1 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:13,680 Amen. Amen. Well, the Holy Spirit has certainly been weaving 2 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,440 things, threading things together all through from last night 3 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:21,280 to this morning sessions through the workshops. I have seen 4 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,280 just the steady hand of the Lord, and I believe that tonight is going to 5 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:28,720 be no different. I believe that we're in for a treat, not because 6 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,320 Barbie's special, though you are. But the Holy Spirit of 7 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:36,120 God is in this place, and He wants to minister through just 8 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,360 one of the most phenomenal people on the planet. Do you guys agree? Would you 9 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,360 guys please welcome Pastor Barbie Laughlin as she brings the Word. 10 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,400 You know what would have been really awkward? When you said the most phenomenal person 11 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,880 and I stand up, and it would be Pastor 12 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,720 Justin. And then I would have had to go back and sit down. 13 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:01,760 That's okay. The Lord's working humility in all of us, isn't He? 14 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,320 I am so excited! Guys, I'm so glad you came back! 15 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:11,120 I'm so glad in so many levels, you know, it's like, you 16 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,800 came back, your leaders came back. You never 17 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,520 really know when they take off, but I'm so glad you're back. I 18 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,760 want you to know you add so much 19 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:26,120 to this environment with your worship, with your praise, and the way that you 20 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,360 all come in and just abandon yourself in worship. 21 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:34,500 We We miss you when you're gone. We so miss you. So thank you 22 00:01:34,500 --> 00:01:38,180 for coming back, and I pray that the Lord has done something amazing in your 23 00:01:38,180 --> 00:01:42,020 life. Guys, has it not been rich today? I'm telling you 24 00:01:42,020 --> 00:01:45,500 the truth. The Ondas this morning both just— 25 00:01:52,540 --> 00:01:56,220 the Ondas knocked it out of the 26 00:01:56,220 --> 00:02:00,060 park. You cannot even find the park. I'm just telling you this. 27 00:02:00,570 --> 00:02:03,970 If you were not here this morning, you need to go back and just look 28 00:02:03,970 --> 00:02:07,810 up Ondas— no, don't. Look up this morning's 29 00:02:07,810 --> 00:02:11,290 sessions. You need to hear them. I'm telling you, 30 00:02:11,370 --> 00:02:12,490 these two women, 31 00:02:14,490 --> 00:02:18,050 powerhouses in the Spirit. I had to go home and 32 00:02:18,050 --> 00:02:21,610 study after listening to them. I had to look up words and all 33 00:02:21,610 --> 00:02:25,170 kinds of things. So, 34 00:02:25,170 --> 00:02:28,690 there's the challenge in that, but I'm In all seriousness, 35 00:02:29,570 --> 00:02:32,530 Pastor Kevin and I were talking this morning after the first session, 36 00:02:33,330 --> 00:02:36,490 we were like, "We could just go on home now, 'cause you know, you just 37 00:02:36,490 --> 00:02:40,090 gotta go home and ponder." But you don't get to go home yet. We're gonna 38 00:02:40,090 --> 00:02:43,409 wake up, we're gonna have a dance session in just a minute, and— 39 00:02:45,010 --> 00:02:48,770 You're not even listening! Don't 40 00:02:48,770 --> 00:02:50,770 make me start calling out volunteers! 41 00:02:52,450 --> 00:02:56,120 Jim Caldwell, you're first. The 42 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,960 man behind the camera. God has something for us tonight, and I'm 43 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:03,760 so excited about how He truly has been 44 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:07,480 weaving this together. And tonight, I'm gonna take 45 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:11,200 it in a direction of abiding when your world is in 46 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,480 transition. When everything is changing, 47 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,160 everything is changing. And guys, it's nothing new. 48 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:22,160 It's always been changing. We just seem to be a little bit more aware 49 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:26,000 of it right now. And I was so moved, I'm telling 50 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:30,220 you, this the truth. From Pastor Jonathan last night when he began to paint 51 00:03:30,220 --> 00:03:33,660 the picture, or work on this tapestry of 52 00:03:34,460 --> 00:03:38,260 worship and abiding in worship, and I love the way 53 00:03:38,260 --> 00:03:41,780 he does that. And I'm so tickled to know his proposal 54 00:03:41,780 --> 00:03:45,420 story and everything else. He's just so 55 00:03:45,420 --> 00:03:49,260 rich in this area. And then to listen to 56 00:03:49,340 --> 00:03:52,540 Vonda, oh my goodness! 