WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.280 Well, y'all, thank you for your participation in the service so far. 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:14.460 We're going to be, as many of you know, we concluded our series in talking about the 00:00:14.460 --> 00:00:19.440 Lord's Prayer recently, and then, of course, we talked about Easter Sunday last week and 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:25.260 the resurrection of Jesus from the dead and how that is the basis, the foundation for 00:00:25.260 --> 00:00:25.800 our faith. 00:00:26.660 --> 00:00:32.359 Well, this Sunday, we're kind of concluding the D-Now theme, so we're going to be in James 00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:37.700 chapter 4 today, so if you would take your Bibles with me, turn to the book of James chapter 00:00:37.700 --> 00:00:38.500 4. 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:43.460 While you're turning there, let me quiz the teenagers for a minute. 00:00:44.540 --> 00:00:51.600 What was the theme of Pastor Nate's first message from the Bible on Friday night? 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:52.240 Do you guys remember? 00:00:53.760 --> 00:00:54.200 Happiness. 00:00:54.420 --> 00:00:54.960 There we go. 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:57.140 How to Find True Happiness in Jesus. 00:00:57.359 --> 00:00:59.480 And then Saturday morning, what did he talk about? 00:01:00.899 --> 00:01:01.259 Holiness. 00:01:01.460 --> 00:01:01.980 There you go. 00:01:02.060 --> 00:01:04.079 How to live that holy life before God and man. 00:01:04.260 --> 00:01:06.120 And then last night, what was he talking about? 00:01:07.240 --> 00:01:07.599 Habits. 00:01:07.780 --> 00:01:08.180 There you go. 00:01:08.219 --> 00:01:12.680 How many of you guys remember something specific from the habits section last night? 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:12.960 Anybody? 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:15.640 You're all scared to raise your hand. 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:16.280 I know what it is. 00:01:16.420 --> 00:01:16.840 There you go. 00:01:16.859 --> 00:01:18.620 We got some brave junior hires back there. 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:20.659 Either one of y'all, what do you think? 00:01:20.659 --> 00:01:21.420 Just shout it out. 00:01:30.420 --> 00:01:31.959 Somebody with a louder voice. 00:01:32.039 --> 00:01:32.759 What did she say? 00:01:34.659 --> 00:01:35.659 What did she say? 00:01:35.659 --> 00:01:35.679 What did she say? 00:01:35.679 --> 00:01:35.719 What did she say? 00:01:35.719 --> 00:01:35.780 What did she say? 00:01:35.780 --> 00:01:37.819 What did she say? 00:01:37.819 --> 00:01:39.759 What did she say? 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:46.060 There you go. 00:01:46.219 --> 00:01:46.719 Thank you. 00:01:48.800 --> 00:01:49.859 Turning your phone off. 00:01:49.939 --> 00:01:50.240 Yes. 00:01:50.340 --> 00:01:50.760 Thank you. 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:51.439 Thank you for that. 00:01:51.740 --> 00:01:52.219 That was. 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:53.420 He talked about that for a while. 00:01:53.580 --> 00:01:55.380 I got under conviction about that. 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:58.040 He's like, the last thing we do before we go to bed is look at our phone. 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:02.719 So much of the time, the first thing we do when we wake up is look at our phone. 00:02:03.080 --> 00:02:05.080 He sleeps with his phone in the other room. 00:02:05.360 --> 00:02:06.900 I'm like, man, how do you do that? 00:02:07.140 --> 00:02:07.840 But that's amazing. 00:02:07.940 --> 00:02:08.500 I love that. 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:11.939 And talking about habits that help us walk closer to God. 00:02:12.060 --> 00:02:12.480 Yeah, Cajun. 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:23.319 That's right. 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:24.719 Pluck it out. 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:29.719 Yes, he did. 00:02:29.859 --> 00:02:30.620 He talked about it. 00:02:30.620 --> 00:02:31.840 He had a lot of humor in there. 00:02:32.259 --> 00:02:32.479 All right. 00:02:32.519 --> 00:02:33.239 Last one, Aubrey. 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:43.459 That's right. 00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:48.819 There you go. 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:49.659 There you go. 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:50.479 All right. 00:02:50.519 --> 00:02:51.039 Yeah, he did. 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:53.340 He talked about the phone a lot. 00:02:53.659 --> 00:02:54.439 And y'all know why? 00:02:54.439 --> 00:03:02.199 This generation coming up right now, teenagers and into early 20s, they have, obviously, with 00:03:02.199 --> 00:03:06.300 the way of the world, they have the highest phone usage rate that's ever been in recorded 00:03:06.300 --> 00:03:06.900 history, right? 00:03:07.180 --> 00:03:11.360 And, of course, probably the one coming up behind them, the alphas, will probably take 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:12.379 that crown from them. 00:03:12.460 --> 00:03:14.819 But that is, obviously, the way our world is going. 00:03:14.819 --> 00:03:20.879 And so, while technology can certainly be a blessing, and so many of us have come to depend 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:26.900 on our cell phones, smartphones every day for so much of our lives, we also recognize 00:03:26.900 --> 00:03:32.240 that it can become something that stands in between us and pursuing God more, or in 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:33.959 between us and our relationships, et cetera. 00:03:34.079 --> 00:03:37.459 So, we have to kind of give that to God and develop healthy habits. 00:03:37.460 --> 00:03:43.439 So, today, we're concluding this series by talking about humility, humility. 00:03:43.980 --> 00:03:45.600 So, that's kind of the theme for today. 00:03:45.780 --> 00:03:48.840 Let's turn to James chapter 4 and verse 10, if you're not already there. 00:03:49.020 --> 00:03:51.240 And if you're able to, would you join us in standing? 00:03:51.640 --> 00:03:55.580 Let's read this verse, this one verse together, verse 10. 00:03:55.900 --> 00:03:58.300 I'm reading from the New Living Translation this morning. 00:03:58.300 --> 00:04:08.540 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. 00:04:10.100 --> 00:04:13.660 Would you say those last three words with me when we conclude this verse? 00:04:13.740 --> 00:04:14.800 I'm going to read it one more time. 00:04:16.379 --> 00:04:21.920 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will, ready, lift you up. 00:04:22.019 --> 00:04:22.540 That's right. 00:04:23.580 --> 00:04:26.379 Let's bow our heads and ask God to speak to us from his word today. 00:04:26.780 --> 00:04:28.000 God, we ask for just that. 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:31.160 We ask that you would remove any walls between us and you right now. 00:04:32.779 --> 00:04:37.259 There's people with all kinds of things on their minds, and that can get in the way of 00:04:37.259 --> 00:04:38.879 what you have for us from your word. 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:45.379 God, let this not be my thoughts and my opinions, but the revelation of the truth of Scripture 00:04:45.379 --> 00:04:48.240 speaking to our hearts and changing us. 00:04:48.500 --> 00:04:49.839 We'll give you all the glory for it. 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:50.720 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:51.480 Amen. 