1 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:10,960 God is good. 2 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,440 It really is an honor and a privilege to be able to kick this 3 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:15,919 thing off. 4 00:00:15,919 --> 00:00:16,800 My name is Marvel. 5 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:20,560 I am one of the worship directors here at V1 Church. 6 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:26,720 I am proud to say that I am a product not only of my parents, but 7 00:00:27,210 --> 00:00:30,090 also of V1 Church, my spiritual family. 8 00:00:30,970 --> 00:00:33,530 Apostle Mike is my spiritual dad. 9 00:00:33,530 --> 00:00:35,770 Pastor Julie is my spiritual mother. 10 00:00:36,410 --> 00:00:40,690 I'm just so grateful for everyone who's poured into me B1 11 00:00:40,690 --> 00:00:41,930 College, V1X. 12 00:00:42,010 --> 00:00:43,770 Like, I've been developed, okay? 13 00:00:43,770 --> 00:00:44,890 I've been invested in. 14 00:00:45,290 --> 00:00:48,450 And so I just want to impart some of the things that I've learned 15 00:00:48,450 --> 00:00:50,210 on my journey to you guys. 16 00:00:50,210 --> 00:00:51,450 So let us pray first. 17 00:00:52,410 --> 00:00:54,890 Father God, I ask for you to have your way. 18 00:00:55,550 --> 00:00:57,950 If you can use anything, Lord, use me. 19 00:00:58,670 --> 00:01:00,670 This is all for your glory, Lord. 20 00:01:00,670 --> 00:01:04,710 I thank you for your patience with me and your love, Lord God. 21 00:01:04,710 --> 00:01:07,670 And I just pray, Lord God, that you would remind someone that 22 00:01:07,670 --> 00:01:11,950 they are a son and daughter and that you see them, that you understand, 23 00:01:12,910 --> 00:01:14,830 and you're not done with them yet. 24 00:01:14,830 --> 00:01:16,510 In Jesus name, amen. 25 00:01:18,350 --> 00:01:19,230 All right, guys. 26 00:01:20,350 --> 00:01:25,510 Last week, though, that was an interesting sermon. 27 00:01:25,590 --> 00:01:28,510 I know some of you guys are still processing it, and it's all 28 00:01:28,510 --> 00:01:28,790 right. 29 00:01:29,830 --> 00:01:32,910 Some of you guys might have, I don't know, got a little convicted 30 00:01:32,910 --> 00:01:36,110 and realized you might have some things you need to bring up 31 00:01:36,110 --> 00:01:36,790 to the Lord. 32 00:01:36,950 --> 00:01:39,590 You might need to go up to the prayer line or something like that. 33 00:01:39,590 --> 00:01:40,550 And we're not judging. 34 00:01:40,550 --> 00:01:42,390 We don't judge here in B1 church. 35 00:01:43,750 --> 00:01:49,240 But I know for me, I've sat in these seats several times, a lot 36 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:53,880 of times, actually, of the Lord just convicting me and just 37 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,520 picking at things that I was oblivious to. 38 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:58,800 I didn't think I had a problem. 39 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:00,880 I thought, you know, I knew everything. 40 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,840 And I've been humbled several times, but in love. 41 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:06,720 The Lord's correction is love. 42 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,320 How do many of you guys know that? 43 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:10,640 His correction is love. 44 00:02:10,640 --> 00:02:11,920 He is protecting you. 45 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:12,970 And so. 46 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,160 So last week's sermon was very powerful. 47 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:18,800 Apostle spoke about the orphan spirit. 48 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,360 And I definitely, definitely needed to be delivered from that. 49 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,480 And so I'm just gonna kind of take you back a little bit. 50 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:32,120 But before that, for those who don't know me, if you go to V1 and 51 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,320 you ask someone, you know, who's Marvell and how is she? 52 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:36,800 Like, like, how would you describe her? 53 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,160 Some people might say I'm extroverted. 54 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:39,490 Some people might. 55 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:41,480 Some people might say I'm super friendly. 56 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:44,480 I am that person that will walk up to you. 57 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:45,160 Yes, I am. 58 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,320 If I don't know you, I'm Gonna know you today. 59 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:49,800 I'm gonna ask you for your name, your story. 60 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:51,320 Did you make any friends? 61 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:52,480 Why you run? 62 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:53,360 I will run after you. 63 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,160 Actually, I've done that several times. 64 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,240 I'm like, girl, I saw you in the service, but you left so fast, 65 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:00,200 I had to stop you. 66 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,120 I just want to let you know that I want to see you more often. 67 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:05,320 That's marvel. 68 00:03:05,790 --> 00:03:06,150 Okay? 69 00:03:06,150 --> 00:03:11,310 And I really love people, but I wasn't always like that. 70 00:03:12,350 --> 00:03:21,110 Yeah, I know it's hard to believe, but when I came to V1, I 71 00:03:21,110 --> 00:03:25,630 was everything that apostles mentioned, like, those qualities. 72 00:03:25,630 --> 00:03:26,750 Like, I was mean. 73 00:03:27,550 --> 00:03:29,070 I was definitely guarded. 74 00:03:29,070 --> 00:03:30,270 I had walls up. 75 00:03:30,510 --> 00:03:32,270 I did not want to talk to nobody. 76 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:33,800 But I love God. 77 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:34,680 I love church. 78 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,880 People would say, hi, like, how are you doing? 79 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,240 I'm like, I gotta go. 80 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:41,000 I'm sorry. 81 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:41,720 Like, I. 82 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:47,440 And the reason why I was like that is because I was in church my 83 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:48,280 whole entire life. 84 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:48,919 I. 85 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:50,200 My dad's a preacher. 86 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:51,640 My grandfather's a preacher. 87 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:55,080 I was born and raised in the church. 88 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:00,810 And there were some things that I would see, and I just didn't 89 00:04:00,810 --> 00:04:01,970 really understand it. 90 00:04:01,970 --> 00:04:07,450 I would see people fighting for titles, talking about each other. 91 00:04:08,410 --> 00:04:10,690 And my father's, like, one of the nicest people ever. 92 00:04:10,690 --> 00:04:12,370 Like, people were hurting him. 93 00:04:12,370 --> 00:04:15,370 I'm like, my dad is so nice. 94 00:04:15,370 --> 00:04:16,810 Like, how could you talk about him? 95 00:04:16,810 --> 00:04:18,890 How could you ever say anything bad about him? 96 00:04:18,970 --> 00:04:22,490 And I just couldn't understand that church culture. 97 00:04:23,050 --> 00:04:24,930 And I made a plan. 98 00:04:24,930 --> 00:04:27,930 I said, when I get older, I'm going to leave the church. 99 00:04:28,170 --> 00:04:30,930 I do not want to be, like, a church person. 100 00:04:31,010 --> 00:04:32,410 I don't wanna play a role. 101 00:04:32,410 --> 00:04:36,290 I feel like everybody's fake, and I'm gonna walk away. 102 00:04:37,090 --> 00:04:38,610 But God had other plans. 103 00:04:38,690 --> 00:04:41,970 All right, So I love God so much. 104 00:04:41,970 --> 00:04:44,370 I just never had the courage to fully walk away. 105 00:04:44,850 --> 00:04:45,810 I couldn't do it. 106 00:04:46,290 --> 00:04:47,730 My foundation was in my heart. 