WEBVTT 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:06.299 Welcome to Ontario Community Church, where we are encouraging, equipping, and engaging lives for Christ. 00:00:06.820 --> 00:00:14.720 I'm Pastor Patrick Daly, and each week I share sermons that balance the grace and love of Jesus Christ with the truth of the Word of God. 00:00:15.380 --> 00:00:21.179 Together, we'll explore Scripture using observation, interpretation, and application. 00:00:21.839 --> 00:00:26.019 This helps us discover practical ways to live out our faith every single day. 00:00:26.539 --> 00:00:29.019 Let's dive in together into God's Word. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:35.079 It was eight years ago when the Lord first called me into ministry. 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:40.820 There was a seed, as it were, that was planted into my heart. 00:00:41.740 --> 00:00:47.780 A seed that, when I first received it, I didn't really want anything to do with it. 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:54.079 At that time, I was working in a startup company. 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:56.280 I was recently married. 00:00:57.119 --> 00:01:02.399 And I thought, I went to school for marketing and for business. 00:01:02.939 --> 00:01:08.840 Of course I want to be in this new startup where I'm working in a sports car industry. 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:28.060 It was a series of events that not only was God working in my life, but he was transforming my heart and my mind to lay aside all of those things of the former life. 00:01:28.060 --> 00:01:30.740 It wasn't easy. 00:01:30.740 --> 00:01:32.680 I must admit. 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:40.240 There were a lot of times I was wrestling and struggling and thinking to myself, God, not me. 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:43.219 Why would you call someone like me? 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:45.760 I love my sports car. 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:49.960 And I love this life that I potentially could have. 00:01:50.859 --> 00:01:57.200 The opportunity to meet celebrities, Jay Leno and all these things, was very appealing to me. 00:01:57.960 --> 00:02:03.300 I thought, well, this sports car company is going to be the next Tesla. 00:02:03.980 --> 00:02:05.620 It's going to really kick off. 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:09.460 But God had other plans. 00:02:09.460 --> 00:02:13.159 And I kept thinking every so often. 00:02:13.780 --> 00:02:19.040 It was like that seed was being cultivated because I was reading and studying God's word. 00:02:19.200 --> 00:02:22.400 I was going to church with my wife. 00:02:23.020 --> 00:02:24.360 We didn't have kids at that point. 00:02:25.760 --> 00:02:31.900 We were attending and just receiving, listening and hearing from the word of God. 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:36.120 And over time, I started thinking. 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:39.819 I don't know if I want this. 00:02:41.379 --> 00:02:47.400 I don't know if I want to have a life where that doesn't matter to me. 00:02:48.460 --> 00:02:52.920 And it was very insulting to tell the owner, it's just another sports car. 00:02:54.500 --> 00:03:01.020 I noticed that my attitude began to change and God was really working in my mind and in my heart. 00:03:01.939 --> 00:03:04.920 To eventually surrendering. 00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:08.420 I was and I am a Christian. 00:03:09.420 --> 00:03:12.640 And I knew God was calling for me for something else. 00:03:12.700 --> 00:03:13.920 I just didn't know what. 00:03:15.259 --> 00:03:20.500 And over time, that seed was just growing and really wrestling with me to the point 00:03:20.500 --> 00:03:22.379 where I no longer associated. 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:25.719 And I walked away from that startup company. 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:29.759 It was intentionally saying goodbye. 00:03:31.139 --> 00:03:32.259 It was sad. 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:36.900 But I knew that God had greater plans. 00:03:36.900 --> 00:03:40.120 And now, here I am. 00:03:40.200 --> 00:03:45.680 I look back and I, every so often on Facebook, I get a memory. 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:48.319 Some of you guys know what I'm talking about, right? 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:49.659 Of an old photo. 00:03:49.659 --> 00:03:55.859 And I think of how that was who I was at that time. 00:03:56.180 --> 00:03:59.599 My entire identity was wrapped around this sports car. 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:02.219 I didn't want it anymore. 00:04:02.819 --> 00:04:04.780 Now, it's just a distant memory. 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:06.299 Some good times. 00:04:06.519 --> 00:04:07.519 Meet some good people. 00:04:08.579 --> 00:04:15.639 But there's nothing greater than the call that God had for my life, but also for you guys. 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:21.560 There is nothing more powerful than the call that God has for your life. 00:04:22.399 --> 00:04:34.139 Because God calls each and every one of us to believe in him, to believe in the death, the burial, and the resurrection of him, to grow in him. 00:04:35.259 --> 00:04:42.699 We think of the seed being planted into the good soil, representing our heart, growing and cultivating and taking root. 00:04:42.699 --> 00:04:47.259 For some of us, we may think, well, yeah, I've gardened before. 