Don't be a Professional Christian

100:03:31.030 --> 00:03:31.150This is a test.200:05:20.480 --> 00:05:22.400Would testify.300:05:22.960 --> 00:05:29.380Blessing on blessing poured in my life, I'll start remembering.400:05:30.240 --> 00:05:35.280How good you can be.500:05:35.300 --> 00:05:42.620Please turn to worship, tears turn to praise, Change the pression broken by600:05:42.620 --> 00:05:52.800grace, I'll start remembering how good you were You've been so, so,700:05:52.960 --> 00:06:02.460so, so, so, so good to me You've been so, so, so, so, so,800:06:02.460 --> 00:06:13.560so good to me Yeah Enemies'900:06:13.700 --> 00:06:21.460weapons fall to the ground Armies of heaven always surround me I'll start1000:06:21.460 --> 00:06:29.580remembering How you carried my thoughts You called me by names You loved me1100:06:29.580 --> 00:06:35.720like I was you You didn't leave me that way Was that now or then?1200:06:36.060 --> 00:06:45.120Yeah, that's what you did Oh, you've been so, so, so, so, so, so good1300:06:45.120 --> 00:06:52.560to me Come on, say it out You've been so, so, so, so, so, so1400:06:52.560 --> 00:07:01.760good to me Yeah From morning to night The lows and the highs I look1500:07:01.760 --> 00:07:08.120on my life and all that I see And you've been so, so, so, so,1600:07:08.340 --> 00:07:17.420so, so good to me Come on, is that anyone's testimony in this place?1700:07:18.360 --> 00:07:27.840Oh, we've experienced the goodness of God Yeah Come1800:07:27.840 --> 00:07:34.520on, let's do it like this When I say God is good You say all1900:07:34.520 --> 00:07:39.720the time When I say all the time Oh, you say God is good When2000:07:39.720 --> 00:07:44.440I say God is good Come on, you say all the time When I say2100:07:44.440 --> 00:07:49.560all the time Oh, you say God is good When I say God is good2200:07:49.560 --> 00:07:54.500Oh, you say all the time When I say all the time Come on, you2300:07:54.500 --> 00:08:00.060say God is good When I say God is good You say all the time2400:08:00.060 --> 00:08:06.060When I say all the time Oh, you say God is So, so, so, so,2500:08:06.080 --> 00:08:15.860so, so good to me Yeah You So, so, so, so, so, so good2600:08:15.860 --> 00:08:22.660to me Come on, sing your testimony From morning to night The lows and the2700:08:22.660 --> 00:08:28.740highs I look back on my life and all that I see From morning to2800:08:28.740 --> 00:08:34.840night The lows and the highs I look back on my life and all that2900:08:34.840 --> 00:08:44.360I see That you've been So, so, so, so, so, so good to me Oh,3000:08:44.420 --> 00:08:52.540we thank you, Lord We thank you Yeah Come on, it needs to be good3100:08:52.540 --> 00:09:00.160to you Let your voice Sing it out You've been so, so, so, so, so,3200:09:00.380 --> 00:09:09.520so good to me Yeah You've been so, so, so, so, so, so good3300:09:09.520 --> 00:09:19.400to me Yeah You've been so, so, so, so, so, so good to me3400:09:19.400 --> 00:09:37.460Yeah You3500:09:37.460 --> 00:09:38.040may be seated.3600:09:40.270 --> 00:09:44.620Very briefly, very briefly, I'm just going to interject.3700:09:47.270 --> 00:09:50.360We're about to endeavor to really touch God's heart today.3800:09:50.360 --> 00:09:57.640And I don't want you to be interrupted by anything When you worship do not3900:09:57.640 --> 00:10:01.940look to your left and look to your right Don't worry about what anybody's4000:10:01.940 --> 00:10:06.420thinking even you don't even judge yourself what you look like Just connect4100:10:06.420 --> 00:10:07.520with the God of heaven.4200:10:07.620 --> 00:10:12.620Amen man Like I want this to be a moment for you.4300:10:12.840 --> 00:10:17.220Listen, you didn't brave five degree weather To get here and let it be for4400:10:17.220 --> 00:10:23.860nothing So make sure that you connect with God and you get exactly what he4500:10:23.860 --> 00:10:24.960has for you this morning.4600:10:25.000 --> 00:10:32.260Amen All right Now so in that vein, let's get some practical business out of4700:10:32.260 --> 00:10:34.000the way so that we can worship through song.4800:10:34.160 --> 00:10:35.660Amen My name is muhammad.4900:10:35.680 --> 00:10:36.740I'm one of the pastors here.5000:10:36.840 --> 00:10:40.800It's my privilege to welcome you this morning Just want to point your attention5100:10:40.800 --> 00:10:44.220to the qr code that's there We want you to connect with city light church5200:10:44.220 --> 00:10:47.660even the connection card that's on your seat I want you to fill that out5300:10:47.660 --> 00:10:50.940that is going to be your access to the church if you have any questions5400:10:50.940 --> 00:10:54.240at all if You want to meet with a pastor you want to sign up5500:10:54.240 --> 00:10:55.120for a volunteer team?5600:10:55.220 --> 00:10:57.460You want to sign up for the growth track, which is meeting?5700:10:58.220 --> 00:11:01.620Next sunday on the 15th Tonight is super bowl sunday.5800:11:01.720 --> 00:11:01.840Amen.5900:11:01.940 --> 00:11:05.900We we're not going to fight against the super bowl So growth track is going6000:11:05.900 --> 00:11:09.420to continue on the 15th But if you want that because our growth track is6100:11:09.420 --> 00:11:14.380a really powerful and amazing thing It's not just a membership class per se but6200:11:14.380 --> 00:11:18.820there's spiritual gifts assessment a personality assessment It really gives you6300:11:18.820 --> 00:11:23.320insight into who you are and how you can fit into this thing called the6400:11:23.320 --> 00:11:26.660local church So we want that for you Maybe you want to sign up for6500:11:26.660 --> 00:11:29.760a life group again Fill out that connection card or fill out the life group6600:11:29.760 --> 00:11:32.920insert that's on your seat Life groups are coming up at the end of the6700:11:32.920 --> 00:11:33.180month.6800:11:33.280 --> 00:11:38.320They're starting february 23rd So we'll meet here on sundays collectively But6900:11:38.320 --> 00:11:43.120then during the week midweek from house to house we'll be growing together7000:11:43.120 --> 00:11:48.280learning together Just again praying together getting accountability and7100:11:48.280 --> 00:11:53.300community actually being with our friends being a family and not just a7200:11:53.300 --> 00:11:55.040Religious thing on sunday mornings.7300:11:55.080 --> 00:11:58.700Amen So if you want that then I invite you sign up for a life7400:11:58.700 --> 00:12:03.800group sign up for the growth track And have a tremendous time with God and7500:12:03.800 --> 00:12:07.720the people of God, amen All right stand to your feet and let's not forget7600:12:07.720 --> 00:12:13.340why we came here Let's really dig in and connect today So again, don't look7700:12:13.340 --> 00:12:13.900to your left.7800:12:13.960 --> 00:12:40.190Don't look to your right look up Praise God We7900:12:40.190 --> 00:12:49.210are an altar of broken stones Where you lie in the offering8000:12:49.210 --> 00:12:59.210Home You have a heavens to call your home Were you delighting in8100:12:59.210 --> 00:13:10.510the song Bring8200:13:10.510 --> 00:13:15.610you praise that will never cease8300:13:19.210 --> 00:13:31.250Home We8400:13:31.250 --> 00:13:52.530sing Hallelujah8500:14:01.730 --> 00:14:07.980To the fire I8600:14:07.980 --> 00:14:14.580will8700:14:14.580 --> 00:14:24.040remember Your sacrifice I will abide8800:14:24.040 --> 00:14:53.920Hallelujah One8900:14:53.920 --> 00:15:28.260voice I9000:15:28.260 --> 00:15:59.560All the praise More9100:16:10.290 --> 00:16:19.540Oh what a wonderful day to come We'll never meet us before9200:16:19.540 --> 00:16:26.720your name But we will not wait until it does9300:18:01.560 --> 00:18:26.790Is To9400:18:30.920 --> 00:18:39.220the worthy one When9500:18:43.920 --> 00:18:53.780our eyes9600:19:00.220 --> 00:19:16.180Hallelujah9700:19:38.040 --> 00:19:45.100When I see9800:19:45.100 --> 00:20:00.840the9900:20:00.840 --> 00:20:08.400stars So10000:20:08.400 --> 00:20:14.460This10100:20:14.460 --> 00:20:35.280To10200:20:38.040 --> 00:20:48.990Me10300:20:52.730 --> 00:21:03.680To10400:21:15.590 --> 00:21:20.630Me10500:21:38.960 --> 00:21:44.560Can't take10600:21:48.120 --> 00:21:57.140My10700:21:57.140 --> 00:22:06.720To10800:22:06.720 --> 00:22:18.640take Is10900:22:18.640 --> 00:24:13.900Is When11000:24:13.900 --> 00:24:24.440grief shall11100:24:24.440 --> 00:24:35.740have acclamation And take me home What11200:24:35.740 --> 00:24:45.150joy shall fill my heart I11300:24:45.150 --> 00:24:53.120shall bow in humble11400:24:53.120 --> 00:25:03.420adoration And there proclaim My11500:25:03.420 --> 00:25:12.920God, how great Thou art When Christ11600:25:12.920 --> 00:25:20.980shall come This is all our hope We shout a11700:25:20.980 --> 00:25:31.120reclamation And take the needle What11800:25:31.120 --> 00:25:40.820a torch shall fill my heart And I11900:25:40.820 --> 00:25:48.260shall bow in humble12000:25:48.260 --> 00:25:56.260adoration And there proclaim12100:25:56.260 --> 00:26:02.180My God, how great Thou12200:26:02.180 --> 00:26:09.720art How great Thou art How12300:26:15.960 --> 00:26:42.460great