Don't be a Professional Christian

1 00:03:31.030 --> 00:03:31.150 This is a test. 2 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:22.400 Would testify. 3 00:05:22.960 --> 00:05:29.380 Blessing on blessing poured in my life, I'll start remembering. 4 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:35.280 How good you can be. 5 00:05:35.300 --> 00:05:42.620 Please turn to worship, tears turn to praise, Change the pression broken by 6 00:05:42.620 --> 00:05:52.800 grace, I'll start remembering how good you were You've been so, so, 7 00:05:52.960 --> 00:06:02.460 so, so, so, so good to me You've been so, so, so, so, so, 8 00:06:02.460 --> 00:06:13.560 so good to me Yeah Enemies' 9 00:06:13.700 --> 00:06:21.460 weapons fall to the ground Armies of heaven always surround me I'll start 10 00:06:21.460 --> 00:06:29.580 remembering How you carried my thoughts You called me by names You loved me 11 00:06:29.580 --> 00:06:35.720 like I was you You didn't leave me that way Was that now or then? 12 00:06:36.060 --> 00:06:45.120 Yeah, that's what you did Oh, you've been so, so, so, so, so, so good 13 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:52.560 to me Come on, say it out You've been so, so, so, so, so, so 14 00:06:52.560 --> 00:07:01.760 good to me Yeah From morning to night The lows and the highs I look 15 00:07:01.760 --> 00:07:08.120 on my life and all that I see And you've been so, so, so, so, 16 00:07:08.340 --> 00:07:17.420 so, so good to me Come on, is that anyone's testimony in this place? 17 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:27.840 Oh, we've experienced the goodness of God Yeah Come 18 00:07:27.840 --> 00:07:34.520 on, let's do it like this When I say God is good You say all 19 00:07:34.520 --> 00:07:39.720 the time When I say all the time Oh, you say God is good When 20 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:44.440 I say God is good Come on, you say all the time When I say 21 00:07:44.440 --> 00:07:49.560 all the time Oh, you say God is good When I say God is good 22 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:54.500 Oh, you say all the time When I say all the time Come on, you 23 00:07:54.500 --> 00:08:00.060 say God is good When I say God is good You say all the time 24 00:08:00.060 --> 00:08:06.060 When I say all the time Oh, you say God is So, so, so, so, 25 00:08:06.080 --> 00:08:15.860 so, so good to me Yeah You So, so, so, so, so, so good 26 00:08:15.860 --> 00:08:22.660 to me Come on, sing your testimony From morning to night The lows and the 27 00:08:22.660 --> 00:08:28.740 highs I look back on my life and all that I see From morning to 28 00:08:28.740 --> 00:08:34.840 night The lows and the highs I look back on my life and all that 29 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:44.360 I see That you've been So, so, so, so, so, so good to me Oh, 30 00:08:44.420 --> 00:08:52.540 we thank you, Lord We thank you Yeah Come on, it needs to be good 31 00:08:52.540 --> 00:09:00.160 to you Let your voice Sing it out You've been so, so, so, so, so, 32 00:09:00.380 --> 00:09:09.520 so good to me Yeah You've been so, so, so, so, so, so good 33 00:09:09.520 --> 00:09:19.400 to me Yeah You've been so, so, so, so, so, so good to me 34 00:09:19.400 --> 00:09:37.460 Yeah You 35 00:09:37.460 --> 00:09:38.040 may be seated. 36 00:09:40.270 --> 00:09:44.620 Very briefly, very briefly, I'm just going to interject. 37 00:09:47.270 --> 00:09:50.360 We're about to endeavor to really touch God's heart today. 38 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:57.640 And I don't want you to be interrupted by anything When you worship do not 39 00:09:57.640 --> 00:10:01.940 look to your left and look to your right Don't worry about what anybody's 40 00:10:01.940 --> 00:10:06.420 thinking even you don't even judge yourself what you look like Just connect 41 00:10:06.420 --> 00:10:07.520 with the God of heaven. 42 00:10:07.620 --> 00:10:12.620 Amen man Like I want this to be a moment for you. 43 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:17.220 Listen, you didn't brave five degree weather To get here and let it be for 44 00:10:17.220 --> 00:10:23.860 nothing So make sure that you connect with God and you get exactly what he 45 00:10:23.860 --> 00:10:24.960 has for you this morning. 46 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:32.260 Amen All right Now so in that vein, let's get some practical business out of 47 00:10:32.260 --> 00:10:34.000 the way so that we can worship through song. 48 00:10:34.160 --> 00:10:35.660 Amen My name is muhammad. 49 00:10:35.680 --> 00:10:36.740 I'm one of the pastors here. 50 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:40.800 It's my privilege to welcome you this morning Just want to point your attention 51 00:10:40.800 --> 00:10:44.220 to the qr code that's there We want you to connect with city light church 52 00:10:44.220 --> 00:10:47.660 even the connection card that's on your seat I want you to fill that out 53 00:10:47.660 --> 00:10:50.940 that is going to be your access to the church if you have any questions 54 00:10:50.940 --> 00:10:54.240 at all if You want to meet with a pastor you want to sign up 55 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:55.120 for a volunteer team? 56 00:10:55.220 --> 00:10:57.460 You want to sign up for the growth track, which is meeting? 57 00:10:58.220 --> 00:11:01.620 Next sunday on the 15th Tonight is super bowl sunday. 58 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:01.840 Amen. 59 00:11:01.940 --> 00:11:05.900 We we're not going to fight against the super bowl So growth track is going 60 00:11:05.900 --> 00:11:09.420 to continue on the 15th But if you want that because our growth track is 61 00:11:09.420 --> 00:11:14.380 a really powerful and amazing thing It's not just a membership class per se but 62 00:11:14.380 --> 00:11:18.820 there's spiritual gifts assessment a personality assessment It really gives you 63 00:11:18.820 --> 00:11:23.320 insight into who you are and how you can fit into this thing called the 64 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:26.660 local church So we want that for you Maybe you want to sign up for 65 00:11:26.660 --> 00:11:29.760 a life group again Fill out that connection card or fill out the life group 66 00:11:29.760 --> 00:11:32.920 insert that's on your seat Life groups are coming up at the end of the 67 00:11:32.920 --> 00:11:33.180 month. 68 00:11:33.280 --> 00:11:38.320 They're starting february 23rd So we'll meet here on sundays collectively But 69 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:43.120 then during the week midweek from house to house we'll be growing together 70 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:48.280 learning together Just again praying together getting accountability and 71 00:11:48.280 --> 00:11:53.300 community actually being with our friends being a family and not just a 72 00:11:53.300 --> 00:11:55.040 Religious thing on sunday mornings. 73 00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:58.700 Amen So if you want that then I invite you sign up for a life 74 00:11:58.700 --> 00:12:03.800 group sign up for the growth track And have a tremendous time with God and 75 00:12:03.800 --> 00:12:07.720 the people of God, amen All right stand to your feet and let's not forget 76 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:13.340 why we came here Let's really dig in and connect today So again, don't look 77 00:12:13.340 --> 00:12:13.900 to your left. 78 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:40.190 Don't look to your right look up Praise God We 79 00:12:40.190 --> 00:12:49.210 are an altar of broken stones Where you lie in the offering 80 00:12:49.210 --> 00:12:59.210 Home You have a heavens to call your home Were you delighting in 81 00:12:59.210 --> 00:13:10.510 the song Bring 82 00:13:10.510 --> 00:13:15.610 you praise that will never cease 83 00:13:19.210 --> 00:13:31.250 Home We 84 00:13:31.250 --> 00:13:52.530 sing Hallelujah 85 00:14:01.730 --> 00:14:07.980 To the fire I 86 00:14:07.980 --> 00:14:14.580 will 87 00:14:14.580 --> 00:14:24.040 remember Your sacrifice I will abide 88 00:14:24.040 --> 00:14:53.920 Hallelujah One 89 00:14:53.920 --> 00:15:28.260 voice I 90 00:15:28.260 --> 00:15:59.560 All the praise More 91 00:16:10.290 --> 00:16:19.540 Oh what a wonderful day to come We'll never meet us before 92 00:16:19.540 --> 00:16:26.720 your name But we will not wait until it does 93 00:18:01.560 --> 00:18:26.790 Is To 94 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:39.220 the worthy one When 95 00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:53.780 our eyes 96 00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:16.180 Hallelujah 97 00:19:38.040 --> 00:19:45.100 When I see 98 00:19:45.100 --> 00:20:00.840 the 99 00:20:00.840 --> 00:20:08.400 stars So 100 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:14.460 This 101 00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:35.280 To 102 00:20:38.040 --> 00:20:48.990 Me 103 00:20:52.730 --> 00:21:03.680 To 104 00:21:15.590 --> 00:21:20.630 Me 105 00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:44.560 Can't take 106 00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:57.140 My 107 00:21:57.140 --> 00:22:06.720 To 108 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:18.640 take Is 109 00:22:18.640 --> 00:24:13.900 Is When 110 00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:24.440 grief shall 111 00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:35.740 have acclamation And take me home What 112 00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:45.150 