1 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,744 But let's talk about airplane mode, because this is what the Lord 2 00:00:10,792 --> 00:00:12,140 showed me prophetically. 3 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:14,420 Oh, thank you so much. 4 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:18,184 So the Lord showed me something prophetically for airplane 5 00:00:18,232 --> 00:00:23,704 mode is that the concept is you put your phone, which is a constant 6 00:00:23,752 --> 00:00:28,204 distraction, on airplane mode so that the plane can actually lift 7 00:00:28,252 --> 00:00:28,840 off. 8 00:00:29,220 --> 00:00:32,012 And then when you get to cruising altitude, they give you 9 00:00:32,036 --> 00:00:34,284 wifi where you can reconnect your phone. 10 00:00:34,412 --> 00:00:37,292 And so here's the concept that I feel like the Lord wants me to 11 00:00:37,316 --> 00:00:37,836 show you. 12 00:00:37,908 --> 00:00:42,844 There's many of you that have never put your distractions in airplane 13 00:00:42,892 --> 00:00:43,308 mode. 14 00:00:43,404 --> 00:00:46,080 Therefore your purpose has never taken flight. 15 00:00:47,380 --> 00:00:48,220 So it's like. 16 00:00:48,260 --> 00:00:52,172 But the difference between God and Delta Airlines is that the plane 17 00:00:52,236 --> 00:00:56,242 will not take off until you actually put it on airplane mode. 18 00:00:56,436 --> 00:01:00,614 So God is calling you to learn the power of the pause. 19 00:01:00,742 --> 00:01:02,326 This is the big concept. 20 00:01:02,438 --> 00:01:06,278 So in Mark, chapter 6, verse 31, and he said to him, come away 21 00:01:06,334 --> 00:01:08,822 by yourselves to a desolate place. 22 00:01:09,006 --> 00:01:10,630 What does desolate place mean? 23 00:01:10,670 --> 00:01:12,758 It means there's nothing else there. 24 00:01:12,894 --> 00:01:16,454 I mean, how boring is your phone without wi fi? 25 00:01:16,582 --> 00:01:18,198 It's a desolate place. 26 00:01:18,334 --> 00:01:21,014 I mean, there's only so long that you can spend in your notes 27 00:01:21,062 --> 00:01:21,462 app. 28 00:01:21,566 --> 00:01:23,978 Have you ever tried to use your phone without Internet? 29 00:01:24,134 --> 00:01:26,898 And you try to do all the things you go through, your pictures 30 00:01:26,994 --> 00:01:27,666 and the long. 31 00:01:27,738 --> 00:01:28,790 It's boring. 32 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:33,922 But this is what he was saying, put your life on airplane 33 00:01:33,986 --> 00:01:34,610 mode. 34 00:01:34,770 --> 00:01:36,626 What is a desolate place? 35 00:01:36,778 --> 00:01:40,466 A desolate place is a place without any form of entertainment. 36 00:01:40,498 --> 00:01:44,434 There's not even, by the way, a desolate place doesn't have waterfalls. 37 00:01:44,562 --> 00:01:48,274 A desolate place doesn't have like awe inspiring mountains to look 38 00:01:48,282 --> 00:01:48,546 at. 39 00:01:48,618 --> 00:01:50,674 A desolate place is like the desert. 40 00:01:50,722 --> 00:01:52,070 It's like the wilderness. 41 00:01:52,210 --> 00:01:56,970 So he was saying, go to a desolate place and rest a while. 42 00:01:57,510 --> 00:01:58,126 So there's. 43 00:01:58,158 --> 00:02:00,290 I wanna just show you this in the scriptures. 44 00:02:00,630 --> 00:02:05,342 So desolate place means a place free of distractions. 45 00:02:05,486 --> 00:02:08,750 And it says, come away by yourselves there and then rest a 46 00:02:08,790 --> 00:02:09,326 while. 47 00:02:09,478 --> 00:02:13,742 So there's a designation of time, rest a while. 48 00:02:13,846 --> 00:02:19,332 For many were coming and going and they had no leisure even to eat. 49 00:02:19,476 --> 00:02:22,692 We have now come to this point where we don't have leisure in our 50 00:02:22,716 --> 00:02:23,044 life. 51 00:02:23,132 --> 00:02:26,580 And by the way, this is what we think our phone is our phone. 52 00:02:26,660 --> 00:02:29,108 Like while we're at work, we're on our phone. 53 00:02:29,204 --> 00:02:32,084 I'm not gonna tell your boss you're all good. 54 00:02:32,252 --> 00:02:33,684 This is a sacred place. 55 00:02:33,772 --> 00:02:35,732 I'm not gonna call your boss and tell him. 56 00:02:35,836 --> 00:02:37,684 But you're on your phone while you're at work. 57 00:02:37,772 --> 00:02:41,396 Then you come home and you're on your phone as a form of entertainment 58 00:02:41,428 --> 00:02:42,356 when you're at home. 59 00:02:42,508 --> 00:02:46,062 So your phone is always on and it's always going. 60 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:52,766 And what that's creating in our life is this very dangerous cocktail 61 00:02:52,878 --> 00:02:57,118 of never ending stimulation, never ending dopamine. 62 00:02:57,214 --> 00:02:58,750 And so I wanna show you this. 63 00:02:58,870 --> 00:03:00,606 Cause the Lord's been dealing with me. 64 00:03:00,758 --> 00:03:03,038 Rest is not optional. 65 00:03:03,214 --> 00:03:07,534 And I didn't use the word sleep, so I wanna show you something. 66 00:03:07,622 --> 00:03:09,918 I'm not talking about sleep. 67 00:03:10,014 --> 00:03:10,650 Right. 68 00:03:11,210 --> 00:03:13,186 This is not the same thing. 69 00:03:13,338 --> 00:03:17,954 Rest versus sleep, we all need sleep, but I'm talking about rest. 70 00:03:18,122 --> 00:03:19,874 Rest is not optional. 71 00:03:20,002 --> 00:03:22,258 It's built into creation. 72 00:03:22,434 --> 00:03:25,938 So there's laws that govern this entire existence. 73 00:03:26,114 --> 00:03:29,310 And let me kind of break this down for you. 74 00:03:29,610 --> 00:03:34,226 So we were in different parts of Sicily to start. 75 00:03:34,378 --> 00:03:37,228 And when you're in Sicily, there's farmland. 76 00:03:37,324 --> 00:03:38,460 It's incredible. 77 00:03:38,620 --> 00:03:41,228 But how many of you have ever been out in the middle of nowhere? 78 00:03:41,244 --> 00:03:43,600 And when it gets dark, it gets dark. 79 00:03:44,820 --> 00:03:46,360 You know what I'm talking about. 80 00:03:46,660 --> 00:03:49,484 And the hillbillies say, black as pitch. 81 00:03:49,612 --> 00:03:51,228 Have you ever heard that phrase? 82 00:03:51,404 --> 00:03:53,280 Okay, then you're not hillbilly. 83 00:03:53,620 --> 00:03:56,284 So it's like dark, dark. 84 00:03:56,412 --> 00:03:58,140 And there's something about that. 85 00:03:58,180 --> 00:04:02,040 There's a rhythm to your biological body. 86 00:04:02,660 --> 00:04:06,962 So in other words, our eyes are supposed to see light when the 87 00:04:06,986 --> 00:04:07,970 sun comes up. 88 00:04:08,090 --> 00:04:11,826 And then as the sun diminishes, our eyes receive less 89 00:04:11,898 --> 00:04:12,226 light. 90 00:04:12,298 --> 00:04:15,618 And then it's actually supposed to be basically, the light 91 00:04:15,674 --> 00:04:19,074 that God intended for you at night is the moon and stars. 92 00:04:19,122 --> 00:04:23,202 That's about the amount that he thinks is appropriate for all 93 00:04:23,226 --> 00:04:24,082 of us. 94 00:04:24,266 --> 00:04:28,434 So what we did, like a whole bunch of dummies, is we violated 95 00:04:28,482 --> 00:04:31,236 that by putting lights in our home. 96 00:04:31,378 --> 00:04:33,024 That is a new phenomenon. 97 00:04:33,072 --> 00:04:35,312 It's new as of the last couple hundred years. 98 00:04:35,416 --> 00:04:36,832 And we don't think about this. 99 00:04:36,936 --> 00:04:40,064 Then, as if the lights in our home weren't enough, we took it a 100 00:04:40,072 --> 00:04:40,656 step further. 101 00:04:40,728 --> 00:04:41,936 And we have lights. 102 00:04:42,048 --> 00:04:43,920 We now think about this. 103 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,264 Don't forget about TikTok and Instagram and Facebook and YouTube 104 00:04:47,312 --> 00:04:51,968 and what you're actually doing from a biological basis, what your 105 00:04:52,024 --> 00:04:55,616 body, all your body knows you're doing, is putting a light 106 00:04:55,688 --> 00:04:58,710 as close as you can to your actual eyeballs. 107 00:04:58,790 --> 00:05:01,926 And then noises are coming out of it all the time. 108 00:05:02,078 --> 00:05:07,046 Which if you don't, if you go into nature, noises are data, right? 109 00:05:07,198 --> 00:05:09,750 I remember my daughter when she was little, Bella. 110 00:05:09,830 --> 00:05:13,670 And she was just a baby, like, kind of like a toddler age. 111 00:05:13,790 --> 00:05:15,222 We lived on a busy block. 112 00:05:15,286 --> 00:05:17,370 And she would be like, dad, I'm scared. 113 00:05:17,790 --> 00:05:18,214 You know? 114 00:05:18,222 --> 00:05:19,350 And I'm like, well, what's going on? 115 00:05:19,390 --> 00:05:20,566 She's like, I can't go to sleep. 116 00:05:20,598 --> 00:05:21,318 I hear something. 117 00:05:21,374 --> 00:05:22,518 I'm like, what do you hear? 118 00:05:22,654 --> 00:05:24,982 And this is what she said, which, you know how kids say the 119 00:05:25,006 --> 00:05:25,862 cutest things. 120 00:05:25,966 --> 00:05:29,330 She was like, I hear a man walking around with swishy pan. 121 00:05:31,580 --> 00:05:34,004 And so there, you know, I'm like, walking around the neighborhood, 122 00:05:34,052 --> 00:05:35,400 where is this guy? 123 00:05:35,820 --> 00:05:40,420 Cause my 3 year old's like a man with swishy pants, you know? 124 00:05:40,460 --> 00:05:44,360 But what Bella's brain was trying to do was interpret the noise. 125 00:05:44,940 --> 00:05:45,540 So. 126 00:05:45,660 --> 00:05:47,560 Because that's how we survived. 