WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.339 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:00:06.780 --> 00:00:09.359 Our passion is to experience and express grace. 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:10.500 Join us. 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:13.339 Good morning. 00:00:15.259 --> 00:00:17.839 Hope you guys have had a wonderful weekend. 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:25.660 I am excited to be able to be a part of leading today as we look at God's Word together. 00:00:25.660 --> 00:00:33.799 For those of you who haven't been with us the past weeks or so, months actually, we've been going through the book of John. 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:41.520 And we finish in chapter 17 this past week and we're going to take a break, except for today. 00:00:42.179 --> 00:00:44.799 But we're going to move into the Advent season after this week. 00:00:45.340 --> 00:00:53.439 So today, you ever watch a TV show and, you know, they do the recap at the beginning and they say, 00:00:53.439 --> 00:00:56.519 previously on whatever, right? 00:00:56.839 --> 00:00:59.239 Today is previously in the book of John. 00:01:00.019 --> 00:01:06.759 And what I would like to do today is encourage you in three specific ways. 00:01:06.819 --> 00:01:16.560 So I've looked at chapters 1 through 17 and taken three sort of big overarching things away that I think are important for all of us to hear. 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:21.920 So I want to start with a story, though. 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:27.759 Beckett Davis Jr., okay? 00:01:28.459 --> 00:01:33.200 That is a name that may mean nothing to you, but he lives in infamy. 00:01:33.739 --> 00:01:35.640 That name lives in infamy in my family. 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:36.920 Why? 00:01:37.679 --> 00:01:40.000 Because of Justin Bieber, okay? 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:45.900 Justin Bieber was coming to town in Nashville. 00:01:45.900 --> 00:01:49.960 And you may not know this, but my wife, she's a Belieber. 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:53.180 So she loves Justin Bieber songs. 00:01:53.580 --> 00:01:57.040 And her mother took her to a concert, her first concert. 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.080 When she was young, they got to experience that together. 00:01:59.500 --> 00:02:01.480 I think it was the New Kids on the Block. 00:02:01.960 --> 00:02:02.400 Is that right? 00:02:03.060 --> 00:02:04.420 Mine was the Rolling Stones. 00:02:06.180 --> 00:02:09.020 So she wanted to take our son to the first concert. 00:02:09.020 --> 00:02:12.200 So naturally, you go to the concert that mom chooses, right? 00:02:13.140 --> 00:02:17.080 So what do you do if you're in Huntsville and you want to go see a Justin Bieber concert? 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:20.920 You have to go to Facebook or Craigslist and all the things. 00:02:21.020 --> 00:02:22.560 So we go to Craigslist. 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:27.460 And she's got, you know, a potential seat. 00:02:27.640 --> 00:02:32.480 And we, you know, we get the message back from Beckett Davis Jr. 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:36.979 And he says something like, here's why I can't go to the concert. 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:42.639 My thought is, though, that we need to use Western Union and I can FedEx the passes for you. 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:48.639 I suggest we start by speaking on the phone, though, so that we can know that both of us is real and legit. 00:02:50.019 --> 00:02:51.199 I hope you're okay with that. 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:55.199 So the story goes, you send money to Western Union. 00:02:55.199 --> 00:03:03.179 And he sends you a picture of, you know, the FedEx stuff and, or not FedEx, whatever, the envelope is from Western Union. 00:03:03.619 --> 00:03:06.079 And all of the things are good. 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:10.060 Until you get the message that says this here. 00:03:11.060 --> 00:03:19.139 Hey, I went there to kind of get the money and, you know, my driver's license is a little torn. 00:03:19.219 --> 00:03:21.679 So they wouldn't let me actually get that out. 00:03:21.679 --> 00:03:24.259 So you're going to need to call them and waive the ID. 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:25.839 Feature. 00:03:26.519 --> 00:03:27.519 So I can get the money. 00:03:27.799 --> 00:03:28.899 I'm like, hold up. 00:03:29.219 --> 00:03:29.419 Right? 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:35.259 And at this point, fortunately, we were able to call Western Union, get the money back. 00:03:35.339 --> 00:03:36.859 They're like, yeah, this guy's trying to scam you. 00:03:37.139 --> 00:03:41.959 So I was just mad at Beckett Davis Jr. 00:03:43.139 --> 00:03:45.659 I do not like injustices like this. 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:48.259 So I'm, I just prayed. 00:03:49.500 --> 00:03:51.079 And I get an email. 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:53.000 The next day. 00:03:53.359 --> 00:03:54.280 From guess who? 00:03:55.199 --> 00:03:58.839 Beckett Davis Sr. 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:05.819 And apparently I had in the looking for tickets gone in on another ad. 00:04:06.060 --> 00:04:09.659 And now that he's moved on, he's coming back to my ad. 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:11.020 What are the chances of that? 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:16.660 So I was like, this would be my mission now to ruin this guy's life. 00:04:17.939 --> 00:04:23.199 I want to eat up as much time as possible in his life and do to him what he did to me. 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:25.219 So I did. 00:04:26.740 --> 00:04:31.420 I created an elaborate scam where I sent him all of the information he thought that I was sending. 00:04:31.740 --> 00:04:35.959 I had him go to the Western Union at least four or five times. 00:04:36.459 --> 00:04:42.519 And he became so mad at me that he, because they get agitated when you don't do what they want you to do. 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:48.319 And he became so mad at me, he's like, he just started sending these ugly, ugly emails. 00:04:48.539 --> 00:04:51.099 And I said, listen, I can't give you the money unless I talk to you. 00:04:51.139 --> 00:04:52.899 We've got a big problem with Western Union. 00:04:53.419 --> 00:04:54.599 Big problem over there. 00:04:55.159 --> 00:04:57.839 So my goal was to get him on the phone. 00:04:58.240 --> 00:04:59.180 And I finally did. 00:04:59.279 --> 00:05:02.319 I created a Google number just for this purpose. 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:06.319 And here's how the phone call went. 00:05:08.379 --> 00:05:09.040 Hey, Beckett. 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:09.779 Hey, Beckett. 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:12.120 How's it going? 