1 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:10,160 So if you have your bibles, would you turn to Luke chapter 14. 2 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:11,840 Luke chapter 14. 3 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:17,480 As we are heading into the fall season and getting back to school 4 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,800 and just all of the things, I've been married almost 16 years 5 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:22,560 to my beautiful wife Morgan. 6 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:24,800 We have three girls and a boy. 7 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:26,800 My son Israel is here today. 8 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:30,080 I really felt like, yeah, give a shout out to Israel. 9 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:36,860 He's a on our annual Father Son trip every year for his birthday. 10 00:00:36,860 --> 00:00:40,500 So yeah, as we're heading into the fall season, I really felt like 11 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:44,780 the Lord put a word in my spirit for V1 church that he was 12 00:00:44,780 --> 00:00:49,340 going to help us fall in love with him all over again. 13 00:00:50,140 --> 00:00:54,140 And so this morning I want to talk to you about the three stages 14 00:00:54,460 --> 00:00:55,340 of love. 15 00:00:55,820 --> 00:00:59,500 If I had a title for this message, it would be called the Table 16 00:00:59,500 --> 00:01:00,700 of Encounter. 17 00:01:00,940 --> 00:01:04,320 I'm going to preach the word, I'm going to pray for us, and then 18 00:01:04,320 --> 00:01:07,680 I'm going to minister to several of you this morning. 19 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,560 And we just want to welcome all of the campuses from around the 20 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,920 nation that are joining us in V1 church. 21 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:16,920 Thank you guys so much. 22 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:19,799 Lord, thank you for this time in your word. 23 00:01:19,799 --> 00:01:23,040 Lord, we ask that you would encounter each of our hearts in a 24 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:23,880 fresh way. 25 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:28,640 Jesus, we give you our yes, even this fall, that you would help 26 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,400 us to fall in love with you all over again. 27 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:33,560 In Jesus name, amen. 28 00:01:34,710 --> 00:01:42,230 In John 14:16, Jesus tells his disciples, if you love me, you will 29 00:01:42,470 --> 00:01:44,230 obey my commands. 30 00:01:44,710 --> 00:01:48,390 I believe this morning that I'm talking to two groups of people. 31 00:01:48,470 --> 00:01:51,110 The first group, you don't know God. 32 00:01:51,190 --> 00:01:54,710 Maybe you stumbled in this morning or you're watching online 33 00:01:54,950 --> 00:01:59,430 and I have to believe the Holy Spirit drew you to learn more about 34 00:01:59,510 --> 00:01:59,950 God. 35 00:01:59,950 --> 00:02:03,710 There's something that the Lord wants to meet in your heart 36 00:02:03,710 --> 00:02:04,390 this morning. 37 00:02:04,470 --> 00:02:08,130 But I believe mostly I'm talking, talking to people who are 38 00:02:08,130 --> 00:02:10,210 committed to following Jesus. 39 00:02:10,770 --> 00:02:13,890 Jesus made it really simple in the Gospels. 40 00:02:13,890 --> 00:02:19,490 He said, if anyone would follow me, he must deny himself, 41 00:02:19,970 --> 00:02:22,850 pick up his cross and follow Jesus. 42 00:02:22,930 --> 00:02:27,530 So the way that I say it is in order to follow Jesus, you have to 43 00:02:27,530 --> 00:02:28,850 unfollow yourself. 44 00:02:29,330 --> 00:02:30,930 It's really easy, right? 45 00:02:30,930 --> 00:02:34,530 So we have to die to our desires what we want. 46 00:02:34,930 --> 00:02:38,410 And we're learning what it means to follow follow Jesus, what 47 00:02:38,410 --> 00:02:40,290 it means to obey Him. 48 00:02:40,770 --> 00:02:47,250 As we're learning how to obey Jesus, there are three primary ways 49 00:02:47,650 --> 00:02:50,690 that we can love him and obey Him. 50 00:02:50,770 --> 00:02:55,330 Today I want to talk about some of the motivations of our hearts 51 00:02:55,330 --> 00:02:59,090 of why we're choosing to obey Jesus. 52 00:02:59,330 --> 00:03:05,010 So number one, I want to talk to you about fear based obedience 53 00:03:05,090 --> 00:03:08,770 if you're taking notes, it'll be on the screen behind me. 54 00:03:09,070 --> 00:03:10,510 Fear Based Obedience. 55 00:03:10,990 --> 00:03:13,390 This is fire insurance. 56 00:03:13,790 --> 00:03:17,750 You made a lot of people who are following Jesus because they're 57 00:03:17,750 --> 00:03:19,390 afraid of going to hell, right? 58 00:03:19,390 --> 00:03:20,630 I don't know if you've ever met those people. 59 00:03:20,630 --> 00:03:22,070 I call it fire insurance. 60 00:03:22,070 --> 00:03:26,430 Hey man, I just want to make sure that my eternity is secure. 61 00:03:26,670 --> 00:03:30,030 I believe that hell's a real place, but I'm just kind of trying 62 00:03:30,030 --> 00:03:34,110 to follow Jesus because I don't want to go to hell or we fear 63 00:03:34,110 --> 00:03:36,430 the consequences of sin. 64 00:03:37,130 --> 00:03:38,370 Fear Based obedience. 65 00:03:38,370 --> 00:03:43,330 I had a good friend growing up who was a drug addict and alcoholic, 66 00:03:43,330 --> 00:03:44,970 just really running from God. 67 00:03:45,210 --> 00:03:49,290 And there was a local church in our town that put on this production 68 00:03:49,530 --> 00:03:52,810 called Hell's Flames and Heaven's Gates. 69 00:03:53,049 --> 00:03:55,570 I don't know if you have ever been to one of those, but it basically 70 00:03:55,570 --> 00:03:59,610 just talks to people about the reality of heaven and hell and it 71 00:03:59,610 --> 00:04:04,250 shows you a drunk driver scene where a group of teenagers tragically 72 00:04:04,250 --> 00:04:06,890 lost their lives to a drunk driver. 73 00:04:06,970 --> 00:04:11,190 Weren't ready for that question of if you died today, are 74 00:04:11,190 --> 00:04:13,510 you sure where you would spend eternity. 75 00:04:13,670 --> 00:04:15,750 And he got shaken to the core. 76 00:04:15,750 --> 00:04:20,150 He got so shaken to the core about the reality of hell that he 77 00:04:20,150 --> 00:04:24,670 literally stopped doing drugs and alcohol that day, committed his 78 00:04:24,670 --> 00:04:25,910 life to Jesus Christ. 79 00:04:25,910 --> 00:04:27,270 And he's never looked back. 80 00:04:27,350 --> 00:04:31,350 He's married, a millionaire, a great business, a great family. 81 00:04:31,910 --> 00:04:35,430 So he started at Fear Based Obedience. 82 00:04:36,230 --> 00:04:41,270 The next form of obedience is duty based obedience. 83 00:04:42,390 --> 00:04:47,950 I grew up in Miami and then I was a pastor's son in Indianapolis, 84 00:04:47,950 --> 00:04:49,510 Indiana for many years. 85 00:04:49,910 --> 00:04:54,190 I currently live in Charlotte, North Carolina where we have a church 86 00:04:54,190 --> 00:04:55,110 and a ministry. 87 00:04:55,350 --> 00:04:59,270 But we refer to our circles as the Bible Belt. 88 00:04:59,670 --> 00:05:04,070 Meaning like you're saved, I'm saved, we're all saved kind of thing. 89 00:05:04,470 --> 00:05:09,810 So a lot of people that are following Jesus out of duty and obligation, 90 00:05:10,130 --> 00:05:13,410 hey, I go to church because it's my parents faith. 91 00:05:13,570 --> 00:05:18,250 Hey, I'm trying to serve God because this is the right thing to 92 00:05:18,250 --> 00:05:18,530 do. 93 00:05:18,610 --> 00:05:22,210 A lot of people who sit in church, we have this like, yeah, 94 00:05:22,210 --> 00:05:24,450 I mean, the Bible says don't steal. 95 00:05:24,530 --> 00:05:26,370 The Bible says don't murder. 96 00:05:26,370 --> 00:05:28,690 The Bible says don't commit adultery. 97 00:05:28,850 --> 00:05:31,650 The Bible says don't have sex before marriage. 98 00:05:31,650 --> 00:05:36,210 There's a lot of different things in there that people try to 99 00:05:36,210 --> 00:05:40,350 follow God out of duty and obligation. 100 00:05:40,910 --> 00:05:45,550 I know for me, being raised a pastor's son, you didn't even have 101 00:05:45,550 --> 00:05:46,510 a choice, right? 