going to show you something that may be considered a graphic 379 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,480 photo to many of you, so you may want to hide your eyes and then 380 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,520 peek. I'm giving you warning right 381 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:07,160 now, but this is our sink during the Sabbath. 382 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:22,800 Is anyone breaking out on hives? Yeah, I get it. 383 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:27,960 Listen, it's interesting when you have permission to have this 384 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:31,440 happen, it feels totally different, like it's supposed to 385 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:33,920 look like that. This means that we're honoring 386 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,240 the Sabbath. This means that we're ceasing 387 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:39,960 our regular labor and laboring with the Lord in rest. 388 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:43,200 And it's a beautiful thing. It's a wonderful thing, but it 389 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,560 happens because we're prepared. And then the chores pile up And 390 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:49,760 after the after the Sabbath is over, then we just get busy. 391 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,880 Sundays we're doing laundry and whatnot, and it works out for 392 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,120 us. By the way, I'm going to talk a 393 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:57,240 lot today about what we do as a family. 394 00:21:58,120 --> 00:22:01,160 I want you not to hear legalism and feel like you got to do what 395 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,200 we do. You just got to listen to the 396 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,920 Lord HBO here, Believe and obey and do what's right for you and 397 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:08,960 your household, whatever that looks like. 398 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,120 And everything I'm saying is also ideal state. 399 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:16,080 Like some Saturdays it goes perfectly this Friday, Saturday, 400 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,480 just this week, perfect. Great Shabbat, great family 401 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,480 devotional, great rest, restoration, great eating. 402 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,240 But some weeks it's just a train wreck. 403 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:26,080 We don't even make it to the table. 404 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,600 Some weeks we're in Boston. So eliminating a graduation or 405 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:34,200 whatever, you know, so don't get legalistic and don't get like, I 406 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,600 got to be perfect, right? Right. 407 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,200 Excellent. So we need to plan, prepare for 408 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,120 the wedding. Secondly, we need to welcome the 409 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:45,320 bride. Everyone say welcome. 410 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,200 It's the name of the message, but it's also the second point 411 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:49,640 here. In the Hebrew culture and the 412 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,600 Jewish culture, there is a song they sing called Lacha Dodi. 413 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,720 Everyone say laja Dodi. Yeah. 414 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,400 Did you get that? Excellent. 415 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:01,600 If you did it right, there should be something on the 416 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:08,720 person in front of you is back. It means come, my beloved. 417 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,560 It's been sung for hundreds and hundreds of years as the 418 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:17,200 traditional Jewish Sabbath begins at sundown on Friday 419 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:21,040 night, you gather, the Jewish people gather in the synagogue 420 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,560 to begin the Sabbath. And during that time together in 421 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,560 the synagogue, they sing the Locha Dodi. 422 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,600 And at the very last verse, you can go watch YouTube videos of 423 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:31,240 this. I have. 424 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,480 It's interesting. The very last verse, the entire 425 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:38,000 congregation stands up and turns around and faces the doors as if 426 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,440 someone. Is about to arrive, and that 427 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:45,200 someone to them is the Sabbath. The Sabbath's arriving. 428 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,600 Our guest has come. It's just like we do at 429 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,440 weddings. We stand and turn around because 430 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,760 the honored guest is here. It's this moment that's special 431 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,200 and powerful. So I'm going to read in English 432 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:00,360 the words to the song. I'm going to make this motion 433 00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:03,720 like this at some point, and you're all going to stand up and 434 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:05,400 turn and face the doors and the mezzanine. 435 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,640 I don't know what you're going to do because I wasn't planning 436 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,880 on that. Just look at the exit sign or 437 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,720 whatever. You'll figure it out. 438 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,760 But it's only going to have meaning to you if you have 439 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,880 expectation in your heart that the Lord God wants to give you a 440 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,800 gift on the Sabbath. And when you begin your Sabbath, 441 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,440 that gift arrives and you get to unpack it each week. 442 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:34,400 This beautiful time, 24 hours soaking with the Lord, soaking 443 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,680 with family and friends and nature and whatever brings you 444 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,560 restoration. It doesn't have to mean laying 445 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,600 on a couch. Here are the words. 