00:05:12.540 --> 00:05:12.939 Good. 00:05:13.019 --> 00:05:14.240 I appreciate you calling me. 00:05:14.259 --> 00:05:15.000 How's it going with you? 00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:17.120 Not too bad. 00:05:19.060 --> 00:05:28.620 So they were running into some sort of problem with the zip code and then the piece of your last name being senior. 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:31.759 Oh. 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:33.699 Does that make any sense to you? 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:38.000 I said, oh, you're hearing zip code. 00:05:38.899 --> 00:05:39.599 What was that? 00:05:39.779 --> 00:05:40.560 Sorry, you're cutting out. 00:05:42.039 --> 00:05:43.259 What was the first thing you said? 00:05:43.319 --> 00:05:43.659 I'm sorry. 00:05:44.159 --> 00:05:54.459 So Western Union's running into a problem with the zip code being associated with the address and the word senior at the end of your name. 00:05:57.500 --> 00:05:59.839 Beckett Davis Senior, S-R. 00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:03.159 I have no idea about the zip code, but I guess they can just drop the senior from the name. 00:06:03.219 --> 00:06:03.639 That's fine. 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:04.199 Yeah. 00:06:04.359 --> 00:06:09.119 Well, something about in their system between senior and junior. 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:12.139 They had you in their system as junior. 00:06:12.139 --> 00:06:16.340 And so that's causing some sort of weird deal. 00:06:16.540 --> 00:06:19.379 Have you ever sent money through them as junior? 00:06:19.379 --> 00:06:21.319 No. 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:21.360 Yeah. 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:28.560 I mean, I guess it's, well, Davis is a pretty common last name, but I don't know. 00:06:28.779 --> 00:06:28.959 Yeah. 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:31.219 So that seems to be what's going on. 00:06:31.219 --> 00:06:35.339 So I guess to work it out, we just have to, I don't know. 00:06:35.819 --> 00:06:37.139 We could have you call them or something. 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:40.680 Okay. 00:06:40.939 --> 00:06:42.740 Well, let me try to call them right now. 00:06:42.939 --> 00:06:43.120 Yeah. 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:46.680 And before you go, though, thanks for your time. 00:06:47.939 --> 00:06:53.800 I did want to say I really know that God has a better plan for your life than trying to scam people as well, 00:06:53.899 --> 00:06:55.019 and there really is no money. 00:06:55.180 --> 00:06:56.800 And I know you aren't who you say you are. 00:06:58.579 --> 00:06:59.220 I'm sorry? 00:06:59.220 --> 00:07:03.500 I know you aren't who you say you are and that you're trying to scam me out of tickets, 00:07:03.640 --> 00:07:05.980 and God has a better plan for your life than this, brother. 00:07:13.380 --> 00:07:18.020 So why do I share that story, right? 00:07:20.260 --> 00:07:26.080 This world is filled with people trying to tell you something that is a lie, 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:28.520 and we believe it all the time. 00:07:29.220 --> 00:07:33.000 The world is filled with Beckett Davis Jr.'s that we believe. 00:07:34.460 --> 00:07:41.220 But the first thing in the book of John that you can know and take home is that Jesus is who he said that he is. 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:43.960 You don't have to fear that. 00:07:44.880 --> 00:07:47.260 Let's look at a couple of verses of what he said. 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:51.520 Because you ever wonder, though, is God really who he said he is? 00:07:53.780 --> 00:07:54.980 What if I'm wrong? 00:07:55.340 --> 00:07:57.920 What if I'm just a little bit off, right? 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:00.040 And I want to encourage you, he is. 00:08:00.840 --> 00:08:02.379 Jesus is who he said he is. 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:04.900 Let's look at some verses together here. 00:08:05.960 --> 00:08:07.080 I don't think this thing's working. 00:08:07.580 --> 00:08:09.699 The woman said to him, 00:08:09.699 --> 00:08:11.740 I know that the Messiah is coming. 00:08:12.479 --> 00:08:14.159 He who is called the Christ. 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:16.620 When he comes, he will tell us all things. 00:08:16.719 --> 00:08:19.620 And Jesus said to her, I who speak to you am he. 00:08:19.699 --> 00:08:20.620 The first thing there, right? 00:08:20.699 --> 00:08:23.620 Jesus told us that he is the Messiah. 00:08:25.199 --> 00:08:27.620 Jesus said to them, I'm the bread of life. 00:08:27.699 --> 00:08:29.360 Whoever comes to me shall not hunger. 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:32.340 And whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:34.620 He's the bread that you need. 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:37.639 He is what you're thirsting for in this life. 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:42.980 And Jesus said to them, truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:45.779 So they picked up stones to throw at him. 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:48.319 But Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple. 00:08:49.500 --> 00:08:52.120 Jesus is forever. 00:08:53.539 --> 00:08:55.220 He's what we're really seeking. 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:56.639 He's the Messiah. 00:08:57.100 --> 00:08:58.039 He is forever. 00:08:58.039 --> 00:09:02.679 But what does all that mean? 00:09:03.339 --> 00:09:04.959 Okay, what does it mean that he's the Messiah? 00:09:05.079 --> 00:09:06.379 Why should that encourage you now? 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:12.500 Because Jesus, as the Messiah, is going to make all sad things untrue. 00:09:13.740 --> 00:09:16.439 Jesus is reversing the curse of death. 00:09:17.539 --> 00:09:19.219 Okay, he's putting it in reverse. 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:22.039 Jesus is making all things new. 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:26.980 And he's at work in your life right now. 00:09:27.959 --> 00:09:30.759 So you don't have to doubt that if you're in Christ. 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:33.379 You're secure right where you are. 00:09:34.379 --> 00:09:37.699 And he didn't just say he's the Messiah. 00:09:37.860 --> 00:09:38.819 He backed it up. 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:40.519 Remember what miracles happened? 00:09:41.179 --> 00:09:42.699 He turned water into wine. 00:09:43.379 --> 00:09:47.679 He healed the royal official's son in the first 17 chapters is what I'm looking at. 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:51.120 He healed the paralyzed man at the pool of Bethesda. 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:55.139 He fed 5,000 people from a few loaves of bread. 00:09:56.019 --> 00:09:57.860 Oh, by the way, he walked on water. 00:09:58.580 --> 00:10:00.980 He healed the man born blind from birth. 00:10:01.220 --> 00:10:04.100 And he raised Lazarus from the dead. 00:10:04.560 --> 00:10:09.759 The miracle of the miracles there that really turned the corner for everybody wanting to get rid of him. 