1 00:00:32,739 --> 00:00:39,539 That was awesome. One of the other important things that churches 2 00:00:39,859 --> 00:00:44,019 do and should be doing is helping to revitalize churches. We 3 00:00:44,019 --> 00:00:48,379 see in America, in Texas and around the states, churches that 4 00:00:48,379 --> 00:00:53,499 have dwindled down to nothing. And a lot of that, many of them have 5 00:00:53,499 --> 00:00:57,169 been really affected by Covid. And. And we're doing that with Brother 6 00:00:57,169 --> 00:00:59,769 Wiggins, right? So Brother Wiggins took the church there in 7 00:00:59,929 --> 00:01:06,129 Mobile, Alabama, running about 20, 25, but, you know, five acres 8 00:01:06,129 --> 00:01:13,089 with a building and paid for. Why would we as Baptists just say, 9 00:01:13,089 --> 00:01:16,649 okay, we'll just shut down and let that five acres and that building 10 00:01:16,649 --> 00:01:20,929 be. No, no, no, there's five acres there in a building. And so 11 00:01:20,929 --> 00:01:24,169 we want to go in and revitalize these churches. And that's 12 00:01:24,169 --> 00:01:26,529 what we're doing with Brother Wiggins. We're doing that in Roanoke. 13 00:01:26,529 --> 00:01:30,369 Not Roanoke. We're doing that in Rockwall with Brother Tony Roa. 14 00:01:30,369 --> 00:01:33,769 Some of y' all know, Ms. Roa is on our staff here at the school. 15 00:01:33,849 --> 00:01:38,569 And there, that church that he took is needing to be revived, and 16 00:01:38,569 --> 00:01:40,849 he's doing a great job over there. And I could name off several 17 00:01:40,849 --> 00:01:43,849 others of churches that had dwindled down. I believe Brother 18 00:01:44,089 --> 00:01:49,399 Martinez, they were down to two there in Portland. And so. So 19 00:01:49,799 --> 00:01:53,719 these are churches that need. And I could tell you a lot of other 20 00:01:54,359 --> 00:01:58,799 cliches that I won't do tonight. It's harder to raise the 21 00:01:58,799 --> 00:02:02,919 dead than he probably knows all of them. And sometimes it is 22 00:02:02,919 --> 00:02:06,159 easier to do things like we're doing in the Kona, where you just 23 00:02:06,159 --> 00:02:10,759 say, okay, it's good. Let's dissolve it and start brand new. 24 00:02:11,479 --> 00:02:16,409 But be in prayer for projects like this. And. And we treat them. 25 00:02:16,409 --> 00:02:21,089 We pretty well treat them as we should, as church planters when 26 00:02:21,089 --> 00:02:24,049 you have two people left. But one of the things we have learned 27 00:02:24,049 --> 00:02:27,529 and our church has learned over the years is the hump of getting 28 00:02:27,529 --> 00:02:33,609 a building and getting a place permanently to meet in. It's a mountain. 29 00:02:33,849 --> 00:02:37,649 And for you to already have a building and already have the land 30 00:02:37,649 --> 00:02:43,699 and it's paid for, and if people cooperate, man, what God can 31 00:02:43,699 --> 00:02:47,419 do. So he's done that with Brother Martinez, and we're excited 32 00:02:47,419 --> 00:02:50,819 about that. I met Brother Martinez at the same place, at the 33 00:02:50,819 --> 00:02:53,699 same meeting that I met Brother James, who preached Monday 34 00:02:53,699 --> 00:02:56,899 night. And we started supporting him about two and a half 35 00:02:56,899 --> 00:02:59,779 years ago, some around there. And so Brother Martinez, you come 36 00:02:59,779 --> 00:03:02,939 on and he's got a presentation that he's going to preach for us. 37 00:03:11,509 --> 00:03:16,149 I was going to let the video first, please. Thank you. Heritage 38 00:03:16,149 --> 00:03:19,109 Baptist Church for the Opportunity to be here. It's a blessing. 39 00:03:19,109 --> 00:03:22,389 I rejoice what the Lord is doing in our church and our ministry 40 00:03:22,389 --> 00:03:26,829 there and Grace Baptist Church. My wife here, my family, 41 00:03:26,829 --> 00:03:30,389 if you can just stand real quick, Mariah. And this is Mariah. 42 00:03:30,789 --> 00:03:34,129 We've been married 11 years. And this is Noah, the oldest, and 43 00:03:34,129 --> 00:03:37,649 then Elia, the middle. And then I have a two year old, Annalee, 44 00:03:37,649 --> 00:03:42,289 in the nursery where she belongs there. And so I rejoice, 45 00:03:42,289 --> 00:03:47,249 Pastor Crawford, to see what God is doing. And whenever I get 46 00:03:47,249 --> 00:03:51,449 discouraged, I see what the Lord is doing in others and what 47 00:03:51,449 --> 00:03:55,529 the Lord is doing and people getting saved, people getting baptized. 