1 00:00:00,549 --> 00:00:01,980 Good morning, everybody. 2 00:00:01,980 --> 00:00:04,000 Good morning, church family. 3 00:00:04,050 --> 00:00:05,939 Good morning, friends. 4 00:00:07,390 --> 00:00:10,540 And we'll start with a question. 5 00:00:10,610 --> 00:00:12,040 You guys sit on the screen. 6 00:00:13,250 --> 00:00:16,610 Why are you here? 7 00:00:18,219 --> 00:00:20,810 Before you guys answer the question, let's pray real quick, okay? 8 00:00:22,250 --> 00:00:25,480 Heavenly Father, thank you for just being who you are. 9 00:00:25,980 --> 00:00:29,480 God, thank you for just being along with us as we navigate through life. 10 00:00:30,154 --> 00:00:32,855 Uh, God, I pray if you do today's service, God, work 11 00:00:32,955 --> 00:00:35,855 through me, uh, speak through me. 12 00:00:36,505 --> 00:00:42,384 Uh, Father, help me to slow in my speech, uh, Father, I pray that 13 00:00:42,775 --> 00:00:47,874 it's clear, uh, Father, we're here because we want to hear your word. 14 00:00:47,874 --> 00:00:49,785 I pray that it resonates in our soul. 15 00:00:49,875 --> 00:00:52,555 It moves us to draw closer to you. 16 00:00:53,014 --> 00:00:55,525 Uh, Father, we love you, just say we pray. 17 00:00:56,690 --> 00:00:57,230 Amen. 18 00:00:58,260 --> 00:01:01,080 So, why are you here? 19 00:01:03,100 --> 00:01:08,020 Now, I'm going to throw out some reasons at a high level why you're here. 20 00:01:08,249 --> 00:01:10,689 And if it resonates with you, please say amen. 21 00:01:10,850 --> 00:01:11,229 Alright? 22 00:01:12,339 --> 00:01:15,800 Okay, are you here because you're a part of the church and 23 00:01:15,819 --> 00:01:17,360 you do this on a routine basis? 24 00:01:18,755 --> 00:01:23,365 Okay, are you, are you out of town guests and you are staying 25 00:01:23,365 --> 00:01:24,895 in my house and you're here? 26 00:01:25,615 --> 00:01:26,055 Okay. 27 00:01:26,585 --> 00:01:27,054 All right. 28 00:01:27,065 --> 00:01:30,744 So we have some there If you're here because maybe your kids 29 00:01:30,744 --> 00:01:36,495 are in camp and you're here just for those reasons Amen Okay. 30 00:01:36,905 --> 00:01:37,345 All right. 31 00:01:37,664 --> 00:01:42,935 So At a high level, you know that we're here for a reason but 32 00:01:42,935 --> 00:01:44,575 this question is much deeper. 33 00:01:45,005 --> 00:01:50,955 It's You What are you doing here at this point in your life? 34 00:01:51,965 --> 00:01:58,735 And all of us, we're on journeys, but we're on individual journeys. 35 00:01:59,185 --> 00:02:05,295 And so, as of right now, everyone is at a certain point in their lives. 36 00:02:05,295 --> 00:02:09,375 Whether you're a teenager, whether you're a, you know, a young adult, 37 00:02:09,625 --> 00:02:11,279 maybe you're an older adult, whatever. 38 00:02:11,549 --> 00:02:15,909 You're married, you're single, you are at a point in your life right 39 00:02:15,909 --> 00:02:21,890 this minute where the question is, what are you doing here? 40 00:02:22,369 --> 00:02:25,799 So this message is for us individually. 41 00:02:26,130 --> 00:02:30,549 The Bible talks about bringing us to our senses, right? 42 00:02:30,619 --> 00:02:34,140 And so we have to ask ourselves these kind of questions. 43 00:02:37,780 --> 00:02:39,260 Okay, the journey. 44 00:02:41,265 --> 00:02:43,165 We're all on a journey. 45 00:02:43,175 --> 00:02:44,325 How do I get back? 46 00:02:48,364 --> 00:02:48,994 Perfect. 47 00:02:49,274 --> 00:02:50,295 Okay, how do I get forward? 48 00:02:52,554 --> 00:02:53,084 Perfect. 49 00:02:53,494 --> 00:02:54,384 The journey. 50 00:02:55,355 --> 00:02:57,545 We're all on a journey. 51 00:02:58,154 --> 00:03:00,424 Since we're born, the journey starts. 52 00:03:01,024 --> 00:03:05,744 When we are kids, our journey is shaped by our parents. 53 00:03:05,774 --> 00:03:10,214 Uh, it's, it's shaped by those responsible for us. 54 00:03:10,515 --> 00:03:14,204 So they shape us, even shaped by our, our religion too, right? 55 00:03:14,214 --> 00:03:18,065 A lot of us are kids kingdom, so it gets shaped in a way that we don't decide. 56 00:03:18,334 --> 00:03:20,614 We just follow through and follow along, right? 57 00:03:21,375 --> 00:03:27,975 Uh, as we go though, we realize once we become teenagers and become young adults, 58 00:03:28,014 --> 00:03:32,075 what that adult means is that choices. 59 00:03:32,575 --> 00:03:37,065 My choices are not made for me, I make my own choices. 60 00:03:37,690 --> 00:03:40,690 And then the road starts looking like this. 61 00:03:41,070 --> 00:03:45,390 There are so many options, um, for our, for our choices. 62 00:03:46,239 --> 00:03:48,120 And where do our go? 63 00:03:48,130 --> 00:03:49,200 And I love this quote. 64 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:55,449 It talks about that, um, life is just a series of choices. 65 00:03:56,019 --> 00:04:00,680 Uh, it reflects our belief based on either love or fear. 66 00:04:01,140 --> 00:04:06,750 So, um, When we make these choices, it could be made logic, you know, I'm in, 67 00:04:06,859 --> 00:04:11,650 I'm in IT field, so I'm very logical, it just makes sense to go this route. 68 00:04:11,989 --> 00:04:17,250 Or it could be made by fear, meaning I don't want to make the wrong choice. 69 00:04:17,449 --> 00:04:21,950 So by default, I'll go the easiest path in front of me. 70 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:26,020 Or the love part is passion. 71 00:04:26,980 --> 00:04:29,810 I love this thing so much. 72 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:33,700 I will deviate to another path. 73 00:04:34,470 --> 00:04:36,250 And so, there are choices. 74 00:04:37,030 --> 00:04:38,860 We mentioned passion groups here, right? 75 00:04:39,150 --> 00:04:42,520 Uh, it's a marvelous thing we do in our church. 76 00:04:42,679 --> 00:04:46,060 Whereas we have, uh, maybe about a month and a half. 77 00:04:46,460 --> 00:04:49,529 And we just do whatever you're passionate about. 78 00:04:50,219 --> 00:04:54,930 And so something that I have done for years is I watch movies. 79 00:04:55,909 --> 00:04:58,890 And I, I don't watch them for entertainment. 80 00:04:59,140 --> 00:05:04,490 I watch them because, um, they are proven to be one of the best. 81 00:05:04,820 --> 00:05:09,300 And so I watch them to see, okay, is it really that good and why? 82 00:05:09,330 --> 00:05:10,300 And I try to think about it. 83 00:05:10,509 --> 00:05:12,539 I try to pull in my wife and my, my kids. 84 00:05:12,790 --> 00:05:13,429 They never bite. 85 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,040 So I'm always watching by myself, you know, you know. 86 00:05:16,380 --> 00:05:18,230 And I give them individual ratings too. 87 00:05:18,630 --> 00:05:23,390 And so my passion was like, let me open it up to the church to join my passion. 