1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:01,960 Hey, good morning, real life church. 2 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:05,800 How you doing this morning, man? Stand to your feet and let's 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,760 worship together. I invite you just to sing out 4 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:12,040 this morning. Get those hands going, have some 5 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:18,880 fun today. And I was buried beneath my 6 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:27,800 shame. Who could carry that kind of 7 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:37,000 way? It was my tune till I met you. 8 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:38,960 Yeah. Let's get those hands going. 9 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:43,320 Come on, join me. And I was breathing, but not 10 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:54,920 alive. All my failures I tried to hide. 11 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:05,200 It was my tune till I met you. Lift this up. 12 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,400 You called my. Name. 13 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:19,320 And I ran out of that grave, out of the darkness into your 14 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:25,480 glorious day. You Call My Name. 15 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:36,800 And I ran out of that rain, out of the darkness into your 16 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,400 glorious day. You sound good, Church. 17 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:43,600 Keep those hands going and lift it up to him. 18 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,360 Come on. Now your mercy. 19 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:51,520 Now your mercy has saved my soul. 20 00:01:54,800 --> 00:02:00,240 Now your freedom is all that I know. 21 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:09,680 The old menu. Jesus, when I met you, woah, 22 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:15,480 what a day. When you called my name and I 23 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:24,480 ran out of that grave. Out of the darkness into your 24 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:30,200 glorious day. You called my name. 25 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:42,640 And I ran out of that grave. Out of the darkness the to your 26 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,480 glorious day. Yeah, there we go. 27 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:53,470 Man, I love. This part, it just reminds me of 28 00:02:53,470 --> 00:02:56,190 my own story, and maybe it reminds you of yours too. 29 00:02:56,510 --> 00:02:58,590 So let's reflect and sing this together. 30 00:02:59,470 --> 00:03:03,000 Goes like this. I needed rescue. 31 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:07,760 My sin was heavy. But chains break out the way to 32 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,800 your glory. I needed shelter. 33 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:17,200 I was an orphan. Now you call me a citizen of 34 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:21,520 heaven. When I was broken, you were my 35 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,640 healing. Now your love is. 36 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:29,240 And then I'm breathing. I have a future. 37 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:33,840 My eyes are open, 'cause when you called my dad, come on, 38 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:38,520 shout at church, I ran out of that grave. 39 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:45,320 Amen. Out of the darkness to your 40 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:54,400 glorious day. You called my day and I ran out 41 00:03:54,520 --> 00:04:02,920 of that grave. Out of of the darkness into your 42 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,160 glorious day. Come on, real life church. 43 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:07,680 Do you believe that this morning? 44 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,600 Is that your story? Did he call you out of that 45 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,280 grave? Did he call you out of that pit 46 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:14,960 to give him some glory today? It's a glorious day. 47 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,600 Come on, let him hear him. Come on, let him hear you pray. 48 00:04:19,959 --> 00:04:22,880 Come on, there we go. What a way to start a morning, 49 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,200 baby. Give praise back to God. 50 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,360 Well, hey, thank you so much for being here today, for worshiping 51 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,360 with us this morning. We're so glad that you chose to 52 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,680 spend your morning right here with us. 53 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:34,960 You are newer with us. Thanks so much for coming. 54 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,080 We also have a group joining us online. 55 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,120 Can we give them some claps here? 56 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:41,320 Let them know we love them. Thanks so much for joining us as 57 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:43,040 well. Hey, before you guys take a 58 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,920 seat, take about 30 seconds, say hey, give a high 5A handshake, a 59 00:04:46,920 --> 00:05:17,840 hug, and then take a seat. Right. 60 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,520 Well, hey, if you are newer with us, if this is your first Sunday 61 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:35,320 here at Real Life Church, thank you so much for being here, man. 62 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,600 We would love for you just to introduce yourself to us. 63 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,640 You can drop that, do that by grabbing that connection card 64 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,040 that's on your seats. Just fill out your information 65 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,200 there. You can take it to the new here 66 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,640 booth when you leave. Just our way, turn that in 67 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:48,000 somebody to get you a free gift there. 68 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,040 Just our way of saying thank you. 69 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,800 But we would love for you just to introduce yourself to us here 70 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,240 at Real Life Church. And here in Real Life, we are a 71 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:58,120 church on a mission and that mission is to see people far 72 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,000 from God discover their real life and purpose in Jesus. 73 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,240 I mean, we see that weekend in, week out, we had three people 74 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,680 raise their hands to commit their lives to Jesus last week, 75 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,040 which is so huge. And that's why we do it, to see 76 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,160 the prodigal come home, to see the lost be found. 77 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:16,560 And we are just so glad that you joined us here on mission today. 78 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:21,320 Hey, this Thanksgiving season and we are slowing down and 79 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,400 discovering all the what gratefulness is in our life. 80 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:28,160 And really gratefulness is more than just saying thank you. 81 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,720 It's more than just a reaction. It's really about discovering 82 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:34,680 grace in every corner in every season of your life. 83 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,760 And if you think about just that, Jesus gave thanks just 84 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,600 moments before the cross. And then in our own lives, 85 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,720 learning how to sing and how to worship through the struggle and 86 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,280 through the battle. And so in this two week series, 87 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:48,840 we're really going to dive in to learn that gratefulness is more 88 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:53,480 than just a reaction, but it truly is a far better way of 89 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,200 life. So join me in welcoming Pastor 90 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,480 Sean Petrie up to the stage. He's going to give us a word 91 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:04,480 today. Good morning, guys. 92 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:07,600 Dude, today is going to be an amazing day. 93 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,880 Today is Communion Sunday, so it's a little different than 94 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:13,320 most Sundays. Really. 95 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,400 Spend some time reflecting on what the Lord's done, and I'll 96 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:18,880 say the flow's going to be a little different today. 97 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,480 If you haven't figured out, we just did one song, right instead 98 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,280 of three. So we're going to flip the 99 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,920 script and really lead into communion after the message. 100 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,720 And then it's amazing in the scripture they did communion and 101 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:35,240 then they worship through song. And so we're going to sing at 102 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:36,400 the end. Amen. 103 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:39,720 And get the Spirit moving, man, I'll tell you, worship after the 104 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:41,800 message, worship after communion it it's going to be very 105 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,040 heartfelt today. I would encourage you with that. 106 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,320 A lot of times some of you guys sneak out and after I'm done 107 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,440 preaching, if you do, you're going to miss out on communion 108 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:51,560 and some great worship, even through generosity. 109 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,000 So I'd encourage you guys, man, to lean in and stay throughout 110 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,120 the whole day on this. Celebrate a few things. 111 00:07:56,120 --> 00:08:00,480 One last week, commitment Sunday, Come on, somebody. 112 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:06,960 It is amazing as a church, as a family to do things in unity and 113 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:08,960 do things together. And last week was not an 114 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,880 exception. It was so humbling as a pastor 115 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,280 and a leader for the cause of Christ to watch so many of you 116 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:19,160 guys dive in and say, yes, let's do this in faith for God's 117 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,600 doing. I'm not revealing a number yet. 118 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:24,480 And y'all look, what's the number, pastor? 119 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,800 But on the 14th, we're going to walk through what the Lord has 120 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,160 asked us to do together. So I would encourage you guys 121 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,000 play part of the story. Maybe you were here last week or 122 00:08:32,159 --> 00:08:33,760 I saw some people took cards and say, hey, I'm going to pray 123 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:35,200 about this. I would encourage you guys. 124 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,919 It's going to take all of us to accomplish what God's asking us 125 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:39,960 to do. Do you guys remember our number 126 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:45,760 one goal, the primary goal? You guys remember 100% 127 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,720 participation. And so we need everybody to lock 128 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,160 hands and join this. And it's really just you ask the 129 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,560 Lord, It's not me asking you, but it's ask the Lord. 130 00:08:54,560 --> 00:08:56,400 How can you play a part of it? You know, we've been portable 131 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,920 for eight years. I believe God has called us into 132 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,000 a permanent home and just step out in faith. 133 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,960 And so if you did not turn a cartoon yet and maybe you're 134 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,440 online as well, there's a digital commit commitment card 135 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,000 online. I'll say thank you guys as well 136 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,920 who did that? But I would encourage you guys 137 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,040 to play a part of the story that God has you to write. 138 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,040 There's be something very special one day when we open a 139 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,240 facility and God moves us and that I sowed seeds in that. 140 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,600 And so it's not about the mount, it's about us doing it together 141 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:22,960 for the Lord. And so I would encourage you 142 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,520 guys, there's commitment cards on the seeds there. 143 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:27,040 There's plenty of room for us to step in. 144 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:31,280 I think we had 58 families and people commit together, which is 145 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:33,080 absolutely amazing. Can you give up those 58 people? 146 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:39,160 Amen families? And it's significant, but also 147 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:42,560 there is more than 58 families in our church, Amen. 148 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,120 And it's something significant. We do this together. 