1 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:13,120 So something about me is, as a pastor here in New York City, a common 2 00:00:13,120 --> 00:00:19,000 question that is asked of me is how do I figure out what my calling 3 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:19,240 is? 4 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:21,280 How do I figure out what my purpose is in life? 5 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:22,960 And that's a really big question. 6 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:27,600 And it's one that while it's hard to know specifically how it 7 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,040 works for everyone, I do believe God is kind enough to give 8 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,100 us clues on what our calling is. 9 00:00:33,580 --> 00:00:37,660 And the thing is, your context is the key to your calling. 10 00:00:38,700 --> 00:00:42,820 You are not here by accident, but you have been divinely put here 11 00:00:42,820 --> 00:00:46,340 in this time in history, in this specific part of the world that 12 00:00:46,340 --> 00:00:49,820 you're in, because God wants something to happen through your 13 00:00:49,820 --> 00:00:50,140 life. 14 00:00:50,860 --> 00:00:54,420 And the thing about that, especially as I think about everything 15 00:00:54,420 --> 00:00:57,300 that is happening here at V1 Church over the years since I've 16 00:00:57,300 --> 00:01:02,840 been able to work witness that, is that V1 has a very unique 17 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,360 and special place in the kingdom of God. 18 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,240 V1 Church exists between two realities. 19 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:13,560 The first reality is this is that we are living in the age of 20 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:14,479 anticulture. 21 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,040 It's not just chaos, it's beyond chaos. 22 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,600 We're living in an age sociologists say is the most reactive, 23 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:28,000 insecure, unwanted, hopeless and exhausted generation. 24 00:01:28,410 --> 00:01:29,770 And recorded human history. 25 00:01:30,970 --> 00:01:36,170 Depression, anxiety and suicide is at an all time high. 26 00:01:37,370 --> 00:01:43,890 However, V1 also exists in another reality, which is that there 27 00:01:43,890 --> 00:01:47,730 is a mighty move of God that is happening here and the people 28 00:01:47,730 --> 00:01:50,810 that are dealing with hopelessness, anxiety, depression, 29 00:01:51,450 --> 00:01:54,610 finding freedom in the name of Jesus through what is happening here 30 00:01:54,610 --> 00:01:55,290 at this church. 31 00:01:56,170 --> 00:02:00,330 I'm standing in a church that worshiped in Times Square. 32 00:02:00,810 --> 00:02:04,330 Of all the things that you see that happen here in this city, here 33 00:02:04,330 --> 00:02:07,330 in the world, you were the ones that got to lift up the name 34 00:02:07,330 --> 00:02:08,410 of Jesus in that space. 35 00:02:09,930 --> 00:02:12,490 And the question is, what do we do about that? 36 00:02:13,050 --> 00:02:16,650 As we've been walking in this series, Men of Valor, I want to talk 37 00:02:16,650 --> 00:02:17,130 to you. 38 00:02:17,290 --> 00:02:20,210 And this is a message, yes, for men, but I think everyone could 39 00:02:20,210 --> 00:02:24,570 take hold of it, of how we can be people of Kingdom culture in this 40 00:02:24,570 --> 00:02:24,890 time. 41 00:02:25,820 --> 00:02:28,980 Because God is doing powerful things here at V1 Church, but I believe 42 00:02:28,980 --> 00:02:31,940 he's doing powerful things here at V1 Church so that we as the 43 00:02:31,940 --> 00:02:35,060 church can go out and establish kingdom culture in all 44 00:02:35,060 --> 00:02:36,620 of the spaces that we operate in. 45 00:02:37,900 --> 00:02:41,179 So with that, I want to talk about how we can be people of Kingdom 46 00:02:41,179 --> 00:02:41,500 culture. 47 00:02:41,500 --> 00:02:46,140 And a kingdom culture will be built out of people of radical repentance. 48 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:50,500 And repentance is a very religious word, but it simply means 49 00:02:50,500 --> 00:02:53,260 to change your mind, to go a different route. 50 00:02:53,420 --> 00:02:55,220 So when I'm Talking about radical repentance. 51 00:02:55,220 --> 00:02:58,000 I'm talking about people that see the way of the culture that's 52 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,720 currently existing and says, I'm not going this way, I'm going 53 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,880 a different way, and I'm going to bring people with me. 54 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:08,640 And we learn this from none other than a mighty man of God in 55 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:12,560 Scripture named King Josiah, that he's not a person you hear all 56 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,880 the time in services, but he's someone you might know, someone named 57 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:18,200 Josiah, but that's about it. 58 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,520 But let me give you some fast facts about King Josiah that I believe 59 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:22,360 you need to understand. 60 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:26,570 First and foremost, Josiah was born where there wasn't a move of 61 00:03:26,570 --> 00:03:28,210 God for over 90 years. 62 00:03:28,770 --> 00:03:32,330 His father and grandfather were some of the most evil kings 63 00:03:32,330 --> 00:03:33,730 in Israel's history. 64 00:03:34,370 --> 00:03:37,890 The temple of God was destroyed in Israel, and many people 65 00:03:37,890 --> 00:03:42,410 were operating in the ruins of the temple, worshiping other pagan 66 00:03:42,410 --> 00:03:42,850 gods. 67 00:03:43,250 --> 00:03:46,450 And the prophets of that time said because of all the wickedness 68 00:03:46,450 --> 00:03:50,050 that Israel did, that there was judgment from God that was coming. 