00:04:48.159 --> 00:04:54.099 I've planted trees or a grapevine, all these different plants we can think of. 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:56.680 And we observe this in the natural world. 00:04:57.259 --> 00:05:01.159 But we also think that's how it is with spiritual matters. 00:05:01.539 --> 00:05:04.819 The seed being planted and growing and cultivated. 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:09.159 Much like how the word says, you shall know them by their fruit. 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:17.520 And God offers hope, healing for the broken, and transformation for our very lives. 00:05:18.660 --> 00:05:23.440 I can say with great confidence that I am not the same person that I was eight years ago. 00:05:24.320 --> 00:05:26.040 I don't even know who that guy is. 00:05:26.820 --> 00:05:34.379 But the Lord has worked in my life in the same way that God will work in your life. 00:05:34.379 --> 00:05:40.779 Have you responded to the invitation that God has for your life to receive salvation? 00:05:41.939 --> 00:05:46.500 Have you responded to God's specific calling for your life? 00:05:47.019 --> 00:05:49.019 I certainly hope that all of you have. 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:52.980 Or if you haven't, let this be a call for you to do so. 00:05:55.139 --> 00:06:00.420 Our faith and our calling might start so small. 00:06:00.420 --> 00:06:05.300 When we think of the mustard seed, we think of something being very small. 00:06:05.860 --> 00:06:09.020 But growing into something that's very great. 00:06:09.819 --> 00:06:10.840 Let us turn. 00:06:11.640 --> 00:06:16.680 We're going to turn our Bibles to the Gospel of Matthew chapter 13. 00:06:17.460 --> 00:06:18.500 It's on the screen. 00:06:18.980 --> 00:06:19.980 It's two verses. 00:06:22.300 --> 00:06:24.240 And I realize I'm pressed on time. 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:27.120 So we're going to make this short and sweet here. 00:06:27.740 --> 00:06:29.740 But we still should read from the Word of God. 00:06:29.740 --> 00:06:29.980 Amen. 00:06:30.420 --> 00:06:32.259 Let's read this together. 00:06:32.520 --> 00:06:34.620 And you can read from your ESVPU Bible. 00:06:34.819 --> 00:06:38.500 It's page 973 or your Bible of choice. 00:06:41.960 --> 00:06:51.360 So the Gospel of Matthew chapter 13 verses 31 through 32. 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:55.120 It says, 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:58.379 He put another parable before them saying, 00:06:58.379 --> 00:07:05.120 the kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:19.660 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown, it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches. 00:07:20.980 --> 00:07:24.920 In verse 33, he told them another parable, right? 00:07:24.980 --> 00:07:32.980 Where you have the kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour till it was all leavened. 00:07:32.980 --> 00:07:34.180 It's all connection. 00:07:34.180 --> 00:07:38.060 You guys remember when we were going over the parable of the weeds? 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:40.579 It's all tucked in. 00:07:40.699 --> 00:07:43.680 It's nestled in there, which helps us with our understanding. 00:07:43.939 --> 00:07:54.439 As I previously had preached about, the weeds representing sin and being transformed into wheat. 00:07:54.960 --> 00:08:01.460 Much like when you think of the four soils, you see the presence of weeds representing the presence of sin. 00:08:01.459 --> 00:08:05.759 And that we, before we know the Lord, are like those weeds. 00:08:05.919 --> 00:08:11.459 And we get transformed, being saved by grace through faith to become wheat. 00:08:11.459 --> 00:08:15.239 It's much like how we think of other things. 00:08:15.739 --> 00:08:20.339 Vessels that get transported from the place they don't belong to the place that they should belong. 00:08:20.979 --> 00:08:33.620 Even when we think of Japanese culture in kintsugi art, that which is broken, a broken plate or a broken cup coming back together and being together with gold. 00:08:33.620 --> 00:08:38.240 Making it more valuable than what it once was before. 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:43.100 And this helps us with our understanding of who our God is. 00:08:43.100 --> 00:08:47.480 Thinking of this as the seed that gets planted into the ground. 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:48.440 Let's go to that next. 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:50.920 I love this kind of art. 00:08:51.700 --> 00:08:53.159 It reminds me of my mother. 00:08:53.259 --> 00:08:59.180 My mother and father are both Catholic and they would always show me this specific kind of art. 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:02.040 You might know what I'm talking about when I say that. 00:09:02.420 --> 00:09:03.639 But it's still good art nonetheless. 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:12.340 Nevertheless, where you're seeing this representation here, the sower representing God, that God is the great sower who plants the seed into the ground. 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:16.899 The seed of the word into the world, much like our hearts. 00:09:17.379 --> 00:09:19.000 We think of the ground, right? 00:09:19.019 --> 00:09:20.620 We think of the soils. 00:09:20.860 --> 00:09:22.259 We think of different fields. 00:09:22.980 --> 00:09:27.059 We can think of the world, but we can also think of our hearts that must receive the word. 