48 00:03:55,929 --> 00:04:01,589 And that's what God shows me, how to keep going because of other 49 00:04:01,589 --> 00:04:05,629 people. And so, as you can see there in the video, that's brother 50 00:04:05,629 --> 00:04:10,989 Charlie. And he was all about rock and roll, dressed in black and 51 00:04:11,469 --> 00:04:17,749 just all this craziness, bad words and loud music. And he didn't 52 00:04:17,749 --> 00:04:20,749 want nothing to do with like Christians and church and all that. 53 00:04:21,069 --> 00:04:25,629 Actually, I was told that the previous pastor visited him like 54 00:04:26,049 --> 00:04:29,489 maybe one time. And so he said, no, I don't want nothing to 55 00:04:29,489 --> 00:04:33,649 do. And he said, go, go away, you know. And so after some time 56 00:04:35,169 --> 00:04:40,409 we, because they first came to church and then we went to his home 57 00:04:40,409 --> 00:04:45,969 and then I talked to him about salvation. And so after that he understood. 58 00:04:45,969 --> 00:04:49,409 And it took a little while, but he was ready. He was kind of 59 00:04:49,409 --> 00:04:56,018 like I would say, all broken. And so he was ready to serve the 60 00:04:56,018 --> 00:05:00,338 Lord. And he's been there, faithful for all this year and 10 61 00:05:00,338 --> 00:05:04,818 months. And so we see that family just being there. His kids 62 00:05:05,058 --> 00:05:09,138 been going there. They went so many with us last week. And so we 63 00:05:09,138 --> 00:05:12,578 just see the growth in their family, we see the blessing of God 64 00:05:12,658 --> 00:05:17,058 and we have many stories there. But I want to get with you. 65 00:05:17,378 --> 00:05:20,428 There's many things that I could say about our church that, 66 00:05:20,499 --> 00:05:25,059 that the Lord is doing. We got two weeks ago, we got about one baptism 67 00:05:25,299 --> 00:05:31,299 and we got about five, six visitors. And then my wife was able 68 00:05:31,299 --> 00:05:34,579 to witness a girl, young girl, 16 year old, she got saved. She's 69 00:05:34,579 --> 00:05:38,419 been coming for three weeks. And so we see the blessing of God 70 00:05:38,419 --> 00:05:42,819 that the call of God. And just to keep the thing, the main thing, 71 00:05:42,979 --> 00:05:46,619 we want to be soul winners wherever we at. And we just want 72 00:05:46,619 --> 00:05:50,879 to. I talk to pastors, I talk to missionaries, I talk to anyone 73 00:05:50,879 --> 00:05:54,119 I can about how to grow the church. And it's always the same 74 00:05:54,119 --> 00:05:57,559 thing. Just go and find someone to share the gospel, to share 75 00:05:57,559 --> 00:06:02,359 Jesus, because that is where is the change, the difference in 76 00:06:02,359 --> 00:06:05,759 our lives. And so I just want to encourage you, if you're kind 77 00:06:05,759 --> 00:06:08,559 of discouraged, just go and knock someone else door or just go 78 00:06:08,559 --> 00:06:11,679 give a gospel tract. And they will tell you their lies, they will 79 00:06:11,679 --> 00:06:13,959 tell you their testimony, and you will be like, what I'm going 80 00:06:13,959 --> 00:06:17,899 through is nothing compared to what others are going through. We 81 00:06:17,899 --> 00:06:23,459 have a lady that has three tumors in her body. And so just a 82 00:06:23,459 --> 00:06:26,979 month ago, she surrendered her life to give it to the Lord. She's 83 00:06:26,979 --> 00:06:30,939 been going. Now she works harder than me now because she's 84 00:06:30,939 --> 00:06:35,219 there like four or five days through the week. And so she is there. 85 00:06:35,219 --> 00:06:38,539 I'm like, mariah, we need to be there before she gets there. And 86 00:06:38,539 --> 00:06:44,019 she just giving her life to God and just want to serve the Lord. 87 00:06:44,019 --> 00:06:48,939 And so we are excited that God is touching his heart and touching 88 00:06:48,939 --> 00:06:52,659 people's lives. And it is a blessing. And so I'm just going to 89 00:06:52,659 --> 00:06:56,219 go to the Bible. If you could open the Bible with me. And the Gospel 90 00:06:56,219 --> 00:07:00,739 of Mark, chapter five. Mark, chapter five. Another funny story 91 00:07:00,739 --> 00:07:05,619 I will mention right now is about my kids. I go tell everybody 92 00:07:05,619 --> 00:07:08,979 about this because I think it's funny. I think maybe some of 93 00:07:08,979 --> 00:07:13,169 your kids are the same. I see many kids here, so I'm just gonna 94 00:07:13,169 --> 00:07:17,489 go ahead and say it. So a couple months ago, we were just inside 95 00:07:17,489 --> 00:07:20,329 the house, and my wife and I were talking about some things, and 96 00:07:20,329 --> 00:07:23,889 all of a sudden we hear some noises on the roof. And we're like, 97 00:07:23,889 --> 00:07:26,489 what is that? What's going on? You know, it's like, squirrel. No, 98 00:07:26,489 --> 00:07:29,649 that sounds like someone is on top of the roof. So what's going 99 00:07:29,649 --> 00:07:33,609 on? And so I got up and I went outside. I started looking around. 100 00:07:33,769 --> 00:07:38,759 I look at the roof and it's my kids, Elijah, Noah, on the roof, 101 00:07:39,639 --> 00:07:44,839 running and just jumping into the trampoline. Just like, nothing. 