1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:03,000 Man, I want to welcome if you guys are new or newer, this 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:04,920 again, I want to make make you guys feel welcome again. 3 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:07,360 Thank you so much for choosing to worship with us here at real 4 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,160 life at this gathering, Kentucky Trail, man, can we show their 5 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:12,520 new people that everybody's doing? 6 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:14,200 Just show them some love. Can we do that one more time? 7 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:17,760 All right, Awesome, awesome, awesome. 8 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:19,680 Hey, you guys can stand up. I want you guys to do this. 9 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,040 Take 30 seconds and greet somebody around you, will you? 10 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:03,600 All right, you guys can go ahead and be seated. 11 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:05,720 Hey, as you're sitting down, you're getting ready to sit on 12 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,520 the awesome connection card that's on your seat, man. 13 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,040 This is for everybody in the house today. 14 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,680 If you call Real Life Home, we love it when you fill this out, 15 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:14,560 let us know what's going on in your life, man. 16 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,440 Maybe God showed up in a rack this way this week and you got a 17 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,120 prayer request. It just got answered and so 18 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:20,360 you've got a praise you want to write down. 19 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,200 Or man, maybe you're going through something right now and 20 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,200 you've got a, a prayer request you'd like to write down. 21 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,480 Our team leaders love to read through these and pray and get 22 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,240 connected with you. So if you call Real Life Home, 23 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:30,920 highly, highly encourage you to fill this out. 24 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,520 Again, if you're new or newer with us, I'm going to make this 25 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:34,960 promise. We're not going to ask anything 26 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:36,760 from you today except one small thing. 27 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,880 We would love for you to introduce yourself to us. 28 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:41,840 And the best and easiest way to do that is to fill out the top 29 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,920 of that communication card. And all we want that for is we 30 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,400 want to have a way that we can reach out to you, connect with 31 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,440 you this week, let you know a little bit more about real life 32 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:52,760 and just send you some information. 33 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:53,720 We're not going to do anything weird. 34 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:55,320 We want to show your door or anything like that. 35 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,080 But more importantly, we want you to the God loves you and 36 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,560 that we love you. So man, thank you so much for 37 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,840 being here. And we do all of this in real 38 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,040 life because that we say we are a church on a mission, Is that 39 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,720 right? Real life, There we go, man. 40 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:10,639 Our mission is this. It's very, very simple. 41 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,000 It's to see people far from God discover their real life and 42 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,600 their purpose in Jesus. And all that means is this is 43 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:17,920 that you were created for a reason. 44 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:20,320 You were created for a purpose, then you were created by the 45 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:23,440 Creator in his image. And so too many of us, we walk 46 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,920 through life, we get beat down, we get destroyed, we get thrown 47 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:28,240 away by the world and we don't know what to do. 48 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,520 And our mission of your real life is to get connected people 49 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,760 back to their source, back to their creator, back to Jesus. 50 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,560 Man, the blessing every week is that we see people commit their 51 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,040 lives to Jesus and it radically changes their today, their 52 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:42,720 tomorrow, and really their forever. 53 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:44,960 And so man, we are so excited about that. 54 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,400 Which leads me to my next small announcement. 55 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,680 Small announcement before we get Pastor Sean up here is we are 56 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,720 doing something we love to do here in real life. 57 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,560 We are having baptism on April the 5th. 58 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,320 Man, if you've never been a part of real life baptism, you've 59 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,800 missed out. It's not this, this solemn 60 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,040 distant thing that somebody up there in the backs getting wet. 61 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,440 Man, we set up a pool here. Man, we talk about the power of 62 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:11,280 the gospel and man, it's a celebration just to see people's 63 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,240 stories, read and see them follow and be obedient to 64 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:15,920 Christ. So if you've never been 65 00:03:15,920 --> 00:03:19,480 baptized, maybe you got saved and you followed Jesus since the 66 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,760 last time we done baptism, or you're ready to go public and 67 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:24,400 this is for you. We'd encourage you to check out 68 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,680 the QR code, click that or come on the website and we'll have 69 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,800 somebody reach out to you. You're not going to be left in 70 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:30,920 the dark. We're going to walk you through 71 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:32,960 every step. So we can't wait to celebrate 72 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:34,720 with the baptism with you guys on April 5th. 73 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,760 Then you guys are here on a great day for the last several 74 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,400 weeks, we going through an awesome series called Heaven and 75 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,680 heaven is, is a is it's a, it's a subject that so many people 76 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:45,800 don't know anything about. Even in churches, we don't talk 77 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,240 about it very much. And so, you know, a lot of 78 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:49,960 people don't have an idea of what it is. 79 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,280 And it's been so cool just to have Pastor Sean lead us through 80 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,040 the word of God and just give us some clarification on what we're 81 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,400 looking forward to how that changes are today. 82 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,960 It realizes our value of what we live for and how we how we move 83 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,200 through this world. So today you're in for a treat. 84 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,120 So I want you guys to put your hands together for Pastor Sean 85 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:06,800 as we continue our message series called Heaven. 86 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:17,600 I love you guys man. So so this is I like it. 87 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:25,840 So we got 2023 kids, 2024 kids dedicated today. 88 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,560 All day. You know, you think of a church 89 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,320 like always reaching the youngest generation possible. 90 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,600 Like, you know, a lot of churches, there's like a, 91 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:39,200 there's a always a generational gap or an age gap and the gospel 92 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,680 going in, I don't know if it gets much younger than the 93 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:43,200 children and babies. Amen. 94 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,160 But to reach them for Christ is just absolutely amazing. 95 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,880 So before we jump in, and I do recognize the time by the way, 96 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,240 so I'm only going to preach 2 or 3 hours to keep it short. 97 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,200 I'm just kidding. They kind of, I will be short, 98 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,800 but want to do something really important coming up in life for 99 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,040 our church. We're doing something brand new 100 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,680 called community nights with our life groups and they don't 101 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,000 launch this week, but next week. So starting March 15th on Sunday 102 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,120 are different life groups. All throughout the week. 103 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:12,440 They're going to open up. They're going to push pause on 104 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,880 their normal routine books and the things they're doing in the 105 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:17,560 studies and all that. And there's going to do 106 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,680 community nights, just hangout nights, places for you guys to 107 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:22,440 get jumping in. If you haven't been a group yet 108 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:24,680 or if you have a spouse in the group, bring your spouse with 109 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,680 you, your kids and really just hang out and get to know know 110 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,920 each other for God's glory. Amen. 111 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,280 It's really easy just to kind of sit there and it's like, this is 112 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,440 like the best kept secret of some great dudes and there's no 113 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:38,400 bait and switch. OK, so we're not selling 114 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:39,800 anything. There's no promo video about 115 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:41,480 church. There's really no agenda. 