446 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:48,000 Come, my beloved. To greet the bride, let us 447 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,400 welcome Shabbat. Observe and remember were 448 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,360 uttered as one, so we heard it from the singular one. 449 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:57,640 God is 1 and God's name is 1, reflected in fame and splendor. 450 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:02,200 And then praise Come shrine of our sovereign royal city, rise 451 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,360 up from destruction and fear no more in your dwelling in the 452 00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:08,160 tear filled valley. That's our week, right? 453 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:11,720 The tear filled valley. For with God's compassion you 454 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:13,760 will be upraised. I almost raised my arms. 455 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:18,560 Come awake, rise up from the dust, dress yourself in this 456 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,120 people's pride. By the hand of Jesse's son of 457 00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:24,000 Bethlehem's tribe. Bring my redemption without 458 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:28,080 further delays. Come awake, rise up from the 459 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:28,880 dust. Don't stand. 460 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:30,560 Dress yourself in this people's pride. 461 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:34,360 By the Oh, I just read that one. Rouse yourself, Rouse yourself, 462 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:37,320 for your lamp is lit. Let the flame rise up and glow. 463 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,520 Awake, awake. Utter songs of praise for God's 464 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:46,200 glory is revealed to your gaze. Come, do not be embarrassed. 465 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,640 Do not be ashamed. Why are you downcast? 466 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,840 Why do you moan the poorest of your people trust in this. 467 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:56,120 The city will be rebuilt as an ancient days come. 468 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,560 Your despoilers shall be despoiled, your tormentors 469 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:02,480 removed. Far away God and you will 470 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:07,040 celebrate together a bride and groom in joyful embrace. 471 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:16,960 Come, face the door. Welcome the bride. 472 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,120 Come. In peace, crown your spouse. 473 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,640 Surrounded by gladness and joyous shouts, come to the 474 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,120 faithful, the people you treasure with pride. 475 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:29,080 Come, my bride. Come, my bride, come. 476 00:26:34,150 --> 00:26:37,230 The first wedding I ever did, I forgot to have the people stand 477 00:26:37,230 --> 00:26:41,750 to greet the bride. So the next wedding I had 478 00:26:41,750 --> 00:26:45,630 everyone stand and I was sure I was going to make everyone stand 479 00:26:45,710 --> 00:26:48,790 to the extent that I forgot to have anyone ever sit down. 480 00:26:50,310 --> 00:26:52,350 So they just stood for a really long time. 481 00:26:53,640 --> 00:27:01,960 And I only tell you that to say now be seated at our home on 482 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,320 Friday nights, we prepare the table and I bring out this 483 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,680 stole, which is just a priestly garment. 484 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:12,560 You've probably seen it in more traditional churches, a pastor, 485 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,600 a reverend, whatever, wearing the, the the robes. 486 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,400 And then they'll have a stole around their neck. 487 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,720 And the stole represents priestly covering and I wear it 488 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:24,800 to begin the meal and to end the meal to remind us that we are 489 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,760 covered by the Lord. And I am a representation of 490 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:29,920 that as a priest of my home to my family. 491 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:37,240 And so I put on the stove and we hold hands and we pray. 492 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:42,800 And as we pray right before we eat the dinner, I say, hey, 493 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,040 let's remember this is ideal state doesn't always happen 494 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,200 exactly right because. People are people. 495 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:56,320 I say, let's take a breath and I say, Lord, we cease all of our 496 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,360 regular work and enter into your rest. 497 00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:03,200 And you can feel the atmosphere change as it's happening, as 498 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,280 this is going on. You feel like the weight is just 499 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:10,760 melting off, no matter how many times we've done it and we're 500 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,000 entering the rest. And then I'll pray something 501 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:17,320 like this. Come, Lord Jesus, meet with us, 502 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,680 be with us, and then whoever is there, we have different people 503 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:26,080 take turns lighting these two candles that we have, and we 504 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:29,360 light them as representation of God's presence with us. 505 00:28:29,360 --> 00:28:32,520 And very rarely we will turn and face our door. 506 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,160 And sometimes, even more rarely, we'll go and open the door as if 507 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:40,840 to say, come on in Sabbath, we've been waiting for you. 508 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,640 You're our honored guest. We need you. 509 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,400 We're glad that you're here and we personify the Sabbath, which 510 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:52,720 really is the rest, the powerful presence. 