WEBVTT 00:00:00.880 --> 00:00:08.000 All right, well, amen. Last Sunday, we started this series called New Life, A Fresh Beginning 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:12.720 with Jesus. And first of all, how many of y'all enjoyed that choir special we just heard? 00:00:13.060 --> 00:00:18.140 Wasn't that a lot of fun? Yeah, I thought they did awesome, man. It got a little soul 00:00:18.140 --> 00:00:24.240 up in here. There's nothing wrong with that every once in a while. All right. I would 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:32.019 like to invite you to take the Word of God with me and let's go to... Let me make sure 00:00:32.019 --> 00:00:36.280 this is working real quick here. Y'all, we are good to go. Let's go. Let's have a little 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:41.619 Jesus clap that the slides are working today. If you've been coming here for a little while, 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:45.539 you've seen days when they just did not want to cooperate. So we are grateful that that's 00:00:45.539 --> 00:00:52.399 all on track today. 2 Corinthians chapter 5 and verse 17. 2 Corinthians chapter 5 and verse 00:00:52.399 --> 00:00:58.359 17. This is our second Sunday in this new series called New Life, A Fresh Beginning 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:03.679 with Jesus. If you wouldn't mind, if you're able to and willing, would you join us in standing? 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:08.480 We'll just read this verse briefly and then ask God to bless our reading of the Word today. 00:01:09.039 --> 00:01:14.859 And I hope that He speaks to you as He has to me and I know many others in our church. 2 Corinthians 00:01:14.859 --> 00:01:21.400 chapter 5 and verse 17. Everyone looking at a copy of God's Word if you can and if you just 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:25.420 can't get your eyes on one, then we have it up here on the screen. Let's read together. 00:01:26.460 --> 00:01:36.480 Ready? Begin. If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away and see, 00:01:36.820 --> 00:01:43.920 the new has come. Can you read those two words highlighted on the screen up top in front of 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:51.260 you? Ready? Begin. New creation. And God, we ask you to remind us that as many of us are in 00:01:51.260 --> 00:02:00.359 Christ, we are a new creation. The old has passed away. The new is here. Yet sometimes we find 00:02:00.359 --> 00:02:07.939 ourselves chasing after the old. We find ourselves going backward. Remind us, God, that every day, 00:02:08.060 --> 00:02:15.300 every morning can be a fresh beginning with you. You're doing something new in the life of our church. 00:02:15.300 --> 00:02:21.920 We see it. Recognize it. Show us our place in it. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. You may be seated. 00:02:22.040 --> 00:02:29.200 Thanks for standing. So 2 Corinthians 5, 17 teaches us this foundational truth to the Christian life 00:02:29.200 --> 00:02:35.560 that the old is gone, the new is here. The old way was the way of the Old Testament. The law 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:43.300 that none of us can measure up to. The sin that easily tears us down, holds us back. We can't seem to 00:02:43.300 --> 00:02:51.060 shake it. And therefore, we could never match up to the expectations that God's law set for mankind. 00:02:52.060 --> 00:03:03.460 That is the old way. Then Jesus came and he replaced the law. He is better than the law. 00:03:03.460 --> 00:03:13.040 Jesus came and showed the flaws of the law. That while it would reveal our sinfulness, 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:22.240 the truth about us, it would never bring us to God. But Jesus could do that. Jesus was the way 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:28.300 that you and I could have a relationship with God. The only way that that would be possible. 00:03:28.300 --> 00:03:36.020 And so if we have followed that way and we have chosen the Jesus way, then now we are in Christ. 00:03:36.180 --> 00:03:43.939 We are no longer in our flesh. We are no longer in or under the law. Now we are in Christ. We are under 00:03:43.939 --> 00:03:51.400 grace. We are now living free. And if we are in Christ, we are a new creation. The old is gone. The new 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:59.040 is here. Last Sunday, we looked at Isaiah 43 and 44 and we read how God is doing a new thing 00:03:59.040 --> 00:04:06.060 in the life of our church right now. Man, we showed that slide last Sunday of all those kids who have 00:04:06.060 --> 00:04:12.040 gotten baptized in just recent months and weeks. And we see that God is doing a new thing. And we 00:04:12.040 --> 00:04:18.240 didn't even have the two up there from last Sunday. Or the ones that are yet scheduled to come 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:23.319 and be baptized and give testimony, public testimony to what God is doing in their life. 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:29.180 God is doing a new thing in our church. And often he starts with the younger ones. 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:35.579 Oftentimes he starts with your children, your grandchildren, the generations coming up behind 00:04:35.579 --> 00:04:42.819 you because they might be less calloused. They might be less hardened. They might be more open to the new 00:04:42.819 --> 00:04:49.540 thing that God is doing. So the question is, do we see what he's doing? This new thing. Today, 00:04:49.620 --> 00:04:55.659 I want to talk to you about this simple concept. Stop trying and start training. This came from 00:04:55.659 --> 00:05:00.319 someone who taught me, man, this guy teaches me something every time I heard him speak. How many 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:05.600 of you ever heard of Craig Groeschel, pastor of Life Church in Oklahoma City? Anybody? We got like 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:12.519 six of you, maybe. That's all right. Hey, if you have a chance to hear his podcast or go online and 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:19.359 watch his preaching, I've never heard him preach anything off base or unscriptural. If you have, 00:05:19.419 --> 00:05:24.839 come talk to me. We'll look at it together. But personally, he's blessed me, convicted me, 00:05:24.899 --> 00:05:30.199 and moved me every time I've heard him speak or read one of his books. And so I got this concept 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:39.379 from him. God showed me this. And I realized the biblical truth that supports it. So the theme for 00:05:39.379 --> 00:05:45.540 today, and it's probably going to be a recurring theme over the next several weeks, is stop trying, 00:05:46.300 --> 00:05:53.319 start training. Stop trying, start training. What do we mean by that? Well, let's go to the Word of God. 00:05:53.600 --> 00:06:00.899 Galatians chapter 1 and verse 10. You and I find ourselves trying to do all kinds of different things. 00:06:00.899 --> 00:06:09.899 words. We'll try to lose weight. We'll try to be a better dad or a better wife. We'll try to be a 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:14.459 mother. We'll try to be a better son or daughter. We'll try to be a better friend. We'll try to be 00:06:14.459 --> 00:06:19.579 a better employee. We'll try to make more money. We'll try to handle our finances better. We'll try 00:06:19.579 --> 00:06:24.000 to get up and do the things that we need to get done. We'll try to get up early in the morning. We'll 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:29.519 try to go to bed earlier. We'll try to do all these different things that are worthy endeavors, 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:32.680 and we should do those things, 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:35.740 but try, try, try, 00:06:35.740 --> 00:06:38.539 and what happens so often, 00:06:39.180 --> 00:06:41.319 we fail, fail, fail. 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:45.319 Paul wrote this in Galatians 1.10. 00:06:45.419 --> 00:06:50.839 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings or of God? 00:06:51.599 --> 00:06:54.560 Am I trying to please people? 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:58.620 If I were still trying to please people, 00:06:58.620 --> 00:07:01.319 I would not be a servant of Christ. 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:02.100 You know what? 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:05.980 That is the motivation usually behind our trying. 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:12.040 Our endless trying is usually to please somebody else. 00:07:13.220 --> 00:07:15.540 Maybe it's to get your spouse off your back. 00:07:16.699 --> 00:07:19.000 Maybe it's to get your boss off your back. 00:07:20.620 --> 00:07:24.160 Whatever it is, it's usually to please someone else. 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:26.699 Maybe you have a mentor that you've let down 00:07:26.699 --> 00:07:29.399 and you're trying to win their approval again. 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:32.339 Whatever it is that you're trying to do, 00:07:32.539 --> 00:07:38.759 most often when we boil it down to its very basic reality, 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:41.240 it's we're trying to please somebody. 00:07:42.719 --> 00:07:47.159 So, Paul says, I'm not doing that. 00:07:48.279 --> 00:07:51.060 I'm not trying to please anybody. 00:07:51.060 --> 00:07:54.959 I wouldn't be a servant of Christ if I was. 00:07:56.899 --> 00:07:59.939 So now let's look at 2 Timothy 3 and verse 16. 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:03.199 If the children have their sermon listening guides 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:05.459 where they get to draw and write in a question for the pastor 00:08:05.459 --> 00:08:07.660 or something like that, this verse is on there. 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:10.699 All scripture is inspired by God, 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:13.319 is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, 00:08:13.420 --> 00:08:17.100 for correcting, for training in righteousness. 00:08:17.100 --> 00:08:19.939 You see the difference in those two words? 00:08:20.280 --> 00:08:23.560 There's trying, which Paul says, I'm not doing that. 00:08:23.620 --> 00:08:25.060 I'm not trying to please people. 00:08:25.420 --> 00:08:27.620 Over here in 2 Timothy 3, 00:08:28.300 --> 00:08:32.300 we read that the Word of God is there to train us 00:08:32.300 --> 00:08:33.480 in righteousness. 00:08:34.560 --> 00:08:37.159 So the man of God or woman of God 00:08:37.159 --> 00:08:42.300 may be complete, equipped for every good work. 00:08:42.500 --> 00:08:45.019 The Bible is there to train us. 00:08:45.019 --> 00:08:48.600 God does not ask us to try, try, try. 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:51.279 Instead, he says, if you walk with me, 00:08:51.439 --> 00:08:53.620 I will train, train, train you. 00:08:55.439 --> 00:09:00.059 And there's such a mind shift between those two words. 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:03.279 There's such a different outlook on life 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:05.139 between those two concepts. 