102 00:07:45,399 --> 00:07:48,719 And then I was just. They didn't see me yet. And they were 103 00:07:48,719 --> 00:07:52,919 going back through a pole and climbing like this and on the roof 104 00:07:52,919 --> 00:07:55,999 all the way to the pitch and running with everything they could 105 00:07:55,999 --> 00:07:59,959 use, like a flip into the trampoline. I said, babe, come here, 106 00:07:59,959 --> 00:08:02,359 come here. Look at this. We were always looking. They didn't 107 00:08:02,359 --> 00:08:06,579 see. When they saw us, they were like. And they just went, like, 108 00:08:06,579 --> 00:08:11,019 down slowly went down. And they knew they were in trouble. They 109 00:08:11,019 --> 00:08:13,419 went back inside. And I was just like. I didn't know if I should 110 00:08:13,419 --> 00:08:16,779 get upset. Pastor Crawford, I don't know if I should just tell 111 00:08:16,779 --> 00:08:21,459 them, but they knew they were in trouble. So I said, just go to 112 00:08:21,459 --> 00:08:25,099 your room and wait. And I was like, what should I do? And so I'm 113 00:08:25,099 --> 00:08:28,419 like, I didn't tell him. I explained afterwards, I tell them, 114 00:08:28,419 --> 00:08:30,629 you know, guys, that's dangerous, you know, you couldn't 115 00:08:30,779 --> 00:08:35,339 get hurt. And so we. But I don't know, it's just pray for me 116 00:08:35,339 --> 00:08:40,859 as I have my ministry, my family, my kids there. Annalee, the 117 00:08:40,859 --> 00:08:46,259 little girl, 2 year old, is just, you know, giving us all these 118 00:08:46,259 --> 00:08:50,539 type of lessons in life. And so pray for us as we continue serving 119 00:08:50,539 --> 00:08:54,979 the Lord and have our team there with our family. By the way, 120 00:08:54,979 --> 00:08:58,219 they go with us every time we can two, three days out of the week. 121 00:08:58,219 --> 00:09:04,089 So winning. Noah and Eli go by themselves. And so sometimes we can't 122 00:09:04,089 --> 00:09:07,169 talk to the kids, right, because whatever law is going on. 123 00:09:07,889 --> 00:09:11,449 So went in, but they go and talk to them. And so they go by themselves 124 00:09:11,449 --> 00:09:14,169 and knock. Of course we're in the next house looking at them, but 125 00:09:14,169 --> 00:09:18,529 they go and talk. And I can't tell you how many times they invited 126 00:09:18,529 --> 00:09:24,209 someone to go to church. And so we're going to use our children 127 00:09:24,289 --> 00:09:29,189 as arrows for the Lord. Amen. And mark chapter five, verse 25. 128 00:09:29,589 --> 00:09:36,789 And we're going to go all the way to verse 36, 30. If you can read 129 00:09:36,789 --> 00:09:40,429 with me. I don't know if you guys stand or you can stay seated. 130 00:09:40,429 --> 00:09:43,629 I don't know how you do it here in your church, but if you just 131 00:09:43,629 --> 00:09:47,429 can read with me together. Verse 25 all the way to verse 30. 132 00:09:47,589 --> 00:09:52,619 The Bible says, read with me. And a certain woman, which had an 133 00:09:52,619 --> 00:09:56,499 issue of blood 12 years and had suffered many things of many 134 00:09:56,499 --> 00:10:01,459 physicians, had spent all that she had and was nothing better, but 135 00:10:01,459 --> 00:10:05,939 rather grew worse when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press 136 00:10:05,939 --> 00:10:10,979 behind and touched his garment. For she said, if I may touch 137 00:10:10,979 --> 00:10:15,059 by his clothes, I should be whole. And straightway the fountain 138 00:10:15,059 --> 00:10:19,219 of her blood was dried up and she fell on her body that she was 139 00:10:19,219 --> 00:10:23,949 healed the plague. And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that 140 00:10:23,949 --> 00:10:28,069 virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press and 141 00:10:28,069 --> 00:10:35,069 said, who touched my clothes? And then in verse 34, Bible says, 142 00:10:35,069 --> 00:10:40,029 if you read with me. And he said unto her, daughter, thy faith 143 00:10:40,029 --> 00:10:44,789 had made thee whole. Go in peace and be whole of the plague. 144 00:10:44,789 --> 00:10:48,049 Let's pray for Father. I pray that you bless this time. Bless your 145 00:10:48,049 --> 00:10:52,409 word, Lord. I pray that help me to be a blessing, help me to encourage, 146 00:10:52,409 --> 00:10:56,609 help me to support, help me to just give your word, Lord. There's 147 00:10:56,609 --> 00:11:00,009 power in your word. There's power in you, Lord. And I am nothing. 