Thou12400:26:42.460 --> 00:27:19.260art How12500:27:19.260 --> 00:27:26.740great You are Oh, how great You are No one compares to You No one12600:27:26.740 --> 00:27:29.860compares to You Oh,12700:27:29.860 --> 00:27:38.420how great12800:27:38.420 --> 00:27:47.820is our God Come sing with me How great is12900:27:47.820 --> 00:27:59.480our God And oh, we'll see How great, how great This13000:27:59.480 --> 00:28:09.480is why we declare That all may know Oh, how great is our13100:28:09.480 --> 00:28:19.140God Oh, sing with me How great is our God And oh, we'll see13200:28:19.140 --> 00:28:31.020How great, how great Is our God Yeah,13300:28:31.900 --> 00:28:39.760sing how great Come on lift it up You alone are worthy Oh,13400:28:39.780 --> 00:28:49.680it all will speak How great, how13500:28:49.680 --> 00:28:59.380great Is our God How great is our God13600:28:59.380 --> 00:29:09.280How great is our God Come on sing with me How great13700:29:09.280 --> 00:29:18.940is our God And oh, we'll see How great, how great13800:29:20.200 --> 00:29:29.240Jesus, You're the name Jesus, You're the name Oh, You're the name of13900:29:29.240 --> 00:30:05.070God There is no other name But Yours alone You are worthy Oh,14000:30:05.370 --> 00:30:12.390praise You We'll sing How great14100:30:47.880 --> 00:30:57.180is our God Oh, sing with me How14200:30:57.180 --> 00:31:06.660great is our God Lift it up And oh, we'll see How great, how14300:31:06.660 --> 00:31:16.560great Is our God Come on lift the praise In this place We sing14400:31:16.560 --> 00:31:21.620of Your greatness We sing of Your greatness There's no one like You, Lord14500:31:21.620 --> 00:31:36.080There's no one like You, Lord From14600:31:36.080 --> 00:31:44.970generation to generation How great14700:32:05.420 --> 00:32:34.050is our14800:32:39.460 --> 00:32:52.860God Jesus,14900:32:52.920 --> 00:32:58.580we worship You And we give You glory today Hallelujah We thank You for15000:32:58.580 --> 00:33:05.960Privileging us with Your presence Help us today, Lord To truly receive What15100:33:05.960 --> 00:33:12.500You're speaking to our hearts We ask in the mighty name of Jesus, Father The15200:33:12.500 --> 00:33:22.960mighty name of Jesus Amen Good morning, church You may be seated Praise15300:33:22.960 --> 00:33:32.740God, who is worthy Hallelujah So, let's just Right off the bat, we're just15400:33:32.740 --> 00:33:40.970gonna Declare that you guys are the real Christians Because right now There are15500:33:40.970 --> 00:33:50.550some people Shout out to y'all Pillow ministries Bishop15600:33:50.550 --> 00:33:58.750bedsheets They have tuned in for streaming And God bless you But for the real15700:33:58.750 --> 00:34:03.130Christians in the building Let me stop But no, I do thank you Because it15800:34:03.130 --> 00:34:07.710fits with what we're singing about right now How great is our God That not15900:34:07.710 --> 00:34:11.909even five degree weather Is gonna stop us from coming That we might exalt His16000:34:11.909 --> 00:34:18.670name Collectively with the saints Come on For the God that we serve Who is16100:34:18.670 --> 00:34:26.670perfect and worthy He's worthy That we should offer Him this type of Service16200:34:26.670 --> 00:34:32.870and sacrifice and praise Amen Because He sacrificed so much for us Hallelujah16300:34:33.909 --> 00:34:37.610So I'm grateful to see you here today Would've been pretty sad if it was16400:34:37.610 --> 00:34:41.650just me and my wife here Along with Dallas But I gotta say, the Lord16500:34:41.650 --> 00:34:45.449You are in for a treat And I know this is a good word Because16600:34:45.449 --> 00:34:50.790my son said I'm not going to City Kids today I said, what happened, no16700:34:50.790 --> 00:34:51.310City Kids today?16800:34:51.330 --> 00:34:56.230He said, nah man, I just wanna be close with you I said, oh Praise16900:34:56.230 --> 00:35:06.490God High five, buddy He17000:35:06.490 --> 00:35:13.560didn't hear the message though So I don't really know why he's No, I do17100:35:13.560 --> 00:35:16.260feel like it's a treat though God has given me a good word for you17200:35:16.260 --> 00:35:21.780But before we jump in I wanna send a special word From Pastor Bo He17300:35:21.780 --> 00:35:24.980right now is with a team of 20 of the saints They are in Guatemala17400:35:24.980 --> 00:35:31.560as we speak They left on Wednesday And they're doing a tremendous work on A17500:35:31.560 --> 00:35:37.320different continent, if you will It's amazing because They are ministering in17600:35:37.320 --> 00:35:41.980the mountains of Guatemala Away, like hours away from Guatemala City So this is17700:35:41.980 --> 00:35:46.500not like a touristy Guatemala Like they are on the dirt road hills Climbing up17800:35:46.500 --> 00:35:51.360a mountain for four hours In a tumbling bus And they make their way there17900:35:51.360 --> 00:35:56.140And the work that we've done in Guatemala We've opened up over 40 churches That18000:35:56.140 --> 00:35:59.880double as community centers And I'm not talking about we went And we put a18100:35:59.880 --> 00:36:04.280doorknob on Like we set the foundations and built this thing up So that the18200:36:04.280 --> 00:36:08.280people there can have a place Where they can go and congregate And worship and18300:36:08.280 --> 00:36:13.640even midweek Be there together, amen Well let me not say we, you did that18400:36:13.640 --> 00:36:19.460As you give to our missions program Global Compassion Every single dollar that18500:36:19.460 --> 00:36:23.760you've given Has gone towards that aid And that service that they receive18600:36:23.760 --> 00:36:28.060monthly We have a missionary family there The McComb family They've been there18700:36:28.060 --> 00:36:33.820for over a decade Just serving the indigenous Ixil people These are direct18800:36:33.820 --> 00:36:38.820descendants of the Maya Like when the McCombs got out there Some of them had18900:36:38.820 --> 00:36:47.890never seen white people before Like that type of indigenous rural Like A lot of19000:36:47.890 --> 00:36:51.850them like no taller than four foot And they're just looking up It's a spectacle19100:36:51.850 --> 00:36:57.250whenever Pastor Bo shows up Cause you know God bless him He's a very loud19200:36:57.250 --> 00:37:00.810and rambunctious man And we love that, he's filled with the Holy Ghost So when19300:37:00.810 --> 00:37:04.250he shows up with the anointing and the power of God Able to serve the19400:37:04.250 --> 00:37:07.890people It's a tremendous thing for them to receive And they're out there for19500:37:07.890 --> 00:37:12.510over a week Just really pouring into the people Growing them in the faith, amen19600:37:12.510 --> 00:37:20.610So be praying for them As they are out there ministering Praise God So today19700:37:21.450 --> 00:37:25.650I feel like the Lord has given me A message And I want to talk19800:37:25.650 --> 00:37:29.570about something This is the type of thing that creeps into Every believer's19900:37:29.570 --> 00:37:37.050life if you let it If we're not careful And it's the performance mentality We20000:37:37.050 --> 00:37:44.430show up, we serve We sing, we post We volunteer But inside it's all starting20100:37:44.430 --> 00:37:49.210To feel like a job Starting to feel like a chore Like we're just clocking20200:37:49.210 --> 00:37:52.210in for God Am I the only one who's ever felt this way?20300:37:54.810 --> 00:38:00.970I guess it's a little weird because This is my job But praise God I'm20400:38:00.970 --> 00:38:05.730not ignorant of that fact But I don't want that for you We've turned20500:38:05.730 --> 00:38:10.390Christianity Into a profession instead of a relationship And when that happens20600:38:10.390 --> 00:38:16.330We lose the heart of what God really wanted All along which was intimacy I20700:38:16.330 --> 00:38:24.530mean this starts back All the way from the garden With Adam and Eve What20800:38:24.530 --> 00:38:29.870God really wanted Was his family Joined together The Bible says that the voice20900:38:29.870 --> 00:38:34.210of the Lord Was walking in the cool of the day Because he wanted to21000:38:34.210 --> 00:38:37.590be with his family It's a funny thing It's a funny thing when you read21100:38:37.590 --> 00:38:40.930the scriptures And sometimes you miss it Because it's like God questions and21200:38:40.930 --> 00:38:42.330goes Adam where are you?21300:38:43.650 --> 00:38:48.890Some people think that Adam was just The world's greatest hide and seek artist21400:38:48.890 --> 00:38:52.090But it's not really true Because understand that the God we serve Is a God21500:38:52.090 --> 00:38:56.370of omniscience Knowing all things Knowing the end from the beginning So it's21600:38:56.370 --> 00:38:59.670not like he didn't geographically Know exactly where Adam was Adam wasn't that21700:38:59.670 --> 00:39:04.590good at hiding But he was speaking To the state of where Adam was Man,21800:39:05.250 --> 00:39:06.230where are you?21900:39:07.950 --> 00:39:13.210And I feel like God is still today Asking the same question For a lot22000:39:13.210 --> 00:39:18.850of us Because we're doing The things of God