joy shall fill my heart I 113 00:24:45.150 --> 00:24:53.120 shall bow in humble 114 00:24:53.120 --> 00:25:03.420 adoration And there proclaim My 115 00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:12.920 God, how great Thou art When Christ 116 00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:20.980 shall come This is all our hope We shout a 117 00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:31.120 reclamation And take the needle What 118 00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:40.820 a torch shall fill my heart And I 119 00:25:40.820 --> 00:25:48.260 shall bow in humble 120 00:25:48.260 --> 00:25:56.260 adoration And there proclaim 121 00:25:56.260 --> 00:26:02.180 My God, how great Thou 122 00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:09.720 art How great Thou art How 123 00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:42.460 great Thou 124 00:26:42.460 --> 00:27:19.260 art How 125 00:27:19.260 --> 00:27:26.740 great You are Oh, how great You are No one compares to You No one 126 00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:29.860 compares to You Oh, 127 00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:38.420 how great 128 00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:47.820 is our God Come sing with me How great is 129 00:27:47.820 --> 00:27:59.480 our God And oh, we'll see How great, how great This 130 00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:09.480 is why we declare That all may know Oh, how great is our 131 00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:19.140 God Oh, sing with me How great is our God And oh, we'll see 132 00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:31.020 How great, how great Is our God Yeah, 133 00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:39.760 sing how great Come on lift it up You alone are worthy Oh, 134 00:28:39.780 --> 00:28:49.680 it all will speak How great, how 135 00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:59.380 great Is our God How great is our God 136 00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:09.280 How great is our God Come on sing with me How great 137 00:29:09.280 --> 00:29:18.940 is our God And oh, we'll see How great, how great 138 00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:29.240 Jesus, You're the name Jesus, You're the name Oh, You're the name of 139 00:29:29.240 --> 00:30:05.070 God There is no other name But Yours alone You are worthy Oh, 140 00:30:05.370 --> 00:30:12.390 praise You We'll sing How great 141 00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:57.180 is our God Oh, sing with me How 142 00:30:57.180 --> 00:31:06.660 great is our God Lift it up And oh, we'll see How great, how 143 00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:16.560 great Is our God Come on lift the praise In this place We sing 144 00:31:16.560 --> 00:31:21.620 of Your greatness We sing of Your greatness There's no one like You, Lord 145 00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:36.080 There's no one like You, Lord From 146 00:31:36.080 --> 00:31:44.970 generation to generation How great 147 00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:34.050 is our 148 00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:52.860 God Jesus, 149 00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:58.580 we worship You And we give You glory today Hallelujah We thank You for 150 00:32:58.580 --> 00:33:05.960 Privileging us with Your presence Help us today, Lord To truly receive What 151 00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:12.500 You're speaking to our hearts We ask in the mighty name of Jesus, Father The 152 00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:22.960 mighty name of Jesus Amen Good morning, church You may be seated Praise 153 00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:32.740 God, who is worthy Hallelujah So, let's just Right off the bat, we're just 154 00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:40.970 gonna Declare that you guys are the real Christians Because right now There are 155 00:33:40.970 --> 00:33:50.550 some people Shout out to y'all Pillow ministries Bishop 156 00:33:50.550 --> 00:33:58.750 bedsheets They have tuned in for streaming And God bless you But for the real 157 00:33:58.750 --> 00:34:03.130 Christians in the building Let me stop But no, I do thank you Because it 158 00:34:03.130 --> 00:34:07.710 fits with what we're singing about right now How great is our God That not 159 00:34:07.710 --> 00:34:11.909 even five degree weather Is gonna stop us from coming That we might exalt His 160 00:34:11.909 --> 00:34:18.670 name Collectively with the saints Come on For the God that we serve Who is 161 00:34:18.670 --> 00:34:26.670 perfect and worthy He's worthy That we should offer Him this type of Service 162 00:34:26.670 --> 00:34:32.870 and sacrifice and praise Amen Because He sacrificed so much for us Hallelujah 163 00:34:33.909 --> 00:34:37.610 So I'm grateful to see you here today Would've been pretty sad if it was 164 00:34:37.610 --> 00:34:41.650 just me and my wife here Along with Dallas But I gotta say, the Lord 165 00:34:41.650 --> 00:34:45.449 You are in for a treat And I know this is a good word Because 166 00:34:45.449 --> 00:34:50.790 my son said I'm not going to City Kids today I said, what happened, no 167 00:34:50.790 --> 00:34:51.310 City Kids today? 168 00:34:51.330 --> 00:34:56.230 He said, nah man, I just wanna be close with you I said, oh Praise 169 00:34:56.230 --> 00:35:06.490 God High five, buddy He 170 00:35:06.490 --> 00:35:13.560 didn't hear the message though So I don't really know why he's No, I do 171 00:35:13.560 --> 00:35:16.260 feel like it's a treat though God has given me a good word for you 172 00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:21.780 But before we jump in I wanna send a special word From Pastor Bo He 173 00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:24.980 right now is with a team of 20 of the saints They are in Guatemala 174 00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:31.560 as we speak They left on Wednesday And they're doing a tremendous work on A 175 00:35:31.560 --> 00:35:37.320 different continent, if you will It's amazing because They are ministering in 176 00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:41.980 the mountains of Guatemala Away, like hours away from Guatemala City So this is 177 00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:46.500 not like a touristy Guatemala Like they are on the dirt road hills Climbing up 178 00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:51.360 a mountain for four hours In a tumbling bus And they make their way there 179 00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:56.140 And the work that we've done in Guatemala We've opened up over 40 churches That 180 00:35:56.140 --> 00:35:59.880 double as community centers And I'm not talking about we went And we put a 181 00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:04.280 doorknob on Like we set the foundations and built this thing up So that the 182 00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:08.280 people there can have a place Where they can go and congregate And worship and 183 00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:13.640 even midweek Be there together, amen Well let me not say we, you did that 184 00:36:13.640 --> 00:36:19.460 As you give to our missions program Global Compassion Every single dollar that 185 00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:23.760 you've given Has gone towards that aid And that service that they receive 186 00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:28.060 monthly We have a missionary family there The McComb family They've been there 187 00:36:28.060 --> 00:36:33.820 for over a decade Just serving the indigenous Ixil people These are direct 188 00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:38.820 descendants of the Maya Like when the McCombs got out there Some of them had 189 00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:47.890 never seen white people before Like that type of indigenous rural Like A lot of 190 00:36:47.890 --> 00:36:51.850 them like no taller than four foot And they're just looking up It's a spectacle 191 00:36:51.850 --> 00:36:57.250 whenever Pastor Bo shows up Cause you know God bless him He's a very loud 192 00:36:57.250 --> 00:37:00.810 and rambunctious man And we love that, he's filled with the Holy Ghost So when 193 00:37:00.810 --> 00:37:04.250 he shows up with the anointing and the power of God Able to serve the 194 00:37:04.250 --> 00:37:07.890 people It's a tremendous thing for them to receive And they're out there for 195 00:37:07.890 --> 00:37:12.510 over a week Just really pouring into the people Growing them in the faith, amen 196 00:37:12.510 --> 00:37:20.610 So be praying for them As they are out there ministering Praise God So today 197 00:37:21.450 --> 00:37:25.650 I feel like the Lord has given me A message And I want to talk 198 00:37:25.650 --> 00:37:29.570 about something This is the type of thing that creeps into Every believer's 199 00:37:29.570 --> 00:37:37.050 life if you let it If we're not careful And it's the performance mentality We 200 00:37:37.050 --> 00:37:44.430 show up, we serve We sing, we post We volunteer But inside it's all starting 201 00:37:44.430 --> 00:37:49.210 To feel like a job Starting to feel like a chore Like we're just clocking 202 00:37:49.210 --> 00:37:52.210 in for God Am I the only one who's ever felt this way? 203 00:37:54.810 --> 00:38:00.970 I guess