1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:09,280 He is a star breathing God. 2 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:10,600 Do you believe that today? 3 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:11,600 Amen, amen. 4 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,000 It's a good day to be in the house of the Lord. 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,640 There are so many new faces here this morning. 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,360 If you are on staff here at Springhouse, would you stand for just a moment? 7 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:23,400 If you're on staff, stand, stand. 8 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,480 And if you guys in front will kind of turn around so they can see your face here. 9 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,400 These people are gonna be in the foyer this afternoon, right after the gathering. 10 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:31,400 Meet them. 11 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,120 If you are new here, we would love to meet you. 12 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:37,080 We'd love to know your name, get to know your story a little bit, and just invite you to 13 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:38,160 be a part of Springhouse. 14 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:39,160 Welcome this morning. 15 00:00:39,160 --> 00:00:40,160 We're glad you're here. 16 00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:41,160 You guys can be seated. 17 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:45,080 Guys, it is a new day, and it is a new year. 18 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:49,080 And I'm so glad that he is making all things what? 19 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:50,080 Brand new, right? 20 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:54,620 He's making all things new, and I am excited about what God is doing in 2025. 21 00:00:54,620 --> 00:01:00,160 Real quick before we get going here in our new series, a couple of announcements to get 22 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:01,340 us all on the same page. 23 00:01:01,340 --> 00:01:06,040 We do have a midweek gathering starting this Thursday night, and I pray that as part of 24 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:10,820 your new year thing that you have decided to create some capacity to be here with us 25 00:01:10,820 --> 00:01:11,820 on midweek. 26 00:01:11,820 --> 00:01:12,820 It is rich. 27 00:01:12,820 --> 00:01:13,820 It is good. 28 00:01:13,820 --> 00:01:16,040 Here are all the offerings for our kids and youth. 29 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:17,200 We have preschool. 30 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,480 We have elementary programming, middle school and high school youth. 31 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,660 And then young adults are gonna meet right after the gathering at 715. 32 00:01:23,660 --> 00:01:25,920 We want you to be a part of that. 33 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:32,220 And then for the adults, Pastor Barbie is going to be doing a series called What Giants? 34 00:01:32,220 --> 00:01:34,500 And so I want you to come and be a part of that. 35 00:01:34,500 --> 00:01:35,680 I know it's gonna be rich. 36 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,440 I know that she's prepared for you guys. 37 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,520 So 6 o'clock Thursday, come and be with us. 38 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:46,560 And then next Sunday, next Sunday at 530, we're gonna have a chili cook-off. 39 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:50,580 And now I've been told that people have been signing up to say, "I'm coming to eat chili," 40 00:01:50,580 --> 00:01:52,540 but that's not what the sign-up is for. 41 00:01:52,540 --> 00:01:56,120 The sign-up is to say, "I'm going to bring some chili," okay? 42 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:57,820 So we're taking names at the door. 43 00:01:57,820 --> 00:02:00,200 If you've signed up, we expect you to have some in your hand. 44 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:01,200 That right, Pastor Justin? 45 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:02,200 Okay? 46 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:03,200 No. 47 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,380 But seriously, we need you to sign up to bring some chili, be in the cook-off, come 48 00:02:06,380 --> 00:02:07,700 and eat with your family. 49 00:02:07,700 --> 00:02:09,100 Kids ministry is gonna be available. 50 00:02:09,100 --> 00:02:12,840 And the reason we're doing that is because immediately following at 630, we're gonna 51 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:14,840 have a family vision casting meeting. 52 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:19,340 If you're wondering what the Lord has in store for us for 2025, come that night. 53 00:02:19,340 --> 00:02:20,480 We're gonna be sharing a lot. 54 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,340 There is a lot of information to convey. 55 00:02:22,340 --> 00:02:26,100 We have some transitions happening, some new staff members, new ministries. 56 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:28,780 And I wanna share my heart about 2025 with you. 57 00:02:28,780 --> 00:02:33,940 So please make a plan to come and be a part of that special gathering next Sunday. 58 00:02:33,940 --> 00:02:35,180 Does that sound good? 59 00:02:35,180 --> 00:02:36,180 Say yes. 60 00:02:36,180 --> 00:02:37,180 All right, all right. 61 00:02:37,180 --> 00:02:38,980 Guys, it is 2025. 62 00:02:38,980 --> 00:02:42,740 The greatest stories ever told is where we're going this year. 63 00:02:42,740 --> 00:02:44,660 We're gonna lean in to the Word. 64 00:02:44,660 --> 00:02:49,620 How many have appreciated Pastor Justin's message last week about reading the Word? 65 00:02:49,620 --> 00:02:50,620 And let me tell you something. 66 00:02:50,620 --> 00:02:52,700 There are some of you in here. 67 00:02:52,700 --> 00:02:56,060 There are undoubtedly some of you in here that it is now the fifth day of the month 68 00:02:56,060 --> 00:02:58,180 and you have already stopped reading in the plan. 69 00:02:58,180 --> 00:02:59,800 You said, "Well, I'm gonna toss in the towel." 70 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:01,760 Can I tell you today's a brand new day? 71 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,940 You can pick it up and start right where you are right now today. 72 00:03:05,940 --> 00:03:06,940 And here's the thing. 73 00:03:06,940 --> 00:03:11,100 Some of you said, "I didn't get a printout," as the excuse for you not reading the Word, 74 00:03:11,100 --> 00:03:12,100 okay? 75 00:03:12,100 --> 00:03:13,100 Here's the thing. 