102 00:05:46,510 --> 00:05:48,910 You're going to church and you're going to church early. 103 00:05:48,990 --> 00:05:53,030 And if you're a pastor's kid, you got church every day, okay? 104 00:05:53,030 --> 00:05:55,150 And so I just kind of grew up in it. 105 00:05:55,150 --> 00:05:59,990 But I stand before you here today as a preacher, but my brother 106 00:05:59,990 --> 00:06:05,150 right under me is a prisoner at a federal penitentiary in Florida. 107 00:06:07,060 --> 00:06:11,500 How did two boys who grew up in the same home, one became a preacher 108 00:06:11,500 --> 00:06:14,020 and one is locked up in a federal prison? 109 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:17,300 It's because there's a difference between knowing about 110 00:06:17,460 --> 00:06:18,900 God and knowing God. 111 00:06:19,780 --> 00:06:23,580 There's a difference between singing words on a screen and then 112 00:06:23,580 --> 00:06:25,300 having them written on your heart. 113 00:06:26,260 --> 00:06:30,740 There's a lot of people who just go to church on Sunday, check 114 00:06:30,740 --> 00:06:35,220 a box, and then live like the world Monday to Saturday because 115 00:06:35,300 --> 00:06:40,560 they are bound in duty based, obligatory religion. 116 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:45,520 And they haven't moved into the third form of obedience which 117 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:46,720 you'll see on your screen. 118 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,120 Affection based obedience. 119 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:54,720 Okay, so you have fear based obedience, you have duty based obedience, 120 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,840 and then you have affection based obedience. 121 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:03,360 It's out of encountering Jesus, experiencing his love and 122 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:03,840 affection. 123 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:05,760 I tell people it's really this simple. 124 00:07:06,230 --> 00:07:10,190 You fall so in love with Jesus that you fall out of love with the 125 00:07:10,190 --> 00:07:10,470 world. 126 00:07:12,710 --> 00:07:16,630 You can tell whether people are bound in religion or not by listening 127 00:07:16,630 --> 00:07:17,750 to them repent. 128 00:07:19,030 --> 00:07:22,470 People bound in religion repent of breaking rules. 129 00:07:23,110 --> 00:07:26,550 People who live in religion repent of breaking his heart. 130 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:32,760 Lord, I'm just sorry. 131 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,200 I broke all the rules and I screwed up again. 132 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:38,560 You're just going to be back there next week. 133 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:45,040 Lord, I recognize that I'm in a relationship with you, a love relationship 134 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:45,560 with you. 135 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:50,280 I tell our congregation in Charlotte we have the best dad in 136 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:51,280 the entire world. 137 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:57,280 When I got delivered of being an orphan and God wasn't just some 138 00:07:57,700 --> 00:08:02,620 busy middle class father up in the sky who I kind of bothered when 139 00:08:02,620 --> 00:08:03,260 I prayed. 140 00:08:03,260 --> 00:08:09,020 When I got delivered of all of that stinking thinking and I got 141 00:08:09,020 --> 00:08:13,820 connected to a father who loves me, who cares for me, who wants 142 00:08:13,820 --> 00:08:18,820 relationship with me, and has invited me to follow him. 143 00:08:19,220 --> 00:08:23,940 There is so much joy and there is so much satisfaction in following 144 00:08:24,100 --> 00:08:24,500 him. 145 00:08:24,980 --> 00:08:28,940 So these are the ways that we can serve God, the ways that we can 146 00:08:28,940 --> 00:08:31,840 obey God and the motivation why. 147 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:36,080 Okay, so people don't burn out on God because they go to church 148 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:36,720 too much. 149 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:42,160 People burn out on God because of why they go to church. 150 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,640 In Matthew 4, 5 and 6, Jesus talks to them. 151 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,400 When you fast, when you pray, when you give. 152 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:54,520 So he's not saying you shouldn't fast, you shouldn't pray, 153 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:55,440 you shouldn't give. 154 00:08:55,520 --> 00:09:01,280 He's saying when you do it, don't be like the Pharisees who do 155 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:06,720 it to be seen by Men, he's addressing the motivations of their 156 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:07,120 heart. 157 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:13,920 Okay, so again, bottom line, Jesus said, if you love me, you will 158 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:16,720 obey my commands. 159 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:18,240 John 14:15. 160 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:23,120 Any man that says, I love God and lives in darkness is a liar. 161 00:09:24,010 --> 00:09:25,410 Not JJ Translation. 162 00:09:25,410 --> 00:09:26,810 That's one John one. 163 00:09:26,810 --> 00:09:29,330 Okay, so you gotta like establish. 164 00:09:29,330 --> 00:09:35,010 Okay, so like, we have adopted this form of American Christianity 165 00:09:35,010 --> 00:09:38,730 where we can't even tell who are the goats and who are the sheep. 166 00:09:40,090 --> 00:09:44,010 It doesn't even matter who shows up to church on Sunday or not. 167 00:09:44,410 --> 00:09:47,770 Something hasn't shifted in people's minds. 168 00:09:48,090 --> 00:09:50,650 Something hasn't happened in their heart. 169 00:09:50,890 --> 00:09:54,890 And I believe one of the things that needs to happen in people's 170 00:09:54,890 --> 00:09:59,350 minds in their hearts is we need to fall in love with Jesus all 171 00:09:59,350 --> 00:09:59,990 over again. 172 00:10:00,390 --> 00:10:03,110 We need a fresh encounter of his love. 173 00:10:03,350 --> 00:10:08,030 We need to say, lord, thank you for, hey, you know, hell is a 174 00:10:08,030 --> 00:10:08,630 reality. 175 00:10:08,870 --> 00:10:11,990 I don't want to pay the consequences of my sin. 176 00:10:12,150 --> 00:10:13,510 Great start there. 177 00:10:13,670 --> 00:10:14,190 All right. 178 00:10:14,190 --> 00:10:16,910 Some of us, hey, it's the duty, it's the religion. 179 00:10:16,910 --> 00:10:18,150 We're just kind of. 180 00:10:18,310 --> 00:10:22,150 But again, I know for me, that got my brother in a federal prison. 181 00:10:22,690 --> 00:10:23,130 It didn't. 182 00:10:23,130 --> 00:10:23,610 He did. 183 00:10:23,610 --> 00:10:24,450 He knew that. 184 00:10:24,450 --> 00:10:27,610 It's like, you know the scriptures, but do the scriptures 185 00:10:27,610 --> 00:10:28,210 know you? 186 00:10:30,370 --> 00:10:31,490 Well, I go to church. 187 00:10:31,490 --> 00:10:35,450 Well, I, you know, I weep with parents across the country and the 188 00:10:35,450 --> 00:10:35,690 world. 189 00:10:35,690 --> 00:10:41,690 I've been over 25 nations now, 43 states are like, I raised my kid 190 00:10:41,690 --> 00:10:42,370 in church. 191 00:10:43,090 --> 00:10:47,810 But maybe that was the problem because there's a difference between 192 00:10:47,970 --> 00:10:51,490 raising your kid in church and raising them in Jesus. 193 00:10:53,140 --> 00:10:57,900 Bringing them to church on Sunday, bringing them to church on 194 00:10:57,900 --> 00:11:02,820 Sunday, and acting a different way at home breeds hypocrisy. 195 00:11:04,660 --> 00:11:09,060 So again, when you begin to encounter Jesus, it changes the way 196 00:11:09,060 --> 00:11:11,860 you think, it changes the way you act. 197 00:11:12,180 --> 00:11:14,900 It changes the way who you hang out with. 198 00:11:14,900 --> 00:11:16,500 The Bible's pretty clear. 