1 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:07,400 Thanks for checking out the anchor Faith. 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:09,800 Message podcast from st. Augustine Florida. 3 00:00:10,300 --> 00:00:23,200 Now, enjoy this message Bible is about a king. 4 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:28,000 His kingdom and his Royal Offspring, to make it real 5 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,400 simple. What is the Bible about a king, 6 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,800 his kingdom and his Royal Offspring? 7 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,500 I'll say it again. The Bible is about a king, his 8 00:00:38,500 --> 00:00:42,000 kingdom, and his Royal offspring. 9 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:47,800 In Matthew, chapter 4, verse number 17, when Jesus comes onto 10 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,700 the scene at 30 years old to start his ministry. 11 00:00:51,300 --> 00:00:55,100 The first words out of his mouth publicly spoken is this, we find 12 00:00:55,100 --> 00:00:57,400 this in Matthew chapter 4. Verse number 17. 13 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:01,500 It says, from that time. So this was the start, but this 14 00:01:01,500 --> 00:01:04,599 was his message. Jesus began to preach and say, 15 00:01:04,900 --> 00:01:08,100 repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. 16 00:01:09,500 --> 00:01:13,600 Then in Matthew chapter 24. Verse number 14. 17 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:17,400 The word says this. This Gospel of, the Kingdom will 18 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:21,600 be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations and 19 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,100 then the end will come. So it's this gospel. 20 00:01:25,500 --> 00:01:29,500 This gospel, it's just not any gospel, gospel means, good news, 21 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:32,900 good news of Deliverance, good news of Freedom, good news of 22 00:01:32,900 --> 00:01:36,800 redemption, but it's the good news of the kingdom of God. 23 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,600 What is a kingdom? The very Greek word because the 24 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:44,000 New Testament was written in Greek, the Old Testament Hebrew, 25 00:01:44,300 --> 00:01:46,400 the Greek word for Kingdom, has boss Alia. 26 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,600 That means a realm or a territory work. 27 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,100 A king is in charge. So, let me put it this way. 28 00:01:53,100 --> 00:01:57,000 God is not killing you or waiting for you to expire to 29 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,200 die, to get you into the kingdom of God. 30 00:02:01,100 --> 00:02:05,100 The kingdom of God is anywhere where you permit him to be king. 31 00:02:06,500 --> 00:02:10,900 And Luke chapter 17, Jesus addresses this to really thank 32 00:02:10,900 --> 00:02:14,400 God for Jesus because he always brings truth to bring Clarity 33 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:16,900 and religion will bring a confusion. 34 00:02:17,500 --> 00:02:19,200 That's why. I said the Bible is a book about 35 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,100 a king, his kingdom and his Royal offspring. 36 00:02:23,700 --> 00:02:26,200 Luke chapter 17 verses 20 through 21. 37 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,600 The word says this when he was asked Jesus was asked by the 38 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,200 Pharisees, when the kingdom of God will come Jesus answered 39 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:34,400 them. And said, the kingdom of God 40 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,300 does not come with observation nor will they say, see hear or 41 00:02:38,300 --> 00:02:39,800 see? Therefore, indeed. 42 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,500 The kingdom of God is within you. 43 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,100 Remember, I said, God for us, God with us, but we need to know 44 00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:49,200 that God is in us. The kingdom of God, is in us. 45 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,600 It's not coming with observation wherever you permit Jesus to be 46 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,000 Lord. There is the kingdom being lived 47 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,000 out and being manifested. So once you give your life to 48 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:04,200 God and you start this New Journey, I read a book years ago 49 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:09,400 called a the ride of a lifetime. It was by the CEO of Disney. 50 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,700 Praise the lord. We should all stop and pray now. 51 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:21,600 Glory to God. But he at that time, titled that 52 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,800 book. But I thought man being with God 53 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,500 being in his kingdom, let us Kingdom manifest through us is 54 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:32,500 the ride of a lifetime. Because when you are born again, 55 00:03:32,500 --> 00:03:35,100 that's just the start. Not the end. 56 00:03:35,100 --> 00:03:37,600 Just like when you get married. Yes, what you don't say, honey, 57 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,700 we did our vows, that was awesome. 58 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:45,100 See you down the road sometime. I hope you didn't do that. 59 00:03:45,700 --> 00:03:48,600 No, what you want to enjoy the relationship. 60 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,000 Ship the Covenant that you entered into right? 61 00:03:51,100 --> 00:03:54,400 And that was that supposed to be a lifetime. 62 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:00,800 Commitment. Right? 63 00:04:01,500 --> 00:04:03,900 How much more God the Father, when you're in a relationship 64 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:08,200 with him through Jesus? Does that become a lifetime 65 00:04:08,700 --> 00:04:12,100 commitments? I'm not impressed with today. 66 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,600 I'm looking for where you at in a year from now where you at 67 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:22,200 five years from now where you at ten years from now if the Lord 68 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:26,200 tarries, where are you at 20 years from now? 69 00:04:26,300 --> 00:04:29,200 Are you still participating in that living? 70 00:04:29,900 --> 00:04:34,500 Covenant with God, Almighty growing and thriving in the 71 00:04:34,500 --> 00:04:39,700 things of God. This brings me to five, six 72 00:04:39,700 --> 00:04:43,900 questions. I want to ask you today, six 73 00:04:43,900 --> 00:04:46,900 questions, I want to give you today, six questions. 74 00:04:46,900 --> 00:04:49,400 I want to have you Ponder, not just today. 75 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,800 But throughout this week, the weeks to come and really the 76 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,300 years and the decades to come because I want you to stay on 77 00:04:56,300 --> 00:04:58,000 point. God wants you to stay on point. 78 00:04:58,100 --> 00:05:01,000 God wants you to stay committed. You realize the devil wants to 79 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,500 derail you off of God's plan for your life. 80 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:11,400 Number one, the first question is this and everybody's asking 81 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:16,400 these questions to themselves? Where did I come from? 82 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:24,800 That's a question of heritage. Listen. if you limit, where you 83 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:35,500 came from to ancestry.com, That's a question of source. 84 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,100 Thank God for ancestry can give you some genealogy records of 85 00:05:40,100 --> 00:05:43,300 where you came from and the Earth but you got to realize, 86 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:47,000 where did I come from? The Bible says, I've been born 87 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,400 of God really. My DNA, my jeans? 88 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,000 Right? Is of the lineage of God. 89 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,500 If we could just see ourselves of that, boy, you dries up like 90 00:05:56,500 --> 00:06:01,000 a thoroughbred. And say man I have God's DNA on 91 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,500 the inside of me. I didn't come from the wrong 92 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:06,900 side of the tracks. I didn't come out of poverty. 93 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:09,500 I don't come out of riches. I came out of God. 94 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,500 And I really get the fullness of what God wants to do in a 95 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:17,600 lifetime commitment, you with him, you got to realize and 96 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,200 meditate on man. I came from God, I'm of God, I'm 97 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,300 in God. Secondly, who am I? 98 00:06:24,500 --> 00:06:27,500 You know, the world's asking this and coming up with all 99 00:06:27,500 --> 00:06:33,000 kinds of crazy and ungodly. Answers that. 100 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,600 Who am I? Well, you know where you're 101 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,900 going to find yourself at because this is the answer that 102 00:06:37,900 --> 00:06:42,500 is it's a question of identity. You find yourself in the word of 103 00:06:42,500 --> 00:06:45,400 God. You find who you really are in 104 00:06:45,408 --> 00:06:49,300 this word. The third thing is, what can I 105 00:06:49,300 --> 00:06:51,100 do? People ask what can I do? 106 00:06:51,300 --> 00:06:55,100 And that's a question of potential and I guarantee that 107 00:06:55,100 --> 00:07:01,400 most people in this room have not even tapped into Scratch the 108 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,800 surface of what God has put on the inside of you. 109 00:07:05,300 --> 00:07:09,400 I pray that it awakens today and it stays awake for the week's, 110 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:10,600 the months and the years to come. 111 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:12,200 Amen. Potential is everything you 112 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,000 could do. But haven't done potentials, 113 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:19,500 unused strength untapped ability, it's your capacity. 114 00:07:20,700 --> 00:07:22,600 It's what God put on the inside of you. 115 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,200 And said this is this is my plan in my purpose for you. 116 00:07:25,208 --> 00:07:27,500 I put the potential on the inside of you but listen 117 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:29,900 potential will not grow unless you develop it. 118 00:07:30,900 --> 00:07:36,200 And give yourself to it. The fourth question is, why am I 119 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,000 here? That's a question of purpose. 120 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,300 Purpose. It's the why not the what? 121 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:48,400 And the why Always motivates the what, some people know what to 122 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,400 do, but they don't know why they're doing it. 123 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,700 Purpose answers. A question of I exist for this 124 00:07:54,700 --> 00:07:59,600 reason. I exist for this plan and let me 125 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:03,300 say this. God has a plan for you. 126 00:08:03,700 --> 00:08:07,200 Every Born Again. Child of God. 127 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,200 God said this is a, this is the plan or this is the purpose that 128 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,400 I have for you and there's different seasons and different 129 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:19,800 stages within that purpose. The fifth thing is, where am I 130 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,700 going? That's a question of Destiny. 131 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,700 And the sixth thing is what will I leave in the Earth? 132 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:33,799 What will I leave in the Earth? And that's a question of legacy. 133 00:08:35,500 --> 00:08:38,000 The Bible says a good man, leaves an inheritance to his 134 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,799 children's children, and inheritance is what you leave. 135 00:08:41,700 --> 00:08:47,700 But a legacy is, who you leave, Jesus left truth in the earth. 136 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:52,200 So our Legacy is Believers is always to maximize the gift that 137 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,600 got put on the inside of us so that we pour it out. 138 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:57,200 Paul said this way, I fought the good, right? 139 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,500 A fight, I finished. My course, I'm being poured out. 140 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,600 Was it the legacy of my assignment is being poured out? 141 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,700 And guess what? We Still partaking of what the 142 00:09:07,700 --> 00:09:12,000 Apostle Paul did, right? He wrote a majority of the New 143 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:16,800 Testament Epistles and we are still feeding on that inspired 144 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:18,400 word by the Holy Ghost delivered. 145 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,300 By the Apostle. Paul, what are you going to 146 00:09:21,308 --> 00:09:22,800 leave? What assignment is God put in 147 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:24,500 you that you're going to say at the end of your life? 148 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:27,900 I've poured it out. We poured it out. 149 00:09:28,700 --> 00:09:35,600 The title of today's message is this Kingdom mandate a life of 150 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:41,000 purpose. Kingdom mandate a life of 151 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:46,100 purpose. Now mandate is this as defined? 152 00:09:46,100 --> 00:09:50,000 It's an authoritative command of formal order. 153 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:53,700 I say this way. It's a Divine assignment. 