00:09:06.100 --> 00:09:09.000 God tells us to treat our children this way. 00:09:09.100 --> 00:09:12.460 He says, train up a child in the way he should go. 00:09:12.460 --> 00:09:15.360 And then even when he is old, he will not depart from it. 00:09:16.860 --> 00:09:18.980 God works with us that way, doesn't he? 00:09:19.540 --> 00:09:22.440 He doesn't say, man, you better try to follow me. 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:24.200 You better try to be good. 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:26.220 He knows we can't be good. 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:28.500 We can fake it for a while, 00:09:28.700 --> 00:09:30.440 but that's all it is, is faking it. 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:34.320 God says, let me train you. 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:37.139 Let me walk with you. 00:09:37.259 --> 00:09:38.440 Let me lead you. 00:09:38.440 --> 00:09:41.340 This is going to be a lifelong process. 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:44.220 You're not trying. 00:09:44.540 --> 00:09:46.260 You're in training. 00:09:47.540 --> 00:09:53.640 So that's what we're asking ourselves to do today 00:09:53.640 --> 00:09:56.980 is stop trying and start training. 00:09:57.540 --> 00:09:59.060 This could be the first time 00:09:59.060 --> 00:10:00.780 that you wrap your head around this concept 00:10:00.780 --> 00:10:02.560 in your entire walk with Jesus. 00:10:03.140 --> 00:10:05.980 Maybe you've been a born-again Christian for decades, 00:10:05.980 --> 00:10:09.279 but you've been thinking about it 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:11.980 as I'm trying, trying, trying to follow God, 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:14.300 to do what's right, and man, it's hard. 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:15.620 Yes, yes it is. 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:16.659 But you know what? 00:10:18.019 --> 00:10:20.940 If you have a simple redirection 00:10:20.940 --> 00:10:22.379 of how you're looking at this, 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:25.440 then you realize that training is hard. 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:28.539 How many of you ever trained for something? 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:29.480 Anybody? 00:10:29.820 --> 00:10:30.379 Slip your hand up. 00:10:30.379 --> 00:10:33.159 Bruce, what'd you train for? 00:10:34.860 --> 00:10:35.299 Marathon? 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:36.299 It's awesome. 00:10:37.419 --> 00:10:38.240 Did you run it? 00:10:40.039 --> 00:10:40.480 Twice. 00:10:41.500 --> 00:10:43.159 Bruce is just flexing on us over there. 00:10:43.500 --> 00:10:44.740 I've run two marathons. 00:10:45.059 --> 00:10:46.200 That's awesome, man. 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:48.100 I bet that took a little bit of training. 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:50.139 Just a little bit. 00:10:51.220 --> 00:10:53.439 I bet you didn't just go around 00:10:53.439 --> 00:10:55.899 around the track at the school a couple times. 00:10:55.980 --> 00:10:56.919 You're like, I'm good to go. 00:10:56.919 --> 00:10:59.360 Well, my brother ran one of those, 00:10:59.620 --> 00:11:00.799 and it liked to kill him. 00:11:01.679 --> 00:11:03.159 We have very different body types, 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:03.860 my brother and I. 00:11:06.659 --> 00:11:08.879 I want to start with like a 5K, okay? 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:11.639 And then maybe someday before I'm dead, 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:12.360 we'll get to a marathon. 00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:12.919 We'll see. 00:11:13.579 --> 00:11:16.199 But y'all, training is hard, is it not? 00:11:16.319 --> 00:11:18.219 You can't just go eat whatever you want 00:11:18.219 --> 00:11:19.379 and then run a marathon. 00:11:20.179 --> 00:11:21.719 How many of you ever trained for football? 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:23.319 Anybody in the room? 00:11:24.099 --> 00:11:25.659 We got more football players than that. 00:11:25.659 --> 00:11:26.559 Come on, get your hands up. 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:26.859 Here we go. 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:27.419 How many of you have trained? 00:11:27.439 --> 00:11:28.319 There we go, there we go. 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:30.419 How about basketball? 00:11:30.579 --> 00:11:30.799 Anybody? 00:11:32.119 --> 00:11:32.439 Volleyball? 00:11:33.779 --> 00:11:34.139 Softball? 00:11:35.459 --> 00:11:35.819 Baseball? 00:11:37.059 --> 00:11:37.419 Tennis? 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:39.079 Golf? 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:42.939 How many of you have a lifelong training relationship 00:11:42.939 --> 00:11:43.500 with golf, 00:11:43.579 --> 00:11:45.939 and it feels like you haven't progressed all that far? 00:11:45.979 --> 00:11:47.039 Yeah, yeah. 00:11:47.779 --> 00:11:48.259 Me too. 00:11:49.179 --> 00:11:50.659 Anybody who's played golf with me, 00:11:50.779 --> 00:11:52.019 Jacob Browning, can tell you. 00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:54.559 That man needs to keep training. 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:56.600 Really bad. 00:11:56.740 --> 00:11:57.279 I know I do. 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:00.159 Y'all, training is difficult. 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:01.519 Training is hard. 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:02.799 But here's the thing. 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:04.939 When you're training, 00:12:05.939 --> 00:12:07.860 you don't get mad at yourself 00:12:07.860 --> 00:12:09.740 for not succeeding right away 00:12:09.740 --> 00:12:11.000 because you recognize 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:13.439 that you're not performing yet. 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:14.519 You're not there. 00:12:15.299 --> 00:12:16.379 You're training. 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:19.799 So when we're training in the Christian life, 00:12:19.899 --> 00:12:22.559 we don't get upset and aggravated in ourselves 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:24.000 that we mess up sometimes 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:25.919 because we recognize, 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:27.700 just like Paul said, 00:12:27.700 --> 00:12:28.320 he said, 00:12:28.580 --> 00:12:29.779 I have not attained. 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:32.740 I have not been made perfect. 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:34.320 What does he mean by that? 00:12:34.439 --> 00:12:37.100 I haven't reached where God is taking me yet. 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:38.799 I'm on my way, 00:12:39.340 --> 00:12:40.159 but I'm training. 00:12:41.340 --> 00:12:42.980 And I think that is the shift 00:12:42.980 --> 00:12:44.320 that many of us, 00:12:44.419 --> 00:12:45.259 including myself, 00:12:45.259 --> 00:12:47.559 need sometimes in our walk with God 00:12:47.559 --> 00:12:49.519 is we've got to stop trying, 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:50.279 trying, trying, 00:12:50.340 --> 00:12:53.379 and recognize that we are training with Jesus. 00:12:53.759 --> 00:12:54.700 1 Corinthians 9 00:12:54.700 --> 00:12:56.539 is where we'll spend the rest of our time this morning. 00:12:56.819 --> 00:12:58.360 1 Corinthians 9, verse 25. 00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:00.279 I'm reading from the New Living Translation. 00:13:00.379 --> 00:13:01.500 If you want to look on, go ahead. 00:13:01.819 --> 00:13:03.019 But I've got it on the screen here. 00:13:03.379 --> 00:13:06.120 All athletes are disciplined in their training. 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:11.720 The other versions will say something similar to this concept, 00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:13.600 but I love that this New Living Translation 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:15.200 had the word training in here. 00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:18.259 It really jives with what we're trying to drive across this morning. 00:13:18.659 --> 00:13:21.100 All athletes are disciplined in their training. 00:13:21.220 --> 00:13:22.320 Well, we know that, don't we? 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:24.139 If you're a real athlete, 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:25.420 then you're going to be disciplined 00:13:25.420 --> 00:13:26.800 in whatever you're training for. 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:28.379 If you're an Olympic athlete, 00:13:28.620 --> 00:13:30.879 you don't get there just by skill. 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:31.700 You can't. 00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:34.399 You can't get there just by talent alone. 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:37.179 You have to train for the disciplines 00:13:37.179 --> 00:13:40.019 that you're trying to succeed in. 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:44.159 So athletes are disciplined in their training. 00:13:44.579 --> 00:13:46.720 They do it to win a prize. 00:13:48.299 --> 00:13:49.500 Back in ancient Greece, 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:50.759 when the Olympics were invented, 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:54.399 what was the prize that they were trying to win? 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:57.240 It was a little wreath 00:13:57.240 --> 00:14:00.919 that would go over their head of leaves. 00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:04.100 Obviously, it was the status, 00:14:04.259 --> 00:14:06.340 it was the attention, 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:08.699 the glory that came with being the winner, 00:14:08.939 --> 00:14:11.399 the victor of their particular event. 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:17.059 But that wreath of leaves would fade away so fast, right? 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:20.159 They would strive, strive, strive, 00:14:20.819 --> 00:14:22.159 and work, work, work 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:27.139 to win an event for a prize that would fade away. 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:30.779 I've heard stories of Olympic athletes 00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:33.179 getting into financial trouble later 00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:35.279 and literally selling their gold medals 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:38.000 to try to pay bills. 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:42.799 The prize that you win on this earth 00:14:42.799 --> 00:14:44.740 is never guaranteed to last. 00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:47.779 But we do it. 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:49.480 We train. 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:52.200 We are disciplined in our training 00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:54.320 for an eternal prize. 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:57.759 God's not promising us a trophy 00:14:57.759 --> 00:15:00.860 or a leaf wreath 00:15:00.860 --> 00:15:03.679 or a gold medal. 