88 00:05:23,530 --> 00:05:26,710 So we get together on Fridays and we look at movies. 89 00:05:26,740 --> 00:05:29,070 And we use the AF, I think it's AFI, I think. 90 00:05:29,660 --> 00:05:30,619 American Film Institute. 91 00:05:30,910 --> 00:05:31,839 They're top 20. 92 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,050 And we, every week we watch a movie. 93 00:05:34,770 --> 00:05:36,040 We watch Citizen Kane. 94 00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:40,500 And we realize Rosebud. 95 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:46,630 is change the trajectory of Citizen Kane's life. 96 00:05:47,140 --> 00:05:54,240 So, this idea of loneliness affected his whole life, affected his navigation 97 00:05:54,630 --> 00:05:57,820 through life, this feeling of childhood. 98 00:05:58,329 --> 00:06:04,620 We have things in our childhood that, that navigates, or these feelings, emotions, 99 00:06:04,870 --> 00:06:07,820 loneliness, that changes our choices. 100 00:06:08,850 --> 00:06:09,940 Casablanca. 101 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:11,650 How many of you guys have seen Casablanca? 102 00:06:12,420 --> 00:06:12,950 Right. 103 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:14,420 So, Casablanca. 104 00:06:14,950 --> 00:06:19,699 Uh, it's about, you know, a person, the main character is deep hurt 105 00:06:20,050 --> 00:06:26,959 over, um, a relationship that influenced the trajectory of his life. 106 00:06:27,035 --> 00:06:32,045 And so, hurts can affect our choices, too. 107 00:06:32,965 --> 00:06:37,574 Uh, then the last one we watched was Singing in the Rain. 108 00:06:37,585 --> 00:06:38,825 How many guys have seen that? 109 00:06:39,534 --> 00:06:41,135 Yeah, and so I just couldn't wait. 110 00:06:41,375 --> 00:06:45,314 There's one, I know the song, I was waiting for that to come on, but, you 111 00:06:45,314 --> 00:06:52,275 know, we watched it and very interesting movie in that, um, his, uh, security, 112 00:06:52,275 --> 00:07:01,470 his, his, his security was disrupted by, um, the career movie industry changes. 113 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:02,180 Right? 114 00:07:02,180 --> 00:07:07,260 So, and for me, I think about technology, I'm in technology, and there's this 115 00:07:07,269 --> 00:07:12,149 fear that, because technology moves so fast, that there'll be some concept 116 00:07:12,150 --> 00:07:14,310 that I just can't grasp, grasp. 117 00:07:14,940 --> 00:07:17,120 And then there's my career, I can't, I can't figure it out, 118 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:18,680 I can't move past this concept. 119 00:07:19,085 --> 00:07:20,685 And so I can relate to that. 120 00:07:21,015 --> 00:07:23,375 So all of these movies, they have journeys. 121 00:07:23,715 --> 00:07:29,835 And for us, we have a journey and we are the main character in our journey. 122 00:07:30,395 --> 00:07:32,935 If you can see your life as that, right? 123 00:07:33,025 --> 00:07:37,824 And so you're navigating through your life's journey here. 124 00:07:38,664 --> 00:07:42,825 Now, I want to look at, Give me a second here. 125 00:07:43,575 --> 00:07:51,470 And so, We have our life's journey, and then most of us here, it got 126 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:54,470 interrupted in some manner, right? 127 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:59,580 Matthew 7, 13, it says, Enter through the narrow gate, for wide 128 00:07:59,580 --> 00:08:03,349 is the gate, and broad is the road that leads to destruction. 129 00:08:04,039 --> 00:08:05,190 And many enter through it. 130 00:08:05,610 --> 00:08:09,010 But small is the gate, and narrow the road that leads to 131 00:08:09,010 --> 00:08:11,110 life, and only a few find it. 132 00:08:12,385 --> 00:08:19,105 So many of us, we had all of these choices, but then God intervened, right? 133 00:08:19,434 --> 00:08:23,185 And it says here in Titus chapter 3 verse 4 through 5, it says, But, 134 00:08:25,125 --> 00:08:29,664 when the kindness and love of God, our Savior, appeared, He saved us. 135 00:08:30,135 --> 00:08:33,703 Not because of righteous things that we have done, but because of His mercy. 136 00:08:33,953 --> 00:08:38,794 He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 137 00:08:38,794 --> 00:08:38,874 That's right. 138 00:08:39,485 --> 00:08:43,164 So, a lot of us had our lives interrupted by God's love. 139 00:08:44,085 --> 00:08:48,785 If not, He is trying to interrupt your life with His love. 140 00:08:50,575 --> 00:08:51,934 Saving us. 141 00:08:53,364 --> 00:08:57,324 Many of us have been saved, many of us are on the path to getting saved. 142 00:08:57,535 --> 00:08:57,984 Right? 143 00:08:58,504 --> 00:09:03,364 And so, He's saying, Alright, I've made clear to you, all of these 144 00:09:03,364 --> 00:09:06,739 choices is really boils down to two. 145 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:13,610 There's a road to destruction and there's a road to life, right? 146 00:09:13,680 --> 00:09:20,050 And so to many, one is wide, everybody goes through it, you know, by default. 147 00:09:20,650 --> 00:09:27,170 If I am fear based, I want to go through the wide road because it's safe, I think. 148 00:09:27,510 --> 00:09:30,800 But God makes it clear once you, once he talks to you and speaks to you and 149 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,160 his love, he makes it look like this. 150 00:09:34,330 --> 00:09:34,969 There's two. 151 00:09:37,330 --> 00:09:39,420 What do I choose? 152 00:09:40,930 --> 00:09:46,850 And then he says, after you choose, then he says, trust in the Lord with all 153 00:09:46,850 --> 00:09:51,049 your heart and lean on not on your own understanding and all your ways submit to 154 00:09:51,050 --> 00:09:55,210 him and he will make your path straight. 155 00:09:55,820 --> 00:10:03,470 So, so a lot of us here, we've, okay, we've got, this is the path that I chose. 156 00:10:03,470 --> 00:10:03,500 Okay. 157 00:10:03,915 --> 00:10:05,755 How does it look right now on the screen? 158 00:10:06,895 --> 00:10:08,944 Bright, vibrant. 159 00:10:09,955 --> 00:10:17,385 And so he's saying, I'm going to always make that path look that way. 160 00:10:17,755 --> 00:10:21,165 I'm going to make it straight for you at all times. 161 00:10:21,794 --> 00:10:24,114 And so now many of us, that's our journey. 