1 00:00:02,580 --> 00:00:09,280 Huh, it's Sunday, we're celebrating today. 2 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:10,880 Are we celebrating Jesus today? 3 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:12,560 Yes, come on. 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,900 God is so good, man, and I am so grateful 5 00:00:16,900 --> 00:00:17,740 for you being here. 6 00:00:17,740 --> 00:00:18,880 If you're joining us on Life Stream, 7 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:20,900 thank you for being with us today. 8 00:00:20,900 --> 00:00:23,200 Man, it has been a good and a rich conference. 9 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:24,420 Anybody agree with me? 10 00:00:24,420 --> 00:00:26,600 It has been fabulous. 11 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:28,000 And I'm just so grateful for it. 12 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,040 And as we get started today, 13 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,720 and we're gonna ride today, okay, are you ready? 14 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:37,180 But before we do, man, I just, I wanna say thank you. 15 00:00:37,180 --> 00:00:38,900 And I'm probably gonna get myself 16 00:00:38,900 --> 00:00:40,300 into some sort of trouble here, 17 00:00:40,300 --> 00:00:42,720 'cause when you start listing names, 18 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:44,160 somebody inevitably gets missed. 19 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:46,400 But man, I wanna thank the staff of the church, 20 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,880 has been working tirelessly over the last few months, 21 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:51,980 really trying to put everything together. 22 00:00:51,980 --> 00:00:54,960 The worship media and loft team, my goodness, guys, 23 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:56,200 you guys are just, 24 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,000 and I mean, they led six sessions of worship, 25 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,480 including the business collective. 26 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,000 David Warren and F-Stop, guys, 27 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,040 you're capturing all of the photos for us and everything. 28 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:07,320 Yeah. 29 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:10,000 Sue, Keith, Angie, the food every night, 30 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,040 my goodness, cooking for us and preparing our meals. 31 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,060 Jonathan Beatty and Mary Merriweather, 32 00:01:15,060 --> 00:01:16,440 just taking behind the scenes, 33 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:18,600 setting things up, tearing it down. 34 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:20,280 Katie and April, Katie, 35 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,500 you guys have been like just our front people. 36 00:01:22,500 --> 00:01:25,560 Thank you so much for getting everything organized. 37 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:29,220 And in particular, not to separate, 38 00:01:29,220 --> 00:01:32,520 but I am gonna separate these from the rest. 39 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,780 I have a special place in my heart for those who say, 40 00:01:35,780 --> 00:01:38,320 I'm going to go and I'm gonna serve at that conference, 41 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:40,780 and I'm not gonna have the opportunity to participate 42 00:01:40,780 --> 00:01:42,440 in the main sessions at all. 43 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:46,400 Sherry O'Dea, Doug and Jody Jones, Zach and Taylor Anderson, 44 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,320 thank you for loving on our kids. 45 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,180 Thank you for the program that you provided 46 00:01:50,180 --> 00:01:52,000 for the teens and the kids. 47 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,420 And I just wanna show you a little bit, 48 00:01:53,420 --> 00:01:55,440 since you guys didn't get to see what they were doing, 49 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,200 'cause they didn't just go back there and hang out, 50 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:58,160 they had a great time. 51 00:01:58,160 --> 00:01:59,440 Let's watch what they did. 52 00:02:03,020 --> 00:02:10,080 Can we just, yeah, show love for our children's ministry, 53 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,040 middle school ministry, guys, thank you. 54 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,120 Thank you so much for your dedication 55 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:16,680 and love for our kids. 56 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,520 Man, it's a good day, not because of any other reason, 57 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,680 but because Jesus Christ is on the throne. 58 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,180 He's on the throne and he rules and he reigns in our lives. 59 00:02:25,180 --> 00:02:26,020 Would you stand with me? 60 00:02:26,020 --> 00:02:27,360 We're gonna read from the word of God. 61 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:29,040 And somebody said this morning, 62 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:30,140 I already don't remember who it was, 63 00:02:30,140 --> 00:02:31,520 how they loved the message version. 64 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:32,360 Well, guess what? 65 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:33,880 We're going to the message version this morning 66 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:34,920 of the Bible. 67 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:39,720 So the big word is gusto, so let's hear it folks, here we go. 68 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:44,640 I'm asking God for one thing, only one thing, 69 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:49,240 to live with him in his house my whole life long. 70 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:54,240 I'll contemplate his beauty, I'll study at his feet. 71 00:02:55,020 --> 00:03:00,020 That's the only quiet, secure place in a noisy world, 72 00:03:00,020 --> 00:03:04,600 the perfect getaway far from the buzz of traffic. 73 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:08,120 God holds me head and shoulders above all 74 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,240 who try to pull me down. 75 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,680 I'm headed for his place to offer anthems 76 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:15,720 that will raise the roof. 77 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,800 Already I'm singing God's songs. 