1 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:04,760 Thanks for checking out the Anchor Faith Message podcast 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:06,160 from St. Augustine, FL. 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:17,560 Now enjoy this message. He's called every single one of 4 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:21,160 us to unify. To get together and to do what 5 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,880 God's called us to do. And we're going to talk about 6 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,000 that this morning, what it looks like, what the church is 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,360 supposed to look like and what we're supposed to do when we 8 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:34,160 come in this place. I love the word that Brianna 9 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:37,600 gave, and we're going to talk a little bit about that here in 10 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,800 just a minute. I have about 50 pages of Notes 11 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:45,560 Font 18, but this is like a Font 18 message OK. 12 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:50,440 This is like a font 20 message. Because I need you to get this. 13 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,760 I need you to get stirred up. I need you to ignite yourself, 14 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,680 get ignited by the Holy Ghost that we're called to this city. 15 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,600 And when the when the scripture tells us to go into the world, 16 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,880 it's not telling you that you have to go to India and it's not 17 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,000 telling you that you have to go to Albania and it's not telling 18 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:10,560 you that you have to go to Tanzania. 19 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,360 It's not telling you that you have to go to all these places. 20 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,240 It's saying you're called right here to this city. 21 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,800 And not all of us are going to go, and some of us are going to 22 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:25,600 go at sometimes, but most of us are going to stay right here and 23 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:27,280 do what God's called us to do here. 24 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:30,480 And if we're called to ignite this city, we have to know what 25 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:31,480 that looks. Like. 26 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,240 So let's dig into the scriptures. 27 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:38,400 This morning I'm here to kind of rally you and Brianna came up 28 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,360 with a little coach anointing, and I'm going to come up with a 29 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:43,640 another little coach anointing, OK? 30 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,320 Just to get us together. If we have to all huddle up and 31 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:50,960 say 123 at the end, then we will. 32 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,960 OK, whatever I got to do, If I got to run up and down the 33 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,960 aisles and slap you on the behind to get you motivated, 34 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,800 then we'll do it. OK, All right. 35 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,240 Now let me get spiritual, all right? 36 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:09,320 Now listen, this is the word that pastor, our, our shepherd, 37 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:14,480 our lead, Shepherd said we needed to have today, OK, to go 38 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,240 into all the world, what that means and what community 39 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:19,960 mobilization looks. Like. 40 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:25,400 So I want you right now, first thing, to just throw off the 41 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:30,280 cares that you brought in here. Because sometimes we get so 42 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,400 focused and we're going to talk about that And what the 43 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,200 Scripture says in the last days can happen to you, can happen to 44 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,600 me. Sometimes we get so focused on 45 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:43,760 our own lives, our own situations, our own issues that 46 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,320 we come in here and when somebody says go into the world 47 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,160 or. I have to do more. 48 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,840 I have to get more involved. We kind of lock up and we stop 49 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:54,240 and we go. I can't do anymore. 50 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,440 I got so much on my on my calendar. 51 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:00,280 I got so much on my schedule. God wants you to ignite and make 52 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,800 influence right where you are. And that's where you have to 53 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,200 start. In your workplace, in the 54 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,360 community. That's where we start. 55 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:12,200 So right now, I want you just to open up your heart and just cast 56 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,280 every care. Just throw it off. 57 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,720 Just get rid of it and open your heart to receive the word of 58 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:19,120 God. Amen. 59 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:25,480 All right, let's go to Mark, chapter 16. 60 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:29,600 I'm going to say a few things. While you're moving there, I 61 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,640 want you to get out of your comfort zone. 62 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:35,840 I want you to understand that your capacity, our capacity as a 63 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:40,200 church is increasing. There is there are so many open 64 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:44,120 doors, so many things that are happening and coming to us right 65 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,680 and left. Honestly things that God is 66 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:48,400 opening. The scripture says when God 67 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,120 opens the door, let no man shut it. 68 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,960 But The thing is, is we can't do all of these open doors, but we 69 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:01,840 can do all of these open doors and and God is opening these 70 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:06,000 things for us to walk into it because we have a body that is 71 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:10,080 ignited, that is one that knows the message, knows the Kingdom 72 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:14,080 of God, and we need to be able to go out and communicate it and 73 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:18,519 get people set free. To mobilize means the action of 74 00:04:18,519 --> 00:04:22,560 a country. Or it's government preparing and 75 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:26,960 organizing the troops for active service. 76 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:32,040 You know the scripture says that you are his workmanship created 77 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:36,560 in Christ Jesus for good works that he prepared already. 78 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,840 That you would do it. There's such a peace and such a 79 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:45,880 a rest in that faith of knowing that God's got a call on your 80 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:47,920 life and what he's called you to do. 81 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:51,240 You just have to take the steps. The Bible says the steps of a 82 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,320 righteous man and woman are ordered of God. 83 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,880 And so it's not just about me getting up every day and trying 84 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,240 to figure out what I'm going to do, trying to figure out what 85 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,440 God's called me to do. The scripture says that you know 86 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:08,920 his voice. You do know him and you hear 87 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:13,280 him, and the Bible says, another voice, you will not follow. 88 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,160 And so you're not going to follow another voice unless you 89 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:21,000 choose to follow another voice. So we need to put ourselves in a 90 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,360 position to say, God, what is it that you're asking me to do? 91 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,400 What is the the step of faith? If you're comfortable, then I'm 92 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,240 just going to. I just kind of want to make you 93 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:31,640 uncomfortable. A little bit. 94 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:36,520 If you're comfortable in your everyday life, your job, I just 95 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:39,840 want you to think about what kind of step do I need to take? 96 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:42,920 What kind of step of faith do I need to step out and do? 97 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,960 If we're going to take Dominion here on the earth, we got to get 98 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,720 out and do it. We got to go, and there's a 99 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,720 purpose for us coming here. I don't want to get ahead of 100 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,880 myself, but my prayer and my passion this morning is that we 101 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,680 would be ignited. To impact our community in our 102 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:06,760 city and it's not just me being a community pastor. 103 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:10,440 I can't do it all and I need you. 104 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:14,480 We need you to to come in and say we're going to feed the 105 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:18,200 homeless, we're going to do the families count class, We're 106 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:21,240 going to step into all these doors that God's opening. 107 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:23,320 We want to be the hands and feet. 108 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:27,360 We want to be the ones that are doing it, Ephesians Chapter 4 109 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,960 says. And he himself gave some to be 110 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:34,640 apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors 111 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,720 and teachers for the equipping of the Saints and the work of 112 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,160 the ministry. So we're here to mobilize. 113 00:06:42,280 --> 00:06:47,200 We're here to equip. We're here to equip you to go 114 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,120 out and do the work of the Ministry. 115 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:54,120 That's what our job is to do, not for us to always be the ones 116 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,960 going out there and doing it. That's your job. 117 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,240 And so I'm here this morning. To do that is to mobilize you. 118 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:06,080 Mark Chapter 16. Let's bring some clarity to what 119 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,200 Jesus said after he rose from the grave. 120 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:12,600 It says later he appeared to the 11 as they sat at the table. 121 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,080 And he rebuked their unbelief and their hardness of heart 122 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,680 because they did not believe those who had seen him after he 123 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,480 had risen. And he said to them, go into all 124 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:27,200 the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 125 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,960 Right there is where we start to go. 126 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:34,240 OK, awesome. I'll finance, we'll send pastor, 127 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,000 we'll, we'll send those construction workers. 128 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,920 They can go do it. We'll send whoever is is called 129 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,000 to do do it. And that's not what the 130 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,840 Scripture is talking about. So it says. 131 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:49,240 Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature, 132 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:53,480 and he who believes and is baptized will be saved, but he 133 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,320 who does not believe will be condemned. 134 00:07:56,320 --> 00:08:01,800 And these signs will follow those who believe in my name. 135 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,600 They will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues, 136 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,240 they will take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, 137 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,480 it will by no means hurt them. They will lay hands on the sick 138 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:17,600 and they will recover. The signs come after the going. 139 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:23,080 The signs are not for right here, and it does not mean that 140 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:26,840 those signs cannot happen in this church on a Sunday morning 141 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,800 or a Wednesday. But you understand that you got 142 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,679 filled with the Holy Ghost when you got born again. 