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:15.039 Jesus is who he said he is. 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:18.919 He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:20.939 Now, I don't know about you. 00:10:21.860 --> 00:10:23.339 Actually, I do know about you. 00:10:23.779 --> 00:10:32.699 If you're human, you're walking around every single day in your heart at some point believing that you are a failure in some way. 00:10:32.700 --> 00:10:39.960 And the world is full of Beckett Davis Jr.'s to give you permission to say, yeah, I am a failure. 00:10:40.660 --> 00:10:42.379 You're criticizing your own heart. 00:10:42.780 --> 00:10:50.580 You're dealing with that by criticizing other people to make yourself temporarily distracted from the criticism that you give to yourself. 00:10:50.580 --> 00:10:55.440 Because if you have to sit and admit that you're not good enough, then where do you end up? 00:10:56.700 --> 00:10:57.560 Here's the reality. 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:00.259 God came to change all that. 00:11:01.060 --> 00:11:01.320 Okay? 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:05.920 He gives you an invitation not to critique yourself. 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:14.320 But he gives you an invitation to realize that he is enough and he's very well pleased with you all because of his son. 00:11:15.160 --> 00:11:15.379 Okay? 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:18.260 And that's the life of joy that we're seeking. 00:11:18.820 --> 00:11:20.520 That the world does not give us. 00:11:21.260 --> 00:11:21.720 Right? 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:35.240 You don't have to judge yourself a failure anymore because Christ, Christ is the one who is the success that you're looking for. 00:11:35.800 --> 00:11:36.840 Jesus Christ. 00:11:37.740 --> 00:11:41.200 So I want to challenge you to reflect on that this week. 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:47.560 When you get in that moment where you're wanting to criticize the other person or you're criticizing your own heart or you're looking in the mirror and you're like, I'm not good enough. 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:50.719 Or my friends just da-da-da-da or I don't have this phone. 00:11:50.819 --> 00:11:54.059 Any litany of reasons why you aren't good enough for the other person. 00:11:54.979 --> 00:12:04.159 I want you to take a moment to reflect on the truths of Jesus and let him anchor you in the fact that your value comes from who Jesus is, not who you are not. 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:13.079 So this week, if you could find a silent time, sit down and look at Jesus' I am statements in the book of John. 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:15.339 And let it speak to you. 00:12:15.340 --> 00:12:21.100 And let it affirm to you who you are in him because you are who he is if you are in him. 00:12:21.620 --> 00:12:28.320 And if you don't know Jesus, I want to welcome you to consider the life that you may have been missing out on. 00:12:28.580 --> 00:12:30.500 The life that Christ offers. 00:12:31.420 --> 00:12:33.360 Jesus is who he said he is. 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:44.720 The second great truth from the book of John is that Jesus is who he said he is. 00:12:44.779 --> 00:12:46.019 Yeah, you can help me out back there. 00:12:46.500 --> 00:12:51.399 And Jesus is with us right where we are. 00:12:51.960 --> 00:12:54.600 Jesus is with us right where we are. 00:12:54.680 --> 00:12:55.419 Why is that important? 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:57.960 Well, I want to share another story first. 00:12:57.960 --> 00:13:00.680 One time my son, he was really young. 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:04.080 He came running in the house and he was upset from the neighborhood. 00:13:04.940 --> 00:13:07.879 And my wife comes in right behind him and I was like, what is going on? 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:09.840 And he was big time upset. 00:13:10.560 --> 00:13:15.780 And she's like, these kids were just chasing him down the road in a golf cart. 00:13:16.680 --> 00:13:17.800 It's these older kids. 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:21.019 And I was like, injustice! 00:13:21.019 --> 00:13:26.939 And so I just ran out the door and I was like, I'm going to find these kids. 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:28.439 And AC was like, I couldn't find them. 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:29.240 So I get on my bike. 00:13:29.319 --> 00:13:32.960 I track them down to their house at the front door. 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:33.819 And they're just staring at me. 00:13:33.860 --> 00:13:37.439 And I walk up and I say, did you chase my son down? 00:13:37.620 --> 00:13:38.279 And they're just going. 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:42.360 And one of them is like laughing and snickering. 00:13:42.740 --> 00:13:46.679 And I go, okay, guys, we can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way. 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:51.939 Did you chase my son in this neighborhood on this golf cart? 00:13:52.719 --> 00:13:53.679 And they wouldn't say anything. 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:55.239 They go, okay, the hard way it is. 00:13:55.539 --> 00:13:59.239 So I walked right over to their door, knocked on the front door and parents come out. 00:13:59.539 --> 00:14:02.519 Your son was chasing my son. 00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:04.859 And they go, get in this house now! 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:06.379 You're not supposed to be driving! 00:14:06.419 --> 00:14:10.039 And the kid was like being taken away from the courtroom when he was sentenced to death 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:12.339 looking at me like this as he's drugging the house. 00:14:12.339 --> 00:14:14.479 And I said, you could have done it the easy way. 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:22.480 And then it occurred to me as I was leaving right after that, the whole time I was wearing 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:23.539 this shirt. 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:29.860 How intimidating was that? 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:33.180 Of course he was laughing at me. 00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:36.420 Best dog dad's coming after me. 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:40.800 So why do I share that? 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:47.079 You know, we all want somebody to be with us. 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:50.059 We want someone to protect us. 00:14:50.539 --> 00:14:52.859 We want someone with us who's going to fight for us. 00:14:53.939 --> 00:14:58.719 Y'all, Jesus is who he said he is, but he's the one who's right with us where we are. 00:14:59.139 --> 00:15:00.459 Right where we are. 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:01.299 Right? 