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:30.779 We also see the seed here. 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:33.059 The word. 00:09:33.059 --> 00:09:39.839 Jesus sent into the world like a seed planted into the garden, growing into the source of life. 00:09:40.899 --> 00:09:46.219 The garden then represents world and our hearts being transformed. 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:53.939 So when we think of the seed, the word became flesh and dwelt among us, right? 00:09:54.039 --> 00:09:55.539 Changing the course of history. 00:09:55.539 --> 00:10:01.479 Much like as when we hear the word of God, we should respond and receive the word. 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:04.480 Into our own soils, our hearts. 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:07.360 And then there's the growth of the tree. 00:10:08.620 --> 00:10:12.200 I mean, too bad there's no fruit on here. 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:13.780 But you get the idea. 00:10:14.820 --> 00:10:15.940 That it grows. 00:10:16.580 --> 00:10:18.400 And we think of transformation. 00:10:19.240 --> 00:10:23.080 We think of going from the milk of the word to solid food. 00:10:23.780 --> 00:10:32.820 We think of how we go from being spiritual babies to maturing and continued transformation in our lives. 00:10:32.820 --> 00:10:36.620 Perhaps you are going through a transformation in your life. 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:38.760 Perhaps you are seeking the Lord. 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:43.760 If you haven't sought the Lord before, I pray that the seed will be planted in your heart. 00:10:44.540 --> 00:10:48.040 That you will respond to God's invitation for your life. 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:50.099 May you grow. 00:10:51.459 --> 00:10:53.319 Don't just be a little plant. 00:10:53.500 --> 00:10:55.639 Grow into a tree, into maturity. 00:10:56.279 --> 00:11:06.539 It goes on by saying the birds, which represent people, nations, and communities being drawn to the Lord. 00:11:06.980 --> 00:11:10.839 Much like how you shall know them by your fruits, right? 00:11:11.099 --> 00:11:13.120 The birds nestling in there. 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:19.960 People and nations are drawn to Christ, his church, and they seek refuge and transformation. 00:11:21.419 --> 00:11:23.759 It's like being a light unto the world. 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:26.440 It's like being salt and light. 00:11:27.899 --> 00:11:29.100 And then, of course, the branches. 00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:30.620 New life. 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:32.039 The fruit of discipleship. 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:38.399 Lives and ministries built upon Christ to bear fruit, stability, and to provide shelter. 00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:43.459 It's a lot of very interesting language when we think about that. 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:49.220 Something being planted in the ground and growing, representing us, that we should grow in the same way. 00:11:49.959 --> 00:11:51.259 We think of Christ. 00:11:51.980 --> 00:11:54.579 We think of how that changed the world. 00:11:55.319 --> 00:11:59.019 But we also have to think of how we are to transform. 00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:02.340 And to be moved to where we bear fruit. 00:12:02.340 --> 00:12:05.820 What wonderful and beautiful imagery. 00:12:06.100 --> 00:12:10.920 And this takes us then into what can we learn from this then? 00:12:11.860 --> 00:12:12.879 And this is very important. 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:18.180 The first one is that what started small was always meant to expand. 00:12:18.420 --> 00:12:21.759 That God is the great, excuse me, the first covenant. 00:12:22.160 --> 00:12:23.100 Think about that. 00:12:24.160 --> 00:12:25.480 It started with Israel. 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:28.379 But God's plan was something that was greater. 00:12:28.379 --> 00:12:34.539 A greater plan for salvation for all who believe shall not perish but have eternal life. 00:12:35.340 --> 00:12:36.799 May you respond to that calling. 00:12:36.939 --> 00:12:46.720 And may you see that the Lord planting Christ into the world, the death, burial, and resurrection changes everything. 00:12:49.259 --> 00:12:57.360 The mustard seed is a picture of how the gospel would expand from a small group to the entire world. 00:12:58.379 --> 00:13:04.799 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that some? 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:07.399 All. 00:13:07.899 --> 00:13:08.639 Or whosoever. 00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:10.320 Depending on your translation, okay? 00:13:10.539 --> 00:13:12.399 You might be used to one or the other. 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:17.019 So ask yourself, do I trust in God's work? 00:13:18.139 --> 00:13:22.580 Do I trust in the Lord and the fact that he has provided salvation for all? 00:13:22.580 --> 00:13:32.340 The second thing then is that God uses the small and the unlikely for extraordinary purpose. 00:13:32.540 --> 00:13:37.980 And we can think about how God uses everyday people for extraordinary purpose. 00:13:37.980 --> 00:13:52.659 Just because your life, you may think it's boring or may have a boring past, doesn't mean that God cannot use you for good, for his plan, for his purpose. 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:57.360 The mustard seed is small and yet it grows into something powerful. 