143 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:35,480 He came to live on the inside of you. 144 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:39,400 But when you got filled with the Spirit, the baptism of the Holy 145 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,000 Ghost, with the evidence of speaking in tongues, that is for 146 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:47,760 service. That is for you to be able to go 147 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,320 and for these signs to follow you. 148 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:56,360 Not so that we can come up in here and do do all the gifts of 149 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,960 the Spirit, but it's so that when you're in your workplace, 150 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,520 you can get a word of wisdom for someone. 151 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:04,520 You can get a word of knowledge for someone. 152 00:09:04,680 --> 00:09:06,680 You can say you're not feeling good. 153 00:09:06,680 --> 00:09:09,240 Do you mind? Can I just lay hands on you and 154 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,520 and pray for you? And when and we're going to, 155 00:09:12,680 --> 00:09:18,680 we're going to squash any goofy fruit, loopy people going out 156 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:22,600 and being all super spiritual. You have to be led by the Holy 157 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,560 Ghost. That's why he's in you. 158 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,760 That's why he's there to say he's the Lord of the harvest. 159 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,240 And sometimes we want to be the Lord of the harvest. 160 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:38,200 And we want to to push and we want to preach and we want to to 161 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,240 push people into the Kingdom of God. 162 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,880 And he says, no, I'm the Lord of the harvest, and I'll lead you 163 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,360 in these things. And if we'll just walk into 164 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,760 these places, in our workplaces, wherever we are, and just be 165 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:54,360 listening and yielding to the Holy Ghost on the inside instead 166 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,520 of just where's the butter, where's the stuff I got to get 167 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:01,400 in the grocery store? Where's what I need for my daily 168 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,760 task? Not just thinking about. 169 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:08,320 You but going out every day and saying I'm going to put first 170 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:12,800 the Kingdom of God and I'm going to be sensitive to the Holy 171 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:14,920 Ghost and I'm going to ask him, is there something you want me 172 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,200 to say? Is there something you want me 173 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,360 to do? The signs are going to follow 174 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,400 you when you go. We have to go. 175 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,840 So let's look at what this word world means. 176 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:32,120 Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 177 00:10:32,680 --> 00:10:37,000 We typically think it's going, but this world is cosmos, and 178 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:42,680 that word cosmos means anything that is ordered, any system 179 00:10:42,680 --> 00:10:47,840 found in any part of society. In other words, it means every 180 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:52,160 sector of society it is not talking about. 181 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:56,320 You having to leave the country necessarily, and that is part of 182 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:59,240 our vision. But when it says right here, go 183 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,760 into all the world and preach and these signs are going to 184 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:06,760 follow you, it means go into your sectors of society, go to 185 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:10,680 your workplace place, go to your government, go to your places 186 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:14,840 and expect God to be there and expect God to move. 187 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,800 I'm going to give you the different sectors of society. 188 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:25,320 ABCDEF&G KA is the arts. These are the different sectors 189 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:29,880 of society that's performing. Arts, filmmaking, photography, 190 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:36,200 architecture, the list goes on. The Arts B is business. 191 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,880 Business. OK, Some of us own businesses. 192 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,360 Many of us. Work in businesses. 193 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:49,800 C is congregations, that is organizations, assemblies, 194 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:51,080 boards, go. Ahead and jump. 195 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,000 On your little HOA board? Those are fun. 196 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:59,160 Go ahead and get on that HOA board and be a light in that 197 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:05,960 place. D is direct media, broadcasting, 198 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,920 Internet, radio, anything that has to do with media. 199 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:16,760 E is education, education. There's lots of places we can 200 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,200 jump in for education. Get on your school board. 201 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,400 Jump in these schools. I'm going to talk about it. 202 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:26,040 There's a shortage of a whole lot going on because people are 203 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:31,080 so broken and we can step in and fill the gap and we need to be 204 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:35,600 doing that. Families, FS Families, our 205 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:39,240 church has many open doors for this opportunity. 206 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,760 There is a a thing even on our our Saint Johns County website, 207 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:47,680 our government website called the Fatherhood Initiative. 208 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:49,560 And I'm going to look into that more. 209 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:52,920 But we have a whole lot of men in this church that are taking 210 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,720 mighty men and this fatherhood initiative. 211 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,720 There's there's these things that our county does that our 212 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:03,000 state will fund us for if we'll start helping these vulnerable 213 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,480 people and these vulnerable families. 214 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:07,640 And we need to start tapping into that. 215 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:11,320 You know the Bible says the wealth of the wicked is laid up 216 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,120 for the just. And so we need to start. 217 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:18,640 Do we not have some men in this place that could father a son, 218 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,200 could that could father these broken kids? 219 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:26,600 There's so many homeless and broken and foster kids in our 220 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,920 county. What are we doing? 221 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:34,400 Are we just going to work every day and just making paint? 222 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,960 Victor, are we thinking about what else we can do? 223 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:40,200 I just happened to look at Victor. 224 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:41,960 I love you. What? 225 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:44,640 What else can we do? What can we? 226 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,680 Who can we speak to? How can we say, Lord, I'm 227 00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:51,920 willing. I want to speak a word of life 228 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,360 to somebody. I want to be available to heal 229 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,760 the broken hearted. Use me. 230 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:05,680 The last one is Government G Our political systems, our county 231 00:14:05,680 --> 00:14:08,760 meetings. Anything that's happening with 232 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:12,840 our government, these are sectors of society that we are 233 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:17,000 all involved in. That's what it means when it 234 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:23,120 says go to the world, go to your cosmos, go to your sector of 235 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:26,960 society. 2nd Corinthians chapter 4/4. 236 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,080 It uses the same word cosmos for world. 237 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:33,600 There when it says Satan is the God of this world, Do you not 238 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,840 know? Do we understand that there are 239 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:40,400 demonic forces in every sector of society? 240 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,800 There is so much happening, so much influence, whether it's 241 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:50,840 money, greed, whatever is going on though, Satan is not 242 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:56,120 hesitating one bit to send his hordes of hell into every sector 243 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,600 of society. And we're just going to come up 244 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:03,480 in here and look cute and and hodgepodge with each other and 245 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,880 and go out and go home and make sure our bills are paid, make 246 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:11,120 sure what we're doing is done and not even think about or have 247 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,480 God's heart. To go out and say, Oh my gosh, 248 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,360 these people are so broken, they need help. 249 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:21,760 How can I help them? How can I go into their sector 250 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:25,400 of society and be a light when we go into our sectors of 251 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:31,360 society and we're still broken and we're still heavy and we're 252 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:33,240 still dealing with our own things? 253 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,360 The Holy Ghost will still use you. 254 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,320 It doesn't mean you're not going to walk through stuff in life, 255 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,400 But you need to be able to put yourself in a position to say, 256 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,600 Lord, I'm ready to deal with anything on the inside of me. 257 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:47,680 Use me, Lord. I thank you, Lord, that I'm 258 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:51,440 healed, that I'm whole, that I'm ready to be used so that I can 259 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:56,480 hear and be sensitive to what God wants to do in my place of 260 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:01,120 business or wherever I'm at. So this is where he the the 261 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,760 demonic influences invade and the church as a whole. 262 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:09,840 We've failed because we just want to make sure that our needs 263 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,880 are met. And how are we supposed to go 264 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:18,560 out when the scripture says take dominion and and take territory 265 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:22,120 and take authority? If we're not doing it in our own 266 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,520 lives, how are we going to do it out there? 267 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:30,000 So we got to start making making sure we can get our, I'm telling 268 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,160 you, Pastor Mike and I, sometimes when we deal with 269 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:37,280 married couples, we talk about there's a pastor that we had 270 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:41,280 heard years ago when married couples would would come and 271 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:45,920 they would be having issues, he would send them away together. 272 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:47,480 Just to spend. Time together. 273 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:50,480 To pray, to start doing things for each other. 274 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,720 You know when you get your focus off of you. 275 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,720 And start giving to someone else. 276 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:01,360 You know that the the Bible is is actually true when it says 277 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:05,000 it's more blessed to give than it is to receive. 278 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:06,920 That if you'll just go, you know what? 279 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,599 I do have this need. I do have this thing going on, 280 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,920 but but I'm going to yield and give this to some just going to 281 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,319 start baking cookies for my neighbor or I'm just going to 282 00:17:16,319 --> 00:17:19,520 start going into the school and volunteering and mentoring. 283 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,880 I'm just going to start getting my focus off what's happening 284 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:25,960 with me all the time. And I'm going to go into every 285 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,440 sector that's around me and influence. 286 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:32,720 I'm telling you, people in our community are coming to this 287 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:37,680 church and they're saying we want you, we want you to take 288 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:39,600 over. We want you to help. 289 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,400 We want you to coach. We want to give you this 290 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,800 business. We want to give you this. 291 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:46,520 We want you to come be on this board. 