162 00:10:24,595 --> 00:10:27,805 How do I make that path straight for me? 163 00:10:27,915 --> 00:10:32,715 It gets crooked, it gets turned, it gets, it looks a little gray at times. 164 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,030 Sometimes, I don't even realize I'm walking on a path. 165 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:38,709 I don't even see a path anymore. 166 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:45,289 And so, what are you doing here? 167 00:10:46,260 --> 00:10:47,459 We're on a narrow road. 168 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:54,610 And this is a scary picture because I've been in Yosemite and me and my wife 169 00:10:54,620 --> 00:11:00,270 went on our first wedding anniversary and we went to, um, on the trails. 170 00:11:01,090 --> 00:11:02,800 And they had, like, three levels. 171 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:05,350 They had, like, the novice, the intermediate, and they 172 00:11:05,350 --> 00:11:06,890 had the, the tough guy one. 173 00:11:06,950 --> 00:11:09,850 I don't know what that's called, but I said, let's go on the tough guy one. 174 00:11:09,990 --> 00:11:10,880 Let's do this, honey. 175 00:11:11,779 --> 00:11:16,539 We went on this trail, and it looked very similar to this. 176 00:11:16,540 --> 00:11:20,580 We got to a point where it was so high, there was no rail. 177 00:11:20,590 --> 00:11:23,740 It had to have been three foot of runway. 178 00:11:24,410 --> 00:11:28,630 And, um, I got to a point where I was, and I realized I was really scared 179 00:11:28,630 --> 00:11:32,470 of heights is my, my knees started buckling, and I couldn't, I couldn't 180 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:36,729 stop them from buckling, I had a hard time breathing, I was really starting 181 00:11:36,730 --> 00:11:39,730 to panic, but I was trying to panic and look cool at the same time with my 182 00:11:39,730 --> 00:11:44,344 wife, and, but people were passing by, older, I was like, and to a point, I 183 00:11:44,344 --> 00:11:46,410 was like, I, I can't take another step. 184 00:11:47,055 --> 00:11:48,805 And so let's, let's go back, honey. 185 00:11:48,955 --> 00:11:50,855 As we're going back, my knees are wobbling, and I'm like, 186 00:11:50,865 --> 00:11:52,345 please, let's get to the bottom. 187 00:11:52,915 --> 00:11:55,004 And I was just so thankful to get to the bottom of this. 188 00:11:55,075 --> 00:11:56,805 I was like, I can't, I just physically can't do it. 189 00:11:57,565 --> 00:12:01,135 And so that's how this narrow road can feel sometimes for us, right? 190 00:12:01,685 --> 00:12:07,165 And so, when we choose the narrow road, God says, now I'm on it with you. 191 00:12:08,065 --> 00:12:10,855 You are no longer alone making these choices. 192 00:12:10,985 --> 00:12:13,005 We are on the road together. 193 00:12:15,509 --> 00:12:20,209 I will, and there's a scripture that talks about that, I am in you, I'm giving you 194 00:12:20,209 --> 00:12:22,899 the Holy Spirit, we are in this together. 195 00:12:22,930 --> 00:12:26,839 So I'm going to guide you, and direct you because I'm in you. 196 00:12:27,049 --> 00:12:32,979 I want to speak through you, and to you, and guide you because you need guidance to 197 00:12:32,979 --> 00:12:35,920 stay on this narrow road that you chose. 198 00:12:38,110 --> 00:12:39,290 I'm going to equip you too. 199 00:12:39,939 --> 00:12:43,190 I'm going to give you a backpack, I'm going to make sure you got water along 200 00:12:43,190 --> 00:12:46,460 the way so you don't get dehydrated. 201 00:12:47,610 --> 00:12:49,620 I'm going to make sure you're mentally prepared. 202 00:12:50,290 --> 00:12:56,610 I got you on this road, this narrow road that you chose. 203 00:12:59,020 --> 00:12:59,659 You know what? 204 00:12:59,919 --> 00:13:06,670 On this road, you're gonna, it's gonna be life to the full as I define it. 205 00:13:08,005 --> 00:13:09,324 There's going to be some enjoyment. 206 00:13:09,465 --> 00:13:11,265 There's going to be some changes. 207 00:13:11,574 --> 00:13:14,454 There's going to be some, some aha moments for you. 208 00:13:15,335 --> 00:13:18,125 Uh, it's going to be wonderful. 209 00:13:18,125 --> 00:13:23,814 You'll look back and say, What an amazing journey we had together, Lord. 210 00:13:23,875 --> 00:13:27,305 Or when you get to heaven, it'll be those like, What an 211 00:13:27,305 --> 00:13:30,835 amazing journey we had together. 212 00:13:31,395 --> 00:13:32,694 Life to the full. 213 00:13:34,145 --> 00:13:39,710 And then, We go to, now that road looks a little troublesome, right? 214 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:45,150 He says, I promise you, this narrow road, there will be trouble. 215 00:13:45,740 --> 00:13:47,370 There will be challenges. 216 00:13:47,570 --> 00:13:49,809 There will be obstacles. 217 00:13:49,970 --> 00:13:51,570 I promise you that. 218 00:13:52,550 --> 00:13:56,440 And so they'll be there because of perseverance. 219 00:13:56,620 --> 00:14:02,600 You will have to persevere during this narrow road, which means there'll be 220 00:14:02,610 --> 00:14:05,000 character development along the way. 221 00:14:06,185 --> 00:14:07,155 Don't shriek from it. 222 00:14:08,205 --> 00:14:11,415 And he says, the things I do, discipline. 223 00:14:12,045 --> 00:14:15,454 Expect me to discipline you, as a good father does. 224 00:14:15,454 --> 00:14:20,631 So all these things are a part of this narrow road. 225 00:14:20,631 --> 00:14:25,127 A lot of things happening, a lot of great things. 226 00:14:25,127 --> 00:14:27,825 But, it's going to produce good. 227 00:14:27,825 --> 00:14:32,771 Do you believe that, for on the road that you've chosen? 228 00:14:32,771 --> 00:14:33,220 Dorca. 229 00:14:33,220 --> 00:14:33,670 Alright. 230 00:14:33,670 --> 00:14:34,119 Alright. 231 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,120 And so, I want to talk about a prophet. 232 00:14:37,130 --> 00:14:39,480 We're going to go through his life a bit, uh, Elijah. 233 00:14:40,030 --> 00:14:41,830 And he's gone through the same thing. 234 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:42,980 He's a prophet. 235 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:45,130 God spoke to him. 236 00:14:45,140 --> 00:14:45,980 Moved him. 237 00:14:46,209 --> 00:14:47,989 He's doing what God wants him to do. 238 00:14:48,430 --> 00:14:51,209 And we're going to walk through his narrow road. 239 00:14:51,919 --> 00:14:52,999 As well, we'll read through. 240 00:14:53,010 --> 00:14:57,020 It's in, uh, 1 Kings, chapter 19, verse 1 through 8. 