154 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,300 It comes from the throne to the heart of a child of God. 155 00:09:58,300 --> 00:10:00,800 One of his Royal offsprings and said this is what I want you to 156 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:04,900 do. And that creates a life of 157 00:10:04,900 --> 00:10:09,400 purpose. Look at Jesus, he was filled 158 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:11,700 with purpose on the earth. He had a mandate, a Divine 159 00:10:11,700 --> 00:10:17,300 assignment from the father. In John, chapter 18 verse number 160 00:10:17,300 --> 00:10:21,500 37, the word says, this pilot said to Jesus, are you a king 161 00:10:21,500 --> 00:10:24,000 then? Jesus answered, you say, rightly 162 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,200 that, I'm a king for this, cause I was born for this, cause I 163 00:10:27,208 --> 00:10:30,100 have come into the world that I should bear witness to the 164 00:10:30,100 --> 00:10:33,600 truth, everyone who is of the truth, hears my voice. 165 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,500 So Jesus knew that his purpose was to bring truth. 166 00:10:37,100 --> 00:10:40,400 To the Earth. And first John chapter 3 verse 167 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,600 number 8. The Bible says, for this 168 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:46,600 purpose, the Son of God was manifested that he might destroy 169 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,600 the works of the devil. So the purpose of Jesus was to 170 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:57,200 destroy loosen, obliterate release the shackles of what the 171 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:02,100 devil is doing in the Earth. First John chapter 4 verse. 172 00:11:02,100 --> 00:11:06,700 Number 17 says, as he is, Jesus is so, are we in this? 173 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,100 World. If Jesus lived a life on 174 00:11:09,100 --> 00:11:12,200 purpose, we should live a life on purpose. 175 00:11:12,900 --> 00:11:16,200 We should have a kingdom mandate and be Philip bit of be 176 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:20,900 fulfilling the intention, the design and the aim that God has 177 00:11:20,900 --> 00:11:24,400 for us, the Apostle Paul demonstrated. 178 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:29,400 This as I said, the Apostle, Paul wrote, the book many books, 179 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,700 but to the Corinthian Church and my key text today is going to be 180 00:11:33,700 --> 00:11:38,500 found in 1st Corinthians. Verses 24 through 27. 181 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:46,000 I read it in a minute. First Corinthians 9:24-27, now, 182 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:50,400 Paul on his first missionary journey, he went to the city at 183 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:54,600 Corinth, koretz Was a Roman colony. 184 00:11:55,800 --> 00:12:00,400 And basically it was the Hub of their Commerce, one of the 185 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:01,800 greatest hubs of Commerce further. 186 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,900 Roman Colony, they were a port city, primarily filled of 187 00:12:05,900 --> 00:12:08,800 Gentiles people. That had no clue about God. 188 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:14,100 Never heard about God. It was filled with Greeks, it 189 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:17,400 was filled with Rome is it was filled with orientals and 190 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:20,800 obviously, because it was a, it was a huge metropolitan area. 191 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:25,200 Some Scholars say between 100,000 to 700,000 people in 192 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:30,000 this city, But also, there was a lot of money flowing into it 193 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,900 because shipping was one of their primary Industries. 194 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,300 So they were able to make a lot of money. 195 00:12:35,300 --> 00:12:38,300 So there was Sailors, there there was businessman but you 196 00:12:38,300 --> 00:12:41,000 can imagine the moral fabric of this society which I'll tell you 197 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:42,900 there was a lot of money flowing into it. 198 00:12:42,900 --> 00:12:45,500 And guess what? When you don't know, God, or 199 00:12:45,500 --> 00:12:47,600 know the things of God, guess what money does? 200 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,100 It becomes everything you're living for? 201 00:12:50,500 --> 00:12:52,900 So I'm sure there was greed. I'm sure there was bribery. 202 00:12:52,900 --> 00:12:54,600 I'm sure there was a lust for money. 203 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,000 Not only that, but it was heavily Greek influenced. 204 00:12:57,300 --> 00:13:03,300 Reminds me of America secularly. You know, many of our University 205 00:13:03,300 --> 00:13:08,600 started off with a sacred purpose, a Christian foundation 206 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:12,600 and they have been derailed and start of just teaching secular 207 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,700 philosophy. But that's how the city was they 208 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:18,500 were huge on philosophy and intellectualism. 209 00:13:19,100 --> 00:13:21,800 Matter of fact the Greeks out of he had great oratory skills that 210 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:25,000 set you apart. Not only that. 211 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:30,700 But it was a huge fornicating popularity of population. 212 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:35,500 I mean to say that you become Christian, I just meant that you 213 00:13:35,500 --> 00:13:38,400 were one that committed fornication, the Temple of 214 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:42,300 Aphrodite, this was there where they actually had prostitution 215 00:13:42,700 --> 00:13:46,000 at that Temple. So Paul comes in the great news 216 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,400 is God, has a purpose for Paul. Paul comes into the city of 217 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,000 Corinth with the gospel of the Kingdom. 218 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,100 In fifty a d-- he preaches the message, people listen to the 219 00:13:57,100 --> 00:14:00,900 message and they respond and a church is started. 220 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:04,400 But five years later is guess what? 221 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:10,900 There's problems. In that church. 16 chapters in 222 00:14:10,908 --> 00:14:14,800 First Corinthians 1 and there's a second book 2 Corinthians. 223 00:14:15,100 --> 00:14:19,800 But Paul in the first chapter, first, nine verses to correct 224 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:21,000 some of these things that were gone on. 225 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,000 After five years of hearing the truth, he leaves to continue 226 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,600 missionary journey such leadership in the church. 227 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,500 But gets word that the church isn't going well. 228 00:14:30,900 --> 00:14:32,600 So guess what? Leadership is going to good 229 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:37,100 leadership is going to bring correction Good leadership is 230 00:14:37,100 --> 00:14:40,600 going to being truth. Listen, if you're going the 231 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:46,600 wrong way, on a one-way Road. You want somebody to say, stop 232 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:52,000 turn around when I used to work and coming out of Bible school, 233 00:14:52,300 --> 00:14:55,700 this is amazing. I told you signs wonders and 234 00:14:55,700 --> 00:14:58,400 miracles, follow the preaching. The word I was actually a car 235 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:02,100 salesman. After I got out of Bible school, 236 00:15:02,100 --> 00:15:08,900 spirit filled selling cars, worked out good because I walked 237 00:15:08,900 --> 00:15:13,200 in Integrity. I wasn't a line sleazy grease 238 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:19,300 here. Slick salesman not treated 239 00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:21,600 people the right way and thank God. 240 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:27,400 We had a Spirit-filled owner whose whole reason purpose. 241 00:15:28,100 --> 00:15:32,900 Lifetime commitment was to he knew what God had called him. 242 00:15:32,900 --> 00:15:35,900 Do he knew why God had called him and mr. 243 00:15:35,900 --> 00:15:40,300 Bobby Nelson, the whole reason, he had that business was to fund 244 00:15:40,300 --> 00:15:43,400 the gospel. He was set. 245 00:15:45,900 --> 00:15:48,700 Financially. But he continued open up more 246 00:15:48,700 --> 00:15:52,300 dealerships because he knew that was his fit in the body of 247 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:53,200 Christ. Not everybody? 248 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:55,800 That gets born again, is going to be preaching behind a Pulpit 249 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,400 and I know, personally, he blessed my wife and I when we 250 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:05,600 left Florida, gave us a cheque said, you know, just be blessed. 251 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,200 We're coming to Florida to help Pastor. 252 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:10,200 Oh Marcy, start this church. I know that he's solely 253 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,000 supported missionaries over in China. 254 00:16:13,100 --> 00:16:15,100 But that's the purpose. I'm trying to get ingrained and 255 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:18,000 you, what is God called you to do? 256 00:16:18,900 --> 00:16:21,800 But I remember there, it was right off the highway. 257 00:16:21,900 --> 00:16:24,600 There's an on-ramp in an off ramp, then unwrap is close to 258 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:26,600 the dealership. You have to go over the overpass 259 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:30,200 to get to the, the ramp coming onto the egg, onto the highway 260 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,000 that way. But I remember I was, I was one 261 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,400 Saturday morning, I was there. I was kind of looking out the 262 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,000 window getting prepared for my day. 263 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,400 Saturday's were a very long day in the car industry. 264 00:16:39,700 --> 00:16:42,400 My wife had called me many times at 6:00 when you coming home, 265 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:44,600 Don't know was my consistent answer. 266 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:48,400 Because if you're in the middle of selling a car, you're a 267 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,600 hundred percent commission. You got to just can't say, hey, 268 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,600 I'm checking out. I mean, there's sometimes I work 269 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,500 from 9:00 to midnight selling cars, it's just the way it was, 270 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,000 but I'm getting ready. And all sudden I heard this huge 271 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,400 crash and what happened, an elderly person, actually, when 272 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:07,200 they were coming up to get onto the highway, they went down the 273 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:13,200 wrong way. So, instead of getting onto the 274 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,300 on-ramp correctly, they didn't go over the overpass. 275 00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:18,599 They came coming, you know, for the other direction for the 276 00:17:18,599 --> 00:17:21,700 people coming off the going, one way coming up that ramp, you 277 00:17:21,700 --> 00:17:22,300 know. So they're coming. 278 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:23,900 On way another car, hit them head-on. 279 00:17:25,099 --> 00:17:28,200 But that's what Paul was doing was saying, listen this, he was 280 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,400 correcting the church. There were things that were off. 281 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,900 So the first nine verses, the First Corinthians 1, he really 282 00:17:35,100 --> 00:17:39,000 does a salutation but then he reestablishes the lordship of 283 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:43,400 Jesus Christ, he mentions it several times, that Jesus is 284 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,300 Lord, he's just not savior, thank God. 285 00:17:46,300 --> 00:17:49,000 He saves us. He delivers us. 286 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,200 But lordship is a kingdom mindset where I'm saying you 287 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:57,000 have the final say, not my way, not my will, but whatever the 288 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:58,900 word of God says, that's what I want to live by. 289 00:17:58,900 --> 00:18:02,300 That is my filter that My strength that is my source that 290 00:18:02,300 --> 00:18:05,600 I draw from right, but then after the ninth verse, he gets 291 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:07,000 into the 10th. Verse of the first chapter, he 292 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,900 starts dealing with things like strife and division. 293 00:18:10,300 --> 00:18:13,100 So in this church from the time they started 25 years later, 294 00:18:13,100 --> 00:18:16,000 guess what their strife, and there's division in the Church 295 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,400 of Paul's bringing correction to the church. 296 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:22,400 The second chapter he goes over because this is a heavy, heavy 297 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:24,600 Heavenly intellectual Society, right? 