78 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:20,880 I'm making music to God. 79 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,120 And from Colossians, we look at this sun 80 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,560 and we see God who cannot be seen. 81 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,540 We look at this sun and see God's original purpose 82 00:03:31,540 --> 00:03:34,860 and everything created for everything, 83 00:03:34,860 --> 00:03:38,840 absolutely everything above and below, 84 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:43,840 visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels. 85 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:49,500 Everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. 86 00:03:49,500 --> 00:03:53,720 He was there before any of it came into existence 87 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:57,600 and holds it all together right up to this moment. 88 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,160 Father, thank you for your word. 89 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,400 Thank you that it brings life, bring life to us today 90 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,200 in Jesus' name, amen. 91 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:04,800 You may be seated. 92 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,000 Guys, the central theme for our conference 93 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,200 has been one thing. 94 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,320 And if there's anything I can tell you 95 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,560 that there has been a profound illumination 96 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,240 that that one thing is not you. 97 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,220 That one thing is not you. 98 00:04:20,220 --> 00:04:22,640 Jesus is the one thing. 99 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:23,480 Let's say that. 100 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:25,920 Jesus is the one thing. 101 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,640 Pastor Barbie asked the question, who are we called to? 102 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:30,620 Jesus. 103 00:04:30,620 --> 00:04:32,920 Justin, who do we believe in? 104 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:34,000 Jesus. 105 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,720 Tim, who do we need to take a step toward? 106 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:37,540 Jesus. 107 00:04:37,540 --> 00:04:39,000 James, who do we see? 108 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,320 Who do we get when we let go of our sin? 109 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:42,400 It's Jesus. 110 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:44,620 Jesus is the one thing. 111 00:04:44,620 --> 00:04:46,940 And yes, though it sounds so cliche 112 00:04:46,940 --> 00:04:49,220 because it's put in songs and it's advertised 113 00:04:49,220 --> 00:04:51,720 or whatever it is, put on t-shirts, bracelets, 114 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,840 Jesus is the answer for the world today. 115 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:57,040 And he's the answer for your life. 116 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,680 He's the answer for your situations. 117 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:03,960 He is the remedy, the solution, the focus, the fix, 118 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:08,360 the key, the explanation, the result, the cure, the plan, 119 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:10,640 the strategy, the breakthrough, the relief. 120 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:12,560 He is the way. 121 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:13,720 Jesus is the way. 122 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:15,720 So today briefly, just briefly, 123 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,960 I wanna look at some indicators. 124 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,440 Now I want you to notice that I did not use the word fruit. 125 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:22,400 Will you say indicator? 126 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:27,400 Fruit is what comes out of what we've sown, okay? 127 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,600 Fruit is for other people. 128 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,840 When I say love, joy, patience, peace, 129 00:05:32,840 --> 00:05:35,380 you all experience that out of my life 130 00:05:35,380 --> 00:05:36,440 based on what I've sown. 131 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:37,980 I wanna look at the indicators. 132 00:05:37,980 --> 00:05:42,260 What's the checklist in your life that you can say, 133 00:05:42,260 --> 00:05:47,260 I'm truly allowing Jesus to be the one thing. 134 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,680 I wanna look at some indicators today. 135 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,200 And this is certainly not an exhaustive list. 136 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,000 I'm sure there are more things, 137 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:59,120 but these three things I believe are real clue 138 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:02,080 and real things we can lean into to know, 139 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,600 is he really the one thing? 140 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:08,560 The first thing I wanna look at is hunger for the word. 141 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:12,680 Hunger for the word of God. 142 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,680 Every person who talked about the one thing 143 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,880 from this platform this weekend came from the word of God, 144 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,440 came from the truth of God's word. 145 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,600 Let's look at what John says in chapter one. 146 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:30,600 In the beginning was the word and the word was with God 147 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,820 and the word was God. 148 00:06:33,820 --> 00:06:35,100 What's the next word? 149 00:06:35,100 --> 00:06:36,880 Say it again. 150 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:40,200 He was with God. 151 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:44,760 Now, if he is right after before word was God, 152 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,880 that tells me Jesus is the word of God. 153 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:49,120 Are you with me? 154 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:53,280 So when we say Jesus is the one thing, his word is the one. 155 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:57,200 Guys, we learn about the Lord from his word. 156 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,320 He was with God in the beginning. 