00:15:01.959 --> 00:15:04.359 And he gives us protection. 00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:08.539 He gives us far beyond just that. 00:15:08.539 --> 00:15:10.519 He's a constant presence. 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:12.099 He protects us. 00:15:12.199 --> 00:15:13.179 He teaches us. 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:14.339 He guides us. 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:15.299 Look at these scriptures here. 00:15:15.719 --> 00:15:17.360 I will not leave you as orphans. 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:19.620 I will come to you, it said in John. 00:15:20.599 --> 00:15:25.179 Jesus answered him, if anyone loves me, he'll keep my word and my father will love him and 00:15:25.179 --> 00:15:28.139 we will come to him and we'll make our home with him. 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:30.599 He will live inside you. 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:31.000 How? 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:36.279 By the Holy Spirit, the helper, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name. 00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:42.519 He will teach you all things and he will bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:45.399 The Holy Spirit is our best friend. 00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:47.779 The Holy Spirit is our bodyguard. 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:52.440 The Holy Spirit is our advocate in the courtroom sense, fighting for us. 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:58.040 The Holy Spirit is our counselor, helping us sort out our thoughts and our problems and our misgivings. 00:15:58.400 --> 00:16:01.420 The Holy Spirit is our comforter, the one who holds you. 00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:11.380 The Holy Spirit is your 24-7 best friend, bodyguard, secret service agent that you can call at all times. 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:15.680 And God through the Holy Spirit is always saying to us, it's going to be okay. 00:16:16.400 --> 00:16:18.660 It's going to be okay. 00:16:18.659 --> 00:16:24.199 But the life we're seeking and all of these other things, it's really found in the Holy Spirit. 00:16:25.199 --> 00:16:27.379 And I want you to consider that as well. 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:33.120 So I want to share a story. 00:16:33.219 --> 00:16:36.980 So I met this guy named John Ferguson. 00:16:38.459 --> 00:16:42.319 And he's a pastor and I'm a part of a cohort of pastors. 00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:45.919 And we gathered in D.C. a few weeks ago for its evangelism cohort. 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:49.399 And part of it was we had to interview one another. 00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:53.360 And it was a question and answer time. 00:16:53.439 --> 00:16:56.259 And I asked him, do you have a tattoo? 00:16:58.019 --> 00:16:58.939 He said, no. 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:03.120 I said, well, if you did get a tattoo, what would you get? 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:07.440 And little did I know what I had asked. 00:17:07.899 --> 00:17:11.920 He goes into a story about how his... 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:14.200 They wanted to adopt children. 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:20.160 And they wanted to adopt children that were siblings, right? 00:17:20.360 --> 00:17:21.759 From the same birth family. 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:23.840 And so they did. 00:17:24.100 --> 00:17:31.420 And these children had some medical challenges that hindered them to be in a category where they had a lot of special needs. 00:17:32.120 --> 00:17:34.640 Well, when one of their children grew up to be 14 years old, 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:38.800 he just said he didn't want to be adopted anymore. 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:42.180 And it was really troubling for him. 00:17:42.820 --> 00:17:48.380 And they ended up going through the process of helping him find another place. 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:52.480 And his child ended up getting wayward. 00:17:53.360 --> 00:17:55.580 And it was one of the hardest situations of his life. 00:17:55.860 --> 00:17:59.720 And he's telling me all this from that question, what would your next tattoo be? 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:01.140 And he's crying. 00:18:01.819 --> 00:18:03.960 And he says, and then I got the call I never wanted to hear. 00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.579 He had passed away. 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:12.440 And he said, so I was wondering in that moment, is God there? 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:16.620 That night I'm just scrolling endlessly on my phone. 00:18:17.380 --> 00:18:18.920 I'm wrestling with God. 00:18:18.940 --> 00:18:20.100 And he's just weeping. 00:18:20.099 --> 00:18:24.819 And he says, and I came across this picture. 00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:30.319 And he says, God, show me. 00:18:31.159 --> 00:18:32.159 I've got your son. 00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:34.039 And I've got you. 00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:37.159 And the cross is where you see it. 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:40.659 And he said, that's the tattoo I would get. 00:18:42.199 --> 00:18:47.699 See, Jesus is with us right where we are. 00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:57.240 So that means if you're here and you're in a moment of anxiety or doubt or thinking that nothing's enough or your life is worthless, 00:18:58.700 --> 00:19:01.340 Jesus is not distancing himself from you. 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:10.779 The Holy Spirit, our advocate, our comforter, he walks with us, especially in our lowest moments. 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:12.480 So keep crying out. 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:14.180 And don't give up. 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:17.180 God is doing something big with you. 00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:19.860 Jesus is with us right where we are. 00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:21.840 But I want to ask this question. 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:26.299 Do you have time to talk to him? 00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:34.100 So in this cohort of pastors I'm in, we recently were on a Zoom call. 00:19:35.840 --> 00:19:38.900 And we were discussing the topic of monastery. 00:19:38.900 --> 00:19:46.140 Okay, monastery is unhurried, unscripted, unfiltered time to just reflect with God. 00:19:47.040 --> 00:19:52.820 And we've discovered that monastery time is not only essential to the health of people of faith, 00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:59.680 but it's also exponentially enhanced when it's done in nature or natural settings. 