241 00:14:57,490 --> 00:14:58,940 You can follow on the screen. 242 00:14:59,270 --> 00:15:01,810 or go to your electronic devices. 243 00:15:02,150 --> 00:15:07,710 It says, Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done, and how he had killed 244 00:15:07,770 --> 00:15:09,590 all the prophets with the sword. 245 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:18,500 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, May the gods deal with me, be 246 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:22,890 it ever so severely, if by the time tomorrow I do not make your life like 247 00:15:22,900 --> 00:15:25,250 that, like, like that one of them. 248 00:15:26,300 --> 00:15:28,290 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. 249 00:15:28,930 --> 00:15:33,320 When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there while himself 250 00:15:33,330 --> 00:15:35,600 went a day's journey into the wilderness. 251 00:15:36,390 --> 00:15:40,030 He came to a broom, a broom bush, bush, sat down under it 252 00:15:40,190 --> 00:15:42,920 and prayed that he might die. 253 00:15:44,390 --> 00:15:47,509 I have had enough Lord, he says, take my life. 254 00:15:47,869 --> 00:15:49,919 I am no better than my ancestors. 255 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:53,209 Then he lay under the bush and then he fell asleep. 256 00:15:53,989 --> 00:15:57,000 All at once, the angel touched him and said, get up and eat. 257 00:15:57,584 --> 00:16:00,694 He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked 258 00:16:00,694 --> 00:16:04,274 over hot coals and a jar of water. 259 00:16:04,614 --> 00:16:07,864 He ate and drank, and then he laid down again. 260 00:16:08,984 --> 00:16:14,884 And the Lord came back a second time, touched him, and said, Get up and eat, 261 00:16:15,354 --> 00:16:17,555 for the journey is too much for you. 262 00:16:18,074 --> 00:16:21,244 So he got up, and he ate again, and he drank again, but he 263 00:16:21,244 --> 00:16:22,545 was strengthened by the food. 264 00:16:22,964 --> 00:16:26,874 He traveled another 40 days and 40 nights until he reached 265 00:16:26,874 --> 00:16:29,734 Horeb, the mountain of God. 266 00:16:30,594 --> 00:16:37,964 And so this is Elijah, and, but Elijah, God wanted him to go to Ahab, 267 00:16:38,015 --> 00:16:46,094 to go with Ahab, and God wanted him to deal with all the prophets, um, 268 00:16:46,714 --> 00:16:52,425 the prophets of Baal, who, um, were under this particular religion. 269 00:16:53,260 --> 00:16:55,070 And he wanted them to destroy them. 270 00:16:56,100 --> 00:16:57,380 God said, do it. 271 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:01,050 And so he ordered God and he did it. 272 00:17:02,129 --> 00:17:11,089 And so after this journey, he realized that Queen Jezebel didn't like that. 273 00:17:11,950 --> 00:17:16,170 And so Queen Jezebel says, I'm going to put a hit on your life. 274 00:17:16,510 --> 00:17:17,690 And she was serious. 275 00:17:18,878 --> 00:17:20,450 And so Elijah was terrified. 276 00:17:20,954 --> 00:17:24,625 And scared, and lonely, and he ran, and he hid. 277 00:17:24,954 --> 00:17:29,865 And he's saying, God, I'm following you, your journey for 278 00:17:29,865 --> 00:17:33,954 my life, but I want it to be over. 279 00:17:34,485 --> 00:17:35,565 I don't want this. 280 00:17:35,695 --> 00:17:36,594 I'm depressed. 281 00:17:37,144 --> 00:17:39,105 I am tired. 282 00:17:39,545 --> 00:17:40,464 I'm dejected. 283 00:17:41,075 --> 00:17:43,595 And I'm alone, and I'm about to get killed. 284 00:17:43,855 --> 00:17:45,105 I'd rather kill myself. 285 00:17:45,765 --> 00:17:47,215 Could you imagine that kind of fear? 286 00:17:50,430 --> 00:17:52,040 To the point I can't eat. 287 00:17:53,670 --> 00:17:54,640 Anybody can sleep. 288 00:17:54,790 --> 00:17:55,780 That's depression. 289 00:17:56,620 --> 00:17:58,470 Like, I just want it to, to end. 290 00:17:58,990 --> 00:18:02,400 Like, I tell God, and God had to wake him up. 291 00:18:03,059 --> 00:18:05,460 You know, he's like, I just want to die. 292 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,300 You know, I want it to end, even suicidal. 293 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:12,810 And so, that's Elijah's journey. 294 00:18:13,420 --> 00:18:16,300 And, look at your own journey here. 295 00:18:18,344 --> 00:18:24,624 What mental state are you in right now in regards to your own journey? 296 00:18:26,425 --> 00:18:28,304 You know, there are a lot of ebbs and flows. 297 00:18:28,675 --> 00:18:32,624 You know, there's a lot of the battle with depression, fears. 298 00:18:32,794 --> 00:18:34,584 It's life, right? 299 00:18:34,724 --> 00:18:39,344 Even God's men and women struggled with mental health. 300 00:18:39,745 --> 00:18:44,004 They struggled with challenges along the way of their going 301 00:18:44,004 --> 00:18:45,504 along their narrow path. 302 00:18:45,534 --> 00:18:46,619 They want so much, you know. 303 00:18:47,010 --> 00:18:47,889 the state of sin. 304 00:18:47,899 --> 00:18:49,929 They were in, they were going along their state, their, their 305 00:18:49,949 --> 00:18:52,639 path and they had these poles. 306 00:18:53,580 --> 00:18:56,169 And so, that makes these things very realistic here. 307 00:18:57,540 --> 00:19:01,959 And just think about where you are in your state, you know, to make 308 00:19:01,969 --> 00:19:04,399 your decisions, uh, and your choices. 309 00:19:06,860 --> 00:19:08,759 And God wants to meet needs. 310 00:19:09,129 --> 00:19:14,229 And so, Father's question is, uh, you know, what are you doing here? 311 00:19:14,379 --> 00:19:16,039 But he wants to reflect. 312 00:19:16,039 --> 00:19:17,950 It's like, What do you need? 313 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:19,270 Really? 314 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,770 He didn't know what he, he he needed, but God says, I'm gonna feed you. 315 00:19:24,310 --> 00:19:25,210 He didn't ask for it. 316 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:27,580 He fattom because he know what you needed. 317 00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:30,040 He'd help you with your, your mental state. 318 00:19:30,130 --> 00:19:31,990 You know, you need a little direction here. 319 00:19:32,470 --> 00:19:33,940 You know, I know you need to go a little further. 320 00:19:34,450 --> 00:19:36,910 I want to help you out here. 321 00:19:37,630 --> 00:19:42,340 So God and angels, the angels moving all around us guys. 322 00:19:42,670 --> 00:19:43,330 They're angels. 