69 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,720 Yet we see this here in the story of King Josiah, Second Chronicles 70 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:55,280 34. 71 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:59,800 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned 72 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,000 in Jerusalem 31 years. 73 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,560 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed the 74 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:09,200 ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to 75 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:09,600 the left. 76 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,880 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, 77 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,480 he began to seek the God of his father. 78 00:04:17,450 --> 00:04:18,330 Now, here's the thing. 79 00:04:18,970 --> 00:04:20,970 David is not his father. 80 00:04:21,770 --> 00:04:24,330 David is not related to him in any way. 81 00:04:24,650 --> 00:04:27,770 Josiah comes from a grandfather who was so wicked that 82 00:04:27,770 --> 00:04:28,930 God had to take him out. 83 00:04:28,930 --> 00:04:32,050 And his father was also another person that was assassinated 84 00:04:32,050 --> 00:04:35,210 by the people because he was such a threat to their safety. 85 00:04:35,770 --> 00:04:39,810 So Josiah is not operating on any spirituality that's around him. 86 00:04:39,810 --> 00:04:43,210 In fact, he says, if I live off the spirituality that I see here 87 00:04:43,770 --> 00:04:46,130 around me, I'm not going to be able to operate. 88 00:04:46,130 --> 00:04:49,190 I'm going to look back on my past and I'm going to gradually someone 89 00:04:49,190 --> 00:04:51,590 who I can hold onto and learn from. 90 00:04:52,150 --> 00:04:55,510 And I feel like that is so many of the people that are here 91 00:04:55,750 --> 00:04:57,510 right now at B1 Church. 92 00:04:58,310 --> 00:05:01,030 Many of you in here did not come from a Christian home. 93 00:05:01,670 --> 00:05:04,470 Many of you in here might have come from a home that said that they 94 00:05:04,470 --> 00:05:07,230 were Christian, but at the same time they didn't exemplify Christ 95 00:05:07,230 --> 00:05:08,790 in a way that you wanted to follow. 96 00:05:09,510 --> 00:05:13,670 And here you are in this space where you have said yes to Jesus, 97 00:05:13,670 --> 00:05:16,870 or maybe you're still on your journey of getting to that yes to 98 00:05:16,870 --> 00:05:18,830 Jesus, and you're Saying, I want to do something different. 99 00:05:18,830 --> 00:05:22,010 I want to establish something different in my family, because what 100 00:05:22,010 --> 00:05:23,810 I've seen, I cannot continue. 101 00:05:25,490 --> 00:05:27,850 And you are saying to yourself, how do I lean into this? 102 00:05:27,850 --> 00:05:29,010 How do I hold on from this? 103 00:05:29,010 --> 00:05:32,090 And the way that many of us have leaned to the incredible leadership 104 00:05:32,090 --> 00:05:35,930 here at this church, we can also learn as well the way that King 105 00:05:35,930 --> 00:05:37,650 Josiah did when it came to David. 106 00:05:38,130 --> 00:05:41,490 We know that David is not necessarily a perfect person, but 107 00:05:41,490 --> 00:05:44,530 he established a lot of things that was an example of what to follow. 108 00:05:45,170 --> 00:05:47,580 King David was a worshiping warrior. 109 00:05:47,820 --> 00:05:50,140 He was a man full of emotions. 110 00:05:50,300 --> 00:05:51,900 He was a leader to the people. 111 00:05:52,300 --> 00:05:56,580 But most important about King David was that he built a culture 112 00:05:56,580 --> 00:05:59,340 around the presence of God amongst the people. 113 00:06:00,300 --> 00:06:03,780 He not only built a temple to God and had the Ark of the Covenant 114 00:06:03,780 --> 00:06:07,580 in that temple, but he paid out of his own pocket for there to 115 00:06:07,580 --> 00:06:12,420 be 247 worship happening in that temple each and every day, and 116 00:06:12,420 --> 00:06:16,700 established the major highways of the city of Jerusalem. 117 00:06:16,700 --> 00:06:20,520 So any neighboring nation, any country that came through there, 118 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,920 would walk past the temple and hear the worship that was happening 119 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:24,440 inside. 120 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:29,680 He prioritized the presence of God amongst the people and created 121 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:30,360 a culture. 122 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,440 And let me be clear, you are creating a culture in your own home. 123 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:39,680 There is a culture that is cultivated in your own heart, and 124 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,840 the culture is what you put at the center of your life and what 125 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:46,120 you allow to grow around it. 126 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,480 I live in New York City, like many of you here right now, and we 127 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:54,600 live in a culture of mammon. 128 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:59,280 We worship money out here in this city, but that doesn't have 129 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:00,120 to be our story. 130 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:06,880 And in Indiana and Jersey and in Miami and Long island, you have 131 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:07,840 your own things, too. 132 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:12,040 By the way, we are all praying that the Pacers take it in game seven. 