76 00:03:13,100 --> 00:03:14,100 Thursday night, we got 100 more here. 77 00:03:14,100 --> 00:03:18,420 So come and get your copy so you can follow along with us in the reading plan or get online, 78 00:03:18,420 --> 00:03:19,420 okay? 79 00:03:19,420 --> 00:03:24,480 The greatest story ever told, we're gonna go through some of this and it is going to 80 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,820 be amazing because our God is amazing and He's at the center of every story. 81 00:03:28,820 --> 00:03:30,420 Would you stand with me this morning? 82 00:03:30,420 --> 00:03:33,860 We're going to read two verses, probably familiar. 83 00:03:33,860 --> 00:03:36,040 Today is an introductory message, okay? 84 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,100 It's an introductory message to the greatest stories ever told. 85 00:03:39,100 --> 00:03:40,100 Let's read together. 86 00:03:40,100 --> 00:03:45,940 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. 87 00:03:45,940 --> 00:03:47,540 The old has gone. 88 00:03:47,540 --> 00:03:49,380 The new is here. 89 00:03:49,380 --> 00:03:56,060 All this is from God who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry 90 00:03:56,060 --> 00:03:59,600 of reconciliation. 91 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,860 And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light." 92 00:04:03,860 --> 00:04:06,780 Father, I thank you that you illuminate the darkness. 93 00:04:06,780 --> 00:04:11,660 And I thank you, Lord, that you have woven us, you have so graciously woven us into your 94 00:04:11,660 --> 00:04:12,660 story. 95 00:04:12,660 --> 00:04:16,420 I pray, Lord, today, Lord, as words come out of my mouth, I pray that they would pierce 96 00:04:16,420 --> 00:04:17,740 our hearts for eternity. 97 00:04:17,740 --> 00:04:21,420 Lord, that you're anointing your rest here, Father, and we'll give you all the glory for 98 00:04:21,420 --> 00:04:22,500 what happens in this place. 99 00:04:22,500 --> 00:04:23,500 We love you today. 100 00:04:23,500 --> 00:04:25,380 And everybody said, "Amen." 101 00:04:25,380 --> 00:04:26,380 You may be seated. 102 00:04:26,380 --> 00:04:29,380 The greatest stories ever told. 103 00:04:29,380 --> 00:04:31,220 The greatest stories ever told. 104 00:04:31,220 --> 00:04:37,260 Today, I want to remind you of an incredible truth, and it is this. 105 00:04:37,260 --> 00:04:40,980 You are a part of the greatest story ever told. 106 00:04:40,980 --> 00:04:42,500 You are a part of the great... 107 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:43,500 Who, me? 108 00:04:43,500 --> 00:04:44,500 Yes, you. 109 00:04:44,500 --> 00:04:45,500 Couldn't be. 110 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:46,500 No, for real. 111 00:04:46,500 --> 00:04:50,780 You are a part of the greatest story ever told. 112 00:04:50,780 --> 00:04:56,720 This is not just a story about creation, heroes of the faith, or far-off events. 113 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:00,720 It's a story that includes you, and it includes me. 114 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:06,460 The Bible tells us that God is the author of life, and his story is one of redemption, 115 00:05:06,460 --> 00:05:08,980 reconciliation, and restoration. 116 00:05:08,980 --> 00:05:13,540 From creation to the cross, God has been speaking light into darkness. 117 00:05:13,540 --> 00:05:15,420 Isn't that an amazing thing? 118 00:05:15,420 --> 00:05:18,980 To be able to speak light into dark situations. 119 00:05:18,980 --> 00:05:23,860 Bringing order to chaos, and reconciling the world to himself. 120 00:05:23,860 --> 00:05:25,740 And here's the good news. 121 00:05:25,740 --> 00:05:28,940 He has written you into the story. 122 00:05:28,940 --> 00:05:33,100 Not as a bystander, but as an active participant. 123 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:34,460 As an active participant. 124 00:05:34,460 --> 00:05:40,180 It all begins with an understanding that you were uniquely created and designed with a 125 00:05:40,180 --> 00:05:42,720 purpose by the God who breathed stars. 126 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:48,700 This is what the word says in the book of Psalms, "You created, God, my inmost being. 127 00:05:48,700 --> 00:05:50,760 You knit me together in my mother's womb. 128 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:55,460 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made." 129 00:05:55,460 --> 00:05:59,300 When was the last time you praised the Lord God Almighty just because you are? 130 00:05:59,300 --> 00:06:00,400 Just because you be? 131 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:01,480 Just because you're here? 132 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,300 You are fearfully and wonderfully made. 133 00:06:04,300 --> 00:06:05,300 You know what that means? 134 00:06:05,300 --> 00:06:07,900 You were not a mistake. 135 00:06:07,900 --> 00:06:12,400 How many people walk around in this life thinking, "I was a mistake. 136 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,740 I was not planned to be here. 137 00:06:14,740 --> 00:06:17,400 My life is insignificant. 138 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:18,400 I'm a mistake." 139 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,900 Can I tell you that is a lie from the pit of hell. 140 00:06:20,900 --> 00:06:22,060 That is a lie from the enemy. 141 00:06:22,060 --> 00:06:23,060 You are not a mistake. 142 00:06:23,060 --> 00:06:26,580 You are a significant part of God's story. 143 00:06:26,580 --> 00:06:28,880 And you are included in this story. 144 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:33,480 This evolving, wonderful story written by the Lord. 145 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:37,660 The Bible opens with God creating the heavens and the earth. 146 00:06:37,660 --> 00:06:43,140 And if you read the plan this week, you would know that. 147 00:06:43,140 --> 00:06:46,660 His first act is to speak light into darkness. 148 00:06:46,660 --> 00:06:50,780 A moment that sets the stage for everything else to come. 149 00:06:50,780 --> 00:06:53,460 But His story didn't stop there. 150 00:06:53,460 --> 00:06:55,660 We were lost in sin. 151 00:06:55,660 --> 00:07:00,760 God sent His son Jesus to bring light into the darkness of our hearts and make us new 152 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,300 creations. 153 00:07:02,300 --> 00:07:07,260 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. 154 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:11,340 The old has gone, hallelujah, and the new has come. 155 00:07:11,340 --> 00:07:13,160 The new has come. 156 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:17,500 Your story is a part of God's masterpiece. 157 00:07:17,500 --> 00:07:23,620 The same God who brought light into the world at creation has brought His light into your 158 00:07:23,620 --> 00:07:28,020 life, making you a new creation in Christ. 159 00:07:28,020 --> 00:07:32,540 Because of Jesus, you are a new creation. 160 00:07:32,540 --> 00:07:33,840 You are a new creation. 161 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:35,940 The old has gone, the new has come. 162 00:07:35,940 --> 00:07:42,660 But sometimes there is this thought that I don't have a story or my story doesn't matter, 163 00:07:42,660 --> 00:07:48,780 especially when we fall into the trap of comparing our lives to other people's lives and our 164 00:07:48,780 --> 00:07:51,540 testimonies to other people's testimonies. 