292 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,800 They're asking us. They're coming to us. 293 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,040 This church truly is a city on a hill. 294 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:58,840 It really is that and you're part of a of a rally cry and A 295 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:03,040 and a church that does it. We're doers of the word and you 296 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:09,200 ought to get yourself like whatever, whatever you got to do 297 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,240 to stir yourself up. Sometimes you got to move. 298 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,240 Sometimes you just got to get get up and get out and do 299 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,640 something. Quit thinking about you in the 300 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:21,840 last days. That is going to be the biggest 301 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:23,760 thing that you're going to have to guard against. 302 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,280 Because the scripture says in the last days that believers, 303 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:36,120 you, me, are going to be lovers of themselves, lovers of their 304 00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:39,240 own lives. Well, I don't want to serve 305 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:43,880 because I have something going on, and that's just the church. 306 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,000 That's just in the church. This work of ministry that 307 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,520 you're called to is not we're not talking about the the, the 308 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:56,120 nursery, we're talking about life if we can't even. 309 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:04,280 I mean, we got to get in unity. You got to understand what what 310 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,920 unity does for a body of believers. 311 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:10,160 You know, when you see anything. My husband and I are very 312 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,480 similar in this. We're not when we watch a sports 313 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,240 movie. Or something where people get 314 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,120 unified. I'm not talking about even they 315 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:19,800 had to win a game. I'm just talking about the 316 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:23,000 moment in the movie where they get in Unity. 317 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,160 I mean, I'll cry and he cries. We'll sit there and cry at the 318 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:30,680 weirdest places because there's unity there. 319 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:34,120 When you see, when you see two people dancing and there's like 320 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:38,720 perfect unity, it's like, oh, I want to watch that again. 321 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:42,120 I want to watch that like 10 times When you see something 322 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:44,520 happening, you know, people are in agreement. 323 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,600 They're they're on the same page of sports team. 324 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,640 Whatever it is, there's something about it. 325 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,320 And the Scripture talks about it. 326 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:58,040 And so can we can we as a body, open our hearts to say, let's 327 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:03,160 get unified, let's do this thing, let's get out and ignite 328 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,480 our city. Let's let's do what we're 329 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:07,800 supposed to do. He not only here in the church, 330 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,320 but let's go out there and let's actually do this. 331 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,640 And let's 'cause people to come here when you come here. 332 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:17,880 This is just our this is just our mobilized time. 333 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,720 This is just our time to come together and say, here's your 334 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:25,120 marching orders, here's what, here's what we need you to do. 335 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:26,800 Make sure you're staying built up. 336 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:30,080 Let's get in unity and we're going to look at in scripture. 337 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,520 If I can ever get back to my notes, we're going to look at 338 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:38,200 what what that looks like when a church comes together and is 339 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:43,360 unified and even when evil people do it, what that looks 340 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:46,840 like. So let's first look at a woman. 341 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:50,040 A wise woman. Who saved her whole city? 342 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:52,640 I need you to get passionate about this city. 343 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:57,600 Second Samuel, Chapter 20, it says. 344 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:02,200 And there happened to be there. A rebel whose name was Sheba, 345 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:04,680 the son of Bickery the Benjamite. 346 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,560 And he blew a trumpet and said, we have no share in David. 347 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:12,200 So this rebel Sheba is saying we have no share in David, nor do 348 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:15,600 we have inheritance in the son of Jesse, every man to his tent, 349 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,920 so Israel. So every man of Israel deserted 350 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:24,360 David and follow this rebel Sheba the son of Bickery. 351 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:28,440 But the men of Judah from the Jordan, as far as Jerusalem, 352 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:33,200 remained loyal to their king. Verse six says David said. 353 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:37,240 Now Sheba the son of Bickery, will do more harm to us than 354 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:39,960 Absalom. Take your Lord's servants and 355 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,600 pursue him, lest he find for himself fortified cities, and 356 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:48,240 escape us So Joab's men with the those people and all the mighty 357 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,880 men went out after him. Verse 15. 358 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:57,560 Then they came and besieged him and Abel, and they cast up a 359 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:01,000 siege mount against the city, and it stood by the Rampart, and 360 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,160 all the people who are with Joab battered the wall to throw it 361 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:04,720 down. So. 362 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:09,240 So this rebel went into this city and Joab and all his men 363 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:12,240 are going to the city and they've got these battering Rams 364 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:13,720 and they're like, we're taking over this. 365 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:15,520 City. We're going to conquer this city 366 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,760 because we're going to get this rebel who's against David and 367 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,400 we're going to take him out. So look what happens. 368 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:26,000 Verse 16. Then a wise woman cried out from 369 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,680 her city. The city, I put her city. 370 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:33,920 Here, here please say to Joab come nearby that I may speak 371 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,120 with you. And when he had come near to 372 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:38,400 her, the woman said, Are you Joab? 373 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:42,200 And he answered, I am. And then she said to him, Hear 374 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:46,120 the words of your maidservant. So this woman was like a. 375 00:22:46,120 --> 00:22:49,720 Watchman on the wall of this city. 376 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:54,720 And she said, hold on, what's happening? 377 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:56,920 Why are you hitting? Why are you coming against our 378 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,080 city with these battering Rams? What's going on? 379 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,840 Hear the Joab, hear me, hear the words of your maidservant. 380 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:05,760 And he answered, OK, I'm listening. 381 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:10,480 So she spoke, saying they used to talk in former times, saying 382 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:12,760 they shall surely seek guidance at Abel. 383 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:18,200 And so they would in disputes I am coming the peaceable and 384 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:22,560 faithful in Israel. I am among the peaceable and the 385 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:26,480 faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a 386 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:28,600 mother. In Israel there's something 387 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:32,880 about a Mama, you seek to destroy this city and a mother 388 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,920 in Israel, why would you swallow up the inheritance of the Lord? 389 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:40,760 And Joab answered and said, far be it from me that I should 390 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,080 swallow up or destroy. That is not so. 391 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:47,280 But a man from the mountains of Ephraim Sheba, the son of Bakery 392 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,760 by name, has raised his hand against the king, against David. 393 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,120 Deliver him only, and I'll depart from the city. 394 00:23:54,520 --> 00:24:00,800 So the woman said to Joab, OK, she was like, time out, watch, 395 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,560 watch what I'm about to do watch. 396 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,200 His head will be thrown to you over the wall. 397 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:13,640 She is not playing. Then the woman in her wisdom 398 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,640 went to all the people. She went to all the people in 399 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,560 her city. And she said, we have sin in the 400 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,640 camp. We have a rebel in our city. 401 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:26,120 There's something happening here. 402 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,360 We're about to cut his head off and we're going to chunk it over 403 00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:33,120 the wall. You got me one 2-3 go. 404 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,240 And they went and that's what they did. 405 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:40,040 And and then he blew, and they then the woman in her wisdom 406 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,800 went to all the people, and they cut off the head of Sheba, the 407 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,440 son of Bickery, and threw it out to Joab. 408 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,760 And then he blew the trumpet, and they withdrew from the city, 409 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,480 every man to his tent. And Joab returned to the king at 410 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,800 Jerusalem. The people rallied behind this 411 00:24:54,800 --> 00:25:00,720 wise woman, who's not even named, rallied behind her. 412 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:08,240 And this woman saved her city, her family, herself, because she 413 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,440 said no, no, we're not going to do this. 414 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:14,280 We've got to, we've got to be like this woman and say, wait, 415 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:18,240 there's sin in our city. Wait, wait, wait, there's 416 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,840 poverty in our city. Wait, wait, time out. 417 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:23,640 There's corruption happening here. 418 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,960 No, no. We're going to rally our people 419 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,840 together and we're going to go take care of this. 420 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,360 We're going to go into these places that have poverty and 421 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:38,680 we're going to, we're going to believe God for wise ideas to 422 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,560 bring them out of poverty. Because it's not like you can go 423 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,320 in and and build them new houses, because they'll just 424 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,640 become the same if their hearts and their. 425 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,560 Minds are not changed. How do we go in there? 426 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,640 How do we bridge the gap? How do we bring all these 427 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:57,040 cultures and all these people together and ignite the city? 428 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,760 How do we do that? How do we become like this city, 429 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:04,360 this woman in this city, and say, no, we're not going to 430 00:26:04,360 --> 00:26:06,560 allow this? Do you have that passion for 431 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:13,440 your city, or do you just have that passion for your house, for 432 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,200 your life? Is this the city? 433 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,240 How many, How many Vision Partners do we have in here? 434 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:24,200 That's a whole lot of you. So when you went through Vision 435 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:29,000 Partnership class, you learned there, maybe for the first time, 436 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:35,280 that the vision of this house is to ignite the city, impact the 437 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:40,520 nation and influence the world. And so you sat there and you 438 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:42,400 said, I want to be a part of that vision. 