133 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:13,800 Indiana, we are with you tonight. 134 00:07:17,290 --> 00:07:20,650 But radical repentance, turning from the things of this world 135 00:07:20,650 --> 00:07:25,370 and creating a culture, comes from reconstructing the center of 136 00:07:25,370 --> 00:07:25,930 your life. 137 00:07:26,810 --> 00:07:30,650 The first thing we see Josiah do in the name of this was he ripped 138 00:07:30,650 --> 00:07:32,970 out the sins that live at the root. 139 00:07:33,370 --> 00:07:37,850 Second Chronicles 34 under his direction, Josiah, the altars of 140 00:07:37,850 --> 00:07:39,450 the bales were torn down. 141 00:07:39,690 --> 00:07:43,850 He cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them and smashed 142 00:07:43,850 --> 00:07:45,690 the Asherah poles and the idols. 143 00:07:46,150 --> 00:07:49,310 These he broke to pieces and scattered over the graves of those 144 00:07:49,310 --> 00:07:50,870 who had sacrificed to them. 145 00:07:50,950 --> 00:07:53,830 He burned the bones of the priests on their altars. 146 00:07:53,990 --> 00:07:58,110 And so he purged Judah and Jerusalem in the towns of Manasseh, 147 00:07:58,110 --> 00:08:00,950 Ephraim and Simeon as far as Naphtali. 148 00:08:00,950 --> 00:08:04,990 And in the ruins around them, he tore down the altars and the Asherah 149 00:08:04,990 --> 00:08:09,230 poles and crushed the idols to powder and cut to pieces all the 150 00:08:09,230 --> 00:08:11,590 incense altars throughout Israel. 151 00:08:12,020 --> 00:08:14,340 Then he went back to Jerusalem. 152 00:08:14,740 --> 00:08:15,940 Now, that was a lot there. 153 00:08:16,020 --> 00:08:17,780 Let me summarize what's going on. 154 00:08:18,020 --> 00:08:21,260 Josiah says, I am going to prioritize the presence of God amongst 155 00:08:21,260 --> 00:08:21,620 the people. 156 00:08:21,860 --> 00:08:25,100 And the temple of God that was originally established was torn down. 157 00:08:25,100 --> 00:08:27,500 And there was a bunch of different idol worship that was happening 158 00:08:27,500 --> 00:08:27,780 there. 159 00:08:27,940 --> 00:08:31,300 And he did not just say, get the idols out, move them out the 160 00:08:31,300 --> 00:08:31,540 way. 161 00:08:31,540 --> 00:08:36,660 He said, no, destroy them all, burn it, put it to powder and throw 162 00:08:36,660 --> 00:08:40,835 it all out so that no other generation, no other king that comes 163 00:08:40,835 --> 00:08:44,679 out after me can find these things and worship those instead. 164 00:08:45,399 --> 00:08:48,919 Let me summarize what he did in a way that we can understand. 165 00:08:49,399 --> 00:08:51,079 You don't get what you want. 166 00:08:51,159 --> 00:08:52,919 You get what you tolerate. 167 00:08:55,479 --> 00:08:58,119 You do not get the vision that you want. 168 00:08:58,279 --> 00:09:02,439 You get what you allow to grow around the center of your life. 169 00:09:03,799 --> 00:09:08,810 And this is true in every facet of our culture, of our society. 170 00:09:09,130 --> 00:09:12,650 Everything you like and don't like that is happening right now 171 00:09:12,650 --> 00:09:17,290 in our country are things that we allowed to happen 20 plus years 172 00:09:17,290 --> 00:09:17,610 ago. 173 00:09:17,610 --> 00:09:18,810 There's no surprises. 174 00:09:20,170 --> 00:09:21,850 I like the way John Wesley puts it. 175 00:09:21,850 --> 00:09:26,330 He says it this way, what one generation tolerates, the next generation 176 00:09:26,330 --> 00:09:27,370 will embrace. 177 00:09:29,290 --> 00:09:33,010 And the same way that works in our culture, in our society, that 178 00:09:33,010 --> 00:09:34,690 also works within our hearts. 179 00:10:42,661 --> 00:10:45,141 And many of you know what it's like to be saved. 180 00:10:45,141 --> 00:10:48,261 And you're following Jesus and you're doing all the right things 181 00:10:48,261 --> 00:10:51,061 and you've gotten rid of all the other sins in your life. 182 00:10:51,061 --> 00:10:56,821 But there seems to be some stubborn sins that stick around that 183 00:10:56,821 --> 00:11:01,661 continue to come up and they cause for you to even reach the point 184 00:11:01,661 --> 00:11:04,981 of exhaustion that just says, you know what it is, what it is, 185 00:11:05,871 --> 00:11:07,071 this is just who I am. 186 00:11:07,711 --> 00:11:09,391 This is just what I deal with. 187 00:11:11,631 --> 00:11:15,391 I'm celebrating this year, May of this year, it just passed. 188 00:11:15,711 --> 00:11:18,031 10 years married to my wife Jasmine. 189 00:11:18,031 --> 00:11:19,871 I actually have a picture of us on our wedding day. 190 00:11:21,791 --> 00:11:22,911 Incredible day. 191 00:11:23,631 --> 00:11:25,311 Can't believe it's been 10 years. 192 00:11:25,631 --> 00:11:28,871 I am more in love with this girl now than I was looking at her 193 00:11:28,871 --> 00:11:29,591 in this picture. 194 00:11:29,591 --> 00:11:30,591 It's quite a blessing. 195 00:11:31,481 --> 00:11:35,041 But here's the thing about this picture, this image of us, this 196 00:11:35,041 --> 00:11:36,521 day that we got married. 197 00:11:36,521 --> 00:11:38,521 We were fresh out of Bible college. 198 00:11:38,521 --> 00:11:40,881 We've been following Jesus for quite some time. 199 00:11:40,881 --> 00:11:44,401 We were about to step into full time ministry and we knew that 200 00:11:44,401 --> 00:11:46,840 we had some baggage on both sides of the family. 201 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:50,201 But we also had a sense that, listen, we love Jesus, we Have a 202 00:11:50,201 --> 00:11:51,561 sense of call on our lives. 203 00:11:51,641 --> 00:11:55,801 We're gonna show up into this thing and we're going to do something 204 00:11:55,801 --> 00:11:57,961 different in our family line, no question. 205 00:11:59,451 --> 00:12:04,411 And that lasted for probably about a week and a half, because 206 00:12:04,411 --> 00:12:08,251 shortly into our marriage, all these type of things started coming 207 00:12:08,251 --> 00:12:08,891 out of us. 208 00:12:08,891 --> 00:12:10,571 There was secrecy that was happening. 