511 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,040 Of the Lord. Meeting with us over this 24 512 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:57,800 hours. At the end of the meal, I put 513 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,360 the stall back on and I place it on all the children's head 1 by 514 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,120 1. And I pray a blessing over them. 515 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:06,320 And they used to be tiny little heads and now they're grown up 516 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,760 heads. And then at the end of the meal, 517 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,920 they, we, we all gathered around mommy and all the kids placed 518 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:17,680 their hand on mommy. My wife Christine and I probably 519 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,320 sit on her head and we pray a blessing. 520 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:24,920 The Sabbath has begun. And we rested that for the next 521 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:31,320 24 hours by welcoming the bride. And as wonderful as it is to see 522 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:34,280 a bride walk down the aisle, it's the same feeling but 523 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:38,160 different each Friday when we begin the Sabbath. 524 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:40,840 And it can be for you as well. Amen. 525 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:46,160 Prepare for the wedding. Welcome the bride, and the next 526 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:50,840 part is to put a ring on it. No, Huggy, no. 527 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,280 Kissy till I get a. Wedding ring. 528 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,520 Anyone remember this song? Don't give me no lines and keep 529 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:58,680 y'all. Exactly. 530 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,760 It's a, it's biblical. It's 100% accurate. 531 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:04,720 I believe in this song. Right? 532 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:15,120 Or there's this one. I'd better stop when I 533 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:16,520 officiate. Weddings We get to the ring 534 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:22,760 portion and I'll take a ring and say, you know, the ring is an 535 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:29,400 unbroken circle of love. So poetic it it's one because 536 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:34,400 the two are. One right And then I. 537 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,240 Literally say like and blah blah blah blah blah. 538 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,520 Like. All of that is poetic and nice. 539 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:42,600 Like OK, whatever, we get it. But let me tell you what the 540 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:46,240 ring really can mean for you. And those of you that have done 541 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:53,200 your weddings might remember these words, but the ring will 542 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:58,000 hit stuff sometimes. Or you'll be sitting in traffic 543 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,800 on I-4 and you'll see it there, right? 544 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,040 And I tell the couple I like, listen, when you see the ring, 545 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:07,440 feel the weight of it, hit it against something I wanted to 546 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:13,680 remind you of right now, 25 years from now, I want you to 547 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:17,240 remember right here. So we pause and I say, take a 548 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:19,560 look around because you've been rushing through things. 549 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,840 I mean, wedding mornings are busy mornings for the bride. 550 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:29,560 The groom's like, I got dressed. And so they look around, they 551 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:32,840 look at each other, they take in the beauty. 552 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:36,640 And I say when, when you for years now, when you feel this 553 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:41,160 ring, see this ring, I want you to remember the beginning, the 554 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:46,560 joy of your weddedness, the purity of what's happening here. 555 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:50,480 Remember past glory? Like, Oh yes. 556 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:53,600 I say. But I also want you to know that 557 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,520 this ring that you now put on your finger is the only thing 558 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:01,720 that's not changing out. Meaning you're going to change 559 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:05,520 outfits literally thousands of times in and out of your 560 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:09,600 clothing. Not to be eating weird, but one 561 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,880 garment, one article never changes. 562 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:17,520 It stays on your finger all the time. 563 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:23,280 When you get old and saggy and your body changes, it's 564 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,120 happening. I feel it happening. 565 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:31,640 This doesn't change. And so the ring reminds you of 566 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:36,840 the permanence of what God has put together and the promise of 567 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:40,040 what he's put together. And not just that, here's the 568 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:42,520 other promise. When you're having a bad day, 569 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,240 you're out there in the world, you feel your ring. 570 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,480 You're like, man at home. There's somebody who loves me. 571 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:53,800 I'm going home to a safe place. I'll be next to in the bed, the 572 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:58,680 warmth and the strength of my spouse and your ring reminds you 573 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:04,560 of that promise of future glory. Past glory, future glory. 