149 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:47,200 So I would encourage you guys if you want to know more about it, 150 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,560 you can take the book out front or go online to our difference 151 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:52,720 maker website. But play part of the story Today 152 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,000 we jump into a series, a little mini series called grateful, 153 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,080 obviously Thanksgiving this week, Amen. 154 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,320 Some of y'all set don't set your goals for next year's weight 155 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,160 till after this week. You know what I mean? 156 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:05,680 Like it's gonna start roll you out of the house on 157 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:08,200 Thanksgiving. But grateful comes from a word 158 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,120 Aladdin, which is great us. And that's where you get the 159 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,120 English word grace, which is really amazing. 160 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,240 I think that gratitude and grace go together so well, and we're 161 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:19,400 going to talk about that today. Even the word gratuity comes out 162 00:10:19,560 --> 00:10:21,960 of gratitude and grace, a gift freely given. 163 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:25,840 And so to be grateful is to be full of grace. 164 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:30,840 It's to be full of Thanksgiving for the unmerited favor really 165 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,760 of God and the blessings he gives in our life. 166 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,360 And so we're going to dive in just like this concept and it's 167 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:39,600 going to be just eye opening for so many of us today. 168 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,480 And I experienced this even as a pastor, even this last week with 169 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,040 our with our commitment Sunday. This is overwhelmingly like, 170 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,520 thank you, Lord for moving in our people. 171 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:51,400 It is extremely exciting and encouraging as a pastor and 172 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,600 leader, especially when we have a vision that when people say 173 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,680 I'm behind that and I believe in that. 174 00:10:56,680 --> 00:10:59,280 So I'm very grateful for each of you that are playing a part of 175 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:00,080 the story. Amen. 176 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:03,840 It just means so, so much to me. And last week we commissioned 177 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:07,360 this Sunday out dying read a scripture from Psalm 20. 178 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:11,280 And I, I learned this a few years back, but Psalm 20 and 179 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,840 Psalm 21 are basically married together. 180 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,640 They're they're two different Psalms, but they're together. 181 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,960 And the way David did it is he wrote Psalm 20 because it was a 182 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:23,600 Psalm that declared deliverance and victory that was to come to 183 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,840 go into a battle. And I told Diane said, if we 184 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,120 ever go into season where we're going to step into a battle, 185 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,480 we're going to step into something to require a lot of 186 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:32,520 faith. And we don't Sure, the outcome 187 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,920 is going to be really bold. Like I'm going to declare Psalm 188 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:39,640 20 over myself and this church. And I knew at the end of the 189 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:42,720 day, Psalm 21 is coming. And so I just want to just give 190 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,800 you a little picture of what this looks like and this the 191 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,040 gratitude even that you see in this Scripture and it'll lead 192 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,360 all together. But Psalm 20, this is from 193 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:52,280 David. Before a battle, they would sing 194 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,160 this in the temple. So just listen to these words he 195 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:56,680 says. May the Lord answer you when 196 00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:58,560 you're in distress. It's a good prayer. 197 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:00,800 Amen. May the name of your God of 198 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,760 Jacob do what? Yeah, protect you. 199 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:05,800 That's a good prayer when your back against the wall. 200 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,200 It's a good prayer when you don't know how, if it's going to 201 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:09,960 turn out your way. But the Lord protect us. 202 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:11,920 The God of Jacob, by the way, he said he'd never leave him, 203 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:13,280 forsake him. That's where they came from. 204 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:14,680 It's not a New Testament scripture. 205 00:12:14,680 --> 00:12:18,040 It's quoted by Jesus from what God told Jacob says, may I send 206 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,480 you help from the sanctuary and grant your support in Zion. 207 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:24,280 May he remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt 208 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:26,240 offerings. May may he remember your 209 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,560 faithfulness and what you did well. 210 00:12:28,560 --> 00:12:32,800 He just bless you, says, may give you the desire of your what 211 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,960 your heart and make all your plans succeed. 212 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:41,120 I love that. You know, sometimes the heart is 213 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,880 an interesting thing because the Bible says the heart's wicked 214 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,040 beyond deceit, right? A righteous heart, a heart 215 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:51,280 that's aligned with God's will. God gives us those desires and 216 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,960 God answers and says, God answer our prayer. 217 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:58,360 And he says, may we shout for your joy, for your victory and 218 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,800 lift up our banners in the name of our God. 219 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,520 I'm telling you man, there's going to be a day and it's not 220 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,640 just for our church like a building, but there's seasons in 221 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:09,760 your life, you win battles and there's a banner that's put up. 222 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:11,800 This is only Jesus could do this. 223 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:14,120 You ever been in that moment where you're praising and you're 224 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:17,200 weeping like there's there's a season for that and I think 225 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:18,720 there's a season for us in a space as well. 226 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:22,760 Like they'll be banners in celebration with the Lord has 227 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:24,640 done. May the Lord grant all your 228 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,480 requests. Now this I know the Lord gives 229 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:31,160 victory to his anointed. He answers him from his heavenly 230 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:35,960 sanctuary with victorious power of his right hand, that there's 231 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:37,680 nothing stronger than the right hand of God. 232 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,920 It is a symbol of his strength, his power, his will, his 233 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,600 sovereignty. He is in charge and says some 234 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,640 trusts and Chariots and some trusts and horses, which was 235 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:50,200 like the other, the greatest thing in the army could have at 236 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:52,440 the time. But we trust in the what? 237 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:57,040 Yeah, the name, Lord God. Like it's at the name of Jesus 238 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,200 that everything changes. Like deliverance happens, 239 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:05,600 freedom occurs, captives are liberated, the the past is gone. 240 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,200 And you're going to see it today with Jesus, how he changes 241 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,600 everything. It says they brought, they are 242 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,880 brought to their knees and fall, but will rise up and stand firm. 243 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,600 Lord, give victory to your King and answer us when we call. 244 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,800 Can you imagine? Can you imagine an army singing 245 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,960 that before they went to war? That's a humble army, Amen? 246 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,240 Like we're not counting on ourselves. 247 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,360 We're not counting on our Spears and our horses and all the 248 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:29,120 different things. We're counting you, Lord, this 249 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:32,160 is your battle. Like that's a great prayer for 250 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:32,880 victory. Amen. 251 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,280 Because it's the Lord that wins. And the back up to 21, there's a 252 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:39,800 song of victory and it's really a song of Thanksgiving and a 253 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:41,720 song of victory. And you got to keep in mind this 254 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:45,280 song was written before they won the battle. 255 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,680 Like this is something they would declare and believe in. 256 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:49,880 It was like, Lord, we're trusting you in. 257 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:52,840 And you know what? We've already prepared a song, a 258 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:56,080 Psalm, and we're going to sing and we get back because we know 259 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:58,600 you're going to do it. You know, you know, you really 260 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:00,560 have some faith and you really start to understand the power of 261 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,320 God when you write a song of victory before you go to battle. 262 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:06,920 Amen. And so these Psalms are tied 263 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:08,840 together. It's amazing, kind of outgoing 264 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:13,040 in going of how they do it. But says the king rejoices in 265 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,200 what? Your strength, Lord, Like, thank 266 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:18,240 you, Lord, you did it. And that's the key. 267 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,800 It's the Lord's battle and it's the Lord against the glory. 268 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:24,360 He says how great is his joy in the victory You give. 269 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:26,480 Like man, your heart is so overwhelmed with what you've 270 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,280 done. You have granted him his heart's 271 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:29,480 desire. There it is. 272 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,600 And not withheld the request from his lips. 273 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:34,160 He's talking about David like you. 274 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,360 You gave us the victory. You gave us life. 275 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,360 Verse 3 says you came to greet him with rich blessings and 276 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:40,960 placed a crown of gold on his head. 277 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,200 He won the battle. He asked you for life and you 278 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,680 gave it to him. You give him length of days 279 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,560 forever and ever. Lord, You're in charge of all 280 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:50,640 these things through the victories you gave. 281 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:52,400 His glory is great. You have bestowed on him the 282 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:54,320 splendored majesty. Surely you have granted him 283 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:58,280 unending blessing and made him glad with joy in your presence 284 00:15:58,520 --> 00:15:59,440 for the King. Look at this. 285 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:03,080 Trust in who? Yeah, that's a king. 286 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,200 Amen. There's a lot of people that are 287 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,480 small kings, but a king that trusts in the Lord, that changes 288 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:12,840 everything it says. Through the unfailing love of 289 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:17,080 the Most High He will not be shaken. 290 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,560 It's because our walk with God that we can walk into battle and 291 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:22,040 know the Lord's going to see us through. 