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:53.699 So, James chapter 4 and verse 10. 00:04:53.699 --> 00:04:58.659 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor. 00:04:59.479 --> 00:05:03.539 What a powerful thought that God would honor us. 00:05:03.540 --> 00:05:06.939 God would lift us up in honor. 00:05:06.939 --> 00:05:10.400 All throughout Scripture, we're taught to lift him up, right? 00:05:10.660 --> 00:05:11.640 To honor God. 00:05:12.300 --> 00:05:13.220 To praise him. 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:16.900 That's what we do when we come to church, and we sing those songs. 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:21.320 Maybe you drive down the road in the car, and you turn on Christian radio. 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:25.879 Or maybe you've got a, you know, playlist on your phone or something that you listen to 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:27.899 that has songs that honor God. 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:31.899 Maybe throughout your day, you try to think thoughts that are honoring to God, 00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:35.379 or you stop and pray and give that glory back to God. 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:39.339 Throughout our day, we are supposed to be doing that, right? 00:05:40.079 --> 00:05:42.219 But in this verse, it says, 00:05:42.220 --> 00:05:48.820 If we humble ourselves before God, then he will actually take us and lift us up. 00:05:49.300 --> 00:05:52.880 Man, what a powerful thought that God would do that for us. 00:05:53.400 --> 00:05:55.780 So, what's he talking about with humility? 00:05:56.640 --> 00:05:59.840 First, I'm going to take you in a direction that you didn't think you were going to go this morning. 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:00.860 Ready? 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:03.260 I got to get this thing working. 00:06:04.320 --> 00:06:08.800 For those of y'all who aren't here every Sunday, this is like a regular thing that happens. 00:06:09.100 --> 00:06:10.680 I push buttons and nothing happens. 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:13.220 And then they're looking at me like, dude, you're doing it wrong. 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:15.079 It's just, it's how we do it, all right? 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:17.800 All right, Josh, would you take me to the next slide? 00:06:18.860 --> 00:06:19.160 Thanks. 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:20.540 Yep, one more. 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:23.860 There we go. 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:29.220 Anybody know what hashtag OOTD means? 00:06:30.139 --> 00:06:31.460 Just say it if you know it. 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:32.980 Outfit of the day. 00:06:33.060 --> 00:06:35.199 Why did this crowd say it right here? 00:06:35.699 --> 00:06:37.180 And like, nobody from back there. 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:38.920 Yeah, that's what it means. 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:43.040 First of all, some of you were still trying to figure out what I meant by hashtag. 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:46.140 Because you're like, I see the pound sign up there. 00:06:48.020 --> 00:06:48.840 Why are y'all laughing? 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:49.740 You don't even know what that is. 00:06:51.700 --> 00:06:57.580 Yeah, back, you know, back on the old telephones that were actually on a wall and had buttons that you push, you know. 00:06:57.700 --> 00:06:59.040 That was the pound sign. 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:00.860 Now it's hashtag. 00:07:01.400 --> 00:07:05.020 And this is OOTD, outfit of the day. 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:07.879 There were a lot of pictures that could have gone up there. 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:10.439 And I tried to go with the least controversial one that I could find. 00:07:10.640 --> 00:07:12.460 So we rolled with that today. 00:07:12.459 --> 00:07:22.539 On social media, whether it's TikTok or, you know, Instagram or whatever, the social media outlet happens to be that people are posting on. 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:25.379 That is a common thing that gets posted out there. 00:07:25.500 --> 00:07:28.779 People try it on different outfits saying, here's my outfit of the day. 00:07:29.259 --> 00:07:31.240 There's another one that goes along with it. 00:07:32.719 --> 00:07:33.159 GRWM. 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:33.980 What does that mean? 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:35.700 Get ready with me. 00:07:35.900 --> 00:07:36.160 Right. 00:07:36.960 --> 00:07:37.640 Which is weird. 00:07:37.740 --> 00:07:38.220 Like, why? 00:07:38.380 --> 00:07:40.040 Why do I want to get ready with you? 00:07:40.380 --> 00:07:42.560 I get ready by myself. 00:07:42.760 --> 00:07:43.560 You know, this is weird. 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:45.740 But, you know, that's what it is. 00:07:45.760 --> 00:07:47.400 It's like people, you know, going through. 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:50.680 Here I am brushing my teeth and doing my hair and doing my makeup. 00:07:51.500 --> 00:07:52.960 Y'all like my makeup this morning? 00:07:55.020 --> 00:07:57.420 You're like, no, you really did a bad job if you were. 00:07:58.540 --> 00:08:01.340 Yeah, so that is a very common trend. 00:08:01.340 --> 00:08:02.580 Why is that? 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:15.100 Why do people care so much about their outfit of the day or having people watch them try on different outfits or whatever they planned before that they're going to wear that day? 00:08:15.540 --> 00:08:16.280 Why is that? 00:08:17.080 --> 00:08:22.420 Well, could it be that the attention is on us? 00:08:23.100 --> 00:08:27.820 The whole point is to lift up me and make me look better. 00:08:28.280 --> 00:08:32.700 One of our high school girls earlier this morning, I wasn't even going to mention this until you gave it to me. 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:45.360 She said that she loved the part of Pastor Nate's preaching where he talked about social media as glorifying me instead of glorifying God. 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:54.940 Even if it's not something inappropriate that you're posting, even if it's not, you know, something that runs down someone else or harms someone else or it's just purely fine. 00:08:54.940 --> 00:09:01.560 But really the whole point of it is to draw attention to me, to lift me up and make me look better. 00:09:02.560 --> 00:09:04.260 I'm not saying all social media is bad. 00:09:04.760 --> 00:09:12.080 And I'm not saying that all posts that involve you or tell the world about you are innately bad all by themselves. 00:09:12.160 --> 00:09:12.940 I'm not saying that. 00:09:12.940 --> 00:09:19.940 But there is a truth that the whole purpose of social media is to draw attention to yourself. 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:23.200 So that's kind of the idea behind this. 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:30.140 And a recent study showed, ready, women spend 17 minutes per day choosing an outfit. 00:09:31.740 --> 00:09:35.180 Men spend 13 minutes per day choosing an outfit. 00:09:35.179 --> 00:09:38.739 Can I just get a show of hands from the guys? 00:09:38.839 --> 00:09:41.919 How many of y'all spent 13 minutes choosing your outfit today? 