57 00:03:54,260 --> 00:03:57,900 That woman, I'm telling you what, the way that she paints this 58 00:03:57,900 --> 00:04:01,300 picture of the vine and abiding and 59 00:04:01,620 --> 00:04:05,220 all of the distractions and the ground clutter and just 60 00:04:05,940 --> 00:04:09,659 beautiful as an educator. And then Rhonda, oh 61 00:04:09,659 --> 00:04:12,980 my goodness, I want to know where she gets all of her 62 00:04:12,980 --> 00:04:16,700 resources. I need a list and I'm going to have 63 00:04:16,700 --> 00:04:20,420 to take a speed speech thing so that I 64 00:04:20,420 --> 00:04:24,199 can just, I That, I'm— when I 65 00:04:24,199 --> 00:04:27,599 listen to an anointed teacher, I just find myself going, 66 00:04:28,959 --> 00:04:32,719 "How did they get that? And God, why didn't you give it to me 67 00:04:32,719 --> 00:04:36,319 first?" But that's 68 00:04:36,319 --> 00:04:40,119 okay. I forgive— never mind. So, 69 00:04:40,119 --> 00:04:43,959 we've painted this, we've began to weave this tapestry of 70 00:04:43,959 --> 00:04:47,799 the vine and abiding, and each of us have continued 71 00:04:47,799 --> 00:04:51,470 with the same passages of scripture. And 72 00:04:51,470 --> 00:04:55,030 so, I would just like to share with you my contribution to the 73 00:04:55,030 --> 00:04:55,910 tapestry. 74 00:05:03,110 --> 00:05:06,870 I am that squirrel, okay? We 75 00:05:06,870 --> 00:05:10,310 are going to talk about a Bible— is he not cute? 76 00:05:11,750 --> 00:05:15,470 There was another photo and he was laying on his back and his stomach 77 00:05:15,470 --> 00:05:18,310 was really full, and I thought that's a pretty good one too, and probably pretty 78 00:05:18,310 --> 00:05:21,670 accurate after the day we've had. But I thought this one was good 79 00:05:21,830 --> 00:05:24,290 because we're because what I feel like the Lord is going to have me do 80 00:05:24,290 --> 00:05:27,810 tonight, that I feel like He wants me to share with you, is 81 00:05:28,930 --> 00:05:32,530 a different slant on 82 00:05:32,530 --> 00:05:35,770 abiding. Abiding when the world is 83 00:05:35,770 --> 00:05:39,530 crazy, and your home life is crazy, and your 84 00:05:39,530 --> 00:05:43,250 school is chaotic, and your church, they're changing things there 85 00:05:43,250 --> 00:05:46,930 without asking your permission, and all of a sudden you start 86 00:05:46,930 --> 00:05:50,650 to feel this unrest. And you're 87 00:05:50,650 --> 00:05:54,370 not really sure how to get back to center with 88 00:05:54,370 --> 00:05:57,850 Him, right? So I thought I would help you guys get back to 89 00:05:57,850 --> 00:06:01,410 center with Him as we take a journey. And 90 00:06:03,090 --> 00:06:06,770 I might have missed the memo. Were we supposed to all use 91 00:06:06,770 --> 00:06:07,890 the same scripture? 92 00:06:12,210 --> 00:06:16,050 Yay! All right then, I'm not in trouble because not only am I 93 00:06:16,050 --> 00:06:18,850 going to share a different scripture with you, it's King James! 94 00:06:21,790 --> 00:06:23,230 So, is that a no? 95 00:06:25,550 --> 00:06:28,990 The reason I want to share it with you in the King James is because 96 00:06:28,990 --> 00:06:32,110 this is a passage of scripture that my mom used to use with me 97 00:06:32,910 --> 00:06:36,350 all the time when my world was changing, 98 00:06:36,990 --> 00:06:40,830 when things were chaotic, and I didn't really know how 99 00:06:40,830 --> 00:06:44,510 to find my place in him 100 00:06:45,230 --> 00:06:48,970 long enough to learn to abide. I 101 00:06:48,970 --> 00:06:52,810 was grasping at ankles. I was trying to 102 00:06:52,810 --> 00:06:56,450 find Jesus. I was trying to find hope. I was trying 103 00:06:56,450 --> 00:07:00,210 to find answers. And I didn't know how 104 00:07:00,210 --> 00:07:03,770 to get in and just find my place with Him long enough to 105 00:07:03,770 --> 00:07:05,370 abide. And my mom— 106 00:07:07,290 --> 00:07:10,490 short story— 2 times as a child, 107 00:07:10,970 --> 00:07:14,700 our home burned down. And so, even as I— the 108 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:18,100 first time I was very small, but I still remember the home. 109 00:07:18,340 --> 00:07:21,780 The second time, I was probably about 7 years old, and we lived in a 110 00:07:21,780 --> 00:07:25,620 mobile home. And we had been gone for the night, and we got a phone 111 00:07:25,620 --> 00:07:29,340 call that our home was on fire. And we came home, and here's the 112 00:07:29,340 --> 00:07:33,140 thing about that. When you are 7 years old, and most of your possessions 113 00:07:33,140 --> 00:07:36,580 are stuffed animals, and you're watching them die in a 114 00:07:36,580 --> 00:07:40,190 fiery death, as you stand in the road, 115 00:07:40,190 --> 00:07:43,990 it does something to you, I'm just saying. And so, what it did was 116 00:07:43,990 --> 00:07:47,590 it developed in me a fear when I would go to bed at night, 117 00:07:47,590 --> 00:07:51,190 because this happened at nighttime. And so, I would be afraid at 118 00:07:51,190 --> 00:07:54,910 night, and because I was afraid something was gonna catch on 119 00:07:54,910 --> 00:07:58,630 fire and all that. And so, my mom would come, and 120 00:07:58,630 --> 00:08:02,470 she would sit on the bed next to me, and she would begin 121 00:08:02,470 --> 00:08:05,680 to share this with me. "He that 122 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,880 dwelleth," Barbie, "in the secret place 123 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,320 of the Most High shall abide under the 124 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:17,080 shadow of the Almighty." She said, "You can say of 125 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:20,840 the Lord that He's your refuge, and He's your fortress, and 126 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:24,080 He's your God, and