We're in the house of the22100:39:18.850 --> 00:39:22.030Lord But yet God is still asking Where are you?22200:39:24.030 --> 00:39:33.870Because a lot of people have fallen Into this trap Of performance So the title22300:39:33.870 --> 00:39:42.130today is simple Don't be A professional Christian Which is only funny Because22400:39:42.130 --> 00:39:48.670he looks super professional And I don't want you to become A professional22500:39:48.670 --> 00:39:58.570Christian Because professionals perform Lovers connect And22600:39:58.570 --> 00:40:01.630God is not looking for performers He's looking for people who want to be with22700:40:01.630 --> 00:40:08.690him So I'll start with the first point Performance The performance mentality22800:40:08.690 --> 00:40:15.830specifically It's a lie Because we tell ourselves If I do enough good things22900:40:15.830 --> 00:40:18.930for God If I pray enough If I read enough If I serve enough If23000:40:18.930 --> 00:40:25.250I give enough Then I'll be okay Then he'll accept me Then I'll feel close23100:40:25.250 --> 00:40:31.490to him That's rubbish I'm going to say something right now That's going to blow23200:40:31.490 --> 00:40:38.250the whole thing out of the water Right now Where you are Despite what you23300:40:38.250 --> 00:40:43.250think about yourself If you call yourself a Christian If you have been washed23400:40:43.250 --> 00:40:51.050in the blood of Jesus You are supremely loved You are loved I mean right23500:40:51.050 --> 00:40:57.710where you are right now Aside from your performance You have received the23600:40:57.710 --> 00:41:03.990zenith level of God's love There is not one single solitary thing That you can23700:41:03.990 --> 00:41:10.970do to increase the love of God on your life Everything about him right now23800:41:10.970 --> 00:41:18.170Is for you I'm thinking back to the scriptures The Bible says that He rejoices23900:41:18.170 --> 00:41:23.050over you with love When you study you do the etymology of the language It24000:41:23.050 --> 00:41:28.730means that he spins around like a top With excitement and joy Because you're24100:41:28.730 --> 00:41:37.550alive He rejoices over you with singing When was the last time This is a24200:41:37.550 --> 00:41:42.870real question When was the last time you loved somebody so much That when they24300:41:42.870 --> 00:41:46.750were sleeping You just stood over their bed like I can't wait for them to24400:41:46.750 --> 00:41:52.510wake up Never?24500:41:57.680 --> 00:42:03.280The Bible says that that's the type of love That he has for you Here24600:42:03.280 --> 00:42:10.200you are drooling on the bed sheets And he's just like 5am is coming Clock24700:42:10.200 --> 00:42:18.800is going to wake up But you know what's lost on us We feel that24800:42:18.800 --> 00:42:27.720That type of love can only be achieved For the super Christian You know the24900:42:27.720 --> 00:42:34.620super Christian The one that wakes up at 4am Spends 2 hours in the scriptures25000:42:36.140 --> 00:42:45.560Reads 10 chapters Does Bible study Writes their notes Talks in a weird reverb25100:42:45.560 --> 00:42:54.830voice No it's an annoying And a hilarious thing Because we feel that if we25200:42:54.830 --> 00:42:59.610do A certain amount of things That will equate to us being okay with God25300:42:59.610 --> 00:43:04.170And being loved by God And how many people know that That is absolutely a25400:43:04.170 --> 00:43:14.170lie You didn't get saved Because of your performance You are not25500:43:14.170 --> 00:43:22.350loved Because of your performance No matter how good it may be And I guarantee25600:43:22.350 --> 00:43:27.450you This is not a super amen sermon And I'm okay with that Because we25700:43:27.450 --> 00:43:32.690need to be Awoken to the love That belongs to us We need to be25800:43:32.690 --> 00:43:37.950awoken so that we can appropriate Just how cared for We really are Because if25900:43:37.950 --> 00:43:41.310you finally get that I'll never have to worry about you being a strong26000:43:41.310 --> 00:43:47.330Christian again Right now there are pastors All over the world Especially in26100:43:47.330 --> 00:43:51.070this country And what they're really doing is They're priming the pump to get26200:43:51.070 --> 00:43:54.550people on the hamster wheel Make sure you read your Bible Make sure you pray26300:43:54.550 --> 00:43:57.910Make sure you keep coming to church I know it's cold outside But just keep26400:43:57.910 --> 00:44:08.510coming Keep volunteering Keep giving Keep doing all the things I'm like chill I26500:44:08.510 --> 00:44:12.610want you to do all of those things But I know that the way to26600:44:12.610 --> 00:44:15.490get you to do those things Is not to tell you that it's right to26700:44:15.490 --> 00:44:21.630do those things There has to be this internal switch And it only comes by26800:44:21.630 --> 00:44:25.550revelation When you get it that I get to do these things And I don't26900:44:25.550 --> 00:44:30.090have to do these things And a lot of pulpits are not preaching that Because27000:44:30.090 --> 00:44:33.190they don't want to lose the people They don't want to lose the control Or27100:44:33.190 --> 00:44:36.510the illusion of control that they have of the people Well I'm here to tell27200:44:36.510 --> 00:44:40.770you Listen you don't come to church You're still going to heaven You don't give27300:44:40.770 --> 00:44:44.010You're still going to heaven If you believe in Jesus You're going to heaven27400:44:47.600 --> 00:44:54.650Scandalous Pastor Bo when you were gone Pastor Mo told everybody Just to stay27500:44:54.650 --> 00:45:00.250home To never give again I'm not saying that But what I am saying is27600:45:00.250 --> 00:45:06.070When you understand that you are loved Not only will you do those things You'll27700:45:06.070 --> 00:45:20.200do them in greater measure Than every religious person ever could The27800:45:20.200 --> 00:45:29.040moment we start treating Obedience Like a transaction You know I did X So now27900:45:29.040 --> 00:45:35.520you owe me Y Or you owe me closeness Or you owe me your presence28000:45:35.520 --> 00:45:39.460Or you owe me the stuff that I'm praying for We've lost it, we've stepped28100:45:39.460 --> 00:45:47.260out of grace And into the performance trap Ephesians 2 Verse 8 says this For28200:45:47.260 --> 00:45:53.560by grace you have been Saved through faith And that not of yourselves It is28300:45:53.560 --> 00:45:59.180the gift of God Not of works Lest anyone should boast For we are his28400:45:59.180 --> 00:46:02.940workmanship Created in Christ Jesus for good works Which God prepared28500:46:02.940 --> 00:46:06.880beforehand that we should walk in them The Bible says that you were created For28600:46:06.880 --> 00:46:10.200those good things that we talk about The good things that we laud The good28700:46:10.200 --> 00:46:14.360things that some people on the hamster wheel Are running after in religion The28800:46:14.360 --> 00:46:18.940Bible says you were created for them But it doesn't say That you get there28900:46:18.940 --> 00:46:24.060by just doing them It says that you get there Only by grace through faith29000:46:25.040 --> 00:46:35.320So my way Into right Performance Is actually in right believing This29100:46:35.320 --> 00:46:40.920makes me think of Moses Everybody Familiar with Moses?29200:46:40.920 --> 00:46:48.900Praise God I always count on Cleo He's a man of God With Pentecostal roots29300:46:48.900 --> 00:46:55.040So he knows me well But it's funny Because I read something in the Old29400:46:55.040 --> 00:46:59.280Testament And if you're not Fond of reading the Old Testament It's because you29500:46:59.280 --> 00:47:03.720actually haven't connected with Jesus Because he is all over the Old Testament29600:47:03.720 --> 00:47:07.560Amen Don't just stay in the New Testament thinking that is cute Because you29700:47:07.560 --> 00:47:10.300know you're reading about your Jesus Your Jesus, your lover No, your lover is29800:47:10.300 --> 00:47:15.620in the Old Testament hidden In the New Testament revealed In the Old Testament29900:47:15.620 --> 00:47:22.560concealed That was a bar But one of the ways of the stories That he's30000:47:22.560 --> 00:47:25.720concealed in the Old Testament Is when he speaks about Moses taking the30100:47:25.720 --> 00:47:31.340children of Israel Through the wilderness To the promised land They get to this30200:47:31.340 --> 00:47:35.740point And the people are thirsty To the point that they feel like they're going30300:47:35.740 --> 00:47:40.720to die And they literally go to their leader And they go, listen We are30400:47:40.720 --> 00:47:47.220thirsty and we will kill you If we don't get something to drink Which is30500:47:47.220 --> 00:47:51.720just a funny thing Because it's not easy to lead people I mean, not me30600:47:51.720 --> 00:47:58.700Because our people are amazing Praise God But to be a leader of people30700:47:58.700 --> 00:48:02.380Especially when it comes to the things of God Is very difficult Sometimes you30800:48:02.380 --> 00:48:12.250can equate it to herding cats Only the haters Of cats