1 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,520 God is so faithful, and we are still in the Arise 2 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:13,600 series. And as I began to pray about where the Lord would 3 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:17,200 actually take me, Pastor Ronnie covered for 4 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:21,000 me a couple of weeks ago because I was dealing 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,760 with some family illness. And the 6 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:28,160 message that I was supposed to bring was called the first step. So 7 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:31,840 I suppose this is now the third step, and we're going 8 00:00:32,060 --> 00:00:35,580 do it anyway, because I'm excited. You know, 9 00:00:35,820 --> 00:00:39,540 I have been blessed to be able 10 00:00:39,540 --> 00:00:43,180 to share and teach in this 11 00:00:43,180 --> 00:00:46,460 house for about 23 years now. 12 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:50,860 And it has been an honor, and it has been the scariest 13 00:00:50,940 --> 00:00:54,740 thing I have ever done in my life, because handling the 14 00:00:54,740 --> 00:00:58,460 word of God, I do not take it lightly. It 15 00:00:58,460 --> 00:01:02,100 still makes me nauseous when I have to come and teach, but that's 16 00:01:02,100 --> 00:01:05,840 just part of the way of trying to be accountable before the Lord for 17 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:09,280 the calling that's in your life and also walking in 18 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,600 obedience to people who God has put in your life, who has 19 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:16,360 spoken the words teacher over you. Thank you, Pastor Ronnie. 20 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,480 And so it's an honor. But during those years, there 21 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,200 have been seasons where that have 22 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,880 been the most amazing seasons you could possibly imagine. 23 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:32,280 And then there have been seasons that have been extremely difficult 24 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,300 and that have been hard. And God has 25 00:01:36,300 --> 00:01:40,060 met me in both. God has met me in both. And one of the things 26 00:01:40,060 --> 00:01:43,260 that has been consistent in the Lord 27 00:01:44,140 --> 00:01:47,580 in his dealing with me. See, our church is 28 00:01:47,580 --> 00:01:51,420 founded or has moved since we've become Springhouse. Our scriptural 29 00:01:51,499 --> 00:01:55,300 base is out of Psalm 84. And it says, when you pass 30 00:01:55,300 --> 00:01:59,060 through the valley of the shadow of tears, you can fear no 31 00:01:59,060 --> 00:02:02,780 evil. But it says, when those who pass through the valley of the shadow of 32 00:02:02,780 --> 00:02:06,270 tears, we make it a place of spring. And that if you do not know 33 00:02:06,270 --> 00:02:09,790 that's where the name Springhouse came from, we have a 34 00:02:09,790 --> 00:02:13,350 tendency, a blessing, a calling that 35 00:02:13,350 --> 00:02:16,830 allows people who have been wounded or hurt who just need to find 36 00:02:16,830 --> 00:02:20,550 healing the valley of tears. They'll either 37 00:02:20,550 --> 00:02:24,350 be healed in this house and go on to serve in leadership somewhere 38 00:02:24,350 --> 00:02:28,070 else, or they'll stay here and be healed and be used in 39 00:02:28,070 --> 00:02:31,710 this household. And I'm quite convinced that that valley of tears 40 00:02:32,030 --> 00:02:35,470 makes a direct path through an office right down there 41 00:02:35,710 --> 00:02:39,330 on that end of building that belongs to me. And so I find 42 00:02:39,330 --> 00:02:42,130 myself in that place a lot of times. And the thing that the Lord does 43 00:02:42,130 --> 00:02:44,970 with me is there's this consistent voice that says, 44 00:02:46,410 --> 00:02:50,090 you gonna get up? You gonna get up? 45 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:53,810 Because a lot of times I can, in my flesh, I can find myself on 46 00:02:53,810 --> 00:02:56,810 the floor for a good reason or a bad reason. You know, it's like I 47 00:02:56,810 --> 00:02:59,970 can be like, God, you're so good, you are so faithful. God, why have you 48 00:02:59,970 --> 00:03:03,770 forsaken me? Why have you left me? And in both situations, 49 00:03:04,250 --> 00:03:07,850 the call of the Lord in my life has been a consistent. 50 00:03:08,300 --> 00:03:12,100 Will you get up? Will you get up? And so in this 51 00:03:12,100 --> 00:03:15,740 series, Arise, I found myself hearing that voice. 52 00:03:15,900 --> 00:03:19,260 And I feel like the calling that the Lord has for us 53 00:03:19,420 --> 00:03:23,220 today is the invitation to arise. The 54 00:03:23,220 --> 00:03:26,540 invitation or the challenge? Will you get up 55 00:03:26,860 --> 00:03:30,140 from where you are? From what has held you back? From everything 56 00:03:30,700 --> 00:03:34,300 that has kept you immobile or paralyzed in your walk with him. 57 00:03:34,460 --> 00:03:38,150 Will you get up? So, so. Will you get up? We're gonna read the scripture. 58 00:03:40,230 --> 00:03:42,790 Will you get up? Okay. Are you ready? 59 00:03:44,390 --> 00:03:48,190 I'll give you a moment to shake it off. That was a slow song. Sorry 60 00:03:48,190 --> 00:03:51,669 about that. Here we go. And they came to 61 00:03:51,669 --> 00:03:55,270 Bethsaiah, and some people brought to him a blind man 62 00:03:55,430 --> 00:03:58,990 and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind 63 00:03:58,990 --> 00:04:02,830 man by the hand and led him out of the village. And 64 00:04:02,830 --> 00:04:06,480 when he had stopped, spit on his eyes and laid his hands on 65 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,840 him. He asked him, do you see anything? 66 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,920 And he looked up and said, I see men, but 67 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,480 they look like trees walking. Then Jesus 68 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:21,280 laid his hands on his eyes again and he opened his 69 00:04:21,280 --> 00:04:23,680 eyes and his sight was restored. 