1 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,560 So today I want to talk to you about Kingdom mindset. 2 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:28,840 Locked in. Everybody say locked in, say it 3 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:31,480 again. Locked in. 4 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:37,800 Say it one more time, locked in. That means you're all in. 5 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:44,040 You're committed. I'm 110% fully committed to the 6 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:49,080 cause of Christ, fully dedicated to the will and purpose of God, 7 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:53,240 fully surrendered and submitted to whatever He wants to do, 8 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:57,920 whatever He wants to say, whatever He wants to display, I 9 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:02,800 am locked in Hallelujah. And God, he wants to show 10 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:06,320 himself strong on the behalf of those that are locked in. 11 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,320 So this is a question, are you locked into God 'cause he's 12 00:01:10,320 --> 00:01:14,160 locked into you, He's watching, His eyes are searching 13 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,120 throughout the whole earth and he's looking for somebody who's 14 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:23,800 locked in Hallelujah. That's your choice, that's your 15 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,720 choice. I said it's up to you to say 16 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:30,320 God, I'm all in. And I heard this by the Spirit. 17 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:36,320 He's looking daily, His eyes are looking daily, 'cause he cares 18 00:01:36,320 --> 00:01:40,440 about what's going on the earth, He cares about humanity and he's 19 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,920 looking for a man or woman of God to show himself strong 20 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:47,480 through, to display his goodness, to display his 21 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:51,360 miracles, to display his love, to reach a loss in a dying 22 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:53,920 world, to connect them with truth. 23 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,160 Truth is not a thing. Truth is a person and his name 24 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:01,560 is Jesus. And in Jesus we have freedom. 25 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,120 Like the song said, our chains are are broken, right? 26 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,600 We've been set free. Amazing Grace. 27 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,160 Thank God for the blood that still speaks today. 28 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:17,320 The blood of Jesus is on the mercy seat, and He ever lives to 29 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,080 make intercession for His people. 30 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,880 So the question is, are you going to respond? 31 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,160 Today I had these four Rs. As we jump in to today's 32 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:32,560 message, I'll give these to you #1 is relationship #2 is 33 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:39,720 responsibility #3 is renewal, and #4 is rain. 34 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,400 I'll say it again. Number one is relationship. 35 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:49,760 Number 2 is responsibility #3 is renewal #4 is reign. 36 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,640 As you know, if you're part of Anchor Faith Church that the 37 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:56,480 Holy Spirit gave to Apostle Earl Marcy the year of the reigning 38 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,360 church. But if we're going to reign, we 39 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:04,720 need to know first of all, relationship with Jesus Christ. 40 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:10,480 There is no greater aim, no greater focus, no greater thing 41 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:14,440 you could be locked in on than the relationship that He wants 42 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,640 to have with you and that you want to have with Him. 43 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,640 This is why we advocate Bible reading at Anchor Faith Church, 44 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:27,640 because this book is a love letter written from God to His 45 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:30,720 people. It contains His will, His 46 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,880 thought, His purposes, His plans. 47 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:35,680 And He wants you to be in this thing daily. 48 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,280 How do you get to know somebody? By spending time with them. 49 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,760 And we're never going to reign as a church if we don't know who 50 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:45,520 He is. We're never going to reign as a 51 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,120 church if we don't know who he is. 52 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:53,520 So it's our responsibility to make sure that we're in the Word 53 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:57,080 of God. It's our responsibility to be 54 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,680 people of prayer. Thank God for corporate prayer 55 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,840 that took place at 9:15 today. We have corporate prayer on 56 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:08,680 Wednesdays at 6:00 AM. But daily God is looking, so 57 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,160 it's our responsibility to make sure that we're communicating 58 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,040 with him as we leave this service. 59 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,120 The Bible says to pray without ceasing. 60 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:22,960 You know, when I was pursuing my wife, I was no, I already prayed 61 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,280 in faith. Matter of fact, I wrote down 10 62 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:30,160 things I wanted a wife 'cause I heard one sermon that said, you 63 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,440 know, if if you ask God for transportation, he may send you 64 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:41,200 a Chevrolet that's shove 1 foot and lay the other one because 65 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,560 God's a God of specific. So I got specific. 66 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,640 I put down, you know, certain hype and all this stuff. 67 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,800 Amen started with God, Christ like characteristics, but I got 68 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:53,480 specific. I just didn't say God send me a 69 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,080 wife. I wanted a godly woman. 70 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,960 I didn't want a Jezebel. I didn't want a project. 71 00:05:04,840 --> 00:05:10,960 I wanted a spirit anointed wife, so I prayed Hallelujah. 72 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:13,480 And the Bible says to pray without cease. 73 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,520 And so in the relationship, it's our responsibility. 74 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:20,080 And that goes both ways. You know, God desires and craves 75 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,160 for you to spend time with him and we need to reciprocate that. 76 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,320 That's our responsibility. Relationships are not one way 77 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,800 and when they're when you you know the proof of desire is in 78 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,640 pursuit. If you really say you desire 79 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:35,280 something, there's a pursuit in it. 80 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,280 I question your desire if you're not really pursuing it. 81 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,040 You may say you want to lose weight. 82 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:51,960 All right, I won't meddle too much with that, but the proof of 83 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:54,960 desire is in pursuit. You may say you want to know 84 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,480 God, but if I checked your Bible reading, it's it's not 85 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:01,920 condemning you. This is trying to say, listen, 86 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:07,560 if you really want to know the Father, spend time with them. 87 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:10,720 That'll show that you're really desiring him. 88 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,000 Hallelujah. So we have a responsibility. 89 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,000 And in that responsibility, there's a thing called renewal. 90 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:24,280 And that's really the my, my big idea today is mind renewal, a 91 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:28,600 Kingdom mindset locked in, locked in. 92 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,440 And if we get these three things, then the church is going 93 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,360 to reign. And what what does rain mean? 94 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,520 Rain means to exercise the highest influence. 95 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:46,280 It means to flow into or on. So the world doesn't get on me. 96 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:49,880 When I walk into environment or sphere of influence, I bring 97 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:55,040 Christ with me and I impact and influence that environment. 98 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,760 That environment does not impact and influence me. 99 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:09,720 We were at Universal on Friday and I where you walk into an 100 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:15,080 ungodly environment with their beliefs and philosophies and in 101 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:23,880 that I saw two young males holding hands with their mom in 102 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:29,040 line and that doesn't get on me. I influenced that. 103 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,560 So like the Holy Spirit was hovering in Genesis chapter one. 104 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:34,160 I was hovering. Lord, do you need me to say 105 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,560 anything? Do you mean it? 106 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:38,480 Do you mean to communicate anything in that? 107 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,880 Now you didn't release me, but I was asking why? 108 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:46,320 Because we're called to reign. We're called to reign. 109 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,800 We're called to reign. So in the story of our history, 110 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,680 when I say history, you know, there's the Old Covenant, the 111 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,880 Old Testament, and we have the New Covenant or the New 112 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:58,600 Testament, but it's one book authored by the Holy Ghost. 113 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,400 And we do live in a new dispensation faced on better 114 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:07,640 promises and a better covenant in Christ. 115 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,960 But I want to launch out today just going kind of over the 116 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:14,720 history of our heritage. Can I say it that way? 117 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,320 The history of our heritage, Right. 118 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,040 So in the first five books, which is called the Pentateuch, 119 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,800 we have Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and 120 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:25,920 Deuteronomy. Those are the first five books 121 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:27,800 of the Bible authored by Moses, right? 122 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,240 And in Genesis you have the birth of a nation. 