165 00:07:51,540 --> 00:07:56,640 And we say, I don't have an exotic testimony, so mine must not be significant. 166 00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:00,980 Can I tell you that the people who have exotic testimonies, if they really are transformed 167 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:05,920 by Jesus Christ, those who have exotic testimonies would never wish you to have traveled there 168 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:08,140 down the roads that they've traveled. 169 00:08:08,140 --> 00:08:12,820 They would never want you to go through the pain and the turmoil that they have, and many 170 00:08:12,820 --> 00:08:16,360 of them have dark shadows, and I'm gonna talk about this in a little while, dark shadows 171 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,360 in their past that still need to be addressed. 172 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:24,340 For those of you who have walked with the Lord and have been faithful and have not slipped 173 00:08:24,340 --> 00:08:29,860 down the slides of the world and gravitated to what the enemy has asked of you, you have 174 00:08:29,860 --> 00:08:32,820 a great testimony in the fact that God redeemed you. 175 00:08:32,820 --> 00:08:36,640 And let me tell you, everyone's on the same playing field because the Bible tells us that 176 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:41,360 everyone, everyone has sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, which means that the 177 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:43,100 wages of our sin is death. 178 00:08:43,100 --> 00:08:46,440 And guys, let me tell you the good news, the most miraculous thing that's happened in your 179 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,880 life is you once were dead and now you're alive. 180 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:51,380 That is your testimony. 181 00:08:51,380 --> 00:08:52,740 That is your story. 182 00:08:52,740 --> 00:08:55,760 And no one gets out of that deal. 183 00:08:55,760 --> 00:09:00,120 Nobody gets to skip because the board tells us our righteousness is like filthy rags. 184 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,520 I have people that say I've been Christian all my life, been in church, been raised, 185 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,580 I've been in church, I've been a Christian all my life. 186 00:09:05,580 --> 00:09:10,580 There has to come a point, believers, friends, unbelievers, there has to come a point when 187 00:09:10,580 --> 00:09:13,060 you acknowledge I am a sinner. 188 00:09:13,060 --> 00:09:18,400 I do not deserve the grace of God, but yet he gave it to me through his perfect life, 189 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:22,940 lived here on earth, put on a cross, died, and he raised three days later. 190 00:09:22,940 --> 00:09:28,020 And those who will believe on him, those who call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 191 00:09:28,020 --> 00:09:33,700 And I invite you this morning, and I'm asking the Holy Spirit, that some of you are saying, 192 00:09:33,700 --> 00:09:38,560 hey, I'm here, I'm a once in a while church attender, or I've wore the shirt, or maybe 193 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:41,200 I'm plugged in, and I've just been a Christian all my life. 194 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:45,400 Let me tell you something, there needs to be a time, a moment in time where you confess 195 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:49,940 with your mouth and that you believe in your heart and then you will be saved. 196 00:09:49,940 --> 00:09:51,800 That's what the word of God tells us. 197 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,800 That's what the word of God says. 198 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,880 Because of Jesus, you are a new creation. 199 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,840 You have a testimony, you have a story. 200 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:07,360 But here's the thing, yours is an important story, but it's not the only story. 201 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:14,260 Yours is an important story in the larger picture, but yours is not the only story. 202 00:10:14,260 --> 00:10:18,380 You see, here's what we have a tendency to do, and I'm talking to those who've been even 203 00:10:18,380 --> 00:10:24,700 walking in the faith for a long time, we have a tendency to give our life to the Lord. 204 00:10:24,700 --> 00:10:26,280 To say, Lord, I want you to save me. 205 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:27,720 I want you to save my soul. 206 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,280 I want to come out of this pit of darkness. 207 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:32,720 And now I'm saved, hallelujah. 208 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:40,400 Praise Jesus, I'm saved, and I am now in the spotlight. 209 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:47,760 Because no longer are my prayers about eternity, my prayers are, Lord, I need you to bless 210 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:48,840 me with this house. 211 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:50,760 I need you to bless me with this job. 212 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:52,520 I need you to open this door of opportunity. 213 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:53,960 I need you to heal this sickness. 214 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,120 I need you to do this, this, and this. 215 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,800 All of the case of building how you can have a better life here on earth. 216 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:04,320 And here's the thing, our prayers have become me-centric instead of him-centric. 217 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:09,840 Our prayers have become, have evolved to a place where the savior of the world, the God 218 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:14,420 who breathes stars, the one who pulled you out of death and put you into life, here we 219 00:11:14,420 --> 00:11:18,680 are instead of acknowledging him, we're saying, God, I want to have this big, great, beautiful 220 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:21,480 life here on earth. 221 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:27,320 Guys, when did we stop caring about the lost? 222 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:33,640 When did we stop losing our tears for the things that break God's heart? 223 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,600 We are passing people traveling by all the time. 224 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:41,920 And let me tell you, those of us who have stories in our life of people in our life, 225 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:45,680 our testimony, it touches other people's lives. 