199 00:11:16,580 --> 00:11:19,620 Bad company corrupts good character. 200 00:11:20,020 --> 00:11:23,700 So if you fall so in love with Jesus, you're probably going to fall 201 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,920 out of friendship with people who love the world more than Jesus. 202 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:32,440 I'm pretty sure if I told my wife I loved her and then cheated 203 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:35,040 on her, she would say, you're a liar. 204 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:39,880 We cannot say that we love Jesus and we're following him and 205 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:43,200 we're looking and acting and talking like the world good. 206 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:49,000 So one of the examples that I give on my journey of learning how 207 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:54,320 to love God and obey him, when we talk about affection based obedience, 208 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,020 I'm talking about longevity. 209 00:11:57,100 --> 00:11:57,660 Okay? 210 00:11:57,660 --> 00:11:59,660 I want to give you a trajectory. 211 00:12:00,060 --> 00:12:05,660 I want to paint a picture for you that you can consistently love 212 00:12:05,740 --> 00:12:11,340 God and make decisions that are congruent with his Word. 213 00:12:11,819 --> 00:12:18,380 You can be a faithful follower of Jesus if you'll learn how to live 214 00:12:18,460 --> 00:12:20,540 out of affection for him. 215 00:12:21,180 --> 00:12:25,340 But all these other options, your Christianity looks like this. 216 00:12:26,820 --> 00:12:27,260 We go to this. 217 00:12:27,260 --> 00:12:28,100 I do it like this. 218 00:12:28,100 --> 00:12:30,580 He loves me, he loves me not. 219 00:12:30,580 --> 00:12:31,580 Check walking on that. 220 00:12:31,580 --> 00:12:34,740 He loves me, he loves me not a lot of people. 221 00:12:35,300 --> 00:12:40,380 Again, you have seasons where you're on fire for God and then you 222 00:12:40,380 --> 00:12:43,220 have seasons where you're doing stupid stuff again. 223 00:12:44,020 --> 00:12:49,380 Is that a nice way to say that you have seasons where, oh God, I 224 00:12:49,380 --> 00:12:49,780 love you. 225 00:12:49,780 --> 00:12:51,460 I've been free from this for a week. 226 00:12:51,460 --> 00:12:53,820 And then here we go again. 227 00:12:54,060 --> 00:12:54,940 What happened? 228 00:12:55,020 --> 00:12:57,060 Affection based obedience. 229 00:12:57,060 --> 00:12:59,740 It's consistent faithfulness. 230 00:12:59,900 --> 00:13:03,980 It's the same Jeremiah you see right here. 231 00:13:03,980 --> 00:13:06,580 Today is the same man of God. 232 00:13:06,580 --> 00:13:07,580 I am at home. 233 00:13:08,060 --> 00:13:10,220 I hate hypocrisy. 234 00:13:10,620 --> 00:13:15,180 I am so tired of preachers acting one way at church. 235 00:13:15,340 --> 00:13:18,620 I'm just tired of Christianity in general. 236 00:13:21,050 --> 00:13:23,290 Lukewarm Christianity. 237 00:13:23,850 --> 00:13:25,930 Fake it till you make it. 238 00:13:27,610 --> 00:13:33,290 We need a revelation and a revolution in the church today of 239 00:13:33,290 --> 00:13:38,130 people who, out of a love and an experience of God, learn how to 240 00:13:38,130 --> 00:13:38,650 love him. 241 00:13:38,730 --> 00:13:42,810 So I graduated from Southeastern University in Lakeland, 242 00:13:42,810 --> 00:13:43,410 Florida. 243 00:13:43,410 --> 00:13:48,090 I was born in Hollywood, Florida, grew up in Indiana and then 244 00:13:48,090 --> 00:13:49,370 came back to Florida. 245 00:13:49,370 --> 00:13:52,290 I missed it so much and went to college there. 246 00:13:52,370 --> 00:13:57,370 And I did 18 credit hours and my job, because I had to pay for 247 00:13:57,370 --> 00:14:02,449 everything was I cleaned toilets 40 hours a week as a custodian. 248 00:14:02,530 --> 00:14:05,250 Very humbling season of my life. 249 00:14:06,290 --> 00:14:09,450 And I would say I was a busy bachelor. 250 00:14:09,450 --> 00:14:13,810 I literally did school, I did work, I worked out and I ate just 251 00:14:13,810 --> 00:14:19,630 around the clock, very regimented schedule until a girl 252 00:14:19,630 --> 00:14:22,510 on campus gave me some attention. 253 00:14:23,870 --> 00:14:29,110 It's amazing to me when I look back at that season, how I had to 254 00:14:29,110 --> 00:14:33,550 have a certain amount of sleep, how I was on a certain budget. 255 00:14:33,869 --> 00:14:38,830 But the moment a girl named Morgan showed interest in me, I was 256 00:14:38,830 --> 00:14:40,830 on the phone till four in the morning. 257 00:14:41,790 --> 00:14:44,830 I was spending money on dates I didn't have. 258 00:14:45,370 --> 00:14:46,410 What happened? 259 00:14:46,970 --> 00:14:49,290 I began to have an experience. 260 00:14:50,410 --> 00:14:53,450 I entered into a relationship. 261 00:14:53,850 --> 00:14:56,050 There was a realm of affection. 262 00:14:56,050 --> 00:14:57,370 I want you to listen to me. 263 00:14:57,370 --> 00:15:03,050 There was a realm of affection I encountered that overrode how tired 264 00:15:03,050 --> 00:15:08,010 I was, that overrode how much money I had. 265 00:15:08,490 --> 00:15:14,170 So there was an experience, an encounter in a love relationship 266 00:15:14,490 --> 00:15:18,830 that delivered me from being, oh, I need this much sleep. 267 00:15:18,830 --> 00:15:20,870 I had to have this much money. 268 00:15:21,190 --> 00:15:26,430 And when we got together, I didn't say, oh man, I spent so much 269 00:15:26,430 --> 00:15:31,030 money on this date, oh gee, I'd rather be watching Football right 270 00:15:31,030 --> 00:15:33,350 now, but I guess we can hang out. 271 00:15:34,310 --> 00:15:38,430 But people come to church and think the whole time, wow, I can't 272 00:15:38,430 --> 00:15:39,670 wait till this ends. 273 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:49,200 We haven't really had an encounter with God yet. 274 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,640 That overrides our Netflix binge. 275 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,480 Here in America, you can barely get people to church on Sunday. 276 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:00,440 You try to get into prayer. 277 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:01,360 I don't have time. 278 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:02,800 Try to get him to serve. 279 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:03,760 I don't have time. 280 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:06,320 God forbid you take up the tithes and offerings. 281 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,480 Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. 282 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:12,800 But I can just tell you, as a father of three girls and a wife, 283 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,820 they pretty much get what they asked for. 284 00:16:16,780 --> 00:16:18,060 They got me on this. 285 00:16:18,140 --> 00:16:18,500 Why? 286 00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:22,220 There's love, there's affection, There's. 287 00:16:22,380 --> 00:16:24,380 It is my great joy. 288 00:16:24,940 --> 00:16:30,619 It is my great pleasure as a husband and a father to willingly 289 00:16:30,619 --> 00:16:34,620 and lovingly give them the desires of my heart. 290 00:16:34,860 --> 00:16:36,700 Because it's called love. 291 00:16:38,460 --> 00:16:43,780 Is there a love in your heart for Jesus today where you will willingly 292 00:16:43,780 --> 00:16:48,120 and delightfully give the desires of his heart? 293 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:51,320 Will you fall in love with him again? 294 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:56,440 So many of these messages that we hear on repentance and revival 295 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,440 and, you know, if you're like me, you got a sports background. 296 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,080 I'm like, all right, I gotta. 297 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:02,319 I gotta pull, pull. 298 00:17:02,319 --> 00:17:03,840 You know, I gotta get geared up. 299 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:04,360 I gotta. 