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So today I want to talk to you 
about Kingdom fishing and we're 

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going to connect with Frank 
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All right, say this. 
Say I'm going to connect with 

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Frank. 
Say I can't wait to meet Frank. 

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Now listen, I want you to just 
touch the shoulder of the person

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in front of you. 
You on the front row. 

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Just reach towards me. 
Now listen, if nobody reaches, 

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nobody gets touched. 
So draw your hand back just a 

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little bit where you're not 
touching them. 

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There's no connection if you 
don't reach, right? 

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So I'm. 
I'm praying that there's a reach

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in you when you leave this 
sanctuary. 

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And now I'm. 
I'm going to find Frank and 

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connect with him today, 
tomorrow, this week, next month 

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and for the rest of my life. 
Now you say, who is Frank? 

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I'll tell you. 
Frank is Frank is friends, 

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relatives, associates, neighbors
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Come on. 
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Please say that again, man, 
Frank is friends, relatives, 

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associates, neighbors and kids. 
It's really everybody you come 

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in contact with. 
And we need to be a church that 

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has the heart of the Father as 
he builds our life as we as we 

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for those that have been saved, 
delivered and then filled with 

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the Holy Ghost. 
God wants that subsequent 

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experience of what you've had in
your life to connect with Frank,

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and if nobody reaches, nobody 
gets touched. 

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So your assignment this week is,
Lord, send Frank my way. 

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Sometimes Frank looks like an 
interruption, a phone call you 

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didn't expect, somebody you 
didn't think you'd see at 

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Walmart. 
You know how it is when you're 

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at Walmart and you see somebody 
and you're in a rush and you got

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your schedule. 
Just like Audrey said, you know,

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this is my schedule. 
But Lord sent Frank your way and

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said, no, you need to go down 
the aisle way and talk to Frank.

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It's a divine connection, not an
interruption. 

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Not every interruption is a 
distraction. 

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So we're going to launch out 
from Isaiah chapter 58, verse 

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#12. 
Isaiah chapter 58 verse #12 says

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this and at Anchor Faith Church,
we just started this a few weeks

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ago. 
For those of you who are first 

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time guests, we welcome you. 
If you're a first time guest, 

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and I'll tell you this, stay 
plugged in and keep on coming. 

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If you're local and you don't 
have a church to go to, we will 

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do you good for your spiritual 
journey. 

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You will find a community of 
believers that are passionate 

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for the Lord Jesus Christ that 
want to be led by the Spirit. 

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If you're not with us and you're
from out of town, we will help 

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you find a church in your local 
area. 

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Just talk to one of our ushers 
or myself after service. 

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We want to get you plugged in 
somewhere. 

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Amen. 
So, but we stand for the reading

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of the first Scripture that we 
say just to honor God. 

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This came out of Ezra. 
You know, they stood when they 

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heard the word of the Lord. 
So let's read this. 

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Those from among you shall build
the old waste places. 

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You shall raise up the 
foundations of many generations.

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You shall be called the repair 
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streets to dwell in. 
You may be seated. 

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So this golden prophet Isaiah 
declares this word. 

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Those from among you, that's us 
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Are there people among us today?
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Out of or from. 
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rebuild, ruin, waste places. 
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is anything that's broken or 
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or in decay. 
A a dysfunctional dad, a broken 

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relationship, a a sick body. 
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A distraught mind man. 
We're called to rebuild. 

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God is a builder. 
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So guess what? 
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assignment in our lives to be 
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You're going to rebuild old 
waste places. 

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You're going to raise up the 
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God is a transgenerational God. 
He's the God of Abraham, Isaac 

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and Jacob. 
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for one generation. 
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teens go to camp because that's 
another generation and we want 

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to see them raise up. 
And you know, Josiah was young 

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when he started serving God. 
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you're 32 to start serving God. 
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have a such a passion for Jesus.
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that. 
You never have to abandon that. 

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You could be fully submerged and
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So God wants to raise up the 
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It's his will to raise up the 
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And then he said you shall be 
called a repair of the breach 

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and the restore of pathways to 
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And really out of this verse, 
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principles, the one I want to 
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be called and not might or 
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the repair of the breach. 
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to wall up or to build a wall. 
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there's a gap, there's a break 
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So God's called us to build up 
things that are broken, to build

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up walls that are broken down to
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All right. 
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indicate someone who mends that 
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relationships and communities. 
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you have the heart of the Father
to mend relationships and mend 

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what is wrong in communities 
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This repair the breach means 
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Healing divisions when I was 
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racial divide at Anchor Faith 
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We don't have segregation at 
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We're all born of Jesus Christ 
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in the Lord. 
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and it's restores unity to God 
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This can be seen as a type of 
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repairer reconciling humanity to
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It's like Jesus takes your hand,
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his blood brings it together. 
He repairs the gap and he he's 

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seen of the ultimate repair by 
the breach, by sin. 

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You realize when Adam fell put a
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the first Adam did that. 
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the breach. 
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of Jesus, declare his finished 
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And we have and that that 
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restored with the Father. 
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restore humanity. 
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or dysfunctional things in 
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heart to see those things 
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It moves us, it motivates us. 
It becomes our ambition and our 

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drive. 
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say repair the breach, it refers
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breaches in the walls of 
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Jerusalem which leads me to 
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Nehemiah's assignment? 
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What was his task and his 
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And so I'll give you a homework 
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I'm not going to read every 
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think it it would be good for 
you to go home and read the 

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first chapter. 
I think it's only about 11 

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verses, but Nehemiah. 
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Nehemiah is obviously the 
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heard that there were broken 
walls and busted gates, that 

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there was a breach, there was a 
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It motivated him matter of fact 
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And with a great cry he was 
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And then out of that compassion,
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prayer came action. 
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moved him to compassion, made 
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and moved him to action. 
He told the king, man, my home 

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city is tore down. 
There's walls that are busted, 

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gates that are burned, locks 
that need reinstalled in it and 

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movement. 
He requested and interceded with

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the king. 
Let me go back, will you bless 

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me to go back And the king 
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said you're going to go back. 
I'm going to allow you to go 

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back and to fix this breach, to 
fix this gap. 

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I believe there's gaps today in 
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There's reports, you know, when 
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dysfunctional dad or a, a 
husband that's out of place or 

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he's more of a, of a predator 
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isn't really a home, or when I 
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right now. 
These reports should have a 

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heart of compassion. 
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unconcerned going about our 
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Now we have to ears to hear what
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And out of that report should 
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lead to prayer, which leads to 
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And if you study out Nehemiah, 
very interesting study, but 

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we're going to look at one gate 
that he restored. 

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Out of the 12 gates that he 
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He restored 12 gates in the book
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But one gate we're going to look
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Nehemiah 3 three. 
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that the sons of this guy, Mr. 
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fish gate and laid its beams and
hung its doors with its bolts 

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and bars. 
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'cause it wasn't Nehemiah doing 
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When you read how the gates are 
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effort within the body. 
It's going to take all of us, 

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say this is going to take all of
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members. 
It's going to take all of us to 

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repair the breeches. 
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and how he restored these 12 
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different names associated in 
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And guess what? 
An anchor fate shows a lot of 

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different names that God is 
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help rebuild things that are 
broken and gates that are busted

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and walls that are torn down. 
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reestablished. 
This fish gate was on one of the

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walls on the northern wall of 
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It was named for its proximity 
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from the Mediterranean Sea were 
brought through it. 

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Fish from the Mediterranean Sea 
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So in Ezekiel chapter 22 verse 
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what is God looking for? 
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says this. 
I sought for a man, and that's 

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mankind. 
Are you with me? 

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We could say I'm looking for a 
man or a woman of God with a 

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backbone that would make up a 
wall and stand in the gap before

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me on behalf of the land that I 
would not destroy. 

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But I found no one people that 
are indifferent or complacent 

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going about in their in their 
course of life, not thinking 

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about God. 
This is why this message should 

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really stir you up. 
You know, there could be drift 

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in your life. 
All of us. 

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I've had it happen, but thank 
God for it's just like, you 

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know, we were driving this 
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God. 
It's like melting yesterday, 

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sweat running everywhere. 
But my wife had on that her GPS 

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or the maps, you know, and we're
talking and we we missed our 

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turn to go to Epcot, you know, 
and So what does that do though?