will30900:48:12.250 --> 00:48:16.530understand how funny that joke is All the cat people are like, I don't31000:48:16.530 --> 00:48:23.110understand But it's funny because You get to this one situation where he says,31100:48:23.210 --> 00:48:27.490okay The people want to stone me They're thirsty, there's about a million of31200:48:27.490 --> 00:48:30.810them How do I give them something to drink And God says, I want you31300:48:30.810 --> 00:48:39.130to strike the rock And Moses obeys He strikes the rock Supernaturally Because31400:48:39.130 --> 00:48:46.150he hit the rock Water flows out of the rock Enough water To quench the31500:48:46.150 --> 00:48:52.650thirst Of a million people This is a supernatural occurrence Because I don't31600:48:52.650 --> 00:48:55.870know if you know this about geological stuff But water doesn't live inside of31700:48:55.870 --> 00:49:06.360rocks Somebody31800:49:06.360 --> 00:49:07.120in the back going, what?31900:49:09.280 --> 00:49:15.880No Water is not naturally occurring inside of rocks But it's funny because this32000:49:15.880 --> 00:49:20.940is a picture Of the crucifixion Who is the rock?32100:49:21.480 --> 00:49:30.440Christ The rock was struck And because the rock was struck Life Came forth32200:49:30.440 --> 00:49:36.000And satiated the people Now a little bit of time Goes past and you look32300:49:36.000 --> 00:49:40.260at numbers 20 And they're thirsty again And they're on that same trip Like32400:49:40.260 --> 00:49:45.740listen, give us something to drink or we gonna kill you bro And God tells32500:49:45.740 --> 00:49:49.480them to do something different He says, I want you to talk To the rock32600:49:54.700 --> 00:50:02.120Now here's the funny part Not so funny if you're Moses Moses is so frustrated32700:50:02.120 --> 00:50:16.950With the people That he strikes the rock Again And God is like The32800:50:16.950 --> 00:50:23.650faithful man of God Is barred entry From the promised land Because he struck32900:50:23.650 --> 00:50:28.710the rock A second time And you might say, whoa I don't even understand That's33000:50:28.710 --> 00:50:31.510a little severe don't you think Like he's had to deal with these people33100:50:31.510 --> 00:50:35.370Bringing them out of slavery Crossing the Red Sea Yada yada did a lot of33200:50:35.370 --> 00:50:38.510good things All of a sudden he can't You know you start advocating for people33300:50:38.510 --> 00:50:46.600He can't get it Why he can't get in the promised land God Like But33400:50:46.600 --> 00:50:52.700it's actually a beautiful picture About what we're talking about today God33500:50:52.700 --> 00:50:56.540tells him You have not honored me in the sight of the people A.K33600:50:56.540 --> 00:51:01.820.A I was trying to teach them Something about the cross I was trying to33700:51:01.820 --> 00:51:07.880teach them that nothing Can be added to the perfect Crucifixion of the rock He33800:51:07.880 --> 00:51:11.340says, I need you to talk to it now Because the first time you hit33900:51:11.340 --> 00:51:15.280it And Jesus only needed to be hit one time For the life to come34000:51:15.280 --> 00:51:19.540out He only needed to be sacrificed one time For the eternal life that would34100:51:19.540 --> 00:51:24.120Quench us all to come out Anytime you try to add to the perfect Work34200:51:24.120 --> 00:51:33.200of Jesus You're barring yourself Out of the promise He says, I want you to34300:51:33.200 --> 00:51:35.660talk to the rock I want you to believe, I want you to have faith34400:51:35.660 --> 00:51:39.440I don't want you to strike the rock I don't want your religious behavior I34500:51:39.440 --> 00:51:51.500don't want you adding anything To what he already Did perfectly Nothing34600:51:51.500 --> 00:51:56.540can add to his Perfect work, Amen We have to get it out of our34700:51:56.540 --> 00:52:01.600minds That we're helping a savior out We got this thing Where behavior34800:52:01.600 --> 00:52:05.380modification We want to be better, we're going to do better We set these34900:52:05.380 --> 00:52:09.040resolutions in our heart That we're going to walk like this For the rest of35000:52:09.040 --> 00:52:14.720the year God never asked you to do that He asked you to love me35100:52:15.300 --> 00:52:21.020He said look at me Look at me Not realizing that when we look At35200:52:21.020 --> 00:52:28.720him, we are transformed Into the image of Christ, the bible says So we're not35300:52:28.720 --> 00:52:36.680doing enough looking We're doing too much religioning We're trying to modify35400:52:36.680 --> 00:52:40.200Ourselves when God is just looking at us Going, I never asked you to do35500:52:40.200 --> 00:52:46.650that though You ever do something for somebody That you thought was cool but it35600:52:46.650 --> 00:52:53.690wasn't Their love language and it really backfired I learned about love35700:52:53.690 --> 00:52:59.030languages On my honeymoon I know right, like damn you got that far And you35800:52:59.030 --> 00:53:08.210ain't no God bless the woman of God for putting up with me So I35900:53:08.210 --> 00:53:14.690have this thing Where I don't really like party planning But I kind of have36000:53:14.690 --> 00:53:18.030a grace for it So I'm really good at it And I like to plan36100:53:18.030 --> 00:53:21.790things and prepare And just do things for other people And go ha, here you36200:53:21.790 --> 00:53:24.310go Because there's something about the planning That makes me feel good on the36300:53:24.310 --> 00:53:30.210inside And my wife is an acts of service person So you would think that36400:53:30.210 --> 00:53:34.070these two things Go together really well But the only thing is, if you just36500:53:34.070 --> 00:53:37.310do things Based on what you think Instead of what the person needs to receive36600:53:37.310 --> 00:53:43.210It's a miss And we were on our honeymoon right And it was an all36700:53:43.210 --> 00:53:49.890inclusive resort And there was this one server He was like on the ball Like36800:53:49.890 --> 00:53:54.130if my drink would go out He would just come I wouldn't even see him36900:53:54.130 --> 00:54:00.430at some point He would just come There was only one problem I got this37000:54:00.430 --> 00:54:05.490nasty green juice That I didn't want And I was like damn I gotta empty37100:54:05.490 --> 00:54:10.030this out Because this ain't it So I let Tiffany drink one and she drank37200:54:10.030 --> 00:54:13.370it And then he came and put another one in And I was like oh37300:54:13.370 --> 00:54:18.630God I don't want this juice And this went on for about 10 minutes Where37400:54:18.630 --> 00:54:21.330he just kept filling it I'm like throwing it on the floor I'm feeding it37500:54:21.330 --> 00:54:25.310to the dog I'm putting it in her cup And then it dawned on me37600:54:25.310 --> 00:54:29.030right in that moment The disconnect because I like to plan And do all these37700:54:29.030 --> 00:54:31.170things for my wife And my wife is just like But I never asked you37800:54:31.170 --> 00:54:40.860to do that You37900:54:40.860 --> 00:54:46.340can be performing And doing things that you think Are the right thing But38000:54:46.340 --> 00:54:53.200they're not actually connecting with what the person wants Imagine you put so38100:54:53.200 --> 00:54:59.000much time Effort and energy Into doing something And the person goes Wow I38200:54:59.000 --> 00:55:06.860really don't like those things It's not that they're ungrateful But imagine if38300:55:06.860 --> 00:55:11.300you went through Time, effort and energy And you went and found a Siamese cat38400:55:11.300 --> 00:55:15.000from the Himalayas That has no hair And you're like Pastor Mo here you go38500:55:15.580 --> 00:55:20.820All the people who know me are going to be like Not only is he38600:55:20.820 --> 00:55:26.300not an animal person But he hates cats And now you present You've gone through38700:55:26.300 --> 00:55:29.680the trouble You've ordered it, you've made sure it's got all the shots You've38800:55:29.680 --> 00:55:33.560poured thousands of dollars in And you present me with this cat And I'll be38900:55:33.560 --> 00:55:37.040like Thanks?39000:55:39.420 --> 00:55:45.940We have done this We have done this to God We have acted like If39100:55:45.940 --> 00:55:51.180we do these things These religious things for God It puts us on the inside39200:55:53.320 --> 00:56:05.420When he invited us to the inside All along already You39300:56:05.420 --> 00:56:10.040can't buy intimacy Is what I'm trying to say You can't buy intimacy With39400:56:10.040 --> 00:56:18.280religious routine How about this For those of us who live in suburbs And I39500:56:18.280 --> 00:56:21.340put in quotes because this is New York City So even the suburbs are very39600:56:21.340 --> 00:56:26.460very Compact with people So if you live in a suburb Or you live in39700:56:26.460 --> 00:56:30.260a house Then you have a garbage collector Certain days they come through for39800:56:30.260 --> 00:56:32.760normal garbage Some days they come through for recycling Amen?39900:56:33.980 --> 00:56:38.760What if one day your garbage man And he's an amazing garbage man Every