116 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:45,120 It's literally come hang out, see the love of God in US and 117 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,040 see the love of God through us. And so just a great opportunity 118 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,240 to bring your neighbors, your friends, maybe someone's close 119 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:53,080 to you, far from God. We talk about being all in full 120 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:54,880 time ministry. What a great opportunity to 121 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,120 bring somebody who may not come on a Sunday morning to church, 122 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,560 right, but would show up into a life group. 123 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,560 And so I encourage you guys, if you're not plugged in, or maybe 124 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:04,200 you are, man, let's make this really big. 125 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,600 There's going to be food, barbecues, all sorts of RAM 126 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,920 stuff throughout the week starting March 15th. 127 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,120 So you guys decide about that community night. 128 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:12,440 So let's make it happen. I'm excited. 129 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:14,040 It's the first time doing it, so we'll see. 130 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:16,160 We'd love to bring it back if it goes really well. 131 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,960 So we're diving in. Message really dedicated to 132 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,080 parents that want to raise their kids for Jesus. 133 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:25,880 And maybe you're like a first generation type of parent, like 134 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:27,880 you didn't grow up in church or didn't grow up the family of 135 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:31,560 faith and you're like, man, or, or you've just or kind of lost 136 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,840 like man, what do I do to raise my kids? 137 00:06:33,840 --> 00:06:35,480 Like what's really the goal? What's the finish line? 138 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,440 What's what's this look like? Maybe you're an adult that like 139 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:40,200 a lot of people gave their 20s to the devil. 140 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,920 Come on somebody and you're coming back on the rails and 141 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,280 trying to follow Jesus. What's that look like? 142 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,280 And really the goal is is if you want your family legacy and the 143 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:53,600 story to be different for Jesus. And so it's not just like here's 144 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,920 parents, the kids. It really is for all of us 145 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:57,120 today. So we're going to dive in. 146 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:00,200 Really the the idea is building a family of faith and it true 147 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:01,760 lasts forever. You're going to see that today. 148 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:03,600 The greatest thing really is this. 149 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,000 It's not success for your kids. All that that's that's that's 150 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:07,920 fun. It's not comfort, It's not 151 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,680 stuff. It's your kids would know and 152 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,640 follow Jesus and be prepared for heaven. 153 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,440 How how many I know that that's actually good for us as well. 154 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:18,280 Amen. It's not just like, well, I'm 155 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,080 going to teach my kids this. We're actually going to teach 156 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,000 ourselves first. Like grab the oxygen mask and 157 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,080 put it on and then help your kids. 158 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,760 And so let the grace of God and the mercy of God just change 159 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:29,880 your soul first. You know, talk about our kids. 160 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,520 We put a lot into our kids. We teach them how to put 161 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,000 together 2000 piece Lego sets. Amen. 162 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,440 The ones that are from China or Japan, they're much more 163 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:40,800 difficult, smaller than the color. 164 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:46,440 I'm colorblind, it's fun, right? And we teach our kids sports, 165 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,600 which we love playing sports, you guys, big sports guys, 166 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:50,600 right? We love teaching them sports. 167 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:53,320 We love all these things, you know, teaching our kids how to 168 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:57,640 be successful, how to have good morals, but ultimately we are 169 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,600 preparing our kids for eternity, Amen. 170 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,880 Give them Jesus and understanding what God wants 171 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,360 them to do and living for heaven. 172 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,600 You can see this with Moses in this back in Deuteronomy chapter 173 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:10,760 6. Remember, it's still the last 174 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:12,080 three days of his life. He wrote the whole book of 175 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,920 Deuteronomy. He says this hero is the Lord 176 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,160 our God, the Lord is 1. He says love the Lord your God 177 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:22,600 with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your 178 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:26,360 strength. These what, what's it say these 179 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:31,600 commands, these commandments they're they're this is the 180 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,039 greatest commandment when Jesus in the New Testament, the rich 181 00:08:35,039 --> 00:08:37,600 and really ask him, well, really what, what should I follow? 182 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,080 What's truly what should I do and he says, well, I want you to 183 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,760 love the Lord God, Lord heart, soul and mind strength and love 184 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:46,280 your neighbor yourself. These are two greatest commands. 185 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,760 And so Jesus is actually quoting this verse as the greatest 186 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:55,080 commandment ever again is that we love the Lord Amen with 187 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:56,480 everything and that's not for our kids. 188 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,960 It's for us and our kids. But he says this about the next 189 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:02,600 generation. He says put it on your hearts. 190 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,000 Verse 7, impress them on your children. 191 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:10,000 Somebody say impress, impress like I have this image of like 192 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:11,680 sticking something. It's like wax. 193 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:13,680 You're going to put an impression, right? 194 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,120 And we like to impress people like with what we have. 195 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:19,880 But what we're really trying to do is impress on our kids the 196 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:23,160 word of God. Like you're shaping and molding 197 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:26,600 your children into the image of Christ and he's going to tell us 198 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,200 how to do, which is amazing. I love when they give some 199 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,120 practicals, right? He's just talk about them being 200 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,760 the Scripture. When you sit at home, when you 201 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,600 walk along the road, when you lay down and when you get up. 202 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:38,040 I think he checked all the boxes. 203 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,040 Amen. So no matter what you do, I want 204 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,240 you to talk about scripture. How many guys wait in the car 205 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,080 line with your kids at all? Car liners? 206 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,240 Come on, dude, isn't it such a blessing and a curse? 207 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,880 Amen, right. It's like it's all the things, 208 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:54,640 right, But it's for me, it's a great between we we talk about 209 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:56,400 Jesus every morning. I let them play through the 210 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,040 songs and after like, hey, let's keep it like this, you know, and 211 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:00,960 then we do some hangman because I can't spell. 212 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:02,440 They can't spell. So no one ever wins. 213 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:05,440 It's amazing, right? Like it it, it's just all the 214 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:07,200 fun, but I get a chance to encourage them. 215 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,560 So I try to maximize the car line, but use it for Jesus. 216 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:12,160 I'll just tell you what our just our day looked like yesterday, 217 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:13,800 like all the things for Jesus, right. 218 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,280 So we had our stuff in the morning the way I show it at 219 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,000 home and my buddy, where's Toby at? 220 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,600 He's just he's hiding somewhere. He drained his. 221 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,320 Where's Toby at? You got to find him. 222 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:23,960 He's not going to say anything. There he is. 223 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,160 He actually rose his hand. The first guy he went like this. 224 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,160 If I could disappear. Oh, give it up for Toby, by the 225 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,720 way, because he was shy, but he's not. 226 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,680 He says he's shy, but I don't know. 227 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,680 Last week, I think week for last. 228 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:43,560 Toby's like, hey, you want some of these cards? 