1 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,120 Down. 2 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,520 Down. 3 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,360 Gone, [music] 4 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:36,640 gone. 5 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:39,300 Now my [singing] sin is dead and gone. 6 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:41,320 And I sing hallelujah. 7 00:00:39,300 --> 00:00:41,320 [singing] 8 00:00:42,079 --> 00:00:48,320 Done. Dawn. [music] 9 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:51,090 Jesus. [singing] 10 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:53,110 And I sing hallelujah. 11 00:00:51,090 --> 00:00:53,110 [singing] 12 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,280 Oh. 13 00:00:56,985 --> 00:00:59,005 [singing] 14 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:09,200 Oh, man. Well, hello everybody. Good to 15 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:11,119 see you. 16 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:14,159 Good to report that we didn't lose 17 00:01:11,119 --> 00:01:17,040 anybody at the beach last week. 18 00:01:14,159 --> 00:01:20,640 I hope no one came here uh last Sunday 19 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:23,360 expecting to find us on our two two time 20 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:25,439 two Sundays a year we're away. Uh 21 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:27,200 usually one Sunday in July we go to the 22 00:01:25,439 --> 00:01:30,240 beach and we have baptisms and a 23 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:33,439 barbecue and a nice day um there. And 24 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:36,079 then at the chus Sunday we're always at 25 00:01:33,439 --> 00:01:38,560 a picnic in the park next to the river. 26 00:01:36,079 --> 00:01:40,880 So if it's those two Sundays we're not 27 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:45,280 going to be here. Other than that we're 28 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:46,880 open 50 Sundays a year. Yeah. So we're 29 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:49,119 still here. We're still doing that. So 30 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,960 praise praise Jesus for those things. 31 00:01:49,119 --> 00:01:53,280 And I'm so grateful that it was last 32 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:57,360 Sunday for our beach day and not today 33 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:59,439 because it is hot. It is last week was 34 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:01,280 like the most perfect weather. I mean, 35 00:01:59,439 --> 00:02:04,479 it rained for a little bit, but it was 36 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:07,360 really fantastic and wonderful. Um, and 37 00:02:04,479 --> 00:02:10,720 then I have the great praise report that 38 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:12,720 uh I did get three-year visa. So, I'm 39 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:15,440 very very grateful that I got three-year 40 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:18,959 visa. Um, it's my first time ever to get 41 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:20,800 a three-year visa. So uh the prayer 42 00:02:18,959 --> 00:02:22,720 really did work and really did help 43 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:25,599 because there's no there's no 44 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:28,000 explanation there's no criteria from 45 00:02:25,599 --> 00:02:30,080 which they like you would know I qualify 46 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,760 for one year two year three year they 47 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:35,200 can give you up to five years it's 48 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:37,200 solely at their discretion and um so I'm 49 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,519 just very grateful that God put the 50 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,519 right people with the right favor and I 51 00:02:39,519 --> 00:02:44,239 didn't know until I actually received 52 00:02:41,519 --> 00:02:46,000 it. So they they didn't I just knew I 53 00:02:44,239 --> 00:02:47,599 got my visa accepted I didn't know how 54 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,640 long. So I'm very very grateful for 55 00:02:47,599 --> 00:02:53,360 that. So um praise Jesus for those 56 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:55,519 things. Um at the same time as we're 57 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:57,760 here in summer and you know welcome all 58 00:02:55,519 --> 00:02:59,440 of our guests and our visitors um 59 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:02,480 friends who come and visit us in the 60 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:05,120 summertime and then people who are 61 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:07,360 first-time visitors who found us. Uh 62 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:09,120 we're really grateful that you're here. 63 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:12,720 um you know with the transition of 64 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:15,440 summer and the transition um even in our 65 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:18,400 own community right now it it's a very 66 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:20,959 interesting time because uh we just had 67 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:23,360 to say goodbye to some friends uh who 68 00:03:20,959 --> 00:03:25,440 have moved to Canada and say goodbye to 69 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:27,120 other friends who who've moved on to the 70 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:30,879 next stage of which God has called them 71 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:33,760 to do and so we just had like too many 72 00:03:30,879 --> 00:03:36,400 people in the same exact week like the 73 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:39,519 Lord moved on so like summer is this 74 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:41,599 season of change and transition. And I 75 00:03:39,519 --> 00:03:45,760 don't know how you are with change and 76 00:03:41,599 --> 00:03:47,360 transition. Um, but I'm not necessar And 77 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:50,000 it's kind of shocking, but I'm really 78 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:52,319 not good with change. Like I'm the 79 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,319 person who who traveled like four years 80 00:03:52,319 --> 00:03:58,000 non-stop. You know, the Lord sent me out 81 00:03:54,319 --> 00:03:59,840 on an outreach uh and uh I just it just 82 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,959 kept going and going and I slept in over 83 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:06,159 like 450 beds. But that was like normal 84 00:04:02,959 --> 00:04:08,560 because it was the normal 85 00:04:06,159 --> 00:04:10,560 the change now all of the sudden when 86 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:12,560 you when you start to adjust and you 87 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,799 start to have different seasons and and 88 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:18,479 then there's so much change thrust upon 89 00:04:14,799 --> 00:04:21,040 you like what do you do what do you do 90 00:04:18,479 --> 00:04:24,080 when you're in that season of pruning 91 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:26,880 the season I saw I watched as the the 92 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:31,280 trees were the the trees the trucks were 93 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:34,560 trimming the the um yko trees actually 94 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:36,880 just down the street here and uh I I was 95 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:38,960 I was watching that and I thought, "Oh, 96 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,639 it's that season." And I'm like, "Oh, 97 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,840 there's still an electrical wire." So, 98 00:04:40,639 --> 00:04:43,840 they're always like trimming because 99 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:45,680 they don't want there to be a fire and 100 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:48,000 they're and they're trimming for for 101 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:51,360 these different things. But this is a 102 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:53,440 season in which the Lord prunes 103 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:56,479 and the Lord prunes and that we might be 104 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:59,919 able to grow. And then the world is in a 105 00:04:56,479 --> 00:05:01,919 season like it's every other week. We 106 00:04:59,919 --> 00:05:03,919 don't know which new war is happening. 107 00:05:01,919 --> 00:05:05,919 We don't know which new crisis is about 108 00:05:03,919 --> 00:05:07,680 to happen. We don't know, you know, 109 00:05:05,919 --> 00:05:09,840 somebody else comes up and like this is 110 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:11,600 the week that the all the stock market's 111 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:13,520 going to crash and this is the week that 112 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,960 the housing is going to crash and this 113 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:17,440 is the week that there's going to be a 114 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:19,280 next uh uh terrorist attack and then oh 115 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:21,520 that there's there's no war this week 116 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:26,240 and then there's war again next week and 117 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:29,440 and and it's just this constant cycle 118 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:31,600 of like where are we standing 119 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,680 and what do we stand and what do we do 120 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,759 in those times? 121 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:38,800 What do we do as a community? What do we 122 00:05:35,759 --> 00:05:42,639 do as followers of Jesus? What do we do? 123 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:45,919 Who do we look to and look for? And as 124 00:05:42,639 --> 00:05:49,360 long as we're looking to Jesus, 125 00:05:45,919 --> 00:05:51,919 as long as our eyes are fixed on him and 126 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:54,080 and we sing these wonderful songs, you 127 00:05:51,919 --> 00:05:56,720 know, about about Jesus and come and 128 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:59,360 break every chain and and all hail King 129 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:02,479 Jesus. But when we stop to really think 130 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:04,560 about like what this means, what does it 131 00:06:02,479 --> 00:06:06,960 mean to look at him? What does it mean 132 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:10,560 to be standing on the solid rock? What 133 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:13,440 does it actually mean to truly hail King 134 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:16,080 Jesus? 