1 00:00:02,580 --> 00:00:09,480 Our God's not going anywhere. 2 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:11,920 He is here, he is here to say. 3 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,240 Well, it is Palm Sunday. 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:19,240 It is Palm Sunday, which is the beginning of Holy Week. 5 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:24,560 And we're gonna talk a little bit about Palm Sunday today 6 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:25,800 and what we celebrate in that. 7 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,920 But before we get into the word, I have a few announcements. 8 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,040 We have a week before us and it is a Good Friday. 9 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,600 We're gonna have a worship night here at 6 p.m. 10 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:36,800 And I can't think of a better thing to do 11 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:38,480 on the evening of a Good Friday 12 00:00:38,480 --> 00:00:39,780 than to be here and worship the Lord. 13 00:00:39,780 --> 00:00:42,280 So we're gonna do communion together, six o'clock, 14 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,320 come and be a part of that special gathering. 15 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,300 Then next Sunday is Resurrection Sunday. 16 00:00:47,300 --> 00:00:48,920 And we are having our gathering. 17 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,240 Now our gathering times have changed starting next Sunday. 18 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:54,960 We are at nine o'clock and 11 o'clock. 19 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:58,620 And for those of you who come at 1030, you will be on time. 20 00:00:58,620 --> 00:00:59,940 I'm so excited. 21 00:00:59,940 --> 00:01:02,100 Come and be a part of our Easter gathering. 22 00:01:02,100 --> 00:01:03,660 Now I do need to ask you a favor. 23 00:01:03,660 --> 00:01:05,520 I'm looking across the room here 24 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,800 and I believe we probably could fit easily 25 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:09,760 another 30 or 40 people in here. 26 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,480 Next Sunday is traditionally a time 27 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:13,480 people will come to Easter gathering. 28 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,520 If you have the capacity to come to the gathering 29 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:17,800 during the early gathering, 30 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:19,280 we would ask that you would do so 31 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:20,720 to make room in the main gathering 32 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:22,300 for our guests and visitors. 33 00:01:22,300 --> 00:01:24,140 Children's programming is identical. 34 00:01:24,140 --> 00:01:25,260 The services are identical. 35 00:01:25,260 --> 00:01:27,080 You won't miss a thing. 36 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:30,120 Sherry and the team are excited about loving on the kids 37 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:31,740 and have a lot of activities planned. 38 00:01:31,740 --> 00:01:35,180 So if you can make that work, that would be great. 39 00:01:35,180 --> 00:01:36,460 Also, another thing, 40 00:01:36,460 --> 00:01:38,200 as we have guests that will come next week, 41 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,440 if you could be considerate and thinking of them 42 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:41,420 as they're coming in here, 43 00:01:41,420 --> 00:01:43,160 introduce yourselves would be a good thing to do, 44 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,360 but also that we would make room, okay? 45 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,740 That we would be conscientious of that. 46 00:01:47,740 --> 00:01:49,720 And maybe the message today will help 47 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:51,280 with that reflection of the heart. 48 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:52,740 Okay, here we go. 49 00:01:52,740 --> 00:01:55,320 Churchwide picnic is gonna happen the following Sunday. 50 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:56,880 Anybody like to eat after church? 51 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:58,560 You know, I figure if we're gonna push 52 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,080 the service getting out a little later, 53 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:01,840 we might need to feed you on the first one, 54 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:02,680 first couple ones here. 55 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,840 So we're gonna have a church picnic, invite your friends. 56 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:07,240 We're gonna feed you, come hungry. 57 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,220 And then the following Sunday on May 4th, 58 00:02:10,220 --> 00:02:12,640 newcomer's luncheon is going to be that day. 59 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:15,020 So if you are new to Springhouse, 60 00:02:15,020 --> 00:02:16,800 the team and I, we want to meet you. 61 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:17,920 We want to feed you. 62 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:21,960 We want to make sure that you know all of the stuff 63 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:23,360 that's going on here at Springhouse. 64 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:24,880 And we'd like you to be a part of our church family. 65 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:26,200 So there's an opportunity there as well. 66 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,120 Scan the QR code and you can get signed up for that. 67 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,360 So it's Palm Sunday. 68 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,240 We are going to read two short passages of scripture 69 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,240 that I hope that you know. 70 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,160 And so if you'll stand this morning with me, 71 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,320 and we are going to read as if we've had a few shots 72 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,960 of espresso and we are proclaiming the word of the Lord 73 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:49,720 as they sang, "Hosanna, hosanna in the highest." 74 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:51,520 Here we go, let's say it loudly. 75 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:56,480 My children, I will be with you only a little longer. 76 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,280 You will look for me and just as I told the Jews, 77 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:05,280 so I tell you now where I am going, you cannot come. 78 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:09,880 A new command I give you, love one another. 79 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:14,640 As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 80 00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:19,220 By this, everyone will know that you are my disciples 81 00:03:19,220 --> 00:03:21,080 if you love one another. 82 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:22,760 Let's read that last line again. 83 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:27,400 By this, everyone will know that you are my disciples 84 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,480 if you love one another. 85 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:34,420 Lastly, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, 86 00:03:34,420 --> 00:03:35,260 and forever. 87 00:03:35,260 --> 00:03:36,640 Father, thank you for your word. 88 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,440 I pray, Lord, that its transformative work 89 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,160 would get into our hearts and our lives today, God, 90 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,020 and the things that are of me would fall away, 91 00:03:44,020 --> 00:03:46,400 but the things of you would stay and stick for eternity. 92 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,600 Anoint us today to receive from you in Jesus' name. 93 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:51,680 And everybody said, amen. 94 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:52,540 You may be seated. 95 00:03:52,540 --> 00:03:53,920 I forgot to mention next Sunday, 96 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,240 the F-Stop will also be taking photos, family pictures, 97 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,080 if you're interested in that. 98 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,540 You might wanna, well, you can dress the way you want to, 99 00:04:01,540 --> 00:04:06,540 but Palm Sunday, Palm Sunday, 100 00:04:06,540 --> 00:04:11,240 it is the kickoff to Holy Week. 101 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:16,240 Can I tell you that if this is the greatest story ever told, 102 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,700 then this week represents the climatic event 103 00:04:19,700 --> 00:04:22,220 that makes the story worth reading. 104 00:04:22,220 --> 00:04:25,640 This week is an important week that we celebrate. 105 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,840 There's a lot of things that happen during Holy Week. 106 00:04:28,840 --> 00:04:29,680 Now, here's the thing. 107 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:32,140 You thought you had a packed week this last week. 108 00:04:32,140 --> 00:04:35,120 Let's look at Jesus' week coming up. 109 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,760 So we start with Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, 110 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:42,440 riding on a colt where people are waving palm branches, 111 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,560 signifying, "Hosanna, Hosanna, in the highest," 112 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:49,060 and they're praising his entry into Jerusalem. 