323 00:19:44,679 --> 00:19:45,899 that help us along too. 324 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:47,830 And so, it's amazing. 325 00:19:48,100 --> 00:19:49,189 Then we continue on. 326 00:19:50,060 --> 00:19:56,260 We go through God Passes By which is pretty amazing. 327 00:19:57,060 --> 00:20:00,599 So God makes his presence in our lives. 328 00:20:00,849 --> 00:20:02,470 We may miss it at times. 329 00:20:02,470 --> 00:20:03,420 We may catch it. 330 00:20:03,510 --> 00:20:05,330 We may think it's a phenomenon. 331 00:20:06,385 --> 00:20:09,195 You may think just bad things just happen in the world. 332 00:20:09,385 --> 00:20:12,185 We may think, you know, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes are 333 00:20:12,185 --> 00:20:14,255 just a part of just California. 334 00:20:15,195 --> 00:20:19,015 But God says, I make passes all the time. 335 00:20:19,354 --> 00:20:22,715 Not to the whole world in general, but to you specifically. 336 00:20:24,275 --> 00:20:26,495 Do you catch me passing by you? 337 00:20:26,715 --> 00:20:29,025 Or is it just a thing or a phenomenon? 338 00:20:29,275 --> 00:20:32,455 Or just a temporary, you know, uh, blip in your life? 339 00:20:36,340 --> 00:20:44,419 And let's read further in 1st Kings 19 9 through 12 So 40 days he went 340 00:20:46,330 --> 00:20:51,610 There he went into a cave and Spent the night and then here we go again. 341 00:20:51,610 --> 00:20:57,570 The Word of the Lord came to him the question What are you doing here Elijah? 342 00:20:58,810 --> 00:21:02,130 And he replied, what I said before, I've been very jealous for the 343 00:21:02,130 --> 00:21:05,510 Lord God Almighty, the Israelites have rejected your covenant, turned 344 00:21:05,510 --> 00:21:08,740 down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. 345 00:21:09,130 --> 00:21:13,000 I am the only one left, and now they're trying to kill me too, Lord. 346 00:21:13,669 --> 00:21:17,510 The Lord said, go out and stand on a mountain in the presence of the Lord, 347 00:21:17,730 --> 00:21:19,800 for the Lord is about to pass by. 348 00:21:21,110 --> 00:21:25,805 Then a great and powerful wind tore through the mountains, tore the mountains 349 00:21:25,805 --> 00:21:32,225 apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. 350 00:21:34,325 --> 00:21:38,185 And in the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was 351 00:21:38,185 --> 00:21:39,035 not in the earthquake either. 352 00:21:40,185 --> 00:21:47,545 After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire either. 353 00:21:48,725 --> 00:21:53,575 And so now we have the Lord passing by. 354 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,169 He passes by our lives too. 355 00:21:56,810 --> 00:22:01,230 Uh, one of my favorite singing groups is Earth, Wind, and Fire. 356 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:05,110 And so, when I read this, I was like, all my tunes going through 357 00:22:05,110 --> 00:22:06,449 my head and everything, so. 358 00:22:09,110 --> 00:22:09,970 So, wind. 359 00:22:10,619 --> 00:22:11,759 First comes the wind. 360 00:22:13,159 --> 00:22:16,069 It says, for wind, you can't see wind. 361 00:22:16,839 --> 00:22:17,789 You can only feel it. 362 00:22:18,239 --> 00:22:18,619 Right? 363 00:22:19,449 --> 00:22:22,310 So, God passing by could be refreshing. 364 00:22:22,310 --> 00:22:22,374 It's refreshing. 365 00:22:22,705 --> 00:22:24,635 You know, wind cools us on a hot day. 366 00:22:25,165 --> 00:22:28,705 You know, maybe you had, um, something in your life that 367 00:22:28,705 --> 00:22:30,794 was very refreshing for you. 368 00:22:31,445 --> 00:22:34,785 You know, maybe you got, um, encouraged by something. 369 00:22:34,795 --> 00:22:38,584 You know, another person or an event was very encouraging for you. 370 00:22:38,584 --> 00:22:39,785 Maybe you're right there right now. 371 00:22:39,875 --> 00:22:41,645 It's like, man, I'm in a state of encouragement. 372 00:22:42,235 --> 00:22:43,515 Life is so good. 373 00:22:44,555 --> 00:22:49,400 Or, Maybe you're a part of another wind where it's challenging. 374 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:54,309 I have a lot of friends, um, from the church isn't here today because 375 00:22:54,310 --> 00:22:55,739 of the resurrection of COVID. 376 00:22:56,999 --> 00:22:58,440 God's amazing, right? 377 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,630 Can you think of one thing if God wanted to get everybody's 378 00:23:01,630 --> 00:23:03,970 attention on this entire world? 379 00:23:04,279 --> 00:23:08,360 What could he do to get everybody's attention? 380 00:23:08,470 --> 00:23:09,940 How creative can he be? 381 00:23:10,835 --> 00:23:11,505 An earthquake? 382 00:23:11,505 --> 00:23:12,105 No. 383 00:23:12,455 --> 00:23:12,925 A fire? 384 00:23:12,925 --> 00:23:13,565 No. 385 00:23:13,765 --> 00:23:14,765 He tried it with Noah. 386 00:23:15,035 --> 00:23:16,835 How about the wind? 387 00:23:17,625 --> 00:23:22,995 Where I can put a virus in the wind to get every single person 388 00:23:23,025 --> 00:23:25,035 in this world's attention. 389 00:23:26,005 --> 00:23:26,824 How about that? 390 00:23:27,974 --> 00:23:31,934 To get acknowledgement. 391 00:23:32,304 --> 00:23:36,014 I'm passing by and I'm gonna pass by again. 392 00:23:37,244 --> 00:23:38,634 How amazing is God, right? 393 00:23:39,084 --> 00:23:39,685 The wind. 394 00:23:40,094 --> 00:23:41,705 Then we talk about earthquake. 395 00:23:41,725 --> 00:23:42,885 We know our earthquakes. 396 00:23:44,264 --> 00:23:46,425 And you can't, you can't get away from an earthquake. 397 00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:47,725 It's happening when I first felt it. 398 00:23:48,215 --> 00:23:49,504 I wanted to run outside. 399 00:23:50,004 --> 00:23:51,445 Like, run outside is still there. 400 00:23:51,705 --> 00:23:55,935 You know, I can't, you know, I want to go to the table, but it's still happening. 401 00:23:56,104 --> 00:23:58,014 You can't, it's, it's your foundation. 402 00:23:59,004 --> 00:23:59,334 Alright. 403 00:23:59,594 --> 00:24:03,395 And maybe God is passing by through an earthquake in your life. 404 00:24:04,044 --> 00:24:05,634 Maybe from a positive perspective. 405 00:24:05,645 --> 00:24:05,665 Yeah. 406 00:24:06,755 --> 00:24:09,855 Uh, you got a job or something, it makes you, you know, some more job 407 00:24:09,855 --> 00:24:12,925 security, you got more income, you know, maybe that's a good thing. 408 00:24:13,145 --> 00:24:13,465 Right? 409 00:24:13,645 --> 00:24:16,965 Or maybe it's a challenge with an earthquake. 