The Grace You’ve Been Looking For - Grateful
This Sunday, we’re launching a new two-week series called Grateful — and it starts with a message that will open your eyes to what God’s been doing behind the scenes in your life.
In “The Grace You’ve Been Looking For,” you’ll discover:
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How to see God’s hand in your past instead of your pain
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Why Jesus gave thanks before the cross — and what that means for you today
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Simple ways to live in daily gratitude that brings freedom, peace, and joy
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How Communion reminds us that God’s grace isn’t just a story — it’s something we can experience right now
No matter where you’ve been or what you’ve walked through, there’s a seat for you at the table of grace.
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Hey, good morning, real life
church.
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How you doing this morning, man?
Stand to your feet and let's
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worship together.
I invite you just to sing out
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this morning.
Get those hands going, have some
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fun today.
And I was buried beneath my
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shame.
Who could carry that kind of
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way?
It was my tune till I met you.
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Yeah.
Let's get those hands going.
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Come on, join me.
And I was breathing, but not
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alive.
All my failures I tried to hide.
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It was my tune till I met you.
Lift this up.
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You called my.
Name.
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And I ran out of that grave, out
of the darkness into your
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glorious day.
You Call My Name.
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And I ran out of that rain, out
of the darkness into your
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glorious day.
You sound good, Church.
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Keep those hands going and lift
it up to him.
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Come on.
Now your mercy.
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Now your mercy has saved my
soul.
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Now your freedom is all that I
know.
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The old menu.
Jesus, when I met you, woah,
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what a day.
When you called my name and I
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ran out of that grave.
Out of the darkness into your
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glorious day.
You called my name.
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And I ran out of that grave.
Out of the darkness the to your
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glorious day.
Yeah, there we go.
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Man, I love.
This part, it just reminds me of
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my own story, and maybe it
reminds you of yours too.
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So let's reflect and sing this
together.
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Goes like this.
I needed rescue.
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My sin was heavy.
But chains break out the way to
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your glory.
I needed shelter.
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I was an orphan.
Now you call me a citizen of
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heaven.
When I was broken, you were my
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healing.
Now your love is.
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And then I'm breathing.
I have a future.
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My eyes are open, 'cause when
you called my dad, come on,
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shout at church, I ran out of
that grave.
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Amen.
Out of the darkness to your
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glorious day.
You called my day and I ran out
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of that grave.
Out of of the darkness into your
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glorious day.
Come on, real life church.
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Do you believe that this
morning?
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Is that your story?
Did he call you out of that
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grave?
Did he call you out of that pit
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to give him some glory today?
It's a glorious day.
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Come on, let him hear him.
Come on, let him hear you pray.
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Come on, there we go.
What a way to start a morning,
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baby.
Give praise back to God.
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Well, hey, thank you so much for
being here today, for worshiping
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with us this morning.
We're so glad that you chose to
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spend your morning right here
with us.
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You are newer with us.
Thanks so much for coming.
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We also have a group joining us
online.
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Can we give them some claps
here?
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Let them know we love them.
Thanks so much for joining us as
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well.
Hey, before you guys take a
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seat, take about 30 seconds, say
hey, give a high 5A handshake, a
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hug, and then take a seat.
Right.
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Well, hey, if you are newer with
us, if this is your first Sunday
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here at Real Life Church, thank
you so much for being here, man.
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We would love for you just to
introduce yourself to us.
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You can drop that, do that by
grabbing that connection card
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that's on your seats.
Just fill out your information
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there.
You can take it to the new here
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booth when you leave.
Just our way, turn that in
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somebody to get you a free gift
there.
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Just our way of saying thank
you.
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But we would love for you just
to introduce yourself to us here
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at Real Life Church.
And here in Real Life, we are a
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church on a mission and that
mission is to see people far
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from God discover their real
life and purpose in Jesus.
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I mean, we see that weekend in,
week out, we had three people
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raise their hands to commit
their lives to Jesus last week,
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which is so huge.
And that's why we do it, to see
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the prodigal come home, to see
the lost be found.
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And we are just so glad that you
joined us here on mission today.
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Hey, this Thanksgiving season
and we are slowing down and
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discovering all the what
gratefulness is in our life.
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And really gratefulness is more
than just saying thank you.
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It's more than just a reaction.
It's really about discovering
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grace in every corner in every
season of your life.
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And if you think about just
that, Jesus gave thanks just
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moments before the cross.
And then in our own lives,
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learning how to sing and how to
worship through the struggle and
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through the battle.
And so in this two week series,
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we're really going to dive in to
learn that gratefulness is more
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than just a reaction, but it
truly is a far better way of
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life.
So join me in welcoming Pastor
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Sean Petrie up to the stage.
He's going to give us a word
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today.
Good morning, guys.
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Dude, today is going to be an
amazing day.
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Today is Communion Sunday, so
it's a little different than
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most Sundays.
Really.
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Spend some time reflecting on
what the Lord's done, and I'll
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say the flow's going to be a
little different today.
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If you haven't figured out, we
just did one song, right instead
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of three.
So we're going to flip the
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script and really lead into
communion after the message.
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And then it's amazing in the
scripture they did communion and
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then they worship through song.
And so we're going to sing at
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the end.
Amen.
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And get the Spirit moving, man,
I'll tell you, worship after the
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message, worship after communion
it it's going to be very
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heartfelt today.
I would encourage you with that.
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A lot of times some of you guys
sneak out and after I'm done
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preaching, if you do, you're
going to miss out on communion
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and some great worship, even
through generosity.
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So I'd encourage you guys, man,
to lean in and stay throughout
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the whole day on this.
Celebrate a few things.
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One last week, commitment
Sunday, Come on, somebody.
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It is amazing as a church, as a
family to do things in unity and
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do things together.
And last week was not an
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exception.
It was so humbling as a pastor
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and a leader for the cause of
Christ to watch so many of you
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guys dive in and say, yes, let's
do this in faith for God's
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doing.
I'm not revealing a number yet.
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And y'all look, what's the
number, pastor?
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But on the 14th, we're going to
walk through what the Lord has
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asked us to do together.
So I would encourage you guys
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play part of the story.
Maybe you were here last week or
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I saw some people took cards and
say, hey, I'm going to pray
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about this.
I would encourage you guys.
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It's going to take all of us to
accomplish what God's asking us
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to do.
Do you guys remember our number
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one goal, the primary goal?
You guys remember 100%
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participation.
And so we need everybody to lock
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hands and join this.
And it's really just you ask the
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Lord, It's not me asking you,
but it's ask the Lord.
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How can you play a part of it?
You know, we've been portable
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for eight years.
I believe God has called us into
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a permanent home and just step
out in faith.
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And so if you did not turn a
cartoon yet and maybe you're
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online as well, there's a
digital commit commitment card
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online.
I'll say thank you guys as well
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who did that?
But I would encourage you guys
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to play a part of the story that
God has you to write.
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There's be something very
special one day when we open a
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facility and God moves us and
that I sowed seeds in that.
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And so it's not about the mount,
it's about us doing it together
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for the Lord.
And so I would encourage you
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guys, there's commitment cards
on the seeds there.
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There's plenty of room for us to
step in.
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I think we had 58 families and
people commit together, which is
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absolutely amazing.
Can you give up those 58 people?
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Amen families?
And it's significant, but also
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there is more than 58 families
in our church, Amen.
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And it's something significant.
We do this together.
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So I would encourage you guys if
you want to know more about it,
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you can take the book out front
or go online to our difference
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maker website.
But play part of the story Today
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we jump into a series, a little
mini series called grateful,
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obviously Thanksgiving this
week, Amen.
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Some of y'all set don't set your
goals for next year's weight
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till after this week.
You know what I mean?
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Like it's gonna start roll you
out of the house on
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Thanksgiving.
But grateful comes from a word
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Aladdin, which is great us.
And that's where you get the
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English word grace, which is
really amazing.
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I think that gratitude and grace
go together so well, and we're
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going to talk about that today.
Even the word gratuity comes out
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of gratitude and grace, a gift
freely given.
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And so to be grateful is to be
full of grace.
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It's to be full of Thanksgiving
for the unmerited favor really
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of God and the blessings he
gives in our life.
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And so we're going to dive in
just like this concept and it's
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going to be just eye opening for
so many of us today.
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And I experienced this even as a
pastor, even this last week with
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our with our commitment Sunday.
This is overwhelmingly like,
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thank you, Lord for moving in
our people.
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It is extremely exciting and
encouraging as a pastor and
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leader, especially when we have
a vision that when people say
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I'm behind that and I believe in
that.
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So I'm very grateful for each of
you that are playing a part of
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the story.
Amen.
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It just means so, so much to me.
And last week we commissioned
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this Sunday out dying read a
scripture from Psalm 20.
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And I, I learned this a few
years back, but Psalm 20 and
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Psalm 21 are basically married
together.