209 00:12:10,571 --> 00:12:12,211 There was manipulation that was happening. 210 00:12:12,211 --> 00:12:14,251 There was all types of drama that was going on. 211 00:12:14,491 --> 00:12:17,811 And it was like, we never really experienced anything like 212 00:12:17,811 --> 00:12:21,411 this before, but it was as if, like, the pressure of marriage started 213 00:12:21,411 --> 00:12:23,451 bringing this stuff up to the surface. 214 00:12:24,821 --> 00:12:28,661 And it made me have to figure out what was going on in my family 215 00:12:29,221 --> 00:12:29,621 line. 216 00:12:29,621 --> 00:12:31,981 And I started getting into epigenetics. 217 00:12:31,981 --> 00:12:32,821 And epigenetics. 218 00:12:32,821 --> 00:12:34,861 I know many of you know it, but for the people that don't know 219 00:12:34,861 --> 00:12:39,101 it, epigenetics is the study of how people inherit family trauma 220 00:12:39,101 --> 00:12:42,501 and other things up to five to six generations. 221 00:12:43,701 --> 00:12:48,421 They did one study on Holocaust survivors, and they saw 222 00:12:48,421 --> 00:12:51,381 that Holocaust survivors, after studying their brain, had a 223 00:12:51,461 --> 00:12:55,261 unique mental map that was different than everybody else because 224 00:12:55,261 --> 00:12:58,161 of the that they experienced during the Holocaust. 225 00:12:58,641 --> 00:13:02,201 But then they did the same study over their grandchildren, far 226 00:13:02,201 --> 00:13:04,961 removed from anything that happened in the Holocaust. 227 00:13:04,961 --> 00:13:08,321 And when they studied the brains of their grandchildren, they 228 00:13:08,321 --> 00:13:13,681 had the same mental maps in their own head, despite never experiencing 229 00:13:13,681 --> 00:13:14,801 the Holocaust at all. 230 00:13:15,841 --> 00:13:17,841 There's a science to this. 231 00:13:19,681 --> 00:13:22,841 And I remember going through my family line and I saw all the 232 00:13:22,841 --> 00:13:25,221 types of stuff, secrets and manipulation that was happening in 233 00:13:25,221 --> 00:13:25,661 my family. 234 00:13:25,821 --> 00:13:30,021 Found out tragically, my grandfather, who was a highly respected 235 00:13:30,021 --> 00:13:34,301 person in the church, also had a complete separate family that my 236 00:13:34,461 --> 00:13:35,661 parents didn't know about. 237 00:13:37,181 --> 00:13:39,861 And I had to be the person that says, these are the things that 238 00:13:39,861 --> 00:13:43,101 are in my family, but it will not continue through me. 239 00:13:43,581 --> 00:13:45,661 There is a new legacy being made. 240 00:13:45,661 --> 00:13:47,421 I am establishing something new. 241 00:13:47,741 --> 00:13:50,911 We are letting all those old things happen, die right here. 242 00:13:50,911 --> 00:13:55,391 And there's going to be a wave of godly influence that moves forward. 243 00:13:56,751 --> 00:14:00,511 And we did so many different things in order to unpack what was 244 00:14:00,511 --> 00:14:00,991 going on. 245 00:14:00,991 --> 00:14:05,311 We did spiritual, healthy, emotionally healthy spirituality. 246 00:14:05,311 --> 00:14:05,910 Excuse me. 247 00:14:05,910 --> 00:14:06,911 We did breakers. 248 00:14:06,911 --> 00:14:08,191 We are breaker graduates. 249 00:14:08,191 --> 00:14:10,511 Me and my wife shout out to the breakers in the room. 250 00:14:10,511 --> 00:14:15,991 By the way, watching online, I learned the hard way. 251 00:14:15,991 --> 00:14:19,231 I love the way Pete Scazzero says it, Jesus may live in your heart, 252 00:14:19,651 --> 00:14:21,411 but grandpa lives in your bones. 253 00:14:21,411 --> 00:14:25,251 And you gotta get Jesus into the innermost parts in you to find 254 00:14:25,251 --> 00:14:26,051 that freedom. 255 00:14:29,731 --> 00:14:32,891 And another thing that you can call this is not just epigenetics. 256 00:14:32,891 --> 00:14:36,491 Sometimes it's spiritual curses, sometimes it's things that 257 00:14:36,491 --> 00:14:40,291 have been put on you that you had no idea that you're walking with. 258 00:14:40,611 --> 00:14:42,971 This is why I love B1 Church, by the way, because y' all preach 259 00:14:42,971 --> 00:14:43,971 the whole Bible. 260 00:14:43,971 --> 00:14:44,771 I don't have to. 261 00:14:45,011 --> 00:14:46,691 I don't have to buffer anything. 262 00:14:46,691 --> 00:14:48,531 We could just keep it 100% here. 263 00:14:50,301 --> 00:14:53,341 I had a conversation with a great leader, John Mark Comer, and 264 00:14:53,341 --> 00:14:58,861 he told me the story about how his wife was her whole life and her 265 00:14:58,861 --> 00:15:02,621 whole time knowing him was battling with this degenerative disease. 266 00:15:03,341 --> 00:15:07,181 She dealt with really bad illnesses that would come in waves. 267 00:15:07,261 --> 00:15:10,941 She had it where half her face would go into spasms and different 268 00:15:10,941 --> 00:15:12,621 things from time to time. 269 00:15:12,621 --> 00:15:14,781 And she's just been living with this forever. 270 00:15:15,201 --> 00:15:18,441 And it reached a point where in her early 30s, it looked like 271 00:15:18,441 --> 00:15:20,681 she was about to die from this disease. 272 00:15:20,681 --> 00:15:24,321 They went to every doctor, they suggested every medication and 273 00:15:24,321 --> 00:15:26,321 every diet, but nothing was working. 274 00:15:26,721 --> 00:15:29,521 And then eventually someone said, have you looked through her 275 00:15:29,521 --> 00:15:32,401 family line to see if there might be a spiritual curse there? 276 00:15:33,201 --> 00:15:35,601 And they looked through the family line and they found out her 277 00:15:35,601 --> 00:15:38,881 great grandmother from Mexico was having an affair with another 278 00:15:38,961 --> 00:15:39,361 man. 279 00:15:40,001 --> 00:15:44,921 And the woman that was getting cheated on by her husband put a curse 280 00:15:44,921 --> 00:15:49,121 on her great grandmother that said that the firstborn daughter 281 00:15:49,121 --> 00:15:54,321 of her line would either get incredibly sick or die at an early 282 00:15:54,321 --> 00:15:54,721 age. 283 00:15:55,841 --> 00:15:57,161 And guess who she was? 284 00:15:57,161 --> 00:15:59,601 A firstborn daughter in the line. 285 00:16:00,401 --> 00:16:01,521 So they sat her down. 286 00:16:01,601 --> 00:16:05,681 They got people to show up, pray over her, renounce it, rebuke 287 00:16:05,681 --> 00:16:06,001 it. 288 00:16:06,081 --> 00:16:09,161 And she said it felt like a veil came off of her head. 289 00:16:09,161 --> 00:16:14,761 She aged 10 years younger, and she has been living free of all disease 290 00:16:14,841 --> 00:16:15,481 ever since. 