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:06.220 He's promising us 00:15:06.220 --> 00:15:09.440 rewards in heaven, 00:15:09.899 --> 00:15:11.639 glory and honor 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:13.480 and blessing 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:15.920 that we can then turn 00:15:15.920 --> 00:15:18.160 and give right back to our Heavenly Father. 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:22.420 The Bible says that whatever 00:15:22.420 --> 00:15:25.519 we do for Christ 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:28.960 will result in gold, 00:15:29.460 --> 00:15:31.300 silver, and precious stones 00:15:31.300 --> 00:15:33.960 that we will receive in heaven someday. 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:36.720 It's an eternal prize. 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:40.280 So we are disciplined in our training 00:15:40.280 --> 00:15:43.280 because we know there is something waiting for us 00:15:43.280 --> 00:15:45.320 that will not fade away. 00:15:45.780 --> 00:15:46.519 Verse 26, 00:15:46.680 --> 00:15:49.500 So I run with purpose in every step. 00:15:49.560 --> 00:15:50.820 Here's where we're going to bring it home, okay? 00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:53.019 I am not just shadowboxing. 00:15:53.700 --> 00:15:56.200 I'm not just fighting at the air. 00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:59.400 I'm not just fighting with no opponent 00:15:59.400 --> 00:16:00.320 or no purpose. 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:02.520 There is intention and purpose 00:16:02.520 --> 00:16:04.240 in everything I do. 00:16:04.460 --> 00:16:06.240 I discipline my body like an athlete, 00:16:06.560 --> 00:16:08.140 training it to do what it should. 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:10.600 Paul is writing this to us 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:11.379 and he's saying, 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:13.320 this is what I have to do 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:15.920 to successfully run this Christian life. 00:16:16.060 --> 00:16:17.580 I have to discipline my body. 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:19.120 I have to discipline my spirit. 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:20.200 When I run, 00:16:20.300 --> 00:16:22.520 when I take a step on this journey with Jesus, 00:16:22.520 --> 00:16:24.180 I do it with purpose. 00:16:24.179 --> 00:16:27.759 Y'all, as a church, okay? 00:16:28.219 --> 00:16:28.879 Now individually, 00:16:29.079 --> 00:16:30.159 we need to take this to heart. 00:16:30.859 --> 00:16:32.219 But as a church, together, 00:16:32.319 --> 00:16:33.059 we're all gathered 00:16:33.059 --> 00:16:34.779 and this is a perfect opportunity 00:16:34.779 --> 00:16:38.339 for us to re-identify ourselves as a church. 00:16:38.779 --> 00:16:42.359 Do we run every step as a church with purpose? 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:46.419 Is there a reason for every ministry we have? 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:49.039 Have we identified the prize 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:50.379 that lies ahead of us? 00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:51.399 We are training. 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:54.000 We are training as a church. 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:55.399 We are not yet there. 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:58.340 We've been here since 1876, haven't we? 00:16:59.419 --> 00:17:00.679 Maybe not here, 00:17:01.079 --> 00:17:03.559 but we've been in existence since 1876. 00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:05.740 We've been around a long time. 00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:09.099 Some of you have been around close to that long. 00:17:09.099 --> 00:17:16.799 But we have not yet arrived at our goal. 00:17:17.199 --> 00:17:19.579 We have not yet achieved 00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:22.079 what God established this church 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:24.000 in Henrietta, Texas to be. 00:17:24.959 --> 00:17:26.799 So if we are looking ahead 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:29.519 to a prize that we know won't fade away, 00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:30.980 you know what won't fade away 00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:32.039 in the life of our church? 00:17:32.199 --> 00:17:33.500 Those baptisms that happened. 00:17:34.379 --> 00:17:35.639 You know what won't fade away 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:38.820 is the time that you spent instructing young people. 00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:41.220 The time that you spent on your knees 00:17:41.220 --> 00:17:42.340 crying out to God 00:17:42.340 --> 00:17:44.060 for people to be saved, 00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:45.680 for their lives to be transformed. 00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:48.060 Those things will not fade away. 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:50.440 Man, there's all kinds of things 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:51.300 the church can do 00:17:51.300 --> 00:17:52.980 that will be forgotten, 00:17:53.300 --> 00:17:54.340 that will fade away, 00:17:54.520 --> 00:17:56.980 that will not truly make much of an impact 00:17:56.980 --> 00:17:57.900 for the kingdom of God. 00:17:57.900 --> 00:17:59.440 But there are some things 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:01.840 that we are called to do. 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:03.860 We are called 00:18:03.860 --> 00:18:06.500 to lift up Jesus in our home. 00:18:07.420 --> 00:18:08.259 We are called 00:18:08.259 --> 00:18:10.000 to pour into somebody else 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:10.840 and try to 00:18:10.840 --> 00:18:12.120 take someone's hand 00:18:12.120 --> 00:18:13.160 and walk with them 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:15.519 toward becoming like Jesus. 00:18:15.800 --> 00:18:16.680 We are called 00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:18.880 to share the good news of Jesus with others 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:19.900 and lead them 00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:21.120 into church 00:18:21.120 --> 00:18:22.000 where they can get up 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.580 and testify 00:18:22.580 --> 00:18:24.420 of the decision that they've made 00:18:24.420 --> 00:18:25.640 to place their faith in Jesus 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:26.759 and they can get up there 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:27.320 and get baptized 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:27.859 and say, 00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:29.460 I'm walking with Jesus now. 00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:30.859 We are called 00:18:30.859 --> 00:18:31.960 to do these things 00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:33.159 and those things 00:18:33.159 --> 00:18:34.039 don't fade away. 00:18:34.659 --> 00:18:35.619 So if the goal 00:18:35.619 --> 00:18:36.539 of our church 00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:38.539 is discipleship, 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:41.299 becoming more like Jesus, 00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:43.139 becoming a disciple, 00:18:43.659 --> 00:18:44.259 a follower, 00:18:44.419 --> 00:18:45.460 a true follower 00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:46.159 of Jesus, 00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:50.759 then what are the purposes 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:53.240 of the things 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:54.679 that we actually do 00:18:54.679 --> 00:18:56.179 in our church? 00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:59.519 what about the preaching? 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:01.279 What about the singing? 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:03.500 What about the offering? 00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:06.139 What about the announcements? 00:19:06.379 --> 00:19:08.980 What about the kindness ministry? 00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:10.220 What about the Sunday school? 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:11.079 The youth group? 00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:13.859 What about the benevolence committee? 00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:15.399 What about the different things 00:19:15.399 --> 00:19:16.559 that our church does? 00:19:16.659 --> 00:19:17.819 We've got to put everything 00:19:17.819 --> 00:19:18.579 under the microscope 00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.500 and say, 00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:22.019 are we running with purpose 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:23.920 in every step? 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.940 Because if not, 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:28.140 we're not training well. 00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:28.559 Instead, 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:30.079 we're just trying. 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:30.819 Well, 00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:31.859 I don't really know 00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:33.140 if this is going to 00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:34.119 fulfill the mission 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:34.960 of our church, 00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:36.160 but I feel like 00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:37.359 we need to try something, 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:39.339 so let's try this. 00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:41.000 Let's try that. 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:41.880 I remember 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:43.460 back 30 years ago, 00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:44.299 we did this 00:19:44.299 --> 00:19:44.980 and it seemed like 00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.799 people enjoyed it, 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.899 so let's try it again. 00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:49.779 Let's not try, 00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:51.399 let's train 00:19:51.399 --> 00:19:53.500 with purpose 00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:55.099 in every step. 00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.220 Then, 00:19:58.419 --> 00:19:59.539 we know 00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:00.299 we're pursuing 00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:01.159 the goal, 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.899 which is Jesus, 00:20:03.399 --> 00:20:04.139 which is making 00:20:04.139 --> 00:20:05.159 much of Jesus, 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:06.980 which is raising 00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.619 our children, 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:09.279 our friends, 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:09.919 our family, 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:11.059 everyone in our circle 00:20:11.059 --> 00:20:12.379 to make much 00:20:12.379 --> 00:20:13.099 of Jesus. 