135 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:19,199 And I had like four different people or 136 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:22,240 five different people in my life from 137 00:06:19,199 --> 00:06:25,840 somebody in Japan, our friend Cudday in 138 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:28,319 Wales, um somebody from America, another 139 00:06:25,840 --> 00:06:29,919 person um as if Alaska is not America, 140 00:06:28,319 --> 00:06:32,400 but you know, sometimes you think Alaska 141 00:06:29,919 --> 00:06:34,319 is not America. You know, you get you 142 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:37,280 get another, you know, encouragement 143 00:06:34,319 --> 00:06:38,960 there and then a few people in Korea and 144 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:40,560 it was all almost the exact same 145 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:45,449 message. 146 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:48,240 Don't look at the prune branches. 147 00:06:45,449 --> 00:06:52,479 [clears throat] Don't look at the season 148 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:55,440 of of uncertainty. Look to Jesus. Look 149 00:06:52,479 --> 00:06:59,520 to the vine dresser. Look to the king. 150 00:06:55,440 --> 00:07:02,319 And all of this was I I got all of these 151 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:05,039 words from in over two days this last 152 00:07:02,319 --> 00:07:07,520 week after the Lord changed my message 153 00:07:05,039 --> 00:07:08,560 for this week. So this week I was 154 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,639 actually going to be teaching on 155 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:13,759 something else and then on Monday the 156 00:07:10,639 --> 00:07:17,039 Lord's like no there's been too much 157 00:07:13,759 --> 00:07:18,880 uncertainty and there's a bit of anxiety 158 00:07:17,039 --> 00:07:20,400 and he's talking about my own heart. So 159 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:24,800 if he's talking about my heart I can 160 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:28,560 imagine some of your hearts as well 161 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:30,800 and then I got these words 162 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,960 look to Jesus 163 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:35,759 look to Jesus 164 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:39,759 look to Jesus. So, I started meditating 165 00:07:35,759 --> 00:07:42,319 upon that. Like, in my life, 166 00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:44,000 there's even this one Christian grandma 167 00:07:42,319 --> 00:07:46,160 influencer. I love the fact that there's 168 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:48,319 like grandma influencers because we need 169 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:51,840 grandma influencers. 170 00:07:48,319 --> 00:07:54,879 And and she she was even talking about, 171 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:56,479 you know, she's like she's 85 years old 172 00:07:54,879 --> 00:07:58,319 and she says, "You know, the thing that 173 00:07:56,479 --> 00:08:00,240 I realized looking back in my life is 174 00:07:58,319 --> 00:08:03,280 that more than half of the things that I 175 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:04,720 worried about never ever came close to 176 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:08,960 happening. 177 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:10,879 and I can't get any of those days back. 178 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:14,960 I can't get one of those days back. I 179 00:08:10,879 --> 00:08:17,680 can't get one of those hours back. 180 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:19,520 She's like, you just need Jesus. 181 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,360 And I thought, okay, even the grandma 182 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:23,599 influencers having the same message like 183 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:28,800 my algorithms are being used by Holy 184 00:08:23,599 --> 00:08:32,479 Spirit to speak to to heart. 185 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:34,719 And Jesus is something spectacular and 186 00:08:32,479 --> 00:08:37,760 wonderful. 187 00:08:34,719 --> 00:08:41,919 Because our God isn't a distant God. Our 188 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:44,880 God isn't unknowable. Our God like we 189 00:08:41,919 --> 00:08:48,480 can know him and we can have intimacy 190 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:50,160 with him and he has given us his word 191 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:52,320 that we have his word that has been 192 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:54,959 found in history and in time and in 193 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:57,440 culture that we have been tested and 194 00:08:54,959 --> 00:09:00,080 been proven that we would have a 195 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:04,080 confidence in the actual scriptures on 196 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:06,640 which we are basing who our God is. But 197 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:09,519 then we have thousands of years of 198 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:11,519 testimony of the saints of the people 199 00:09:09,519 --> 00:09:14,000 who have said these were the words of 200 00:09:11,519 --> 00:09:16,080 God. This is who our God says he is. And 201 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:19,040 guess what? This is who our God actually 202 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:21,200 is. 203 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:23,040 The whole world right now it seems like 204 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:26,080 it feels like as a Jew that the whole 205 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:30,880 world is looking to the Jewish people as 206 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:32,720 if once again we are Satan on earth. Now 207 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:36,000 there are a lot of Jews who do a lot of 208 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:38,480 very bad things 209 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:43,519 just like everybody who doesn't know the 210 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:46,000 Lord sins horribly and horrifically. 211 00:09:43,519 --> 00:09:49,600 But the thing that is missed is that God 212 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:52,800 said you need to look to Israel 213 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:56,000 because Israel is the one in whom he has 214 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:57,680 released his revelation to. So that way 215 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,279 you have hope because why? You don't 216 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:02,320 look at Israel and go, "Wow, aren't 217 00:09:59,279 --> 00:10:04,080 they?" Okay, Korea. Okay, true story. 20 218 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:08,160 years ago, 18 years ago, when I was 219 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:12,720 coming to Korea, it was like Jewish, 220 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:15,279 wow, so smart. Oh, so rich. Oh, so 221 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:18,959 successful. And I would say because you 222 00:10:15,279 --> 00:10:22,959 don't know the dumb, stupid, poor ones. 223 00:10:18,959 --> 00:10:26,480 I can introduce you to some if you want. 224 00:10:22,959 --> 00:10:29,839 Oh, Jewish education the best. 225 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:33,360 And now on the news it's like Israel is 226 00:10:29,839 --> 00:10:36,079 evil. Jewish people are evil. 227 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:39,279 And this is a plan of the enemy to twist 228 00:10:36,079 --> 00:10:42,959 in the hearts of people about who our 229 00:10:39,279 --> 00:10:45,360 God truly is. It is a humbling thing to 230 00:10:42,959 --> 00:10:47,680 submit your life to Jesus. It's a 231 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:50,399 humbling thing to declare that he is 232 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:53,519 Lord and King. It's a humbling thing to 233 00:10:50,399 --> 00:10:55,279 say that he chose one man, Abraham, and 234 00:10:53,519 --> 00:10:58,079 then he allowed him to have one son, 235 00:10:55,279 --> 00:11:00,399 Isaac, who then chose one son, Jacob, 236 00:10:58,079 --> 00:11:02,720 who then chose his 12 sons. And they 237 00:11:00,399 --> 00:11:04,399 weren't all fantastic individuals or 238 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:07,560 being, you know, they were lots and lots 239 00:11:04,399 --> 00:11:07,560 of sin. 240 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:12,200 But God is not consumed 241 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:17,519 with what we're not 242 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:19,839 because he knows if we have him, we have 243 00:11:17,519 --> 00:11:23,360 everything. 244 00:11:19,839 --> 00:11:25,360 When we have him, we are in this place 245 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:28,320 of continuous 246 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:30,480 perfection in him. Because of him, not 247 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:34,399 because of me. 248 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:38,320 I can never be perfect just me. 249 00:11:34,399 --> 00:11:42,079 Israel can never be perfect without God. 250 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:45,680 Yet because Israel exists, it is a sign 251 00:11:42,079 --> 00:11:47,600 to the world that he is a faithful God. 252 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:50,560 Not because of Israel's righteousness, 253 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:53,279 but because of his righteousness. 254 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:55,839 Because of what he did, 255 00:11:53,279 --> 00:11:58,079 Israel sinned. He says, "Don't do that. 256 00:11:55,839 --> 00:12:00,320 They did it." He said, "Don't do that." 257 00:11:58,079 --> 00:12:02,480 They did it again. He said, "I'm really 258 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:04,320 telling you, don't do that." And then, 259 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:06,399 "Okay, thank you, Babylon. Carry them 260 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:07,920 away. 261 00:12:06,399 --> 00:12:10,480 There's going to be some epic movie. Did 262 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:12,160 you guys watch the trailer about Daniel? 