70 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,080 And one more verse, being confident of this, 71 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,240 that he who began a good work in you will carry 72 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,900 it on to completion until the day of Christ 73 00:04:37,980 --> 00:04:41,740 Jesus. Father, God, I thank you so much for your word. I thank you, Lord, 74 00:04:41,740 --> 00:04:45,420 for the way it compels us. It draws 75 00:04:45,420 --> 00:04:48,980 us, Lord and Father, if we will just dive 76 00:04:48,980 --> 00:04:52,820 in to your truth. Our lives change, Lord, and 77 00:04:52,820 --> 00:04:56,380 not just our lives, but the lives of those that we're in contact with. 78 00:04:56,380 --> 00:05:00,180 Father, I thank you that you are a world changer and you do it through 79 00:05:00,180 --> 00:05:03,940 common human beings. And so I thank you for another opportunity to 80 00:05:03,940 --> 00:05:07,500 arise and let my stuff fall, Father, and yours stand in 81 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:11,300 Jesus name. Amen. Amen. So this is the 82 00:05:11,300 --> 00:05:14,980 call this morning. Will you get up? Will you get up 83 00:05:14,980 --> 00:05:18,580 now? See, there's two voices in that. There's two voices in that. 84 00:05:18,660 --> 00:05:22,260 There's the shame induced, the blame induced, 85 00:05:22,260 --> 00:05:25,980 one that we've all experienced. When it's time for God to do something in 86 00:05:25,980 --> 00:05:29,780 our lives, and the enemy loves to tell you, well, why don't 87 00:05:29,780 --> 00:05:33,250 you just get up? You know, you have known this, 88 00:05:33,970 --> 00:05:37,730 you've been told a thousand times, and yet here you are 89 00:05:37,730 --> 00:05:40,850 in this situation again. Well, just get up then. 90 00:05:41,330 --> 00:05:44,850 Just get up. And there's so much attached to that Name, there's 91 00:05:44,850 --> 00:05:48,530 accusation, you know, even though the voice is going, well, then 92 00:05:48,530 --> 00:05:52,330 just get up. What is 93 00:05:52,330 --> 00:05:55,410 being inferred is there's no way you deserve to get up. 94 00:05:55,970 --> 00:05:59,690 There's no way for you to step back into that calling after 95 00:05:59,690 --> 00:06:03,150 what you've done. There is no way that you could ever miss minister 96 00:06:03,390 --> 00:06:07,110 to anybody based on where you are right now. And that's the 97 00:06:07,110 --> 00:06:10,910 voice of the enemy, right? But then there's that other voice. And this 98 00:06:10,910 --> 00:06:14,750 I have experienced both on multiple occasions, 99 00:06:14,750 --> 00:06:18,510 as have most of you. The other voice is, 100 00:06:19,390 --> 00:06:22,750 will you get up? You going to get up? 101 00:06:24,110 --> 00:06:27,550 Because if you will get up and go with me, 102 00:06:28,830 --> 00:06:32,190 oh, I got some stuff for you. Will you get up? 103 00:06:32,830 --> 00:06:36,510 None of that matters. All of that, that's ancillary. That's just 104 00:06:36,510 --> 00:06:40,350 stuff. Will you get up? And there's promise and there's 105 00:06:40,350 --> 00:06:43,870 hope, and there's something solid in that 106 00:06:43,870 --> 00:06:47,670 invitation. You gonna get up? You gonna lay down that job, 107 00:06:47,670 --> 00:06:51,310 Kurt, you gonna lay it down? I know you can't see 108 00:06:51,310 --> 00:06:54,350 beyond this, but you're gonna do that because there's something on the other side of 109 00:06:54,350 --> 00:06:57,870 that, and I need you guys to just step into that. Trust in Tina. 110 00:06:59,270 --> 00:07:02,990 Trust in Tina. It's gonna be okay. Will you get up? Will you get 111 00:07:02,990 --> 00:07:06,750 up and will you go do what I've called you to do? One voice shames 112 00:07:06,750 --> 00:07:10,510 and is accusatory. And the other voice is 113 00:07:10,510 --> 00:07:13,870 filled with authority, with hope, with 114 00:07:13,870 --> 00:07:17,510 invitation. And that's the voice that we're gonna listen to this 115 00:07:17,510 --> 00:07:21,270 morning. Amen. We got some teachers, we got some prophets, we got 116 00:07:21,270 --> 00:07:25,070 some ministers in this room, We've got some encouragers in this 117 00:07:25,070 --> 00:07:28,770 room. We've got people who have been just sitting back just a little 118 00:07:28,770 --> 00:07:32,610 bit, waiting on your now, waiting on your moment. And 119 00:07:32,610 --> 00:07:36,010 the word this morning that I have in my spirit for you is 120 00:07:36,010 --> 00:07:39,250 arise. Will you arise? 121 00:07:39,650 --> 00:07:42,770 Will you arise? Now, I want you to look at that before you even answer 122 00:07:42,770 --> 00:07:46,210 that. Will you arise? I want you to look at what that commitment is. 123 00:07:46,370 --> 00:07:49,970 Arise in Hebrew is kum kumi, 124 00:07:50,770 --> 00:07:54,060 a divine call to action, spiritual 125 00:07:54,060 --> 00:07:57,340 awakening or restoration. It implies moving from 126 00:07:57,340 --> 00:08:00,940 inaction to purpose. I love that. Such as 127 00:08:00,940 --> 00:08:04,540 standing up after defeat. Anybody need to stand up 128 00:08:04,620 --> 00:08:08,380 after being knocked down a couple of times? Anybody just 129 00:08:08,380 --> 00:08:12,220 need the strength to get up one more time from 130 00:08:12,380 --> 00:08:16,100 that beating that you just took. Receiving strength or being 131 00:08:16,100 --> 00:08:18,620 resurrected from dead places. 132 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,600 Been spending any time in some places that were bringing you no life 133 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:27,200 whatsoever, Sucking the life right out of you. 134 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,000 Time to get up. Time to get up. It is used as a 135 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,400 command to shake off Apathy and 136 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:38,120 fulfill divine purpose. Now let me ask you, will 137 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:41,800 you arise? Will you arise? Will 138 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,280 you allow God to do these things in your life? Because that is the 139 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:49,120 calling. Will you get up? And one thing 140 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,680 that I love is the purposeful use of words in 141 00:08:52,680 --> 00:08:56,400 Scripture. God makes no mistakes, and the things that he 142 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,680 uses are intentional. This says in Scripture, 143 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:03,240 arise is not casual. It is divine 144 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,200 in nature. Now we do 145 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:10,600 abide, arise, advance, and 146 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:14,200 that's great. That's great. It rhymes. They all start with a. 147 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,920 We can remember them. We like things we can remember. 