148 00:11:00,009 --> 00:11:03,969 I'm nobody, Lord, and you are everything. So I want to give back 149 00:11:03,969 --> 00:11:09,129 the glory to you. I pray that anyone here tonight that maybe is 150 00:11:09,129 --> 00:11:11,609 going through discouragement, maybe they're going through anxiety, 151 00:11:11,609 --> 00:11:14,459 maybe going through a situation in their lives. Lord, I 152 00:11:14,459 --> 00:11:17,939 pray that through your word and through you, maybe someone that 153 00:11:18,739 --> 00:11:23,139 does not know you, Lord, and you are not their Savior, you're 154 00:11:23,139 --> 00:11:26,299 not their Lord. I pray that you would touch their heart. Holy 155 00:11:26,299 --> 00:11:30,259 Spirit, I ask you to help me in this moment. I yield myself to 156 00:11:30,259 --> 00:11:36,419 you and use me in Jesus name. Amen. So we have here this lady that 157 00:11:36,419 --> 00:11:45,439 comes to a situation and verse, verse 25, we see that this 158 00:11:45,439 --> 00:11:51,119 woman at the end of the verse says, but rather grew worse. And 159 00:11:51,119 --> 00:11:57,919 so she had a problem. She had a situation like you and I. She was 160 00:11:57,919 --> 00:12:04,559 going through something that no one could help. If you keep reading 161 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,599 a couple more verses, it says that she spent money on it. She was 162 00:12:08,599 --> 00:12:12,919 trying to find a solution in her life. She was trying to just 163 00:12:13,799 --> 00:12:20,159 find a way to overcome her problem. I don't know about you this 164 00:12:20,159 --> 00:12:25,879 evening, but all of us are going through something. We all battling 165 00:12:25,959 --> 00:12:31,319 something, we all facing a giant. We all been in the hospital 166 00:12:32,119 --> 00:12:37,269 or we are in the hospital, I don't know. We are going through 167 00:12:37,269 --> 00:12:44,709 different situations. And the more that I serve the Lord as a pastor, 168 00:12:45,589 --> 00:12:52,549 I find out that people have a lot of problems. And so this evening, 169 00:12:52,629 --> 00:12:56,709 if I could get a little bit of your attention, my brothers and sisters, 170 00:12:57,349 --> 00:13:01,599 I just want to show you through this, the word of God, that 171 00:13:01,599 --> 00:13:05,359 whatever you're going through tonight, the solution is in Jesus 172 00:13:05,359 --> 00:13:10,959 Christ. I've been a pastor for almost two years and I can tell you 173 00:13:10,959 --> 00:13:15,239 right now about five testimonies what Jesus has done in 174 00:13:15,239 --> 00:13:20,439 people's lives. One of them, I'm going to tell you tonight that 175 00:13:20,919 --> 00:13:26,799 she shot herself a couple years ago. And so she came in a wheelchair 176 00:13:26,799 --> 00:13:31,839 the first time to our church. She was not open to anything. She 177 00:13:31,839 --> 00:13:35,559 just came because her daughter came first. And then her daughter 178 00:13:36,439 --> 00:13:40,439 brought her to church. So she had this face, like close. And no 179 00:13:40,519 --> 00:13:44,159 connection with nobody. No smiling, no singing, no opening the 180 00:13:44,159 --> 00:13:49,399 Bible, no nothing. Just close to everything. After about five months, 181 00:13:49,959 --> 00:13:55,479 six months praying and just doing what the Lord says in his Word. 182 00:13:55,579 --> 00:13:59,809 And we shared Jesus. We did what we have to do. We pray, we fast, 183 00:13:59,809 --> 00:14:04,849 we just did as a church does, being a lie to others. She began 184 00:14:04,849 --> 00:14:12,089 to smile. She began to open up. She began and finally she accepted 185 00:14:12,089 --> 00:14:18,569 the Lord. Now she comes with the Bible, now she sits, now she 186 00:14:18,569 --> 00:14:23,209 sings. Now she's even inviting people. Believe me or not, now she 187 00:14:23,209 --> 00:14:29,089 gives gospel tracts. Who gives gospel tracts? The one who have Them. 188 00:14:30,369 --> 00:14:32,529 So if you have some gospel tracts, you're going to give them. 189 00:14:33,809 --> 00:14:39,289 So this lady, we went to eat with her husband and she opened her 190 00:14:39,289 --> 00:14:42,889 purse and said, look, Pastor, I have gospel tracts. And she began 191 00:14:42,889 --> 00:14:47,009 giving the restaurant gospel tracts. My friend, my brother, my 192 00:14:47,009 --> 00:14:52,949 sister this evening, Jesus is real. There's power in Jesus. If 193 00:14:52,949 --> 00:14:56,829 you believe and in this woman, in this story in the Bible says that 194 00:14:56,829 --> 00:15:00,989 she believed. You can find there in verse 28 that says, for 195 00:15:00,989 --> 00:15:08,469 she said, if I may touch by his clothes, I shall be whole. I 196 00:15:08,469 --> 00:15:14,589 know that all of us, we are kind of looking to the American dream. 197 00:15:14,989 --> 00:15:20,139 Some of you, you already are there, you are established financially, 198 00:15:20,379 --> 00:15:24,699 you are settled in some of the goals, your life seems pretty good. 199 00:15:25,099 --> 00:15:28,539 But let me tell you, my brother and sister, there is no satisfaction 200 00:15:28,539 --> 00:15:32,299 without Jesus. You can't be complete without the Lord Jesus. 