it's a little weird because This is my job But praise God I'm 204 00:38:00.970 --> 00:38:05.730 not ignorant of that fact But I don't want that for you We've turned 205 00:38:05.730 --> 00:38:10.390 Christianity Into a profession instead of a relationship And when that happens 206 00:38:10.390 --> 00:38:16.330 We lose the heart of what God really wanted All along which was intimacy I 207 00:38:16.330 --> 00:38:24.530 mean this starts back All the way from the garden With Adam and Eve What 208 00:38:24.530 --> 00:38:29.870 God really wanted Was his family Joined together The Bible says that the voice 209 00:38:29.870 --> 00:38:34.210 of the Lord Was walking in the cool of the day Because he wanted to 210 00:38:34.210 --> 00:38:37.590 be with his family It's a funny thing It's a funny thing when you read 211 00:38:37.590 --> 00:38:40.930 the scriptures And sometimes you miss it Because it's like God questions and 212 00:38:40.930 --> 00:38:42.330 goes Adam where are you? 213 00:38:43.650 --> 00:38:48.890 Some people think that Adam was just The world's greatest hide and seek artist 214 00:38:48.890 --> 00:38:52.090 But it's not really true Because understand that the God we serve Is a God 215 00:38:52.090 --> 00:38:56.370 of omniscience Knowing all things Knowing the end from the beginning So it's 216 00:38:56.370 --> 00:38:59.670 not like he didn't geographically Know exactly where Adam was Adam wasn't that 217 00:38:59.670 --> 00:39:04.590 good at hiding But he was speaking To the state of where Adam was Man, 218 00:39:05.250 --> 00:39:06.230 where are you? 219 00:39:07.950 --> 00:39:13.210 And I feel like God is still today Asking the same question For a lot 220 00:39:13.210 --> 00:39:18.850 of us Because we're doing The things of God We're in the house of the 221 00:39:18.850 --> 00:39:22.030 Lord But yet God is still asking Where are you? 222 00:39:24.030 --> 00:39:33.870 Because a lot of people have fallen Into this trap Of performance So the title 223 00:39:33.870 --> 00:39:42.130 today is simple Don't be A professional Christian Which is only funny Because 224 00:39:42.130 --> 00:39:48.670 he looks super professional And I don't want you to become A professional 225 00:39:48.670 --> 00:39:58.570 Christian Because professionals perform Lovers connect And 226 00:39:58.570 --> 00:40:01.630 God is not looking for performers He's looking for people who want to be with 227 00:40:01.630 --> 00:40:08.690 him So I'll start with the first point Performance The performance mentality 228 00:40:08.690 --> 00:40:15.830 specifically It's a lie Because we tell ourselves If I do enough good things 229 00:40:15.830 --> 00:40:18.930 for God If I pray enough If I read enough If I serve enough If 230 00:40:18.930 --> 00:40:25.250 I give enough Then I'll be okay Then he'll accept me Then I'll feel close 231 00:40:25.250 --> 00:40:31.490 to him That's rubbish I'm going to say something right now That's going to blow 232 00:40:31.490 --> 00:40:38.250 the whole thing out of the water Right now Where you are Despite what you 233 00:40:38.250 --> 00:40:43.250 think about yourself If you call yourself a Christian If you have been washed 234 00:40:43.250 --> 00:40:51.050 in the blood of Jesus You are supremely loved You are loved I mean right 235 00:40:51.050 --> 00:40:57.710 where you are right now Aside from your performance You have received the 236 00:40:57.710 --> 00:41:03.990 zenith level of God's love There is not one single solitary thing That you can 237 00:41:03.990 --> 00:41:10.970 do to increase the love of God on your life Everything about him right now 238 00:41:10.970 --> 00:41:18.170 Is for you I'm thinking back to the scriptures The Bible says that He rejoices 239 00:41:18.170 --> 00:41:23.050 over you with love When you study you do the etymology of the language It 240 00:41:23.050 --> 00:41:28.730 means that he spins around like a top With excitement and joy Because you're 241 00:41:28.730 --> 00:41:37.550 alive He rejoices over you with singing When was the last time This is a 242 00:41:37.550 --> 00:41:42.870 real question When was the last time you loved somebody so much That when they 243 00:41:42.870 --> 00:41:46.750 were sleeping You just stood over their bed like I can't wait for them to 244 00:41:46.750 --> 00:41:52.510 wake up Never? 245 00:41:57.680 --> 00:42:03.280 The Bible says that that's the type of love That he has for you Here 246 00:42:03.280 --> 00:42:10.200 you are drooling on the bed sheets And he's just like 5am is coming Clock 247 00:42:10.200 --> 00:42:18.800 is going to wake up But you know what's lost on us We feel that 248 00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:27.720 That type of love can only be achieved For the super Christian You know the 249 00:42:27.720 --> 00:42:34.620 super Christian The one that wakes up at 4am Spends 2 hours in the scriptures 250 00:42:36.140 --> 00:42:45.560 Reads 10 chapters Does Bible study Writes their notes Talks in a weird reverb 251 00:42:45.560 --> 00:42:54.830 voice No it's an annoying And a hilarious thing Because we feel that if we 252 00:42:54.830 --> 00:42:59.610 do A certain amount of things That will equate to us being okay with God 253 00:42:59.610 --> 00:43:04.170 And being loved by God And how many people know that That is absolutely a 254 00:43:04.170 --> 00:43:14.170 lie You didn't get saved Because of your performance You are not 255 00:43:14.170 --> 00:43:22.350 loved Because of your performance No matter how good it may be And I guarantee 256 00:43:22.350 --> 00:43:27.450 you This is not a super amen sermon And I'm okay with that Because we 257 00:43:27.450 --> 00:43:32.690 need to be Awoken to the love That belongs to us We need to be 258 00:43:32.690 --> 00:43:37.950 awoken so that we can appropriate Just how cared for We really are Because if 259 00:43:37.950 --> 00:43:41.310 you finally get that I'll never have to worry about you being a strong 260 00:43:41.310 --> 00:43:47.330 Christian again Right now there are pastors All over the world Especially in 261 00:43:47.330 --> 00:43:51.070 this country And what they're really doing is They're priming the pump to get 262 00:43:51.070 --> 00:43:54.550 people on the hamster wheel Make sure you read your Bible Make sure you pray 263 00:43:54.550 --> 00:43:57.910 Make sure you keep coming to church I know it's cold outside But just keep 264 00:43:57.910 --> 00:44:08.510 coming Keep volunteering Keep giving Keep doing all the things I'm like chill I 265 00:44:08.510 --> 00:44:12.610 want you to do all of those things But I know that the way to 266 00:44:12.610 --> 00:44:15.490 get you to do those things Is not to tell you that it's right to 267 00:44:15.490 --> 00:44:21.630 do those things There has to be this internal switch And it only comes by 268 00:44:21.630 --> 00:44:25.550 revelation When you get it that I get to do these things And I don't 269 00:44:25.550 --> 00:44:30.090 have to do these things And a lot of pulpits are not preaching that Because 270 00:44:30.090 --> 00:44:33.190 they don't want to lose the people They don't want to lose the control Or 271 00:44:33.190 --> 00:44:36.510 the illusion of control that they have of the people Well I'm here to tell 272 00:44:36.510 --> 00:44:40.770 you Listen you don't come to church You're still going to heaven You don't give 273 00:44:40.770 --> 00:44:44.010 You're still going to heaven If you believe in Jesus You're going to heaven 274 00:44:47.600 --> 00:44:54.650 Scandalous Pastor Bo when you were gone Pastor Mo told everybody Just to stay 275 00:44:54.650 --> 00:45:00.250 home To never give again I'm not saying that But what I am saying is 276 00:45:00.250 --> 00:45:06.070 When you understand that you are loved Not only will you do those things You'll 277 00:45:06.070 --> 00:45:20.200 do them in greater measure Than every religious person ever could The 278 00:45:20.200 --> 00:45:29.040 moment we start treating Obedience Like a transaction You know I did X So now 279 00:45:29.040 --> 00:45:35.520 you owe me Y Or you owe me closeness Or you owe me your presence 280 00:45:35.520 --> 00:45:39.460 Or you owe me the stuff that I'm praying for We've lost it, we've stepped 281 00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:47.260 out of grace And into the performance trap Ephesians 2 Verse 8 says this For 282 00:45:47.260 --> 00:45:53.560 by grace you have been Saved through faith And that not of yourselves It is 283 00:45:53.560 --> 00:45:59.180 the gift of God Not of works Lest anyone should boast For we are his 284 00:45:59.180 --> 00:46:02.940 workmanship Created in Christ Jesus for good works Which God prepared 285 00:46:02.940 --> 00:46:06.880 beforehand that we should walk in them The Bible says that you were created For 286 00:46:06.880 --> 00:46:10.200 those good things that we talk about The good things that we laud The good 287 00:46:10.200 --> 00:46:14.360 things that some people on the hamster wheel Are running after in religion The 288 00:46:14.360 --> 00:46:18.940 Bible says you were created for them But it doesn't say That you get there 289 00:46:18.940 --> 00:46:24.060 by just doing them It says that you get there Only by grace through faith 290 00:46:25.040 --> 00:46:35.320 So my way Into right Performance Is actually in right believing This 291 00:46:35.320 --> 00:46:40.920 makes me think of Moses Everybody Familiar with Moses? 