day40000:56:38.760 --> 00:56:42.620without fail He's there picking up, putting it out And he's not like one of40100:56:42.620 --> 00:56:45.040the whack garbage men Where they pick up and they just throw the can in40200:56:45.040 --> 00:56:47.380the middle of the street So another car can drive over it So you gotta40300:56:47.380 --> 00:56:53.140buy another one Talk to me New York City But he's a good garbage man40400:56:53.140 --> 00:56:55.940He picks it up, he puts it back on the curb safely So that you40500:56:55.940 --> 00:56:59.520can retrieve it, put it back in the house He's there 52 weeks a year40600:56:59.520 --> 00:57:05.200Boom, boom, done Boom, boom, done You never have to think about the missed40700:57:05.200 --> 00:57:09.000service Because he's always there Rain, sleet, hail, snow, doesn't matter40800:57:09.000 --> 00:57:14.120Holidays, I don't care, I'm coming in on my day off Boom, boom Garbage man40900:57:14.120 --> 00:57:23.760is on point What happens if one day the garbage man Says Hey41000:57:23.760 --> 00:57:30.340man I uh I've been putting away your garbage for many years now And I41100:57:30.340 --> 00:57:33.980was just wondering If I could come inside, sit down Play with your kids and41200:57:33.980 --> 00:57:43.970have some dinner I don't know you brah That's the polite thing to41300:57:43.970 --> 00:57:48.810say If you don't get up Outside of my face right now At all that41400:57:51.830 --> 00:57:58.370But this is what some of us are doing To God We are religiously Throwing41500:57:58.370 --> 00:58:04.050out the religion Of our lives We're making sure that the behavior In the41600:58:04.050 --> 00:58:08.370streets are looking tidy In our life And then we want to come to God41700:58:08.370 --> 00:58:11.650and go See God, look, I got all this stuff right Come on, give me41800:58:11.650 --> 00:58:21.640some of your presents and your good stuff Blessings please Which is such a A41900:58:21.640 --> 00:58:28.390misnomer and a fallacy Because from the very beginning He invited us to be kids42000:58:30.360 --> 00:58:36.440So why are we acting like garbage men We see it in the prodigal son42100:58:36.440 --> 00:58:44.560In Luke 15 This is someone who was already A son And he does his42200:58:44.560 --> 00:58:48.880own thing, he rebels He turns away If you really looked at the history of42300:58:48.880 --> 00:58:51.940what that story is It's crazy, it shouldn't be called the story of the prodigal42400:58:51.940 --> 00:58:57.700son It should be called the story of the prodigal God Because prodigal means to42500:58:57.700 --> 00:59:02.140spend With no thought or regard And really what the father did is He spent42600:59:02.140 --> 00:59:09.710his love with no thought or regard Because the son goes To the father I42700:59:09.710 --> 00:59:17.250want my share of the inheritance Now See, Hebrew culture In essence what he was42800:59:17.250 --> 00:59:22.170saying is I want you to drop dead And die and give me your stuff42900:59:23.950 --> 00:59:27.150We're talking about a Gregorian culture The only thing that he had was43000:59:27.150 --> 00:59:31.210livestock and land So in order to give the inheritance While he was alive He43100:59:31.210 --> 00:59:35.410would have needed to destroy his life And rip apart his stuff But the bible43200:59:35.410 --> 00:59:41.170says that the father said yes And he gives him a portion of his inheritance43300:59:41.610 --> 00:59:46.030Which People are always mad at the older brother The older brother had a right43400:59:46.030 --> 00:59:52.290to be upset As the oldest brother He was going to get a double portion43500:59:52.290 --> 00:59:56.190Of all of what belonged to the father And now all of what belonged to43600:59:56.190 --> 01:00:01.450the father Just got cut So the older brother is out here Working and working43701:00:01.450 --> 01:00:04.910going You're selling what?43801:00:04.970 --> 01:00:05.350What happened?43901:00:07.690 --> 01:00:12.890And the younger brother goes He spends everything Now here's the wild part He44001:00:12.890 --> 01:00:17.570comes to his senses Because he realized like yo I have made a terrible mistake44101:00:17.570 --> 01:00:22.550Even the servants in my father's house Are living and eating better than I am44201:00:23.270 --> 01:00:27.350So I'm going to return Oh God I feel the anointing I'm going to return44301:00:27.350 --> 01:00:33.770as a servant I'm going to return as a garbage man I'm going to religiously44401:00:33.770 --> 01:00:38.370just serve And that'll be enough And we know that his heart wasn't truly44501:00:38.370 --> 01:00:42.350repented Because he has the speech And he literally is only just trying to get44601:00:42.350 --> 01:00:48.270back To the level of eating well enough He's not really concerned with the44701:00:48.270 --> 01:00:51.430heart of the father He's not concerned with connecting Because he doesn't want44801:00:51.430 --> 01:00:58.610to return as a son He doesn't come back and say Father receive me as44901:00:58.610 --> 01:01:03.290a son He returns and says Receive me as a servant and I'll work for45001:01:03.290 --> 01:01:13.050you But I love the prodigal father's response He puts a ring on his45101:01:13.050 --> 01:01:19.070finger Shoes on his feet He puts a robe on his back Kill Slaughter the45201:01:19.070 --> 01:01:24.390fatted lamb We're going to have a party And celebrate for my son which was45301:01:24.390 --> 01:01:34.100dead Is now alive Stop throwing out the trash And expecting to be a kid45401:01:34.100 --> 01:01:38.940You're already his son You're already his daughter Let go of the religious45501:01:38.940 --> 01:01:45.100performance And come into intimacy Today the call And the challenge is very45601:01:45.100 --> 01:01:54.930simply To put down your performance And receive the love of God Preparing all45701:01:54.930 --> 01:01:58.350week And my wife would just walk in and see me like Staring and muttering45801:01:59.330 --> 01:02:09.190Because I couldn't get it Why do we keep doing this To ourselves His invite45901:02:09.190 --> 01:02:17.430is to be a child Just to receive And we keep trying to be so46001:02:17.430 --> 01:02:34.880Professional And then it hit me There's a very hard part Of this sermon We46101:02:34.880 --> 01:02:40.080think service Equates into intimacy But we're in for a rude awakening If we46201:02:40.080 --> 01:02:48.060approach God like that We have to take Relationship past performance Because46301:02:48.060 --> 01:02:57.940professional intimacy Has a name When someone gives46401:02:57.940 --> 01:03:01.980you everything that they think you want They give you attention They give you46501:03:01.980 --> 01:03:06.280service They give you acts of devotion But they keep their heart at a distance46601:03:06.920 --> 01:03:14.280It turns into transaction When they take their most intimate moments And make46701:03:14.280 --> 01:03:17.700them professional Well again we have a name for that It's called prostitution46801:03:22.500 --> 01:03:31.600Have you been prostituting Your intimate moments with God Have you truly kept46901:03:31.600 --> 01:03:34.460your heart away And said well here God This is the things that you need47001:03:35.780 --> 01:03:44.780Read my Bible, check Go to church, check Serve in a volunteer team, check But47101:03:44.780 --> 01:03:50.240the real thing that he acts for From the beginning Was simply your heart All47201:03:50.240 --> 01:03:55.540that other stuff Comes after out of An abundance, a wellspring Of appreciation47301:03:55.540 --> 01:04:05.360and gratitude Don't get too professional When it comes to intimacy with God47401:04:06.180 --> 01:04:11.800Don't turn your quiet time Into a checklist Don't turn worship into performance47501:04:11.800 --> 01:04:19.300Don't turn serving into a way To earn favor God is not God is not47601:04:19.300 --> 01:04:22.800looking for professionals Who know how to quote unquote Do church He's looking47701:04:22.800 --> 01:04:31.240for sons and daughters Sons and daughters That want to be with him Sons and47801:04:31.240 --> 01:04:41.200daughters that have a raw Real intimate relationship Listen I47901:04:41.200 --> 01:04:50.240literally am A Christian professional I hope you know I don't volunteer here48001:04:50.240 --> 01:05:00.140This is my job This is what I do for a living And despite that48101:05:00.140 --> 01:05:06.880I constantly Have to make sure That I'm carrying the tension And keeping the48201:05:06.880 --> 01:05:12.900balance between Not being a Christian professional But a child of the most high48301:05:12.900 --> 01:05:19.820God I can't tell you how many times I've prayed this prayer Where I go48401:05:19.820 --> 01:05:24.220into the presence of God And I go hey I'm not here for a new48501:05:24.220 --> 01:05:32.430sermon I'm not here for a prophetic word I'm not here so I can get48601:05:32.430 --> 01:05:38.290fresh Counsel to bless the people with Because it can easily become that Where48701:05:38.290 --> 01:05:41.050the only interaction I have with him is to make sure That I get something48801:05:41.050 --> 01:05:43.630to give to the people So that I look like I'm doing What I'm