292 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,280 Says Your hand will not lay hold, your hand will lay hold on 293 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,440 all your enemies. Your right hand will seize your 294 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,360 foes. You'll appear for the battle, 295 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,360 which He always does, and you'll burn them up as a blazing 296 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:33,840 furnace. The Lord will swallow up them in 297 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:35,920 wrath, and as fire will consume them. 298 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:37,520 You. A story that distends from the 299 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:39,400 earth, their posterity from mankind. 300 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,680 Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, 301 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:47,520 they cannot succeed. You will make them turn their 302 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:50,200 backs when you aim at them with a drawn bow. 303 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:54,680 Be exalted in your strength, Lord, we will sing and praise 304 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:58,040 your might. That's good, Amen. 305 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:01,680 So, so whenever the Lord shows up, he already has with the 306 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,119 generosity of this. But when he gives us a space, 307 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:07,880 Psalm 21 is happening, Amen. Like we, we're declaring that 308 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:09,920 like we're, we're, we're following him. 309 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,839 We're right on the coattails of Jesus and whatever he does, 310 00:17:12,839 --> 00:17:15,200 we're going to give praise and glory for his might and his 311 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,960 strength. But Can you imagine like writing 312 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:19,760 a Psalm of victory for your life? 313 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:22,440 Like I would encourage you, if you're like struggling walking 314 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:25,520 the Lord and you're, you're struggling to feel his presence 315 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,480 and you don't know what to do, I would encourage you to read a 316 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,600 Psalm every single day. Like if you're not in the Bible, 317 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:32,920 like this is the thing I'd ask you to do. 318 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:37,160 Just start at Psalm 1 and just read and experience the grace of 319 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,240 God. Not just know about it like 320 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:41,640 intellectually, but to know about it from a man who's 321 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:44,320 struggling most of the Psalms, right? 322 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,720 Struggling to chase down God's grace, struggling to understand 323 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,000 and put that grace in your life. But what it looked like for you 324 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,640 to write a song of Thanksgiving, a victory. 325 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,840 I mean that would truly trust the Lord. 326 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,120 And for for doing this as a pastor of this church for eight 327 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:03,800 years, some of us are still singing a song of defeat. 328 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,320 Some of us are still singing a song that's not victorious. 329 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,480 And I'm just going to play it out a few ways because I only 330 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,800 encourage you guys to write some different Psalms and some 331 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,400 different mindsets in this season. 332 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,320 And especially as you think about next year, like, Lord, 333 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,600 what would you really have to me to set free from my life? 334 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,640 And one of the things I see as a pastor that that we struggle 335 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:25,920 with our church has a lot of people that come from broken 336 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:28,320 churches. We, we have a lot of church 337 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,040 hurt. Like there's been broken 338 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,520 relationships. There's been severed churches, 339 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:35,920 there's been people that are just been very hurt, very 340 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:38,200 wounded. And if you've been through that, 341 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,880 it is very difficult because it's like, like somebody 342 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:42,520 compared last week to going through a divorce. 343 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,360 You have relationships, you have friends, you have so much. 344 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:47,120 And then those dreams kind of disappeared. 345 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:48,600 There's a lot of loss, there's a lot of pain. 346 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,240 And I've seen that. You know, I'm not downplaying 347 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,000 that because it's very real. It's very hard. 348 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:54,240 And I've been through that myself. 349 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:58,080 But I will say as a pastor, when you get 5 years out or you get 350 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:02,760 10 years out and you're still saying the same thing, you're 351 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:05,600 still going down the same Rd. defeat and you're on the 352 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:11,840 sideline like you've benched, but not in the game because 353 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:13,360 you're just too wounded to get back in the game. 354 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:15,120 I would encourage you that it's, it's time. 355 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:19,240 Amen. It's time to say, Lord, what did 356 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,400 you show me through that? Because you did not create me to 357 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,840 live in defeat and bitterness and to sabotage my life and to 358 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:29,120 live in trauma and to look back at my life and my past. 359 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:32,120 And it's not just church, right? Like relationships or things 360 00:19:32,120 --> 00:19:34,520 that happen as kids, right? We have this trauma that we 361 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:38,080 carry and we say, Lord, I give it to you, I need victory in 362 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:39,960 this area. Like what would it look like for 363 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,360 you to actually write a Psalm where God gets the glory and 364 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:46,640 it's his strength that delivers and you trust in him and he 365 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:50,800 actually with belief brings you through a season where you write 366 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:54,600 a new song of victory. Now says he picks your feet out 367 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:56,640 of the mow your clay and says upon the rock and he puts a new 368 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:02,840 song in your heart and then your feet start dancing, right. 369 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,440 And for a lot of people like the joy's gone. 370 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,640 And I would encourage you that joy can be there. 371 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,600 Amen. It can be there and it's a 372 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:14,360 choice of victory. And today we're going to talk 373 00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:17,840 about communion and we're going to talk about remembering. 374 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,040 What Jesus did for us and the grace he did for us. 375 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,400 And I would encourage you just out front of this message that 376 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:28,120 what you remember and you focus on be very important for your 377 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:30,680 lap of victory. If you look back and you see 378 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,360 wounds and pain, defeat and trauma and all these things, you 379 00:20:33,360 --> 00:20:35,520 find all these things, but you don't remember the grace of God. 380 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:39,040 You're going to struggle coming through this, but you can Amen. 381 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:42,480 But you can so and encourage you guys, especially guys. 382 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:44,360 I mean, I've talked to people, I've came out of a church that 383 00:20:44,360 --> 00:20:48,280 was the very broken situation. I would encourage you, you need 384 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:53,000 to change your song, but you got to let Satan stop having victory 385 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,360 in your life. Like you got to get off the 386 00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:58,560 sideline and you got to step into the victory that God has 387 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:00,280 because you're creative for something more. 388 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:05,040 Jesus does not save you to make you defeated and to stay in this 389 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:09,480 this funk of defeat when he's giving you the power of the Holy 390 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,680 Spirit. And so I'd encourage you to take 391 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:13,920 that really seriously and do some self reflection. 392 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:15,800 And there's some great men in our church and women in our 393 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:16,760 church that I've been through a lot. 394 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,040 But at the end of the day, you can say God is good and I'm 395 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,640 stepping into my calling. I'm not holding back. 396 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:26,120 And it looks like every ways I see this with writing a song of 397 00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:29,200 victory financially it it's revealing. 398 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:30,920 We can do it like a generosity initiative. 399 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:35,000 There's it's money makes things weird because it's tied close to 400 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,640 your heart. Amen. 401 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,520 And I've got guys like that, like man full of faith. 402 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:41,440 And I got guys like, hey, I'm not so sure. 403 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:45,840 And I got guys like, Oh, no, I'm not doing nothing, right? 404 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:47,840 And not even just doing nothing like people upset. 405 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:49,920 And you've got all these levels of people. 406 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:52,160 And I've seen people that want to be generous that can't 407 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,200 because they're slaves to money, right? 408 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,520 The Bible says you can't serve God and Mammon, you love the one 409 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,920 who hate the other or or, or love the one who despise the 410 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:03,240 other. And it's interesting because 411 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,960 it's the only idol that God elevates. 412 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:10,600 Money itself elevates to the position of a God like Mammon is 413 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,680 a false God, the Old Testament, and he elevates money to the 414 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:15,280 position of another false God in our life. 415 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,320 And I see this in our church, like we, we are struggling in 416 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,440 consumer debt. We want to be generous, but we 417 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,040 can't like we, we haven't owned our finances. 418 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:27,760 Like we either either make money your slave or money is your 419 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:30,280 master. There's only two options, right? 420 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,720 And and as a pastor, like I, I see this song of defeat like 421 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:35,680 while we try and we can't get there, we try and can't get 422 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:36,800 there. Why try again? 423 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,640 I don't encourage you guys that you can like, what would it look 424 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,040 like this next year to put yourself in the master of your 425 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:47,320 money and do some things a little differently and get some 426 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:50,160 help with that. But to pay off some debt or to 427 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,160 get things organized or to add a generosity line in your budget 428 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:54,800 because you know, that's what Lord asks you to do. 429 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,640 Like, why not? Like what's stopping you? 430 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:01,440 And I, I think we got to ask ourselves a different question. 