229 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:45,080 I'm like, I don't know what you're talking about Toby. 230 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:46,800 And he says, Hey, dude, I'll sell this to you. 231 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,080 Like cool. And so he's been he's got these, 232 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:50,840 but for sale. Amen. 233 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:54,120 Just a little thing. But so I had these cards. 234 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,400 I didn't really know what they did, but I'm like, we'll do it. 235 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,800 It's for the kids, you know, And so I went home. 236 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:01,320 So Saturday I said, dude, let's let's do this cards. 237 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:03,920 And so I opened up and it's got Bible memory verses, like 238 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:06,040 finished the verse of the word. But I was really intrigued. 239 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:07,440 Has like named the Bible character. 240 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,600 I'm like, Oh, this could be good, you know, so I had 20 241 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:13,880 questions on the cards. And so it, it was just like, I 242 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:15,520 know I shouldn't want to say simple stuff, but it was, it was 243 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,960 stuff that like normal stories. So it was like who, who is in 244 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,920 the lion's den, right. And my kids were like, oh, oh, 245 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,320 and they're freaking out. I'm like, all right, you got to 246 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,560 know this one, you know? And they finally, they finally 247 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:29,840 came up with it, man. Daniel in the lion's den. 248 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:31,880 And then Levi, I think Levi came up with it. 249 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:35,640 And he goes, yeah, God shut them off the lions, you know, he was 250 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:38,600 so excited about it. And then we got the three in the 251 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,320 fiery furnace. And my kids came up with the the 252 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:47,440 best they came up with was Radshot meet, meet Meshach and 253 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:48,640 something else. And these are not their real 254 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:50,080 names, right? Like if you know their names, 255 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,240 right? But Radshot, I was like, this is 256 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,840 great. Radshot, you know, like, OK, 257 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:58,760 like you're so close. You're so pretty, right? 258 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:00,120 But we get a chance to teach them, right? 259 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,120 So we can tell the story. And I get to go through the 260 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:04,160 scripture and I'm like, you know, what's really cool is 261 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,800 that's actually not their that's their slave names. 262 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,320 They actually have their Hebrew names in the Bible, which is 263 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:10,840 just really cool. Think about like we've always 264 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,040 known the story right as just these slave guys. 265 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:15,000 I mean, and so we're going through all these different 266 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,920 scripture and my, my daughter, she's just a, she's too smart 267 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:21,320 for own good. It's it's like, Lord help her 268 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,680 follow you because she man. So she gets the Bible out from 269 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:26,560 my wife's Bible. It's this archaeological Bible, 270 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:29,400 you know, it's just like 10 feet tall. 271 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:32,120 And she opens it up and she's like, oh, I know what some of 272 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:33,760 the Scriptures are. We're talking about Rahab and, 273 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:37,400 you know, who is the spy that, you know, protected or the late 274 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,080 protected spies. So I was like, hey, let's go 275 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:40,880 find it. And so she's looking through the 276 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:42,120 verses. She's trying to find it. 277 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,400 And of course, like half of that or more is just notes. 278 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,280 So she's down the notes. I'm like, they don't the verses, 279 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,760 you know, and she's trying to find it, But it's just amazing 280 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,280 to teach her through Scripture. Then she became a teacher to us. 281 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,760 So she's like, oh, can you guys name all the Bible, the books in 282 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,360 the Bible? I'm like, yeah. 283 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,360 And so I made it to the minor profits. 284 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:02,160 I'm sorry. I have to repent. 285 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:04,440 It was bad. Amen. 286 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,400 I mean, like, where is Joel and an Obadiah and name? 287 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,960 I know names to 2 after Jonah. Somebody helped me out. 288 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:12,400 And then I got Micah in here somewhere. 289 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:14,320 Like all this is like, you know what I'm talking about. 290 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:16,600 Can anybody name all these my profits in order? 291 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,080 You're a sick person, Holly. You're a sick person. 292 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:24,120 Oh, that's a good point. So you memorized as a kid and 293 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,400 it's stuck with you. Look, you see that probably came 294 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:29,720 up to refinish this message for me, right? 295 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,240 But we got to the New Testament. I felt a lot more confident, 296 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,280 although I did miss James. I don't know how that happened. 297 00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:36,720 And then Emory gave me 3 out of five. 298 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,840 And I was like, really irritated because I'm like, dude, first 299 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:41,240 she started me at a. It was. 300 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:43,680 Yeah, three out of five. Yeah, I was like 3 out of 5. 301 00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:45,360 Is that 60%? Is that what that is? 302 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,840 I was like, I got 60%. I missed one book. 303 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,440 You are a harsh person, you know what I'm saying? 304 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:55,120 So anyway, but it was like an hour of just teaching the Bible 305 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,200 and there's so many random things, but it was just really 306 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:58,840 good and the kids knew a lot more. 307 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,640 We got Jonah and they they're all the you just you get them 308 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:03,320 going, right? But that that's the grace of 309 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:03,760 God. Amen. 310 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,000 And it wasn't very complicated. We just brought up Jesus. 311 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:07,840 And then so throughout the woman passes out. 312 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,200 Who who wants I'll buy this Toby, I'll buy this, OK, who 313 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:13,200 wants these cards? By the way, anybody wants to 314 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:15,280 that card. Alright, we go third row ready. 315 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,720 Can you catch? OK, you can't. 316 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:22,320 And who can catch you? Ready, Joe. 317 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:24,080 Joe, you ready? All right. 318 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:28,640 Let's see what you got. Oh, man. 319 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:32,000 I'm sorry, buddy. So it will end up down the road 320 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:32,720 here. Yeah. 321 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:34,680 I'll send me the bill for the stitches. 322 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:35,560 It's OK. I'm sorry, buddy. 323 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:39,800 Anyway, Yeah. And then at night. 324 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:44,760 So we the kids, we always like to read like Bible stories and 325 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:46,960 they have action Bibles and I like it when they tell me the 326 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,480 story and all these things. But lately we're doing case for 327 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:52,600 Christ for kids. So don't do the real one for 328 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:56,040 kids, but doing the case for Christ for kids and she's dying 329 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:57,320 to read it to the two older kids. 330 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,120 And I just do. I can't believe I you know what 331 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:02,240 I mean? I'm a little younger, but just, 332 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,440 you know, I got nerd alert. So I got the systematic theology 333 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,160 for kids. That's pastoral. 334 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,000 Come on, somebody, right? But what I'm trying to do is 335 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,720 like the world is going to tell them and disciple them and pull 336 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:15,800 against them and tell them this is all fake and all made-up and 337 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,840 all the things. And I'm trying to help them have 338 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,840 a foundation of not just the scripture, but actually the 339 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,360 problems that people have a scripture and to let you think 340 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,480 about it so you can stand on the word of God. 341 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:29,680 Amen. And so I'm just lading it and 342 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:31,600 like it's a million ways of doing it, right? 