Barbie, you can trust Him. 127 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:28,880 Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, 128 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,800 and from the noisome pestilence," which I thought was my younger sister, 129 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,770 and He shall cover 130 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:40,530 thee with His feathers, and under His 131 00:08:40,930 --> 00:08:44,610 wings shalt thou trust. His truth 132 00:08:45,010 --> 00:08:48,850 shall be thy shield and thy buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid of 133 00:08:48,850 --> 00:08:52,570 the terror by night. Barbie, baby, you don't have to 134 00:08:52,570 --> 00:08:55,810 be afraid of the terror by night, 135 00:08:56,290 --> 00:09:00,130 because I was. Nor of the arrow that flyeth by day, 136 00:09:00,130 --> 00:09:03,970 nor for the pestilence that— oops, what's that say? 137 00:09:05,990 --> 00:09:07,590 Oh wait, y'all can read it too? 138 00:09:09,590 --> 00:09:13,190 Read the last parts with me. "Nor of the pestilence that 139 00:09:13,190 --> 00:09:16,550 walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction that 140 00:09:16,550 --> 00:09:19,830 wasteth at noonday." And louder. "A thousand 141 00:09:20,150 --> 00:09:23,910 shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at 142 00:09:23,910 --> 00:09:27,670 thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh 143 00:09:27,910 --> 00:09:31,710 thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou 144 00:09:31,710 --> 00:09:35,190 behold, and see the reward of the wicked." 145 00:09:35,690 --> 00:09:39,290 because thou hast made the Lord, which is 146 00:09:39,290 --> 00:09:42,490 my refuge, even the Most High, 147 00:09:42,810 --> 00:09:46,170 thy habitation. Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. 148 00:09:46,410 --> 00:09:50,010 We have made the Lord Most High what? Our 149 00:09:50,010 --> 00:09:53,770 habitation. There shall no evil befall thee, 150 00:09:53,930 --> 00:09:57,610 neither any plague come nigh thy dwelling, for he shall 151 00:09:57,610 --> 00:10:01,290 give his angels charge over thee to keep 152 00:10:01,290 --> 00:10:04,970 thee in all of thy ways. I'm going to skip this next one. 153 00:10:05,210 --> 00:10:08,550 Guys, when we— no, I'm not. Yeah. 154 00:10:09,590 --> 00:10:13,310 "They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy 155 00:10:13,310 --> 00:10:17,110 foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread upon the serpents," 156 00:10:17,990 --> 00:10:21,750 oops, "upon the lion and the adder, the young lion and the dragon." 157 00:10:21,830 --> 00:10:23,830 There be dragons! "Shalt 158 00:10:25,750 --> 00:10:28,790 thou trample underfoot." This 159 00:10:29,430 --> 00:10:32,950 was my abiding scripture. This was my 160 00:10:32,950 --> 00:10:36,710 abiding scripture because I was afraid of 161 00:10:36,710 --> 00:10:40,530 the terror in the night. I I was afraid when I would 162 00:10:40,530 --> 00:10:43,810 see anything. I was just a frightened child. 163 00:10:44,770 --> 00:10:47,810 I walked in a lot of fear. And Mama would go, 164 00:10:48,210 --> 00:10:51,810 "Baby, you just gotta abide. You just gotta 165 00:10:51,810 --> 00:10:55,490 picture yourself," she'd say, "I want you to just tuck in there. 166 00:10:55,890 --> 00:10:59,490 I want you to just tuck in there." And today, you know, 167 00:10:59,490 --> 00:11:03,330 you hear people who's like, "You're tucked in snugger than a 168 00:11:03,330 --> 00:11:04,210 bug in a rug." 169 00:11:07,190 --> 00:11:10,870 No. When I was tucked in, I was under the 170 00:11:10,870 --> 00:11:13,870 shadow of the wing of the 171 00:11:13,870 --> 00:11:17,710 Almighty God, and I could see it in 172 00:11:17,710 --> 00:11:21,430 my spirit. I could see it. And when she would say, "Tuck 173 00:11:21,430 --> 00:11:24,630 in," I knew that she meant, "Get in there and don't come out. 174 00:11:25,270 --> 00:11:28,990 Just tuck in there. You let Him cover you." And you let all 175 00:11:28,990 --> 00:11:32,710 of those things earlier when we talked about all of the fruit of 176 00:11:32,710 --> 00:11:36,350 abiding, Do you understand that being protected 177 00:11:36,430 --> 00:11:40,190 and being covered and having all of these things 178 00:11:40,910 --> 00:11:44,670 are things that happen when you begin to learn 179 00:11:45,230 --> 00:11:48,430 to abide under the shadow 180 00:11:49,230 --> 00:11:52,670 of the Almighty? Did you even know 181 00:11:53,150 --> 00:11:54,670 that there is such a thing? 182 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,080 Oh, go back. "He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High 183 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:06,600 shall abide under the shadow 184 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,600 of the Almighty." Shall abide. 185 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,600 Shall stay under the shadow 186 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,800 of the Almighty. It says here if 187 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,600 we dwell, we dwell, we dwell. That word is yasaab. 188 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,960 It literally means to sit down. 189 00:12:26,830 --> 00:12:30,550 Sit down in the middle of that place with Him and abide 190 00:12:30,550 --> 00:12:34,350 and stay. Sit down in it. Sit down 191 00:12:34,350 --> 00:12:37,870 in that moment with Him. Sit down in that place with 192 00:12:37,870 --> 00:12:41,310 Him and continue. Just be still. Inhabit. 