1 00:00:50,740 --> 00:00:56,000 Good morning, let's see if we can cover what we got coming up 2 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:57,400 this week. Got a busy week. 3 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,040 Tomorrow at 11:30 we have the prayer lunch. 4 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:08,600 Need to let Chuck know by the end of the day so we all know 5 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:15,640 how many to prepare for. Then at 3:00 tomorrow we have a 6 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:21,840 wedding, Lamar and Juan. The whole church is invited, 7 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:27,400 right? All right then Wednesday and we 8 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,920 need it says 1030 in here, but we going to leave the van will 9 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:37,400 leave at 9:30 because we go into roof 61 and Natchez and in it, 10 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:39,960 you know. So be here at 9:30, not 10:30. 11 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:43,880 If you're going to be here at 10:30, you'll be by yourself. 12 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,560 We will already be gone next Sunday. 13 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,400 We will have Sunday school. We will have the men's 14 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:52,680 breakfast. Then we have the elders meeting 15 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,280 and we have Sunday school and church and then we will have a 16 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:00,880 board meeting following church. Are there any other 17 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:05,800 announcements? All right, we will continue 18 00:02:05,800 --> 00:05:03,080 then. Please stand open your hymnal to 19 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,560 #20 great and mighty. We will sing it through twice. 20 00:06:52,000 --> 00:07:01,070 May be seated. As I was thinking this week of 21 00:07:01,070 --> 00:07:06,990 what to cover, what to have for the call to worship, I had 22 00:07:06,990 --> 00:07:09,550 different thoughts. First of all, happy birthday, 23 00:07:09,550 --> 00:07:12,670 United States. We're 250 years old as a nation 24 00:07:14,310 --> 00:07:19,440 and we think that's a long time, but it's really as far as the 25 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,720 world goes and the nations in the world, we're a young nation. 26 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,640 But I, I found a scripture, a couple of scriptures that I 27 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:30,000 thought were feeding for that righteousness. 28 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,840 This is from Proverbs 1434. Righteousness exalts a nation 29 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,480 which can, but sin condemns any people. 30 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:44,320 And then another one from Psalm 3312, Blessed is a nation whose 31 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:48,800 God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance. 32 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:54,040 And I was thinking then as I was doing this, I was thinking about 33 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:59,080 history, 250 years as we've been a nation. 34 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:03,080 This church here has been I think since 1832. 35 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,600 And this morning, the Clarion Ledger, they had some articles 36 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:14,080 about history and they had some mistakes, I think. 37 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:18,400 And they had a list of the oldest churches in Mississippi. 38 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:23,800 And some of them they listed were way after our church. 39 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,600 But of course they couldn't cover all the churches, but you 40 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,280 know, they just picked out some. Then they said the oldest 41 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:33,600 restaurants, you know, one of the one they said was one of the 42 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:38,120 oldest restaurants in Mississippi, Gibbs out here to 43 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:44,440 learn it. And they said it was from 1880, 44 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,240 but it hadn't been a restaurant that long. 45 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:49,640 The building's that old. But the restaurant, I can 46 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,200 remember when it started because when I was young, it was still a 47 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:57,240 general store. And they went on with other 48 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:01,440 things that, you know, talking about the oldest colleges in the 49 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:06,240 state and they didn't even mention Mississippi State. 50 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,560 And we're a lot older than some of the ones that they gave in 51 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:11,680 the in the article. So when you're talking about 52 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:15,280 history and thinking back on history, but you can make 53 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,520 mistakes when you're trying to tell people something. 54 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:21,720 But there's one thing in history that means more than any of 55 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:23,840 these other things to me and to you. 56 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:29,240 You know what that is? Good Friday, That's the day that 57 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:34,400 Jesus took my sins and your sins and took them to the cross so 58 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,240 that we can have salvation. So that's one Day in History 59 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:41,040 that is more important then the oldest restaurant, the oldest 60 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:45,040 church or whatever else we find in history or the oldest nation. 61 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,000 So that's my thoughts. I want to call to worship this 62 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,520 morning. Would you join me in prayer? 