300 00:17:04,360 --> 00:17:07,160 So I can just serve God another day. 301 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:08,040 I gotta. 302 00:17:08,120 --> 00:17:11,640 Some of you, your Christianity, you're just pushing 303 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:12,040 through. 304 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:13,400 You're pushing through. 305 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:15,080 You're pushing through. 306 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:24,800 When God says, stop, I want to bring you into an intimate relationship 307 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:29,440 with me where it's out of loving me that you'll learn how to 308 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:30,240 obey me. 309 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:37,840 How many of you would like to get off the roller coaster of Christianity, 310 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:39,920 folks? 311 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:41,280 There's a place. 312 00:17:43,220 --> 00:17:44,420 Like, there's a place. 313 00:17:45,060 --> 00:17:50,180 The Bible says there are pleasures in God's presence forevermore. 314 00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:51,940 Let me throw something at you. 315 00:17:51,940 --> 00:17:54,260 You can write it down or quote me on this. 316 00:17:54,260 --> 00:17:54,820 Okay. 317 00:17:54,900 --> 00:17:58,180 To sin, the invitation to sin. 318 00:17:58,580 --> 00:18:03,700 It is not the gaining of pleasure, it is the loss of it. 319 00:18:05,540 --> 00:18:05,940 Why? 320 00:18:05,940 --> 00:18:09,060 Because true pleasure is found in Jesus. 321 00:18:10,380 --> 00:18:13,100 We were born for intimacy with Jesus. 322 00:18:13,340 --> 00:18:14,020 You're not. 323 00:18:14,020 --> 00:18:18,860 We're not missing out on anything that the world has to offer. 324 00:18:19,340 --> 00:18:21,660 But you think that you are. 325 00:18:21,740 --> 00:18:28,220 If you haven't met Jesus yet, the enticement. 326 00:18:28,380 --> 00:18:32,420 I'm telling you, there's a place in Jesus where you won't wake 327 00:18:32,420 --> 00:18:34,700 up every day tempted to sin. 328 00:18:37,030 --> 00:18:40,070 It's not, oh, I've been delivered from alcohol because I 329 00:18:40,070 --> 00:18:41,590 don't go to the bar again. 330 00:18:42,310 --> 00:18:42,590 No. 331 00:18:42,590 --> 00:18:46,190 Because when you go to the bar again, you just face the same temptation 332 00:18:46,190 --> 00:18:46,710 and fall. 333 00:18:46,950 --> 00:18:47,350 No. 334 00:18:47,350 --> 00:18:50,430 Fully being delivered of Alcohol is. 335 00:18:50,430 --> 00:18:55,030 I can be around it and I no longer have the craving for it anymore. 336 00:18:55,270 --> 00:18:57,030 That's real deliverance. 337 00:18:57,350 --> 00:19:00,990 But again, you call God, I'm going to go to hell if I get wasted 338 00:19:00,990 --> 00:19:01,270 again. 339 00:19:01,910 --> 00:19:03,750 Oh, God, I know this is the wrong thing. 340 00:19:03,750 --> 00:19:04,630 Oh, oh. 341 00:19:05,270 --> 00:19:07,590 The fight over temptation. 342 00:19:07,830 --> 00:19:13,110 You will not have consistent victory in your life that Jesus died 343 00:19:13,110 --> 00:19:14,710 again for and rose again. 344 00:19:14,950 --> 00:19:19,110 We will not have that consistent connection with him if 345 00:19:19,110 --> 00:19:22,710 we don't say, lord, I need to fall in love with you. 346 00:19:23,430 --> 00:19:27,790 Lord, deliver me from going through the motions thinking that 347 00:19:27,790 --> 00:19:31,030 just because I go to church, I'm right with you. 348 00:19:31,270 --> 00:19:34,610 Lord, I want a real relationship with you. 349 00:19:34,770 --> 00:19:38,210 Some of us this morning, sin is weighing on you. 350 00:19:39,250 --> 00:19:44,130 The things that we do in secret, the guilt, the shame, the 351 00:19:44,130 --> 00:19:45,010 condemnation. 352 00:19:45,490 --> 00:19:49,649 That's why God brought you here today to speak freedom over 353 00:19:49,650 --> 00:19:50,370 your life. 354 00:19:50,850 --> 00:19:53,650 But you don't get washed, hear me? 355 00:19:53,730 --> 00:19:57,330 You don't get washed and delivered of all that because check, 356 00:19:57,410 --> 00:19:58,790 I made it to church today. 357 00:19:59,900 --> 00:20:04,940 That is religious obligation and duty that we already talked about. 358 00:20:05,260 --> 00:20:07,540 But if we begin to walk, I can. 359 00:20:07,540 --> 00:20:08,860 Let me give you another example. 360 00:20:08,860 --> 00:20:12,420 I just, if you're there in Luke 14, we'll jump into this. 361 00:20:12,420 --> 00:20:13,660 Luke 14, 16. 362 00:20:13,820 --> 00:20:17,100 I just try to give people practical examples, right. 363 00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:19,180 I want to talk to parents in here. 364 00:20:19,420 --> 00:20:25,220 You know, me and my wife are desiring to raise our children in 365 00:20:25,220 --> 00:20:30,140 a home where their Christianity is not based off of 366 00:20:30,140 --> 00:20:32,710 us forcing them to do things. 367 00:20:33,350 --> 00:20:39,590 So for me, when I walk by my 13 year old daughter's room at night 368 00:20:39,670 --> 00:20:44,870 and she is reading her Bible and listening to worship music, I 369 00:20:44,870 --> 00:20:47,350 didn't make her, I didn't force her. 370 00:20:47,510 --> 00:20:48,950 That's what I'm talking about. 371 00:20:49,110 --> 00:20:50,630 That's out of a heart. 372 00:20:51,110 --> 00:20:55,350 That's encountering God as her own possession. 373 00:20:55,990 --> 00:20:59,830 That's what's gonna keep her when she graduates high school. 374 00:21:00,820 --> 00:21:03,020 So as parent, you're forcing your kids. 375 00:21:03,020 --> 00:21:04,180 You're oh, do this. 376 00:21:04,180 --> 00:21:06,980 That's I believe most, that's all they've ever known. 377 00:21:07,140 --> 00:21:08,820 I'm here because I have to. 378 00:21:09,940 --> 00:21:12,100 I'm here because I don't want to go to hell. 379 00:21:12,260 --> 00:21:12,540 No. 380 00:21:12,540 --> 00:21:15,580 What if I'm here because I just couldn't wait to be with Jesus 381 00:21:15,580 --> 00:21:15,940 today? 382 00:22:27,831 --> 00:22:31,511 You're being tempted to lust, you're being tempted to drink. 383 00:22:31,671 --> 00:22:34,571 No, I don't think so because I'm too in love with him. 384 00:22:35,841 --> 00:22:40,481 How did I go from a busy bachelor, no money, no time to meeting 385 00:22:40,641 --> 00:22:41,281 a girl? 386 00:22:41,601 --> 00:22:43,361 And everything changed. 387 00:22:43,601 --> 00:22:48,761 It was because I experienced a realm of affection and devotion that 388 00:22:48,761 --> 00:22:51,601 overrode what time it was, how much money. 389 00:22:51,841 --> 00:22:56,441 I pray today in Jesus name that we would begin to encounter 390 00:22:56,441 --> 00:23:04,001 God in such an extravagant way that when the invitation, when the 391 00:23:04,561 --> 00:23:08,961 temptations of sin come knocking people, oh, how many drinks 392 00:23:08,961 --> 00:23:09,561 can I have? 393 00:23:09,561 --> 00:23:10,721 Is it one drink? 394 00:23:11,041 --> 00:23:12,481 Is it two drinks? 395 00:23:12,481 --> 00:23:14,161 Is it how many cigarettes? 396 00:23:14,161 --> 00:23:15,201 How many vapes? 397 00:23:15,281 --> 00:23:17,041 You're asking how many girls? 398 00:23:17,041 --> 00:23:19,921 You're asking all the wrong questions. 399 00:23:20,401 --> 00:23:23,361 Would you have any if he was standing right there? 400 00:23:25,041 --> 00:23:27,041 But it's about proximity. 401 00:23:27,121 --> 00:23:29,121 It's about relationship. 402 00:23:29,441 --> 00:23:35,201 It's about you realize the God of the world is living on the inside 403 00:23:35,201 --> 00:23:35,621 of you. 404 00:23:38,091 --> 00:23:40,571 A holy God is living. 405 00:23:40,651 --> 00:23:44,811 So when you look at that computer screen, he's looking too. 406 00:23:46,651 --> 00:23:49,211 When you're in that car, he's there too. 407 00:23:49,531 --> 00:23:50,091 When you. 408 00:23:50,091 --> 00:23:56,291 When you so it's relationship, it's presence, it's awareness, it's 409 00:23:56,291 --> 00:23:58,651 learning how to host Jesus. 410 00:23:58,731 --> 00:24:02,091 Well, how do I know if it's rated RPG 13? 