00:09:42.299 --> 00:09:43.500 I didn't think so. 00:09:45.079 --> 00:09:49.279 I spent like, you know, 45 seconds maybe choosing my outfit. 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:50.599 It's like, yeah. 00:09:50.939 --> 00:09:52.279 Bill's like, yes and amen. 00:09:53.620 --> 00:09:54.279 Like, okay. 00:09:55.339 --> 00:09:57.579 You know, high was going to be a little lower today. 00:09:57.659 --> 00:09:58.620 So I'm like, I'll wear the vest. 00:09:58.699 --> 00:09:59.579 It's D now weekend. 00:09:59.699 --> 00:10:02.679 I'm going a little more casual today, you know, than I do sometimes on a Sunday. 00:10:02.740 --> 00:10:03.439 And that's all right. 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:04.600 But God doesn't judge. 00:10:04.660 --> 00:10:05.080 It's okay. 00:10:08.040 --> 00:10:09.460 But yeah, I'm like, here's a shirt. 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:10.400 Here's a vest. 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:10.980 Here's pants. 00:10:11.020 --> 00:10:11.560 I got a belt. 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:12.980 What shoes do I need? 00:10:13.060 --> 00:10:13.740 All right, we're good. 00:10:15.500 --> 00:10:19.100 But 17 minutes per day was the average. 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.280 And for men, 13 minutes. 00:10:22.760 --> 00:10:26.020 That's a lot of attention to how we look, isn't it? 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:29.700 It's a lot of attention to ourselves, to us. 00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:31.920 So what are we trying to do? 00:10:32.419 --> 00:10:37.839 Why are we so concerned with how we look and how we present ourselves to the world? 00:10:39.959 --> 00:10:41.819 Number one, let's write this down. 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:44.559 If you've got your bulletin with you, there's some blanks in there you can fill out. 00:10:44.860 --> 00:10:47.019 There should be church pens in the pew back in front of you. 00:10:47.839 --> 00:10:50.639 Humility doesn't come naturally. 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:57.799 We've got to understand that humility is not something that we were already equipped with, right? 00:10:58.419 --> 00:11:01.080 When you're buying a car, there's things that come standard. 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:04.899 And then there's like factory options that you can add in. 00:11:04.980 --> 00:11:06.559 There's like packages you can add in. 00:11:06.779 --> 00:11:09.659 How many of you guys have bought a car new right here in this section? 00:11:10.179 --> 00:11:10.539 Anybody? 00:11:11.539 --> 00:11:12.399 I'd be like, wow. 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:13.319 Have you? 00:11:13.579 --> 00:11:14.139 Have you? 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:16.799 I'm not talking about Hot Wheels. 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:18.199 We talked about that a few weeks ago. 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:20.799 Yeah. 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:24.099 I bought one car new in my life, and I regretted it instantly. 00:11:24.579 --> 00:11:26.559 And it was when we were missionaries down in Panama. 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:31.959 And I kind of had to because like the used car deal down there is a little sketchier than what we find up here. 00:11:32.219 --> 00:11:34.879 So I kind of had to buy a brand new car down there. 00:11:34.979 --> 00:11:39.079 And, man, I hated the decrease in value as soon as it drove off the lot. 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:39.739 But there you go. 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:42.139 I got like the lowest end. 00:11:42.219 --> 00:11:44.899 I didn't add on any specialty packages or anything like that. 00:11:44.919 --> 00:11:50.839 But, man, do you understand that you and I, we don't come standard with humility? 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:55.259 That's something that God has to give to us. 00:11:55.259 --> 00:12:01.519 Oftentimes, you'll find people that it seems like they're humble. 00:12:01.899 --> 00:12:03.080 Why do you think that is? 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:03.840 Talk back to me. 00:12:03.899 --> 00:12:09.139 Why do you think that sometimes we see people and we think those are humble people? 00:12:11.019 --> 00:12:11.500 Yeah? 00:12:13.139 --> 00:12:14.480 Because of how they act? 00:12:14.779 --> 00:12:17.080 Because maybe they're a little more quiet, right? 00:12:17.299 --> 00:12:19.480 They don't always like draw attention to themselves? 00:12:20.019 --> 00:12:21.039 What were you going to say? 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:23.719 How they talk about themselves? 00:12:24.959 --> 00:12:25.480 Yeah. 00:12:25.620 --> 00:12:27.299 They're not always like building themselves up. 00:12:27.379 --> 00:12:27.559 Right. 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:31.419 That could be a sign of godly humility or it could just be a personality thing. 00:12:31.659 --> 00:12:31.839 Right? 00:12:32.439 --> 00:12:34.799 Doesn't necessarily mean that they're humble. 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:43.519 Sometimes, when you always degrade yourself and you're always tearing yourself down, the truth is, you're not humble at all. 00:12:43.599 --> 00:12:46.659 Because you're constantly consumed with yourself. 00:12:47.719 --> 00:12:51.759 Even though you're not necessarily saying, I'm better than somebody else. 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:53.059 You might be saying the opposite. 00:12:53.199 --> 00:12:54.620 You might be saying, man, I'm worth nothing. 00:12:54.620 --> 00:12:58.259 Oh, my life is the worst. 00:12:59.039 --> 00:13:00.080 I'm a terrible person. 00:13:01.299 --> 00:13:03.060 No one should trust me for anything. 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:04.560 I can't do anything right. 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:06.080 Has anybody ever thought those thoughts? 00:13:06.139 --> 00:13:07.060 I can't do anything right. 00:13:08.299 --> 00:13:11.039 In that voice, too, with that expression on your face, you know. 00:13:11.259 --> 00:13:12.299 I can't do anything right. 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:14.360 Probably not. 00:13:14.620 --> 00:13:16.000 If so, that would be really weird. 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:19.460 Humility does not come naturally. 00:13:19.580 --> 00:13:22.779 The truth is, all of us are equipped with pride. 00:13:22.779 --> 00:13:26.240 We all come standard with pride. 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:28.240 That's what we're equipped with. 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:28.740 Right? 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:32.539 And that might express itself in different ways. 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:35.279 Sometimes we're the one that wants all the attention. 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:37.360 Or sometimes we want none of the attention. 00:13:37.579 --> 00:13:40.240 Either way, we're trying to please ourselves. 00:13:40.379 --> 00:13:42.120 We're trying to satisfy ourselves. 00:13:42.839 --> 00:13:45.839 And all our attention is on ourselves. 00:13:46.439 --> 00:13:48.339 So humility doesn't come naturally. 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:51.759 We have to choose to put it on. 00:13:52.779 --> 00:13:58.939 We got to choose to, instead of thinking, how is the world going to see me? 00:13:59.919 --> 00:14:02.199 How is everybody going to look at me? 00:14:02.319 --> 00:14:05.860 What are they going to think when they see me today? 