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.319 So, 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.960 stop trying, 00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:16.980 start training. 00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:17.879 How do we prepare 00:20:17.879 --> 00:20:18.220 for that? 00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.559 How do we get ready 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:19.940 for that? 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:21.059 Number one, 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:21.940 we equip ourselves. 00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.259 If you've ever 00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:24.059 trained with something, 00:20:24.159 --> 00:20:24.619 you realize 00:20:24.619 --> 00:20:25.359 you've got to go out 00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:25.980 and get the equipment, 00:20:26.099 --> 00:20:26.399 don't you? 00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:29.279 If you're going 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.940 to run a marathon 00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:31.419 like Bruce did 00:20:31.419 --> 00:20:32.419 twice, 00:20:32.899 --> 00:20:34.200 you're probably 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:34.919 not going to 00:20:34.919 --> 00:20:36.419 dress like 00:20:36.419 --> 00:20:37.440 you're herding cattle. 00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:39.539 Now, 00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:40.139 maybe he did. 00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:41.600 I don't think so. 00:20:42.840 --> 00:20:43.340 How many of y'all 00:20:43.340 --> 00:20:43.840 ever watched 00:20:43.840 --> 00:20:44.800 American Ninja Warrior? 00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:45.880 Anybody on TV? 00:20:46.060 --> 00:20:46.900 I love that show. 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.520 My kids love it. 00:20:47.520 --> 00:20:48.000 We got some 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:48.840 American Ninja Warrior 00:20:48.840 --> 00:20:49.680 fans in this church. 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.120 All right. 00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:51.460 Maybe we need to have 00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:53.280 an A&W party 00:20:53.280 --> 00:20:54.160 up here sometime 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:55.540 and have a little 00:20:55.540 --> 00:20:56.100 watch party 00:20:56.100 --> 00:20:56.520 when they have 00:20:56.520 --> 00:20:57.100 the next season. 00:20:59.340 --> 00:21:00.120 How many of y'all 00:21:00.120 --> 00:21:00.600 ever heard of 00:21:00.600 --> 00:21:01.200 Lance Peacus, 00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:02.000 the cowboy ninja? 00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:02.440 Anybody? 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.300 There you go. 00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.800 That's like 00:21:05.800 --> 00:21:06.860 taking it down a level. 00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:07.400 All right? 00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:07.920 Yeah, 00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.380 I've watched 00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:09.180 American Ninja Warrior. 00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:10.080 How about Lance Peacus? 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.320 Now we know 00:21:11.320 --> 00:21:12.080 who the real fans are. 00:21:13.620 --> 00:21:14.400 Lance Peacus 00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:15.140 wears jeans 00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:16.000 every time 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.880 and early 00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:17.420 when he would 00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:18.000 start running 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:19.460 those first couple 00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:20.640 races before you 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:21.180 get up to the 00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.960 nationals level, 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.540 I think he ran 00:21:23.540 --> 00:21:24.300 in cowboy boots 00:21:24.300 --> 00:21:25.080 a time or two. 00:21:25.520 --> 00:21:26.200 He's running 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:27.420 this obstacle course 00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:27.960 where you got to 00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:28.940 jump and swing 00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:29.920 and climb 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.720 and all this 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.880 physically taxing 00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:32.160 stuff. 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.560 He's running 00:21:32.560 --> 00:21:33.160 in jeans 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:33.900 and cowboy boots. 00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:34.500 He would have 00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:35.340 a cowboy hat on 00:21:35.340 --> 00:21:36.000 that would inevitably 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.940 fall off at some 00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.460 point while he's 00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:38.640 running his race. 00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:40.660 And I've seen 00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:42.500 because I've 00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.280 been a little bit 00:21:43.280 --> 00:21:43.820 of a diehard 00:21:43.820 --> 00:21:44.720 on American Ninja Warrior. 00:21:45.280 --> 00:21:46.140 I've seen 00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:47.580 him suffer 00:21:47.580 --> 00:21:48.660 because he didn't 00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:49.200 have the right 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:50.300 clothes on at times. 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.900 You see these guys 00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:54.500 get out there 00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.040 and they're wearing 00:21:55.040 --> 00:21:56.200 their athletic outfits 00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:57.680 and their nice shoes 00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.920 and shorts 00:21:58.920 --> 00:22:00.140 and tank top 00:22:00.140 --> 00:22:00.540 or whatever 00:22:00.540 --> 00:22:01.300 and they're able 00:22:01.300 --> 00:22:02.180 to have the freedom 00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:02.620 of movement 00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:03.280 to do whatever 00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:04.039 they need to do. 00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:06.240 It's important 00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:07.619 to wear 00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:08.899 the right equipment. 00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.359 My kids 00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:11.059 just the other day 00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.980 discovered that 00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:13.139 football players 00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:13.839 have not always 00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:15.139 had full face masks 00:22:15.139 --> 00:22:15.819 on their football 00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.160 helmets. 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.740 And they're sitting 00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.180 there thinking 00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.619 man 00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:20.039 how did they 00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.599 do that? 00:22:21.639 --> 00:22:22.119 Well 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:23.139 they got hurt 00:22:23.139 --> 00:22:23.480 a lot. 00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:24.500 That's what happened. 00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:25.740 They got a lot 00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.339 of concussions. 00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.700 It was rough. 00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.379 Nowadays 00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:30.480 you got all 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.259 the technology 00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:32.339 and the fancy helmets 00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:33.480 and the coach 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:34.000 could be talking 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.720 to you in there 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:36.059 and I saw recently 00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:37.379 some of the newest helmets 00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:38.000 have like 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:39.019 head up displays 00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.960 that you can see 00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:40.940 you know 00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.980 plays and all this 00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.700 in your visor 00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.559 and it's just crazy 00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:45.039 what they can do now. 00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.079 The equipment 00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:48.879 is important 00:22:48.879 --> 00:22:50.500 if you're going 00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.519 to train well. 00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.460 If you're going 00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.240 to get ready 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:55.700 to train 00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:57.039 as a Christian 00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:58.960 what do you need 00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.920 to equip yourself with? 00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.240 Well 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:01.220 you probably need 00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.720 to download 00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.359 the YouVersion 00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.960 Bible app 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.519 on your phone 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.079 so you can 00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:05.120 have the Bible 00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:05.700 with you 00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:07.140 when you're not 00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:07.880 always carrying 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:08.900 that paper copy 00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:09.539 with you right? 