193 00:12:42,830 --> 00:12:44,750 To make it one's home. 194 00:12:46,430 --> 00:12:50,270 You can abide. You can make your 195 00:12:50,430 --> 00:12:53,480 home in under the shadow 196 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:58,120 of the Almighty God. The Almighty God. 197 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,920 Not only that, it's a secret place. It's a 198 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:05,760 secret place in Him. It is a place, you know 199 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:09,440 what? When I go into His presence, that place that He 200 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:13,240 has for me, when the world is crazy and 201 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:17,040 I don't know what is going on, there's this place that each of 202 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:20,750 us place can go in Him. I want you to 203 00:13:20,750 --> 00:13:24,550 know that when you pursue Him, and when you decide that 204 00:13:24,550 --> 00:13:27,510 you really want to follow Him, and you want to find a place in Him, 205 00:13:27,590 --> 00:13:31,270 that place that He has for you isn't going to look exactly like the place 206 00:13:31,270 --> 00:13:35,070 that He has for me. It's going to be different because it's special, 207 00:13:35,070 --> 00:13:38,910 and it's secret, and it's a covering, and He covers what you 208 00:13:38,910 --> 00:13:42,650 need covered. And when I'm in that secret place, He what I 209 00:13:42,650 --> 00:13:46,350 need covered, and He protects me from the 210 00:13:46,350 --> 00:13:50,110 things that I need protection from. So guys, when you 211 00:13:50,110 --> 00:13:53,710 go into this place with Him, and you sit 212 00:13:53,710 --> 00:13:57,430 down in His presence, and, and literally 213 00:13:57,750 --> 00:14:01,510 visualize the shadow of His wing coming around 214 00:14:01,510 --> 00:14:05,350 you, the intimacy of that moment, and you make a decision 215 00:14:05,830 --> 00:14:09,110 to stay there, you can expect 216 00:14:11,420 --> 00:14:15,020 I don't even have to put a dot, dot, dot. You can 217 00:14:15,660 --> 00:14:19,260 expect. It says here, "Most 218 00:14:19,260 --> 00:14:22,580 High." What? Most High? El 219 00:14:22,580 --> 00:14:26,420 Elyon. The elevated one. The supreme of all rulers, 220 00:14:26,420 --> 00:14:30,100 monarchs, or angel princes. It highlights God's absolute 221 00:14:30,100 --> 00:14:33,380 supremacy, sovereignty, and role as the Creator and 222 00:14:33,380 --> 00:14:37,070 Possessor of heaven and and earth. It is 223 00:14:37,070 --> 00:14:40,710 used to indicate God's superiority over all other gods, 224 00:14:41,190 --> 00:14:44,910 all earthly powers and spiritual realms. That's 225 00:14:44,910 --> 00:14:48,630 where you're going. That's where you're going when you make 226 00:14:48,630 --> 00:14:52,230 a decision to come in and tuck in close 227 00:14:52,230 --> 00:14:55,190 to Him and learn to abide in His presence. 228 00:14:55,830 --> 00:14:59,670 That's who He is. El Elyon. The 229 00:14:59,670 --> 00:15:02,710 Supreme One. The Creator and 230 00:15:02,790 --> 00:15:06,630 Possessor of heaven and earth, and abide. You know 231 00:15:06,630 --> 00:15:09,990 what? There's something I like about this. You loon! Anyway, 232 00:15:12,070 --> 00:15:15,910 you know what's precious about this? I didn't know this, and I know, 233 00:15:15,990 --> 00:15:19,590 I know that my mom didn't know this, but you know, 234 00:15:19,590 --> 00:15:23,270 today the Amdas were talking about abiding 235 00:15:23,270 --> 00:15:26,950 during the day, and God and Rhonda was talking 236 00:15:26,950 --> 00:15:30,630 about day after day after day after 237 00:15:30,630 --> 00:15:34,250 day in abiding in that vine and and what God is 238 00:15:34,250 --> 00:15:37,730 doing. And I kept thinking, "I used to 239 00:15:38,450 --> 00:15:42,130 pass the night with Him." So not only is 240 00:15:42,130 --> 00:15:45,770 He covering me in the day, and I'm 241 00:15:45,770 --> 00:15:49,489 abiding in this vine by day, at night, 242 00:15:50,130 --> 00:15:53,810 to pass the night, to lodge, to stop and 243 00:15:53,810 --> 00:15:57,530 dwell, to stay and continue to tarry, to remain through the 244 00:15:57,530 --> 00:16:01,210 night. That's what He gave me as a child, and that's something 245 00:16:01,210 --> 00:16:04,930 I still have today. I still tuck in. And when I 246 00:16:05,310 --> 00:16:08,750 talk I tuck Rowan and Nora in bed at night and I'm tucking those 247 00:16:08,750 --> 00:16:12,030 covers in behind them, all I can see 248 00:16:13,150 --> 00:16:16,950 is the shadow of the wing of 249 00:16:16,950 --> 00:16:20,550 the Almighty God just tucking them in 250 00:16:20,550 --> 00:16:23,550 tight and covering them up. 251 00:16:24,190 --> 00:16:27,870 And that would be my prayer when you're tucking your babies 252 00:16:27,870 --> 00:16:31,630 in at night, that you would see that it's not 253 00:16:31,630 --> 00:16:34,890 just about tightening those covers. It's about 254 00:16:35,130 --> 00:16:38,450 tightening the COVID It is about 255 00:16:38,450 --> 00:16:42,170 allowing God to be God and sovereign in the middle of the 256 00:16:42,170 --> 00:16:45,690 night. What does this have to do with transition? 257 00:16:45,930 --> 00:16:48,490 Everything! Everything! 