157 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:01,320 Through him, all things were made. 158 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:04,760 Without him, nothing was made that has been made. 159 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:09,080 Jesus told them, I am the bread of life. 160 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,120 He who comes to me will not hunger. 161 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,580 He who believes in me will never thirst. 162 00:07:14,780 --> 00:07:16,300 Can I ask you a question? 163 00:07:16,300 --> 00:07:20,380 Do you have a hunger for the word of God? 164 00:07:20,380 --> 00:07:22,780 Over in Matthew, Jesus says, 165 00:07:22,780 --> 00:07:26,600 man shall not live on bread alone, but by what? 166 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,740 Every word that comes from the mouth of God. 167 00:07:29,740 --> 00:07:32,300 Are you hungry this morning? 168 00:07:32,300 --> 00:07:33,660 Yes, pastor, it's lunchtime. 169 00:07:33,660 --> 00:07:38,580 No, are you hungry for more of Jesus? 170 00:07:38,580 --> 00:07:40,980 Are you settling for an appetizer 171 00:07:40,980 --> 00:07:42,940 when he has a feast available for you? 172 00:07:42,940 --> 00:07:44,980 Yes, yes, yes. 173 00:07:44,980 --> 00:07:46,940 If Jesus is the one thing, 174 00:07:46,940 --> 00:07:49,580 you will naturally hunger for more of him. 175 00:07:49,580 --> 00:07:51,420 You begin to crave more of him. 176 00:07:51,420 --> 00:07:52,940 When was the last time 177 00:07:52,940 --> 00:07:56,020 that you could not get enough of Jesus? 178 00:07:56,020 --> 00:08:00,220 When was the last time you were just craving his presence, 179 00:08:00,220 --> 00:08:03,400 craving to know more about him? 180 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,620 Or is he just an ancillary figure 181 00:08:06,620 --> 00:08:08,780 that you wear on your t-shirt and on your wrist 182 00:08:08,780 --> 00:08:12,600 that you just come and you entertain once a week? 183 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:16,400 Is Jesus the one thing? 184 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,600 Are you hungry for him? 185 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,720 See, we have a tendency to compartmentalize 186 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:24,640 our relationship with Jesus. 187 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:27,040 I'm going to my Jesus box, 188 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:28,680 and there I'm gonna talk about him, 189 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:30,880 I'm gonna talk to him, I'm gonna hear from him, 190 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,140 I'm gonna learn about him, I'm gonna grow in him. 191 00:08:33,140 --> 00:08:37,960 But then I'm going to, I'm on my couch watching TV box. 192 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,580 And then I'm going out to the restaurant box. 193 00:08:40,580 --> 00:08:43,500 I'm going to my work and my place of employment box. 194 00:08:43,500 --> 00:08:45,840 I'm going to golf box, okay? 195 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,540 And all of a sudden, it's like Jesus gets compartmentalized. 196 00:08:49,540 --> 00:08:53,580 But if Jesus is the one thing, he shows up in everything. 197 00:08:53,580 --> 00:08:59,000 If Jesus is the one thing, 198 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,180 he's infused in everything overtly. 199 00:09:01,180 --> 00:09:02,960 Man, when I'm with that person, 200 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,660 all they talk about is Jesus. 201 00:09:05,660 --> 00:09:07,760 Well, good. 202 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,800 Good, that's the person you need to be hanging out with. 203 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:15,880 You know, I don't get invited to some parties. 204 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:20,660 Yeah, I don't get invited to some people's gatherings, 205 00:09:20,660 --> 00:09:21,620 and you know why? 206 00:09:21,620 --> 00:09:23,740 It's because they don't want me to hear the things 207 00:09:23,740 --> 00:09:26,340 that they're talking about and doing in those parties. 208 00:09:26,340 --> 00:09:30,680 Can I tell you, I'm absolutely nobody. 209 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:32,220 I'm nothing. 210 00:09:32,220 --> 00:09:35,080 Do you know that Jesus is at that party with you? 211 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,120 Do you know that the God of the universe 212 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,380 sees and knows everything? 213 00:09:40,380 --> 00:09:43,340 If you fear me, you need to get your heart in check 214 00:09:43,340 --> 00:09:45,140 because there's someone much greater 215 00:09:45,140 --> 00:09:47,380 that you need to fear when you're doing those parties 216 00:09:47,380 --> 00:09:48,880 and having those conversations. 217 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:52,380 (congregation applauding) 218 00:09:52,380 --> 00:09:57,100 You're hungry, but you're just feasting on the world 219 00:09:57,100 --> 00:09:58,700 instead of feasting on the Word. 220 00:09:58,700 --> 00:10:03,700 You can't have Jesus as the one thing present with you 221 00:10:03,700 --> 00:10:06,940 and engage in gossip and slander and putting others down. 222 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:11,320 After all, how we treat each other is an indicator 223 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,860 of how holy we believe He really is. 224 00:10:13,860 --> 00:10:17,660 His Word tells us how we should live our lives. 225 00:10:17,660 --> 00:10:22,120 Psalm 119 says this, "Your word is a lamp unto my feet 226 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,500 "and a light to my path." 227 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:28,160 He shows us how to live and what to say. 228 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,460 Psalm 16 says, "The boundaries of my life have," what? 229 00:10:31,460 --> 00:10:34,860 "Fallen in bad, horrible, destructive places." 230 00:10:34,860 --> 00:10:39,860 No, the boundaries of my life have fallen in pleasant places. 231 00:10:39,860 --> 00:10:44,100 Pleasant places, He wants us to reside in pleasant places. 232 00:10:44,100 --> 00:10:45,940 His Word satisfies. 233 00:10:45,940 --> 00:10:47,700 Guys, sometimes at school, 234 00:10:47,700 --> 00:10:49,560 at the school that Sherri and I run, 235 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:52,420 I will have kids and they will have birthdays 236 00:10:52,420 --> 00:10:54,660 and they will come up to me and they will run, 237 00:10:54,660 --> 00:10:56,540 Mr. O'Dea, Mr. O'Dea, 238 00:10:56,540 --> 00:11:00,260 and they will have in their hand a cupcake. 239 00:11:00,260 --> 00:11:01,460 And then with that cupcake, 240 00:11:01,460 --> 00:11:03,660 they will have their two little booger-eating fingers 241 00:11:03,660 --> 00:11:05,940 smashed right into that cupcake 242 00:11:05,940 --> 00:11:08,540 and they will hand that sucker to me and say, 243 00:11:08,540 --> 00:11:10,660 "Do you want a cupcake?" 