113 00:04:49,060 --> 00:04:52,140 Then Jesus goes into the temple and he cleanses the temple. 114 00:04:52,140 --> 00:04:54,280 Now, this is some of your favorite portions of scripture 115 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:56,060 because you like to justify being angry, 116 00:04:56,060 --> 00:04:58,400 and so this is where he flips the tables, right? 117 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,280 This is where you find that story. 118 00:05:00,280 --> 00:05:03,520 Then Jesus is anointed in Bethany 119 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,920 in preparation for the sacrifice that was going to come. 120 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,080 Jesus washes the disciples' feet. 121 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:11,720 We find the Last Supper, 122 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,580 the last time Jesus breaks bread with the disciples. 123 00:05:15,580 --> 00:05:19,320 Jesus prays in the garden, and he's betrayed, 124 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:21,480 arrested, and crucified. 125 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,040 And then it ends with Jesus' resurrection. 126 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:25,440 You thought you had a full week. 127 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,040 Jesus was pretty busy in the week to come, 128 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:29,520 and there was a lot going on. 129 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,320 And we're not going to spend a whole lot of time 130 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,240 dissecting all of this 131 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,480 because this answers the question, what happened? 132 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,740 And many times when we get to a week like this, 133 00:05:39,740 --> 00:05:41,920 we go, okay, I'm going to look at scripture 134 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,480 and I'm gonna identify the what, what happened, what happened? 135 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,080 And guys, it's good to know what happened. 136 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,880 It's good to historically understand what happened 137 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:50,780 culturally, contextually, all those things. 138 00:05:50,780 --> 00:05:52,900 In fact, it brings more meaning to the next question 139 00:05:52,900 --> 00:05:54,820 we're gonna ask when you know those things, 140 00:05:54,820 --> 00:05:56,680 but you can't just stop there. 141 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,480 It's not something where we're supposed to go get our latte, 142 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:01,160 come and hear some historical facts, 143 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,220 and do an Easter egg hunt next week. 144 00:06:03,220 --> 00:06:04,900 No, there's something that we're supposed to do 145 00:06:04,900 --> 00:06:08,160 with this information, and so it begs the next question, 146 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:09,000 why? 147 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:11,860 Why did this happen? 148 00:06:11,860 --> 00:06:13,760 Why did this week take place? 149 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,340 Why did it have to happen the way that it did? 150 00:06:16,340 --> 00:06:18,980 Now, I'm gonna tell you, I could give you probably 151 00:06:18,980 --> 00:06:21,880 three or four different messages of, A, my opinion, 152 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:23,900 things I find in scripture that would point 153 00:06:23,900 --> 00:06:26,940 to answer this question, but it can all be summed up easily 154 00:06:26,940 --> 00:06:29,620 in one word, and that's this, love. 155 00:06:29,620 --> 00:06:36,620 Why did Jesus do all of the things that he did this week? 156 00:06:37,020 --> 00:06:40,820 Love, motivated by love. 157 00:06:40,820 --> 00:06:44,860 Jesus went to the cross by obedience to his Father, 158 00:06:44,860 --> 00:06:49,500 by saying yes to Father God, and his fuel was love. 159 00:06:49,500 --> 00:06:50,340 Love for who? 160 00:06:50,340 --> 00:06:51,180 Love for you and me. 161 00:06:51,180 --> 00:06:52,200 How do I know this is true? 162 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,600 Probably the most famous scripture that we find is this. 163 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:56,600 For God what? 164 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,320 So loved the world that he gave his one and only Son 165 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,840 that whoever believes on him will have eternal life. 166 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:04,460 He will not die and have eternal life. 167 00:07:04,460 --> 00:07:07,460 So we know that God's motivation here was love, 168 00:07:07,460 --> 00:07:10,540 and it's pure, and it's wonderful, and it's good. 169 00:07:10,540 --> 00:07:12,220 Why did the events happen? 170 00:07:12,220 --> 00:07:14,380 It's because of love. 171 00:07:14,380 --> 00:07:17,380 So perhaps our next question, if we know the what, 172 00:07:17,380 --> 00:07:18,460 and then we know the why, 173 00:07:18,460 --> 00:07:20,560 perhaps our next question should be this. 174 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:22,940 How do I respond? 175 00:07:22,940 --> 00:07:28,780 How do I respond to this king who comes in 176 00:07:28,780 --> 00:07:32,560 and apparently loves me so much that he does 177 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:34,740 all of these things, goes through all of these things 178 00:07:34,740 --> 00:07:39,360 leading to his death, burial, and then resurrection? 179 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:40,940 And I believe I've got a simple answer. 180 00:07:40,940 --> 00:07:43,880 Now, a lot of what I'm gonna tell you today is simple, 181 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:44,720 but it's not easy. 182 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,620 It's simple, but it's not easy. 183 00:07:47,620 --> 00:07:50,120 I believe the summation of the gospel, 184 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:54,520 if you were to say, okay, if I could encapsulate 185 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,920 what is it that God wants me to do? 186 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:58,280 What is it that he wants me to do? 187 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,600 With all of the stories and everything here, 188 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,140 I believe it can be summed up in these two things, 189 00:08:03,140 --> 00:08:05,940 love God and love people. 190 00:08:05,940 --> 00:08:09,140 Love God and love people. 191 00:08:09,140 --> 00:08:11,060 So this should beg another question, 192 00:08:11,060 --> 00:08:12,580 a lot of questions today, right? 193 00:08:12,580 --> 00:08:13,600 This should beg another question. 194 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,860 Well, how do I love God? 195 00:08:16,860 --> 00:08:21,980 Well, I have the authority on this, so let me know. 196 00:08:21,980 --> 00:08:23,380 How do I love God? 197 00:08:23,380 --> 00:08:24,340 How do I love God? 198 00:08:24,340 --> 00:08:26,860 How do you love God? 199 00:08:26,860 --> 00:08:28,660 You know that you can go to scripture 200 00:08:28,660 --> 00:08:30,900 to get the answers to your questions. 201 00:08:30,900 --> 00:08:32,400 Jesus told us how to love him. 202 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,380 He says this in John 14, "Whoever has my commands 203 00:08:35,380 --> 00:08:37,420 "and keeps them is the one who loves me." 204 00:08:37,420 --> 00:08:40,580 Oh, it got quiet. 205 00:08:40,580 --> 00:08:42,220 No, no busting out, amen. 206 00:08:42,220 --> 00:08:44,420 "It's the one who has my commands and keeps them 207 00:08:44,420 --> 00:08:46,060 "is the one who loves me," says Jesus. 208 00:08:46,060 --> 00:08:47,340 Where do I find his commands? 209 00:08:47,340 --> 00:08:48,180 Right here. 210 00:08:48,180 --> 00:08:50,660 Where do I find his commands? 211 00:08:50,660 --> 00:08:51,500 Right here. 212 00:08:51,500 --> 00:08:56,020 Man, I feel like a failure 213 00:08:56,020 --> 00:09:00,700 because I don't always do everything he tells me to do. 214 00:09:00,700 --> 00:09:02,480 I feel like a mess up, a screw up 215 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,540 because I don't always do what he tells me to do. 216 00:09:05,540 --> 00:09:09,020 Jesus knew that it was going to be too hard 217 00:09:09,020 --> 00:09:10,700 for you to keep all the rules. 218 00:09:10,700 --> 00:09:14,180 That's why he had to go to the cross. 219 00:09:14,180 --> 00:09:15,340 That's what the blood does. 220 00:09:15,340 --> 00:09:18,340 It covers us, not to liberate us to continue 221 00:09:18,340 --> 00:09:21,940 to just not follow the rules and follow his commands, 222 00:09:21,940 --> 00:09:23,860 but it liberates us from this idea 223 00:09:23,860 --> 00:09:26,380 that we gotta be shackled to that sin, 224 00:09:26,380 --> 00:09:27,740 that we gotta stay there, 225 00:09:27,740 --> 00:09:30,060 that we can be liberated and live the abundant life 226 00:09:30,060 --> 00:09:33,540 he promises us because of his blood. 227 00:09:33,540 --> 00:09:36,200 And so Jesus pays this ultimate price 228 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,180 so that we can have him. 229 00:09:38,180 --> 00:09:39,860 And here's the thing. 230 00:09:39,860 --> 00:09:43,220 He gives us this command. 231 00:09:43,220 --> 00:09:45,620 He says a new command, in fact. 232 00:09:45,620 --> 00:09:48,900 "Love one another as I have loved you." 233 00:09:50,260 --> 00:09:54,580 So if the job is to love God and to love people, 234 00:09:54,580 --> 00:09:57,780 well, if we love one another, then we're loving God. 235 00:09:57,780 --> 00:10:00,180 Do you see that? 236 00:10:00,180 --> 00:10:03,020 We're loving God and loving people. 