263 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,680 On YouTube, if you're curious, there's a 264 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,519 brand new movie coming out about the 265 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:18,800 life of Daniel that looks quite epic 266 00:12:15,519 --> 00:12:21,519 and, you know, very amazing. So, I'm 267 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:23,600 hoping that it's good. I'm hoping, but 268 00:12:21,519 --> 00:12:26,399 I'm hoping it's more like chosen good 269 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:27,680 versus House of David bad. Like, I don't 270 00:12:26,399 --> 00:12:29,839 know if you've watched any of those 271 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:32,720 shows. It's a season in which God is 272 00:12:29,839 --> 00:12:35,440 revealing things through this creative 273 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:39,200 medium, the scriptures, that we would 274 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:42,320 know about his faithfulness. 275 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:44,399 His faithfulness to three young men who 276 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:48,079 were carried away into a foreign land, 277 00:12:44,399 --> 00:12:50,240 who were raised by a foreign king with 278 00:12:48,079 --> 00:12:52,399 foreign gods 279 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,639 and commanded to sin, yet they didn't 280 00:12:52,399 --> 00:12:58,120 sin. 281 00:12:54,639 --> 00:12:58,120 And God prevailed. 282 00:12:59,279 --> 00:13:06,839 than a man Daniel who was taken away and 283 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:06,839 forced to become a unic. 284 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:15,160 Yet God spoke and used and used him 285 00:13:10,639 --> 00:13:15,160 mightily for his kingdom 286 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:21,120 because he would not turn his back on 287 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:22,959 God. 288 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:25,519 And we're living in this day and this 289 00:13:22,959 --> 00:13:28,320 time 290 00:13:25,519 --> 00:13:31,360 that those who grab a hold of Jesus and 291 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:34,880 keep Jesus and hug onto Jesus and learn 292 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:37,519 about Jesus and and ingest his words and 293 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:39,440 believe his words and actually act on 294 00:13:37,519 --> 00:13:41,040 his words. 295 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:45,839 It's going to be so important to have 296 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:47,839 this foundation that can't be shook. 297 00:13:45,839 --> 00:13:51,279 How many of you have ever had financial 298 00:13:47,839 --> 00:13:53,440 difficulties in your life? 299 00:13:51,279 --> 00:13:56,160 Okay, three and a half. All four, five, 300 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:59,880 six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11. Okay, 301 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,880 almost everybody. Yay. 302 00:14:00,079 --> 00:14:05,000 How many of you had health issues in 303 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:05,000 your life? 304 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:10,079 How many of you have watched somebody 305 00:14:07,839 --> 00:14:14,199 else get the miracle 306 00:14:10,079 --> 00:14:14,199 while you're waiting for a miracle? 307 00:14:16,399 --> 00:14:20,639 And how many people have watched your 308 00:14:18,959 --> 00:14:23,639 miracle while they're waiting for a 309 00:14:20,639 --> 00:14:23,639 miracle? 310 00:14:25,279 --> 00:14:29,160 This is the life with Jesus. 311 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:34,959 See, if we just keep focusing on me, if 312 00:14:32,959 --> 00:14:37,199 we keep focusing on my problem, if we 313 00:14:34,959 --> 00:14:39,600 just keep focusing on my situation, if 314 00:14:37,199 --> 00:14:41,760 we keep focusing on my season and these 315 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:44,000 things, then then we get tunnel vision 316 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:46,079 and we get blinded. We get jaded. We 317 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:48,399 start to question where is God? Why did 318 00:14:46,079 --> 00:14:50,880 God let this happen in my life? Why is 319 00:14:48,399 --> 00:14:53,279 God doing this to me? And then you start 320 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:55,360 like highlighting. And it's amazing that 321 00:14:53,279 --> 00:14:57,279 when people start to question like why 322 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:59,920 is God allowing bad things to happen to 323 00:14:57,279 --> 00:15:03,120 me, they always compare and contrast 324 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:07,199 that to unrighteous people 325 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:09,199 getting what they perceive as benefit? 326 00:15:07,199 --> 00:15:10,880 Why is it that that person has more 327 00:15:09,199 --> 00:15:13,440 money? Why is it that person has a 328 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:15,920 better house? Why is it that that person 329 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:21,800 and and and they always use these 330 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:21,800 examples of people who don't know God 331 00:15:22,399 --> 00:15:27,199 because you can't compare and contrast 332 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:32,199 your situation to somebody who is 333 00:15:27,199 --> 00:15:32,199 following Jesus. It's very difficult 334 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:37,760 like oh does God love you more than love 335 00:15:34,399 --> 00:15:40,399 me? Well, no. God loves you. And if God 336 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:43,360 loves you, God loves me. And if I can 337 00:15:40,399 --> 00:15:45,199 rejoice in what he's doing in your life, 338 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:47,440 then I can hold on to the truth and 339 00:15:45,199 --> 00:15:49,759 wait, as we talked about two weeks ago, 340 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:53,320 in the hope of what Jesus is going to do 341 00:15:49,759 --> 00:15:53,320 in my own life. 342 00:15:54,079 --> 00:16:00,240 I've gone through seasons of 343 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:03,839 of almost nothing 344 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:06,560 in my life. Both as a child, as a 345 00:16:03,839 --> 00:16:08,320 teenager, as a young adult, as a 346 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:13,120 missionary, 347 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:15,600 I've gone through these seasons of truly 348 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:19,120 not getting any money 349 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:20,959 and having to totally be dependent upon 350 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:24,560 how is it going to happen this month? 351 00:16:20,959 --> 00:16:29,959 How is it going to happen? 352 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:29,959 I remember in like 2008 353 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:37,839 200 354 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:43,639 Yeah. 2008 2009 I lost 100% of my 355 00:16:37,839 --> 00:16:43,639 support as a missionary. 100% gone. 356 00:16:43,759 --> 00:16:51,120 Like what am I going to do? What am I 357 00:16:47,279 --> 00:16:53,360 going to do? God is good. 358 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:56,240 God will provide. 359 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:59,199 God will create a miracle. God will do 360 00:16:56,240 --> 00:17:01,199 something. And he did. He He created a 361 00:16:59,199 --> 00:17:03,199 miracle. He created a path. And all of a 362 00:17:01,199 --> 00:17:06,480 sudden, did I get like millions of 363 00:17:03,199 --> 00:17:08,079 dollars? No. I just got enough for the 364 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:11,039 now. 365 00:17:08,079 --> 00:17:13,280 that I could look at that 23rd Psalm 366 00:17:11,039 --> 00:17:16,240 where it says that he leads me to the 367 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:20,400 green pasture 368 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:23,120 to discover that my shepherd truly can 369 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:25,679 take me to make sure that I get what I 370 00:17:23,120 --> 00:17:27,760 need 371 00:17:25,679 --> 00:17:29,280 because we know in the 23rd Psalm when 372 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,440 we think about that leads me to the 373 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:33,520 green pastures it's not like in the 374 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:35,679 middle of Wales or UK right where you're 375 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:38,080 going back Taiwan's leaving very soon 376 00:17:35,679 --> 00:17:39,919 too make sure that you get lots of love 377 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:42,960 with him. He's only got a few weeks left 378 00:17:39,919 --> 00:17:44,960 before he and Dong and Eden go back to 379 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:47,200 UK to back to their life as 380 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:49,520 missionaries. Um, and things that God 381 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:51,039 has, you know, he's blessed us with an 382 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,880 extended stay that we weren't 383 00:17:51,039 --> 00:17:54,799 anticipating. 384 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:56,960 But when he he's he spends a lot of time 385 00:17:54,799 --> 00:17:58,880 in Wales, like uh very close to where I 386 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:00,960 spent a lot of time in Wales, which is 387 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:04,080 there's, you know, again, I think more 388 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:06,720 sheep than people. and you just see and 389 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:08,240 it's so open and there's fields and you 390 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:09,919 can go through the mountains and the 391 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:12,240 fields and you'll see flocks and flocks 392 00:18:09,919 --> 00:18:15,200 of sheep and and open space. It's not 393 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:17,280 like Korea at all. 394 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:20,720 But that's also not like what David grew 395 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:23,600 up with when he wrote that 23rd Psalm. 396 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:25,280 He wasn't thinking of those three weeks 397 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:28,400 out of the year in which the fields 398 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:31,280 actually have grass in Israel. 399 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:33,840 But it's like this time of year 400 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:36,000 when there's no grass 401 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:38,240 and there's only enough dew from the 402 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:40,559 coolness of the ocean air at night that 403 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:43,280 wets the ground that allows the smallest 404 00:18:40,559 --> 00:18:46,480 amounts of of little bit of sprouting 405 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:49,039 that comes up. And he leads the sheep 406 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:51,120 and they get to have a few more morsels 407 00:18:49,039 --> 00:18:53,280 of food. And then he leads the sheep and 408 00:18:51,120 --> 00:18:55,600 then they get a few more moist morsels 409 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:58,160 of food. And then he leads the sheep and 410 00:18:55,600 --> 00:19:00,480 then they get he he's leading them to 411 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:02,720 their bites of food, their bites of 412 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:05,440 sustenance, their bites. So that way by 413 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:08,799 the end of the day 414 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:11,679 they've had enough. 