201 00:15:32,858 --> 00:15:36,139 I have in our church some of the people that are very professional, 202 00:15:36,139 --> 00:15:41,019 they are very successful. But how they came to our church, they 203 00:15:41,019 --> 00:15:44,219 began to talk to me and they say all their problems. And I can 204 00:15:44,219 --> 00:15:48,629 tell that money is not a solution. My brother and sister having 205 00:15:48,629 --> 00:15:52,829 a successful job is not a solution. Everything else in our 206 00:15:52,829 --> 00:15:57,989 life is not a solution. Jesus is the solution. And that's why God, 207 00:15:58,069 --> 00:16:03,749 our Lord, keeps calling us to do his will, to keep being alive 208 00:16:03,749 --> 00:16:08,069 wherever we are. John teenager this evening, I want to tell you 209 00:16:08,069 --> 00:16:12,709 right now to you, Jesus and God is looking for someone that has 210 00:16:12,709 --> 00:16:17,879 a heart for him. And if God's speaking to you, God's been showing 211 00:16:17,879 --> 00:16:22,399 you a way. Don't say no to God. God is calling. Especially in 212 00:16:22,399 --> 00:16:25,199 our time that we don't know when Jesus is going to come back. 213 00:16:26,239 --> 00:16:31,359 Jesus is calling, is still looking. And so in our story here 214 00:16:31,359 --> 00:16:36,159 in the Bible, we find this lady, that she had a problem situation. 215 00:16:37,199 --> 00:16:41,679 And though she everything seems that it was going worse. I 216 00:16:41,679 --> 00:16:44,279 don't know if you've been there, my brother and sister, that 217 00:16:44,279 --> 00:16:48,239 you look at the bills, you look at the family, you see your 218 00:16:48,239 --> 00:16:51,839 wife, you see your husband and. And then you cry when nobody's 219 00:16:51,839 --> 00:16:56,279 around. You go to sleep, you can't sleep. You probably had nightmares 220 00:16:56,279 --> 00:16:59,838 about the situation. And then the morning comes and you don't know 221 00:16:59,838 --> 00:17:02,919 what to do. And it seems that things are getting worse and worse. 222 00:17:03,159 --> 00:17:06,759 Let me tell you this evening, it doesn't have to be like that. 223 00:17:07,559 --> 00:17:11,979 Believe in the Lord, believe that Jesus will give us a solution, 224 00:17:11,979 --> 00:17:15,779 will help us. Look what it says in the Bible in verse right 225 00:17:15,779 --> 00:17:21,859 there. 33. The Bible says, but the woman, fearing and trembling, 226 00:17:21,939 --> 00:17:26,859 knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him. Let 227 00:17:26,859 --> 00:17:32,299 me tell you real quick. We can't understand nothing about God 228 00:17:32,299 --> 00:17:37,469 and Jesus if first we don't fall down before him. Let me say 229 00:17:37,469 --> 00:17:40,789 that again. You cannot understand the Lord Jesus and his 230 00:17:40,789 --> 00:17:46,269 ways if you don't fell down before him. This woman understood 231 00:17:46,429 --> 00:17:49,549 that there was something different about this man. It was 232 00:17:49,549 --> 00:17:53,309 something different about this preacher or prophet. There was something 233 00:17:53,309 --> 00:17:58,989 real. And she decided to honor him as someone beyond a man. So she 234 00:17:58,989 --> 00:18:03,969 fell down right away, all the way. And according to the scholars, 235 00:18:03,969 --> 00:18:08,649 they said they fell down all the way to her, face down. And so, 236 00:18:08,649 --> 00:18:12,689 my brother and sister, God cannot work in our lives if we don't 237 00:18:13,329 --> 00:18:19,889 humble ourselves before him. We have to give it all 100%. Let's 238 00:18:19,889 --> 00:18:23,209 see what else happened here in our word, the Word of God, it says 239 00:18:23,209 --> 00:18:29,899 in verse 2033, it says, fell down before him and told him all 240 00:18:29,899 --> 00:18:33,579 the truth. We have to be sincere with the Lord. We have to 241 00:18:33,579 --> 00:18:37,019 open up, not just fell down all the way, but open our hearts 242 00:18:37,019 --> 00:18:40,139 all the way. Look at the Lord and say, this is what's going on, 243 00:18:40,139 --> 00:18:47,219 Lord, let me talk to you. And then after that, verse 34, it says, 244 00:18:48,099 --> 00:18:53,099 and he said unto her, daughter, I don't know if your Bible, 245 00:18:53,099 --> 00:18:58,509 but my Bible is read because Jesus is speaking now. And so you 246 00:18:58,509 --> 00:19:03,909 can connect, understand God's way or the Lord's way, if you're 247 00:19:03,909 --> 00:19:11,349 not falling down and allow him to speak to you, open up your heart. 