411 00:24:02,571 --> 00:24:07,861 Connect with Jesus, fall in love with him, and he'll determine 412 00:24:07,861 --> 00:24:12,061 what you can watch and not watch by whether you're grieving 413 00:24:12,061 --> 00:24:13,021 him or not. 414 00:24:18,541 --> 00:24:19,021 I just. 415 00:24:19,021 --> 00:24:25,101 I want to see a generation live in consistent private and public 416 00:24:25,341 --> 00:24:26,861 victory with Jesus. 417 00:24:27,101 --> 00:24:31,941 I want to see a generation delivered from hypocrisy, the mask 418 00:24:31,941 --> 00:24:35,701 of I'm a Christian on Sunday and I live for the world. 419 00:24:35,701 --> 00:24:40,441 I want to be see a generation of children growing up in the church 420 00:24:40,841 --> 00:24:42,521 wiling out at 18. 421 00:24:42,761 --> 00:24:48,601 I want to see that cycle broken because parents and grandparents 422 00:24:48,601 --> 00:24:54,121 are beginning to cultivate intimacy with Jesus on a daily basis. 423 00:24:54,121 --> 00:24:58,841 And just while I'm at it, it's not the church's responsibility to 424 00:24:58,841 --> 00:25:00,281 disciple your kids. 425 00:25:03,571 --> 00:25:04,851 That's your job, Mom. 426 00:25:05,251 --> 00:25:06,771 That's your job, dad. 427 00:25:07,091 --> 00:25:13,651 It is our responsibility to cultivate an atmosphere in our homes 428 00:25:13,731 --> 00:25:19,251 that Jesus is worthy to dwell in, dropping them off for an hour 429 00:25:19,331 --> 00:25:24,771 on Sunday and doing whatever we want during the week in our homes. 430 00:25:24,931 --> 00:25:31,531 We cannot sow bad seed and wonder why we're reaping a harvest 431 00:25:31,531 --> 00:25:32,361 of evil. 432 00:25:33,711 --> 00:25:36,511 Sow eternity into your children. 433 00:25:37,151 --> 00:25:40,751 Put the word of God down on the inside of them. 434 00:25:41,151 --> 00:25:43,311 Lead by example. 435 00:25:43,791 --> 00:25:49,711 Let's stop giving God our leftovers and let's give him our 436 00:25:49,711 --> 00:25:50,591 very best. 437 00:25:50,831 --> 00:25:51,471 Amen. 438 00:25:53,151 --> 00:25:55,151 Luke 14, verse 16. 439 00:25:56,511 --> 00:26:00,591 A certain man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many. 440 00:26:01,331 --> 00:26:05,731 And at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say, those who had been 441 00:26:05,731 --> 00:26:09,251 invited, come, for everything is ready now. 442 00:26:09,571 --> 00:26:13,091 But they all alike began to make excuses. 443 00:26:13,331 --> 00:26:15,171 Can you say excuses? 444 00:26:15,811 --> 00:26:19,771 The first one said to him, I've bought a piece of land and I 445 00:26:19,771 --> 00:26:21,571 need to go out and look at it. 446 00:26:21,811 --> 00:26:23,731 Please consider me excused. 447 00:26:24,131 --> 00:26:28,501 And another one said, I bought five yoke of oxen And I going to 448 00:26:28,501 --> 00:26:29,461 try them out. 449 00:26:29,461 --> 00:26:31,381 Please consider me excused. 450 00:26:31,861 --> 00:26:35,461 And another one said, I've married a wife and for that reason 451 00:26:35,701 --> 00:26:36,821 I can't come. 452 00:26:37,301 --> 00:26:40,981 And the slave came back and reported this to his master. 453 00:26:41,301 --> 00:26:45,701 Then the head of the household became angry and said to the slave, 454 00:26:45,701 --> 00:26:50,101 go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and 455 00:26:50,101 --> 00:26:54,021 bring in here the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame. 456 00:26:54,511 --> 00:26:58,351 And the slave said, master, what you have commanded, I have done. 457 00:26:58,751 --> 00:27:00,271 And still there's room. 458 00:27:00,591 --> 00:27:04,671 And the master said to the slave, go into the highways and along 459 00:27:04,671 --> 00:27:09,631 the hedges and compel them to come that my house may be filled. 460 00:27:09,871 --> 00:27:14,191 For I tell you, none of those men who are invited shall taste of 461 00:27:14,191 --> 00:27:14,991 my dinner. 462 00:27:15,311 --> 00:27:19,071 If I had a title for this morning's message, it's the Table 463 00:27:19,231 --> 00:27:20,431 of Encounters. 464 00:27:21,161 --> 00:27:25,841 Jesus is telling a story about a man who had a dinner. 465 00:27:25,841 --> 00:27:29,161 He is inviting people to his table. 466 00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:34,041 The word of God says, taste and see that I am good. 467 00:27:34,281 --> 00:27:38,921 There is always an invitation to come and follow Jesus. 468 00:27:39,241 --> 00:27:42,841 We are learning what it means to obey him. 469 00:27:42,921 --> 00:27:48,931 But in this story, there are three excuses why they can't come. 470 00:27:49,251 --> 00:27:53,651 When God knocks on the door of our heart and said, hey, I need to 471 00:27:53,651 --> 00:27:55,011 spend time with you. 472 00:27:55,491 --> 00:27:57,491 Hey, I need some money. 473 00:27:57,811 --> 00:27:59,491 Hey, hey, hey. 474 00:27:59,651 --> 00:28:03,651 And whether we act like we didn't hear him, whether we ignore 475 00:28:03,651 --> 00:28:08,371 him, whatever, the ways of the world are too strong on us. 476 00:28:08,531 --> 00:28:13,731 But these excuses that are in this story have always bothered me 477 00:28:13,971 --> 00:28:17,211 because none of them are inherently sinful. 478 00:28:19,361 --> 00:28:22,321 If I read this story, like, hey, this guy said, eh, I'm going 479 00:28:22,321 --> 00:28:23,361 to go to the bar tonight. 480 00:28:23,361 --> 00:28:24,081 I can't come. 481 00:28:24,081 --> 00:28:27,361 I'm like, okay, this guy says, ah, I'm going to smoke marijuana, 482 00:28:27,601 --> 00:28:28,161 okay? 483 00:28:29,041 --> 00:28:35,041 But these things oxen, a wife and a piece of land, none of them 484 00:28:35,041 --> 00:28:36,001 are sinful. 485 00:28:37,201 --> 00:28:41,641 Have you ever wondered what was so evil about Isaac that God 486 00:28:41,641 --> 00:28:43,361 asked Abraham for him? 487 00:28:47,121 --> 00:28:49,881 See that you're in this room and let me land the plane. 488 00:28:49,881 --> 00:28:54,081 We're in this room, most of us, because you've given your life 489 00:28:54,081 --> 00:28:54,881 to Jesus. 490 00:28:54,881 --> 00:28:59,761 People watching online, you're in church on Sunday because you're 491 00:28:59,761 --> 00:29:00,801 following Jesus. 492 00:29:00,801 --> 00:29:02,401 If that's you, just raise your hand. 493 00:29:02,481 --> 00:29:04,001 You're following Jesus. 494 00:29:04,161 --> 00:29:07,681 You're trying to figure out what it looks like to obey him. 495 00:29:07,921 --> 00:29:09,921 So most of us have a story. 496 00:29:10,161 --> 00:29:11,681 We have a testimony. 497 00:29:11,841 --> 00:29:16,461 Hey, in our BC days, our before Christ days, I was. 498 00:29:16,781 --> 00:29:17,941 You fill in the blank. 499 00:29:17,941 --> 00:29:21,021 I was an addict, I was this, I was that. 500 00:29:21,261 --> 00:29:28,061 I lived a sinful, habitual lifestyle and I gave my life to Jesus. 501 00:29:28,141 --> 00:29:28,701 Amen. 502 00:29:29,741 --> 00:29:32,301 So a preacher will come and say, hey, Repent. 503 00:29:33,421 --> 00:29:35,581 Hey, give your life to Jesus. 504 00:29:35,581 --> 00:29:37,021 Hey, obey him. 505 00:29:37,261 --> 00:29:41,161 And many people, Christians, say he's not talking to me. 506 00:29:41,871 --> 00:29:46,511 That doesn't apply to me because I've already repented of 507 00:29:46,511 --> 00:29:48,431 my sinful behavior. 508 00:29:48,751 --> 00:29:54,591 But in this story, the excuses that are being given have nothing 509 00:29:54,591 --> 00:29:55,871 to do with sin. 510 00:30:00,191 --> 00:30:04,111 What if it wasn't that Isaac was evil? 511 00:30:04,511 --> 00:30:09,071 What if the gift that God had given Abraham became a God? 512 00:30:13,031 --> 00:30:18,311 What if what's keeping you from a next level encounter with 513 00:30:18,391 --> 00:30:21,591 Jesus isn't your sin stuff? 514 00:30:21,591 --> 00:30:23,431 What if it's the good stuff? 515 00:30:25,030 --> 00:30:26,231 Have you ever had that happen? 516 00:30:26,231 --> 00:30:30,831 Like, I'm in my recliner at home, Pastor Harvey, and like, you 517 00:30:30,831 --> 00:30:32,951 know, I'm watching a television show. 518 00:30:32,951 --> 00:30:35,401 I'm just like, trying to veg out. 519 00:30:36,511 --> 00:30:39,151 There's nothing sinful in what I'm watching. 520 00:30:39,151 --> 00:30:42,671 And all of a sudden I feel the glory of God in my room. 521 00:30:44,271 --> 00:30:47,631 And I hear that knocking on the door of my heart. 