292 00:46:40.920 --> 00:46:48.900 Praise God I always count on Cleo He's a man of God With Pentecostal roots 293 00:46:48.900 --> 00:46:55.040 So he knows me well But it's funny Because I read something in the Old 294 00:46:55.040 --> 00:46:59.280 Testament And if you're not Fond of reading the Old Testament It's because you 295 00:46:59.280 --> 00:47:03.720 actually haven't connected with Jesus Because he is all over the Old Testament 296 00:47:03.720 --> 00:47:07.560 Amen Don't just stay in the New Testament thinking that is cute Because you 297 00:47:07.560 --> 00:47:10.300 know you're reading about your Jesus Your Jesus, your lover No, your lover is 298 00:47:10.300 --> 00:47:15.620 in the Old Testament hidden In the New Testament revealed In the Old Testament 299 00:47:15.620 --> 00:47:22.560 concealed That was a bar But one of the ways of the stories That he's 300 00:47:22.560 --> 00:47:25.720 concealed in the Old Testament Is when he speaks about Moses taking the 301 00:47:25.720 --> 00:47:31.340 children of Israel Through the wilderness To the promised land They get to this 302 00:47:31.340 --> 00:47:35.740 point And the people are thirsty To the point that they feel like they're going 303 00:47:35.740 --> 00:47:40.720 to die And they literally go to their leader And they go, listen We are 304 00:47:40.720 --> 00:47:47.220 thirsty and we will kill you If we don't get something to drink Which is 305 00:47:47.220 --> 00:47:51.720 just a funny thing Because it's not easy to lead people I mean, not me 306 00:47:51.720 --> 00:47:58.700 Because our people are amazing Praise God But to be a leader of people 307 00:47:58.700 --> 00:48:02.380 Especially when it comes to the things of God Is very difficult Sometimes you 308 00:48:02.380 --> 00:48:12.250 can equate it to herding cats Only the haters Of cats will 309 00:48:12.250 --> 00:48:16.530 understand how funny that joke is All the cat people are like, I don't 310 00:48:16.530 --> 00:48:23.110 understand But it's funny because You get to this one situation where he says, 311 00:48:23.210 --> 00:48:27.490 okay The people want to stone me They're thirsty, there's about a million of 312 00:48:27.490 --> 00:48:30.810 them How do I give them something to drink And God says, I want you 313 00:48:30.810 --> 00:48:39.130 to strike the rock And Moses obeys He strikes the rock Supernaturally Because 314 00:48:39.130 --> 00:48:46.150 he hit the rock Water flows out of the rock Enough water To quench the 315 00:48:46.150 --> 00:48:52.650 thirst Of a million people This is a supernatural occurrence Because I don't 316 00:48:52.650 --> 00:48:55.870 know if you know this about geological stuff But water doesn't live inside of 317 00:48:55.870 --> 00:49:06.360 rocks Somebody 318 00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:07.120 in the back going, what? 319 00:49:09.280 --> 00:49:15.880 No Water is not naturally occurring inside of rocks But it's funny because this 320 00:49:15.880 --> 00:49:20.940 is a picture Of the crucifixion Who is the rock? 321 00:49:21.480 --> 00:49:30.440 Christ The rock was struck And because the rock was struck Life Came forth 322 00:49:30.440 --> 00:49:36.000 And satiated the people Now a little bit of time Goes past and you look 323 00:49:36.000 --> 00:49:40.260 at numbers 20 And they're thirsty again And they're on that same trip Like 324 00:49:40.260 --> 00:49:45.740 listen, give us something to drink or we gonna kill you bro And God tells 325 00:49:45.740 --> 00:49:49.480 them to do something different He says, I want you to talk To the rock 326 00:49:54.700 --> 00:50:02.120 Now here's the funny part Not so funny if you're Moses Moses is so frustrated 327 00:50:02.120 --> 00:50:16.950 With the people That he strikes the rock Again And God is like The 328 00:50:16.950 --> 00:50:23.650 faithful man of God Is barred entry From the promised land Because he struck 329 00:50:23.650 --> 00:50:28.710 the rock A second time And you might say, whoa I don't even understand That's 330 00:50:28.710 --> 00:50:31.510 a little severe don't you think Like he's had to deal with these people 331 00:50:31.510 --> 00:50:35.370 Bringing them out of slavery Crossing the Red Sea Yada yada did a lot of 332 00:50:35.370 --> 00:50:38.510 good things All of a sudden he can't You know you start advocating for people 333 00:50:38.510 --> 00:50:46.600 He can't get it Why he can't get in the promised land God Like But 334 00:50:46.600 --> 00:50:52.700 it's actually a beautiful picture About what we're talking about today God 335 00:50:52.700 --> 00:50:56.540 tells him You have not honored me in the sight of the people A.K 336 00:50:56.540 --> 00:51:01.820 .A I was trying to teach them Something about the cross I was trying to 337 00:51:01.820 --> 00:51:07.880 teach them that nothing Can be added to the perfect Crucifixion of the rock He 338 00:51:07.880 --> 00:51:11.340 says, I need you to talk to it now Because the first time you hit 339 00:51:11.340 --> 00:51:15.280 it And Jesus only needed to be hit one time For the life to come 340 00:51:15.280 --> 00:51:19.540 out He only needed to be sacrificed one time For the eternal life that would 341 00:51:19.540 --> 00:51:24.120 Quench us all to come out Anytime you try to add to the perfect Work 342 00:51:24.120 --> 00:51:33.200 of Jesus You're barring yourself Out of the promise He says, I want you to 343 00:51:33.200 --> 00:51:35.660 talk to the rock I want you to believe, I want you to have faith 344 00:51:35.660 --> 00:51:39.440 I don't want you to strike the rock I don't want your religious behavior I 345 00:51:39.440 --> 00:51:51.500 don't want you adding anything To what he already Did perfectly Nothing 346 00:51:51.500 --> 00:51:56.540 can add to his Perfect work, Amen We have to get it out of our 347 00:51:56.540 --> 00:52:01.600 minds That we're helping a savior out We got this thing Where behavior 348 00:52:01.600 --> 00:52:05.380 modification We want to be better, we're going to do better We set these 349 00:52:05.380 --> 00:52:09.040 resolutions in our heart That we're going to walk like this For the rest of 350 00:52:09.040 --> 00:52:14.720 the year God never asked you to do that He asked you to love me 351 00:52:15.300 --> 00:52:21.020 He said look at me Look at me Not realizing that when we look At 352 00:52:21.020 --> 00:52:28.720 him, we are transformed Into the image of Christ, the bible says So we're not 353 00:52:28.720 --> 00:52:36.680 doing enough looking We're doing too much religioning We're trying to modify 354 00:52:36.680 --> 00:52:40.200 Ourselves when God is just looking at us Going, I never asked you to do 355 00:52:40.200 --> 00:52:46.650 that though You ever do something for somebody That you thought was cool but it 356 00:52:46.650 --> 00:52:53.690 wasn't Their love language and it really backfired I learned about love 357 00:52:53.690 --> 00:52:59.030 languages On my honeymoon I know right, like damn you got that far And you 358 00:52:59.030 --> 00:53:08.210 ain't no God bless the woman of God for putting up with me So I 359 00:53:08.210 --> 00:53:14.690 have this thing Where I don't really like party planning But I kind of have 360 00:53:14.690 --> 00:53:18.030 a grace for it So I'm really good at it And I like to plan 361 00:53:18.030 --> 00:53:21.790 things and prepare And just do things for other people And go ha, here you 362 00:53:21.790 --> 00:53:24.310 go Because there's something about the planning That makes me feel good on the 363 00:53:24.310 --> 00:53:30.210 inside And my wife is an acts of service person So you would think that 364 00:53:30.210 --> 00:53:34.070 these two things Go together really well But the only thing is, if you just 365 00:53:34.070 --> 00:53:37.310 do things Based on what you think Instead of what the person needs to receive 366 00:53:37.310 --> 00:53:43.210 It's a miss And we were on our honeymoon right And it was an all 367 00:53:43.210 --> 00:53:49.890 inclusive resort And there was this one server He was like on the ball Like 368 00:53:49.890 --> 00:53:54.130 if my drink would go out He would just come I wouldn't even see him 369 00:53:54.130 --> 00:54:00.430 at some point He would just come There was only one problem I got this 370 00:54:00.430 --> 00:54:05.490 nasty green juice That I didn't want And I was like damn I gotta empty 371 00:54:05.490 --> 00:54:10.030 this out Because this ain't it So I let Tiffany drink one and she drank 372 00:54:10.030 --> 00:54:13.370 it And then he came and put another one in And I was like oh 373 00:54:13.370 --> 00:54:18.630 God I don't want this juice And this went on for about 10 minutes Where 374 00:54:18.630 --> 00:54:21.330 he just kept filling it I'm like throwing it on the floor I'm feeding it 375 00:54:21.330 --> 00:54:25.310 to the dog I'm putting it in her cup And then it dawned on me 376 00:54:25.310 --> 00:54:29.030 right in that moment The disconnect because I like to plan And do all these 377 00:54:29.030 --> 00:54:31.170 things for my wife And my wife is just like But I never asked you 378 00:54:31.170 --> 00:54:40.860 to do that You 379 00:54:40.860 --> 00:54:46.340 can be performing And doing things that you think Are the right thing But 380 00:54:46.340 --> 00:54:53.200 they're not actually connecting with what the person wants Imagine you put so 381 00:54:53.200 --> 00:54:59.000 much time Effort and energy Into doing something And the person goes Wow I 382 00:54:59.000 --> 00:55:06.860 really don't like those things It's not that they're ungrateful But imagine if 383 00:55:06.860 --> 00:55:11.300 you went through Time, effort and energy And you went and found a Siamese cat 384 00:55:11.300 --> 00:55:15.000 from the Himalayas That has no hair And you're like Pastor Mo here you go 385 00:55:15.580 --> 00:55:20.820 All the people who know me are going to be like Not only is he 386 00:55:20.820 --> 00:55:26.300 not an animal person But he hates cats And now you present You've gone through 387 00:55:26.300 --> 00:55:29.680 the trouble You've ordered it, you've made sure it's got all the shots You've 388 00:55:29.680 --> 00:55:33.560 poured thousands of dollars in And you present me with this cat And I'll be 389 00:55:33.560 --> 00:55:37.040 like Thanks? 