107 00:04:47,730 --> 00:04:48,210 I'm like. 108 00:04:48,770 --> 00:04:50,450 My flesh wanted to leave. 109 00:04:50,450 --> 00:04:51,810 My flesh wanted to quit. 110 00:04:52,050 --> 00:04:53,930 My flesh wanted to do its own thing. 111 00:04:53,930 --> 00:04:55,010 Like, I'm gonna have fun. 112 00:04:55,250 --> 00:04:56,930 I'm gonna do my own rules. 113 00:04:57,510 --> 00:05:01,910 But something just kept pulling me to still stay. 114 00:05:03,830 --> 00:05:08,550 And even though I stayed, my heart was hardening. 115 00:05:09,350 --> 00:05:13,350 And I think the orphan heart grows from disappointment. 116 00:05:14,550 --> 00:05:19,590 And so, as I continued on, I got to keep this story short, but 117 00:05:19,590 --> 00:05:22,830 it's a lot that the Lord was doing, but he was working on me little 118 00:05:22,830 --> 00:05:23,350 by little. 119 00:05:23,430 --> 00:05:25,500 And then I got to be one. 120 00:05:28,380 --> 00:05:29,580 I got to be one. 121 00:05:31,100 --> 00:05:32,340 You guys are clapping. 122 00:05:32,340 --> 00:05:36,300 But like I said, I didn't come in, like, how I am now. 123 00:05:36,940 --> 00:05:37,580 Okay. 124 00:05:38,060 --> 00:05:41,380 And I was kind of giving people a hard Time. 125 00:05:41,380 --> 00:05:42,140 I'm not gonna lie. 126 00:05:42,140 --> 00:05:43,180 I was not submitted. 127 00:05:43,660 --> 00:05:44,820 I wasn't in my mind. 128 00:05:44,820 --> 00:05:45,500 I was saying things. 129 00:05:45,500 --> 00:05:46,300 I was talking back. 130 00:05:46,700 --> 00:05:48,580 They didn't know, but I was talking back in my mind. 131 00:05:48,580 --> 00:05:50,940 I'm like, I don't agree with that. 132 00:05:51,650 --> 00:05:54,130 And I also was saying things that, like, you know what? 133 00:05:55,010 --> 00:05:56,250 Why is she looking at me like that? 134 00:05:56,250 --> 00:05:57,330 I don't think she likes me. 135 00:05:57,330 --> 00:05:57,770 You know what? 136 00:05:57,770 --> 00:05:58,690 I don't fit in here. 137 00:05:59,010 --> 00:05:59,530 You know what? 138 00:05:59,530 --> 00:06:02,490 Maybe they have something against me just making up all of 139 00:06:02,490 --> 00:06:06,410 these assumptions, but it really was an orphan language that 140 00:06:06,410 --> 00:06:08,610 I developed over the years. 141 00:06:10,050 --> 00:06:15,850 And it's just crazy because when you're in that position, no 142 00:06:15,850 --> 00:06:16,930 one can tell you anything. 143 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:19,160 There's like a. 144 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:23,720 There's scales on your eyes, and you don't even realize that your 145 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,240 reality is not even truth. 146 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:27,560 And that's a scary place to be. 147 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:34,280 In Hebrews 15, you're actually not supposed to be problematic. 148 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,040 I don't know if you guys know that. 149 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:36,840 I had a verse. 150 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,800 We're actually supposed to have confidence in our leaders. 151 00:06:43,010 --> 00:06:46,690 Like, if you believe that the Lord called you to this church, that 152 00:06:46,690 --> 00:06:50,170 means you're trusting him and you're trusting the leaders that 153 00:06:50,170 --> 00:06:51,170 he put over you. 154 00:06:52,610 --> 00:06:56,290 And it took me a very long time to get to that point. 155 00:06:56,290 --> 00:06:57,370 Like, I said, I came. 156 00:06:57,370 --> 00:06:59,530 I'm like, okay, apostle, I see you. 157 00:06:59,530 --> 00:07:00,130 You preaching. 158 00:07:00,130 --> 00:07:00,770 That was good. 159 00:07:01,250 --> 00:07:01,850 That was good. 160 00:07:01,850 --> 00:07:02,610 That was nice. 161 00:07:03,250 --> 00:07:04,610 You still not my pastor. 162 00:07:06,850 --> 00:07:07,770 People were catching me. 163 00:07:07,770 --> 00:07:09,330 They're like, but you said, he's your pastor. 164 00:07:09,330 --> 00:07:09,930 I'm like, I meant. 165 00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:10,450 I meant. 166 00:07:10,450 --> 00:07:11,730 No, I just like the sermon. 167 00:07:11,730 --> 00:07:12,210 Like, just. 168 00:07:12,540 --> 00:07:13,660 It just didn't make sense. 169 00:07:14,140 --> 00:07:18,140 But it was the orphan spirit, and I was blind to that. 170 00:07:18,140 --> 00:07:23,420 And sometimes we don't want the correction. 171 00:07:23,420 --> 00:07:26,300 Sometimes we don't want someone to tell us about ourselves, 172 00:07:27,420 --> 00:07:32,460 but we really need someone to correct us in love. 173 00:07:33,180 --> 00:07:36,060 Now, I've seen people get disciplined in churches before. 174 00:07:38,390 --> 00:07:40,470 I've seen people get embarrassed in church before. 175 00:07:40,790 --> 00:07:42,470 I've been embarrassed sometimes. 176 00:07:42,470 --> 00:07:45,750 I've heard people talk about me, or maybe they gave me a correction, 177 00:07:45,750 --> 00:07:49,310 and the tone or the delivery, it didn't really teach me anything. 178 00:07:49,310 --> 00:07:52,230 It just hurt my heart, and it made me even harder. 179 00:07:53,270 --> 00:07:58,190 And so we just have to be careful with that, and we really 180 00:07:58,190 --> 00:07:59,510 have to walk in humility. 181 00:07:59,510 --> 00:08:00,550 And I know it's. 182 00:08:00,790 --> 00:08:02,150 I know there's someone here. 183 00:08:02,150 --> 00:08:04,310 They're like, I'm not going to listen to her. 184 00:08:04,390 --> 00:08:05,990 You're still going to do your own thing. 185 00:08:06,070 --> 00:08:07,750 I'm telling you, I was you. 186 00:08:08,470 --> 00:08:09,070 So I know. 187 00:08:09,070 --> 00:08:10,310 I made the excuses. 188 00:08:10,710 --> 00:08:13,030 I kept coming to the church looking for A problem. 189 00:08:13,910 --> 00:08:14,550 I just. 190 00:08:14,630 --> 00:08:15,590 I'm like, you know what? 191 00:08:15,830 --> 00:08:18,150 I like what they said, but that's fake. 192 00:08:19,030 --> 00:08:20,390 How do I know it's fake? 193 00:08:20,790 --> 00:08:22,070 How would you know, Marvel? 194 00:08:22,470 --> 00:08:24,310 I'm like, you know, something don't seem right. 195 00:08:24,310 --> 00:08:25,510 It seem a little too good. 196 00:08:25,830 --> 00:08:27,990 Just making up things, right? 197 00:08:28,390 --> 00:08:33,910 And so the Lord had to correct me because he's my father. 198 00:08:34,470 --> 00:08:39,990 And there was a sermon where apostle was talking, and I felt like 199 00:08:39,990 --> 00:08:41,270 he was directly talking to me. 200 00:08:41,270 --> 00:08:42,190 That's the Holy Spirit. 201 00:08:42,190 --> 00:08:43,430 You can't make certain things up. 202 00:08:43,430 --> 00:08:45,510 I don't know if you guys could relate, but there's some sermons. 203 00:08:45,510 --> 00:08:47,750 It's like, did someone tell my business? 204 00:08:47,910 --> 00:08:49,750 Like, did they know I was coming today? 205 00:08:50,309 --> 00:08:51,350 Did my wife tell. 206 00:08:51,590 --> 00:08:52,950 Did my husband say something? 207 00:08:53,030 --> 00:08:53,350 Right? 208 00:08:53,350 --> 00:08:56,750 Like, there's just certain things, you know, it's God talking 209 00:08:56,750 --> 00:08:59,470 directly to you, so you can't even get mad at nobody. 210 00:08:59,470 --> 00:09:02,530 You can't get mad at who's preaching because you know that it's 211 00:09:02,530 --> 00:09:06,250 the Holy Spirit touching your heart and picking at something that 212 00:09:06,250 --> 00:09:07,370 you need to work on. 213 00:09:07,850 --> 00:09:11,210 And so with that being said, there was a sermon. 214 00:09:11,290 --> 00:09:14,450 And he said, yeah, I know you're cheating on this sermon on 215 00:09:14,450 --> 00:09:16,170 this church with another church. 216 00:09:16,570 --> 00:09:22,410 I was like, What's going on? 217 00:09:22,970 --> 00:09:23,770 And so. 218 00:09:25,850 --> 00:09:26,110 And. 219 00:09:26,180 --> 00:09:27,100 And I was like, okay, God. 220 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:29,100 And mind you, God gave me confirmation. 221 00:09:29,100 --> 00:09:30,900 After confirmation, after confirmation. 222 00:09:30,980 --> 00:09:32,900 This is your church, and you need to commit. 223 00:09:32,900 --> 00:09:34,580 It's time for you to stop running. 224 00:09:34,660 --> 00:09:35,980 I know it's uncomfortable. 225 00:09:35,980 --> 00:09:39,980 I know it's not something that you're used to, but you need to settle 226 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:42,500 down, and you need to commit, and you need to accept the people 227 00:09:42,500 --> 00:09:44,740 that I'm sending to you to help build you up. 228 00:09:45,060 --> 00:09:47,620 I said, okay, Lord, I'll give it one more chance. 