343 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:35,640 The Bible app for kids. Anybody use that with their 344 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,960 kids? Dude, that thing is like gold 345 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:39,680 for those kids. That's why I was kind of like 346 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:42,280 irritated, like not known, like Daniel quicker because I'm like, 347 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:46,120 dude, you've watched this Bible app story no less than 10 348 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,320 million times and you still don't like that's why we got 349 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,720 repeated off and Amen and for ourselves as well. 350 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:55,680 But put the Bible in your home. And so Deuteronomy, it says this 351 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,840 in chapter 6, verse 8, it says this about the Scripture. 352 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,280 Same next verse. OK, like do all the time talk 353 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:02,240 about Scripture, everything you do. 354 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:06,040 Verse 8, tie them as symbols on your hands, bind them on your 355 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,920 foreheads, write them on the door frames of your homes and 356 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,640 your gates and on your gates. Now this is interesting. 357 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,960 So the Pharisees took this verse and they actually put a scroll 358 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:18,320 inside of the box and I don't know the exact name. 359 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,400 Was that a Mazu ZA? It was what they called that 360 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:23,080 little box. And then they had another one on 361 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:24,960 their forehead and they tied it around and they just walk around 362 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,640 having the scrolls on. That'd be pretty cool look, 363 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:28,160 wouldn't it? Yeah. 364 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,840 I mean, I I don't get it, like so legalistic, like I don't need 365 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:34,760 to follow God, but I have it on my wrist. 366 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:36,840 It's like, this makes no sense, you know? 367 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:39,120 I mean, it's like having a tattoo but not being obedient. 368 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,720 It don't make no sense. Like, like, let's follow Jesus. 369 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:44,360 Amen. But what this is really saying 370 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,360 is when you tie them onto your hands, what he's saying is let 371 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,760 the actions and the works of your hands, the deeds, the 372 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,480 things you do, the things you touch, the things you put in 373 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:57,160 your your mission towards the things you're building, do them 374 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,040 for God. Like make your hands obedient to 375 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:01,000 Jesus. Amen. 376 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:04,440 I mean, imagine like just having Scripture on your hands or just 377 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:06,760 your hands or the actual hands of Jesus. 378 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:08,640 But that's what he's asking us to do. 379 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:11,119 Would God touch that? Would God use that? 380 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:14,319 And had to teach my youngest son Levi, that when you drop kick 381 00:17:14,319 --> 00:17:16,960 your brother, that's not how you use your feet for Jesus. 382 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:21,800 Because we went to the dentist. It was painful, you know, like 383 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:24,400 but these are what teach people. I like it. 384 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,400 I got that going there. So 2 bind them on your 385 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,120 foreheads. So what's that mean These the 386 00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:30,480 word of God is protecting your mind. 387 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:32,640 Like put it in your mind, meditate on let it change your 388 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:37,240 worldview, your attitude, like let it shape your soul like 389 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:38,680 think about the word of God, right? 390 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:40,920 Like we renewing our mind day by day. 391 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:43,000 You take captive every thought and make it a beat to Christ by 392 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,480 your mind. Psalm one says we meditate on 393 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,160 the word of God day and night. Psalm mighty we hide the word of 394 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:51,040 heart that won't sin against God like you, you shape the mind, 395 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,440 Amen. And you think about Scripture 396 00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:55,960 like you, you actually become what you think about. 397 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:58,600 Like if you're anxious and obsessive and you're thinking 398 00:17:58,600 --> 00:17:59,720 about all the things in the world, guess what? 399 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:00,920 You're becoming more and more like that. 400 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:02,840 And you put scripture on your mind. 401 00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:06,440 The way to battle, like most of these things of anxiety and fear 402 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,520 and doubt, insecurity is you change your mind. 403 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,200 You set your mind on other things. 404 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,200 And we teach that to our kids. And we, we put scripture in 405 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:15,120 there. We, we bring it back. 406 00:18:15,120 --> 00:18:18,280 Like I'll tell Levi like he'll get doing something like he's 407 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:19,520 all big. And like, do you think God can 408 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,360 do it better? He's like, Oh yeah, gobble, 409 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,920 crush it, you know, and like I'm an Ant and but he has this big 410 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:26,120 view of God right now. Amen. 411 00:18:26,120 --> 00:18:27,960 And I want I don't want him to lose that. 412 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:30,960 I don't want to lose the ability like to see how big and powerful 413 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,640 like to believe the stories are true. 414 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:36,200 You guys sing about them crossing the Red Sea. 415 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:40,360 Did it happen really? I mean like by faith, like the 416 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:41,640 God that can do that, he can do me. 417 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:43,040 So I've just been living by this. 418 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:48,360 Just be very be strong and very courageous type of faith, like 419 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:52,400 preach with authority, stand in the gap, don't roll over, speak 420 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,160 up, stand up, don't shut up. Like that's the kind of faith 421 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:56,160 we're giving our kids. Amen. 422 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,480 That's what we teach them. But put in your mind like bind 423 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:01,920 them to your forehead. Write them a door frames of your 424 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:03,800 homes. How many guys have scripture 425 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,120 hanging in your home? Show of hands some of y'all 426 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:08,200 right? Like yeah, let me guess right? 427 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:13,080 As for me in my house, come on, somebody we will serve the Lord 428 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:14,640 like we got it right there, right? 429 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:20,840 Joshua 17, is that right? 91719, Help me out. 09's 430 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:22,320 courageous. See, you know, that's my man 431 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,160 right there. So he's got 17 sitting right 432 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:25,760 there and, and everybody's got this and that. 433 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,320 That's amazing. And you should have scripture in 434 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,280 your home, like it says right on the doorposts, like before you 435 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,760 even get in the home. My home's on the faith of God. 436 00:19:32,120 --> 00:19:34,240 It's on the rock of Jesus. Like there's a different culture 437 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:35,440 here. Hey, guess what, you come to my 438 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,880 house, you play by my rules. Amen. 439 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:41,120 This is my castle and I am the king of my home. 440 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:43,880 Amen. Like I'm leading it for Jesus. 441 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:47,280 But it's not just on the wall. It's in our hearts. 442 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:49,160 Like, fill your house with scripture. 443 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,520 So ask questions. This is amazing thing our kids 444 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:53,120 program does. I don't have it up here. 445 00:19:53,120 --> 00:19:56,160 A little piece of paper that comes home and your kids, you 446 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,880 pick them up and it's got questions of what they talked 447 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:00,280 about. Use them. 448 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,560 Hey, Levi, what'd you learn about? 449 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:03,960 I don't remember. OK. 450 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:06,920 What about this Oh yeah, they'll tell you this crazy story what 451 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,440 happened, right. There's actually memory verses 452 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:13,360 on the on those each week. I sometimes I challenge my kids. 453 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:15,280 I'll be like, hey, we're not going to eat dinner until you 454 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:19,120 recite a verse can be awful hungry tonight, you know, and 455 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:22,920 then they'll do Genesis 11 and John 316 and they kind of got 456 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:24,880 some others, but I'm like, give me something new, brother. 457 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,320 So then we get the Bible out and they got pick a new verse and 458 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:28,880 they got to memorize it. And of course they want to do 459 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:30,880 like, you know, Jesus wept or rejoice always. 460 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,960 Those are those are awesome. Do them memorize they're still 461 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:35,960 word of God. They're amazing. 462 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:37,040 There's stories behind them, right? 463 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,680 But put faith in the conversation, put prayer in your 464 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,280 home, put Scripture in your family. 