148 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:21,960 But abide is a divine invitation. 149 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,960 Arise is a divine command, 150 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,520 and advance is a divine invitation. 151 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,720 And if we will grab hold of them as such, as, oh, 152 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:39,880 human beings did not decide this. Human beings did 153 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,560 not decide this. There was inspiration in it, 154 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:47,040 right? And I believe that the things that we teach and the things that are 155 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:50,660 laid on Pastor Kevin's heart, divine inspiration. 156 00:09:51,060 --> 00:09:54,460 Otherwise, why would we do it? Why would we even 157 00:09:54,460 --> 00:09:58,100 attempt to bring something that we didn't believe the Holy 158 00:09:58,100 --> 00:10:01,620 Spirit was in the center of? So if that's the case, then 159 00:10:01,940 --> 00:10:05,659 where we are right now in this room at this time is we 160 00:10:05,659 --> 00:10:09,500 are facing the call to arise, arise, to move out 161 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:13,340 of places of complacency and apathy. In scripture. It's not 162 00:10:13,340 --> 00:10:17,100 casual. It's not casual. And I'm just gonna give you a few examples. 163 00:10:17,100 --> 00:10:20,940 I could give you a hundred more, but there is a time constraint for 164 00:10:20,940 --> 00:10:24,320 mind understanding. Arise. This is to 165 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:27,960 Abraham. Arise. Walk in the land through its 166 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,440 length and width, for I will give it to you. 167 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:35,760 What has God promised you? What 168 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:39,640 has God said, I'm gonna do this in your life. And you're standing 169 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:43,320 here looking at the land, but you're not walking it. You're not 170 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:47,080 becoming a part of it. God said, you are a teacher. I'm gonna 171 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:50,760 use you to teach. And you're waiting for somebody to give you a place to 172 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:54,140 teach before you become the te. Start studying now. 173 00:10:54,780 --> 00:10:58,060 Start putting together your lesson plans. Start 174 00:10:58,380 --> 00:11:02,180 walking the land. Arise. Get up out 175 00:11:02,180 --> 00:11:05,940 of that place of complacency and begin to do what God has called you 176 00:11:05,940 --> 00:11:09,580 to do before you have a place to do it. How cool would that 177 00:11:09,580 --> 00:11:13,420 be? So that when that door opens, all you have to do is walk 178 00:11:13,420 --> 00:11:16,940 through it. His Holy Spirit has already prepared you. 179 00:11:16,940 --> 00:11:20,700 Arise. Walk the land. Moses, my servant is dead 180 00:11:20,940 --> 00:11:24,780 now, therefore, arise. This is to Joshua. Go over this 181 00:11:24,780 --> 00:11:28,360 Jordan, Jordan, you and all this people to the land which 182 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:29,480 I'm giving them. 183 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:35,600 Joshua woke up without an assignment, and by the end of the 184 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:39,320 day, he had a Big one. By the end of the day, not only 185 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:43,120 was Joshua responsible for himself, he was responsible for the 186 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:46,920 people and he was responsible for a journey. He was responsible 187 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,640 and accountable to the God. And notice that it 188 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:54,180 doesn't say any here. Moses, my servant is dead. Hey, 189 00:11:54,180 --> 00:11:56,820 Joshua, if you got time, 190 00:11:58,260 --> 00:12:01,780 if you're not doing anything, if it's convenient to you, 191 00:12:02,340 --> 00:12:06,180 do you feel like you might be able to deal with these people for a 192 00:12:06,180 --> 00:12:09,540 little while and take them across to the Jordan? No, he didn't. 193 00:12:09,860 --> 00:12:13,140 We're waiting for God to say it nicer 194 00:12:13,140 --> 00:12:16,980 sometimes than he says. And we would really prefer that he 195 00:12:16,980 --> 00:12:20,500 lay out the whole plan for us before we say yes. But it doesn't work 196 00:12:20,500 --> 00:12:24,280 that way. Joshua didn't know when he went to 197 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:27,120 bed the night before what was gonna be asked of him the next day. 198 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,520 You don't know what's going to be asked of you today, 199 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,520 and you don't know what is going to be asked of you tomorrow. 