226 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:47,600 It ripples into other people's lives. 227 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:52,340 Just because God has forgiven and forgotten your sin doesn't mean that the natural consequences 228 00:11:52,340 --> 00:11:57,560 of the choices you make don't still exist. 229 00:11:57,560 --> 00:12:00,520 He is a faithful and just God. 230 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:02,460 He is a faithful and just God. 231 00:12:02,460 --> 00:12:06,520 But let me tell you something, there is a story that is continuing to unfold, and it 232 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,480 has nothing to do with how big, bad, and rich you can become. 233 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:12,440 It has everything to do with how he can be glorified. 234 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:18,480 The Lord tells us when we lift the name of Jesus, he will draw all men to himself. 235 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,360 Does your story magnify Jesus Christ? 236 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:27,240 Does your story exude the heart of Christ in your coming and your going? 237 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:31,320 Or is it all about you in the spotlight? 238 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:36,640 Yours is an important story, but it's not the only story. 239 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:38,800 It's Christmastime, just got out of Christmastime. 240 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,440 We screen movies, and we watched the Lord of the Rings just recently, the first one. 241 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:46,160 I'm just aching to watch the next one because you get into them and you're just in. 242 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:47,440 Anybody like the Lord of the Rings? 243 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:48,440 You've watched the Lord of the Rings? 244 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,440 I know Kaylin Burkett loves it. 245 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:52,800 She just watched it for the first time. 246 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:53,800 I'm calling her out. 247 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:54,800 Where is she? 248 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:55,800 Right over here. 249 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:56,800 Yeah, did you like it? 250 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:01,000 You have to say you like it whenever I'm putting Frodo on the screen, right? 251 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,220 Here's the thing. 252 00:13:04,220 --> 00:13:10,700 He's a significant part of the story, but the story doesn't happen without other people. 253 00:13:10,700 --> 00:13:14,800 His mission to destroy the ring was essential, but he could not do it alone. 254 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:17,040 Sam carried him when he was too weak. 255 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:19,280 Aragorn fought battles. 256 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:20,280 Frodo couldn't. 257 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,200 Gandalf provided wisdom and guidance. 258 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,840 Each character's story was critical to the success of the mission. 259 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:33,920 Similarly, your story is one thread in a tapestry of God's greater plan. 260 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:38,980 The Lord tells us that for just as each of us has one body with many members, and these 261 00:13:38,980 --> 00:13:43,980 members do not have the same function, so in Christ, though many, we though many, form 262 00:13:43,980 --> 00:13:45,960 one body. 263 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:53,980 Do you recognize and understand post-salvation, God has a plan and a purpose for you to serve 264 00:13:53,980 --> 00:13:58,620 his kingdom, for the story to evolve? 265 00:13:58,620 --> 00:14:01,540 God is not about bench sitters. 266 00:14:01,540 --> 00:14:04,680 He's about active participants. 267 00:14:04,680 --> 00:14:06,340 He's not about spectators. 268 00:14:06,340 --> 00:14:08,260 He's about you getting into the game. 269 00:14:08,260 --> 00:14:10,460 He did the work. 270 00:14:10,460 --> 00:14:15,780 He did the hard work on the cross, and then he says on top of that, I'm going to, we were 271 00:14:15,780 --> 00:14:19,500 reading in Genesis 1, I posted this in the guy's thing, and I hadn't caught this before, 272 00:14:19,500 --> 00:14:20,940 but you know the first thing God does? 273 00:14:20,940 --> 00:14:25,860 He creates everything in Genesis, creates it all, just all of the things, creates man 274 00:14:25,860 --> 00:14:29,780 and woman, and it says the very first thing he does, here's everything, and then it says, 275 00:14:29,780 --> 00:14:31,660 then he chooses to bless them. 276 00:14:31,660 --> 00:14:35,340 What kind of God do we serve? 277 00:14:35,340 --> 00:14:36,340 I died on the cross. 278 00:14:36,340 --> 00:14:38,580 I rose again, and now I want to bless you. 279 00:14:38,580 --> 00:14:39,740 I want to equip you. 280 00:14:39,740 --> 00:14:41,380 I want to provide everything for you. 281 00:14:41,380 --> 00:14:43,580 I want to continue to run after you. 282 00:14:43,580 --> 00:14:47,460 What more do we want from this God? 283 00:14:47,460 --> 00:14:54,540 That we would not attach ourselves to his story, to him, and live lives that would honor, 284 00:14:54,540 --> 00:14:56,100 honor him. 285 00:14:56,100 --> 00:14:58,220 Our stories are connected. 286 00:14:58,220 --> 00:14:59,620 Some of you know this man right here. 287 00:14:59,620 --> 00:15:01,780 This is Pastor Wayne Berry. 288 00:15:01,780 --> 00:15:14,620 Today marks 30 years that Pastor Wayne stepped foot into this house, 30 years. 289 00:15:14,620 --> 00:15:22,440 Incredible man of God, incredible worship leader, psalmist, songwriter. 290 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:29,080 He has fingerprints on many of the people's hearts in this house, but I venture to say 291 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:33,540 that there are a majority of you in here who, while you may have seen him, and you may have 292 00:15:33,540 --> 00:15:36,860 seen him kind of wander on the stage every now and then, he likes to kind of just wander 293 00:15:36,860 --> 00:15:38,660 up here. 294 00:15:38,660 --> 00:15:46,720 Though some of you have seen him, few of you probably really know him. 295 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:48,180 Let me tell you why that is. 296 00:15:48,180 --> 00:15:53,060 30 years in this house, I would say Wayne is a pillar of the story and the legacy and 297 00:15:53,060 --> 00:15:56,800 the heritage that is Springhouse and what God has done here. 298 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,860 Few of you actually know him right now. 299 00:15:58,860 --> 00:16:06,000 It's because his mantra of his life is this, "I must decrease so he can increase." 