244 00:11:10,660 --> 00:11:14,460 Give me that cupcake, sweetheart. 245 00:11:14,460 --> 00:11:19,300 I promise you, I do not eat the cupcakes that the kids give me 246 00:11:19,300 --> 00:11:25,420 because it won't satisfy on a multitude of levels. 247 00:11:25,420 --> 00:11:27,620 It will not satisfy me 248 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:29,780 because I do believe there are some extra ingredients 249 00:11:29,780 --> 00:11:33,360 when kids give you stuff into the mix that I'm not to, 250 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:34,620 but here's the thing. 251 00:11:34,620 --> 00:11:37,460 Have you ever gone somewhere 252 00:11:37,460 --> 00:11:39,500 and there's a spread of food offered, 253 00:11:39,500 --> 00:11:42,180 like legitimately a spread of food you could eat, 254 00:11:42,180 --> 00:11:44,100 but you go and you go, "I'm gonna refrain. 255 00:11:44,100 --> 00:11:47,120 "I'm not really interested in eating that." 256 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:48,420 What you're really saying is, 257 00:11:48,420 --> 00:11:52,940 "If I partake in this, it's not going to satisfy me." 258 00:11:52,940 --> 00:11:55,980 God's Word satisfies. 259 00:11:55,980 --> 00:11:59,240 God's Word satisfies. 260 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:00,640 What are you doing with God's Word? 261 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:02,320 If your relationship with the Word, 262 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:03,940 listen to this, friends. 263 00:12:03,940 --> 00:12:05,980 If your relationship with the Word 264 00:12:05,980 --> 00:12:10,380 is reduced to hearing me preach on Sunday morning, 265 00:12:10,380 --> 00:12:12,320 let me say this to you. 266 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:15,040 Stop eating my lousy breadcrumbs 267 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,660 and get at the table for your main course. 268 00:12:18,660 --> 00:12:22,140 He has a feast for you in His Word. 269 00:12:22,140 --> 00:12:24,920 You cannot sustain your life off of little breadcrumbs 270 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:26,800 that are thrown from somebody else. 271 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:30,200 The Word of God, are you hungry for it? 272 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,240 Number two indicator. 273 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:34,720 Do you have tears for the lost? 274 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:41,440 Do you legitimately have tears and a heart and compassion 275 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:45,340 for the people out there who have not understood or know 276 00:12:45,340 --> 00:12:49,720 or have learned about this great, glorious, extraordinary God 277 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:51,420 that you've encountered? 278 00:12:51,420 --> 00:12:54,740 It's like God radically transformed my life, 279 00:12:54,740 --> 00:12:57,340 and I don't want anybody to know about it. 280 00:12:57,340 --> 00:13:01,020 God radically changed my life. 281 00:13:01,020 --> 00:13:03,280 They're heading to death and destruction. 282 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:08,280 I got a secret, I got a secret I'm not gonna share. 283 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:09,140 Why? 284 00:13:09,140 --> 00:13:12,980 Why? 285 00:13:12,980 --> 00:13:14,680 Going back to Justin's message, 286 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:17,060 do you believe what you say you believe? 287 00:13:17,060 --> 00:13:18,900 Because there's coming a day the Word says 288 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:20,360 that He's gonna split the sky. 289 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,860 And if you believe what you say you believe, 290 00:13:23,860 --> 00:13:25,660 and Jesus is the one thing, 291 00:13:25,660 --> 00:13:28,700 your heart should be broken on a daily basis 292 00:13:28,700 --> 00:13:31,580 because you are passing people every day. 293 00:13:31,580 --> 00:13:34,740 It's the reason why He hasn't split the sky yet. 294 00:13:34,740 --> 00:13:36,180 The reason He's not split the sky, 295 00:13:36,180 --> 00:13:38,220 there is still someone out there 296 00:13:38,220 --> 00:13:40,380 who needs to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ 297 00:13:40,380 --> 00:13:42,780 and to render their life to Him. 298 00:13:42,780 --> 00:13:45,320 And you have been given the tools, 299 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:47,740 you have been given everything you need 300 00:13:47,740 --> 00:13:53,820 to convey the gospel, the love, the heart of Jesus Christ. 301 00:13:53,820 --> 00:13:54,640 What are you doing with it? 302 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:57,060 Do you have tears for the lost? 303 00:13:57,060 --> 00:13:58,620 Let's look at a couple of passages of Scripture. 304 00:13:58,620 --> 00:14:02,500 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. 305 00:14:02,500 --> 00:14:03,860 He came to do two things. 306 00:14:03,860 --> 00:14:08,260 He didn't just come to save them, He came to seek them. 307 00:14:08,260 --> 00:14:10,700 And if I, if Jesus is the one thing, 308 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:11,940 and I wanna be like Jesus, 309 00:14:11,940 --> 00:14:15,300 I should be also proactively seeking out those 310 00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:18,080 who need to know this radical gift of redemption. 311 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:23,220 Jesus, He's on a donkey heading into 312 00:14:23,220 --> 00:14:24,580 what's going to be His death. 313 00:14:24,580 --> 00:14:25,540 And He says, it says, 314 00:14:25,540 --> 00:14:27,820 "As He approached Jerusalem and saw the city, 315 00:14:27,820 --> 00:14:30,660 He wept over it." 316 00:14:30,660 --> 00:14:32,660 See, Jesus wept over Lazarus, 317 00:14:32,660 --> 00:14:34,580 wasn't the only time He cried. 318 00:14:34,580 --> 00:14:37,040 Says, He wept over it and said, 319 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:42,040 "If you had known on this day what would bring you peace, 320 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,860 but now it's hidden from your eyes, 321 00:14:44,860 --> 00:14:50,660 why would we withhold life giving information, 322 00:14:50,660 --> 00:14:53,740 life giving truth to a dying world? 323 00:14:53,740 --> 00:14:55,660 Why would we be ashamed?" 324 00:14:55,660 --> 00:14:58,260 You know, I believe the word says, Jesus says, 325 00:14:58,260 --> 00:15:02,020 "If you acknowledge me before God, I will acknowledge you." 326 00:15:02,020 --> 00:15:04,000 I'm sorry, "If you acknowledge me Jesus before man, 327 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,220 I will acknowledge you before my Father." 328 00:15:06,220 --> 00:15:10,040 Are you ashamed of Jesus? 329 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:14,720 He's the one thing in my prayer closet. 330 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:18,940 He's the one thing when I'm around my friends 331 00:15:18,940 --> 00:15:20,780 who talk about Jesus. 