63 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,080 Finally, thank you for the many blessings you've given us. 64 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,080 Thank you for this day and the opportunity we have to come 65 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:00,680 together just to study and to praise you. 66 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:04,600 Say your word, praise you and thank you for our nation that we 67 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,440 live in, that it's been here as long as it has. 68 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:11,600 I pray that we may continue to worship you as a nation and as a 69 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:15,200 people, and I pray that you will go with us through the coming 70 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,640 week that we might do your will in our lives. 71 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,800 All these things we ask in Jesus name, who taught us to pray. 72 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:27,440 Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, Thy 73 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:32,760 Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 74 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:38,200 Give us this day Our Daily Bread, and forgive us our debts 75 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:43,760 as we forgive our debtors. Believe us not temptations, but 76 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:48,400 deliver us from evil. Reliance, the Kingdom, the power 77 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:50,120 and the glory. Forever. 78 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,480 Do we have children's services? No sure and no sure. 79 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:07,120 Please stand again. Turn to number 449 because he 80 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,800 lives. We will sing all three verses. 81 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:19,120 Lives. Amen. 82 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:22,960 You may be seated my grandmother's favorite hymn. 83 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:25,720 Always think of her when I hear that. 84 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:30,160 Thank the Lord for her and what a blessing that she was to me. 85 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,560 Let's go to the Lord in prayer. Heavenly Father, I do thank you, 86 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,160 Lord, for this day. And Lord, an opportunity that we 87 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,920 do have to come together as a church family and to worship, 88 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,160 Lord, to give you praise and honor and glory for all that 89 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:46,800 you've done for us. Lord, how you continue to give 90 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,680 us that grace and mercy that we need each and every day. 91 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,080 Lord, how you loved us and sending your one and only Son 92 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:57,080 Jesus Christ to this earth. Lord, as he willingly came and 93 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:01,040 sacrificed himself on the cross and then rose again three days 94 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,520 later, conquering death and conquering the grave. 95 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:08,120 Lord, we give thanks and Lord, we are here today to worship. 96 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:13,240 We simply ask, Lord, that as we come together and Lord, as we 97 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:18,000 lift these songs of praise, as we give our offering, Lord, as 98 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:22,400 we come to the table and Lord it as we hear your word, we just 99 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:26,440 simply pray that your Holy Spirit is with us and Lord, that 100 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:30,840 it guides us and it moves us to where we need to be so that we 101 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:33,400 can be effective witnesses for you in this world. 102 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,120 Lord, we do give thanks for our country. 103 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:40,920 We give thanks for the blessings that that we have because of it. 104 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:45,240 Lord, we never pray that we will forget those who gave the 105 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:48,400 ultimate sacrifice so that so that we could have these 106 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,480 freedoms and these these blessings and these 107 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,920 opportunities, Lord. And we simply pray for our 108 00:16:53,920 --> 00:17:00,400 country in the days ahead, Pray that we will be a light for all 109 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:04,880 of the world, Lord, and that we would point towards the one true 110 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:09,040 light, our Savior Jesus Christ. And we ask all this in His name, 111 00:17:09,520 --> 00:21:51,800 Amen. Our communion hymn is number 112 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,880 406. Come to the table. 113 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,120 Of course, we'll sing it through twice. 114 00:23:58,380 --> 00:24:01,900 Christ invites to this table all who profess the Christian faith 115 00:24:02,220 --> 00:24:06,300 and who seek the mercy of God. God in Christ breaks down the 116 00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:10,460 walls that make us strangers to ourselves and divide us from one 117 00:24:10,460 --> 00:24:13,360 another. We are the body of Christ. 118 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,840 Around this table we enact our faith. 119 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,440 The body broken is restored to wholeness, and the lifeblood 120 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,040 poured out brings healing to our world. 121 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,040 Let's pray. And most blessed is Heavenly 122 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:27,640 Father that we stand before this table. 