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They're they're two different
Psalms, but they're together.
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And the way David did it is he
wrote Psalm 20 because it was a
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Psalm that declared deliverance
and victory that was to come to
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go into a battle.
And I told Diane said, if we
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ever go into season where we're
going to step into a battle,
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we're going to step into
something to require a lot of
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faith.
And we don't Sure, the outcome
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is going to be really bold.
Like I'm going to declare Psalm
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20 over myself and this church.
And I knew at the end of the
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day, Psalm 21 is coming.
And so I just want to just give
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you a little picture of what
this looks like and this the
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gratitude even that you see in
this Scripture and it'll lead
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all together.
But Psalm 20, this is from
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David.
Before a battle, they would sing
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this in the temple.
So just listen to these words he
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says.
May the Lord answer you when
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you're in distress.
It's a good prayer.
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Amen.
May the name of your God of
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Jacob do what?
Yeah, protect you.
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That's a good prayer when your
back against the wall.
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It's a good prayer when you
don't know how, if it's going to
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turn out your way.
But the Lord protect us.
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The God of Jacob, by the way, he
said he'd never leave him,
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forsake him.
That's where they came from.
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It's not a New Testament
scripture.
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It's quoted by Jesus from what
God told Jacob says, may I send
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you help from the sanctuary and
grant your support in Zion.
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May he remember all your
sacrifices and accept your burnt
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offerings.
May may he remember your
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faithfulness and what you did
well.
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He just bless you, says, may
give you the desire of your what
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your heart and make all your
plans succeed.
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I love that.
You know, sometimes the heart is
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an interesting thing because the
Bible says the heart's wicked
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beyond deceit, right?
A righteous heart, a heart
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that's aligned with God's will.
God gives us those desires and
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God answers and says, God answer
our prayer.
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And he says, may we shout for
your joy, for your victory and
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lift up our banners in the name
of our God.
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I'm telling you man, there's
going to be a day and it's not
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just for our church like a
building, but there's seasons in
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your life, you win battles and
there's a banner that's put up.
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This is only Jesus could do
this.
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You ever been in that moment
where you're praising and you're
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weeping like there's there's a
season for that and I think
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there's a season for us in a
space as well.
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Like they'll be banners in
celebration with the Lord has
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done.
May the Lord grant all your
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requests.
Now this I know the Lord gives
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victory to his anointed.
He answers him from his heavenly
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sanctuary with victorious power
of his right hand, that there's
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nothing stronger than the right
hand of God.
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It is a symbol of his strength,
his power, his will, his
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sovereignty.
He is in charge and says some
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trusts and Chariots and some
trusts and horses, which was
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like the other, the greatest
thing in the army could have at
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the time.
But we trust in the what?
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Yeah, the name, Lord God.
Like it's at the name of Jesus
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that everything changes.
Like deliverance happens,
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freedom occurs, captives are
liberated, the the past is gone.
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And you're going to see it today
with Jesus, how he changes
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everything.
It says they brought, they are
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brought to their knees and fall,
but will rise up and stand firm.
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Lord, give victory to your King
and answer us when we call.
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Can you imagine?
Can you imagine an army singing
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that before they went to war?
That's a humble army, Amen?
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Like we're not counting on
ourselves.
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We're not counting on our Spears
and our horses and all the
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different things.
We're counting you, Lord, this
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is your battle.
Like that's a great prayer for
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victory.
Amen.
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Because it's the Lord that wins.
And the back up to 21, there's a
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song of victory and it's really
a song of Thanksgiving and a
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song of victory.
And you got to keep in mind this
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song was written before they won
the battle.
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Like this is something they
would declare and believe in.
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It was like, Lord, we're
trusting you in.
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And you know what?
We've already prepared a song, a
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Psalm, and we're going to sing
and we get back because we know
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you're going to do it.
You know, you know, you really
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have some faith and you really
start to understand the power of
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God when you write a song of
victory before you go to battle.
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Amen.
And so these Psalms are tied
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together.
It's amazing, kind of outgoing
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in going of how they do it.
But says the king rejoices in
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what?
Your strength, Lord, Like, thank
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you, Lord, you did it.
And that's the key.
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It's the Lord's battle and it's
the Lord against the glory.
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He says how great is his joy in
the victory You give.
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Like man, your heart is so
overwhelmed with what you've
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done.
You have granted him his heart's
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desire.
There it is.
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And not withheld the request
from his lips.
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He's talking about David like
you.
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You gave us the victory.
You gave us life.
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Verse 3 says you came to greet
him with rich blessings and
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placed a crown of gold on his
head.
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He won the battle.
He asked you for life and you
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gave it to him.
You give him length of days
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forever and ever.
Lord, You're in charge of all
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these things through the
victories you gave.
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His glory is great.
You have bestowed on him the
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splendored majesty.
Surely you have granted him
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unending blessing and made him
glad with joy in your presence
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for the King.
Look at this.
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Trust in who?
Yeah, that's a king.
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Amen.
There's a lot of people that are
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small kings, but a king that
trusts in the Lord, that changes
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everything it says.
Through the unfailing love of
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the Most High He will not be
shaken.
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It's because our walk with God
that we can walk into battle and
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know the Lord's going to see us
through.
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Says Your hand will not lay
hold, your hand will lay hold on
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all your enemies.
Your right hand will seize your
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foes.
You'll appear for the battle,
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which He always does, and you'll
burn them up as a blazing
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furnace.
The Lord will swallow up them in
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wrath, and as fire will consume
them.
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You.
A story that distends from the
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earth, their posterity from
mankind.
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Though they plot evil against
you and devise wicked schemes,
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they cannot succeed.
You will make them turn their
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backs when you aim at them with
a drawn bow.
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Be exalted in your strength,
Lord, we will sing and praise
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your might.
That's good, Amen.
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So, so whenever the Lord shows
up, he already has with the
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generosity of this.
But when he gives us a space,
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Psalm 21 is happening, Amen.
Like we, we're declaring that
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like we're, we're, we're
following him.
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We're right on the coattails of
Jesus and whatever he does,
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we're going to give praise and
glory for his might and his
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strength.
But Can you imagine like writing
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a Psalm of victory for your
life?
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Like I would encourage you, if
you're like struggling walking
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the Lord and you're, you're
struggling to feel his presence
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and you don't know what to do, I
would encourage you to read a
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Psalm every single day.
Like if you're not in the Bible,
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like this is the thing I'd ask
you to do.
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Just start at Psalm 1 and just
read and experience the grace of
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God.
Not just know about it like
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intellectually, but to know
about it from a man who's
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struggling most of the Psalms,
right?
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Struggling to chase down God's
grace, struggling to understand
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and put that grace in your life.
But what it looked like for you
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to write a song of Thanksgiving,
a victory.
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I mean that would truly trust
the Lord.
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And for for doing this as a
pastor of this church for eight
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years, some of us are still
singing a song of defeat.
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Some of us are still singing a
song that's not victorious.
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And I'm just going to play it
out a few ways because I only
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encourage you guys to write some
different Psalms and some
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different mindsets in this
season.
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And especially as you think
about next year, like, Lord,
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what would you really have to me
to set free from my life?
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And one of the things I see as a
pastor that that we struggle
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with our church has a lot of
people that come from broken
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churches.
We, we have a lot of church
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hurt.
Like there's been broken
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relationships.
There's been severed churches,
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there's been people that are
just been very hurt, very
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wounded.
And if you've been through that,
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it is very difficult because
it's like, like somebody
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compared last week to going
through a divorce.
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You have relationships, you have
friends, you have so much.
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And then those dreams kind of
disappeared.
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There's a lot of loss, there's a
lot of pain.
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And I've seen that.
You know, I'm not downplaying
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that because it's very real.
It's very hard.
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And I've been through that
myself.
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But I will say as a pastor, when
you get 5 years out or you get
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10 years out and you're still
saying the same thing, you're
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still going down the same Rd.
defeat and you're on the
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sideline like you've benched,
but not in the game because
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you're just too wounded to get
back in the game.
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I would encourage you that it's,
it's time.
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Amen.
It's time to say, Lord, what did
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you show me through that?
Because you did not create me to
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live in defeat and bitterness
and to sabotage my life and to
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live in trauma and to look back
at my life and my past.
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And it's not just church, right?
Like relationships or things
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that happen as kids, right?
We have this trauma that we
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carry and we say, Lord, I give
it to you, I need victory in
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this area.
Like what would it look like for
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you to actually write a Psalm
where God gets the glory and
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it's his strength that delivers
and you trust in him and he
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actually with belief brings you
through a season where you write
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a new song of victory.
Now says he picks your feet out
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of the mow your clay and says
upon the rock and he puts a new
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song in your heart and then your
feet start dancing, right.
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And for a lot of people like the
joy's gone.
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And I would encourage you that
joy can be there.
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Amen.
It can be there and it's a
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choice of victory.