258 00:16:49,530 --> 00:16:53,370 Because when everything's changing, if I like it, 259 00:16:53,370 --> 00:16:57,170 it's okay. But what if things are changing and you don't 260 00:16:57,170 --> 00:17:00,730 like the way things are going? We have choices 261 00:17:00,970 --> 00:17:04,250 in those moments of where we're going to stand, whether we're going to— one of 262 00:17:04,250 --> 00:17:07,980 my favorite one of my favorite, favorite songs Pastor Wayne ever 263 00:17:08,140 --> 00:17:11,700 did. And he's got like a million and a half songs that 264 00:17:11,700 --> 00:17:14,620 he's written. Such an amazing artist, 265 00:17:15,020 --> 00:17:18,820 psalmist. But he stood up here and he sang a 266 00:17:18,820 --> 00:17:21,580 song called, "I Will Not Run." 267 00:17:22,940 --> 00:17:26,780 I will not run. And I can't tell you 268 00:17:26,940 --> 00:17:30,540 how that impacted me as a child of 269 00:17:30,540 --> 00:17:34,240 people who ran. It impacted me to 270 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:38,040 go, "There are people who do not run." And guys, we are not supposed 271 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:41,760 to be a people who run. We are supposed to be 272 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:45,440 a people that tuck in and abide 273 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,040 in the presence and the shadow of the Almighty God. 274 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,600 Shadow. I liked this part just 275 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:57,280 because it made me think about the branches outspread 276 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,370 a permanent place to shelter. Through what? 277 00:18:02,170 --> 00:18:05,890 The transitoriness of life. When everything's 278 00:18:05,890 --> 00:18:09,650 changing, everything's changing, and you just want 279 00:18:09,650 --> 00:18:13,090 to tuck in and hide somewhere, that's His 280 00:18:13,090 --> 00:18:16,890 shadow. Now what about this? Under the shadow of who? 281 00:18:17,210 --> 00:18:20,810 Of who? The Almighty. This is 282 00:18:20,810 --> 00:18:24,370 Shaddai. This is Shaddai. This is the 283 00:18:24,370 --> 00:18:28,100 all-sufficient one. And guys, it's 284 00:18:28,100 --> 00:18:31,940 so important, and we gloss over this, El Shaddai is the God 285 00:18:32,260 --> 00:18:36,100 of the mountain. The God of the mountain, and I want 286 00:18:36,100 --> 00:18:39,940 to share with you what that means. But 287 00:18:39,940 --> 00:18:42,980 before I go there, I was so impacted 288 00:18:43,780 --> 00:18:47,540 when Rhonda— I'm sorry, when Vonda was sharing this morning, and she was talking 289 00:18:47,540 --> 00:18:50,340 about— well, actually Rhonda shared part of it as well. 290 00:18:52,090 --> 00:18:55,450 They were talking about what it looks like 291 00:18:56,170 --> 00:18:59,930 to abide, and their definitions, just every 292 00:19:00,090 --> 00:19:03,530 single one of them, I'm like, "God, I want that! 293 00:19:04,090 --> 00:19:07,809 I want to know that!" But 294 00:19:07,809 --> 00:19:10,890 I have a place that I abide 295 00:19:11,530 --> 00:19:15,370 when I'm trying to get back to center, and when I'm trying to find 296 00:19:15,370 --> 00:19:18,970 my place back under His wing, And if I 297 00:19:18,970 --> 00:19:22,090 can, I'm gonna take you there with me and kind of show you what that 298 00:19:22,090 --> 00:19:25,490 looks like in my world, in my life. 299 00:19:31,330 --> 00:19:35,090 Because what I do when I'm trying 300 00:19:35,090 --> 00:19:38,450 to find that place 301 00:19:40,130 --> 00:19:42,130 in the night watches, in the day, 302 00:19:51,340 --> 00:19:52,860 I'll sit down at my piano 303 00:19:55,740 --> 00:19:57,820 and I just shut everything else out 304 00:19:59,340 --> 00:20:03,060 and I just kind of see myself in that 305 00:20:03,060 --> 00:20:06,660 place with Him, just Him covering me 306 00:20:06,660 --> 00:20:10,330 and lifting my voice and just talking to him. 307 00:20:10,330 --> 00:20:13,050 And when we began to talk about abiding, 308 00:20:15,450 --> 00:20:16,970 I just sat at the piano. 309 00:20:34,010 --> 00:20:37,550 That's how I took it. That's how I 310 00:20:37,550 --> 00:20:41,310 lean in. And I 311 00:20:41,310 --> 00:20:44,790 know, I know that you have 312 00:20:45,510 --> 00:20:48,550 a song that is just yours and just his 313 00:20:49,270 --> 00:20:52,750 and a place where you can lean in under the 314 00:20:52,750 --> 00:20:56,310 shadow of the Almighty. That's the invitation. 315 00:20:58,070 --> 00:20:59,190 Whoops, I gotta finish. 316 00:21:09,060 --> 00:21:12,100 You can't just leave it hanging out there like that. You know, people, all the 317 00:21:12,100 --> 00:21:13,380 musicians in the room are going, 318 00:21:16,340 --> 00:21:19,260 "Oh wait, I should have left it that way, shouldn't I? That would have been 319 00:21:19,260 --> 00:21:22,700 fun." Anyway, wanted to wake people up, that would have been the way to do 320 00:21:22,700 --> 00:21:25,540 it. So, why am I telling you this? 321 00:21:26,740 --> 00:21:30,470 Sometimes you need a tool. Sometimes we can talk 322 00:21:30,470 --> 00:21:34,110 all day about what it's like to abide in the vine, but I want you 323 00:21:34,110 --> 00:21:37,790 to see what it's like to crawl up into the vine. That little 324 00:21:37,790 --> 00:21:41,230 squirrel up there, that feels like me a lot of times. Like, "Lord, I know 325 00:21:41,230 --> 00:21:44,870 I'm attached here somewhere, but Lord, I'm going to walk this 326 00:21:44,870 --> 00:21:47,630 vine just a little bit until I find the place where I can sit down 327 00:21:47,630 --> 00:21:50,870 and rest because God, I need 328 00:21:51,350 --> 00:21:54,790 you. God, I need you." 329 00:21:55,110 --> 00:21:58,910 As the world around us changes and transitions, the temporary 330 00:21:58,910 --> 00:22:02,410 winding toward the permanent. We have the 331 00:22:02,410 --> 00:22:05,810 invitation to tuck in and to be covered by His 332 00:22:06,130 --> 00:22:09,810 wings. To abide. When my 333 00:22:09,810 --> 00:22:13,610 mom was telling me that I could abide and that He would 334 00:22:13,610 --> 00:22:17,010 cover me under His feathers, she had no idea 335 00:22:17,250 --> 00:22:20,290 that it was literally talking about nighttime. 