298 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:26,800 He says, listen to things of God are just not grabbed 299 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:31,000 intellectually, you only know the things of the The Spirit by 300 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:35,300 the spirit, don't forget that. Don't don't start in the spirit 301 00:18:35,300 --> 00:18:38,100 and then getting to the Flesh and just try to comprehend god 302 00:18:38,100 --> 00:18:40,700 with your mind. It's by the holy ghost that you 303 00:18:40,700 --> 00:18:44,300 get Revelation, knowledge, the 3rd and the 4th chapter 304 00:18:44,300 --> 00:18:50,000 basically said your babies. It's been five years, you're 305 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,200 spiritually, immature. There's quarreling there's, 306 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:57,400 there's jealousy and he said, it's time to grow up. 307 00:18:58,700 --> 00:19:01,100 He said and at the end of the fourth chapter he said this 308 00:19:01,100 --> 00:19:03,900 listen, there's there's ten thousand instructors but there's 309 00:19:03,900 --> 00:19:08,200 not many fathers. It's time to grow up touch your 310 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:09,700 neighbor and tell him. It's time to grow up. 311 00:19:14,300 --> 00:19:19,900 The Fitch after he deals with sexual immorality. so there's 312 00:19:19,900 --> 00:19:26,600 fornication known publicly going on and he addresses it and he 313 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,900 says, don't even eat with that person if they're not repenting 314 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:37,200 and he says, listen the world does that And that's one thing 315 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:39,700 but when a Believer is doing that and if they're not 316 00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:42,200 repentant don't even talk to him. 317 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:53,900 Hallelujah. so, the sixth chapter deals with Really civil 318 00:19:53,900 --> 00:19:59,000 litigation. And social sins and he saying 319 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,800 you guys can't even work it out between yourself. 320 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:07,400 You're taking your problems to a secular judge to figure out what 321 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,400 you should really be in resolving between yourself. 322 00:20:10,700 --> 00:20:13,200 Right? The 7th chapter deals with 323 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,200 marriage and singleness the eighth chapter deals with 324 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:20,200 idolatry and then bam in the Night, chapter Paul 325 00:20:20,500 --> 00:20:22,900 re-establishes, his purpose to the church. 326 00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:28,800 He said I'm an apostle. The 10 chapter deals with the 327 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:32,500 Old Testament examples that they were written for our admonition, 328 00:20:32,500 --> 00:20:35,900 our example. And what is he saying? 329 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:38,100 The Christian church has those Old Testament. 330 00:20:38,100 --> 00:20:42,600 Say started off good but then they got off and he gives he 331 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:44,500 gave his reasons why they got off get off. 332 00:20:44,500 --> 00:20:47,500 They gave him five reasons and he's saying there's a Maximized 333 00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:49,900 Life. There's a John 10:10 life that 334 00:20:49,900 --> 00:20:52,500 God came to give you life and to give it to you more abundantly. 335 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:56,600 Don't let the devil steal that life by doing things like you're 336 00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:01,100 doing. he gets in the 11th chapter, it talks about the 337 00:21:01,108 --> 00:21:04,800 Lord's table, the 12th chapter talks about spiritual gifts, the 338 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:09,400 13 chapters of the great love chapter The 14 chapter talks 339 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:13,400 about prophecy and praying in tongues the 15th chapter. 340 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,700 I like this because he builds to a big view. 341 00:21:16,500 --> 00:21:21,300 He says, Jesus is coming back. The story of redemption. 342 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,300 He says one day this mortality will put on immortality you're 343 00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:29,700 going to get a glorified body and the 16th chapter he gets 344 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:32,100 some admonitions but really to me it's like when the credits 345 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:35,300 roll at the end of the movie he starts naming people that have 346 00:21:35,300 --> 00:21:38,600 been a help to the gospel. When you get to the end of your 347 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:43,800 life we need to see our names Rollin on the credits and saying 348 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:48,100 hey Pastor Brandon did his fit as a husband as a father and and 349 00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:49,500 worship ministry as an electrician? 350 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,900 Chin and everything that God has called you to do. 351 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:57,600 First Corinthians chapter 9. There are key verse verses, 24 352 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:02,100 through, 27 says this, do you not know that those who run in a 353 00:22:02,100 --> 00:22:08,000 race they all run but one receives the prize run in such a 354 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,200 way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for 355 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,500 the prize is temperate in all things. 356 00:22:13,700 --> 00:22:17,100 Now they do it to obtain a perishable Crown but we an 357 00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:21,300 imperishable Crown therefore I run the snot with uncertainty 358 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,500 thus I fight not as one who beats. 359 00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:26,900 The air, but I discipline my body and bring it into 360 00:22:26,900 --> 00:22:29,200 subjection lest when I preached to others. 361 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,600 I myself should become disqualified. 362 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,400 The Message Bible reads. It like this, you've all been to 363 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,000 the stadium and you've seen the athletes race. 364 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:46,400 Everyone runs one wins, run to win all good. 365 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,900 Athletes train hard, they do it for a gold medal that tarnishes 366 00:22:49,900 --> 00:22:51,900 and Fades. You're after the one that's gold 367 00:22:51,900 --> 00:22:53,500 eternally. I don't know. 368 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:55,700 About you. But I'm running hard for the 369 00:22:55,700 --> 00:22:57,800 Finish Line, I'm giving it everything. 370 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:02,100 I've got no lazy living for me. I'm staying alert. 371 00:23:02,100 --> 00:23:06,100 And in top condition, I'm not going to get caught napping, 372 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:10,100 telling everyone else about it and then missing out myself. 373 00:23:11,100 --> 00:23:14,500 Hallelujah. Now, these Corinthians knew 374 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:16,600 exactly what Paul was talking about. 375 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:20,900 Because every two years they had these big games, they were like 376 00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:23,100 the Olympics that they did in the city of Corinth. 377 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:27,400 So he's using a naturalist raishin, but giving a spiritual 378 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,900 point. And what is he saying? 379 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:32,400 Member hecqs? First Corinthians 9 is when he 380 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:36,100 States his purpose, but he's encouraging them to fulfill 381 00:23:36,100 --> 00:23:39,100 their Kingdom mandate and their life, a purpose. 382 00:23:40,300 --> 00:23:45,000 He's saying I'm in my Lane, I'm in my role. 383 00:23:46,100 --> 00:23:50,600 You are what you are because of why you are, I want to insert 384 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:53,100 right now. Don't try to be somebody else. 385 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:01,300 God is too creative to make two people exactly the same. 386 00:24:02,100 --> 00:24:08,600 That would be boring. Everybody's fingerprint. 387 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:09,900 This room is different. Why? 388 00:24:09,900 --> 00:24:17,400 Because the Creator made you different, Psalms 139 verses 13 389 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,800 through. 14 says, this thou has possessed my reins. 390 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:22,600 That was covered me in my mother's room. 391 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,500 I will praise you for. I am fearfully and wonderfully. 392 00:24:25,500 --> 00:24:28,900 Made marvelous are thy works and my soul knows, right? 393 00:24:28,900 --> 00:24:32,500 Well, David was saying, man, I'm fearfully and wonderfully made. 394 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:34,900 I'm unique, God has destined me as king. 395 00:24:34,900 --> 00:24:38,100 What does God Destin you for? What is your purpose? 396 00:24:38,100 --> 00:24:42,300 Don't try to be somebody else and Galatians 5, it works at 397 00:24:42,300 --> 00:24:44,000 list before the fruit of the spirit. 398 00:24:44,100 --> 00:24:46,800 It lists the works of the flesh. One of those works is a thing 399 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:51,300 called emulation. Which means I'm trying to be 400 00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:59,500 someone else. And you don't need to be anybody 401 00:24:59,500 --> 00:25:01,300 else that comes to the question of identity. 402 00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:04,300 Who am I right? God has made you fearfully and 403 00:25:04,300 --> 00:25:05,200 wonderfully. There's not a pert. 404 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,200 Another person like you on the planet. 405 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,700 Thank God for all the different personalities we have. 406 00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:15,700 We got same flag, Matic people that are just laid back and 407 00:25:15,700 --> 00:25:18,900 their personality, we would say chilled, right? 408 00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:22,600 You realize they help balance out the caloric person. 409 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:26,700 That's a type and driven. We're gonna do this till we 410 00:25:26,700 --> 00:25:29,100 drop. It's gonna get done. 411 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:36,000 Thank God, we need those people. To write the saying, winds Peter 412 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:42,600 was a sanguine personality. Jesus is saying one time that if 413 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,900 I don't wash your feet, he's talking about washing the feet 414 00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:48,000 of his disciples. Peter said I'm not going to let 415 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,600 the Lord wash my feet. And Jesus said, if you don't let 416 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,400 me wash your feet, I'm going to have no part with you. 417 00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:59,800 And Jesus said, Peter said, wash my whole body then I mean the 418 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:01,700 extreme sanguine personality, right? 419 00:26:01,700 --> 00:26:05,100 The life of the party. Hallelujah. 420 00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:07,200 They come in the room boisterous. 421 00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:12,200 Excited. Thank God, we need those people 422 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:16,700 to write The Melancholy people glory to God. 423 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:21,200 All the i's are dotted. All the t's are crossed. 424 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:26,600 They are administrative through and through, we need them. 425 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,700 So Melancholy doesn't need to try to fit themselves in a 426 00:26:29,700 --> 00:26:36,000 saying when personality I will say this the best personalities 427 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,300 under constant checks and balances through truth. 428 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:43,600 But don't try to be anybody else. 429 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:47,700 Second Corinthians chapter 10 verse number. 12 says this 430 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,800 second Corinthians 10:12. We do not dare classify or 431 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:55,300 compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. 432 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,000 Listen to this. When they measure themselves by 433 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,500 themselves and comparing themselves with themselves, they 434 00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:05,100 are not wise. Paul saying, when you measure 435 00:27:05,100 --> 00:27:07,400 yourself against somebody else, or you compare yourself with 436 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,900 somebody else, you're not wise, you're never going to win the 437 00:27:10,900 --> 00:27:14,500 comparison game. You're never going to win the 438 00:27:14,500 --> 00:27:17,500 measurement game. You got to realize that man God 439 00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:21,100 has created me in a certain way for my purpose. 440 00:27:22,300 --> 00:27:25,000 And I need to do that purpose or the body of Christ is going to 441 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:30,100 miss out. 2nd Timothy chapter 1 verse. 442 00:27:30,100 --> 00:27:36,400 Number 9 says this, Who has saved us and called us with a 443 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:40,100 holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his 444 00:27:40,100 --> 00:27:43,800 own purpose and Grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus 445 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:48,200 Before Time began. He saved us, but he also called 446 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:53,300 us he saved us that's when the work of Salvation began but he 447 00:27:53,308 --> 00:27:59,800 also called us to a mandate to a Divine assignment So thank God 448 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:02,700 for salvation, but he said, I'm calling you Jesus said in the 449 00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:05,900 gospel that many are called but few are chosen. 450 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,900 So how do you go from being called to chosen? 