And today we're going to talk
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about communion and we're going
to talk about remembering.
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What Jesus did for us and the
grace he did for us.
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And I would encourage you just
out front of this message that
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what you remember and you focus
on be very important for your
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lap of victory.
If you look back and you see
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wounds and pain, defeat and
trauma and all these things, you
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find all these things, but you
don't remember the grace of God.
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You're going to struggle coming
through this, but you can Amen.
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But you can so and encourage you
guys, especially guys.
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I mean, I've talked to people,
I've came out of a church that
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was the very broken situation.
I would encourage you, you need
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to change your song, but you got
to let Satan stop having victory
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in your life.
Like you got to get off the
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sideline and you got to step
into the victory that God has
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because you're creative for
something more.
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Jesus does not save you to make
you defeated and to stay in this
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this funk of defeat when he's
giving you the power of the Holy
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Spirit.
And so I'd encourage you to take
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that really seriously and do
some self reflection.
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And there's some great men in
our church and women in our
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church that I've been through a
lot.
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But at the end of the day, you
can say God is good and I'm
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stepping into my calling.
I'm not holding back.
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And it looks like every ways I
see this with writing a song of
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victory financially it it's
revealing.
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We can do it like a generosity
initiative.
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There's it's money makes things
weird because it's tied close to
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your heart.
Amen.
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And I've got guys like that,
like man full of faith.
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And I got guys like, hey, I'm
not so sure.
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And I got guys like, Oh, no, I'm
not doing nothing, right?
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And not even just doing nothing
like people upset.
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And you've got all these levels
of people.
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And I've seen people that want
to be generous that can't
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because they're slaves to money,
right?
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The Bible says you can't serve
God and Mammon, you love the one
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who hate the other or or, or
love the one who despise the
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other.
And it's interesting because
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it's the only idol that God
elevates.
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Money itself elevates to the
position of a God like Mammon is
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a false God, the Old Testament,
and he elevates money to the
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position of another false God in
our life.
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And I see this in our church,
like we, we are struggling in
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consumer debt.
We want to be generous, but we
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can't like we, we haven't owned
our finances.
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Like we either either make money
your slave or money is your
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master.
There's only two options, right?
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And and as a pastor, like I, I
see this song of defeat like
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while we try and we can't get
there, we try and can't get
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there.
Why try again?
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I don't encourage you guys that
you can like, what would it look
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like this next year to put
yourself in the master of your
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money and do some things a
little differently and get some
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help with that.
But to pay off some debt or to
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get things organized or to add a
generosity line in your budget
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because you know, that's what
Lord asks you to do.
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Like, why not?
Like what's stopping you?
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And I, I think we got to ask
ourselves a different question.
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How can I, Lord, show me how to.
I desperately want that, Lord, I
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know you can.
So I declare that you can and
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you'll have victory.
And I'm going to find out.
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So I'm going to ask some people
around me.
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I'm going to talk to the pastor.
I'm going to jump in some
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different life groups.
I'm going to get this nailed
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down because I'm not going to
live the rest of my life as a
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slave to a piece of cotton that
are green with dead presidents.
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See a lot.
And I think about just a song of
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victory, maybe like a more
personal side of a sexual sin.
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There's so much pornography and
there's so much of our lives
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that are given to false idols,
into brokenness.
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And I think Satan uses that to
keep us silent and to keep us
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defeated and full of shame.
And what if like 26 or this next
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season you wrote a song of
victory?
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You say, you know what, Lord,
this is the season where I'm
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done.
Like, I'm trusting you with this
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and I'm going to go to battle
like for something much deeper
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than anything else I could have.
I'm going to go to battle for my
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soul.
And there's a Psalm I want to
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just or Psalm.
There's a verse I want to share
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with you.
So I found in Second Timothy
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220.
This verse is just like gold
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says in a large house.
There are articles not only of
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gold and silver, but also of
wood and clay, and some are for
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special purposes and some are
from common abuse.
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You guys remember that China
cabinet growing up?
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You might still have one, right?
Probably not full of China
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anymore, but maybe it is.
And you took those out for what
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special uses, right?
Thanksgiving and Christmas and
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the other than that, don't touch
it.
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Stay away from it.
And there's the rest of it.
463
00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,920
It's all kind of jankety.
Nothing matches.
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It's just all chipped up and
whatever, it's everyday use.
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And that's, that's how we grew
up, right?
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And that's what the Bible says.
It says those who cleanse
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themselves from the ladder will
be instruments for special
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purposes.
Those who cleanse themselves
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from everyday use will be used
by God for special purposes.
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What that means is if, if you
don't get your life so dirty
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from all the things of the
world, like if, if you don't put
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yourself in the same
circumstances and go to the same
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things and get wrapped up in the
same problems everybody else
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having.
If you, if you just say, you
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know what?
I'm, I'm, I'm better than that.
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Lord, you, you call me something
different, like I'm reserving
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myself for marriage.
Like I, I, I'm going to be pure
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Lord, like I'm not stepping into
all this other stuff because I
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want you to use my life for
special purposes.
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Pull me out of the China
cabinet.
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Lord, that that's what you're
doing when you're setting
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yourself apart to God.
And look what he says.
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He says he'll, he's for when you
set yourself apart for special
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purposes, He's made you holy.
Because there's this doctor.
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We don't talk about a whole lot,
but separation, like just
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because you can doesn't mean you
should.
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All things are lawful, but all
things are expedient.
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Just because your friends do it
and it's not a sin, doesn't mean
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it's right.
Like there's some better ways.
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And you can say, well, you know
what?
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I'm going to kind of step into a
different direction here.
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Like for me, like I know
everybody, the world's doing
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this, but I don't care.
Lord, I want to follow you and
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you draw us in different lines.
It says it makes you holy and
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it's useful to the master and
prepared to do any good work.
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Like I want to be the person
when the Lord says, hey, I need
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somebody to step in the gap.
That's the guy I'm picking.
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Because righteousness and
holiness and blamelessness and
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pursuit and devotion, It's all
those those secret self sins
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that you battle that God sees
and then he elevates you.
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Amen.
And so there's a war that we
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have to step into.
And I think maybe this season
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that you write a Psalm of
victory for yourself.
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Like I'm not going to go back to
the I'm not going to be the
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same.
Like I'm going to get some help.
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I'm going to get some direction.
I'm going to battle like heaven
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and hell matter because I know
the Lord's looking at different
508
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hearts and I want the Lord to
see mine.
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And so I'm going to get pure in
front of you, Lord.
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Like that's just, I mean, if you
want to get a great battle, plan
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a victory, then set yourself
apart to God, that's almost a
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guaranteed victory because God
protects his anointed.
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God protects the righteous.
God takes from the unrighteous
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and gives it to the righteous.
It's in the Psalms.
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It's unreal what God does just
with a single righteous person.
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I heard this verse or this
verse, this, this idea last
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week, you all heard a post
traumatic, right?
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All the stress, right, all the,
all the syndromes, all the
519
00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,760
things.
But I heard, I heard this term
520
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post traumatic growth.
I've never heard that term, but
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I thought, man, if anybody
should be good at posthumatic
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growth, it should be Christians.
I mean, we should be like the
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model of what it is to get like
wounded and hurt and broken, and
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then the grace of God is just
effectual and then we grow
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through it.
I mean, if anybody, Amen.
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The Lord can and the Lord will.
And so I'd encourage you to
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write your own Psalm of victory,
and I will share this with you.
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Jesus actually did.
He wrote his own Psalm of
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victory.
As a matter of fact, it's Psalm
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22.
It's the very next Psalm.
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It's absolutely amazing.
Psalm 22 is written 1000 years
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before Jesus was born.
It it, it's written 500 years
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before crucifixion was even
invented.
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It was created by the Persians,
not the Romans.
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The Romans took it from Persia
and then they mastered it.
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And so this is well beyond like
it's just God's sovereignty and
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it and there's some of the
imagery in there is verse 16
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says they'll Pierce my hands and
my feet.
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That sound familiar, right.
It's a picture of the cross.
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All my bones are out of joint.
They divide my garments among
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them and cast lots for my
clothing.
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Verse one, my God, my God, why
have you forsaken me?
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Like like Jesus gives the most
vivid, clear, prophetic picture
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of the cross ever written in
Psalm 22, and it's a Psalm of
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victory.
Like I want to read the ending,
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verse 27.
It says all of the earth will
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remember and turn to the Lord.
That's us, Amen.
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And all the families of the
nations will bow down before
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him, for dominion belongs to the
Lord, and he rules over the
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nations.
And all the rich of the earth
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will feast and worship, and all
who go down to dust will kneel
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before him.
Those who cannot keep themselves
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alive, which is everybody but
Jesus is all of humanity.
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They turn to dust.
They will bow down before me.
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He says, verse 30.
Posterity will serve him.
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Being Jesus, future generations
will be told about the Lord.