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:08.799 So one of the pastors on the calls was struggling with it because it was summertime and he likes to go out by this river and it was just so hot he just couldn't pray regularly. 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:20.059 So Pastor Al, who's an outdoorsman, he said, you realize if you move your chair into the river, it can lower like 10 degrees, the temperature. 00:20:20.059 --> 00:20:23.859 And I want you to think about that for a minute. 00:20:25.419 --> 00:20:28.099 Where do you put your chair of life? 00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:29.599 Okay. 00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:32.740 Because that's what occurred to me when he was saying that. 00:20:33.139 --> 00:20:34.919 See, we all have this rhythm of life. 00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:38.179 You could call it an orbit in this space town. 00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:41.659 Where you go, what you do, and there's a rhythm to it. 00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:44.519 And you're putting your chair somewhere each day. 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:47.960 You're parking your car somewhere, right, so to speak. 00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.820 You're in an orbit. 00:20:50.800 --> 00:20:57.340 The first place that that chair needs to be is as close to the river and even in it of God's grace. 00:20:58.519 --> 00:21:06.860 Okay, that's the time where you have to reflect and say, come here, God, with whatever the stuff you're dealing with. 00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:08.500 Come into my life. 00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:09.060 Cry out. 00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:13.839 Now, you can do this at all moments, but as a human, you need a regular rhythm of that. 00:21:13.919 --> 00:21:20.019 We've been talking a lot about this in the Connect Hour class as well, about what does it mean to be unhurried. 00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:24.359 But you need a regular rhythm where you can go to God without a script. 00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.819 Okay, that's unhurried. 00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:28.639 And let him into those moments. 00:21:28.639 --> 00:21:33.899 Because he's with you right where you are, but sometimes we're so busy we forget and we miss it. 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:36.179 We don't have time to know where he is. 00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:39.180 And then we say, well, I don't experience God. 00:21:39.840 --> 00:21:43.160 And sometimes that's because we don't even have time to. 00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:53.000 And I just want to encourage you as a human with a soul, make that time to plug in your charger. 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:55.299 And see what happens. 00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:56.920 See what happens. 00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:58.200 Where you put your chair. 00:21:58.380 --> 00:22:00.400 Put it as close to God as you can. 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:08.079 And see, silence and solitude, they're not about escaping, but they're about meeting Jesus in our anxiety. 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:12.400 Allowing him to speak truth and comfort over us right where we are. 00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:17.120 And creating that rhythm of connecting with Jesus is so important. 00:22:17.840 --> 00:22:17.960 Okay? 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:24.960 So being a Christian actually requires that we change our schedule sometimes. 00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:28.880 And we say no to certain things and yes to other things. 00:22:29.540 --> 00:22:30.680 But I'll tell you this. 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:34.700 The time with Jesus is so valuable for your soul. 00:22:35.360 --> 00:22:36.540 It's so valuable. 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:41.399 And if you're longing for that, this is a team of people to help you do it. 00:22:41.639 --> 00:22:42.879 Because we need each other in that. 00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:45.059 And it's worth making the sacrifice for. 00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:46.119 So I just want to encourage you in that. 00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:49.399 Jesus is with you right where you are. 00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:54.500 But do you have that time to say, hey, will you come be with me right where I am? 00:22:54.899 --> 00:22:55.819 Let's talk about it. 00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:57.000 Let's have this moment here. 00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:59.200 He is who he said he is. 00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:01.279 He's with us right where we are. 00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:08.519 And also Jesus is carrying us, third truth, where we are meant to be. 00:23:08.639 --> 00:23:11.799 Carrying us to where we are meant to be. 00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:16.599 It was said earlier in this John series, I think Bill Nash was preaching that week, 00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:18.660 that all of life is uphill. 00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:27.420 Have you ever thought of yourself, though, as an explorer on a journey, on an adventure? 00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:36.180 Or an anthropologist seeking stuff out, learning, looking at the rocks? 00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:41.080 We went on fall break, I have some pictures, to Colorado. 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:43.279 And it was so beautiful. 00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:46.179 And we went on this hike. 00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:52.279 And we were supposed to go on the gondola up. 00:23:53.139 --> 00:23:58.919 But because one of our friends with us, they had a dog, you can only take the gondola down with a dog. 00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:01.359 You can't go up with a dog. 00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:04.579 Because that, right, you see how that works? 00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:08.659 So, but that day, that was the rule. 00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:13.140 So, we had to hike three miles straight uphill to ride the gondola down. 00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:16.220 And it was a tough hike. 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:21.100 But when we got to the top, it was so beautiful. 