451 00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:13,000 It's because you understand, I have a mandate and I have a 452 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,000 purpose and I go to First Corinthians chapter 9. 453 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,600 And if I'm going to fulfill that mandate in that purpose, I need 454 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,900 to listen. What the Apostle Paul was saying 455 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,900 by the Holy Spirit. I need to run to win. 456 00:28:27,100 --> 00:28:31,700 I need to run to win. No lazy living, I need 457 00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:35,700 discipline. I need accountability. 458 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,300 I need Focus. I need to learn how to put my 459 00:28:39,300 --> 00:28:42,300 body under. I don't want to preach to 460 00:28:42,300 --> 00:28:45,700 somebody else. One translation says, you'll be 461 00:28:45,700 --> 00:28:52,200 a Castaway if you don't live up to what you're ministering, when 462 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,800 your call and your character lineup, you have a thing called 463 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,700 credibility, And God is looking for a set of people in the 464 00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:01,800 earth. His children, his raw spring to 465 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:06,400 have the calling of God and the character line up and then we 466 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:10,300 got a voice in the earth to minister his life. 467 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:14,600 And a minister is liberty and Hebrews chapter 12. 468 00:29:16,700 --> 00:29:20,500 Verse number one, the word says, therefore we also since we are 469 00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:24,000 surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside 470 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,100 every weight and the sin, which so easily ensnares us. 471 00:29:27,100 --> 00:29:30,900 Let us run with endurance, the race that is set before us. 472 00:29:31,100 --> 00:29:32,900 See this author saying the same thing. 473 00:29:32,900 --> 00:29:35,400 Paul said, there's a race before us. 474 00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:39,400 We need to take care of every sin and every weight in order to 475 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,500 run that race with endurance, we're not in this for just a 476 00:29:42,500 --> 00:29:44,400 good time wearing this for a long time. 477 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:49,700 It's a lifetime commitment in the Covenant and he said, you 478 00:29:49,708 --> 00:29:52,400 got to take off the sin and the weight. 479 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:57,100 Not everybody's living in flat-out sin but there's weights 480 00:29:57,100 --> 00:30:00,200 in our life that need to be relate release in order to run 481 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,900 the race. Things that weigh you down. 482 00:30:02,900 --> 00:30:09,800 You realize that anxiety and worry and can put a weight on 483 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:15,300 you and keep you when your mind is just processing, feeding 484 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:19,700 considering Anxious thoughts, right? 485 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:24,700 Circumstances situations and you're just thinking about all 486 00:30:24,700 --> 00:30:27,400 the negative, all the fearful things, right? 487 00:30:27,500 --> 00:30:28,500 And you're just, what are you doing? 488 00:30:28,500 --> 00:30:31,900 You're really just meditating over your revolving, it in your 489 00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:34,400 mind. You realize that that really 490 00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:38,800 distracts you from what God is trying to fill in your life. 491 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:43,400 There's an antidote to that which is to cast all your cares 492 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:49,100 on the Lord. Psalm 55:22 says to roll your 493 00:30:49,100 --> 00:30:51,300 burdens on the Lord and leave them there. 494 00:30:53,100 --> 00:30:55,600 Philippians chapter 4. Verse number six says, be 495 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,800 anxious about nothing, but all things to prayer and 496 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,500 supplication with Thanksgiving, let your request be not. 497 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:04,000 Be made known to God. And then he said that the peace 498 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,400 that passes understanding will guard your heart and your mind. 499 00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:10,300 He's giving a scripture to cast these weights off and anxiety, 500 00:31:10,300 --> 00:31:12,500 is just one of those things anxiousness. 501 00:31:12,700 --> 00:31:17,400 I mean, if you're feeding more on the news, And all the 502 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,200 negative than you are in the word of God, you're going to be 503 00:31:19,208 --> 00:31:22,200 in a constant state, a constant position. 504 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,900 Of whirring. It's going to weigh you down. 505 00:31:26,300 --> 00:31:28,000 So you may not be in pornography. 506 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,100 You may not be addicted to drugs but you still have this weight 507 00:31:31,100 --> 00:31:33,800 of worry on you and God said, get it off. 508 00:31:34,100 --> 00:31:37,400 It's going to hinder you from fulfilling the purpose of God. 509 00:31:38,700 --> 00:31:41,000 And how do you get it off? You go before his throne? 510 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,800 And when the devil says, all, what are you going to do about 511 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:45,500 that? You say, listen, I've given it 512 00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:47,700 to God. Hallelujah. 513 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,600 He's got the answer. He's got the provision 10 514 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:53,600 minutes later devil says, oh, what are you going to do about 515 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:55,100 it? I've given it to God. 516 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,400 It's before him, he'll give me wisdom. 517 00:31:59,700 --> 00:32:02,600 He'll give me guidance on it. An hour later. 518 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,100 Hey, it's like Captain America. I could do this all day. 519 00:32:07,700 --> 00:32:11,200 Keep coming. You keep on saying it, right? 520 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:14,700 And confessing it when he comes with those thoughts, you gotta 521 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:20,800 respond with the word of God. So keen and mandate a life of 522 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:24,300 purpose, you got to understand sin will definitely stop 523 00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:26,600 progress and weights will slow you down. 524 00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:30,000 So you gotta identifying the purpose that God has called me 525 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,300 to, is there things that I'm doing? 526 00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:38,000 God will always fulfill his word and his plan, the questioner is, 527 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:41,400 are you going to have the joy of fulfilling your part in that 528 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,100 plan? Because if you choose, and it 529 00:32:44,108 --> 00:32:47,600 comes down to choice, if you choose to be in sin, if you 530 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,700 choose to be Down you're going to miss out on the benefit and 531 00:32:50,700 --> 00:32:54,400 the pleasure of doing God's Will and the Earth, but he will find 532 00:32:54,400 --> 00:33:00,600 somebody else to do it. Catherine Coleman and her 533 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,800 Ministry. Healing Ministry. 534 00:33:04,300 --> 00:33:09,600 She said really, I believe that God gave a man this mandate but 535 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:14,300 he of this healing Grace upon me but they skipped over it chose 536 00:33:14,300 --> 00:33:15,900 not to do it and it passed to me. 537 00:33:17,900 --> 00:33:20,200 So God our use men and women doesn't matter. 538 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:23,100 The question is, are you going to choose to be used? 539 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:31,100 Now, you're a purpose is really found in life, where your your 540 00:33:31,100 --> 00:33:37,400 passion and your pain intersect people say how do I know what my 541 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:42,400 purpose is your passion, and your pain intersect. 542 00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:50,200 I have a passion. To work out to stay fit but some 543 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:54,300 of the times it pains me. To see people in the gym 544 00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:58,100 thinking. What are they doing? 545 00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:05,100 That's very interesting. Never seen that motion or 546 00:34:05,100 --> 00:34:09,699 movement before. Standing on. 547 00:34:09,699 --> 00:34:11,300 What's That? Bouncy Ball with one leg? 548 00:34:11,300 --> 00:34:15,400 Like a flamingo. I think about the karate kid, 549 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:19,500 you know, not saying some of those things are good, but I'm 550 00:34:19,500 --> 00:34:22,100 thinking sometimes we focus on the minor so much we don't get 551 00:34:22,100 --> 00:34:27,400 to the major. I remember at Publix one time, 552 00:34:27,699 --> 00:34:31,699 I'm walking down the aisle with my shopping cart and in front of 553 00:34:31,699 --> 00:34:35,300 me, there's a lady with think it was her son. 554 00:34:35,900 --> 00:34:40,800 First of all, he looked too big to be in the buggy that pain me. 555 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,699 What came next? Pay me even more. 556 00:34:47,100 --> 00:34:50,199 Was little Johnny, I don't know his name, they're in the water, 557 00:34:50,199 --> 00:34:54,199 I'll he reaches up and grabs a water jug and knocks it off. 558 00:34:55,800 --> 00:35:00,600 Mom reaches down, picks it up, puts it back on Little Johnny. 559 00:35:01,900 --> 00:35:06,200 Knocks it off again I'm done. I mean like, I'm fuming. 560 00:35:10,300 --> 00:35:12,200 I'm like alright is this seriously happening? 561 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,800 Little Johnny's then starts whining, and flaying. 562 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,100 And she's like moving quick. I'm in the shopping cart. 563 00:35:17,100 --> 00:35:18,000 I don't know. She's trying to get out of the 564 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:18,900 store. What I'm like? 565 00:35:19,300 --> 00:35:24,300 Oh that pain me why? Cuz there's a passion And there 566 00:35:24,300 --> 00:35:27,300 was a pain to say, come on, there's a better way to parent 567 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,900 and it's according to the word of God. 568 00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:37,000 And you don't have to let your kids rule the roost, right? 569 00:35:37,900 --> 00:35:42,300 It reminds me of the, the salesman has anybody show of 570 00:35:42,300 --> 00:35:44,500 hands. Had a vacuum salesman. 571 00:35:44,500 --> 00:35:47,800 Come to your house before. Praise the Lord. 572 00:35:48,900 --> 00:35:50,300 Did that pain? You know, I'm kidding. 573 00:35:51,900 --> 00:35:56,200 And he knocks on the door and he eight-year-old son opens the 574 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:59,100 door and he said, I need to talk to who's in charge in the house. 575 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:04,000 Thus the little boy says, I'll be right back. 576 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:06,700 He comes and brings his little three-year-old brother to the 577 00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:20,400 door. that ought not be so Come on now. 578 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,900 I'll stay on the soapbox one example longer at. 579 00:36:23,900 --> 00:36:27,100 I've been at restaurants before where I've seen families have to 580 00:36:27,100 --> 00:36:30,800 vacate. Because they couldn't control 581 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,300 their kids. You know, the Bible says you 582 00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:39,700 spare the rod you spoil, the child Little Johnny's, got some 583 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:41,700 cushion on that back side for a reason. 584 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,600 You know, God always said, hit him on the glutes, right? 585 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,400 Little bit of pain is going to get their attention. 586 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:54,500 And it pay me because I'm thought I think knowledge. 587 00:36:54,500 --> 00:36:58,200 Should they be able to sit down for a meal but they should the 588 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:01,000 kids should be well enough behaved. 589 00:37:02,100 --> 00:37:05,300 That you can enjoy the meal and there can be discussion. 590 00:37:07,100 --> 00:37:09,500 But why do I say that? Because there's a passion for 591 00:37:09,500 --> 00:37:13,000 the family, in my heart, there's a passion to see men rise up and 592 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,700 be the man that God created them to be. 593 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,400 I truly believe that our society would not be where it's at 594 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:24,200 today. If men are taking their place, I 595 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:28,900 know the world says if mama ain't happy then nobody is Happy 596 00:37:29,300 --> 00:37:31,400 by believes. God saying, if the man's not in 597 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:35,600 place, nobody's happy and women have their role. 598 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:40,000 Thank God for There are awesome and they have their assignment. 599 00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:48,100 But if a man would be what the Bible says to be, like Jesus 600 00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:51,700 said, the greatest in the kingdom is serving of all, if he 601 00:37:51,700 --> 00:37:57,400 would learn how to do servant leadership in his home, Do some 602 00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:01,400 laundry. Praise the Lord. 603 00:38:01,700 --> 00:38:06,500 Vacuum a rug pick up your underwear. 