00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:10.740 I bet there's 00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.859 sometimes in your life 00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.460 in your day 00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.259 that you go around 00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.720 that you don't 00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.380 always have a 00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:15.299 copy of God's 00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.759 word on your 00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.519 person do you? 00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.380 But you probably 00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:17.960 have your phone 00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.380 don't you? 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.599 So maybe 00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.700 there's an opportunity 00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.279 to download 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:23.039 the Bible app 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.819 that you can go 00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:25.000 read good devotionals 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.380 on there. 00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.559 You can have 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.720 reminders pop up 00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.500 that hey it's time 00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.319 to read God's word. 00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:29.980 You can have 00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.720 a verse of the day 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.799 that always pops up 00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.859 that gets a little 00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.399 bit of scripture 00:23:33.399 --> 00:23:34.259 into your day. 00:23:35.159 --> 00:23:35.960 Maybe you need 00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.659 to have some 00:23:36.659 --> 00:23:37.319 memory verses 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:39.039 like Emma 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.859 was memorizing 00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.679 the word of God. 00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:41.480 Maybe we can 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.720 take her cue 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.919 and start learning 00:23:43.919 --> 00:23:44.899 some of God's word. 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:46.419 Put a little sticky note 00:23:46.419 --> 00:23:47.039 up on your mirror 00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.919 that has a Bible verse 00:23:47.919 --> 00:23:48.220 on it. 00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:49.399 You need to equip 00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:50.039 yourself 00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:51.539 set aside a time 00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:53.339 set aside a schedule 00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:55.839 that will help you 00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:57.220 prepare 00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:58.420 to train. 00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.240 What do we need 00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.579 to do 00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:02.680 to equip ourselves 00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.360 to train 00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:04.720 as a follower 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.160 of Jesus? 00:24:05.860 --> 00:24:06.680 And then number two 00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:08.200 how do we plan? 00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.860 And that's what 00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:10.360 we're talking about 00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:10.900 with scheduling. 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.579 How many of you guys 00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.519 we asked last Sunday 00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.700 and I reminded everybody 00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.860 on Facebook this week 00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:15.720 and the Facebook group 00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.539 but I said 00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:18.079 I would love 00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:19.259 if some of our church 00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:20.259 would commit 00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.140 to a time 00:24:21.140 --> 00:24:22.220 to pray for God 00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.220 to move in our church 00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:24.319 and show them 00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.860 how they can help 00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:27.539 and have a key part 00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.140 in our church 00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.759 going forward 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.460 this new thing 00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:30.079 that God's doing. 00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.579 And I was so blessed 00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.360 to see comment 00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:32.980 after comment 00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.839 pop up on that 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.960 Facebook reminder 00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.620 that I put out 00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:36.339 said man I've been 00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.100 doing at 8 o'clock. 00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.940 I did it at 8 p.m. 00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.460 on Wednesday. 00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:41.160 I did it at 5.30 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.940 when I wake up. 00:24:42.360 --> 00:24:43.220 All kinds of people 00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.920 were popping up 00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.720 saying I've been praying. 00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.400 I'm praying. 00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:47.960 We have to plan. 00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:50.180 It is not in our nature 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:53.220 to say I'm going 00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:54.700 to dedicate my day 00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.299 to God. 00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:56.880 None of us 00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:57.920 are going to do that 00:24:57.920 --> 00:25:00.279 just by ourselves 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.060 on our own. 00:25:01.320 --> 00:25:02.440 We're not going to do that. 00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:04.279 That's not in our flesh. 00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:05.320 That's not in our nature. 00:25:05.600 --> 00:25:06.799 We have to intentionally 00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:08.200 plan to do this. 00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:10.200 So if we're going 00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:11.700 to train for Jesus 00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:13.700 if we're going to train 00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:15.640 to see the next generation 00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:17.060 turn into Jesus followers 00:25:17.060 --> 00:25:18.200 if we're going to train 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:19.600 to actually make a difference 00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.599 in the lives 00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.399 of our loved ones 00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:22.039 and beyond 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:24.899 then we have to 00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.939 plan for it. 00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.779 We can't just 00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:30.419 be unhealthy 00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:31.639 and then hope 00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:32.379 that somehow 00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:33.879 we become healthy. 00:25:34.419 --> 00:25:35.559 We have to plan 00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.279 to be healthy 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.719 don't we? 00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:39.799 You can't just change 00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.779 all your eating habits 00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.779 overnight without maybe 00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.699 going to the grocery store 00:25:42.699 --> 00:25:43.039 first. 00:25:43.879 --> 00:25:45.359 You've got to stock yourself 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:46.279 with food that will be 00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.879 good for you. 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.539 You can't just 00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.799 plan to 00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:51.399 go to bed 00:25:51.399 --> 00:25:52.399 at a certain time 00:25:52.399 --> 00:25:53.399 without maybe 00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:54.180 telling someone 00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:55.079 to remind you 00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:56.819 and setting things 00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.279 in place 00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.940 to help you 00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:59.440 not do the same 00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:00.279 habits that have 00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.480 been tearing you down. 00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:03.500 So what plans 00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:04.259 do we need to set 00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.799 in place 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:06.740 to train 00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.639 for Jesus? 