127 00:05:47,980 --> 00:05:51,300 Because if the noise was a real threat and you heard it and 128 00:05:51,340 --> 00:05:53,720 you acted appropriately, you didn't die. 129 00:05:54,060 --> 00:05:56,154 So think about what you're doing with your phone. 130 00:05:56,252 --> 00:05:59,966 You're holding a light close to your eyes after the natural light 131 00:06:00,038 --> 00:06:03,438 has gone down, and you're filling your ears with all kinds 132 00:06:03,454 --> 00:06:04,370 of noise. 133 00:06:04,790 --> 00:06:08,606 So what that's doing is it's hijacking all these primitive systems 134 00:06:08,638 --> 00:06:12,526 that you have, and it's deregulating your central nervous 135 00:06:12,558 --> 00:06:14,782 system and it's not good for you. 136 00:06:14,806 --> 00:06:16,094 I don't know if you know that. 137 00:06:16,262 --> 00:06:19,518 So airplane mode is something that we need to talk about for like, 138 00:06:19,574 --> 00:06:21,230 few more minutes before we close. 139 00:06:21,350 --> 00:06:22,318 But let me show you. 140 00:06:22,374 --> 00:06:24,744 So there's rhythms of rest. 141 00:06:24,912 --> 00:06:29,640 So one of the rhythms is, what if there was a certain time every 142 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,660 day where you turned your phone off and put it away? 143 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:37,192 What if you controlled the light in your environment and it 144 00:06:37,216 --> 00:06:39,752 got incrementally darker? 145 00:06:39,896 --> 00:06:43,464 What if the noise actually diminished? 146 00:06:43,512 --> 00:06:47,272 What if you tried to protect your central nervous system? 147 00:06:47,376 --> 00:06:50,690 Right, then let's talk about larger rhythms. 148 00:06:50,770 --> 00:06:55,234 Okay, so for six years, this is the book of Leviticus. 149 00:06:55,282 --> 00:07:00,290 So the Levites, remember Moses and Aaron were establishing like 150 00:07:00,330 --> 00:07:00,722 the. 151 00:07:00,826 --> 00:07:04,226 Basically the template for how society should run. 152 00:07:04,378 --> 00:07:09,810 For six years, you shall sow your field, and for six years you 153 00:07:09,850 --> 00:07:12,738 shall prune your vineyard and gather its fruits. 154 00:07:12,834 --> 00:07:14,428 This is real hard work. 155 00:07:14,594 --> 00:07:18,792 So this is tilling up the soil, putting seeds in the soil, 156 00:07:18,936 --> 00:07:20,136 then it grows. 157 00:07:20,248 --> 00:07:22,664 Pruning is shearing and cutting it back. 158 00:07:22,832 --> 00:07:25,128 It's very hard work with your hands. 159 00:07:25,224 --> 00:07:28,136 And it's like, for six years you should do this. 160 00:07:28,288 --> 00:07:34,184 But in the seventh year, there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest. 161 00:07:34,352 --> 00:07:35,144 Look at that word. 162 00:07:35,192 --> 00:07:37,608 Solemn rest for the land. 163 00:07:37,744 --> 00:07:40,110 A Sabbath to the Lord. 164 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:44,194 Okay, so what are we learning from scripture right now? 165 00:07:44,362 --> 00:07:51,042 That the way you rest, the power of the pause is literally unto 166 00:07:51,106 --> 00:07:51,506 the Lord. 167 00:07:51,538 --> 00:07:53,954 It's a form of worship unto him. 168 00:07:54,122 --> 00:07:56,866 So when you're constantly scrolling, you're constantly working, 169 00:07:56,938 --> 00:08:01,186 you're constantly going, you're actually decreasing or diminishing 170 00:08:01,218 --> 00:08:06,246 your worship unto him, because he receives worship through our rest. 171 00:08:06,378 --> 00:08:07,950 We're going to be talking about what that means. 172 00:08:07,990 --> 00:08:13,822 Okay, so for Israel in an agricultural society, for them to 173 00:08:13,846 --> 00:08:19,422 take an entire year every seven years and plant nothing, I 174 00:08:19,446 --> 00:08:20,510 mean, think about this. 175 00:08:20,630 --> 00:08:22,398 They would just let it all go. 176 00:08:22,534 --> 00:08:25,758 Everything's growing wild and we're not pruning anything, we're 177 00:08:25,774 --> 00:08:28,174 not cutting anything back, we're not digging anything up. 178 00:08:28,262 --> 00:08:29,566 We're letting the land rest. 179 00:08:29,638 --> 00:08:34,653 Every seventh year was so radical, it was so extreme because 180 00:08:34,821 --> 00:08:37,965 every other society would say, think about birth rate. 181 00:08:38,117 --> 00:08:42,685 People are conceiving children and birthing children, their civilizations 182 00:08:42,717 --> 00:08:47,293 are growing and so you need the land to yield those crops. 183 00:08:47,421 --> 00:08:50,525 So it would, okay, I'm about to help somebody. 184 00:08:50,717 --> 00:08:54,413 They would have to think ahead to how they Sabbath that seventh 185 00:08:54,461 --> 00:08:55,049 year. 186 00:08:55,429 --> 00:08:59,908 They would have to put, they'd have to grow extra and work harder 187 00:09:00,004 --> 00:09:02,964 in the sixth year so that in the seventh year they could rest. 188 00:09:03,052 --> 00:09:04,564 They'd have to put it aside. 189 00:09:04,692 --> 00:09:08,100 As a matter of fact, I have Jewish friends now, even Jewish friends 190 00:09:08,140 --> 00:09:12,132 who believe in Christ as Messiah that still celebrate a weekly 191 00:09:12,196 --> 00:09:15,560 Sabbath of Friday sundown to Saturday sundown. 192 00:09:15,980 --> 00:09:19,524 And I've been in their homes for, you know, like a Shabbat when 193 00:09:19,532 --> 00:09:24,500 they're preparing the meal and for that 24 hour span, they put every 194 00:09:24,540 --> 00:09:27,076 light on in the house that they think that they were gonna wanna 195 00:09:27,108 --> 00:09:30,442 use and they leave it on because it would be work to them 196 00:09:30,466 --> 00:09:32,778 to even touch the light switch. 197 00:09:32,954 --> 00:09:36,170 And then they put the food that they wanna eat in the oven and 198 00:09:36,210 --> 00:09:39,430 they have everything ready and they make provisions to rest. 199 00:09:39,890 --> 00:09:44,826 So a wisdom key that you get from the Levites is that to rest 200 00:09:44,978 --> 00:09:47,590 well, you must work well. 201 00:09:47,890 --> 00:09:49,738 Here's another thing for your notes. 202 00:09:49,834 --> 00:09:53,750 To rest well, you must also prepare well. 203 00:09:54,330 --> 00:09:58,082 So what's happening is we don't work well, we don't prepare 204 00:09:58,146 --> 00:10:00,350 well, so we never rest well. 205 00:10:01,130 --> 00:10:04,738 And as a matter of fact, many of us just go into what we call rest. 206 00:10:04,794 --> 00:10:06,898 But it's not rest, it's abandonment. 207 00:10:06,994 --> 00:10:09,074 It's not rest, it's escapism. 208 00:10:09,202 --> 00:10:10,146 It's not rest. 209 00:10:10,218 --> 00:10:11,310 Oh, come on. 210 00:10:11,930 --> 00:10:17,362 So true rest requires preparation and it also requires 211 00:10:17,426 --> 00:10:21,800 hard work so that you, when you get into this thing, you're ready. 212 00:10:22,700 --> 00:10:27,204 You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather 213 00:10:27,252 --> 00:10:28,980 the grapes of your undressed vine. 214 00:10:29,060 --> 00:10:30,708 It shall be a year of solemn rest. 215 00:10:30,764 --> 00:10:34,520 So think about this, okay, Can I go real deep? 216 00:10:35,020 --> 00:10:37,636 Are you guys cool if I just go super deep? 217 00:10:37,748 --> 00:10:40,052 And then if you don't get it, you could just rewind it. 218 00:10:40,236 --> 00:10:41,108 Okay. 219 00:11:48,535 --> 00:11:48,967 Or. 220 00:11:49,039 --> 00:11:49,463 Okay. 221 00:11:49,527 --> 00:11:55,871 He's saying, don't gather the grapes of your undressed vine. 222 00:11:56,211 --> 00:12:01,419 So in the seventh year, while the land is in a Sabbath, don't take 223 00:12:01,475 --> 00:12:05,691 advantage of opportunities that seem good, but they're not from 224 00:12:05,731 --> 00:12:07,751 God because that's not your season. 225 00:12:09,331 --> 00:12:12,471 So people would say, but the grapes are there. 226 00:12:12,851 --> 00:12:15,991 I should just gather these grapes and say, no, no, no. 227 00:12:16,291 --> 00:12:21,371 If the season is rest, then God called you to rest, not to reap. 228 00:12:22,271 --> 00:12:24,823 So, like, even for me, I'm getting ready to go on this three 229 00:12:24,847 --> 00:12:26,087 and a half month sabbatical. 230 00:12:26,119 --> 00:12:27,799 I'll be back in the middle of September. 231 00:12:27,895 --> 00:12:29,815 We'll talk more about that this month. 232 00:12:29,983 --> 00:12:33,063 And I have gotten asked to preach the biggest things I've ever 233 00:12:33,087 --> 00:12:33,559 gotten asked. 234 00:12:33,615 --> 00:12:37,703 And it was hilarious to me because the greatest opportunities 235 00:12:37,767 --> 00:12:40,775 that have ever come to my ministry came for the months that 236 00:12:40,783 --> 00:12:42,231 I'm supposed to be on sabbatical. 237 00:12:42,311 --> 00:12:43,495 And it was such an. 238 00:12:43,583 --> 00:12:44,811 One of them, I. 239 00:12:44,851 --> 00:12:46,431 I almost sinned. 240 00:12:47,091 --> 00:12:47,819 One of them. 241 00:12:47,875 --> 00:12:51,819 I had a whole thing typed up about how, you know, what God could 242 00:12:51,875 --> 00:12:52,651 do this and this. 243 00:12:52,691 --> 00:12:56,827 And I was vindicating it and I almost hit send and the Holy Spirit 244 00:12:56,859 --> 00:12:58,431 was like, you idiot. 245 00:12:59,251 --> 00:13:00,683 I felt him breathing. 