431 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:05,280 How can I, Lord, show me how to. I desperately want that, Lord, I 432 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,560 know you can. So I declare that you can and 433 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,200 you'll have victory. And I'm going to find out. 434 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:11,640 So I'm going to ask some people around me. 435 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:13,240 I'm going to talk to the pastor. I'm going to jump in some 436 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,160 different life groups. I'm going to get this nailed 437 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,680 down because I'm not going to live the rest of my life as a 438 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,720 slave to a piece of cotton that are green with dead presidents. 439 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,400 See a lot. And I think about just a song of 440 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,920 victory, maybe like a more personal side of a sexual sin. 441 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:33,320 There's so much pornography and there's so much of our lives 442 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,120 that are given to false idols, into brokenness. 443 00:23:36,120 --> 00:23:40,280 And I think Satan uses that to keep us silent and to keep us 444 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:44,080 defeated and full of shame. And what if like 26 or this next 445 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:45,360 season you wrote a song of victory? 446 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,600 You say, you know what, Lord, this is the season where I'm 447 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,240 done. Like, I'm trusting you with this 448 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,400 and I'm going to go to battle like for something much deeper 449 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,280 than anything else I could have. I'm going to go to battle for my 450 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:58,560 soul. And there's a Psalm I want to 451 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:00,280 just or Psalm. There's a verse I want to share 452 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:01,640 with you. So I found in Second Timothy 453 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,720 220. This verse is just like gold 454 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,440 says in a large house. There are articles not only of 455 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,760 gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, and some are for 456 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:13,280 special purposes and some are from common abuse. 457 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:15,320 You guys remember that China cabinet growing up? 458 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,840 You might still have one, right? Probably not full of China 459 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,520 anymore, but maybe it is. And you took those out for what 460 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,120 special uses, right? Thanksgiving and Christmas and 461 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:28,640 the other than that, don't touch it. 462 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,800 Stay away from it. And there's the rest of it. 463 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,920 It's all kind of jankety. Nothing matches. 464 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,480 It's just all chipped up and whatever, it's everyday use. 465 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:38,400 And that's, that's how we grew up, right? 466 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,720 And that's what the Bible says. It says those who cleanse 467 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,520 themselves from the ladder will be instruments for special 468 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:45,960 purposes. Those who cleanse themselves 469 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:51,560 from everyday use will be used by God for special purposes. 470 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,760 What that means is if, if you don't get your life so dirty 471 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,560 from all the things of the world, like if, if you don't put 472 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,760 yourself in the same circumstances and go to the same 473 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,640 things and get wrapped up in the same problems everybody else 474 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:04,720 having. If you, if you just say, you 475 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:06,120 know what? I'm, I'm, I'm better than that. 476 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:09,240 Lord, you, you call me something different, like I'm reserving 477 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:13,560 myself for marriage. Like I, I, I'm going to be pure 478 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,360 Lord, like I'm not stepping into all this other stuff because I 479 00:25:16,360 --> 00:25:18,440 want you to use my life for special purposes. 480 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:20,080 Pull me out of the China cabinet. 481 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:24,000 Lord, that that's what you're doing when you're setting 482 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000 yourself apart to God. And look what he says. 483 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,840 He says he'll, he's for when you set yourself apart for special 484 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:32,040 purposes, He's made you holy. Because there's this doctor. 485 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,560 We don't talk about a whole lot, but separation, like just 486 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:35,800 because you can doesn't mean you should. 487 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,840 All things are lawful, but all things are expedient. 488 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,360 Just because your friends do it and it's not a sin, doesn't mean 489 00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:42,840 it's right. Like there's some better ways. 490 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:44,080 And you can say, well, you know what? 491 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,080 I'm going to kind of step into a different direction here. 492 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,160 Like for me, like I know everybody, the world's doing 493 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,800 this, but I don't care. Lord, I want to follow you and 494 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,200 you draw us in different lines. It says it makes you holy and 495 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,920 it's useful to the master and prepared to do any good work. 496 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,320 Like I want to be the person when the Lord says, hey, I need 497 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,080 somebody to step in the gap. That's the guy I'm picking. 498 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,440 Because righteousness and holiness and blamelessness and 499 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:14,920 pursuit and devotion, It's all those those secret self sins 500 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:19,600 that you battle that God sees and then he elevates you. 501 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,960 Amen. And so there's a war that we 502 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:24,880 have to step into. And I think maybe this season 503 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:26,560 that you write a Psalm of victory for yourself. 504 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,120 Like I'm not going to go back to the I'm not going to be the 505 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:31,360 same. Like I'm going to get some help. 506 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:34,800 I'm going to get some direction. I'm going to battle like heaven 507 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,040 and hell matter because I know the Lord's looking at different 508 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:38,440 hearts and I want the Lord to see mine. 509 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:40,560 And so I'm going to get pure in front of you, Lord. 510 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:43,960 Like that's just, I mean, if you want to get a great battle, plan 511 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:48,160 a victory, then set yourself apart to God, that's almost a 512 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,640 guaranteed victory because God protects his anointed. 513 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,280 God protects the righteous. God takes from the unrighteous 514 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,120 and gives it to the righteous. It's in the Psalms. 515 00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:01,240 It's unreal what God does just with a single righteous person. 516 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,120 I heard this verse or this verse, this, this idea last 517 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:06,440 week, you all heard a post traumatic, right? 518 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:09,520 All the stress, right, all the, all the syndromes, all the 519 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,760 things. But I heard, I heard this term 520 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:16,800 post traumatic growth. I've never heard that term, but 521 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,360 I thought, man, if anybody should be good at posthumatic 522 00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:23,720 growth, it should be Christians. I mean, we should be like the 523 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:28,520 model of what it is to get like wounded and hurt and broken, and 524 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:32,560 then the grace of God is just effectual and then we grow 525 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:36,160 through it. I mean, if anybody, Amen. 526 00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:40,760 The Lord can and the Lord will. And so I'd encourage you to 527 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,920 write your own Psalm of victory, and I will share this with you. 528 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,400 Jesus actually did. He wrote his own Psalm of 529 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,240 victory. As a matter of fact, it's Psalm 530 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:51,480 22. It's the very next Psalm. 531 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,760 It's absolutely amazing. Psalm 22 is written 1000 years 532 00:27:54,760 --> 00:28:00,240 before Jesus was born. It it, it's written 500 years 533 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,080 before crucifixion was even invented. 534 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,280 It was created by the Persians, not the Romans. 535 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,520 The Romans took it from Persia and then they mastered it. 536 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:13,560 And so this is well beyond like it's just God's sovereignty and 537 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,880 it and there's some of the imagery in there is verse 16 538 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:19,000 says they'll Pierce my hands and my feet. 539 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,440 That sound familiar, right. It's a picture of the cross. 540 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,160 All my bones are out of joint. They divide my garments among 541 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:26,680 them and cast lots for my clothing. 542 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:30,880 Verse one, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 543 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:36,600 Like like Jesus gives the most vivid, clear, prophetic picture 544 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:40,240 of the cross ever written in Psalm 22, and it's a Psalm of 545 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,360 victory. Like I want to read the ending, 546 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,680 verse 27. It says all of the earth will 547 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:49,200 remember and turn to the Lord. That's us, Amen. 548 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,000 And all the families of the nations will bow down before 549 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,400 him, for dominion belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the 550 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,000 nations. And all the rich of the earth 551 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:02,680 will feast and worship, and all who go down to dust will kneel 552 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,600 before him. Those who cannot keep themselves 553 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:13,640 alive, which is everybody but Jesus is all of humanity. 554 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,120 They turn to dust. They will bow down before me. 555 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,840 He says, verse 30. Posterity will serve him. 556 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:23,560 Being Jesus, future generations will be told about the Lord. 557 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,440 That's us, Amen. Still talking about Jesus, They 558 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,760 will proclaim his righteousness, which we're going to talk about 559 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:34,000 today, declaring to a people yet unborn, What's it say? 560 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,120 He has done it. He has done it. 561 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:40,160 You're the words. It is finished. 562 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:43,240 He wrote them 1000 years in advance. 563 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,240 That's amazing. And that's the greatest war cry 564 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,440 of all time. It's called the telestai. 565 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,800 It's the Greek word for it. It is finished. 566 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:55,520 What's finished? Sins finished, Amen. 1000 years 567 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,400 in advance. They're going to declare for all 568 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:58,640 of eternity. He did it. 569 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:02,360 He did it, He did it, Amen. How many guys are grateful Jesus 570 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,360 did it? Amen. 571 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,960 I mean, look at this Psalm and it's a Psalm that's written 1000 572 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:10,840 advance declaring the victory of Jesus. 573 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:15,520 Wow, it's amazing. I think of Thanksgiving and 574 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,160 Thanksgiving is born out of grace. 