248 00:19:11,829 --> 00:19:17,669 And also, you will not understand anything if you are not 249 00:19:17,669 --> 00:19:23,439 a child of God. Jesus said, daughter, what? Why? Because she 250 00:19:23,439 --> 00:19:28,599 already believed. She already accepted him. Many of us, I don't 251 00:19:28,599 --> 00:19:33,279 know in this church right now and Heritage Baptist Church, I don't 252 00:19:33,279 --> 00:19:39,959 know. All of us, we have Jesus in our hearts. I hope you do. But 253 00:19:39,959 --> 00:19:42,999 if you don't have Jesus in your heart, you are not a child of 254 00:19:42,999 --> 00:19:46,199 God. You have to have Jesus in your heart. You have to believe that 255 00:19:46,199 --> 00:19:48,869 you're a sinner. You have to believe that there is a consequence 256 00:19:48,869 --> 00:19:52,829 for the sin. You have to accept the Lord as Savior, as Lord 257 00:19:52,829 --> 00:19:56,629 as king, in your life and your personal life. It's not just Jesus 258 00:19:56,629 --> 00:19:59,949 for the whole world of this church, but it's my Jesus, it's my 259 00:19:59,949 --> 00:20:04,749 God, it's my King, it's mine. And so it begins in our hearts with 260 00:20:04,749 --> 00:20:08,589 salvation. And so God can come, the Lord can come to you and 261 00:20:08,589 --> 00:20:15,319 say, my daughter, my child, my son. So tonight God is speaking to 262 00:20:15,319 --> 00:20:21,359 you and to me and is saying, daughter, son, daughter, son, what 263 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:25,679 is your need? What is your problem? What are you Going through. 264 00:20:26,159 --> 00:20:34,639 Daughter, son, son, daughter. What is going on? Have you talked 265 00:20:34,639 --> 00:20:39,519 to me? When was the last time we went to our room or closet or 266 00:20:39,519 --> 00:20:42,679 wherever? You have a spot there and you cry before God, before 267 00:20:42,679 --> 00:20:46,849 Jesus, and you spoke with them and you said, lord, I don't understand. 268 00:20:47,329 --> 00:20:51,249 I don't know, the hospital, the veil, this burden, this weight. 269 00:20:51,489 --> 00:20:57,209 I'm tired, I don't have energy, this sickness, Lord, when 270 00:20:57,209 --> 00:21:03,249 was the last time we opened up, we went, came to the Lord, and 271 00:21:03,249 --> 00:21:09,049 our Lord said, daughter, son. And then after that we see that Jesus 272 00:21:09,049 --> 00:21:15,579 says in verse 34, thy faith had made thee whole. Oh, by the way, 273 00:21:15,579 --> 00:21:20,299 that's what I want to talk about tonight. It says verse 34, 274 00:21:20,299 --> 00:21:27,179 Thy faith had made thee whole. Thy faith had made thee whole. Thy 275 00:21:27,179 --> 00:21:32,539 faith, your faith, my faith, brothers and sisters, my faith towards 276 00:21:32,539 --> 00:21:35,939 God, towards Jesus, to our Lord is what is going to make us 277 00:21:35,939 --> 00:21:38,739 whole, is what is going to make us complete. It's going to make 278 00:21:38,739 --> 00:21:44,509 us satisfied. There's nothing else in this life. Then allow our 279 00:21:44,509 --> 00:21:49,349 Lord, Fulfill our soul and our physical body. Look what it says 280 00:21:49,349 --> 00:21:55,989 in verse 34. After that it says, go in peace. Go in peace and 281 00:21:55,989 --> 00:21:59,349 be whole of the plague. Whatever is your need tonight, whatever 282 00:21:59,349 --> 00:22:01,869 is your problem, whatever is the situation you're going through 283 00:22:01,869 --> 00:22:05,989 tonight, I just want to tell you this verse, and you were in the 284 00:22:05,989 --> 00:22:10,399 Bible that the Lord is saying to you, your faith that you have 285 00:22:10,399 --> 00:22:14,359 towards Jesus is going to make you whole, it's going to make you 286 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:18,079 complete. And then God is going to say to you, go in peace. 287 00:22:18,319 --> 00:22:21,759 You're going to have the peace of God. Let me tell you this example 288 00:22:21,999 --> 00:22:28,799 about what the Bible says. I was in my office about two months 289 00:22:28,799 --> 00:22:34,409 ago. I was just talking to a family, a couple there, a team. And 290 00:22:34,409 --> 00:22:37,089 so they were just sitting there. We're talking about the church 291 00:22:37,089 --> 00:22:39,849 and we're gonna do this ministry, the ministry, we're kind 292 00:22:39,849 --> 00:22:43,809 of like planification. Every Wednesday we have a meeting at 5, 293 00:22:43,889 --> 00:22:47,129 getting together about what else we're gonna do better. And so 294 00:22:47,129 --> 00:22:51,289 all. Suddenly someone comes and knocks on my door. They didn't 295 00:22:51,289 --> 00:22:55,689 knock, like just a little bit. They were like at my office. And 296 00:22:55,689 --> 00:22:59,569 I was like, okay. I opened the door, there was this mom crying. 