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The map automatically reroutes 
you and some of us in drift, we 

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missed our exit. 
God said you were supposed to 

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get off there, but let me 
reroute you. 

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So we need to be keen enough to 
listen to the Holy Ghost on a 

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daily basis. 
We don't want to God to say I 

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didn't find anyone to stand in 
the gap. 

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The new living translation says 
it like this. 

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I look for someone. 
I look for someone who might 

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rebuild the wall of 
righteousness that guards the 

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land. 
I search for someone to stand in

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the gap in the wall so I 
wouldn't have destroyed the 

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land, but I found no one. 
So what is this fish gate? 

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I submit that you did this to 
you today, that Jesus himself 

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put an emphasis on this fish 
gate and restored it. 

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The question is, are we 
partakers with Him and help Him 

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keep this fish gate being built?
Go with me to Matthew chapter 4 

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verses 17 through 19. 
Matthew chapter 4 verses 17 

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through 19. 
The word says this. 

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From that time began Jesus to 
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Kingdom of heaven is at hand. 
And Jesus was walking by the Sea

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of Galilee and he saw two 
brothers, Simon called Peter and

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Andrew his brother, casting a 
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Then he said to them, follow me 
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men. 
He was reestablishing the fish 

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gate. 
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and they left their Nets. 
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of doing thing. 
It said they dropped their Nets 

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and picked up his net. 
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our life, we're dropping our 
Nets and we're picking up his 

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net. 
Say I'm picking up the net of 

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Jesus. 
I'm gonna do his will. 

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So we need to leave our Nets 
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Man. 
That word follow is a powerful 

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word. 
It means come hit her. 

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When I saw that, I want to tell 
my wife, Come, hit her. 

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Woman. 
Come now. 

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Because that's what it means. 
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a phrase used to express a 
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response when it. 
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Kingdom of heaven as a hand. 
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people, 'cause the Kingdom of 
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Let me say the Kingdom of heaven
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darkness and say, follow me. 
Quit following your own Nets and

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your own plan, but follow me, 
the Master, the Teacher, be my 

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disciples. 
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come. 
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says go ye, but before there's a
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there's a relational side first 
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Simon, he says they left their 
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If you read on to Matthew 4, 
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follow them. 
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Andrew and Simon and says follow
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Jesus is still saying today, 

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Come hit her, come now, come hit
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Come now. 
Jesus is still calling. 

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Are you responding? 
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like that man. 
That means he's the author of 

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your life at that point. 
That means he's preparing you. 

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He's getting you ready to be 
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He said I will make Are you 
allowing Jesus to write your 

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story, author your life? 
I don't want to be the author of

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my life. 
I want Jesus to author my life. 

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Well, how do you do that? 
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church attendance, by being 
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precious faith, by listening to 
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I want to be productive. 
I want to be like the one in the

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in the word when the the talents
were given that it says well 

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done, thou good and faithful 
servant. 

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You've been faithful in a few 
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I'm going to make you ruler over
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And what is Jesus making? 
He said follow me. 

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I will make you a Fisher of men.
Now that word I I will make. 

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Let me just back up and say that
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life. 
It's a spiritually transformed 

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life. 
You are not the same. 

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You are not the same. 
You are not the same, he said in

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Second Corinthians chapter 5 
verse #17 Second Corinthians 

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chapter 5. 
Spiritually you're not the same.

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The amplified Bible says this 
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This is what it means and and 
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517. 
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Christ that is grafted in, 
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Savior, he's a new creature 
reborn and renewed by the Holy 

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Spirit. 
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moral and spiritual condition 
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Behold, new things have come 
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brings a new life. 
Now you realize this, you are a 

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spirit, you have a soul, you 
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So when I got born again in 
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My spirit man became alive to 
God. 

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Now my mind and my body, I had 
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So when it says I will make I 
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bit further. 
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being reborn is Jesus work, our 
response to that is doing 

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something with our body and our 
soul. 

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So in order to make we got to do
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soul, but it's him that only and
only him and his finished work 

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that could recreate the spirit 
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your spirit was apart from God. 
And I couldn't earn that. 

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I couldn't work myself for that.
I couldn't pay for that. 

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I couldn't redeem that by my own
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Jesus did. 
He is the Lamb of God that takes

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away the sins of the world. 
He's the repair of the breach. 

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That said, when my blood's on 
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my name, you shall be saved me 
and my spirit is alive to God. 

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That's a good confession, that 
every day my spirit is alive to 

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God now just 'cause I was born 
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My thinking didn't change and my
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You know, if you were bald 
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you're bald after you got born 
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So that doesn't change. 
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And so it says, when I will make
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letting him make you. 
Listen to what Isaiah says about

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the soul and body in Isaiah 64, 
eight Isaiah chapter 64, verse 

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#8 this, this gives a great 
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be doing on a daily basis. 
But now, O Lord, you are the 

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Father, We are the clay, You're 
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of your hand. 
If He's really the author of 

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your life, you need to stay on 
the Potter's wheel. 

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Let me say it again, You need to
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When he says I will make, that 
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wheel. 
The issue that we have is 

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because you are a free will 
moral agent, God doesn't force 

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anything on you or make you a 
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You have to decide to let him 
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And that means every day we come
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wheel. 
What's the Potter do? 

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I want his hand forming in 
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In Ephesians it says it's the 
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word. 
And what does a Potter use to 

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form that clay water. 
So you let me put it this way, 

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you can't mold dry clay. 
So if you're not in the word 

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every day, guess what? 
You're a moldy Christian. 

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Say I say this, I don't want to 
be a moldy Christian. 

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I don't want to be a stank 
Christian. 

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I know that's improper English 
and grammar, but we don't want 

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to stank. 
So we need to let Him mold us 

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and shape us. 
That's just renewing our mind, 

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coming to church, being in His 
word. 

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Any adjustments He wants us to 
make? 

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Man, Lord, your hands on me. 
Oh, you need me to change that? 

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Yes Sir, 'cause I know you're 
always working for my highest 

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benefit, Father. 
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one through 2 says this. 
I'm gonna read this in the 

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Message Bible 'cause I really 
like the way that this reads, 

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talking about letting Him make 
your life. 

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The message says it like this, 
'cause it in the message. 

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These first 2 verses of Romans 
chapter 12 talks about your body

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and talks about your soul, 
'cause that's something that you

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make a choice on your spirit. 
Man's recreated because of his 

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work, but for him to make you a 
fully fledged disciple, you got 

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to allow him to do something 
with your soul and body, which 

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means I got to be surrendered to
him in His word every day. 

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So the message reads it like 
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So here's what I want you to do.
God helping you take your 

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everyday ordinary life. 
You're sleeping, eating, going 

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to work and walking around life 
and place it before. 

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God is an offering. 
Embracing what God does for you 

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is the best thing you can do for
Him. 

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Don't become so well adjusted to
the culture that you fit in 

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without even thinking. 
Instead, fix your attention on 

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God. 
You will be changed from inside 

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out. 
Readily recognize what He wants 

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from you and quickly respond to 
it. 

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Unlike the culture around you, 
always dragging you down to its 

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level of immaturity, God brings 
the best out of you and develops

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well for maturity in you. 
So it says, follow me, I will 

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make you. 
And what's the end result of 

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Fisher of Men? 
The fish gate restored? 

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The Fisher of Men knows this. 
I have a new and a new identity 

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with a new mission. 
I'm not trying to catch what I 

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used to catch. 
Are you with me? 

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I've dropped my Nets, picked up 
his Nets. 

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Cause all of us had ABC life 
before Christ. 

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And there are things that we're 
pursuing, desires that we had 

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that were ungodly, that we're 
not in alignment with this plan.

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But now that I'm in Christ, I 
got a new identity with a new 

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mission. 
I have an intentional life. 

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I don't react, I respond. 
I live on purpose. 

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I'm not killing time. 
Sometimes in counseling 

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sessions, somebody said, well, 
I'm killing. 

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No, we invest time 'cause I'm 
intentional. 

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Even when I nap, I nap on 
purpose. 

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Glory to God, it's not out of 
depression, not out of sorrow, 

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you know, 'cause some people 
sleep. 

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Even even the disciples fell 
asleep because they couldn't 

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stay on in prayer with Jesus and
they were depressed that he was 

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leaving. 
But man, he was saying I'm going

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to go to the father. 
This is great news. 