574 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:11,640 Here's the last thing. When you're married and you walk 575 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:18,000 into a place and your hand is in your pocket or hidden, all the 576 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:23,720 single people in the room go. Interesting. 577 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:29,960 Is this person an opportunity? Maybe a future spouse and then 578 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:33,440 you take your hand. Out of your pocket and you rifle 579 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:40,560 it through your hair. Or move your hat. 580 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,840 Or scratch your. Arm and the whole room goes. 581 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,960 The. Universal knowledge is that 582 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:57,160 you're off the market, you're taken, you're spoken for, you 583 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,760 belong to another, and that one belongs to you. 584 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:09,280 And so no kissy, no touchy, off the market. 585 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:13,719 That's what the ring symbolizes. Past glory, future glory. 586 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:18,719 You belong to another. The Sabbath is the same thing as 587 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:22,360 a wedding ring. Exodus chapter 30 verse 12. 588 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,840 Then the Lord said to Moses, say to the Israelites, you must 589 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:30,120 observe my sabbaths. This will be a sign between me 590 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:34,440 and you for generations to come, so you may know that I'm the 591 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:39,560 Lord who makes you holy. The Sabbath, when we practice it 592 00:34:40,679 --> 00:34:43,280 week after week, reminds us of our. 593 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:47,239 Salvation Psalm 51 says return to me the joy of my salvation. 594 00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:50,679 Remind me what it was like at the beginning when your grace 595 00:34:51,679 --> 00:34:56,679 invaded my heart and your love overwhelmed me and I received 596 00:34:56,679 --> 00:35:00,880 you as my Savior. Remind me of that time from the 597 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:02,720 beginning and and what it really does. 598 00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:06,560 It takes you back to the garden where there's unbroken 599 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:10,440 fellowship with the Lord our God because of Jesus sacrifice. 600 00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:16,360 Past glory. We remember our purity. 601 00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:22,440 But when you Sabbath and spend time with the Lord and set aside 602 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:28,360 supernaturally, you are saturated in the promises and 603 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:33,680 the permanence of. God, I wonder how differently we 604 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:38,800 would live if we rightly accounted for heaven and the 605 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,720 glory that awaits us. You've heard me say it before. 606 00:35:40,720 --> 00:35:42,840 These are not my words. I stole them from somebody else, 607 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,840 but you cannot threaten me with heaven. 608 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,240 Meaning I'm not. Afraid to die because the 609 00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:53,480 greatest thing ever is about to happen when that moment comes 610 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:55,920 decades and decades from now in Jesus day. 611 00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:58,080 I'm not saying. Bring it on. 612 00:35:58,080 --> 00:35:58,800 Let's. Go right. 613 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:07,720 Future glory becomes part of your knowledge, part of your 614 00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:13,280 existence, when you practice spending time in rest. 615 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:18,120 With the Lord your God, and not only that, but the world will 616 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,880 know when you act differently on your Sabbath than most people 617 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:24,160 act that you belong to another that you're taking. 618 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:25,520 They're like, man, your family's weird. 619 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:26,880 You don't do any chores on a weekend. 620 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:28,480 You guys just laying around in lounge chairs. 621 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:31,840 What are you all doing? Like, hey, we're Sabbathy, what 622 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:33,880 is that? I'm glad you asked. 623 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,160 We're different on purpose. We're different for a reason. 624 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,320 And not only does it speak to the world, but you better 625 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:43,320 believe it speaks to the devil. Who looks around like a prowling 626 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:47,160 lion, seeing whom, seeing whom he may devour. 627 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:51,160 Get those words out right. And he's going around to see who 628 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:52,960 he can devour. And he looks at your family. 629 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,000 He's like, yeah. And then you start Sabbath. 630 00:36:56,000 --> 00:37:00,000 Thing and he looks around like the demons are like this family 631 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:04,680 is taken. This family is spoken for. 632 00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:10,480 They're practicing the Sabbath. They're resting in God. 633 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:13,720 They're finding their source and strength, not in what they do 634 00:37:13,720 --> 00:37:17,920 and what they can produce, but in the one who made them and can 635 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:21,960 give them life. Past glory, future glory. 636 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:25,440 I'm taken. Put a ring on it. 637 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,360 Here's the final one. The two become one in Sabbath, 638 00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:31,040 just as in marriage, the 2 become one. 639 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,520 And it's interesting. They say the older you get, the 640 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:34,920 more you start to look like each other. 