246 00:13:00,747 --> 00:13:01,915 And I deleted the whole thing. 247 00:13:01,923 --> 00:13:04,779 And I said, unfortunately, da, da, da. 248 00:13:04,875 --> 00:13:08,619 And it was this scripture that says, don't even gather the grapes 249 00:13:08,635 --> 00:13:10,191 of your undressed vine. 250 00:13:11,111 --> 00:13:17,071 In other words, when you Sabbath, when you take this time 251 00:13:17,111 --> 00:13:21,503 to rest, even something that feels like a God opportunity, if 252 00:13:21,527 --> 00:13:25,167 it's not, if it could be the right thing in the wrong season. 253 00:13:25,319 --> 00:13:29,631 Gathering grapes for six years is the right idea, but not for that 254 00:13:29,671 --> 00:13:31,091 seventh year of Sabbath. 255 00:13:31,431 --> 00:13:33,571 Like, does this make sense? 256 00:13:34,311 --> 00:13:35,799 Okay, because I'm going to help. 257 00:13:35,895 --> 00:13:40,691 So if even the land required a sabbatical, how much more do we. 258 00:13:41,871 --> 00:13:45,655 So this is the way God instituted these things to work. 259 00:13:45,743 --> 00:13:47,611 Rest is not laziness. 260 00:13:48,751 --> 00:13:51,051 It's an act of trust. 261 00:13:52,111 --> 00:13:53,591 So we gotta break this down. 262 00:13:53,631 --> 00:13:55,411 Cause again, I'm talking about rest. 263 00:13:55,791 --> 00:13:58,007 Rest is not laziness. 264 00:13:58,199 --> 00:13:59,931 I'm preaching to myself. 265 00:14:00,271 --> 00:14:03,651 I'm telling you, you will not find a harder worker than me. 266 00:14:03,791 --> 00:14:05,191 I love to work. 267 00:14:06,051 --> 00:14:07,595 I value work. 268 00:14:07,763 --> 00:14:09,831 I love the results of work. 269 00:14:10,131 --> 00:14:14,751 I'm extremely competitive, and that's in my nature. 270 00:14:15,411 --> 00:14:17,483 I have a statement that I live by. 271 00:14:17,587 --> 00:14:20,191 Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. 272 00:14:21,011 --> 00:14:26,587 And you can tell by everything I do that I love that because I'm 273 00:14:26,619 --> 00:14:27,115 passionate. 274 00:14:27,163 --> 00:14:28,763 I've always been that way. 275 00:14:28,867 --> 00:14:31,971 But I have to remind myself that rest is not laziness. 276 00:14:32,091 --> 00:14:34,631 Can I just talk a little bit more about this phone? 277 00:14:34,971 --> 00:14:39,603 Sometimes you're making an illusion of busyness because you 278 00:14:39,627 --> 00:14:42,191 would feel guilty resting the proper way. 279 00:14:44,571 --> 00:14:47,363 And you're on your phone because you're just like, well, I 280 00:14:47,387 --> 00:14:48,035 have to create. 281 00:14:48,123 --> 00:14:49,443 I have to keep an illusion. 282 00:14:49,507 --> 00:14:49,923 No, no. 283 00:14:49,947 --> 00:14:51,347 Rest is not laziness. 284 00:14:51,459 --> 00:14:53,431 It's actually an act of trust. 285 00:14:53,851 --> 00:14:58,525 So when you rest, once every seven days, rest, just like the Jews 286 00:14:58,573 --> 00:15:02,285 have a Sabbath from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. 287 00:15:02,373 --> 00:15:04,401 Let's say you adopt that practice. 288 00:15:04,821 --> 00:15:07,837 That is an act of trust that God is gonna take care of it. 289 00:15:07,909 --> 00:15:08,317 That God. 290 00:15:08,349 --> 00:15:08,861 You're gonna. 291 00:15:08,941 --> 00:15:10,749 It's a tithe of your time. 292 00:15:10,885 --> 00:15:13,917 How many of you understand the concept with your money? 293 00:15:14,069 --> 00:15:17,725 Giving your money to the local church means nothing to an unsafe 294 00:15:17,773 --> 00:15:18,125 person. 295 00:15:18,213 --> 00:15:20,669 Cause it's the spiritual meat of the Word. 296 00:15:20,765 --> 00:15:25,301 And that's why people who are resistant to the concept of the tithe 297 00:15:25,421 --> 00:15:27,157 are people who are spiritual babies. 298 00:15:27,189 --> 00:15:29,157 They're on the milk of the Word, not the meat. 299 00:15:29,269 --> 00:15:33,509 Because the meat of the Word is, I'd rather live off of 90% blessed 300 00:15:33,525 --> 00:15:35,269 than 100% cursed. 301 00:15:35,445 --> 00:15:37,461 And when we say curse, what does that mean? 302 00:15:37,501 --> 00:15:39,125 You can interpret that however you want. 303 00:15:39,213 --> 00:15:39,701 It's just. 304 00:15:39,741 --> 00:15:43,413 Why would God entrust me with more money if I'm stingy with what 305 00:15:43,437 --> 00:15:44,161 I have? 306 00:15:45,021 --> 00:15:49,061 So when you give financially, it's a tithe of your time to say, 307 00:15:49,101 --> 00:15:53,093 God, teach me to number my days, that my heart might be full 308 00:15:53,117 --> 00:15:54,005 of wisdom. 309 00:15:54,133 --> 00:15:56,457 I'm gonna give you this time to rest. 310 00:15:56,589 --> 00:16:00,609 Remember when I said, going back to the previous scripture, that 311 00:16:00,745 --> 00:16:02,401 Sabbath is unto the Lord. 312 00:16:02,481 --> 00:16:05,713 Just like when you tithe your money, you're giving your finances 313 00:16:05,777 --> 00:16:08,129 unto the Lord, and you're saying, I trust you, God. 314 00:16:08,145 --> 00:16:11,457 This might only be $100 out of a thousand, but I trust you. 315 00:16:11,529 --> 00:16:15,761 This might only be 24 hours, and I'm asleep for most of them, 316 00:16:15,801 --> 00:16:17,617 for half of them out of seven days. 317 00:16:17,689 --> 00:16:22,593 But I trust you with my time, and I'm gonna work as hard as I can, 318 00:16:22,697 --> 00:16:22,943 and. 319 00:16:22,977 --> 00:16:25,763 And then I'm gonna trust you for the results of the work. 320 00:16:25,947 --> 00:16:29,251 I'm gonna make as much money as I can, but I trust you with the 321 00:16:29,291 --> 00:16:29,827 increase. 322 00:16:29,979 --> 00:16:31,311 Are y'all with me? 323 00:16:31,611 --> 00:16:32,551 Okay. 324 00:16:33,851 --> 00:16:36,791 Preparation seasons are crucial. 325 00:16:37,131 --> 00:16:39,151 Even Jesus had them. 326 00:16:39,451 --> 00:16:41,907 Now let's talk about Christ. 327 00:16:42,059 --> 00:16:45,191 Christ was 100% man and 100% God. 328 00:16:45,531 --> 00:16:51,159 And because he had a physical body, he was subjected to being tempted 329 00:16:51,175 --> 00:16:53,251 and tested, just like all of us. 330 00:16:53,551 --> 00:16:56,599 So Jesus had to learn Sabbath rest. 331 00:16:56,735 --> 00:17:00,375 It was not natural to him, because he was born under the curse 332 00:17:00,423 --> 00:17:02,983 of Adam, which is the curse of sin. 333 00:17:03,127 --> 00:17:06,551 And so he had to break that curse by hanging On a tree, which 334 00:17:06,591 --> 00:17:08,359 is what Galatians talks about. 335 00:17:08,495 --> 00:17:09,895 So why is this important? 336 00:17:10,063 --> 00:17:13,415 Because Jesus models for us what this looks like. 337 00:17:13,503 --> 00:17:15,443 Luke, chapter 2, verse 52 is. 338 00:17:15,487 --> 00:17:17,371 And Jesus increased. 339 00:17:17,531 --> 00:17:18,059 And this. 340 00:17:18,115 --> 00:17:22,571 You know, by the way, Islam has a really hard time with these 341 00:17:22,611 --> 00:17:23,323 scriptures. 342 00:17:23,467 --> 00:17:26,571 Like, people who don't understand the deity of Christ, they 343 00:17:26,611 --> 00:17:30,747 use these scriptures to prove that he was only a man, but he was 344 00:17:30,819 --> 00:17:33,595 100% man and 100% God. 345 00:17:33,643 --> 00:17:34,923 Are y'all with me? 346 00:17:35,107 --> 00:17:38,059 Okay, right now, there's a side note. 347 00:17:38,075 --> 00:17:39,339 I'll probably make a video about it. 348 00:17:39,395 --> 00:17:42,523 There's like a total false prophet rising up right now. 349 00:17:42,547 --> 00:17:43,951 I don't know if you guys have seen him. 350 00:17:44,051 --> 00:17:47,611 And he's using this verse out of context. 351 00:17:48,111 --> 00:17:50,119 So let me help you understand. 352 00:17:50,255 --> 00:17:53,927 How does Jesus increase in wisdom and in stature and the favor 353 00:17:53,959 --> 00:17:55,159 with God and with man? 354 00:17:55,295 --> 00:17:56,679 Well, it's very simple. 355 00:17:56,775 --> 00:18:00,199 He was 100% a physical body, but 100%. 356 00:18:00,255 --> 00:18:04,887 Remember, the holy Spirit overshadowed Mary to conceive Jesus. 357 00:18:05,079 --> 00:18:07,575 And so, because he. 358 00:18:07,663 --> 00:18:12,987 It's paradoxical, 100% man, 100% God, he was increasing in wisdom 359 00:18:13,019 --> 00:18:16,859 and stature as he was physically disciplining his body 360 00:18:16,995 --> 00:18:20,411 to fulfill the call that was placed on him by his Father. 361 00:18:20,491 --> 00:18:21,871 Does this make sense? 362 00:18:22,931 --> 00:18:26,987 But Jesus had to go through that process before you're revealed. 363 00:18:27,099 --> 00:18:28,351 God refines. 364 00:18:29,331 --> 00:18:34,075 So Jesus spent time in the temple as a child, even debating 365 00:18:34,123 --> 00:18:35,739 and discussing Scripture. 366 00:18:35,915 --> 00:18:38,449 Jesus was faithful in Bethlehem. 367 00:18:38,595 --> 00:18:39,525 What is Bethlehem? 368 00:18:39,573 --> 00:18:40,821 It's the place of his birth. 369 00:18:40,901 --> 00:18:45,157 He was given to his father, his stepfather Joseph's trade. 370 00:18:45,309 --> 00:18:48,613 And so he was refined before he was revealed. 371 00:18:48,677 --> 00:18:49,461 Even Jesus. 372 00:18:49,541 --> 00:18:51,541 Now, of course, it was his physical body. 373 00:18:51,661 --> 00:18:55,365 It was his, the discipline of getting his mind and will and emotions 374 00:18:55,413 --> 00:18:57,253 all in alignment with the Spirit. 