229 00:09:48,180 --> 00:09:53,330 And at that time, there was a Q and A membership that Pastor Mike 230 00:09:53,330 --> 00:09:55,530 did at the Stanhope location in Brooklyn. 231 00:09:55,530 --> 00:09:58,210 We didn't even have an official Brooklyn location yet. 232 00:09:58,690 --> 00:10:00,890 And, guys, I came in with bad intentions. 233 00:10:00,890 --> 00:10:01,730 I'm not gonna lie. 234 00:10:01,730 --> 00:10:04,530 I was like, okay, he's telling us about the core values of the church. 235 00:10:04,850 --> 00:10:05,730 I like it. 236 00:10:06,850 --> 00:10:11,690 I'm gonna ask him a hard question, and when I ask him this 237 00:10:11,690 --> 00:10:14,330 question, I know he's probably gonna get offended or he's probably 238 00:10:14,330 --> 00:10:16,850 gonna stutter or he's probably not gonna like me. 239 00:10:16,850 --> 00:10:17,450 But you know what? 240 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:17,930 I don't care. 241 00:10:17,930 --> 00:10:20,830 I'm just gonna ask it, and let's see what he says. 242 00:10:21,390 --> 00:10:24,790 Is that not kind of like the prodigal son when he was saying in 243 00:10:24,790 --> 00:10:31,870 his mind in Luke 15, verse 17, 18, 19, he's basically, like, making 244 00:10:31,870 --> 00:10:35,429 up what the Conversation with his dad is going to be like. 245 00:10:35,429 --> 00:10:38,750 And he's already taking 10 steps ahead and saying, you know 246 00:10:38,750 --> 00:10:38,910 what? 247 00:10:38,910 --> 00:10:39,470 He's going to. 248 00:10:39,470 --> 00:10:42,070 He won't accept me as a son, but he'll at least accept me as a 249 00:10:42,070 --> 00:10:47,470 servant, making assumptions, thinking the worst case scenario. 250 00:10:47,630 --> 00:10:51,630 And so I asked this question, and it was something like, you know, 251 00:10:51,870 --> 00:10:54,270 everything you say, you're saying it sounds good. 252 00:10:54,510 --> 00:11:00,110 But for someone who's been in church, who knows ministry, they're 253 00:11:00,110 --> 00:11:01,750 having a hard time trusting you. 254 00:11:01,750 --> 00:11:03,230 What advice would you give them? 255 00:11:03,630 --> 00:11:06,510 And I want you guys to see his response. 256 00:11:11,660 --> 00:11:13,820 He had to come back as the second ago. 257 00:11:14,940 --> 00:11:18,780 Sometimes the only thing that can heal church from one pastor is 258 00:11:18,780 --> 00:11:22,620 sure healing from another that's just not worse. 259 00:11:23,100 --> 00:11:29,300 So I'm sorry, but I know, I know, I know you love Jesus because 260 00:11:29,300 --> 00:11:30,780 the only reason I knew. 261 00:11:47,890 --> 00:11:50,930 There's something about that that's whole and special,. 262 00:12:06,940 --> 00:12:11,020 You guys, that was six years ago. 263 00:12:15,740 --> 00:12:21,260 I could cry about it again because I was so shocked at the response 264 00:12:21,260 --> 00:12:22,060 that I received. 265 00:12:23,420 --> 00:12:28,740 Because really, it was an orphan wanting recognition, just 266 00:12:28,740 --> 00:12:33,550 wanting someone to understand the things that I was feeling, the 267 00:12:33,550 --> 00:12:34,790 hurt that I've been through. 268 00:12:36,070 --> 00:12:38,470 And that was such a healing moment for me. 269 00:12:38,550 --> 00:12:41,550 And that night I was like, you know what, God, I'm gonna stop playing 270 00:12:41,550 --> 00:12:41,870 games. 271 00:12:41,870 --> 00:12:44,070 I hear you, I hear you. 272 00:12:44,470 --> 00:12:49,030 And I'm gonna commit and I'm gonna take another step to trust. 273 00:12:52,070 --> 00:12:55,190 But, guys, I didn't have the right intentions that night. 274 00:12:55,430 --> 00:12:57,800 And this is how he received me. 275 00:12:57,960 --> 00:12:58,880 You get what I'm saying? 276 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:04,760 And so that moment was a healing moment, but it didn't fix 277 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:05,240 everything. 278 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:07,080 It didn't. 279 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:11,880 As I continued to show up, the orphan thoughts would still creep 280 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:12,520 back up. 281 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,040 I still would think, oh, you know what? 282 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:17,080 I made a mistake. 283 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:18,960 They're going to kick me out the church, they're going to kick 284 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:19,320 me out. 285 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:20,840 They don't want me here. 286 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,800 But I didn't realize by me still showing up every Sunday. 287 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,120 I was showing up to a hospital, and every time I showed 288 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:33,400 up, I was getting better. 289 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:39,680 I showed up to a flight crew, I got better, I went up for prayer. 290 00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:40,520 I got better. 291 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,400 I had a conversation with a leader. 292 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:44,280 I got better. 293 00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:50,250 And the Lord really had to show me, like, you're trying to protect 294 00:13:50,250 --> 00:13:53,090 yourself and you have all of these walls up. 295 00:13:53,650 --> 00:13:56,250 You're protecting yourself, but you're also protecting yourself 296 00:13:56,250 --> 00:13:59,490 from the good things that I'm trying to send to you into your life. 297 00:14:00,610 --> 00:14:07,290 And so do you trust me, Marvel, if you trust me, then don't 298 00:14:07,290 --> 00:14:08,690 worry about who's going to hurt you. 299 00:14:08,690 --> 00:14:11,010 Don't Worry about if things are not going to work out. 300 00:14:11,490 --> 00:14:12,770 I have you. 301 00:14:12,770 --> 00:14:14,370 I just need you to listen to me. 302 00:14:14,990 --> 00:14:18,470 I just need you to be obedient to me, and I'm going to take care 303 00:14:18,470 --> 00:14:18,750 of you. 304 00:14:18,750 --> 00:14:20,590 Have I not already taken care of you before? 305 00:14:21,070 --> 00:14:24,070 My whole life, I got stories for days of just the Lord showing 306 00:14:24,070 --> 00:14:26,990 up for me in kindness and gentleness. 307 00:14:27,070 --> 00:14:31,590 And we have to be careful because our environments also influence 308 00:14:31,590 --> 00:14:31,950 us. 309 00:14:32,910 --> 00:14:37,390 My environment didn't make me feel safe, so I felt like I needed 310 00:14:37,390 --> 00:14:37,950 to be tough. 311 00:14:37,950 --> 00:14:40,750 I felt like I needed to portray myself a certain way. 312 00:14:41,220 --> 00:14:43,980 I felt like I didn't need to talk to anybody, but that's not who 313 00:14:43,980 --> 00:14:44,900 I really am. 314 00:14:45,860 --> 00:14:49,380 And so as I continued to show up, I stopped resisting. 315 00:14:51,140 --> 00:14:54,140 The Lord started to have his way. 316 00:14:54,140 --> 00:14:56,900 And literally, I cannot believe that it's really been seven 317 00:14:56,980 --> 00:15:00,620 years, really, of a process of the Lord dealing with me. 318 00:15:00,620 --> 00:15:03,540 And it's like if you. 319 00:15:03,940 --> 00:15:10,830 If you say yes and you humble yourself, you will see that there's 320 00:15:10,830 --> 00:15:13,950 so many things that are open to heal you. 321 00:15:14,990 --> 00:15:17,230 Have you ever read the sermon playbook? 322 00:15:18,190 --> 00:15:19,870 Before you judge the sermon? 323 00:15:20,590 --> 00:15:23,110 Have you ever went to a deliverance, Zoom. 324 00:15:23,110 --> 00:15:27,910 That people take time, they fast over you, they pray to literally 325 00:15:27,910 --> 00:15:28,990 see you get free. 326 00:15:29,710 --> 00:15:35,120 And so I stopped running, I stopped assuming, I stopped resisting, 327 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,800 and I discovered something beautiful. 328 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:41,440 I am not an orphan, but I'm a daughter who found her home. 329 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:45,240 Come on. 330 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,320 Can we give five seconds of praise for what God's already doing? 331 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:50,240 Come on. 332 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,000 Such a powerful testimony. 