641 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,960 Maybe I'll find out where, you know, climbing that ladder. 642 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:42,200 But certainly identity is transformed when the 2 become 643 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:43,920 one. So it is with the Sabbath. 644 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:47,200 Your identity will be transformed more and more into 645 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:50,360 Christ likeness as you Sabbath. Let me say it another way to 646 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,840 you. No one marries up. 647 00:37:58,240 --> 00:38:00,000 Have you heard this phrase before you married up? 648 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:04,680 Somebody say that to you. It's usually said to the dude by 649 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:06,560 the way. I don't know why that is. 650 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:09,800 What's up with that? Right. 651 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,680 Hey, come on up here. Turner's. 652 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:15,600 Yeah. I didn't prepare you on purpose. 653 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:23,040 Oh yeah. Y'all can do better than that, 654 00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:32,010 Mike and Joanne Turner. Now, I know y'all love me and I 655 00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:34,210 love you, but you're going to have to just love me through 656 00:38:34,210 --> 00:38:36,210 this, OK? So come stand right here in the 657 00:38:36,210 --> 00:38:37,730 nice bright light where all of America. 658 00:38:37,730 --> 00:38:40,450 Can see you. How you feeling? 659 00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:41,960 Nervous. Don't. 660 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:42,760 Yeah. I love you too. 661 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,040 You sound different up here. Yeah, I look shorter too. 662 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,000 Whatever. I thought you'd be bigger. 663 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,560 I know me too stand side by side. 664 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:54,640 All right, so typically how this goes is that you you you make 665 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:58,640 some assessments as humans and you say, wow, here is a 10 this 666 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:04,840 woman of character or that's your son clapping beauty, 667 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:06,720 bravery, wisdom, all of these things. 668 00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:08,920 She's a 10 and then. You look to the other side, 669 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:17,720 you're like. And in your humanness, you say, 670 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:22,840 well, here's a 5 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 671 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:26,320 And so then we make this statement. 672 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:29,360 Hey, Mike, you married up, right? 673 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,560 I'm going to tell you it's a lie from the pit of hell. 674 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,520 And it's been repeated too many times to too many. 675 00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:35,760 Couples. Here's why. 676 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:40,960 If Joanna is A10 and she oops I can't bear hide the mic and she 677 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:47,240 is then a ten. In all of their wisdom, beauty, 678 00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:50,360 glory, brightness, bravery, boldness. 679 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:56,560 Would never pick a 5A10. Only ever picks 10s. 680 00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:01,400 You understand what I'm saying? And a 10. 681 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:03,920 Doesn't pick the other one based on pity. 682 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:08,120 The 10 picks A10 because in all reality the 10 used all of his 683 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:12,400 tenness to win that tenness. They're both 10s is what I'm 684 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,600 trying to say. Thank you all you. 685 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:24,000 Have a seat Jesus, the King of kings is A10 and when you 686 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:28,200 practice the Sabbath and spend time with your Lord, look at me. 687 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:33,600 He looks at you, spends time with you to remind you that you 688 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:38,800 also are a 10. The. 2 become one. 689 00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:43,280 You gave a clap like you're going to believe it later. 690 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:45,640 You need to believe this now because it's the reason God 691 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:51,120 brought you here. Now when you Sabbath and spend 692 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:53,000 time with those. Certainly before Jesus we were 693 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:54,680 all zeros, at least in our own mind. 694 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:58,600 I don't think that the Lord saw us as zeros, but we were lost, 695 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:03,920 broken, hurt, angry, arrogant, prideful, sinful, you name it. 696 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:08,640 And then the moment we met Jesus, he says the old is gone, 697 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,760 the five, the zero and the new is here, the 10. 698 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:21,240 It's been applied to you to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and 699 00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:25,720 he'll remind you of that. You're a 10 when you Sabbath 700 00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:28,840 because Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. 701 00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:30,880 Sunday, whatever days you're not Sabbath. 702 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:38,920 They'll tell you you're 0. Am I right the mirror? 703 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:44,200 Will tell you you're 0 and when you Sabbath the Lord will tell 704 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:47,960 you a 10. I have some scripture to go to 705 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:49,600 that, but first I want to tell you a story. 