123 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:32,039 In Exodus you have the deliverance of a nation. 124 00:08:32,039 --> 00:08:34,320 In Leviticus you have the sanctification of a nation. 125 00:08:34,919 --> 00:08:37,600 In in Numbers you have the journeys of a nation. 126 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,360 And in Deuteronomy you have the instructions of a nation. 127 00:08:42,159 --> 00:08:45,040 But in Genesis, the Bible really covers 4 men. 128 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,600 There's about 2000 years of history from Genesis 1 to 129 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:49,400 Genesis 11, but then it slows down. 130 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:53,520 Genesis 12 to Genesis 50 covers the lives of four men, which is 131 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:55,720 Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and really Joseph. 132 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,600 And in Abraham we see the birth, birth of a nation. 133 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:00,560 In Isaac we see the son of submission. 134 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,240 In Jacob we see the son of suffering and glory. 135 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:07,520 Right. And in I'm, I'm sorry, in Jacob 136 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,240 we see the, the son of transformation, cause Jacob was 137 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,400 transformed from Jacob to Israel. 138 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,320 And Joseph we see the son of suffering and glory. 139 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:19,480 And then we have Exodus where we have Moses. 140 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,800 He was raised up by God to be the deliverer of the nation. 141 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,520 Even though these are God's covenant people, they found 142 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:33,280 themselves in Egypt, ruled and dominated by Pharaoh, right? 143 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,440 And Egypt is a type of the world and Pharaoh's a type of the 144 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,760 devil. And in Egypt there's not enough. 145 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:45,280 It's a life of slavery, a life of bondage, a life of 146 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:50,080 suppression and oppression. Listen, as believers, we need to 147 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:55,000 separate from sin. Sin always promises to serve and 148 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,600 please, but it only enslaves and dominates. 149 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:02,040 There's two things that snakes do their mode of operation. 150 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,920 There's a constrictor or a Viper. 151 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:11,680 And a constrictor will squeeze the life out of you, but a Viper 152 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,400 will bite you to penetrate and release his poison into your 153 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:18,040 blood. And what happened is Egypt got 154 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:20,760 around, you know, the children of Israel in Egypt, and they 155 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:25,160 kind of got suffocated out and poisoned with the culture of 156 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:29,680 that day. But then God said, I'm going to 157 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:33,520 bring you out. I'm raising up a deliverer to 158 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:39,320 bring you out of Egypt, and I'm going to bring you into the 159 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:44,720 promised land, and that is God's will for your life today. 160 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,880 Even though this was the history and heritage in the Old 161 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,000 covenant, there is still a plan and purpose of God today that He 162 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:55,080 brings His people out of sin, out of bondage, out of 163 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:58,560 oppression, and He wants to bring you into Canaan land. 164 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,600 Let's read it in Deuteronomy and see what God says. 165 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:08,280 Deuteronomy chapter 6, verses 20 through 23. 166 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:14,000 This is the book of instruction. So listen to the instruction and 167 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,000 the responsibility of parents really to their kids too. 168 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,240 It says when your son's ask you in the time to come saying what 169 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:23,600 is the meaning of these testimonies, these statues and 170 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,320 judgments which the Lord our God has commanded you? 171 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:34,040 Then you shall say to your son, we were past tense slaves of 172 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,320 Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a 173 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:41,840 mighty hand. The Lord showed us signs and 174 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:46,240 wonders before our eyes, great and severe against Egypt, 175 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,880 Pharaoh and all of his household. 176 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:53,520 Then he brought us out from there that he might bring us in. 177 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,120 He brought us out to bring us in. 178 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:58,840 God never brings you out to leave you. 179 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,120 He brings you out to bring you in to give us the land which he 180 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,800 swore to our fathers. You can track this land. 181 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,840 In Genesis 12, when God promised, he swore. 182 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:11,800 He made an oath to Abraham that I'm going to give your 183 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:16,400 descendants the promised land. Moses references in Deuteronomy 184 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:19,560 said God is bringing us out of Egypt to bring us into Canaan 185 00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:24,000 land. That is God's will still today. 186 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:27,080 God always looks at the finished product. 187 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,680 God is more concerned with where we're going than where we've 188 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:39,720 come from. If we fail to realize that God 189 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:44,840 is bringing us out to deliver us into a land that is better and 190 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:49,120 brighter than like the first generation of freed Israelites, 191 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:53,560 we can perish in the wilderness of unbelief. 192 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,680 We can miss our promised land by missing the pattern and 193 00:12:57,680 --> 00:13:04,560 principles of God to deliver us from salvation, God had to 194 00:13:04,560 --> 00:13:12,160 deliver us from sin. As God brings us from one level 195 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:18,400 of living into another, the difficult and even traumatic 196 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:22,680 transitions produce stress. You know, God wants to bring you 197 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:26,200 up to another level of living, but it's usually by way of 198 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:32,720 crisis and that can reduce stress. 199 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,280 But the children of Israel fed to realize what God was doing, 200 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:40,160 and we don't need to be like them. 201 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:45,400 We need to learn. As a parent, what do you do? 202 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,520 You try to train. You try to train your kids. 203 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,920 I want you to learn not to make the same mistakes that I did. 204 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,720 Really, the heart of a parent is to pass that baton off at an 205 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:59,440 earlier age so they could live out the plan and purpose of God, 206 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:04,000 'cause I know BC wow, thank God that I'm redeemed. 207 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,120 Thank God that's under the blood. 208 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:07,960 I I was sitting there worshiping. 209 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:10,600 I thought thank God I traded the porcelain throne for a pure 210 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:16,240 throne. Y'all know what I'm saying? 211 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:21,680 You speak English. There was there's nothing to 212 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:25,440 brag on 'cause my tolerance got up to 1213 cans of alcohol. 213 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:30,440 That's stupidity. And that does put you at the 214 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:34,320 wrong throne after a while. OK, I'm trying to clarify that 215 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:39,320 for you. So that's crisis. 216 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:43,120 They misunderstood God's purpose for leading them out of Egypt. 217 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,800 God wanted to take his people to Canaan land, the land he had 218 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,480 promised to Abraham and his descendants, but all they could 219 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:54,640 see was the wilderness through which they had to pass. 220 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,080 So you realize that it was from the time God brought them out of 221 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,360 Egypt. It was a 11 day journey. 222 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:05,200 Everybody say 11 days, say 11 days, say I'm locked in. 223 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:09,440 You know how long it took them from the time that he delivered 224 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:14,040 them out to bring them in? 40 years. 225 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:21,760 Do the math real quick. Who's got 40 years to waste for 226 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:23,840 the plan, purpose and assignment of God? 227 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:28,040 Not me and I. I pray that you don't. 228 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:33,480 So you got to stay locked in. We must look beyond the stress 229 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:37,520 of the temporary to the glory of the permanent. 230 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:44,200 From temporary to eternal. Second Corinthians chapter 4, 231 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,960 verses 16 through 18. I'm going to read this from two 232 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:54,120 different translations. It said I'm gonna read from the 233 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,840 New King James Version first Second Corinthians chapter 4, 234 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:59,640 verses 16 through 18. Therefore we do not lose heart. 