604 00:38:10,900 --> 00:38:15,100 Glory to God. Be engaged. 605 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,700 It's one thing. To come home. 606 00:38:19,700 --> 00:38:24,100 But are you there? I don't want just a house. 607 00:38:24,100 --> 00:38:28,800 I want a home. So are they active in their 608 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:33,200 confession? Are they speaking to their wife? 609 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,300 Are they speaking to their kids? Are they active and they're 610 00:38:35,500 --> 00:38:37,100 their prayer life for their family? 611 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:43,200 And we wonder why the world is a mess because Malachi chapter 4, 612 00:38:43,900 --> 00:38:46,500 says this. I'll turn the hearts of the 613 00:38:46,500 --> 00:38:50,400 father towards the children. And then I'll turn the 614 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,100 children's heart towards the fathers lest. 615 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,400 Remember, I told you all the promises of God have 616 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,000 qualifications. He said if this doesn't happen, 617 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:04,200 there's going to be a curse on the earth friends. 618 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:09,200 We're seeing a curse society today because divorce is rampant 619 00:39:09,700 --> 00:39:12,100 and even in the church just like Paul had to address the 620 00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:14,700 Corinthian Church because everything was going on, you 621 00:39:14,708 --> 00:39:18,900 know, divisions, Coral, Strife, division, immaturity sexual 622 00:39:18,900 --> 00:39:23,000 lust, and immorality idolatry. You know, he's going over all 623 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:27,000 these things, there was a curse, their, how much more today, you 624 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,900 know, are we addressing the same things in our society, to Y, to 625 00:39:29,900 --> 00:39:32,900 get people back in position because God wants the best for 626 00:39:32,900 --> 00:39:35,000 you. And when you get on the wrong, 627 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:38,300 going the wrong way, it's going to cause a catastrophe. 628 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,300 But the church is experienced some of the same, divorce rates 629 00:39:41,300 --> 00:39:42,700 is the world and that ought not be. 630 00:39:42,700 --> 00:39:47,000 So, they should have some of the most thriving, flourishing, 631 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:51,200 marriages that it attracts, you know, Jesus was attractive. 632 00:39:52,100 --> 00:39:54,500 Not just physically. But I mean, people were drawn to 633 00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:57,800 him because if there was sickness, he brought healing. 634 00:39:58,100 --> 00:40:00,900 If there was doubt, he brought hope, right? 635 00:40:00,900 --> 00:40:04,700 If there was bondage, he brought Deliverance, if there was lies, 636 00:40:04,700 --> 00:40:07,600 he brought truth. If there was confusion, he 637 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:09,900 brought purpose. And people were drawn to him, 638 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:13,100 people chase after him. People will left the city to go 639 00:40:13,100 --> 00:40:16,200 out into the country because they were so hungry for him. 640 00:40:17,300 --> 00:40:21,800 But as he is, so should we be People should be coming and 641 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:24,300 saying, man, I see your marriage. 642 00:40:25,700 --> 00:40:29,900 I see your life. I want it. 643 00:40:29,900 --> 00:40:33,100 What's going on? And that opens up a platform I 644 00:40:33,100 --> 00:40:37,400 believe in evangelism going out and winning the Lost vocally. 645 00:40:37,900 --> 00:40:41,000 The Bible says that we are Salt and Light salt has to have 646 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:44,200 contact in order to work. Salt is what we call vocal 647 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:48,100 evangelism. Where you going out, man, how's 648 00:40:48,100 --> 00:40:50,700 your journey go spiritual journey going, whatever phrase 649 00:40:50,700 --> 00:40:54,000 you use to open up a conversation to win somebody to 650 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,400 Christ great. But also believe in silent 651 00:40:56,400 --> 00:41:00,700 evangelism which is light. You don't, this isn't making any 652 00:41:00,700 --> 00:41:02,100 sounds. He's light above us but it can 653 00:41:02,100 --> 00:41:05,700 be seen. And being seeing can open up 654 00:41:05,700 --> 00:41:09,700 salt or a voice to speak into somebody's life. 655 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:17,800 So when it comes to your purpose at God's calling you to, I want 656 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:19,800 to classify two different purposes. 657 00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:24,000 There's a general purpose. And there's a specific purpose. 658 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,100 And if you've been with anchor, Faith Church for any time, you 659 00:41:27,100 --> 00:41:29,900 know that Pastor arose told us that and taught us that over the 660 00:41:29,900 --> 00:41:32,200 years. There's a general purpose and 661 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:36,100 there is a specific purpose. And what I mean by that there's 662 00:41:36,100 --> 00:41:40,200 just things you generally need to be doing every day in purpose 663 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,400 to actually get to specific purposes. 664 00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:49,700 Here's a general purpose, being a man or woman of God. 665 00:41:52,100 --> 00:41:55,700 People want to go in. You know, hundreds of thousands 666 00:41:55,700 --> 00:41:57,500 of people like, say a Billy Graham. 667 00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:03,300 Which could be a specific calling as an evangelist, but 668 00:42:03,300 --> 00:42:07,200 yet in their general purpose, they can't even do it. 669 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:11,400 First Timothy 5:8 says, if anyone does not provide for his 670 00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:14,800 own house and especially for those in his household, he has 671 00:42:14,808 --> 00:42:17,700 denied the faith and is worse than an infidel. 672 00:42:18,700 --> 00:42:21,000 Before you win the world. When your house is what I'm 673 00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,300 saying? And before your, when your 674 00:42:23,300 --> 00:42:27,700 house, when your self, You can't conquer the world without 675 00:42:27,700 --> 00:42:32,100 conquering yourself first. That's a general-purpose Genesis 676 00:42:32,100 --> 00:42:35,300 Chapter 18, verses 17 through 19. 677 00:42:35,300 --> 00:42:38,500 The Lord said, shall I hide from Abraham, what I'm doing since 678 00:42:38,500 --> 00:42:41,100 Abraham? So surely become a great and 679 00:42:41,100 --> 00:42:44,000 mighty nation, and all the nations of the Earth shall be 680 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:47,800 blessed in him for, I have known him in order that he may command 681 00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,800 his children and his household after him that, they keep the 682 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:54,000 way the Lord to do righteousness and Justice that the Lord may 683 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:58,300 bring to Abraham. What he has spoken to him, man. 684 00:42:58,300 --> 00:43:02,800 God gave Abraham a big vision of Plan a big mandate to start a 685 00:43:02,808 --> 00:43:08,500 nation. but the reason that God chose Abraham because the 686 00:43:08,500 --> 00:43:13,800 general purpose of just being a father and a husband was noticed 687 00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:18,600 by God He said I know him that he will command the 688 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:22,200 qualification for you to get to the specific purpose. 689 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:25,800 At I know him, he was intimately acquainted, he had watched his 690 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:31,400 life, he had observed him over the years seeing the 691 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:35,900 faithfulness of this man of God and he said, I'm gonna drop this 692 00:43:35,900 --> 00:43:38,400 specific purpose in you to start a nation. 693 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:41,900 But it's because for years and decades, you have been an 694 00:43:41,900 --> 00:43:46,000 example, you have been a pillar, you have been steady and Caden, 695 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,600 and living out the things of God to your family. 696 00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:52,600 And where did that come from? That came through him a Devotion 697 00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:57,300 to God a relationship with God. Those are general purposes and 698 00:43:57,300 --> 00:43:59,200 you're never going to get to the specific purpose. 699 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:06,500 If you don't do the general purpose, you know, Paul said to 700 00:44:06,500 --> 00:44:12,000 run your race. Right, he said to win it. 701 00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:15,900 Your lane your assignment. God wants you to win. 702 00:44:15,900 --> 00:44:17,600 Turn to your neighbor. Say, God wants you to win. 703 00:44:19,300 --> 00:44:21,300 Turn the one the other side. Say God wants you to win. 704 00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:27,500 But you realize, there's things you're going to have to do in 705 00:44:27,500 --> 00:44:30,500 order to fulfill what God has called you to do. 706 00:44:35,100 --> 00:44:38,100 That general-purpose will always help get you to your specific 707 00:44:38,100 --> 00:44:40,900 purpose, but it's just like an athlete. 708 00:44:41,900 --> 00:44:48,300 You know, before Christ. when I was in the great state of Ohio, 709 00:44:50,300 --> 00:44:54,500 Praise the Lord. My brother from Dayton is in a, 710 00:44:54,500 --> 00:44:58,000 is in the building and we have conversation, Four Seasons. 711 00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:02,600 Praise the Lord. Although I told my girls, I 712 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:04,700 think it was this morning. I am getting weak. 713 00:45:06,300 --> 00:45:09,400 I mean, when it's 60 outside, I'm kind of getting cold now, 714 00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:14,000 whereas in Ohio, I'd be swimming in that weather. 715 00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:19,700 Because my body was more built up for the temperature. 716 00:45:21,100 --> 00:45:24,800 But I, I've always had a passion for lifting. 717 00:45:26,500 --> 00:45:31,200 But now it's become a platform. But when I was lifting there, I 718 00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:37,300 was at a pretty renowned Jim, and the owner of that Jim always 719 00:45:37,300 --> 00:45:41,000 taught us that there's General physical preparedness and then 720 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:43,500 their Sports specific preparedness. 721 00:45:44,300 --> 00:45:46,700 And I thought what a correlation between just like Paul. 722 00:45:46,700 --> 00:45:50,100 Use the Athletics at the church at Corinth. 723 00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:53,500 To what I've experienced in my life. 724 00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:57,200 And he said if you want to go somewhere, you need a big bass 725 00:45:57,200 --> 00:45:59,100 is what he taught us. So you got to be generally 726 00:45:59,100 --> 00:46:02,700 prepared, physically. So there are certain things that 727 00:46:02,700 --> 00:46:05,600 you just do fundamentally all the time just like in football, 728 00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:06,600 guess what? There's always a 729 00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:08,200 general-purpose. I don't care if you're in Pop 730 00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:11,900 Warner to the NFL, guess what those coaches are always working 731 00:46:11,900 --> 00:46:16,000 with blocking. Tackling. 732 00:46:17,300 --> 00:46:22,400 Catching the ball. Right, that never stops. 733 00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:25,200 Those are general purposes from the time your little through a 734 00:46:25,208 --> 00:46:29,300 professional career. Right now, there are specific 735 00:46:29,300 --> 00:46:31,500 things that happen. You know, there's specific 736 00:46:31,500 --> 00:46:33,900 things for the quarterback or for the running back or four 737 00:46:33,900 --> 00:46:36,200 defensive linemen offensive lineman so on. 738 00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:39,100 And so on that, they need specific training for, right? 739 00:46:39,100 --> 00:46:42,300 But the general purposes are always there, right? 740 00:46:43,100 --> 00:46:46,700 Same thing with God, you know what, our general purposes with 741 00:46:46,700 --> 00:46:51,300 God, forgiveness. Confession. 742 00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:55,900 Right. Renewing Your Mind. 743 00:46:57,500 --> 00:47:02,200 Meditation. Walking In Love, right? 744 00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:05,000 And the list can go on and on for those general purposes. 745 00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:06,900 But if you're not doing the general thing, you're never 746 00:47:06,900 --> 00:47:10,200 going to get to the sports specific or the specific plan 747 00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:14,800 that God has for you. And it takes knowledge. 748 00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:19,700 Paul said this, he said, do you not know all that run in a race? 749 00:47:21,100 --> 00:47:22,900 Run to win. But that word. 750 00:47:22,900 --> 00:47:26,300 Do you not know that word? No, not only means to see and to 751 00:47:26,300 --> 00:47:29,400 perceive but it says you need knowledge of some things. 752 00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:32,600 You know, my journey and weight training started, when I was 13 753 00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:39,100 years old and my basement in Ohio was sold sand weights, you 754 00:47:39,100 --> 00:47:41,200 drop them, right? And it would crack the plastic 755 00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:44,400 in the Santa the concrete with some of the men in here. 756 00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,900 Maybe women are understand. I'm talking about and it 757 00:47:46,900 --> 00:47:49,000 actually make the weight on balance, but I started that 758 00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:53,700 process at 13. And just like anything in life, 759 00:47:53,700 --> 00:47:58,400 consistency is the key. I never have stopped. 