237 00:10:03,020 --> 00:10:05,500 If loving God is following his command, 238 00:10:05,500 --> 00:10:07,660 Jesus said, "A new command I give you, 239 00:10:07,660 --> 00:10:09,340 "I want you to love one another." 240 00:10:09,340 --> 00:10:11,060 Not love one another like you think 241 00:10:11,060 --> 00:10:12,900 you should love one another. 242 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:15,400 He says, "I want you to love one another," what? 243 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:16,540 "As I have loved you." 244 00:10:16,540 --> 00:10:20,940 And that, my friends, is where simple crosses over 245 00:10:20,940 --> 00:10:21,780 to not easy. 246 00:10:21,780 --> 00:10:29,160 "I want you to love people the way that I have loved you." 247 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:32,120 Sit on that for just a second. 248 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:36,380 Just rattled off a bunch of torture 249 00:10:36,380 --> 00:10:37,980 that Jesus is gonna go through this week. 250 00:10:37,980 --> 00:10:42,320 "I want you to love people the way I have loved you." 251 00:10:45,180 --> 00:10:47,340 So it begs our next question. 252 00:10:47,340 --> 00:10:50,880 Well, this statement, let's say this. 253 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,300 "You cannot love God and not love people." 254 00:10:53,300 --> 00:11:02,260 You cannot love God and not love people. 255 00:11:02,260 --> 00:11:08,860 Guys, Jesus did not die for ministries, 256 00:11:08,860 --> 00:11:13,860 for programs, for jobs, for bank accounts, traditions. 257 00:11:14,260 --> 00:11:16,060 He died for people. 258 00:11:16,060 --> 00:11:19,440 And at the center of God's plan are people, 259 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:23,540 and he has given us the power to love people 260 00:11:23,540 --> 00:11:25,240 through his Holy Spirit. 261 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,220 You cannot love God and not love people. 262 00:11:28,220 --> 00:11:31,260 So here's the next question, how do I love people? 263 00:11:31,260 --> 00:11:35,400 And this is where we're gonna ride out the storm. 264 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,880 Guys, did you fare through the storms this week? 265 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:42,980 My mother and father-in-law have moved from Seattle. 266 00:11:42,980 --> 00:11:44,900 They've been here for two months. 267 00:11:44,900 --> 00:11:46,300 And when they got, she was like, 268 00:11:46,300 --> 00:11:47,580 she's petrified of tornadoes. 269 00:11:47,580 --> 00:11:49,480 She's like, "Now there's not gonna be a lot of storms." 270 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:53,420 And I said, "We might get a tornado once in a blue moon." 271 00:11:53,420 --> 00:11:56,520 And the storms come here and there now. 272 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:58,460 We'll be 71 day and 30 the next, 273 00:11:58,460 --> 00:12:00,120 but you have nothing to worry about. 274 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,680 There might be a tornado like 50 miles away from you. 275 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:05,620 This past week, if you're in the vicinity 276 00:12:05,620 --> 00:12:08,120 of Lancaster Christian Academy, take cover on the news, 277 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,180 literally on the news. 278 00:12:10,180 --> 00:12:11,820 So yeah, it's been stormy out there. 279 00:12:11,820 --> 00:12:13,140 Are you guys faring okay? 280 00:12:13,140 --> 00:12:16,380 All right, well good, you're here. 281 00:12:16,380 --> 00:12:18,360 Are you here to plead the blood of Jesus over your house? 282 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,260 I hope not, Lord, protect us. 283 00:12:20,260 --> 00:12:21,620 All right, how do I love people? 284 00:12:21,620 --> 00:12:22,580 Let's talk about this. 285 00:12:22,580 --> 00:12:25,740 Let's talk about, since we now know the motivation is love, 286 00:12:25,740 --> 00:12:27,440 how do we do this? 287 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:29,760 Can I say this? 288 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,220 Loving people's not easy. 289 00:12:32,220 --> 00:12:35,100 - Amen. 290 00:12:35,100 --> 00:12:39,740 (congregation laughing) 291 00:12:39,740 --> 00:12:43,540 - Loving people is not easy. 292 00:12:43,540 --> 00:12:45,940 That's what we're called to do. 293 00:12:45,940 --> 00:12:49,620 In fact, I would say it's up there at the very top. 294 00:12:49,620 --> 00:12:52,260 So we need the strength of the Holy Spirit. 295 00:12:52,260 --> 00:12:55,620 So what does, man, what does love look like? 296 00:12:55,620 --> 00:12:59,340 Listen, it's easy to, and I'm putting this in quotations, 297 00:12:59,340 --> 00:13:03,440 it's easy to love when there's not conflict. 298 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:09,300 It's easy to love people that agree with everything you say. 299 00:13:09,300 --> 00:13:10,140 - Right. 300 00:13:10,140 --> 00:13:13,860 - It's easy to love people 301 00:13:13,860 --> 00:13:18,680 when they're on your team. 302 00:13:18,680 --> 00:13:23,980 But it's not so easy to love people 303 00:13:23,980 --> 00:13:25,980 when they don't return the love to you, 304 00:13:25,980 --> 00:13:29,260 especially when they don't return the love to you 305 00:13:29,260 --> 00:13:30,980 behind closed doors. 306 00:13:30,980 --> 00:13:32,580 Is that true? 307 00:13:32,580 --> 00:13:33,820 It's hard to love people. 308 00:13:33,820 --> 00:13:36,740 It's hard to love people. 309 00:13:37,820 --> 00:13:40,500 So what does love really look like? 310 00:13:40,500 --> 00:13:41,340 How's it modeled? 311 00:13:41,340 --> 00:13:43,060 Well, I've got a couple of examples here. 312 00:13:43,060 --> 00:13:44,300 I've got many examples. 313 00:13:44,300 --> 00:13:47,140 Many of you have loved me through some real 314 00:13:47,140 --> 00:13:48,980 tragic choices I've made and stuff. 315 00:13:48,980 --> 00:13:51,380 But I remember when I got in my accident 316 00:13:51,380 --> 00:13:55,300 a couple years ago, guess it's been two years, 317 00:13:55,300 --> 00:13:57,120 Justin Beshears comes over my house. 318 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:00,100 And I'm expecting Justin to come up 319 00:14:00,100 --> 00:14:03,380 and just pray over me and be encouraging 320 00:14:03,380 --> 00:14:07,380 and lather me with just copious amounts of encouragement 321 00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:10,540 and he walked in my house blazing and said, 322 00:14:10,540 --> 00:14:12,700 "I am so angry with you." 323 00:14:12,700 --> 00:14:13,540 I'm like, what? 324 00:14:13,540 --> 00:14:15,740 I'm there like basically bandaged up. 325 00:14:15,740 --> 00:14:19,100 He said, "You got in an almost fatal accident 326 00:14:19,100 --> 00:14:20,420 "and you did not call me." 327 00:14:20,420 --> 00:14:22,500 He said, "There was nothing that would have stopped me 328 00:14:22,500 --> 00:14:23,340 "from being there. 329 00:14:23,340 --> 00:14:24,960 "Why didn't you call me?" 330 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:26,060 That stuck with me forever. 331 00:14:26,060 --> 00:14:27,980 I just showed you, shared that with you again 332 00:14:27,980 --> 00:14:28,860 this past week. 333 00:14:28,860 --> 00:14:31,540 That's love. 334 00:14:34,620 --> 00:14:37,660 I was at the school about four or five, 335 00:14:37,660 --> 00:14:39,540 it's been more than four or five years ago at the school. 336 00:14:39,540 --> 00:14:42,100 We had a campus pastor named Daniel Jackson 337 00:14:42,100 --> 00:14:46,140 and he bust into the office and he said, 338 00:14:46,140 --> 00:14:47,420 and Orrin Jones was our principal. 339 00:14:47,420 --> 00:14:50,460 And he said, "Man, you might question a lot of things 340 00:14:50,460 --> 00:14:52,560 "about what you're doing at the school and other thing, 341 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:54,840 "but let me tell you something, that Orrin Jones, 342 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:56,060 "she loves you." 343 00:14:56,060 --> 00:14:57,540 I was like, what do you mean? 344 00:14:57,540 --> 00:14:59,900 Well, we just went into a room where a few teachers 345 00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:02,300 were talking about some stuff that was against the things 346 00:15:02,300 --> 00:15:03,140 you were wanting to do. 347 00:15:03,140 --> 00:15:05,860 And she went in there and busted that up real fast. 348 00:15:05,860 --> 00:15:08,660 And he said, she didn't bust, 349 00:15:08,660 --> 00:15:10,960 she did not bust it up because she was the principal, 350 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,100 she busted up because she was your friend. 351 00:15:13,100 --> 00:15:15,580 That stuck with me. 352 00:15:15,580 --> 00:15:17,980 It's like, wow, I didn't know that was happening. 353 00:15:17,980 --> 00:15:21,460 Anybody ever seen the movie, "The Forge"? 354 00:15:21,460 --> 00:15:26,460 What about when the person who takes out your only son 355 00:15:26,460 --> 00:15:29,900 is invited to be in your inner circle 356 00:15:29,900 --> 00:15:32,600 because you've forgiven them? 357 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:34,880 (claps) 358 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:36,200 Kind of think that's love. 359 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:40,720 We're called to love people. 360 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:42,160 But here's the problem. 361 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,560 And this is really, I believe, 362 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:46,560 probably one of the top three culprits. 363 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:50,480 We are a culture who questions motives 364 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:54,040 because we define the parameters of love 365 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:55,720 by the world standards 366 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,400 and not by the standards of the kingdom. 