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They were sad about it. 
He said, oh, and if you only 

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knew, I'm going to put the Holy 
Ghost on the inside of you and 

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live a purpose, mission centered
life. 

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A Fisher of men means you have 
patience. 

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Glory to God. 
Let's declare that say aye. 

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Have patience. 
Say this even when somebody, 

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somebody has 15 items in the 10 
item check out line. 

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I know you're counting because 
I've counted, but guess what? 

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We got patience as 10 1/2 items.
We have persistence, man. 

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You know, to to bring in fish, 
you got to be patient and you 

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got to be persistent. 
My friend Steve Miller, who 

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actually went home to be with 
the Lord probably about a year 

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and a half, two years after I 
got born again. 

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What a great example of a Fisher
of men. 

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I just want this to be etched in
your life 'cause this is you 

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this week. 
Are you with me? 

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He was so intentional, so 
patient, so persistent. 

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And the last thing about a 
fisherman is compassion. 

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And so we we ran again, both of 
us before Christ at Gahanna 

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Lincoln High School. 
Hallelujah, 1992. 

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Glory to God, I'm getting wiser.
I asked Brian the other day when

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he was born. 
I was like, wow, I'm getting 

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old. 
I was like, what? 

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You're where you're born? 
Wait, I graduated from high 

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school already. 
But Steve, man, we used to run 

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around. 
He actually moved my senior year

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of high school from Florida. 
His dad was a a salesman for 

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Quaker State, not a Quaker, but 
Quaker State Oil. 

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And he came up to Gahanna, OH, 
and man, he, he got born again. 

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We used to party together, drink
together. 

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We like athletics, we like 
lifting, we like being crazy. 

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You know, we thought we were 
manly, manly men, but what we 

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were was immature males, stupid,
making dumb decisions. 

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Thank God. 
Thank God I didn't die in that 

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state. 
Thank God for his mercy, thank 

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God for his redemption, 'cause 
you know, there's some dumb 

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things we all did, like drinking
and driving. 

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I used to go to West Liberty 
State College and to get from 

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the bottom of the mountain to 
the top of the mountain without 

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all the brain cells firing is 
tough 'cause there's no rail 

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guards. 
You know about West Virginia, 

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There's no rail guards in some 
places. 

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And man, one wrong turn, you're 
off. 

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But Steve, man, he got born 
again and I'm, he was like a 

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Jesus freak. 
You remember that talk? 

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What would people say if you 
were a Jesus freak? 

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And man, he was just so 
transformed and radically 

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converted that he, I mean, it 
annoyed me just to be honest. 

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I'm living in my own net with my
own plan, and he's just talking 

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about Jesus. 
I mean, I got to the point where

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it was back in the day when he 
had pagers, says anybody got me?

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I better get some new examples. 
You know, golly, some people are

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like, what's a pager? 
Well, you were really cool if 

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you had one at one point, people
thought you were a doctor. 

450
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:21,520
It was really cool when he used 
to page me. 

451
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,160
I'll explain later to you, Young
1. 

452
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,960
I would I would ignore his phone
call, but man, he was patient 

453
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,120
and persistent and just would 
not give up on me. 

454
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,240
Who are you not going to give up
on this week? 

455
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,920
And he kept on talking about 
Jesus. 

456
00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,640
I would duck his phone calls. 
And finally I got so fed up with

457
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,040
him he invited me to a 
conference call. 

458
00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:50,800
The divine revelation of hell. 
I said just to shut you up. 

459
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:52,400
I didn't tell him that I'm gonna
go with you. 

460
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,680
And so we went down to the 
Convention Center in Columbus, 

461
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:59,600
OH, and this lady preached on 
the divine and it scared the 

462
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,520
hell out of me. 
It was a fire and brimstone 

463
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,960
message. 
And man, I was like, I am not 

464
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,560
going there. 
So my motivation for getting 

465
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,160
born again was thank God he 
works with us. 

466
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:13,760
Amen. 
It wasn't really the love of 

467
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:17,680
God. 
It was, man, that's hell, 

468
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,320
brimstone fire. 
I mean, I don't want to be 

469
00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:22,840
burned up in fire, but I got 
born. 

470
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,280
I had a sincere conversion even 
in that. 

471
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,920
And man, I had a passion. 
I just knew I need to get in 

472
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:32,280
church. 
I just something on the inside, 

473
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,600
something on the inside said you
need to be planted. 

474
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:39,760
And man, I've, I've only been in
three churches since 1997. 

475
00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,080
And the only reason I left 
Columbus, OH is 'cause I went to

476
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:47,160
Bible school and attended Rebel 
Bible College. 

477
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,600
And then when I left there, God 
said to come here with pastoral 

478
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:55,920
and Marcy, apostle and Marcy. 
And in 2004 we came, my wife and

479
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:59,560
I, sorry, we're so ingrained. 
Sometimes it's like our 

480
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,040
anniversary date and the coming 
here is like, OK, which one's 

481
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:07,840
which? 
And I've been been with this 

482
00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,880
ministry ever since, you know. 
But man, he was persistent. 

483
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,080
I'm glad that he invited me. 
I'm glad he didn't give up on 

484
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:14,360
me. 
I'm glad he was compassionate to

485
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,280
me. 
What he experienced, he wanted 

486
00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:18,360
me to experience. 
He didn't want to see me, his 

487
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,760
friend Frank. 
He didn't want to see Frank go 

488
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:24,120
to hell. 
And we don't want to see Frank 

489
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,080
go to hell. 
Matter for matter of fact. 

490
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:31,280
We want to see Frank follow. 
We want to see Frank be made. 

491
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,920
We want to see Frank become a 
Fisher of men. 

492
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,920
Did you get that? 
We want to see Frank follow. 

493
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,040
Come hit her, Frank. 
You should be leaving the 

494
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:42,800
service saying come hit her, 
Frank. 

495
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:47,880
Well, maybe not that loud, but 
'cause you want to see Frank be 

496
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,040
made, and then you just want to 
see Frank be a Fisher of men, 

497
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:55,280
'cause God is the master 
advertiser and the master 

498
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:59,240
marketer. 
He just doesn't use the fivefold

499
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:00,920
ministry. 
How bad of a marketing plan 

500
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:04,800
would that be if only a fivefold
ministry could reach somebody 

501
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,320
for Jesus Christ? 
No, he said, all of you become 

502
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,280
fishers of men. 
This fish gate needs to be 

503
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,200
restored. 
It needs to be in our lives 

504
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:14,240
every day. 
We need to be mindful. 

505
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:18,160
Are we building this fish gate 
in our life where we can go to 

506
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:22,080
the Mediterranean Sea out in the
darkness and bring back into the

507
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:25,920
city of Jerusalem, the safe 
place God's name is a strong 

508
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,640
tower the righteous run into and
they're safe to see somebody 

509
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:32,880
broke, taken out of dysfunction 
and brought into order and 

510
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:37,800
peace. 
So the summary of this whole 

511
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:42,680
interaction that Jesus had in 
Matthew chapter 4, verse 17 

512
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,320
through 19, they're going to put
this on the screen just so you 

513
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:46,840
can see. 
You can take a picture of it. 

514
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:49,240
You can try to write it down if 
they don't go through the slides

515
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:51,880
too fast. 
But the summary of this whole 

516
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:58,320
interaction is this Jesus 
initiates the relationship there

517
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:03,600
it comes and has he initiated? 
He says, come, Jesus is still 

518
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,560
calling today. 
Come, follow, right? 

519
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:13,880
And then secondly, Jesus calls 
for a wholehearted discipleship.

520
00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:19,920
Wholehearted. 
You've heard the term rabbi 

521
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,320
before, which means the master 
teacher. 

522
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,080
The whole point of discipleship 
is this. 

523
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:30,360
The disciple wanted three things
from the rabbi, same three 

524
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,560
things we want from Jesus, our 
rabbi. 

525
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:39,360
That's to know what the rabbi 
knows, do what the rabbi does, 

526
00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:44,280
and to be like the rabbi. 
I want to know what Jesus knows,

527
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,280
do what Jesus does and be like 
Jesus. 

528
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:53,240
So it's a whole. 
It's a fully devoted disciple. 

529
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:57,440
It's not lukewarm. 
It's not come on Christmas 

530
00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:00,440
service and Easter, those only 
two time I come to church. 