200 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,480 The word of God, Joshua, I think it's three, five, says, consecrate 201 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,680 yourselves today, for tomorrow I will do 202 00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:46,240 amazing things among you. Is this a day of 203 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:50,000 consecration for you? Has the Lord called you into a place 204 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,930 where of preparation? Because he's got plans for you 205 00:12:53,930 --> 00:12:57,650 tomorrow? Do you really want to walk into tomorrow 206 00:12:57,650 --> 00:13:01,330 without that consecration? Do you really want to walk into that 207 00:13:01,330 --> 00:13:05,170 place without being prepared? And 208 00:13:05,170 --> 00:13:08,370 the angel of the Lord came back the second time and touched him and said, 209 00:13:08,370 --> 00:13:12,130 arise and eat because the journey is too great for you. This 210 00:13:12,130 --> 00:13:15,930 is Elijah. This is Elijah. Fire had just 211 00:13:15,930 --> 00:13:19,410 come down from heaven. All of the prophets of BAAL had been 212 00:13:19,410 --> 00:13:22,550 defeated. And then this great victory. 213 00:13:23,350 --> 00:13:27,190 And then Jezebel says, we're gonna kill him. And so he takes 214 00:13:27,190 --> 00:13:30,870 off. Have you ever just been so exhausted? Have you 215 00:13:30,870 --> 00:13:34,670 ever just been so defeated that even though you know the 216 00:13:34,670 --> 00:13:38,470 right thing, even though you know the truth, and even though 217 00:13:38,470 --> 00:13:42,310 God has done the most amazing things in your life, you 218 00:13:42,310 --> 00:13:46,070 hit a wall and all you wanna do is go hide. All you wanna 219 00:13:46,070 --> 00:13:49,910 do is just go somewhere and rest away from the people. You 220 00:13:49,910 --> 00:13:52,310 just need to go. You just need a nap. 221 00:13:53,650 --> 00:13:57,410 That's what you need. But the wonderful thing about this, 222 00:13:58,690 --> 00:14:02,370 he says the angel of the Lord came back. What? The second 223 00:14:02,450 --> 00:14:06,210 time? Because the first time he fed him and 224 00:14:06,210 --> 00:14:09,690 gave him something to drink. And Elijah went back to 225 00:14:09,690 --> 00:14:13,490 sleep. He still needed to rest. Sometimes we need to 226 00:14:13,490 --> 00:14:16,930 rest. Sometimes that's okay. Sometimes it's good 227 00:14:17,090 --> 00:14:20,810 to enter into a season of rest knowing that God isn't gonna give up 228 00:14:20,810 --> 00:14:24,570 on your calling. He isn't gonna Give up. He hasn't changed his mind about 229 00:14:24,570 --> 00:14:27,890 the journey and the trajectory. What he has done is 230 00:14:27,890 --> 00:14:31,250 acknowledge the fact that right now, in this moment, 231 00:14:31,570 --> 00:14:35,210 this journey feels too great for you. So go rest 232 00:14:35,210 --> 00:14:38,690 a little bit more, and I'm gonna send an angel back a second 233 00:14:38,690 --> 00:14:42,450 time, and this time, he'll wake you up. And I want you to eat more 234 00:14:42,450 --> 00:14:46,010 this time, get something in your system and get 235 00:14:46,010 --> 00:14:49,770 ready, because I'm not gonna back off of the calling. You're still gonna 236 00:14:49,770 --> 00:14:52,210 go do what I've asked you to do. I'm just gonna sustain you in a 237 00:14:52,210 --> 00:14:55,970 little greater way in this season. And that's exactly what he did. Listen, 238 00:14:55,970 --> 00:14:59,610 guys, if Elijah needed a second touch, what makes you think that 239 00:14:59,610 --> 00:15:03,330 you won't? I'm, like. I'm, like, into, like, you know, 240 00:15:03,330 --> 00:15:06,890 the quadruple digits now. I mean, I can't even. I can't even. 241 00:15:07,050 --> 00:15:10,810 I don't know, numbers that big. Anyway, the 242 00:15:10,810 --> 00:15:14,330 next one. Arise. Take up your bed and go home. This was to the 243 00:15:14,330 --> 00:15:17,690 paralytic in Matthew 8. Have you ever just been 244 00:15:17,770 --> 00:15:21,460 stuck? And you ever just been hopeless? And it 245 00:15:21,460 --> 00:15:25,180 feels like everybody's just walking past you, getting on with their life, and here you 246 00:15:25,180 --> 00:15:28,900 are. Here you are, and everybody just walking past you. 247 00:15:28,900 --> 00:15:32,700 And you've been in this condition a long time, and Jesus 248 00:15:32,700 --> 00:15:36,460 shows up and he says, arise. Take up your bed and 249 00:15:36,460 --> 00:15:40,220 go home. Take it up. You know what? I love 250 00:15:40,220 --> 00:15:43,140 that he didn't just let him walk away from his bed. He said, clean up 251 00:15:43,140 --> 00:15:43,580 your mess. 252 00:15:50,470 --> 00:15:53,830 Take this with you, lest somebody else come lay in your mess. 253 00:15:55,750 --> 00:15:59,190 Take it with you. Get it out of here and go home. 254 00:15:59,590 --> 00:16:03,110 He didn't say, go start a ministry. He said, I'm 255 00:16:03,110 --> 00:16:06,790 healing you. Get up. Walk. Clean up your mess and go 256 00:16:06,790 --> 00:16:10,470 home. I love that we've got that kind of God. I love 257 00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:13,910 that. You know, it's like, how desperate can you be when the world is 258 00:16:13,910 --> 00:16:17,530 walking past you? They don't even. And you feel like you're 259 00:16:17,530 --> 00:16:20,370 dying, and then he sees you 260 00:16:21,490 --> 00:16:23,330 and you hear that voice. 261 00:16:25,330 --> 00:16:28,770 Talk about wanting to hear a voice. Tabitha 262 00:16:29,810 --> 00:16:32,770 Kumi. Little girl, 263 00:16:33,890 --> 00:16:37,690 arise. She was dead. She 264 00:16:37,690 --> 00:16:41,330 wasn't just pretend dead. She wasn't just in a place 265 00:16:41,330 --> 00:16:44,800 where she was defeated or down. Her life was gone. 266 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,720 And some of you feel like your life is gone. 267 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:54,280 There have been instances in my office when I've just been spending time with the 268 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,840 Lord where I have been, like, downcast or I've been 269 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:01,600 whatever. And I can hear this whisper in my spirit. 270 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:05,920 Tabitha. Tabitha. Little 271 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:08,960 girl, get up. Little girl, get up. 272 00:17:10,120 --> 00:17:13,320 Put your name There. Put your name there. 273 00:17:14,120 --> 00:17:17,880 Elizabeth. Get up, Bo. 274 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:22,040 Get up. Hear that whisper. 