336 00:22:22,930 --> 00:22:26,570 We sit down, we still ourselves, we inhabit His 337 00:22:26,570 --> 00:22:30,250 secret covering, sheltered by El Elyon, passing through 338 00:22:30,250 --> 00:22:34,030 night watches in the The permanent shadow of 339 00:22:34,030 --> 00:22:37,470 the all-sufficient One. The permanent 340 00:22:37,710 --> 00:22:41,430 shadow. See, He doesn't change. He does 341 00:22:41,430 --> 00:22:45,270 not change. That invitation, guys, when 342 00:22:45,270 --> 00:22:49,030 Pastor Kevin came to us last year and he said, "I really feel like the 343 00:22:49,030 --> 00:22:52,670 Lord is leading us toward abiding," the first thing 344 00:22:52,670 --> 00:22:56,310 I saw was those wings. The first 345 00:22:56,310 --> 00:22:59,670 thing I saw. It's like, Lord, I don't know everything about 346 00:22:59,670 --> 00:23:03,450 abiding, but I don't know all of it, but God, I know how to hide 347 00:23:03,450 --> 00:23:07,290 there. God, I know when I need to be restored, when 348 00:23:07,290 --> 00:23:10,930 I need to be covered, when my family is shaking, when 349 00:23:10,930 --> 00:23:14,330 my work is shaking, when I turn on the news, Lord 350 00:23:14,330 --> 00:23:18,170 forbid, and you see everything else that's happening. Guys, that's just chess 351 00:23:18,170 --> 00:23:21,970 pieces. That's just chess pieces. 352 00:23:22,530 --> 00:23:23,970 That is the 353 00:23:25,650 --> 00:23:29,430 temporary moving toward the eternal. That's 354 00:23:29,430 --> 00:23:32,950 all it is. Don't get caught there. Don't get 355 00:23:32,950 --> 00:23:36,470 caught up there. We sit down, we still ourselves, and inhabit. 356 00:23:36,470 --> 00:23:39,990 "He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His 357 00:23:39,990 --> 00:23:43,750 wings shalt thou trust." I so wanted feathers. 358 00:23:45,270 --> 00:23:47,670 Not attached, but 359 00:23:49,190 --> 00:23:52,950 I really wanted like a bunch of feathers, but then I could just see 360 00:23:52,950 --> 00:23:56,270 Pastor Jonathan picking them out of his guitar strings, and I thought that probably wouldn't 361 00:23:56,270 --> 00:23:59,290 be a good thing. He shall cover you. Our lives 362 00:23:59,770 --> 00:24:03,370 are hidden. Listen, our lives are hidden in 363 00:24:03,370 --> 00:24:07,050 wings and prayers. Bon Jovi 364 00:24:07,050 --> 00:24:07,850 didn't write that. 365 00:24:10,890 --> 00:24:14,170 Well, maybe they wrote their version of it. Guys, 366 00:24:14,570 --> 00:24:17,930 I knew my mom's prayers, the 91st 367 00:24:17,930 --> 00:24:20,890 Psalm, and the way that He covered me. 368 00:24:21,610 --> 00:24:24,800 There's an abiding place for 369 00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:28,800 you. Which of you by worrying 370 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,560 can add a single hour to your life? Since you cannot 371 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:36,080 do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest? 372 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:40,120 Consider how the wildflowers grow. They do not 373 00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:43,960 labor or spin, yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all 374 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:47,360 of his splendor was dressed like one of these. If 375 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:51,080 that's how God clothes the grass of the field, which 376 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:54,920 is here today and tomorrow is if one of them is thrown into the fire, 377 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:58,600 how much more will He clothe you, 378 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,680 you of little faith! And do not set your heart on what 379 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,360 you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it, for the pagan 380 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:10,160 would run after such things, and your Father knows 381 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:13,800 that you need them. But seek His kingdom, and 382 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:17,400 these things will be given to you. 383 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:22,020 Put Him first. Put Him first! Go after 384 00:25:22,020 --> 00:25:25,580 Him first! Guys, I was listening to 385 00:25:25,580 --> 00:25:27,100 a doctor/theologian/minister/psychologist. 386 00:25:31,340 --> 00:25:33,740 Okay, let's just say he had a lot of certificates. 387 00:25:35,260 --> 00:25:39,100 He was an older gentleman, and I was listening to him, 388 00:25:39,340 --> 00:25:43,180 and he said, "You know what I see all the time? There's so much 389 00:25:43,180 --> 00:25:46,300 anxiety. There's panic attacks in 390 00:25:46,300 --> 00:25:50,100 epidemic. There is fear, and there is restlessness. I'm 391 00:25:50,100 --> 00:25:53,320 seeing this in my office, And he said, "The thing about it is—" 392 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,720 And he gave the science behind everything that's released, 393 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:01,480 the flight and fight mentality, all of that. But then he 394 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,760 slid right into pastor mode. He said, "Guys, 395 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:09,320 God did not design you to worry about poverty in 396 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,760 Bangladesh. He did not design you to 397 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,680 be concerned and fearful over everything that you're seeing, 398 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,720 things that you can't touch and change." I'm