575 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,760 You got to understand some of these words of this is just mind 576 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:23,200 blowing to me. But the word to give thanks in 577 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,040 Greek and just hold with me here because like I'm not like, let's 578 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,880 go in the Greek all the time. Got a couple years on my belt. 579 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:30,560 That doesn't really much mean anything, right? 580 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:35,200 But the word to give thanks in Greek is eukaristio. 581 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:40,600 You guys say Eukaristio, Eukaristio and that the base 582 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:45,760 word of eukaristio is the word grace, which is the word charis. 583 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:49,200 If you spell it out, it's right in the middle, right in the 584 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:54,240 middle, EU, the TO, and it's eukaristio is built on grace. 585 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,960 It literally means to be full of grace. 586 00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:02,000 Grace is what God gives us unmerited favor the love of God 587 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:06,160 common grace like we're alive like God restrains sin. 588 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:09,880 All the grace of God, but Eucharistio to give thanks is 589 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:14,240 our response to grace. So so if you're like am IA 590 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,120 grateful person isn't determined on my circumstances. 591 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,480 It's determined on the level of which I understand grace. 592 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,640 It's determined it's determined a level of which I experienced 593 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:24,400 grace. It's not about your 594 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,240 circumstances. It's about what God has done for 595 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,320 us. Grace is the basis for 596 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,680 gratitude. Think, think of all the things 597 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,840 we're thankful for. You're going to make maybe this 598 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:37,320 somber moment you see like a an awesome Hallmark movie this 599 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:39,360 week, right? And you're going to be touched 600 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,000 and you're going to start thinking about your family and 601 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,120 you're starting thinking about people that maybe aren't around 602 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:45,600 the table anymore. And you're going to think about 603 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:49,000 your job and your house and, and just the blessing of these other 604 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,000 kids that have been born. And you're going to be like a 605 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,120 little tear in your eyes. You think about Lord, thank you 606 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:59,080 for the life I have. Amen and and if you don't 607 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,040 understand that maybe you're like, well, it's hard right and 608 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:05,560 it's a difficult season, but nothing is greater than the 609 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:09,120 grace of God, no matter how hard it gets. 610 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:14,800 God's grace fills our heart full of gratitude and that's what 611 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:18,000 Thanksgiving is about is built on the very grace of Jesus's 612 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,280 grace act of grace. It's ever given. 613 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,320 So we got your Bible. Give me a Luke 22 and talk about 614 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:24,960 this great grace that God's given. 615 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,400 It says verse verse 7, it says then came the day of unleavened 616 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:34,200 bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 617 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:39,440 Just think about this. So we're we're leading up like 618 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:43,520 Passover right before the crucifixion. 619 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:48,360 This is this Passover has been celebrated since the Egyptians 620 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:52,680 had all their first born sons killed from the death Angel that 621 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:56,080 passed over. So the Passover is a celebration 622 00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:00,360 of when the the Hebrews were free from slavery. 623 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,720 And so they prepare that Passover lamb, just like in the 624 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,440 the Old Testament where they took the the lamb and they had 625 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,800 the doorpost was with blood and the lentil was blood. 626 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,880 And the Angel flew by if the if the lamb blood was over the 627 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:16,240 doorpost or over on the doorpost and over the lentil and it 628 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:20,000 passed over and that lamb was prepared that day. 629 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:25,680 Jesus as the whole Jewish community is sacrificing their 630 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:30,680 lambs literally to prepare for the feast, for the Passover, the 631 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:34,880 day of Unleavened bread. Jesus at the upper room, He's 632 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:40,000 preparing himself to be the permanent sacrificial lamb 633 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:46,600 sacrifice for us. Like it's not an accident like 634 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:50,280 this. The minutes in the timing that 635 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,880 Jesus is not a victim, he's in total control of everything 636 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,200 happening and being our Passover lamb. 637 00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:00,920 Verse 14 it says when the hour came Jesus and his apostles 638 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:04,640 reclined at a table and he said to them, I have eagerly what 639 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:09,840 I've eagerly desired. When the Lord says he's desired 640 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,040 something and eagerly done it, we should lean in and see what 641 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:15,520 he's really excited about. He says to eat this Passover 642 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:22,400 with you before I suffer. God himself. 643 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,520 The word desire actually means he desired with desire. 644 00:34:26,639 --> 00:34:31,440 Like He wanted to be in that space with those disciples so 645 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:37,840 they would recognize that His suffering was for them, that He 646 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:41,639 is a sacrificial lamb, that He's going to go to the cross, that 647 00:34:41,639 --> 00:34:44,560 he's going to pay the debt. And they don't understand this 648 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:49,560 yet, but he was excited with desire that they he would meet 649 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:53,960 with them and that last Passover because he was going to abolish 650 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:58,800 all of their Passover's and they know that he is a sacrifice for 651 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,920 their sins. Verse 16, next verse for I tell 652 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:07,600 you, I will not eat again until it finds fulfillment in the King 653 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:11,560 of God. This is literally Jesus Last 654 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,440 Supper we call the Last Supper, right? 655 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:17,960 We've heard of it. That's an awesome picture of the 656 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,600 Last Supper. They'd probably look nothing 657 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:25,640 like that, I guarantee it. But the Last Supper, this the 658 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,080 last time Jesus sat down and it was the Passover. 659 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,480 And Jesus is not going to sit down with those disciples again 660 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,360 in this kind of setting until the marriage feast of the Lamb 661 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:38,520 in Revelation 19, nine. That's the next time that you're 662 00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,360 going to have the this group together in this kind of 663 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,040 setting. But what's amazing is we know 664 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:45,840 Jesus. You actually get to dine with 665 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:49,880 Jesus out of Revelation 2. Behold, I stand at the door and 666 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,280 knock and he opens in me and lets me in. 667 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:53,960 I will dine with him and him with me. 668 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,480 That we could actually get to sit with Jesus anytime we want 669 00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:02,640 to at the table through the Spirit of God, through Jesus and 670 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:07,120 us, and actually fellowship with him in communion. 671 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:13,280 Is that amazing that God lives in US and he wanted us to know 672 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,640 in that last moment that he was paying for our sins because he 673 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,280 loved us and he's going to go to the cross in a certain way and 674 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:24,480 you're going to see it here in this next verse 17 after taking 675 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:32,320 the cup, he what he gave thanks Eucharistio. 676 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:39,040 Isn't that amazing? The cup is representation of his 677 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:43,120 blood that he's going to pour out on the cross and he took a 678 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:47,160 cup that is going to be representing him in just 12 679 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:50,080 hours from then. He's going to do false trials 680 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:53,120 and beating and scourging and whipping and mocking and 681 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:57,880 everything, and he's going to say it is finished 12 hours from 682 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:03,040 this moment and he takes that cup and he gives thanks. 683 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:11,040 That's incredible, like the grace of God is built on the 684 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:20,920 grace of God, like giving thanks to die for us and shed his blood 685 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:27,440 is the greatest act of grace. And this is what he does in the 686 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:33,000 moment of like humanity's wickedness and worst, Jesus is 687 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:38,360 still his best and shows what's in his true heart is to love us 688 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:42,040 and to give thanks for the suffering that's going to 689 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,360 happen. And so he said, take this and 690 00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:47,200 divide it among you, for I tell you, I'll not drink again from 691 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:51,040 the fruit of the vine until the Kingdom of God comes. 692 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:57,680 This is his last drink of wine, grape juice. 693 00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:06,480 If you're Baptist, this is his. This is his last and he gets the 694 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:11,440 hyssop right on the cross like as a picture of him being a 695 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,800 sacrificial lamb in the verse 19 says he then he took the bread 696 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:21,400 and what gave thanks and broke it. 697 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:29,960 You Christio, the grace of God that that that that that bread 698 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:36,040 represent his body being broken. The Bible says in Isaiah that he 699 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:40,520 he was to the point of unrecognizable as a human is how 700 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:44,840 bad he was beaten and scorched. You were saying that you guys 701 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:46,800 didn't be the passion right? Most of you may be seen the move 702 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:51,600 the passion got a lot of Catholic things in there, but 703 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:56,840 it's pretty accurate and that movie was rated R and what that 704 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:02,800 really the movie could not be rated If you saw what actually 705 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:08,400 happened to Jesus would not been put in movie theaters and we've 706 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,200 lost its ability to market to the people that need to see it. 707 00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:14,800 It is far worse than what you even saw in the movie. 708 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:21,320 It was derated so they could actually publish it and this was 709 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:23,160 Jesus knowing that he's going to be broken. 710 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:31,040 Jesus says Eucharisteo. Thank you father, he prayed. 711 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:35,760 Thank you that I can suffer for humanity. 