465 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,200 As I mentioned, Jewish people a day. 466 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,720 This has been 4000 years since this was written. 467 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:50,080 They still put a mezuzah, that little scroll and a little chest 468 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,640 right by the doorpost of their house, the door frame of the 469 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:54,320 house. So you walk in through scripture 470 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:56,760 4000 years. It's insane. 471 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,760 Like they want to follow Jesus and on your gates. 472 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,840 What are the gates? It's the, it's like the gates of 473 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:04,720 the city, right? Like so when you come into the 474 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,240 city and there's a gates and you walk through like this, openings 475 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,320 in the wall, like that's where the Scripture is as well. 476 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,680 That's a place of business, that's a place of commerce, a 477 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,440 place of conversation. It's outward facing. 478 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:20,280 It's not a private faith, Amen. One of the biggest things we 479 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,360 face in American Christianity is a private faith. 480 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,240 Like I don't need to go to church. 481 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,120 I don't need relationships. Me and Jesus, we're good. 482 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,680 And I've heard it so many times. It's like, you know that at best 483 00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:35,440 it is is lacking. It's with deficient. 484 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,640 At best, it's sufficient because obviously you got the scripture 485 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:40,560 right here that says be public of your faith. 486 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,360 Like we live in a podcast Christian culture, which isn't a 487 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:46,440 great podcast. Amen, Amen. 488 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:48,640 And you should listen to them. But it doesn't replace 489 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,840 accountability for not just you, but for others. 490 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,000 You know, we love everybody. The people I've been having 491 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,000 church, I love church. But one for those people, right? 492 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,960 Just so messy with these people. But that's how we grow. 493 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,360 Amen. How are you to teach forgiveness 494 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:04,560 if you don't have to forgive anybody? 495 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,680 How are you supposed to grow in grace if you don't have to show 496 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,040 it? How are you supposed to lead if 497 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,280 you don't have money around you? Like we have to be in community. 498 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:13,680 The early church, they sold everything they shared 499 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,600 everything they lived. They they lived under 1 communal 500 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,520 like pot of money that they, they prayed together, they 501 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,800 witnessed together. They did all this eight meals 502 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,720 together and community together. They gave together, they 503 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:25,520 witnessed together, they did everything together. 504 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,160 But in American Christianity, I got a private faith. 505 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:31,880 Like really? I mean, which means it's not 506 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:33,720 effectual, right? Like there's no salt and light. 507 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:35,600 There's no difference being made. 508 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:39,240 It's just you and Jesus, but you know, you forgot the world that 509 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:43,760 God died for you forgot that. It's a lot easier to be to 510 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,560 yourself. I get it, isolate, insulate, do 511 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,440 your thing, but that's not the gospel. 512 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,760 So at best it's sufficient. At worst it's self-righteous. 513 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:52,760 So I, I, I, I mean, like somebody's got private faith. 514 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:54,120 I'm like, hey, I'll be praying for you. 515 00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:56,640 But that's not how it works. It just doesn't work that way. 516 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,680 And God's asked us to ride on the door, the doorpost on the, 517 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,880 on the gates of our city. That's bold faith. 518 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:04,640 Amen. That would change your social 519 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:08,080 media, that'll change how you live a little bit because the 520 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:13,000 world needs Jesus. And so build, building your 521 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,400 faith like a little deeper. I'll give, I'll give you like, 522 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:16,920 because I'm watching the clock as well. 523 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,440 Come on somebody, I'm going to keep it there. 524 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,760 I'll give you 2 things. So one, give your children 525 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,040 Jesus. Like don't assume it's going to 526 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,680 happen naturally. Like pray for your kids to come 527 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,720 to faith young age and actually share with them the love of God 528 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:36,400 and do your best to be just like your Father in heaven because 529 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,280 they're measuring what you do and they're assuming that's who 530 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,120 God is. And so be the love of God, be 531 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:43,880 the grace of God. And it's hard to believe at 532 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:48,760 times, but Jesus loves your kids more than even you do. 533 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:53,080 And he knows how to raise them. He knows how to shape them. 534 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,840 And they're not going to be under your leadership and your 535 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:57,480 control or whatever your parenting, right? 536 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:02,240 They're not going to be under your roof for very long and so 537 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:06,760 you have to Stewart your child as if it's from the Lord because 538 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,400 it is a gift from the Lord. And so you Stewart that you 539 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,480 shepherd that child's heart and one of the best things to do is 540 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,760 just talk about the love of God. Don't give them good morals like 541 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,440 yes, you teach them a lot of like I grew up with that like 542 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,880 good morals for my dad and all these things, but give him Jesus 543 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:24,280 and Jesus will change them. So first Corinthians 15 three 544 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,800 says this for I received this Paul talking for what I 545 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,200 received. I passed on to you as of what? 546 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,960 First importance, right? Not last importance, not just 547 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:35,640 along the way. But if I was going to teach you 548 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:36,920 one thing, this is what Paul says. 549 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,280 He says that Christ died for our sins according to Scripture. 550 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:43,480 He was buried and raised on 1/3 day according to the Scriptures. 551 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:45,320 He's going to give the gospel, Amen. 552 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,680 He's going to give Jesus that. This is it. 553 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,120 There's only one thing we could preach on the stage is that 554 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:54,400 Jesus died for your sin. He was buried and rose again on 555 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,040 the third day by the grace of God, because he loves you. 556 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,640 Amen. Do you get a chance to share 557 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,280 that with your kids? I'm going to queue in my my 558 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,560 buddy here with my key player. We're going to do we're going to 559 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,200 get up early or late. It depends how you look at it, 560 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,760 but I'd love to just with with my kids and then with people I'm 561 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,760 like talking to about the Lord. They're searching for Jesus the 562 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:21,200 John 316 right, but but change it so it's not just for God's of 563 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,520 the world, but they put their name in it like to to embrace 564 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:26,680 that God still loves me. I saw the pastor been pastor for 565 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:28,040 30 years. I said what's the lessons you've 566 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:29,360 learned as a pastor the grace lessons. 567 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:31,800 He says one I'm a child of God and two that God loves me. 568 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,240 That's the lessons we never get past Amen and to say for God so 569 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,120 love not talking like my son, my old son Levi for God so love 570 00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:42,840 Levi right. They gave his one and only son 571 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,320 that Levi calls on the Lord shall be saved. 572 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:51,480 Amen like this. This is the essence of God, that 573 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:55,480 he chose us not to condemn us, but to save us. 574 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,920 And so you just switch like it's, it's personal choice. 575 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,720 It's a personal love. And so give them Jesus. 