00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:11.220 So it leads us 00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:12.319 to these last two questions. 00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:14.539 What can you add 00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:16.019 and what can you change? 00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:17.619 maybe there's something 00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.400 that you're currently 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:19.079 not doing 00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:21.339 that will help you 00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.680 train 00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:24.859 and you don't say 00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.619 I'm going to try 00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:26.680 to start doing this 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.299 you say no 00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:28.980 I'm going to start 00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.759 training 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:31.299 and this is how 00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.960 I'm going to do it 00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:33.400 and when I don't 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:33.779 do it 00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.960 I recognize 00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:36.480 that it's okay 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.539 because I'm not 00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:37.980 trying 00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:39.279 I'm what? 00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.480 Training 00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.160 that's right 00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:43.080 I'm not trying 00:26:43.080 --> 00:26:43.620 to be 00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.840 a follower of Jesus 00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:46.080 I'm training 00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:47.080 to be a follower 00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:47.560 of Jesus 00:26:47.560 --> 00:26:50.120 I'm not trying 00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:51.300 to be like Jesus 00:26:51.300 --> 00:26:52.340 I'm training 00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:53.580 to be like Jesus 00:26:53.580 --> 00:26:54.980 because all by myself 00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:56.320 I don't know how to 00:26:56.320 --> 00:26:57.940 so I need to let 00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:59.000 God train me 00:26:59.000 --> 00:27:00.279 in how to do this 00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:01.380 so is there something 00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:02.360 you need to add 00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:03.940 or is there something 00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.920 you need to change 00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:07.040 that will help you 00:27:07.040 --> 00:27:07.540 train 00:27:07.540 --> 00:27:09.259 to be like Jesus 00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:11.299 I love this quote 00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.920 man I've been using 00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.599 so many quotes 00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.379 from her recently 00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.240 Corrie Ten Boom 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.900 a Dutch 00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:17.059 prisoner of war 00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.839 who was helping 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.839 the Jewish people 00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:20.400 and was 00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.279 captured 00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.339 by her family 00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:23.859 she and her family 00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.379 were captured 00:27:24.379 --> 00:27:25.339 by the Nazis 00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:26.660 and put into 00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:28.200 terrible terrible 00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:29.160 concentration camp 00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.819 where she suffered 00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.299 greatly 00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:31.339 for Jesus 00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:32.480 but she gave us 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.740 so many great quotes 00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.460 especially knowing 00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.220 what she went through 00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.359 she said God has 00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:37.660 plans not problems 00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.500 for our lives 00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:40.019 man the problems 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.940 that she endured 00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:43.279 makes it so much 00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.880 more powerful 00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.680 to hear those words 00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.380 come from someone 00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:45.900 like her 00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:47.900 God has plans 00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:49.059 not problems 00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.920 for our lives 00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.900 the life of a Christian 00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:52.259 is an education 00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:54.420 for a higher service 00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:55.980 God is training 00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:57.680 you for something 00:27:57.680 --> 00:28:02.039 all of you 00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:04.059 every one of you 00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:06.019 last week we talked 00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.900 about how God's moving 00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.819 in the younger generation 00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:09.220 and he is 00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:10.480 we see evidence 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:10.819 of that 00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:13.039 but God is training 00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:14.099 all of you 00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:15.079 for something 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:17.599 younger 00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:19.220 middle aged 00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.779 older 00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.799 everyone 00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:22.879 every category 00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:24.259 God is training 00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:25.480 you for something 00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.220 otherwise 00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:27.119 he loves you 00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.859 so dearly 00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.720 he'll bring you 00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.419 home to heaven 00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:30.639 to get a jump start 00:28:30.639 --> 00:28:31.579 on all of eternity 00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:33.279 in that loving relationship 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.139 that he's going to enjoy 00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.779 with all of us 00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.720 for all of eternity 00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.460 in his presence 00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:38.779 but if he's waiting 00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.380 on that 00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:40.980 because he's training 00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.700 you for something 00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.039 still 00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:43.519 he's still got a purpose 00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.039 for you 00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:45.680 you've still got a role 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.319 to play 00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:47.819 he's training you 00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.940 for something 00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.700 incredible 00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:51.420 that he wants to do 00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.500 through you 00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:54.720 so don't try 00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:56.000 train 00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:58.240 we're talking about 00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.839 new life 00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:00.539 a fresh beginning 00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.259 with Jesus 00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:02.220 I pray 00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:03.960 that this concept 00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:05.759 of training 00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.539 not trying 00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.460 can help you 00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:09.440 begin fresh 00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.000 with Jesus 00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:12.619 I hope it can help 00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.180 you overcome 00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:14.799 