415 00:19:08,799 --> 00:19:13,919 And that's the way that the Lord like 416 00:19:11,679 --> 00:19:16,919 and I and I've received that. I know 417 00:19:13,919 --> 00:19:16,919 that. 418 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:25,120 And I've watched as people have been 419 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:28,640 healed miraculously of tumors and 420 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:31,200 cancer. I was in a worship service and I 421 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:34,160 and a woman had a tumor on the side of 422 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:36,880 her neck and her head was like this and 423 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:39,919 nobody was praying for her. And we all 424 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:43,640 watched as this tumor completely just 425 00:19:39,919 --> 00:19:43,640 melted and disappeared. 426 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:51,600 But then I've had like this is this week 427 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:53,440 is like around the one-year anniversary 428 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:55,360 of a very dear friend who passed away 429 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:57,919 last summer 430 00:19:55,360 --> 00:20:00,559 who desperately loved Jesus and served 431 00:19:57,919 --> 00:20:02,400 God with all of her heart and ser their 432 00:20:00,559 --> 00:20:04,080 home served the Lord and their family 433 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:07,120 serves the Lord and the generations 434 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:10,240 serve the Lord and yet 435 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:12,400 she wasn't healed on this earth 436 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:14,400 but she is face to face with Jesus her 437 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:16,640 beloved. 438 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:19,520 And then now her husband is actually 439 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:21,120 terminal cancer right now. 440 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:23,760 And so you kind of go through these 441 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:27,720 things that's you have absolutely no 442 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,720 control over it whatsoever. 443 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:35,520 And if we focus 444 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:37,520 on our need, we'll be like the first 445 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:38,960 century church. A lot of people say, "I 446 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,480 want to be like the first century 447 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:42,799 church." I think the first century 448 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:44,559 church was amazing. And I think if you 449 00:20:42,799 --> 00:20:45,840 were meant to live like the first 450 00:20:44,559 --> 00:20:48,400 century church, you would have been 451 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:50,159 alive during the first century. 452 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:52,320 But then most of your ancestors weren't 453 00:20:50,159 --> 00:20:55,960 anywhere near Jerusalem. So I don't know 454 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,960 what you would have done. 455 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:02,000 But they had problems and they had 456 00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:03,840 squables and they fought over money and 457 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:06,240 they fought over alms and they fought 458 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:08,240 over, you know, the the handouts and 459 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:10,720 they fought over time and they fought 460 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:12,400 over like proceeds and they they they 461 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,989 tried to hide. They tried to steal. They 462 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:15,440 tried to covet. They and and the 463 00:21:13,989 --> 00:21:17,919 [clears throat] widows and the orphans 464 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:19,760 and and people who who your heart would 465 00:21:17,919 --> 00:21:22,400 just bleed for. They were fighting one 466 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:24,720 another and each other because everybody 467 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:26,880 was looking. It's not fair. I don't have 468 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:29,440 enough. Why did they get it before I got 469 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:31,280 it? 470 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:33,919 This is a problem in Korea. We all know 471 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:36,480 this, right? Korea, no matter how great 472 00:21:33,919 --> 00:21:38,720 Korea is and how like developed and 473 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:40,960 blessed Korea is, they still have a 474 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:44,400 poverty mentality when it comes to 475 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:46,320 stuff. And it's very clear, you show up 476 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:48,320 and you give and one person gets 477 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:50,799 something free and everybody else is 478 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:53,360 like, why didn't where's mine? 479 00:21:50,799 --> 00:21:55,440 I want mine. I think that's why like the 480 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:57,440 driving is like the way that it is, too. 481 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:59,120 Like, you know, like I have to get that 482 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,960 light. that light has to be mine and 483 00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:02,799 I'll cut off everybody else to make sure 484 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:05,039 I get the light before other people get 485 00:22:02,799 --> 00:22:07,919 the light. And you know there it's just 486 00:22:05,039 --> 00:22:11,039 this something that that is still here 487 00:22:07,919 --> 00:22:13,600 because there's that fear of that was 488 00:22:11,039 --> 00:22:16,159 ingrained for so many centuries of there 489 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:18,640 not being enough. So you got to get it 490 00:22:16,159 --> 00:22:20,960 when you can get it. 491 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:22,880 But is that our God? 492 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:25,440 Is that our King? Is that our Lord? Is 493 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:28,320 that what we want to be the basis of who 494 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:31,440 we are? 495 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:33,440 I don't want to live in a life of fear, 496 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:36,640 of anxiety. I don't want to live a life 497 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:39,120 of fear because of of of sickness or 498 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:42,120 because of of wealth or or the lack 499 00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:42,120 thereof. 500 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:48,840 And so Luke 12:22, 501 00:22:49,679 --> 00:22:53,679 now this is a story you all know. This 502 00:22:51,679 --> 00:22:55,760 is a passage that almost everybody has 503 00:22:53,679 --> 00:22:58,480 heard. And you know why we have to hear 504 00:22:55,760 --> 00:23:02,960 it again? 505 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:07,960 Because we're sheep. And sheep are what? 506 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:07,960 Thank you. Sheep are stupid. 507 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:17,679 But we can hear the voice of God, the 508 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:22,360 voice of our shepherd calling out 509 00:23:17,679 --> 00:23:22,360 and bringing comfort to our hearts. 510 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:27,200 And Jesus said to his disciples, 511 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:30,640 "Therefore I tell you," do not be 512 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:33,520 anxious about your life, 513 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:36,640 what you will eat, nor about your body, 514 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:38,480 what you will put on. For life is more 515 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:40,640 than food, and the body is more than 516 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:44,000 clothing. 517 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:47,039 Consider the ravens. They neither snow 518 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:49,520 sew nor reap. They have neither 519 00:23:47,039 --> 00:23:53,440 storehouse nor barn. And yet God feeds 520 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:56,760 them. of how much more value are you 521 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,760 than birds? 522 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:05,000 Jesus is leading us somewhere, I think. 523 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,840 What is your value? 524 00:24:09,919 --> 00:24:16,640 What is your worth? 525 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:19,520 What's your self worth? 526 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:24,880 What's your identity worth? What's your 527 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:28,320 heart worth? What's your life worth? 528 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:31,760 I have some very dear friends of mine. 529 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:36,240 And um they're very very progressive 530 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:38,640 liberal friends. Love them dearly. 