390 00:55:39.420 --> 00:55:45.940 We have done this We have done this to God We have acted like If 391 00:55:45.940 --> 00:55:51.180 we do these things These religious things for God It puts us on the inside 392 00:55:53.320 --> 00:56:05.420 When he invited us to the inside All along already You 393 00:56:05.420 --> 00:56:10.040 can't buy intimacy Is what I'm trying to say You can't buy intimacy With 394 00:56:10.040 --> 00:56:18.280 religious routine How about this For those of us who live in suburbs And I 395 00:56:18.280 --> 00:56:21.340 put in quotes because this is New York City So even the suburbs are very 396 00:56:21.340 --> 00:56:26.460 very Compact with people So if you live in a suburb Or you live in 397 00:56:26.460 --> 00:56:30.260 a house Then you have a garbage collector Certain days they come through for 398 00:56:30.260 --> 00:56:32.760 normal garbage Some days they come through for recycling Amen? 399 00:56:33.980 --> 00:56:38.760 What if one day your garbage man And he's an amazing garbage man Every day 400 00:56:38.760 --> 00:56:42.620 without fail He's there picking up, putting it out And he's not like one of 401 00:56:42.620 --> 00:56:45.040 the whack garbage men Where they pick up and they just throw the can in 402 00:56:45.040 --> 00:56:47.380 the middle of the street So another car can drive over it So you gotta 403 00:56:47.380 --> 00:56:53.140 buy another one Talk to me New York City But he's a good garbage man 404 00:56:53.140 --> 00:56:55.940 He picks it up, he puts it back on the curb safely So that you 405 00:56:55.940 --> 00:56:59.520 can retrieve it, put it back in the house He's there 52 weeks a year 406 00:56:59.520 --> 00:57:05.200 Boom, boom, done Boom, boom, done You never have to think about the missed 407 00:57:05.200 --> 00:57:09.000 service Because he's always there Rain, sleet, hail, snow, doesn't matter 408 00:57:09.000 --> 00:57:14.120 Holidays, I don't care, I'm coming in on my day off Boom, boom Garbage man 409 00:57:14.120 --> 00:57:23.760 is on point What happens if one day the garbage man Says Hey 410 00:57:23.760 --> 00:57:30.340 man I uh I've been putting away your garbage for many years now And I 411 00:57:30.340 --> 00:57:33.980 was just wondering If I could come inside, sit down Play with your kids and 412 00:57:33.980 --> 00:57:43.970 have some dinner I don't know you brah That's the polite thing to 413 00:57:43.970 --> 00:57:48.810 say If you don't get up Outside of my face right now At all that 414 00:57:51.830 --> 00:57:58.370 But this is what some of us are doing To God We are religiously Throwing 415 00:57:58.370 --> 00:58:04.050 out the religion Of our lives We're making sure that the behavior In the 416 00:58:04.050 --> 00:58:08.370 streets are looking tidy In our life And then we want to come to God 417 00:58:08.370 --> 00:58:11.650 and go See God, look, I got all this stuff right Come on, give me 418 00:58:11.650 --> 00:58:21.640 some of your presents and your good stuff Blessings please Which is such a A 419 00:58:21.640 --> 00:58:28.390 misnomer and a fallacy Because from the very beginning He invited us to be kids 420 00:58:30.360 --> 00:58:36.440 So why are we acting like garbage men We see it in the prodigal son 421 00:58:36.440 --> 00:58:44.560 In Luke 15 This is someone who was already A son And he does his 422 00:58:44.560 --> 00:58:48.880 own thing, he rebels He turns away If you really looked at the history of 423 00:58:48.880 --> 00:58:51.940 what that story is It's crazy, it shouldn't be called the story of the prodigal 424 00:58:51.940 --> 00:58:57.700 son It should be called the story of the prodigal God Because prodigal means to 425 00:58:57.700 --> 00:59:02.140 spend With no thought or regard And really what the father did is He spent 426 00:59:02.140 --> 00:59:09.710 his love with no thought or regard Because the son goes To the father I 427 00:59:09.710 --> 00:59:17.250 want my share of the inheritance Now See, Hebrew culture In essence what he was 428 00:59:17.250 --> 00:59:22.170 saying is I want you to drop dead And die and give me your stuff 429 00:59:23.950 --> 00:59:27.150 We're talking about a Gregorian culture The only thing that he had was 430 00:59:27.150 --> 00:59:31.210 livestock and land So in order to give the inheritance While he was alive He 431 00:59:31.210 --> 00:59:35.410 would have needed to destroy his life And rip apart his stuff But the bible 432 00:59:35.410 --> 00:59:41.170 says that the father said yes And he gives him a portion of his inheritance 433 00:59:41.610 --> 00:59:46.030 Which People are always mad at the older brother The older brother had a right 434 00:59:46.030 --> 00:59:52.290 to be upset As the oldest brother He was going to get a double portion 435 00:59:52.290 --> 00:59:56.190 Of all of what belonged to the father And now all of what belonged to 436 00:59:56.190 --> 01:00:01.450 the father Just got cut So the older brother is out here Working and working 437 01:00:01.450 --> 01:00:04.910 going You're selling what? 438 01:00:04.970 --> 01:00:05.350 What happened? 439 01:00:07.690 --> 01:00:12.890 And the younger brother goes He spends everything Now here's the wild part He 440 01:00:12.890 --> 01:00:17.570 comes to his senses Because he realized like yo I have made a terrible mistake 441 01:00:17.570 --> 01:00:22.550 Even the servants in my father's house Are living and eating better than I am 442 01:00:23.270 --> 01:00:27.350 So I'm going to return Oh God I feel the anointing I'm going to return 443 01:00:27.350 --> 01:00:33.770 as a servant I'm going to return as a garbage man I'm going to religiously 444 01:00:33.770 --> 01:00:38.370 just serve And that'll be enough And we know that his heart wasn't truly 445 01:00:38.370 --> 01:00:42.350 repented Because he has the speech And he literally is only just trying to get 446 01:00:42.350 --> 01:00:48.270 back To the level of eating well enough He's not really concerned with the 447 01:00:48.270 --> 01:00:51.430 heart of the father He's not concerned with connecting Because he doesn't want 448 01:00:51.430 --> 01:00:58.610 to return as a son He doesn't come back and say Father receive me as 449 01:00:58.610 --> 01:01:03.290 a son He returns and says Receive me as a servant and I'll work for 450 01:01:03.290 --> 01:01:13.050 you But I love the prodigal father's response He puts a ring on his 451 01:01:13.050 --> 01:01:19.070 finger Shoes on his feet He puts a robe on his back Kill Slaughter the 452 01:01:19.070 --> 01:01:24.390 fatted lamb We're going to have a party And celebrate for my son which was 453 01:01:24.390 --> 01:01:34.100 dead Is now alive Stop throwing out the trash And expecting to be a kid 454 01:01:34.100 --> 01:01:38.940 You're already his son You're already his daughter Let go of the religious 455 01:01:38.940 --> 01:01:45.100 performance And come into intimacy Today the call And the challenge is very 456 01:01:45.100 --> 01:01:54.930 simply To put down your performance And receive the love of God Preparing all 457 01:01:54.930 --> 01:01:58.350 week And my wife would just walk in and see me like Staring and muttering 458 01:01:59.330 --> 01:02:09.190 Because I couldn't get it Why do we keep doing this To ourselves His invite 459 01:02:09.190 --> 01:02:17.430 is to be a child Just to receive And we keep trying to be so 460 01:02:17.430 --> 01:02:34.880 Professional And then it hit me There's a very hard part Of this sermon We 461 01:02:34.880 --> 01:02:40.080 think service Equates into intimacy But we're in for a rude awakening If we 462 01:02:40.080 --> 01:02:48.060 approach God like that We have to take Relationship past performance Because 463 01:02:48.060 --> 01:02:57.940 professional intimacy Has a name When someone gives 464 01:02:57.940 --> 01:03:01.980 you everything that they think you want They give you attention They give you 465 01:03:01.980 --> 01:03:06.280 service They give you acts of devotion But they keep their heart at a distance 466 01:03:06.920 --> 01:03:14.280 It turns into transaction When they take their most intimate moments And make 467 01:03:14.280 --> 01:03:17.700 them professional Well again we have a name for that It's called prostitution 468 01:03:22.500 --> 01:03:31.600 Have you been prostituting Your intimate moments with God Have you truly kept 469 01:03:31.600 --> 01:03:34.460 your heart away And said well here God This is the things that you need 470 01:03:35.780 --> 01:03:44.780 Read my Bible, check Go to church, check Serve in a volunteer team, check But 471 01:03:44.780 --> 01:03:50.240 the real thing that he acts for From the beginning Was simply your heart All 472 01:03:50.240 --> 01:03:55.540 that other stuff Comes after out of An abundance, a wellspring Of appreciation 473 01:03:55.540 --> 01:04:05.360 and gratitude Don't get too professional When it comes to intimacy with God 474 01:04:06.180 --> 01:04:11.800 Don't turn your quiet time Into a checklist Don't turn worship into performance 475 01:04:11.800 --> 01:04:19.300 Don't turn serving into a way To earn favor God is not God is not 476 01:04:19.300 --> 01:04:22.800 looking for professionals Who know how to quote unquote Do church He's looking 477 01:04:22.800 --> 01:04:31.240 for sons and daughters Sons and daughters That want to be with him Sons and 478 01:04:31.240 --> 01:04:41.200 daughters that have a raw Real intimate relationship Listen I 479 01:04:41.200 --> 01:04:50.240 literally am A Christian professional I hope you know I don't volunteer here 480 01:04:50.240 --> 