332 00:15:20,780 --> 00:15:24,900 No, is He the one thing and do you have tears for the lost? 333 00:15:24,900 --> 00:15:27,380 Suppose one of you, we know this story. 334 00:15:27,380 --> 00:15:30,100 This is the heart of Christ right here. 335 00:15:30,100 --> 00:15:32,860 Suppose one of you has 100 sheep and loses one of them. 336 00:15:32,860 --> 00:15:35,700 Doesn't He leave the 99 in the open country 337 00:15:35,700 --> 00:15:38,460 and go after the lost sheep until He finds it? 338 00:15:38,460 --> 00:15:40,980 And when He finds it, He joyfully puts it on His shoulder, 339 00:15:40,980 --> 00:15:43,060 goes home, then He calls His friends. 340 00:15:43,060 --> 00:15:45,500 Listen to this, He calls His friends and neighbors together 341 00:15:45,500 --> 00:15:49,700 and says, "Rejoice with me, I have found my lost sheep." 342 00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:51,440 I tell you that in the same way, 343 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,540 there will be more rejoicing. 344 00:15:53,540 --> 00:15:56,940 Say that, more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner 345 00:15:56,940 --> 00:15:59,580 who repents than over 99 righteous persons 346 00:15:59,580 --> 00:16:01,500 who do not need to repent. 347 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:03,900 Not only are we to have tears for the lost, 348 00:16:03,900 --> 00:16:05,740 but we should be rejoicing. 349 00:16:05,740 --> 00:16:09,120 We should be rejoicing and celebrating when one comes home. 350 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:13,100 When one receives salvation. 351 00:16:13,100 --> 00:16:18,360 There are people around us who need to hear the message 352 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,500 of the gospel. 353 00:16:20,500 --> 00:16:23,580 If Jesus is the one thing, then we grieve 354 00:16:23,580 --> 00:16:26,980 when we see people who are without hope. 355 00:16:26,980 --> 00:16:31,980 We have the answer, you have the answer. 356 00:16:31,980 --> 00:16:34,140 There is a difference, listen please, 357 00:16:34,140 --> 00:16:39,100 there is a difference between Jesus being the one thing 358 00:16:39,100 --> 00:16:41,860 and Jesus being our one thing. 359 00:16:41,860 --> 00:16:48,100 Both can coexist, but if He is only our one thing, 360 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:50,540 then we revel only in what He's done for us 361 00:16:50,540 --> 00:16:54,620 and we can forget that He wants to do the same for others. 362 00:16:54,620 --> 00:16:59,620 John 14, six, Jesus doesn't say, "I am a way, 363 00:16:59,620 --> 00:17:02,420 "I am your way." 364 00:17:02,420 --> 00:17:07,420 He says, "I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life." 365 00:17:07,420 --> 00:17:10,900 That's why we don't have to question what the word says. 366 00:17:10,900 --> 00:17:16,660 Because of that little article, the, it means it's true. 367 00:17:16,660 --> 00:17:18,600 I mean, you got a question about what is a sin 368 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,400 and not a sin, go to the word, it's clear. 369 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,220 The word, He is the way, the truth, 370 00:17:24,220 --> 00:17:25,700 Jesus isn't dancing around. 371 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:28,020 Listen, Jesus did not die on a cross, 372 00:17:28,020 --> 00:17:30,900 brutally die on a cross, so that we could dance around 373 00:17:30,900 --> 00:17:33,860 the topic of sin and be separated from a God 374 00:17:33,860 --> 00:17:34,860 who breathes stars. 375 00:17:34,860 --> 00:17:37,060 No, He died on the cross for the sins 376 00:17:37,060 --> 00:17:38,740 so that we could be liberated, 377 00:17:38,740 --> 00:17:40,420 so that we could liberate it from our sins, 378 00:17:40,420 --> 00:17:44,040 so we can let it go and cling to Him. 379 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:47,220 Do you have tears for the lost? 380 00:17:47,220 --> 00:17:49,900 Do you have tears for those who are headed 381 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:54,040 to an eternity separated from the star breather? 382 00:17:54,040 --> 00:18:00,300 God, I'm so glad I'm here in your presence, I made it. 383 00:18:00,300 --> 00:18:02,040 Why didn't you tell them about me? 384 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:07,160 I gave you all the opportunities, 385 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:10,320 put you right in front of people, were you ashamed? 386 00:18:13,180 --> 00:18:17,160 Do we have tears for the lost? 387 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:22,160 An indicator on whether or not Jesus is the one thing. 388 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:33,340 Lastly, an indicator of whether Jesus is the one thing 389 00:18:33,340 --> 00:18:37,920 is that we have testimonies to share. 390 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,900 God Almighty is working in our lives, 391 00:18:41,900 --> 00:18:45,680 all of the time, all of the time. 392 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,060 There's an old Fred Hammond to me, he says this, 393 00:18:48,060 --> 00:18:50,540 he says, "If you don't have a reason to praise Him, 394 00:18:50,540 --> 00:18:52,220 "let me give you one." 395 00:18:52,220 --> 00:18:55,180 Are you breathing this morning? 396 00:18:55,180 --> 00:18:57,120 Did He wake you up this morning? 397 00:18:57,120 --> 00:19:00,020 Are you sitting next to somebody you care about this morning? 398 00:19:00,020 --> 00:19:01,860 If the answer's no, you need to work that out later, 399 00:19:01,860 --> 00:19:03,020 we'll have an ultra service. 400 00:19:03,020 --> 00:19:08,020 No, seriously, listen, there's tons of reasons to praise Him. 401 00:19:08,020 --> 00:19:11,100 He's given us everything, every reason to praise Him, 402 00:19:11,100 --> 00:19:14,780 and if it wasn't enough, He brought us from death to life, 403 00:19:14,780 --> 00:19:16,260 and that is reason enough. 404 00:19:16,260 --> 00:19:17,800 Let me tell you something. 405 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:22,260 If my child, if my child was in a situation 406 00:19:22,260 --> 00:19:23,860 where they were headed toward death, 407 00:19:23,860 --> 00:19:26,460 and somebody came along and saved their life, 408 00:19:26,460 --> 00:19:28,180 that is a matter to rejoice, 409 00:19:28,180 --> 00:19:30,620 and I rejoice for the rest of my life. 410 00:19:30,620 --> 00:19:33,180 What is it that we bring in here 411 00:19:33,180 --> 00:19:36,380 with our little petty problems, our little petty things, 412 00:19:36,380 --> 00:19:38,740 and forget about the star-breathing God 413 00:19:38,740 --> 00:19:41,560 who has created you and given you a purpose and a plan 414 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,460 for your life and says, "I wanna be with you." 415 00:19:44,460 --> 00:19:46,380 You have a test, every single person, 416 00:19:46,380 --> 00:19:47,820 you have a story in this room. 417 00:19:47,820 --> 00:19:50,060 You have a story of God's faithfulness in this room. 418 00:19:50,060 --> 00:19:53,820 He is so good, He is so kind to us, 419 00:19:53,820 --> 00:19:56,260 even when it doesn't feel like it. 420 00:19:56,260 --> 00:19:58,360 Our feelings, James said it earlier, 421 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:01,400 our feelings are fickle, they change. 