522 00:30:48,111 --> 00:30:51,671 And I'm saying to the Lord God, but there's nothing evil about 523 00:30:51,671 --> 00:30:52,831 this show. 524 00:30:53,151 --> 00:30:54,311 There's not in the Lord's. 525 00:30:54,311 --> 00:30:58,271 Like, it's not about the evil stuff in the show. 526 00:30:58,831 --> 00:31:03,311 It's about my desire to be with you as my son. 527 00:31:08,431 --> 00:31:10,671 There are people in this room. 528 00:31:11,391 --> 00:31:16,111 There are people that are watching online who the Lord is saying 529 00:31:16,111 --> 00:31:16,511 this. 530 00:31:17,231 --> 00:31:21,871 The deeper you go in me, the less you can take with you. 531 00:31:24,911 --> 00:31:26,431 There are people in this room. 532 00:31:26,431 --> 00:31:35,491 You're in a relationship with someone, one they are not who God 533 00:31:35,491 --> 00:31:36,211 has for you. 534 00:31:37,331 --> 00:31:42,771 Well, Lord, the Lord is saying, come be with me. 535 00:31:43,891 --> 00:31:45,931 Come spend a season with me. 536 00:31:45,931 --> 00:31:46,931 Come, come. 537 00:31:51,011 --> 00:31:52,691 Anybody ever heard of Netflix? 538 00:31:53,811 --> 00:31:55,361 Ever heard of y'? 539 00:31:55,361 --> 00:31:55,441 All? 540 00:31:55,441 --> 00:31:57,481 There are so many things in our lives. 541 00:31:57,481 --> 00:31:59,481 You heard of Facebook, Instagram? 542 00:31:59,721 --> 00:32:03,881 Some of us scroll social media more than we scroll the Bible. 543 00:32:05,321 --> 00:32:06,761 Are you staring at? 544 00:32:07,001 --> 00:32:11,721 Well, no, it's not inherently evil, but it's become a distraction. 545 00:32:13,161 --> 00:32:18,201 Are there any men in here where your wife does not accept communication 546 00:32:19,801 --> 00:32:20,761 when you're doing this? 547 00:32:21,581 --> 00:32:25,021 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 548 00:32:25,661 --> 00:32:27,021 Put the phone down. 549 00:32:27,021 --> 00:32:28,381 I need eye contact. 550 00:32:29,901 --> 00:32:32,981 I literally feel like the Lord is saying to many of us, put the 551 00:32:32,981 --> 00:32:33,821 phone down. 552 00:32:33,901 --> 00:32:35,501 I need eye contact. 553 00:32:36,700 --> 00:32:40,541 I, I, I need a, I need a fresh. 554 00:32:40,701 --> 00:32:41,261 Yes. 555 00:32:43,821 --> 00:32:46,221 So I just want to prophesy over you. 556 00:32:46,221 --> 00:32:49,061 I was up in the hotel all night last night. 557 00:32:49,221 --> 00:32:53,781 I believe the Lord is saying to V1 Church if you're a guest. 558 00:32:53,781 --> 00:32:57,701 I believe there's an invitation from the Lord this fall, 559 00:33:00,101 --> 00:33:05,461 this fall, I want you to fall in love with me again, says the Lord. 560 00:33:06,741 --> 00:33:10,941 And what it's going to take to fall in love with him again is to 561 00:33:10,941 --> 00:33:16,211 say, okay, Lord, where am I fear based obedience, duty based 562 00:33:16,211 --> 00:33:17,011 obedience. 563 00:33:17,091 --> 00:33:19,251 Or how do I get into this? 564 00:33:19,811 --> 00:33:21,731 Lord, I choose you for love. 565 00:33:22,691 --> 00:33:26,051 Lord, I say no to temptation for love. 566 00:33:26,851 --> 00:33:30,131 I want to pray for us today concerning that. 567 00:33:32,931 --> 00:33:33,611 Thank you, Lord. 568 00:33:33,611 --> 00:33:35,091 Can you bow your heads with me? 569 00:33:38,451 --> 00:33:41,811 Lord, I thank you for your sweet, sweet presence that's here 570 00:33:43,101 --> 00:33:43,341 today. 571 00:33:43,421 --> 00:33:44,541 It's in this room. 572 00:33:44,541 --> 00:33:48,541 It's flowing all across every campus. 573 00:33:50,061 --> 00:33:54,061 Holy Spirit, would you come and massage our hearts? 574 00:34:01,021 --> 00:34:05,661 There's a song that says, I'm coming back to the heart of worship 575 00:34:06,861 --> 00:34:08,541 because it's all about you. 576 00:34:08,701 --> 00:34:08,941 You. 577 00:34:09,581 --> 00:34:11,821 It's all about you, Jesus. 578 00:34:11,821 --> 00:34:15,821 I'm sorry, Lord, for the thing I've made it. 579 00:34:19,581 --> 00:34:23,581 Lord, forgive us for just checking off religious boxes. 580 00:34:35,111 --> 00:34:36,711 Lord, I feel led to pray. 581 00:34:36,711 --> 00:34:47,311 God, would you protect anyone in this room, Protect anyone in this 582 00:34:47,311 --> 00:34:52,631 room and watching online from any relationships that we do not 583 00:34:52,631 --> 00:34:53,671 need to be in. 584 00:35:03,921 --> 00:35:07,401 I feel like the Lord is talking to some single ladies in 585 00:35:07,401 --> 00:35:07,681 here. 586 00:35:10,161 --> 00:35:14,521 You don't need to stop your pursuit of Jesus so he can catch 587 00:35:14,521 --> 00:35:14,881 up. 588 00:35:15,201 --> 00:35:17,841 You keep running for Jesus. 589 00:35:20,481 --> 00:35:21,841 Do not settle. 590 00:35:23,601 --> 00:35:25,141 Do not settle. 591 00:35:28,891 --> 00:35:32,851 I see some of you just giving, giving Jesus. 592 00:35:32,851 --> 00:35:33,531 This fall. 593 00:35:34,731 --> 00:35:36,411 I'm not going to date this fall. 594 00:35:37,291 --> 00:35:39,891 I'm going to consecrate myself this fall. 595 00:35:39,891 --> 00:35:42,811 I'm going to focus on loving Jesus. 596 00:35:49,291 --> 00:35:50,251 Thank you, Lord. 597 00:35:52,180 --> 00:35:53,060 Thank you, Jesus. 598 00:35:53,140 --> 00:35:56,180 Holy Spirit, we ask that you'd begin to move, that you'd begin to 599 00:35:56,180 --> 00:35:57,220 stir hearts. 600 00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:08,500 We say, yes, Lord. 601 00:36:10,020 --> 00:36:12,900 The Bible says repentance brings refreshing. 602 00:36:13,460 --> 00:36:16,580 Some of you are just going to feel that tug, like, oh, yeah, that, 603 00:36:16,580 --> 00:36:18,521 Lord, that I repent, Lord. 604 00:36:18,681 --> 00:36:19,961 I give that to you. 605 00:36:19,961 --> 00:36:20,361 Lord. 606 00:36:20,521 --> 00:36:24,281 God is confronting someone about excessive spending. 607 00:36:25,081 --> 00:36:28,601 You're spending so much money on things you have no money to give 608 00:36:28,601 --> 00:36:29,801 to God's kingdom. 609 00:36:30,121 --> 00:36:33,241 But we thank you, God, that you're bringing conviction. 610 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:37,881 Lord is talking to some of us about how we spend our time. 611 00:36:41,001 --> 00:36:42,121 Put down the phone. 612 00:36:42,121 --> 00:36:44,921 I need fresh eye contact in this season. 613 00:36:54,211 --> 00:36:57,651 I want to begin to minister to some of you even now. 614 00:36:57,811 --> 00:36:59,571 Sir, you're in the second row. 615 00:36:59,811 --> 00:37:01,050 You have a black sweatshirt on. 616 00:37:01,050 --> 00:37:02,451 Would you stand to your feet? 617 00:37:04,451 --> 00:37:06,451 Father, I thank you for this man. 618 00:37:07,571 --> 00:37:12,121 I just see a big heart over you today, the father's heart. 619 00:37:13,391 --> 00:37:15,871 And I just get this picture, this word. 620 00:37:15,871 --> 00:37:18,351 Home, home, home. 621 00:37:18,431 --> 00:37:23,391 The Lord says, come home, stay at home, live at home. 622 00:37:23,551 --> 00:37:25,551 Live at home with me. 623 00:37:26,271 --> 00:37:31,271 So, Lord, I pray for a fresh encounter of love to be poured out 624 00:37:31,271 --> 00:37:35,471 upon this man from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet. 625 00:37:36,031 --> 00:37:37,791 Duty hasn't got you through. 626 00:37:38,471 --> 00:37:40,071 Obligation hasn't got. 627 00:37:40,231 --> 00:37:43,671 I sense you have a sense of religion. 628 00:37:43,991 --> 00:37:49,671 But the Lord says, today is a day of fresh encounter with me. 629 00:37:50,951 --> 00:37:53,031 The Lord says, you're a soul winner. 630 00:37:53,831 --> 00:37:55,671 You are a soul winner. 631 00:37:55,831 --> 00:38:01,591 You are meant to invite people into fresh encounter with Jesus. 632 00:38:02,151 --> 00:38:05,991 I see you catching men like the disciples coming, taught men. 633 00:38:06,951 --> 00:38:11,751 I see you having one foot in the marketplace and one foot in the 634 00:38:11,751 --> 00:38:12,711 house of God. 635 00:38:13,591 --> 00:38:17,751 There's a new era evangelist anointing upon you. 636 00:38:18,151 --> 00:38:20,711 Spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon you. 637 00:38:20,871 --> 00:38:26,551 He's anointed you to preach the good news, to bind up the brokenhearted 638 00:38:26,551 --> 00:38:29,351 and proclaim freedom to the captives. 639 00:38:38,321 --> 00:38:39,201 Thank you, Jesus. 