531
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,640
It's not I read my Bible only 
when I get in trouble and I need

532
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:08,159
to cry out for help. 
No, he initiates A relate. 

533
00:34:08,159 --> 00:34:10,800
What's a relationship? 
You commune with him every day. 

534
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:13,560
It would be a sad state if I 
said, hey, Angie, you want to 

535
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,600
marry me? 
She said, yeah, OK, we get 

536
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,199
married. 
I'll see you next year. 

537
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:23,679
Well, I'll come visit you on 
Christmas and Easter, Angie, she

538
00:34:23,679 --> 00:34:28,639
said thanks. 
I'll talk to you when I feel 

539
00:34:28,639 --> 00:34:33,639
like it Is that how we is that 
how we treat Jesus? 

540
00:34:33,639 --> 00:34:37,199
No, not this church. 
We're passionate about the 

541
00:34:37,199 --> 00:34:40,320
things of Christ. 
It's a relationship first come 

542
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:45,560
ye and then it costs her 
wholehearted discipleship and 

543
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:51,880
then #3 Jesus with divine 
promise gives spirit and power 

544
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:57,160
transformation to your life. 
He said I will make what a great

545
00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:00,720
confession for you to have. 
I Jesus is making me. 

546
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:05,320
Jesus is author of my life. 
Jesus is preparing for me 

547
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:09,840
prepare me. 
God puts no untested product on 

548
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:15,080
his market. 
Why do you think you're going 

549
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:16,680
through some of the things 
you're going through? 

550
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,520
Oh, if you could only see from 
his point of view instead of 

551
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:23,680
your point of view. 
The apostle Paul said, Lord 

552
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:27,280
remove this thing from me. 
He prayed 3 times about it and 

553
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:30,240
God said, no, my grace is 
sufficient, for my strength is 

554
00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:32,480
made perfect in your weakness. 
Sometimes you're going through 

555
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:35,320
things because God is making 
you. 

556
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:38,600
He's getting you ready. 
He's preparing for you. 

557
00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:41,840
He's got a higher level. 
He's got another mountain for 

558
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:45,000
you to climb, another assignment
for you to do. 

559
00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:49,160
God is always in the in the 
business of promotion. 

560
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:56,480
God wants to put you on display.
Are you listening? 

561
00:35:56,720 --> 00:36:00,240
God wants to take your life and 
put it on display to the world, 

562
00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:06,840
but it comes with a spiritual 
transformation. 

563
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,600
He's not going to display 
somebody that's lukewarm. 

564
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:14,440
You're not ready yet. 
He's waiting for you to turn up 

565
00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:21,840
the degree of heat. 
And then #4 he said, I'm going 

566
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,400
to make you a Fisher of men. 
So to summarize this whole 

567
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:28,000
interaction from Matthew chapter
4 with these two disciples, He 

568
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,240
gives us a clear mission and 
direction. 

569
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:34,720
A clear mission and direction. 
Your life becomes focused. 

570
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:39,400
Even when I'm home as a husband 
and as a father, I'm a Fisher of

571
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:44,160
men. 
I'm intentional, I'm patient, 

572
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,360
I'm persistent, I'm 
compassionate. 

573
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:51,200
When I'm at Walmart, I'm a 
Fisher of men. 

574
00:36:51,240 --> 00:36:54,280
When I'm at the gas station, I'm
a Fisher of men. 

575
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:57,520
When I'm walking out the church 
building today, I'm a Fisher of 

576
00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:01,720
men. 
I respond to this call and it 

577
00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:03,920
means I leave a self-directed 
life. 

578
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,360
I've dropped my Nets, I've 
surrendered. 

579
00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:08,920
I said Lord, I don't want to RIP
my pants. 

580
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:13,000
Glory to God. 
I didn't do leg day yesterday, 

581
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,120
but I felt something going. 
So Hallelujah. 

582
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:21,120
That would have been staples and
bad, but it's a wholehearted 

583
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:27,160
surrender. 
It means cleaving to Christ. 

584
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:35,200
Matt, you are everything to me, 
Jesus, without you, I am 

585
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:40,080
nothing. 
I let your message, I am vitally

586
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,800
united to you, and I let your 
message live in my heart. 

587
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:48,240
It's such a comprehensive 
redemption, such a total 

588
00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:51,400
redemption. 
Maybe you've never heard this 

589
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,520
good news. 
I mean, when God brought you 

590
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:58,720
out, He brought all of you out. 
That was His plan. 

591
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:01,520
If you don't feel like He 
brought all of you out, there is

592
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:07,080
more for you. 
He came to give you life and to 

593
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:12,080
give it to you more abundantly. 
But it's just that hard man I 

594
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:14,000
am. 
There's nobody more that I'm in 

595
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,720
love with or want to be around. 
Thank God for my wife. 

596
00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:22,680
But you know, the reason this is
a success cause with Him and to 

597
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:27,520
Him is everything. 
You know, when you, you think 

598
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:31,400
you fell in love with somebody, 
you know, and what do you do? 

599
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,760
You're always thinking about 
that person, right? 

600
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:41,000
And the problem with humanity is
typically when that person and 

601
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:45,560
you get together, unfortunately 
for humanity, it becomes can 

602
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:52,720
become common and drift happens.
And let me put it this way, the 

603
00:38:52,720 --> 00:38:55,840
pursuit wasn't there like it 
used to be. 

604
00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:59,200
And that's how marriages could 
fail. 

605
00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:02,600
I mean, when you were pursuing 
your soon to be spouse, for 

606
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,920
those of you that are married or
you're just trying to get 

607
00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:06,600
married. 
I mean, you, you put on your 

608
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:13,080
best, you smell good. 
You get the door for her, right?

609
00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:20,840
Your car's clean. 
You got the voice. 

610
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:28,240
Hey, Boo, I don't call, I don't 
call my wife Boo. 

611
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:38,920
I say, hey, babe, it doesn't 
turn to hey, come here. 

612
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:41,240
I don't, I mean that shouldn't 
happen five years down the road.

613
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:47,680
But do we do this with Jesus? 
I mean, we should get up every 

614
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:49,880
day. 
I mean, think about what he did 

615
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:52,520
for us. 
And although I got saved cause 

616
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:57,480
of the the fire of hell, right 
now I live because of the love 

617
00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:03,280
of God. 
How could I not be eternally 

618
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:13,000
grateful when I was on death row
destined for hell and a payment 

619
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:16,920
had to be made. 
You know this happens in our 

620
00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:22,120
prison systems. 
There is by law people that have

621
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:26,560
violated and broken the law. 
Murdered somebody and they could

622
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:29,840
be facing life in prison or even
the death sentence and 

623
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,840
rightfully so. 
Cause according to our statutes 

624
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:34,520
and laws, they have broken the 
law, right? 

625
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:36,360
They could be a multiple time 
offender. 

626
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:41,720
And so a payment has to be made 
that can't just be sweeped under

627
00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:43,280
the rug. 
And they, they're pardoned. 

628
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:47,800
But what Jesus did for us would 
be like what would happen with 

629
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:52,000
them if somebody said I'm gonna 
go in and take your place. 

630
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:54,360
Say you were executed death. 
That's what he did. 

631
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:58,800
I'm said, say we're going to say
Melvin had committed his crimes.

632
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:03,680
But he he went in Melvin's stead
and stance and said I am going 

633
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:07,240
to be the one that is taking 
your place and paying this price

634
00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:11,240
so that Melvin can go free. 
And so he went to the cross. 

635
00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:14,560
But good news, on the third day 
he rose again from the dead, 

636
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:16,840
right. 
So that motivates me now out of 

637
00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:21,720
out of his love compels me just 
to think about that every day to

638
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:24,840
make me a fisherman. 
In Matthew chapter 5, this great

639
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:29,200
sermon on the Mount, Jesus says 
you're two things when it comes 

640
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:34,280
to being a Fisher of men on this
sermon, verse 13 through 15 is 

641
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,360
very important for us on a daily
basis. 

642
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,960
In verse 13, he said you are the
salt of the earth, but if the 

643
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:42,360
salt loses its flavor, how shall
it be seasoned? 