235 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,440 Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is 236 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:08,080 being renewed day by day for our light affliction, which is but 237 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:12,640 for a moment is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal 238 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,440 weight of glory, which we do while we do not look at the 239 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,080 things which are seen, but the things which are not seen. 240 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,440 For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things 241 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:24,200 which are not seen are eternal. You have to stay locked in. 242 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:27,880 You need to take the responsibility to stay locked 243 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,960 in. The message Bible says it this 244 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:32,160 way. So we're not giving up. 245 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:35,200 How could we? Even though on the outside it 246 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:38,520 often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the 247 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,960 inside where God is making new life, not a day goes by without 248 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:46,400 His unfolding grace. These hard times are small 249 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:51,040 potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish 250 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,360 celebration prepared for us. There's far more here than meets 251 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:56,960 the eye. The things we now see are here 252 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:59,160 today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can't see will 253 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:03,600 now soon last forever. The children of Israel didn't 254 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,920 stay locked in, they got delivered out of. 255 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:12,400 You know, it's the power of God that brings you out of Egypt, 256 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:14,839 but it's the strength of God that brings you through the 257 00:17:14,839 --> 00:17:18,720 wilderness. The power are the miracles and 258 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,119 demonstrations of God. Thank God for power 259 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:24,920 manifestations, but you just can't live off His power. 260 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:30,480 You need His strength. I'll say it again, the power of 261 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:34,080 God can and will deliver you. It can heal you, but it's the 262 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,720 strength of God that gets you through a lifetime with Him. 263 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:40,440 I can do all things through Christ, which strengthens me. 264 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:50,840 So Paul picks this story up in First Corinthians chapter 10 and 265 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,360 he really reviews what I just kind of prefaced it with. 266 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:56,800 So let's read what he says. We're going to read 13 verses. 267 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:59,760 I must try to do a whole chapter to help you with your Bible 268 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:06,080 reading. I'm going to read this from the 269 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,640 New King James Version. So listen what the the Apostle 270 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:12,480 Paul through the Holy Ghost says to the Corinthian church, and 271 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:15,560 he's referring back to this. There's 3 levels of living, 272 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:17,280 living, living. You're either going to live in 273 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:21,680 Egypt, the wilderness, or Canaan land. 274 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,360 The choice is yours. God could deliver you and you 275 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:29,960 could still be in bondage. God could deliver and you still 276 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:34,560 could choose to live oppressed. Now some of you have have 277 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,280 experienced another level of living, which means I've come 278 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,840 out of some of the stuff, but I still I'm still in the 279 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:41,960 wilderness that's a land of just enough. 280 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:47,040 I have barely enough to get by. I've experienced some small 281 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,720 victories, but then God's desire is to actually to bring all of 282 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:53,080 his people in the Canaan land, which is the land of more than 283 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:54,280 enough. It's a land of victory. 284 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,040 It's a land of overcoming. It's a land of conquest and 285 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:58,680 conquering. You want the right. 286 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,400 I read a book years ago called The Right of a Lifetime by Bob 287 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,000 Iger, but I thought, man, this isn't This is a Kingdom title, 288 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:08,200 not a secular title. The right of a lifetime is your 289 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:16,160 life in Christ, not as ACEO as Disney, because we're writing 290 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:21,240 our story right now with him. And this is the right of a 291 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:25,440 lifetime if you choose to do it his way and, you know, have that 292 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:29,160 strong relationship with him. So the apostle Paul says this 293 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,280 more of a brother. And I do not want you to be 294 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,720 unaware that our fathers were under the cloud. 295 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,760 All passed through the sea. All were baptized into Moses in 296 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:40,880 the cloud and into the sea, and ate the same spiritual food, and 297 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,400 all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank of that 298 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,920 spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ. 299 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:53,080 But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their 300 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:55,920 bodies were scattered in the wilderness. 301 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:01,600 Now these things became our examples to the intent that we 302 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:06,280 should not lust after evil things as they also lusted. 303 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:11,480 And do not become idolatrous, as were some of them, as it is 304 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,640 written, the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to 305 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:17,920 play. Nor let us commit sexual 306 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:22,520 immorality, as some of them did, and in one day 23,000 fell. 307 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,240 Nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were 308 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:32,600 destroyed by the serpents. Nor complain, murmur, as some of 309 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,720 them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer. 310 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:40,440 Now all these things happen to them as examples, and they were 311 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:44,240 written down for our admonition upon whom the ends of the ages 312 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:46,720 have come. Therefore let him who thinks he 313 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:52,120 stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation is overtaking you, 314 00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:56,680 except such as is common to man. But God is faithful. 315 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,320 He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you're able. 316 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,280 But with the temptation, we'll also make the way of escape that 317 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:07,520 you may be able to bear it. Hallelujah, God is faithful. 318 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:11,080 What the exhortation that Pastor Chase got up and said God was 319 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:14,120 faithful. God is faithful and He will be 320 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,520 faithful. He will not allow you to be 321 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,600 tempted beyond what you're able to withstand. 322 00:21:19,120 --> 00:21:21,840 And with the temptation you'll make a way of escape. 323 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,080 I'll give you one example. Instead of complaint and praise, 324 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:34,000 that's a way of escape. Oh my, my family was like this 325 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,400 and I'll never get no, you're in a new DNA now. 326 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,360 You've been born again, blood bought, blood washed. 327 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:44,360 You're a you're a child of God. I got the, the, the veins or 328 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:48,080 the, the the heritage or the DNA of the king on the inside of me. 329 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:52,200 There's no generational curse on me. 330 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,720 There's a generational blessing. He is the God of Abraham, Isaac, 331 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,520 and Jacob. He's the God of more than 332 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:00,560 enough. What are you saying? 333 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:06,200 What are you saying? What are you saying? 334 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:13,760 Even in difficult, hard, frustrating, challenging 335 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,960 circumstances, you don't have to deny reality. 336 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,240 It could be super difficult, but in the midst, in the middle, 337 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,360 man, I'm going to say this. God is faithful. 338 00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:25,680 I don't know everything that's happening or why it's happening, 339 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:29,800 God, but my trust is in you and I'm not going to get stuck in 340 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:33,400 this temporary situation because I know there's an eternal weight 341 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:37,600 of glory. You know, sometimes when I'm 342 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:42,280 lifting weights and there's drop sets or super sets, we have a 343 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:48,120 saying in the gym, there's no pain, no gain, and really your 344 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:50,520 muscle doesn't grow until we get to what we call muscle failure 345 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:52,680 beyond muscle failure, when it really starts to grow. 346 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,560 So sometimes we're looking at the pain of the situation and 347 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:01,760 God say my grace is sufficient. This is just a spiritual gem. 348 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,560 If you only knew what I'm taking you to and how strong you need 349 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:08,360 to be in the next season. We don't look at the things that 350 00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:10,720 are seen, but the things that are unseen. 351 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:14,200 Oh, if we would just trust him, just trust him. 352 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:19,840 Praise him in the middle, praise him in the middle, James once 353 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,080 says count it all, Joyce. Sometimes you just got to say ha 354 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:26,160 ha ha. Whoo. 355 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:32,960 May I have another one please? Is that all you got? 356 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:38,880 Bring it on. That's the king of mindset 357 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:42,480 that's locked in because is God always working for our highest 358 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:48,080 benefit. The only time I have to question 359 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:55,000 if I'm going to make out if I'm allowing it could be doubt or 360 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,560 I'm caught up in any kind of sense. 361 00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:01,040 Sin is doubt, sin could be substance abuse. 