123 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:29,200 Help us to truly understand this. 124 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:33,680 Only by your invitation and Christ sacrifice, we're allowed 125 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:37,880 to stand here as we protect you. This, this bread, help us to 126 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:42,840 open our hearts and our minds and our souls to receive it as 127 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,240 it was meant to be. Thank you, Lord, for your Son 128 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,000 Jesus and his sacrifice and his willingness to go to the cross 129 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,800 of each and every one of us. We ask all this in Christ's 130 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,360 name. Father, thank you for the men 131 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:57,760 and blessings you give us. Thank you for this day and the 132 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,120 opportunity we have to come together to worship and praise 133 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:02,560 your name. Most especially, we thank you 134 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,000 for this table and the invitation we have to come and 135 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,880 partake of its emblems. Now. 136 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:10,040 If you partake of this cup, we're reminded of Jesus blood. 137 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,080 It was poured out on the cross for the forgiveness to our sins. 138 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,120 I pray we may partake in a manner that's pleasing to you. 139 00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:18,600 In Christ name I pray. Amen. 140 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:09,240 The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread and 141 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,600 we'd given thanks. He broke and said this is my 142 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:15,400 body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. 143 00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:23,600 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, this cop 144 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:27,760 is the new covenant in my blood. Do this whenever you drink it in 145 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:50,410 remembrance of me. For whenever you eat this bread 146 00:28:50,410 --> 00:28:54,730 and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 147 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:34,600 Some powerful juice this morning, wasn't it, Miss Beth? 148 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:40,240 This morning as we look into God's Word, I want you to turn 149 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:48,480 to Matthew Chapter 7. Matthew Chapter 7, and we're 150 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:52,640 going to begin in verse 24. And as we prepare to read this 151 00:29:52,640 --> 00:30:00,000 passage of Scripture, I want to want to ask you a question about 152 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,560 what do you know about a foundation? 153 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,920 What do you know about the importance of a foundation as 154 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:11,960 you are building something? I'm sorry. 155 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:15,160 OK? It holds everything up. 156 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:20,200 OK, OK. What's that? 157 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,560 You better have one. OK, that's a good point. 158 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:32,800 I'm not a builder, as you all know I am. 159 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:40,320 I'm just going to say limited in my skills of building, fixing 160 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:45,440 things, anything mechanical in nature. 161 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:55,200 I guess that's, that's about it. Everything that you're supposed 162 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,080 to be able to do. I don't do any of those really. 163 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:00,720 Well as a, as a fellow, I don't know what that means except that 164 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:05,640 I got a call on people like Jess and Randy and Chris and Charles 165 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:10,200 and all of these fellows within the church who, who do have some 166 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:14,560 expertise in those things. But I'm, I'm like you in this. 167 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:19,960 I know you better have a foundation, and I know it better 168 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,520 be a strong foundation. You can spend a whole lot of 169 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:28,680 money building something, and you can have the nicest things 170 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:31,440 within that structure that you have built. 171 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:38,600 You can spare no expense on the furnishings, but if you don't 172 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:43,000 have a strong and solid foundation, I don't care how 173 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,920 much money you spend on what's above it, if you don't have a 174 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,800 solid foundation, it will all be gone. 175 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,920 And this is what Jesus says to us here in these verses. 176 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:58,440 Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and puts 177 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:02,640 them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on 178 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,760 the rock. The rain came down, the streams 179 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:09,600 rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, yet it 180 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:13,560 did not fall because it had its foundation on the rock. 181 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,760 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put 182 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:21,440 them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house 183 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,600 on sand. The rain came down, the streams 184 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:29,480 rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it 185 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:33,680 fell with a great crash. This morning I want to talk to 186 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:38,440 you about your foundation and what it is built upon. 187 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:43,080 You could have had the greatest grandparents in the world. 