375 00:18:57,397 --> 00:19:00,069 But Jesus went through that, as a matter of fact, and you've heard 376 00:19:00,085 --> 00:19:02,933 me say it, he went through 30 years of preparation for three years 377 00:19:02,957 --> 00:19:03,881 of ministry. 378 00:19:04,551 --> 00:19:08,255 And I will tell you this, and this is gonna comfort somebody's 379 00:19:08,303 --> 00:19:08,931 soul. 380 00:19:09,431 --> 00:19:14,783 The preparation seasons for many of you is a form of rest before 381 00:19:14,887 --> 00:19:15,531 work. 382 00:19:16,231 --> 00:19:20,111 Because once God calls you into the thing that you desire to 383 00:19:20,151 --> 00:19:24,143 do for him, that thing is going to be a burden just as much 384 00:19:24,167 --> 00:19:25,519 as it's a blessing. 385 00:19:25,695 --> 00:19:28,463 Like, some of y'all don't understand, you have the luxury right 386 00:19:28,487 --> 00:19:30,207 now of not being used by God. 387 00:19:30,239 --> 00:19:32,335 And the thing that he's eventually gonna use you. 388 00:19:32,423 --> 00:19:35,779 And when you go into that season of God using you, you'll think 389 00:19:35,975 --> 00:19:40,411 day, and you'll be like, man, I did not recognize the luxury I 390 00:19:40,451 --> 00:19:41,499 had that day. 391 00:19:41,635 --> 00:19:42,951 Y'all feel me? 392 00:19:43,731 --> 00:19:48,711 And so, because the higher you go the less options you have. 393 00:19:49,091 --> 00:19:52,991 And so right now, at this level that you're at, it's like Jesus. 394 00:19:53,411 --> 00:19:55,419 It got incrementally harder. 395 00:19:55,515 --> 00:19:59,099 You find him in Gethsemane, literally saying, let this cup pass 396 00:19:59,155 --> 00:20:02,591 from me because it was so difficult, Right? 397 00:20:03,291 --> 00:20:07,411 But it started with the disciples turning water into wine. 398 00:20:07,571 --> 00:20:08,883 It started with miracles. 399 00:20:08,947 --> 00:20:10,851 It ended with the crucifixion. 400 00:20:11,011 --> 00:20:13,539 So the higher you go, the less options you have. 401 00:20:13,675 --> 00:20:16,031 So don't curse the season you're in. 402 00:20:16,411 --> 00:20:20,707 Identify and know the season you're in and then begin to increase 403 00:20:20,779 --> 00:20:23,587 in wisdom, because it might even be a form of rest. 404 00:20:23,659 --> 00:20:27,177 And you might be so mad at God for not using you in a certain way, 405 00:20:27,299 --> 00:20:30,589 not realizing that God is refining you before he reveals you. 406 00:20:30,645 --> 00:20:33,869 And then after he reveals you, he's going to crucify you. 407 00:20:34,005 --> 00:20:34,397 Okay? 408 00:20:34,429 --> 00:20:41,161 Anyways, so it's rest. 409 00:20:42,261 --> 00:20:42,909 It's not. 410 00:20:42,965 --> 00:20:44,361 You get what I'm saying? 411 00:20:45,061 --> 00:20:47,437 Don't despise your invisible seasons. 412 00:20:47,469 --> 00:20:47,901 They are. 413 00:20:47,941 --> 00:20:49,321 They are weight building. 414 00:20:50,181 --> 00:20:53,601 Remember Dan Duke telling me, it's my shoulders. 415 00:20:54,671 --> 00:20:56,491 Can you carry the weight? 416 00:20:57,151 --> 00:20:58,823 It's not how good you can preach. 417 00:20:58,887 --> 00:21:00,743 It's how much weight you can carry. 418 00:21:00,887 --> 00:21:03,047 It's not how accurate you can prophesy. 419 00:21:03,079 --> 00:21:05,111 It's about how much weight you can carry. 420 00:21:05,271 --> 00:21:07,687 See, God will deal with those seasons. 421 00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:09,703 Don't despise the invisible seasons. 422 00:21:09,767 --> 00:21:10,775 It's about weight. 423 00:21:10,903 --> 00:21:15,495 The early church, they had this balance, and I think we've become 424 00:21:15,583 --> 00:21:18,055 distorted in the church. 425 00:21:18,103 --> 00:21:22,081 So I'm speaking as an apostle now, and I want you to receive this 426 00:21:22,121 --> 00:21:26,161 in love, because we have to go back to the original template to 427 00:21:26,201 --> 00:21:28,101 understand how we should operate. 428 00:21:28,601 --> 00:21:30,625 Acts, chapter 2, verse 46. 429 00:21:30,713 --> 00:21:32,977 So I showed you the Old Testament. 430 00:21:33,089 --> 00:21:34,817 I showed you the life of Jesus. 431 00:21:34,929 --> 00:21:37,713 Now I want to show you the early church and bring it all together. 432 00:21:37,897 --> 00:21:41,421 And day by day, attending the temple together. 433 00:21:41,721 --> 00:21:43,105 Okay, watch this. 434 00:21:43,273 --> 00:21:45,021 Attending the temple together. 435 00:21:45,541 --> 00:21:48,653 So if you're in church right now in Indiana, Long Island, New 436 00:21:48,677 --> 00:21:52,205 York City, any one of our campuses, Miami, you are fulfilling 437 00:21:52,253 --> 00:21:54,893 this, attending the temple together. 438 00:21:55,077 --> 00:21:57,801 But then there's this other everybody say and. 439 00:21:58,901 --> 00:22:00,641 And breaking bread. 440 00:22:02,021 --> 00:22:02,637 I'm just. 441 00:22:02,709 --> 00:22:06,669 I don't want to say who it is, because once the secret gets out, 442 00:22:06,725 --> 00:22:08,749 she will not be able to keep up with the demand. 443 00:22:08,885 --> 00:22:12,081 But one of our church members made me sourdough bread. 444 00:22:12,981 --> 00:22:15,121 They didn't ask if I was keto. 445 00:22:16,261 --> 00:22:18,521 I did eat half of that loaf already. 446 00:22:20,021 --> 00:22:23,149 But there's something about breaking bread. 447 00:22:23,325 --> 00:22:24,813 And where did they do it? 448 00:22:24,917 --> 00:22:26,241 In their homes? 449 00:22:26,581 --> 00:22:27,441 Church. 450 00:22:27,861 --> 00:22:33,261 There has to be a rhythm of attending the temple together and 451 00:22:33,301 --> 00:22:35,401 breaking bread in our Homes together. 452 00:22:36,181 --> 00:22:38,087 And this is righteous. 453 00:22:38,229 --> 00:22:38,755 This is. 454 00:22:38,843 --> 00:22:41,235 Remember I said, Sabbath is unto the Lord. 455 00:22:41,363 --> 00:22:45,831 So there's a form of rest when you see each other's dirty socks. 456 00:22:46,331 --> 00:22:46,963 Come on, now. 457 00:22:46,987 --> 00:22:48,191 I'm just getting real. 458 00:22:49,211 --> 00:22:52,787 You see each other's dishes, you see each other's homes. 459 00:22:52,819 --> 00:22:56,403 There is a form of Sabbath that comes together when it's not 460 00:22:56,427 --> 00:22:58,751 just us puking demons out. 461 00:22:59,291 --> 00:23:02,419 It's not just us bawling our eyes out and screaming and dancing 462 00:23:02,435 --> 00:23:05,053 and jumping or plugging in cables. 463 00:23:05,227 --> 00:23:08,569 There's a form of rest where it's like, hey, I made this sourdough. 464 00:23:08,665 --> 00:23:10,409 You know, let's eat this bread together. 465 00:23:10,545 --> 00:23:12,473 Or, hey, let Come over to my house. 466 00:23:12,497 --> 00:23:13,289 What are we gonna do? 467 00:23:13,345 --> 00:23:13,981 Nothing. 468 00:23:14,401 --> 00:23:16,137 Let's watch a show together. 469 00:23:16,289 --> 00:23:17,657 Let's talk together. 470 00:23:17,809 --> 00:23:18,633 And this is. 471 00:23:18,737 --> 00:23:19,337 But you. 472 00:23:19,409 --> 00:23:20,217 All you. 473 00:23:20,369 --> 00:23:22,265 I don't know if I'm even getting the point across. 474 00:23:22,353 --> 00:23:25,833 This is actually just as holy as puking demons out. 475 00:23:26,017 --> 00:23:28,537 This is just as holy as plugging in cables. 476 00:23:28,569 --> 00:23:29,721 This is just as holy. 477 00:23:29,801 --> 00:23:32,669 And it grieves me because there's so many people in my DMs. 478 00:23:32,745 --> 00:23:35,189 Which campus are you preaching at this week? 479 00:23:35,245 --> 00:23:35,717 Mike. 480 00:23:35,829 --> 00:23:37,781 Mike, I want to come see you preach in person. 481 00:23:37,821 --> 00:23:38,357 No, no. 482 00:23:38,429 --> 00:23:39,109 Here's the question. 483 00:23:39,165 --> 00:23:41,797 I need you to whose house are we going over to? 484 00:23:41,869 --> 00:23:42,965 What are we eating? 485 00:23:43,093 --> 00:23:45,205 And how big is your couch? 486 00:23:45,333 --> 00:23:47,641 And is it weird if I sit on your floor? 487 00:23:48,221 --> 00:23:52,021 And what will happen is you will come for the preaching, but 488 00:23:52,061 --> 00:23:54,121 leave because there's no fellowship. 489 00:23:54,621 --> 00:23:55,269 Why? 490 00:23:55,405 --> 00:23:58,081 Because your soul is not at rest. 491 00:23:58,631 --> 00:24:01,487 There's got to be somebody in this church that sees you without 492 00:24:01,559 --> 00:24:02,451 makeup. 493 00:24:07,351 --> 00:24:12,111 Let it droop, let it flow bags under the eyes. 494 00:24:12,271 --> 00:24:15,371 Let him see how few eyebrow hairs you have left. 495 00:24:17,351 --> 00:24:18,971 Come on, let's get real. 496 00:24:19,671 --> 00:24:23,807 That is a form of rest because people will go to a church and never 497 00:24:23,879 --> 00:24:27,081 take their mask off and then get mad when nobody knows who they 498 00:24:27,151 --> 00:24:28,001 really are. 499 00:24:29,421 --> 00:24:31,429 People will go to it and then. 500 00:24:31,485 --> 00:24:32,549 And then forget about it. 501 00:24:32,605 --> 00:24:36,549 What if we promote you and you increase in position, but you never 502 00:24:36,605 --> 00:24:38,021 increase in relationship? 503 00:24:38,101 --> 00:24:39,441 Now you feel used. 504 00:24:41,821 --> 00:24:42,517 This is. 505 00:24:42,589 --> 00:24:45,157 I'm speaking as an apostle right now. 506 00:24:45,309 --> 00:24:46,645 You gotta let somebody. 