01:05:00.140 This is my job This is what I do for a living And despite that 481 01:05:00.140 --> 01:05:06.880 I constantly Have to make sure That I'm carrying the tension And keeping the 482 01:05:06.880 --> 01:05:12.900 balance between Not being a Christian professional But a child of the most high 483 01:05:12.900 --> 01:05:19.820 God I can't tell you how many times I've prayed this prayer Where I go 484 01:05:19.820 --> 01:05:24.220 into the presence of God And I go hey I'm not here for a new 485 01:05:24.220 --> 01:05:32.430 sermon I'm not here for a prophetic word I'm not here so I can get 486 01:05:32.430 --> 01:05:38.290 fresh Counsel to bless the people with Because it can easily become that Where 487 01:05:38.290 --> 01:05:41.050 the only interaction I have with him is to make sure That I get something 488 01:05:41.050 --> 01:05:43.630 to give to the people So that I look like I'm doing What I'm supposed 489 01:05:43.630 --> 01:05:49.030 to do It's a weird thing being a pastor Because think about it like the 490 01:05:49.030 --> 01:05:54.890 Bible Calls us to live off the gospel So now imagine if I got into 491 01:05:54.890 --> 01:05:58.750 that Dirty nasty place where I now started Treating people differently because 492 01:05:58.750 --> 01:06:03.750 I know that The people who give make up the salary That I receive God 493 01:06:03.750 --> 01:06:10.210 forbid But I've seen it done Before where pastors are afraid To tell the truth 494 01:06:10.210 --> 01:06:13.070 because if they tell the truth Well the people will leave and if the people 495 01:06:13.070 --> 01:06:19.010 leave Well how will I have a living and a support Man bump that You 496 01:06:19.010 --> 01:06:23.490 know why they're laughing Because The people are laughing because they 497 01:06:23.490 --> 01:06:31.310 understand Oh yeah Pasmo's a little rough He told me if I kept doing that 498 01:06:31.310 --> 01:06:37.150 I was going to go to hell Listen my job is not to coddle you 499 01:06:37.150 --> 01:06:41.510 My job is to make sure you make it to heaven I need you to 500 01:06:41.510 --> 01:06:47.310 be Intimate lovers of God Not just religious workers So many places They want 501 01:06:47.310 --> 01:06:51.010 people to be workers I need you to volunteer I need you to give I 502 01:06:51.010 --> 01:06:55.670 need you to do do do do I don't want a bunch of do do 503 01:06:55.670 --> 01:07:06.210 Christians That stinks I 504 01:07:06.210 --> 01:07:12.710 want On fire lovers of God Who appreciate what he's done for them Listen If 505 01:07:12.710 --> 01:07:18.610 I can't tell you the truth For fear that you might not give I might 506 01:07:18.610 --> 01:07:28.450 as well go home My intimacy always has to stay pure Because 507 01:07:28.450 --> 01:07:32.290 what we do We can't do it for an audience of people This is what 508 01:07:32.290 --> 01:07:35.250 I said in the beginning When it comes to worship Don't look to the left 509 01:07:35.250 --> 01:07:43.590 or look to the right Just focus on him You can't live for the applause 510 01:07:43.590 --> 01:07:48.750 Or the rejection of other people If you live For the applause of other people 511 01:07:48.750 --> 01:07:55.490 You will die by their rejection I'm not trying to die because you reject me 512 01:07:56.860 --> 01:08:05.700 I got the acceptance of God And Tiffany I'm good Because people are fickle I 513 01:08:05.700 --> 01:08:11.700 know this from social media Everybody lives off of their highlight reel Look 514 01:08:11.700 --> 01:08:15.660 how good I'm doing But inside you're dying Inside you just wish That you were 515 01:08:15.660 --> 01:08:24.229 somebody else That's for the birds God wants you to be secure In his love 516 01:08:25.710 --> 01:08:30.510 So that you don't have to go Chasing after validation From all these negative 517 01:08:30.510 --> 01:08:38.310 sources I wish For you that you would just be A lover of God and 518 01:08:38.310 --> 01:08:42.510 watch what he does With that because I do understand There is a tension because 519 01:08:43.750 --> 01:08:47.729 It's not just behavior modification You want good fruit The bible is very clear 520 01:08:47.729 --> 01:08:55.960 that you need good fruit But I'm asking you to be a lover What do 521 01:08:55.960 --> 01:08:56.399 I do? 522 01:08:59.850 --> 01:09:07.770 James 1.22 says this Be doers of the word And not hearers only Deceiving 523 01:09:07.770 --> 01:09:13.649 yourself I do understand that there is a tension I do want you just to 524 01:09:13.649 --> 01:09:19.170 be a lover of God And not worry But I know very clearly That the 525 01:09:19.170 --> 01:09:24.109 bible says If you don't do what I say You will suffer the consequences of 526 01:09:24.109 --> 01:09:33.520 such disobedience Hearing is easy We can sit through sermons Sit through 527 01:09:33.520 --> 01:09:38.680 podcasts Sit through bible studies And we can feel spiritual because of it But 528 01:09:38.680 --> 01:09:46.840 hearing without doing is self-deception You can know all the right answers 529 01:09:46.840 --> 01:09:51.840 Quote all the verses Have all the bumper stickers And still be miles away from 530 01:09:51.840 --> 01:10:01.470 God's heart And that's the scary part Being a doer isn't about 531 01:10:01.470 --> 01:10:10.330 perfection Or religious activity It's about direction It's about posture What 532 01:10:10.330 --> 01:10:12.430 is the inclination of your heart? 533 01:10:13.730 --> 01:10:15.930 Is it toward God and for God? 534 01:10:21.210 --> 01:10:25.250 I want the posture of our hearts to say God I'm not going to listen 535 01:10:25.250 --> 01:10:30.390 to what you say About love, forgiveness, humility, generosity I'm going to live 536 01:10:30.390 --> 01:10:41.020 it Even when it gets messy Even when no one's watching That's 537 01:10:41.020 --> 01:10:45.880 the part right there Because are you performing for an audience? 538 01:10:48.520 --> 01:10:50.780 Or are you doing things for an audience of one? 539 01:10:54.560 --> 01:10:59.640 When God asks you to do certain things When he asks you to love When 540 01:10:59.640 --> 01:11:04.860 he asks you to give Are you doing it to be seen by people? 541 01:11:04.860 --> 01:11:10.060 Or are you doing it because you want to connect with your father? 542 01:11:14.340 --> 01:11:20.600 That's a hard thing because If we're all honest Everybody in here on some level 543 01:11:20.600 --> 01:11:34.090 You've done things to be seen There's a 544 01:11:34.090 --> 01:11:38.210 funny quote out there It says we buy things we don't need With money we 545 01:11:38.210 --> 01:11:48.670 don't have To impress people we don't like That's so real That is America But 546 01:11:48.670 --> 01:12:02.840 we're not called to be Americans We're called to be Christians Being 547 01:12:02.840 --> 01:12:08.900 a doer isn't about Perfection or religious activity Again I want us to be in 548 01:12:08.900 --> 01:12:14.870 a place where We examine ourselves How about that? 549 01:12:17.900 --> 01:12:21.100 Because you know practical application You can talk about all this lofty stuff 550 01:12:21.100 --> 01:12:23.720 But at the end of the day How do I work this out in real 551 01:12:23.720 --> 01:12:24.060 time? 552 01:12:24.220 --> 01:12:29.060 Rubber meets the road The number one thing that you can do Examine yourself so 553 01:12:29.060 --> 01:12:37.190 that nobody else has to You can't correct what you don't inspect Inspect your 554 01:12:37.190 --> 01:12:40.210 life And not with a fine tooth comb Looking for sin, guess what? 555 01:12:40.290 --> 01:12:49.380 You'll find it very easily But Inspect your intention I had a funny moment with 556 01:12:49.380 --> 01:12:57.470 my wife I said to myself out loud I wonder if I should wear My 557 01:12:57.470 --> 01:13:04.240 leather pants on Sunday I had never owned a pair of leather pants And I 558 01:13:04.240 --> 01:13:09.040 recently bought one She's had multiple I'm going to put her on blast just so 559 01:13:09.040 --> 01:13:12.880 you know it's not me I had never owned a pair of leather pants before 560 01:13:12.880 --> 01:13:17.040 And I was very excited about them And I just said it Just because I 561 01:13:17.040 --> 01:13:20.200 do think about Man, what do I wear? 562 01:13:20.400 --> 01:13:25.900 What do I And the sentence didn't even come out You better not! 563 01:13:27.880 --> 01:13:28.700 What did I do? 564 01:13:30.260 --> 01:13:30.680 I said what? 565 01:13:31.460 --> 01:13:33.440 I was just asking a question to myself You got a problem? 566 01:13:33.840 --> 01:13:34.520 What's the problem? 