531 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:41,200 And they're very very confused by my 532 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:43,200 life because I live out the principles 533 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,960 that they say they stand up for, but 534 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:47,760 then they absolutely don't do anything 535 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:50,000 to actually support. They don't support 536 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:52,640 any poor. They don't support anyone in 537 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:54,880 need. They don't like volunteer or give 538 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:58,320 help. They actually say like everything 539 00:24:54,880 --> 00:25:02,039 I have I worked for. 540 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:02,039 This is all mine. 541 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,880 Not understanding 542 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:11,360 that the very blessings that have opened 543 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:14,000 up the doors to their very careers or 544 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:16,480 the ability to have homes and families 545 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:19,279 and stability and to live in a country 546 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:21,279 of stabil stability and excess and all 547 00:25:19,279 --> 00:25:23,600 these things that it all kind comes from 548 00:25:21,279 --> 00:25:26,159 somewhere that goes beyond you and your 549 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:28,400 individual work. We are all people who 550 00:25:26,159 --> 00:25:30,799 are in the process of stewarding these 551 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:33,440 things of God. We are stewarding this 552 00:25:30,799 --> 00:25:35,919 world. We're stewarding this community. 553 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:38,880 We're stewarding our resources. We're 554 00:25:35,919 --> 00:25:42,400 stewarding our families. 555 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:45,600 Those of you who have children, 556 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:48,240 you did nothing to actually bring this 557 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:50,640 child into the world. 558 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:52,559 God called these children into the 559 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:54,320 world. Just as he called each one of you 560 00:25:52,559 --> 00:25:56,799 at the appointed time, in the right 561 00:25:54,320 --> 00:26:00,360 moment, God said, "Let there be life." 562 00:25:56,799 --> 00:26:00,360 And you lived. 563 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:06,720 And then someone stewarded you, someone 564 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:08,320 took care, someone instructed hopefully 565 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:10,080 well. 566 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,919 But I know some of your stories and not 567 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:14,640 everybody had really good stewards or 568 00:26:11,919 --> 00:26:16,159 teachers or helpers or parents or 569 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:18,159 pastors. 570 00:26:16,159 --> 00:26:22,159 But some of you had amazing parents and 571 00:26:18,159 --> 00:26:24,720 amazing teachers and amazing pastors. 572 00:26:22,159 --> 00:26:26,960 And we can't be we have to be people who 573 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:30,000 find Jesus 574 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:32,720 around us, who find what the Lord has 575 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:35,120 done around us, that we gain his 576 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:38,440 character in his heart, that we steward 577 00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:38,440 these things 578 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:44,080 because he thinks you're more valuable 579 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:45,919 than any bird. 580 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:48,919 He thinks you're more valuable than 581 00:26:45,919 --> 00:26:48,919 anything. 582 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:55,520 My friend in Japan sent me this prayer. 583 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:59,360 Yet 584 00:26:55,520 --> 00:27:02,600 Jesus loved you yet while you were still 585 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:02,600 a sinner. 586 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:08,240 And sometimes we struggle. We think 587 00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:11,039 like, okay, God blessed me now and oh 588 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:13,840 no, God's God's taking away. It must be 589 00:27:11,039 --> 00:27:15,919 because I'm a bad sinner. 590 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:18,080 I'm a filthy sinner. I'm a dirty sinner. 591 00:27:15,919 --> 00:27:19,919 I'm a losing sinner. So therefore, God 592 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:22,159 is taking everything away because I'm 593 00:27:19,919 --> 00:27:24,159 just a such a bad 594 00:27:22,159 --> 00:27:27,200 what what do I have to do, God, that you 595 00:27:24,159 --> 00:27:30,480 won't take anymore away. 596 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:33,279 He's like, I loved you 597 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:37,360 even when you were still in sin. How 598 00:27:33,279 --> 00:27:41,480 much more can we relate to his love once 599 00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:41,480 we've actually received it? 600 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,640 Verse 601 00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:53,279 25. And which of you by being anxious 602 00:27:50,159 --> 00:27:56,279 can add a single hour to his span of 603 00:27:53,279 --> 00:27:56,279 life? 604 00:27:56,320 --> 00:28:00,880 If then you are not able to do as small 605 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:05,559 a thing as that, 606 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:05,559 why are you anxious about the rest? 607 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:10,799 We have to ask ourselves these 608 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:14,000 questions. Again, I I do this all the 609 00:28:10,799 --> 00:28:16,320 time for me because Anxiety runs in my 610 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:18,960 family. I don't know about others. I 611 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:21,760 know some but not others. But like panic 612 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:24,159 attacks, anxiety, depression, um these 613 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:25,760 things run very very high in my family 614 00:28:24,159 --> 00:28:28,960 line. 615 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:32,240 And I don't want to be ruled by it. 616 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:34,880 And so I always whenever this anxiety 617 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:37,120 and usually anxiety and wants to lead to 618 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:40,440 depression starts to come up, I have to 619 00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:40,440 ask myself, 620 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:46,080 is this a temporary thing or is this an 621 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:48,080 eternal thing? 622 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,600 And I used to be a very very serious 623 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:52,600 missionary, you know, I was very 624 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,600 serious. 625 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:57,840 We're on the front lines for God. 626 00:28:55,679 --> 00:29:00,399 and every single school and every single 627 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:02,159 like Bible school and and outreach and 628 00:29:00,399 --> 00:29:04,000 everything we're do like this is life 629 00:29:02,159 --> 00:29:05,919 and death and if we get it wrong people 630 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,600 are going to go to hell because we're 631 00:29:05,919 --> 00:29:10,720 doing it wrong and we got it wrong and 632 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:13,039 we're and and it it just I remember 633 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:14,640 feeling guilty of taking half a day off 634 00:29:13,039 --> 00:29:16,240 to have to do grocery shopping and 635 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:18,880 laundry. 636 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:22,240 Really true. I felt like it was a waste 637 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:25,240 of time, like I should be doing more for 638 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:25,240 God. 639 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:31,880 And it was like so 640 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,880 anxietydriven. 641 00:29:32,399 --> 00:29:35,760 And the Lord started to teach me and he 642 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,919 started to take me and he started to 643 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:41,159 have patience patience so much patience 644 00:29:37,919 --> 00:29:41,159 with me. 645 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:48,200 And he asked this question. Is this an 646 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:48,200 eternal issue 647 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:55,200 or is this a temporal issue? 648 00:29:52,000 --> 00:30:00,039 He's like, "But it's outreach." He goes, 649 00:29:55,200 --> 00:30:00,039 "Well, who is the God of the outreach?" 650 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:06,799 He came born of a virgin, lived a 651 00:30:04,559 --> 00:30:08,960 perfect life, died one of the most 652 00:30:06,799 --> 00:30:12,640 horrific deaths the world has ever 653 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:15,360 conceived, was laid in the grave, rose 654 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:17,919 from the dead victoriously, 655 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:20,240 and is alive to this day in the fullness 656 00:30:17,919 --> 00:30:23,360 of authority and the fullness of power 657 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:27,600 and the fullness of glory. And I'm 658 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:30,320 worried that I'm gonna mess it up. 659 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:32,720 You know, in in Jerusalem, have you seen 660 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,960 pictures of like where the the old city 661 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:36,559 of Jerusalem is today? And if you look 662 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:39,120 and you can see like from the Mount of 663 00:30:36,559 --> 00:30:41,279 Olives going to the old city where the 664 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:43,760 the Dome of the Rock is and the the 665 00:30:41,279 --> 00:30:47,360 mosque and things like that. And in 666 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:50,240 front of the the eastern gate, there's a 667 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:52,880 Arab cemetery. There's a Muslim cemetery 668 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:54,960 that they put in front of the gate. And 669 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:57,760 the reason they put that cemetery in 670 00:30:54,960 --> 00:31:01,279 front of the gate was they they they 671 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:03,279 know in the Torah it says that a priest 672 00:31:01,279 --> 00:31:06,080 is not allowed to walk through a 673 00:31:03,279 --> 00:31:10,159 graveyard. 