291 00:16:15,481 --> 00:16:16,761 That was in 2018. 292 00:16:18,681 --> 00:16:23,841 There's power to this, but it won't happen unless we say, I'm going 293 00:16:23,841 --> 00:16:27,161 to look through my line, find the strongholds, and I'm not just 294 00:16:27,161 --> 00:16:28,121 going to acknowledge it. 295 00:16:28,121 --> 00:16:31,241 I'm going to destroy it so that God can do a new thing. 296 00:16:32,601 --> 00:16:33,641 But that's not all. 297 00:16:34,361 --> 00:16:37,641 The second thing that we learned from King Josiah was he restored 298 00:16:37,801 --> 00:16:38,841 what had been lost. 299 00:16:39,721 --> 00:16:41,481 2nd Chronicles 34, verse 8. 300 00:16:41,481 --> 00:16:45,601 He says, in the 18th year of Josiah's reign, to purify the land 301 00:16:45,601 --> 00:16:52,561 and the temple he set Shaphan son of Azaleah and Maaseiah the ruler 302 00:16:52,561 --> 00:16:57,641 of the city, with Joah, son of Johaz the recorder, to repair the 303 00:16:57,641 --> 00:16:59,321 temple of the Lord his God. 304 00:16:59,561 --> 00:17:02,841 It was not enough just to get all of the wicked idols out. 305 00:17:02,921 --> 00:17:06,561 They needed to make sure that they established the temple again 306 00:17:06,561 --> 00:17:09,341 to be where the presence of God dwelled amongst the the people 307 00:17:09,661 --> 00:17:10,341 the same way. 308 00:17:10,341 --> 00:17:12,341 For us, it's not just good enough. 309 00:17:12,341 --> 00:17:14,981 Just to get rid of the sins that you've been dealing with, especially 310 00:17:14,981 --> 00:17:16,101 the deep rooted ones. 311 00:17:16,101 --> 00:17:20,261 We need to create habits and practices that prioritizes God's 312 00:17:20,261 --> 00:17:23,501 presence amongst us so that whether we're in the workspace, whether 313 00:17:23,501 --> 00:17:26,941 we're in school, whether we're in the neighborhood, people can see 314 00:17:26,941 --> 00:17:29,381 that there's a spirit that is amongst us that's different than 315 00:17:29,381 --> 00:17:29,901 the world. 316 00:17:30,941 --> 00:17:34,021 I love what Moses said one time, he said to God, listen, we 317 00:17:34,021 --> 00:17:35,571 need your presence amongst us, us. 318 00:17:35,571 --> 00:17:38,651 If your presence does not go with us, then we don't want to go. 319 00:17:38,731 --> 00:17:42,971 How else will people know that we are different as a culture? 320 00:17:43,771 --> 00:17:44,971 Think about that question. 321 00:17:44,971 --> 00:17:48,211 There's so many ways I'm in this beautiful, diverse room full 322 00:17:48,211 --> 00:17:51,371 of all type of different cultures represented here and watching 323 00:17:51,371 --> 00:17:54,731 online, and there are so many ways you can distinct that. 324 00:17:55,051 --> 00:17:58,811 The, the way that you dress, the celebrations you have, the food 325 00:17:58,811 --> 00:18:00,811 that you have, the language that you speak. 326 00:18:00,971 --> 00:18:03,701 Moses says, I don't care about any of that. 327 00:18:03,781 --> 00:18:08,061 We want your presence to be the distinguishing factor in the 328 00:18:08,061 --> 00:18:08,821 way that we live. 329 00:18:09,941 --> 00:18:11,781 And here's the tension with that though. 330 00:18:12,501 --> 00:18:16,101 We live in an age right now, no matter where you are in this country 331 00:18:17,141 --> 00:18:20,461 where the primary goal of secular culture is to get you to 332 00:18:20,461 --> 00:18:21,621 privatize your faith. 333 00:18:23,221 --> 00:18:26,301 I've been living in New York City now for some time, and there 334 00:18:26,301 --> 00:18:30,381 are definitely some people that are against the gospel and actively 335 00:18:30,381 --> 00:18:31,541 work against it. 336 00:18:31,910 --> 00:18:35,910 But for the most part, most people don't care what I believe 337 00:18:36,710 --> 00:18:38,310 as long as I don't talk about it. 338 00:18:39,830 --> 00:18:43,390 They could put whatever in my face, they can blast whatever in 339 00:18:43,390 --> 00:18:46,310 my ears of what they believe and how things should go. 340 00:18:46,310 --> 00:18:49,470 But the second I bring up Jesus, they're like, nah, fam, keep 341 00:18:49,470 --> 00:18:50,150 that at home. 342 00:18:52,070 --> 00:18:55,750 And we can end up adapting this narrative that says if we are 343 00:18:55,750 --> 00:18:59,161 just simply nice enough, not vocal in our faith, but if we're 344 00:18:59,161 --> 00:19:02,281 simply just really nice people, perhaps that might mean that 345 00:19:02,281 --> 00:19:04,841 someone might come to us and be like, you're such a nice person. 346 00:19:05,081 --> 00:19:06,081 Why are you so nice? 347 00:19:06,081 --> 00:19:08,401 And that could be the opportunity for us to share Jesus 348 00:19:08,401 --> 00:19:09,001 with them. 349 00:19:09,241 --> 00:19:12,481 And I'm not saying that it's completely ineffective, but you know 350 00:19:12,481 --> 00:19:14,361 what's an even better strategy? 351 00:19:14,521 --> 00:19:17,241 Just bringing up Jesus to people. 352 00:19:18,201 --> 00:19:21,201 This is why I'm so excited for Blitz the Block next week. 353 00:19:21,201 --> 00:19:23,761 You guys are literally gonna be praying here and going throughout 354 00:19:23,761 --> 00:19:27,491 this city proclaiming the name of Jesus so that they might be able 355 00:19:27,491 --> 00:19:29,171 to know that there is hope in this world. 356 00:19:31,411 --> 00:19:35,891 And when I think about the importance of this, I'm reminded 357 00:19:36,771 --> 00:19:41,611 of a powerful quote See, this past week we just celebrated Juneteenth 358 00:19:41,611 --> 00:19:47,171 here in our country, a great day of progress of racial equality. 