507 00:24:46,693 --> 00:24:47,653 Yes, it's a wig. 508 00:24:47,717 --> 00:24:48,613 Yes, it's weave. 509 00:24:48,677 --> 00:24:50,069 Yes, it's tattooed. 510 00:24:50,165 --> 00:24:50,965 Yes, it's this. 511 00:24:51,053 --> 00:24:52,245 Let me be me. 512 00:24:52,333 --> 00:24:52,837 Yes. 513 00:24:52,949 --> 00:24:54,037 I lost 10 pounds. 514 00:24:54,069 --> 00:24:55,255 I gained 10 pounds. 515 00:24:55,373 --> 00:24:56,339 Let me be me. 516 00:24:56,395 --> 00:24:56,851 Why? 517 00:24:56,971 --> 00:24:58,643 Because this is sacred. 518 00:24:58,707 --> 00:24:59,603 This is holy. 519 00:24:59,667 --> 00:25:03,075 I just trust that you're going to see who I'm going to become in 520 00:25:03,083 --> 00:25:06,803 the spirit and you're going to treat me like my future and I can 521 00:25:06,827 --> 00:25:08,211 be real around you. 522 00:25:08,331 --> 00:25:08,723 Yes. 523 00:25:08,787 --> 00:25:11,031 My kids are bad sometimes. 524 00:25:11,771 --> 00:25:12,691 Not Bella. 525 00:25:12,771 --> 00:25:13,831 Not Bella. 526 00:25:14,811 --> 00:25:15,671 Yeah. 527 00:25:17,531 --> 00:25:18,003 Yes. 528 00:25:18,067 --> 00:25:22,963 My kids, you know, let them see your kid throw a tantrum because 529 00:25:23,067 --> 00:25:23,711 why? 530 00:25:24,011 --> 00:25:25,155 Because this. 531 00:25:25,323 --> 00:25:28,211 They attend the temple together and break bread in their 532 00:25:28,251 --> 00:25:28,931 homes. 533 00:25:29,091 --> 00:25:33,591 They received their food with glad and generous hearts. 534 00:25:35,211 --> 00:25:37,923 So you're telling me that you've been at V1 Church for three 535 00:25:37,947 --> 00:25:40,867 years and you receive prophetic words, but you never received 536 00:25:40,939 --> 00:25:41,551 food? 537 00:25:43,051 --> 00:25:44,451 This is holy. 538 00:25:44,611 --> 00:25:45,795 This is Sabbath. 539 00:25:45,923 --> 00:25:48,517 You know how I met Heather and Chris Wrigley? 540 00:25:48,699 --> 00:25:50,305 I had apartment. 541 00:25:50,353 --> 00:25:52,241 It was so small, it was the size of the stage. 542 00:25:52,321 --> 00:25:53,633 And I bought one of those. 543 00:25:53,737 --> 00:25:58,177 There's a model of the IKEA table that is a trifold, and it goes 544 00:25:58,209 --> 00:26:00,017 down to where it's only this thin. 545 00:26:00,209 --> 00:26:00,945 And I. 546 00:26:01,033 --> 00:26:04,353 You know, and we had that trifold table, and Chris and Heather 547 00:26:04,417 --> 00:26:08,369 came over to my little apartment and we just broke bread. 548 00:26:08,465 --> 00:26:13,489 We actually started with that before the temple, you know, and 549 00:26:13,545 --> 00:26:15,425 sometimes you could even reverse the flow. 550 00:26:15,473 --> 00:26:18,033 What if instead of inviting people to V1 Church, you invite them 551 00:26:18,057 --> 00:26:19,181 to your house first? 552 00:26:20,821 --> 00:26:22,285 I know, this is revolutionary. 553 00:26:22,333 --> 00:26:26,109 Nobody even clapped because you're like, but I have to clean. 554 00:26:26,205 --> 00:26:27,521 What if you didn't? 555 00:26:28,661 --> 00:26:30,573 Right now, my wife is like, that's. 556 00:26:30,637 --> 00:26:33,309 Honey, that's the worst sermon you've ever preached. 557 00:26:33,485 --> 00:26:36,253 Honey, I know what you meant, but they don't know what you mean. 558 00:26:36,277 --> 00:26:39,121 No, no, I'm saying this with authority. 559 00:26:39,781 --> 00:26:42,361 The more you care, the less you rest. 560 00:26:43,221 --> 00:26:45,469 Let the grapes fall on the floor. 561 00:26:45,565 --> 00:26:45,821 You. 562 00:26:45,861 --> 00:26:49,321 You don't pick grapes in a Sabbath season. 563 00:26:49,701 --> 00:26:51,373 It's like, there's gotta be something. 564 00:26:51,477 --> 00:26:58,093 And one thing I love about being raised in the barrio, one thing 565 00:26:58,117 --> 00:27:01,213 I loved, my mom had five kids. 566 00:27:01,357 --> 00:27:04,781 And some of my favorite memories of church was we would go 567 00:27:04,821 --> 00:27:09,053 hang out at somebody's house, and they'd be making homemade tortillas, 568 00:27:09,197 --> 00:27:11,651 and they would be teaching my mom how to make the rice. 569 00:27:11,781 --> 00:27:13,687 And there's my mom learning how to make the rice. 570 00:27:13,719 --> 00:27:14,119 She would. 571 00:27:14,175 --> 00:27:15,095 The Mexican rice. 572 00:27:15,143 --> 00:27:15,511 Then she. 573 00:27:15,551 --> 00:27:17,575 We would go to the other house, the Puerto Rican rice. 574 00:27:17,623 --> 00:27:19,911 Then we'd have an argument, whose rice is better? 575 00:27:20,031 --> 00:27:23,415 Then the arrechera, then the skirt steak, how we make that? 576 00:27:23,503 --> 00:27:24,423 And we're cooking. 577 00:27:24,487 --> 00:27:28,711 And, man, these homes were filthy because they were filled with 578 00:27:28,751 --> 00:27:29,371 kids. 579 00:27:29,791 --> 00:27:32,519 And I remember seeing my mom cry at the table. 580 00:27:32,695 --> 00:27:36,071 They're speaking words over her, sandra, you're gonna make it. 581 00:27:36,111 --> 00:27:38,611 You're not always going to be a single mom like this. 582 00:27:39,461 --> 00:27:43,005 And then it would get so late and that we'd end up sleeping on 583 00:27:43,013 --> 00:27:43,597 the floor. 584 00:27:43,709 --> 00:27:47,133 And then we would wake up at people's house and you know, and 585 00:27:47,157 --> 00:27:48,605 I know Things have changed. 586 00:27:48,733 --> 00:27:52,881 But I guess what I'm trying to say is that was church. 587 00:27:54,421 --> 00:27:58,877 And it's almost like the bigger this church gets, the smaller 588 00:27:58,909 --> 00:28:00,041 it has to get. 589 00:28:00,341 --> 00:28:02,961 We can't have a stadium, not have couches. 590 00:28:04,831 --> 00:28:07,291 We can't have prophecy, not have bread. 591 00:28:08,271 --> 00:28:09,911 I'm speaking apostolically. 592 00:28:09,991 --> 00:28:12,839 These are the good old days and you're about to miss it. 593 00:28:12,975 --> 00:28:16,279 And the Internet messed your mind up because you came here. 594 00:28:16,335 --> 00:28:17,991 Which campus is that, Mike at? 595 00:28:18,031 --> 00:28:18,535 Who cares? 596 00:28:18,583 --> 00:28:18,887 What. 597 00:28:18,959 --> 00:28:21,111 I'm not going to be at any campus for three months. 598 00:28:21,151 --> 00:28:26,055 You're going to leave the church, like, forget about sitting 599 00:28:26,103 --> 00:28:30,801 under my teaching, Sit at somebody's table and sit under my 600 00:28:30,841 --> 00:28:31,701 teaching. 601 00:28:32,201 --> 00:28:35,521 I know this is not a popular message, and if you were one of those 602 00:28:35,561 --> 00:28:38,861 people, maybe God used me to get you here. 603 00:28:39,561 --> 00:28:44,381 But I'm trying to tell you, like, it can't just be about me. 604 00:28:47,001 --> 00:28:49,201 No, don't clap too hard on that one. 605 00:28:49,321 --> 00:28:50,385 Someone over here. 606 00:28:50,473 --> 00:28:51,057 Come on. 607 00:28:51,129 --> 00:28:52,209 Yeah, sit him down. 608 00:28:52,265 --> 00:28:54,913 God, he's too big on his bridges. 609 00:28:54,977 --> 00:28:56,851 Yeah, yeah, come on. 610 00:28:56,891 --> 00:28:59,027 I rebuke that security. 611 00:28:59,179 --> 00:29:00,671 Can you take him out? 612 00:29:02,411 --> 00:29:04,191 Pistol whip him too? 613 00:29:04,811 --> 00:29:05,283 Come on. 614 00:29:05,307 --> 00:29:06,771 We're in the Bronx, y'all. 615 00:29:06,931 --> 00:29:08,471 Okay, that was the flesh. 616 00:29:11,691 --> 00:29:14,099 Okay, here's what else the church was doing. 617 00:29:14,235 --> 00:29:19,911 Praising God and having favor with all the people praising God. 618 00:29:20,571 --> 00:29:23,411 See, this changes how you do your dinners. 619 00:29:24,231 --> 00:29:26,531 At the dinner, don't complain, praise. 620 00:29:27,511 --> 00:29:30,415 Because that's the other thing is, like, if the enemy's gonna bring 621 00:29:30,423 --> 00:29:33,167 you to the table, don't sit at that table and complain. 622 00:29:33,359 --> 00:29:35,119 Sit at that table and praise. 623 00:29:35,295 --> 00:29:38,639 One thing I think I'm thankful for my heritage going back to. 624 00:29:38,775 --> 00:29:43,247 We were raised in Spanish speaking churches and there was no 625 00:29:43,319 --> 00:29:44,015 gossip. 626 00:29:44,143 --> 00:29:47,631 I know that sounds hard to believe, but I was thinking back 627 00:29:47,671 --> 00:29:48,079 to this. 628 00:29:48,135 --> 00:29:49,647 That was not the culture of those. 629 00:29:49,719 --> 00:29:52,879 The church that we attended, as a matter of fact, this month. 630 00:29:52,935 --> 00:29:55,087 And it's kind of emotional for me to say it. 631 00:29:55,239 --> 00:30:00,943 Joey Miranda, who was my first mentor, he was the youth pastor that, 632 00:30:01,047 --> 00:30:04,511 remember in the Domino revival, I tell the story about me 633 00:30:04,551 --> 00:30:07,743 preaching for the very first time and the girl's arm gets healed 634 00:30:07,807 --> 00:30:09,391 and the revival breaks out. 635 00:30:09,511 --> 00:30:12,531 So Joey Miranda was on keys when it happened. 636 00:30:13,111 --> 00:30:14,207 So he's still. 637 00:30:14,279 --> 00:30:17,945 He's now the lead pastor of the church that I was raised in. 638 00:30:18,063 --> 00:30:20,437 And he's preaching V1 church this month. 639 00:30:20,589 --> 00:30:24,149 And it's gonna be a really powerful, like, family moment where 640 00:30:24,205 --> 00:30:26,485 you get to hear somebody be like, I remember Mike. 641 00:30:26,533 --> 00:30:27,685 I was there for the story. 