188 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,160 You could have had the greatest parents in the world. 189 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,120 You could have attended the greatest church that you think 190 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:55,640 there ever was in the world. But you can't stand on that 191 00:32:55,640 --> 00:33:00,640 foundation. As good as your grandparents 192 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,160 were, as good as your parents were, as good as the church that 193 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:07,040 you went to were, they can't be your foundation. 194 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:11,520 You can't put your trust in them that you're going to be taken 195 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:15,600 care of, that your sins are going to be forgiven, that you 196 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,320 were going to be able to walk through this life when times are 197 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,560 hard just based upon those things. 198 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,960 I would dare say that if you said that you had your parents 199 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,840 were were really fine and and great people that they knew 200 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:33,840 Christ as their Savior, that they brought you up in a way 201 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:40,040 that you would be know the Lord your parents the same way the 202 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,240 church that you go to. I certainly hope and pray that 203 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:48,760 our young people of today when they are older, say that when I 204 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:52,800 was young, the Bible was preached, the word of God was 205 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:56,080 preached. The foundation that we build 206 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:59,000 upon better be built upon Christ. 207 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:03,000 It better be built upon a relationship with the Lord that 208 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:09,639 can stand against anything and everything that comes our way if 209 00:34:09,639 --> 00:34:13,040 we think that we are going to be able to rely on self and rely on 210 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,040 our own knowledge. And let let me say this about 211 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:25,560 foundations. Foundations and I've been 212 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,520 watching some YouTube and my children hate when I say this, 213 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:33,760 but I have and I was watching this fella build this house and 214 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:38,000 he put it up in three days. Now granted it it was just a 215 00:34:38,679 --> 00:34:42,760 very small it's almost like a tiny house and he didn't have it 216 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,440 furnished out on the inside. But but the majority of the 217 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:53,320 house was built in three days and about 75% of the video was 218 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:58,680 owned building the foundation. And I was just watching all that 219 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:02,000 went into this building of this foundation of this of this very 220 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,440 small house. You would think, I think it was 221 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:09,320 only like 300 square feet total or something like that. 222 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:12,640 I mean, not very big, not enough for a whole family to live in 223 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:16,600 for sure. But he spent all of this time 224 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:20,200 and all this money on the foundation of the house. 225 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:24,120 And I and I thought about, you know, in, in our lives, the 226 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:28,280 foundation, the the thing that we, we can count on that we put 227 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:34,000 our trust in. I'm asking you this morning, is 228 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:39,480 it built upon Christ, Is it built upon your education? 229 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,680 Is it built upon what you have earned? 230 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,600 Are you thinking about retirement and then things are 231 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:49,280 going to be fine because of the the foundation that you have 232 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:54,760 built. We, we talk about all the time 233 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:59,160 as we are outside of, of church about what's going on in our 234 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:00,960 world. And that, you know, I've the 235 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:05,480 thought of Social Security for me, as I am somewhat getting 236 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:09,120 closer to it, I am beginning to wonder, will Social Security 237 00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:13,920 even be there when I reach the age when I should receive it? 238 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:16,840 Some of you are already receiving it now. 239 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:21,720 And you think about 10 years from now, will Social Security 240 00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:25,480 still be there? Are we doing what we need to do 241 00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:30,360 to prepare for the future as a nation, as we are preparing to 242 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,960 take care of those who are in need of that? 243 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:39,520 Have we been preparing or have we been kicking the can down the 244 00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:41,200 road thinking somebody will do it? 245 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,600 The next administration or the one after that or the one after 246 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,240 that, I don't want to address that. 247 00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:47,240 I want to do something else that's going to make people feel 248 00:36:47,240 --> 00:36:53,160 good. Now, some of you may not be 249 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:59,520 worried about retirement. You're just living for now, but 250 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:03,360 I promise you, when you hit 656667 years old and you're 251 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:07,640 you're ready to stop working, you're going to think, wow, I 252 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:09,680 wish I would have prepared a little better. 