359 00:19:48,051 --> 00:19:53,071 And I do not take for granted that me, a black man in America and 360 00:19:53,071 --> 00:19:55,871 preaching on this stage in front of this incredible diverse 361 00:19:55,871 --> 00:19:56,351 crowd. 362 00:19:57,231 --> 00:20:01,191 And I am legally able to do so, and there will be no harm to 363 00:20:01,191 --> 00:20:02,511 my family for doing so. 364 00:20:03,871 --> 00:20:05,271 That was not always the story. 365 00:20:05,271 --> 00:20:08,671 In fact, I'm standing up here as an answered prayer of my ancestors. 366 00:20:10,111 --> 00:20:14,751 And in the process of the journey for racial equality we always 367 00:20:14,831 --> 00:20:18,521 remember the powerful impact of Martin Luther King. 368 00:20:19,081 --> 00:20:23,241 And he said so many great wonderful things in his time before 369 00:20:23,401 --> 00:20:25,201 he unfortunately lost his life. 370 00:20:25,201 --> 00:20:29,081 But one thing that has always stuck with me was this one quote 371 00:20:29,081 --> 00:20:31,481 he has from letters to a Birmingham jail. 372 00:20:31,481 --> 00:20:32,281 He says this. 373 00:20:32,761 --> 00:20:35,921 I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian 374 00:20:35,921 --> 00:20:36,921 and Jewish brothers. 375 00:20:37,321 --> 00:20:40,761 First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been 376 00:20:40,761 --> 00:20:43,181 gravely disappointed with the white moderate. 377 00:20:43,421 --> 00:20:47,661 I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's 378 00:20:47,661 --> 00:20:50,901 greatest stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not 379 00:20:50,901 --> 00:20:54,781 the white citizens counselor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white 380 00:20:54,861 --> 00:20:58,301 moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice. 381 00:20:59,021 --> 00:21:00,141 Now let me be clear. 382 00:21:00,621 --> 00:21:04,141 Martin Luther King in this moment is talking about racial justice. 383 00:21:04,381 --> 00:21:07,101 But can I just take you with me one moment? 384 00:21:07,831 --> 00:21:12,311 What if the greatest obstacle to people that we know and care about 385 00:21:12,711 --> 00:21:15,991 finding out about the name of Jesus and them saying yes to Jesus 386 00:21:16,071 --> 00:21:20,071 is not some type of political oppression, maybe not even some demonic 387 00:21:20,071 --> 00:21:20,471 force. 388 00:21:20,551 --> 00:21:24,591 It's just our indifference in wanting to share our faith because 389 00:21:24,591 --> 00:21:26,311 we want to be comfortable where we're at. 390 00:21:30,231 --> 00:21:34,071 We need to be people that proclaim the name of Jesus and prioritize 391 00:21:34,071 --> 00:21:35,671 his presence amongst us. 392 00:21:35,971 --> 00:21:37,851 We do not just need nice people. 393 00:21:37,851 --> 00:21:39,571 We need mighty men of God. 394 00:21:39,731 --> 00:21:41,571 We need mighty women of God. 395 00:21:43,011 --> 00:21:45,491 I'm actually a factor of change in this department. 396 00:21:46,691 --> 00:21:50,771 I grew up in church and I was someone who despite the fact growing 397 00:21:50,771 --> 00:21:53,131 up in church Jesus didn't really mean anything to me. 398 00:21:53,131 --> 00:21:54,611 That was just my parents religion. 399 00:21:55,011 --> 00:21:58,331 But what changed my life one day was when a 15 year old girl in 400 00:21:58,331 --> 00:22:01,331 my high school named Hannah Anderson saw me and a bunch of guys 401 00:22:01,991 --> 00:22:03,391 in my class goofing around. 402 00:22:03,391 --> 00:22:05,471 And she was like, hey guys, do you have a moment for me to tell 403 00:22:05,471 --> 00:22:06,391 you about Jesus? 404 00:22:06,791 --> 00:22:10,511 And she stood there in front of us and began crying, tears pouring 405 00:22:10,511 --> 00:22:11,031 down her face. 406 00:22:11,031 --> 00:22:12,631 Told us about the love of Jesus. 407 00:22:12,791 --> 00:22:15,591 Told us about he has plans and purposes for our lives. 408 00:22:15,831 --> 00:22:18,511 Told us that if we would trust in him, he would be able to give 409 00:22:18,511 --> 00:22:21,191 us freedom in the areas that we felt Trapped and bound. 410 00:22:21,271 --> 00:22:26,231 And that he loved us so deeply and was willing for us to just surrender 411 00:22:26,231 --> 00:22:28,121 to him and he would change our lives forever. 412 00:22:28,751 --> 00:22:30,631 And I remember hearing her say all of that. 413 00:22:30,631 --> 00:22:34,631 And I laid in my bed one night and I said, looking at the ceiling, 414 00:22:34,631 --> 00:22:39,191 I said, lord Jesus, if this is true about you, then I will follow 415 00:22:39,191 --> 00:22:40,511 you the days of my life. 416 00:22:40,511 --> 00:22:41,711 All the days of my life. 417 00:22:42,031 --> 00:22:46,111 I'm standing up here today because of what a high school student 418 00:22:46,111 --> 00:22:47,631 said to me so long ago. 419 00:22:48,751 --> 00:22:50,431 Let me put it in a different way. 420 00:22:50,511 --> 00:22:52,671 Yes, that is worth the praise, by the way. 421 00:22:52,831 --> 00:22:55,201 You have no question, you have no clue how powerful your words can 422 00:22:55,201 --> 00:22:55,481 be. 423 00:22:55,481 --> 00:22:58,681 You have no clue how powerful your testimony is. 424 00:23:00,761 --> 00:23:03,841 A public faith is spiritual warfare. 425 00:23:03,841 --> 00:23:09,201 In the secular age, the Holy Spirit makes all the difference. 426 00:23:09,201 --> 00:23:13,161 But sometimes it's all about just being willing to be public about 427 00:23:13,161 --> 00:23:16,041 your faith in a way that goes against the culture. 428 00:23:16,361 --> 00:23:18,841 And I don't think you have to be crazy about it. 429 00:23:18,841 --> 00:23:22,051 Consistency is being better than intensity. 430 00:23:22,931 --> 00:23:26,611 And you can create methods of how you share the Gospel in every 431 00:23:26,611 --> 00:23:28,291 way, shape and form around you. 432 00:23:28,931 --> 00:23:30,451 Real quick, I'll share this story. 433 00:23:31,251 --> 00:23:33,091 Our church is in lower Manhattan. 434 00:23:33,251 --> 00:23:35,171 Shout out to the Manhattan campus. 