712 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:38,840 The grace of God is built on the grace of God. 713 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:43,280 And then he broke it and he gave it to them saying this is my 714 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:44,800 body given for you. Remember? 715 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:49,400 This is why she excited me with them because I'm going to die 716 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,640 for you. He says this, do this and what 717 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:58,040 remembrance of me. There's some amazing furniture 718 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,160 in churches with that, that symbol Hunter, right? 719 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:02,160 You guys remember that table up front? 720 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:05,080 You guys grew up in church, do this remembrance of me, right? 721 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,000 And I didn't know much when I was first started going to 722 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,360 church. I just thought, man, that's the 723 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:12,440 place to put the casket. You know what I'm saying? 724 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:15,320 I had no idea how to do about communion. 725 00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:18,480 I had no idea I was talking to somebody yesterday or Friday and 726 00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:21,280 they're like, they started reading job or job. 727 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:24,160 I said, brother, it's job. But guess what? 728 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:27,120 When I first started reading it, I was looking for a job and I 729 00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:30,600 started reading job. They did the same thing, right? 730 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:33,920 It's easy to do. But here, you know what the 731 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:37,480 early church called the Lord's Supper? 732 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:44,680 You guys know the Eucharist, y'all? 733 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:46,360 Maybe you're going Catholic traditions and stuff. 734 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:50,840 They're called the Holy Eucharist, the Holy give thanks. 735 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:54,760 The early church called this like the great gave thanks. 736 00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:59,280 Isn't that pretty cool? Like, you know, sometimes think 737 00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:01,120 communion like, Oh yeah, yeah, communion. 738 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:05,320 No, you understand, like this is 10 levels deep. 739 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,480 When he says do this in remembrance of me, the word for 740 00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:15,520 remembrance in Hebrew is haka or zaka, and it means to bring the 741 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:19,240 past into the present. So, so when he said do this to 742 00:41:19,240 --> 00:41:23,160 remembrance, it wasn't like, oh, just remember Jesus, just what 743 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:24,880 he did. Just look back every once in 744 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:27,400 awhile. What he's saying is do this 745 00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:31,520 remembrance. It means re experience it like 746 00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:36,800 it you just lived it again. That's a whole new level. 747 00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:40,080 Amen. Like imagine you just got saved 748 00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:43,280 today. Imagine you just recognize that 749 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:47,640 Jesus died for you today. Imagine you just watch God wipe 750 00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:51,160 away all your sins with a giant eraser and he says I love you 751 00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:54,840 and adopted you and put you as an heir to his throne. 752 00:41:56,640 --> 00:42:02,600 That's what that means. Eucharist, give thanks. 753 00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:06,880 And so when you struggle with I have past trauma. 754 00:42:07,240 --> 00:42:09,440 I have church heard I've been wounded. 755 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:11,280 Things happen in my past. This person. 756 00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:14,840 I'm not downplaying any of that, but the only thing Jesus tells 757 00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:20,120 us to remember is His grace every day. 758 00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:23,880 And so if your song is a song of defeat, I would challenge you 759 00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:33,400 that you have no Eucharist in your life and you can afresh you 760 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:35,360 choose what you want to remember. 761 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,680 You don't forget. But God's grace is so much 762 00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:40,360 greater. Amen. 763 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:45,880 Like I have enough mercy and grace for today and tomorrow 764 00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:48,400 there'll be his own troubles. And I wake up and I say, Lord, 765 00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:50,360 you got it. I trust you. 766 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:54,240 Thank you for dying for me. You never get past the cross, 767 00:42:54,240 --> 00:42:56,800 Amen. You never graduate from holding 768 00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:00,360 on to the old rugged cross. You can't say, well, all this 769 00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:02,520 tragedy happened, all this hurt happened, all this pain 770 00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:05,600 happened, but what but Jesus, Amen. 771 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:10,360 And his worst moment of suffering in pain with weight of 772 00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:15,040 sin, crush on his shoulders, Father, Father, why have you 773 00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:17,720 forsaken me? When he turned the Father's 774 00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:20,600 turned his back on the Son and he poured out the wrath of God. 775 00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:24,920 Bell says in first John 22 that he's our wrath bearing sacrifice 776 00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:32,760 like he took our hell. And before he took our hell, he 777 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:36,320 said Eucharistio, thank you Lord. 778 00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:43,080 And if Jesus can suffer with that kind of hell, God help me 779 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:45,720 to live like I can't break free from mine. 780 00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:49,960 Amen. That's the grace of God. 781 00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:51,880 And so you think about communion today. 782 00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:55,280 I want you to relive it. I want you to experience it for 783 00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:57,960 yourself again. It is to be the highest song in 784 00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:01,600 your heart and be the greatest. Praise on your lips is the most 785 00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:06,480 humbling thing in your life. There's nothing greater. 786 00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:08,160 There's no weapon formed against it. 787 00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:10,920 There's nobody can take it away. No matter what you've done 788 00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:13,920 yesterday or how far you've ran or what's going on in your life. 789 00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:16,840 The grace of God is the greatest story ever told. 790 00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,600 And it starts with why have you forsaken me? 791 00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:23,880 And it ends with He has done it. And so how you walked in today, 792 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,600 wherever kind of defeat like Lord, where are you? 793 00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:30,920 I can't feel you. Maybe you've forsaken me. 794 00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:34,760 Walk in the Tri valley. We can leave the day because of 795 00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:36,120 communion. Eucharistio. 796 00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:39,000 We can say he has done it. Amen. 797 00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:44,080 That's the church and that's the call to communion. 798 00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:47,320 That's the grace of God. And so you can write your Psalm 799 00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:51,320 today. Jesus wrote Psalm 22 and then he 800 00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:54,680 did it. And anything you declare, that's 801 00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:57,720 the will of God, that's the righteousness of God, that's 802 00:44:57,720 --> 00:45:00,600 God's will. You can just say, Lord, you got 803 00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:03,520 it, You're going to do it. I trust you. 804 00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:05,560 You did not make me to be defeated. 805 00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:09,240 You did not put me in a grave. You did not put me in this, this 806 00:45:09,240 --> 00:45:15,160 life, in this body to relive every tragedy in my life and 807 00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:19,880 grow bitter. You put me in this body to 808 00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:23,920 relive your greatest tragedy, which is the greatest act of 809 00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:26,720 grace. So every day afresh I can 810 00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:29,480 declare your glory that you've done it. 811 00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:33,640 Amen. And so, Father, we come before 812 00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:36,440 you. God, I pray for our church, God, 813 00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:41,360 that we full of gratitude that we'd be full of joy, that we'd 814 00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:45,720 be full of victory. Then this world, there's 815 00:45:45,720 --> 00:45:49,560 suffering and there's hardship. But Lord, you're far greater. 816 00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:52,120 And in your hardship you cried out. 817 00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:57,600 Eucharistio. Thank you, Father, for the 818 00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:02,880 suffering I'm going through because your grace and so they I 819 00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:05,000 pray for those of Jesus followers in the house, God that 820 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:09,760 we be full of gratitude because of your grace for us. 821 00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:13,480 God, if you're Jesus followed the house and God just speaking 822 00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:16,200 to you, maybe a moment of surrender, maybe a moment of 823 00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:18,280 saying he has done it, a moment of worship. 824 00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:20,840 We just open your hands to the Lord out in front of you and say 825 00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:24,720 Lord, thank you for your grace. God, a fresh God. 826 00:46:24,720 --> 00:46:30,520 I have walked away of my first love, I've put my heart on 827 00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:32,960 everything else, and I've forgotten what it is to live in 828 00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:39,000 communion. The disciples thought they were 829 00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:42,320 going to celebrate the end of slavery, but they didn't realize 830 00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:43,920 they were celebrating the end of sin. 831 00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:50,360 And so, Lord, every time we eat, we have the opportunity to say, 832 00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:53,320 Lord, thank you. Because when I see this bread 833 00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:56,080 and I see this cup and I see what you provided for me, I 834 00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:57,160 remember what you do on the cross. 835 00:46:57,160 --> 00:47:01,160 Lord, every single meal from here on out, I'm going to live 836 00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:04,360 under the grace of God as a symbol that my life is 837 00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:06,080 submission to the one who paid it all. 838 00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:08,000 Lord, help us to be those people. 839 00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:10,920 Lord, I'll pray for one group of people in the house that says, 840 00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:13,160 you walked in and said, you know, I don't really know Jesus 841 00:47:14,240 --> 00:47:16,880 like this one that died for me, that sacrificed for me. 842 00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:20,080 The Bible says he gives it away as free, a free gift of 843 00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:24,400 salvation to anybody that would call the name of Jesus, to 844 00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:26,480 anyone that would humble themselves and say I'm a Sinner 845 00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:29,480 and need of a savior. I've been writing my own story. 846 00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:31,200 But Lord, you already have a story. 847 00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:37,000 The story of Jesus is not taking bad people to be good. 848 00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:39,680 It's a story of taking dead people to life. 849 00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:42,800 It may be that you recognize that you came in here 850 00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:49,240 spiritually dead, but Jesus, the only one that didn't turn to 851 00:47:49,240 --> 00:47:56,160 dust, made a way for you to have eternal life. 852 00:47:57,040 --> 00:48:00,640 And so if you need Jesus today, if you'd hope today, if you'd 853 00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:05,080 humble yourself today, I want to invite you to do so. 854 00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:09,800 If God's speaking to you, Holy Spirit's calling you to have 855 00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:11,640 relationship with him, that's you. 856 00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:12,760 We just lift your hand high in this place. 