640 00:38:41,281 --> 00:38:42,561 Young lady, will you stand? 641 00:38:45,041 --> 00:38:46,001 How old are you? 642 00:38:47,041 --> 00:38:50,961 21, 24? 643 00:38:51,841 --> 00:38:54,001 Father, I thank you for this young lady. 644 00:38:54,001 --> 00:38:55,201 Lord, I thank you. 645 00:38:58,171 --> 00:39:02,731 The Lord says what I began in you years ago. 646 00:39:03,611 --> 00:39:07,451 Something about your life that has been consecrated to God. 647 00:39:08,251 --> 00:39:12,491 Something about who you are that is destined for greatness. 648 00:39:13,291 --> 00:39:16,731 And the Lord says, I've marked you for eternity. 649 00:39:17,291 --> 00:39:21,131 I have put a preach down on the inside of you. 650 00:39:21,131 --> 00:39:22,201 I sense a. 651 00:39:22,351 --> 00:39:24,991 A call to vocational ministry. 652 00:39:25,631 --> 00:39:31,391 And the Lord says that I want to consecrate you further, even from 653 00:39:31,471 --> 00:39:32,271 your youth. 654 00:39:32,831 --> 00:39:37,511 It's just like man, Lord, why can't I do what they do and go where 655 00:39:37,511 --> 00:39:38,110 they go? 656 00:39:38,110 --> 00:39:42,431 And the Lord is saying, it's because I'm inviting you into intimacy. 657 00:39:42,751 --> 00:39:43,751 I'm inviting you. 658 00:39:43,751 --> 00:39:47,151 And the Lord says, there's a nation's call on you. 659 00:39:47,711 --> 00:39:49,991 There's a nation's call call on you. 660 00:39:49,991 --> 00:39:53,951 I believe that there's something about travel that you will. 661 00:39:53,951 --> 00:39:58,271 You will not only preach God's word, you will interpret God's word 662 00:39:58,271 --> 00:39:59,391 for other people. 663 00:39:59,791 --> 00:40:04,631 The Lord says, there is a communication gift on you for the 664 00:40:04,631 --> 00:40:07,951 nations and the youth of the nations. 665 00:40:08,351 --> 00:40:12,031 The Lord says, I've created you like dynamite. 666 00:40:12,431 --> 00:40:18,251 I literally believe the Lord has called you to break demonic strongholds. 667 00:40:18,571 --> 00:40:20,971 But the Lord says, you are mine. 668 00:40:21,371 --> 00:40:22,731 You are mine. 669 00:40:22,971 --> 00:40:24,051 You are mine. 670 00:40:24,051 --> 00:40:27,051 And the Lord says, the gold and the silver are mine. 671 00:40:27,291 --> 00:40:31,610 I break every spirit of poverty that's tried to come into 672 00:40:31,610 --> 00:40:36,051 your life so that you might think serving God means you have 673 00:40:36,051 --> 00:40:37,051 to be poor. 674 00:40:37,611 --> 00:40:40,531 I just release a blessing on your life. 675 00:40:40,531 --> 00:40:44,271 And I said, fully funded in Jesus name. 676 00:40:44,751 --> 00:40:47,311 Fully funded in Jesus name. 677 00:41:42,242 --> 00:41:46,722 The Lord says that I desire that you would be equally yoked. 678 00:41:47,522 --> 00:41:48,962 Equally yoked. 679 00:41:49,442 --> 00:41:50,882 Equally yoked. 680 00:41:54,082 --> 00:41:58,002 Equally yoked in Jesus name. 681 00:41:58,002 --> 00:41:58,602 Amen. 682 00:41:59,962 --> 00:42:02,362 Ma', am, you're in the 1, 2, 3, on the end. 683 00:42:02,362 --> 00:42:03,002 Will you stand? 684 00:42:03,482 --> 00:42:09,482 Do you know this girl next to you like friends, sisters? 685 00:42:10,122 --> 00:42:12,362 Okay, can you both come down to the front? 686 00:42:17,882 --> 00:42:18,722 Thank you, Lord. 687 00:42:18,722 --> 00:42:21,772 Father, I thank you for these fiery women. 688 00:42:22,562 --> 00:42:27,962 Lord, I thank you for a Mary and an Elizabeth, I thank you, Lord, 689 00:42:27,962 --> 00:42:31,042 for you guys are. 690 00:42:31,922 --> 00:42:35,322 There's something birthing on the inside of you. 691 00:42:35,322 --> 00:42:41,922 There's a cry for more, a cry for more of the Holy Spirit to see 692 00:42:41,922 --> 00:42:46,402 him move in marriage and family in the marketplace. 693 00:42:46,802 --> 00:42:51,702 And I just release a fire over you today. 694 00:42:52,422 --> 00:42:58,022 As firebrands, we thank you for a fresh anointing of the Holy 695 00:42:58,022 --> 00:42:59,222 Spirit and fire. 696 00:43:09,702 --> 00:43:14,862 I cut off every spirit of offense in Jesus name. 697 00:43:15,262 --> 00:43:19,422 You guys are in a season where he is separating you and some people 698 00:43:19,422 --> 00:43:22,982 will become offended because you're not going to hang out and 699 00:43:22,982 --> 00:43:24,462 compromise anymore. 700 00:43:24,622 --> 00:43:27,222 You're not going to hang around lukewarm people. 701 00:43:27,222 --> 00:43:28,462 I'm not saying you are. 702 00:43:28,462 --> 00:43:30,462 It's the people around you. 703 00:43:30,622 --> 00:43:33,822 And the Lord says, I'm cutting off the spirit of offense. 704 00:43:34,542 --> 00:43:37,902 Don't pursue people that I've separated you from. 705 00:43:37,902 --> 00:43:38,782 Let them go. 706 00:43:39,572 --> 00:43:40,012 And there's. 707 00:43:40,012 --> 00:43:42,092 I feel tremors in the spirit. 708 00:43:42,092 --> 00:43:46,132 I feel a shaking happening where the Lord is going to begin 709 00:43:46,132 --> 00:43:47,172 to more. 710 00:43:47,332 --> 00:43:50,772 More encounter, more presence, more devotion. 711 00:43:51,012 --> 00:43:53,812 And the Lord says, you guys are oily ones. 712 00:43:53,972 --> 00:43:55,131 Oily ones. 713 00:43:55,131 --> 00:43:56,012 Oily ones. 714 00:43:56,012 --> 00:44:01,252 Lord, I thank you for fresh oil of the Holy Spirit in Jesus name. 715 00:44:03,732 --> 00:44:07,122 You guys, are you together, married? 716 00:44:07,122 --> 00:44:07,842 Can you stand? 717 00:44:10,242 --> 00:44:13,602 Lord, I thank you for this couple in Jesus name. 718 00:44:13,922 --> 00:44:17,122 Lord, I thank you that you are inviting them. 719 00:44:18,402 --> 00:44:19,922 You are inviting them. 720 00:44:19,922 --> 00:44:21,442 This might sound crazy. 721 00:44:21,442 --> 00:44:24,322 I think this is being recorded, so just listen to it later. 722 00:44:24,562 --> 00:44:29,722 You guys are called to minister to married couples and to 723 00:44:29,722 --> 00:44:32,992 walk them out of religion into revival. 724 00:44:33,062 --> 00:44:33,462 Revival. 725 00:44:34,582 --> 00:44:39,782 And many of them, many of these couples are just. 726 00:44:39,942 --> 00:44:43,462 They're not sure about the Holy Spirit stuff. 727 00:44:44,262 --> 00:44:48,382 Many of them have a form of religious background. 728 00:44:48,382 --> 00:44:56,422 But you guys, I see you guys baptizing couples in pools like at 729 00:44:56,422 --> 00:44:57,022 homes. 730 00:44:57,022 --> 00:44:59,962 It's not like, oh, come to church, keep coming to church. 731 00:45:00,592 --> 00:45:04,392 But you guys, I prophesy to you, you are going to meet couples 732 00:45:04,392 --> 00:45:05,312 where they're at. 733 00:45:06,032 --> 00:45:09,592 You're going to meet couples in homes, in different places. 734 00:45:09,592 --> 00:45:13,792 And the Lord says, there's a gift of creativity, ma', am, that 735 00:45:13,792 --> 00:45:15,792 God is unlocking in you. 736 00:45:16,112 --> 00:45:20,272 There's a creative anointing where you have the power to reach 737 00:45:20,352 --> 00:45:23,192 people and spaces and places. 738 00:45:23,192 --> 00:45:29,062 And there's a marketplace mandate on your life lives, a marketplace 739 00:45:29,142 --> 00:45:34,302 mandate to bless people where they're at and introduce them to 740 00:45:34,302 --> 00:45:35,862 the deep things of God. 741 00:45:36,182 --> 00:45:41,342 And in Jesus name, I break every generational curse off of your 742 00:45:41,342 --> 00:45:45,142 bloodline and I release family revival. 743 00:45:48,742 --> 00:45:49,222 Wow. 744 00:45:50,102 --> 00:45:55,552 There is a breaker anointing on your life to see your family be 745 00:45:55,552 --> 00:45:57,272 delivered and set free. 746 00:46:00,952 --> 00:46:03,672 But I break. 747 00:46:04,632 --> 00:46:05,592 Just bring it down. 748 00:46:05,752 --> 00:46:09,352 I break the spirit of witchcraft off of your lives. 749 00:46:09,512 --> 00:46:13,792 There is a spirit of manipulation that has come upon you 750 00:46:13,792 --> 00:46:15,272 through a family member. 751 00:46:15,592 --> 00:46:20,152 And the Lord is saying, I'm breaking manipulation, intimidation. 752 00:46:20,632 --> 00:46:26,732 The Lord says, beware of bribes, beware of money or invitations 753 00:46:26,972 --> 00:46:27,852 through family. 