362 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,560 Sin could be negative confession, sin could be 363 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:08,000 idolatry, but man, if I that's kryptonite to Superman. 364 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,800 You realize that God's got a supernatural life for you. 365 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,560 I don't know if that's just a guy thing or any women. 366 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:20,040 Watch Superman. At least you know the concept. 367 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,760 Sin is like it will SAP your strength. 368 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:26,920 God could bring you out with power. 369 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:30,280 He's the Redeemer. You know in this story, this is 370 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:34,000 the redemptive nature of God. When Moses was taking the people 371 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,560 out of Egypt, taking them into Canaan land. 372 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,600 Thank God for godly leaders. You know, some people try to. 373 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:45,040 Rebel. Against. 374 00:24:45,120 --> 00:24:48,880 Moses and it says 3000 people died. 375 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,640 With Korra's rebellion. But you know, on the day of 376 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,520 Pentecost, this is redemptive. 3000 were added. 377 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:00,400 That's the. Redemptive nature of God. 378 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,200 He is always working for our highest benefit. 379 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000 So I just want. To stay away from Kryptonite. 380 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,840 And just like Joseph sometimes. It's good to There's no shame in 381 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:17,120 running from things. When Potiphar's wife tried to 382 00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:18,760 seduce Joseph, you know what he did? 383 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,040 He didn't send sit there and try to have a conversation with her 384 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,440 and witness Jesus to her. He ran. 385 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,680 Amen. Hallelujah. 386 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:37,240 All right, so. Let's go back to First 387 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,800 Corinthians chapter 10, very first verse that we read. 388 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,520 I just want to break down really 2 verses as we look at Paul's 389 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:47,120 recalling of this story. He said more of a brother than I 390 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:49,920 do not want you to be unaware. One translation says I don't 391 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:53,680 want you to be ignorant. Hallelujah. 392 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,920 God does not want you to be spiritually stupid. 393 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,920 Are you with me? People perish because of a lack 394 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:08,320 of knowledge. God wants you to be spirit, 395 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,880 spiritually intelligent, he said. 396 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,520 I don't want you to be unaware. I don't want you to be ignorant, 397 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:17,440 one translation says. I don't want you to forget. 398 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,880 The message says remember. Our history and be warned. 399 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,400 Remember our history and be. Warned So God is bringing this 400 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,720 account through the apostle Paul, 'cause he wants us to be 401 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:33,960 attuned and attentive to what's happening by the, you know, in 402 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,840 the earth today by the Spirit of God. 403 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,200 And then? He said that all of our 404 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,200 relatives were under the cloud. Could you imagine that? 405 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,520 Say you got up tomorrow morning and there was a cloud over your 406 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,120 house. You're driving to work and 407 00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:52,000 there's a cloud over your car. You're doing transactions. 408 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:52,720 There's. A cloud. 409 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:56,360 And then it blows me away. There was a. 410 00:26:56,360 --> 00:26:58,280 Mobile rock following them too. We won't get into that. 411 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:04,240 There was a rock following them that gave out water, but there 412 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:05,880 was a cloud. The cloud speaks of God's 413 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,520 guidance and His protection. And then it said they all pass 414 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,360 through the sea. Can you imagine the miracle? 415 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,960 That's God doing what man can't. When they got to the red. 416 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,560 Sea, it said the clouds stood behind them, Pharaoh's trying to 417 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:20,920 chase them down, the devil's trying to trace you down, right? 418 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,840 But God put up a wall between the children of Israel and 419 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,680 Pharaoh, the clouds between them, the seas in front of them. 420 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,480 And God said, stand still and see the salvation of God. 421 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,880 And an E wind blew all night. And the Bible says, you know, 422 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:38,040 where there was the Red Sea, it was dry. 423 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:39,920 They passed through. There was so much. 424 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,120 This is the best air hand dryer you could have. 425 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,320 At Universal. The girls at which I didn't do 426 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,200 it was late at night. They want to do a a a water 427 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:51,920 ride. I was like, I'm not doing that. 428 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:53,520 I'm not getting wet. But they had these big dryers 429 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:54,800 out there. I was like, let's see how this 430 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,520 thing really works. It was like a human dryer. 431 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,440 They get in to get all their clothes, you know, dry. 432 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,960 It worked pretty good. But anyways, God took them on 433 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,000 dry again. That's how powerful God is and 434 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:10,480 in his redemption he saved you. How many born again blood bought 435 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,320 children of God do we have in the house? 436 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:19,400 123123123 That's what our mighty men say to say Amen is 123 437 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,600 That's just an that hit my spirit and yes, I've been born 438 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,080 again. I've been purchased with 439 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:26,160 incorruptible things or corruptible things, but with 440 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,680 incorruptible things, with the precious blood of the Lord Jesus 441 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:31,720 Christ. He did for me what I couldn't do 442 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,000 for myself. He came to this earth. 443 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:38,320 He walked it for 33 years. He was crucified, died, was 444 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:42,480 buried, but on the third day the Spirit of God pulled him out of 445 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,480 the grave. He was seen for 40 days and he 446 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,160 ascended to the right hand of the Father. 447 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,760 He put his blood on the mercy seat. 448 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:56,760 And whoever calls on. The name of Jesus, whoever calls 449 00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:00,760 on that name, Jesus. So experience the power of God. 450 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,280 What is the power of God? He could actually this dead 451 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:07,480 spirit on the inside of you because of the fall of Adam, He 452 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:11,640 can actually, he can actually create a brand new spirit on the 453 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,760 inside of you. That means you're born again, 454 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,520 born from above. I'm now a child of God. 455 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:20,240 The power of God has gone into operation of my life. 456 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,800 But now we need strength. Now we need strength. 457 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:26,800 So they saw these. Can you imagine? 458 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,240 You would think there's no way I couldn't stay locked in after a 459 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,680 cloud followed me. And the Red Sea. 460 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:39,480 Miracle, but they forgot. You know I like what Pastor 461 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:43,080 Chase. Said, have you looked back on 462 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:48,360 the faithfulness of God? Don't forget stay locked in 463 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:52,320 Hebrews chapter 2. Verses 1. 464 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:53,640 Throughout three. I'm going to read this in just a 465 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:57,320 second, but I want to before we go there, I want to finish 1st 466 00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,000 Corinthians 10. I want to go to 2 verses. 467 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:00,840 We went to verse one. I want to look at verse 5. 468 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:04,120 It says with most God was not well pleased for their bodies 469 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,120 were scattered in the wilderness. 470 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,720 God doesn't want you to die church in the wilderness. 471 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:15,320 That is a low could you be saved? 472 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:20,360 Yes, but you are not experiencing God's best in the 473 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:25,360 wilderness and He, he wants to bring you up to a higher level 474 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:29,960 of living and influence. And so God's not pleased when 475 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,720 you die in the wilderness, the land of just enough. 476 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:34,480 You may have come out of Egypt, but God really wants to bring 477 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,800 you in a Canaan land one. Translation. 478 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,240 Says the message says about verse 5, most were defeated by 479 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,560 temptation during the hard time in the desert. 480 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:48,320 Most were defeated by temptation, one translation 481 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,600 says, because their lack of self-control led to 482 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:52,520 disobedience, which led to death. 483 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,840 Their lack of self-control. Which led to disobedience, led 484 00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:59,840 to death. They were struck down and 485 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:02,040 overthrown, and God wasn't pleased with that. 486 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:05,320 So now we go to Hebrews chapter. 