576 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,400 Don't be afraid to, to pray through that and to, to lead 577 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:05,880 them through that and to to share that. 578 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:07,560 And people get weird out, like, I don't know how to lead them to 579 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,640 Christ. You just talk about Jesus doing 580 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:11,800 the cross. I mean, I, my kids, I think many 581 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,840 of them have come to faith just by being in the church culture 582 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,880 and us talking to them. And then before you know it, 583 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,200 like they're like, oh, yeah, of course Jesus, that's like, you 584 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,120 ever made a personal decision? Of course I believe in Jesus. 585 00:26:21,120 --> 00:26:24,560 Like, OK, and we walk through like what that looks like and 586 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,760 and what decision they made and that crisis in them. 587 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,680 And we have amazing kids broken, by the way. 588 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,960 Amen. If you bring your kids as kids, 589 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:32,880 bro, I'm telling you like they're they're being shaped. 590 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,360 I sat down yesterday. I was asking questions. 591 00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:38,600 I'm like, how did you know that? Like we've never talked about 592 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,400 that, but you knew about they're talk about angels and all sorts 593 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,480 of stuff and it's just amazing. But give them a vision heaven, 594 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,920 this last thing to leave with. Give them a vision heaven. 595 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:48,840 Teach them to the world is not the end. 596 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,280 Teaching is passing through teaching how hard it gets. 597 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:56,360 It all works out in the end to give a big vision to heaven that 598 00:26:56,360 --> 00:27:00,040 you have a family of faith. It actually lasts forever that 599 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,400 we will all be in heaven together. 600 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,400 It's not some of this thing. We die and then we like have 601 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,200 soul rest and we just disembodied spirits and all this 602 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,600 kind of jazz. It's like absent the body 603 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,800 present of the Lord, Amen. It's continual, like there's no 604 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,080 gap in time. And so like we're citizens of 605 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,280 heaven and our hope isn't here and we have struggles. 606 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:24,280 We're going to have all these issues, but heaven, like give 607 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,120 them a big picture. We got to the point. 608 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,120 It's been fun with my kids because we've been doing this 609 00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:31,080 series in heaven and it's fun talking to all you guys by 610 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:32,120 heaven. But you know, it's really fun to 611 00:27:32,120 --> 00:27:36,440 talk to is my kids because there's eat it up. 612 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,880 We talk about animals in heaven. Last week we talked about, you 613 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,000 know, the the donkey and Balaam and all these other things, but 614 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,240 you're going to see these animals like you have camels in 615 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:49,120 heaven you find in Isaiah 65. OK, so you have animals in 616 00:27:49,120 --> 00:27:50,640 heaven. So I was like, you know what God 617 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,520 recreates or reconstitutes these animals. 618 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,240 I say, you know, what's really cool is like, I think God's 619 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:57,680 going to bring back the dinosaurs. 620 00:27:58,040 --> 00:27:59,000 We went there. Amen. 621 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,600 My kids eyes are like what? I'm like, dude, our last name is 622 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:03,960 Petrie. We were named after the 623 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:05,960 dinosaurs. Brother, come on, somebody land 624 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:07,880 for a time, right? Like tear it down. 625 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,960 So we're talking about like somebody looking like crazy 626 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:11,160 right now. He's a crazy pastor. 627 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,360 It's like, study your Bible. You'll find out I'm not crazy, 628 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:14,480 right? When you get to heaven, there's 629 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,560 dinosaurs. I'm glad I told you get you a 630 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:22,000 pet T Rex. He's friendly. 631 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,080 I promise you can pet him. You know, like the kids this 632 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,160 light up like just wow. And but why would I take that 633 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:32,440 faith from them? Like why would I make God small 634 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,840 at any level? That's amazing that we get to 635 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:41,280 see what handiwork of God in heaven have eternity in mind and 636 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,960 unite together. And you see this in John 14. 637 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,080 Like don't let your hearts be troubled. 638 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,000 You believe in God, believe also me. 639 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:48,480 My Father's house are many rooms. 640 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,880 If we're not. So I would have told you that 641 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:52,960 I'm going to a place where I'm going there to prepare a place 642 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,440 for you. If I go for a place for you, 643 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,400 I'll come back to you and take you with me that you may also be 644 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,920 where I am. That Jesus is building a home in 645 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,840 the new heaven right now, Amen. What do you think the homes are 646 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:05,840 made of? Mysticism. 647 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,280 It's real stuff. He's a son of a Carpenter on 648 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,600 earth, Amen. I bet Jesus builds some pretty 649 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:12,760 sweet houses. By the way, there's some pretty 650 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,560 sweet places and I bet there's gonna be a dining room and a 651 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,480 place where we sleep. I still think we have the same 652 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,400 pattern in heaven. I think we sleep in heaven. 653 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,440 Like, I think all this is not so different. 654 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,480 Somebody asked me earlier, you think we cough in heaven? 655 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,320 Like, why would there not be coffee in heaven? 656 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,560 Amen. Like you have all these plants, 657 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:29,320 you have all these animals. Like what? 658 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,080 He's just going to change everything on us. 659 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:34,560 I mean, it's crazy. Jesus came back when he's 660 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,520 resurrected and he ate food with the disciples. 661 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:39,800 Upper room on the side of a lake. 662 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:42,480 He tells us the whole stay on the door and knock you if you 663 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:43,600 open the door, I'll dine with you. 664 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:45,320 I'll come in with you and dine with you and you with me. 665 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:48,840 Revelation chapter 3 like you think God just gave up on dining 666 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,360 and food all of a sudden I told this lady she want to be a 667 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:52,400 barista. I said I don't know there'll be 668 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:53,880 coffee, but I don't know if you're going to be a barista 669 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:55,080 anyway, you know might be sweeping the floor. 670 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:56,240 I don't know but I'm just kidding. 671 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:58,920 I'm just kidding. I don't know but this is really 672 00:29:58,920 --> 00:29:59,880 cool. I'll wrap it. 673 00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:01,720 That's got to get there. But Hebrews 13 three this is 674 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:05,720 cool 13 two says do not forget to show hospitality strangers 675 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,640 for a doing. Some people have shown 676 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:12,920 hospitality to who angels unbeknownst to them or without 677 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,520 knowing it. Now think about it on this earth 678 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,480 right now there are angels that have protected us and watch over 679 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,200 us and if you're like me and Toby, we had this conversation 680 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,480 this last week like we seem to mess it up and then God always 681 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:27,000 comes through Amen. Like we make a mistake and by 682 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,240 God's grace he fixes it and we're just joking. 683 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:33,840 It's like, man, Toby, I bet your angels like this, like Toby 684 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:37,280 again, like Sean again, like we do sometimes we do the dumbest 685 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,600 stuff and then our Angel probably has to fix it. 686 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:41,960 So I'm thinking like, OK, we go to heaven, hear me out. 687 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,160 And not only do dine with our friends and our family and our 688 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,720 neighbors, Ultimate Jesus, by the way, Amen. 689 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,120 We dine with Jesus. But think about it. 690 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:54,760 You actually get to dine with angels that have been watching 691 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:59,360 the backside of the story and protecting your life and things 692 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,360 with humanity. You can hear the story of our 693 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:04,680 time on earth from an angel's perspective. 