422 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,540 Guess what, I've been angry with God before. 423 00:20:03,540 --> 00:20:06,260 I've been upset with God before. 424 00:20:06,260 --> 00:20:08,140 Doesn't change one thing about who He is 425 00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:09,320 or who He says He is. 426 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:12,360 But guess what He graces me in, He says, 427 00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:16,060 "Come to me angry, come to me sad, come to me upset, 428 00:20:16,060 --> 00:20:18,940 "come to me screaming, just come to me, 429 00:20:18,940 --> 00:20:20,780 "because when you get in my presence, 430 00:20:20,780 --> 00:20:24,080 "I'll change everything, I'll change everything." 431 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:28,140 Guys, do we have testimonies to, 432 00:20:28,140 --> 00:20:30,260 that's not even a question, you have a testimony, 433 00:20:30,260 --> 00:20:33,260 the question is, are you sharing your testimony? 434 00:20:33,260 --> 00:20:36,240 Are you sharing the story of your life, 435 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:38,220 the story God has given to you, 436 00:20:38,220 --> 00:20:40,540 not the story that you have given to yourself, 437 00:20:40,540 --> 00:20:42,060 but the story that He's given to you. 438 00:20:42,060 --> 00:20:44,500 If Jesus is the one thing, then you can't help 439 00:20:44,500 --> 00:20:46,500 but tell everyone about Him. 440 00:20:46,500 --> 00:20:50,060 The Word tells us we overcome by two things. 441 00:20:50,060 --> 00:20:50,940 What are the two things? 442 00:20:50,940 --> 00:20:53,140 The blood of the Lamb and what? 443 00:20:53,140 --> 00:20:53,980 The Word. 444 00:20:53,980 --> 00:20:55,540 Word of our testimony. 445 00:20:55,540 --> 00:20:59,100 Am I staring at a bunch of overcomers? 446 00:20:59,100 --> 00:21:01,320 I asked the question, 447 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,100 am I staring at a bunch of overcomers? 448 00:21:04,100 --> 00:21:08,060 The Word says we overcome by the blood of the Lamb. 449 00:21:08,060 --> 00:21:09,880 We didn't have anything to do with that. 450 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:13,320 Jesus, Jesus, He said, here's the gift. 451 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:18,320 You say, okay, but the Word of our testimony, 452 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,980 the Word of where He worked in my life, 453 00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:23,120 the Word, the Word where James said earlier, 454 00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:25,740 He liberated me from smoking marijuana, 455 00:21:25,740 --> 00:21:27,560 where He liberated me from the jail cell, 456 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,820 where He liberated all of these things, 457 00:21:29,820 --> 00:21:32,440 He has liberated you, you have a testimony, 458 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,720 you have a story to share. 459 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:37,300 And that is how you overcome. 460 00:21:37,300 --> 00:21:38,120 And guess what? 461 00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:40,100 There's somebody out there who also needs to overcome 462 00:21:40,100 --> 00:21:42,280 and they need to hear your story. 463 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,920 Point them to the blood, share your story. 464 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,440 Point them to the blood, share your story. 465 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,560 When someone is in front and center of your life, 466 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:52,480 you can't help but celebrate them. 467 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,520 Now, I remember when I shot a buck for the first time. 468 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,140 That was a moment, okay? 469 00:21:57,140 --> 00:21:59,300 Now, I'm sorry, some of you are upset that I shot a buck. 470 00:21:59,300 --> 00:22:00,140 I get it, okay? 471 00:22:01,100 --> 00:22:05,180 Walked into the church that Sunday, this one down here, 472 00:22:05,180 --> 00:22:08,120 I ran into him no fewer than three times telling the story. 473 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:11,620 Now, do you know there were lots of people that day 474 00:22:11,620 --> 00:22:13,640 that probably shot bucks in Tennessee? 475 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:18,160 But he was telling the story because it was me. 476 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:23,260 We were in relationship, right? 477 00:22:23,260 --> 00:22:25,420 When you're in relationship with your king, 478 00:22:25,420 --> 00:22:30,420 you can't help but get excited about what has happened, 479 00:22:30,420 --> 00:22:32,620 what he's doing, where he's going, 480 00:22:32,620 --> 00:22:35,880 and you just want to share it over and over. 481 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,620 But I've already told that story, share it again. 482 00:22:38,620 --> 00:22:40,840 I've already told it, share it again. 483 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,280 The fish got this big this time, it was this big. 484 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:44,120 (congregation laughing) 485 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:48,440 Right, okay, now, you can't out share the testimony 486 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:50,080 and the goodness of God. 487 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,000 I mean, he is just that good. 488 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,200 But you don't have a story to share 489 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,560 if you're not spending time with him, 490 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:01,920 if you're not paying attention to what he is doing. 491 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,280 Guys, I'm just fixated on my problem, 492 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:05,640 I'm fixated on that person, 493 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,060 I'm fixated on that silly thing, 494 00:23:08,060 --> 00:23:11,120 I'm fixated on my mind and my process and my insecurity, 495 00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:14,100 I'm fixated on that and God is moving all around it, 496 00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:16,140 all around, just moving and moving and moving. 497 00:23:16,140 --> 00:23:17,440 And you're saying, "God, where are you? 498 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:18,520 "God, where are you? 499 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:19,360 "I'm here." 500 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:20,460 Come back next Sunday, 501 00:23:20,460 --> 00:23:22,000 next Sunday is gonna be a great Sunday. 