410 00:24:17,324 --> 00:24:18,785 Maybe you lost the job. 411 00:24:19,545 --> 00:24:22,884 Or you lost a relationship that was really important to you. 412 00:24:23,335 --> 00:24:26,295 You know, either by just disconnection or death. 413 00:24:26,945 --> 00:24:28,295 Where it shakes the foundation. 414 00:24:28,845 --> 00:24:31,365 Do you see God passing by here? 415 00:24:31,845 --> 00:24:34,785 To get your attention. 416 00:24:36,265 --> 00:24:37,055 Fire. 417 00:24:38,325 --> 00:24:39,595 I have two dogs at home. 418 00:24:39,865 --> 00:24:47,434 You know, uh, and what's amazing about animals is that all creation 419 00:24:47,435 --> 00:24:49,445 knows stay away from fire. 420 00:24:50,904 --> 00:24:51,444 Innately. 421 00:24:51,525 --> 00:24:51,995 It doesn't know. 422 00:24:52,615 --> 00:24:53,364 I know what it is. 423 00:24:53,415 --> 00:24:54,365 I ain't going close to it. 424 00:24:55,455 --> 00:24:58,975 And so, fire warms us when we need it. 425 00:24:59,705 --> 00:25:01,104 Maybe something's going on that's warming you. 426 00:25:01,175 --> 00:25:03,365 Or, fire can burn you. 427 00:25:04,804 --> 00:25:07,365 leaves a mark, leaves a scar. 428 00:25:07,814 --> 00:25:11,054 Maybe you have things in your life, too, right now that, something that, 429 00:25:11,485 --> 00:25:15,024 it's, I'm thinking about it right now, it's causing an angst of anxiety. 430 00:25:15,084 --> 00:25:17,564 It's a scar that I just can't get rid of. 431 00:25:17,564 --> 00:25:18,694 It's been there for a while. 432 00:25:18,945 --> 00:25:20,024 It's something I can't let go. 433 00:25:20,034 --> 00:25:20,965 It keeps me up at night. 434 00:25:21,385 --> 00:25:22,455 This, this scar. 435 00:25:23,014 --> 00:25:25,435 God's moving through it, too. 436 00:25:29,385 --> 00:25:33,344 And so, we talked about that as far as the earthquake, the wind. 437 00:25:34,750 --> 00:25:40,570 The fire and how he leaves a mark and then let's finish it up here with 438 00:25:46,100 --> 00:25:52,859 The whisper And so he makes this stuff gets our attention here, but he 439 00:25:52,859 --> 00:26:01,180 says I Passed by that But the way I want to communicate to you is through 440 00:26:01,540 --> 00:26:06,270 a whisper But to hear someone's whisper, you have to be in a spot 441 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:07,500 to hear someone's whisper, right? 442 00:26:07,630 --> 00:26:10,030 You have a lot of noise going on, a lot of things going on 443 00:26:10,030 --> 00:26:11,380 in life, you won't hear it. 444 00:26:12,829 --> 00:26:19,030 And so could those events bring you to a point where I can hear God's whisper? 445 00:26:23,249 --> 00:26:24,080 So let's start with Elijah. 446 00:26:24,090 --> 00:26:29,040 He says, So after the fire came, after the fire came a gentle whisper. 447 00:26:30,010 --> 00:26:33,040 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out 448 00:26:33,120 --> 00:26:34,920 and stood at the mouth of the cave. 449 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:38,200 Then a voice said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah? 450 00:26:39,769 --> 00:26:43,900 Um, he replied, I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. 451 00:26:44,030 --> 00:26:47,509 The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put 452 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,340 your prophets to death with the sword. 453 00:26:49,510 --> 00:26:52,510 I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too. 454 00:26:53,790 --> 00:26:57,615 And so again, the Lord said, Um, you know, go back the way, go back 455 00:26:57,615 --> 00:27:00,615 the way he came and go to the desert of Damascus when you get there. 456 00:27:00,675 --> 00:27:03,525 Anoint, um, Hazel King over Arum. 457 00:27:03,975 --> 00:27:07,215 Um, and also a name Joe who's son of MSU King over Israel. 458 00:27:07,275 --> 00:27:14,325 And anoint Elisha, son of Shepa from Abel, um, ALAH to succeed. 459 00:27:14,325 --> 00:27:18,945 You as a prophet, Jehu will put to death any who escaped the sword of Hazel. 460 00:27:19,125 --> 00:27:23,535 Of Hazel and Elijah will put to death any who escaped the sword of Jehu. 461 00:27:24,465 --> 00:27:28,795 Yet I reserve 7, 000 in Israel, all who, whose knees have not been bowed, 462 00:27:28,865 --> 00:27:31,925 have not bowed down to bow, and those whose mouths have not kissed them. 463 00:27:32,925 --> 00:27:34,254 So he says, I got you. 464 00:27:34,695 --> 00:27:36,335 I'll send Elijah to help you out. 465 00:27:36,815 --> 00:27:37,475 I'm here. 466 00:27:37,844 --> 00:27:41,374 You know, I got your back, but he had to tell him in a general whisper. 467 00:27:42,524 --> 00:27:46,045 Elijah, he could tell us a lot of ancient thoughts going through his mind. 468 00:27:46,885 --> 00:27:49,845 He says, I can't sit here and just talk to you. 469 00:27:49,845 --> 00:27:51,205 I got so much going on in my mind. 470 00:27:51,405 --> 00:27:55,635 So he had to pass by, pass by, to put you in a spot where now, I want 471 00:27:55,635 --> 00:27:57,985 to talk to you in a gentle way. 472 00:27:58,884 --> 00:28:00,094 And the same for us. 473 00:28:00,594 --> 00:28:03,654 You know, we get to, um, he went into hiding. 474 00:28:03,684 --> 00:28:05,215 Sometimes it's easy to go hiding, right? 475 00:28:05,465 --> 00:28:07,165 I want to hide from the things I'm feeling. 476 00:28:07,715 --> 00:28:10,135 Uh, I want to just, I want to pull away. 477 00:28:10,355 --> 00:28:11,475 I want to deal with it myself. 478 00:28:11,515 --> 00:28:12,975 Oh, I don't want to think about it. 479 00:28:13,184 --> 00:28:14,265 I just want to escape. 480 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,710 He says, come out of the cave and talk to me. 481 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:20,630 I want to, and get a quiet spot. 482 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:29,110 For many of us, it's, how often do you go to a quiet spot with God to 483 00:28:29,360 --> 00:28:32,149 hear what He's trying to tell you? 484 00:28:33,500 --> 00:28:36,020 God speaks to us all through His Holy Spirit. 485 00:28:36,750 --> 00:28:38,250 What is He telling you? 486 00:28:39,830 --> 00:28:44,470 And so, and when He asks questions, He He always ask it 487 00:28:44,490 --> 00:28:47,290 multiple times in the scripture. 488 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:50,790 So as you go to God, you'll hear, you know, he's saying, he's asking 489 00:28:50,790 --> 00:28:53,790 me the same questions multiple times to get me to really understand 490 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,500 in a deeper, in a deeper way. 491 00:28:56,480 --> 00:29:00,830 Um, he's always speaking through us, through the spirit, 492 00:29:01,170 --> 00:29:03,359 throughout our spiritual journey. 