00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:27.740 That all of that other stuff, all of that struggle, just kind of went away. 00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:33.420 And it was just like, and you could even, when I was looking out at the mountain up there, 00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:37.540 I just felt like it was an appetizer for something greater. 00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:43.659 Like, I was longing for something bigger and felt, just felt, it felt cosmic on some level. 00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:52.399 And, you know, that's what it's like in this life with Christ. 00:24:52.659 --> 00:24:54.420 We're longing for something more. 00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:56.720 But we do have something here. 00:24:56.720 --> 00:25:02.039 So, let's look at a couple of scriptures from John that highlight this. 00:25:02.620 --> 00:25:05.259 He says this, and I think this is what we're longing for. 00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:11.799 This is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:14.120 And then he prayed for us. 00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:19.640 Remember, I don't ask for these only, but also those who will believe in me through their word. 00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:21.019 That's us sitting right here. 00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:22.240 Jesus prayed for us. 00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.900 And he says what? 00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:25.440 What's he praying for us? 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:35.460 That they also whom you have given me may be with me where I am, to see me, see my glory that you have given me, 00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:39.300 because you love me before the foundation of the world. 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:43.920 You see, Jesus is the guide in this journey. 00:25:44.040 --> 00:25:45.259 He's protecting us. 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:49.059 The battle has already been won. 00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.019 Okay? 00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:53.460 And we're designed for forever. 00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:57.099 That's what you're seeking in you, eternity. 00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:58.559 Okay? 00:25:58.680 --> 00:26:01.019 And it's only in Christ that you will find it. 00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:03.440 And forever is a real place. 00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:10.640 And Jesus is carrying you to that very real place, where you are meant to be, where you really want to go. 00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:12.940 C.S. Lewis says this quote. 00:26:13.020 --> 00:26:15.640 I put it in your bulletin, and I'm sure you've heard this before. 00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:24.600 If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world. 00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.200 And you were. 00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:28.140 You were made for another world. 00:26:29.020 --> 00:26:30.580 See, religion is information. 00:26:31.020 --> 00:26:32.620 And boy, do we have a lot of information. 00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:41.019 But knowing God is eternal relationship in that real place forever. 00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:46.479 And that actually starts now and continues into the forever. 00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:54.119 So when you're experiencing a season of doubt, uncertainty, whatever it may be, a faith crisis, 00:26:54.719 --> 00:27:00.559 and you're longing for something more, remember that that's actually a good thing. 00:27:01.199 --> 00:27:02.439 You're not alone. 00:27:03.419 --> 00:27:07.179 What's happening is the dashboard light's going off that you're made for something else. 00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:12.359 And it's a reminder, you can just throw up a praise God in that moment, that this world's not going to be enough. 00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:15.159 You need something more than this world. 00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:17.179 What you need is Jesus Christ. 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.839 Jesus is who he said he is. 00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:21.239 He's with us right where we are. 00:27:21.239 --> 00:27:23.599 And he's carrying us where we are meant to be. 00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:29.379 And don't you think that Jesus understands hills and climbs? 00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:34.800 Didn't he climb up a hill and die on it? 00:27:36.020 --> 00:27:36.760 He did. 00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:39.040 And he carried a cross up that hill. 00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:42.080 And he walked the steps for us. 00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:46.500 He took our punishment so that we could be in this place with him forever. 00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:48.359 He bled in our place. 00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:51.559 He ran out of breath so that we can breathe forever. 00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.960 And it was because of our sin. 00:27:53.960 --> 00:28:03.559 And then he willingly died as a sacrifice in our place so that now God the Father promises to forgive all of those who look to him in faith. 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:08.319 Faith is just the certainty of those things that he says are going to be true. 00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:09.879 You believe that they will be true. 00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:12.500 And you believe that he's the one who makes those things true. 00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:18.399 He promises forgiveness and freedom to all people who look to him with that true faith. 00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:23.559 The certainty of knowing that Jesus is who he said he is. 00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:28.759 You know, if I could ask God one question, there's a lot of questions. 00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:33.720 One would be why are things that are bad for you taste so good? 00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:35.920 And why do things that are good for you taste so bad? 00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.220 That would be one. 00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:41.519 But then the deep theological question, because if you flip that, it would be easier, right? 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.519 We'd all be super healthy. 00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:45.619 Because the things that we're supposed to eat would be the best things. 00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.220 But he didn't. 00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:48.859 I digress. 