2. 487 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:11,800 Verses one through. 3. It says. 488 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:15,160 This, therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things 489 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,040 we have heard, lest we drift away. 490 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,640 For if the words spoken through angels prove steadfast, every 491 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:25,160 transgression and disobedience received a just reward. 492 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:30,040 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation, 493 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:32,880 which at first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was 494 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,280 confirmed to us by those who heard Him? 495 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,560 You know this letter is. Written to for the church, but 496 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:45,640 they were drifting and I got a picture of this in my spirit 497 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,840 when I thought about drifting. We got to give them more earnest 498 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:54,440 heed lest we drift. That means you need to turn your 499 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:57,080 mind to the word of God. That means you need to be 500 00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,960 attentive to the word of God. That means in a greater degree, 501 00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:03,680 I need to stay locked in to the word of God. 502 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,800 When when the picture he gave me is this when hasn't most of us 503 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:10,280 are Floridians or in Florida obviously, and have been to the 504 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:11,840 ocean. You know I've gone out in the 505 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:15,600 ocean before and you know what happens when there's a riptide 506 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,320 or a strong current? You start to drift. 507 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:25,960 Cause drifting is not sudden, it's a slow movement from one 508 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:30,440 place to another. Either by air or by. 509 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:35,240 Or by water. It's a slow drift and many times 510 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,240 when I'm in the ocean, especially when I'm younger with 511 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,120 the girls, I have my eyes on them, but I'm always have a 512 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:43,040 marker on the sand of where our items are at and I thought that 513 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,640 that marker is our the word of God. 514 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:49,600 And if you're drifting? You need to get back in 515 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:51,840 alignment. I always made sure if I got too 516 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:54,840 far right, I had to come back to the left because that's my 517 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,560 marker right there. And the word of truth is your 518 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,520 marker in life. And it's our responsibility to 519 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,880 stay in alignment and not drift. We don't want to neglect this 520 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,800 great redemption. We don't want to neglect, 521 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,960 neglect this great salvation. We don't want to neglect the 522 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:13,280 great plan that God has for us. What? 523 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,560 What does neglect mean it? Means to be careless. 524 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,200 It means to. Have no regard for. 525 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:30,800 We want to be thankful to. God, you know I'm going to give 526 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:34,680 an example of a marriage covenant because a marriage has 527 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:38,440 a covenant and a commitment to it, right? 528 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:41,960 There's a relationship, but there's also responsibility and 529 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:45,160 you got to renew your mind. Hallelujah. 530 00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:46,720 It's not 2 roommates living together and. 531 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:52,120 The and the problem with many. Men is they treat the woman like 532 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,560 another male. This isn't a marriage 533 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:58,880 conference, but. She's a female, you realize. 534 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:00,440 Males and females think differently. 535 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:05,680 Hallelujah if you don't. Don't be ignorant. 536 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:10,280 I'm giving you truth. That's why guys go to the 537 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:11,639 bathroom. By themselves. 538 00:34:14,159 --> 00:34:16,320 I've never asked Raphael to go. To the bathroom with me. 539 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,679 But I've had I've heard. Especially when I was high 540 00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:22,159 school. Oh, let's go to the bathroom 541 00:34:22,159 --> 00:34:25,719 together. They. 542 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:28,159 Think differently. You can say Amen or owe me, but 543 00:34:28,159 --> 00:34:34,639 it's true. But there's a covenant, there's. 544 00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:38,000 A commitment. It's a covenant because. 545 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:43,320 Listen, in the Kingdom of God, God commands a male and a female 546 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:47,280 to get married. And to keep this G rated when. 547 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:48,880 They commence it. You all know what I mean by 548 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:54,400 commence. He commands the woman to. 549 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,240 Be a virgin. Right. 550 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,560 And because she's a virgin, when that happens, blood is shed. 551 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:07,120 The hymen is broken. And it's a covenant. 552 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:14,080 Are you with me? This is why we need to go by 553 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:17,760 God's standard. Listen, if we were all pure and 554 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,800 did a God's way and thank God for his redemption and His 555 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:24,240 forgiveness, this is not a ministry of condemnation, but it 556 00:35:24,240 --> 00:35:27,920 is a ministry of truth, right? And thank God for forgiveness 557 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,560 and repentance. But if we did a God's way, you 558 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:32,440 realize you would never have to worry about any sexually 559 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:37,520 transmitted disease. And I'll say it this way there. 560 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:46,360 Is no emotional condom for the heart so there is no safe sex is 561 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:52,040 what I'm saying. But in in a commitment. 562 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:54,320 I you know till death do us part. 563 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:57,400 Have you ever heard that in wedding vows till death do us 564 00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,160 part? You know when I got born again, 565 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:03,240 I was in this for life till. Death do me a part of the great. 566 00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:07,360 Thing about God is that's just a transition, 'cause my spirit's 567 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:10,880 always alive to Him. And one thing I want you to 568 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:12,520 take. Away from this message is start 569 00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,200 with eternity and work your way backwards. 570 00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:20,400 Start with eternity and work your way backwards. 571 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:24,200 I am saved. I was saved. 572 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,640 I'll say it the way Pastor Chase said I was saved, I am saved and 573 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:30,440 I will be saved. You got to I was. 574 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:32,720 Saved. I am saved and I will be saved. 575 00:36:33,240 --> 00:36:34,520 I didn't get in this for a good time. 576 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:38,360 I got in this for a long time. Now, thank God, God has. 577 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:41,240 A goodness 'cause He is good. But this is a long eternity is a 578 00:36:41,240 --> 00:36:43,640 long time. You better like the person 579 00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:45,120 you're with for eternity. Amen. 580 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,840 And you'll love God. Amen. 581 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:50,560 But I want to read this. This is. 582 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:54,080 Actually vows that Angie and I read it some, not the whole 583 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:55,000 thing. I'm not going to do a whole 584 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,000 wedding ceremony, but just to remind you this, you're, you're 585 00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,920 locked in for life is what I'm saying. 586 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,000 We're we're really married. To the Lord. 587 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,000 Can I put it that way? We're in covenant with him. 588 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,440 Now God will give. Natural examples. 589 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:14,840 And he has, he has ordained, you know, the marriage covenant 590 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:17,680 between a man and a woman, but he's also ordained that covenant 591 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,840 with him. So listen this the marriage 592 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,400 union is the closest relationship that can't exist 593 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:26,280 between two human beings. When a man and woman decide to 594 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:28,560 join together in marriage, they should do so with a full 595 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:30,760 realization of their responsibilities. 596 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:35,960 Marriage is serious business. When two born again believers 597 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:38,040 know it is God's will for them to marry, they come together 598 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:41,480 before God, a minister and witnesses to join their hearts 599 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:45,040 and lives. They make a public profession of 600 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:48,320 their mutual love and devotion, pronouncing vows and pledging 601 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,880 their lives to each other. As they pronounce the marriage 602 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:55,800 vows in faith, the power of God goes in operation and a miracle 603 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:57,640 takes place. They are united by God and 604 00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:01,800 become as one in His sight. Their union is threefold. 605 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,440 They are joined together spiritually by God, legally by 606 00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:07,800 the contract they entered into, and physically when the marriage 607 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,320 is consummated. A husband and wife are joined 608 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,280 together as Jesus is joined to the church. 