674 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:12,880 And it's true. A a Levite 675 00:31:10,159 --> 00:31:15,520 is not allowed to walk through a 676 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:19,440 graveyard. 677 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:22,240 But Jesus is from the tribe of Judah. 678 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:24,720 And he's of the high priest of the order 679 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:28,080 of Melkisedc, a different type of high 680 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:31,760 priest. He's not bound by the Levitical 681 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:33,760 Torah, he supersedes it, higher 682 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:36,480 authority. 683 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:39,360 And so, but in their mindset was this, 684 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:41,840 just in case the Bible was true, and 685 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:43,679 just in case he actually does come back 686 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:46,559 to the Mount of Olives, the same place 687 00:31:43,679 --> 00:31:48,159 he went up, and he comes to Jerusalem 688 00:31:46,559 --> 00:31:50,000 where it says he's supposed to walk 689 00:31:48,159 --> 00:31:53,039 through the eastern gate, the golden 690 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:54,960 gate. And he's just in case when he does 691 00:31:53,039 --> 00:31:56,960 all that, he comes down with his glory 692 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,720 and his feet touch the earth and, you 693 00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:00,240 know, there's shouting and there's 694 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:02,880 trumpets and the world is paying 695 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:04,799 attention. And then he go, "There's a 696 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:07,679 graveyard. 697 00:32:04,799 --> 00:32:09,279 I gotta go back. 698 00:32:07,679 --> 00:32:11,200 What am I gonna do? There's a grave." I 699 00:32:09,279 --> 00:32:12,960 thought he can raise every single one of 700 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:15,039 those bodies if he needs to get them out 701 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:16,799 of the way. You know, like he's when he 702 00:32:15,039 --> 00:32:19,279 rose from the dead, you know, like 703 00:32:16,799 --> 00:32:22,240 people came out of the grave. But the me 704 00:32:19,279 --> 00:32:25,200 that that kind of mentality of like how 705 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:28,480 can we keep or keep God from being 706 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:31,200 victorious when he's already the victor? 707 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:33,279 How can we keep and ruin God's plan when 708 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:37,200 he's the one who orchestrates the plan 709 00:32:33,279 --> 00:32:39,919 from the beginning? When he told Elijah, 710 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:42,880 "I have 4,000 more who have not bowed 711 00:32:39,919 --> 00:32:46,399 down. I'm just choosing to work with 712 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:49,440 you." When we start to move our place 713 00:32:46,399 --> 00:32:51,519 out of the primacy, we are not the 714 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:54,320 primary importance in the kingdom of 715 00:32:51,519 --> 00:32:58,760 God. Jesus is. 716 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:58,760 He is what is the most important. 717 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:05,840 And I have to be reminded about that 718 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:10,240 because, you know, I get worried. 719 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:12,240 Am I going to make my plane on time? 720 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:14,480 We don't like to be inconvenienced, but 721 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:16,159 we might be inconvenienced. 722 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:18,559 We don't want to suffer, but you know 723 00:33:16,159 --> 00:33:19,919 what? You might suffer. We don't want 724 00:33:18,559 --> 00:33:23,120 hardship, but you know what? You're 725 00:33:19,919 --> 00:33:25,600 going to go through hardship. 726 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:27,600 Those 727 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:30,600 are promises that Jesus has already 728 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,600 made. 729 00:33:31,679 --> 00:33:37,919 And I don't know, enjoy it 730 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:41,720 because the only hardship you're ever 731 00:33:37,919 --> 00:33:41,720 going to have is now. 732 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:48,640 The only time 733 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:51,360 I'm assuming everybody in the room at 734 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:55,200 some point has been sick 735 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:57,840 and has gotten well the way God created 736 00:33:55,200 --> 00:34:00,159 our bodies to heal. 737 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:02,080 That's not going to happen in heaven 738 00:34:00,159 --> 00:34:05,519 because you're already going to be in a 739 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:08,000 new body and in a new form and in a new 740 00:34:05,519 --> 00:34:09,679 way. There's not going to be tears. 741 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,200 There's not going to be pain. There's 742 00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:13,359 not going to be death. There's not going 743 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:14,639 to be sickness. There's not going to be 744 00:34:13,359 --> 00:34:16,240 wars. There's not going to be 745 00:34:14,639 --> 00:34:17,359 persecution. There's not going to be 746 00:34:16,240 --> 00:34:19,359 problems. There's not going to be 747 00:34:17,359 --> 00:34:21,760 personality conflicts. There's not going 748 00:34:19,359 --> 00:34:24,399 to be depression or worry. Like, all of 749 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:28,919 that is temporal. It's temporary. It is 750 00:34:24,399 --> 00:34:28,919 only for a finite time. 751 00:34:30,879 --> 00:34:35,440 So, we have to stop ourselves and pull 752 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:37,119 ourselves back from the rabbit hole of 753 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:41,760 anxiety. 754 00:34:37,119 --> 00:34:43,839 What now? What now? What now? 755 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:46,240 Does that absolve us from any planning? 756 00:34:43,839 --> 00:34:47,919 No. Does that mean we don't take the 757 00:34:46,240 --> 00:34:49,359 right steps and we still don't? No. Of 758 00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:51,280 course, we still must plan. We still 759 00:34:49,359 --> 00:34:54,000 must move forward. We still must do 760 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:56,720 things. God wants to use us. God wants 761 00:34:54,000 --> 00:35:00,079 you to be the place of the extension of 762 00:34:56,720 --> 00:35:02,400 the kingdom of God here. He wants your 763 00:35:00,079 --> 00:35:06,720 life to be the example of the restored 764 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:10,880 kingdom here. He Jesus came to not just 765 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:13,040 save. He came to save and to restore. 766 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:15,520 That was the dual aspect of the Messiah 767 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:17,599 when he came. 768 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:19,520 So so much time in evangelical are 769 00:35:17,599 --> 00:35:21,599 thinking we only get fixated on the 770 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:23,599 salvation part. It's like get yeah let's 771 00:35:21,599 --> 00:35:25,440 just get saved and then everybody will 772 00:35:23,599 --> 00:35:27,119 get to heaven and then like we don't 773 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:30,320 have to worry about this world. No, 774 00:35:27,119 --> 00:35:33,359 Jesus became king of the whole world. He 775 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:35,520 wants the whole world to be coming by uh 776 00:35:33,359 --> 00:35:38,400 influenced by his principles and his 777 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:41,359 ways and his laws. He wants our lives to 778 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:45,720 be changed forever to be more like him. 779 00:35:41,359 --> 00:35:45,720 He wants the world to see 780 00:35:47,359 --> 00:35:54,040 what happens when there is a storm. What 781 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:54,040 happens when there is persecution? 782 00:35:55,119 --> 00:36:04,160 That's our Jesus. That's our God. 783 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:07,280 So consider the liies and how they grow. 784 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:09,520 They neither toil nor spin. Yet I tell 785 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:13,440 you, even Solomon in all of his glory 786 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:15,599 was not a raid like one of these. 787 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:18,240 Solomon would be so jealous of my shirt 788 00:36:15,599 --> 00:36:20,400 today. 789 00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:24,280 He didn't have this nice lightweight 790 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:24,280 fabric like we have. 791 00:36:25,359 --> 00:36:29,800 If you're not able, no. 792 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:38,000 But if God so clothe the grass which is 793 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:40,480 alive in the field today and tomorrow is 794 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:42,960 thrown into the oven, how much more will 795 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:47,400 he clothe you, 796 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:47,400 oh you of little faith? 797 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:54,320 Now how do you read the voice of God? 798 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:58,040 Oh, 799 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:58,040 such little faith. 800 00:36:59,839 --> 00:37:03,160 I go. 801 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:14,920 He's like the uncle 802 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:14,920 and the joyful grandpa. 803 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:21,079 I know something you don't. 804 00:37:21,599 --> 00:37:25,880 I know something you don't know. 805 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:30,000 That it's okay. you with just a little 806 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:31,599 faith because he already taught us just 807 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:34,400 a little bit of faith and you can change 808 00:37:31,599 --> 00:37:36,240 the whole world. We just need a little 809 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:38,320 faith. 