253 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:14,120 I wish I had a foundation set that I was going to be able to 254 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:18,080 rely upon. The same thing happens to us in 255 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:22,000 our actual lives as we are preparing for the future. 256 00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:26,240 A lot of times young people don't give any consideration to 257 00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:28,680 to the Lord and to a relationship with him. 258 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,800 And they say, I'm going to do that later. 259 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:33,800 Right now, I want to just have fun. 260 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:37,320 I want to do what I want to do. I'll think about that later. 261 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,600 And then they get into their 20s and their early 30s and they're 262 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:44,760 thinking about what I want to find someone to, to, to, to, to 263 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,440 be my maid. I want to find someone that I'm 264 00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:51,040 going to have children with. I'm going to prepare for the job 265 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:55,080 that I'm going to to do and, and I want to make some money and 266 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,160 I'm going to push that down the road a little bit further. 267 00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:03,520 And then they have their life and they, they moved on. 268 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,720 They turn around, all of a sudden they're 50 years old and 269 00:38:05,720 --> 00:38:07,040 they're thinking, where's time gone? 270 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:10,200 And they're thinking, well, I got to do some things before I 271 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,680 make that commitment. And they push it down the road 272 00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:17,080 again. And then they wake up one day 273 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,560 and they realize, you know what? I don't know how many years I 274 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:24,520 actually have left on this earth, and I wish I would have 275 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:33,850 built a better foundation. The storms are going to come. 276 00:38:34,690 --> 00:38:37,810 The problems are going to come. Whether we're in our teens, 277 00:38:37,810 --> 00:38:40,050 whether in our 20s, thirties, 40s, fifties. 278 00:38:40,490 --> 00:38:44,330 Problems are coming. And we need to think about what 279 00:38:44,330 --> 00:38:46,250 kind of foundation have we built? 280 00:38:46,250 --> 00:38:50,210 Where do we we place our faith and our hope and our trust? 281 00:38:51,770 --> 00:38:56,520 Is it in Christ? Is it in the God who created the 282 00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:58,040 universe? And I want to go and I want to 283 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:06,080 read you a scripture that I've read at the memorial service. 284 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:11,880 And it's from Isaiah chapter 40. And I'm going to begin in verse 285 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:13,520 21. And it says this. 286 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:16,440 Do you not know? Have you not heard? 287 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:19,600 Has it not been told you from the beginning? 288 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:22,320 Have you not understood since the earth was founded? 289 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:26,200 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its 290 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:29,680 people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens 291 00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,760 like a canopy and spreads them out like a tent to live in. 292 00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,680 He brings Princess to Naughty, and reduces the rulers of this 293 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,920 world to nothing. No sooner are they planted, no 294 00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:43,760 sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, 295 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:47,480 that He blows on them, and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps 296 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:51,480 them away like chaff. To whom will you compare me, or 297 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:53,760 who is my equal, Says the Holy One. 298 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:56,880 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens. 299 00:39:56,880 --> 00:40:00,680 Who created all these? He who brings out the starry 300 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:03,760 host 1 by 1, and calls forth each of them by name. 301 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,880 Because of his great power and mighty strength. 302 00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:11,440 Not one of them is missing. Why do you complain, Jacob? 303 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:14,840 Why do you say, Israel? My way is hidden from the Lord. 304 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:19,600 My cause is disregarded by God. Do you not know? 305 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:23,280 Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, 306 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:25,320 the creator of the ends of the earth. 