857 00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:15,920 I need Jesus, I need this Eucharist you're talking about. 858 00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:19,040 I see your hand this I need Jesus and I called out, but you 859 00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:25,520 need Jesus if that's you. I'm a lead to the prayer and the 860 00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:26,880 prayer has nothing to do about your salvation. 861 00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:32,720 It's your heart. Just cry out to the Father and 862 00:48:32,720 --> 00:48:38,960 say Eucharistio thank you for sending your Son the greatest 863 00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:43,840 gift of grace who laid down his life for me, that I can have new 864 00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:48,400 life today. And then I need you to exchange 865 00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:52,640 all my wrongs for all your rights and declare my life it is 866 00:48:52,640 --> 00:49:00,000 finished and you can leave the day declaring he did it, he did 867 00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:03,640 it again. So God take my life and use it 868 00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:08,720 and I pray in Jesus name, Amen. You guys give some worship to 869 00:49:08,720 --> 00:49:10,400 Jesus. Come on. 870 00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:20,040 Man wasn't that good. Just the idea of gratefulness, 871 00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:23,480 the idea of knowing that God has your best in mind and everything 872 00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:26,040 he's ever done for you has been with that goal. 873 00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:30,040 So in this moment, we're going to share the Eucharist. 874 00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:35,240 We're going to take a communion. And as we do it, and I loved how 875 00:49:35,240 --> 00:49:38,600 Sean just framed the idea of what God's doing in this story. 876 00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:42,840 And there's a moment that this that this communion references 877 00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:45,320 and remembers. It's the moment that splits 878 00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:49,680 history down the middle. And what I love about it is as 879 00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:52,480 you read the Bible and if you want to look at it from a 30,000 880 00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:54,480 foot view, is, is that everything in the Old Testament, 881 00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:58,320 starting in Genesis, through the Mosaic law and the temple 882 00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:02,040 sacrifices, through the Psalms that David wrote and through the 883 00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:04,040 prophets like Isaiah, which we're going to read in a minute, 884 00:50:04,040 --> 00:50:10,480 point to Christ, point to the moment that God and his 885 00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:14,760 sovereignty picked to redeem humanity. 886 00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:20,200 And I love the stories and the vision of what God laid out in 887 00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:22,520 the Old Testament. And the apostles are a lot like 888 00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:24,280 us. We were a little slow sometimes. 889 00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:27,480 And I'll say this, the apostles, we're looking for so many things 890 00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:29,600 that ultimately Jesus will bring. 891 00:50:29,720 --> 00:50:31,720 They were looking for a king, they were looking for a Kingdom, 892 00:50:31,720 --> 00:50:33,760 they're looking for a ruler. And that's us. 893 00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:35,200 Sometimes we're looking for answers. 894 00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:38,800 But in this moment Jesus says I have all those things, but what 895 00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:45,720 you really need is me and Isaiah 53 five these apostles had read 896 00:50:45,720 --> 00:50:49,000 this probably hundreds if not thousands of times. 897 00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:52,040 But he was pierced for our transgressions. 898 00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:53,240 He was crushed for our iniquities. 899 00:50:53,240 --> 00:50:56,400 The punishment that brought us peace was on him and by his 900 00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:59,240 wounds we are healed. So everything in the Old 901 00:50:59,240 --> 00:51:04,440 Testament pointed forward and in this moment we recognize we are 902 00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:08,000 now the chosen people and that people are the church people 903 00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:10,320 that find their their identity in Christ. 904 00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:11,840 People have given their lives to God. 905 00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:16,520 So communion is this beautiful moment that we can look back to 906 00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:20,960 what God did for us through Jesus, the broken body, the 907 00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:25,600 covenant of spilled blood. And it gives us a unity as 908 00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:27,720 fellow followers, fellow disciples. 909 00:51:28,360 --> 00:51:32,160 And Paul in Corinthians, he reiterates what happened in 910 00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:34,640 Luke, what we read a moment ago. And so why don't you guys read 911 00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:37,440 this with me? And I'm going to break this down 912 00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:40,360 just real quickly for you guys. For I received from the Lord 913 00:51:40,720 --> 00:51:43,480 what I also passed on to you. The Lord Jesus on the night he 914 00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:45,840 was betrayed, took bread. And when he had given thanks, he 915 00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:48,440 broke it and said this is my body, which is for you. 916 00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:55,480 Do this in remembrance of me. And Sean's 100% right when you 917 00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:59,880 see what Jesus actually did in his body, it was broken, it was 918 00:51:59,880 --> 00:52:03,680 destroyed, it was pierced, and all of those were for you and 919 00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:06,360 that was for me. And it was to do something that 920 00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:10,240 we could never do on our own. And that's what Jesus did in 921 00:52:10,240 --> 00:52:12,080 that moment. He was looking forward to it and 922 00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:17,640 he did it willingly. And then if you pick it up, it 923 00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:21,080 says this. It says in the same way after 924 00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:23,400 supper he took the cup, saying this is the cup of the new 925 00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:25,760 covenant in my blood. Do this whenever you drink it 926 00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:28,640 and remembrance of me. And whenever you eat this bread 927 00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:33,840 and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes 928 00:52:34,520 --> 00:52:38,680 to spill blood. The whole Bible, the whole 929 00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:42,440 sacrificial system, points to the problem of sin and death. 930 00:52:42,720 --> 00:52:44,920 And it can only be fixed with a price. 931 00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:48,840 And the price isn't anything that you've done or anything 932 00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:52,080 that I can do, other than accepting what God's done for us 933 00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:54,640 in that moment. And his Son, his, his blood 934 00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:58,160 covers the sin of all of us. Anything you've ever done in the 935 00:52:58,160 --> 00:52:59,960 past, anything you ever do in the future. 936 00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:05,280 And so in this moment, this communion, it's so significant 937 00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:08,320 for so many different reasons. It is a time of remembrance. 938 00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:11,280 It's a time of reverence. The Corinthians messed this up 939 00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:14,080 so bad is that they took this as a common meal. 940 00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:17,760 And so Paul had some admonishment for them that says 941 00:53:18,240 --> 00:53:20,240 you need to take this in a worthy manner. 942 00:53:20,600 --> 00:53:22,920 So in, in, in a moment here, we're going to take a moment of 943 00:53:22,920 --> 00:53:25,680 self examination where you come before the Lord. 944 00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:29,160 And if there's anything you need to lay out before God, something 945 00:53:29,160 --> 00:53:33,840 that this standing between you and him a way that you may be 946 00:53:33,840 --> 00:53:36,720 divisive or or maybe there's some hurt, there's some sin in 947 00:53:36,720 --> 00:53:38,040 your life that you need to give God. 948 00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:42,680 This is the time to do it. And communion is also for those 949 00:53:42,680 --> 00:53:47,080 of us that are that are not only in this body here in this 950 00:53:47,080 --> 00:53:49,240 essence of this church, but for disciples. 951 00:53:49,240 --> 00:53:53,800 So if you have never made that decision, this moment is is for 952 00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:56,040 family. So I would encourage you to take 953 00:53:56,040 --> 00:53:59,400 this on a worthy manner. So be a disciple, be a follower 954 00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:03,240 of Christ, and then in this moment, take whatever you have 955 00:54:03,240 --> 00:54:05,520 before God. And then finally, as we do it, 956 00:54:05,960 --> 00:54:07,680 remember this is a moment of unity. 957 00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:10,920 The church throughout the centuries, throughout the 958 00:54:10,920 --> 00:54:15,520 generations have taken this every time as remembrance of 959 00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:19,760 what God did and how it unites all of us, past color of skin, 960 00:54:19,880 --> 00:54:24,760 past financial situations. This is what divides not doesn't 961 00:54:24,760 --> 00:54:28,240 divide that unites us either male nor female, slave nor free, 962 00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:31,600 Greek or Jew. So I'm going to encourage you 963 00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:35,880 guys in this moment, for the next 30 seconds, come before God 964 00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:40,480 in a silent moment of just remembrance and just self 965 00:54:40,480 --> 00:55:47,870 examination. All right, would you guys go 966 00:55:47,870 --> 00:55:51,350 ahead and stand your feet as we enter into this moment of being 967 00:55:51,870 --> 00:55:53,990 grateful for the thing that God has done for us? 968 00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:56,280 I'm gonna echo something that Sean said. 969 00:55:57,160 --> 00:55:59,800 It's beautiful to see God's people called to a common 970 00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:04,960 vision, called in unity, not in any one thing that we all have 971 00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:08,720 individually, but in the mission of what God's given us as a 972 00:56:08,720 --> 00:56:13,600 people. So in a moment, I'm going to 973 00:56:13,600 --> 00:56:15,880 pray. And then after I pray, I'll have 974 00:56:15,880 --> 00:56:17,480 you guys come down. You guys will come down this 975 00:56:17,560 --> 00:56:20,520 the, the, the middle aisles, You'll come up, you know, take 976 00:56:20,520 --> 00:56:21,640 communion, you'll take the bread. 977 00:56:21,640 --> 00:56:23,840 And then if you want wine that's on the outside, juice is on the 978 00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:26,640 inside, and you'll have a moment to take communion. 979 00:56:27,080 --> 00:56:30,320 And as you finish, go back out the outside and come back in. 980 00:56:30,760 --> 00:56:34,880 Would you guys pray with me? Got to stand here in a moment of 981 00:56:34,880 --> 00:56:36,600 humility. You got to think of the things 982 00:56:37,080 --> 00:56:41,120 that you that you have designed and built for us. 983 00:56:41,760 --> 00:56:45,680 God, just thank you for your plan to take a chosen people, a 984 00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:48,400 royal priesthood that you called the nation of Israel to bring 985 00:56:48,560 --> 00:56:52,120 forth your Messiah. And the Messiah is Jesus. 986 00:56:53,480 --> 00:56:57,240 God thank you for the life that he lived, his death, his burial, 987 00:56:57,240 --> 00:56:59,960 his resurrection. God, thank you for this moment 988 00:57:00,320 --> 00:57:02,960 that as as a people of God, that we can come together in 989 00:57:02,960 --> 00:57:04,760 remembrance of what you have done for us. 990 00:57:04,760 --> 00:57:07,480 God help us to not take this moment lightly. 991 00:57:09,240 --> 00:57:12,520 God, help us to remember the sacrifice that it cost you to 992 00:57:12,520 --> 00:57:16,440 redeem each person here because you love each person here. 993 00:57:18,040 --> 00:57:20,840 And God, finally, thank you for the the significance of the 994 00:57:20,840 --> 00:57:24,720 unity of your church in the way that the world tries to divide 995 00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:28,000 and separate us. God, this is what we are united 996 00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:32,280 in, in remembrance of your love for us and your calling for us 997 00:57:32,280 --> 00:57:35,480 on our lives. So God, I pray for the broken, 998 00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:38,520 the broken body. God, I pray for the spilled 999 00:57:38,520 --> 00:57:40,120 blood. God, just thank you for each one 1000 00:57:40,120 --> 00:57:42,520 of those sacrifices you've given each one of us. 1001 00:57:43,080 --> 00:57:45,320 And God, as we take these elements and remembrance of what 1002 00:57:45,320 --> 00:57:48,080 you've done for us, God, help us to not take this lightly. 1003 00:57:48,200 --> 00:57:51,240 God, thank you for everything you've done that we pray this in 1004 00:57:51,280 --> 00:57:54,600 Jesus name, Amen. Would you guys come? 1005 00:58:23,210 --> 00:58:33,760 Take the bread of life broken for all my sin, your body 1006 00:58:34,360 --> 00:58:51,160 crucify to make me whole again. I will recall the cup poured out 1007 00:58:51,200 --> 00:59:01,800 in sacrifice to trade the sinners in for your new 1008 00:59:01,800 --> 00:59:08,000 covenant. Hallelujah. 1009 00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:28,320 I live my life in remembrance. Hallelujah, your promise I won't 1010 00:59:29,520 --> 00:59:44,700 forgive our salvation with fear and trembling. 