333 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:53,440 God's not done yet. 334 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,240 Y' all picked a great day to be in church. 335 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:01,820 Grateful to be able to stand on Pastor Mike's platform and share 336 00:16:01,820 --> 00:16:02,060 with you. 337 00:16:02,060 --> 00:16:02,780 My name is Evan. 338 00:16:02,780 --> 00:16:05,300 I'm the online campus pastor here at V1 Church. 339 00:16:05,300 --> 00:16:07,300 Shout out, everybody watching online. 340 00:16:08,260 --> 00:16:11,140 We're going to be dropping into Luke chapter 15. 341 00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:15,060 You may be familiar, Pastor Mike preached out of it last week. 342 00:16:15,060 --> 00:16:17,460 We're talking about the prodigal son. 343 00:16:18,100 --> 00:16:21,180 And if you don't know, if you didn't color in this page in your 344 00:16:21,180 --> 00:16:24,700 coloring book in Sunday school, this is the son that thought 345 00:16:24,700 --> 00:16:25,740 he could do it better. 346 00:16:26,220 --> 00:16:30,620 He said, father, just, you know, give me my inheritance now, 347 00:16:30,700 --> 00:16:33,140 and I'm gonna go be an independent man. 348 00:16:33,140 --> 00:16:34,340 I'm gonna make moves. 349 00:16:34,340 --> 00:16:35,740 Come on, hustler. 350 00:16:36,380 --> 00:16:40,140 But we're gonna drop into Luke 15, verse 14. 351 00:16:41,180 --> 00:16:46,580 And it says, and when he had spent everything, a severe famine 352 00:16:46,580 --> 00:16:50,300 arose in that country, and he began to be in need. 353 00:16:51,100 --> 00:16:54,620 So he went and he hired himself out to one of the citizens 354 00:16:54,620 --> 00:16:59,580 of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs 355 00:16:59,980 --> 00:17:03,420 and he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate. 356 00:17:03,740 --> 00:17:05,500 And no one gave him anything. 357 00:17:06,140 --> 00:17:11,020 But when he came to himself, he said, how many of my father's 358 00:17:11,020 --> 00:17:13,860 hired servants have more than enough bread? 359 00:17:13,860 --> 00:17:16,300 But yet I perish here with hunger. 360 00:17:17,210 --> 00:17:20,250 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, father, 361 00:17:20,330 --> 00:17:23,610 I have sinned against heaven and before you. 362 00:17:23,850 --> 00:17:26,490 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. 363 00:17:26,650 --> 00:17:29,690 Treat me as one of your hired servants. 364 00:17:30,650 --> 00:17:34,210 And he arose and he came to his father. 365 00:17:34,210 --> 00:17:37,970 You know, there's one phrase in that passage that sticks out to 366 00:17:37,970 --> 00:17:40,410 me and it's, he came to himself. 367 00:17:40,970 --> 00:17:44,650 You know, there comes a moment when you're honest about where you 368 00:17:44,650 --> 00:17:49,760 actually are, not where you'd like to be, not where you hoped you 369 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,840 would be, not where you tell everybody else that you are, hello, 370 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,520 somebody, but where you actually are. 371 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:03,280 And where he was, was in a pig pen, broke, realizing that his father's 372 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:05,040 servants were actually doing better than him. 373 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:07,920 Now, I don't know where you're at today. 374 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,450 Maybe you're sitting here in church, you're watching online, maybe 375 00:18:11,450 --> 00:18:15,610 you even serve, but you haven't actually spoke to God in 376 00:18:15,610 --> 00:18:15,930 months. 377 00:18:16,010 --> 00:18:20,290 Maybe if we looked at your life you're living like you actually 378 00:18:20,290 --> 00:18:22,170 don't even believe any of this. 379 00:18:22,170 --> 00:18:25,690 But see, that's what it means to come to yourself. 380 00:18:26,810 --> 00:18:29,370 The lies, they begin to fall away. 381 00:18:29,370 --> 00:18:32,570 The numbness, it begins to melt. 382 00:18:32,730 --> 00:18:36,690 And you realize, you come to this realization that you need to 383 00:18:36,690 --> 00:18:37,130 go home. 384 00:18:40,780 --> 00:18:44,060 And so when I read about this prodigal son's story, you know, there's 385 00:18:44,060 --> 00:18:47,740 actually one question that really sticks in my mind, and it's 386 00:18:47,740 --> 00:18:53,180 this question of I wonder how long he knew that he should go home, 387 00:18:53,660 --> 00:18:57,020 but that he avoided doing it because he was ashamed. 388 00:18:58,860 --> 00:19:02,820 Because can I tell you that what you avoid reveals what still 389 00:19:02,820 --> 00:19:03,740 has you bound. 390 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:09,040 And so maybe you're here and you haven't prayed in months. 391 00:19:09,360 --> 00:19:11,280 Maybe you're here, you're watching online. 392 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,520 And maybe if you're being honest, you haven't cracked open 393 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,280 your Bible and read it for yourself in years. 394 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:22,520 And actually, the self condemnation and the shame that has 395 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:26,240 been accumulating day after day of knowing you're not measuring 396 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,240 up, knowing that you're falling short, has actually started 397 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:33,270 to drive a wedge between you and God getting bigger. 398 00:19:34,070 --> 00:19:38,470 You know, it's kind of like, you know, when somebody texts you 399 00:19:38,470 --> 00:19:41,430 and you mean to respond, you really do. 400 00:19:42,710 --> 00:19:45,110 You see the notification, you're gonna respond. 401 00:19:45,110 --> 00:19:47,190 But then a distraction comes. 402 00:19:47,190 --> 00:19:50,950 You know, I got a three year old, and that can happen very easily. 403 00:19:51,030 --> 00:19:53,950 And you mean to respond, but you don't anybody else. 404 00:19:53,950 --> 00:19:57,550 This is a support group for all of us. 405 00:19:57,550 --> 00:19:57,910 But. 406 00:19:59,220 --> 00:20:02,060 And you don't realize it's out of your mind until three weeks later 407 00:20:02,060 --> 00:20:05,380 when you go to text that same person about something completely 408 00:20:05,380 --> 00:20:06,100 unrelated. 409 00:20:06,260 --> 00:20:11,140 And then you realize, oh, no, I never responded. 410 00:20:11,140 --> 00:20:11,940 This was important. 411 00:20:12,340 --> 00:20:12,980 You know what? 412 00:20:13,460 --> 00:20:15,860 I'm actually not even gonna reach out to them again about this 413 00:20:15,860 --> 00:20:18,260 new thing, because then I'd have to rehash the fact that I didn't 414 00:20:18,260 --> 00:20:19,140 reach back out to them. 415 00:20:19,540 --> 00:20:20,980 Let me just leave it here. 416 00:20:21,300 --> 00:20:22,820 Yeah, I don't need to text them. 417 00:20:22,820 --> 00:20:26,110 And then before you know it, you're at the grocery store and you 418 00:20:26,110 --> 00:20:28,670 see him across the way, and you're, like, hiding behind the produce 419 00:20:28,670 --> 00:20:31,150 aisle because it's just too awkward. 420 00:20:33,230 --> 00:20:35,870 But, you know, that's where some of you are right now. 421 00:20:36,350 --> 00:20:39,830 You know you've been running from God, and you actually know that 422 00:20:39,830 --> 00:20:41,390 you need to go back home. 423 00:20:43,550 --> 00:20:48,750 But with each passing day, the tension builds in your heart, and 424 00:20:49,150 --> 00:20:52,720 so does the fear that he wouldn't even receive you back if 425 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:53,320 you tried. 426 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:59,240 But I want you to hear me, church, because pride will actually 427 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:03,200 cause you to run from God in the first place, but shame will keep 428 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:04,840 you from returning back to him. 429 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,960 And so some of you, you might be in a running season. 