300 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:12,120 I must decrease so he can increase. 301 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:20,740 I so believe that when Wayne Berry sees his savior, there is a reward on top of a reward 302 00:16:20,740 --> 00:16:25,360 on top of a reward for this man's faithfulness to the kingdom. 303 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:30,740 And when he gets this reward, he's going to lay it back down at Jesus' feet. 304 00:16:30,740 --> 00:16:36,000 It's going to be an incredible moment because he lived a faithful life that said, "God, 305 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,420 you increase. 306 00:16:37,420 --> 00:16:40,600 I'm going to decrease." 307 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:45,580 Dedric Bonhoeffer said this, "Your life as a Christian should make non-believers question 308 00:16:45,580 --> 00:16:47,080 their disbelief in God." 309 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:51,300 Let me ask you something. 310 00:16:51,300 --> 00:16:55,380 When unbelievers see you, I'm talking about unbelievers at the grocery store that you 311 00:16:55,380 --> 00:17:00,320 don't know, when they see your life and how you react and how you respond and what you're 312 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:04,200 wearing on your face and what you're saying and who you're hanging with and what your 313 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:10,200 life represents, are they questioning their disbelief in a God who is sovereign and real 314 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:14,440 and wonderful because you exude Christ Jesus? 315 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:20,940 The fruit of the Spirit is evident, love, peace, joy, patience, self-control, self-control, 316 00:17:20,940 --> 00:17:21,940 self-control. 317 00:17:21,940 --> 00:17:30,600 Some of you lost your salvation on your last Facebook post. 318 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:37,540 I'm like, "I thought they were being Spirit-led." 319 00:17:37,540 --> 00:17:46,800 This is not a Spirit-led post right here. 320 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:53,780 Do non-believers question their disbelief because of the way you order your life, because 321 00:17:53,780 --> 00:17:55,360 of the way you live your life? 322 00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:59,120 Your testimony is powerful because it reflects God's work in your life. 323 00:17:59,120 --> 00:18:03,440 But it's important to remember that your story is just one chapter in a much larger narrative. 324 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:07,320 Just as creation wasn't complete with one element, God's kingdom isn't complete with 325 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,800 just one person. 326 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:16,720 May I suggest to you today that there are no hidden figures in God's story. 327 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:20,600 There are no hidden figures in God's story. 328 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:24,840 I talked a few moments ago about people with exotic testimonies. 329 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:27,240 You may be sitting here thinking, "I've got a pretty exotic testimony. 330 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,080 God supernaturally did something in your life and pulled you out." 331 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:31,080 Let me tell you something. 332 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:36,080 It's a wonderful thing when God reaches into our lives and changes the trajectory of our 333 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:37,080 journey. 334 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:43,280 It's a wonderful thing when He pulls us out of death and puts us on a course to life. 335 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:48,220 But may I ask you something, especially those who have those exotic testimonies? 336 00:18:48,220 --> 00:18:56,120 When is the last time that you prayed for the people who are affected by your BC actions? 337 00:18:56,120 --> 00:19:00,240 When was the last, when I say BC, I mean before Christ, when was the last time? 338 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:01,240 See, here's the thing. 339 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:07,760 We get saved and all of a sudden we act as if we just got these silhouettes in the background. 340 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:11,960 We got these silhouettes of people in the background that were affected because here's 341 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:13,600 the thing. 342 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,040 I slept with her. 343 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:18,960 I had a one-night stand. 344 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:19,960 I did this. 345 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:24,000 I drugged it up with this person. 346 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:28,080 I committed a crime with this person. 347 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:30,200 I ran this person off the road. 348 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:31,800 I gossiped about this person. 349 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,240 I put this person down. 350 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,960 I disrespected this authority figure in my life. 351 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:37,560 This was before I came to new Christ. 352 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:38,560 But guess what? 353 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:41,660 He rescued me and now I'm free. 354 00:19:41,660 --> 00:19:45,500 And now I just march forward in the Lord. 355 00:19:45,500 --> 00:19:49,320 But I've got silhouettes in my past. 356 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:51,320 People that also have stories. 357 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,200 You're not the only one who has a story. 358 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:58,880 And the destructive behavior of your past affected other people's stories. 359 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:03,000 And for some of them, they don't know the Lord today because of some of the things that 360 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,480 perhaps we did. 361 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,420 Now this is not to shame anybody in the room. 362 00:20:07,420 --> 00:20:10,880 The word says, "There is therefore no condemnation in Christ Jesus." 363 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:12,560 But let me tell you something. 364 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:17,160 The victory is that he has covered your sin with his blood and he has forgotten it from 365 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:18,200 the east to the west. 366 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,440 But he has not forgotten about these people. 