275 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,320 I love that I wrote. Obviously, it's to Tabitha. 276 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:30,520 Obviously to Tabitha. Fill in the blank. 277 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,880 He knows your name, and he's able to speak to 278 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:39,610 that place in your life that needs to get 279 00:17:39,610 --> 00:17:42,890 up. Now, this is just a small portion of the 280 00:17:42,890 --> 00:17:46,690 opportunities to arise, but just in these few things, 281 00:17:46,690 --> 00:17:50,210 we've got this. Arise to claim the promise. 282 00:17:50,850 --> 00:17:54,610 Arise to go after that promise. Arise to 283 00:17:54,610 --> 00:17:57,850 fulfill your calling. Arise from your moments of 284 00:17:57,850 --> 00:18:00,930 exhaustion, depression, and defeat. 285 00:18:02,050 --> 00:18:05,610 Arise from that thing that has held you captive, that's 286 00:18:05,610 --> 00:18:09,280 paralyzed you, that's made it impossible for you to 287 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:12,640 move. Arise from death, 288 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:17,040 from that thing that you've been spending time in that is just killing 289 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:20,200 you. You go to bed at night and go, God, I'm not going to do 290 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,800 that again. God, I'm not gonna do that again. Change your 291 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:27,600 vocabulary. God, please help me not to do that again. 292 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,680 Help me, Lord, to arise when I arise. 293 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:36,040 When I wake up tomorrow morning, Father, meet me there and 294 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:39,540 let my life be different. God, you give me the strength. Strength 295 00:18:39,620 --> 00:18:43,220 to arise. Rise from death to life. 296 00:18:44,340 --> 00:18:47,620 Here's the thing, guys. Arise is not just a movement. 297 00:18:48,580 --> 00:18:51,260 I could sit down here in the floor, and one of y' all could help 298 00:18:51,260 --> 00:18:54,980 me get up. I could sit down here. It's not just a movement. 299 00:18:55,220 --> 00:18:58,940 It is a spiritual response to God's 300 00:18:58,940 --> 00:19:02,260 invitation. It is a response to 301 00:19:02,260 --> 00:19:05,900 God's invitation. And what we are wait. Well, I believe 302 00:19:05,900 --> 00:19:09,520 what he's waiting on is for our first step, or our third 303 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:13,200 step, based on the week, to respond to the call to 304 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:17,040 Kumai, Kumai, will you come? Will you come? 305 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:20,520 Now, the first one that I think about this, of course, and I believe you 306 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:24,080 guys probably do, too, is last week, Pastor Kevin had 307 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,720 talked about a storm on the sea and the disciples 308 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:31,520 being in there. And the most tender part of that teaching to me is I 309 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:34,720 love the part of the passage of scripture where it says Jesus was asleep on 310 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:38,530 a cushion under the deck. And I just. I 311 00:19:38,530 --> 00:19:42,210 can see that, and I just think how tired he must have been. 312 00:19:42,530 --> 00:19:45,970 And to be asleep, something about that gets my heart, 313 00:19:46,290 --> 00:19:49,570 because we have a tendency to see the Godness 314 00:19:49,890 --> 00:19:53,610 of Jesus, and sometimes the humanity just slides right past us. And 315 00:19:53,610 --> 00:19:56,930 he didn't even have a place to call his home 316 00:19:57,090 --> 00:20:00,890 or lay his head. And there's something about that moment of 317 00:20:00,890 --> 00:20:04,440 him resting this pillow that gets me, 318 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:08,120 well, now we're at another boat. Now we're at another boat. 319 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:11,840 And it's the boat that we are most familiar with. Peter 320 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:15,600 and he's standing and the waves are coming, and they look and they 321 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:19,240 see Jesus walking on the water. And Peter says this. 322 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:22,360 Peter responded and said to him, lord, if it's you, 323 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:26,840 command me to come to you on the water. And he 324 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,290 said, come, kumi. 325 00:20:30,690 --> 00:20:34,530 But it's an extension of that. The word that's used there is actually this, 326 00:20:35,250 --> 00:20:38,690 er, komai. See the komi in the center. 327 00:20:39,250 --> 00:20:42,690 Arise, arise, stand 328 00:20:42,770 --> 00:20:46,450 up, step forward. Find your place of 329 00:20:46,450 --> 00:20:50,210 influence and be established. See, to me, 330 00:20:50,210 --> 00:20:53,890 this was his Peter's second calling. He had already received 331 00:20:53,970 --> 00:20:57,610 Christ. But I believe at this calling, this was when Peter 332 00:20:57,610 --> 00:21:01,400 started to be a savior established in the Lord. Anyway, so 333 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:05,120 he says, arise, stand up and come forward. And you know what? 334 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:08,840 That makes me think this. At some point, Peter had to make the decision 335 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:12,560 to get up and walk to the side of the boat. At 336 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:16,400 some point, he had to be able to step and 337 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:19,720 look and see Jesus walking on the water. 338 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:24,440 A decision was made somewhere, a decision 339 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,550 to just get up. 340 00:21:29,110 --> 00:21:31,910 Before the step, there was a stand. 