430 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,800 That might be you today, but I believe that many of you are actually 431 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:17,960 in a shame season, knowing that you've ran, but you're here 432 00:21:18,030 --> 00:21:18,190 in. 433 00:21:18,420 --> 00:21:19,340 In the pig pen. 434 00:21:19,340 --> 00:21:22,540 And you know that the one thing that you actually need is to 435 00:21:22,540 --> 00:21:23,020 go home. 436 00:21:23,020 --> 00:21:24,420 But shame won't let you. 437 00:21:26,180 --> 00:21:30,100 And so you've been fighting it, you've been toiling, you've been 438 00:21:30,100 --> 00:21:35,220 wrestling, and you're laying in the slop, crafting your speech, 439 00:21:37,220 --> 00:21:41,140 scripting it, rehearsing it, exactly what you're going to say 440 00:21:41,140 --> 00:21:43,700 to hopefully convince your father to welcome you back. 441 00:21:45,550 --> 00:21:49,710 But can I tell you that maybe you've been scripting how you're 442 00:21:49,710 --> 00:21:52,990 gonna come back to God, because deep down, you don't believe 443 00:21:52,990 --> 00:21:56,510 that he even wants to ever see you again, especially the parts of 444 00:21:56,510 --> 00:21:57,950 you that you're most ashamed of. 445 00:22:00,110 --> 00:22:04,030 But I want you to look at what Jesus actually says happens next 446 00:22:04,030 --> 00:22:04,830 in this story. 447 00:22:05,790 --> 00:22:06,110 Says. 448 00:22:06,110 --> 00:22:09,710 But while he was still a long way off, Somebody say a long way 449 00:22:09,710 --> 00:22:16,340 off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and he ran and embraced 450 00:22:16,340 --> 00:22:17,900 him and kissed him. 451 00:22:18,780 --> 00:22:22,180 And the son said to him, come on, this is the speech that he was 452 00:22:22,180 --> 00:22:23,100 working on, right? 453 00:22:24,380 --> 00:22:27,980 Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. 454 00:22:28,140 --> 00:22:31,260 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. 455 00:22:31,260 --> 00:22:34,820 But the father, he cuts him off and he says, but the father said 456 00:22:34,820 --> 00:22:37,710 to his servants, bring quickly the best robe. 457 00:22:37,710 --> 00:22:38,030 Come on. 458 00:22:38,030 --> 00:22:41,550 Before he can even finish, bring quickly the best robe and put 459 00:22:41,550 --> 00:22:42,310 it on him. 460 00:22:42,390 --> 00:22:45,390 Put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet. 461 00:22:45,390 --> 00:22:46,230 But wait, wait, wait. 462 00:22:46,870 --> 00:22:47,590 Wasn't this. 463 00:22:47,990 --> 00:22:49,790 He cuts him off in the middle of the speech. 464 00:22:49,790 --> 00:22:52,750 I thought this speech was gonna be the thing that convinced 465 00:22:52,750 --> 00:22:53,990 his father to welcome him back. 466 00:22:53,990 --> 00:22:54,870 That speech. 467 00:22:56,150 --> 00:22:58,150 But he doesn't even let him finish. 468 00:23:00,070 --> 00:23:03,350 But can I tell you that it wasn't the words that the son was 469 00:23:03,350 --> 00:23:06,640 gonna say revealed his repentance. 470 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,520 It was the fact that he came home. 471 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:17,520 And so the evidence of your repentance, it's not the perfect 472 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:18,160 apology. 473 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,760 It's the fact that you've moved in the direction of your father. 474 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:23,680 Come on. 475 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:24,880 Somebody's getting free today. 476 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,720 And so some of you, you've actually been thinking, man, when 477 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:33,670 I finally go back home, when I finally give God this piece of my 478 00:23:33,670 --> 00:23:38,030 life, when I finally go home and I give him my apology, I've got 479 00:23:38,030 --> 00:23:39,390 to sound sorry enough. 480 00:23:39,390 --> 00:23:41,270 I've got to sound spiritual enough. 481 00:23:41,350 --> 00:23:44,550 I got to time it out to when the worship team is playing just 482 00:23:44,550 --> 00:23:45,630 right in church service. 483 00:23:45,630 --> 00:23:50,990 And then I run up to the altar, and we got this idea of what 484 00:23:50,990 --> 00:23:51,990 it's got to be like. 485 00:23:51,990 --> 00:23:52,710 But hear me. 486 00:23:52,710 --> 00:23:53,670 It's not your words. 487 00:23:53,990 --> 00:23:55,190 It's your direction. 488 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,120 God is not grading you on the eloquence of your apology. 489 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,400 He's looking at which direction your feet are pointed. 490 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,640 And some of you, you feel so far off from God that you actually 491 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:11,280 think it disqualifies you. 492 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,600 But the scripture says that while the son was a long way off, 493 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:19,920 somebody say, a long way off, his father saw him and ran. 494 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,320 The son didn't even have to walk the full journey to the doorstep. 495 00:24:25,060 --> 00:24:29,780 Isn't that our God says, bring quickly the best robe. 496 00:24:29,780 --> 00:24:33,140 Put it on him, put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet. 497 00:24:33,220 --> 00:24:37,140 The robe says, you're covered and you're mine. 498 00:24:38,260 --> 00:24:42,180 The ring says, you still carry my name and my authority. 499 00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:45,460 And the sandals say, you're not a slave. 500 00:24:45,780 --> 00:24:46,700 You're my son. 501 00:24:46,700 --> 00:24:47,700 Oh, come on, Church. 502 00:24:47,780 --> 00:24:52,060 This is not the kind of love that tolerates you enough to sneak. 503 00:24:52,130 --> 00:24:53,810 Sneak you in the back entrance. 504 00:24:53,970 --> 00:24:57,810 This is the kind of love that says, you are mine. 505 00:24:58,050 --> 00:24:58,690 Come on. 506 00:24:58,770 --> 00:24:59,610 Come on, Church. 507 00:24:59,610 --> 00:25:04,490 For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor 508 00:25:04,490 --> 00:25:09,290 rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor 509 00:25:09,290 --> 00:25:13,730 height, nor depth, nor anything in all creation can separate 510 00:25:13,730 --> 00:25:16,250 us from the love of God in Jesus Christ. 511 00:25:16,250 --> 00:25:18,450 Come on can you give five seconds of praise? 512 00:25:18,450 --> 00:25:23,840 If you believe it, you know, this. 513 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,760 Is that from another country kind of love that Pastor Mike was 514 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:32,920 preaching on last week, it's the kind of love that isn't swayed 515 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,080 by your performance, but it's the kind of love that sees you a 516 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:40,480 long way off and says, I'm going to run out to you before you 517 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,360 even get a chance to finish your speech. 518 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:49,850 And so you know, at the time of this message that I'm preaching, 519 00:25:51,050 --> 00:25:52,370 next week is Father's Day. 520 00:25:52,370 --> 00:25:53,370 Can we talk about it? 521 00:25:55,290 --> 00:26:01,050 Because some of you, you had dads who weaponized approval. 522 00:26:02,650 --> 00:26:06,450 And you grew up in a home where you always felt like you had 523 00:26:06,450 --> 00:26:12,100 to perform, you had to prove, because approval was withheld. 524 00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:15,260 And you actually never felt like a son or a daughter. 525 00:26:15,580 --> 00:26:18,700 You felt like a servant in your own house who just happened 526 00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:20,060 to share the same DNA. 527 00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:25,220 So when you hear us talk in church about God as Father, what 528 00:26:25,220 --> 00:26:29,220 you're actually picturing is just another man with his arms folded, 529 00:26:29,220 --> 00:26:30,860 waiting to see if you're going to measure up. 530 00:26:32,060 --> 00:26:35,500 And when that's the reality that you were raised in, you learn 531 00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:40,390 real quick that approval will even manipulate and control you. 532 00:26:40,790 --> 00:26:44,430 And when you have an orphan heart, it will actually make you 533 00:26:44,430 --> 00:26:46,870 want to work that much harder for that approval. 534 00:26:48,070 --> 00:26:53,350 Because in the world systems, when something is more rare, it's 535 00:26:53,350 --> 00:26:54,950 perceived as more valuable. 