something that has been 00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:16.059 dragging you down 00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:17.140 getting you down 00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:18.220 depressing you 00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:21.180 to understand 00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:22.160 that God does not 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:22.960 expect perfection 00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.359 from you 00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:24.740 God does not expect 00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:26.160 you to be like him 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:28.319 without his help 00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.859 he's going to help 00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.059 you 00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:31.679 let him train you 00:29:31.679 --> 00:29:33.240 let him pick you up 00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.919 when you fall 00:29:33.919 --> 00:29:35.179 let him set you back 00:29:35.179 --> 00:29:35.819 on your feet 00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:37.480 what would it look like 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.359 for our church 00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:39.439 to be a church 00:29:39.439 --> 00:29:40.059 of people 00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:40.819 in training 00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:42.159 not trying 00:29:42.159 --> 00:29:43.179 what would it look like 00:29:43.179 --> 00:29:45.279 would we be a church 00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.220 that constantly 00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.980 sees people 00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.919 stirring those 00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:48.819 baptism waters 00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:51.000 giving evidence 00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.720 of life change 00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:53.059 would it be a church 00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.939 that when you 00:29:53.939 --> 00:29:54.679 speak the name 00:29:54.679 --> 00:29:55.639 of First Baptist Church 00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.539 in Henrietta Texas 00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.159 and beyond 00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:58.100 people would say 00:29:58.100 --> 00:29:59.080 I don't know 00:29:59.080 --> 00:29:59.660 that's a group 00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.080 of people 00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:00.860 that seems like 00:30:00.860 --> 00:30:01.540 they really care 00:30:01.540 --> 00:30:02.900 that's a group 00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.259 of people 00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.920 that seems like 00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.580 they really love 00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:04.900 Jesus 00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:07.540 I know that guy 00:30:07.540 --> 00:30:08.360 said a bad word 00:30:08.360 --> 00:30:10.019 on the job site 00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.519 but I know 00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.519 he instantly 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.100 turned around 00:30:12.100 --> 00:30:12.420 and said 00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:13.100 man forgive me 00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:13.640 Jesus didn't 00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:14.380 want me to do that 00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:16.160 that's not honoring 00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.600 to God 00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:18.900 is it somebody 00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:20.759 that could be 00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:22.019 that their life 00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.940 could be changed 00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:23.900 by people 00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.880 who are training 00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:26.600 to be like Jesus 00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:27.159 and what does 00:30:27.159 --> 00:30:27.559 that mean 00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:28.099 for us 00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.799 what does that 00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.759 mean for our church 00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.559 does it mean 00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.539 that we cut 00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.199 some things 00:30:32.199 --> 00:30:34.459 that aren't 00:30:34.459 --> 00:30:35.240 purposefully 00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.959 moving us 00:30:35.959 --> 00:30:36.619 toward being 00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.259 like Jesus 00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:38.139 does it mean 00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:39.339 we add some 00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:39.779 things 00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.740 that we've been 00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.519 dropping the ball 00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:41.699 in 00:30:41.699 --> 00:30:42.459 does it mean 00:30:42.459 --> 00:30:42.919 that we 00:30:42.919 --> 00:30:44.639 change some 00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:44.919 things 00:30:44.919 --> 00:30:45.559 tweak some 00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:45.919 things 00:30:45.919 --> 00:30:46.480 that can be 00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.139 more effective 00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:48.779 in leading us 00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.480 to be 00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.740 like Jesus 00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:53.639 church 00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:54.059 we're not 00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.559 trying 00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.579 we're what 00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:57.179 we're training 00:30:57.179 --> 00:30:58.619 so let's do 00:30:58.619 --> 00:30:58.879 that 00:30:58.879 --> 00:31:00.200 God I pray 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.639 that you would 00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.299 speak to us 00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:04.679 right now 00:31:04.679 --> 00:31:05.559 I've spoken 00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.059 your word 00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.519 I've spoken 00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.000 the truth 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.519 that I believe 00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.559 you gave me 00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:09.000 to preach 00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.619 from your word 00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.000 today 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:11.220 but I can't 00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.740 individually 00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.500 go to every 00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.119 person in this 00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:13.619 room and say 00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.019 here's what 00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.440 you need to 00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.619 do 00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:15.440 if I did 00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.819 that I 00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.220 would be 00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.899 wrong 00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.299 in whatever 00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.740 I told 00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.019 them 00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:20.500 but you 00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.079 individually 00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:21.799 can speak 00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.160 to each 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.400 of our 00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:22.639 heart 00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:23.019 and you 00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.599 can show 00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:24.400 us exactly 00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:25.460 how we 00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:25.779 need to 00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.220 change 00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.819 for you 00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.460 how we 00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.799 need to 00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.160 train 00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:28.799 you can 00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.319 show us 00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:29.779 the area 00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.379 we've been 00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:32.079 maybe hurting 00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.579 ourselves 00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.099 in reaching 00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.639 our goal 00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:35.759 you can 00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.279 change our 00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.599 hearts 00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.099 you can 00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.579 change our 00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:37.900 minds 00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:38.299 so I'd 00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.619 ask that 00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:38.900 you would 00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.379 do that 00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:41.079 God I 00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.579 can't lead 00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:42.079 this church 00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.400 where it 00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:42.759 