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That's us, Amen.
Still talking about Jesus, They
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will proclaim his righteousness,
which we're going to talk about
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today, declaring to a people yet
unborn, What's it say?
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He has done it.
He has done it.
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You're the words.
It is finished.
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He wrote them 1000 years in
advance.
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That's amazing.
And that's the greatest war cry
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of all time.
It's called the telestai.
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It's the Greek word for it.
It is finished.
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What's finished?
Sins finished, Amen. 1000 years
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in advance.
They're going to declare for all
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of eternity.
He did it.
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He did it, He did it, Amen.
How many guys are grateful Jesus
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did it?
Amen.
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I mean, look at this Psalm and
it's a Psalm that's written 1000
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advance declaring the victory of
Jesus.
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Wow, it's amazing.
I think of Thanksgiving and
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Thanksgiving is born out of
grace.
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You got to understand some of
these words of this is just mind
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blowing to me.
But the word to give thanks in
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Greek and just hold with me here
because like I'm not like, let's
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go in the Greek all the time.
Got a couple years on my belt.
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That doesn't really much mean
anything, right?
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But the word to give thanks in
Greek is eukaristio.
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You guys say Eukaristio,
Eukaristio and that the base
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word of eukaristio is the word
grace, which is the word charis.
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If you spell it out, it's right
in the middle, right in the
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middle, EU, the TO, and it's
eukaristio is built on grace.
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It literally means to be full of
grace.
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Grace is what God gives us
unmerited favor the love of God
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00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:06,160
common grace like we're alive
like God restrains sin.
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All the grace of God, but
Eucharistio to give thanks is
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our response to grace.
So so if you're like am IA
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grateful person isn't determined
on my circumstances.
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00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,480
It's determined on the level of
which I understand grace.
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It's determined it's determined
a level of which I experienced
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grace.
It's not about your
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circumstances.
It's about what God has done for
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us.
Grace is the basis for
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gratitude.
Think, think of all the things
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00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,840
we're thankful for.
You're going to make maybe this
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00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:37,320
somber moment you see like a an
awesome Hallmark movie this
599
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:39,360
week, right?
And you're going to be touched
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and you're going to start
thinking about your family and
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00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,120
you're starting thinking about
people that maybe aren't around
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00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:45,600
the table anymore.
And you're going to think about
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00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:49,000
your job and your house and, and
just the blessing of these other
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kids that have been born.
And you're going to be like a
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00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,120
little tear in your eyes.
You think about Lord, thank you
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for the life I have.
Amen and and if you don't
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understand that maybe you're
like, well, it's hard right and
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it's a difficult season, but
nothing is greater than the
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00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:09,120
grace of God, no matter how hard
it gets.
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00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:14,800
God's grace fills our heart full
of gratitude and that's what
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00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:18,000
Thanksgiving is about is built
on the very grace of Jesus's
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00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,280
grace act of grace.
It's ever given.
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00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,320
So we got your Bible.
Give me a Luke 22 and talk about
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this great grace that God's
given.
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It says verse verse 7, it says
then came the day of unleavened
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bread on which the Passover lamb
had to be sacrificed.
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Just think about this.
So we're we're leading up like
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Passover right before the
crucifixion.
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This is this Passover has been
celebrated since the Egyptians
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had all their first born sons
killed from the death Angel that
621
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:56,080
passed over.
So the Passover is a celebration
622
00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:00,360
of when the the Hebrews were
free from slavery.
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And so they prepare that
Passover lamb, just like in the
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the Old Testament where they
took the the lamb and they had
625
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,800
the doorpost was with blood and
the lentil was blood.
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00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,880
And the Angel flew by if the if
the lamb blood was over the
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00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:16,240
doorpost or over on the doorpost
and over the lentil and it
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00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:20,000
passed over and that lamb was
prepared that day.
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Jesus as the whole Jewish
community is sacrificing their
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00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:30,680
lambs literally to prepare for
the feast, for the Passover, the
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day of Unleavened bread.
Jesus at the upper room, He's
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00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:40,000
preparing himself to be the
permanent sacrificial lamb
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00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:46,600
sacrifice for us.
Like it's not an accident like
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00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:50,280
this.
The minutes in the timing that
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00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,880
Jesus is not a victim, he's in
total control of everything
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00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,200
happening and being our Passover
lamb.
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00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:00,920
Verse 14 it says when the hour
came Jesus and his apostles
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00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:04,640
reclined at a table and he said
to them, I have eagerly what
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00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:09,840
I've eagerly desired.
When the Lord says he's desired
640
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,040
something and eagerly done it,
we should lean in and see what
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00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:15,520
he's really excited about.
He says to eat this Passover
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00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:22,400
with you before I suffer.
God himself.
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00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,520
The word desire actually means
he desired with desire.
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Like He wanted to be in that
space with those disciples so
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they would recognize that His
suffering was for them, that He
646
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:41,639
is a sacrificial lamb, that He's
going to go to the cross, that
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00:34:41,639 --> 00:34:44,560
he's going to pay the debt.
And they don't understand this
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yet, but he was excited with
desire that they he would meet
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00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:53,960
with them and that last Passover
because he was going to abolish
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00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:58,800
all of their Passover's and they
know that he is a sacrifice for
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their sins.
Verse 16, next verse for I tell
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you, I will not eat again until
it finds fulfillment in the King
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of God.
This is literally Jesus Last
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Supper we call the Last Supper,
right?
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We've heard of it.
That's an awesome picture of the
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00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,600
Last Supper.
They'd probably look nothing
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00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:25,640
like that, I guarantee it.
But the Last Supper, this the
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00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,080
last time Jesus sat down and it
was the Passover.
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00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,480
And Jesus is not going to sit
down with those disciples again
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00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,360
in this kind of setting until
the marriage feast of the Lamb
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00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:38,520
in Revelation 19, nine.
That's the next time that you're
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00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,360
going to have the this group
together in this kind of
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00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,040
setting.
But what's amazing is we know
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Jesus.
You actually get to dine with
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00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:49,880
Jesus out of Revelation 2.
Behold, I stand at the door and
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00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,280
knock and he opens in me and
lets me in.
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I will dine with him and him
with me.
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00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,480
That we could actually get to
sit with Jesus anytime we want
669
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to at the table through the
Spirit of God, through Jesus and
670
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:07,120
us, and actually fellowship with
him in communion.
671
00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:13,280
Is that amazing that God lives
in US and he wanted us to know
672
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,640
in that last moment that he was
paying for our sins because he
673
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,280
loved us and he's going to go to
the cross in a certain way and
674
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:24,480
you're going to see it here in
this next verse 17 after taking
675
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:32,320
the cup, he what he gave thanks
Eucharistio.
676
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:39,040
Isn't that amazing?
The cup is representation of his
677
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:43,120
blood that he's going to pour
out on the cross and he took a
678
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:47,160
cup that is going to be
representing him in just 12
679
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:50,080
hours from then.
He's going to do false trials
680
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:53,120
and beating and scourging and
whipping and mocking and
681
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:57,880
everything, and he's going to
say it is finished 12 hours from
682
00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:03,040
this moment and he takes that
cup and he gives thanks.
683
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:11,040
That's incredible, like the
grace of God is built on the
684
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:20,920
grace of God, like giving thanks
to die for us and shed his blood
685
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:27,440
is the greatest act of grace.
And this is what he does in the
686
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:33,000
moment of like humanity's
wickedness and worst, Jesus is
687
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:38,360
still his best and shows what's
in his true heart is to love us
688
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:42,040
and to give thanks for the
suffering that's going to
689
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,360
happen.
And so he said, take this and
690
00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:47,200
divide it among you, for I tell
you, I'll not drink again from
691
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:51,040
the fruit of the vine until the
Kingdom of God comes.
692
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:57,680
This is his last drink of wine,
grape juice.
693
00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:06,480
If you're Baptist, this is his.
This is his last and he gets the
694
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:11,440
hyssop right on the cross like
as a picture of him being a
695
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,800
sacrificial lamb in the verse 19
says he then he took the bread
696
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:21,400
and what gave thanks and broke
it.
697
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:29,960
You Christio, the grace of God
that that that that that bread
698
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:36,040
represent his body being broken.
The Bible says in Isaiah that he
699
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:40,520
he was to the point of
unrecognizable as a human is how
700
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:44,840
bad he was beaten and scorched.
You were saying that you guys
701
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:46,800
didn't be the passion right?
Most of you may be seen the move
702
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:51,600
the passion got a lot of
Catholic things in there, but
703
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:56,840
it's pretty accurate and that
movie was rated R and what that
704
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:02,800
really the movie could not be
rated If you saw what actually
705
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:08,400
happened to Jesus would not been
put in movie theaters and we've
706
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,200
lost its ability to market to
the people that need to see it.
707
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:14,800
It is far worse than what you
even saw in the movie.