367 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:25,320 There is a broken world that you're attached to. 368 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:30,840 And so this is why guys, I am not confident enough as a leader to get on Facebook or a 369 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:32,380 billboard and say, "Come look at me. 370 00:20:32,380 --> 00:20:33,380 Come watch me preach. 371 00:20:33,380 --> 00:20:34,380 Come do all that." 372 00:20:34,380 --> 00:20:37,600 I can't do that because guys, I don't want to even scratch the surface of taking any 373 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:39,940 fame away from Jesus Christ. 374 00:20:39,940 --> 00:20:43,820 I can't put myself there because here's the thing, I'm the most selfish person in the 375 00:20:43,820 --> 00:20:44,820 room. 376 00:20:44,820 --> 00:20:49,700 If I had my flesh choice, it would be this all day long. 377 00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:52,920 Kevin O'Dea. 378 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:54,540 What do you want to do today, Kevin O'Dea? 379 00:20:54,540 --> 00:20:55,540 What do you want to do? 380 00:20:55,540 --> 00:20:58,720 God, why don't you just come down into my life and I'll tell you what I need you to 381 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:00,620 do for me. 382 00:21:00,620 --> 00:21:05,800 As opposed to, "God, you saved my life. 383 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,000 What can I do for you, Lord? 384 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,660 What do you need me to do?" 385 00:21:10,660 --> 00:21:16,860 And he says, "Kevin, I've given you every tool you need to reconcile yourself to the 386 00:21:16,860 --> 00:21:22,560 people of your past that you have affected, that you've spoken to, that you've disrespected." 387 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:28,180 I'm reminded of a story, I've told this before, where I was right out of high school and my 388 00:21:28,180 --> 00:21:31,120 buddy Isaac and I, we went to a place called The Foundry. 389 00:21:31,120 --> 00:21:32,920 We would worship until one or two in the morning. 390 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:35,220 It was the craziest thing and it was wonderful. 391 00:21:35,220 --> 00:21:39,760 We were there and I'm in the middle of worship on one of these sessions and I'm just there 392 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:44,060 right soaking in worship and this big dude comes up behind me and bear hugs me from the 393 00:21:44,060 --> 00:21:45,060 back. 394 00:21:45,060 --> 00:21:47,140 We are just there for five minutes just swaying like this. 395 00:21:47,140 --> 00:21:51,420 I said, "Man, this is odd, but we're just going to sway in worship. 396 00:21:51,420 --> 00:21:53,420 Just focus on the Lord." 397 00:21:53,420 --> 00:22:01,020 As the song is over, he takes me and he turns me around and I see his face and it is pasted 398 00:22:01,020 --> 00:22:02,020 with tears. 399 00:22:02,020 --> 00:22:03,020 It's just tears and snot. 400 00:22:03,020 --> 00:22:05,840 He looks at me and he says, "You're Kevin O'Dea." 401 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:06,840 You know what I said? 402 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:11,240 "I am." 403 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:17,200 He said, "You don't remember me probably, but you and I were in high school together 404 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:23,240 and I want you to know I hurt you in high school in ways that you don't even know." 405 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:24,760 He said, "I bad-mouthed you. 406 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:26,960 I couldn't stand the things that you did. 407 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:28,440 I talked bad about you. 408 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:35,760 I manipulated situations that would intentionally hurt you, but I've given my life to Christ 409 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:40,300 Jesus and I need you to forgive me." 410 00:22:40,300 --> 00:22:42,660 I said, "You've lost your mind and kicked him." 411 00:22:42,660 --> 00:22:50,660 No, I said, "Listen, of course I would forgive you because I've been forgiven. 412 00:22:50,660 --> 00:22:54,460 I don't even remember what it was that you did, but know that it didn't affect me because 413 00:22:54,460 --> 00:22:59,040 Christ Jesus gives me validity and confirms my identity in him. 414 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:02,380 I don't have to worry about what you did in the past, but let me tell you something. 415 00:23:02,380 --> 00:23:06,460 Be liberated and set free, brother." 416 00:23:06,460 --> 00:23:11,580 My friend Arwen Jones was in Florida and I went on a spring break trip. 417 00:23:11,580 --> 00:23:17,460 She was with a bunch of friends and I went down to meet them and they were on this train 418 00:23:17,460 --> 00:23:20,160 and they were going around the area. 419 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:24,040 This train was a tour train and you have to pay to get on this train, right? 420 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:28,420 So I'm there and I see Arwen and the train is about to pull off and she's just yelling, 421 00:23:28,420 --> 00:23:30,500 "Come on, just jump on, come on, get over here." 422 00:23:30,500 --> 00:23:32,020 I'm thinking, "I've got to pay for a ticket." 423 00:23:32,020 --> 00:23:35,320 So I just run and I just jump over the thing and get on the train. 424 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,340 So we're there, we're hanging out, we're at a stop. 425 00:23:38,340 --> 00:23:42,340 There's like 13 or 14 stops and they're doing the whole thing and the spill of the tour. 426 00:23:42,340 --> 00:23:46,980 And all of a sudden, at one of the stops, the train guy gets off, the tour guy gets 427 00:23:46,980 --> 00:23:49,380 off the thing and he starts to go through and punch tickets. 428 00:23:49,380 --> 00:23:51,540 Well, I don't have a ticket. 429 00:23:51,540 --> 00:23:54,400 I've been invited to be on the train, but I don't have a ticket. 430 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:58,040 And so I'm getting concerned, I'm getting worried and I'm looking and I'm just kind 431 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:01,680 of going, "Arwen, this guy's getting kind of close. 432 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,880 I don't know what to do. 433 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:05,580 I'm not supposed to be on this train. 434 00:24:05,580 --> 00:24:06,580 I hopped the fence. 435 00:24:06,580 --> 00:24:08,680 I'm not supposed to be here." 436 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:13,480 And as I'm trying to tell her this, I look and she has made a beeline for the bathroom. 437 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:18,880 She has jumped off the train to leave me high and dry to contend with my consequence for 438 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:20,880 being on the train. 