644
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:45,040
It's then good for nothing but 
to be thrown out and trampled 

645
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:48,600
under foot by men. 
Now, salt in the ancient world 

646
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:52,400
was a valuable commodity, just 
like your life in Christ is a 

647
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:55,680
valuable commodity. 
It was used for preserving 

648
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:59,440
foods, enhancing flavor, and it 
was even a form of currency. 

649
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:02,800
In order to connect with Frank, 
we have to be salt. 

650
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:06,880
That means I've got to be able 
to reach. 

651
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:10,680
Salt has no impact unless it 
touches something. 

652
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:14,760
I can have a salt shaker in my 
pantry, but if it doesn't get on

653
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:20,360
the food, it has no impact. 
So thank God we're around us 

654
00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:22,120
today, believers. 
But guess what? 

655
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:27,160
We need to go into the world and
be salt and go and re establish 

656
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:30,040
that fish gate if it loses its 
flavor. 

657
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:34,640
This phrase underscores the 
seriousness of 11 losing his his

658
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:39,760
or her spiritual influence. 
Somebody that's drifted, they're

659
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:41,920
unsavory, it's and become 
useless. 

660
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:45,080
This is a believer who fails to 
live out their faith and their 

661
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:47,640
purpose. 
Don't be a believer that fails 

662
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:52,080
out to live out their faith and 
their purpose. 

663
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:55,920
It's a sober reminder of 
spiritual complacency. 

664
00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:00,520
We need to wake up and realize, 
man, there is a lost and dying 

665
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:03,240
world out there. 
And I live a mission. 

666
00:43:03,240 --> 00:43:09,560
Mission centered life focused on
discipleship and evangelism, He 

667
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:13,840
said in in verse 14, you are the
light of the world, a city that 

668
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:15,800
is set on a hill that cannot be 
hidden. 

669
00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:18,440
Nor do they light a lamp and put
under a basket, but on a 

670
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:19,760
lampstand. 
Lampstand. 

671
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:22,720
It gives light to all who are in
the house as a light. 

672
00:43:22,720 --> 00:43:27,000
We are a lamp to people. 
We are brightness to people. 

673
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:31,000
We have brilliant qualities that
attract people. 

674
00:43:31,720 --> 00:43:34,600
People should come and say what 
is different about you? 

675
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:37,960
You know, light doesn't make a 
sound, but it could be seen. 

676
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:40,400
And when you go to work 
tomorrow, you people should 

677
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:43,920
recognize that you're a fully. 
They may not know that you're a 

678
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:50,720
fully divided villa disciple. 
That's my best Jim Carrey. 

679
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:55,240
Sorry. 
We could have fun at church. 

680
00:43:56,720 --> 00:43:59,480
If you're really sanctified and 
saved and you know who Jim 

681
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:05,360
Carrey is, see me after church. 
OK, I'll explain what a pager is

682
00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:10,640
and who the actor is. 
I'm being silly right now, but 

683
00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:13,000
light gives truth and knowledge.
Man. 

684
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:15,720
Does your life display truth and
knowledge? 

685
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:20,640
So salt has contact, but light 
can just be seen. 

686
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:23,400
So you know your character 
should just shine forth. 

687
00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:30,720
Should shine forth. 
This phrase identifies the 

688
00:44:30,720 --> 00:44:34,320
Father as Jesus, as a source of 
spiritual illumination in a 

689
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:37,200
world often characterized by 
darkness and sin. 

690
00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:40,920
Our lives should be visible and 
make impact. 

691
00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:46,920
Jesus never called us all just 
to come to church 168 hours a 

692
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:50,040
week. 
No, he said, you're going to 

693
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:52,120
come to church to get equipped 
so that when you go back out in 

694
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:55,440
the world. 
I like the way that Donald G 

695
00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:58,560
said this. 
He's deceased now, but he was a,

696
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:02,760
a powerful apostle really that 
Kennethy Hagin, the founder of 

697
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:05,600
our Bible school, listened to a 
lot of his teaching. 

698
00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:12,440
He said when you come to church,
it's, it's powerful, powerful 

699
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:16,520
truth within for a, a powerful 
impact without basically what 

700
00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:18,920
he's saying is when you come to 
church, you're getting built up 

701
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:22,080
so that when you go out, it's a 
powerful impact. 

702
00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:25,440
And so you come on Sunday or 
Wednesday, you come to a men's 

703
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:28,440
discipleship at 318 or you come 
to a women's event. 

704
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,400
What's it doing? 
It's building you up. 

705
00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:34,800
It is the spiritual gym. 
And sometimes there's going to 

706
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:37,400
be drop sets, sometimes there's 
going to be forced wraps. 

707
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:40,680
Sometimes it's going to be like,
whoo, I don't know if I can get 

708
00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:43,360
through this, but there's some 
spiritual spotting going on, 

709
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:45,840
which means we're going to, 
we're going to help you get 

710
00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:48,480
through sticking points and help
you to grow and develop and 

711
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:52,320
mature. 
So there'll be some challenging 

712
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:55,160
things that take place, but 
guess what? 

713
00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:57,520
You're going to get a good 
spiritual meal when you come. 

714
00:45:57,680 --> 00:46:00,320
So build you up. 
It's not always going to be ice 

715
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:04,360
cream, although ice cream comes 
through some sermons. 

716
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:11,480
There's going to be some 
Brussels sprouts, Amen, some 

717
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:17,200
broccoli, some healthy spiritual
carbs and protein 'cause we need

718
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:22,800
a balanced diet to grow. 
So all this being said, this 

719
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:25,840
fish gate being restored, how 
Jesus said you shall be fishers 

720
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:30,760
of men, you're going to be fully
devoted disciples of Jesus 

721
00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:32,600
Christ. 
I want to give you some action 

722
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:38,120
points today. 
So I'm going to give you 6 M's. 

723
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:44,640
It's not because my name is 
Mike, but they just go well 

724
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:47,960
together. 
So #1 they'll put these up on 

725
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:50,600
the slides. 
When it comes to being a Fisher 

726
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:56,680
of men and a disciple Jesus 
Christ, and fall in him #1 you 

727
00:46:56,680 --> 00:47:03,080
have to be a model. 
Now remember, we said you're the

728
00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:09,520
salt of the earth. 
That word salt was also used in 

729
00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:14,040
sacrifices in the Old Testament,
He said On your sacrifices, 

730
00:47:14,040 --> 00:47:16,360
you're gonna put some salt. 
That tells us that we need to 

731
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:19,680
live, indicating that we need to
live holy lives. 

732
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:26,200
Are you with me? 
Pure lives, lives that line up 

733
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:28,400
with the standards and the 
values of God. 

734
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:31,880
I didn't just get married for a 
good time. 

735
00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:36,600
I got married for a long time. 
So we don't want to see you back

736
00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:38,520
at church next year on your 
third marriage. 

737
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:44,920
Now, I know that divorce 
happens, but listen, and that's 

738
00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:47,320
not to make light of that, but 
just doing what the world, the 

739
00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:52,040
world, just if I don't like it, 
I just, there's no commitment. 

740
00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:55,320
There's no covenant. 
Now abuse is one thing, 

741
00:47:56,040 --> 00:48:00,280
adultery, abandonment, but just 
because I don't feel like it, 

742
00:48:03,160 --> 00:48:07,360
where is the commitment, right? 
So we want to model this thing 

743
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:10,040
out. 
I mean, the ultimate example is 

744
00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:14,360
the Lord Jesus Christ. 
We need to align our life with 

745
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:16,160
the principles and the character
of Jesus. 

746
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:19,960
That's what a model does. 
I'm aligning my life with the 

747
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:22,840
principles, the truth from the 
Word, and the character of Jesus

748
00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:24,560
Christ. 
Remember the old brace 

749
00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:26,360
bracelets? 
WWJD. 

750
00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:28,280
What would Jesus do? 
That's still a good question. 

751
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:30,320
We need to ask what would Jesus 
do? 

752
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:34,440
Am I modeling the apostle Paul 
in First Corinthians Chapter 11 

753
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:38,600
verse #111 verse one says this. 
It's only 12 and 1. 

754
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:42,200
So I don't know why I'm rushing,
feel like an auctioneer, blah 

755
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:44,680
blah. 
Not that I'm gonna take you a 

756
00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:47,880
long to take a long time, but he
said this and really amplified 

757
00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:54,360
pattern yourselves after me. 
Follow my example as I imitate 

758
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:57,920
and follow Christ the Messiah. 
Let me ask you this question. 