00:14:05.860 --> 00:14:09.480 Which could spawn an OOTD post. 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:12.240 Or a GRWM post. 00:14:12.860 --> 00:14:15.419 Or it could produce something completely different. 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:20.259 But regardless, it's that same line of thinking that all revolves around me. 00:14:20.500 --> 00:14:21.879 So humility doesn't come naturally. 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:23.600 We have to choose to put it on. 00:14:23.700 --> 00:14:24.860 What does the Bible say about this? 00:14:25.139 --> 00:14:27.980 Would you turn over to 1 Peter 5 and verse 5? 00:14:27.980 --> 00:14:30.080 And then we'll go to verse 6 as well. 00:14:30.620 --> 00:14:36.200 This is kind of a parallel passage with what we're talking about in James chapter 4. 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:37.759 It's talking about humility here. 00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:40.440 1 Peter 5, verses 5 and 6. 00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:43.320 If you don't have time to turn there, it's on the screen as well. 00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:49.159 All of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another. 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:50.639 Isn't that interesting? 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:53.340 We're talking about outfits and getting ready in the day. 00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:56.679 And then God literally tells us, dress yourself. 00:14:56.939 --> 00:14:59.000 Your Bible might say, clothe yourself. 00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:00.879 Same deal, okay? 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:05.600 All of you got to put on humility every day. 00:15:06.779 --> 00:15:09.360 As you relate to each other. 00:15:10.580 --> 00:15:14.600 That means it's not just a quiet personality thing. 00:15:14.779 --> 00:15:17.939 It means in your dealings with other people. 00:15:17.940 --> 00:15:21.140 As you talk to other people. 00:15:21.420 --> 00:15:23.380 As you're around other people. 00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:25.280 The vibe you're giving off. 00:15:26.920 --> 00:15:29.440 It's got to be humility. 00:15:30.280 --> 00:15:30.820 Why? 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:33.680 Because God opposes the proud. 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:35.760 Man, those are harsh words. 00:15:36.680 --> 00:15:38.680 God opposes the proud. 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:39.900 That's hardcore. 00:15:40.940 --> 00:15:43.760 But he gives grace to the humble. 00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:47.340 Y'all want God to oppose you? 00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:48.700 Or do you want God's grace? 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:52.160 Is it that hard to decide? 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:55.259 Come on, that wasn't a rhetorical question. 00:15:55.340 --> 00:15:55.620 Let's go. 00:15:55.800 --> 00:15:57.139 Do you want God to oppose you? 00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:58.360 Or do you want God's grace? 00:15:59.139 --> 00:16:00.160 Yes, right? 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:02.360 That's an easy decision. 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:05.180 Okay, well then we've got to close ourselves in humility. 00:16:05.660 --> 00:16:07.960 We got to get dressed in the morning with humility. 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:11.740 We got to put on this mind. 00:16:11.740 --> 00:16:14.840 Philippians says, 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:16.840 Let this mind be in you, 00:16:17.100 --> 00:16:19.180 which was also in Christ Jesus. 00:16:19.560 --> 00:16:19.919 Who? 00:16:20.259 --> 00:16:21.940 Being in the form of God. 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:23.159 I mean, he was God. 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:27.200 He said it wasn't robbery to be thought equal as God. 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:29.120 But instead, because why would that be? 00:16:29.220 --> 00:16:31.580 Why would that be inappropriate for people to call him God? 00:16:31.659 --> 00:16:32.560 Jesus was God. 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:37.259 But instead, it says he made himself of no reputation. 00:16:37.959 --> 00:16:39.559 Like he killed his reputation. 00:16:39.939 --> 00:16:40.739 He was God. 00:16:40.979 --> 00:16:42.919 He was absolutely at the top. 00:16:43.319 --> 00:16:45.459 And it says he made himself of no reputation. 00:16:45.819 --> 00:16:48.319 And he took upon him the form of a servant. 00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:49.939 And he was made in the likeness of men. 00:16:50.099 --> 00:16:52.239 He went from the top to the bottom. 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:54.479 And he did that willingly. 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:56.559 He humbled himself. 00:16:56.559 --> 00:17:02.439 So if it's good enough for Jesus to humble himself, we can handle it. 00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:05.220 We don't have as big of a drop, right? 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:07.940 We're not already at the top like Jesus was. 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:12.139 That's really not that big of a drop for us to humble ourselves. 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:15.619 And make ourselves of no reputation. 00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:17.259 But what are we constantly trying to do? 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:19.659 We're trying to build our reputation. 00:17:21.019 --> 00:17:22.799 You don't have to raise your hands right now. 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:24.359 Young people especially. 00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:29.639 But look, the people on the sides and in the back, y'all are right in here with us too. 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:32.419 How many of us care about our reputation? 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:35.299 You don't have to raise your hands. 00:17:35.979 --> 00:17:36.679 I already know. 00:17:36.819 --> 00:17:37.459 I already know. 00:17:38.459 --> 00:17:39.119 You do. 00:17:39.219 --> 00:17:39.819 Of course you do. 00:17:39.899 --> 00:17:40.459 We all do. 00:17:40.919 --> 00:17:42.059 We care about our reputation. 00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:43.939 I care about my reputation. 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:45.639 And there are some good to that. 00:17:46.199 --> 00:17:49.799 The Bible says we should live in good standing with God and man. 00:17:49.939 --> 00:17:53.579 But we can care about our reputation way too much. 00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:56.559 Jesus was willing to kill his reputation. 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:04.939 And if you read the Gospels about Jesus walking on this earth, you see that he made a lot of enemies. 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:06.379 There were a lot of people who didn't like him. 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:07.859 Didn't like him at all. 00:18:08.179 --> 00:18:09.539 Didn't like what he was talking about. 00:18:09.539 --> 00:18:12.680 He made them uncomfortable. 00:18:13.879 --> 00:18:15.339 They didn't like his message. 00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:18.359 Thought he was calling them out. 