567 01:13:35.520 --> 01:13:40.360 She said don't you dare wear them leather pants out there I said what? 568 01:13:40.420 --> 01:13:44.240 She's like you know yourself You know you're going to be preaching out there 569 01:13:44.240 --> 01:13:46.080 And you're going to start making jokes about the leather pants And the 570 01:13:46.080 --> 01:13:48.200 attention is going to be on you and not the Lord Don't you wear them 571 01:13:48.200 --> 01:13:55.450 leather pants And I said hey I was just asking a question about fashion You 572 01:13:55.450 --> 01:13:59.110 know when somebody you love speaks the truth And you got to just like bite 573 01:13:59.110 --> 01:14:07.590 the bullet and go Alright, you're right Gotta examine yourself church Because 574 01:14:07.590 --> 01:14:11.910 although my intentions And my motives Might be pure In wearing my fresh leather 575 01:14:11.910 --> 01:14:19.010 pants Somewhere deep down The enemy might use it To keep me in a place 576 01:14:19.010 --> 01:14:22.610 Where I'm not supposed to be How you preaching you all the way over here 577 01:14:22.610 --> 01:14:33.780 So the people in the back can see it So I said duly noted Gotta 578 01:14:33.780 --> 01:14:40.960 find the Least leathery pants outfit I have And put that on Keep me humble 579 01:14:40.960 --> 01:14:48.460 before the Lord Mind you this is from the lady with Multiple leather pants 580 01:14:50.520 --> 01:14:58.810 Looking like Eddie Murphy at a Raw But number one Examine your motivation Ask 581 01:14:58.810 --> 01:15:03.410 yourself honestly am I doing this And this can be whatever Prayer, serving, 582 01:15:03.610 --> 01:15:12.070 giving, attending Are you doing it to feel close to God Are you doing it 583 01:15:12.070 --> 01:15:17.070 Because you think that God will feel close to you Or even worse Are you 584 01:15:17.070 --> 01:15:23.540 doing it just so that it can be seen By other people Or are you 585 01:15:23.540 --> 01:15:30.660 doing it out of a sincere Desire for connection with him Only you can answer 586 01:15:30.660 --> 01:15:37.820 that truthfully After you examine yourself I want you to move from Transaction 587 01:15:37.820 --> 01:15:43.840 to relationship Stop treating God like the garbage Man at the curb Invite him 588 01:15:43.840 --> 01:15:47.280 inside Invite him into your thoughts Invite him into your fears Invite him into 589 01:15:47.280 --> 01:15:52.640 your failures Invite God into your every ordinary moment This is what God 590 01:15:52.640 --> 01:15:56.900 designed Christianity to be Where you would keep relationship And hold his hand 591 01:15:56.900 --> 01:16:04.220 And walk with him through life You know it's a funny thing My prayer life 592 01:16:04.220 --> 01:16:08.900 today looks a lot different Than when I first got saved When I first got 593 01:16:08.900 --> 01:16:15.480 saved It used to look hilarious Because I would roll out of bed And just 594 01:16:15.480 --> 01:16:19.400 drop to my knees Just to make sure I got it done And out of 595 01:16:19.400 --> 01:16:29.300 the way I couldn't pray more than About two 596 01:16:29.300 --> 01:16:31.960 to five minutes when I first started But that was that, I made sure I 597 01:16:31.960 --> 01:16:37.960 got it done and it was out of the way Check Now Prayer looks so 598 01:16:37.960 --> 01:16:42.280 much different Because the posture is so much different Because I'm constantly 599 01:16:42.920 --> 01:16:46.880 Checking in with him Constantly keeping life with him You ever have 600 01:16:46.880 --> 01:16:52.720 conversations with God Like God look at that That's hilarious, look at this, 601 01:16:52.760 --> 01:16:59.320 look at this, look at this Jesus look at this Be having whole conversations 602 01:16:59.320 --> 01:17:05.860 with the Lord About random stuff And God People don't know that this is the 603 01:17:05.860 --> 01:17:10.140 relationship That God wants you to have I remember the first Year of my 604 01:17:10.140 --> 01:17:17.530 marriage, six months Into my marriage I got laid off from my job I had 605 01:17:17.530 --> 01:17:22.290 never been without work Since age 14 And all of a sudden I find myself 606 01:17:22.290 --> 01:17:25.790 with that I finally get into this privileged position Called husband where I'm 607 01:17:25.790 --> 01:17:28.970 to be a provider And a protector and a husband and do all these beautiful 608 01:17:28.970 --> 01:17:37.220 Things and then God, no job And here I am I'm praying, I'm fasting, I'm 609 01:17:37.220 --> 01:17:42.000 on my knees God open the doors I'll go work at McDonald's if I have 610 01:17:42.000 --> 01:17:50.530 to Jesus And I remember the Lord Saying something that baffled me I said Lord 611 01:17:50.530 --> 01:17:53.950 what do you want me to do today Because it was such a weird thing 612 01:17:53.950 --> 01:17:57.750 Like my wife would wake up And go to work and I would be home 613 01:17:59.720 --> 01:18:03.620 And feeling the weight And the pressure of that She was such a loving and 614 01:18:03.620 --> 01:18:10.510 gracious wife Bye hon, see ya And I remember one day I woke up I 615 01:18:10.510 --> 01:18:14.990 said Lord what do you want me to do He was like Yo I really 616 01:18:14.990 --> 01:18:23.510 want to watch this movie On Netflix with you The devil is a liar Jesus 617 01:18:23.510 --> 01:18:29.730 Could you please speak more clearly into the microphone He's like no seriously 618 01:18:29.730 --> 01:18:33.530 I want you to Put on Netflix, I want to do some Netflix and chill 619 01:18:36.700 --> 01:18:41.040 And the craziest part is I remember my wife on one day Before she left 620 01:18:41.040 --> 01:18:44.880 she goes And it had to be the Lord Because I didn't share with her 621 01:18:44.880 --> 01:18:48.780 that he wanted me to watch a movie She looked at me she was like 622 01:18:48.780 --> 01:18:58.630 You realize that if the Lord wants you to rest You should probably rest And 623 01:18:58.630 --> 01:19:02.050 she got up and she went to work just as happy as ever And I 624 01:19:02.050 --> 01:19:06.670 sat down And I watched a movie with the Lord And it felt like he 625 01:19:06.670 --> 01:19:10.590 was sitting right with me We laughed We cried It was one of the most 626 01:19:10.590 --> 01:19:13.830 beautiful prayer experiences I've ever had Because we were just watching a 627 01:19:13.830 --> 01:19:19.720 movie And it wasn't as super spiritual as one would think But it was the 628 01:19:19.720 --> 01:19:27.680 intimacy And the connection of being together My prayer life Is so much 629 01:19:27.680 --> 01:19:33.800 stronger now Than it was then Because I've let go Of the religion of what 630 01:19:33.800 --> 01:19:40.510 it needs to look like It's important that we pray And spend that time with 631 01:19:40.510 --> 01:19:47.960 God So that you can know how to navigate Every moment That's what he's calling 632 01:19:47.960 --> 01:19:59.150 you to Relationship Amen So 633 01:19:59.150 --> 01:20:03.090 I want you to examine your motivation Move from transaction to relationship Now 634 01:20:03.090 --> 01:20:05.910 here's a big one that people don't Honestly want to hear with a message like 635 01:20:05.910 --> 01:20:16.260 this Obey Obey quickly Especially in secret Be 636 01:20:16.260 --> 01:20:22.060 a doer where no one sees Because that's where real intimacy grows Not on stage 637 01:20:22.060 --> 01:20:28.060 But in the hidden place Because God asks us to do a whole host Of 638 01:20:28.060 --> 01:20:33.140 different things He asks us to love He asks us to forgive He asks us 639 01:20:33.140 --> 01:20:41.660 to be generous To be humble, to be meek Teachable And he wants to see 640 01:20:41.660 --> 01:20:48.670 you do these things Outside of the applause of people You know there's a reason 641 01:20:48.670 --> 01:20:51.650 that the scripture says Don't let your left hand know what your right is doing 642 01:20:52.730 --> 01:20:57.010 There's this idea That when you do something in secret Where he tells you to 643 01:20:57.010 --> 01:21:05.470 do it And you obey That he blesses you openly on the other side Sometimes 644 01:21:05.470 --> 01:21:12.170 God tells somebody to give And they get their three by four check Three foot 645 01:21:12.170 --> 01:21:16.310 by four foot You know the big ones that they give at the The races 646 01:21:16.310 --> 01:21:24.790 or whatever Here you go Hey clock Hold that please Praise God I gave him 647 01:21:24.790 --> 01:21:32.390 that Cut a little bit off the top Praise God Doing a little bit of 648 01:21:32.390 --> 01:21:38.560 giving today Just you know And it's so sad because the bible is very clear 649 01:21:38.560 --> 01:21:43.280 You have your reward That cringe moment That everybody looked at you and 650 01:21:43.280 --> 01:21:53.060 thought Your reward But you know what Real giving looks like sometimes 651 01:21:54.320 --> 01:22:00.440 You guys ever heard of the Pentecostal handshake Some people I'm not the only 652 01:22:00.440 --> 01:22:04.940 Pentecostal in here Dallas you're going to do me a favor Hold this for me 653 01:22:05.940 --> 01:22:11.580 Hold it right like that I still need to talk Hold it Alright don't move 654 01:22:11.580 --> 01:22:16.340 You're doing great by the way So the Pentecostal handshake looks Something like 655 01:22:16.340 --> 01:22:22.980 this You take some money Preferably hundreds or better It's a Pentecostal 656 01:22:22.980 --> 01:22:27.820 handshake Pentecostal handshakes usually don't Invite ones and singles or fives 657 01:22:27.820 --> 01:22:32.360 I'm just saying All the Pentecostal handshakes I've given or received Are good 658 01:22:32.360 --> 01:22:38.060 money So you take that money And you fold it up really small To the 659 01:22:38.060 --> 01:22:43.120 point that it can fit In your hand like this Like with a thumb Thank 660 01:22:43.120 --> 01:22:47.640 you son This is crazy because most people now Every time they get a handshake 661 01:22:47.640 --> 01:22:53.060 they're going to be like Relax When I pull you in for a hug Don't 662 01:22:53.060 --> 01:22:58.900 you be looking at my hand now But you do that And then you just 663 01:22:58.900 --> 01:23:04.220 go up to somebody and be like Hey what's going on brother Here's the kicker 664 01:23:04.220 --> 01:23:07.800 You do that and then you be like I don't want to talk about it 665 01:23:07.800 --> 01:23:11.700 I don't want to do nothing just enjoy that Praise God I'm out Because you 666 01:23:11.700 --> 01:23:14.360 don't want your right hand to know what your left is doing You're literally 667 01:23:14.360 --> 01:23:18.960 following and obeying The scriptures not looking for the Applause of people 668 01:23:20.060 --> 01:23:24.820 You're doing it for an audience of one This is the way That he wants 669 01:23:24.820 --> 01:23:28.500 us to live Obeying the things that he tells us to do Because we truly 