supposed48901:05:43.630 --> 01:05:49.030to do It's a weird thing being a pastor Because think about it like the49001:05:49.030 --> 01:05:54.890Bible Calls us to live off the gospel So now imagine if I got into49101:05:54.890 --> 01:05:58.750that Dirty nasty place where I now started Treating people differently because49201:05:58.750 --> 01:06:03.750I know that The people who give make up the salary That I receive God49301:06:03.750 --> 01:06:10.210forbid But I've seen it done Before where pastors are afraid To tell the truth49401:06:10.210 --> 01:06:13.070because if they tell the truth Well the people will leave and if the people49501:06:13.070 --> 01:06:19.010leave Well how will I have a living and a support Man bump that You49601:06:19.010 --> 01:06:23.490know why they're laughing Because The people are laughing because they49701:06:23.490 --> 01:06:31.310understand Oh yeah Pasmo's a little rough He told me if I kept doing that49801:06:31.310 --> 01:06:37.150I was going to go to hell Listen my job is not to coddle you49901:06:37.150 --> 01:06:41.510My job is to make sure you make it to heaven I need you to50001:06:41.510 --> 01:06:47.310be Intimate lovers of God Not just religious workers So many places They want50101:06:47.310 --> 01:06:51.010people to be workers I need you to volunteer I need you to give I50201:06:51.010 --> 01:06:55.670need you to do do do do I don't want a bunch of do do50301:06:55.670 --> 01:07:06.210Christians That stinks I50401:07:06.210 --> 01:07:12.710want On fire lovers of God Who appreciate what he's done for them Listen If50501:07:12.710 --> 01:07:18.610I can't tell you the truth For fear that you might not give I might50601:07:18.610 --> 01:07:28.450as well go home My intimacy always has to stay pure Because50701:07:28.450 --> 01:07:32.290what we do We can't do it for an audience of people This is what50801:07:32.290 --> 01:07:35.250I said in the beginning When it comes to worship Don't look to the left50901:07:35.250 --> 01:07:43.590or look to the right Just focus on him You can't live for the applause51001:07:43.590 --> 01:07:48.750Or the rejection of other people If you live For the applause of other people51101:07:48.750 --> 01:07:55.490You will die by their rejection I'm not trying to die because you reject me51201:07:56.860 --> 01:08:05.700I got the acceptance of God And Tiffany I'm good Because people are fickle I51301:08:05.700 --> 01:08:11.700know this from social media Everybody lives off of their highlight reel Look51401:08:11.700 --> 01:08:15.660how good I'm doing But inside you're dying Inside you just wish That you were51501:08:15.660 --> 01:08:24.229somebody else That's for the birds God wants you to be secure In his love51601:08:25.710 --> 01:08:30.510So that you don't have to go Chasing after validation From all these negative51701:08:30.510 --> 01:08:38.310sources I wish For you that you would just be A lover of God and51801:08:38.310 --> 01:08:42.510watch what he does With that because I do understand There is a tension because51901:08:43.750 --> 01:08:47.729It's not just behavior modification You want good fruit The bible is very clear52001:08:47.729 --> 01:08:55.960that you need good fruit But I'm asking you to be a lover What do52101:08:55.960 --> 01:08:56.399I do?52201:08:59.850 --> 01:09:07.770James 1.22 says this Be doers of the word And not hearers only Deceiving52301:09:07.770 --> 01:09:13.649yourself I do understand that there is a tension I do want you just to52401:09:13.649 --> 01:09:19.170be a lover of God And not worry But I know very clearly That the52501:09:19.170 --> 01:09:24.109bible says If you don't do what I say You will suffer the consequences of52601:09:24.109 --> 01:09:33.520such disobedience Hearing is easy We can sit through sermons Sit through52701:09:33.520 --> 01:09:38.680podcasts Sit through bible studies And we can feel spiritual because of it But52801:09:38.680 --> 01:09:46.840hearing without doing is self-deception You can know all the right answers52901:09:46.840 --> 01:09:51.840Quote all the verses Have all the bumper stickers And still be miles away from53001:09:51.840 --> 01:10:01.470God's heart And that's the scary part Being a doer isn't about53101:10:01.470 --> 01:10:10.330perfection Or religious activity It's about direction It's about posture What53201:10:10.330 --> 01:10:12.430is the inclination of your heart?53301:10:13.730 --> 01:10:15.930Is it toward God and for God?53401:10:21.210 --> 01:10:25.250I want the posture of our hearts to say God I'm not going to listen53501:10:25.250 --> 01:10:30.390to what you say About love, forgiveness, humility, generosity I'm going to live53601:10:30.390 --> 01:10:41.020it Even when it gets messy Even when no one's watching That's53701:10:41.020 --> 01:10:45.880the part right there Because are you performing for an audience?53801:10:48.520 --> 01:10:50.780Or are you doing things for an audience of one?53901:10:54.560 --> 01:10:59.640When God asks you to do certain things When he asks you to love When54001:10:59.640 --> 01:11:04.860he asks you to give Are you doing it to be seen by people?54101:11:04.860 --> 01:11:10.060Or are you doing it because you want to connect with your father?54201:11:14.340 --> 01:11:20.600That's a hard thing because If we're all honest Everybody in here on some level54301:11:20.600 --> 01:11:34.090You've done things to be seen There's a54401:11:34.090 --> 01:11:38.210funny quote out there It says we buy things we don't need With money we54501:11:38.210 --> 01:11:48.670don't have To impress people we don't like That's so real That is America But54601:11:48.670 --> 01:12:02.840we're not called to be Americans We're called to be Christians Being54701:12:02.840 --> 01:12:08.900a doer isn't about Perfection or religious activity Again I want us to be in54801:12:08.900 --> 01:12:14.870a place where We examine ourselves How about that?54901:12:17.900 --> 01:12:21.100Because you know practical application You can talk about all this lofty stuff55001:12:21.100 --> 01:12:23.720But at the end of the day How do I work this out in real55101:12:23.720 --> 01:12:24.060time?55201:12:24.220 --> 01:12:29.060Rubber meets the road The number one thing that you can do Examine yourself so55301:12:29.060 --> 01:12:37.190that nobody else has to You can't correct what you don't inspect Inspect your55401:12:37.190 --> 01:12:40.210life And not with a fine tooth comb Looking for sin, guess what?55501:12:40.290 --> 01:12:49.380You'll find it very easily But Inspect your intention I had a funny moment with55601:12:49.380 --> 01:12:57.470my wife I said to myself out loud I wonder if I should wear My55701:12:57.470 --> 01:13:04.240leather pants on Sunday I had never owned a pair of leather pants And I55801:13:04.240 --> 01:13:09.040recently bought one She's had multiple I'm going to put her on blast just so55901:13:09.040 --> 01:13:12.880you know it's not me I had never owned a pair of leather pants before56001:13:12.880 --> 01:13:17.040And I was very excited about them And I just said it Just because I56101:13:17.040 --> 01:13:20.200do think about Man, what do I wear?56201:13:20.400 --> 01:13:25.900What do I And the sentence didn't even come out You better not!56301:13:27.880 --> 01:13:28.700What did I do?56401:13:30.260 --> 01:13:30.680I said what?56501:13:31.460 --> 01:13:33.440I was just asking a question to myself You got a problem?56601:13:33.840 --> 01:13:34.520What's the problem?56701:13:35.520 --> 01:13:40.360She said don't you dare wear them leather pants out there I said what?56801:13:40.420 --> 01:13:44.240She's like you know yourself You know you're going to be preaching out there56901:13:44.240 --> 01:13:46.080And you're going to start making jokes about the leather pants And the57001:13:46.080 --> 01:13:48.200attention is going to be on you and not the Lord Don't you wear them57101:13:48.200 --> 01:13:55.450leather pants And I said hey I was just asking a question about fashion You57201:13:55.450 --> 01:13:59.110know when somebody you love speaks the truth And you got to just like bite57301:13:59.110 --> 01:14:07.590the bullet and go Alright, you're right Gotta examine yourself church Because57401:14:07.590 --> 01:14:11.910although my intentions And my motives Might be pure In wearing my fresh leather57501:14:11.910 --> 01:14:19.010pants Somewhere deep down The enemy might use it To keep me in a place57601:14:19.010 --> 01:14:22.610Where I'm not supposed to be How you preaching you all the way over here57701:14:22.610 --> 01:14:33.780So the people in the back can see it So I said duly noted Gotta57801:14:33.780 --> 01:14:40.960find the Least leathery pants outfit I have And put that on Keep me humble57901:14:40.960 --> 01:14:48.460before the Lord Mind you this is from the lady with Multiple leather pants58001:14:50.520 --> 01:14:58.810Looking like Eddie Murphy at a Raw But number one Examine your motivation Ask58101:14:58.810 --> 01:15:03.410yourself honestly am I doing this And this can be whatever Prayer, serving,58201:15:03.610 --> 01:15:12.070giving, attending Are you doing it to feel close to God Are you doing it58301:15:12.070 --> 01:15:17.070Because