439 00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:47,640 Me, me, call me, I want to be part of this vision. 440 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:53,280 But here we are igniting the city and we need you to get 441 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:54,400 involved. We need you. 442 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:58,160 When we say we're doing Osceola make a difference day, you know 443 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:02,160 we had eighteen women sign up for that and two men originally. 444 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:09,080 That's great, but but we had to say come on man, let's let's 445 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,200 tell it was a lot of yard work and a lot of which we did that 446 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,280 yesterday. And I'm going to tell you that 447 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:18,160 that school and that that man that runs the, the stuff of the 448 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:22,160 school was so blessed by us. And he said, I did not know you 449 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:23,520 were going to bring so many people. 450 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:26,960 And I said, well Joey, we've done this every year. 451 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:31,760 We always, excuse me, we always bring a bunch of people and we 452 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:35,760 always show up to help do this. We repainted for them. 453 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:41,680 We we did all kinds of trimming of trees and bushes and wedding 454 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,280 and and and digging, digging holes. 455 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:45,320 We didn't have enough. Shovels. 456 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,840 He's like, I'm going to have to go to Home Depot and get shovels 457 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,320 for you. We did all kinds of work for 458 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,880 them and they and they even the principal came out and he said, 459 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,520 well, we were. Out there on the courtyard 460 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,560 dancing a little bit and he called my phone and said is that 461 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:02,280 you out there dancing and and I said yes it is. 462 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:06,600 And so he came out there and he's like, this is amazing what 463 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,880 y'all, what y'all do, what you always do. 464 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:13,640 I talk about you all the time. I talk about your partnership 465 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:17,440 with our school all the time. And when I go up in our 466 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:21,040 faith-based board meetings once a month, you know that they use 467 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:26,080 Anchor Faith Church as the model church for partnerships with 468 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:30,800 schools. Our Superintendent, the people 469 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:34,040 there say if you want to know how to do a partnership, you go 470 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:38,160 see Anchor Faith because they know how to serve people. 471 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,240 We're not just up in there saying let's get this done. 472 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,320 What do we have to do? I'm like, send me the list. 473 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,320 We got a bunch of people. We're going to knock it out for 474 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,200 you. But we need everybody to hear 475 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,000 the rally cry. And that doesn't mean you have 476 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,640 to get involved in everything. But what is God saying for you 477 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:59,360 to do? What is he telling you to jump 478 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,880 in and be a part of? You need to quickly obey that 479 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:04,720 and jump in. It'll bless you. 480 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:06,840 I'm telling you, it'll bless you. 481 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:11,680 So the Kingdom of of heaven, the Bible says suffers violence, but 482 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:17,640 the violent take it by force. So we got to come in here like 483 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,720 this woman and say, no, no, I'm we're not going to go cut 484 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:22,520 people's heads off. That's not what I'm saying. 485 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,960 We're not going to go, you know, jumping on people and acting 486 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:29,520 awkward. But but what I am saying is that 487 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,640 we're going to take it by force, through prayer, through getting 488 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:36,760 involved, through being led by the Spirit, through loving on 489 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,120 people. That's how we're going to take 490 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,440 it by force. Not trying to give you a Wonder 491 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:45,240 Woman story, not trying to just talk about a woman. 492 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:48,200 But if I can just say, if you still have an issue with that, 493 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,000 then you probably ought to just sit up in here and not go out in 494 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:55,240 the community just yet. All right, How are we going to 495 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,560 ignite the city? How are we going to do this? 496 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:03,200 The the word ignite means to catch fire or to cause to catch 497 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:07,840 fire, to catch fire or to cause to catch fire. 498 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:13,360 Even in Acts Chapter 17, the the people that were coming against 499 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:18,080 the gospel said these people who have turned the world upside 500 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:19,960 down, they're coming to our city. 501 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,560 We want people to say, is that anchor Faith Church? 502 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:28,280 The ones who are turning this city upside down, the ones who 503 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:32,160 have bought the mall, the ones who are transforming things. 504 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,600 Everywhere I go, I show up at West Augustine. 505 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,600 There they are. I show up at Osceola. 506 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:39,120 There they are. I show up at a Flagler game. 507 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:43,320 Where Who are these people? Why are they everywhere that I 508 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,040 go? That ought to be us. 509 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,400 We need to be. Let me put a Flagler plug in 510 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:52,440 right here. We went to the women's game last 511 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:54,640 night. There's probably about 20 anchor 512 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,040 Faith people. But. 513 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,840 But when we do those cheers, I need about at least 50 of you. 514 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,560 OK, so I need y'all. Whether you like basketball or 515 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,600 not is irrelevant. Macy literally sits there and 516 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,680 asks what every single call is like. 517 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:09,800 What is that? What is that? 518 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:11,720 And we're having to educate. Her while we're cheering. 519 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:16,040 But but it doesn't matter if you love basketball or not. 520 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:19,600 Just come because our influence is happening. 521 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:24,360 It's for the girls we have. We is destiny here today we have 522 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:27,040 one of the girls that attends here faithfully that plays on 523 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:31,880 the Flagler team and I'm telling you they are coming to us. 524 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:35,120 We're feeding them. We just we just said what can we 525 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:36,800 do? How can we serve. 526 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:40,480 We started just feeding them. We started just, and we still do 527 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:41,960 that. We just take them, food, 528 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:45,160 minister to them, open our homes to them. 529 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:47,720 And now we have even more of an open door. 530 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:49,920 And we need to be the one stepping into that. 531 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:52,800 And it starts by going and supporting. 532 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:54,880 You know, we want to be cheered for. 533 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,240 We want our own lives to be cheered for. 534 00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,600 But I need you to forget about yourself for a minute. 535 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:03,400 I need you to go out and cheer these young gals on, OK? 536 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:07,280 These women who are given their all on the court, I need you to 537 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:11,240 show up and be part of it. We have fun when we're at the 538 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:14,120 Flagler. Games come and just be a part of 539 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:22,160 it, Acts 432 Acts 432 says Now the multitude of those who 540 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:26,400 believed were of one heart and one soul. 541 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,440 What does it look like? What should we look like? 542 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,720 Neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was 543 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,360 his own, But they had all things in common. 544 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:39,960 And with great power the apostles gave witness to the 545 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:43,800 resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them 546 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,360 all. Nor was there anyone among them 547 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:50,280 who lacked, for all who were possessors, or of lands and 548 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:53,840 houses, sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that 549 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,440 were sold, and laid them at the apostles feet, and they 550 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:58,720 distributed to each one as they had need. 551 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:03,160 I I put that scripture in there and I have a few more on unity 552 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:07,200 because we need to understand what a big deal unity is. 553 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:10,560 What a big deal. If we're going to actually go 554 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:14,240 out, if we're going to take on this mobilization of of our 555 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:18,400 community, this rally cry for us to go out and start being a 556 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:22,000 light to people, we have to 1st understand what it means for us 557 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:26,840 to be in unity to unify Genesis Chapter 11. 558 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:31,800 Here is a negative example. But such a great picture of what 559 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:35,000 God says would happen when people get in unity. 560 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:39,200 It says now the whole earth had one language in one speech, and 561 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,680 it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that 562 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:45,280 they found a plane in the land of Shinar and they dwelt there. 563 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:48,280 They then they said to one another, come and let us make 564 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,840 bricks and bake them thoroughly, And they had brick for stone, 565 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:55,040 and they had asphalt for mortar. And they said, come, let us 566 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,480 build ourselves a city and a tower. 567 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:00,760 Whose top is the heavens? And let us listen to what they 568 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:03,640 said here. Let us make a name for 569 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:09,199 ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the 570 00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:11,679 whole. Earth, but the Lord. 571 00:34:11,679 --> 00:34:15,360 Came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men 572 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:21,280 have built, and the Lord said, indeed the people are one, and 573 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:25,600 they have one language, and this is what they begin to do now. 574 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,920 Nothing that they propose proposed to do will be withheld 575 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:32,920 from them come. Let us go down there and confuse 576 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,440 their language, that they may not understand one another's 577 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:37,199 speech. So the Lord scattered them 578 00:34:37,199 --> 00:34:40,400 abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they 579 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,800 ceased building the city. Therefore its name is called 580 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,480 Babel because they're the Lord confused the language of all the 581 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:50,199 earth. So we see the power even in 582 00:34:50,199 --> 00:34:53,880 their their issue was they wanted a name for themselves. 