670 01:23:28.500 --> 01:23:35.080 believe it Not because it looks good on the gram It's almost impossible now To 671 01:23:35.080 --> 01:23:38.960 do anything without people going Here's my selfie We out here feeding the poor 672 01:23:38.960 --> 01:23:48.990 They so hungry Because Here's 673 01:23:48.990 --> 01:23:52.290 a nasty truth that I've learned in the church world If you don't take pictures 674 01:23:52.290 --> 01:24:00.720 Did it really happen But yeah Sometimes you need to do things that Are not 675 01:24:00.720 --> 01:24:06.640 seen by people Because it'll test If you truly believe that this is for Only 676 01:24:06.640 --> 01:24:12.880 you and him What intimate Moments has God given you that he doesn't Want you 677 01:24:12.880 --> 01:24:19.500 to share with anybody Sometimes that might be in your prayer Closet where 678 01:24:19.500 --> 01:24:28.180 you're getting deep Revelations and he tells you That's for us Because God 679 01:24:28.180 --> 01:24:30.820 forbid I told you I'm a Christian professional but I got to fight My way 680 01:24:30.820 --> 01:24:40.580 against that So now God gives me this Beautiful pristine moment Let me tell 681 01:24:40.580 --> 01:24:47.140 you About how me and God Was getting it on There's like Imagine how weird 682 01:24:47.140 --> 01:24:50.940 if I came up to you and tried to talk about My marriage bed Ill 683 01:24:54.030 --> 01:24:58.270 The Bible says that the marriage bed is holy and undefiled You don't have 684 01:24:58.270 --> 01:25:05.820 Access because you don't got a covenant Not with us In the same way when 685 01:25:05.820 --> 01:25:09.560 the Lord Asks you to do certain things I want you to be so willing 686 01:25:09.560 --> 01:25:22.010 to keep it Between you and him In obedience Amen Examine 687 01:25:22.010 --> 01:25:25.730 your motivation Move from transaction to relationship Obey quickly even in 688 01:25:25.730 --> 01:25:32.050 secret Now here's the conclusion And worship team You can come on up and get 689 01:25:32.050 --> 01:25:38.950 ready Jesus gives us this beautiful warning And for me it's some of the 690 01:25:38.950 --> 01:25:48.750 Scariest words I've ever read in the Bible Let's go to Matthew 7 Because Jesus 691 01:25:48.750 --> 01:25:52.590 himself looks straight into the eyes of people who Looked very religious on the 692 01:25:52.590 --> 01:26:00.730 outside And he gave these terrifying words Not everyone who says to me Lord, 693 01:26:00.970 --> 01:26:07.170 Lord Shall enter the kingdom of heaven But he who does The will of my 694 01:26:07.170 --> 01:26:12.030 father in heaven Many will say to me in that day Lord, Lord Have we 695 01:26:12.030 --> 01:26:17.030 not prophesied in your name Cast out demons in your name And done many wonders 696 01:26:17.030 --> 01:26:25.130 in your name And then I will declare to them I never knew you Depart 697 01:26:25.130 --> 01:26:33.450 from me You who practice lawlessness Therefore Whoever hears these sayings of 698 01:26:33.450 --> 01:26:37.830 mine And does them I will liken him to a wise man Who built his 699 01:26:37.830 --> 01:26:42.870 house on the rock And the rain descended The floods came and the winds blew 700 01:26:42.870 --> 01:26:47.270 And beat on that house And it did not fall For it was founded on 701 01:26:47.270 --> 01:26:52.410 the rock But everyone who hears these sayings of mine And does not do them 702 01:26:52.410 --> 01:26:56.790 Will be like a foolish man Who built his house on the sand And the 703 01:26:56.790 --> 01:27:01.110 rain descended The floods came and the winds blew And beat on that house And 704 01:27:01.110 --> 01:27:07.730 it fell and great was its fall These are not fringe people That Jesus is 705 01:27:07.730 --> 01:27:15.790 talking about These are people who Called him Lord People who did Impressive 706 01:27:15.790 --> 01:27:25.360 ministry They looked like professional Christians Yet he says I 707 01:27:25.360 --> 01:27:31.640 never knew you You did the job Well enough but you've never been Inside my 708 01:27:31.640 --> 01:27:38.370 house The last thing I want for any of us Is that we do this 709 01:27:38.370 --> 01:27:42.290 thing Now imagine Pastor Bo and the team They're out there in Guatemala They're 710 01:27:42.290 --> 01:27:47.170 doing this amazing work Ministering to the Ixil people And then they get to 711 01:27:47.170 --> 01:27:48.570 heaven and God is like And? 712 01:27:49.670 --> 01:27:55.390 Because they never did it with the right heart God forbid God forbid that any 713 01:27:55.390 --> 01:27:59.990 one of us Would commit to doing this thing Called Christianity and not get the 714 01:27:59.990 --> 01:28:00.750 True benefit. 715 01:28:00.910 --> 01:28:04.710 Let me tell you right now If you are looking for anything Other than Jesus 716 01:28:04.710 --> 01:28:11.590 Christ you have missed it I've said it before And I will say it again 717 01:28:11.590 --> 01:28:18.290 If I get to heaven And Jesus is not there I'm burning the place down 718 01:28:20.850 --> 01:28:28.710 Jesus Is my reward He is my crown He is eternal life The Bible says 719 01:28:29.610 --> 01:28:34.530 What is eternal life that we might Know him the one true God And the 720 01:28:34.530 --> 01:28:41.720 one whom he sent Christ Jesus this is eternal life I want you to Know 721 01:28:41.720 --> 01:28:47.420 God to love God and be Intimately equated With him because that is The 722 01:28:47.420 --> 01:28:51.700 Christian behavior modification That you're looking for to be that better You 723 01:28:51.700 --> 01:28:59.040 it's only going to come through intimacy With God Real intimacy So I don't want 724 01:28:59.040 --> 01:29:03.640 you to be A professional all suited up and Buttoned up I want you to 725 01:29:03.640 --> 01:29:10.040 be a professional lover I want you to be so close and Intimate with God 726 01:29:10.040 --> 01:29:14.160 and then start doing Whatever it is that he tells you to do So much 727 01:29:14.160 --> 01:29:16.260 so that you're going to Look back on your life and you're not going to 728 01:29:16.260 --> 01:29:23.480 recognize Who you've become for the better Man I can't believe I'm Moving in 729 01:29:23.480 --> 01:29:28.700 selflessness I used to be so Selfish My God I'm going to the gym I 730 01:29:28.700 --> 01:29:42.880 used to eat so much cake Oh that was Just for me sorry So 731 01:29:42.880 --> 01:29:49.480 my impassioned Plea because I'm begging you Stop Stop performing and start 732 01:29:49.480 --> 01:29:58.920 Pursuing Stop impressing And start obeying Stop Deceiving yourself with 733 01:29:58.920 --> 01:30:05.340 religious Busyness Get to know God and Really know him and let that knowing 734 01:30:05.340 --> 01:30:14.520 Change the way that you live Close your eyes and pray with me Father we 735 01:30:14.520 --> 01:30:17.960 don't want to Stand before you with a list of accomplishments Of the different 736 01:30:17.960 --> 01:30:23.600 things that we've done And hear Those terrifying words that you never Knew us 737 01:30:24.920 --> 01:30:29.060 Let it be that everything that we do We do from the purest of hearts 738 01:30:29.060 --> 01:30:33.360 And intentions that says I just Want to obey the God who saved my life 739 01:30:34.740 --> 01:30:41.560 Fill us With a sincere pursuit Of you a hunger that could only Be satiated 740 01:30:41.560 --> 01:30:51.840 in doing your will Let us be professional At one thing seeking after you So 741 01:30:51.840 --> 01:31:00.280 give us Grace Lord Father we ask you in Jesus name We are going to 742 01:31:00.280 --> 01:31:07.040 Continue to worship God through song We're going to continue Worshiping right 743 01:31:07.040 --> 01:31:14.020 now with the Receiving of tithes and offerings But take heart to what we're 744 01:31:14.020 --> 01:31:19.000 saying Because even in this moment you have an opportunity Don't Give because 745 01:31:19.000 --> 01:31:25.730 eyes are on you Don't give even because I say it's time to receive Give 746 01:31:27.130 --> 01:31:32.470 Because he said in his scriptures That this is the way Ask what he would 747 01:31:32.470 --> 01:31:40.310 have you give And watch him bless you The giving information is on the screens 748 01:31:40.310 --> 01:31:44.090 to my left And right you can if you came prepared To give a traditional 749 01:31:44.090 --> 01:31:49.250 gift we have Offering boxes by the exits You can give online the QR code 750 01:31:49.250 --> 01:31:56.070 will take you to our Secure online giving page But Don't do it to be 751 01:31:56.070 --> 01:32:01.250 seen Don't do it for any other reason but Then to obey The one whom 752 01:32:01.250 --> 01:32:08.430 you love Ministry team when you've done giving please go to My left your right 753 01:32:08.430 --> 01:32:13.070 in the Blue lit area if you want ministry for Anything Our team has been 754 01:32:13.070 --> 01:32:17.010 trained to lay hands On you and release the presence and the power Of God 755 01:32:19.220 --> 01:32:24.920 we got life Groups coming up you can sign up Got growth track continuing Next 756 01:32:24.920 --> 01:32:29.500 Sunday on the 15th We really want you to get The most out of being 757 01:32:29.500 --> 01:32:34.020 at city like this is Not just a Sunday morning thing This is real community 758 01:32:34.020 --> 01:32:39.780 real Friends real family doing life Together connecting growing Bearing fruit 759 01:32:42.680 --> 01:32:48.320 We love you here And the best thing that we want for you Is to 760 01:32:48.320 --> 01:32:56.410 know God For yourself don't be so Professional at doing the things That you 761 01:32:56.410 --> 01:32:58.050 miss the one that you're doing it for 762 01:33:11.330 --> 01:33:32.890 Be 763 01:33:32.890 --> 01:33:36.010 blessed