needs to 00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.000 go 00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.420 but you 00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:43.779 can 00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:45.460 so I 00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.799 pray that 00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.039 you would 00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.480 start with 00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.720 me 00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.359 that you 00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:47.759 would start 00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.099 with my 00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.460 family 00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.160 and you 00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:49.480 would go 00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:49.879 out to 00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.059 our 00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.319 church 00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.720 staff 00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:52.259 and our 00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.700 volunteer 00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.220 leadership 00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:54.420 and go 00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:54.839 on through 00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.799 every heart 00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.480 of everyone 00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.940 in this 00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.180 room 00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.920 and everyone 00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.379 watching 00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:58.819 online 00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.539 and everyone 00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.140 who calls 00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.720 this church 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.279 their home 00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.940 that you 00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.740 would change 00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.279 us 00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:04.700 to make 00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:04.960 us 00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.559 trainers 00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.839 people 00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.660 in training 00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:09.980 for your 00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.599 glory 00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.980 because we 00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.440 want to see 00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.960 what thing 00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.379 you're going 00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:13.619 to do 00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:13.859 God 00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:15.339 you're raising 00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:15.759 up new 00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.140 life 00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:16.920 all around 00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.099 us 00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:19.899 help us 00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:20.179 to not 00:32:20.179 --> 00:32:20.659 miss it 00:32:20.659 --> 00:32:22.359 show us 00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:22.699 what it 00:32:22.699 --> 00:32:23.059 is 00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:24.599 that God 00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:26.199 has 00:32:26.199 --> 00:32:27.799 for me 00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.859 in my 00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.240 house 00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:30.379 would y'all 00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:30.759 look at the 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.500 screen real quick 00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.119 real quick 00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.619 when God 00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:33.099 is about to 00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.559 do a mighty 00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.059 new thing 00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:35.559 we looked at 00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:35.959 this last 00:32:35.959 --> 00:32:36.219 week 00:32:36.219 --> 00:32:37.279 he always 00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.719 sets his 00:32:37.719 --> 00:32:38.359 people praying 00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:39.619 so can we 00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:40.159 do that now 00:32:40.159 --> 00:32:41.000 can we pray 00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:42.399 can we 00:32:42.399 --> 00:32:42.939 can we bow 00:32:42.939 --> 00:32:43.279 our heads 00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.699 together 00:32:43.699 --> 00:32:44.159 and we're 00:32:44.159 --> 00:32:44.659 about to enter 00:32:44.659 --> 00:32:45.059 into the 00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.399 Lord's 00:32:45.399 --> 00:32:45.579 supper 00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:46.019 it's a 00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.419 perfect 00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:46.879 appropriate 00:32:46.879 --> 00:32:47.379 time 00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:48.339 to reveal 00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:48.960 our hearts 00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.359 to God 00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:49.720 and just 00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.220 say God 00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.759 I'm not 00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.299 hiding anything 00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:51.579 I'm not 00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.079 holding anything 00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.419 back 00:32:52.419 --> 00:32:52.659 I'm an 00:32:52.659 --> 00:32:53.179 open book 00:32:53.179 --> 00:32:54.099 you show 00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.659 me what 00:32:54.659 --> 00:32:55.179 you have 00:32:55.179 --> 00:32:55.879 for me 00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:56.440 right now 00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.679 it's going 00:32:56.679 --> 00:32:56.819 to be 00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.099 different 00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:57.539 for every 00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:57.819 one of 00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.019 us 00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:59.019 but you 00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.659 show me 00:32:59.659 --> 00:33:01.319 what shift 00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:01.779 needs to 00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.139 happen in 00:33:02.139 --> 00:33:02.619 my thinking 00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:04.159 what shift 00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:04.559 needs to 00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:04.940 happen in 00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.440 my heart 00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:07.599 God I'm a 00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:08.019 vessel for 00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.579 your service 00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.200 you train 00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.460 me 00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.619 I'm not 00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:10.859 going to do 00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.220 anything in 00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.480 my own 00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:11.839 strength 00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.460 can we pray 00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:12.720 now 00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.960 God your 00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.400 people are 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:14.860 praying your 00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.220 people are 00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.680 looking to 00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.059 you our 00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.519 hearts are 00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:18.539 open and 00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.019 as we enter 00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.640 into a time 00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:20.120 of Lord's 00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:22.140 supper speak 00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:22.799 to us God 00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.680 move in our 00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.319 body move in 00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:25.140 our midst we'll 00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:25.480 give you the 00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.140 glory in Jesus 00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:28.839 name music's 00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.279 going to play 00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:29.779 for just a 00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.120 couple of 00:33:30.120 --> 00:33:31.220 minutes let's 00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.839 use this time 00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.500 as a reflection 00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:34.059 to open our 00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.759 hearts to God 00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.940 and ask him to 00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.600 speak to us 00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:37.939 peace 00:33:37.939 --> 00:33:39.339 about 00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:48.679 Fur 00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:57.559 how 00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.099 how 00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:59.599 how 00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:02.179 how