708
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:21,320
It was derated so they could
actually publish it and this was
709
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:23,160
Jesus knowing that he's going to
be broken.
710
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:31,040
Jesus says Eucharisteo.
Thank you father, he prayed.
711
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:35,760
Thank you that I can suffer for
humanity.
712
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:38,840
The grace of God is built on the
grace of God.
713
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:43,280
And then he broke it and he gave
it to them saying this is my
714
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:44,800
body given for you.
Remember?
715
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:49,400
This is why she excited me with
them because I'm going to die
716
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,640
for you.
He says this, do this and what
717
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:58,040
remembrance of me.
There's some amazing furniture
718
00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,160
in churches with that, that
symbol Hunter, right?
719
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:02,160
You guys remember that table up
front?
720
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:05,080
You guys grew up in church, do
this remembrance of me, right?
721
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,000
And I didn't know much when I
was first started going to
722
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,360
church.
I just thought, man, that's the
723
00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:12,440
place to put the casket.
You know what I'm saying?
724
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:15,320
I had no idea how to do about
communion.
725
00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:18,480
I had no idea I was talking to
somebody yesterday or Friday and
726
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:21,280
they're like, they started
reading job or job.
727
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:24,160
I said, brother, it's job.
But guess what?
728
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:27,120
When I first started reading it,
I was looking for a job and I
729
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:30,600
started reading job.
They did the same thing, right?
730
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:33,920
It's easy to do.
But here, you know what the
731
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:37,480
early church called the Lord's
Supper?
732
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:44,680
You guys know the Eucharist,
y'all?
733
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:46,360
Maybe you're going Catholic
traditions and stuff.
734
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:50,840
They're called the Holy
Eucharist, the Holy give thanks.
735
00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:54,760
The early church called this
like the great gave thanks.
736
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:59,280
Isn't that pretty cool?
Like, you know, sometimes think
737
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:01,120
communion like, Oh yeah, yeah,
communion.
738
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:05,320
No, you understand, like this is
10 levels deep.
739
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,480
When he says do this in
remembrance of me, the word for
740
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:15,520
remembrance in Hebrew is haka or
zaka, and it means to bring the
741
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:19,240
past into the present.
So, so when he said do this to
742
00:41:19,240 --> 00:41:23,160
remembrance, it wasn't like, oh,
just remember Jesus, just what
743
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:24,880
he did.
Just look back every once in
744
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:27,400
awhile.
What he's saying is do this
745
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:31,520
remembrance.
It means re experience it like
746
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:36,800
it you just lived it again.
That's a whole new level.
747
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:40,080
Amen.
Like imagine you just got saved
748
00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:43,280
today.
Imagine you just recognize that
749
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:47,640
Jesus died for you today.
Imagine you just watch God wipe
750
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:51,160
away all your sins with a giant
eraser and he says I love you
751
00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:54,840
and adopted you and put you as
an heir to his throne.
752
00:41:56,640 --> 00:42:02,600
That's what that means.
Eucharist, give thanks.
753
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:06,880
And so when you struggle with I
have past trauma.
754
00:42:07,240 --> 00:42:09,440
I have church heard I've been
wounded.
755
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:11,280
Things happen in my past.
This person.
756
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:14,840
I'm not downplaying any of that,
but the only thing Jesus tells
757
00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:20,120
us to remember is His grace
every day.
758
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:23,880
And so if your song is a song of
defeat, I would challenge you
759
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:33,400
that you have no Eucharist in
your life and you can afresh you
760
00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:35,360
choose what you want to
remember.
761
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,680
You don't forget.
But God's grace is so much
762
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:40,360
greater.
Amen.
763
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:45,880
Like I have enough mercy and
grace for today and tomorrow
764
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:48,400
there'll be his own troubles.
And I wake up and I say, Lord,
765
00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:50,360
you got it.
I trust you.
766
00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:54,240
Thank you for dying for me.
You never get past the cross,
767
00:42:54,240 --> 00:42:56,800
Amen.
You never graduate from holding
768
00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:00,360
on to the old rugged cross.
You can't say, well, all this
769
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:02,520
tragedy happened, all this hurt
happened, all this pain
770
00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:05,600
happened, but what but Jesus,
Amen.
771
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:10,360
And his worst moment of
suffering in pain with weight of
772
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:15,040
sin, crush on his shoulders,
Father, Father, why have you
773
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:17,720
forsaken me?
When he turned the Father's
774
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:20,600
turned his back on the Son and
he poured out the wrath of God.
775
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:24,920
Bell says in first John 22 that
he's our wrath bearing sacrifice
776
00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:32,760
like he took our hell.
And before he took our hell, he
777
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:36,320
said Eucharistio, thank you
Lord.
778
00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:43,080
And if Jesus can suffer with
that kind of hell, God help me
779
00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:45,720
to live like I can't break free
from mine.
780
00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:49,960
Amen.
That's the grace of God.
781
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:51,880
And so you think about communion
today.
782
00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:55,280
I want you to relive it.
I want you to experience it for
783
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:57,960
yourself again.
It is to be the highest song in
784
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:01,600
your heart and be the greatest.
Praise on your lips is the most
785
00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:06,480
humbling thing in your life.
There's nothing greater.
786
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:08,160
There's no weapon formed against
it.
787
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:10,920
There's nobody can take it away.
No matter what you've done
788
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:13,920
yesterday or how far you've ran
or what's going on in your life.
789
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:16,840
The grace of God is the greatest
story ever told.
790
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,600
And it starts with why have you
forsaken me?
791
00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:23,880
And it ends with He has done it.
And so how you walked in today,
792
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,600
wherever kind of defeat like
Lord, where are you?
793
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:30,920
I can't feel you.
Maybe you've forsaken me.
794
00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:34,760
Walk in the Tri valley.
We can leave the day because of
795
00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:36,120
communion.
Eucharistio.
796
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:39,000
We can say he has done it.
Amen.
797
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:44,080
That's the church and that's the
call to communion.
798
00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:47,320
That's the grace of God.
And so you can write your Psalm
799
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:51,320
today.
Jesus wrote Psalm 22 and then he
800
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:54,680
did it.
And anything you declare, that's
801
00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:57,720
the will of God, that's the
righteousness of God, that's
802
00:44:57,720 --> 00:45:00,600
God's will.
You can just say, Lord, you got
803
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:03,520
it, You're going to do it.
I trust you.
804
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:05,560
You did not make me to be
defeated.
805
00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:09,240
You did not put me in a grave.
You did not put me in this, this
806
00:45:09,240 --> 00:45:15,160
life, in this body to relive
every tragedy in my life and
807
00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:19,880
grow bitter.
You put me in this body to
808
00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:23,920
relive your greatest tragedy,
which is the greatest act of
809
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:26,720
grace.
So every day afresh I can
810
00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:29,480
declare your glory that you've
done it.
811
00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:33,640
Amen.
And so, Father, we come before
812
00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:36,440
you.
God, I pray for our church, God,
813
00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:41,360
that we full of gratitude that
we'd be full of joy, that we'd
814
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:45,720
be full of victory.
Then this world, there's
815
00:45:45,720 --> 00:45:49,560
suffering and there's hardship.
But Lord, you're far greater.
816
00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:52,120
And in your hardship you cried
out.
817
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:57,600
Eucharistio.
Thank you, Father, for the
818
00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:02,880
suffering I'm going through
because your grace and so they I
819
00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:05,000
pray for those of Jesus
followers in the house, God that
820
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:09,760
we be full of gratitude because
of your grace for us.
821
00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:13,480
God, if you're Jesus followed
the house and God just speaking
822
00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:16,200
to you, maybe a moment of
surrender, maybe a moment of
823
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:18,280
saying he has done it, a moment
of worship.
824
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:20,840
We just open your hands to the
Lord out in front of you and say
825
00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:24,720
Lord, thank you for your grace.
God, a fresh God.
826
00:46:24,720 --> 00:46:30,520
I have walked away of my first
love, I've put my heart on
827
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:32,960
everything else, and I've
forgotten what it is to live in
828
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:39,000
communion.
The disciples thought they were
829
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:42,320
going to celebrate the end of
slavery, but they didn't realize
830
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:43,920
they were celebrating the end of
sin.
831
00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:50,360
And so, Lord, every time we eat,
we have the opportunity to say,
832
00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:53,320
Lord, thank you.
Because when I see this bread
833
00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:56,080
and I see this cup and I see
what you provided for me, I
834
00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:57,160
remember what you do on the
cross.
835
00:46:57,160 --> 00:47:01,160
Lord, every single meal from
here on out, I'm going to live
836
00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:04,360
under the grace of God as a
symbol that my life is
837
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:06,080
submission to the one who paid
it all.
838
00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:08,000
Lord, help us to be those
people.
839
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:10,920
Lord, I'll pray for one group of
people in the house that says,
840
00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:13,160
you walked in and said, you
know, I don't really know Jesus
841
00:47:14,240 --> 00:47:16,880
like this one that died for me,
that sacrificed for me.