367 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:02,040 The world standard of love protects. 368 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:03,040 It protects me. 369 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,280 The world standard of love protects me. 370 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:08,760 The kingdom's perspective of love protects others. 371 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:14,000 In other words, the love of the world says, 372 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,200 I'm gonna protect myself at all cost. 373 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:22,280 The love of the kingdom says, I'm willing to die for you. 374 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:25,360 I'm willing to die for you. 375 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,520 Can I just make this, I'm gonna say something right now 376 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:29,380 you're gonna gasp, okay? 377 00:16:29,380 --> 00:16:31,700 Don't be mad at me, don't leave the church. 378 00:16:31,700 --> 00:16:33,660 But you're gonna gasp, okay? 379 00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:34,880 Jesus was weird. 380 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:38,540 (congregation laughs) 381 00:16:38,540 --> 00:16:39,800 Jesus was weird. 382 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:43,080 He absolutely was weird. 383 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:45,200 And if you've ever been called weird, 384 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:46,940 you're in good company with Jesus. 385 00:16:46,940 --> 00:16:49,880 How do I know Jesus was weird? 386 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,400 Let's look at the definition of weird. 387 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:56,980 Very strange, unusual, unexpected, supernatural. 388 00:17:01,060 --> 00:17:02,880 Jesus was weird. 389 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:06,840 If Jesus was not weird, no one would have taken note 390 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:08,600 of anything that he was doing. 391 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:13,960 Because it is the weird people that get noticed. 392 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,580 It is the weird people, it is the oddballs, 393 00:17:16,580 --> 00:17:18,840 it is the ones who are doing something different 394 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:21,260 than everyone else that gets illuminated. 395 00:17:21,260 --> 00:17:23,000 And can I tell you as Christians, 396 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,160 you're supposed to be weird in this world. 397 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:28,480 Can I tell you as believers, 398 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:30,640 you are not supposed to be able to walk right up 399 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,300 into the world and we can't find you like where's Waldo? 400 00:17:33,300 --> 00:17:35,400 You should be sticking out like a sore thumb. 401 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,780 Not by beating people upside the head with this book, 402 00:17:38,780 --> 00:17:40,320 you should be beating yourself upside the head 403 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:41,160 with this book. 404 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:44,280 It is by your way you love people. 405 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:48,400 It's by the way you love people. 406 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,900 But see, the culture of the world says, 407 00:17:51,900 --> 00:17:56,240 why would he give himself away in that way? 408 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:58,940 He's got some motive, there's gotta be something there. 409 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:03,640 Why would he or she sacrifice that for me? 410 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,280 There's gotta be something there, this is weird. 411 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:08,800 And don't let it be, listen, don't let it be too weird 412 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,480 because here's the deal, this is how we respond 413 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:12,900 to weirdness, okay? 414 00:18:12,900 --> 00:18:15,220 We look at everybody else and see how they respond 415 00:18:15,220 --> 00:18:18,200 to dictate how we respond because if I endorse the weird, 416 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,480 then you might call me weird. 417 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:21,320 True? 418 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:23,660 And so we look and say, okay, if they're all over here, 419 00:18:23,660 --> 00:18:26,100 I'm gonna respond this way. 420 00:18:26,100 --> 00:18:27,560 Or if they're responding this way, 421 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,620 and so we just are fickle, we just go with the shifting wind. 422 00:18:30,620 --> 00:18:37,340 I'm glad that Jesus embraced being odd and different. 423 00:18:37,340 --> 00:18:40,280 I'm glad that he chose love 424 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:43,000 even though it didn't make any sense. 425 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,760 I'm glad he chose to go to the cross 426 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:49,440 and do the things that this week entails because of you. 427 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,200 That doesn't make, that is so weird, Kurt. 428 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,520 It's so weird for Jesus to do that. 429 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:55,740 It's so strange for Jesus to do that. 430 00:18:55,740 --> 00:19:00,740 And every Pharisee was accusing him of having bad motives. 431 00:19:00,740 --> 00:19:11,000 But if we are to love people the way that Jesus loved us, 432 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,600 then our love can't look like the world's love. 433 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,060 I love you. 434 00:19:17,060 --> 00:19:22,780 But behind closed doors, it's a whole different story. 435 00:19:22,780 --> 00:19:24,700 And it's especially true in the South, guys. 436 00:19:24,700 --> 00:19:25,600 Can I just say? 437 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:29,400 It's exactly right. 438 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:32,020 Be careful of bless your heart 439 00:19:32,020 --> 00:19:34,460 and the people that use sweetheart all the time. 440 00:19:34,460 --> 00:19:37,060 Sweetheart, sweetheart. 441 00:19:37,060 --> 00:19:40,500 'Cause that translates in some different languages 442 00:19:40,500 --> 00:19:41,500 around the South. 443 00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:45,580 Bless your heart is a different language as well. 444 00:19:45,580 --> 00:19:52,060 But boy, don't we want to be around people 445 00:19:52,060 --> 00:19:54,660 full of integrity that you don't have to worry 446 00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:55,980 one bit about. 447 00:19:55,980 --> 00:19:59,040 When they say they love you, they love you. 448 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:01,740 How do we love people? 449 00:20:01,740 --> 00:20:05,780 Jesus, Jesus, I believe Jesus was weird. 450 00:20:05,780 --> 00:20:07,960 And we're supposed to be there that way as well. 451 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:11,540 So we look at love and this is what we tend to do. 452 00:20:11,540 --> 00:20:13,520 We know in 1 Corinthians chapter 13, 453 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,660 it gives us an exhaustive lift of what love looks like. 454 00:20:16,660 --> 00:20:18,700 But I tend to believe we stop right here. 455 00:20:18,700 --> 00:20:21,940 Now, of course, now I stop with patience 456 00:20:21,940 --> 00:20:23,140 because I'm like, love is patience. 457 00:20:23,140 --> 00:20:25,220 I might as well just hang it up. 458 00:20:25,220 --> 00:20:28,820 But even if I can get my mind around patient and kind, 459 00:20:28,820 --> 00:20:30,260 you know what this looks like right here? 460 00:20:30,260 --> 00:20:31,420 This looks like this. 461 00:20:31,420 --> 00:20:34,440 I love you. 462 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,580 I love you. 463 00:20:36,580 --> 00:20:38,360 Hey, well, I need you to help me. 464 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:40,220 Oh, I got time for you. 465 00:20:40,220 --> 00:20:42,100 I love you. 466 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:43,300 I love you. 467 00:20:43,300 --> 00:20:46,420 I'm broken and in need. 468 00:20:46,420 --> 00:20:47,560 Let me try to hide him. 469 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:48,540 Maybe they can. 470 00:20:52,300 --> 00:20:53,340 Love shows up. 471 00:20:53,340 --> 00:20:57,440 And it's more than patient and kind. 472 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:59,300 In fact, it's so much more. 473 00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:01,980 It doesn't envy. 474 00:21:01,980 --> 00:21:03,500 It doesn't boast. 475 00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:04,500 It isn't proud. 476 00:21:04,500 --> 00:21:05,320 It honors. 477 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:06,500 It's not self-seeking. 478 00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:07,800 It's not easily angered. 479 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:08,900 It doesn't hold record wrong. 480 00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:12,000 It doesn't rejoice, sorry, it does rejoice with the truth. 481 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,300 Love protects. 482 00:21:13,300 --> 00:21:15,840 Love protects. 483 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:20,980 Love trusts and it hopes and it perseveres. 