00:13:57.360 --> 00:14:06.139 Doesn't God call the weak or the broken to be comforted, to be healed? 00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:13.879 You have to think, maybe you identify with someone who is weak or is broken. 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:23.060 Ask yourself, am I willing to let the Lord into my life to heal and to transform my life? 00:14:23.059 --> 00:14:26.279 Even when I feel small. 00:14:27.199 --> 00:14:28.959 Sometimes we feel small, don't we? 00:14:30.319 --> 00:14:34.919 And the third thing then is that we are called to plant, grow, and expand the kingdom. 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:42.179 And just as the kingdom of God is growing, we are called to sow or scatter the seeds of faith. 00:14:42.819 --> 00:14:50.399 To disciple others and to continue the mission that Jesus Christ has set before us to tell the good news of the gospel. 00:14:50.399 --> 00:15:01.980 So ask yourself then, who in my life needs to hear about the hope in Jesus Christ or the transformation that comes from him? 00:15:04.059 --> 00:15:06.720 We then go into the application then. 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:09.259 How can I apply or live out these verses? 00:15:10.179 --> 00:15:12.240 This is the approach that we do here. 00:15:13.299 --> 00:15:15.519 Observation, interpretation, and application. 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:17.679 We read the word of God. 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:20.620 What can we see just right on the surface? 00:15:21.979 --> 00:15:24.120 The interpretation or the lessons. 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:27.719 What can apply to me personally in my walk in the Lord? 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:28.719 And then application. 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:31.059 What can I do about this? 00:15:31.939 --> 00:15:35.459 Because we have to remember, we hear the word of God. 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:37.179 We absorb it. 00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:40.379 But we are called to live it out every single day. 00:15:40.959 --> 00:15:43.139 Being salt and light unto the world. 00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:46.699 Don't just take these and just hold it in. 00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:50.040 Let the light of Christ shine for others to see. 00:15:51.640 --> 00:15:57.759 So the first thing is to receive the seed of the word and respond by faith in Jesus Christ, my friends. 00:15:59.160 --> 00:16:00.320 That's the first thing. 00:16:00.920 --> 00:16:03.700 If you haven't done that, may you respond. 00:16:04.140 --> 00:16:07.700 Allow the seed of the word to be planted in your life. 00:16:08.780 --> 00:16:10.840 Salvation through faith in Christ. 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:16.800 Let us have that foundation in Christ. 00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:19.780 Let's not be like that foolish builder. 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:22.460 Who builds their house on the sand anyways. 00:16:23.139 --> 00:16:23.360 Right? 00:16:26.019 --> 00:16:31.840 The second thing then is to grow in Christ and to continue in the transformation process. 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:34.180 We find that there's a lot of people out there. 00:16:34.280 --> 00:16:37.800 They believe in Christ and they just kind of leave it there. 00:16:38.540 --> 00:16:40.740 But we are called to continue to grow. 00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:44.740 Do you seriously want to remain a child your entire life? 00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:45.759 I sure don't. 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:47.940 I'm glad I'm not a baby anymore. 00:16:48.820 --> 00:16:49.120 You know? 00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:54.540 Even when I ask my own kids, you know, Hunter, Garrett, you're a big boy now. 00:16:54.920 --> 00:16:56.379 You can put on your own clothes. 00:16:56.379 --> 00:16:58.559 Are you glad that you're doing that? 00:16:58.620 --> 00:17:01.100 Yeah, I can put on my pants now. 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:02.139 Right? 00:17:02.419 --> 00:17:05.579 And I know that's just kind of a real life example we can think of. 00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:10.619 But when we think of the spiritual, don't just be a baby. 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:12.680 May you grow. 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:16.319 May you become more like Christ being transformed. 00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:22.779 When we think of this idea of repentance, metanoia, it is continued transformation. 00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:23.240 Right? 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:29.680 Just like the word metamorphosis means changing form, metanoia is the changing of mind. 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:32.460 That we continue to learn and grow. 00:17:33.120 --> 00:17:37.460 Not only should it be a changing of our mind, but a changing of our heart and how we love people. 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:43.620 We're called to put on the new self and to be ambassadors for Christ. 00:17:45.099 --> 00:17:49.160 And then finally, be a sower of God's word to others. 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:51.000 This is so important. 