435 00:23:35,811 --> 00:23:38,811 And before we got that building, we didn't have anywhere 436 00:23:38,811 --> 00:23:39,731 to do Bible study. 437 00:23:39,971 --> 00:23:41,491 We're here in New York City. 438 00:23:41,491 --> 00:23:44,291 Space is not that great for most people. 439 00:23:44,611 --> 00:23:47,971 So we ended up doing Bible studies just around the neighborhood. 440 00:23:48,131 --> 00:23:52,291 And we started doing a Bible study in a Whole Foods in the cafeteria. 441 00:23:52,371 --> 00:23:55,251 And we didn't just show up to talk about Jesus, we showed up with 442 00:23:55,251 --> 00:23:56,451 paper Bibles. 443 00:23:56,451 --> 00:23:59,771 And if you ever want to see people go nuts, show up with a paper 444 00:23:59,771 --> 00:24:04,571 Bible somewhere and have them, like, be like, I think that guy's 445 00:24:04,571 --> 00:24:05,131 got a Bible. 446 00:24:05,131 --> 00:24:06,051 What is going on? 447 00:24:07,731 --> 00:24:10,131 We were doing that Bible study, and for three, four weeks, 448 00:24:10,131 --> 00:24:12,171 there was a guy that was standing there, a security guard 449 00:24:12,171 --> 00:24:14,501 that was standing there that was just staring at us the whole 450 00:24:14,501 --> 00:24:14,621 time. 451 00:24:14,621 --> 00:24:16,381 And I didn't know what this dude was up to. 452 00:24:16,381 --> 00:24:17,221 I don't know if he. 453 00:24:17,221 --> 00:24:18,701 If he liked it, if he didn't like it. 454 00:24:18,701 --> 00:24:20,181 I don't know what his intention was. 455 00:24:20,421 --> 00:24:24,261 But eventually, after the fourth week, he went on his break 456 00:24:24,261 --> 00:24:26,581 and he was like, hey, I'm sorry to interrupt. 457 00:24:26,661 --> 00:24:29,621 I just think you guys are talking about Jesus and I've always 458 00:24:29,621 --> 00:24:30,701 wanted to hear about him. 459 00:24:30,701 --> 00:24:31,981 My grandma used to talk about him. 460 00:24:31,981 --> 00:24:34,901 Can I sit here and listen to you guys talk about Jesus? 461 00:24:34,901 --> 00:24:38,541 And that young man gave his life to Jesus because of a Bible 462 00:24:38,541 --> 00:24:39,791 study in a Whole Foods. 463 00:24:41,061 --> 00:24:43,061 You have no clue what God can do. 464 00:24:46,261 --> 00:24:51,301 I like the way Richard Niebuhr says it, the great Christian revolutions 465 00:24:51,301 --> 00:24:54,661 come not by the discovery of something that was not known before. 466 00:24:55,061 --> 00:24:58,261 They happen when someone radically takes something that was 467 00:24:58,261 --> 00:24:59,461 always there. 468 00:25:02,101 --> 00:25:06,941 There's third and final point that I believe King Josiah exemplifies 469 00:25:06,941 --> 00:25:09,991 that we can learn from how to bring kingdom culture in the age 470 00:25:09,991 --> 00:25:14,071 of anti culture is to rediscover and rebuild the pursuit 471 00:25:14,071 --> 00:25:14,591 of God. 472 00:25:15,151 --> 00:25:19,431 2nd Chronicles 34 While they were bringing out the money that 473 00:25:19,431 --> 00:25:23,871 had been taken into the temple of the Lord Hilkiah, the priests 474 00:25:23,871 --> 00:25:27,791 found the book of the law of the Lord that had been given through 475 00:25:27,791 --> 00:25:28,351 Moses. 476 00:25:28,591 --> 00:25:32,351 When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his robes. 477 00:25:32,511 --> 00:25:36,991 Go and inquire of the Lord for me and for the remnant of Israel 478 00:25:36,991 --> 00:25:41,071 and Judah about what is written in this book that has been 479 00:25:41,071 --> 00:25:41,431 found. 480 00:25:41,831 --> 00:25:45,351 Great is the Lord's anger that is poured out on us because those 481 00:25:45,351 --> 00:25:48,231 who have gone before us have not kept the word of the Lord. 482 00:25:48,391 --> 00:25:52,071 They have not acted in accordance with all that was written 483 00:25:52,071 --> 00:25:52,711 in the book. 484 00:25:53,431 --> 00:25:55,911 He uprooted the idols and destroyed them. 485 00:25:55,991 --> 00:25:59,031 He restored the temple to prioritize God's presence among the 486 00:25:59,031 --> 00:25:59,271 people. 487 00:25:59,591 --> 00:26:03,561 And then he invited all others to participate in celebrating God 488 00:26:03,561 --> 00:26:04,481 for who he was. 489 00:26:05,201 --> 00:26:08,801 Scripture later on says that about he got the entire people of 490 00:26:08,801 --> 00:26:12,281 Israel to rediscover celebrating the Sabbath and Passover 491 00:26:12,281 --> 00:26:12,641 again. 492 00:26:12,721 --> 00:26:16,481 And in the midst of that worship they said it was unlike anything 493 00:26:16,481 --> 00:26:19,841 that Israel had ever seen for 400 years. 494 00:26:20,961 --> 00:26:24,521 Imagine if it was said that the worship that happened in V1 was 495 00:26:24,521 --> 00:26:29,881 so powerful it is something that was not seen since 1625. 496 00:26:31,561 --> 00:26:33,001 I believe that's powerful. 497 00:26:33,321 --> 00:26:34,681 I believe that's a reality. 498 00:26:35,081 --> 00:26:38,881 But the thing that King Josiah understood was that there was so 499 00:26:38,881 --> 00:26:42,201 much on the line if he did not give God his best praise and did 500 00:26:42,201 --> 00:26:43,081 not involve people. 501 00:26:43,481 --> 00:26:47,401 If someone doesn't do something radical, nothing will change. 502 00:26:48,361 --> 00:26:51,681 We are standing in a culture right now where over 50% of marriages 503 00:26:51,681 --> 00:26:52,041 fail. 504 00:26:52,531 --> 00:26:56,771 We are standing in a culture right now where 7 out of 10 children 505 00:26:57,091 --> 00:26:59,731 imagine all the kids right now in Kids Church. 506 00:26:59,971 --> 00:27:03,571 7 out of 10 children will leave the faith when they become 507 00:27:03,571 --> 00:27:04,291 adults. 508 00:27:04,851 --> 00:27:09,811 And we need to be people that say not on my watch, not on my time. 509 00:27:10,051 --> 00:27:13,131 I'm not gonna rely on anything else other than the culture that 510 00:27:13,131 --> 00:27:16,051 I established through the power of Jesus to be the difference 511 00:27:16,051 --> 00:27:18,581 maker that causes for things that to turn around. 