00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:50.599 That would be one of my questions for him. 00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:54.839 The second question would be, why in the world did you die for me? 00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:58.619 Like, where did you ever get that in your head? 00:28:58.759 --> 00:29:01.299 And, like, why? 00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.839 Can you just explain that? 00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.579 I don't understand it. 00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:06.599 I have no concept of why you would think of me. 00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.799 Other than love. 00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:09.420 Right? 00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:12.079 But I would like to hear him explain it one day. 00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:15.579 I'd love to talk about it and just say thank you and give him, like, a big hug. 00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:19.599 So, but he's carrying us where we are meant to be, y'all. 00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:24.799 And he climbed that hill of cavalry and died in our place. 00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:28.819 And because of that, now there's no condemnation for those of you who are in Christ. 00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:32.019 So, it's not, though, merely just about the destination. 00:29:32.399 --> 00:29:33.039 Don't believe there. 00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:38.339 If it's just about the destination, then it has nothing to do with your daily life. 00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:42.740 It's just something you put away like a retirement account that you touch later. 00:29:43.919 --> 00:29:49.879 If Jesus is just about heaven for you, you're missing a lot of the gospel. 00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.919 It's incomplete. 00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:57.919 You're missing the part where when you wake up and you walk around and when you have a hard day, he's there. 00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:58.659 Right? 00:29:58.919 --> 00:30:00.399 He's with you on the journey. 00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:04.240 He's on that hike with you until you get to the very top of Mount Zion. 00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:08.620 In fact, we realize he's carrying us and he's carrying us by that Holy Spirit. 00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:10.359 He's beside us. 00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:12.319 He's the living water we need. 00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:15.500 He's the bread of life we crave until we reach the top of that. 00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:19.819 Because we were ultimately meant for another world. 00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:23.059 We were ultimately meant for another world. 00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:25.440 So, why does all of that matter? 00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:31.400 If I could sum it up this way, it's that you may be done, but God is not done with you. 00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:33.519 I just want you to remember that today. 00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:36.519 In some way in your life, you may be done. 00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.819 You ever seen these? 00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:42.119 You ever had a computer crash and then you get this? 00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:44.980 That happens to me all the time. 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:48.259 That's a lot of us. 00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:49.940 You're overheating. 00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:51.440 You're crashing. 00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:53.440 You're looking back. 00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:55.940 You're wondering what's happening in this world. 00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:59.559 That's not the place that God's made us to live all the time. 00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:03.599 The life he offers us, he did something about it. 00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:06.879 So, we move from this more to you ever had a text message? 00:31:08.159 --> 00:31:08.339 Right? 00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:12.539 And when someone's not done writing, you get that little dot, dot, dot. 00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:13.839 Okay. 00:31:13.899 --> 00:31:16.259 So many of us are here in the crash mentality. 00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:18.119 But God's still writing. 00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:20.140 He's still writing you. 00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:22.440 He's still got things to send you. 00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:24.460 He's still got things he's going to do with you. 00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:26.240 And that's the journey. 00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.299 Right? 00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:30.759 Always going until we reach the top. 00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:33.319 You know, the scriptures say it this way. 00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:39.480 I'm sure of this, that he began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. 00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:41.359 Until then, it's still writing. 00:31:42.179 --> 00:31:47.179 That means that you may be done, but God is not done with you. 00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.299 And you have a purpose. 00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.480 And you know what that purpose is? 00:31:49.899 --> 00:31:51.599 You are a vessel of blessing. 00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:54.339 There is a happy ending ahead. 00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:57.019 And Jesus is with you on the journey. 00:31:57.139 --> 00:31:58.919 And he's working all of these things to good. 00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:01.359 All of them together for good. 00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:07.959 And Beckett Davis Jr. ruined like a week of my life. 00:32:09.899 --> 00:32:15.019 And he took all of our time up until the day before the concert. 00:32:15.139 --> 00:32:15.679 And then you know what? 00:32:15.719 --> 00:32:20.599 There was this radio contest on 104.3 called Beg for Bieber Tickets. 00:32:21.899 --> 00:32:23.359 And my wife called in. 00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:26.479 And she told the story of Beckett Davis Jr. 00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:28.599 And they gave her tickets to the show. 00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:32.599 And so she got to live that concert dream. 