583 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:58,320 And you know, that's a big issue even in the church is that we 584 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:02,760 want a name for ourselves. We want to do something and we 585 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:06,760 want to be seen or we want the pastor to see us or we want 586 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:11,400 people in our city to see us. And that that is the issue here 587 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:13,080 is they wanted a name for themselves. 588 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:16,760 But God said they're of one language, they're of one heart, 589 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:19,720 they're of one mind. Nothing will be impossible for 590 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:23,440 them. So he had to go down and confuse 591 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:29,480 everything that they were doing. What would happen for us if we 592 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:34,640 don't have our eyes on us? If we don't have our our focus 593 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:36,440 on? I just want to be seen. 594 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:37,880 I just want to have the limelight. 595 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:40,240 I just want to preach. I just want everybody to see how 596 00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:43,440 great I am with the kids or what I'm doing in the community or 597 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:46,240 whatever. If we get our focus off of that 598 00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:51,000 and we really get unified, it is really true that God will meet 599 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,560 every one of your needs in overabundance because you've 600 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:58,120 forgotten about your own self and you've chosen to seek first 601 00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:02,040 the Kingdom of God. That's when all your needs will 602 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:03,720 be met. But it's when we're trying to 603 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,800 put all of our stuff together and make sure all of our needs 604 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:10,720 are met and everything's working out for us that we always lack. 605 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:16,920 We always fall up, fall short in in whether it's finances or our 606 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,680 emotions or our health or whatever it is. 607 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:23,360 But God says just surrender. Just give your life. 608 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:27,480 Just just seek first the Kingdom of God, and I will give you all 609 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:31,080 of that. I will bless you with all of 610 00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:33,400 that. So nothing that they had 611 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,840 imagined or purpose to do would be held from them. 612 00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:38,600 And I want to read verse 6 and the amplified it says And the 613 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:43,200 Lord said, Behold, they are one unified. 614 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:47,600 People, and they all have the same language, and this is only 615 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:51,080 the beginning of what they will do in rebellion against me. 616 00:36:51,240 --> 00:36:54,560 And now no evil thing they imagine they can do will be 617 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:57,680 impossible for them. So he's saying they were one. 618 00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,960 They were a unified people. They can do anything they 619 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,720 purpose to do anything they purpose to do. 620 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:11,800 Psalm 133, Psalms 133 says, Behold how good and how pleasant 621 00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:15,280 it is. For brethren to dwell together 622 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:20,440 in unity, it's like the precious oil upon the head running down 623 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:24,000 on the beard, the beard of Aaron running down on the edge of his 624 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,120 garments. It's like the dew of Herman 625 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,240 descending upon the mountains of Zion. 626 00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:34,480 For there the Lord commanded the blessing life forevermore. 627 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:41,280 God's looking for unity. He's looking for unity with him, 628 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:46,240 with what the word of God says. He's looking for unity in your 629 00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:50,200 families. If we could get our husbands and 630 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:56,200 wives unified, if we could get our parenting lined up with what 631 00:37:56,200 --> 00:38:00,640 God says. If we can get unified here in 632 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:04,080 the church, what kind of territory, what kind of things 633 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,240 you think we're going to take over in this city? 634 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:12,160 He's called us and he's looking for you to get unified. 635 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:13,920 What? What would happen? 636 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:17,280 Like Brianna said when she when she had a word of exhortation 637 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:20,560 that she gave us, she said it's not just so that when we come up 638 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:24,560 in here, we can do this, but what are you saying at your 639 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:27,720 house? What are you saying when you get 640 00:38:27,720 --> 00:38:31,920 up every day? If if me at my house and Donna 641 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:35,560 at her house and Marissa at her house, we wake up, all of us in 642 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:39,760 the morning, we say, this is the day that the Lord has made, I 643 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,760 will rejoice and be glad in it. And I'm not saying we have to 644 00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,960 say that exact same scripture, but we jump out of bed and we 645 00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:51,360 get in alignment with what God says if we all get unified with 646 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,000 him, get unified with each other. 647 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:56,760 Sometimes we're dealing so much with our little offenses right 648 00:38:56,760 --> 00:39:01,160 here. The little, the little foxes 649 00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:08,840 that spoil the vine so and so didn't say hi to me so and so 650 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,080 didn't talk to me like I thought they should. 651 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:14,640 I didn't like the way Brianna got up here and talked to. 652 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:18,960 Us like we were a team. I didn't like that. 653 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:24,600 I mean, we have all these little things that we nitpick and we 654 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,520 come at each other and we have offences towards each other. 655 00:39:27,720 --> 00:39:32,720 You need to let those things go. You need to realize that this is 656 00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:34,920 not about you. I don't know if you knew that or 657 00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:38,080 not. This is not about you. 658 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:43,520 It's not about me. It's about the Kingdom of God 659 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:48,360 advancing on the earth. Why In Malachi, the scripture 660 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:52,000 says why did God make the family and why did he make them one? 661 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:56,480 Why? For godly offspring, it says he 662 00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:58,400 asks the question and then it tells you the answer. 663 00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:02,520 For godly offspring, why? So that the Kingdom of heaven 664 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:07,160 would just keep advancing on the earth, just keep moving on the 665 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:08,880 earth, and we're making influence. 666 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:14,400 But if we're out of control and our kids are out of control and 667 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:18,160 our life is a mess and we've got chaos all around us, how are we 668 00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:20,240 going to go out when they're when they're going to look at us 669 00:40:20,240 --> 00:40:22,160 and say, well, you're not any different. 670 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:29,200 You're just as stressed as I am. You're just as worried as I am. 671 00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:32,440 You're in just as much bondage as I am. 672 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,760 We got to make sure that we're dealing with our own selves and 673 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:40,560 getting unified, get unified with God. 674 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:43,520 What God says about you. He said that you're free. 675 00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:47,600 He said that you're free. Indeed, he says that you don't 676 00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:50,360 have to live in bondage anymore. You don't have to live that way 677 00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:53,640 anymore. So what you choose every day is 678 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:57,520 up to you. So when you get up every day. 679 00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,000 This is on page 50. I'll get back to this in a 680 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,960 minute. When you get up every day the 681 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,320 Bible says today I've set before you life and death. 682 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:11,480 Choose life, Choose life. So it so he gives you the 683 00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:13,680 multiple choice and gives you the answer. 684 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,320 When you wake up in the morning, You going to choose life? 685 00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:21,440 Are you going to choose death? Oh, I have so much to do. 686 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:25,040 Oh, I don't feel good. Whatever it is. 687 00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,120 Are you going to get up and go? God, I thank you. 688 00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:29,920 Lord, this is the day that you made. 689 00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:32,560 What is it that you've called me to do? 690 00:41:32,720 --> 00:41:34,920 What is it that you want me to say today? 691 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:36,680 When I'm in a workplace? What it where? 692 00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,960 Where is it I'm supposed to go? Am I supposed to go this way 693 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:41,560 now? I'm not talking about being 694 00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:43,280 goofy and saying what? Shirt. 695 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:46,120 Am I supposed to wear today? Just put your clothes on. 696 00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:48,720 Just put your clothes on and get out there. 697 00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:51,840 Do something. Don't be kooky weird 698 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:55,240 spiritually. Just get your Put your big girl 699 00:41:55,240 --> 00:42:00,040 pants on and your big boy pants on and get out there and do it. 700 00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:05,840 Quit leaving the house naked. The scripture says to put on 701 00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:09,000 your clothes. Put on every day. 702 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:12,160 Not your natural clothes, but your spiritual clothes. 703 00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:14,840 Put them on. Put on your armor. 704 00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:18,000 Every day I've got my helmet of salvation on. 705 00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:20,760 I've got my breast plate of righteousness. 706 00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:22,400 I've got the sword of the Spirit. 707 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:25,360 I've got my feet fitted with these boots that I love. 708 00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:29,800 Or the the gospel of peace. I meant my belt With the the 709 00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:32,320 belt of truth buckled around my waist. 710 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,200 I can extinguish all the fiery darts of the evil. 711 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:39,120 All of them. Quit leaving the house without 712 00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:43,120 your clothes on. Because when you leave and 713 00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:46,840 you're frazzled and you're not in unity and unified with the 714 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:51,320 body of Christ and the word of God, then it messes you up and 715 00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:54,600 it puts you in a mental position where you don't feel worthy. 716 00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:59,240 You don't feel worthy to minister to anybody, and so you 717 00:42:59,240 --> 00:43:03,280 won't. No more, no more. 718 00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:07,440 This church how good and how pleasant. 