not talking about missionaries that 399 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:24,500 God sends. I'm talking about the day-to-day, you you and me who turn 400 00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:28,300 on the news and look at things and, and feel overwhelmed. He said, "Your 401 00:26:28,300 --> 00:26:31,780 physical systems were not designed for that, and your 402 00:26:31,780 --> 00:26:35,460 spiritual systems are not built up enough that they know 403 00:26:35,460 --> 00:26:39,100 how to combat it." So what we're doing is we're medicating it, and 404 00:26:39,100 --> 00:26:42,180 thank God for medicines that will help people in those 405 00:26:42,180 --> 00:26:45,660 situations. But what he said was, you were 406 00:26:45,660 --> 00:26:48,580 designed by our Creator 407 00:26:49,710 --> 00:26:53,550 for small community. I can grieve with Kevin. 408 00:26:54,110 --> 00:26:56,910 I can rejoice with you. I can 409 00:26:57,310 --> 00:27:01,070 handle grief within a small area as we 410 00:27:01,070 --> 00:27:04,630 minister to one another, but what the enemy has done is try to make us 411 00:27:04,630 --> 00:27:08,430 all feel responsible for everything that is happening in the world, but as 412 00:27:08,430 --> 00:27:12,030 they said this morning, and as Pastor Kevin said last night, we 413 00:27:12,030 --> 00:27:15,870 can't fix it! We can't add one inch to 414 00:27:15,870 --> 00:27:17,750 our height. We can't. 415 00:27:19,910 --> 00:27:23,590 Let me tell you how Jesus did this, because I'm looking at how 416 00:27:23,590 --> 00:27:27,350 He abided, because He abided. It wasn't just 417 00:27:27,350 --> 00:27:30,550 us abiding. He stayed. Jesus 418 00:27:30,789 --> 00:27:34,550 stayed with the 5,000. When you look at the world, when you 419 00:27:34,550 --> 00:27:37,910 see the masses, and you're going, "How do I do this?" You 420 00:27:37,910 --> 00:27:41,750 abide in compassion. You abide in compassion. 421 00:27:41,750 --> 00:27:45,250 It said, "And seeing the multitudes," He went up on a 422 00:27:45,250 --> 00:27:49,090 mountain and He did what? He sat down. 423 00:27:49,090 --> 00:27:51,930 You know what that word means? He abided. 424 00:27:52,970 --> 00:27:56,330 He went in, kathizo, continue in one place, 425 00:27:56,730 --> 00:28:00,490 abide, and settle in. When you don't know what to 426 00:28:00,490 --> 00:28:03,970 do with everything you're seeing and everything you're hearing, move in 427 00:28:03,970 --> 00:28:06,970 compassion, pray, sit down, 428 00:28:07,450 --> 00:28:11,090 settle in for a minute, and go, "God, I see it and I know that 429 00:28:11,090 --> 00:28:14,880 I can't change it, but God, I can't, you can. And you are 430 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,520 a God who stays. He went from the 5,000 431 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,880 and then with the 12. With the 12, you know how He abided? 432 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:25,320 God will put people in your life that you can abide with, that you can 433 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:28,520 walk with. Jesus abided in discipleship 434 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:32,920 with the 12, and they abided with Him, 435 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,520 and they learned, and they gleaned, and they went with 436 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,270 Him. I love this right here. I hope they put this scripture up. 437 00:28:40,940 --> 00:28:44,660 "Again Jesus went up on a mountainside and called 438 00:28:44,660 --> 00:28:48,300 to Him those He wanted, and they came to Him. And He appointed 12 439 00:28:48,300 --> 00:28:51,980 that," what? "They might be with Him." 440 00:28:52,860 --> 00:28:56,460 What? "That they might abide with Him. 441 00:28:57,340 --> 00:29:01,020 Sitting down," kathizo, sitting in the middle and waiting, 442 00:29:01,340 --> 00:29:04,620 "Jesus called the 12 and said, 'Anyone who wants to be first, 443 00:29:05,270 --> 00:29:08,470 must be the very last and the servant of all, 444 00:29:09,270 --> 00:29:12,950 abiding the opportunity to come and be in. 445 00:29:13,510 --> 00:29:16,990 Then there were the three. See, you can have compassion for the 446 00:29:16,990 --> 00:29:20,350 masses, and you can abide in compassion for the 447 00:29:20,350 --> 00:29:24,150 masses, and then you abide in discipleship with those that God 448 00:29:24,150 --> 00:29:27,950 puts into your life and brings into your realm of influence, and 449 00:29:27,950 --> 00:29:31,790 you pour into them and you sow as the best that you can. And then 450 00:29:31,790 --> 00:29:35,410 there are the three. Then there are those intimate companions. There are 451 00:29:35,410 --> 00:29:39,170 those that share your life with you on a daily basis. 452 00:29:39,170 --> 00:29:42,530 With the three, Peter, James, and John, Jesus stayed. 453 00:29:42,850 --> 00:29:46,690 He abided. How did He abide? In revelation 454 00:29:46,850 --> 00:29:50,370 and relationship. You can sow into those close 455 00:29:50,370 --> 00:29:53,890 relationships and you can reveal your heart in 456 00:29:53,890 --> 00:29:57,170 those relationships as you abide and you stay 457 00:29:57,650 --> 00:29:59,950 in those places. With Him, 458 00:30:03,550 --> 00:30:07,390 all of those things change. The 5,000 changes. 459 00:30:07,950 --> 00:30:10,910 The 12 will change. At this point in my life, I can tell you my 460 00:30:10,910 --> 00:30:14,630 12 has changed over the years, but the 461 00:30:14,630 --> 00:30:18,430 calling to those in that area has not stopped and has 462 00:30:18,430 --> 00:30:22,150 not changed. With the 3, I have been so blessed to have the 463 00:30:22,150 --> 00:30:25,790 most amazing friends in my life, and God has sent to me what I needed 464 00:30:25,790 --> 00:30:29,370 me in those seasons exactly what I needed. 