760 00:47:58,700 --> 00:48:01,200 But along the way I've gained some more knowledge Hosea said 761 00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:05,400 my people perish because of a lack of knowledge for a long 762 00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:07,400 time. I'd say 20 plus years, I trained 763 00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:14,400 really hard, but ate like junk. Hallelujah. 764 00:48:15,700 --> 00:48:19,000 You know, there was a long time, I have to admit it you know 765 00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:23,100 where I do some McDonald's. I got a mad. 766 00:48:23,100 --> 00:48:24,900 I did. Taco Bell. 767 00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:30,800 I used to enjoy Tang on vanilla ice cream. 768 00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:42,800 Praise the Lord. Now, I've said this before, some 769 00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:44,800 of them don't have the Revelation to stay Comes. 770 00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:51,600 Is it real meat? I don't know. 771 00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:57,300 But I'm putting all this stuff in me. 772 00:48:58,700 --> 00:49:02,500 Training really hard. But I have no knowledge base 773 00:49:02,500 --> 00:49:06,100 about nutrition. So guess what? 774 00:49:06,100 --> 00:49:08,100 The results aren't as forthcoming. 775 00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:13,300 As they should be. And I thinking about this really 776 00:49:13,700 --> 00:49:18,000 all equate, this Because I won't give you some points. 777 00:49:19,100 --> 00:49:21,000 Three points if you're taking notes. 778 00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:25,900 To grow in your purpose. I'll label and just a second, 779 00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:29,900 but I thought about this, what? How I was living in. 780 00:49:29,900 --> 00:49:33,700 That example, is, like, some Christians today that are 781 00:49:33,700 --> 00:49:37,300 reading their Bible and praying working out really hard, but 782 00:49:37,300 --> 00:49:44,100 they don't go to church. And guess what. 783 00:49:44,100 --> 00:49:48,800 The results aren't as forthcoming as they should be. 784 00:49:49,800 --> 00:49:52,400 That was me for many years in the sense that I was training 785 00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:54,800 really hard. But not, where do you get fed a 786 00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:58,200 good meal on a Sunday in a Wednesday, where do you get some 787 00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:02,300 nutritional content, some sustenance, God's Place, some in 788 00:50:02,300 --> 00:50:06,800 the body and I'll get to in a minute to equip you to feed you 789 00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,500 and and they're, so in tune with God. 790 00:50:09,500 --> 00:50:12,600 In this position, they know the word in due season that you 791 00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:15,700 need. Defeat on so that you can 792 00:50:15,700 --> 00:50:17,300 fulfill the Mandate in your life. 793 00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:21,800 Side to learn nutrition. You know, I had to learn if I 794 00:50:21,808 --> 00:50:24,700 eat ice cream all the time or Twinkies, all the time, guess 795 00:50:24,700 --> 00:50:28,000 what? I'm going to be a Twinkie what 796 00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:33,400 you sow, is what you read. For a long time. 797 00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:38,100 I played, I played football back when I was in 8th grade and a 798 00:50:38,108 --> 00:50:43,400 high school, and I didn't like running, But then I learned 799 00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:45,900 straight training wasn't just enough because the comprehensive 800 00:50:45,900 --> 00:50:48,500 program needs number one nutrition. 801 00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:54,000 Number to rest. Number three, an aerobics, which 802 00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:56,600 is strength or resistance training number for aerobics. 803 00:50:57,700 --> 00:50:59,500 Cardiovascular training a number 5. 804 00:50:59,500 --> 00:51:03,800 A needs flexibility. But I learned that 805 00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:06,400 cardiovascular training was important because of the ticker, 806 00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,900 right? I'm not just doing this. 807 00:51:09,900 --> 00:51:12,200 I just started cardio my journey on that probably about three or 808 00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:15,400 four years ago. But why am I doing that? 809 00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:18,800 Because I realize the purpose, this body's got to carry me 810 00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:25,200 around if the Lord tarries And so if I want to have a healthy 811 00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:28,600 body, there's things I can do for the purpose of God's call me 812 00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:32,300 too, but spiritually the same thing, you may be strong in one 813 00:51:32,300 --> 00:51:35,600 area, but do you have endurance? Well then let God build a 814 00:51:35,608 --> 00:51:39,000 spiritual endurance in you. A lot of people in pressure 815 00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:41,600 comes our resistance. Come they pray for the pressure 816 00:51:41,600 --> 00:51:44,900 to be removed. Go with me to Second 817 00:51:44,900 --> 00:51:49,900 Corinthians. Real quick, this is most 818 00:51:49,900 --> 00:51:53,200 Believers prayer, prayer or prayers. 819 00:51:56,100 --> 00:52:00,400 Amen. 2nd Corinthians chapter 12. 820 00:52:04,900 --> 00:52:06,900 So, we covered the first book of Corinthians. 821 00:52:06,900 --> 00:52:09,900 This is the second letter that Paul is written to this church. 822 00:52:10,300 --> 00:52:11,900 And he says this. In verse number one, it's 823 00:52:11,900 --> 00:52:14,500 doubtless not profitable for me to boast. 824 00:52:14,500 --> 00:52:16,700 I will come to visions and Revelations of the Lord. 825 00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:19,100 I Know a Man in Christ who fourteen years ago, whether in 826 00:52:19,100 --> 00:52:21,100 the body, I do not know whether out of the body. 827 00:52:21,400 --> 00:52:24,800 I do not know, God knows such a one was caught up to the third 828 00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:26,400 heaven. I know such a man, whether in 829 00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:28,100 the body or out of the body, I do not know. 830 00:52:28,100 --> 00:52:31,100 God knows how I was caught up into paradise and heard 831 00:52:31,100 --> 00:52:34,500 inexpressible Words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. 832 00:52:35,100 --> 00:52:37,100 Such a one. I will boast yet for myself. 833 00:52:37,100 --> 00:52:40,400 I will not boast. Except in my infirmities for 834 00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:42,400 though. I might desire to boast, I will 835 00:52:42,400 --> 00:52:45,200 not be a fool for. I will speak the truth, but I 836 00:52:45,208 --> 00:52:47,900 refrain lest anyone should think of me above. 837 00:52:47,900 --> 00:52:52,200 What he sees me to be or hears from me verse 7 and lest I 838 00:52:52,200 --> 00:52:55,200 should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the 839 00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:56,800 revelations. A thorn. 840 00:52:56,800 --> 00:53:00,400 In the flesh was given to me a messenger of Satan to Buffet me. 841 00:53:00,600 --> 00:53:04,500 Lest I be exalted above measure concerning this? 842 00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:09,000 Thing. I pleaded, I begged with the 843 00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:12,800 Lord, three times that it might depart from me. 844 00:53:13,700 --> 00:53:17,400 And he said, to me, my grace is sufficient for you. 845 00:53:17,900 --> 00:53:21,500 My strength is made, perfect. In weakness, Paul said, 846 00:53:21,500 --> 00:53:25,500 therefore, I most gladly will rather boast in my infirmities. 847 00:53:25,500 --> 00:53:28,300 That the power of Christ May rest upon me. 848 00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:32,500 Now, I read that verse because verse 8 is most Believers 849 00:53:32,500 --> 00:53:36,800 prayers concerning this. Lord, get it off me. 850 00:53:38,500 --> 00:53:43,600 Remove it from me. Now you notice if you go back it 851 00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:46,900 said the infirmities. Now, we need to know the Bible 852 00:53:46,900 --> 00:53:51,000 Church. We need to rightly divide the 853 00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:54,200 word of Truth. Some people say that Paul's 854 00:53:54,200 --> 00:54:01,600 infirmity was an eye disease. And they get this through things 855 00:54:01,600 --> 00:54:04,100 like this and hermeneutics Bible interpretation. 856 00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:08,500 You need to know who's speaking who's being spoken to? 857 00:54:08,900 --> 00:54:11,800 What's the subject under discussion and Bible 858 00:54:11,800 --> 00:54:14,200 interpretation you, if you don't understand the verse you got to 859 00:54:14,200 --> 00:54:17,000 read the verse before it and the verse after it if that doesn't 860 00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:19,800 make sense, you need to read the whole chapter. 861 00:54:20,300 --> 00:54:23,000 If that doesn't make sense, you need to read the whole book that 862 00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:26,200 the verse is contained in, if that doesn't make sense, you 863 00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:30,300 need to read the whole Testament that that verse Contained in. 864 00:54:30,500 --> 00:54:33,700 If that doesn't make sense, you need to read the whole Bible. 865 00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:39,700 You said that's a lot of work. The Bible says, study to show 866 00:54:39,700 --> 00:54:44,200 yourself approved. So in Galatians, Paul makes a 867 00:54:44,208 --> 00:54:47,400 statement, he says see how large a letter I've written to you. 868 00:54:49,700 --> 00:54:52,200 Now, do you think Paul use 82 font? 869 00:54:57,700 --> 00:55:03,200 It's a figure of speech. The heart of the letter. 870 00:55:04,300 --> 00:55:08,200 The importance of what he was saying, but yet people read that 871 00:55:08,200 --> 00:55:11,300 and they say all you wrote a large letter said not disease. 872 00:55:12,300 --> 00:55:15,900 Then he made another comment. He said you said, you'd pluck 873 00:55:15,900 --> 00:55:17,300 out your eyes and give them to me. 874 00:55:18,100 --> 00:55:20,700 I'll see he had an eye disease. So he was saying other people 875 00:55:20,700 --> 00:55:22,400 say, not help you out, I'll give you my eyes. 876 00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:26,200 No was a figure of speech. The things he was seeing happen, 877 00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:31,500 what was happening is he was going into places like Corinth 878 00:55:31,500 --> 00:55:34,700 preaching truth, and then judaizers Jewish people are 879 00:55:34,700 --> 00:55:37,600 coming beside. I belong, behind him and messing 880 00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:41,100 up everything he was saying and it was painting him, he was 881 00:55:41,100 --> 00:55:45,000 tired of seeing it. Everything that he was trying to 882 00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:48,300 establish as getting unraveled because of Lies. 883 00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:54,900 We can see 2 and verse 7. It says a thorn in the flesh. 884 00:55:54,900 --> 00:55:58,400 Now, Paulo new. The Old Testament. 885 00:55:58,400 --> 00:56:00,500 Well, I'm skimming, you some Bible interpretation. 886 00:56:00,500 --> 00:56:04,400 So, when you're reading your correctly, dividing the word and 887 00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:06,300 Thorn In the Flesh, is Mission the Old Testament. 888 00:56:06,300 --> 00:56:09,500 God said, if you don't drive out the inhabitants, the people 889 00:56:09,700 --> 00:56:12,100 they're going to be thorns in your side. 890 00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:14,900 That was God saying, literally that people are going to be 891 00:56:14,900 --> 00:56:18,900 sticking out of your side. Another going to be a pain to 892 00:56:18,900 --> 00:56:21,500 you. And so Paul was saying these 893 00:56:21,500 --> 00:56:25,200 things pain me when I see people come in and unravel truth, 894 00:56:25,200 --> 00:56:27,800 right? But back to this, he said he 895 00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:29,900 pleaded for Lord, three times that it would depart. 896 00:56:29,900 --> 00:56:32,600 I'm bringing us all this all this up because if you have 897 00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:36,100 sickness in your body, God's not asking you to put up with the 898 00:56:36,100 --> 00:56:40,700 Sickness. If you have depression in your 899 00:56:40,708 --> 00:56:43,700 mind, God's not asking you just to go through depression, he's 900 00:56:43,700 --> 00:56:47,100 saying no take authority now, take your stance now, take your 901 00:56:47,100 --> 00:56:50,400 position now. But there are some things called 902 00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:55,100 infirmities. Where there's pressure, there's 903 00:56:55,100 --> 00:57:00,900 resistance there could be pain, there could be turmoil, right? 904 00:57:01,700 --> 00:57:04,200 And most the times are saying, Lord, get it off me. 905 00:57:04,300 --> 00:57:08,400 And those situations God saying, listen, my grace is sufficient 906 00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:11,700 for you because my strength is made perfect in your weakness. 907 00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:14,900 Your learning, not how to depend upon anything in the flesh. 908 00:57:14,900 --> 00:57:18,200 You're learning how to lean on the spirit and you're gaining 909 00:57:18,200 --> 00:57:20,500 confidence that I will get you through. 910 00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:26,500 And how do you get stronger? Resistance. 911 00:57:27,600 --> 00:57:30,900 Pressure. Now, it's not always fun. 912 00:57:31,900 --> 00:57:35,600 Praise the Lord. Sometimes when I'm in the gym, 913 00:57:35,600 --> 00:57:37,500 I'm thinking about spiritual things. 914 00:57:37,500 --> 00:57:45,000 I'm thinking, just 5 more reps. Why cause I want to dig a little 915 00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:49,200 bit deeper. There's been times I've stopped 916 00:57:49,200 --> 00:57:52,900 short and I thought, man, I should have pressed Paul said, 917 00:57:52,900 --> 00:57:56,400 press into the high calling, right? 