307 00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:29,640 He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can 308 00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:32,240 fathom. He gives strength to the weary 309 00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:34,000 and increases the power of the week. 310 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:38,040 Even used grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall, 311 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:42,080 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. 312 00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:44,640 They will soar on wings like eagles. 313 00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:46,400 They will run and not grow weary. 314 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:54,120 They will walk and not be faint. What does your foundation look 315 00:40:54,120 --> 00:41:00,640 like as you are going through the different phases of life? 316 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,960 Does that foundation remain strong and secure? 317 00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:09,280 And when the storms come and the winds blow and you call upon the 318 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:14,480 Lord and He is there and He answers you, you don't doubt, 319 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:18,520 you don't wonder, is God there? You may wonder if he's hearing 320 00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:21,760 you and understanding how I'm messed up this situation that 321 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:24,400 you're in right now. But you know that he is there. 322 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:30,040 And when we call upon his name, He's going to answer. 323 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:34,560 There is nothing that is makes him tired or weary. 324 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:39,520 I was when I was walking up here, Lisa was sitting there and 325 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:44,560 she said, you know what I said what she said power washing is a 326 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,960 lot harder than it looks like. I was like, yes, it is. 327 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,160 I watched my dad do it when I was growing up and I was 328 00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:53,200 thinking I'm ready for this. I'm ready for this. 329 00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:56,920 And he finally turned me on and let me have the power washer. 330 00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:01,440 It looked like it was so much fun, but when you actually get a 331 00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,760 hold of it and start doing it, it's not fun at all. 332 00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:08,200 And then Matt was we were growing up and we were at my 333 00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,720 dad's and we were power washing and Matt was said he was ready 334 00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:15,240 and he had on sandals. He said I'm ready to power wash. 335 00:42:15,240 --> 00:42:17,720 I said no you're not. I said look at what shoes you 336 00:42:17,720 --> 00:42:19,200 have on. I said if this thing hits your 337 00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:21,640 foot, he said I'm not going to let that hit my foot. 338 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:25,760 You think I'm dumb let me have that power washer. 339 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:30,120 I said OK here you go. Handed him the power washer. 340 00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:33,000 Still got a scar on his foot today where he let that thing 341 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:39,160 hit his foot. Nothing surprises the Lord. 342 00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:43,080 He does not grow tired and weary as we do. 343 00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:48,920 He is our foundation. He is our rock. 344 00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:54,000 He is where we put our hope and our trust and our faith. 345 00:42:56,000 --> 00:43:00,040 The winds are going to come, the storms are going to howl. 346 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:06,560 And are we going to be scared? Are we thinking the house is 347 00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:12,280 about to crumble, or are we simply clinging to the rock and 348 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:20,040 knowing he will not fail me? We talked about at the memorial 349 00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:26,880 service about Mr. Sam Weeks and and the and the and the thought 350 00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:29,960 process of if you ever sat down with him, it didn't take long 351 00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:34,720 for you to understand that that his intellectual prowess was 352 00:43:34,720 --> 00:43:39,800 much higher than mine. And he was talking about things 353 00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:42,160 that were happening in the world and he wanted to discuss when I 354 00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:43,480 was just sitting there shaking my head. 355 00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:45,240 Yes, Sir. Oh yeah, yes, Sir. 356 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:47,600 I didn't even know what he was even talking about. 357 00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:51,200 And finally, I think he realized he didn't know what I'm talking 358 00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:53,160 about on this. So he moved to another subject 359 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,480 and on he went and said, now what do you think about that? 360 00:43:56,480 --> 00:44:00,240 And I was like, is it almost time for us to eat or Miss Darce 361 00:44:00,240 --> 00:44:08,120 has got to be ready for us. But all that knowledge, all that 362 00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:11,040 intellectual ability that he had, he had to put into 363 00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:14,280 practice. You see, we can have a 364 00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:20,600 foundation that is there waiting for us, that never grows tired, 365 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:24,640 that never grows weary, that never fails, that is simply 366 00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:27,040 waiting on us to answer the call. 367 00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:33,720 But if we don't put it into practice, that foundation does 368 00:44:33,720 --> 00:44:35,720 this actually no good. It's sitting there waiting for 369 00:44:35,720 --> 00:44:38,400 us to stand upon it, to hold on to it, to cling to it. 370 00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:46,920 But it takes us being willing to say, I submit to you, I can't 371 00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:48,680 have a foundation in and of myself. 