810 00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:39,839 Yeah. He actually said, "I have a little 811 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,200 faith." He could have said, "You with no 812 00:37:39,839 --> 00:37:46,680 faith," but he said, "I have a little 813 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:46,680 faith." Yeah. That's fantastic. 814 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:51,520 Because with this little faith and then 815 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,599 beginning to challenge the words of 816 00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:57,200 Jesus, 817 00:37:53,599 --> 00:37:59,760 we can have more faith, more examples, 818 00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:03,359 more testimony, more times of his 819 00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:06,480 goodness. So do not seek what you are to 820 00:38:03,359 --> 00:38:08,400 eat and what are you to drink, nor be 821 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:10,960 worried. 822 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:13,599 For all the nations of the world seek 823 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:17,720 after these things, and your father 824 00:38:13,599 --> 00:38:17,720 knows that you need them. 825 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:24,520 He already knows what you need. 826 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:30,200 He already knows what you need. 827 00:38:31,599 --> 00:38:35,839 For all the nations of the world seek 828 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:39,040 after these things, and your father 829 00:38:35,839 --> 00:38:41,040 knows that you need them. Instead, seek 830 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:45,359 his kingdom, 831 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:48,560 and these things will be added to you. 832 00:38:45,359 --> 00:38:52,560 Look to the king. Look to the eyes of 833 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:55,920 the king. Look to the heart of the king. 834 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:59,920 Look to the character of the king. Hold 835 00:38:55,920 --> 00:39:03,040 on to who he is. 836 00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:04,880 Hide that in the depth of your soul and 837 00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:08,640 your spirit. 838 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:10,480 And don't let the voice of the world, of 839 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:14,640 the enemy, 840 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:20,320 of your past, of your old man come and 841 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:23,599 try to steal the truth of who God says 842 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:28,160 we are. 843 00:39:23,599 --> 00:39:31,119 Fear not, little flock, 844 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:34,760 for it is your father's good pleasure to 845 00:39:31,119 --> 00:39:34,760 give you the kingdom. 846 00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:39,280 He wants 847 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:41,520 you are in this world because there is a 848 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:43,920 part of your life which is the 849 00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:47,160 restoration of God's kingdom that the 850 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:47,160 world needs. 851 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:53,200 Whether that is you who received the 852 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:56,320 miracle or you who live life in the 853 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:59,119 midst of waiting for a miracle. You who 854 00:39:56,320 --> 00:40:02,800 have plenty and are generous or you who 855 00:39:59,119 --> 00:40:05,280 have none and are still generous. 856 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:08,560 Whether you have the best parents who 857 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:12,400 showed you a true picture of who father 858 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:14,240 God is or you had parents 859 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:16,560 whom you have to break off every 860 00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:18,560 generational curse that you would become 861 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:20,400 the first generation in Christ to 862 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:23,440 transform the generations that come 863 00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:25,839 after you. 864 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:28,480 We are not all we are all called to be 865 00:40:25,839 --> 00:40:31,440 the light of God. 866 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:33,359 But the king and his pleasure to give 867 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:37,599 you his kingdom is on his time and in 868 00:40:33,359 --> 00:40:39,839 his way. So don't discount what the 869 00:40:37,599 --> 00:40:42,000 kingdom of God has been released in your 870 00:40:39,839 --> 00:40:44,160 life already. Don't discount the 871 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:46,400 testimony and the light of what Jesus 872 00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:51,760 has because when you focus on what you 873 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:55,839 don't have, you lose what you do have. 874 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:58,319 He already knows what you don't have. 875 00:40:55,839 --> 00:41:01,280 He knows 876 00:40:58,319 --> 00:41:05,280 So let's be grateful and thankful and 877 00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:08,560 focus on what we don't. 878 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:11,280 So sell your possessions 879 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:13,280 and give to the needy. Provide 880 00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:16,240 yourselves with money bags that do not 881 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:18,960 grow old, with a treasure in the heavens 882 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:21,920 that does not fail. Where no thief 883 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:24,720 approaches and no moth destroys. For 884 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:27,839 where your treasure is, there your heart 885 00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:30,000 will be also. 886 00:41:27,839 --> 00:41:32,800 Don't let anyone manipulate you with 887 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:35,839 this passage. 888 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:38,960 I know people whom God said, "Sell your 889 00:41:35,839 --> 00:41:40,960 house and give everything away to the 890 00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:44,000 poor." 891 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:46,000 And they did. And their family still 892 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:48,160 thrived. And their children still grew 893 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:50,240 up loving the Lord and serving God all 894 00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:52,319 these days. And I've known people who 895 00:41:50,240 --> 00:41:55,200 believed, "Oh, I should sell everything 896 00:41:52,319 --> 00:41:57,599 that I have." and were resentful every 897 00:41:55,200 --> 00:42:00,480 single day. Bitter every day that they 898 00:41:57,599 --> 00:42:02,319 gave up the life that they had. 899 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:06,200 God doesn't want you to live a resentful 900 00:42:02,319 --> 00:42:06,200 life or a bitter life. 901 00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:11,280 But he wants you to be taking up and 902 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:14,720 understanding where is your treasure and 903 00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:16,800 what is your treasure. 904 00:42:14,720 --> 00:42:19,119 If you're only consumed with storing 905 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:21,920 treasure on this earth, you have gained 906 00:42:19,119 --> 00:42:25,680 nothing. 907 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:29,359 But if you use your treasure, your life, 908 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:32,319 your skills, your gifts, your time, your 909 00:42:29,359 --> 00:42:35,960 family, and your resources 910 00:42:32,319 --> 00:42:35,960 for his glory, 911 00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:42,440 then you will gain so much more than you 912 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:42,440 ever could have imagined. 913 00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:51,240 I try to be an optimist 914 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:51,240 because I grew up a pessimist. 915 00:42:51,599 --> 00:42:57,520 God challenged me in my 20s to try to 916 00:42:54,560 --> 00:43:00,560 change my thinking from being a negative 917 00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:02,160 to being a positive. From being a 918 00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:05,200 complainer 919 00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:07,839 to being a praiser to being someone who 920 00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:12,040 is grateful instead of somebody who is 921 00:43:07,839 --> 00:43:12,040 only seeing what I don't have 922 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:19,839 and he's transformed my life because of 923 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:22,079 it. He generally gen genuinely 924 00:43:19,839 --> 00:43:25,599 has done that. 925 00:43:22,079 --> 00:43:29,040 So I want to encourage you. 926 00:43:25,599 --> 00:43:31,760 We all have anxiety in different ways 927 00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:34,160 and we all worry in different ways and 928 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:36,640 we all can get anxious in different ways 929 00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:39,680 and we all sin in different ways and we 930 00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:42,880 all struggle in different ways. 931 00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:44,720 So this isn't about a comparison, 932 00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:48,560 but it's about the Holy Spirit doing a 933 00:43:44,720 --> 00:43:51,680 work in you that you don't look at the 934 00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:55,280 thing that is causing you to be anxious, 935 00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:58,960 but instead begin to look to him. That 936 00:43:55,280 --> 00:44:02,480 we look to Jesus, we look to his face, 937 00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:04,960 and we look to who he is. 938 00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:11,839 And we need to be reminded 939 00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:13,920 again and again and again. So even me, 940 00:44:11,839 --> 00:44:15,920 I still 941 00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:17,920 have to look at myself in the mirror and 942 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:20,240 have to ask the Lord and have to be 943 00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:22,640 vulnerable with friends so that they way 944 00:44:20,240 --> 00:44:25,280 they can say it's time to pull your head 945 00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:28,280 out from you know and look to the 946 00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:28,280 heavens 947 00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:35,200 to be encouraged. 