536 00:26:56,390 --> 00:27:00,950 And so when the approval of your earthly father, which should 537 00:27:00,950 --> 00:27:06,010 have been abundant, was made rare, then you'll fight that much 538 00:27:06,010 --> 00:27:08,090 harder to do whatever it takes to get it. 539 00:27:08,090 --> 00:27:11,330 But can I tell you, church, that is not the God we serve. 540 00:27:11,490 --> 00:27:16,050 God's approval is not a carrot that he dangles to get something 541 00:27:16,210 --> 00:27:16,850 from you. 542 00:27:17,090 --> 00:27:19,450 It's an affirmation of who you are. 543 00:27:19,450 --> 00:27:20,530 Come on, somebody. 544 00:27:23,010 --> 00:27:26,010 And so while the son was still a long way off, the Father was already 545 00:27:26,010 --> 00:27:27,170 running towards him. 546 00:27:27,570 --> 00:27:29,730 It's not your speech, it's not your apology. 547 00:27:29,890 --> 00:27:32,610 It's not your level of performance that opens his arms. 548 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,080 It's his love for you, it's his grace for you. 549 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,960 And so what do we do with that right now? 550 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:42,800 You stop editing the speech. 551 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,880 You stop waiting to sound spiritual enough. 552 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:51,680 You stop waiting to have it all together to come back home. 553 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,320 And so this is your came to himself moment. 554 00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:00,480 This is your let me arise and go to my father moment. 555 00:28:01,860 --> 00:28:03,380 And so it's not about the perfect words. 556 00:28:03,380 --> 00:28:05,460 It's about turning your feet towards him. 557 00:28:06,020 --> 00:28:09,060 And so for those of you that you know, you've been a far way off, 558 00:28:09,620 --> 00:28:10,900 it's time to come home. 559 00:28:11,940 --> 00:28:14,180 Because he's been watching the horizon. 560 00:28:14,260 --> 00:28:17,540 And he's already decided that he's gonna come running for you. 561 00:28:18,980 --> 00:28:26,340 And so your father, he's not standing with his arms crossed, waiting 562 00:28:26,420 --> 00:28:31,700 for you to dazzle him with some rehearsed speech, but he hung 563 00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:35,620 on a cross with his arms open, ready to receive you. 564 00:28:36,100 --> 00:28:37,460 So receive him today, church. 565 00:28:37,460 --> 00:28:37,940 Come on. 566 00:29:43,647 --> 00:29:44,687 How do you follow that? 567 00:29:44,687 --> 00:29:45,007 Right? 568 00:29:46,447 --> 00:29:49,847 It's always put me in the hardest positions, because how can 569 00:29:49,847 --> 00:29:51,447 I preach after two amazing preachers? 570 00:29:51,447 --> 00:29:54,527 Can we hear from Rebel for Pastor Evan? 571 00:29:54,527 --> 00:30:00,347 They did such a phenomenal job, and it's. 572 00:30:00,587 --> 00:30:04,107 Well, first of all, thank you, Apostle, for giving us the opportunity 573 00:30:04,187 --> 00:30:06,427 to preach from your pulpit. 574 00:30:06,427 --> 00:30:10,507 You know, he's the father of our house, and we love him so much. 575 00:30:12,186 --> 00:30:15,627 And he spoke about this message last week, and this week 576 00:30:15,627 --> 00:30:20,187 we all had to, like, speak from the perspective in our lives. 577 00:30:21,067 --> 00:30:24,727 And we heard from Marvell about how she came to V1. 578 00:30:24,727 --> 00:30:28,527 And it's kind of being like that orphaned daughter, that orphan 579 00:30:28,527 --> 00:30:34,247 son, that prodigal, that lost kid that left the father's house 580 00:30:34,567 --> 00:30:35,407 but came back. 581 00:30:35,407 --> 00:30:40,647 And then we learned from Pastor Evan also, almost kind of 582 00:30:40,647 --> 00:30:43,567 in the point of view of the Father, that he's waiting for you 583 00:30:43,567 --> 00:30:44,487 with open arms. 584 00:30:44,647 --> 00:30:47,767 Jesus died in the cross with open arms, waiting for you to go 585 00:30:47,767 --> 00:30:49,447 to him, and he's running back to you. 586 00:30:49,607 --> 00:30:50,807 And that is amazing. 587 00:30:51,297 --> 00:30:53,697 But I said, lord, how is this applied to my life? 588 00:30:55,937 --> 00:30:57,457 Lord, I never left you. 589 00:30:58,177 --> 00:30:59,617 I always been in church. 590 00:30:59,617 --> 00:31:02,337 I've been a minister, even from before V1. 591 00:31:03,297 --> 00:31:05,057 I got married to my beautiful. 592 00:31:05,057 --> 00:31:07,617 The most beautiful woman in the whole entire world, my wife, 593 00:31:08,097 --> 00:31:09,137 Pastor Execa. 594 00:31:09,137 --> 00:31:09,537 Yes. 595 00:31:12,497 --> 00:31:14,297 She had a lapse of judgment. 596 00:31:14,297 --> 00:31:15,057 She saw me. 597 00:31:15,057 --> 00:31:19,787 She said, yes, that's a good joke. 598 00:31:19,787 --> 00:31:20,827 I stole it from another preacher. 599 00:31:20,827 --> 00:31:21,467 But it was good. 600 00:31:24,507 --> 00:31:26,827 I said, lord, how is this applied to my life? 601 00:31:28,587 --> 00:31:32,347 For those that don't know me, I'm the oldest of four. 602 00:31:33,707 --> 00:31:35,627 So I'm like, that's where it applies to me. 603 00:31:35,627 --> 00:31:36,827 I'm the oldest one. 604 00:31:43,237 --> 00:31:45,557 Lord, I always done what you told me to do. 605 00:31:46,517 --> 00:31:47,997 I've always been in church. 606 00:31:47,997 --> 00:31:51,277 I've always been on the straight and narrow. 607 00:31:51,277 --> 00:31:55,237 Yes, maybe sometimes one foot in, one foot out, but always there. 608 00:31:55,237 --> 00:31:58,917 Always in your house, always doing what you told me to do, always 609 00:31:59,317 --> 00:32:03,477 helping my father here on earth, and also you as my father 610 00:32:03,477 --> 00:32:03,877 in heaven. 611 00:32:03,877 --> 00:32:07,317 Always trying to do my best, always following the rules, always 612 00:32:07,317 --> 00:32:09,927 following, following the commandments, always doing the right 613 00:32:09,927 --> 00:32:10,247 thing. 614 00:32:10,247 --> 00:32:13,207 Lord, how does this apply to me? 615 00:32:13,207 --> 00:32:14,847 And that's how it applies to me. 616 00:32:15,487 --> 00:32:19,767 Because this was a party for not just the prodigal son, not for 617 00:32:19,767 --> 00:32:20,607 the youngest one. 618 00:32:20,607 --> 00:32:23,887 But it's also a party that was thrown for the oldest son as well. 619 00:32:23,887 --> 00:32:27,487 We're gonna read this in Luke chapter 15, just as we went on. 620 00:32:27,807 --> 00:32:31,807 Verse 25 says, Meanwhile, the oldest son was in the field working. 621 00:32:32,047 --> 00:32:33,127 See, I was working. 622 00:32:33,127 --> 00:32:34,777 I feel like identify with that. 623 00:32:34,777 --> 00:32:36,697 I was working in my father's house. 624 00:32:37,657 --> 00:32:39,897 Many of us here, how does this apply to me? 625 00:32:39,897 --> 00:32:41,737 I've been at church for a while. 626 00:32:41,737 --> 00:32:43,097 I'm in ministry for a while. 627 00:32:43,097 --> 00:32:43,817 I'm a leader. 628 00:32:44,937 --> 00:32:47,457 Even if I haven't been a leader here, I've been a leader in 629 00:32:47,457 --> 00:32:48,457 my previous church. 630 00:32:48,537 --> 00:32:50,137 I am a son of God. 631 00:32:50,137 --> 00:32:51,897 I'm always walking the right path. 632 00:32:51,897 --> 00:32:53,417 I'm always doing the right thing. 633 00:32:53,497 --> 00:32:55,217 I am joining the flight crews. 634 00:32:55,217 --> 00:32:56,537 I am on the ground crews. 635 00:32:56,537 --> 00:32:57,417 I am working. 636 00:32:57,497 --> 00:32:59,697 I'm a musician, I'm a worship leader. 637 00:32:59,697 --> 00:33:00,497 I'm whatever. 638 00:33:00,497 --> 00:33:01,417 Fill in the blank. 639 00:33:03,497 --> 00:33:04,217 You're working. 640 00:33:04,537 --> 00:33:05,417 And that's good. 641 00:33:06,937 --> 00:33:14,817 When he returned home, he heard the music and dancing in the 642 00:33:14,817 --> 00:33:18,617 house and asked one of the servants what was going on. 643 00:33:19,417 --> 00:33:23,337 Your brother's back, he was told, and your father has killed 644 00:33:23,337 --> 00:33:24,457 a fan calf. 645 00:33:24,857 --> 00:33:28,287 We're celebrating because of his safe return. 646 00:33:31,247 --> 00:33:32,447 The oldest brother. 647 00:33:33,727 --> 00:33:35,167 Fill in the blank right there. 648 00:33:35,727 --> 00:33:41,727 Daniel was angry and wouldn't go in the house. 649 00:33:41,967 --> 00:33:43,087 I wouldn't go in. 650 00:33:45,327 --> 00:33:46,527 But listen to this. 651 00:33:48,847 --> 00:33:51,647 Listen to the language that Jesus is using. 