842
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:20,080
The Bible says he gives it away
as free, a free gift of
843
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:24,400
salvation to anybody that would
call the name of Jesus, to
844
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:26,480
anyone that would humble
themselves and say I'm a Sinner
845
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:29,480
and need of a savior.
I've been writing my own story.
846
00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:31,200
But Lord, you already have a
story.
847
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:37,000
The story of Jesus is not taking
bad people to be good.
848
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:39,680
It's a story of taking dead
people to life.
849
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:42,800
It may be that you recognize
that you came in here
850
00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:49,240
spiritually dead, but Jesus, the
only one that didn't turn to
851
00:47:49,240 --> 00:47:56,160
dust, made a way for you to have
eternal life.
852
00:47:57,040 --> 00:48:00,640
And so if you need Jesus today,
if you'd hope today, if you'd
853
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:05,080
humble yourself today, I want to
invite you to do so.
854
00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:09,800
If God's speaking to you, Holy
Spirit's calling you to have
855
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:11,640
relationship with him, that's
you.
856
00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:12,760
We just lift your hand high in
this place.
857
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:15,920
I need Jesus, I need this
Eucharist you're talking about.
858
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:19,040
I see your hand this I need
Jesus and I called out, but you
859
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:25,520
need Jesus if that's you.
I'm a lead to the prayer and the
860
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:26,880
prayer has nothing to do about
your salvation.
861
00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:32,720
It's your heart.
Just cry out to the Father and
862
00:48:32,720 --> 00:48:38,960
say Eucharistio thank you for
sending your Son the greatest
863
00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:43,840
gift of grace who laid down his
life for me, that I can have new
864
00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:48,400
life today.
And then I need you to exchange
865
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:52,640
all my wrongs for all your
rights and declare my life it is
866
00:48:52,640 --> 00:49:00,000
finished and you can leave the
day declaring he did it, he did
867
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:03,640
it again.
So God take my life and use it
868
00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:08,720
and I pray in Jesus name, Amen.
You guys give some worship to
869
00:49:08,720 --> 00:49:10,400
Jesus.
Come on.
870
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:20,040
Man wasn't that good.
Just the idea of gratefulness,
871
00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:23,480
the idea of knowing that God has
your best in mind and everything
872
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:26,040
he's ever done for you has been
with that goal.
873
00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:30,040
So in this moment, we're going
to share the Eucharist.
874
00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:35,240
We're going to take a communion.
And as we do it, and I loved how
875
00:49:35,240 --> 00:49:38,600
Sean just framed the idea of
what God's doing in this story.
876
00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:42,840
And there's a moment that this
that this communion references
877
00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:45,320
and remembers.
It's the moment that splits
878
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:49,680
history down the middle.
And what I love about it is as
879
00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:52,480
you read the Bible and if you
want to look at it from a 30,000
880
00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:54,480
foot view, is, is that
everything in the Old Testament,
881
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:58,320
starting in Genesis, through the
Mosaic law and the temple
882
00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:02,040
sacrifices, through the Psalms
that David wrote and through the
883
00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:04,040
prophets like Isaiah, which
we're going to read in a minute,
884
00:50:04,040 --> 00:50:10,480
point to Christ, point to the
moment that God and his
885
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:14,760
sovereignty picked to redeem
humanity.
886
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:20,200
And I love the stories and the
vision of what God laid out in
887
00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:22,520
the Old Testament.
And the apostles are a lot like
888
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:24,280
us.
We were a little slow sometimes.
889
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:27,480
And I'll say this, the apostles,
we're looking for so many things
890
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:29,600
that ultimately Jesus will
bring.
891
00:50:29,720 --> 00:50:31,720
They were looking for a king,
they were looking for a Kingdom,
892
00:50:31,720 --> 00:50:33,760
they're looking for a ruler.
And that's us.
893
00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:35,200
Sometimes we're looking for
answers.
894
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:38,800
But in this moment Jesus says I
have all those things, but what
895
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:45,720
you really need is me and Isaiah
53 five these apostles had read
896
00:50:45,720 --> 00:50:49,000
this probably hundreds if not
thousands of times.
897
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:52,040
But he was pierced for our
transgressions.
898
00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:53,240
He was crushed for our
iniquities.
899
00:50:53,240 --> 00:50:56,400
The punishment that brought us
peace was on him and by his
900
00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:59,240
wounds we are healed.
So everything in the Old
901
00:50:59,240 --> 00:51:04,440
Testament pointed forward and in
this moment we recognize we are
902
00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:08,000
now the chosen people and that
people are the church people
903
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:10,320
that find their their identity
in Christ.
904
00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:11,840
People have given their lives to
God.
905
00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:16,520
So communion is this beautiful
moment that we can look back to
906
00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:20,960
what God did for us through
Jesus, the broken body, the
907
00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:25,600
covenant of spilled blood.
And it gives us a unity as
908
00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:27,720
fellow followers, fellow
disciples.
909
00:51:28,360 --> 00:51:32,160
And Paul in Corinthians, he
reiterates what happened in
910
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:34,640
Luke, what we read a moment ago.
And so why don't you guys read
911
00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:37,440
this with me?
And I'm going to break this down
912
00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:40,360
just real quickly for you guys.
For I received from the Lord
913
00:51:40,720 --> 00:51:43,480
what I also passed on to you.
The Lord Jesus on the night he
914
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:45,840
was betrayed, took bread.
And when he had given thanks, he
915
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:48,440
broke it and said this is my
body, which is for you.
916
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:55,480
Do this in remembrance of me.
And Sean's 100% right when you
917
00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:59,880
see what Jesus actually did in
his body, it was broken, it was
918
00:51:59,880 --> 00:52:03,680
destroyed, it was pierced, and
all of those were for you and
919
00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:06,360
that was for me.
And it was to do something that
920
00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:10,240
we could never do on our own.
And that's what Jesus did in
921
00:52:10,240 --> 00:52:12,080
that moment.
He was looking forward to it and
922
00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:17,640
he did it willingly.
And then if you pick it up, it
923
00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:21,080
says this.
It says in the same way after
924
00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:23,400
supper he took the cup, saying
this is the cup of the new
925
00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:25,760
covenant in my blood.
Do this whenever you drink it
926
00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:28,640
and remembrance of me.
And whenever you eat this bread
927
00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:33,840
and drink this cup, you proclaim
the Lord's death until he comes
928
00:52:34,520 --> 00:52:38,680
to spill blood.
The whole Bible, the whole
929
00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:42,440
sacrificial system, points to
the problem of sin and death.
930
00:52:42,720 --> 00:52:44,920
And it can only be fixed with a
price.
931
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:48,840
And the price isn't anything
that you've done or anything
932
00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:52,080
that I can do, other than
accepting what God's done for us
933
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:54,640
in that moment.
And his Son, his, his blood
934
00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:58,160
covers the sin of all of us.
Anything you've ever done in the
935
00:52:58,160 --> 00:52:59,960
past, anything you ever do in
the future.
936
00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:05,280
And so in this moment, this
communion, it's so significant
937
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:08,320
for so many different reasons.
It is a time of remembrance.
938
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:11,280
It's a time of reverence.
The Corinthians messed this up
939
00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:14,080
so bad is that they took this as
a common meal.
940
00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:17,760
And so Paul had some
admonishment for them that says
941
00:53:18,240 --> 00:53:20,240
you need to take this in a
worthy manner.
942
00:53:20,600 --> 00:53:22,920
So in, in, in a moment here,
we're going to take a moment of
943
00:53:22,920 --> 00:53:25,680
self examination where you come
before the Lord.
944
00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:29,160
And if there's anything you need
to lay out before God, something
945
00:53:29,160 --> 00:53:33,840
that this standing between you
and him a way that you may be
946
00:53:33,840 --> 00:53:36,720
divisive or or maybe there's
some hurt, there's some sin in
947
00:53:36,720 --> 00:53:38,040
your life that you need to give
God.
948
00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:42,680
This is the time to do it.
And communion is also for those
949
00:53:42,680 --> 00:53:47,080
of us that are that are not only
in this body here in this
950
00:53:47,080 --> 00:53:49,240
essence of this church, but for
disciples.
951
00:53:49,240 --> 00:53:53,800
So if you have never made that
decision, this moment is is for
952
00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:56,040
family.
So I would encourage you to take
953
00:53:56,040 --> 00:53:59,400
this on a worthy manner.
So be a disciple, be a follower
954
00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:03,240
of Christ, and then in this
moment, take whatever you have
955
00:54:03,240 --> 00:54:05,520
before God.
And then finally, as we do it,
956
00:54:05,960 --> 00:54:07,680
remember this is a moment of
unity.