439 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,220 (congregation laughing) 440 00:24:24,220 --> 00:24:32,720 Sometimes we invite people into situations they shouldn't be in and then we jet the minute 441 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:37,660 the going gets tough and leave them there with the consequences and the rubble. 442 00:24:37,660 --> 00:24:43,260 And some of us have testimonies with people in our lives that we have affected and because 443 00:24:43,260 --> 00:24:46,180 we don't, we don't like, guys, this is uncomfortable. 444 00:24:46,180 --> 00:24:49,740 We don't want to think about this back here. 445 00:24:49,740 --> 00:24:55,460 We don't like to think that we would have played a part in scarring somebody's life. 446 00:24:55,460 --> 00:24:57,140 That one night didn't really mean anything. 447 00:24:57,140 --> 00:24:58,840 It was just a quick fling or whatever. 448 00:24:58,840 --> 00:24:59,840 Well guess what? 449 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:06,660 It could have changed her trajectory for her entire life and she was just a, okay. 450 00:25:06,660 --> 00:25:09,320 And there's a multitude of different things. 451 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:15,860 When is the last time you asked the Lord to break your heart for the people that you messed 452 00:25:15,860 --> 00:25:18,140 with, that you were a part of? 453 00:25:18,140 --> 00:25:23,940 When was the last time you asked the Lord to break your heart for them? 454 00:25:23,940 --> 00:25:28,540 It's easy to forget about it when they're silhouettes, when they're figures. 455 00:25:28,540 --> 00:25:31,300 But can I tell you something? 456 00:25:31,300 --> 00:25:38,660 As much as you affected people in your past who are silhouettes, you can impact and affect 457 00:25:38,660 --> 00:25:45,960 people for the kingdom of God through your story, through your redemptive story. 458 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:52,680 And here's the thing, when we humble ourselves enough to confer enough dignity to the people 459 00:25:52,680 --> 00:26:01,640 that we have impacted in a negative way, then all of a sudden there's some faces and some 460 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:06,340 names that begin to pop up. 461 00:26:06,340 --> 00:26:11,460 You see, it's easy to forget about people when we don't know who they are because they're 462 00:26:11,460 --> 00:26:14,760 just shadows of the past. 463 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:24,820 But boy, it's much different when we see their face, when we see their name, when we understand 464 00:26:24,820 --> 00:26:32,100 that behind these smiles are stories, some of them extremely tragic. 465 00:26:32,100 --> 00:26:39,500 Some of them have stories that God, where God moved in a miraculous way. 466 00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:41,780 These people have stories and guess what? 467 00:26:41,780 --> 00:26:48,520 They're connected to their stories and they're connected to yours. 468 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:52,840 And it gets real when the face pops up. 469 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:59,140 And we start to say, "God, I am so much smaller than I thought I was. 470 00:26:59,140 --> 00:27:00,420 I'm so much smaller. 471 00:27:00,420 --> 00:27:09,580 I'm so less significant than I made myself out to be." 472 00:27:09,580 --> 00:27:12,540 We have to get to a place where our life exudes. 473 00:27:12,540 --> 00:27:16,780 I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God that brings salvation 474 00:27:16,780 --> 00:27:21,180 to everyone who believes, everyone who believes. 475 00:27:21,180 --> 00:27:26,780 Are you humble enough, especially those of us who have platforms and are in front of 476 00:27:26,780 --> 00:27:31,440 people, are we humble enough to say, "I messed up. 477 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,900 Forgive me. 478 00:27:33,900 --> 00:27:37,180 Your story is important. 479 00:27:37,180 --> 00:27:41,540 Your story is a significant part of His kingdom." 480 00:27:41,540 --> 00:27:43,000 And here's the thing. 481 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:47,800 When we do that, what happens is when we get small, He gets very big. 482 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,180 He gets very big. 483 00:27:50,180 --> 00:27:53,840 Worship team, you can come out here. 484 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,680 We're going through the greatest stories ever told and here's what's gonna happen. 485 00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,700 This is so glorious. 486 00:27:59,700 --> 00:28:03,460 There's coming a day, the Bible tells us. 487 00:28:03,460 --> 00:28:11,660 There's coming a day where you won't have to hear me tell somebody else's story. 488 00:28:11,660 --> 00:28:14,540 You're gonna be with them. 489 00:28:14,540 --> 00:28:19,660 You're gonna be sitting at the table and can you imagine Moses sitting across from you 490 00:28:19,660 --> 00:28:25,020 saying, "This is what it was like when that bush didn't burn up." 491 00:28:25,020 --> 00:28:29,660 What is it gonna be like when we're sitting across the table from David and he's got the 492 00:28:29,660 --> 00:28:33,420 sling and he's telling, he's like, "Man, in that one, I had five stones. 493 00:28:33,420 --> 00:28:36,700 Man, that one just went right to Goliath." 494 00:28:36,700 --> 00:28:43,020 What is it gonna be like when you're sharing elbow room with Daniel and he's saying, "Man, 495 00:28:43,020 --> 00:28:47,300 that lion's face was right here." 496 00:28:47,300 --> 00:28:52,060 It's gonna be a glorious day because we're gonna hear the stories of God's provision 497 00:28:52,060 --> 00:28:54,580 and His mighty work, but here's the kicker. 498 00:28:54,580 --> 00:28:57,080 Are you ready for this? 499 00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:00,860 This is what gets me. 500 00:29:00,860 --> 00:29:07,140 It's true on the other side of the coin because David, who took down Goliath, John, he's gonna 501 00:29:07,140 --> 00:29:12,700 look at you and say, "Tell me what God did in your life." 502 00:29:12,700 --> 00:29:17,220 Moses is gonna look at you, Hannah, and say, "What was the redemptive story, Robert, in 503 00:29:17,220 --> 00:29:18,220 your life? 504 00:29:18,220 --> 00:29:22,260 I can't wait to hear your perspective of what God did and how He moved." 505 00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:27,460 Hannah's gonna look at you, Tina, and say, "Tell me about your kids. 506 00:29:27,460 --> 00:29:33,140 Tell me all about how the Lord blessed you because we're all a part of this story. 507 00:29:33,140 --> 00:29:38,460 We're not disconnected from these people and they're not connected from you. 508 00:29:38,460 --> 00:29:44,500 You're not connected from these and they are not disconnected from you. 509 00:29:44,500 --> 00:29:48,500 We are part of the greatest story ever told." 510 00:29:48,500 --> 00:29:50,900 Friends, what are you doing with your story? 