00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:37.639 And now she's a bigger believer than ever. 00:32:37.959 --> 00:32:38.159 Right? 00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:44.919 I don't tell that to say, come to Jesus and all of your wildest dreams, craziest dreams will come true. 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.419 No, no, no, no. 00:32:46.459 --> 00:32:48.059 That was a fun ending to a story. 00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:51.480 In fact, come to Jesus and your life's going to be really hard. 00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:53.279 But you're not going to be alone. 00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:57.460 You're going to see God use you in incredible ways. 00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.599 Spend some time with him. 00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:01.059 Ask him to help you see that. 00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:05.339 Go be a blessing to someone by just saying a kind word when you could not. 00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:08.740 Go experiment with this because it's an exploration. 00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:10.579 And he's on the journey with you. 00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:15.779 So, we'll close with this. 00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:20.240 God made space. 00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.859 I've talked about this before. 00:33:21.919 --> 00:33:22.980 If I had to sum all this up. 00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:24.960 He shared it with you. 00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.759 Okay? 00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:29.439 Yet you're in an orbit. 00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:31.079 He's put you in an orbit. 00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:34.059 To do something in that space. 00:33:35.199 --> 00:33:38.000 You're an explorer in this world. 00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:40.000 Looking around. 00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:41.199 These different creatures. 00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.980 Look at these wonderful creatures here. 00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:44.519 There's an adventure every day. 00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.460 Right? 00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:48.359 And he's called you into that orbit to do something special. 00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:50.019 To take, guess what? 00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:50.960 His love. 00:33:51.399 --> 00:33:53.399 As you make discoveries on this adventure. 00:33:53.679 --> 00:33:55.599 And you love the people around you. 00:33:56.119 --> 00:33:57.460 You evangelize. 00:33:58.119 --> 00:34:00.839 You talk about the great things that you see. 00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:03.240 Do you realize evangelism is love. 00:34:03.399 --> 00:34:04.759 And love is evangelism. 00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:06.699 And you're made to love. 00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:09.440 But you're also very distracted. 00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.239 Right? 00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:14.360 God's not done with you yet, though. 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:16.559 God is not done with you yet. 00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:19.400 Get excited for the adventure, y'all. 00:34:19.759 --> 00:34:22.420 Because sometimes we forget the exploration that he's called us to. 00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:24.659 It's a wonderful, wonderful thing. 00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:28.460 So, you may be done. 00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:30.279 But God's not done with you. 00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:32.560 But I am done talking about that. 00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.900 And I love you. 00:34:34.160 --> 00:34:35.320 And I'm going to pray for you. 00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:37.320 And I'm here to walk with you. 00:34:37.700 --> 00:34:39.800 And these people are here to walk with you. 00:34:40.160 --> 00:34:44.920 And we want to encourage you in your growth in Jesus Christ. 00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:47.380 So, the one big thing I want you to take away. 00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.900 Go spend some time with him this week. 00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.840 Find that rhythm. 00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:53.360 And see where he sends you on this adventure. 00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:56.840 And if you want to talk about it, I would love for you to take me to lunch. 00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:59.579 And talk about what he's doing. 00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:01.019 Because this is an ongoing thing. 00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:02.700 I love you all very much. 00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.559 I'm going to pray. 00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:06.119 Father, thank you for this time. 00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:07.539 Thank you for these wonderful people. 00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:11.219 What a privilege it is to get up here and just talk a little bit about you. 00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:13.840 Thank you that you are who you said you are. 00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:17.559 Thank you that you're with us right where we are. 00:35:18.279 --> 00:35:20.960 And thank you that you're carrying us where we're ultimately meant to be. 00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:22.059 Would you help us live that? 00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:23.079 Would you help us love you? 00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:25.519 Thank you, Jesus, for the Holy Spirit. 00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:29.900 And thank you for this wonderful church that you're doing something really special with in Huntsville and beyond. 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.980 Pray your blessings on them. 00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:33.079 I pray your grace. 00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:35.559 And I thank you for Jesus Christ. 00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.780 It's in his name we pray. 00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:37.539 Amen. 00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:43.000 For more information, visit us online at southwood.org.