694 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:06,200 Would that be the craziest thing ever? 695 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,640 Like, thank you so much for watching out for me. 696 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,520 He's like, you don't even know how much I helped you, brother. 697 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,800 You know, you don't even know what I was praying for. 698 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,840 It'd be so amazing to census and be a part of this. 699 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,480 But ultimately, like you bring your family with you to heaven. 700 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:22,680 I get so excited that like man, no matter what happens on earth, 701 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,760 like my kids, they know Jesus. Like we're spending a turning 702 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:26,360 together. Amen. 703 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,160 Like we're going to get around that table. 704 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:32,120 There's going to be some artwork from this earth on the fridge 705 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,520 and we're, we're going to just just dine together and rejoice 706 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,440 together and be a part of a family together for all 707 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:38,160 eternity. Amen. 708 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:40,160 There's just something special about that. 709 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,160 I can't wait to meet the God, those who God brings with them. 710 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:45,680 You'll find 1st Thesalonians 3 or 413. 711 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,200 But we're like raised in Christ from the dead, like all those, 712 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:49,440 the dead first who raises with them. 713 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:50,680 We believe in the resurrection Jesus. 714 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:52,480 We believe they will bring these people back with them. 715 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,640 I just can't wait to dine with like all these Saints stories of 716 00:31:56,640 --> 00:32:00,200 people I've never met before. They're in huts in Africa or 717 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,960 like in underground China or maybe even our own city. 718 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,040 And they're doing some amazing things for God that you used to 719 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,160 haven't seen yet. Or at least people are like 720 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,440 headliners, right, Like Moody and Francis Schaeffer and Corey 721 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:15,240 Tim Boom and all these guys, right, And just say, man, just a 722 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,080 dime with them. And that don't keep kind of busy 723 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,600 because there's like a billions of people who came in number. 724 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:24,040 In Revelation Chapter 7, it says, as it looked out there 725 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,480 before me was a great multitude that no one could count billions 726 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,760 of people that worship and know Jesus from every nation, tribe, 727 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,200 people and language standing before the throne and before the 728 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,120 lamb and there are white robes and holding palm branches in 729 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,640 their hands. We get a chance to play part of 730 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:39,120 the story. Amen. 731 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,840 And for I mean, you think, oh, it's going to be really boring. 732 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:43,440 It's like, dude, how long is it going to take to sit down with a 733 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:48,600 billion people and have dinner, You know, in the stories of 734 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,960 God's glory that's coming through all these people? 735 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:52,960 I don't know about you, but we need to kind of up the ante with 736 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:53,800 our boldness. Amen. 737 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,200 Like private faith needs to go public. 738 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:58,640 Like you need to help your kids understand Jesus. 739 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,320 And I pray, Lord, take the parts of me that look like me to my 740 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,040 kids and the parts that don't just strip away because there's 741 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:05,880 parts you feel just be humbled at it, OK? 742 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,080 And God will do great things. So Father, come before you. 743 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:10,800 God will be awful this time to you. 744 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:15,320 Help us to be bold, we build our house on faith, the rock of 745 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:17,760 Jesus remind us of why we're here. 746 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,400 Give us heaven and our mindset that we're not here to produce 747 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:25,160 comfort or success or stuff, but here to prepare our kids and our 748 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:28,400 families for Jesus and for heaven. 749 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,200 It's I want to pray for a group of people today that those of 750 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,600 you that say, you know what? I don't know Jesus. 751 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:36,640 I came in this message was for me. 752 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:42,480 I'm the person in John 316 For God so loved you, your name the 753 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:43,960 first time, that that's the Spirit of God. 754 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:47,000 That makes sense to you. That God went to a cross 2000 755 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,400 years ago and took away your sins and exchanged them for all 756 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:53,640 of his righteousness so he could know you not just now, but for 757 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,800 eternity. And you get the chance to shape 758 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,760 all of eternity for every conversation you have, even 759 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,520 bring your family with you. And what a blessing. 760 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:04,520 But for those of you who've never called on Jesus, you've 761 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:08,000 never believed by faith, you may be just going to church or maybe 762 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,920 your first time come a long time, you never call the Lord. 763 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,760 Today I'm going to give you an opportunity to say yes to Jesus 764 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:18,159 and get right with God to get forgiveness of your sins, to be 765 00:34:18,159 --> 00:34:21,560 cleansed, to become a child of God, to be given heaven in the 766 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,199 Holy Spirit now to live on earth. 767 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,400 So that's you and you want Jesus. 768 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:27,320 We talked about this, you want Jesus today. 769 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:29,040 You've never had a relationship with Jesus. 770 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:30,960 You want to start today. If that's you, just raise your 771 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:32,400 hand high and say I need Jesus today. 772 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:36,159 I'll walk here full of faith for the first time a long time, man 773 00:34:36,159 --> 00:34:38,840 I I I've never called on Christ, but today I want to know Christ 774 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,360 Well, that's you believe your prayer. 775 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,920 The prayer does not save you. It's your belief in Jesus. 776 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:48,000 They died and rose again from your heart, not just your head. 777 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:50,760 And so if you need Jesus, just call to God, say Father God, 778 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:55,120 thanks so much for Jesus. You love me enough to down the 779 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:58,960 cross, I can sit down in eternity with you because of 780 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:02,160 your righteousness, because you did for me what I could never do 781 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:05,280 for myself when I stranded in sin and a million lifetimes. 782 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,600 I can never play it right, but you died across from me and made 783 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:09,920 it right. So God I worship you. 784 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,240 I surrender my life to you and God I'm going to take this 785 00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:16,040 message to the world. God help me to build my life on 786 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,520 the rock and follow you and I pray this in Jesus name. 787 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,280 The church said Amen. Come on, give God some glory. 788 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,560 Amen. Amen. 789 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,880 Man, what an amazing day. I keep tricking him. 790 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,080 I did it in the first two. I just kind of dance around the 791 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:31,480 outside there. But man, what an amazing 792 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:34,080 morning. So cool to see so many families 793 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:37,000 commit and dedicate their kids to the Lord this morning. 794 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:39,920 I mean some of you today, maybe for the first time recognize 795 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:43,360 that you are son or a daughter of the King and your need for a 796 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,480 heavenly Father. And today you prayed that prayer 797 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:47,440 and you committed your life to Jesus. 798 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,800 If that is you, we are so excited for you as if you take 799 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:53,280 this journey with Jesus. We would love to help you to 800 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,840 resource you along the so if you could grab that connection card 801 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,400 that is on your seat there, fill out the information there in 802 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,200 that top section and make sure and check the box. 803 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,600 It says I committed my life to Jesus and you could drop it in 804 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,480 the giving buckets as they pass here in just a few minutes. 