609 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:18,320 It's a miraculous union. So we need to be all. 610 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:21,920 In the same way that we should be committed if you're married 611 00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:25,080 to your spouse, it's the same way we should be committed to 612 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:28,200 God Almighty in this relationship. 613 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:31,960 Now we are a three. Part being. 614 00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:39,000 We are a three-part being. Meaning I am a spirit, I have a 615 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:43,360 soul, and I live in a body. You know I can give you 616 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:44,920 scriptures. On this first, First 617 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:48,400 Thessalonians chapter 5 says that your whole spirit, soul and 618 00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:51,120 body be preserved, blameless until the coming of the Lord. 619 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:54,680 Over in Hebrews chapter 4, it says that the Word of God is 620 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,760 alive, it's active, it's sharper than any 2 edged sword, dividing 621 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:02,240 between spirit and soul. So your soul's not your spirit, 622 00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:05,040 your spirit's not your soul. They're closely related, but 623 00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:06,800 it's a 3. It's a 3 part being. 624 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,080 It's who you are. And why do I bring this up? 625 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,760 Because God and His redemption has saved us. 626 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,040 Through the blood of Christ. We've seen the power of God, but 627 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:17,920 now it's up to us to get strong in the Lord and stay locked in. 628 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:21,520 And this is where this Kingdom mindset comes in 'cause we need 629 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,760 to renew our mind. Just cause your spirit's born 630 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:25,480 again. Guess what? 631 00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:30,560 Your soul realm, which is your mind, what you think, your will, 632 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:33,680 what you choose, and your emotions, what you feel. 633 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:40,160 That's your soul realm, your mind. 634 00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,320 What you. Think your. 635 00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:44,320 Will what you choose. And your emotions, what you 636 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:47,120 feel, you realize that that isn't born again when your 637 00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:50,440 spirit is. You realize when you give. 638 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,160 Your life to the Lord at the altar, all of a sudden you're 639 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:55,880 you're changing just doesn't miraculously you're thinking, 640 00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:57,720 thinking just and doesn't miraculous change. 641 00:39:58,200 --> 00:39:59,840 It's not like you go to the altar and all of a sudden all 642 00:39:59,840 --> 00:40:01,320 your thoughts are just perfect now. 643 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:04,760 If that happened to you, come see me. 644 00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:10,560 After service but. But what's that mean we need to 645 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:11,200 stay? Locked in. 646 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,440 It was God's responsibility to save us. 647 00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:16,800 It's our responsibility in the relationship to say I'm going to 648 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:21,120 renew my mind. You know, in Romans chapter. 12. 649 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:24,680 Verses one through 2. It says this. 650 00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:27,200 I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, 651 00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:31,840 that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, 652 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:35,160 acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service, and do not 653 00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:39,440 be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing 654 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,720 of your mind, that you may prove was that good and acceptable and 655 00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:45,640 perfect will of God. Paul is writing by unction of 656 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:49,360 the Spirit to the Church at Rome to do something with their body 657 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:50,520 and do something with their soul. 658 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:55,160 That's up to you. It's said that as a living 659 00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:58,040 sacrifice, the thing with a living sacrifice, it can climb 660 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:04,480 off the altar. Because it's living. 661 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:07,920 So you have to make a choice that I'm going to stay on the 662 00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,920 altar of God. The new living. 663 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,440 Translation says it like this. So, dear brothers and sisters, I 664 00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:16,800 plead with you, give your bodies to God because of all He has 665 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:19,360 done for you. Let them be a living and holy 666 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:22,560 sacrifice, the kind He will find acceptable. 667 00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:24,360 This is truly the way to worship Him. 668 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:27,440 Don't copy. Don't copy the behavior and 669 00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:32,040 customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new 670 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:34,160 person by changing the way you think. 671 00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:36,520 Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is 672 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,200 good and pleasing and perfect. Really, if you don't renew your 673 00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:42,320 mind, you're never known, never going to know God's purpose and 674 00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:47,000 plan for your life. Because God wants to bring you 675 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,480 out. To bring you in and you're never 676 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:52,000 going to do that. Know that unless you renew your 677 00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:55,600 mind. Another verse I want to give you 678 00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:58,840 that was a verse written to the church is from the book of James 679 00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:03,000 in chapter 1 verse #21 it says therefore lay aside all 680 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:06,200 filthiness and overflow of wickedness and receive with 681 00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:11,200 meekness the implanted word which is able to save your soul. 682 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:14,160 Isn't that amazing that James is writing to the church and he's 683 00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:18,680 saying that your soul needs saved their? 684 00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:20,600 Spirit man was. Already born again, but he's 685 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,920 saying you need to receive the word because your mind is not 686 00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:27,760 saved. He's saying so receive. 687 00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:29,640 The Word. This is why daily Bible reading 688 00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:32,760 is so important 'cause it gets you in alignment with His 689 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:39,080 thoughts, His will, His plans. Jeremiah chapter 31, verse 33. 690 00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:43,760 Jeremiah chapter 31, verse 33. But this is a covenant that I 691 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,720 will make with the House of Israel after those days, says 692 00:42:46,720 --> 00:42:48,600 the Lord. I will put my law in their 693 00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:51,280 minds. I will put my law in their minds 694 00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:53,600 and write it on their hearts. I will be their God. 695 00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:57,960 They shall be my people. Going over to the book of 696 00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,480 Ephesians. I'm just giving you multiple 697 00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:01,400 scriptures for the renewing of the mind. 698 00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:05,520 Ephesians is a wonderful book. It's 6 chapters, power packed, 699 00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:09,800 shows 7 pictures of the church. It's easily divided in two 700 00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:15,400 different sections, Christos and Curious which is Lord and 701 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:18,760 Christos which is the anointed. Christos tells us who we are in 702 00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:24,320 Him, our position. Lordship Curious tells us how we 703 00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:27,320 should behave in him. Didn't Jesus say you call me 704 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:30,000 Lord Lord, but you don't do what I say? 705 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:33,400 So the book of Ephesians is really tell us who we are 706 00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:35,920 positionally and how we should behave. 707 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:41,400 But right in the 4th. Chapter of this book the apostle 708 00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:45,280 Paul says this in chapter 4 verses 20 through 24. 709 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:48,400 It says you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard 710 00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:52,280 Him and have been taught by Jesus, as the truth is in Jesus 711 00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:56,200 that you put off. Put off concerning your formal 712 00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:59,440 conduct the old man which goes corrupt according to the 713 00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:04,160 deceitful lust, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind that 714 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:07,560 you put on the new man which was created according to God in true 715 00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:11,920 righteousness and holiness now. I'm going to give you the. 716 00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,680 Verse where this whole message came out of as I was doing my 717 00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:17,720 Bible reading yesterday and it just fit like a glove. 718 00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:23,360 Proverbs 1430 Man, if you could, this is my assignment for you 719 00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:25,320 this week. Raise your hand. 720 00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:28,120 Say I got homework. Say I'm going to do it. 721 00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:30,360 Say I'm going to be a doer of the word. 722 00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:34,920 This thing jumped off the page when I was doing my Bible 723 00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:38,040 reading yesterday. Proverbs 1430 from the Message 724 00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:41,560 Bible. It says a sound mind makes for a 725 00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:45,200 robust body. But runaway. 726 00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:51,680 Emotions corrode the bones. Emotions that drift. 727 00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:54,800 That are not under control. Corrode your life. 728 00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:57,640 They'll make you die in the wilderness. 729 00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:02,360 If you are live solely by your emotional realm and make 730 00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:05,080 decisions just out of your emotions, it's going to corrode 731 00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:06,880 your life. You're going to be a wilderness 732 00:45:07,240 --> 00:45:09,960 wandering 40 year journey believer. 