297 00:23:00,419 --> 00:23:03,459 And then the son was crying. Both of them were crying, like with 298 00:23:03,459 --> 00:23:07,699 tears everywhere. And she was just like, pastor, can you help me? 299 00:23:07,939 --> 00:23:11,459 And then the son, he didn't want to look at me. He was just like 300 00:23:11,459 --> 00:23:15,779 down like this, just with a lot of tears. And I'm like, yeah, 301 00:23:16,099 --> 00:23:19,179 yeah, I can help you guys. Can you give me the room, please. They 302 00:23:19,179 --> 00:23:23,699 came in and they began to tell me all their problems, how this son 303 00:23:24,499 --> 00:23:29,289 got into a fight with his dad and were just fist punching each 304 00:23:29,289 --> 00:23:32,809 other, grabbing stuff and throwing to each other. A couple 305 00:23:32,809 --> 00:23:37,369 months ago, not just that, but they found that this son has been, 306 00:23:37,609 --> 00:23:43,969 he was doing drugs for a year and they didn't even know. They found 307 00:23:43,969 --> 00:23:48,289 out that the police had to come one of those days and they had 308 00:23:48,289 --> 00:23:54,519 to take him to jail because he was fighting again. They were paying 309 00:23:54,519 --> 00:23:59,959 about $100, $200 for session so they can take him to the, to the 310 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:06,079 counseling with someone. And so all these problems. But the last 311 00:24:06,079 --> 00:24:10,439 thing before they came to my office was that he said he was done 312 00:24:10,439 --> 00:24:17,159 with his life. And he said, I'm gonna end my life today. So he 313 00:24:17,159 --> 00:24:21,969 went and grabbed a knife, went to his room and he's about to just 314 00:24:22,449 --> 00:24:28,009 do, do something with the knife. So his older brother was there. 315 00:24:28,009 --> 00:24:31,329 He, he saw what he was doing, he intervened, grabbing the knife. 316 00:24:31,569 --> 00:24:37,129 So he went and grabbed a capsule or a lot of pills that he 317 00:24:37,129 --> 00:24:41,769 was taking because of an accident he had. And so he wanted 318 00:24:41,769 --> 00:24:45,779 to take all that in his mouth. And so the brother also stopped him 319 00:24:45,779 --> 00:24:50,379 to do that. And they were fighting again. So after that they 320 00:24:50,379 --> 00:24:55,419 rushed to the church and said, the mom said, pastor, I tried everything. 321 00:24:56,459 --> 00:25:00,219 I went with the police, I went with juvenile, I've been with the 322 00:25:00,219 --> 00:25:04,219 counseling, I've been everywhere, the hospital, I don't 323 00:25:04,219 --> 00:25:08,859 know anymore. I don't know what else to do. I don't understand, 324 00:25:09,419 --> 00:25:15,399 I don't know. Can you help me, please? So I sat down with this young 325 00:25:15,879 --> 00:25:21,239 teenager, 16 year old, and I allowed him to just tell me also 326 00:25:21,799 --> 00:25:26,119 everything he had to say. He said, that's true, that's true, Pastor. 327 00:25:26,759 --> 00:25:29,639 I don't know. I don't understand. I'm angry all the time. 328 00:25:29,639 --> 00:25:34,519 I'm mad. I don't care for nobody. I'm just so full of angry. 329 00:25:34,999 --> 00:25:40,909 I just want to, I don't know, I start crying. And he said, I didn't 330 00:25:40,909 --> 00:25:47,429 believe in God before. I have done a lot of sins in my life. And 331 00:25:47,429 --> 00:25:50,829 so he said, I don't know what else to do. So I began to talk to 332 00:25:50,829 --> 00:25:56,949 him about Jesus. And I can tell he is broken. He's ready to 333 00:25:56,949 --> 00:26:04,049 accept Jesus. We talked there for an hour and so crying. We were 334 00:26:04,049 --> 00:26:09,369 sitting on a chair, both of us. He said, pastor, I understood 335 00:26:09,369 --> 00:26:13,489 what I had to do now. Can I bow myself? And he bowed himself. 336 00:26:13,489 --> 00:26:18,609 He said, all the way like this and crying and tears going down. 337 00:26:19,088 --> 00:26:23,929 He accepted the Lord Jesus it's been two months. He's been there 338 00:26:23,929 --> 00:26:28,289 in church, every service. He brought three visitors to our church. 339 00:26:28,289 --> 00:26:32,839 Two of them got saved. One of them, he went two times already to 340 00:26:32,839 --> 00:26:37,399 soul winning. He's been going soul winning. The other week he called 341 00:26:37,399 --> 00:26:40,559 me and said, pastor, I don't feel like going to soul winning because 342 00:26:40,879 --> 00:26:44,239 I'm tired. I have school, I have all these things. But I feel 343 00:26:44,239 --> 00:26:47,999 that the Lord is telling me to go, so I'm coming. He came all tired 344 00:26:47,999 --> 00:26:52,719 from school, when did some sports and he came and he was just 345 00:26:52,719 --> 00:26:56,399 tired once or winning with me. Brothers and sisters, I don't know. 346 00:26:56,799 --> 00:27:00,939 I don't know about you, but that there is a miracle of God. This 347 00:27:00,939 --> 00:27:04,779 kid with drugs, with all these problems, with violence and all that 348 00:27:04,779 --> 00:27:11,979 stuff, and his mom tried everything. It didn't work. If you 349 00:27:11,979 --> 00:27:17,939 believe that Jesus is the way. If you believe that Jesus is Lord, 350 00:27:18,499 --> 00:27:21,659 then my brother and sisters, we're going to do something about 351 00:27:21,659 --> 00:27:28,789 it. We're going to believe in him and talk to him and just do something 352 00:27:28,789 --> 00:27:36,789 about it. So reading again. Verse 34, it says, and he said unto 353 00:27:36,789 --> 00:27:44,789 her, daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. Go in peace and 354 00:27:44,789 --> 00:27:49,549 be whole of the plague. I would like to tell you three things 355 00:27:49,549 --> 00:27:56,469 real quick. Number one, Persist. Persist through your pain. 356 00:27:57,349 --> 00:28:01,309 Persist in the Lord through your pain or the situation that you're 357 00:28:01,309 --> 00:28:06,029 going through. Persist. Keep going. Keep believing. Knowing that 358 00:28:06,029 --> 00:28:09,829 the Lord, he give us eternal life. He can help us with our problem. 