642 00:30:27,773 --> 00:30:31,557 And he's gonna be a part of this transition into sabbatical. 643 00:30:31,669 --> 00:30:34,277 And both Joey and I have remained in the faith. 644 00:30:34,309 --> 00:30:37,861 It's gonna be a beautiful service that's coming up soon. 645 00:30:37,981 --> 00:30:40,485 But the reason why I say that is the culture of that church at 646 00:30:40,493 --> 00:30:41,989 the time was not gossip. 647 00:30:42,085 --> 00:30:43,361 We would just talk. 648 00:30:43,661 --> 00:30:46,321 A lot of people were ministering to each other. 649 00:30:46,731 --> 00:30:48,771 That was what it was like when I was growing up. 650 00:30:48,811 --> 00:30:49,859 They all ministered to. 651 00:30:49,915 --> 00:30:51,683 Nobody needed a position or a title. 652 00:30:51,747 --> 00:30:54,051 It was encouragement, a lot of encouragement. 653 00:30:54,131 --> 00:30:56,707 And I look back and we were all very poor. 654 00:30:56,819 --> 00:30:59,523 It was a lot of first generation Americans that had come 655 00:30:59,547 --> 00:31:00,627 up through Texas. 656 00:31:00,739 --> 00:31:03,955 It was a lot of people that were just working very hard. 657 00:31:04,043 --> 00:31:05,907 And that was the church I was raised in. 658 00:31:05,979 --> 00:31:10,659 And so it was a network of a lot of support and encouragement 659 00:31:10,755 --> 00:31:14,337 and people were giving each other words and it was very affirmational. 660 00:31:14,449 --> 00:31:17,841 And I look back now and I'm grateful for that heritage because 661 00:31:17,961 --> 00:31:21,681 it was the gifts of the spirit with a lot of first generation Americans 662 00:31:21,761 --> 00:31:24,241 that were trying to make a better life for their family. 663 00:31:24,361 --> 00:31:27,905 And so that the church was not about cutting each other down, it 664 00:31:27,913 --> 00:31:29,745 was about building each other up. 665 00:31:29,913 --> 00:31:32,113 And it was a generational church. 666 00:31:32,257 --> 00:31:33,501 And so you see. 667 00:31:33,881 --> 00:31:34,257 Nice. 668 00:31:34,289 --> 00:31:36,141 A device was added to my account. 669 00:31:38,521 --> 00:31:41,601 And having favor with all the people and the Lord added to their 670 00:31:41,641 --> 00:31:43,167 numbers day by day. 671 00:31:43,329 --> 00:31:45,571 Okay, this is the end of my sermon. 672 00:31:45,651 --> 00:31:47,351 Who added to their numbers? 673 00:31:52,491 --> 00:31:55,671 There are churches in America that are growing. 674 00:31:56,891 --> 00:31:59,871 Man, I feel like I have to do this. 675 00:32:00,251 --> 00:32:02,355 Am I cool to do this? 676 00:32:02,523 --> 00:32:04,871 I know we got service in like eight minutes. 677 00:32:06,571 --> 00:32:10,689 I got a text message from the, the White House, former White House 678 00:32:10,745 --> 00:32:14,021 chief of staff on my flight back to America. 679 00:32:14,521 --> 00:32:19,009 And I also am going to be at Capitol Hill this week working with 680 00:32:19,065 --> 00:32:21,777 Congressman, working with the House speaker. 681 00:32:21,889 --> 00:32:27,617 And we're doing an initiative to build a bridge for Israel and 682 00:32:27,689 --> 00:32:29,061 huge opportunity. 683 00:32:29,721 --> 00:32:33,665 There's a lot of churches right now that are growing, built 684 00:32:33,713 --> 00:32:35,461 on political platforms. 685 00:32:36,151 --> 00:32:41,247 And because they're MAGA churches, they're Republican churches, 686 00:32:41,279 --> 00:32:43,091 There's Democrat churches. 687 00:32:43,591 --> 00:32:45,331 Here's my stance. 688 00:32:46,151 --> 00:32:48,971 See how it says, and the Lord added to their number. 689 00:32:49,591 --> 00:32:53,263 See, it's possible that pastors figure out how to add to 690 00:32:53,287 --> 00:32:54,319 their numbers. 691 00:32:54,495 --> 00:32:57,983 And when it works, the temptation is to keep doing things 692 00:32:58,167 --> 00:32:59,983 that keep that happening. 693 00:33:00,127 --> 00:33:03,091 So you say something and all the Republicans shout. 694 00:33:03,171 --> 00:33:05,475 And then the word starts spreading all over Long Island. 695 00:33:05,523 --> 00:33:06,755 This is a Republican church. 696 00:33:06,803 --> 00:33:10,323 Come to this church, you say something and all the Democrats shout 697 00:33:10,387 --> 00:33:11,875 and the word spreads come to this church. 698 00:33:11,923 --> 00:33:13,283 It's a Democrat church. 699 00:33:13,427 --> 00:33:16,211 The problem is I preach internationally, so I don't have 700 00:33:16,251 --> 00:33:17,715 just an American perspective. 701 00:33:17,763 --> 00:33:20,723 I've seen the body of Christ in many different languages, many 702 00:33:20,747 --> 00:33:22,179 different cultures and settings. 703 00:33:22,275 --> 00:33:25,283 And I have deep personal convictions that are based on the 704 00:33:25,307 --> 00:33:25,811 scripture. 705 00:33:25,891 --> 00:33:28,779 And it's probably pretty obvious to all of you where I land 706 00:33:28,835 --> 00:33:29,403 politically. 707 00:33:29,467 --> 00:33:33,707 But I have not tried to build the church off of that because I've 708 00:33:33,739 --> 00:33:36,951 gone back to the scripture and say, lord, how are you building it? 709 00:33:37,251 --> 00:33:41,451 But also, let me warn you, because that was the politics conversation. 710 00:33:41,611 --> 00:33:44,891 The other conversation is there are churches that grow off 711 00:33:44,931 --> 00:33:45,951 of worship. 712 00:33:46,931 --> 00:33:50,603 And everybody comes because, well, they're known for worship and 713 00:33:50,627 --> 00:33:51,947 they worship for five hours. 714 00:33:52,019 --> 00:33:54,267 And your church is less spiritual because you only worship 715 00:33:54,299 --> 00:33:55,391 for 30 minutes. 716 00:33:56,111 --> 00:33:57,623 But see that also. 717 00:33:57,727 --> 00:34:00,327 And what happens is when churches grow, the word spreads. 718 00:34:00,359 --> 00:34:01,239 Oh, man. 719 00:34:01,295 --> 00:34:03,559 That worship's prophetic, that worship's this. 720 00:34:03,615 --> 00:34:05,495 And then the church starts to grow off of worship. 721 00:34:05,543 --> 00:34:08,091 But again, did the Lord add those numbers? 722 00:34:09,391 --> 00:34:10,599 See, this is. 723 00:34:10,655 --> 00:34:12,647 There's other churches that grow off of preaching. 724 00:34:12,679 --> 00:34:14,451 And it is a one man show. 725 00:34:14,991 --> 00:34:17,287 And you're probably thinking of that person now. 726 00:34:17,359 --> 00:34:19,687 And people come and there's lines all the way down the block 727 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,183 and they just want to see that person because they went viral on 728 00:34:22,207 --> 00:34:23,509 TikTok and they that man. 729 00:34:23,565 --> 00:34:27,521 But then the problem is the mantle never dies with the man. 730 00:34:28,301 --> 00:34:31,161 So it was never about the man, it was about the mantle. 731 00:34:31,741 --> 00:34:35,205 And apostolic leadership is concerned with raising people up 732 00:34:35,293 --> 00:34:38,133 so you can add to your numbers because everybody wants to come and 733 00:34:38,157 --> 00:34:39,201 see that person. 734 00:34:40,061 --> 00:34:41,765 But the question is this. 735 00:34:41,933 --> 00:34:47,109 Can we look at V1 and can we say, and the Lord added to their 736 00:34:47,165 --> 00:34:48,481 numbers day by day. 737 00:34:49,031 --> 00:34:53,531 But the way that you get that to happen is this. 738 00:34:56,631 --> 00:34:58,571 Go to the temple together. 739 00:34:59,271 --> 00:35:00,851 Don't go apart. 740 00:35:01,751 --> 00:35:05,491 Break bread in your homes, plural. 741 00:35:06,871 --> 00:35:10,011 Receive food with a glad, generous heart. 742 00:35:10,391 --> 00:35:11,247 Praise God. 743 00:35:11,279 --> 00:35:12,863 When you're together, don't complain. 744 00:35:12,927 --> 00:35:16,079 Don't murmur praise God, prophesy over each other, support 745 00:35:16,135 --> 00:35:16,891 each other. 746 00:35:17,471 --> 00:35:20,727 And then when you do this, what will happen is you'll begin 747 00:35:20,759 --> 00:35:24,967 to operate in favor and then the Lord will add to your number 748 00:35:25,039 --> 00:35:25,691 daily. 749 00:35:28,591 --> 00:35:31,331 Yeah, we're gonna have three hour worship services. 750 00:35:31,871 --> 00:35:34,551 Yeah, we're gonna have people who come because they wanna see me 751 00:35:34,591 --> 00:35:35,863 preach in person. 752 00:35:36,047 --> 00:35:38,971 Yeah, but the thing is, it's about the priority. 753 00:35:39,631 --> 00:35:42,349 Like we're prioritizing the. 754 00:35:42,375 --> 00:35:43,905 The template that the Lord gave. 755 00:35:43,953 --> 00:35:45,021 Which is what? 756 00:35:46,041 --> 00:35:47,221 Its presence. 757 00:35:48,521 --> 00:35:52,181 It's his presence and each other's presence. 758 00:35:55,161 --> 00:35:59,421 The early church worked hard and they recharged together. 759 00:36:00,841 --> 00:36:03,021 Do you guys have your communion with you? 760 00:37:09,598 --> 00:37:12,418 Public impact flows from private health. 761 00:37:15,758 --> 00:37:17,898 I just feel the holiness of God. 762 00:37:19,038 --> 00:37:21,458 Anybody else experiencing that right now? 763 00:37:21,998 --> 00:37:23,658 The holiness of God? 764 00:37:24,478 --> 00:37:25,978 You know what's happening? 765 00:37:26,318 --> 00:37:28,326 I just figured it out on Stage. 766 00:37:28,502 --> 00:37:30,058 Our church is maturing. 