502 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,640 God is, I promise you, come, be here next Sunday, 503 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:25,880 tell your friends next Sunday, 504 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,720 we're gonna have some real freedom happening next Sunday. 505 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,680 All right, I just realized that as I'm connecting this, 506 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:32,520 I'm gonna back up though 507 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:33,820 'cause we have something to do today. 508 00:23:33,820 --> 00:23:35,680 All right, here we go. 509 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,880 God is incredible, he's doing things all of the time 510 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:40,700 and we ought to be sharing what God is doing. 511 00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:42,220 This is what Psalm 145 says, 512 00:23:42,220 --> 00:23:45,440 "I will exalt you, my God the King, 513 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,640 "I will praise your name forever and ever." 514 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,800 Every day, I will praise you and exalt you, 515 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,400 install your name forever and ever. 516 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:55,680 Great is the Lord 517 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,040 and most worthy of praise, 518 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,640 his greatness no one can fathom. 519 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,340 One generation commend your works to the other, 520 00:24:02,340 --> 00:24:04,400 they tell of your mighty acts. 521 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,360 They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty 522 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:09,600 and I will meditate on your wonderful works. 523 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,420 They tell of the power of your awesome works 524 00:24:13,420 --> 00:24:15,720 and I will proclaim, say it, 525 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,800 I will proclaim your great deeds. 526 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:20,280 Is that true in your life? 527 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,840 Is that true in your life? 528 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,360 Do you have a hunger for the word? 529 00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:28,240 Do you have tears for the lost? 530 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:30,240 Do you have testimony to share? 531 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:31,660 Are you sharing your testimony? 532 00:24:31,660 --> 00:24:35,740 Listen, I've always wanted this to be a place, Springhouse, 533 00:24:35,740 --> 00:24:38,760 where we gather to share the goodness of God, 534 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:39,800 the goodness of God. 535 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:41,680 What would it look like if your alarm went off 536 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:43,700 on Sunday morning and the first thing you thought about is, 537 00:24:43,700 --> 00:24:44,920 I gotta get my story together 538 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,560 because when I go into the house, I've gotta share. 539 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,800 Imagine, Pastor Barbie, what it would look like 540 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,960 if we had 300 people sharing their story, 541 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,560 not off the cuff because we came prepared 542 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,680 to share about the goodness of God. 543 00:24:57,680 --> 00:24:59,880 You couldn't keep, you wanna talk about somebody up here, 544 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:02,200 Justin is like, his veins are popping out of his side 545 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,520 trying to get people to come forward and worship. 546 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,640 You wouldn't be able to stop people 547 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,080 because we're talking about the goodness. 548 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,160 I tell you what, let's do that today. 549 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,200 All right, if you are a leader in this house, 550 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,400 if you are a Springhouse leader, 551 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,000 you lead a ministry or an elder or a staff pastor, 552 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,540 if you are a leader, I want you to stand with your spouse. 553 00:25:19,540 --> 00:25:21,240 Quickly, we gotta do this quickly. 554 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:27,480 Okay, okay, if you're a wanna-be leader, stand up, okay? 555 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:29,000 All right, any of those? 556 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,240 Okay, all right, I'm gonna call some of you guys out here 557 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:32,800 in a second, this is what I need leaders to do. 558 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:34,660 I need you to spread out across the room 559 00:25:34,660 --> 00:25:36,860 with you and your spouse, spread out across the room. 560 00:25:36,860 --> 00:25:38,960 I need a couple right here in this aisle. 561 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:40,320 I need you to be spread out though. 562 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:41,960 Just move, move, move. 563 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:43,200 Everybody moving? 564 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,000 Worship team, I'd like you to just stand 565 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,880 on the stage for me, okay? 566 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,480 Are we good? 567 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:50,980 Okay. 568 00:25:50,980 --> 00:25:53,360 I think this is gonna work, okay. 569 00:25:53,360 --> 00:25:54,360 Here's what we're gonna do. 570 00:25:54,360 --> 00:25:57,040 My teacher's coming out of me, Ms. Coble, okay? 571 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:58,540 Here we go. 572 00:25:58,540 --> 00:26:00,260 I'm gonna count to 20. 573 00:26:00,260 --> 00:26:03,820 And in silence, you are going to find a leader 574 00:26:03,820 --> 00:26:07,480 you don't like and you're gonna go to that leader, okay? 575 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:08,400 You're gonna go to that leader. 576 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:12,480 There's going to be no more than 12 people in a group. 