493 00:29:04,699 --> 00:29:09,640 And we move forward here, and so, Hmm. 494 00:29:10,810 --> 00:29:12,370 What is God asking you? 495 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,000 Alright, we'll go, it didn't go exactly the way I wanted it 496 00:29:15,370 --> 00:29:17,250 to, but what is God asking you? 497 00:29:19,860 --> 00:29:21,190 Is He asking you, what are you doing here? 498 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:26,260 Meaning, this spot in your life right now, what are you doing here? 499 00:29:27,049 --> 00:29:28,649 Is He asking you, do you love me? 500 00:29:29,509 --> 00:29:30,440 Do you love me? 501 00:29:30,980 --> 00:29:33,309 Do you love me? 502 00:29:34,419 --> 00:29:39,149 Meaning that your life, I want your life to reflect your love for me. 503 00:29:40,219 --> 00:29:42,340 Or, maybe He's asking, where are you? 504 00:29:43,750 --> 00:29:46,090 Meaning, you don't come to me enough. 505 00:29:46,850 --> 00:29:48,300 I don't see you enough. 506 00:29:48,900 --> 00:29:50,809 You know, where are you? 507 00:29:50,809 --> 00:29:52,769 Why are you hiding from me? 508 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:54,660 Why don't you want to connect with me? 509 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:56,060 Why don't you want to talk? 510 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:57,610 Why don't you want to pray with me? 511 00:29:57,839 --> 00:29:59,320 Maybe that's the question he'll ask you. 512 00:30:00,535 --> 00:30:02,805 Or maybe he'll ask you, what is this? 513 00:30:02,835 --> 00:30:07,735 These are all questions that he asks throughout his word to people. 514 00:30:08,205 --> 00:30:10,635 Maybe he's asking you, what is this you have done? 515 00:30:11,645 --> 00:30:13,325 Trying to bring you to a level of repentance. 516 00:30:13,745 --> 00:30:15,595 Can you first of all acknowledge what you've done? 517 00:30:15,595 --> 00:30:19,305 Because I've seen it, I'm in you, I experience it with you. 518 00:30:19,805 --> 00:30:22,785 So, I want you to acknowledge what have you done so we can 519 00:30:22,785 --> 00:30:24,445 truly forgive and move forward. 520 00:30:24,785 --> 00:30:27,195 Maybe he'll ask you, why are you so afraid? 521 00:30:28,390 --> 00:30:30,970 to go the path that you know that I'm pointing it to. 522 00:30:31,730 --> 00:30:35,310 You know, when I can give you confidence, uh, you can trust me. 523 00:30:35,310 --> 00:30:36,760 Why are you so afraid? 524 00:30:36,770 --> 00:30:38,190 Why are you so afraid? 525 00:30:38,190 --> 00:30:39,620 Why are you so afraid? 526 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,380 Or, maybe, what do you want? 527 00:30:44,490 --> 00:30:48,360 Like, I said, I tell you whatever you ask for my name, I'll give it to you. 528 00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:51,810 What do you want? 529 00:30:53,700 --> 00:30:57,520 And so, he's asking that over and over again, What can I help you on your story? 530 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,180 What do you need help with on your spiritual journey? 531 00:31:00,310 --> 00:31:04,500 I know what it is, but I have to have you understand that you know what it is. 532 00:31:04,990 --> 00:31:06,080 It's all about you. 533 00:31:07,260 --> 00:31:10,670 Or, I was asking you, what is your name? 534 00:31:12,350 --> 00:31:13,030 That sounds very simple. 535 00:31:13,060 --> 00:31:13,740 You know my name, Lord. 536 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:15,090 Like, no, no, no, no, no. 537 00:31:15,250 --> 00:31:17,890 You are my disciple, right? 538 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,900 And sometimes the way I see you, you don't look like me. 539 00:31:22,475 --> 00:31:23,875 You don't act like me. 540 00:31:23,915 --> 00:31:25,355 I don't see you in me. 541 00:31:25,375 --> 00:31:28,235 So I'm asking you, what is your name? 542 00:31:28,715 --> 00:31:29,445 Say it. 543 00:31:30,815 --> 00:31:31,685 I'm your child. 544 00:31:31,715 --> 00:31:32,655 Say it again. 545 00:31:33,405 --> 00:31:34,535 I'm your disciple. 546 00:31:34,945 --> 00:31:35,915 Tell me again. 547 00:31:35,945 --> 00:31:36,755 Who are you? 548 00:31:37,535 --> 00:31:38,795 I'm different from the world. 549 00:31:38,855 --> 00:31:39,955 Yes, you are. 550 00:31:40,605 --> 00:31:44,235 So I'm telling you, when we're together, what is your name? 551 00:31:44,565 --> 00:31:45,645 Remember that. 552 00:31:46,535 --> 00:31:48,845 Or, he's asking you, do you believe this? 553 00:31:49,775 --> 00:31:51,195 Do you really believe this? 554 00:31:52,515 --> 00:31:53,655 Do you believe what you're reading? 555 00:31:53,755 --> 00:31:56,545 Do you believe what Kenny is saying in front of the church? 556 00:31:56,725 --> 00:31:57,765 Do you believe this? 557 00:31:57,815 --> 00:32:00,485 Or are you just hearing it and you go home and it's gone? 558 00:32:02,295 --> 00:32:03,125 Do you believe it? 559 00:32:03,275 --> 00:32:04,715 Well, if you believe it, you'll do what? 560 00:32:05,595 --> 00:32:06,705 You'll try to do it. 561 00:32:06,975 --> 00:32:11,035 So just ask me, do you really, really believe this? 562 00:32:11,525 --> 00:32:17,245 So, these are the kind of questions you get some time with God and these questions 563 00:32:17,245 --> 00:32:19,455 will start coming to you from your Lord. 564 00:32:20,225 --> 00:32:22,575 And it's like, how are you going to respond to this? 565 00:32:23,155 --> 00:32:26,235 You know, I just got chosen as um, or selected as, as an elder, 566 00:32:26,295 --> 00:32:28,195 which was um, pretty humbling. 567 00:32:28,605 --> 00:32:34,315 Um, but it's, I had to ask myself the same questions, like, what are you doing here? 568 00:32:34,385 --> 00:32:37,625 You know, it's my own questions, God was like, and I had to think about 569 00:32:37,625 --> 00:32:39,475 that, like what am I doing here? 570 00:32:39,955 --> 00:32:44,095 Um, I don't feel worthy, I don't, you know, but I had to not wrestle, but 571 00:32:44,095 --> 00:32:46,665 just go to God to see a path here. 572 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:52,270 A path that God has done, which is very, um, gives me confidence. 573 00:32:52,530 --> 00:32:55,410 And you have your own path, too, that God has done to bring you here. 574 00:32:55,890 --> 00:33:04,200 And so, we'll move to, uh, the next part is, we're gonna talk about, it's 575 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,020 a call to action, as we close up. 576 00:33:07,660 --> 00:33:12,660 And so the call to action is, just to commit to a consistent time 577 00:33:12,660 --> 00:33:14,810 with God, and word, and prayer. 