733 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:13,520 But God said I. Want you to have a sound? 734 00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:16,480 I'm gonna give you a spirit of fear, but a power, love and a 735 00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:20,200 sound mind. It makes a robust body. 736 00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:24,160 I like that full of. Vigor, full of life, full of 737 00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:26,840 activity, full of strange, full of health. 738 00:45:28,240 --> 00:45:31,040 Because I got my mind. Isaiah 26, three, says he who 739 00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:33,800 keeps his mind stayed on him will have perfect peace. 740 00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:35,800 The opposite of that is if you don't keep your mind stayed on 741 00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:37,920 him, guess what? You're going to have runaway 742 00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:39,520 emotions. It's going to corrode your mind. 743 00:45:41,240 --> 00:45:45,080 You'll be the the. Believer that's drifting and the 744 00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:48,560 pastor saying hey back. This. 745 00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:57,880 Way there's a shark, I see the fan get out because we love, 746 00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:01,680 right? Holla. 747 00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:06,840 We don't want Jaws. Hallelujah. 748 00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:08,080 We want life. Amen. 749 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:11,480 So sound mind makes. Her a robust body. 750 00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:15,040 What are you thinking about? What consumes your thoughts? 751 00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:21,640 What is your mind state? On First Peter chapter 1 verses 752 00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:23,400 13 through 16. I'm going to read this from the 753 00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:27,600 Message Bible. First Peter chapter 1, verses 13 754 00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:31,000 through 16. So roll up your. 755 00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:33,480 Sleeves, get your head in the game. 756 00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:37,640 Be totally ready to receive the gift that's coming when Jesus 757 00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:42,000 arrives. Don't lazily, lazily slip back 758 00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:46,400 into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you felt like 759 00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:49,000 doing. You didn't know any better then, 760 00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:52,680 but now you do know. As obedient children, let 761 00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:58,040 yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God's life, a 762 00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:01,240 life energetic and blazing with holiness. 763 00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:08,760 God said I am holy, you be holy. This is the take away. 764 00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:13,280 Today I gave you one homework assignment of a verse, but 765 00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:19,880 really it was meditation. The big idea of this is 766 00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:21,920 meditation. What are you? 767 00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:27,000 You know what meditation is revolving in the mind over and 768 00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:30,440 over again. It could be what we call. 769 00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:33,120 Murmuring or just speaking You you may be saying the same 770 00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:35,200 thing, but is it what God is saying? 771 00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:38,840 Meditation means you're thinking. 772 00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:41,520 On something perpetually, you know. 773 00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:42,360 What? Everybody's. 774 00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:46,880 Meditating. If I could put your mind. 775 00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:50,080 On the screen right now, Hallelujah. 776 00:47:50,080 --> 00:47:56,360 But God, his eyes and nothing is hidden or naked from his sight. 777 00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:02,800 And if you got stinking? Thinking, I guarantee you I'm 778 00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:05,840 confident. Holy Spirit is saying. 779 00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:11,240 Let's correct that, Let's change that. 780 00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:16,440 It said that he would bring to remembrance the word of God. 781 00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:20,360 Are we leaning on Holy Spirit to say, hey, quicken to me a verse. 782 00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:22,520 You know what's going to take place tomorrow, This week, next 783 00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:24,480 month? God. 784 00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:26,360 Almighty Father, I'm just. Asking you what do I need to be 785 00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:30,480 thinking on during this season? And you got to be locked in on 786 00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:34,440 that. I'm chewing on that thing. 787 00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:37,040 This is a filet mignon. Sorry, vegans. 788 00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:41,560 Prime. USDA. 789 00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:46,440 Steak. With loaded I'm almost done. 790 00:48:46,440 --> 00:48:48,880 So loaded. Mashed. 791 00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:53,320 Potatoes, right? Asparagus. 792 00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:54,680 Green beans? I could take a vote. 793 00:48:56,560 --> 00:49:00,480 Hallelujah that chocolate. Bread at the Chocolate Emporium 794 00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:02,920 that the team got to experience. Praise the Lord, it was like 795 00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:06,000 dessert in your mouth. But that's how much we should. 796 00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:11,080 Crave man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word. 797 00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:14,640 Have you thought, Father, I just want to chew on your word today? 798 00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:19,640 It is so great. His word is more necessary than 799 00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:24,400 food, is what Job said. I desire your word more than my 800 00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:28,600 necessary food, is what he said. That's locked in. 801 00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:31,280 That's going to get you out of the wilderness and get you into 802 00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:33,560 Canaan Land, a land that's more than enough. 803 00:49:33,720 --> 00:49:36,960 Canaan land is equivalent to John 1010 in the New Testament. 804 00:49:38,240 --> 00:49:41,640 John 1010 says a thief comes to steal, kill and destroy. 805 00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:45,600 But I have come to give you life and to give it to you more 806 00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:47,440 abundantly. That's where you're either going 807 00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:49,640 to live in Egypt, which is survival mode. 808 00:49:49,640 --> 00:49:51,800 You're going to live in the wilderness, which is some 809 00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:54,640 success, or you're going to live in Canaan land, which is a land 810 00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:58,520 of significance. That's a land of more than. 811 00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:00,680 Enough. It's a land where I can actually 812 00:50:00,680 --> 00:50:05,120 give you something. You know when you only got 10? 813 00:50:05,120 --> 00:50:08,200 Dollars in the in the bank. You're not inviting anybody out 814 00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:12,360 to lunch. But when I got 100,000. 815 00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:15,200 Hey, church family. I can actually. 816 00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:22,600 That's Canaan living. When you're depressed, what are 817 00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:25,680 you going to give somebody? Oh. 818 00:50:25,680 --> 00:50:28,680 Come and let's complain together. 819 00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:38,040 Woe. Is us, we suck, we are losers. 820 00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:48,040 But if you got joy and that person's depressed, what's on 821 00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:54,280 you should get on them. I mean, my thinking when I was 822 00:50:54,280 --> 00:50:56,560 at Universal was like, is there going to be somebody's going to 823 00:50:56,560 --> 00:51:01,360 repent in front of me? 'Cause you're. 824 00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:05,920 Where I go, there you are. So your presence is with me, and 825 00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:08,000 your mere presence can convict somebody. 826 00:51:09,320 --> 00:51:12,760 Are you thinking like that? Are you locked in when you're 827 00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:14,240 going through Publix? When you're going through 828 00:51:14,240 --> 00:51:16,120 Walmart? When you're at the gas station? 829 00:51:17,120 --> 00:51:19,760 Wherever your journey may take you this week, what are you 830 00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:23,640 thinking on? Because greater is he that's in 831 00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:28,640 you than he that's in the world. So we got to meditate. 832 00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:29,880 We. Don't want to be like the 12 833 00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:33,480 spies from our Old Testament example. 834 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:37,440 God sent 12 spies into Canaan land to see what the land was 835 00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:41,920 like. And they came. 836 00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:47,200 Back 10 gave a negative report. And said there's Giants. 837 00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:53,000 In the land we cannot do this. They were not locked into. 838 00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:56,760 What God said, They said we're like grasshoppers, which means 839 00:51:56,760 --> 00:52:00,400 we're fragile and insignificant. Those are giants are going to 840 00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:02,640 step on us and kill us. There's no way we're going to 841 00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:07,760 overtake, but oh, this church, anchor faith church, anchor 842 00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:10,520 faith church. We need to be like Joshua and be 843 00:52:10,520 --> 00:52:15,120 like Caleb, who holy God is looking for somebody to wholly 844 00:52:15,120 --> 00:52:18,840 follow him. They wholly believe the report 845 00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:21,240 of the Lord. Whose report are you going to 846 00:52:21,240 --> 00:52:24,600 believe, friends? Are you going to repeat, repeat 847 00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:27,960 believe the report of the Lord or the report of the enemy? 848 00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:34,240 And Joshua and Caleb said. We are Caleb, 85 years old. 849 00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:38,520 He had to wait for 40 years because of the disobedience of 850 00:52:38,520 --> 00:52:42,440 people, but he held on. He was locked in. 851 00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:47,920 He was locked. In he said I am well able give 852 00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:51,880 me this mountain Lord what? What mission and mountain does 853 00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:55,920 God have for you in life? What assignment seems so? 854 00:52:56,080 --> 00:53:00,120 You know, God doesn't give you a small assignment, something you 855 00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:02,400 can do in your own strength. He gives you something large and 856 00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:05,320 significant. You're a world changer. 