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:54.339 Can you imagine if you won the lottery? 00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:56.420 You didn't tell anyone about it. 00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:57.700 There's some people who wouldn't. 00:17:58.700 --> 00:17:58.960 Right? 00:17:59.059 --> 00:18:01.599 Can you imagine if all of your debts were paid off? 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:03.220 You wouldn't tell anyone? 00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:05.819 And I know that's finances. 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:06.319 Right? 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:09.519 I know that's the physical world that we can think of. 00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:13.000 But when we're thinking in the idea of eternal life. 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:17.160 Knowing that you are saved by grace through faith. 00:18:17.339 --> 00:18:20.400 Knowing that Jesus paid it all. 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:23.599 Do you really mean what you say? 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:29.759 Why wouldn't you then tell people about the good news of the gospel? 00:18:29.939 --> 00:18:31.259 Sharing in your testimony. 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:34.019 Sharing in the death barrier. 00:18:34.219 --> 00:18:41.019 I mean, all you really need to do is to show 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verses 1 through 4. 00:18:41.099 --> 00:18:43.699 That's one of the easiest gospel messages you can show. 00:18:44.459 --> 00:18:47.799 You can tell people about how we are sinners in need of a savior. 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:51.740 You can proclaim the hope that is in Jesus Christ. 00:18:53.339 --> 00:19:02.759 Let us think for a moment that as we exhibit the light of Christ, we continue to shine the light so that others can see. 00:19:03.379 --> 00:19:09.059 Or much like when we're thinking of the seed growing into a tree where the birds are attracted. 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:11.119 And they have their nests. 00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:12.659 We can think of fruit even. 00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:16.740 Let that image resonate in your mind. 00:19:18.540 --> 00:19:22.340 About how we are a continued work in progress. 00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:25.660 And we are to share in the good news of the gospel. 00:19:27.120 --> 00:19:34.279 Ask yourself, who can I plant seeds in this week with my words or maybe even my actions? 00:19:34.340 --> 00:19:39.040 I realize we live in a world where you may not be able to speak the truth. 00:19:39.660 --> 00:19:41.740 You can still do it by action though. 00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:44.620 You can still do good in the name of Christ. 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:46.640 Whether that's word or action. 00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:52.180 The church is a place where we gather together. 00:19:52.859 --> 00:19:55.120 Where there's healing and transformation. 00:19:56.160 --> 00:20:01.319 Where we can hear the word and we can grow in Christ and become sowers of the gospel. 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:06.519 For those of you who believe in the Lord, may you continue to grow. 00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:10.720 And may you continue to be molded in Christ. 00:20:11.419 --> 00:20:15.159 For those of you who may have been, you may feel lost. 00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:17.000 Or you may feel hurt. 00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:20.000 Or you may just need healing in your life. 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:23.119 I pray that you will be renewed. 00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.539 Restored. 00:20:25.299 --> 00:20:28.900 And that there will be healing and comfort and restoration in your life. 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:30.380 Whatever it is you're going through. 00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:34.299 I don't know the scope of every person here. 00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:35.700 Of what they're going through. 00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:37.859 But I know that the Lord does. 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:41.599 And I know that God is the great comforter. 00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:43.079 The great physician. 00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:48.460 And I believe that God can speak in many and comfort people. 00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:52.639 Even if you're going through the roughest of times. 00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:55.319 The Lord is still there as our constant. 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:58.579 And for those of you who do not know the Lord. 00:20:59.099 --> 00:21:03.779 May you respond to the invitation to experience new life in Christ. 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:07.299 And know that God has a great plan for you. 00:21:07.439 --> 00:21:09.240 A greater plan for you. 00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:12.480 Have you received the seed? 00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:14.059 Of God's word? 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:18.500 Are you allowing for God to mold you? 