578 00:33:15,385 --> 00:33:22,315 With no interruptions, with the heart is that I want to hear from you, Lord. 579 00:33:23,155 --> 00:33:24,115 Talk to me. 580 00:33:24,635 --> 00:33:25,725 Tell me. 581 00:33:26,185 --> 00:33:27,955 Uh, what questions are you asking me? 582 00:33:28,495 --> 00:33:31,525 Uh, consistently going, and it'll, it'll come. 583 00:33:32,655 --> 00:33:34,635 And then, write it down. 584 00:33:35,895 --> 00:33:36,625 Journal it. 585 00:33:37,695 --> 00:33:41,335 Um, and then, um, you know, what is he asking as he opens 586 00:33:41,335 --> 00:33:43,355 up your heart to your spirit? 587 00:33:43,815 --> 00:33:44,575 Just write it down. 588 00:33:45,065 --> 00:33:49,165 Look at it, and you'll see it may become again, and again, and again. 589 00:33:49,755 --> 00:33:50,595 Share with somebody. 590 00:33:51,675 --> 00:33:55,155 Your spouse, or friend, uh, or even your elder. 591 00:33:55,545 --> 00:33:59,765 You know, just share what, you know, what is God asking you? 592 00:34:00,305 --> 00:34:03,035 And then, when He's asking you something, there's a response. 593 00:34:03,615 --> 00:34:07,085 And, uh, and that response is the faith action. 594 00:34:07,895 --> 00:34:11,925 Okay, whatever you're asking me, you know, the question he's asked me so 595 00:34:11,925 --> 00:34:13,875 many times is really, do you love me? 596 00:34:13,875 --> 00:34:14,554 Do you love me? 597 00:34:14,554 --> 00:34:15,235 Do you love me? 598 00:34:15,425 --> 00:34:17,364 That comes up all the time when we're together. 599 00:34:17,745 --> 00:34:20,975 But then the response is, okay, if you love me, do what? 600 00:34:21,764 --> 00:34:23,835 Feed my sheep. 601 00:34:24,465 --> 00:34:25,455 Comes to me all the time. 602 00:34:25,465 --> 00:34:27,074 He's like, feed my sheep, Kenny. 603 00:34:27,605 --> 00:34:29,445 Feeding my sheep for the longest time. 604 00:34:29,685 --> 00:34:30,635 That's what he tells me. 605 00:34:30,635 --> 00:34:33,324 So I'm like, I'm going to help me help me to do that. 606 00:34:34,094 --> 00:34:36,695 And so for all of us, there's some action Hey! 607 00:34:37,725 --> 00:34:40,915 So help me to do what God is calling me to do. 608 00:34:41,525 --> 00:34:43,625 And, and that's what it means that we're going to talk. 609 00:34:43,715 --> 00:34:47,925 Sometimes when you talk to each other, you realize there's some common things. 610 00:34:48,385 --> 00:34:51,264 And so there's some corporate wide things that God is telling us as 611 00:34:51,264 --> 00:34:53,425 a whole that affects the church. 612 00:34:53,935 --> 00:34:55,395 And so we make up the church. 613 00:34:55,715 --> 00:34:57,865 So you're going to talk like, you know, he told me the same thing, the same things. 614 00:34:57,865 --> 00:35:04,065 Like, so corporately, he's calling us to do something as a church together. 615 00:35:04,555 --> 00:35:05,715 And that's how he works. 616 00:35:06,715 --> 00:35:08,105 I was going through, we're going to close it up. 617 00:35:08,105 --> 00:35:11,365 I was going through the, um, uh, in revelations that 618 00:35:11,365 --> 00:35:12,895 talks about all the churches. 619 00:35:13,245 --> 00:35:18,285 The first couple of chapters about seven different churches and every church was 620 00:35:18,285 --> 00:35:20,175 unique, which always gives me faith. 621 00:35:20,315 --> 00:35:21,215 There's no perfect church. 622 00:35:21,215 --> 00:35:22,385 We all got our stuff, right? 623 00:35:22,675 --> 00:35:23,595 Cause we're not perfect. 624 00:35:23,595 --> 00:35:28,845 But those letters were to the angels. 625 00:35:29,795 --> 00:35:35,595 So each of those churches had angels representing those churches. 626 00:35:36,485 --> 00:35:43,365 So for a body of people, God has angels assigned to bodies of people and God and 627 00:35:43,365 --> 00:35:46,965 these angels are talking to God for us. 628 00:35:47,965 --> 00:35:53,005 And so sometimes the angels are trying to get these corporate messages to all of us. 629 00:35:53,005 --> 00:35:54,875 They're telling us kind of the same thing. 630 00:35:55,565 --> 00:35:59,925 And so for us all to grasp it and understand what is it as a church we 631 00:35:59,925 --> 00:36:05,095 have to change collectively because all together we show we have a different you. 632 00:36:05,375 --> 00:36:09,605 Church personality because of us But some things we need to change and we're 633 00:36:09,605 --> 00:36:13,605 growing so I just want to leave I'm in with that so Guys, thank you for 634 00:36:13,605 --> 00:36:17,295 the you know for hearing me out and I'm going to pray for the communion 635 00:36:23,785 --> 00:36:28,190 Heavenly Father Lord, thank you for just being who you are for the hope 636 00:36:28,190 --> 00:36:31,159 that comes for following you God. 637 00:36:31,159 --> 00:36:36,860 for giving us a path To follow and, uh, to help with your spirit. 638 00:36:37,430 --> 00:36:41,320 Uh, Lord, what an amazing journey we get to experience here on earth. 639 00:36:41,910 --> 00:36:43,760 Uh, Father, that culminates in heaven. 640 00:36:44,410 --> 00:36:46,300 Uh, God is valuable to you. 641 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,050 Uh, Father, it changes the world as we go on this journey. 642 00:36:49,510 --> 00:36:52,670 Uh, Father, I thank you so much for the sacrifice in Jesus. 643 00:36:53,170 --> 00:36:54,510 God, that brings us to our knees. 644 00:36:54,740 --> 00:36:56,010 Uh, that slows us down. 645 00:36:56,020 --> 00:36:57,490 That humbles us, Father. 646 00:36:57,490 --> 00:37:03,255 Um, the, the juice that represents, um, Real blood that flowed on the cross, uh, 647 00:37:03,395 --> 00:37:07,845 real blood, real pain and father, and how that washes over all of our sins. 648 00:37:07,925 --> 00:37:09,135 Uh, God, we're not worthy. 649 00:37:09,695 --> 00:37:12,665 Uh, I pray for the, um, the bread that represents the body 650 00:37:12,665 --> 00:37:14,605 that was beaten, uh, for us. 651 00:37:14,605 --> 00:37:18,215 The pain and the agony, uh, Father, so we can have a relationship with you. 652 00:37:18,805 --> 00:37:21,285 Uh, God, we so appreciate you. 653 00:37:21,295 --> 00:37:24,225 God, we respect you so much for doing that for us. 654 00:37:24,295 --> 00:37:27,175 Uh, help us to remember that as we take communion. 655 00:37:27,525 --> 00:37:28,835 Uh, Father, we love you as we pray. 656 00:37:28,915 --> 00:37:29,175 Amen.