652 00:33:55,157 --> 00:33:59,717 His father came out and begged him. 653 00:34:00,997 --> 00:34:02,117 Did you catch that? 654 00:34:03,077 --> 00:34:06,837 His father came out and begged him. 655 00:34:07,477 --> 00:34:12,277 You see, the father didn't only ran for the son that went away 656 00:34:12,437 --> 00:34:16,997 to the far country, but he also went out of the party as the 657 00:34:16,997 --> 00:34:23,367 owner to the son that was already his house. 658 00:34:23,767 --> 00:34:27,767 But that son was too blind to see what was going on. 659 00:34:28,007 --> 00:34:29,887 But the father came out and begged him. 660 00:34:29,887 --> 00:34:35,447 But he replied, all these years I have slaved. 661 00:34:37,207 --> 00:34:39,127 Listen to the language Jesus is using. 662 00:34:40,327 --> 00:34:44,887 The oldest brother myself, I said, I've always slayed. 663 00:34:46,037 --> 00:34:47,557 I always worked for you. 664 00:34:47,877 --> 00:34:50,037 I always did what you told me to do. 665 00:34:51,557 --> 00:34:55,317 I slaved for you and never once refused to do a single thing 666 00:34:55,317 --> 00:34:56,277 you told me to. 667 00:34:58,277 --> 00:35:01,717 And all the time I never gave me. 668 00:35:01,957 --> 00:35:05,877 You never even gave me a young goat to feast with my friends. 669 00:35:06,517 --> 00:35:11,437 Yet when this son of yours comes back squandering your money 670 00:35:11,437 --> 00:35:15,557 on prostitutes, you celebrate by killing the fat calf. 671 00:35:17,637 --> 00:35:23,877 His father said to him, look, dear son, you have always stayed 672 00:35:23,877 --> 00:35:27,157 by me and everything I have is yours. 673 00:35:28,757 --> 00:35:32,997 We have celebrated this happy day, for your brother was dead. 674 00:35:32,997 --> 00:35:34,677 And now he has come back to life. 675 00:35:35,237 --> 00:35:37,557 He was lost, but now he's found. 676 00:35:37,877 --> 00:35:42,807 You see, the son was saying, I slayed for you listen to the language. 677 00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:43,927 I slayed for you. 678 00:35:45,687 --> 00:35:50,047 He didn't say, father, I'm your son, and I'm always here with 679 00:35:50,047 --> 00:35:50,207 you. 680 00:35:50,207 --> 00:35:51,087 He said, I slave. 681 00:35:51,087 --> 00:35:55,007 He treated himself like if he was a slave up to the father, instead 682 00:35:55,007 --> 00:35:56,687 of saying, father, I'm your son. 683 00:35:56,687 --> 00:35:57,287 Thank you. 684 00:35:57,687 --> 00:35:58,687 I'm in your house. 685 00:35:58,687 --> 00:36:00,567 I breathe the same air that you do. 686 00:36:00,887 --> 00:36:03,487 Everything that I do, I do it to please you. 687 00:36:03,487 --> 00:36:05,497 Because I love you, because you love me. 688 00:36:05,497 --> 00:36:07,057 But no, he didn't say it that way. 689 00:36:07,057 --> 00:36:08,657 He said, I slave. 690 00:36:09,457 --> 00:36:13,177 He didn't take into account that he was a child of God, that 691 00:36:13,177 --> 00:36:14,257 he was his son. 692 00:36:15,617 --> 00:36:19,377 So many times we feel like slaves here in the church, but we 693 00:36:19,377 --> 00:36:24,017 need to get away from that and say, no, we are children of God. 694 00:36:24,097 --> 00:36:27,617 Listen to what Romans chapter 8, verse 15 says. 695 00:36:27,697 --> 00:36:33,587 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into 696 00:36:33,587 --> 00:36:41,707 fear, but you receive the spirit of adoption as sons. 697 00:36:42,187 --> 00:36:44,667 By whom we cry, abba, Father. 698 00:36:45,307 --> 00:36:52,347 Galatians 4, 6, 7 says, the spirit enabled us to cry, abba, Father, 699 00:36:52,427 --> 00:36:58,207 we are no longer slaves, but sons and heirs. 700 00:37:00,687 --> 00:37:06,687 And Ephesians 1:5 says, God decided in advance. 701 00:37:07,807 --> 00:37:09,247 This is so beautiful. 702 00:37:09,807 --> 00:37:11,967 From before we were even born. 703 00:37:12,367 --> 00:37:15,007 From before the creation of the earth. 704 00:37:15,167 --> 00:37:19,327 For before everything that you can see, he already had in his heart 705 00:37:20,607 --> 00:37:21,287 in advance. 706 00:37:21,287 --> 00:37:22,207 You know what this means? 707 00:37:22,777 --> 00:37:26,857 He was gracious even before we even had the chance to sin. 708 00:37:28,057 --> 00:37:29,737 Even before even being slaves. 709 00:37:29,737 --> 00:37:37,617 He was gracious into his own family by bringing us to himself 710 00:37:37,617 --> 00:37:38,777 through Jesus Christ. 711 00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:43,257 This is what he wanted to do and gave him great pleasure. 712 00:37:44,297 --> 00:37:46,057 We are no longer slaves. 713 00:37:46,697 --> 00:37:48,317 I am no longer a slave. 714 00:37:48,387 --> 00:37:50,467 Slave just because I'm in my Father's house. 715 00:37:50,707 --> 00:37:53,587 But I'm a son of the Almighty God. 716 00:37:53,747 --> 00:37:56,227 I'm a son of the Creator of heavens and earth. 717 00:37:56,947 --> 00:38:00,307 And I don't have to strive for anything because it was pleasing 718 00:38:00,307 --> 00:38:00,947 to Him. 719 00:38:01,027 --> 00:38:04,706 Even before everything, he decided to give me grace. 720 00:38:06,627 --> 00:38:06,987 See? 721 00:38:06,987 --> 00:38:07,507 Grace. 722 00:38:07,587 --> 00:38:11,427 We think that we make a choice, and then the grace of God 723 00:38:11,427 --> 00:38:12,147 follows us. 724 00:38:14,637 --> 00:38:19,037 But it's because he has grace that we get to repent. 725 00:38:19,917 --> 00:38:22,397 His grace comes before that. 726 00:38:22,477 --> 00:38:23,357 And sometimes. 727 00:38:23,517 --> 00:38:26,997 I was sitting down today when Marvel was preaching, and this thought 728 00:38:26,997 --> 00:38:27,837 came to my mind. 729 00:38:27,997 --> 00:38:30,477 I always thought that I always chose God. 730 00:38:31,037 --> 00:38:32,397 I didn't choose nothing. 731 00:38:32,957 --> 00:38:36,877 I realized, I understood that without Him, I am nothing. 732 00:38:37,997 --> 00:38:39,277 I can't even choose. 733 00:38:40,347 --> 00:38:44,907 But I come to the realization that he's my Father, that he loves 734 00:38:44,907 --> 00:38:45,227 me. 735 00:38:45,787 --> 00:38:47,707 So today the question that I have for you. 736 00:38:48,027 --> 00:38:49,147 Is he your Father? 737 00:38:49,227 --> 00:38:50,347 Does he love you? 738 00:38:50,747 --> 00:38:53,467 And if you don't feel that way, let me tell you something. 739 00:38:53,627 --> 00:38:54,827 He is your father. 740 00:38:54,827 --> 00:38:58,387 It pleased him before the creation of the earth to choose for 741 00:38:58,387 --> 00:39:01,307 him to choose you as his son, as his daughter. 742 00:39:02,187 --> 00:39:10,247 He's extending grace that produces that repentment, that saying, 743 00:39:10,247 --> 00:39:13,607 lord, I want to be with you because I understand that there's 744 00:39:13,607 --> 00:39:15,007 nothing I can do without you. 745 00:39:19,647 --> 00:39:24,127 See, the father runs after the prodigal when he's coming back, but 746 00:39:24,127 --> 00:39:29,487 the father also leaves the banquet to plead with the elder brother. 747 00:39:32,697 --> 00:39:33,057 Now the. 748 00:39:33,057 --> 00:39:37,417 The sad part of the story is that I think Jesus left the story 749 00:39:37,577 --> 00:39:38,577 that's sad for me. 750 00:39:38,577 --> 00:39:42,617 I mean, God knows everything, but it's that the story doesn't finish. 751 00:39:43,177 --> 00:39:44,697 There's no ending to the story. 752 00:39:45,817 --> 00:39:49,257 It says the father said to him, look, dear son, you have always 753 00:39:49,257 --> 00:39:51,657 stayed with me and everything I have is yours. 754 00:39:51,897 --> 00:39:53,817 We have to celebrate for this happy day. 755 00:39:53,817 --> 00:39:56,217 For your brother was dead and now he has come back to life. 756 00:39:56,457 --> 00:39:58,137 He was lost and now he's found. 757 00:39:58,367 --> 00:40:00,607 And there's nothing else said about the oldest brother. 758 00:40:03,087 --> 00:40:05,727 I don't know if the older brother repented to God. 759 00:40:06,127 --> 00:40:08,127 I don't know if he repented to his father. 760 00:40:09,087 --> 00:40:13,327 But I know one thing for sure, that I don't want to be the one that 761 00:40:13,327 --> 00:40:17,887 says I'm going to let my anger and my jealousy for my younger brother, 762 00:40:18,047 --> 00:40:21,007 the happiness that I should have for my youngest brother. 763 00:40:21,007 --> 00:40:25,357 He has come back to the father's house, not allow me to be 764 00:40:25,357 --> 00:40:26,037 in the father's house. 765 00:40:26,037 --> 00:40:30,597 And now for me to leave my father's house because I have a mindset 766 00:40:30,597 --> 00:40:31,277 of an orphan. 767 00:40:31,277 --> 00:40:34,237 I have a mindset of a slave, I have a victim mindset. 