512 00:27:19,061 --> 00:27:21,781 I believe that what God has done here is powerful. 513 00:27:21,861 --> 00:27:25,301 But let it not just be a thing that happens as a moment in history, 514 00:27:25,621 --> 00:27:29,621 but let this be a movement that changes history forever. 515 00:27:29,621 --> 00:27:30,821 For the Kingdom of God. 516 00:27:31,301 --> 00:27:33,781 Can I just share real quick as the band comes up? 517 00:27:33,941 --> 00:27:37,341 The vision that I have for my life and I want to encourage all 518 00:27:37,341 --> 00:27:38,181 of you in here. 519 00:27:38,181 --> 00:27:41,181 Have a vision for your life, have a vision for what you want to 520 00:27:41,181 --> 00:27:43,621 see God do and be able to write it down. 521 00:27:44,561 --> 00:27:46,721 This is where I'm at right now in my life. 522 00:27:47,041 --> 00:27:50,521 That Liberty Church New York City become a place of hunger for 523 00:27:50,521 --> 00:27:54,601 God that creates awakening, revival and revolution to New York 524 00:27:54,601 --> 00:27:56,801 City in a way that has not yet been seen. 525 00:27:57,361 --> 00:28:00,881 That Jasmine and I will cultivate a thriving lifelong godly 526 00:28:00,881 --> 00:28:04,961 marriage that is used by God to help 100 plus couples to have 527 00:28:04,961 --> 00:28:07,041 thriving lifelong godly marriages. 528 00:28:07,601 --> 00:28:11,521 That our three children will grow to love Jesus passionately and 529 00:28:11,521 --> 00:28:13,581 follow him with all the days of their life. 530 00:28:13,821 --> 00:28:17,861 And that every generational curse and destructive habit in the 531 00:28:17,861 --> 00:28:22,221 Francis family line will be completely broken in my lifetime, 532 00:28:22,301 --> 00:28:26,621 leaving a legacy of freedom and blessing for generations to come. 533 00:28:27,821 --> 00:28:30,781 Your context is the key to your calling. 534 00:28:31,261 --> 00:28:35,741 And you are in a time right now where things are dark, where 535 00:28:35,741 --> 00:28:39,161 things do not look good every time you look, look on the news, 536 00:28:39,321 --> 00:28:42,761 it only breeds more anxiety, it only brings more despair. 537 00:28:42,921 --> 00:28:46,601 But here we are in this church where we've seen the mighty hand 538 00:28:46,601 --> 00:28:48,201 of God move amongst us. 539 00:28:48,281 --> 00:28:51,801 And let it be said that it did not just happen here in these spaces, 540 00:28:51,801 --> 00:28:55,481 but that we took the power of God that was happening here and we 541 00:28:55,481 --> 00:28:58,961 took it out there so that our families were changed, so that our 542 00:28:58,961 --> 00:29:02,321 businesses were transformed, so that our neighborhoods were turned 543 00:29:02,321 --> 00:29:06,331 upside down and that the name of Jesus was lifted up and glorified. 544 00:29:06,891 --> 00:29:09,051 Here's the thing about King Josiah's story. 545 00:29:09,451 --> 00:29:13,451 Is he, after he did all of that, the prophet said that because 546 00:29:13,451 --> 00:29:17,371 of Josiah's radical change and transformation, the judgment that 547 00:29:17,371 --> 00:29:21,291 was coming on Israel was paused during his lifetime. 548 00:29:22,091 --> 00:29:25,891 Things can change, things can transform if we lift up the name 549 00:29:25,891 --> 00:29:28,691 of Jesus not just in this room, but in our hearts and in our 550 00:29:28,691 --> 00:29:29,291 culture. 551 00:29:29,851 --> 00:29:32,931 And right now, I want to give this invitation. 552 00:29:32,931 --> 00:29:34,891 Every head bowed, every eyes closed. 553 00:29:35,211 --> 00:29:39,691 If you are hearing me right now, whether here online and you 554 00:29:39,691 --> 00:29:43,091 say, I want to be a person that brings a kingdom culture, I 555 00:29:43,091 --> 00:29:47,170 want to be a person that turns the direction from where my family 556 00:29:47,170 --> 00:29:50,571 has been going, to where my businesses have been going, to where 557 00:29:50,571 --> 00:29:53,411 the culture around me has been going, I'm going to be a light in 558 00:29:53,411 --> 00:29:54,891 a dark place like never before. 559 00:29:55,291 --> 00:29:57,401 I want you to stand up on your feet. 560 00:29:57,401 --> 00:29:59,481 I want to know who I'm praying for in here. 561 00:29:59,641 --> 00:30:01,801 Where are the King Josiahs amongst us? 562 00:30:01,801 --> 00:30:03,801 Where are the life changers amongst us? 563 00:30:03,801 --> 00:30:06,041 Lift up your hands right now in this place. 564 00:30:06,361 --> 00:30:07,641 Jesus, we thank you. 565 00:30:07,801 --> 00:30:09,001 Jesus, we love you. 566 00:30:09,161 --> 00:30:10,761 See these here, your people. 567 00:30:10,921 --> 00:30:15,041 See the people that says, here I am, Lord, send me here I am, God. 568 00:30:15,041 --> 00:30:17,441 I don't want things to continue getting dark the way that 569 00:30:17,441 --> 00:30:17,881 it has. 570 00:30:18,041 --> 00:30:19,681 I want to be a difference maker. 571 00:30:19,681 --> 00:30:22,041 I want to be a person that turns things around. 572 00:30:22,501 --> 00:30:24,901 I want to be the person that sees your name glorified. 573 00:30:24,981 --> 00:30:28,741 For if you are lifted up, every man, woman and child will come 574 00:30:28,741 --> 00:30:29,381 unto you. 575 00:30:29,541 --> 00:30:30,741 So do it in me. 576 00:30:30,901 --> 00:30:31,861 Do it through me. 577 00:30:31,941 --> 00:30:33,061 Do it in my family. 578 00:30:33,221 --> 00:30:34,261 Do it in my business. 579 00:30:34,501 --> 00:30:35,541 Do it in my history. 580 00:30:35,941 --> 00:30:37,261 Do it here and now. 581 00:30:37,261 --> 00:30:39,461 God, I make myself available to you. 582 00:30:39,621 --> 00:30:41,061 I surrender to you. 583 00:30:41,221 --> 00:30:42,461 I am the King Josiah. 584 00:30:42,461 --> 00:30:44,101 I am the Queen Josiah of this age. 585 00:30:44,341 --> 00:30:47,861 And to you, Lord, I say, thank you for what you've done in me. 586 00:30:48,101 --> 00:30:52,021 And Lord, might you do it in my lifetime for so many others. 587 00:30:52,181 --> 00:30:53,621 Let's worship the Lord together. 588 00:30:53,701 --> 00:30:54,261 Church.