341 00:21:34,390 --> 00:21:37,190 Before the movement, there was a decision. 342 00:21:38,870 --> 00:21:42,310 And before the miracle, there was obedience. 343 00:21:43,030 --> 00:21:45,750 That's what Jeremy was talking about this morning. 344 00:21:46,230 --> 00:21:49,910 Obedience, obedient to the call of God. 345 00:21:50,150 --> 00:21:53,790 And at some point, you can just kind of picture it, Peter sitting there in 346 00:21:53,790 --> 00:21:57,550 the boat and he feels that unction and something stirring out 347 00:21:57,550 --> 00:22:00,790 there. You know, you can feel when somebody's looking at you, even when 348 00:22:01,910 --> 00:22:05,670 you don't know why. You can just sense that. I just think 349 00:22:05,750 --> 00:22:08,910 he knew that calling and he stood up and I think he went to the 350 00:22:08,910 --> 00:22:11,110 side of the boat. He could not have climbed over the side of the boat 351 00:22:11,110 --> 00:22:13,350 if he didn't get up and walk over there in the first place. 352 00:22:17,510 --> 00:22:21,150 Some want the miracle of walking on water when we have yet made the 353 00:22:21,150 --> 00:22:24,810 decision to get up, to get up, go 354 00:22:24,810 --> 00:22:28,530 see what he's got, get up and go. You know, instead of 355 00:22:28,530 --> 00:22:32,170 just assuming, oh, nothing's happening. God is done with me. This is not gonna 356 00:22:32,170 --> 00:22:35,930 happen. Get up. Change your vantage point. Begin to look at 357 00:22:35,930 --> 00:22:39,610 things a little differently. You know, God can do the 358 00:22:39,610 --> 00:22:43,210 most amazing thing. And this is what I know, this is my 359 00:22:43,210 --> 00:22:46,810 response so often, and I would venture a guess, since we are all 360 00:22:46,810 --> 00:22:49,780 human, this might be your response. Well, I've been trying, 361 00:22:50,420 --> 00:22:53,780 but it hasn't worked. Hasn't worked. 362 00:22:54,340 --> 00:22:58,020 I have been here so many times, and it hasn't worked. And 363 00:22:58,260 --> 00:23:01,700 my advice is ask again, ask 364 00:23:01,940 --> 00:23:05,740 again, Ask again. When Aaron and Caitlin 365 00:23:05,740 --> 00:23:09,500 and Matthew, when they were little, and now the grandkids, and there's a lot 366 00:23:09,500 --> 00:23:13,220 of them, you can. I 367 00:23:13,220 --> 00:23:17,010 would pick them up, or their dad would pick them up and you'd spin 368 00:23:17,010 --> 00:23:20,210 in circles. Whoa, wait. Wait a minute. Too old for that. Anyway, 369 00:23:22,210 --> 00:23:25,650 someone would spin in circles, and they would just 370 00:23:25,650 --> 00:23:29,170 fly out there, and you'd see their faces and they're so excited. 371 00:23:29,330 --> 00:23:32,690 And then you would put them down and they would do this, you know, and 372 00:23:32,690 --> 00:23:36,450 you would do that. And then they'd go, again, again, 373 00:23:37,170 --> 00:23:40,890 again. One more time, one more time, one more time. And 374 00:23:40,890 --> 00:23:44,530 you would do it again because of the look on their face. And you 375 00:23:44,530 --> 00:23:48,310 knew what it was bringing. Guys, we get a one more time with 376 00:23:48,310 --> 00:23:51,550 him. We get those moments where we can go, okay, God. 377 00:23:52,270 --> 00:23:55,990 Okay, just one more time. Just one more time. And he 378 00:23:55,990 --> 00:23:58,670 knows we don't mean it. He knows there's going to be more. But we're like, 379 00:23:58,830 --> 00:24:02,190 one more time, God. And in his love for us, 380 00:24:02,830 --> 00:24:06,110 he gives us that spin. He gives us that 381 00:24:06,110 --> 00:24:09,390 opportunity to do this again. Listen, 382 00:24:09,950 --> 00:24:13,070 even Elijah needed the angel to come back and touch him a second time. 383 00:24:14,460 --> 00:24:17,740 Even the angel. So what makes us think that we're going to get it right 384 00:24:17,740 --> 00:24:20,860 the first time? That we're going to nail this, knock it out of the park? 385 00:24:21,580 --> 00:24:25,180 If that was the case, why would we need such a gracious and merciful 386 00:24:25,180 --> 00:24:28,980 God? I mean, seriously, if y' all could do it on 387 00:24:28,980 --> 00:24:32,780 your own, why are you here? I know what 388 00:24:32,780 --> 00:24:35,980 my life looked like without him. It wasn't pretty, 389 00:24:36,700 --> 00:24:39,820 and it wasn't legal all the time, but anyway, 390 00:24:44,030 --> 00:24:46,350 I am not going to answer that one. Anyway, 391 00:24:47,790 --> 00:24:51,390 even Elijah needed a second touch. Guys, it's okay. 392 00:24:51,870 --> 00:24:55,670 God, one more time. And I believe the Lord must have 393 00:24:55,670 --> 00:24:59,470 put this next passage of Scripture in there just for me. It's only in Mark. 394 00:24:59,470 --> 00:25:03,190 It's not in any of the other Gospels. And I like to inject 395 00:25:03,190 --> 00:25:06,510 my name in there because I'm pretty sure he put it in there for now. 396 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:11,120 But I'll let you all borrow it. It's what we just read. And he took 397 00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:14,320 the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. And when 398 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,320 he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, 399 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:21,000 do you see anything? And he looked up and said, I see men, 400 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,800 but they look like trees walking. Then Jesus laid his hands on 401 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,200 his eyes again. And he opened his eyes, his sight was 402 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,800 restored, and he saw everything clearly. 403 00:25:32,450 --> 00:25:36,250 Now, look at this part right here. And he took the blind man 404 00:25:36,250 --> 00:25:38,370 by the hand, led him out of the village. 405 00:25:41,570 --> 00:25:44,450 The first touch of Jesus was not to restore his sight. 