768 00:40:34,237 --> 00:40:35,317 But guess what? 769 00:40:35,397 --> 00:40:38,197 I'm a son of God, you're a daughter of God. 770 00:40:38,277 --> 00:40:39,557 We are his children. 771 00:40:39,957 --> 00:40:40,597 You understand? 772 00:40:40,677 --> 00:40:42,277 So this is so powerful. 773 00:40:42,357 --> 00:40:45,477 You see, in every other religion, you have to strive to get 774 00:40:45,477 --> 00:40:46,597 to the father. 775 00:40:46,677 --> 00:40:48,517 And here the father comes to you. 776 00:40:48,597 --> 00:40:52,937 He runs to you if you have left and if you are here, he's actually 777 00:40:52,937 --> 00:40:56,257 getting up on the table from the place of honor to go to your 778 00:40:56,257 --> 00:40:57,777 arms and to talk to you. 779 00:40:57,857 --> 00:41:00,577 We have a father that loves us, that talks to us. 780 00:41:00,897 --> 00:41:01,537 You understand? 781 00:41:01,537 --> 00:41:06,337 That is, that is, that is rare, that is impossible. 782 00:41:14,017 --> 00:41:18,687 To say that we have a father that loves us. 783 00:41:23,167 --> 00:41:28,367 To say that I have to do good and be better for him to love me. 784 00:41:29,407 --> 00:41:32,367 Do we not understand the love that he has for us? 785 00:41:32,526 --> 00:41:35,487 That it doesn't matter what we have done, he still loves us. 786 00:41:36,687 --> 00:41:36,967 Now. 787 00:41:36,967 --> 00:41:38,847 This doesn't mean I get to do whatever I want. 788 00:41:38,847 --> 00:41:39,967 The hyper grace of God. 789 00:41:39,967 --> 00:41:41,407 We're not talking about that at all. 790 00:41:41,487 --> 00:41:45,337 We're Talking about a father, that he loves us and he will correct 791 00:41:45,337 --> 00:41:45,657 us. 792 00:41:45,657 --> 00:41:48,537 He will make us walk the narrow path, but it's for our good. 793 00:41:49,177 --> 00:41:51,657 It's because we are his children. 794 00:41:53,897 --> 00:41:55,577 See, we live. 795 00:41:55,977 --> 00:41:57,177 I'm gonna even say it out. 796 00:41:57,177 --> 00:41:57,897 It doesn't matter. 797 00:41:59,337 --> 00:42:02,857 The whole entire world right now, there's debates between Christians 798 00:42:02,857 --> 00:42:05,577 and Muslims in Islam. 799 00:42:05,577 --> 00:42:08,697 And there was a debate that was going on online, and I was caught 800 00:42:08,697 --> 00:42:12,637 on watching it, and it was if Jesus was Muslim or if he was a Jew. 801 00:42:12,797 --> 00:42:14,637 And he said, but let me tell you something. 802 00:42:14,637 --> 00:42:16,077 He used the word abba. 803 00:42:17,757 --> 00:42:19,357 In Islam, you cannot have. 804 00:42:19,437 --> 00:42:21,197 God is not a father of anybody. 805 00:42:22,797 --> 00:42:24,957 You have to strive to be good. 806 00:42:25,757 --> 00:42:30,797 And maybe, maybe when you get judged, you might go, whatever. 807 00:42:33,357 --> 00:42:35,517 How beautiful it is that we don't have to. 808 00:42:36,907 --> 00:42:42,427 And we can't do anything to please him, but he just loves us. 809 00:42:44,747 --> 00:42:46,427 He went to the cross for us. 810 00:42:47,387 --> 00:42:48,667 He died for us. 811 00:42:49,307 --> 00:42:52,907 He gets up and runs after us when we are lost. 812 00:42:53,467 --> 00:42:55,187 He gets up from the banquet. 813 00:42:55,187 --> 00:42:59,107 He gets up from the party to say, son, daughter, I love you, and 814 00:42:59,107 --> 00:43:00,307 I want to be with you. 815 00:43:00,307 --> 00:43:02,327 And I'm willing to give my life for you. 816 00:43:02,327 --> 00:43:05,927 See, no other religion gets to say that. 817 00:43:06,567 --> 00:43:07,527 But you know what? 818 00:43:07,607 --> 00:43:08,887 We're not a religion. 819 00:43:12,007 --> 00:43:13,927 Christianity is not a religion. 820 00:43:15,047 --> 00:43:16,887 It's a relationship with God. 821 00:43:18,727 --> 00:43:19,807 This is what this is. 822 00:43:19,807 --> 00:43:20,967 It's a relationship. 823 00:43:21,127 --> 00:43:25,207 But I do not want to be like the oldest son, that the story is 824 00:43:25,207 --> 00:43:26,327 not written for him. 825 00:43:27,217 --> 00:43:31,937 So today, if you're the prodigal or if you're the older brother, 826 00:43:33,297 --> 00:43:34,897 we fall into one of the two. 827 00:43:36,497 --> 00:43:38,017 Into one of the two, we fall. 828 00:43:39,777 --> 00:43:44,337 But today is the day that the Father is running after you. 829 00:43:45,057 --> 00:43:46,497 Can we stand on our feet? 830 00:43:49,457 --> 00:43:51,777 The Father is running after us. 831 00:43:58,667 --> 00:43:59,867 I'm going to close with this. 832 00:44:01,467 --> 00:44:03,947 I'm going to take advantage that my wife is not here right this 833 00:44:03,947 --> 00:44:05,947 moment, because I'm going to use the. 834 00:44:06,827 --> 00:44:08,906 I'm going to put my pride to the side, right? 835 00:44:10,507 --> 00:44:17,467 She said something that she heard many years ago from a preacher. 836 00:44:18,517 --> 00:44:20,717 Don't tell her I told you, but he's a very good preacher. 837 00:44:20,717 --> 00:44:21,437 I didn't say that. 838 00:44:21,437 --> 00:44:21,877 All right. 839 00:44:23,557 --> 00:44:25,317 And he preached about this message. 840 00:44:26,117 --> 00:44:30,037 And the last part of the message was like him extending his 841 00:44:30,037 --> 00:44:36,877 hand as if he was God, saying, son, daughter, may we have this dance 842 00:44:36,877 --> 00:44:37,237 together? 843 00:44:38,757 --> 00:44:42,517 I feel like the Lord is telling us that today, May we have 844 00:44:42,517 --> 00:44:43,357 this dance together. 845 00:44:43,357 --> 00:44:45,157 There is music and there is dancing. 846 00:44:48,337 --> 00:44:49,857 God is not looking for slaves. 847 00:44:49,857 --> 00:44:50,977 He's looking for children. 848 00:44:54,417 --> 00:44:55,497 Music was playing. 849 00:44:55,497 --> 00:44:58,817 The robe, the ring, the sandals, the celebration are still 850 00:44:58,817 --> 00:44:59,137 available. 851 00:45:01,376 --> 00:45:04,937 Will you lay down the Score keeping and receive the love of the 852 00:45:04,937 --> 00:45:05,297 Father. 853 00:45:06,737 --> 00:45:10,817 Will you enjoy the Father in this last dance? 854 00:45:14,787 --> 00:45:16,307 Let's lift our hands and pray. 855 00:45:17,507 --> 00:45:21,067 Father, we give you thanks today because we get to call you 856 00:45:21,067 --> 00:45:21,507 father. 857 00:45:21,747 --> 00:45:23,987 Abba, we get to cry out to you. 858 00:45:24,067 --> 00:45:27,587 We get to tell you Lord, that we love you because you loved us. 859 00:45:27,667 --> 00:45:32,467 We get to enjoy your grace, Lord, because you came running after 860 00:45:32,467 --> 00:45:35,907 us, Lord, you came running after us when you saw us from far. 861 00:45:35,987 --> 00:45:39,787 And you came running after us to beg and talk to us when you were 862 00:45:39,787 --> 00:45:41,027 at the party, Lord. 863 00:45:41,107 --> 00:45:46,017 Lord, we hear music to the and there's dancing, there is joy. 864 00:45:46,097 --> 00:45:50,017 I declare that there will be joy today in the name of Jesus. 865 00:45:50,417 --> 00:45:55,177 The hearts, Lord, that have been sent, Lord, that are sad, that 866 00:45:55,177 --> 00:45:58,977 are broken today will receive joy because of your love. 867 00:45:58,977 --> 00:46:01,017 Father, we are talking to you. 868 00:46:01,017 --> 00:46:02,897 Lord, we are talking to you. 869 00:46:02,897 --> 00:46:08,897 Oh master, you are our Lord, but above everything else you are 870 00:46:08,897 --> 00:46:09,697 our Father. 871 00:46:10,437 --> 00:46:13,317 We get to call you Abba, we get to call you dad. 872 00:46:14,037 --> 00:46:15,477 Dad, we love you. 873 00:46:15,637 --> 00:46:19,157 And even though that there's nothing we can do, you loved us first, 874 00:46:19,237 --> 00:46:19,797 Lord. 875 00:46:20,117 --> 00:46:22,997 Thank you because we get to run to your arms. 876 00:46:23,317 --> 00:46:26,877 You waited for us with your arms open and we're running to you 877 00:46:26,877 --> 00:46:28,277 and you're running to us. 878 00:46:28,357 --> 00:46:30,597 Lord, we want to dance with you. 879 00:46:30,677 --> 00:46:34,117 We want to get joyful with you, Lord. 880 00:46:36,127 --> 00:46:43,807 Lord, today we cry out Abba, we want to be your children. 881 00:46:44,287 --> 00:46:46,927 We're no longer slaves to sin. 882 00:46:47,167 --> 00:46:50,447 We have no fear of nothing because we're your children. 883 00:46:50,847 --> 00:46:52,527 We're in your hands, Lord. 884 00:46:52,527 --> 00:46:56,527 And your word says that you did not lose one of your children. 885 00:46:56,527 --> 00:46:58,447 And we're in your hands, Jesus. 886 00:46:58,927 --> 00:47:00,607 And for that we give you thanks. 887 00:47:01,007 --> 00:47:02,287 In your name we pray. 888 00:47:02,997 --> 00:47:04,517 Amen and amen.