754 00:46:27,932 --> 00:46:33,132 That would try to strong arm you, that would try to paralyze you, 755 00:46:33,292 --> 00:46:36,412 that would try to take your voice from you. 756 00:46:36,652 --> 00:46:38,452 And you're in a season right now. 757 00:46:38,452 --> 00:46:42,412 The Lord is helping you to find your voice, helping you to leave 758 00:46:42,412 --> 00:46:44,412 the past and move forward. 759 00:46:44,892 --> 00:46:46,172 And so, Lord, I just. 760 00:46:46,172 --> 00:46:46,892 Do you have children? 761 00:46:47,932 --> 00:46:52,732 Lord, I thank you in Jesus name that you are opening up something 762 00:46:52,812 --> 00:46:56,072 in this season, that you are opening up something. 763 00:46:56,152 --> 00:46:57,032 You are giving. 764 00:46:57,192 --> 00:46:59,272 He's giving you the green light. 765 00:46:59,672 --> 00:47:04,392 There is a green light that I see where even something coming is 766 00:47:04,392 --> 00:47:06,872 going to break generational curses. 767 00:47:07,272 --> 00:47:11,512 What the Lord is going to do through you is going to speak a word 768 00:47:11,512 --> 00:47:15,432 against your accusers and your manipulators. 769 00:47:15,592 --> 00:47:20,192 In Jesus name, I speak a blessing over your marriage covenant. 770 00:47:20,192 --> 00:47:24,672 And Jesus name, I declare over you that what God has brought together, 771 00:47:24,912 --> 00:47:26,672 no man will separate. 772 00:47:26,672 --> 00:47:29,712 And you will see a deeper union. 773 00:47:29,712 --> 00:47:32,272 You will see a deeper covenant. 774 00:47:32,592 --> 00:47:37,632 And sir, I just break workaholicism off of you. 775 00:47:37,952 --> 00:47:40,672 The Lord is saying, will you trust me? 776 00:47:41,392 --> 00:47:43,152 You are working too hard. 777 00:47:43,472 --> 00:47:47,072 You are harder on yourself than God is harder on you. 778 00:47:47,782 --> 00:47:49,702 And the Lord says, son, you're going to about. 779 00:47:49,702 --> 00:47:53,462 You're about to walk in a father's delight anointing. 780 00:47:54,022 --> 00:47:57,422 You have something from your childhood where you're trying to 781 00:47:57,422 --> 00:47:58,342 prove something. 782 00:47:58,742 --> 00:48:00,662 You're trying to be a man. 783 00:48:00,742 --> 00:48:03,222 And the Father says, son, I see you. 784 00:48:03,542 --> 00:48:05,782 I love you and I'm proud of you. 785 00:48:08,102 --> 00:48:09,382 I'm proud of you. 786 00:48:11,062 --> 00:48:12,022 I love you. 787 00:48:13,552 --> 00:48:14,512 You are mine. 788 00:48:20,352 --> 00:48:21,552 Thank you, Jesus. 789 00:48:23,792 --> 00:48:24,312 Just want. 790 00:48:24,312 --> 00:48:26,432 As you're sitting, just reach up like this. 791 00:48:26,992 --> 00:48:28,912 So the love of God is here. 792 00:48:29,152 --> 00:48:31,232 The glory of God is here. 793 00:48:31,312 --> 00:48:33,312 The presence of God is here. 794 00:48:33,472 --> 00:48:35,952 Just reach up and say, I receive it, Lord. 795 00:48:40,442 --> 00:48:41,362 Romans 5, 5. 796 00:48:41,362 --> 00:48:45,322 The love of God has been poured out into our hearts through 797 00:48:45,322 --> 00:48:46,202 the Holy Spirit. 798 00:48:46,282 --> 00:48:47,082 Holy Spirit. 799 00:48:47,242 --> 00:48:48,042 Thank you. 800 00:48:50,122 --> 00:48:53,802 Brother in the back and the glasses, you greeted me. 801 00:48:54,282 --> 00:48:57,242 Coming on in, man, you are the Father's son. 802 00:48:57,642 --> 00:48:59,882 I heard the Lord say, that's my boy. 803 00:49:02,282 --> 00:49:03,482 That's my boy. 804 00:49:05,572 --> 00:49:08,772 The Lord says, son, I have called you as a protector. 805 00:49:09,652 --> 00:49:12,132 I have called you as a defender. 806 00:49:12,452 --> 00:49:15,572 And there's something in you that hates bullies. 807 00:49:16,692 --> 00:49:20,092 And the Lord says, son, there's an anointing on your life 808 00:49:20,092 --> 00:49:22,052 to set captives free. 809 00:49:22,452 --> 00:49:24,452 There's an anointing on your life. 810 00:49:31,902 --> 00:49:34,222 So, brother in the red, will you come down? 811 00:49:34,302 --> 00:49:36,702 And then brother Will you come down too? 812 00:49:43,422 --> 00:49:45,102 Just stand two feet apart. 813 00:49:51,022 --> 00:49:52,222 Just two feet apart. 814 00:49:53,582 --> 00:49:55,982 You can still be friends, just separate things. 815 00:49:57,362 --> 00:49:58,962 I don't want you guys to get confused. 816 00:50:04,722 --> 00:50:05,602 What's your name? 817 00:50:06,162 --> 00:50:06,802 George. 818 00:50:07,362 --> 00:50:08,362 Father, I thank you. 819 00:50:08,362 --> 00:50:16,002 For George, who the son sets free is free indeed. 820 00:50:18,242 --> 00:50:22,482 I release a fresh wave of freedom over you today. 821 00:50:25,272 --> 00:50:26,632 That you are mighty. 822 00:50:29,192 --> 00:50:31,432 I see royalty on you. 823 00:50:32,152 --> 00:50:36,432 The way that you see yourself is not the way that your Father in 824 00:50:36,432 --> 00:50:37,672 heaven sees you. 825 00:50:40,152 --> 00:50:42,632 I believe in you, says the Lord. 826 00:50:43,832 --> 00:50:47,112 I'm with you and I am for you. 827 00:50:49,602 --> 00:50:52,722 Romans 8:28 is a verse I'm getting from the Lord. 828 00:50:52,722 --> 00:50:55,762 All things work together for the good. 829 00:50:56,322 --> 00:51:00,202 The Lord says, I will use all things that have happened in your 830 00:51:00,202 --> 00:51:03,282 life to bring about my purposes. 831 00:51:03,842 --> 00:51:09,802 And last thing, God says, thanks for not quitting when it would 832 00:51:09,802 --> 00:51:13,802 have been easy to turn away and forsake God. 833 00:51:14,432 --> 00:51:15,152 You stood. 834 00:51:15,712 --> 00:51:19,232 And the Lord says, because you've stood, I am standing with 835 00:51:19,232 --> 00:51:19,632 you. 836 00:51:20,112 --> 00:51:27,152 And let's walk together, together together as father and son. 837 00:51:27,792 --> 00:51:34,472 Let's walk together, together together as father and son into your 838 00:51:34,472 --> 00:51:38,992 future that I have for you in Jesus name, Amen. 839 00:51:39,962 --> 00:51:40,602 Bless you, bro. 840 00:51:45,562 --> 00:51:51,162 The Lord says that I have anointed you to capture the robber. 841 00:51:52,842 --> 00:51:57,442 The Lord says that there is a thievery and there is a spirit of 842 00:51:57,442 --> 00:52:03,042 robbery that set loose in the land that is stealing destiny from 843 00:52:03,042 --> 00:52:03,882 young people. 844 00:52:04,442 --> 00:52:08,502 And the Lord says, son, I have have put a spirit of justice in you. 845 00:52:08,822 --> 00:52:14,102 I have put a spirit in you that wants to see every wrong made 846 00:52:14,102 --> 00:52:14,502 right. 847 00:52:14,982 --> 00:52:17,382 And the Lord says, do not fear. 848 00:52:17,542 --> 00:52:20,622 I break the spirit of fear off of your life. 849 00:52:20,622 --> 00:52:24,342 In Jesus name, there is no fear in love. 850 00:52:24,742 --> 00:52:28,742 And the Lord says, you will no longer deal with hesitation. 851 00:52:29,302 --> 00:52:33,102 You will no longer deal with timidity or fear. 852 00:52:33,102 --> 00:52:37,082 For I'm putting a spirit of faith on the inside of you. 853 00:52:37,082 --> 00:52:38,082 Faith for more. 854 00:52:38,482 --> 00:52:43,922 The Lord says, son, there's destiny on you more than just this 855 00:52:43,922 --> 00:52:44,322 region. 856 00:52:45,042 --> 00:52:49,602 The Lord says that you will not be locked down, you will not 857 00:52:49,602 --> 00:52:52,882 be limited to this geographic region. 858 00:52:53,602 --> 00:52:58,882 For the Lord says that there's a ministry that he's given you that 859 00:52:58,882 --> 00:53:04,812 you will be used to see the youth set free and the spirit of 860 00:53:04,812 --> 00:53:07,132 robbery broken off of them. 861 00:53:07,132 --> 00:53:09,292 In Jesus name, Amen. 862 00:53:09,772 --> 00:53:10,332 Amen. 863 00:53:14,892 --> 00:53:16,732 Let's just lift our hands to the Lord. 864 00:53:16,732 --> 00:53:17,932 Father, we thank you. 865 00:53:19,452 --> 00:53:21,452 We thank you that you're here, Lord. 866 00:53:21,692 --> 00:53:27,982 You've taught on encounter and now you've demonstrated it, that 867 00:53:27,982 --> 00:53:33,902 we might know that you are real, that you love us, and that 868 00:53:33,902 --> 00:53:36,222 our best days are not behind us. 869 00:53:36,542 --> 00:53:37,742 They're ahead of us. 870 00:53:39,102 --> 00:53:41,382 In Jesus name, Amen. 871 00:53:41,382 --> 00:53:42,542 God bless you all. 872 00:53:42,542 --> 00:54:00,422 Thank you so much, Sam.