359 00:28:10,949 --> 00:28:21,549 Act and bold and faith. Act. Being bold, having boldness to do 360 00:28:21,549 --> 00:28:27,709 something in our faith. Maybe for you is being bold to come to 361 00:28:27,709 --> 00:28:31,549 the altar to give a gospel tract, to talk to someone about Jesus. 362 00:28:31,709 --> 00:28:35,629 I don't know. Whatever the Lord will put in your heart. Then 363 00:28:35,629 --> 00:28:40,429 number three, seek a personal encounter with Jesus. Seek a personal 364 00:28:40,669 --> 00:28:43,949 encounter and experience something that you would do with 365 00:28:43,949 --> 00:28:52,989 the Lord. Persist, act and seek. Someone said the beginning 366 00:28:53,709 --> 00:29:00,429 of the anxiety as the end of fate. The beginning of the anxiety 367 00:29:01,069 --> 00:29:07,229 is the end of faith. And the beginning of faith is the end of 368 00:29:07,229 --> 00:29:15,809 anxiety. Brothers and sisters, the word of God is real. I have other 369 00:29:15,809 --> 00:29:20,329 stories. I have like three or four more to give you. God is real. 370 00:29:20,409 --> 00:29:25,529 Do you believe? Do you follow? The Lord is God, your Lord, that 371 00:29:25,529 --> 00:29:28,649 you say, I love you, God. But are we showing? Are we doing something 372 00:29:28,649 --> 00:29:35,439 with the Lord? And if you are, then you and I should keep doing 373 00:29:35,679 --> 00:29:40,919 the things that we please, our God. If you can bow your head and 374 00:29:40,919 --> 00:29:48,559 close your eyes this evening if you would like to make a decision 375 00:29:49,599 --> 00:29:54,959 about this verse, whatever the Lord is calling you, whatever the 376 00:29:54,959 --> 00:29:57,399 Lord is saying to you, whatever Jesus is saying to you through 377 00:29:57,399 --> 00:30:03,099 that trouble problem struggle you having tonight, believe in the 378 00:30:03,099 --> 00:30:09,699 Lord. Remembering this, Jesus said, daughter, son, thy faith shall 379 00:30:09,699 --> 00:30:14,099 make you whole. Your faith towards me is going to make you complete 380 00:30:14,099 --> 00:30:19,579 satisfied. I'm going to fulfill you with my spirit. Go in 381 00:30:19,579 --> 00:30:23,699 peace. I don't know what you're going through. Will you talk 382 00:30:23,699 --> 00:30:28,509 to the Lord? Will you pray? Will you make a decision? Will you 383 00:30:28,829 --> 00:30:34,909 just surrender? Humble yourself before Almighty God. He 384 00:30:34,909 --> 00:30:41,189 will lead us and guide us. Salvation, restoration, dealing with 385 00:30:41,189 --> 00:30:45,229 sin, whatever it is, God is there. Pastor Crawford. 386 00:30:54,599 --> 00:31:00,319 Faith is such a big subject in the Bible. It's faith by which we 387 00:31:00,319 --> 00:31:07,839 are saved. It's faith by which we should live. And again, I'll never 388 00:31:07,839 --> 00:31:15,519 forget again what you think of God. What you believe about God is 389 00:31:15,519 --> 00:31:23,329 the most important thing about you. Aw tells her. And when our faith 390 00:31:23,329 --> 00:31:28,529 in God is like this lady who came to just a touch, if I could 391 00:31:28,529 --> 00:31:33,409 just touch the hem of his garment. Just that kind of faith 392 00:31:34,129 --> 00:31:37,609 that no matter what you're going through, that if you just get 393 00:31:37,609 --> 00:31:43,049 to Jesus, if you'll just trust him, you'll just put your faith in 394 00:31:43,049 --> 00:31:49,749 Him. He'll take care of that problem. We've been dealing with 395 00:31:49,749 --> 00:31:52,589 a lot of problems this week here at the church. And again, families 396 00:31:52,589 --> 00:31:57,469 and people as this brother Martinez deals with too. As a pastor, 397 00:31:58,029 --> 00:32:03,509 I just think as I met with a family yesterday and one today, I'm 398 00:32:03,509 --> 00:32:07,469 so thankful that I have a Savior who can overcome any problem 399 00:32:07,869 --> 00:32:13,519 in my life. It's such a pointed message. Tonight I needed 400 00:32:13,519 --> 00:32:18,079 it. Let's all stand, we'll have a first invitation. Lord spoke 401 00:32:18,079 --> 00:32:22,439 to your heart you come Israel on the altar hymn 156.