1011 00:59:47,620 --> 00:59:57,600 You're way born as my own, as Christ is formed in me. 1012 01:00:01,800 --> 01:00:04,880 Hallelujah I live my life and remembrance. 1013 01:00:10,320 --> 01:00:18,040 Hallelujah, your promise. I won't for you. 1014 01:00:26,200 --> 01:00:32,280 Never I should lose my way. If ever I deny your grace. 1015 01:00:32,520 --> 01:00:42,800 Remind me of the rise you made. Hallelujah I. 1016 01:00:43,360 --> 01:00:59,640 Live in remains. Well, we thank you, 1017 01:01:12,880 --> 01:01:18,720 love. You've been so, so good to me. 1018 01:01:19,680 --> 01:01:23,520 Good to know. You've been so, so good to me. 1019 01:01:26,920 --> 01:01:36,240 Oh, to me. Where I would be if not, If not 1020 01:01:36,520 --> 01:01:42,520 you, 'cause you've been so, so good to me. 1021 01:01:47,280 --> 01:01:59,800 You've been so, so good to me. Don't you know where I would be 1022 01:01:59,840 --> 01:02:11,360 if not for you, If not for you? That you've been so, so good to 1023 01:02:11,680 --> 01:02:18,400 me. You've been so, so good to me. 1024 01:02:36,280 --> 01:02:41,920 All the sides reach from the depths as far as E is from the 1025 01:02:42,320 --> 01:02:44,880 West. So far, Your grace, eyes can't 1026 01:02:45,320 --> 01:02:52,920 read me until I see you face to face. 1027 01:02:53,000 --> 01:02:59,280 Until and last I've won my race. Remind me you're not finished 1028 01:02:59,560 --> 01:03:02,880 yet. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, 1029 01:03:08,640 --> 01:03:22,160 Hallelujah. I live in Riemann. 1030 01:03:32,000 --> 01:03:51,960 Let's continue worshiping day. Rumors are the Son of Man, 1031 01:03:55,440 --> 01:04:08,800 stories of the Savior, holiness with human hands, treasure for 1032 01:04:08,840 --> 01:04:14,520 the traitor. No, we had heard. 1033 01:04:14,520 --> 01:04:26,840 No, I had seen the image of the Father until heaven came to live 1034 01:04:26,840 --> 01:04:33,720 with me. A rescue alike no other. 1035 01:04:34,160 --> 01:04:42,240 Let him hear it. You are worthy. 1036 01:04:42,920 --> 01:04:48,200 You are worthy of your name. You are worthy. 1037 01:04:53,360 --> 01:04:59,800 You are worthy of your name, my Jesus. 1038 01:05:06,280 --> 01:05:09,120 You did not speak, you made no sound. 1039 01:05:09,120 --> 01:05:19,440 You died for your accusers. That's you and me as you belong 1040 01:05:19,880 --> 01:05:27,760 fell to the ground. You redefined my future every 1041 01:05:27,800 --> 01:05:33,080 step. From the day that you rose, 1042 01:05:36,280 --> 01:05:43,760 darkness rain from the cover for the King of Kings, His planes, 1043 01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:54,160 his throne now. And till forever you are worthy, 1044 01:05:58,640 --> 01:06:11,160 You are worthy of your name. You are worthy, You are worthy 1045 01:06:11,760 --> 01:06:17,120 of your name. Jesus, we. 1046 01:06:21,280 --> 01:06:25,720 Trust you, we believe, who say you are. 1047 01:06:40,800 --> 01:06:48,160 You're my helper, my healer, my blessing, Redeemer, my answers, 1048 01:06:48,480 --> 01:06:51,800 my saving grace. We're not done yet. 1049 01:06:51,800 --> 01:06:56,720 You're my hope. In the shadows, my strength in 1050 01:06:57,520 --> 01:07:02,120 the battle, my anger for all my dears. 1051 01:07:04,880 --> 01:07:09,960 And you stand by my side, and you stood in my face. 1052 01:07:11,320 --> 01:07:19,720 Jesus, the one name only, Jesus, the one name. 1053 01:07:27,440 --> 01:07:34,880 You are worthy. You are worthy of your name. 1054 01:07:34,960 --> 01:07:46,200 You are worthy, You are worthy of your name, You are worthy so, 1055 01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:49,720 and God you are worthy of. Your name, yes. 1056 01:07:51,080 --> 01:07:55,240 You are worthy of you are worthy of your name. 1057 01:08:21,720 --> 01:08:27,720 Always they know you lay brought my heart up out of the crowd. 1058 01:08:31,200 --> 01:08:43,080 Let him erase my worthy. You are worthy of your name. 1059 01:08:44,520 --> 01:08:54,520 You are worthy. So worthy God, you are worthy of 1060 01:08:56,319 --> 01:09:03,880 your name, Jesus. Come on, let's give God some 1061 01:09:03,880 --> 01:09:07,319 praise this morning. I mean, he's so worthy of all of 1062 01:09:07,319 --> 01:09:09,439 our worship, of all of our praise. 1063 01:09:09,439 --> 01:09:14,080 Man, you guys can take a seat. Man, just such a reminder today. 1064 01:09:14,080 --> 01:09:18,359 Just the power of God's grace in our lives and how we can live a 1065 01:09:18,359 --> 01:09:21,080 life that is grateful man. Some of you recognize today for 1066 01:09:21,080 --> 01:09:24,279 the first time the grace that God has given you in your own 1067 01:09:24,279 --> 01:09:26,760 life. And you raised your hand during 1068 01:09:26,760 --> 01:09:30,160 that prayer and you committed your life to Jesus today. 1069 01:09:30,640 --> 01:09:32,840 And if that is you and you prayed that prayer, raise your 1070 01:09:32,840 --> 01:09:35,600 hand. We are so excited for you as you 1071 01:09:35,600 --> 01:09:38,399 are taking your first steps with your with Jesus today. 1072 01:09:38,760 --> 01:09:40,640 We got a couple things for you. If you would grab that 1073 01:09:40,640 --> 01:09:43,120 connection card for all your information there on the top, 1074 01:09:43,359 --> 01:09:46,560 but make sure to check that box that says I committed my life to 1075 01:09:46,600 --> 01:09:48,359 Jesus. And you can drop that in the 1076 01:09:48,359 --> 01:09:50,439 giving buckets as they pass here in a few minutes. 1077 01:09:50,680 --> 01:09:53,279 But just by doing that allows us to get you a couple things that 1078 01:09:53,279 --> 01:09:55,320 we know will just be a blessing to you this week. 1079 01:09:55,360 --> 01:09:57,840 The first one just a free book. It's called Begin, but it is a 1080 01:09:58,200 --> 01:10:01,360 really powerful a read and will help you in your next steps with 1081 01:10:01,440 --> 01:10:03,360 Jesus. Also, as you exit the worship 1082 01:10:03,360 --> 01:10:06,680 center, there's a table with some red bags inside is a free 1083 01:10:06,680 --> 01:10:09,200 Bible just for you and a few other resources in there for you 1084 01:10:09,200 --> 01:10:11,040 as well. We would love to get that to you 1085 01:10:11,040 --> 01:10:13,680 this week. And if you are newer with us at 1086 01:10:13,680 --> 01:10:16,680 Real Life Church, if this is your first Sunday here with us, 1087 01:10:16,680 --> 01:10:19,680 thank you so much much. We are so glad that you are here 1088 01:10:19,680 --> 01:10:21,120 today. We've been praying for you and 1089 01:10:21,120 --> 01:10:23,960 planning for you for today just with you in mind. 1090 01:10:23,960 --> 01:10:25,160 So thank you so much for being here. 1091 01:10:25,160 --> 01:10:27,600 We don't want anything from you today other than this. 1092 01:10:27,600 --> 01:10:29,680 And that's just to introduce yourself to us. 1093 01:10:29,960 --> 01:10:32,720 And you can do that simply just by grabbing that same connection 1094 01:10:32,720 --> 01:10:34,240 card, fill out your information there. 1095 01:10:34,400 --> 01:10:36,640 And actually you can take it to the New here booth as you leave 1096 01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:39,760 the worship center, just to your right, there's a smiling face 1097 01:10:39,760 --> 01:10:41,720 there that would love to introduce themselves to you as 1098 01:10:41,720 --> 01:10:43,640 well. And just to get you a free gift, 1099 01:10:43,800 --> 01:10:46,960 just our way of saying thank you so much for being here today. 1100 01:10:47,680 --> 01:10:50,880 And I just get to echo what Pastor Sean had shared earlier 1101 01:10:51,240 --> 01:10:53,800 in the message. I just want to say thank you to 1102 01:10:53,800 --> 01:10:57,360 those of you who turned in commitment cards last week. 1103 01:10:57,360 --> 01:11:01,120 I mean, so far we've had 58 individuals and families commit 1104 01:11:01,120 --> 01:11:04,520 to be difference makers. Can we give them a hand this 1105 01:11:04,520 --> 01:11:06,600 morning? So good. 1106 01:11:07,840 --> 01:11:10,040 Yeah, thank you so much for those of you who stepped in to 1107 01:11:10,040 --> 01:11:12,240 do that. Man, there is still room for you 1108 01:11:12,240 --> 01:11:14,600 to jump in. Maybe you just weren't here last 1109 01:11:14,600 --> 01:11:16,640 week as some of you I know took that card. 1110 01:11:16,640 --> 01:11:18,680 You weren't prepared last week, so you took that card home this 1111 01:11:18,680 --> 01:11:19,880 week and we're going to pray over it. 1112 01:11:20,080 --> 01:11:21,480 Some of you are joining us online. 1113 01:11:21,480 --> 01:11:23,320 We love you guys. By the way, you're joining us 1114 01:11:23,320 --> 01:11:25,160 online. I mean, there is still time for 1115 01:11:25,160 --> 01:11:27,000 you to give. And so I invite you to turn a 1116 01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:29,240 commitment card in today. You can do that just a few 1117 01:11:29,240 --> 01:11:31,680 minutes as the buckets pass, you can drop a commitment card right 1118 01:11:31,680 --> 01:11:33,960 in there. You can also scan the QR code 1119 01:11:33,960 --> 01:11:36,200 that's up on the screen. That'll take you to our 1120 01:11:36,200 --> 01:11:39,240 difference Maker website and on there is a digital commitment 1121 01:11:39,240 --> 01:11:42,280 card as well that you can turn in that way. 1122 01:11:42,880 --> 01:11:45,200 And then this is all about 100% participation. 1123 01:11:45,200 --> 01:11:48,040 There is room for all of us here just to get behind all that God 1124 01:11:48,040 --> 01:11:51,960 is doing and we are excited to see what is next for real life 1125 01:11:51,960 --> 01:11:53,920 church. And that's why over the next few 1126 01:11:53,920 --> 01:11:56,840 weeks as we continue to collect commitment cards, we are going 1127 01:11:56,840 --> 01:12:00,120 to celebrate all that God has done together on Sunday, 1128 01:12:00,120 --> 01:12:03,600 December 14th for Celebration Sunday. 1129 01:12:03,600 --> 01:12:06,440 Man, it is going to be just an amazing day and we're still 1130 01:12:06,440 --> 01:12:08,760 working through the numbers, but man, that is the day where we 1131 01:12:08,760 --> 01:12:11,760 get to share that committed pledge and just be excited for 1132 01:12:11,760 --> 01:12:13,560 all that God is going to do through that. 1133 01:12:13,880 --> 01:12:17,800 Also, that's the first Sunday that we get to come together and 1134 01:12:17,800 --> 01:12:20,080 give together as a body of Christ towards us. 1135 01:12:20,080 --> 01:12:23,360 Difference Maker initiative and so on that Sunday the 14th, 1136 01:12:23,360 --> 01:12:25,720 we're just asking that you'd bring that stored resources gift 1137 01:12:25,720 --> 01:12:29,000 so we can give 1st and kick off this difference maker 1138 01:12:29,000 --> 01:12:31,160 initiative. It is going to be so amazing to 1139 01:12:31,160 --> 01:12:34,320 see what God is going to do through that And hey, if you 1140 01:12:34,320 --> 01:12:36,120 call real life church home, there are a lot of ways that you 1141 01:12:36,120 --> 01:12:38,840 can give you can check it out up there on the screen. 1142 01:12:39,200 --> 01:12:42,040 You can text to give, you can give cash or check in the 1143 01:12:42,040 --> 01:12:44,160 envelope or in the buckets that they pass here in just a few 1144 01:12:44,160 --> 01:12:46,000 minutes. You can head over to our website 1145 01:12:46,000 --> 01:12:47,480 to give. There's also a giving box in the 1146 01:12:47,480 --> 01:12:50,200 back if that's more convenient for you as well. 1147 01:12:50,400 --> 01:12:52,400 And as those buckets pass here, and just just a minute, if you 1148 01:12:52,400 --> 01:12:55,880 and your family find yourself in any kind of immediate need this 1149 01:12:55,880 --> 01:12:58,840 week, maybe it's food or it's shelter, it's clothing, would 1150 01:12:58,840 --> 01:13:01,320 you please reach into those buckets and grab any loose cash 1151 01:13:01,320 --> 01:13:04,240 that you see in there just so that we can be a blessing to you 1152 01:13:04,240 --> 01:13:09,920 and your family this week. Man, what a blessed day. 1153 01:13:09,920 --> 01:13:14,440 Did you guys enjoy that? Man, just the attitude of 1154 01:13:14,440 --> 01:13:18,160 gratitude is the heart of the, the people of God. 1155 01:13:18,440 --> 01:13:20,960 And I love how I don't care what biblical writer is, but 1156 01:13:20,960 --> 01:13:24,480 especially Paul, he almost ends and he almost begins and ends 1157 01:13:24,480 --> 01:13:27,200 every one of his letters with a thankfulness to God's heart. 1158 01:13:27,520 --> 01:13:30,600 So man, I can't wait to, to, to keep in in this series. 1159 01:13:30,600 --> 01:13:32,600 Hey, once you guys mark a couple things in your calendar. 1160 01:13:32,840 --> 01:13:35,680 The big one is I know for all you Christmas people, it's 1161 01:13:35,680 --> 01:13:37,440 almost Christmas. We're not Thanksgiving out. 1162 01:13:37,440 --> 01:13:39,960 But once you mark your calendar for Christmas Eve, man, we 1163 01:13:39,960 --> 01:13:42,360 always kill it here. So we're going to have Christmas 1164 01:13:42,360 --> 01:13:45,080 Eve service at 2:00 and 4:00 before I start inviting your 1165 01:13:45,080 --> 01:13:47,480 family and friends. Can't wait to hang with you, you 1166 01:13:47,480 --> 01:13:48,720 guys. I'm really looking forward to 1167 01:13:48,720 --> 01:13:51,960 that. Hey, I want you guys just to 1168 01:13:51,960 --> 01:13:54,560 just to be ready for next week. We're going to continue this 1169 01:13:54,560 --> 01:13:57,080 idea of gratitude and I can't wait for it to see what Pastor 1170 01:13:57,080 --> 01:14:00,080 Sean builds on from this week and just to just keep pushing 1171 01:14:00,080 --> 01:14:03,160 our hearts forward just to be thankful for what God's got for 1172 01:14:03,160 --> 01:14:06,440 us. I want to, I want to pray or I 1173 01:14:06,440 --> 01:14:08,320 want to give you guys the scripture and just read it over 1174 01:14:08,320 --> 01:14:09,960 you guys as you guys get ready to go out of here. 1175 01:14:09,960 --> 01:14:12,920 And this is comes from Colossians and this is one of my 1176 01:14:12,920 --> 01:14:15,200 favorite books from Paul. This comes from Colossians 1177 01:14:15,200 --> 01:14:17,240 chapter 3. And I want you guys to think of 1178 01:14:17,240 --> 01:14:20,640 it, and as you guys are heading out over a lost and dying world 1179 01:14:20,640 --> 01:14:23,280 and take this really to heart and what Paul's speaking to even 1180 01:14:23,280 --> 01:14:27,160 us today says, let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts and 1181 01:14:27,160 --> 01:14:30,680 be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell 1182 01:14:30,680 --> 01:14:35,120 among you richly. And whatever you do, whether in 1183 01:14:35,120 --> 01:14:40,000 Word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving 1184 01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:42,760 thanks to God the Father through him. 1185 01:14:43,360 --> 01:14:44,680 Amen. You guys need prayer. 1186 01:14:44,720 --> 01:14:45,800 Yeah, Amen. Amen. 1187 01:14:46,800 --> 01:14:48,520 If you guys do prayer for any reason, whether it's as a 1188 01:14:48,520 --> 01:14:51,120 family, as individuals, we'd love to pray with you up here. 1189 01:14:51,120 --> 01:14:52,920 Come pray with an elder. Can't wait to see you guys again 1190 01:14:52,920 --> 01:14:55,760 next week and 9:00 or 10:45. And as always, remember, whoever 1191 01:14:55,760 --> 01:14:58,200 finds Jesus discovers real life and purpose. 1192 01:15:03,400 --> 01:15:06,240 This is the end of this podcast, we hope you've enjoyed it. 1193 01:15:06,400 --> 01:15:09,120 If you have, be sure to hit the subscribe button so you don't 1194 01:15:09,120 --> 01:15:10,960 miss another inspirational. Podcast. 1195 01:15:11,240 --> 01:15:13,960 For more great content and updates, visit Real Life Church 1196 01:15:13,960 --> 01:15:15,200 KC dot. Com.