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:25.059 There were all kinds of things that made Jesus unpopular with certain things. 00:18:25.379 --> 00:18:27.039 But he laid, with certain types of people. 00:18:27.139 --> 00:18:28.740 But he laid all that aside. 00:18:29.139 --> 00:18:30.359 That wasn't important to him anymore. 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:31.799 He came with a message. 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:35.419 And that message would only be heard if he humbled himself. 00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:37.220 So he did. 00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:40.559 So, verse 6. 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:42.299 Humble yourselves. 00:18:43.120 --> 00:18:45.140 Under the mighty power of God. 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:46.759 And at the right time. 00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:48.100 At the right time. 00:18:48.620 --> 00:18:50.579 Jesus will lift you up in honor. 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:54.180 That's literally the same words that we just read in James chapter 4. 00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:57.759 If you humble yourselves, Jesus will lift you up. 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:00.279 But I love that it includes here in 1 Peter. 00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:02.259 At the right time. 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:04.579 We don't know when that time will be. 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:06.759 Young people, you don't know when that time will be. 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:09.799 You might hope that God will lift you up at this moment. 00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:10.839 Or this moment. 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:12.299 Because you've got a lot going on. 00:19:12.339 --> 00:19:13.980 You've got a lot riding on this. 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:18.140 Your reputation might be endangered if God doesn't lift you up at this moment. 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:19.960 You're like, God, I really need you to come through for me. 00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:23.359 I really need you to not let me embarrass myself in this moment. 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:24.939 Whatever it is. 00:19:25.179 --> 00:19:29.799 But you must wait and rest and trust in God's timing. 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:32.419 Because at the right time, he will lift you up. 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:38.819 And it will be so much better than anything you could have achieved on your own. 00:19:39.879 --> 00:19:42.219 C.S. Lewis, great Christian writer, said this. 00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:47.219 Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less. 00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:55.940 I think that is a great little boiled down, kind of stripped down, bare bones definition of humility. 00:19:57.140 --> 00:20:00.579 It's not thinking less of yourself like, oh, I'm the worst. 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:02.259 That's not what humility is. 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:05.819 Humility is thinking of yourself less. 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:08.660 It's thinking of God first. 00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:12.920 Others that he's put into your life next. 00:20:13.800 --> 00:20:17.360 And then lastly, finally, third place, yourself. 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:20.440 That is humility. 00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:22.620 And that's what Jesus did. 00:20:23.100 --> 00:20:25.300 That's what Jesus modeled for us. 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:28.500 That's why he endured the cross. 00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:31.320 That's why he went through all that pain, all that torture, 00:20:31.320 --> 00:20:37.259 all that horrible physical experience of dying on the cross, being crucified. 00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:43.980 God, taking on all the sins of you and me because he put himself last. 00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:46.980 He put God's plan first. 00:20:47.619 --> 00:20:49.900 He put us next. 00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:57.079 And our salvation, our hope, our freedom, our liberty, our forgiveness. 00:20:57.559 --> 00:21:01.599 He put that above his own physical experience. 00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:04.119 But how many of us do the same? 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.900 Boy, that's hard to think of. 00:21:05.900 --> 00:21:07.720 Because usually we don't, right? 00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:09.280 Usually we don't. 00:21:09.800 --> 00:21:12.440 Usually we think of ourselves more than others. 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:16.780 God is saying he's challenging us to a different way of thinking. 00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:19.380 Romans 12 and verse 2. 00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:21.340 We've been talking about it for a long time. 00:21:22.300 --> 00:21:27.140 It says God can transform you by changing the way you think. 00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:31.540 So if you want God to make a difference in your life, 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:37.660 then let him change the way you think about humility, about yourself. 00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.420 Why? 00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:41.320 Because Jesus is better. 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.920 Number two, Jesus is better. 00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:45.259 Humility is not natural to us, right? 00:21:45.520 --> 00:21:46.840 We have to put it on. 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.680 Why would we do that? 00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:51.520 Because Jesus can take us higher. 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:53.400 Jesus is better. 00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:57.500 He is better than any outcome that you could receive. 00:21:58.300 --> 00:22:03.540 Last night, Pastor Nate talked about the different outcomes of your habits. 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:10.259 He said never once has he gotten up in the morning or right before he goes to bed at night and said, 00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:12.800 yeah, man, I can't wait to brush my teeth, right? 00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:16.220 Have any of y'all ever had a good time brushing your teeth? 00:22:16.300 --> 00:22:19.660 Just really, it was a satisfying, awesome experience. 00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:21.580 Like, I can't wait until next time. 00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:23.420 Jacob, you're so weird, man. 00:22:25.040 --> 00:22:27.920 Jacob Browning's like, dude, it's my highlight of the day. 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:32.840 Other than Jacob, have any of the rest of us normal people ever had that? 00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.259 No. 00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:39.180 I was just like, dude, unless maybe you got like a new toothbrush and it was really cool. 00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:42.620 But even after that, after a while, you know, it's like, eh. 00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:45.679 Some of the experience is not the same. 00:22:46.659 --> 00:22:48.419 I did get a new toothbrush recently. 