719 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,320 It is for brethren to dwell together in uni. 720 00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:12,800 That's where God commands the blessing. 721 00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:16,960 That's where the blessing is Philippians chapter 2. 722 00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:20,640 Therefore, if there's any consolation in Christ, if 723 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:23,400 there's any comfort of love, if there's any fellowship of the 724 00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:28,320 Spirit, any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like 725 00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:36,880 minded, having the same love, being of 1 accord, 1 accord, one 726 00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:39,320 mind. Let nothing be done through 727 00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:44,080 selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind. 728 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:47,200 Let each esteem others better than himself. 729 00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:51,440 Do we do that. Let each of you look out not 730 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:57,280 only for your own interests, but also for the interests of 731 00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:02,160 others. 1st Corinthians 110 Now plead with you, brethren. 732 00:44:02,720 --> 00:44:06,320 By the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, That you all speak the 733 00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:11,560 same thing, that there be no divisions among you, but that 734 00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:16,920 you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and the same 735 00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:19,800 judgment. What would it look like if we 736 00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:23,000 all had the same mind? I wish I could see all of your 737 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:26,800 minds right now and what you're thinking and what's happening 738 00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:29,360 right now. What if we all had the same 739 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:36,160 mind, the mind of Christ? What if we all thought on and 740 00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:43,000 meditated on the scripture says meditate day and night meditated 741 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:47,120 on what he says about us? What if we all did that? 742 00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:50,240 Do you believe that God is searching like the scripture 743 00:44:50,240 --> 00:44:54,920 says, the the the earth. He's searching the earth looking 744 00:44:55,520 --> 00:45:01,480 for someone whose heart is in unity with his looking for 745 00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:05,160 someone whose heart is looking for a body of believers who are 746 00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:08,920 joined together of the same mind, the same heart in one 747 00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:11,240 accord. He's look, what's he going to 748 00:45:11,240 --> 00:45:12,600 do? And he's looking. 749 00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:14,360 Out. And he sees that church right 750 00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:17,240 there. That church are, they're 751 00:45:17,240 --> 00:45:20,400 unified. They're one. 752 00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:24,120 They're thinking the same thing. They're saying the same thing. 753 00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:27,560 Oh man, I got some territory for them to take over. 754 00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:30,600 I got some things for them to do. 755 00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:35,000 We got to get in unity. Acts Chapter 2 says that they 756 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:39,960 were with one accord in one place, not doing their own 757 00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:41,640 thing. And you know Ephesians Chapter 758 00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:45,160 4, Pastor Mike talked about it on these Wednesday nights. 759 00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:48,520 You know when he's called us in the the ministry to equip the 760 00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:51,840 Saints for the work of the ministry, it says until we all 761 00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:57,640 come to the unity of the faith, The unity of the faith, Jesus 762 00:45:57,640 --> 00:46:02,680 said, I, Lord, I pray that they would be one like we are one. 763 00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:05,840 I pray that they would be. One. 764 00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:09,240 Now let's look at a type and shadow real quick from Second 765 00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:11,720 Chronicles chapter 5 of What this Unity. 766 00:46:11,720 --> 00:46:14,480 Looks like when a church does it. 767 00:46:15,240 --> 00:46:18,680 Second Chronicles, chapter 5, verse one. 768 00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:22,160 So all the work that Solomon had done for the House of the Lord 769 00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:24,680 was finished. And Solomon brought in the 770 00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:28,440 things which his father David had dedicated the silver and the 771 00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:31,480 gold and all the furnishings, and he put them in the 772 00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:35,960 treasuries of the House of God. Verses two through 10 is them 773 00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:37,520 bringing the ark into the temple. 774 00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:39,640 Let's jump down to verse 11, it says. 775 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:43,520 And it came to pass when the priests came out of the Most 776 00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:46,640 Holy Place, for the priests who were present had sanctified 777 00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:48,520 themselves. Without keeping to their 778 00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:52,200 divisions, and the Levites, who were singers, all of those of 779 00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:55,720 Asaph and Heman and Jedophant, with their sons and their 780 00:46:55,720 --> 00:46:59,760 brethren, stood at the East End of the altar, clothed in white 781 00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:04,120 linen, having symbols, stringed instruments, and harps, and with 782 00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:07,720 them 120 priests sounding with trumpets. 783 00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:13,000 Verse 13 Indeed, it came to pass when the trumpeters and the 784 00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:19,400 singers were as one. To make one sound to be heard, 785 00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:21,560 and praising and thanking the Lord. 786 00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:24,520 And when they lifted up their voice with their trumpets and 787 00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:28,120 symbols and instruments of music and praise the Lord saying For 788 00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:31,720 He is good and His mercy endures forever. 789 00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:34,680 That the house. This is what happened, that the 790 00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:39,680 house, the House of the Lord was filled with a cloud so that the 791 00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:43,360 priest could not even continue ministering because of the 792 00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:46,160 cloud. For the glory of the Lord filled 793 00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:51,600 the House of God. These people were one. 794 00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:55,200 They they made one sound to be heard. 795 00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:57,640 One sound. What is it like? 796 00:47:57,640 --> 00:48:00,400 You know how you know what it's like when you hear a choir? 797 00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:05,640 When you hear a choir making one sound all in harmony? 798 00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:09,720 There's something about it. What if we're all making one? 799 00:48:09,720 --> 00:48:12,040 We're not a choir. I'm not saying we're a choir in 800 00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:14,680 here. But we're all making one sound, 801 00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:20,120 one heart, one mind. 1 unification with the word of 802 00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:22,200 God. And we're saying here we are. 803 00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:24,560 We're we're here, pastor. We're here to receive our 804 00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:26,800 orders. We're ready to ignite the city. 805 00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:29,880 We're ready to impact the nation. 806 00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:31,440 We're ready to influence the world. 807 00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:32,800 What is it? What is it? 808 00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:37,320 You've called us to come in and unify on today instead of coming 809 00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:41,360 in here for us. You know, years ago the Lord had 810 00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:45,680 spoke to me about when David used to go in and play for Saul, 811 00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:48,440 and he was tormented. And every time David went in and 812 00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:50,840 played for him, he got peace and he got relief. 813 00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:53,840 And then and then when David left, the torment came right 814 00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:56,840 back. And and unfortunately, sometimes 815 00:48:56,840 --> 00:49:01,080 we come into the church that way and we come into the church and 816 00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:03,680 we're we're hurting and we're broken. 817 00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:07,200 And we just want some relief. And we come in here and we get 818 00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:10,600 some relief and then we go out there and we're in the same 819 00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:13,160 mindset and we're in the same brokenness. 820 00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:17,840 When God has called us to live in victory every day, all the 821 00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:22,080 time at home. Coming in here is for us, the 822 00:49:22,080 --> 00:49:24,960 churches, the the pillar and support of truth. 823 00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:29,480 So we come in here, we're just getting our getting our orders, 824 00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:32,640 getting what we need to go out and do what we're called to do. 825 00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:37,560 Getting in unity, enjoying the joy of being with other 826 00:49:37,560 --> 00:49:40,280 believers. That's what we're called here to 827 00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:42,800 do. Not that every time we come up 828 00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:46,840 in here, we're having to lay our stuff down at the altar. 829 00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:51,640 We're having to get our heart right because that's where Angie 830 00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:55,560 made me mad. We're having to make all these 831 00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:58,040 internal adjustments with each other. 832 00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:03,320 When God's saying get your focus off those little foxes that keep 833 00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:08,840 spoiling your vine and get at get in here, get unified, get 834 00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:12,040 your mind on what it's supposed to be on, and let's go out here 835 00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:15,640 and take the city for the Kingdom of God. 836 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:17,720 That's what he's called us to do. 837 00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:23,520 You know, I can sense it even right now in this body that that 838 00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:28,520 some of us are like, Oh my God, what is her deal? 839 00:50:31,720 --> 00:50:33,320 Like, why is she spitting everywhere? 840 00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:39,720 Like, like, we're so caught up. Come on, I need you to. 841 00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:44,200 I need you to get out of it. We're so caught up with our own 842 00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:46,240 stuff. I want to. 843 00:50:46,240 --> 00:50:49,040 I want to come out and just kind of shake you. 844 00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:53,440 I I just want to come out and and jump on top of you or 845 00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:57,400 something and say, can you not see the cry? 846 00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:01,320 Can you not see the brokenness that's right in front of you 847 00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:05,640 Everywhere you go? Can you not see it? 848 00:51:05,640 --> 00:51:08,840 When you're driving down the road and people are shooting you 849 00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:15,840 #1, can you not see it? People are hurting, People are 850 00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:19,440 broken. People need Jesus. 851 00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:24,440 They need the Kingdom of God. How are they going to know if we 852 00:51:24,440 --> 00:51:29,360 don't take it to them? The Bible says how beautiful are 853 00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:33,840 the feet of those who go and do it. 854 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:36,800 You don't have to wait for a mission trip. 855 00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:42,760 This city is your mission. This city is your call. 856 00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:47,160 It's what you're called to do. It's what you're called to do. 857 00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:52,040 We got to get together and get in unity and say where we 858 00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:55,680 received the rally cry, we're going to do it. 859 00:51:55,680 --> 00:52:00,280 Let's March out and do it. Let's go out and take dominion 860 00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:03,560 in our city. People are coming to this church 861 00:52:03,560 --> 00:52:05,840 because the Holy Ghost is leading them. 862 00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:08,840 But I'm going to tell you the number one way people come. 863 00:52:09,040 --> 00:52:13,720 It's their relationship. You've got to start connecting 864 00:52:13,720 --> 00:52:17,280 with people. When years ago, when I was 865 00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:21,960 working at the detention center, hey, Cody, when I was working at 866 00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:24,560 the detention center in Tulsa, OK. 867 00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:28,480 When I went in there, they knew I was a Rhema student. 