you think that God will feel close to you Or even worse Are you58401:15:17.070 --> 01:15:23.540doing it just so that it can be seen By other people Or are you58501:15:23.540 --> 01:15:30.660doing it out of a sincere Desire for connection with him Only you can answer58601:15:30.660 --> 01:15:37.820that truthfully After you examine yourself I want you to move from Transaction58701:15:37.820 --> 01:15:43.840to relationship Stop treating God like the garbage Man at the curb Invite him58801:15:43.840 --> 01:15:47.280inside Invite him into your thoughts Invite him into your fears Invite him into58901:15:47.280 --> 01:15:52.640your failures Invite God into your every ordinary moment This is what God59001:15:52.640 --> 01:15:56.900designed Christianity to be Where you would keep relationship And hold his hand59101:15:56.900 --> 01:16:04.220And walk with him through life You know it's a funny thing My prayer life59201:16:04.220 --> 01:16:08.900today looks a lot different Than when I first got saved When I first got59301:16:08.900 --> 01:16:15.480saved It used to look hilarious Because I would roll out of bed And just59401:16:15.480 --> 01:16:19.400drop to my knees Just to make sure I got it done And out of59501:16:19.400 --> 01:16:29.300the way I couldn't pray more than About two59601:16:29.300 --> 01:16:31.960to five minutes when I first started But that was that, I made sure I59701:16:31.960 --> 01:16:37.960got it done and it was out of the way Check Now Prayer looks so59801:16:37.960 --> 01:16:42.280much different Because the posture is so much different Because I'm constantly59901:16:42.920 --> 01:16:46.880Checking in with him Constantly keeping life with him You ever have60001:16:46.880 --> 01:16:52.720conversations with God Like God look at that That's hilarious, look at this,60101:16:52.760 --> 01:16:59.320look at this, look at this Jesus look at this Be having whole conversations60201:16:59.320 --> 01:17:05.860with the Lord About random stuff And God People don't know that this is the60301:17:05.860 --> 01:17:10.140relationship That God wants you to have I remember the first Year of my60401:17:10.140 --> 01:17:17.530marriage, six months Into my marriage I got laid off from my job I had60501:17:17.530 --> 01:17:22.290never been without work Since age 14 And all of a sudden I find myself60601:17:22.290 --> 01:17:25.790with that I finally get into this privileged position Called husband where I'm60701:17:25.790 --> 01:17:28.970to be a provider And a protector and a husband and do all these beautiful60801:17:28.970 --> 01:17:37.220Things and then God, no job And here I am I'm praying, I'm fasting, I'm60901:17:37.220 --> 01:17:42.000on my knees God open the doors I'll go work at McDonald's if I have61001:17:42.000 --> 01:17:50.530to Jesus And I remember the Lord Saying something that baffled me I said Lord61101:17:50.530 --> 01:17:53.950what do you want me to do today Because it was such a weird thing61201:17:53.950 --> 01:17:57.750Like my wife would wake up And go to work and I would be home61301:17:59.720 --> 01:18:03.620And feeling the weight And the pressure of that She was such a loving and61401:18:03.620 --> 01:18:10.510gracious wife Bye hon, see ya And I remember one day I woke up I61501:18:10.510 --> 01:18:14.990said Lord what do you want me to do He was like Yo I really61601:18:14.990 --> 01:18:23.510want to watch this movie On Netflix with you The devil is a liar Jesus61701:18:23.510 --> 01:18:29.730Could you please speak more clearly into the microphone He's like no seriously61801:18:29.730 --> 01:18:33.530I want you to Put on Netflix, I want to do some Netflix and chill61901:18:36.700 --> 01:18:41.040And the craziest part is I remember my wife on one day Before she left62001:18:41.040 --> 01:18:44.880she goes And it had to be the Lord Because I didn't share with her62101:18:44.880 --> 01:18:48.780that he wanted me to watch a movie She looked at me she was like62201:18:48.780 --> 01:18:58.630You realize that if the Lord wants you to rest You should probably rest And62301:18:58.630 --> 01:19:02.050she got up and she went to work just as happy as ever And I62401:19:02.050 --> 01:19:06.670sat down And I watched a movie with the Lord And it felt like he62501:19:06.670 --> 01:19:10.590was sitting right with me We laughed We cried It was one of the most62601:19:10.590 --> 01:19:13.830beautiful prayer experiences I've ever had Because we were just watching a62701:19:13.830 --> 01:19:19.720movie And it wasn't as super spiritual as one would think But it was the62801:19:19.720 --> 01:19:27.680intimacy And the connection of being together My prayer life Is so much62901:19:27.680 --> 01:19:33.800stronger now Than it was then Because I've let go Of the religion of what63001:19:33.800 --> 01:19:40.510it needs to look like It's important that we pray And spend that time with63101:19:40.510 --> 01:19:47.960God So that you can know how to navigate Every moment That's what he's calling63201:19:47.960 --> 01:19:59.150you to Relationship Amen So63301:19:59.150 --> 01:20:03.090I want you to examine your motivation Move from transaction to relationship Now63401:20:03.090 --> 01:20:05.910here's a big one that people don't Honestly want to hear with a message like63501:20:05.910 --> 01:20:16.260this Obey Obey quickly Especially in secret Be63601:20:16.260 --> 01:20:22.060a doer where no one sees Because that's where real intimacy grows Not on stage63701:20:22.060 --> 01:20:28.060But in the hidden place Because God asks us to do a whole host Of63801:20:28.060 --> 01:20:33.140different things He asks us to love He asks us to forgive He asks us63901:20:33.140 --> 01:20:41.660to be generous To be humble, to be meek Teachable And he wants to see64001:20:41.660 --> 01:20:48.670you do these things Outside of the applause of people You know there's a reason64101:20:48.670 --> 01:20:51.650that the scripture says Don't let your left hand know what your right is doing64201:20:52.730 --> 01:20:57.010There's this idea That when you do something in secret Where he tells you to64301:20:57.010 --> 01:21:05.470do it And you obey That he blesses you openly on the other side Sometimes64401:21:05.470 --> 01:21:12.170God tells somebody to give And they get their three by four check Three foot64501:21:12.170 --> 01:21:16.310by four foot You know the big ones that they give at the The races64601:21:16.310 --> 01:21:24.790or whatever Here you go Hey clock Hold that please Praise God I gave him64701:21:24.790 --> 01:21:32.390that Cut a little bit off the top Praise God Doing a little bit of64801:21:32.390 --> 01:21:38.560giving today Just you know And it's so sad because the bible is very clear64901:21:38.560 --> 01:21:43.280You have your reward That cringe moment That everybody looked at you and65001:21:43.280 --> 01:21:53.060thought Your reward But you know what Real giving looks like sometimes65101:21:54.320 --> 01:22:00.440You guys ever heard of the Pentecostal handshake Some people I'm not the only65201:22:00.440 --> 01:22:04.940Pentecostal in here Dallas you're going to do me a favor Hold this for me65301:22:05.940 --> 01:22:11.580Hold it right like that I still need to talk Hold it Alright don't move65401:22:11.580 --> 01:22:16.340You're doing great by the way So the Pentecostal handshake looks Something like65501:22:16.340 --> 01:22:22.980this You take some money Preferably hundreds or better It's a Pentecostal65601:22:22.980 --> 01:22:27.820handshake Pentecostal handshakes usually don't Invite ones and singles or fives65701:22:27.820 --> 01:22:32.360I'm just saying All the Pentecostal handshakes I've given or received Are good65801:22:32.360 --> 01:22:38.060money So you take that money And you fold it up really small To the65901:22:38.060 --> 01:22:43.120point that it can fit In your hand like this Like with a thumb Thank66001:22:43.120 --> 01:22:47.640you son This is crazy because most people now Every time they get a handshake66101:22:47.640 --> 01:22:53.060they're going to be like Relax When I pull you in for a hug Don't66201:22:53.060 --> 01:22:58.900you be looking at my hand now But you do that And then you just66301:22:58.900 --> 01:23:04.220go up to somebody and be like Hey what's going on brother Here's the kicker66401:23:04.220 --> 01:23:07.800You do that and then you be like I don't want to talk about it66501:23:07.800 --> 01:23:11.700I don't want to do nothing just enjoy that Praise God I'm out Because you66601:23:11.700 --> 01:23:14.360don't want your right hand to know what your left is doing You're literally66701:23:14.360 --> 01:23:18.960following and obeying The scriptures not looking for the Applause of people66801:23:20.060 --> 01:23:24.820You're doing it for an audience of one This is the way That he wants66901:23:24.820 --> 01:23:28.500us to live Obeying the things that he tells us to do Because we truly67001:23:28.500 --> 01:23:35.080believe it Not because it looks good on the gram It's almost impossible now To67101:23:35.080 --> 01:23:38.960do anything without people going Here's my selfie We out here feeding the poor67201:23:38.960 --> 01:23:48.990They so hungry Because Here's67301:23:48.990 --> 