918 00:57:57,500 --> 00:57:59,700 So resistance always isn't the enemy's. 919 00:57:59,700 --> 00:58:03,000 What I'm saying? Resistance can be an opportunity 920 00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:08,300 where God is saying, this is an opportunity for you to increase 921 00:58:08,300 --> 00:58:13,600 your spiritual capacity, I heard Pastor, I'll just say the other 922 00:58:13,600 --> 00:58:17,300 day. There was a prophecy that went 923 00:58:17,300 --> 00:58:20,600 over him some time ago. He said, I'm walking that out 924 00:58:20,600 --> 00:58:22,900 right now and I'm glad the prophecy came because this is 925 00:58:22,900 --> 00:58:26,500 strengthening my love walk. God was so good. 926 00:58:26,900 --> 00:58:30,200 That a couple years ago he sent a prophetic word to me about 927 00:58:30,200 --> 00:58:32,900 some events that we're going to happen and now I get a feast on 928 00:58:32,900 --> 00:58:35,500 that word and apply love and not anger. 929 00:58:37,200 --> 00:58:39,200 Right? So God said, I'm not getting 930 00:58:39,200 --> 00:58:40,700 that off you. I'm taking you through that 931 00:58:40,700 --> 00:58:42,600 situation. So you understand the difference 932 00:58:42,600 --> 00:58:45,500 are some things you cast off and cast out. 933 00:58:45,700 --> 00:58:48,300 There's some things you say God your grace is gonna get me 934 00:58:48,300 --> 00:58:51,200 through this. And on the other side I'm going 935 00:58:51,200 --> 00:58:53,200 to be a little bit bigger. I'd rather be a thousand times 936 00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:56,100 bigger on the inside than the outside, but it's going to take 937 00:58:56,100 --> 00:58:58,200 some resistance. It's going to take some 938 00:58:58,200 --> 00:59:01,300 training, it's going to take some pressure, right? 939 00:59:02,600 --> 00:59:06,600 So, three things. To develop your prayer life. 940 00:59:06,600 --> 00:59:08,200 Number one is your daily discipline. 941 00:59:09,700 --> 00:59:11,200 I'm sorry. Did you develop your purpose, 942 00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:15,200 your kingdom mandate. What has God called you to do 943 00:59:16,100 --> 00:59:20,500 your daily disciplines? You know, we're called 944 00:59:20,500 --> 00:59:22,800 Disciples, which means we're disciplined ones. 945 00:59:23,500 --> 00:59:25,100 I believe we should have a plan in place. 946 00:59:25,100 --> 00:59:26,700 I should. I believe we should live life on 947 00:59:26,700 --> 00:59:27,700 purpose. I believe. 948 00:59:27,700 --> 00:59:30,100 In when you even when you rest, you rest on purpose. 949 00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:32,500 House meeting. And with an individual. 950 00:59:32,500 --> 00:59:34,500 One time he said I'm just going to kill some time. 951 00:59:34,500 --> 00:59:37,800 I said don't ever kill time, rest on purpose. 952 00:59:38,500 --> 00:59:44,100 Be purposeful even in your rest. Maximize your hours, maximize 953 00:59:44,100 --> 00:59:46,700 your ministers. 168 hours in a week. 954 00:59:46,700 --> 00:59:48,400 What are you doing with all your time? 955 00:59:49,800 --> 00:59:52,300 But be disciplined. How's your devotional life 956 00:59:52,300 --> 00:59:54,200 going? The church provides Bible 957 00:59:54,200 --> 00:59:57,200 reading plans. For the year. 958 00:59:57,500 --> 01:00:00,300 Are you keeping up with that? Are you checking off the box and 959 01:00:00,308 --> 01:00:02,600 just being obedient? But you're not really willing is 960 01:00:02,600 --> 01:00:04,000 your heart connected to the reading? 961 01:00:04,100 --> 01:00:07,300 Are you saying father this is my time with you if I'm going to be 962 01:00:07,300 --> 01:00:11,100 fueled and if I'm going to be strong, then I need your word 963 01:00:11,100 --> 01:00:13,800 today. I need a fresh word from Heaven. 964 01:00:14,100 --> 01:00:17,600 I need the bread of life today. I don't want stale Mana, I don't 965 01:00:17,600 --> 01:00:20,500 want crusty bread. I want something warm out of the 966 01:00:20,500 --> 01:00:22,600 oven, right? Praise the Lord. 967 01:00:22,600 --> 01:00:25,900 That smells good. That tastes good, you know. 968 01:00:26,100 --> 01:00:32,400 Red enlarges the ministry. That's really funny to me, but 969 01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:37,300 nobody's laughing. Like physical bread in large as 970 01:00:37,300 --> 01:00:38,700 your physical body. Okay? 971 01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:42,000 All those carbs. Praise the Lord. 972 01:00:44,200 --> 01:00:46,000 But I need a fresh word from Heaven. 973 01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:50,000 I need a Word of Life today so we should just open up this. 974 01:00:50,600 --> 01:00:53,200 This book this Bible and rush into it. 975 01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:55,300 You should pray. God speak, you know exactly 976 01:00:55,300 --> 01:00:58,000 what's going on this day this week and I'm just going to be 977 01:00:58,000 --> 01:00:59,600 listening. This is my time with you. 978 01:00:59,800 --> 01:01:02,700 And then on another daily devotion is this just don't have 979 01:01:02,700 --> 01:01:07,300 a place of devotion or daily daily discipline, but leave 980 01:01:07,300 --> 01:01:10,200 something from that moment or that time, right? 981 01:01:10,300 --> 01:01:13,400 Meaning meditation, what can you take away from the time you? 982 01:01:13,700 --> 01:01:18,000 With God, reading the word. Say Lord, I need I need 983 01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:20,500 something for this day that I can just chew on process. 984 01:01:20,500 --> 01:01:22,400 Think on, you know, that thoughts are going to come at 985 01:01:22,400 --> 01:01:24,800 you all day long. So what can I go back to? 986 01:01:24,800 --> 01:01:29,000 As my rock, Jesus said Upon This Rock, I will build my church. 987 01:01:29,000 --> 01:01:31,300 And the moments of it, the tension of the day, the 988 01:01:31,300 --> 01:01:34,000 decisions of a day. I need the word of God. 989 01:01:35,900 --> 01:01:39,300 Listen, you know, if you miss days without meals, guess what? 990 01:01:39,300 --> 01:01:41,000 You start to get a little bit wary. 991 01:01:41,800 --> 01:01:44,800 A little bit, run down and a little bit cranky. 992 01:01:45,800 --> 01:01:48,200 How are you spiritually? If you're going days without 993 01:01:48,200 --> 01:01:54,700 reading the word of God, My good, my good friend, Steve 994 01:01:54,700 --> 01:01:58,300 Miller. Actually he passed away back in 995 01:01:58,300 --> 01:02:03,300 1998, 99, but he was really instrumental my life. 996 01:02:03,300 --> 01:02:05,200 I went to high school with him. He was actually from Florida 997 01:02:05,200 --> 01:02:08,900 moved Ohio, his dad was a Quaker, State sales rep. 998 01:02:08,900 --> 01:02:11,300 So they came up there. I ran with him hard. 999 01:02:11,300 --> 01:02:13,900 We were both love football. We both love to lift weights. 1000 01:02:14,300 --> 01:02:17,300 We partied all the time. I'm I wasn't for God, then he 1001 01:02:17,300 --> 01:02:20,500 got born again, and I thought the guy went wacko, because he 1002 01:02:20,500 --> 01:02:21,800 was always calling me trying to get me. 1003 01:02:23,000 --> 01:02:25,200 Out to get into the things that God invited me to church. 1004 01:02:25,200 --> 01:02:26,600 Finally you did, I gave my life to the Lord. 1005 01:02:26,600 --> 01:02:28,200 Praise God, he didn't give up on me. 1006 01:02:30,700 --> 01:02:32,700 But one thing he told me that always sticks with me said 1007 01:02:32,700 --> 01:02:35,800 reading the word is one thing, it's like having a dirty pot or 1008 01:02:35,800 --> 01:02:39,200 dirty pan, whatever you cook that morning and you run water 1009 01:02:39,200 --> 01:02:41,100 on it, right? And you're trying to rinse it 1010 01:02:41,100 --> 01:02:43,600 off. Do you realize that? 1011 01:02:44,100 --> 01:02:50,400 Here's a little tip for men? Little insertion here. 1012 01:02:50,700 --> 01:02:53,600 Make sure that you wash the dishes off before you put them 1013 01:02:53,600 --> 01:02:57,800 in the dishwasher. Did you know peanut butter on a 1014 01:02:57,800 --> 01:03:01,200 plate? Not rinsed off going. 1015 01:03:01,200 --> 01:03:04,000 In the dishwasher just makes crusty peanut butter on a plate 1016 01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:09,500 coming out of the dishwasher. So it's one thing to run little 1017 01:03:09,500 --> 01:03:11,200 water over it. Because you know, peanut butter, 1018 01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:12,800 if you put in the sink right down, come off. 1019 01:03:12,800 --> 01:03:15,400 I have to get some to agitate that thing like my scrubbing, 1020 01:03:15,400 --> 01:03:18,400 brush to get it off. But what he said reading the 1021 01:03:18,400 --> 01:03:21,000 word is like getting some stuff off you, but meditating on the 1022 01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:24,600 word is like that SOS or that Brillo pad, that rubs a lot of 1023 01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:29,200 things off. So in your daily discipline man, 1024 01:03:29,200 --> 01:03:32,500 you got to say Lord, I'm leaving this place of devotion with you 1025 01:03:32,500 --> 01:03:35,100 reading the word but I want to come away with a meditation. 1026 01:03:35,100 --> 01:03:38,900 God would not call you or You to do something that you weren't 1027 01:03:38,900 --> 01:03:41,900 capable of doing. There's multiple verses that 1028 01:03:41,900 --> 01:03:43,700 talk about. Meditating upon the word you 1029 01:03:43,700 --> 01:03:48,200 want to become a I'll say this like a pro Christian 1030 01:03:49,000 --> 01:03:51,300 professional athlete type like Christian. 1031 01:03:51,500 --> 01:03:56,400 The difference is meditation, What do you thinking on 1032 01:03:56,400 --> 01:04:00,400 throughout the day? Man, let the word be real to 1033 01:04:00,400 --> 01:04:01,700 you. Think on it, ponder? 1034 01:04:01,700 --> 01:04:04,100 It speak it. Moderate confess. 1035 01:04:04,100 --> 01:04:07,700 It Joshua 1:8 says this book of the law shall not depart from 1036 01:04:07,700 --> 01:04:10,900 your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, to 1037 01:04:10,908 --> 01:04:13,900 observe to do all, that's written there and then you will 1038 01:04:13,900 --> 01:04:16,600 make your way prosperous and then you will have good success. 1039 01:04:16,600 --> 01:04:21,100 Paul told Timothy to meditate upon the prophecy, give himself, 1040 01:04:21,100 --> 01:04:25,600 wholly to it, who LLY? Give his entire self to that 1041 01:04:25,600 --> 01:04:28,000 prophecy. Think on it, chew on it. 1042 01:04:28,300 --> 01:04:30,600 The Mama said I'm going to meditate upon your word day and 1043 01:04:30,600 --> 01:04:33,100 night, so God will not put something in the Bible that we 1044 01:04:33,100 --> 01:04:36,700 weren't capable of doing. But how many people make that 1045 01:04:36,700 --> 01:04:39,500 choice that, man? I'm really going to just not 1046 01:04:39,500 --> 01:04:42,400 read the word, but I'm gonna think on the word, I'm gonna 1047 01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:46,100 speak the word. And I'll tell you that the 1048 01:04:46,100 --> 01:04:50,200 litmus test to know that you're really a doer of that is when 1049 01:04:50,200 --> 01:04:52,900 something hits you. And the first thing that comes 1050 01:04:52,900 --> 01:04:57,500 out of your mouth is the word and not the problem. 1051 01:04:58,800 --> 01:05:03,100 It could be but God, he may hit you with some he say. 1052 01:05:03,400 --> 01:05:08,600 But my God. He will bring me through this. 1053 01:05:12,300 --> 01:05:15,200 The second thing you need to develop your prayer life or your 1054 01:05:15,200 --> 01:05:16,800 purpose is your as a prayer life. 1055 01:05:18,200 --> 01:05:22,100 You're never going to know. Why you're created, if you don't 1056 01:05:22,100 --> 01:05:26,000 ask the Creator. You're never going to know the 1057 01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:32,200 why and last unless you ask him. Prayer precedes production, but 1058 01:05:32,200 --> 01:05:34,200 production is the evidence of Prayer. 1059 01:05:35,700 --> 01:05:38,200 Only the Creator can tell you why you were created. 1060 01:05:39,500 --> 01:05:42,900 In prayer, you need to come with an attitude, not just to talk 1061 01:05:42,900 --> 01:05:46,900 but to listen. So many times were coming asking 1062 01:05:46,900 --> 01:05:50,400 for things which is fine. We have, we have prayer of faith 1063 01:05:50,400 --> 01:05:53,500 and we can ask God for things and should ask God for things 1064 01:05:53,500 --> 01:05:58,200 but not a lot of us come with Psalms 46:10 which says be still 1065 01:05:58,600 --> 01:06:01,200 and know that he is God. If you're doing all the Talking 1066 01:06:01,200 --> 01:06:06,400 how can you do any listening? Hallelujah. 1067 01:06:08,000 --> 01:06:11,700 So be still and know that he is. God, psalms 37:4 says this 1068 01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:15,000 delight yourself also in the Lord and He Shall give you the 1069 01:06:15,000 --> 01:06:18,400 desires of your heart. In that prayer time that were 1070 01:06:18,400 --> 01:06:23,300 Delight means to be soft and to be pliable, you're coming and 1071 01:06:23,300 --> 01:06:27,900 saying father I'm seeking it a day with everything I got. 1072 01:06:29,900 --> 01:06:32,100 I'll be want to walk out your purpose. 1073 01:06:33,500 --> 01:06:36,700 I want to walk out your plan sir, just mold me and shape me. 1074 01:06:36,700 --> 01:06:40,500 The prophet Isaiah said he is the Potter and we are the clay. 1075 01:06:41,800 --> 01:06:45,200 And how can a Potter form clay if it's hard? 1076 01:06:47,400 --> 01:06:52,300 So, it takes time. This is not American 1077 01:06:52,300 --> 01:06:55,200 Christianity where it's a microwave Christianity. 1078 01:06:56,600 --> 01:06:58,500 You know, we want it and we want it now. 1079 01:06:58,600 --> 01:07:02,100 It can takes months and years praying out the seasons in the 1080 01:07:02,100 --> 01:07:04,100 stages of the plan that God has for you. 1081 01:07:05,800 --> 01:07:08,900 I know the founder of our Bible School, Kenneth E Hagin. 1082 01:07:08,900 --> 01:07:11,800 He went through three different, I'd say major seasons of his 1083 01:07:11,800 --> 01:07:19,400 life from a pastoring to field Ministry to start a bible school 1084 01:07:19,800 --> 01:07:22,500 but that was over decades but he was a man of prayer. 1085 01:07:22,500 --> 01:07:27,100 He spent time at the Throne of God seeking God and asking what 1086 01:07:27,100 --> 01:07:29,800 is it that you want me to do? You realize that the Bible does 1087 01:07:29,800 --> 01:07:31,800 not say hey Mike you need to move to st. 1088 01:07:31,800 --> 01:07:37,400 Augustine Florida in 2004. There's I'm not going to find 1089 01:07:37,400 --> 01:07:38,900 scripture in verse that came time. 1090 01:07:39,100 --> 01:07:41,400 Took time praying with Angie and I say in Lord. 1091 01:07:41,400 --> 01:07:44,300 Is that what you want us to do and after we got the 1092 01:07:44,300 --> 01:07:46,000 confirmation that piece, guess what? 1093 01:07:46,100 --> 01:07:49,300 We're following that plan and God works, everything else out. 1094 01:07:49,300 --> 01:07:53,700 Those General steps created the specific step. 1095 01:07:53,700 --> 01:07:56,900 I never thought I'm looking for a title as an associate pastor. 1096 01:07:57,800 --> 01:08:03,700 I just worked out that General and the specific manifested in 1097 01:08:03,700 --> 01:08:06,800 2009. I was getting my Nation for 1098 01:08:06,800 --> 01:08:11,100 Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Praise the lord, we will pick 1099 01:08:11,100 --> 01:08:16,300 you up. What a season? 