706 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:54,920 True story happened maybe five years ago. 707 00:41:57,040 --> 00:42:00,520 I wake up on a Sunday morning and I have a text from a friend 708 00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:05,480 who's living in Africa. So he wrote this in his morning, 709 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:08,280 but for me it came like at 2:00 in the morning. 710 00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:09,760 I don't even know he's like 9 hours ahead. 711 00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:14,200 So I wake up to this text and I just want to read the text as it 712 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:16,440 is. But part of me, I've been 713 00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:19,120 dealing with some. So just let me drink this. 714 00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:25,000 Thank you. I'm going to read the text as 715 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:26,680 is. This is him speaking to me. 716 00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:30,480 I which is him. Believe when people suddenly are 717 00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:33,840 thrust upon my heart it's for a reason and so I usually start 718 00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:36,840 praying. Rarely do I get visions though, 719 00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:40,440 but when I have they have been life changing so I don't want to 720 00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:43,680 just blow this off. I was praying for loved ones the 721 00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:48,160 other night and you me suddenly came to the forefront of my 722 00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,680 mind. So I focused my mind, heart and 723 00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:54,280 soul on you in prayer. Isn't that precious? 724 00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:56,320 Shouldn't we pray for others like that? 725 00:42:57,120 --> 00:43:00,960 Several minutes, several minutes later, as I'm praying, I come to 726 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:04,080 realize I'm watching an old man on his knees, bent over with his 727 00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:08,280 face near the ground. I was curious, so I got down 728 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:10,480 close to see what he was doing down there. 729 00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:15,760 I put my face right next to his and saw he was an older 730 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:19,040 gentleman and then saw what looked like a rectangular wafer 731 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:22,080 or cracker or cookie on the ground before him and it was 732 00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:26,760 crumbling before my eyes and he was picking up small morsels and 733 00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:31,080 eating them crumbs. Really at that point I wondered 734 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:33,440 who he was and where we were. I looked down and the ground was 735 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:36,200 a very old marble or stone with a pattern to it, maybe three 736 00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:39,880 colors. I looked up and I looked up and 737 00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:42,200 around and in all directions as far as I could see. 738 00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:44,560 The flooring went on and on and on. 739 00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,240 We were alone and seemingly nowhere. 740 00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,160 At this point I realized I was still praying for you. 741 00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:55,680 And as if out of a fog or haze, I came to realize I was coming 742 00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:58,320 out of a vision. I can still see it all like it 743 00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:01,800 was just a second ago, but honestly I have no idea if it's 744 00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:06,440 for you or me or what. Y'all. 745 00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:12,440 As I was reading this text, almost simultaneously the Lord 746 00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:15,240 is revealing to me the meaning of this before I even knew that 747 00:44:15,240 --> 00:44:16,360 he didn't know what it was about. 748 00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:18,680 I thought he was going to explain it later in the text but 749 00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:22,360 he's like I don't know what it's for but I knew immediately the 750 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:25,640 lore was downloading to me so I texted him back immediately. 751 00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:28,560 These are my exact words to him that morning. 752 00:44:29,240 --> 00:44:32,840 I said eating crumbs when we've been invited to the table. 753 00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:37,480 That's what I heard immediately. God could be saying to us. 754 00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:40,120 I have so much more for you my son. 755 00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:46,000 Choose it now or in 30 years we will still be crumb eaters. 756 00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,840 I'm not sure what to make of the three colors, except it may. 757 00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:53,640 Reveal the Trinity, The undending pattern of the floor 758 00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:56,400 is what gave me a sense of the timeless trap of being a Crumb 759 00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:58,680 Eater. It's an identity crisis. 760 00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:03,280 Crumb Eaters live daily feeling unworthy, feeling undeserving. 761 00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:06,160 Which we were. But now, as a son or a daughter, 762 00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:08,840 we are so deserving. Not because of anything I've 763 00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:12,000 done, we've done, but because of whose name we bear. 764 00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:14,560 The enemy bows at the name of. Jesus. 765 00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:19,280 Provision jumps off trees into my hand at the name of Jesus. 