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:51.099 And I got my wife a new toothbrush at Christmas. 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:56.039 And shortly after that, I was tired of her like enjoying her new toothbrush. 00:22:56.139 --> 00:22:56.959 So I got myself one. 00:22:58.319 --> 00:23:00.159 And it is, it is a better experience. 00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:04.399 But there's like a ceiling on how much enjoyment you can get from brushing your teeth. 00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:07.699 You know, it's like, hey, this is better than what it used to be. 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:09.480 But it's still like not that great. 00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:12.279 But you do it anyway, right? 00:23:12.340 --> 00:23:13.100 There's a habit. 00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:15.779 And that's what Pastor Nate was talking to us about last night. 00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:21.259 He's like, why do we do some of the things we do over and over and over and over again, 00:23:21.580 --> 00:23:25.319 even if they aren't the greatest thing we've ever enjoyed? 00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:30.200 Because we want the outcome that those habits produce, right? 00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:32.580 We want healthy teeth. 00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:34.720 He said he wanted to stay married. 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:37.220 And apparently brushing your teeth is a big deal with his wife. 00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:40.160 So he's trying to save his marriage. 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:50.640 Anyway, Jesus produces the best outcomes that we could ever possibly experience. 00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:56.420 So much better than anything that you or I could ever achieve. 00:23:57.940 --> 00:24:02.019 Jesus' fruit is so much better than our fruit. 00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:06.279 If he's a tree, he's the vine, we're the branches. 00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:08.240 He wants us to bear fruit. 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.639 He wants us to produce fruit. 00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:11.639 He talks about that in the book of John. 00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:18.819 The kind of fruit that he produces is so much better than the kind of fruit that you and I can produce in our life. 00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:21.920 So that's why we choose to think his way. 00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:28.440 That's why we choose to do something unnatural to us and put on humility because Jesus is better. 00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:30.079 He can take us higher. 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:34.379 I put this in here because he can take us higher. 00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:37.240 Anybody follow the Rangers last year? 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:40.059 Anybody know about the Creed song? 00:24:41.899 --> 00:24:43.079 What was the name of it? 00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.419 Yes. 00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:50.579 Nobody? 00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.279 Wow. 00:24:51.919 --> 00:24:52.899 I thought y'all were Rangers fans. 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.419 Come on now. 00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:56.120 The whole stadium would sing this. 00:24:56.680 --> 00:25:02.220 And it started in the locker room with the Rangers on their run to World Series champions for the first time ever. 00:25:02.620 --> 00:25:05.759 They would sing, can you take me higher? 00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.440 That was amazing, wasn't it? 00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.279 You guys enjoy that? 00:25:09.820 --> 00:25:10.960 A little creed this morning. 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:12.860 But it was really cool. 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:17.140 And so the Dallas Morning News headline after they won the World Series was, 00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:21.200 these Rangers can go no higher because they reached the top. 00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:26.180 Do you realize that there is a ceiling on everything you can achieve in this world? 00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:29.799 These guys reached the absolute top. 00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:35.039 Now, obviously, they're going to win it again this year, so they're going to reach the top again. 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:37.840 Bill, just hang with me. 00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:39.279 We'll get past this part in just a second. 00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:42.100 He's just got to endure it for a minute. 00:25:43.080 --> 00:25:49.180 I'm not going to talk about the last two games, all right, and how the Astros lost both of them when the Rangers won the last two. 00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:50.019 Anyway, all right, sorry. 00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:52.340 We're getting way off from the Holy Spirit here. 00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:57.880 All right, so they can't go any higher than they did last year. 00:25:57.960 --> 00:26:02.220 Now, they could reach that pinnacle again like the Astros actually have. 00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:05.180 There's other dynasties. 00:26:05.340 --> 00:26:07.980 You know, the Yankees won three in a row one time. 00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:12.460 But once you reach that top, that's as high as you can go. 00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:15.500 There's always a limit. 00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:19.819 There's always a ceiling that you bump up against in anything in this world. 00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:22.420 But I can promise you there's no limit with God. 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:24.259 There's no ceiling with God. 00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:29.000 He's so much higher, he can take us as high as he wants us to go. 00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:29.920 What does that mean? 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:35.880 He can fill your heart with as much love as he wants to, as much joy, as much peace. 00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:42.200 He can provide for you limitlessly if he chooses to. 00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:44.920 You just got to leave your life in his hands. 00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:47.420 Say, okay, God, I recognize that you're better. 00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:49.680 You can take me higher. 00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:53.259 So let's go to Luke chapter 14 and we'll be done. 00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:55.079 Luke 14, okay? 00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:58.160 I didn't put the verses on the screen. 