767 00:37:34,008 --> 00:37:35,108 We're maturing. 768 00:37:36,408 --> 00:37:38,208 That's what this is like. 769 00:37:38,248 --> 00:37:38,928 Lord, what is this? 770 00:37:38,968 --> 00:37:39,908 We're maturing. 771 00:37:41,768 --> 00:37:50,468 So if you have your communion, take your cups out and get them ready. 772 00:37:53,288 --> 00:37:56,628 We're always connected, but rarely restored. 773 00:37:57,168 --> 00:37:59,948 Somebody say that phrase, airplane mode. 774 00:38:01,488 --> 00:38:05,656 True work means giving your full energy, and true rest means 775 00:38:05,712 --> 00:38:06,988 fully unplugging. 776 00:38:07,408 --> 00:38:11,192 Let me tell you, I hate the European coffee, but you know what 777 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:12,472 I love about Europeans? 778 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:15,028 They look you in your eyes when you talk to them. 779 00:38:15,808 --> 00:38:16,568 It was. 780 00:38:16,688 --> 00:38:18,808 I mean, and especially the Italian people. 781 00:38:18,848 --> 00:38:20,988 I thought I was going to make out with everybody. 782 00:38:21,978 --> 00:38:23,602 It was the weirdest finale. 783 00:38:23,650 --> 00:38:25,666 I either thought we were either gonna fight or we're gonna 784 00:38:25,682 --> 00:38:27,058 make out in New York City. 785 00:38:27,098 --> 00:38:30,850 When someone looks at you too long, you're like, we're about to 786 00:38:30,874 --> 00:38:31,666 throw down. 787 00:38:31,802 --> 00:38:33,298 So in Italy, it was like this. 788 00:38:33,338 --> 00:38:36,638 And I was like, do something. 789 00:38:37,738 --> 00:38:39,810 And they're like, oh, buongiorno. 790 00:38:39,954 --> 00:38:41,330 Oh, buena sera. 791 00:38:41,394 --> 00:38:42,754 And I'm like, oh, buena serra. 792 00:38:42,786 --> 00:38:44,818 You know, start talking to you. 793 00:38:44,938 --> 00:38:46,130 And then we start talking. 794 00:38:46,194 --> 00:38:48,674 They're looking at me in my eyes all the time, like, are we falling 795 00:38:48,706 --> 00:38:49,438 in love? 796 00:38:49,858 --> 00:38:50,810 I got a wife. 797 00:38:50,874 --> 00:38:51,998 This is weird. 798 00:38:53,058 --> 00:38:54,394 But you know what? 799 00:38:54,546 --> 00:38:57,610 Like, I will say in America, we're. 800 00:38:57,674 --> 00:38:59,198 We're so distracted. 801 00:38:59,618 --> 00:39:02,138 We're so disconnected, and. 802 00:39:02,178 --> 00:39:04,026 And it's like, I think that. 803 00:39:04,082 --> 00:39:06,318 But we do this to God. 804 00:39:06,738 --> 00:39:07,930 I'll put it like this. 805 00:39:08,034 --> 00:39:10,398 Are we sending God text Messages? 806 00:39:11,298 --> 00:39:13,338 Are we FaceTiming God? 807 00:39:13,498 --> 00:39:15,598 Or are we sitting at his feet? 808 00:39:16,668 --> 00:39:17,636 It's time to go. 809 00:39:17,692 --> 00:39:21,108 Oh, it's time to go on airplane mode. 810 00:39:21,268 --> 00:39:23,732 Because some of you are like, this is the order of Christians. 811 00:39:23,780 --> 00:39:25,876 Some Christians are just text messaging God. 812 00:39:25,972 --> 00:39:27,716 Then some Christians, I'm better than you. 813 00:39:27,772 --> 00:39:28,980 I FaceTime him. 814 00:39:29,084 --> 00:39:32,288 But the Lord's saying, yeah, yeah, but I want to smell you. 815 00:39:32,908 --> 00:39:34,852 I want you to smell me. 816 00:39:35,020 --> 00:39:35,556 I want. 817 00:39:35,612 --> 00:39:36,132 I want. 818 00:39:36,220 --> 00:39:37,044 Come on. 819 00:39:37,196 --> 00:39:40,676 There's something about this intimacy, but the same thing. 820 00:39:40,732 --> 00:39:40,964 True. 821 00:39:40,996 --> 00:39:42,568 It's like, I love zoom. 822 00:39:42,928 --> 00:39:46,536 But, man, what's better than zooming church people is bringing 823 00:39:46,552 --> 00:39:49,672 them into your house and just who cares? 824 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:53,368 I'm giving you permission to let the grapes fall on the ground 825 00:39:53,408 --> 00:39:54,228 this season. 826 00:39:54,528 --> 00:39:55,448 That's what I'm saying. 827 00:39:55,488 --> 00:39:56,776 We don't even have to clean them up. 828 00:39:56,832 --> 00:40:00,280 And it was weird because it's like, for six years, we tilled this 829 00:40:00,304 --> 00:40:00,680 land. 830 00:40:00,784 --> 00:40:03,480 For six years, everything had to be perfect. 831 00:40:03,544 --> 00:40:05,240 Now you're saying, let it grow wild. 832 00:40:05,304 --> 00:40:08,108 Yes, because we're reprioritizing. 833 00:40:08,538 --> 00:40:10,878 See, the priority is not a clean house. 834 00:40:11,178 --> 00:40:12,398 It's the company. 835 00:40:12,858 --> 00:40:15,634 I know I've done this before, but I want to do it one last time. 836 00:40:15,706 --> 00:40:17,922 You know who I learned this lesson from? 837 00:40:18,090 --> 00:40:19,398 Ivan Marty. 838 00:40:20,618 --> 00:40:23,938 When we first started the church, he was like, there's this 839 00:40:23,978 --> 00:40:26,898 place in your neighborhood called Norma's, and they have this 840 00:40:26,938 --> 00:40:31,058 thing called the New Yorker, and it's a cheddar biscuit with bacon. 841 00:40:31,138 --> 00:40:32,722 And I said, say less. 842 00:40:32,810 --> 00:40:35,158 I will disciple you at Norma's. 843 00:40:36,958 --> 00:40:40,502 And me and Ivan would just sit down at Norma's, and we would eat, 844 00:40:40,550 --> 00:40:43,846 and we would just spend time together, and we just. 845 00:40:43,902 --> 00:40:47,238 He really taught me the value of breaking bread. 846 00:40:47,318 --> 00:40:48,710 And I would always be like, well, do this. 847 00:40:48,734 --> 00:40:49,030 Do the. 848 00:40:49,054 --> 00:40:49,382 Come to the. 849 00:40:49,390 --> 00:40:51,698 And be like, no, no, only if we eat together. 850 00:40:51,998 --> 00:40:54,374 He just had such a high value for that. 851 00:40:54,526 --> 00:40:58,438 And so true work means giving your full energy, but true rest means 852 00:40:58,478 --> 00:40:59,894 fully unplugging. 853 00:41:00,086 --> 00:41:02,054 And we need those people in our lives. 854 00:41:02,126 --> 00:41:03,564 So watch this. 855 00:41:03,716 --> 00:41:05,756 Look at the communion in your hands. 856 00:41:05,932 --> 00:41:07,676 If you're watching online, just go. 857 00:41:07,732 --> 00:41:08,728 Go get something. 858 00:41:10,628 --> 00:41:12,928 Where was this done with Jesus? 859 00:41:13,668 --> 00:41:15,608 Was it done in a church service? 860 00:41:16,308 --> 00:41:18,128 Was it done in the temple? 861 00:41:19,428 --> 00:41:21,088 It was done at the table. 862 00:41:23,028 --> 00:41:24,092 Isn't it ironic? 863 00:41:24,140 --> 00:41:26,140 Don't you think they would have thought it was weird? 864 00:41:26,284 --> 00:41:27,868 They're like, wait a second. 865 00:41:27,908 --> 00:41:28,774 Let me get this right. 866 00:41:28,876 --> 00:41:32,290 You guys break bread together in a church service, but never in 867 00:41:32,314 --> 00:41:33,238 your homes? 868 00:41:34,778 --> 00:41:38,482 See, Jesus broke bread with those that he was the most intimate 869 00:41:38,530 --> 00:41:39,118 with. 870 00:41:39,978 --> 00:41:47,250 So now I wanna go full circle to the end of my message is hit the 871 00:41:47,274 --> 00:41:47,954 airplane mode. 872 00:41:47,986 --> 00:41:51,154 Because watch, when you hit airplane mode, the airplane takes 873 00:41:51,186 --> 00:41:51,762 off. 874 00:41:51,930 --> 00:41:55,234 And let me ask you, what's harder, Getting service to your cell 875 00:41:55,266 --> 00:41:57,278 phone or putting an airplane in the air? 876 00:41:57,748 --> 00:42:01,088 Putting an airplane in the air is a feat of modern. 877 00:42:01,428 --> 00:42:03,168 It's like a modern marvel. 878 00:42:03,588 --> 00:42:06,892 And so what happens is, by putting the distractions on pause, 879 00:42:06,940 --> 00:42:08,860 something much greater takes off. 880 00:42:09,044 --> 00:42:11,788 And so I feel like what communion represents is the power 881 00:42:11,828 --> 00:42:12,928 of the pause. 882 00:42:13,348 --> 00:42:15,688 So would you all just stand to your feet with me? 883 00:42:23,198 --> 00:42:25,110 This is the last thought I want to leave you with. 884 00:42:25,134 --> 00:42:26,418 And we're going to pray together. 885 00:42:28,638 --> 00:42:32,118 Because when you preach these messages on Sabbath, there's certain 886 00:42:32,158 --> 00:42:35,254 Christians are like, that was the greatest sermon I ever heard 887 00:42:35,286 --> 00:42:35,942 in my life. 888 00:42:36,030 --> 00:42:40,934 Like, Christians love books about rest, sermons about rest, songs 889 00:42:40,966 --> 00:42:41,622 about rest. 890 00:42:41,710 --> 00:42:43,014 We're obsessed with it. 891 00:42:43,086 --> 00:42:45,046 So I want to make sure that I do this right. 892 00:42:45,182 --> 00:42:49,338 Because look at Communion, this was served at the table. 893 00:42:49,958 --> 00:42:53,378 But in order for this to be served, Jesus had to die. 894 00:42:54,518 --> 00:42:55,022 Watch. 895 00:42:55,110 --> 00:42:56,574 This is what the Lord showed me. 896 00:42:56,646 --> 00:42:59,098 Joshua and Caleb go into the promised land. 897 00:42:59,638 --> 00:43:02,618 Canaan was promised to be a place of rest. 898 00:43:03,238 --> 00:43:06,366 That was the way that God told them, hey, when you get to Canaan, 899 00:43:06,382 --> 00:43:07,374 you're gonna rest. 900 00:43:07,526 --> 00:43:09,858 They got there, and it was filled with giants. 