484 00:21:21,980 --> 00:21:25,300 This is the exhaustive list that we so know. 485 00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:27,140 We say it at every wedding and we say it 486 00:21:27,140 --> 00:21:28,820 when we're talking about love and all these things, 487 00:21:28,820 --> 00:21:31,240 but this is not actually where I wanna draw from today. 488 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,020 We know that this is what love looks like. 489 00:21:33,020 --> 00:21:35,360 But there's actually a passage in Philippians 490 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:37,500 that actually Paul writes in his letter 491 00:21:37,500 --> 00:21:39,820 that tells us in relationship to one another 492 00:21:39,820 --> 00:21:41,340 how we're supposed to act. 493 00:21:41,340 --> 00:21:42,720 And this is what it says. 494 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,460 In your relationships with one another, 495 00:21:45,460 --> 00:21:48,860 have the same mindset as Christ Jesus. 496 00:21:48,860 --> 00:21:51,940 Well, we just learned that Christ Jesus' mindset was, 497 00:21:51,940 --> 00:21:54,720 I'm gonna lay my life down for you. 498 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,540 So it says this, who in being the very nature of God 499 00:21:57,540 --> 00:21:59,900 did not consider equality with God 500 00:21:59,900 --> 00:22:02,580 something to be used to his own advantage. 501 00:22:02,580 --> 00:22:06,120 Rather, he made himself nothing 502 00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:08,580 by taking the very nature of a servant 503 00:22:08,580 --> 00:22:10,100 being made in human likeness 504 00:22:10,100 --> 00:22:12,240 and being found in an appearance as a man, 505 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:16,740 he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death, 506 00:22:16,740 --> 00:22:18,780 even death on a cross. 507 00:22:18,780 --> 00:22:21,340 Can I tell you that there is reward, 508 00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:22,720 great reward in obedience? 509 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:24,420 Because this is what happens. 510 00:22:24,420 --> 00:22:26,820 God exalted him to the highest place 511 00:22:26,820 --> 00:22:29,280 and gave him the name that is above every name, 512 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:32,300 that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow 513 00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:34,140 in heaven and on earth and under the earth 514 00:22:34,140 --> 00:22:36,060 and every tongue acknowledge what? 515 00:22:36,060 --> 00:22:40,880 That Jesus Christ is Lord because of his obedience. 516 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:42,340 Now, let's take this scripture 517 00:22:42,340 --> 00:22:43,780 and let's apply it to our lives. 518 00:22:43,780 --> 00:22:44,980 This is what I'd like you to do. 519 00:22:44,980 --> 00:22:46,340 I don't want you to think of your spouse 520 00:22:46,340 --> 00:22:48,180 or your immediate family. 521 00:22:48,180 --> 00:22:50,780 I want you to think of somebody even this morning 522 00:22:50,780 --> 00:22:53,420 or within the last weekend that you said, I love you. 523 00:22:53,420 --> 00:22:54,260 I love you. 524 00:22:54,260 --> 00:22:55,460 Just think of that person and get them in your mind. 525 00:22:55,460 --> 00:22:57,700 Anybody, except for your spouse and family, 526 00:22:57,700 --> 00:23:00,260 which they're included in this, but that's too easy. 527 00:23:00,260 --> 00:23:01,820 Somebody you said, I love you to, okay? 528 00:23:01,820 --> 00:23:02,660 Got them in your mind. 529 00:23:02,660 --> 00:23:04,420 We're gonna ask these questions. 530 00:23:04,420 --> 00:23:07,340 This is a litmus test to see if you really mean I love you. 531 00:23:07,340 --> 00:23:08,180 Here we go. 532 00:23:08,180 --> 00:23:09,180 And this is based on this scripture. 533 00:23:09,180 --> 00:23:13,140 Number one, do I elevate them 534 00:23:13,140 --> 00:23:16,760 or do I elevate myself in that relationship? 535 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:21,120 Number two, who being in the very nature, 536 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:24,080 God did not consider equality with God 537 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:27,080 something to be used to his own advantage? 538 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,720 We're having the mindset of Christ. 539 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:34,760 Do I elevate myself in my relationship with this person 540 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,360 or do I elevate them? 541 00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:42,040 Number two, do I let them have the best 542 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,620 or do I reserve the best for myself? 543 00:23:44,620 --> 00:23:49,620 Rather, making himself, it says nothing. 544 00:23:49,620 --> 00:23:54,380 Do I let them have the best? 545 00:23:54,380 --> 00:23:55,700 If there's a choice before me, 546 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:56,980 if we're out doing something, 547 00:23:56,980 --> 00:23:59,080 wherever there's a choice and there's the best option, 548 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,500 am I going after the best to make sure I get it 549 00:24:01,500 --> 00:24:03,940 and leaving them with the leftovers or am I working? 550 00:24:03,940 --> 00:24:06,000 Not just making it available, 551 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,460 but working hard to make sure they have the best. 552 00:24:08,460 --> 00:24:11,020 Love you. 553 00:24:13,740 --> 00:24:17,980 Do I serve them or in most cases, do they serve me? 554 00:24:17,980 --> 00:24:22,780 Do I serve them or in most cases, do they serve me? 555 00:24:22,780 --> 00:24:24,780 It says this, Jesus, 556 00:24:24,780 --> 00:24:27,800 by taking the very nature of a servant. 557 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:36,900 Do you serve them or do they serve you? 558 00:24:36,900 --> 00:24:43,580 And lastly, does loving them cost me something 559 00:24:43,580 --> 00:24:47,240 or am I always leaving with more than I gave? 560 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:51,460 Jesus says, it says this about Jesus being found 561 00:24:51,460 --> 00:24:52,300 in appearance of a man, 562 00:24:52,300 --> 00:24:56,660 he humbled himself becoming obedient to death, 563 00:24:56,660 --> 00:24:59,580 even death on a cross. 564 00:24:59,580 --> 00:25:02,700 And your relationship with this person, 565 00:25:02,700 --> 00:25:03,940 you're saying, I love you. 566 00:25:03,940 --> 00:25:06,500 Is it costing you anything 567 00:25:06,500 --> 00:25:09,340 or are they constantly sacrificing for you? 568 00:25:12,260 --> 00:25:15,420 And if any of these questions are no, 569 00:25:15,420 --> 00:25:18,700 it doesn't mean necessarily that you don't want 570 00:25:18,700 --> 00:25:21,260 or desire to love that person, 571 00:25:21,260 --> 00:25:26,020 but man, I might ask you to consider filtering your mindset 572 00:25:26,020 --> 00:25:28,380 and your actions to love like Christ. 573 00:25:28,380 --> 00:25:32,780 In addition, you might have people that you say love you to 574 00:25:32,780 --> 00:25:34,540 and none of these fit. 575 00:25:34,540 --> 00:25:36,900 And I just have to tell you, you don't love that person. 576 00:25:36,900 --> 00:25:41,580 You don't love that person because here's the deal, 577 00:25:41,580 --> 00:25:44,380 love that costs you nothing is not a love 578 00:25:44,380 --> 00:25:45,820 that transforms anything. 579 00:25:45,820 --> 00:25:54,140 With the seven individuals who are gonna help me 580 00:25:54,140 --> 00:25:55,900 this morning come up to the stage. 581 00:25:55,900 --> 00:26:02,860 So we're looking at Holy Week 582 00:26:02,860 --> 00:26:06,220 and we're looking at our motivation of love 583 00:26:06,220 --> 00:26:10,400 and I wanted to kind of set the sermon up this way 584 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,160 to kind of get everybody in the place that says, 585 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,020 anybody in the place like me, I wanna throw in the towel. 586 00:26:15,020 --> 00:26:18,080 I'm like, dang, I can't do this, right? 587 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:22,160 I mean, that's a pretty high standard, this love, my gosh. 588 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,800 I'm answering no to those questions. 589 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,600 Man, it's having me reevaluate, do I really love anyone? 590 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:32,020 Well, maybe some of these things will help. 591 00:26:32,020 --> 00:26:35,060 Would you guys slide down in front of this dude here? 592 00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:36,840 These are people, do you agree? 593 00:26:39,100 --> 00:26:41,500 These are good looking people, do you agree? 594 00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:45,800 Okay, I am called to love every one of you. 595 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:49,560 God's desire is for me to love you, 596 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,660 even if you didn't look good as you do, 597 00:26:51,660 --> 00:26:53,560 I'm supposed to love you, okay? 598 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:57,060 God has called me to love each and every one of you. 599 00:26:57,060 --> 00:26:59,620 And He's not just called me to love each 600 00:26:59,620 --> 00:27:01,460 and every one of you, no, He's called me to do. 601 00:27:01,460 --> 00:27:04,820 He's called me to give you the fullness of my heart. 602 00:27:04,820 --> 00:27:08,040 He's actually called me to lay down my life. 603 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,300 But here's the problem. 604 00:27:11,300 --> 00:27:15,880 Part of the reason why it's difficult for me to love 605 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:19,220 in that way is because the dividend or the payout 606 00:27:19,220 --> 00:27:22,240 for my loving you sometimes is this. 607 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,260 Is this true? 608 00:27:25,260 --> 00:27:27,940 Anybody ever felt this? 609 00:27:27,940 --> 00:27:30,680 You've given of yourself and you get this in return? 