957
00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:10,920
The church throughout the
centuries, throughout the
958
00:54:10,920 --> 00:54:15,520
generations have taken this
every time as remembrance of
959
00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:19,760
what God did and how it unites
all of us, past color of skin,
960
00:54:19,880 --> 00:54:24,760
past financial situations.
This is what divides not doesn't
961
00:54:24,760 --> 00:54:28,240
divide that unites us either
male nor female, slave nor free,
962
00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:31,600
Greek or Jew.
So I'm going to encourage you
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00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:35,880
guys in this moment, for the
next 30 seconds, come before God
964
00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:40,480
in a silent moment of just
remembrance and just self
965
00:54:40,480 --> 00:55:47,870
examination.
All right, would you guys go
966
00:55:47,870 --> 00:55:51,350
ahead and stand your feet as we
enter into this moment of being
967
00:55:51,870 --> 00:55:53,990
grateful for the thing that God
has done for us?
968
00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:56,280
I'm gonna echo something that
Sean said.
969
00:55:57,160 --> 00:55:59,800
It's beautiful to see God's
people called to a common
970
00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:04,960
vision, called in unity, not in
any one thing that we all have
971
00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:08,720
individually, but in the mission
of what God's given us as a
972
00:56:08,720 --> 00:56:13,600
people.
So in a moment, I'm going to
973
00:56:13,600 --> 00:56:15,880
pray.
And then after I pray, I'll have
974
00:56:15,880 --> 00:56:17,480
you guys come down.
You guys will come down this
975
00:56:17,560 --> 00:56:20,520
the, the, the middle aisles,
You'll come up, you know, take
976
00:56:20,520 --> 00:56:21,640
communion, you'll take the
bread.
977
00:56:21,640 --> 00:56:23,840
And then if you want wine that's
on the outside, juice is on the
978
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:26,640
inside, and you'll have a moment
to take communion.
979
00:56:27,080 --> 00:56:30,320
And as you finish, go back out
the outside and come back in.
980
00:56:30,760 --> 00:56:34,880
Would you guys pray with me?
Got to stand here in a moment of
981
00:56:34,880 --> 00:56:36,600
humility.
You got to think of the things
982
00:56:37,080 --> 00:56:41,120
that you that you have designed
and built for us.
983
00:56:41,760 --> 00:56:45,680
God, just thank you for your
plan to take a chosen people, a
984
00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:48,400
royal priesthood that you called
the nation of Israel to bring
985
00:56:48,560 --> 00:56:52,120
forth your Messiah.
And the Messiah is Jesus.
986
00:56:53,480 --> 00:56:57,240
God thank you for the life that
he lived, his death, his burial,
987
00:56:57,240 --> 00:56:59,960
his resurrection.
God, thank you for this moment
988
00:57:00,320 --> 00:57:02,960
that as as a people of God, that
we can come together in
989
00:57:02,960 --> 00:57:04,760
remembrance of what you have
done for us.
990
00:57:04,760 --> 00:57:07,480
God help us to not take this
moment lightly.
991
00:57:09,240 --> 00:57:12,520
God, help us to remember the
sacrifice that it cost you to
992
00:57:12,520 --> 00:57:16,440
redeem each person here because
you love each person here.
993
00:57:18,040 --> 00:57:20,840
And God, finally, thank you for
the the significance of the
994
00:57:20,840 --> 00:57:24,720
unity of your church in the way
that the world tries to divide
995
00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:28,000
and separate us.
God, this is what we are united
996
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:32,280
in, in remembrance of your love
for us and your calling for us
997
00:57:32,280 --> 00:57:35,480
on our lives.
So God, I pray for the broken,
998
00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:38,520
the broken body.
God, I pray for the spilled
999
00:57:38,520 --> 00:57:40,120
blood.
God, just thank you for each one
1000
00:57:40,120 --> 00:57:42,520
of those sacrifices you've given
each one of us.
1001
00:57:43,080 --> 00:57:45,320
And God, as we take these
elements and remembrance of what
1002
00:57:45,320 --> 00:57:48,080
you've done for us, God, help us
to not take this lightly.
1003
00:57:48,200 --> 00:57:51,240
God, thank you for everything
you've done that we pray this in
1004
00:57:51,280 --> 00:57:54,600
Jesus name, Amen.
Would you guys come?
1005
00:58:23,210 --> 00:58:33,760
Take the bread of life broken
for all my sin, your body
1006
00:58:34,360 --> 00:58:51,160
crucify to make me whole again.
I will recall the cup poured out
1007
00:58:51,200 --> 00:59:01,800
in sacrifice to trade the
sinners in for your new
1008
00:59:01,800 --> 00:59:08,000
covenant.
Hallelujah.
1009
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:28,320
I live my life in remembrance.
Hallelujah, your promise I won't
1010
00:59:29,520 --> 00:59:44,700
forgive our salvation with fear
and trembling.
1011
00:59:47,620 --> 00:59:57,600
You're way born as my own, as
Christ is formed in me.
1012
01:00:01,800 --> 01:00:04,880
Hallelujah I live my life and
remembrance.
1013
01:00:10,320 --> 01:00:18,040
Hallelujah, your promise.
I won't for you.
1014
01:00:26,200 --> 01:00:32,280
Never I should lose my way.
If ever I deny your grace.
1015
01:00:32,520 --> 01:00:42,800
Remind me of the rise you made.
Hallelujah I.
1016
01:00:43,360 --> 01:00:59,640
Live in remains.
Well, we thank you,
1017
01:01:12,880 --> 01:01:18,720
love.
You've been so, so good to me.
1018
01:01:19,680 --> 01:01:23,520
Good to know.
You've been so, so good to me.
1019
01:01:26,920 --> 01:01:36,240
Oh, to me.
Where I would be if not, If not
1020
01:01:36,520 --> 01:01:42,520
you, 'cause you've been so, so
good to me.
1021
01:01:47,280 --> 01:01:59,800
You've been so, so good to me.
Don't you know where I would be
1022
01:01:59,840 --> 01:02:11,360
if not for you, If not for you?
That you've been so, so good to
1023
01:02:11,680 --> 01:02:18,400
me.
You've been so, so good to me.
1024
01:02:36,280 --> 01:02:41,920
All the sides reach from the
depths as far as E is from the
1025
01:02:42,320 --> 01:02:44,880
West.
So far, Your grace, eyes can't
1026
01:02:45,320 --> 01:02:52,920
read me until I see you face to
face.
1027
01:02:53,000 --> 01:02:59,280
Until and last I've won my race.
Remind me you're not finished
1028
01:02:59,560 --> 01:03:02,880
yet.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
1029
01:03:08,640 --> 01:03:22,160
Hallelujah.
I live in Riemann.
1030
01:03:32,000 --> 01:03:51,960
Let's continue worshiping day.
Rumors are the Son of Man,
1031
01:03:55,440 --> 01:04:08,800
stories of the Savior, holiness
with human hands, treasure for
1032
01:04:08,840 --> 01:04:14,520
the traitor.
No, we had heard.
1033
01:04:14,520 --> 01:04:26,840
No, I had seen the image of the
Father until heaven came to live
1034
01:04:26,840 --> 01:04:33,720
with me.
A rescue alike no other.
1035
01:04:34,160 --> 01:04:42,240
Let him hear it.
You are worthy.
1036
01:04:42,920 --> 01:04:48,200
You are worthy of your name.
You are worthy.
1037
01:04:53,360 --> 01:04:59,800
You are worthy of your name, my
Jesus.
1038
01:05:06,280 --> 01:05:09,120
You did not speak, you made no
sound.
1039
01:05:09,120 --> 01:05:19,440
You died for your accusers.
That's you and me as you belong
1040
01:05:19,880 --> 01:05:27,760
fell to the ground.
You redefined my future every
1041
01:05:27,800 --> 01:05:33,080
step.
From the day that you rose,
1042
01:05:36,280 --> 01:05:43,760
darkness rain from the cover for
the King of Kings, His planes,
1043
01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:54,160
his throne now.
And till forever you are worthy,
1044
01:05:58,640 --> 01:06:11,160
You are worthy of your name.
You are worthy, You are worthy
1045
01:06:11,760 --> 01:06:17,120
of your name.
Jesus, we.
1046
01:06:21,280 --> 01:06:25,720
Trust you, we believe, who say
you are.
1047
01:06:40,800 --> 01:06:48,160
You're my helper, my healer, my
blessing, Redeemer, my answers,
1048
01:06:48,480 --> 01:06:51,800
my saving grace.
We're not done yet.
1049
01:06:51,800 --> 01:06:56,720
You're my hope.
In the shadows, my strength in
1050
01:06:57,520 --> 01:07:02,120
the battle, my anger for all my
dears.
1051
01:07:04,880 --> 01:07:09,960
And you stand by my side, and
you stood in my face.
1052
01:07:11,320 --> 01:07:19,720
Jesus, the one name only, Jesus,
the one name.