759
00:48:57,920 --> 00:49:04,000
Is your life worthy of somebody 
else making that a pattern? 

760
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:13,200
And you, you know, in your 
heart, if I need to adjust, this

761
00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:15,000
is not a message of 
condemnation. 

762
00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:17,840
This is a message to pick you 
up. 

763
00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:19,600
Does that mean you have to be 
perfect? 

764
00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:21,120
No. 
But are you growing? 

765
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:24,280
Are you better now than you were
last year? 

766
00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:27,200
Do you respond differently now 
than you did four months ago? 

767
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:32,160
I remember the time in my life, 
man, where if it was a funky 

768
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:35,800
situation, it could take me some
days to get out of that funk. 

769
00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:41,320
But I, I knew, I knew. 
And you know, as I grew in 

770
00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:47,680
Christ, those days became hours 
and those hours became minutes 

771
00:49:48,360 --> 00:49:50,600
'cause I learned how to respond 
to the Word and the Holy Ghost 

772
00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:52,640
quicker. 
And that's what he's saying. 

773
00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:55,400
Are you worthy of being modeled?
Are you different now? 

774
00:49:55,600 --> 00:49:58,200
Are you allowing? 
Are you on the Potter's wheel 

775
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:03,000
and you respond differently now?
You know, when, if you had a hot

776
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:07,280
button of anger, if you're more 
patient today than you were six 

777
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:10,840
months ago, And if not, guess 
what? 

778
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:15,920
Change. 
Change has not changed until 

779
00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:21,440
it's changed. 
So we need to model this. 

780
00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:23,880
And then when you model this, 
you can go on the second point 

781
00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:26,640
as a disciple and a Fisher of 
men, which is mentor. 

782
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:34,640
And to be a mentor, I'll put it 
this way, to make disciples, you

783
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:40,040
have to be a disciple. 
That means you got to be fully 

784
00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:43,240
devoted. 
I'll put in the educational 

785
00:50:43,240 --> 00:50:47,440
field and plan of God. 
Second Timothy 2, two from the 

786
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:50,440
Amplified says this. 
The instructions which you've 

787
00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:54,240
heard from me, along with many 
witnesses, transmit and entrust 

788
00:50:54,240 --> 00:50:57,240
as a deposit to reliable and 
faithful men who will be 

789
00:50:57,240 --> 00:50:59,480
competent and qualified to teach
others. 

790
00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:05,920
Also, God's plan is mentorship. 
God's saying as you grow, you 

791
00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:07,960
need to everything you've 
learned, everything that's been 

792
00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:11,200
invested from you, you need to 
pour into somebody else. 

793
00:51:11,360 --> 00:51:13,840
It's the law of reproduction. 
There's no higher law in the 

794
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:19,200
Kingdom of God than the law of 
reproduction, right? 

795
00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:22,760
And so he's looking for people 
that are that'll mentor other 

796
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:24,880
people. 
This is all throughout the Bible

797
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:29,200
mentorship, you see, with Eli 
and Samuel, with Moses and 

798
00:51:29,200 --> 00:51:33,200
Joshua, with Paul and Timothy, 
with Jesus and the disciples, 

799
00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:36,360
there was an investment from one
generation to the next. 

800
00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:38,880
These men modeled it, but then 
they mentored it. 

801
00:51:39,040 --> 00:51:44,920
Mentoring is a relational 
experience through which one's 

802
00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:51,200
one person empowers another by 
sharing God-given resources, and

803
00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:53,720
it facilitates development and 
empowerment. 

804
00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:58,440
So it's a relational experience 
to empower and to share with 

805
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:00,640
somebody else so they can grow 
and develop. 

806
00:52:01,640 --> 00:52:03,800
And we need mentors in the body 
of Christ. 

807
00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:08,960
And then the third thing is we 
need to, after you model it, you

808
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:11,280
can mentor it. 
And when you're a mentor, you 

809
00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:17,440
have to monitor. 
In our society, we have this 

810
00:52:17,840 --> 00:52:23,960
mediocre people and mediocre 
people want authority without 

811
00:52:23,960 --> 00:52:27,520
accountability. 
And monitoring means I bring 

812
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:31,600
accountability to your life. 
Do you know if I get squirrely? 

813
00:52:32,840 --> 00:52:36,920
You know what that means? 
Off the beaten path, my wife 

814
00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:41,920
there's knows there's two people
she can reach out to and I'll 

815
00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:48,560
get a text and I'll get yanked 
up by the neck, spiritually 

816
00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:52,440
slapped on the butt. 
You know that keeps you straight

817
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:55,560
when there's somebody that your 
spouse knows they could reach 

818
00:52:55,560 --> 00:52:58,760
out to or if you're singer, 
somebody you know that is 

819
00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:01,400
monitoring your life. 
Right, 'cause I just want to 

820
00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:03,000
stay on track. 
I remember when I was at Bible 

821
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:08,280
school and my roommate 
confronted me, 'cause my wife 

822
00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:10,200
and I would were starting to 
take naps together. 

823
00:53:10,200 --> 00:53:13,440
We we weren't married at the 
time, we were just engaged and 

824
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:14,880
we thought it would be a good 
thing. 

825
00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:21,640
We sure did before. 
You know you're napping on top 

826
00:53:21,640 --> 00:53:31,080
of each other. 
We did say pure, but thank God 

827
00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:34,440
for monitoring because my 
roommate came to me one day and 

828
00:53:34,440 --> 00:53:40,120
he said this looks no bueno. 
He said it no good. 

829
00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:44,080
And man, I wanted to like you 
jive Turkey. 

830
00:53:47,080 --> 00:53:53,400
But you know what, he was right.
Proverbs 27 six says faith were 

831
00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:55,800
the wounds of a friend. 
It felt like a punch in the gut 

832
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:58,120
at that time. 
But after I thought about it, I 

833
00:53:58,120 --> 00:54:02,840
was like, you're right. 
Thank God, 'cause we did stay 

834
00:54:02,840 --> 00:54:05,440
pure. 
And if I didn't have somebody 

835
00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:10,520
say, hey, that's not right, 
we've could have failed before 

836
00:54:10,520 --> 00:54:13,600
our marriage covenant, but we 
did not because somebody was 

837
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:18,160
monitoring. 
So if you really want to achieve

838
00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:21,640
greatness, thank God for those 
mentors of yours that could ask 

839
00:54:21,640 --> 00:54:25,680
the tough questions. 
The thing with America is we 

840
00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:28,120
want independence, and God in 
the Kingdom is calling us to 

841
00:54:28,120 --> 00:54:32,840
interdependence. 
You know, even in Second 

842
00:54:32,840 --> 00:54:36,400
Corinthians chapter 13 verse #5 
it says this is from the 

843
00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:40,960
amplified Second Corinthians 13 
verse 5 says examine and test 

844
00:54:41,120 --> 00:54:44,760
and evaluate to see whether 
you're holding to your faith and

845
00:54:44,760 --> 00:54:49,280
showing the proper fruits of it,
right? 

846
00:54:49,720 --> 00:54:52,960
Examine, test, and evaluate. 
Thank God for that. 

847
00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:57,360
That's called accountability. 
And after monitoring comes 

848
00:54:57,360 --> 00:55:00,960
motivate, you know, 'cause after
you get corrected sometimes, 

849
00:55:00,960 --> 00:55:04,880
guess what? 
Listen, that's the voice that 

850
00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:06,080
comes in. 
You're going to make it. 

851
00:55:07,600 --> 00:55:12,000
There's hope. 
Listen, above the clouds, the 

852
00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:15,920
sun is always shining. 
And I like to say it, the SON, 

853
00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:20,800
the sun is always shining. 
So no matter how gloomy the day 

854
00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:23,400
or bleak the outlet, there's a 
thing called hope. 

855
00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:25,040
And we need to have a 
hermeneutic. 

856
00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:27,680
You know, hermeneutic is a 
sermon of hope. 

857
00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:31,640
And hope means things can 
change, things can get better. 