610 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:32,460 Just me, okay, perfect. 611 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:38,920 I'm giving my all to you, 612 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,600 but it's met and paid back with disappointment. 613 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:46,240 I'm giving my all to you as Jesus has told me, 614 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,200 I'm laying down my life, I'm loving you, 615 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,220 but all I get is abandonment. 616 00:27:50,220 --> 00:27:51,880 Anybody ever been abandoned by somebody 617 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,300 you said you loved fully? 618 00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:58,640 Jesus, you're telling me to love this person fully 619 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:03,640 with everything, but the payout is pain. 620 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,700 Anybody been pain, experienced pain? 621 00:28:07,700 --> 00:28:09,300 Y'all are quiet this morning. 622 00:28:09,300 --> 00:28:14,420 I'm gonna love this person fully, 623 00:28:14,420 --> 00:28:16,200 but it's met with jealousy. 624 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:22,640 I'm jealous of what you have and who you have in your life 625 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,900 and what you get to do that I don't get to do. 626 00:28:24,900 --> 00:28:30,900 And if that's not enough, I'm loving you fully 627 00:28:30,900 --> 00:28:35,760 like Jesus tells me to, but it's met with this nasty one, 628 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:36,600 betrayal. 629 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,400 Anybody ever experienced betrayal? 630 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:48,540 And after all of that, here I am loving 631 00:28:48,540 --> 00:28:49,660 the way I'm supposed to love, 632 00:28:49,660 --> 00:28:51,960 and I just met with discouragement. 633 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:59,500 Discouragement, hurt, disappointment, abandonment, 634 00:28:59,500 --> 00:29:03,120 pain, jealousy, betrayal, and discouragement. 635 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,440 These things, God is saying, I want you to love 636 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:07,840 these broken people who have the capacity 637 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,600 and the ability to pay back. 638 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:11,960 Y'all aren't getting this this morning. 639 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,280 I tell you what, I wanna make this more relatable. 640 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:15,240 Just turn your signs around. 641 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:16,600 Everybody take them off and turn them around. 642 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:18,160 Maybe this will help you guys relate 643 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:19,760 to what I'm trying to talk about. 644 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:29,660 Anybody contended with church hurt? 645 00:29:29,660 --> 00:29:33,400 Nobody hurts people in the church, right? 646 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,040 What about church disappointment? 647 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:39,660 Nobody gets disappointed in church, right? 648 00:29:39,660 --> 00:29:43,460 We are supposed to be the sanctified, holy, Bible, 649 00:29:43,460 --> 00:29:45,520 living, following, perfect, encourage. 650 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:47,060 Like this is a place where you come 651 00:29:47,060 --> 00:29:48,480 just to get filled up, right? 652 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:49,860 You don't have to contend with disappointment. 653 00:29:49,860 --> 00:29:52,740 You don't get abandoned at church, right? 654 00:29:52,740 --> 00:29:55,120 You don't have to contend with any type of pain 655 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:56,940 from people at church, do you? 656 00:29:56,940 --> 00:30:01,360 Ain't nobody jealous. 657 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,160 We don't have to worry about this one, right? 658 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:04,880 (congregation laughing) 659 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,720 Anybody experienced betrayal in church? 660 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:10,760 Anybody been discouraged in church? 661 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:15,400 Yeah, of course we have. 662 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,880 Of course we have. 663 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:22,160 Jesus calls us to love people 664 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:28,040 knowing that they are broken, not whole, 665 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:31,800 and their payback to your love, your full love, 666 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:33,960 the propensity could be any one of these things 667 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:35,140 or multiple ones. 668 00:30:35,140 --> 00:30:39,060 How in the world am I supposed to do this? 669 00:30:39,060 --> 00:30:41,720 See, here's the thing. 670 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:49,480 Jesus says, "I want you to love them." 671 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:54,420 So I say, okay, I'm gonna love them, Lord. 672 00:30:54,420 --> 00:30:56,720 So here's my heart. 673 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,800 Is that good? 674 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:01,400 Oh, no, more, okay. 675 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,080 (water splashing) 676 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,080 How about that, half a heart, no, more? 677 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:08,480 More, Lord, okay. 678 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:12,920 How about that? 679 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:14,260 More? 680 00:31:14,260 --> 00:31:17,160 Lord, if I put more in here, 681 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,960 then I'll have to give them my entire heart. 682 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:21,160 Yes, that's what I want. 683 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:26,980 Lord, what if, no, what ifs, give it to them? 684 00:31:26,980 --> 00:31:30,560 Okay, I'm trusting you, God. 685 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:31,920 I mean, this is, 686 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:36,800 I love you. 687 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,080 There's my whole heart. 688 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:46,000 What, you want me to do it again? 689 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,840 I'm still trying to believe by faith for that one. 690 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,480 Okay, geez, all right, let me, 691 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:56,040 okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. 692 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,880 (water splashing) 693 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:02,280 (congregation laughing) 694 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:05,280 All right, you see everything, all right, yeah, yeah, okay. 695 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:08,980 All right, I love you. 696 00:32:08,980 --> 00:32:15,460 Again, what, Lord, my goodness, 697 00:32:15,460 --> 00:32:18,080 isn't it enough hurt and pain and you want me, 698 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:21,880 these people could really cause some havoc in my life, Lord. 699 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:24,940 Okay, yes, yes, Lord, yes, okay, okay. 700 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,600 I'm getting so overjoyed by your love, it's spilling out. 701 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,040 (congregation laughing) 702 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:37,280 Lord, it's kinda getting easier, God, to do this 703 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:41,000 'cause I haven't experienced any of this. 704 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:41,840 Hey, I love you. 705 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:46,040 So then what happens, we fill all the cups, 706 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:50,440 and then what happens is you're walking around one day 707 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:54,880 and they get in your heart, they take your heart, 708 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,320 (water splashing) 709 00:32:58,320 --> 00:32:59,620 and they leave you empty. 710 00:32:59,620 --> 00:33:06,040 And now you're there. 711 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:07,740 God, I told you this would happen. 712 00:33:07,740 --> 00:33:11,320 I told you this would happen. 713 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:13,940 I didn't wanna give all my heart away in the first place. 714 00:33:13,940 --> 00:33:16,400 You made me do it, but now look at the hurt 715 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,160 that I'm experiencing. 716 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,360 What do you want me to do about this, God? 717 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:22,120 How do you want me to treat this person? 718 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:23,680 I'm so upset. 719 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:26,320 (congregation murmuring) 720 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:27,640 I want you to do it again. 721 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:28,480 What? 722 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,520 I want you to do it again. 723 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:33,120 Let me tell you something. 