465 00:30:29,370 --> 00:30:32,850 I'm going to skip. In scripture, I 466 00:30:33,090 --> 00:30:36,930 want you to pay attention, guys. All three of those things I just told 467 00:30:36,930 --> 00:30:40,730 you, whether it was God in the thousands, He went up on 468 00:30:40,730 --> 00:30:44,370 a mountainside and He sat down and abided with 469 00:30:44,690 --> 00:30:48,490 the twelve. He went up on a mountainside and He began 470 00:30:48,490 --> 00:30:52,330 to call the twelve. And then with the three, He took the two 471 00:30:52,330 --> 00:30:55,710 and And they went up on a mountainside and the revelation 472 00:30:55,710 --> 00:30:59,190 of God came to them. What did I just call El 473 00:30:59,430 --> 00:31:02,390 Elyon? What did I just call El Shaddai? The 474 00:31:03,110 --> 00:31:06,630 God of the mountain. The God of the mountain 475 00:31:06,630 --> 00:31:08,790 that meets us there. Mountains 476 00:31:09,830 --> 00:31:13,590 are places of revelation. Not a lot grows there, 477 00:31:13,590 --> 00:31:17,390 but revelation does come. My granny used to have 478 00:31:17,390 --> 00:31:21,100 me sit down and sing In the valley he 479 00:31:21,100 --> 00:31:24,780 restores my soul. And there's a line in it that says, nothing grows 480 00:31:24,860 --> 00:31:27,420 high on a mountain, so 481 00:31:28,460 --> 00:31:31,820 he picked out a valley for me. I 482 00:31:35,100 --> 00:31:38,860 have told you these things so that in me you may 483 00:31:38,860 --> 00:31:42,220 have peace. In this world, this has already been shared today, you 484 00:31:42,860 --> 00:31:45,680 will have trouble, but Do what? Take 485 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:50,160 heart! Take heart! I have overcome 486 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:53,440 the world. You can abide there. You 487 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,440 can stay there. You can grab hold of that and 488 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:01,600 rest. Now let me tell you something, abiding does not just 489 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:05,360 happen. It does not just happen. It's something, it 490 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:08,640 is a decision. You decide, 491 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,920 God, I want to Abide. 492 00:32:12,890 --> 00:32:16,690 I want to abide in the vine. I want to 493 00:32:16,690 --> 00:32:20,490 be attached to everything you're doing. I'm so grateful for 494 00:32:20,570 --> 00:32:24,330 the roots. When Rhonda was talking this morning about the roots, and that's 495 00:32:24,330 --> 00:32:27,850 where our water comes from. I am so grateful that, but 496 00:32:28,089 --> 00:32:31,810 in order, it's a decision to stay, and a 497 00:32:31,810 --> 00:32:35,050 decision, it's a practice. We don't learn it overnight. 498 00:32:35,050 --> 00:32:38,730 We don't wake up, just like the plants don't grow overnight, and 499 00:32:38,810 --> 00:32:42,620 as Pastor Shari shared today talking about the tree appearing 500 00:32:42,620 --> 00:32:46,340 in her front yard just overnight, and it doesn't happen 501 00:32:46,340 --> 00:32:50,180 that way. But if we will practice, if we 502 00:32:50,180 --> 00:32:53,980 will practice, and we will allow the Lord to show us what 503 00:32:54,060 --> 00:32:57,860 abiding looks like in our life. It is a 504 00:32:57,860 --> 00:33:01,020 posture. It is a place in 505 00:33:01,660 --> 00:33:05,500 Him. Worship guys— oh, I'm sorry, you 506 00:33:05,500 --> 00:33:07,340 prefer worship dudes. I'm sorry. Worship 507 00:33:09,090 --> 00:33:12,570 team. Oh no, actually the correct 508 00:33:12,570 --> 00:33:14,770 term is Levites. You 509 00:33:18,130 --> 00:33:21,330 do understand, and you do understand that 510 00:33:22,050 --> 00:33:25,650 you are a priesthood, Levitical priesthood. 511 00:33:25,970 --> 00:33:29,410 There's a lot that, that is behind their 512 00:33:30,530 --> 00:33:34,270 abiding. So what we're going to do is we're going to 513 00:33:34,270 --> 00:33:36,870 give you just one more opportunity before 514 00:33:38,710 --> 00:33:42,230 you go home and dread that hour that you're losing. Before 515 00:33:42,870 --> 00:33:46,670 you go home, we're going to make a conscious decision and we're going to 516 00:33:46,670 --> 00:33:50,470 do this. He who dwells in the secret place 517 00:33:50,630 --> 00:33:54,190 of the Most High will abide under 518 00:33:54,190 --> 00:33:57,590 the shadowy wings of the Almighty. Guys, 519 00:33:58,470 --> 00:34:02,170 if you have capacity And if you are able, young people, 520 00:34:02,170 --> 00:34:05,090 lead us. Lead us. Those 521 00:34:05,810 --> 00:34:09,450 of you who were up here kneeling, take just 522 00:34:09,450 --> 00:34:13,250 a moment if you would. And I want you this time, 523 00:34:13,330 --> 00:34:17,050 when you settle into worship— grown-ups too, 524 00:34:17,050 --> 00:34:19,330 I don't mean to negate you, but 525 00:34:21,410 --> 00:34:23,810 I also know what your knees are like. And If 526 00:34:27,420 --> 00:34:31,140 you have it in your heart, this time when they lead us in this 527 00:34:31,140 --> 00:34:34,660 song, I want you to just close your eyes for a minute. If you're kneeling 528 00:34:34,660 --> 00:34:38,100 or if you're standing, and I want you to take just a moment 529 00:34:38,100 --> 00:34:41,820 and press into that place, and 530 00:34:42,140 --> 00:34:45,340 I want you to see it in your spirit, the invitation to 531 00:34:46,460 --> 00:34:49,820 just tuck in and abide under 532 00:34:50,620 --> 00:34:53,629 the shadow of the Almighty. Go 533 00:34:54,509 --> 00:34:54,989 ahead, guys.