858
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:35,680
God is not done with you yet. 
And I'm really not trying to be 

859
00:55:35,680 --> 00:55:37,280
carnal today. 
But the only thing I can think 

860
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:39,440
of, and it may be a bad example,
and you may have never watched 

861
00:55:39,440 --> 00:55:42,000
the movie because I don't think 
Josh ever watched it, Pastor 

862
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,960
Josh, but I'm going to quote it 
anyways, which is Rocky Balboa. 

863
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:51,320
You need somebody like Mick and 
says, get up, you bum, it ain't 

864
00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:53,840
over. 
Now, God wouldn't call you a 

865
00:55:53,840 --> 00:55:57,240
bum, but Mick was the corner man
and you got the Holy Ghost on 

866
00:55:57,240 --> 00:55:59,400
the inside of you. 
You got people around you 

867
00:55:59,400 --> 00:56:03,000
cheering you on, saying get up, 
get up. 

868
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:08,280
The adjustment may fall, but get
back up, repent. 

869
00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:14,840
He said he's faithful and just 
to forgive you if you confess 

870
00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:18,480
your sins and if God has 
forgiven you, why are you still 

871
00:56:18,480 --> 00:56:21,240
holding on to it? 
A mentor is going to say, have 

872
00:56:21,240 --> 00:56:23,680
you repented? 
Did you believe that? 

873
00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:26,160
Then guess what, let's not do 
that again. 

874
00:56:26,160 --> 00:56:29,240
Let's not go down that track or 
that course of that decision, 

875
00:56:29,400 --> 00:56:31,120
but let's get washed up and 
cleanse. 

876
00:56:31,240 --> 00:56:34,680
Let's get back on course. 
Just like that, that rerouting 

877
00:56:34,680 --> 00:56:36,240
that took place with us at 
Disney. 

878
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:38,320
God saying, OK, we can still 
make it. 

879
00:56:38,680 --> 00:56:40,920
There was a little delay 'cause 
you missed the exit, but guess 

880
00:56:40,920 --> 00:56:43,080
what? 
I'm rerouting you and now you're

881
00:56:43,080 --> 00:56:45,200
back on the plan and pathway 
that I have for you. 

882
00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:47,320
And oh, to be in the the plan 
and pathway of God. 

883
00:56:47,320 --> 00:56:51,600
There's nothing like it. 
There is nothing like it. 

884
00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:57,360
So we got to motivate in Hebrews
chapter 10, verse #24 this is 

885
00:56:57,360 --> 00:57:00,160
such a great scripture. 
The Amplified Bible says this. 

886
00:57:00,320 --> 00:57:04,360
Let us consider thoughtfully how
we may encourage one another to 

887
00:57:04,360 --> 00:57:07,040
love and good deeds. 
Are we doing that? 

888
00:57:07,040 --> 00:57:10,320
Are we encouraging one another 
in love and good deeds? 

889
00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:15,640
First Thessalonians chapter 5 
verse #11 says this. 

890
00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:20,520
Therefore, encourage and comfort
one another and build up one 

891
00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:23,840
another just as you are doing, 
man. 

892
00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:27,320
We should have a word of hope 
that says man, Gabe, you got 

893
00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:29,200
this. 
You're in 318. 

894
00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:31,120
You are a mighty man in training
man. 

895
00:57:31,120 --> 00:57:33,120
You're not the same that you 
were in first year. 

896
00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:36,560
And wait till we got the sword 
ceremony next year that you're 

897
00:57:36,560 --> 00:57:40,120
going to be in, right? 
You're gonna get your sword next

898
00:57:40,120 --> 00:57:42,240
year, you're gonna do it. 
And then after that, you're just

899
00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:44,520
gonna be so impactful for your 
grandkids. 

900
00:57:44,520 --> 00:57:46,680
If the Lord tarries, 'cause 
you're a mighty man. 

901
00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:51,280
That's encouragement. 
Gabe's in our 318 discipleship 

902
00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:55,520
second year and growing and 
going with the things of God, 

903
00:57:56,520 --> 00:57:59,560
and I appreciate that. 
Has it always been easy? 

904
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:05,200
Has there been monitoring and 
motivation and mentorship? 

905
00:58:05,680 --> 00:58:07,160
But guess what? 
He's starting to model these 

906
00:58:07,160 --> 00:58:09,120
things out now. 
Man. 

907
00:58:09,120 --> 00:58:10,880
This excites the heart of the 
Father. 

908
00:58:16,900 --> 00:58:22,900
Another verse in Isaiah verse 
50, I'm sorry, chapter 50 verse 

909
00:58:22,900 --> 00:58:28,540
#4 Isaiah chapter 50 verse #4 it
says the Lord God has given me 

910
00:58:28,540 --> 00:58:33,660
the tongue of the learned man. 
This is my prayer, that I should

911
00:58:33,660 --> 00:58:36,860
know how to speak a word in 
season to Him who is weary. 

912
00:58:37,940 --> 00:58:44,360
He wakes me morning by morning 
he wakes me to to my ear to hear

913
00:58:44,360 --> 00:58:49,080
as the learned what a prayer 
Lord wake me morning by morning 

914
00:58:49,080 --> 00:58:53,760
to speak a word to encourage him
that's weary. 

915
00:58:56,120 --> 00:58:58,040
The next hymn is God wants you 
to mature. 

916
00:58:58,040 --> 00:59:01,000
So he wants you to model. 
He wants you to mentor mentor. 

917
00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:04,320
He wants you to monitor. 
He wants you to motivate, but 

918
00:59:04,320 --> 00:59:09,960
then he wants us to mature. 
Ephesians chapter 4 verse #15 

919
00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:13,840
says this speaking the truth in 
love me we may grow up. 

920
00:59:13,840 --> 00:59:16,040
Turn to your neighbor and say, 
grow up. 

921
00:59:16,040 --> 00:59:20,080
Turn the one on the other side 
other side and say grow up. 

922
00:59:21,040 --> 00:59:25,320
Now look forward and say God 
wants me to grow man. 

923
00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:27,080
In order to reach Frank, we got 
to grow. 

924
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:32,480
We got to grow. 
Matthew chapter 5 verse #48 says

925
00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:35,560
therefore you shall be perfect, 
just as your Father in heaven is

926
00:59:35,560 --> 00:59:37,840
perfect. 
That word perfect does not mean 

927
00:59:37,840 --> 00:59:41,040
without fault or failure. 
It means to be full grown and 

928
00:59:41,040 --> 00:59:43,560
mature. 
Think about it, you can only 

929
00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:46,320
reproduce when you get to a 
certain age. 

930
00:59:50,200 --> 00:59:54,160
Did you get that physically? 
You can only reproduce when you 

931
00:59:54,160 --> 00:59:55,440
get. 
So why does God want you to grow

932
00:59:55,440 --> 01:00:03,680
up so you can reproduce? 
Colossians chapter one verse #28

933
01:00:03,680 --> 01:00:06,760
says this. 
It's Jesus that we preach, 

934
01:00:07,160 --> 01:00:10,440
warning every man and teaching 
every man in all wisdom that we 

935
01:00:10,440 --> 01:00:14,360
may present every man perfect or
fully grown in Christ Jesus or 

936
01:00:14,360 --> 01:00:18,080
mature in Christ Jesus. 
The aim of anointing ministries 

937
01:00:18,080 --> 01:00:23,040
to grow you up and mature you. 
And my last point is this. 

938
01:00:23,040 --> 01:00:25,600
And the worship team can come, 
all four of them. 

939
01:00:32,000 --> 01:00:35,480
I went to Pastor Josh right 
before they were done with 

940
01:00:35,480 --> 01:00:37,400
worship on the front side of 
service has said. 

941
01:00:37,400 --> 01:00:40,080
So like, is anybody gonna be 
left at the end 'cause our 

942
01:00:40,080 --> 01:00:42,600
worship team went to camp? 
I was like, am I gonna have to 

943
01:00:42,600 --> 01:00:44,320
like play a banjo up there or 
something? 

944
01:00:44,320 --> 01:00:48,000
Or he told me Rafael, be on the 
keys. 

945
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:53,840
Good. 
But the the last thing is 

946
01:00:53,840 --> 01:01:00,440
multiply at the Fish Gate 
because we are evangelist, 

947
01:01:00,440 --> 01:01:04,080
evangelistically centered. 
We are constantly thinking about

948
01:01:04,840 --> 01:01:08,840
people coming into the Kingdom. 
I mean we are living like I 

949
01:01:08,840 --> 01:01:11,000
said, that mission centered 
life. 