372 00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:54,360 I need you, Lord. And once we do that and we put 373 00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:58,360 that faith in the practice, we have that hope. 374 00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:02,320 We have that foundation that doesn't crumble, that doesn't 375 00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:05,800 fail this morning. Where is your faith? 376 00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:07,880 Where is your hope? Where is your trust? 377 00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:10,520 And how strong is your foundation? 378 00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:14,800 I pray that today, if you don't know Christ as your Savior and 379 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:18,200 Lord, that you do it today. He is waiting. 380 00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,800 All He is waiting for you to do is Lord, I need you. 381 00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:24,760 I'm a Sinner in need of a Savior. 382 00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:28,440 And then for those of us who are Christians, and we have been for 383 00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:31,360 a long, long time, maybe you hadn't thought about your 384 00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:34,360 foundation in a while, but you've been, maybe you've been 385 00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:37,120 worried about the world and everything that's going on in it 386 00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:39,880 and, and it's causing you concern and you're watching the 387 00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:43,480 news on a regular basis and all you hear are all of these 388 00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:45,000 negative things that are happening. 389 00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:49,480 The foundation is the same strong and true as ever. 390 00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:53,200 Put your faith in your hope and your trust in him and the 391 00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:55,120 worries of this world. You don't have to worry about 392 00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:56,880 it. He'll take care of you. 393 00:45:56,880 --> 00:46:02,120 Let's go to the Lord in prayer. Heavenly Father, this morning as 394 00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:08,240 we claim you as our rock, as we claim you as our foundation, 395 00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:15,680 Lord, we give thanks that you are the creator of the universe, 396 00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:18,920 that you are from everlasting to everlasting, that there is no 397 00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:22,480 one that we have that we can compare to You. 398 00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:29,680 There is none like you. Lord, this morning we pray that 399 00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:32,640 you will refresh us, that you will renew us, that you will 400 00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:39,120 remind us that we serve the one true and living God. 401 00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:47,640 That we have hope when there is no hope, Lord, that we have 402 00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:51,240 faith in the one who defeated death and the grave. 403 00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:57,320 We serve the one who never fails. 404 00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:04,040 We serve the One who has prepared for us an everlasting 405 00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:12,120 home for all of eternity. That there will be no more 406 00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:16,120 night, no more death or mourning or crying or pain. 407 00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:24,200 There will only be light, there will only be hope and faith and 408 00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:29,440 trust and love in the presence of the Father and of the Son and 409 00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:32,680 of the Spirit. Lord, we thank you for our 410 00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:37,720 foundation. May we cling to it daily and may 411 00:47:37,720 --> 00:47:40,440 we share it with others so that they can have the same. 412 00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:42,840 We ask all this in Jesus name, Amen. 413 00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:58,680 Please stand open your hymnals to #437 Wherever he leads, I'll 414 00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:00,800 go. We'll do the first and fourth 415 00:48:00,840 --> 00:50:17,640 verse. Amen. 416 00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:19,400 Thank each of you for being here today. 417 00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:21,440 I do hope you had a great weekend. 418 00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:24,240 I hope you're looking forward to this next week and serving the 419 00:50:24,240 --> 00:50:26,760 Lord. And I hope today you had a truly 420 00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:30,360 an opportunity to worship the Lord and that your foundation is 421 00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:34,760 found in him and in him alone. Heavenly Father, we do give 422 00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:37,840 thanks, Lord, for your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and our 423 00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:40,360 Lord. We pray Lord, that as we leave 424 00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:44,120 this place that we go forth knowing that you go with us, 425 00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:48,200 before us and behind us and beside us and wherever we go, 426 00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:51,400 Lord, you are with us and you will protect us. 427 00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:53,880 We thank you for that. In Jesus name I pray. 428 00:50:54,920 --> 00:51:28,440 Amen. None.