406 00:25:45,330 --> 00:25:48,690 It was to take his hand, separate him from his crowd, and lead him Out. 407 00:25:48,850 --> 00:25:52,570 The first touch is almost always in the drawing. I love 408 00:25:52,570 --> 00:25:55,330 that this was not about his friends, 409 00:25:56,530 --> 00:26:00,210 even though there's the one who took him there. This wasn't about them. This was 410 00:26:00,210 --> 00:26:03,890 not about a performance by Jesus that would show everybod 411 00:26:04,110 --> 00:26:07,230 that this man is okay. This was a taking of the hand 412 00:26:07,710 --> 00:26:11,390 leading him out of the town and getting him 413 00:26:11,390 --> 00:26:15,070 away from all of it so that he could minister to him. 414 00:26:15,470 --> 00:26:19,110 I love that God did that. Because one of the things the 415 00:26:19,110 --> 00:26:22,790 enemy uses in our life is he says, no, no, no, no, you 416 00:26:22,790 --> 00:26:26,590 can't confess that. Because what if somebody sees that? 417 00:26:27,630 --> 00:26:31,310 What if somebody knows that you've been doing this? What if 418 00:26:31,310 --> 00:26:35,150 somebody knows all of this and the enemy shuts us up When God is trying 419 00:26:35,150 --> 00:26:38,970 to get us to be trans transparent and open about what we're walking through. 420 00:26:39,290 --> 00:26:43,010 And I love that he takes him away to the crowd, away 421 00:26:43,010 --> 00:26:46,690 from the crowd. And guys, when God is drawing 422 00:26:46,690 --> 00:26:49,930 you to a quiet place, go, 423 00:26:51,130 --> 00:26:54,250 go respond to that drawing. 424 00:26:55,450 --> 00:26:58,490 The next thing I see is this. Do you see anything? And he looked up 425 00:26:58,490 --> 00:27:01,690 and he said, I see men, but they look like trees walking. 426 00:27:02,220 --> 00:27:05,460 Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again and he opened his eyes and 427 00:27:05,460 --> 00:27:08,780 his sight was restored and he saw everything clearly. 428 00:27:10,300 --> 00:27:13,980 This is a checkpoint for me, guys, because 429 00:27:14,060 --> 00:27:17,580 I can tell when I'm not doing okay spiritually, 430 00:27:18,220 --> 00:27:20,940 because I start to see mankind differently. 431 00:27:21,820 --> 00:27:25,340 I start to see the man instead of the God who created him. 432 00:27:25,820 --> 00:27:29,260 I start to see the failures and the mistakes and the 433 00:27:29,260 --> 00:27:32,140 shortfallings. And I begin to 434 00:27:32,460 --> 00:27:36,000 categorize humanity in a way and see 435 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,640 them differently than I believe God would have me see 436 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:43,360 them. It's a distorted view. And when that starts 437 00:27:43,360 --> 00:27:46,280 to happen in my life, when I start to 438 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,560 look at people and see 439 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:55,000 less than God's creation, then I have an issue. 440 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:59,240 I have an issue. They don't have an issue. They might have an issue, but 441 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,840 God's not dealing with me for their issue. He's dealing with me for my issue. 442 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,340 So we'll just leave it. I'm not gonna say that again. E. Anyway, 443 00:28:10,180 --> 00:28:13,940 God deals with us personally, you know? So when I start 444 00:28:13,940 --> 00:28:16,900 to see this in my own life, I know that it's time for me to 445 00:28:16,900 --> 00:28:20,540 do a heart check. It's time for me to ask the 446 00:28:20,540 --> 00:28:24,180 Lord to give me a love for his children the way that I'm 447 00:28:24,180 --> 00:28:26,820 supposed to. So that's a guidepost for me. 448 00:28:27,700 --> 00:28:28,980 Because here's the thing. 449 00:28:31,140 --> 00:28:34,560 Jesus didn't just heal his sight. He touched his 450 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:38,360 vision. What does that even mean? His 451 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:42,040 sight was restored and he saw 452 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,880 Everything clearly. And he could have just said his 453 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:49,280 sight was restored, right? But it says, and he saw everything 454 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:52,680 clearly. Look why he did that. Sight is physical and it's 455 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:56,440 biological. Vision is cognitive and neurological. Sight 456 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,920 allows you to see, while vision allows you to understand, 457 00:29:01,010 --> 00:29:04,450 interpret and respond to what you see. 458 00:29:05,090 --> 00:29:08,530 And we know that his vision was restored because he 459 00:29:08,530 --> 00:29:12,290 speaks to what the men were doing. He saw the men walking. He was able 460 00:29:12,290 --> 00:29:15,930 to respond and understand. Sometimes 461 00:29:15,930 --> 00:29:19,330 in my walk with the Lord, I have to ask him to 462 00:29:19,330 --> 00:29:23,170 restore my vision, restore my vision, 463 00:29:23,250 --> 00:29:27,100 God, because I know what I see. I know what I 464 00:29:27,100 --> 00:29:30,860 see, but I'm not able to interpret it the way that you would 465 00:29:30,860 --> 00:29:34,700 interpret it. I'm not able to respond the way that you would respond 466 00:29:34,860 --> 00:29:38,380 in it. So when I look at this, I just see 467 00:29:38,780 --> 00:29:42,300 that God does things differently than we do. And he gives me a 468 00:29:42,300 --> 00:29:45,900 signpost, you know, Another one he gave me was back several months ago. 469 00:29:47,180 --> 00:29:51,020 I was in this situation, and a friend asked 470 00:29:51,020 --> 00:29:54,630 me about it. I said, you know, I don't know if I have 471 00:29:54,630 --> 00:29:57,670 peace or if I've just gone numb. 472 00:29:59,990 --> 00:30:03,830 And as soon as the words left my mouth, the conviction of 473 00:30:03,830 --> 00:30:06,550 the Holy Spirit said, you know the difference? 474 00:30:07,670 --> 00:30:11,510 You know the difference. Because, see, peace will carry you through 475 00:30:11,510 --> 00:30:15,230 when nothing changes. Peace is something that even when 476 00:30:15,230 --> 00:30:18,990 the storm's raging, you can have peace. But when you go numb, you 477 00:30:18,990 --> 00:30:22,200 don't care. And that is never God's nature. 