724 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:34,260 Here's the thing. 725 00:33:34,260 --> 00:33:39,660 They can do whatever they want with your heart 726 00:33:39,660 --> 00:33:41,760 as long as you're holding onto the source. 727 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,760 As long as you're holding onto the source. 728 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:46,600 (congregation applauding) 729 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,440 Because if you're holding onto the source, 730 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,240 no matter how much hurt people bring you, 731 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,460 disappointment, abandonment, pain, betrayal, 732 00:33:52,460 --> 00:33:53,680 if you're holding onto the source, 733 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:57,120 he will always be right there to fill you back up. 734 00:33:57,120 --> 00:34:00,040 He'll be right there to make sure that you're taken care of. 735 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:01,680 If you're holding onto the source, 736 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:03,060 he will fill you back up. 737 00:34:03,060 --> 00:34:04,760 And here's the thing, then you have a choice 738 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:07,720 because guess what he's gonna ask you to do with this again? 739 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:09,160 He's gonna say, I want you to go right back 740 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:11,240 to that same person who hurt you. 741 00:34:11,240 --> 00:34:14,160 And give them half of it, some of it. 742 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:16,820 Why don't you give them all of it? 743 00:34:16,820 --> 00:34:20,480 But Lord, what if they throw it down again? 744 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:23,960 And guys, I'm so glad that Jesus didn't ask that question 745 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:25,600 when he went to the cross. 746 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,980 I'm so glad because the what if they put another nail in me? 747 00:34:28,980 --> 00:34:29,960 What if they curse me? 748 00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:31,680 What if they turn their back on me? 749 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:33,820 Jesus didn't contend with any of that 750 00:34:33,820 --> 00:34:36,040 because he was holding onto the source. 751 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,320 He was holding onto his father. 752 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:45,200 So Palm Sunday, Palm Sunday, right? 753 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:47,620 Let's see what this looks like. 754 00:34:47,620 --> 00:34:49,560 Jesus is riding in on donkey. 755 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:52,420 Can you wave this in the air for me? 756 00:34:52,420 --> 00:34:55,400 You do both. 757 00:34:55,400 --> 00:35:07,880 Jesus, King, comes in, all of these people shouting, 758 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:12,160 "Hosanna, God in the highest, you're great." 759 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,120 Let me translate all of that to you. 760 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,460 Ready, ready for this? 761 00:35:16,460 --> 00:35:17,680 We love you. 762 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,180 Jesus, we love you. 763 00:35:21,180 --> 00:35:25,080 And you know who he was riding by? 764 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:27,640 He was riding by the people who were gonna hurt him, 765 00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:29,320 who were gonna disappoint him, 766 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:30,880 who were gonna abandon him, 767 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:32,920 who were gonna cause him pain. 768 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,240 The Pharisees, they were jealous of him. 769 00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:38,040 They were gonna betray him and offer discouragement. 770 00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:39,760 He rode right by them as they said, 771 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:41,760 "We love you, we love you." 772 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,080 And the same people waving the palm branches 773 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,420 are the same people that say, "Crucify him." 774 00:35:46,420 --> 00:35:48,560 Have you ever been in a place where people were praising you 775 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:51,200 in one moment and wanting to crucify you in the next? 776 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:58,080 And so Jesus says, "I love you so much 777 00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,500 that despite the reason I knew you were gonna say, 778 00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:02,520 'I love you, but you hurt me, 779 00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:04,320 you disappointed me, abandoned me,' 780 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,520 despite all of that, I still went to the cross 781 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:10,520 on your behalf because I actually love you." 782 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:14,660 And if Jesus did it for us, 783 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,840 we're supposed to do it for one another. 784 00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:23,100 We cannot do it alone. 785 00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:24,680 We can't do it by ourselves. 786 00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:27,080 We don't have the capacity to do it ourselves. 787 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:27,960 This is my daughter, Lucia. 788 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:29,580 Can y'all hang for just a second? 789 00:36:29,580 --> 00:36:31,640 This is my daughter, Lucia. 790 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,800 Two years ago, she came home 791 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,540 and somebody at school had said something bad about her 792 00:36:37,540 --> 00:36:39,040 and she made a bad grade on a test 793 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,060 and it was just, she was so upset and distraught. 794 00:36:41,060 --> 00:36:43,800 I mean, just crying, never seen her cry, so much pain. 795 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:46,360 And if you're a parent, there's nothing you want more than 796 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:48,760 to take your child's pain upon yourself. 797 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:52,080 And she comes and sits in my lap and I'm loving on her 798 00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:54,200 and I'm trying to encourage her and I send her to bed 799 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,600 and I can't sleep all night. 800 00:36:56,600 --> 00:37:00,040 I'm literally up, I'm in anguish, I'm upset, I'm praying. 801 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,840 I just, I'm feeling the pain of my daughter 802 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:05,560 and I get up real early 'cause I wanna encourage her 803 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:08,160 in the morning, I get up and I go to her room 804 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,180 and she is up skipping around. 805 00:37:10,180 --> 00:37:12,220 She went and got some Froot Loops, she was fine. 806 00:37:12,220 --> 00:37:13,680 There was like nothing had happened. 807 00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,000 And I was tossing and turning all night. 808 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:21,140 And I said, "Lucy, are you okay?" 809 00:37:21,140 --> 00:37:25,620 And she said, "Of course I'm okay. 810 00:37:25,620 --> 00:37:27,260 "Daddies make things better." 811 00:37:27,260 --> 00:37:37,180 The God of the universe, your source, 812 00:37:37,180 --> 00:37:39,600 will take every bit of your broken pain. 813 00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:45,120 The blood of Jesus covers sin so that the word says 814 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:49,440 that we can boldly go to his throne in our time of need 815 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,040 with confidence. 816 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,880 And some of you are contending with hurt, 817 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:55,680 with disappointment, abandonment, pain. 818 00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:58,680 You're contending with this stuff in real time right now. 819 00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:01,240 Somebody has said something, somebody has done something. 820 00:38:01,240 --> 00:38:03,000 I'm among you. 821 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,680 I'm in real time dealing with something right now. 822 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:07,060 I'm angry about something. 823 00:38:07,060 --> 00:38:11,560 And I'm right here holding onto the source saying, 824 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:14,080 "Lord, I need you to fill my cup. 825 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,520 "I need you because I know that I'm called 826 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:19,440 "to give these people, this person, this cup again." 827 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:22,220 Full, not halfway, full. 828 00:38:22,220 --> 00:38:26,800 But here's the thing we have to remember. 