1100 01:08:19,200 --> 01:08:22,200 And I get a phone call from Pastor. 1101 01:08:22,200 --> 01:08:24,500 Earle my daughter. Chloe had just been born. 1102 01:08:24,500 --> 01:08:29,399 I think it was the week before I actually was on Parental leave 1103 01:08:29,800 --> 01:08:34,500 and I was at the restaurant with my manager and he's he wanted 1104 01:08:34,500 --> 01:08:37,600 just to do the evaluation then get it done with so, but then 1105 01:08:37,600 --> 01:08:40,500 pasture land called me and said, hey do you want to come on to 1106 01:08:40,500 --> 01:08:43,899 the church? I'm like I need to pray about 1107 01:08:43,899 --> 01:08:44,899 that. That's the whole reason I'm 1108 01:08:45,399 --> 01:08:48,600 here. So yes, but I went back and told 1109 01:08:48,600 --> 01:08:50,100 the manager. Hey, I'm giving my two weeks 1110 01:08:50,100 --> 01:08:54,300 notice, I'll fulfill that boy that kind of shook his feathers 1111 01:08:54,300 --> 01:08:57,300 a little bit, he got up and went made a phone call but that 1112 01:08:57,300 --> 01:09:01,899 happened five years from the point of 2004 to 2009. 1113 01:09:02,000 --> 01:09:06,600 I graduated Bible School in 2000 and I kept doing a general 1114 01:09:06,600 --> 01:09:10,899 purpose of God, my daily devotion, my prayer life and 1115 01:09:10,899 --> 01:09:15,700 then nine years later. Is when God said, okay you're 1116 01:09:15,700 --> 01:09:17,899 coming on full-time in the church but I never asked for 1117 01:09:17,899 --> 01:09:20,300 that. I just kept on doing why am I 1118 01:09:20,308 --> 01:09:24,000 telling you that just keep on doing what you know to do? 1119 01:09:25,399 --> 01:09:27,899 Amen. Hebrews chapter 4. 1120 01:09:27,899 --> 01:09:32,500 Verse number 16 says this. So let us come boldly before the 1121 01:09:32,500 --> 01:09:36,100 throne of grace of our gracious God, there we will receive his 1122 01:09:36,100 --> 01:09:38,899 Mercy will find Grace to help when we need it most. 1123 01:09:39,500 --> 01:09:42,200 So at his throne, we need to take time, we need to spend 1124 01:09:42,200 --> 01:09:45,300 time, we need to find out what he wants us to do, what he Wills 1125 01:09:45,300 --> 01:09:47,500 us to do. We need to go take time, there's 1126 01:09:47,500 --> 01:09:49,200 to go on, love on him, and thank him. 1127 01:09:49,200 --> 01:09:52,399 Thank him that you're redeemed. Thank him that he paid for you. 1128 01:09:52,399 --> 01:09:54,400 Thank him that you're delivered. Thank him that he poured out the 1129 01:09:54,400 --> 01:09:57,100 Holy Spirit and you're not a weak barely getting by 1130 01:09:57,100 --> 01:09:59,100 Christian. But you got the power of the 1131 01:09:59,100 --> 01:10:02,300 Holy Ghost on the inside of you? Time to pray in the spirit. 1132 01:10:02,300 --> 01:10:04,600 Take time to sing in the spirit right. 1133 01:10:04,700 --> 01:10:06,900 Take time to meditate on the word, right? 1134 01:10:07,300 --> 01:10:09,800 But we come before. His throne to hang out with him 1135 01:10:10,100 --> 01:10:14,600 to fellowship with him, to sup with him, to learn of him. 1136 01:10:15,200 --> 01:10:18,700 John chapter 15 verses 5 through 8. 1137 01:10:19,800 --> 01:10:22,000 Says this. Yes I am the vine. 1138 01:10:22,000 --> 01:10:25,600 You are the branches, those who rate remain in me and I in them 1139 01:10:25,600 --> 01:10:27,400 will produce much fruit for apart. 1140 01:10:27,400 --> 01:10:30,700 From me, you can do nothing, anyone who does not remain in 1141 01:10:30,700 --> 01:10:33,800 me, he is thrown away like a useless, branch and Withers, 1142 01:10:34,000 --> 01:10:37,900 such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned, but if you 1143 01:10:37,900 --> 01:10:42,000 remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything 1144 01:10:42,000 --> 01:10:46,800 you want and it will be granted. When you produce much fruit, you 1145 01:10:46,800 --> 01:10:51,800 are my true disciples. This brings Great glory to my 1146 01:10:51,800 --> 01:10:54,600 father. This is an awesome picture of a 1147 01:10:54,600 --> 01:10:58,900 prayer position where I'm continually seeking the face of 1148 01:10:58,900 --> 01:11:00,600 God. I'm remaining in him. 1149 01:11:00,700 --> 01:11:03,400 And his word is remaining in me and that environment. 1150 01:11:03,400 --> 01:11:05,000 God is going to work everything out. 1151 01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:09,700 The Bible says the steps of a righteous man or a good man. 1152 01:11:09,900 --> 01:11:13,400 So the qualification when I'm in right standing with God, comes 1153 01:11:13,400 --> 01:11:16,200 through the word of God, through meditation and through a prayer 1154 01:11:16,200 --> 01:11:19,800 life, my steps are going to be ordered third and last Thing, I 1155 01:11:19,800 --> 01:11:24,300 want to cover to find your purpose is church attendance. 1156 01:11:30,600 --> 01:11:35,500 Ephesians chapter 4. Verses 11 through 12 says this. 1157 01:11:38,100 --> 01:11:42,200 He gave himself some to be Apostles, some prophets, some 1158 01:11:42,200 --> 01:11:45,700 evangelists and some pastors and teachers for the equipping of 1159 01:11:45,700 --> 01:11:48,800 the Saints for the work of Ministry. 1160 01:11:49,100 --> 01:11:51,400 For the edifying of the body of Christ. 1161 01:11:51,700 --> 01:11:54,800 God has called some in his church into these five roles 1162 01:11:54,800 --> 01:11:57,800 Apostles, prophets evangelists pastors and teachers. 1163 01:11:58,700 --> 01:12:01,800 But why are they there for the equipping of the Saints? 1164 01:12:01,800 --> 01:12:03,800 Why is church attendance so necessary? 1165 01:12:04,000 --> 01:12:06,800 Because every Sunday, every Wednesday, every men's event you 1166 01:12:06,800 --> 01:12:10,700 come to Women's event, you come to, there's an equipping, that 1167 01:12:10,700 --> 01:12:16,000 happens, the 11 definition of equipment is a Furnishing or a 1168 01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:19,500 supply. So it's one thing to have a 1169 01:12:19,508 --> 01:12:21,800 great devotional life and a great prayer life, but you're 1170 01:12:21,800 --> 01:12:26,300 never going to be fulfilled or fully in your purpose without 1171 01:12:26,400 --> 01:12:30,500 being in church because God gave gifts to the church. 1172 01:12:30,500 --> 01:12:33,300 These five gifts and they're going to help equip. 1173 01:12:33,300 --> 01:12:35,800 They're going to supply, they're going to feed, they're going to 1174 01:12:35,800 --> 01:12:38,000 give you a good meal. Amen. 1175 01:12:39,500 --> 01:12:42,000 We're talking you know, filet mignon. 1176 01:12:44,100 --> 01:12:47,700 I'm ending soon. Someone talk about food as not 1177 01:12:48,400 --> 01:12:51,700 as to upset your stomach over your minds to listen. 1178 01:12:52,900 --> 01:12:55,100 Loaded baked potato with sour cream. 1179 01:12:55,100 --> 01:13:02,100 Chives? Don't forget the Brussels spouts 1180 01:13:02,100 --> 01:13:03,900 because you brussel sprouts. You get that at church or 1181 01:13:03,900 --> 01:13:10,800 broccoli. Pastor is not always going to 1182 01:13:10,808 --> 01:13:13,700 skip to. Dessert. 1183 01:13:15,600 --> 01:13:19,200 A warm cookie with vanilla on it where the vanilla just kind of 1184 01:13:19,200 --> 01:13:20,700 running down from the heat of the cookie. 1185 01:13:21,700 --> 01:13:23,200 You're not always going to get that at church. 1186 01:13:23,200 --> 01:13:24,900 Why? Cuz you can't live off that. 1187 01:13:27,000 --> 01:13:31,000 It's good. It'll get you a quick as we call 1188 01:13:31,000 --> 01:13:34,100 simple sugar. A quick pickup but we need some 1189 01:13:34,400 --> 01:13:37,400 complex carbohydrates for some longevity too. 1190 01:13:38,500 --> 01:13:40,000 All you eat sugar? You going to be a yo-yo 1191 01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:47,600 Christian. for all, use it, drink those energy drinks with 1192 01:13:47,600 --> 01:13:54,900 all the sugar But what they're going to feed you. 1193 01:13:54,900 --> 01:13:57,400 Amen we're in. You need to come ready to 1194 01:13:57,400 --> 01:13:58,900 receive. Do you realize I want to say 1195 01:13:58,900 --> 01:14:02,300 this when you come to church, you have a part to play if you 1196 01:14:02,300 --> 01:14:06,200 come hungry. To hear the word of God, you're 1197 01:14:06,200 --> 01:14:09,900 going to pool. Sometimes pastors could be 1198 01:14:09,900 --> 01:14:13,300 limited in the delivery. Not not based upon their 1199 01:14:13,300 --> 01:14:18,100 preparation but based upon the receiving of those that are 1200 01:14:18,100 --> 01:14:20,000 coming. So if we can make that 1201 01:14:20,000 --> 01:14:22,300 correction, when you come, are you coming expecting? 1202 01:14:23,400 --> 01:14:27,300 Are you coming? Like Lord, I am so ready to 1203 01:14:27,300 --> 01:14:29,900 worship. I'm so ready to receive your 1204 01:14:29,900 --> 01:14:33,300 word. Just fill me up today. 1205 01:14:34,000 --> 01:14:36,700 Overflow me so that I could pour out to somebody else. 1206 01:14:39,600 --> 01:14:43,900 Hebrews chapter 10. Verse number 25 says don't 1207 01:14:43,900 --> 01:14:47,100 forsake the assembling of ourselves together as the manner 1208 01:14:47,100 --> 01:14:51,800 of some but exhorting, one another and so much more as you 1209 01:14:51,800 --> 01:14:55,600 see the day approaching Church. Attendance is important, man. 1210 01:14:55,600 --> 01:14:58,900 You do not want to forsake coming to church. 1211 01:15:03,200 --> 01:15:06,200 Since 1997, when I gave my life to the Lord. 1212 01:15:08,800 --> 01:15:11,300 I've attended three different churches, and I've only moved 1213 01:15:11,300 --> 01:15:16,600 when God told me to move, I started my journey in Columbus, 1214 01:15:16,600 --> 01:15:19,200 Ohio, with Apostle Lafayette scales at Rhema Christian 1215 01:15:19,200 --> 01:15:25,700 Center. Which some, you know, because 1216 01:15:25,700 --> 01:15:28,600 that's come full circle, he's been here for our kingdom rise 1217 01:15:28,600 --> 01:15:35,000 conferences, in the past. Then in 1998, when God told me 1218 01:15:35,000 --> 01:15:38,000 to move after praying, he told me to go to Bible school. 1219 01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:40,900 So I moved from Ohio to Oklahoma tenere. 1220 01:15:40,900 --> 01:15:47,600 Bible Church there, Faithfully And then got married in 2001. 1221 01:15:49,300 --> 01:15:51,100 Stay in touch with Pastor. Oh, Marcy. 1222 01:15:51,500 --> 01:15:52,900 They launched the vision of my wife. 1223 01:15:52,900 --> 01:15:56,800 And I three years about three years later in 2004 and prayed 1224 01:15:56,800 --> 01:16:00,700 about coming tanker Faith. So my journey with God since 1225 01:16:00,700 --> 01:16:04,100 1997 to 2022. I've always been faithful to 1226 01:16:04,100 --> 01:16:07,400 attend church. But why am I saying that? 1227 01:16:07,400 --> 01:16:10,800 Because to fulfill the purpose of God, I would never be where 1228 01:16:10,800 --> 01:16:13,300 I'm supposed to be. If I hadn't had that mixture of 1229 01:16:13,800 --> 01:16:18,100 the daily devotion, the prayer life and church attendance, and 1230 01:16:18,100 --> 01:16:20,000 it's been few and far between and twenty. 1231 01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:23,800 What four years that I've ever missed a service. 1232 01:16:26,100 --> 01:16:29,000 Ever. I mean, there's been some times 1233 01:16:29,000 --> 01:16:33,600 the vacation, maybe, if one of our girls wasn't feeling well, 1234 01:16:33,600 --> 01:16:39,100 but we're talking 99% of the time 99.9%, the time here. 1235 01:16:40,700 --> 01:16:44,800 Psalms 92, I close with this chapter and I'm going to read 1236 01:16:44,800 --> 01:16:47,600 the whole thing and this is just in relation to church 1237 01:16:47,600 --> 01:16:49,600 attendance. I gave you a fusion 4:11-12 1238 01:16:51,100 --> 01:16:55,400 Hebrews 10:25 and now I want to read psalms 92 as a last 1239 01:16:56,000 --> 01:16:59,300 scripture for church. Attendance first number one 1240 01:16:59,300 --> 01:17:01,600 says, it's good to give thanks to the Lord and the sing praises 1241 01:17:01,600 --> 01:17:04,100 to your name. O most high to declare your 1242 01:17:04,100 --> 01:17:05,400 loving. Kindness in the morning, your 1243 01:17:05,400 --> 01:17:09,400 faithfulness every night on an instrument of ten strings on the 1244 01:17:09,400 --> 01:17:13,800 loot on the ARP with harm and harmonious sound for you. 1245 01:17:13,800 --> 01:17:16,000 Lord has made me glad through your work. 1246 01:17:16,500 --> 01:17:19,700 I will Triumph in the works of your hands O Lord. 1247 01:17:19,700 --> 01:17:22,300 How great are your Works? Your thoughts are very deep. 1248 01:17:22,600 --> 01:17:27,000 A census man does not know nor does a fool understand this, 1249 01:17:27,000 --> 01:17:29,000 when the wicked spring up like grass. 1250 01:17:29,400 --> 01:17:33,200 And when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that 1251 01:17:33,200 --> 01:17:37,300 they may be destroyed forever. But you Lord are on high for 1252 01:17:37,300 --> 01:17:39,900 Evermore. For behold, your enemy is a 1253 01:17:39,900 --> 01:17:42,400 lord. Behold your enemies Shall 1254 01:17:42,800 --> 01:17:45,200 Perish. All the workers of iniquity 1255 01:17:45,200 --> 01:17:49,800 shall be scattered but my horn you have exalted like a wild ox. 1256 01:17:50,200 --> 01:17:54,100 I have been Anointed with fresh oil my eyes also have seen my 1257 01:17:54,100 --> 01:17:58,200 desire on my enemies my ears hear my desire on the wicked. 1258 01:17:58,200 --> 01:18:03,000 Who rise up against me verse 12. The righteous shall flourish 1259 01:18:03,400 --> 01:18:08,900 like a palm tree. He shall grow like a cedar in 1260 01:18:08,900 --> 01:18:15,800 Lebanon, those who are planted in the house of the Lord, shall 1261 01:18:15,800 --> 01:18:20,400 flourish in the courts of our God, they shall still bear fruit 1262 01:18:20,400 --> 01:18:25,000 and old age, they shall be fresh and flourishing to declare that 1263 01:18:25,000 --> 01:18:28,200 the Lord is upright. He is my rock and there is no 1264 01:18:28,200 --> 01:18:33,200 unrighteousness in him. Let me read verse 12 and 13. 1265 01:18:33,200 --> 01:18:35,700 Just think about this in your ear. 1266 01:18:35,800 --> 01:18:39,300 Read day or every Sunday your every Wednesday Church 1267 01:18:39,300 --> 01:18:42,600 attendance. Their righteous shall flourish 1268 01:18:43,100 --> 01:18:47,500 like a palm tree. You shall grow like a cedar and 1269 01:18:47,500 --> 01:18:53,700 Lebanon if you are planted in the house of the Lord. if you 1270 01:18:53,700 --> 01:18:59,300 are planted in the house of the Lord, if you are planted in the 1271 01:18:59,308 --> 01:19:03,800 house Lord the promise of God says if you keep coming to 1272 01:19:04,100 --> 01:19:09,600 church You're going to flourish and even in old age, you still 1273 01:19:09,600 --> 01:19:12,800 bringing forth fruit. The promise is not there for 1274 01:19:12,800 --> 01:19:17,300 those who get out of, it's the banana that gets away from the 1275 01:19:17,300 --> 01:19:26,400 bunch of gets peeled. Selah keep coming to church keep 1276 01:19:26,500 --> 01:19:34,800 connected man you'll miss out. Thank you so much for listening 1277 01:19:34,800 --> 01:19:37,200 to this message. 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