00:26:58.220 --> 00:27:01.299 I just put the passage up there because I'd love for you to turn in your Bibles there. 00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:06.000 If you need to use a Bible app on your phone or borrow a Bible from the seat back in front of you, that's fine. 00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:08.059 Luke chapter 14, verse 7. 00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:10.440 For sake of time, I'm going to go ahead and start reading. 00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:13.059 We'll read down through verse 11. 00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:21.319 When Jesus noticed that all who had come to the dinner were trying to sit in seats of honor near the head of the table, he gave them this advice. 00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:26.740 When you are invited to a wedding feast, don't sit in the seat of distinguished. 00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:27.759 I'm sorry. 00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:28.220 Here we go. 00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.899 Don't sit in the seat of honor. 00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:34.380 What if someone who is more distinguished than you has already been invited? 00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:37.380 Then the host will come and say, give this person your seat. 00:27:37.800 --> 00:27:41.440 And then you'll be embarrassed and you'll have to take whatever seat is left at the foot of the table. 00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:45.540 Instead, take the lowest place at the foot of the table. 00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:51.540 Then when your host sees you, he will come and say, friend, we have a better place for you. 00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:54.640 Then you'll be honored in front of all the other guests. 00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.400 Watch this. 00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.519 Verse 11. 00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:56.780 Ready? 00:27:56.779 --> 00:28:01.700 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled. 00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:10.259 And those who humble themselves will be exalted, lifted up with honor. 00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:13.599 That's what we heard about in 1 Peter and James. 00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.759 God will lift you up. 00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.980 He will exalt you. 00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:20.779 But you've got to take the step of humbling yourself. 00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:23.879 It comes down to a matter of trust. 00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:28.140 Do you trust that God will actually come through? 00:28:29.080 --> 00:28:31.640 Do you trust that his way is better? 00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:37.860 Do you really believe that Jesus can take you higher and wants to? 00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:39.760 He wants to. 00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:44.879 I'm going to ask a sensitive question. 00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:47.779 Would you guys mind bowing your heads and closing your eyes for a minute? 00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:51.799 How many of you would say, we're not praying right now. 00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:58.759 How many of you would say, I grew up with a parent who maybe didn't love me 00:28:58.759 --> 00:29:06.680 in a way that most parents try to love their kids? 00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.220 Yeah. 00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.879 Thank you. 00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:11.039 You can slip your hand up real quick. 00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.220 Thank you. 00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.839 You can put your hand down. 00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.319 All right. 00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:13.799 Look up here. 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:18.000 God wants to be a better parent to you than you ever had. 00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.879 Those who raised your hand. 00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:31.860 God wants to love you better than those parents ever could. 00:29:33.540 --> 00:29:36.160 God is a good, good father. 00:29:36.280 --> 00:29:38.280 It's not just a worship song that Chris Tomlin wrote. 00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:39.700 He's a good, good father. 00:29:40.040 --> 00:29:40.940 He really is. 00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:46.440 He's really the best father you could ever think of beyond what you could ever ask or think. 00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:53.519 So God says, I want to love you in the way that a parent should love their child. 00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:55.380 I will never abandon you. 00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.960 I'll always seek your good. 00:29:57.100 --> 00:30:01.440 I'll always seek my glory, which will always result in your good. 00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:08.080 God has set us up to take us higher than we could ever go. 00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:17.759 So our takeaway today is today I will choose humility so Jesus can take me higher for his glory. 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:23.539 Do you understand that when God's children do well, it makes God look good? 00:30:24.659 --> 00:30:29.639 When my children succeed at something, people look at me, hey, man, you're doing a good job with your kids. 00:30:29.679 --> 00:30:31.439 I'm like, oh, yeah, man, I taught them everything they ever knew. 00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:35.519 And when they don't do well at something, I'm like, that was their mama. 00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:38.960 But everybody knows better, so they're like, they don't believe me. 00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:45.319 It makes God look great when we do well. 00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:46.599 It brings glory to him. 00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:48.019 He wants us to thrive. 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:49.940 He wants us to succeed. 00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:55.099 He wants us because of his great matchless love for us. 00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:57.180 He doesn't want that to go to waste. 00:30:57.920 --> 00:31:02.859 He's not saying, man, you're going to have the worst life ever on earth, but then it'll all be great in heaven someday. 00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:11.399 He says instead, sometimes it's going to be tough on this earth, but I can take you higher on this earth than you could ever go. 00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:15.099 I can give more meaning to your life than you could ever get on your own. 00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:20.799 I can help you through the struggles in ways that you can't even imagine. 