829 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:31,000 Love doesn't just forgive failure, it makes space for it. 830 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:34,520 And one of the areas that I've messed up in my life, friends, 831 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:37,520 is that I have not given the people I say I love 832 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,780 the opportunity to fail me. 833 00:38:39,780 --> 00:38:42,360 I've not given them the capacity to fail me. 834 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,200 I have put some people with expectations 835 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:46,300 that they would never hurt me, 836 00:38:46,300 --> 00:38:47,560 that they would never say things. 837 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,560 And then I come to find out that there are things 838 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:52,120 that have been said and done, and I get broken, 839 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:53,000 and I get wounded. 840 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,700 I don't know if you can relate to that. 841 00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:58,800 But this is what love did, this is what Jesus does 842 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:00,860 when he's walking by these things. 843 00:39:00,860 --> 00:39:02,880 Do you not think while he was on the donkey, 844 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:04,780 he knew that all of these people were gonna be saying, 845 00:39:04,780 --> 00:39:05,680 "Crucify him"? 846 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:07,040 He knew where he was going. 847 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:11,200 But he gave capacity to be hurt. 848 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:15,840 He gave capacity for them to be human. 849 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:21,080 Because here's the thing, I love Dustin Minchi. 850 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:24,160 And I hope that I never have to feel any of this 851 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:27,840 with Dustin, but man, if I do, I hope that I'm a place 852 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,060 to fill that cup back up and give him my heart 853 00:39:30,060 --> 00:39:31,820 all over again. 854 00:39:31,820 --> 00:39:34,160 Because I need him to do the same thing 855 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:36,180 when I mess up on his behalf. 856 00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,440 We are called to love God and to love people. 857 00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:46,440 Jesus on that night, that desperate lonely night, 858 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:49,920 right before Judas came and did what he did, 859 00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,920 his friends asleep, I believe for the story 860 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,040 to be what it was supposed to be, 861 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:57,680 he had to be alone in that moment. 862 00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:02,020 And he looks at God, he looks at his father alone 863 00:40:02,020 --> 00:40:05,120 in that moment, the source, the only one who could sustain 864 00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:08,780 him in that moment, and he says, "God, if you could take 865 00:40:08,780 --> 00:40:13,480 "this from me, please do, but your will be done, not mine." 866 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:18,860 And Father God, I believe in that moment, 867 00:40:18,860 --> 00:40:23,600 gave him every bit of strength to love you and me, 868 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:28,200 despite the fact we were shouting crucify, crucify, crucify. 869 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:32,840 Couldn't you imagine, he's carrying his cross, 870 00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:35,800 literally through the streets, passing all the people, 871 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:40,800 crucify, I'm doing this, I'm not doing this because you, 872 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,240 I'm not going to the cross because you punish me, 873 00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:46,160 I'm actually doing this because I love you. 874 00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:49,960 I became obedient to death, not the other way around. 875 00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:53,900 Jesus carrying his cross, connected to the source. 876 00:40:53,900 --> 00:41:00,040 So this morning, going into Holy Week, 877 00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:03,120 yeah, let's talk, let's examine this week, the events. 878 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:05,520 It's so great to read about the Last Supper 879 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:10,520 and read about the anointing of Jesus's feet. 880 00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:14,320 And it's wonderful to look at how, 881 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,620 all the things that Jesus did, turning the tables, 882 00:41:16,620 --> 00:41:18,360 it's good to read all those stories. 883 00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:22,920 But it means nothing if we're doing it just for information. 884 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,760 Why did he come? 885 00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:28,440 He came so that we had the ability to love him 886 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:29,820 and love others. 887 00:41:29,820 --> 00:41:34,240 We need to exercise the ability to love him and love others, 888 00:41:34,240 --> 00:41:36,000 even when they don't love you back. 889 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,680 Even when they don't love you back. 890 00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:44,360 And I'd be remiss to not bring this up. 891 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:50,760 If you're one of the people who has caused hurt, 892 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:53,140 disappointment, abandonment, pain, jealousy, 893 00:41:53,140 --> 00:41:58,020 will you forgive me? 894 00:41:58,020 --> 00:42:00,600 (gentle music) 895 00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:05,640 We're gonna talk a little bit about that next week, but, 896 00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:08,840 the source has given us the ability to forgive, 897 00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:10,460 to forgive the unforgivable. 898 00:42:10,460 --> 00:42:15,500 There are times in my life where I need to just do a check-in 899 00:42:15,500 --> 00:42:16,420 with the people I love and say, 900 00:42:16,420 --> 00:42:20,140 "Hey, is there anything that I've done to offend you 901 00:42:20,140 --> 00:42:22,400 or is there any wrong that I've done? 902 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:23,280 Would you forgive me?" 903 00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:25,880 I wanna make sure that the pathway 904 00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:27,700 and the communication is clear. 905 00:42:27,700 --> 00:42:30,000 (gentle music) 906 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:32,200 Pride stops us from doing that. 907 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:34,700 And pride means we're not connected to the source. 908 00:42:34,700 --> 00:42:38,080 So would you stand with me this morning? 909 00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:40,000 Thank you guys. 910 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,680 If you guys will just, just wherever in that thing, 911 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:44,680 and I appreciate you guys helping me. 912 00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:47,440 For those who are gonna minister to people, 913 00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:48,360 please come forward. 914 00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:51,740 And here's the thing this morning. 915 00:42:51,740 --> 00:42:56,320 (gentle music) 916 00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:59,420 (gentle music) 917 00:42:59,420 --> 00:43:01,340 I believe there are people here this morning 918 00:43:01,340 --> 00:43:06,340 and you are dealing with abandonment, hurt, discouragement, 919 00:43:06,340 --> 00:43:08,660 a number of those things that were up there. 920 00:43:08,660 --> 00:43:14,380 And here's the thing, Jesus had a purpose. 921 00:43:14,380 --> 00:43:17,860 And his purpose was to die on the cross for you and me. 922 00:43:17,860 --> 00:43:18,700 Well, guess what? 923 00:43:18,700 --> 00:43:19,640 You also have a purpose. 924 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:22,100 And sometimes we're not fulfilling 925 00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:23,720 what God has told us to do, 926 00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:26,080 because we're contending with the people around us 927 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:29,540 and we're trying to draw from empty cups as our source 928 00:43:29,540 --> 00:43:31,660 instead of the source of God. 929 00:43:31,660 --> 00:43:33,940 And if you're here this morning and you're thinking, 930 00:43:33,940 --> 00:43:37,500 man, I'm stunted in my forward movement with God 931 00:43:37,500 --> 00:43:40,060 because I'm wrestling with this individual, 932 00:43:40,060 --> 00:43:41,260 or I'm contending with her, 933 00:43:41,260 --> 00:43:43,100 or maybe you've even forgiven them. 934 00:43:43,100 --> 00:43:44,220 Let's say you've even forgiven them, 935 00:43:44,220 --> 00:43:46,100 but there's residue there. 936 00:43:46,100 --> 00:43:49,700 And you're needing God to fill this cup. 937 00:43:49,700 --> 00:43:50,980 It's a choice. 938 00:43:50,980 --> 00:43:53,580 Come this morning. 939 00:43:54,460 --> 00:43:58,260 Come this morning and allow the source of your strength, 940 00:43:58,260 --> 00:44:00,920 the source of your love to fill your cup 941 00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:02,640 so that you can walk in true freedom. 942 00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:03,480 Let's worship. 943 00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:05,540 you