868 00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:31,800 And so, you know, they didn't know me, so. 869 00:52:31,800 --> 00:52:34,720 So they just want to make sure, don't you come up in here and 870 00:52:34,720 --> 00:52:37,800 start preaching to these people and these kids, these girls. 871 00:52:38,240 --> 00:52:40,200 And so they were like, you can't talk about God. 872 00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:43,560 You can't talk about God unless they ask you. 873 00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:46,560 And I said that is fine, that is no problem. 874 00:52:46,560 --> 00:52:48,160 That's how I like to operate anyway. 875 00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:55,800 So I said OK, and so my prayer was God with every touch, with 876 00:52:55,840 --> 00:52:59,720 every word, with every, every time I play basketball with 877 00:52:59,720 --> 00:53:01,880 them, every time I whatever I do with them. 878 00:53:01,880 --> 00:53:05,080 That they sense your love, that they sense your presence, and 879 00:53:05,080 --> 00:53:07,640 that they ask. And they did. 880 00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:11,520 And they asked several, several of them asked at different 881 00:53:11,520 --> 00:53:13,400 times. When we worked at the boys home 882 00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:17,160 here in Saint Augustine, we couldn't necessarily go up in 883 00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:20,560 there and force them to come to. Church and and force them to 884 00:53:20,560 --> 00:53:23,080 believe God. So our prayer was God. 885 00:53:23,080 --> 00:53:25,480 When we're here, God's here you're here. 886 00:53:26,240 --> 00:53:30,320 And if you're here, then they can't help but change because 887 00:53:30,320 --> 00:53:34,400 your presence is here. And we saw a lot of healing. 888 00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:37,920 These are the signs and the wonders that are supposed to 889 00:53:37,920 --> 00:53:42,320 follow you because you're truly loving people, that you're just 890 00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:45,360 going out and developing relationships with them, 891 00:53:46,360 --> 00:53:49,520 developing a friendship with them, inviting them over for 892 00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:52,400 dinner. And because they know you really 893 00:53:52,400 --> 00:53:54,320 love them, they know you really care. 894 00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:58,120 Then when you, when you say come to church with me, then they're 895 00:53:58,120 --> 00:54:01,560 apartment to do it. Yesterday I met Barbara when we 896 00:54:01,560 --> 00:54:05,640 were doing our Osceola make a Difference day and she came 897 00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:09,320 because she lives by Marissa and and they were just Marissa was 898 00:54:09,320 --> 00:54:11,200 walking her dog. You were walking your dog and 899 00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:16,240 Barbara was walking her OK walking the dog and and you know 900 00:54:16,240 --> 00:54:20,560 just started having conversation and just eventually just said 901 00:54:20,560 --> 00:54:24,040 you know you want to come to church with me and and here she 902 00:54:24,040 --> 00:54:28,880 is and not only here she is she's hooked up connected now 903 00:54:29,040 --> 00:54:34,880 and and a a member of our church and that's how it happens not 904 00:54:34,880 --> 00:54:42,320 because Marissa said oh koramaki love love and and slapped her 905 00:54:42,600 --> 00:54:48,440 and said you got a demon in you come out that's weird. 906 00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:51,600 That's weird. And it doesn't mean that you 907 00:54:51,600 --> 00:54:56,000 can't ever, and you won't ever and God won't ever call you. 908 00:54:56,000 --> 00:54:58,160 When we were at the group home one time, there was a boy who 909 00:54:58,160 --> 00:54:59,640 was literally. Possessed with a demon. 910 00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:01,520 Literally possessed with a demon. 911 00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:04,640 And there we had to put a physical restraint on him, which 912 00:55:04,640 --> 00:55:08,120 they allowed back in the day. They don't allow it now, but you 913 00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:11,480 know anyway, let me be quiet. So. 914 00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:13,560 So I can't remember I had restrained. 915 00:55:13,640 --> 00:55:16,760 Or you had restrained. I think he had restrained him 916 00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:21,200 anyway, I had looked at him and said I'm going to do it because 917 00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:24,760 we both knew there's a demon here and we got to deal with the 918 00:55:24,760 --> 00:55:28,640 demon. And so we cast that demon out. 919 00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:32,440 And when we did, when we cast that demon out, that boy who was 920 00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:37,040 flipping all around, got up and sat on his bed and was just 921 00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:39,440 limp, kind of started drooling for a minute. 922 00:55:39,440 --> 00:55:42,400 Just was kind of limp for a minute because that demon had 923 00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:45,520 possessed him. It wasn't just a demonic 924 00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:49,160 oppression, it was a possession. And so there's times that that's 925 00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:51,560 going to happen. There's times that you're going 926 00:55:51,560 --> 00:55:54,360 to need to do things like that, but you better be led by the 927 00:55:54,360 --> 00:55:58,600 Holy Ghost. Because if not, you're going to 928 00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:01,760 cause people to be like you're weird. 929 00:56:02,720 --> 00:56:04,680 And no, I don't want to come to your church. 930 00:56:05,560 --> 00:56:06,800 Never. Never. 931 00:56:06,800 --> 00:56:10,680 I'll never come. But but that's not this church. 932 00:56:11,960 --> 00:56:16,400 We need to learn how to to have wisdom and love people and 933 00:56:16,400 --> 00:56:19,400 embrace them. Love on them, no matter what 934 00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:22,600 their lifestyle is. Love on them. 935 00:56:22,720 --> 00:56:25,800 Let me wrap this up. Matthew 28. 936 00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:29,680 When it says go into all the nations and make disciples, that 937 00:56:29,680 --> 00:56:33,720 word nations is ethnos and it means every ethnic group. 938 00:56:34,520 --> 00:56:37,560 It means gentile nations who don't believe. 939 00:56:38,840 --> 00:56:42,080 So when it tells us again, go into all the world and go into 940 00:56:42,080 --> 00:56:45,480 all the nations, quit thinking it's another country. 941 00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:50,160 It's right here. It's right here where you are, 942 00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:53,880 Luke 6. But if you love those who love 943 00:56:53,880 --> 00:56:58,840 you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who 944 00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:01,400 love them. And if you do good to those who 945 00:57:01,400 --> 00:57:03,720 do good to you, what credit is that to you? 946 00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:08,080 For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from 947 00:57:08,080 --> 00:57:11,360 whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? 948 00:57:12,040 --> 00:57:15,520 For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. 949 00:57:15,960 --> 00:57:21,600 But love your enemies. Love your enemies. 950 00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:29,200 Love your enemies. Do good and lend, hoping for 951 00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:34,720 nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you 952 00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:40,040 will indeed I'm adding the word indeed be sons of the Most High, 953 00:57:41,320 --> 00:57:45,280 for he is kind to the unthankful and the evil. 954 00:57:46,360 --> 00:57:53,600 He is kind. To them, God himself is kind to 955 00:57:53,600 --> 00:57:57,960 the unthankful. And to the evil should we be 956 00:57:59,960 --> 00:58:05,880 therefore be merciful, just as your father also is merciful. 957 00:58:05,920 --> 00:58:10,200 John 435 In the Passion translation, as the crowds 958 00:58:10,200 --> 00:58:13,200 immersed from the village, Jesus said to his disciples, Why would 959 00:58:13,200 --> 00:58:15,600 you say the harvest is another four months away? 960 00:58:16,240 --> 00:58:20,600 Look at all the people coming. Now is harvest time. 961 00:58:21,200 --> 00:58:24,600 Their hearts are like vast fields of ripened grain ready 962 00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:26,600 for harvest. It's harvest time. 963 00:58:26,920 --> 00:58:30,000 Look around you. Schools are short staffed, 964 00:58:30,520 --> 00:58:35,000 businesses are short staffed, There's volunteer positions that 965 00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:37,520 are needed. And everywhere you go, 966 00:58:38,080 --> 00:58:42,160 everywhere you go, Psalm 34, verses 15 through 18, says. 967 00:58:42,760 --> 00:58:45,200 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are 968 00:58:45,200 --> 00:58:48,280 attentive to their cry. But the face of the Lord is 969 00:58:48,280 --> 00:58:51,320 against those who do evil to blot out their name from the 970 00:58:51,360 --> 00:58:53,960 earth. The righteous cry out, and the 971 00:58:53,960 --> 00:58:57,720 Lord hears them, and he delivers them from all their troubles. 972 00:58:57,960 --> 00:59:01,880 Verse 18. The Lord is close to the broken 973 00:59:01,880 --> 00:59:06,640 hearted, and he saves those who are crushed in spirit. 974 00:59:06,880 --> 00:59:09,640 If He's close to the broken hearted, should we? 975 00:59:10,720 --> 00:59:13,480 Should we be? I think about the story in the 976 00:59:13,480 --> 00:59:18,000 Bible about the unjust judge and the widow that just kept going 977 00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:21,080 to him. And I think about, you know, 978 00:59:21,080 --> 00:59:23,720 things that are happening in our government that may not, that 979 00:59:23,720 --> 00:59:27,080 may be corrupt, it may not be right even in our city, that may 980 00:59:27,080 --> 00:59:31,240 not be right that the Scripture gives a picture, that she just 981 00:59:31,240 --> 00:59:34,000 was persistent. She just didn't stop. 982 00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:38,680 She wasn't moved by his. No, she wasn't moved by what he 983 00:59:38,680 --> 00:59:39,840 was saying. She just kept going. 984 00:59:39,840 --> 00:59:44,680 And finally he said because of her persistence, fine, I'll give 985 00:59:44,680 --> 00:59:47,920 it to you. And and and what are some things 986 00:59:47,920 --> 00:59:51,360 that we're getting nose on? What are some things that we're 987 00:59:51,360 --> 00:59:53,440 getting, maybe getting some kick back on. 988 00:59:53,600 --> 00:59:59,480 But we need to keep going, keep being persistent, keep pursuing 989 00:59:59,480 --> 01:00:03,480 those buildings that we need. Keep pursuing those businesses 990 01:00:03,480 --> 01:00:07,440 that should be turned over. Keep pursuing those lands in 991 01:00:07,440 --> 01:00:10,000 those houses that we should be taking. 992 01:00:10,000 --> 01:00:12,080 Don't take no. Don't quit it. 993 01:00:12,080 --> 01:00:16,480 No. Be persistent, Psalm 147. 994 01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:20,320 Three. He heals the broken hearted, and 995 01:00:20,320 --> 01:00:23,440 he binds up their wounds, healing their pain and 996 01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:26,880 comforting their sorrow. I want to go through a list of 997 01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:30,960 some of the things as we close that we do here in our church. 998 01:00:31,640 --> 01:00:33,960 We do. We are partner with Osceola, 999 01:00:33,960 --> 01:00:37,280 which I already mentioned to you, and we have a faithful 1000 01:00:37,280 --> 01:00:41,080 team, really, of about four people every week. 1001 01:00:41,480 --> 01:00:47,960 They come in here and pack 110 bags and they come in here on 1002 01:00:47,960 --> 01:00:51,160 Wednesday and we have someone who delivers them to the school, 1003 01:00:51,160 --> 01:00:56,120 to families that need them. Every week we do this our. 1004 01:00:56,120 --> 01:01:00,000 Partnership with them, we We give cupcakes a business in our 1005 01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:02,440 church. We give cupcakes to two teachers 1006 01:01:02,440 --> 01:01:05,000 a month to appreciate them in our school. 1007 01:01:06,160 --> 01:01:08,120 We're there to say whatever you need. 1008 01:01:08,120 --> 01:01:10,560 We'll do it for several years in a row. 1009 01:01:10,560 --> 01:01:12,240 They've needed basketball coaches. 1010 01:01:13,200 --> 01:01:17,240 I coached for a couple of years. Coach Fred is still coaching 1011 01:01:17,240 --> 01:01:18,840 there. They need coaches. 1012 01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:22,800 I know to Tyus stepped up and and took the Murray coaching 1013 01:01:22,800 --> 01:01:25,200 position. I'm telling you, people are 1014 01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:28,760 falling by the wayside because of things going on in their 1015 01:01:28,760 --> 01:01:32,400 personal lives and mentally people are not able to handle 1016 01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:34,480 it. And we're there to help them, 1017 01:01:34,640 --> 01:01:38,920 but we're also there to step in and say I got this, I'll do 1018 01:01:38,920 --> 01:01:42,880 this, I'll take care of this. There's there's team after team 1019 01:01:42,880 --> 01:01:45,120 after team in our city that need to be coached. 1020 01:01:46,120 --> 01:01:50,720 Can you coach A-Team? Can you step in and and coach a 1021 01:01:50,760 --> 01:01:55,120 cheerleading squad? Step in and and volunteer in 1022 01:01:55,120 --> 01:01:58,160 these positions so that you can start to love on these people. 1023 01:01:58,600 --> 01:02:04,280 Love on these kids. To Tyus and Murray, we painted I 1024 01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:06,880 put on here. We painted a mural at Osceola, 1025 01:02:07,560 --> 01:02:10,000 the elementary school. Todd and Brianna actually 1026 01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:12,440 painted this awesome mural. The principal. 1027 01:02:12,440 --> 01:02:14,880 Called anytime they need something, they'll call me and 1028 01:02:14,880 --> 01:02:17,600 say, hey, you got anybody that could paint this cool? 1029 01:02:17,600 --> 01:02:21,120 This new principal came in this cool, this cool mural on our 1030 01:02:21,320 --> 01:02:23,840 wall because I wanted to like pop and be exciting. 1031 01:02:23,840 --> 01:02:27,320 I was like, yes, we do. Todd and Brianna did that 1032 01:02:27,600 --> 01:02:29,840 probably about a year ago. Was that about a year ago? 1033 01:02:30,520 --> 01:02:32,200 And The funny thing was, he wasn't. 1034 01:02:32,280 --> 01:02:35,200 Wasn't actually supposed to do that and kind of got a slap on 1035 01:02:35,200 --> 01:02:37,760 the hand for doing it. But it looks awesome. 