577 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:14,120 Leaders, your job is to make sure 578 00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:16,480 there's no more than 12 people in your group, okay? 579 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,680 12 people in a group, you're gonna go to a leader. 580 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,140 I'm gonna give you the count of 20 581 00:26:21,140 --> 00:26:22,400 and we're gonna do it in silence. 582 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,720 Don't push, don't shove, okay? 583 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:25,560 All right? 584 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:27,620 Find a leader. 585 00:26:27,620 --> 00:26:29,520 I'm gonna count starting now, go. 586 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:34,520 One, two, quiet, three, four, five, 587 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:40,380 six, seven, eight, nine, 588 00:26:40,380 --> 00:26:47,920 10, 11, 589 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:52,920 12, okay, there's some grace. 590 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,380 I'll give you 15 people if you need it. 591 00:26:55,380 --> 00:27:01,880 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 12. 592 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,920 Okay, eyeballs right here. 593 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,400 Everybody's eyeballs right here. 594 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:07,540 All right, I love this type of stuff. 595 00:27:07,540 --> 00:27:09,920 I need this group to slide down quickly. 596 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:11,000 Come on, quickly, quickly. 597 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,800 I need that middle group just slide down a little bit 598 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:14,680 to give a little bit of space, okay? 599 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,340 Make sense of what's going on over here. 600 00:27:17,340 --> 00:27:19,240 If somebody needs to get, 601 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,360 somebody can get inside the aisle there, okay? 602 00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:23,480 That middle group, you can go inside the seats 603 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:24,320 and just sit right there, okay? 604 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:25,920 Just stay together with your group. 605 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,120 Okay, is that one group back there? 606 00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:30,480 Okay, that's like 28, it's fine, okay. 607 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,720 All right, here's what we're gonna do. 608 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,460 We're gonna spend 10 minutes, 609 00:27:35,460 --> 00:27:39,440 10 minutes sharing the goodness of God in these circles. 610 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,760 Here's leaders, here's your job. 611 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,660 You're not gonna let anybody share more than 45 seconds. 612 00:27:44,660 --> 00:27:46,420 Get your phone out if you need. 613 00:27:46,420 --> 00:27:48,880 45 second testimonies of the goodness. 614 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,040 What did God do for you? 615 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:51,360 What has he done for you? 616 00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:53,600 How can you praise him today? 617 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,560 Okay, ready, go, share. 618 00:27:58,140 --> 00:28:01,960 Okay. 619 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:06,960 Who needs more time? 620 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,880 Okay, look at me. 621 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:10,780 Let me have your eyeballs. 622 00:28:10,780 --> 00:28:11,720 I'll come back in a second. 623 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:12,560 Look up here. 624 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,060 Look up here, please. 625 00:28:15,060 --> 00:28:16,860 (congregation murmuring) 626 00:28:16,860 --> 00:28:18,400 I know that you're not finished, 627 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,520 but can I tell you something? 628 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,040 You just had church. 629 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,220 (congregation cheering) 630 00:28:24,220 --> 00:28:25,460 You just had church. 631 00:28:25,460 --> 00:28:35,000 And as we say, has he given you a reason to praise him? 632 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:39,180 You got a circle of people, 633 00:28:39,180 --> 00:28:41,300 and if you can't find something for yourself, 634 00:28:41,300 --> 00:28:44,900 then praise him for what somebody else has gone through, 635 00:28:44,900 --> 00:28:48,340 what the Lord's done in somebody else's life. 636 00:28:48,340 --> 00:28:49,520 Now here's what we're gonna do. 637 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,460 We're gonna end this in the right way 638 00:28:51,460 --> 00:28:52,760 by proclaiming the king. 639 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:56,840 Guys, we don't sing these songs for us to feel good. 640 00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:01,840 We sing these songs to enthrone him, to lift him up. 641 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,300 And so I just wanna encourage you. 642 00:29:04,300 --> 00:29:05,140 Now here's the thing. 643 00:29:05,140 --> 00:29:07,780 We talk about hunger for the word, tears for the lost, 644 00:29:07,780 --> 00:29:09,320 sharing testimonies. 645 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,300 I don't know where you are in that paradigm, 646 00:29:11,300 --> 00:29:14,940 but the question really is, is he the one thing? 647 00:29:14,940 --> 00:29:17,580 And if you're questioning that, 648 00:29:17,580 --> 00:29:21,140 what better place to go than to a place of worship 649 00:29:21,140 --> 00:29:23,840 and get before him and say, God, clean me out 650 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:28,220 so that you are the one thing. 651 00:29:28,220 --> 00:29:29,140 So we're gonna worship. 652 00:29:29,140 --> 00:29:30,080 Are you ready to worship? 653 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:31,700 And if you've got a reason to praise him, 654 00:29:31,700 --> 00:29:33,100 this altar space is plenty big. 655 00:29:33,100 --> 00:29:34,440 We'll even move some rows of chairs 656 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,580 if we don't have enough room, whatever we gotta do. 657 00:29:36,580 --> 00:29:38,140 But man, if you'll begin to play, 658 00:29:38,140 --> 00:29:40,380 we're gonna sing these last two songs, 659 00:29:40,380 --> 00:29:41,300 and we're gonna dismiss. 660 00:29:41,300 --> 00:29:44,340 I'll give us a blessing at the very end, okay? 661 00:29:44,340 --> 00:29:45,180 Let's worship. 662 00:29:45,180 --> 00:29:47,760 (gentle music) 663 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,340 (guitar music) 664 00:29:50,340 --> 00:29:53,260 (guitar strumming)