950
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:15,240
Every day is an opportunity. 
Every day is an opportunity. 

951
01:01:15,400 --> 01:01:17,480
What are you doing with your 
time and your attention? 

952
01:01:18,120 --> 01:01:21,680
What seeds are you sowing and 
what seeds are your water in 

953
01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:25,000
'cause some opportunities we 
have on a daily basis are just 

954
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:27,040
seeds sown. 
And then then another believer 

955
01:01:27,040 --> 01:01:29,280
comes around, another disciple 
of Jesus Christ, another 

956
01:01:29,280 --> 01:01:32,120
fisherman. 
I remember when I was at 

957
01:01:32,120 --> 01:01:36,520
Worthington Steel when my life 
was floundering around, you see,

958
01:01:36,520 --> 01:01:41,120
Remember I told you about Steve 
Miller invited me at the same 

959
01:01:41,120 --> 01:01:44,240
time I was, I was a college temp
at Worthington Steel. 

960
01:01:44,240 --> 01:01:45,880
There's this guy named Brian 
that worked there. 

961
01:01:45,880 --> 01:01:49,840
So I was getting the squeeze 
between Brian and Steve. 

962
01:01:51,240 --> 01:01:54,560
You know what I mean? 
Steve was sewing into my life, 

963
01:01:54,560 --> 01:01:58,040
but so was Brian. 
And as a Fisher of men, Brian, 

964
01:01:58,040 --> 01:02:01,160
he was, I was like really not 
knowing where I where I was 

965
01:02:01,160 --> 01:02:02,800
going. 
I was a bouncer at the time. 

966
01:02:02,800 --> 01:02:05,760
I was into powerlifting. 
Thank God I'm saved. 

967
01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:08,960
I was 275 lbs. 
I don't think my heart would 

968
01:02:08,960 --> 01:02:10,400
have sustained that for too 
long. 

969
01:02:11,760 --> 01:02:17,800
Strong but dead. 
But Brian started, I'm at word 

970
01:02:17,800 --> 01:02:19,880
to steal. 
He starts saying, I know you 

971
01:02:19,880 --> 01:02:21,840
like lifting and everything. 
Have you, have you ever thought 

972
01:02:21,840 --> 01:02:23,840
about like vitamins and herbs? 
What was he doing? 

973
01:02:23,840 --> 01:02:26,160
He's looking for a fishing lure 
bait. 

974
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:30,280
And what's a fisherman do? 
He puts the right bait on. 

975
01:02:31,560 --> 01:02:34,480
I'm not going up as somebody 
praying in tongues, prophesying 

976
01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:36,840
over them. 
That's not the bait. 

977
01:02:39,800 --> 01:02:42,920
No, we need to let our our 
speech be seasoned with salt. 

978
01:02:43,960 --> 01:02:45,680
We are the Sol of the Word, Holy
Spirit. 

979
01:02:45,680 --> 01:02:46,920
What do I need to say in this 
moment? 

980
01:02:47,080 --> 01:02:49,440
And Brian knew he wasn't preachy
to me, but he would ask some 

981
01:02:49,440 --> 01:02:51,480
questions and then all of a 
sudden those questions got a 

982
01:02:51,480 --> 01:02:55,600
little bit deeper, like, where's
your walk at with the Lord? 

983
01:02:57,320 --> 01:03:00,680
And so last thing that is that 
we should see in this pattern of

984
01:03:00,680 --> 01:03:05,160
modeling of mentoring as we're 
Fisher of men, of monitoring, of

985
01:03:05,160 --> 01:03:08,960
motivating, of maturing, is we 
should see multiplication. 

986
01:03:09,360 --> 01:03:11,480
Man, I, I look out right now. 
I'm thankful for everybody's in 

987
01:03:11,480 --> 01:03:15,200
attendance. 
But what it would it be like if 

988
01:03:15,200 --> 01:03:18,680
we had this fish gate every day 
where we're out and we are 

989
01:03:18,680 --> 01:03:21,480
connecting people with Christ 
and then connecting them to the 

990
01:03:21,480 --> 01:03:23,400
church. 
What I'm saying is we should 

991
01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:25,480
have a heart to see this place 
full. 

992
01:03:27,480 --> 01:03:30,600
Are you with me? 
I mean, we should be so mission 

993
01:03:30,600 --> 01:03:34,520
centered and focused in 
discipleship that men are harder

994
01:03:34,520 --> 01:03:36,600
to see this place full. 
The same way that Christ has 

995
01:03:36,600 --> 01:03:39,280
impacted my life out of 
compassion, I want to see 

996
01:03:39,280 --> 01:03:43,600
somebody else's life changed 
forever, transformed forever, 

997
01:03:43,600 --> 01:03:46,560
never going back to the way that
it was or used to be. 

998
01:03:47,360 --> 01:03:48,800
And we see this in the book of 
Acts. 

999
01:03:48,800 --> 01:03:51,880
Man, there was 120 in Acts 
chapter one in the upper room 

1000
01:03:52,040 --> 01:03:55,800
start off with 120 people. 
We got more than 120 here today,

1001
01:03:55,800 --> 01:03:58,760
but we have at least 120. 
But you know, when you get to 

1002
01:03:58,760 --> 01:04:02,240
Acts chapter 2, one chapter 
later, by the end of the verse, 

1003
01:04:02,240 --> 01:04:09,600
it says 3000 were added 3000. 
That's my cry, Lord. 

1004
01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:15,840
Add 3000 by next Sunday. 
Let's create a problem with 

1005
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:17,560
standing room only. 
We will. 

1006
01:04:17,560 --> 01:04:20,000
We will be fluid and put 
speakers somewhere to reach 

1007
01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:25,440
everybody, right? 
You know, in Acts chapter 6 

1008
01:04:25,800 --> 01:04:29,360
verse #7 though it said that the
disciples multiple multiplied 

1009
01:04:29,360 --> 01:04:31,240
greatly. 
I don't even know how much that 

1010
01:04:31,240 --> 01:04:33,240
is. 
They gave us 3000 Acts too. 

1011
01:04:33,240 --> 01:04:36,120
But there should be an increase 
at this fish gate where we are 

1012
01:04:36,120 --> 01:04:39,520
winning people. 
The lost are coming in because 

1013
01:04:39,520 --> 01:04:40,960
of the redemption of Jesus 
Christ. 

1014
01:04:40,960 --> 01:04:45,520
I close with this scripture, 
Matthew Chapter 9, verses 36 to 

1015
01:04:45,520 --> 01:04:48,240
38. 
But when Jesus saw the 

1016
01:04:48,240 --> 01:04:52,680
multitudes, what do you see this
week when you're out and about, 

1017
01:04:54,120 --> 01:04:56,560
'cause I want to see it like 
Jesus saw it. 

1018
01:04:57,640 --> 01:05:01,320
It says when he saw the 
multitudes, he was moved with 

1019
01:05:01,320 --> 01:05:05,400
compassion because they were 
weary and scattered like sheep, 

1020
01:05:05,400 --> 01:05:08,640
having no shepherd. 
Then he said to the disciples, 

1021
01:05:09,200 --> 01:05:12,520
those that said, follow me, I 
will make you fishers of men. 

1022
01:05:12,680 --> 01:05:16,000
He said to them, The harvest is 
plentiful. 

1023
01:05:16,200 --> 01:05:18,560
The harvest is plentiful in 
Saint Augustine. 

1024
01:05:19,560 --> 01:05:22,880
The harvest is plentiful in 
Duval County, the harvest is 

1025
01:05:22,880 --> 01:05:26,000
plentiful in Northeast Florida, 
the harvest is plentiful in 

1026
01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:33,640
Florida, the harvest is 
plentiful in the world, he said,

1027
01:05:33,640 --> 01:05:38,280
but the laborers are few. 
Pray to the Lord of the harvest 

1028
01:05:38,680 --> 01:05:40,440
to send out laborers into his 
harvest. 

1029
01:05:40,440 --> 01:05:43,560
The question is, are you a 
laborer this week? 

1030
01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:50,640
Are you going to rise up to the 
call in the Commission to go out

1031
01:05:50,640 --> 01:05:55,280
and evangelistically win the 
loss this week by being salt and

1032
01:05:55,280 --> 01:05:55,880
being light?