1036 01:02:38,240 --> 01:02:41,360 It looks really good and and they joke about it, 1037 01:02:41,360 --> 01:02:43,600 Superintendent, they all joke about it because it wasn't 1038 01:02:43,600 --> 01:02:46,040 really in the protocol. But he he's a great principal 1039 01:02:46,040 --> 01:02:48,000 and he just wanted to come in and and do something. 1040 01:02:48,000 --> 01:02:51,120 But people in our body go in and say we got it. 1041 01:02:51,120 --> 01:02:55,360 We've got many artists in our body that can come and come and 1042 01:02:55,360 --> 01:02:57,840 do that. Our faith-based board meetings, 1043 01:02:58,480 --> 01:03:01,600 we attend those, we go to those and we find out what's going on 1044 01:03:01,600 --> 01:03:04,720 in the county, what's happening in our schools, how we can 1045 01:03:04,720 --> 01:03:06,920 partner with other schools. You know, there's a lot of other 1046 01:03:06,920 --> 01:03:10,200 schools that have needs but we're doing so much at Osceola, 1047 01:03:10,200 --> 01:03:14,160 we can't take over all of them. But but there are more that we 1048 01:03:14,160 --> 01:03:17,280 probably could do if we had more people say, hey, I want to help, 1049 01:03:18,600 --> 01:03:21,960 I could do that. I can come pack some bags, come 1050 01:03:22,080 --> 01:03:25,720 come pack some snacks. These things bring connections. 1051 01:03:25,720 --> 01:03:30,080 Feeding our Pedro football team, jumping in and and and getting 1052 01:03:30,080 --> 01:03:31,720 food. Say I'll make the lasagna. 1053 01:03:31,960 --> 01:03:37,560 I'll do that and realize your reward is great for doing those 1054 01:03:37,560 --> 01:03:39,320 things. It's not a chore. 1055 01:03:40,080 --> 01:03:43,480 It's not something just like Brianna said, you we can't just 1056 01:03:43,480 --> 01:03:45,960 come up here and be like I have to, have to. 1057 01:03:45,960 --> 01:03:47,840 Praise God, I have to lift my hands. 1058 01:03:47,840 --> 01:03:51,800 I have to. Oh my gosh, what a blessing to 1059 01:03:51,800 --> 01:03:54,720 be able to serve and to be able to give. 1060 01:03:55,000 --> 01:03:58,800 God truly is going to bless you. Bless not only your heart, but 1061 01:03:58,800 --> 01:04:02,640 bless your life, your finances, everything when you. 1062 01:04:02,640 --> 01:04:05,800 Learn how to say I'm going to take my focus off of me and I'm 1063 01:04:05,800 --> 01:04:08,400 just going to give. I'm just going to give my life 1064 01:04:08,400 --> 01:04:11,640 jail ministry, the jail ministry. 1065 01:04:11,640 --> 01:04:14,640 We have the men's and the women's jail ministry going on. 1066 01:04:14,840 --> 01:04:19,120 Pastor Marcus and some other men just went and did a Kingdom rise 1067 01:04:19,120 --> 01:04:22,480 in our in our jail ministry, in our women's ministry. 1068 01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:25,440 We go through a a book, a Bible study with them. 1069 01:04:25,600 --> 01:04:30,120 You know those the, the women up in the jail can get on iPads and 1070 01:04:30,120 --> 01:04:32,520 can talk to you. They can send you a message and 1071 01:04:32,520 --> 01:04:36,400 text you and and I do that with some of the women. 1072 01:04:36,880 --> 01:04:40,280 Maybe some of us could do that with some of the women. 1073 01:04:40,280 --> 01:04:43,840 Just that's when I have the most conversation with them is when 1074 01:04:43,840 --> 01:04:45,280 they say, hey, Pastor Angie, answer this. 1075 01:04:45,280 --> 01:04:47,320 For me, what is it? What does the Bible mean when it 1076 01:04:47,320 --> 01:04:50,200 says this and we are able to talk back and forth that way? 1077 01:04:50,360 --> 01:04:52,240 Jail, ministry. We need more people. 1078 01:04:52,800 --> 01:04:56,040 We need more people for that. Our detention centers. 1079 01:04:56,040 --> 01:04:58,240 I'm going to find out about getting in our detention 1080 01:04:58,240 --> 01:04:59,960 centers. We need people to step up. 1081 01:05:00,360 --> 01:05:04,440 And get involved in that W Augustine, as you know man, 1082 01:05:04,440 --> 01:05:08,920 we've had such a great turn out. I want to say thank you for all 1083 01:05:08,920 --> 01:05:11,760 that you've done getting involved in our W Augustine 1084 01:05:11,760 --> 01:05:13,640 community. You know, the new guy that came 1085 01:05:13,640 --> 01:05:18,880 in and and started leading that organization said who are these 1086 01:05:18,880 --> 01:05:20,760 people that show up all the time? 1087 01:05:21,680 --> 01:05:25,160 Who are these people that are that are here faithfully serving 1088 01:05:25,160 --> 01:05:26,840 all the time? And they said that's Anchor 1089 01:05:26,840 --> 01:05:28,840 Faith Church. And he said, I want to meet with 1090 01:05:28,840 --> 01:05:31,400 them. And so they came here and met 1091 01:05:31,400 --> 01:05:33,720 with me and then pastor and I went and met with them. 1092 01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:36,560 And they're like, we need you to actually be on the board and 1093 01:05:36,560 --> 01:05:41,760 make decisions because because this Saint Augustine, this West 1094 01:05:41,760 --> 01:05:44,240 Augustine youth development, and it's not just about football, 1095 01:05:44,360 --> 01:05:47,400 it's about it's about transforming the whole W 1096 01:05:47,400 --> 01:05:51,920 Augustine community. How can we come in there and how 1097 01:05:51,920 --> 01:05:55,200 can we help do that? We need people. 1098 01:05:56,000 --> 01:05:57,880 We need you. We need all. 1099 01:05:57,880 --> 01:06:03,800 Of us to step up and do that? Flagler feeding money. 1100 01:06:03,800 --> 01:06:08,280 Give give to that cause for feeding our teams. 1101 01:06:08,280 --> 01:06:11,640 They're so blessed every time we do it, let's just keep feeding. 1102 01:06:11,640 --> 01:06:15,240 I want to feed them every chance we get, every home game, some 1103 01:06:15,240 --> 01:06:17,520 away games even before they leave. 1104 01:06:17,760 --> 01:06:19,640 Make sure you're given towards that. 1105 01:06:20,240 --> 01:06:23,720 Dining with Dignity, Feeding the Homeless partnership, That's 1106 01:06:23,720 --> 01:06:25,960 another ministry that we've joined in on. 1107 01:06:26,160 --> 01:06:28,320 What a blessing. If you've never been a part of 1108 01:06:28,320 --> 01:06:30,840 that, you got to go through the right channels. 1109 01:06:30,840 --> 01:06:33,040 But jump in and love on these people. 1110 01:06:33,560 --> 01:06:35,720 We've been asked to take over Rick's family. 1111 01:06:35,720 --> 01:06:41,080 Christmas on Christmas Day, right, Christmas Day where we 1112 01:06:41,080 --> 01:06:44,960 minister to people love on people see them get born again 1113 01:06:44,960 --> 01:06:48,000 feed them. There are things happening where 1114 01:06:48,000 --> 01:06:51,280 we're we're like yeast kind of making our way out into this 1115 01:06:51,280 --> 01:06:53,520 community. And I'm telling you, you want to 1116 01:06:53,520 --> 01:06:56,320 be a part of it. You want to be a part of it. 1117 01:06:56,520 --> 01:06:58,680 Families count. You've heard me talk about 1118 01:06:58,680 --> 01:07:01,160 families count. There's some exciting thing 1119 01:07:01,600 --> 01:07:06,360 things happening with that where where DCF has it and it's in the 1120 01:07:06,360 --> 01:07:10,120 process of getting reviewed so that we can get it actually 1121 01:07:10,960 --> 01:07:14,080 either court mandated or just judicially approved. 1122 01:07:14,480 --> 01:07:18,080 So that it automatically is one that Family Integrity says you 1123 01:07:18,080 --> 01:07:20,440 need to go to Anchor Face parenting class for. 1124 01:07:20,440 --> 01:07:24,640 For people who are about to lose custody or have lost custody of 1125 01:07:24,640 --> 01:07:27,880 their kids, we have a few people in this congregation today that 1126 01:07:27,880 --> 01:07:30,440 have been through. Our family's class counts class 1127 01:07:30,960 --> 01:07:33,880 and we want that to be. In fact, it's already being 1128 01:07:33,880 --> 01:07:36,600 talked about because I had someone from Family Integrity 1129 01:07:36,600 --> 01:07:39,200 call me the other day and said, hey, when's your next parenting 1130 01:07:39,200 --> 01:07:41,240 class? I heard about it. 1131 01:07:41,520 --> 01:07:44,240 We had a local shelter just a couple of months ago. 1132 01:07:44,240 --> 01:07:47,280 Call us and say, hey, we heard about this mentoring you're 1133 01:07:47,280 --> 01:07:50,080 doing through this family's count. 1134 01:07:50,320 --> 01:07:53,240 Are you mentoring? Will you just mentor anyone? 1135 01:07:53,400 --> 01:07:57,160 And I said I would love to, but I can't fit it on my schedule. 1136 01:07:58,480 --> 01:08:03,640 But I wonder who could? I wonder in this body who could, 1137 01:08:04,320 --> 01:08:08,160 who could step up and say I want to be a mentor to somebody 1138 01:08:08,160 --> 01:08:11,680 that's living in the the shelter that needs just some guidance 1139 01:08:11,680 --> 01:08:15,120 here and there and help them. That's for us. 1140 01:08:15,120 --> 01:08:19,040 That's for all of us. Anila attends our county 1141 01:08:19,240 --> 01:08:22,800 Commission meetings, our, our government things that are going 1142 01:08:22,800 --> 01:08:24,920 on. Who else can show up for those 1143 01:08:24,920 --> 01:08:27,600 things? Who else can get involved and be 1144 01:08:27,600 --> 01:08:30,640 a part and run for different things that pop up, different 1145 01:08:30,640 --> 01:08:33,240 offices that pop up? But we want you to know what 1146 01:08:33,240 --> 01:08:35,120 you're doing. Have some wisdom, OK? 1147 01:08:35,520 --> 01:08:38,240 Not just, not just. I want to be political and I 1148 01:08:38,240 --> 01:08:40,960 want to, you know, just jump in here and have a voice. 1149 01:08:41,080 --> 01:08:43,560 No, You want to actually have some wisdom and know what needs 1150 01:08:43,560 --> 01:08:48,479 to happen According to the Bible, Saint Gerard, we help 1151 01:08:48,479 --> 01:08:51,680 there, our town halls. We have people come to our town 1152 01:08:51,680 --> 01:08:54,279 halls, our local parades. You know, we've we've built 1153 01:08:54,279 --> 01:08:56,520 floats before in years past for our parades. 1154 01:08:56,800 --> 01:08:58,880 And those were fun. We could do it again. 1155 01:08:58,880 --> 01:09:02,439 It's just a way for us to be a face in the community, you know? 1156 01:09:02,439 --> 01:09:06,000 I don't know if you saw recently on Facebook our mall. 1157 01:09:06,000 --> 01:09:08,760 The mall was being talked about and there was somebody. 1158 01:09:08,760 --> 01:09:11,040 Took a picture of the Christmas decorations. 1159 01:09:11,560 --> 01:09:14,600 And said what? What's happening in there? 1160 01:09:14,760 --> 01:09:16,760 And they had this. I read the thread and it's like 1161 01:09:16,760 --> 01:09:18,840 I thought it was just a church. What's going on? 1162 01:09:18,840 --> 01:09:21,040 And people were saying, no, there's businesses. 1163 01:09:21,040 --> 01:09:22,359 They're bringing them all back to life. 1164 01:09:22,520 --> 01:09:25,600 It was all pretty positive and all these people were like, I'm 1165 01:09:25,600 --> 01:09:29,479 coming, I'm coming to visit, I'm coming to see it. 1166 01:09:29,640 --> 01:09:32,960 I'm telling you, there's a moving, there's a shaking, 1167 01:09:33,120 --> 01:09:37,279 there's an igniting happening in our city and you need to get 1168 01:09:37,279 --> 01:09:41,439 fired up about it. You need to get ignited yourself 1169 01:09:41,439 --> 01:09:46,040 about it. Matthew chapter 10, Matthew 1170 01:09:46,040 --> 01:09:50,560 chapter 10 verses 5 through 8 says Jesus sent his 12 harvest 1171 01:09:50,560 --> 01:09:54,200 hands out with this charge. Don't begin by traveling to some 1172 01:09:54,200 --> 01:09:57,680 far off place to convert unbelievers, and don't try to be 1173 01:09:57,680 --> 01:10:01,440 dramatic by tackling some Public Enemy. 1174 01:10:02,240 --> 01:10:06,360 Go to the lost, confused people right here in your neighborhood. 1175 01:10:07,160 --> 01:10:09,440 Tell them that the Kingdom is here. 1176 01:10:09,920 --> 01:10:12,440 Bring health to the sick. Raise the dead. 1177 01:10:12,680 --> 01:10:15,600 Touch the untouchables. Kick out the demons. 1178 01:10:15,840 --> 01:10:19,080 You've been treated generously, so live generously. 1179 01:10:19,640 --> 01:10:22,920 Don't think you have to put on a fundraising campaign before you 1180 01:10:22,920 --> 01:10:24,800 start. You don't need a lot of 1181 01:10:24,800 --> 01:10:27,720 equipment. You are the equipment. 1182 01:10:28,400 --> 01:10:30,720 You are the equipment worship team. 1183 01:10:30,720 --> 01:10:32,920 You can come. We've got to start going to 1184 01:10:32,920 --> 01:10:39,800 these places, local shelters. He is kind to the unthankful and 1185 01:10:39,800 --> 01:10:41,800 the evil. God is kind to them. 1186 01:10:42,240 --> 01:10:47,120 First, Peter 29 says. You are a chosen generation, a 1187 01:10:47,280 --> 01:10:53,240 royal priesthood, a holy nation, his own special people, that you 1188 01:10:53,240 --> 01:10:56,920 may proclaim the praises of him who called you out of darkness 1189 01:10:57,240 --> 01:11:01,120 and into this marvelous light. Let me say this to you. 1190 01:11:01,760 --> 01:11:04,480 You got to forget those things that are behind. 1191 01:11:05,840 --> 01:11:09,240 You know, in Philippians chapter 3, it says one thing I do is 1192 01:11:09,240 --> 01:11:13,480 forget those things which are behind and I'm straining forward 1193 01:11:13,480 --> 01:11:16,960 towards the mark of the call That's in Christ Jesus, you 1194 01:11:16,960 --> 01:11:21,160 know, and in Joshua. God had to tell Joshua, listen, 1195 01:11:21,760 --> 01:11:26,240 Moses is dead. I need you to go in and I need 1196 01:11:26,240 --> 01:11:31,240 you to take the land, and I need you to understand that every 1197 01:11:31,440 --> 01:11:34,600 place that you put your foot is yours. 1198 01:11:36,320 --> 01:11:40,680 And I I sensed when I was studying this morning that that 1199 01:11:40,880 --> 01:11:44,720 we need to to to forget those things that are behind those 1200 01:11:44,720 --> 01:11:49,680 things that are weighing us down, that that are causing us 1201 01:11:49,680 --> 01:11:53,320 not to to step up and say, I'm going to, I'm going to put my 1202 01:11:53,320 --> 01:11:56,600 foot on the land. I'm going to, I'm going to put 1203 01:11:56,600 --> 01:12:00,120 my foot in the city. I'm going to step into this 1204 01:12:00,120 --> 01:12:04,120 school and and and start being yeast in this place. 1205 01:12:04,680 --> 01:12:09,320 Sometimes we're still carrying the weight of our past and God 1206 01:12:09,320 --> 01:12:13,920 does not want you to carry any kind of weight, any kind of 1207 01:12:13,920 --> 01:12:16,240 heaviness. You going to start remembering 1208 01:12:16,480 --> 01:12:22,960 to forget, remember to forget, forget those things that are 1209 01:12:22,960 --> 01:12:27,520 behind and press on towards the call. 1210 01:12:27,640 --> 01:12:32,200 You're anointed. The Scripture says the Spirit of 1211 01:12:32,200 --> 01:12:38,520 the Lord God is upon you because he's anointed you to set the 1212 01:12:38,520 --> 01:12:42,920 captives free. He's anointed you to proclaim 1213 01:12:42,920 --> 01:12:46,680 liberty. He's anointed you to give them 1214 01:12:46,680 --> 01:12:51,680 beauty for ashes. He's anointed you to do that. 1215 01:12:51,880 --> 01:12:54,760 You know God always chose a man and a woman. 1216 01:12:56,120 --> 01:12:59,160 He always chose a man. He always chose a woman. 1217 01:12:59,360 --> 01:13:06,400 He's choosing and has chosen us. He's chosen you, but you've got 1218 01:13:06,400 --> 01:13:11,760 to lay aside every way everything that so easily 1219 01:13:12,000 --> 01:13:21,440 entangles you. Thank you so much for listening 1220 01:13:21,440 --> 01:13:23,880 to this message. If you want more, subscribe to 1221 01:13:23,880 --> 01:13:27,280 our Message podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, and 1222 01:13:27,280 --> 01:13:29,280 SoundCloud. Rating and leaving a comment 1223 01:13:29,280 --> 01:13:31,440 will go a long way with helping our messages get better 1224 01:13:31,440 --> 01:13:33,720 circulation. 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