511 00:29:50,900 --> 00:29:59,300 Does it exemplify Christ or does it lift you up because every story, and I've asked every 512 00:29:59,300 --> 00:30:05,180 teacher this series, and I knew I didn't have to say this because it's too easy to do, every 513 00:30:05,180 --> 00:30:11,780 message is gonna point back to Christ because every story points to Him. 514 00:30:11,780 --> 00:30:15,400 Every story points to Him. 515 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:23,800 And so, if I were to sum up the entire year that we're about to go in, the entire story, 516 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:28,960 if I were to say, "Here is the summation of the greatest story ever told," it would be 517 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:33,640 this, "Let there be light." 518 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:40,140 Let there be light because we serve a God who is out to eradicate the darkness. 519 00:30:40,140 --> 00:30:46,080 And isn't it glorious that the very first thing we hear our God say, see our God say, 520 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,520 is the whole point of everything? 521 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:50,080 Let there be light. 522 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:54,860 Guys, are there dark figures in your past that you need to address? 523 00:30:54,860 --> 00:30:58,440 Maybe there's sin patterns that you need to address that are still affecting you and affecting 524 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:02,120 other people. 525 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:06,160 I'm gonna share this next Sunday night, but one of the things I'm praying for this house 526 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,500 is that we would have tears for the lost. 527 00:31:09,500 --> 00:31:15,380 Your genuine heartbreak for those who need to have the experience you've had in meeting 528 00:31:15,380 --> 00:31:17,200 your Savior. 529 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,000 But guess who He's gonna choose to use? 530 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,660 Those who knew Him. 531 00:31:21,660 --> 00:31:24,120 Those who know Him. 532 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,600 You are conduits of light in dark places. 533 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:28,600 What are you doing with your story? 534 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:29,600 Would you stand with me? 535 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:33,280 For those who are gonna minister this morning, would you come forward? 536 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:43,860 Let me tell you something Katie just sang about a star breathing God. 537 00:31:43,860 --> 00:31:48,980 Don't tell me that a star, don't tell me that we serve a star breathing God and He can't 538 00:31:48,980 --> 00:31:51,720 meet the rent that you've been praying for. 539 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:56,460 Don't tell me we serve a star breathing God and He can't touch you in the place, in the 540 00:31:56,460 --> 00:31:57,580 area of your need. 541 00:31:57,580 --> 00:32:02,500 Don't tell me that we sing about this star breathing God and He can't do for you what 542 00:32:02,500 --> 00:32:05,980 your heart's desire and what your heart's longing for. 543 00:32:05,980 --> 00:32:10,240 This day could be a day of reckoning and change in your life like none other if you allow 544 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,480 the Holy Spirit to move in your life. 545 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:19,400 But in addition to that, I believe as I'm convicted about this message myself about 546 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:24,760 figures that I've got to go back and say, "Lord, break my heart." 547 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:29,660 There are probably people you thought about and maybe you know their name. 548 00:32:29,660 --> 00:32:34,960 I feel even more so for the ones that we forgot their names. 549 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:39,400 Maybe today is not about you coming once again to say, "Lord, bless me, do something for 550 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:40,400 me." 551 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:45,000 Maybe today is about you coming up and saying, "Lord, I need you to do something for them. 552 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:46,840 I've forgotten about what I did. 553 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:50,960 I forgot because you say I'm so thankful Lord that you saved me, but Lord, I don't know 554 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:55,080 where this person and this person and this person is now Lord, but I know you've forgiven 555 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:56,080 me. 556 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:57,080 Have you forgiven them God? 557 00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:58,080 Have they seen you? 558 00:32:58,080 --> 00:32:59,080 Would you put me in their path? 559 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:00,080 Would you put me in their path? 560 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,580 Lord, break my heart for what breaks yours." 561 00:33:03,580 --> 00:33:07,760 Guys, I believe it's the single reason why he has not split the skies because he's still 562 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:09,560 waiting on that one. 563 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:14,280 He's still, and I'm so glad because if I was the one, I would want the chance to run home 564 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:17,600 to my dad, to my father, to my God. 565 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:19,180 Let's not lose hope. 566 00:33:19,180 --> 00:33:21,200 Let's not grow weary in doing good. 567 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:25,960 Let's continue to be the light that Christ gives us for others. 568 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:31,480 And guys, could we be a church that is humble enough to say, "I need prayer. 569 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:35,960 I need to meet this Holy Spirit in this moment because I've got some people in my life I 570 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:36,960 need to be praying for." 571 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,160 You come today and agree with these people. 572 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:39,560 Let's worship. 573 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,560 Let's worship. 574 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:43,560 Let's worship. 575 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:45,560 Let's worship. 576 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:47,560 Let's worship. 577 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,560 Let's worship. 578 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:51,560 Let's worship. 579 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:53,560 Let's worship.