478 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:26,400 That is never his nature to start to lose your 479 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:30,080 capacity for compassion and caring. And so that's another 480 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:33,600 checkpoint for me. You know, it's okay for Pink Floyd to go comfortably 481 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,560 numb. It's not okay for me anyway. 482 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:42,520 Alrighty, then. Sometimes we just 483 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:46,160 need to be bold enough and vulnerable enough to tell the truth 484 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:49,440 and act for one more touch. 485 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:53,440 One more touch. And to ask him to give us the strength to 486 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:57,040 arise, to put strength in these legs that 487 00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:00,880 have atrophied from sitting too long and to allow us 488 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,720 to stand into that place where transformation can take place, 489 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,680 to move from complacency to the action that he has called us 490 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:12,210 to. And I got so excited because I got to thinking about the way, 491 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,640 if we have a praise team back there, will you arise? 492 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:23,240 I love them. They're so good. But here's the thing, guys. There are all 493 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,600 these invitations in the word to arise, to be 494 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:30,200 changed, to move forward. And I got to thinking, Lord, what about the 495 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:33,520 rest of the story? What about the rest of the story? And you know what 496 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,960 else is in there? You know what else is in there? 497 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:40,610 Joshua arose. Deborah 498 00:31:41,250 --> 00:31:45,010 arose. Gideon arose. 499 00:31:45,890 --> 00:31:49,410 Samson Arose Ruth 500 00:31:50,290 --> 00:31:54,129 arose. Samuel. Arose David. Arose 501 00:31:54,130 --> 00:31:57,890 Jonathan, Abigail, Nehemiah, the elders, the 502 00:31:57,890 --> 00:31:59,810 Levites, Ezra, Job, 503 00:32:01,890 --> 00:32:04,980 Mary, Peter, Jesus. 504 00:32:06,420 --> 00:32:10,140 At the call, they arose and they did what they were 505 00:32:10,140 --> 00:32:13,700 called to do. And they were victorious in the things that they were 506 00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:17,300 called to do. And see, you can look at that and go, yeah, but that's 507 00:32:17,300 --> 00:32:20,740 Joshua and Gideon and Samson and 508 00:32:21,060 --> 00:32:24,740 Ruth. But what if it's Justin? 509 00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:28,820 What if it's Jessica? What if it's April? 510 00:32:29,930 --> 00:32:33,610 What if it's Mary Sue? What if God is calling Rich 511 00:32:34,010 --> 00:32:37,770 to arise? And then one day down the road, they're going, 512 00:32:38,170 --> 00:32:41,850 and he arose, and she arose, and 513 00:32:41,850 --> 00:32:45,210 she did this, and he did this, and dawn 514 00:32:45,210 --> 00:32:48,730 arose, and all of those. Because, see, the 515 00:32:48,730 --> 00:32:52,570 calling of God is not limited to these pages. The miracles 516 00:32:52,570 --> 00:32:56,380 of God are not all written yet. All of the things that he has 517 00:32:56,380 --> 00:33:00,060 ordained for you in this life. See, he is the author and the 518 00:33:00,060 --> 00:33:03,460 finisher. He's still writing your story. 519 00:33:05,700 --> 00:33:09,540 He will finish it. And you don't know what's on those 520 00:33:09,540 --> 00:33:12,500 pages yet. And you might not know 521 00:33:14,100 --> 00:33:17,900 unless you arise, unless you hear 522 00:33:17,900 --> 00:33:20,760 that call. Allow him to draw you 523 00:33:21,870 --> 00:33:25,310 and turn your Arise into a rose. 524 00:33:25,710 --> 00:33:29,350 Amen. So will you rise, and let's worship for a 525 00:33:29,350 --> 00:33:33,110 second. God is so good and he 526 00:33:33,110 --> 00:33:36,550 is so faithful. And here's. Here's what I believe is in my 527 00:33:36,550 --> 00:33:40,390 spirit this morning. If you know that God has 528 00:33:40,390 --> 00:33:43,950 been calling you, if you know that you have been sitting back 529 00:33:44,430 --> 00:33:48,090 and you have been waiting on that. That's it. That's 530 00:33:48,090 --> 00:33:51,770 it now. Now I'll go. You have the 531 00:33:51,770 --> 00:33:55,490 opportunity this morning to respond. Because arise is 532 00:33:55,490 --> 00:33:59,130 a response. Remember to respond and 533 00:33:59,130 --> 00:34:02,889 to allow God to move you forward on this journey 534 00:34:02,889 --> 00:34:06,210 and the calling. So if I could have some prayer warriors, I would appreciate that. 535 00:34:06,850 --> 00:34:10,690 But here's the thing. You might be one of those who just 536 00:34:10,850 --> 00:34:14,669 needs the Holy Spirit, just needs Jesus to take your hand for a 537 00:34:14,669 --> 00:34:18,069 few minutes and draw you to the side, and that's okay, too. 538 00:34:18,469 --> 00:34:22,229 But take a moment and allow the Lord to do in your 539 00:34:22,229 --> 00:34:25,349 life what he's called you to do. To step 540 00:34:26,069 --> 00:34:29,509 to the side of the boat to hear the invitation 541 00:34:30,069 --> 00:34:33,909 and make the decision of obedience. Father God, I thank you 542 00:34:33,989 --> 00:34:37,589 for your word and your truth. And I thank you for the opportunity 543 00:34:37,589 --> 00:34:41,040 that you are offering us today to move 544 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:45,200 from death to life. To move from complacency, Father, 545 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:49,000 into action. In your word, Father, thank you that your gift 546 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:52,840 and call are irrevocable. You have not changed your mind, Father. I 547 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:56,640 pray you help us to align with that this morning. In Jesus name. 548 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,120 Jesus name. Come if you need prayer.