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:22.259 To grow you into who he intended you to be? 00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:26.960 And how can you be a sower helping others come to faith? 00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:32.939 To grow and experience the life-changing power of Jesus Christ? 00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:38.159 Remember, God takes that which is small. 00:21:38.679 --> 00:21:41.619 And expands it into something great. 00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:45.579 In the same way that as God takes that which is broken. 00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:51.099 We think of brokenness like that broken plate as something that's useless. 00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:54.319 But yet God takes that which is broken. 00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:56.259 And brings it together. 00:21:56.480 --> 00:22:00.179 Making it more valuable than it ever was. 00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:05.560 I don't know where your journey is in Christ. 00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:08.880 But I pray that you seek the Lord. 00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:10.799 You may find him. 00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:12.400 You may know him. 00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:13.900 And grow in him. 00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:15.880 And do good in his name. 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.980 Let's pray together. 00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:21.620 Father, we thank you for this time and this opportunity for us. 00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:23.779 This special day. 00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:30.199 I pray that every single person here knows that they are loved by you. 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:35.840 I pray that if there is someone who has not received the seed. 00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:38.380 Or hasn't made a decision to follow you. 00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:40.039 Or to proclaim. 00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:42.779 To say yes to Jesus Christ. 00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:44.340 That that will be done. 00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:47.640 I pray for us that have received the seed. 00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:49.420 And may we continue to grow. 00:22:49.620 --> 00:22:51.140 And be molded by you. 00:22:51.280 --> 00:22:52.620 And to grow in you. 00:22:54.020 --> 00:22:55.820 There's such new life in Christ. 00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:58.160 And continued transformation in you. 00:22:58.620 --> 00:23:01.940 And I pray that as we know you. 00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:03.520 As we grow in you. 00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:07.420 May we be moved to be the hands and feet of you. 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:10.340 May we share in the gospel message. 00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:12.440 In what we say and what we do. 00:23:13.320 --> 00:23:17.000 I pray for anyone who is struggling. 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:21.140 Whether they have just life happening. 00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:25.600 Or whether they have addiction. 00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:27.759 Whatever it is. 00:23:28.540 --> 00:23:29.920 We pray for comfort. 00:23:30.280 --> 00:23:32.360 And divine intervention in their life. 00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:38.040 There is no one like you. 00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.980 You are good. 00:23:40.560 --> 00:23:41.720 And we thank you. 00:23:41.800 --> 00:23:42.560 You are holy. 00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.920 You are sovereign. 00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:45.200 You are strong and mighty. 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:50.080 May we be drawn to you. 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:52.160 Come to you. 00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.319 And just grow. 00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.519 And do good in your name. 00:23:54.580 --> 00:23:56.340 It is in the name of Jesus Christ. 00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.640 That we pray. 00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:59.200 And we all say together. 00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.600 Amen. 00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.620 Amen. 00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:00.799 Amen. 00:24:02.679 --> 00:24:06.459 Thank you for listening for this week's message from Ontario Community Church. 00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:11.259 I pray that you are encouraged and strengthened in your walk with Christ. 00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:16.599 For more sermons and resources, visit OntarioCommunityChurch.org. 00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:21.619 May God bless you as you live out His grace and truth every single day. 00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:41.639 And do good in your journey. 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.639