901 00:43:10,998 --> 00:43:12,062 So what did they do? 902 00:43:12,150 --> 00:43:15,618 Joshua and Caleb said, we're willing to go to war to create peace. 903 00:43:16,148 --> 00:43:18,412 So here's the wisdom I'm gonna leave you with. 904 00:43:18,580 --> 00:43:21,004 Jesus is the prince of peace. 905 00:43:21,116 --> 00:43:24,608 He goes to the cross in order to create true peace. 906 00:43:25,108 --> 00:43:27,568 So this blood represents violence. 907 00:43:27,908 --> 00:43:30,844 This represents his body being broken. 908 00:43:31,036 --> 00:43:35,608 See, the thing is, many of us, we want peace without war. 909 00:43:36,388 --> 00:43:39,768 But then there's some of us that we only want war. 910 00:43:40,308 --> 00:43:41,888 I'm talking about myself. 911 00:43:43,108 --> 00:43:44,688 I'm a little crazy. 912 00:43:45,268 --> 00:43:47,248 I love fighting demons. 913 00:43:47,668 --> 00:43:48,860 Oh, I love it. 914 00:43:48,964 --> 00:43:49,564 I don't even. 915 00:43:49,636 --> 00:43:51,756 Sometimes I'm like, lord, do you have to throw them in the lake 916 00:43:51,772 --> 00:43:52,108 of fire? 917 00:43:52,148 --> 00:43:55,580 Can I get five more rounds with them before you do it? 918 00:43:55,604 --> 00:43:56,268 I mean, I'm just. 919 00:43:56,308 --> 00:43:57,724 I'm a warrior at heart. 920 00:43:57,796 --> 00:44:00,928 You, if you go to this church, you're at a warrior church. 921 00:44:01,828 --> 00:44:04,620 But the thing is, I have to remind myself, the only reason why 922 00:44:04,644 --> 00:44:06,848 you go to war is to produce peace. 923 00:44:08,638 --> 00:44:11,542 See, but there's other people that want peace, but never want to 924 00:44:11,550 --> 00:44:12,338 go to war. 925 00:44:13,038 --> 00:44:18,070 And I believe what God's trying to install is his kingdom 926 00:44:18,134 --> 00:44:18,886 balance. 927 00:44:19,062 --> 00:44:22,550 Joshua and Caleb's promised rest was filled with giants. 928 00:44:22,694 --> 00:44:25,462 Rest comes after faith, filled obedience. 929 00:44:25,590 --> 00:44:28,698 Six years of working the land, seventh year, Sabbath. 930 00:44:29,118 --> 00:44:31,898 Six days of working, seventh day of Sabbath. 931 00:44:32,888 --> 00:44:35,068 So I believe as we take this cup. 932 00:44:35,768 --> 00:44:38,624 I've never preached this before, but I feel the power of God 933 00:44:38,656 --> 00:44:39,408 all over this. 934 00:44:39,528 --> 00:44:44,748 This cup represents both the table and the field. 935 00:44:45,288 --> 00:44:49,028 This cup represents both the battle and the peace. 936 00:44:49,768 --> 00:44:53,388 And when you say yes to communion, you're saying yes to both. 937 00:44:53,928 --> 00:44:58,384 God, if I gotta fight in Brooklyn to win this city, I'm gonna 938 00:44:58,416 --> 00:44:58,752 fight. 939 00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:00,896 If I gotta fight in Indiana, I'm gonna fight. 940 00:45:00,952 --> 00:45:01,126 But. 941 00:45:01,152 --> 00:45:02,838 But what are we fighting for? 942 00:45:03,618 --> 00:45:05,354 True rest, true peace. 943 00:45:05,466 --> 00:45:08,358 That our children will know a future we never had. 944 00:45:09,218 --> 00:45:13,274 That the generations will inherit, but they'll have their battles. 945 00:45:13,466 --> 00:45:17,290 So communion is saying, God, bring me into your rest. 946 00:45:17,474 --> 00:45:20,570 But God, also, I'm willing to come into the battle with you as 947 00:45:20,594 --> 00:45:21,162 well. 948 00:45:21,330 --> 00:45:24,238 So what I want you to do is take this wafer. 949 00:45:25,618 --> 00:45:27,146 And this represents his body. 950 00:45:27,202 --> 00:45:33,808 You can take it now and now. 951 00:45:34,188 --> 00:45:37,848 This represents his blood that was shed for you on the cross. 952 00:45:38,828 --> 00:45:41,348 As a matter of fact, I preached that sermon about the seven 953 00:45:41,388 --> 00:45:43,188 different ways his blood was spilled. 954 00:45:43,268 --> 00:45:44,260 Even before the cross. 955 00:45:44,324 --> 00:45:45,928 It was his crown of thorns. 956 00:45:46,828 --> 00:45:48,596 His side was pierced for you. 957 00:45:48,652 --> 00:45:53,620 So as we take this, let us do this in remembrance, but also an 958 00:45:53,644 --> 00:45:55,684 acknowledgement of all the ways the blood was spilled. 959 00:45:55,716 --> 00:45:56,854 So that you would be healed. 960 00:45:56,956 --> 00:46:09,958 Let's take it now across every V1 campus. 961 00:46:10,538 --> 00:46:13,278 I want you to take the next 30 seconds right now. 962 00:46:13,578 --> 00:46:15,318 I want you to grab your phone. 963 00:46:18,858 --> 00:46:23,118 I want you to open up the camera app. 964 00:46:23,538 --> 00:46:26,398 I want you to go over to the video portion. 965 00:46:27,858 --> 00:46:30,758 I want you to put it on yourself like this. 966 00:46:32,178 --> 00:46:32,698 Come on. 967 00:46:32,738 --> 00:46:34,634 Be obedient to the man of God. 968 00:46:34,826 --> 00:46:36,026 I know you don't want to. 969 00:46:36,082 --> 00:46:39,770 I know you just saw your chin and you're like, lord, I don't even 970 00:46:39,794 --> 00:46:47,066 feel your presence anymore because we're about to redeem this 971 00:46:47,122 --> 00:46:47,722 thing. 972 00:46:47,890 --> 00:46:49,942 So across every campus right now. 973 00:46:50,050 --> 00:46:52,334 And I want everybody to participate in this. 974 00:46:52,486 --> 00:46:54,318 I want you to say into the. 975 00:46:54,358 --> 00:46:56,670 I want you to film a video to yourself. 976 00:46:56,814 --> 00:46:59,710 Because right now, we're marking a moment, the power of the 977 00:46:59,734 --> 00:47:00,382 pause. 978 00:47:00,510 --> 00:47:03,694 And I want you to begin to say the things that you're putting on 979 00:47:03,766 --> 00:47:04,862 airplane mode. 980 00:47:04,990 --> 00:47:07,150 So we're all going to film a video, and I'm going to do it with 981 00:47:07,174 --> 00:47:07,806 you right now. 982 00:47:07,862 --> 00:47:10,494 And you're going to say, I'm putting this distraction on airplane 983 00:47:10,526 --> 00:47:10,734 mode. 984 00:47:10,766 --> 00:47:12,142 I'm putting this on airplane mode. 985 00:47:12,190 --> 00:47:14,718 And I'm believing that I'm going to be hungry for God. 986 00:47:14,798 --> 00:47:16,974 I'm going to get into his presence, and I want you to begin 987 00:47:17,006 --> 00:47:18,210 to speak and declare. 988 00:47:18,334 --> 00:47:19,482 And we're gonna do this. 989 00:47:19,570 --> 00:47:22,266 And because I believe we're gonna get this digitally into our 990 00:47:22,322 --> 00:47:24,970 phone, and it's gonna be a remembrance of what God did. 991 00:47:24,994 --> 00:47:26,106 Are you all ready? 992 00:47:26,282 --> 00:47:26,714 Okay. 993 00:47:26,746 --> 00:47:29,866 Across every location right now, and just lift up the music, 994 00:47:30,002 --> 00:47:33,658 and we're just gonna begin to speak and prophesy and declare into 995 00:47:33,698 --> 00:47:33,994 the phone. 996 00:47:34,026 --> 00:47:35,002 So just prophesy. 997 00:47:35,050 --> 00:47:37,930 I am gonna regulate my central nervous system. 998 00:47:38,034 --> 00:47:39,834 I am gonna be in the presence of God. 999 00:47:39,866 --> 00:47:41,914 I am gonna be disciplined with my time. 1000 00:47:41,986 --> 00:47:43,798 All right, Ready, set, go. 1001 00:47:45,468 --> 00:47:49,060 Hey, this is Pastor Mike pastoring. 1002 00:47:49,124 --> 00:47:54,688 Pastor Mike, you will be disciplined with your time. 1003 00:47:54,988 --> 00:47:58,964 I'm prophesying right now and declaring that you are going to number 1004 00:47:59,036 --> 00:48:03,620 your days to include Sabbath rest, that you are going to glorify 1005 00:48:03,684 --> 00:48:07,812 God in your rest, that you're going to open your home, break bread, 1006 00:48:07,940 --> 00:48:11,938 become friends to those, begin to open up those spaces where many 1007 00:48:11,978 --> 00:48:13,170 can come to know him. 1008 00:48:13,274 --> 00:48:17,138 And I prophesy and declare that sometimes the grapes will fall 1009 00:48:17,178 --> 00:48:21,266 on the floor, that sometimes the season will dictate another action. 1010 00:48:21,402 --> 00:48:24,898 And I even begin to speak and declare that I will be rested and 1011 00:48:24,938 --> 00:48:29,010 recharged, that I will put boundaries to technology, that I 1012 00:48:29,034 --> 00:48:32,498 will put boundaries to the light that I put in my eyes, that 1013 00:48:32,538 --> 00:48:35,378 I will seek and know God and discover you. 1014 00:48:35,418 --> 00:48:37,882 Lord, in ways I've never known before. 1015 00:48:38,050 --> 00:48:42,090 And I thank you, Father, that I'm going to work hard, but I'm going 1016 00:48:42,114 --> 00:48:43,466 to rest even better. 1017 00:48:43,602 --> 00:48:45,866 And, Lord, that you're going to meet me in my rest. 1018 00:48:45,922 --> 00:48:48,346 That you're going to meet me in that place. 1019 00:48:48,402 --> 00:48:48,874 God. 1020 00:48:48,986 --> 00:48:53,178 Lord, I pray even over my sleep that I will have restorative 1021 00:48:53,258 --> 00:48:53,930 sleep. 1022 00:48:54,074 --> 00:48:59,082 Sleep that refreshes sleep that renews sleep, Lord, that is 1023 00:48:59,170 --> 00:49:00,650 designated by you. 1024 00:49:00,754 --> 00:49:03,130 And that you'll meet me even in my sleep. 1025 00:49:03,274 --> 00:49:06,378 And, Lord, I thank you that I'm going to walk in your purpose, 1026 00:49:06,538 --> 00:49:10,026 that you're going to refine me before you reveal me. 1027 00:49:10,162 --> 00:49:12,178 That you are going to have your will in my life.