805 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,920 By doing that just allows us to get you a free book in the mail 806 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,360 this week. It's a short but powerful read. 807 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:12,800 They'll be a blessing to you this week. 808 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,480 Also as you leave the worship center, there is a table with 809 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,400 some red bags inside the free Bible and a few other resources 810 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:20,520 for you. Please grab one of those as 811 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,720 well. And I want to say welcome and 812 00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:25,400 thank you so much for coming to those of you who are newer with 813 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,160 us this morning. Maybe this is even your first 814 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,720 time here at real life church. Man, thank you so much for 815 00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:32,440 choosing to spend your morning right here with us. 816 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,440 I hope you heard from God, felt encouraged and so welcome this 817 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,400 morning. We truly don't want anything 818 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:40,680 from you today except for this. And that is just to simply 819 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:43,040 introduce yourself to us. And you could do that by 820 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:44,800 grabbing that same card that's on your seat. 821 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,600 Fill out your information there and just check first time here. 822 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,440 You can drop that in the giving buckets or you can also take it 823 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:53,080 on out to the new here. I'm, as you ask at the worship 824 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:54,880 center, just to your right, there's a new hair booth. 825 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:56,680 Somebody would be there. I'd love to introduce themselves 826 00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,360 to you as well, get you a free gift. 827 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,440 Just our way of saying thank you so much for spending your 828 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,760 morning right here with us. And we would love to see you 829 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,080 back here next week again at 9:00 and 10:45. 830 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:09,640 And then I get to share another cool life group story this week. 831 00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:12,120 As I was leaving a life group this week, somebody stopped me 832 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:15,080 on their way out and they were over the moon to share with me 833 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:18,080 that that night just then, they had prayed to close out their 834 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:19,840 life group. First time praying and out loud 835 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,800 in front of anybody and they were so excited and they were 836 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,240 just pumped that they knew it was going to be a good week. 837 00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:27,000 They had the opportunity to pray for their group. 838 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:30,120 And what's encouraging about that story, man, is that it is 839 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:33,960 so cool to see the spiritual temperature arise in this 840 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:36,400 semester of life groups. And that's attributed to a lot 841 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,560 of things. But what's really cool also is 842 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:40,880 this semester we're offering what we call the way groups. 843 00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:45,040 And these are really intentional groups to grow your faith, man. 844 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,640 Some of you have memorized maybe your first Bible verse, maybe 845 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,280 ever through one of these groups. 846 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:52,640 You're journaling every day and just diving at God's word. 847 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:54,880 And so Sean had mentioned we have community nights coming up, 848 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,320 not this week, but next for all of our groups. 849 00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:00,760 If you have not dipped your toe in the water of life groups yet, 850 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,040 maybe you just haven't had the opportunity yet to join a life 851 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:05,080 group. And what an awesome week to come 852 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,960 out that week and check it out. You can scan that you are code 853 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,040 that's on the screen to see all of our life groups and all the 854 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,640 information on where they meet. You can also check them out out 855 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:15,280 in the hub and their life groups wall and see what the groups are 856 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:16,440 there. Man, any of the groups would 857 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:18,200 love to welcome you in on community tonight. 858 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:20,600 Hey, you could even beat it. You can join them this week as 859 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:21,960 well. They would love to see you there 860 00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:25,400 and another really cool story I get to share with you as well as 861 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:30,920 I mean, this time last year we had 32 recurring donors in our 862 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:32,600 church. And what that means is that they 863 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,360 these are families or individuals that have committed 864 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:37,200 really signed in blood and recurring. 865 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,880 They've automated their giving. They're really saying I'm all in 866 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:41,480 and believe that what God is doing here. 867 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:45,200 The cool part of that is that this so today or as actually as 868 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,720 of a couple days ago, we now have 51 recurring donors. 869 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:50,880 So amazing. That's right. 870 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,720 Give it a forgotten man. That's so cool to see even more 871 00:38:53,720 --> 00:38:56,240 people just say yes, like I'm committed. 872 00:38:56,240 --> 00:38:59,520 I'm signing in blood to say that I believe in all that God is 873 00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,320 doing here. Something even cooler is this 874 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:05,440 the same time last year? It's actually over a four week 875 00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:08,800 average, but the same time last year we were about 235 people 876 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:13,120 coming on a Sunday morning. This time, same 4 weeks fan, we 877 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:15,840 are at 270 people on average in our gathering. 878 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:19,840 That's a 15% increase. Go God, so cool. 879 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:22,080 And I'm a numbers person, so I love the numbers, but it's 880 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,600 really not about the number. It's the numbers that tell a 881 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:28,040 story of all that God is doing in and through our church. 882 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:30,960 And so that's why we give here. We give to see more people come 883 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:35,080 to know Jesus, more people to be saved and sent out, their lives 884 00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:37,440 changed forever. And so I want to invite you and 885 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:39,480 encourage you to partner with us to do that. 886 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,440 And so there are a lot of ways that you can do that. 887 00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:42,600 You can check out the screen there. 888 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:45,640 You can scan that QR code to give, it's text to give. 889 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,400 You can head to our website. You can drop cash or check in 890 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:50,360 the giving buckets. They're going to pass here in 891 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:52,440 just a couple of minutes. There's also a giving box right 892 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,000 in the back before you exit. You can drop cash or check in 893 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:56,880 there as well if that is more convenient for you. 894 00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:00,640 And as always, if you or your family find yourself in any kind 895 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:03,920 of immediate need today, this week, whether it's food or 896 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:06,800 clothing or shelter, as those buckets pass here in just a 897 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,960 minute, please, please reach in and grab out any loose cash that 898 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,280 you see that's there. We really do want to be a 899 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:15,320 blessing to you and your family. I mean, the buckets are going to 900 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,360 pass here. And I'm going to invite Logan 901 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:19,680 Hardy up to the stage. He is going to see us out this 902 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:23,240 morning. Guys, let's get out of here with 903 00:40:23,240 --> 00:40:25,240 heaven on our hearts and on our minds. 904 00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:28,840 We'll reread that passage in Revelation and in verse 9, John 905 00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:30,920 writes. After this, I looked in there 906 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:34,720 before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from 907 00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:37,480 every nation, tribe, people and language standing before the 908 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:40,120 throne and before God. They were wearing white robes 909 00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:42,000 and holding palm branches in their hands. 910 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:43,320 And they cried out in a loud voice. 911 00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:47,480 Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the on the throne and 912 00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:48,840 the Lamb. Let me leave you before you get 913 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:52,040 out of here with this prayer. God help us to build up our 914 00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:55,440 families to follow God forever and ever and ever, and tell 915 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:56,880 about them to everybody that they meet. 916 00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,080 If you need prayer or somebody to talk to, we'll have somebody 917 00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:00,960 down here for you. And otherwise I'll see you guys 918 00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:04,440 all next week. 9 or 10:45 And remember, whoever finds Jesus 919 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,760 covers real life and purpose. See you next week.