00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:23.539 But you've got to trust me. 00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:27.059 And every day, you've got to remember, it's not about me. 00:31:27.439 --> 00:31:28.339 It's not about me. 00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:28.939 It's about God. 00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:30.480 I'm going to put on humility today. 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:33.399 I'm going to get dressed in humility. 00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:34.659 Would you bow your heads? 00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:37.019 God, I pray that you would touch our hearts. 00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:41.379 I know for me, I know this hits home for me. 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:44.900 I don't always wake up every day and think, it's not about me. 00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:46.019 It's about God. 00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:53.279 So today, today, right now, along with, I pray, many in this building, I choose humility. 00:31:54.639 --> 00:31:58.440 Because I know that you can take me higher for your glory. 00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:00.079 Let your name be lifted up. 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:07.220 Yet, let your name, not ours, be lifted up for the glory that is due to you and you alone. 00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:11.139 We'll give you all the praise, all the glory. 00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:16.639 And you'll do wonderful things in our body, in our church, in these young people's lives, 00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:22.059 in these not-so-young people's lives, in every one of our lives. 00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:23.939 God, we want you to be lifted up. 00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:25.279 We know you are better. 00:32:25.419 --> 00:32:26.559 Your way is better. 00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:28.259 Remind us of that. 00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:32.420 Church, with our heads bowed and our eyes closed, I'm going to ask this question. 00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:39.599 How many of you would be able to say that there's a moment in your life when you remember 00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:45.339 that you cried out to Jesus for the forgiveness of your sin to become his child? 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:48.460 Would you be able to testify to that by raising your hand and join me? 00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:53.039 I know there's many all across the room say, I know that I'm a child of God. 00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.740 You can put your hand down. 00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.200 Thank you. 00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:58.039 If you couldn't raise your hand a moment ago, would you mind slipping it up now? 00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:59.099 People's heads are bowed. 00:32:59.159 --> 00:32:59.960 We have some privacy. 00:33:00.639 --> 00:33:03.420 But I would love to know, and I'd love to talk to you later about it. 00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:07.259 Maybe pray with you and show you from the Bible what it means to be a child of God. 00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:10.039 How many of you would say, I've never done that before. 00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.799 I've come to church, maybe. 00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:13.299 I know some things about God. 00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:16.440 But I've never turned to him for the forgiveness of my sins. 00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:19.119 Once and for all to become his child. 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.659 Would you slip your hand up if that's you? 00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:22.259 Say, I've never done that. 00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:24.460 Thank you. 00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.180 Thank you. 00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:27.440 You can put your hands down. 00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:27.940 Thank you. 00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:29.879 Thank you. 00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:31.200 God, you've seen these hands. 00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:32.359 You know every situation. 00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.720 You know every young person. 00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:35.319 You know every older person. 00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:38.500 You know exactly what their lives have been like and what's going to come. 00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:42.379 I pray that right now in this moment, you would draw them to yourself. 00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:48.960 If you just raised your hand a moment ago, when the music begins, I'm going to be in the back. 00:33:49.760 --> 00:33:52.940 If you wouldn't mind slipping out of your seat, come join me. 00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:55.940 Go past those double doors. 00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:57.180 Meet me back there. 00:33:57.960 --> 00:34:01.240 And we'll talk for a minute about what it means to be a child of God. 00:34:02.840 --> 00:34:03.840 Have the boldness. 00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:10.320 Have the courage to step out and make this a priority for you at this moment. 00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:12.220 Today is the day. 00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:16.460 For the rest of us, I want to invite you to join us in standing. 00:34:16.680 --> 00:34:17.640 We're going to sing together. 00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:20.840 If you're able to, go ahead and join us in standing. 00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.740 We're going to sing together. 00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:24.079 How great the chasm that lay between us. 00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:26.460 How high the mountain we could not climb. 00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:32.720 In desperation, I cried out to heaven and spoke your name, Jesus, into the night. 00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:34.340 And then he stepped in. 00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:37.460 What a testimony of what God can do in your life. 00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.880 Would you join us in singing? 00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:43.500 And if God wants to work in you, if he's talking to you right now, come down here. 00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:45.220 Take a moment of prayer during the song. 00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:46.260 It's going to be just fine. 00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:47.480 That's what these steps are for. 00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:49.780 You go back to your seat and join everybody in singing. 00:34:50.080 --> 00:34:52.519 But let's let God have a few minutes here before we close today. 00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:52.720 Amen.