948 00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:36,880 So I want you guys to be encouraged 949 00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:39,359 today. I want you to encourage each 950 00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:44,119 other. 951 00:44:39,359 --> 00:44:44,119 So even as we come to a co a close 952 00:44:44,319 --> 00:44:50,640 our discussion groups so um right after 953 00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:52,480 the the the the preaching and things are 954 00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:54,400 done we we move into a time of 955 00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:56,720 discussion groups and um you're more 956 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:59,040 than welcome to stay and to participate 957 00:44:56,720 --> 00:45:01,520 in that. Um and if you have to go you're 958 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:04,400 more than free to also be able to go. 959 00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:07,040 But um today's questions I really wanted 960 00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:10,240 like what areas of your life are you 961 00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:13,040 anxious about? 962 00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:17,040 I want you to be as real as you can be 963 00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:19,520 without monopolizing the whole time. 964 00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:22,760 We don't need to know every detail of 965 00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:22,760 your anxiety. 966 00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:28,880 God already knows. However, 967 00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:30,960 I do think it's important that we can 968 00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:33,200 share and be honest because the next 969 00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:35,599 part is something that I'm hoping that 970 00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:38,720 you will actually work into your life to 971 00:45:35,599 --> 00:45:40,480 use as you are a light in your workplace 972 00:45:38,720 --> 00:45:42,240 and in your family life and in your 973 00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:45,200 friend life and in the community 974 00:45:42,240 --> 00:45:47,760 wherever God has sent you that we would 975 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:51,839 look up scriptures 976 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:53,280 to encourage each other. 977 00:45:51,839 --> 00:45:55,920 And there's a wonderful thing called 978 00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:57,839 smartphones which I think everybody has. 979 00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:59,680 And there is even Wi-Fi. If you need 980 00:45:57,839 --> 00:46:02,240 Wi-Fi and you don't have it, there's a 981 00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:04,240 Wi-Fi code somewhere back there and you 982 00:46:02,240 --> 00:46:06,560 can use Wi-Fi. So, you can actually 983 00:46:04,240 --> 00:46:09,359 search unique scriptures of 984 00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:11,440 encouragement. And I want you to pray 985 00:46:09,359 --> 00:46:12,800 those scriptures over one another. And 986 00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:15,359 what do I mean by praying those 987 00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:17,520 scriptures is let's believe the word of 988 00:46:15,359 --> 00:46:19,760 God as a light and an encouragement to 989 00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:21,200 you. 990 00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:24,720 And that when you're reading this 991 00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:27,200 scripture, you would like read it over 992 00:46:24,720 --> 00:46:29,839 each one of you. So, we're doing it just 993 00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:35,079 slightly different today. 994 00:46:29,839 --> 00:46:35,079 But I want to let's just take a moment. 995 00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:51,160 Relieve 996 00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:13,480 you of this temporal anxiety 997 00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:13,480 and this temporal worry. 998 00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:21,240 May he teach you how to put it at the 999 00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:21,240 foot of the cross 1000 00:47:21,359 --> 00:47:25,800 where he carries your burdens. 1001 00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:34,599 And may you receive from his hand the 1002 00:47:31,599 --> 00:47:34,599 healing, 1003 00:47:34,720 --> 00:47:38,960 emotional healing, psychological 1004 00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:41,960 healing, spiritual healing, physical 1005 00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:41,960 healing 1006 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:48,119 for you to know how valuable you are. 1007 00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:54,240 May you come into the season of 1008 00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:56,800 discovering what does it mean when it 1009 00:47:54,240 --> 00:48:00,720 says it was the father's pleasure to 1010 00:47:56,800 --> 00:48:00,720 give you the kingdom. 1011 00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:08,240 May God concretely 1012 00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:11,520 and practically put before you how you 1013 00:48:08,240 --> 00:48:14,520 are to expand his kingdom and his 1014 00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:14,520 goodness. 1015 00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:25,839 So we bless you, oh Lord, 1016 00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:28,000 the one who goes before and the one who 1017 00:48:25,839 --> 00:48:31,040 comes behind. 1018 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:34,480 the one who watches over are coming in 1019 00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:36,319 and are going out. And may you rise up, 1020 00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:40,319 O Lord. 1021 00:48:36,319 --> 00:48:43,520 Let your enemies be scattered. 1022 00:48:40,319 --> 00:48:47,400 Let your people come forth as you shine 1023 00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:47,400 like the noon sun. 1024 00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:58,280 Strengthen your people in Jesus name I 1025 00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:58,280 pray. Amen. 1026 00:49:01,359 --> 00:49:05,920 Shalom, Crossway fam. So good to see 1027 00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:07,680 you. It's awesome to see so many 1028 00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:10,319 visitors. I'm not sure if it's the Holy 1029 00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:13,839 Spirit or the Holy Heat that brought you 1030 00:49:10,319 --> 00:49:15,760 into this cool sanctuary, but we're so 1031 00:49:13,839 --> 00:49:17,280 glad you could worship with us. We just 1032 00:49:15,760 --> 00:49:20,079 have a couple quick announcements. This 1033 00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:22,400 week, we have two uh gatherings as 1034 00:49:20,079 --> 00:49:25,839 always. On Tuesday, we have a Bible 1035 00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:28,319 study at 8:00 PM led by Pastor Ian on 1036 00:49:25,839 --> 00:49:30,559 the how to do a Bible study, how to read 1037 00:49:28,319 --> 00:49:34,000 the Bible. And on Wednesday at 8:00 PM, 1038 00:49:30,559 --> 00:49:36,800 we have a prayer meeting as well. We're 1039 00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:40,480 transitioning on to Discord. So, we've 1040 00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:40,480 used Zoom and Kaka before. 1041 00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:52,079 On July 26, we're going to have I don't 1042 00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:53,680 think we have a slide for that. We're 1043 00:49:52,079 --> 00:49:55,760 going to have a all church prayer 1044 00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:57,920 meeting. We had one two weeks ago and it 1045 00:49:55,760 --> 00:49:59,440 was amazing. So, it's for all our church 1046 00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:01,599 members, but visitors are welcome to 1047 00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:03,200 stay and pray with us as well. So, 1048 00:50:01,599 --> 00:50:05,599 Pastor Matthew already went through the 1049 00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:08,480 discussion questions, but what areas of 1050 00:50:05,599 --> 00:50:10,400 your life are you anxious about? um look 1051 00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:12,800 up scriptures together and encourage one 1052 00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:16,079 another and pray those scriptures over 1053 00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:17,760 one another. So if our regular crossway 1054 00:50:16,079 --> 00:50:21,200 family members could reach out to our 1055 00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:23,119 visitors. Um yeah, so if you guys could 1056 00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:25,440 stand up and get into groups of three, 1057 00:50:23,119 --> 00:50:28,240 no more than three, please. We have 30 1058 00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:32,920 minutes to discuss. Thank you so much. 1059 00:50:28,240 --> 00:50:32,920 Oh, if you have to go, that's okay, too. 1060 00:50:54,480 --> 00:51:00,119 with that. Um, go ahead and rise. I just 1061 00:50:56,640 --> 00:51:00,119 want to bless you. 1062 00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:09,599 May the spirit of the sovereign Lord be 1063 00:51:06,079 --> 00:51:12,599 upon you. May he anoint you for good 1064 00:51:09,599 --> 00:51:12,599 things. 1065 00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:17,599 May he give you beauty in the oil of 1066 00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:19,920 gladness. 1067 00:51:17,599 --> 00:51:23,040 May he give you comfort 1068 00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:26,240 and give you strength. May his light 1069 00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:29,280 shine through you and may your oil never 1070 00:51:26,240 --> 00:51:31,920 run dry. May the goodness of God go 1071 00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:35,359 before you and may you proclaim his 1072 00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:39,680 goodness all the days. 1073 00:51:35,359 --> 00:51:41,440 Be blessed in Jesus name. Amen. Have an 1074 00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:45,400 amazing week everybody. Keeping the 1075 00:51:41,440 --> 00:51:45,400 blessing as you are a blessing.