766 00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:22,800 I'm not sure yet either if the vision is for you or for me, but 767 00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:25,440 like Nebuchadnezzar, you could have dreamed the dream in 768 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:29,720 relation to me as I was the interpreter God wanted you to 769 00:45:29,720 --> 00:45:33,560 bring the vision to. No matter, as both of us need to 770 00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:38,960 live as sons and not as beggars. I wrote the text. 771 00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:46,560 I wrote that text at 6:10 AM. At 6:17 that morning, I noted 772 00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,120 the time because of what happened next. 773 00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:52,360 I was reading my daily devotion and I follow a reading plan so I 774 00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:55,360 don't just pick a scripture, it's already picked for me. 775 00:45:57,040 --> 00:46:00,400 And this is what I ran into that morning 7 minutes after this 776 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:03,480 text of the vision. Galatians chapter 4 verse 4. 777 00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:09,440 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of 778 00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:12,920 a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that 779 00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:15,760 we might receive adoption to sonship. 780 00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:20,680 Because you are His sons. God sent the Spirit of His Son 781 00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:24,200 into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out ABBA Father, so you 782 00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:26,440 are no longer a slave, but God's child. 783 00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:32,880 And since you are his child, God has also made you an heir. 784 00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:45,160 When you Sabbath, you ruin the enemy's plan, which is to give 785 00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:49,640 you an identity crisis that you are a crumb eater and therefore 786 00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:52,520 you need the toil every day. You don't have time to rest 787 00:46:55,080 --> 00:47:00,120 because you need to get busy and you need to keep busy and you 788 00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:07,480 run yourself ragged. These last two things I've 789 00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:13,040 taught you put a ring on it and the two become one, I believe 790 00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:15,760 are what actually cured me from anxiety. 791 00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:20,200 Yes, it came through the practice of Sabbath, but as I 792 00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:23,040 Sabbath I remembered the joy of my salvation. 793 00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:28,080 As I Sabbath I remembered the future glory that awaited me. 794 00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:31,280 As I Sabbath, I remembered that I didn't belong to the spirit of 795 00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:35,880 fear, but I belonged to my Father and that he's called me a 796 00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:38,680 son. I'm not a crumb eater hanging on 797 00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:41,240 by a thread. I have the glory of heaven 798 00:47:41,240 --> 00:47:44,040 deposited in me in the Holy Spirit. 799 00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:46,960 And as I soaked in that, it took a while. 800 00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:53,480 Wasn't like it took a while. I'm standing here as living 801 00:47:53,480 --> 00:48:00,360 proof that debilitating anxiety was removed, eradicated, 802 00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:04,760 extracted from my life. Because of the Sabbath. 803 00:48:05,720 --> 00:48:10,720 Because of the Lord. So I'll just say this to you. 804 00:48:10,720 --> 00:48:12,240 What? What's your story? 805 00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:19,440 What do you need healed from? I think you'll find your answer 806 00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:24,240 in the Sabbath. Maybe not in the 24 hour period 807 00:48:24,240 --> 00:48:27,200 exactly that I'm talking about, but as you practice Sabbath, 808 00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:31,200 you're going to unlock the supernatural of God into your 809 00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:37,200 life and remember your identity and remember His identity and it 810 00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:41,080 will carry you through. Let's pray. 811 00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:44,440 So you bow your head and close your eyes. 812 00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:48,480 Would you just ask the Lord, what is it that I'm supposed to 813 00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:55,040 hear today? Why did you bring me? 814 00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:56,920 What are you trying to cure me of God? 815 00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:04,480 And you can go ahead and just bold that are you calling me to 816 00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:12,080 Sabbath Lord? Just ask him if you're here 817 00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:14,360 today and you've never received Jesus as your Savior. 818 00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:19,320 I don't mean this as heavy as it sounds, but I it's a truth. 819 00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:26,560 There is no rest outside of a relationship with Jesus, whether 820 00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:28,280 that's on this earth or eternally. 821 00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:33,440 But rest can be found as you receive Jesus as Savior. 822 00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:36,040 And the Bible makes it clear. It says if you confess with your 823 00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:38,880 mouth and believe in your heart that Jesus is Lord, you will be 824 00:49:38,880 --> 00:49:41,840 saved. And so we're going to pray a 825 00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:46,480 prayer today to let you do that. If you want to choose Jesus as 826 00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:49,920 Savior this morning, whole church, would you just repeat 827 00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:54,440 this out loud with me saying Father in the name of Jesus? 828 00:49:55,360 --> 00:50:00,000 I recognize that I am a Sinner in need of a Savior. 829 00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:07,120 And I confess and I believe that Jesus is Lord and receive Him 830 00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:11,360 today as my Savior to lead my life. 831 00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:16,720 And grant me rest. Thanks for joining us today. 832 00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:19,760 We hope God is speaking to your heart through this message. 833 00:50:20,120 --> 00:50:22,760 If you'd like to connect with us, you can text connect to 834 00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:29,280 407-588-0115 or visit Illuminate dot church. 835 00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:31,000 Have a great week.