857 00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:09,000 You're a change agent for the Kingdom of God. 858 00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:15,520 I can't get in all his teaching. But there was seven nations in 859 00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:17,800 Canaan land and God said you're going to overtake those seven 860 00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:20,680 nations and there's seven sectors of society. 861 00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:26,200 That God is saying you go out. And you impact those we can't 862 00:53:26,200 --> 00:53:28,080 have. Thank God for our fellowship, 863 00:53:28,400 --> 00:53:32,200 our family of believers, but we can't hang out 168 hours a day. 864 00:53:32,200 --> 00:53:35,200 That'd be a bad marketing plan by God anyways, because there's 865 00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:39,200 a lost world out there. I've heard some believers say I. 866 00:53:39,360 --> 00:53:41,080 I don't want to be in this ungodly environment. 867 00:53:41,080 --> 00:53:43,440 Maybe God's called you to that ungodly environment. 868 00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:48,160 To be an agent of. Change and to bring your 869 00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:51,160 influence and that mission into that environment to see people 870 00:53:51,160 --> 00:53:54,480 get born again and come into the Kingdom of God. 871 00:53:56,880 --> 00:54:00,840 So I'm going to give you. Several scriptures as we wrap up 872 00:54:01,320 --> 00:54:04,040 today. You got to get locked in. 873 00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:09,120 We got to change our mentality. Are you with me? 874 00:54:09,560 --> 00:54:13,880 I I remember when I went out. I've always been a big football 875 00:54:13,880 --> 00:54:18,440 fan and I remember when I was a freshman. 876 00:54:19,880 --> 00:54:22,520 In high school. I went out for the Gahanna 877 00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:24,360 Lincoln High School football team. 878 00:54:26,520 --> 00:54:32,200 What a great state. I was thinking about that today. 879 00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:34,720 If you don't realize that I'm only reason I'm in Florida 880 00:54:34,720 --> 00:54:35,760 because God called me to Florida. 881 00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:43,680 I don't really love Florida. Sorry if I offend you, but I 882 00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:45,160 think there's more greatness in Ohio. 883 00:54:45,200 --> 00:54:47,360 But that's just preference, not conviction. 884 00:54:49,240 --> 00:54:51,560 But I remember I went out for that team and I was actually 885 00:54:51,560 --> 00:54:56,360 shorter and fatter and SAT the bench the whole year. 886 00:54:56,880 --> 00:55:00,480 Now thank God for godly parents. I wanted to quit so bad and they 887 00:55:00,480 --> 00:55:03,360 said no, you gave your word, you won't keep it. 888 00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:07,080 So the next two years I spent on actually getting the gym and 889 00:55:07,080 --> 00:55:10,200 training. Went back out my senior year and 890 00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:12,760 actually started all the games and we won there our conference 891 00:55:13,160 --> 00:55:16,120 championship. It was awesome, but I wasn't as 892 00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:20,800 locked in as I am today. I shared with my wife something. 893 00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:24,320 Something clicked when it came to athletics and boy, you know 894 00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:26,080 we don't have want to have regrets in life. 895 00:55:26,080 --> 00:55:28,280 I look back and have you ever thought if I could go back and 896 00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:30,360 do that again, oh, I would dominate. 897 00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:35,000 LGI would dominate because I'm locked in. 898 00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:39,120 I mean now I'm so locked in. I got hurt at flag football 2 899 00:55:39,120 --> 00:55:42,520 weeks ago. Hallelujah, I pulled. 900 00:55:42,520 --> 00:55:45,080 Something I said I don't care, I'm going. 901 00:55:45,080 --> 00:55:47,480 And then Todd did a little move on me. 902 00:55:47,480 --> 00:55:49,400 I tried to cut and pulled it again. 903 00:55:52,400 --> 00:55:55,760 But I ain't stopping. I'll bleed out, I'll have broken 904 00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:56,840 bones. I don't care. 905 00:56:00,040 --> 00:56:03,480 'Cause I want to win. I'm blocked in. 906 00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:08,280 I mean, I woke up the next day. There was bruising everywhere. 907 00:56:08,280 --> 00:56:11,520 Glory to God. My wife's like. 908 00:56:12,680 --> 00:56:13,640 And. Then I kind of mentioned, hey, 909 00:56:13,640 --> 00:56:14,600 maybe. I could play next week, she 910 00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:15,640 said. I'm interceding. 911 00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:21,600 You are not playing. Next week. 912 00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:25,720 But that's the mentality. Man, I am just going to go all 913 00:56:26,520 --> 00:56:30,760 out. 'Cause I'm locked in. 914 00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:34,520 Are you locked in? Are you locked into the things 915 00:56:34,520 --> 00:56:37,000 of? God, let me, let me finish with 916 00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:39,640 some meditation scriptures, 'cause if you're going to be a 917 00:56:39,640 --> 00:56:42,680 man or woman of God that's going to take whatever God's assigned 918 00:56:42,680 --> 00:56:46,160 you, 'cause you realize when they got into caneland, this is 919 00:56:46,160 --> 00:56:50,080 the principle of caneland. Get this they possess by 920 00:56:50,080 --> 00:56:54,040 dispossessing. What does that mean? 921 00:56:54,240 --> 00:56:58,160 Whatever's there, I move out of the way and I take it over. 922 00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:01,760 So whatever thought has. Been trying to penetrate your 923 00:57:01,760 --> 00:57:05,200 mind. I take that captive, I throw it 924 00:57:05,200 --> 00:57:07,800 out and I let the mind of Christ possess me. 925 00:57:09,640 --> 00:57:15,720 Did you get that? So these are this is a key to 926 00:57:15,720 --> 00:57:18,360 conquering your Canaan land. You know, the great thing about 927 00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:21,200 Canaan Land is everybody got an inheritance. 928 00:57:22,160 --> 00:57:24,760 There was enough territory for everybody. 929 00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:27,360 And you are unique. You are fearfully and 930 00:57:27,360 --> 00:57:29,400 wonderfully made. I wonder what he's got in store 931 00:57:29,400 --> 00:57:31,840 for you. I wonder. 932 00:57:31,840 --> 00:57:33,160 What he's got in. Store for you. 933 00:57:34,440 --> 00:57:37,280 Because your assignment's not. My assignment, but he's given 934 00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:40,440 you a sphere of influence or a territory to take. 935 00:57:42,280 --> 00:57:44,320 And he's. Saying go do great things for 936 00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:47,520 the Kingdom of God, but you're never going to be there if you 937 00:57:47,520 --> 00:57:51,240 don't get locked in. So let me give you 3 scriptures 938 00:57:51,240 --> 00:57:53,880 on meditation and then we'll close. 939 00:57:55,640 --> 00:57:57,600 Joshua. Chapter One verse #8. 940 00:58:00,440 --> 00:58:02,840 It says this from the amplified. Bible, This book of the Law 941 00:58:02,840 --> 00:58:08,000 shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall read and 942 00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:10,600 meditate on it day and night so that you may be careful to do 943 00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:13,960 everything in accordance with all that is written in it, for 944 00:58:13,960 --> 00:58:16,760 then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will be 945 00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:19,480 successful. God wants your way to be 946 00:58:19,480 --> 00:58:22,240 prosperous and He wants you to be successful, but don't let the 947 00:58:22,240 --> 00:58:24,200 book of the law depart from your mouth. 948 00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:27,120 How do you practically do that? If, if something comes up where 949 00:58:27,120 --> 00:58:29,440 there's a need, you don't have enough God, I think you supply 950 00:58:29,440 --> 00:58:31,800 that need. You're faithful to your word, a 951 00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:33,880 man, you're a faithful. You're not going to let me down. 952 00:58:33,880 --> 00:58:36,160 I trust in you, trust in Lord with all your heart. 953 00:58:36,160 --> 00:58:37,360 Don't lean to your understanding. 954 00:58:37,360 --> 00:58:39,600 Acknowledge Him. He will direct your financial 955 00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:42,120 path. Lord, when's that right person 956 00:58:42,120 --> 00:58:43,880 going to come? I don't know, but I'm preparing 957 00:58:43,880 --> 00:58:45,960 right now. Preparation is the evidence that 958 00:58:45,960 --> 00:58:48,720 you preparing is the evidence you believe something's coming. 959 00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:53,600 So I'm getting right now trusting. 960 00:58:53,600 --> 00:58:54,920 You When's that new promotion coming? 961 00:58:55,200 --> 00:58:58,600 I don't know when, but I trust God, his favours upon me. 962 00:58:58,600 --> 00:59:01,000 I'm going to work hard. I'm going to ask for wisdom 963 00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:04,000 beyond my years, wisdom beyond my knowledge, and wisdom beyond 964 00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:05,960 my experience. And they're going to see the 965 00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:08,000 value in me as a Kingdom citizen. 966 00:59:09,360 --> 00:59:11,800 But speak the word. Speak the word, let it be on 967 00:59:11,800 --> 00:59:14,480 your lips, let it be on your mouth. 968 00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:17,280 Life and death is in the power of the tongue. 969 00:59:17,280 --> 00:59:19,600 Those that love it will eat the fruit thereof. 970 00:59:19,600 --> 00:59:22,240 God created his world by his word. 971 00:59:22,400 --> 00:59:26,040 What world are you creating by your words? 972 00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:30,040 If we're made in his image and after his likeness? 973 00:59:30,680 --> 00:59:32,840 Thank God. Thank God he didn't say you're 974 00:59:32,840 --> 00:59:37,360 stupid. I'm serious. 975 00:59:37,640 --> 00:59:44,200 If God said that. Do we put that much? 976 00:59:44,200 --> 00:59:50,640 Value in what we're saying, Psalms one, one through 3. 977 00:59:51,680 --> 00:59:54,960 Blessed is a man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, 978 00:59:55,760 --> 01:00:00,000 nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of 979 01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:04,440 the scornful, but his delight is in the law of the Lord. 980 01:00:05,240 --> 01:00:08,840 And in his law he meditates day and night. 981 01:00:09,480 --> 01:00:12,680 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that 982 01:00:12,680 --> 01:00:16,440 brings forth its fruit and its season, whose leave also shall 983 01:00:16,440 --> 01:00:18,920 not wither, and whatever he does shall prosper. 984 01:00:19,880 --> 01:00:22,480 I'm not standing. I'm not listening to Doctor 985 01:00:22,480 --> 01:00:24,960 Phil. I'm not listening to Oprah. 986 01:00:25,160 --> 01:00:27,400 I'm not listening to bloggers who say they're experts on the 987 01:00:27,400 --> 01:00:30,440 Internet. Usually you know what that is? 988 01:00:30,440 --> 01:00:32,520 It's. Usually just somebody, their 989 01:00:32,520 --> 01:00:35,120 opinion they've been. Divorced. 990 01:00:35,120 --> 01:00:36,880 Five times they're trying to give you a marital advice. 991 01:00:39,640 --> 01:00:42,920 Hallelujah, I'm listening. I'm not giving myself to 992 01:00:42,920 --> 01:00:44,480 foolishness. I'm giving myself to truth 993 01:00:44,480 --> 01:00:47,760 because I'm in the Word. I'm meditating on the Word. 994 01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:51,920 What a wonderful God promised. God swore. 995 01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:55,760 God made an oath that if you think on His Word and you do it, 996 01:00:55,760 --> 01:00:58,480 you're going to have a successful and a prosperous 997 01:00:58,480 --> 01:01:01,600 path. That's a guarantee. 998 01:01:04,440 --> 01:01:07,880 Last Scripture worship team. You can come First Timothy 999 01:01:07,880 --> 01:01:13,520 chapter 4, verses 13 through 16. It says this till I. 1000 01:01:13,520 --> 01:01:18,480 Come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 1001 01:01:19,120 --> 01:01:25,920 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you 1002 01:01:25,920 --> 01:01:27,880 by the prophecy. With the lane on the hands of 1003 01:01:27,880 --> 01:01:33,120 the elder ship. Meditate on on these things. 1004 01:01:33,520 --> 01:01:40,000 Give yourself locked in entirely to them, that your progress may 1005 01:01:40,000 --> 01:01:43,800 be evident to all. Take heed to yourself and to the 1006 01:01:43,800 --> 01:01:46,240 doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing 1007 01:01:46,240 --> 01:01:48,360 this you will say both yourselves and those who hear 1008 01:01:48,360 --> 01:01:49,440 you. Hallelujah.