01:23:52.290a nasty truth that I've learned in the church world If you don't take pictures67401:23:52.290 --> 01:24:00.720Did it really happen But yeah Sometimes you need to do things that Are not67501:24:00.720 --> 01:24:06.640seen by people Because it'll test If you truly believe that this is for Only67601:24:06.640 --> 01:24:12.880you and him What intimate Moments has God given you that he doesn't Want you67701:24:12.880 --> 01:24:19.500to share with anybody Sometimes that might be in your prayer Closet where67801:24:19.500 --> 01:24:28.180you're getting deep Revelations and he tells you That's for us Because God67901:24:28.180 --> 01:24:30.820forbid I told you I'm a Christian professional but I got to fight My way68001:24:30.820 --> 01:24:40.580against that So now God gives me this Beautiful pristine moment Let me tell68101:24:40.580 --> 01:24:47.140you About how me and God Was getting it on There's like Imagine how weird68201:24:47.140 --> 01:24:50.940if I came up to you and tried to talk about My marriage bed Ill68301:24:54.030 --> 01:24:58.270The Bible says that the marriage bed is holy and undefiled You don't have68401:24:58.270 --> 01:25:05.820Access because you don't got a covenant Not with us In the same way when68501:25:05.820 --> 01:25:09.560the Lord Asks you to do certain things I want you to be so willing68601:25:09.560 --> 01:25:22.010to keep it Between you and him In obedience Amen Examine68701:25:22.010 --> 01:25:25.730your motivation Move from transaction to relationship Obey quickly even in68801:25:25.730 --> 01:25:32.050secret Now here's the conclusion And worship team You can come on up and get68901:25:32.050 --> 01:25:38.950ready Jesus gives us this beautiful warning And for me it's some of the69001:25:38.950 --> 01:25:48.750Scariest words I've ever read in the Bible Let's go to Matthew 7 Because Jesus69101:25:48.750 --> 01:25:52.590himself looks straight into the eyes of people who Looked very religious on the69201:25:52.590 --> 01:26:00.730outside And he gave these terrifying words Not everyone who says to me Lord,69301:26:00.970 --> 01:26:07.170Lord Shall enter the kingdom of heaven But he who does The will of my69401:26:07.170 --> 01:26:12.030father in heaven Many will say to me in that day Lord, Lord Have we69501:26:12.030 --> 01:26:17.030not prophesied in your name Cast out demons in your name And done many wonders69601:26:17.030 --> 01:26:25.130in your name And then I will declare to them I never knew you Depart69701:26:25.130 --> 01:26:33.450from me You who practice lawlessness Therefore Whoever hears these sayings of69801:26:33.450 --> 01:26:37.830mine And does them I will liken him to a wise man Who built his69901:26:37.830 --> 01:26:42.870house on the rock And the rain descended The floods came and the winds blew70001:26:42.870 --> 01:26:47.270And beat on that house And it did not fall For it was founded on70101:26:47.270 --> 01:26:52.410the rock But everyone who hears these sayings of mine And does not do them70201:26:52.410 --> 01:26:56.790Will be like a foolish man Who built his house on the sand And the70301:26:56.790 --> 01:27:01.110rain descended The floods came and the winds blew And beat on that house And70401:27:01.110 --> 01:27:07.730it fell and great was its fall These are not fringe people That Jesus is70501:27:07.730 --> 01:27:15.790talking about These are people who Called him Lord People who did Impressive70601:27:15.790 --> 01:27:25.360ministry They looked like professional Christians Yet he says I70701:27:25.360 --> 01:27:31.640never knew you You did the job Well enough but you've never been Inside my70801:27:31.640 --> 01:27:38.370house The last thing I want for any of us Is that we do this70901:27:38.370 --> 01:27:42.290thing Now imagine Pastor Bo and the team They're out there in Guatemala They're71001:27:42.290 --> 01:27:47.170doing this amazing work Ministering to the Ixil people And then they get to71101:27:47.170 --> 01:27:48.570heaven and God is like And?71201:27:49.670 --> 01:27:55.390Because they never did it with the right heart God forbid God forbid that any71301:27:55.390 --> 01:27:59.990one of us Would commit to doing this thing Called Christianity and not get the71401:27:59.990 --> 01:28:00.750True benefit.71501:28:00.910 --> 01:28:04.710Let me tell you right now If you are looking for anything Other than Jesus71601:28:04.710 --> 01:28:11.590Christ you have missed it I've said it before And I will say it again71701:28:11.590 --> 01:28:18.290If I get to heaven And Jesus is not there I'm burning the place down71801:28:20.850 --> 01:28:28.710Jesus Is my reward He is my crown He is eternal life The Bible says71901:28:29.610 --> 01:28:34.530What is eternal life that we might Know him the one true God And the72001:28:34.530 --> 01:28:41.720one whom he sent Christ Jesus this is eternal life I want you to Know72101:28:41.720 --> 01:28:47.420God to love God and be Intimately equated With him because that is The72201:28:47.420 --> 01:28:51.700Christian behavior modification That you're looking for to be that better You72301:28:51.700 --> 01:28:59.040it's only going to come through intimacy With God Real intimacy So I don't want72401:28:59.040 --> 01:29:03.640you to be A professional all suited up and Buttoned up I want you to72501:29:03.640 --> 01:29:10.040be a professional lover I want you to be so close and Intimate with God72601:29:10.040 --> 01:29:14.160and then start doing Whatever it is that he tells you to do So much72701:29:14.160 --> 01:29:16.260so that you're going to Look back on your life and you're not going to72801:29:16.260 --> 01:29:23.480recognize Who you've become for the better Man I can't believe I'm Moving in72901:29:23.480 --> 01:29:28.700selflessness I used to be so Selfish My God I'm going to the gym I73001:29:28.700 --> 01:29:42.880used to eat so much cake Oh that was Just for me sorry So73101:29:42.880 --> 01:29:49.480my impassioned Plea because I'm begging you Stop Stop performing and start73201:29:49.480 --> 01:29:58.920Pursuing Stop impressing And start obeying Stop Deceiving yourself with73301:29:58.920 --> 01:30:05.340religious Busyness Get to know God and Really know him and let that knowing73401:30:05.340 --> 01:30:14.520Change the way that you live Close your eyes and pray with me Father we73501:30:14.520 --> 01:30:17.960don't want to Stand before you with a list of accomplishments Of the different73601:30:17.960 --> 01:30:23.600things that we've done And hear Those terrifying words that you never Knew us73701:30:24.920 --> 01:30:29.060Let it be that everything that we do We do from the purest of hearts73801:30:29.060 --> 01:30:33.360And intentions that says I just Want to obey the God who saved my life73901:30:34.740 --> 01:30:41.560Fill us With a sincere pursuit Of you a hunger that could only Be satiated74001:30:41.560 --> 01:30:51.840in doing your will Let us be professional At one thing seeking after you So74101:30:51.840 --> 01:31:00.280give us Grace Lord Father we ask you in Jesus name We are going to74201:31:00.280 --> 01:31:07.040Continue to worship God through song We're going to continue Worshiping right74301:31:07.040 --> 01:31:14.020now with the Receiving of tithes and offerings But take heart to what we're74401:31:14.020 --> 01:31:19.000saying Because even in this moment you have an opportunity Don't Give because74501:31:19.000 --> 01:31:25.730eyes are on you Don't give even because I say it's time to receive Give74601:31:27.130 --> 01:31:32.470Because he said in his scriptures That this is the way Ask what he would74701:31:32.470 --> 01:31:40.310have you give And watch him bless you The giving information is on the screens74801:31:40.310 --> 01:31:44.090to my left And right you can if you came prepared To give a traditional74901:31:44.090 --> 01:31:49.250gift we have Offering boxes by the exits You can give online the QR code75001:31:49.250 --> 01:31:56.070will take you to our Secure online giving page But Don't do it to be75101:31:56.070 --> 01:32:01.250seen Don't do it for any other reason but Then to obey The one whom75201:32:01.250 --> 01:32:08.430you love Ministry team when you've done giving please go to My left your right75301:32:08.430 --> 01:32:13.070in the Blue lit area if you want ministry for Anything Our team has been75401:32:13.070 --> 01:32:17.010trained to lay hands On you and release the presence and the power Of God75501:32:19.220 --> 01:32:24.920we got life Groups coming up you can sign up Got growth track continuing Next75601:32:24.920 --> 01:32:29.500Sunday on the 15th We really want you to get The most out of being75701:32:29.500 --> 01:32:34.020at city like this is Not just a Sunday morning thing This is real community75801:32:34.020 --> 01:32:39.780real Friends real family doing life Together connecting growing Bearing fruit75901:32:42.680 --> 01:32:48.320We love you here And the best thing that we want for you Is to76001:32:48.320 --> 01:32:56.410know God For yourself don't be so Professional at doing the things That you76101:32:56.410 --> 01:32:58.050miss the one that you're doing it for76201:33:11.330 --> 01:33:32.890Be76301:33:32.890 --> 01:33:36.010blessed