1053
01:07:27,440 --> 01:07:34,880
You are worthy.
You are worthy of your name.
1054
01:07:34,960 --> 01:07:46,200
You are worthy, You are worthy
of your name, You are worthy so,
1055
01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:49,720
and God you are worthy of.
Your name, yes.
1056
01:07:51,080 --> 01:07:55,240
You are worthy of you are worthy
of your name.
1057
01:08:21,720 --> 01:08:27,720
Always they know you lay brought
my heart up out of the crowd.
1058
01:08:31,200 --> 01:08:43,080
Let him erase my worthy.
You are worthy of your name.
1059
01:08:44,520 --> 01:08:54,520
You are worthy.
So worthy God, you are worthy of
1060
01:08:56,319 --> 01:09:03,880
your name, Jesus.
Come on, let's give God some
1061
01:09:03,880 --> 01:09:07,319
praise this morning.
I mean, he's so worthy of all of
1062
01:09:07,319 --> 01:09:09,439
our worship, of all of our
praise.
1063
01:09:09,439 --> 01:09:14,080
Man, you guys can take a seat.
Man, just such a reminder today.
1064
01:09:14,080 --> 01:09:18,359
Just the power of God's grace in
our lives and how we can live a
1065
01:09:18,359 --> 01:09:21,080
life that is grateful man.
Some of you recognize today for
1066
01:09:21,080 --> 01:09:24,279
the first time the grace that
God has given you in your own
1067
01:09:24,279 --> 01:09:26,760
life.
And you raised your hand during
1068
01:09:26,760 --> 01:09:30,160
that prayer and you committed
your life to Jesus today.
1069
01:09:30,640 --> 01:09:32,840
And if that is you and you
prayed that prayer, raise your
1070
01:09:32,840 --> 01:09:35,600
hand.
We are so excited for you as you
1071
01:09:35,600 --> 01:09:38,399
are taking your first steps with
your with Jesus today.
1072
01:09:38,760 --> 01:09:40,640
We got a couple things for you.
If you would grab that
1073
01:09:40,640 --> 01:09:43,120
connection card for all your
information there on the top,
1074
01:09:43,359 --> 01:09:46,560
but make sure to check that box
that says I committed my life to
1075
01:09:46,600 --> 01:09:48,359
Jesus.
And you can drop that in the
1076
01:09:48,359 --> 01:09:50,439
giving buckets as they pass here
in a few minutes.
1077
01:09:50,680 --> 01:09:53,279
But just by doing that allows us
to get you a couple things that
1078
01:09:53,279 --> 01:09:55,320
we know will just be a blessing
to you this week.
1079
01:09:55,360 --> 01:09:57,840
The first one just a free book.
It's called Begin, but it is a
1080
01:09:58,200 --> 01:10:01,360
really powerful a read and will
help you in your next steps with
1081
01:10:01,440 --> 01:10:03,360
Jesus.
Also, as you exit the worship
1082
01:10:03,360 --> 01:10:06,680
center, there's a table with
some red bags inside is a free
1083
01:10:06,680 --> 01:10:09,200
Bible just for you and a few
other resources in there for you
1084
01:10:09,200 --> 01:10:11,040
as well.
We would love to get that to you
1085
01:10:11,040 --> 01:10:13,680
this week.
And if you are newer with us at
1086
01:10:13,680 --> 01:10:16,680
Real Life Church, if this is
your first Sunday here with us,
1087
01:10:16,680 --> 01:10:19,680
thank you so much much.
We are so glad that you are here
1088
01:10:19,680 --> 01:10:21,120
today.
We've been praying for you and
1089
01:10:21,120 --> 01:10:23,960
planning for you for today just
with you in mind.
1090
01:10:23,960 --> 01:10:25,160
So thank you so much for being
here.
1091
01:10:25,160 --> 01:10:27,600
We don't want anything from you
today other than this.
1092
01:10:27,600 --> 01:10:29,680
And that's just to introduce
yourself to us.
1093
01:10:29,960 --> 01:10:32,720
And you can do that simply just
by grabbing that same connection
1094
01:10:32,720 --> 01:10:34,240
card, fill out your information
there.
1095
01:10:34,400 --> 01:10:36,640
And actually you can take it to
the New here booth as you leave
1096
01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:39,760
the worship center, just to your
right, there's a smiling face
1097
01:10:39,760 --> 01:10:41,720
there that would love to
introduce themselves to you as
1098
01:10:41,720 --> 01:10:43,640
well.
And just to get you a free gift,
1099
01:10:43,800 --> 01:10:46,960
just our way of saying thank you
so much for being here today.
1100
01:10:47,680 --> 01:10:50,880
And I just get to echo what
Pastor Sean had shared earlier
1101
01:10:51,240 --> 01:10:53,800
in the message.
I just want to say thank you to
1102
01:10:53,800 --> 01:10:57,360
those of you who turned in
commitment cards last week.
1103
01:10:57,360 --> 01:11:01,120
I mean, so far we've had 58
individuals and families commit
1104
01:11:01,120 --> 01:11:04,520
to be difference makers.
Can we give them a hand this
1105
01:11:04,520 --> 01:11:06,600
morning?
So good.
1106
01:11:07,840 --> 01:11:10,040
Yeah, thank you so much for
those of you who stepped in to
1107
01:11:10,040 --> 01:11:12,240
do that.
Man, there is still room for you
1108
01:11:12,240 --> 01:11:14,600
to jump in.
Maybe you just weren't here last
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week as some of you I know took
that card.
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You weren't prepared last week,
so you took that card home this
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week and we're going to pray
over it.
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Some of you are joining us
online.
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We love you guys.
By the way, you're joining us
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online.
I mean, there is still time for
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you to give.
And so I invite you to turn a
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commitment card in today.
You can do that just a few
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minutes as the buckets pass, you
can drop a commitment card right
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in there.
You can also scan the QR code
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that's up on the screen.
That'll take you to our
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difference Maker website and on
there is a digital commitment
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card as well that you can turn
in that way.
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And then this is all about 100%
participation.
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There is room for all of us here
just to get behind all that God
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is doing and we are excited to
see what is next for real life
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church.
And that's why over the next few
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weeks as we continue to collect
commitment cards, we are going
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to celebrate all that God has
done together on Sunday,
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December 14th for Celebration
Sunday.
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Man, it is going to be just an
amazing day and we're still
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working through the numbers, but
man, that is the day where we
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get to share that committed
pledge and just be excited for
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all that God is going to do
through that.
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Also, that's the first Sunday
that we get to come together and
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give together as a body of
Christ towards us.
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Difference Maker initiative and
so on that Sunday the 14th,
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we're just asking that you'd
bring that stored resources gift
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so we can give 1st and kick off
this difference maker
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initiative.
It is going to be so amazing to
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see what God is going to do
through that And hey, if you
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call real life church home,
there are a lot of ways that you
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can give you can check it out up
there on the screen.
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You can text to give, you can
give cash or check in the
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envelope or in the buckets that
they pass here in just a few
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minutes.
You can head over to our website
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to give.
There's also a giving box in the
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back if that's more convenient
for you as well.
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And as those buckets pass here,
and just just a minute, if you
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and your family find yourself in
any kind of immediate need this
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week, maybe it's food or it's
shelter, it's clothing, would
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you please reach into those
buckets and grab any loose cash
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that you see in there just so
that we can be a blessing to you
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and your family this week.
Man, what a blessed day.
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Did you guys enjoy that?
Man, just the attitude of
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gratitude is the heart of the,
the people of God.
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And I love how I don't care what
biblical writer is, but
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especially Paul, he almost ends
and he almost begins and ends
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every one of his letters with a
thankfulness to God's heart.
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So man, I can't wait to, to, to
keep in in this series.
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Hey, once you guys mark a couple
things in your calendar.
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The big one is I know for all
you Christmas people, it's
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almost Christmas.
We're not Thanksgiving out.
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But once you mark your calendar
for Christmas Eve, man, we
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always kill it here.
So we're going to have Christmas
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Eve service at 2:00 and 4:00
before I start inviting your
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family and friends.
Can't wait to hang with you, you
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guys.
I'm really looking forward to
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that.
Hey, I want you guys just to
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just to be ready for next week.
We're going to continue this
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idea of gratitude and I can't
wait for it to see what Pastor
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Sean builds on from this week
and just to just keep pushing
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our hearts forward just to be
thankful for what God's got for
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us.
I want to, I want to pray or I
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want to give you guys the
scripture and just read it over
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you guys as you guys get ready
to go out of here.
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And this is comes from
Colossians and this is one of my
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favorite books from Paul.
This comes from Colossians
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chapter 3.
And I want you guys to think of
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it, and as you guys are heading
out over a lost and dying world
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and take this really to heart
and what Paul's speaking to even
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us today says, let the peace of
Christ rule in your hearts and
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be thankful.
Let the message of Christ dwell
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among you richly.
And whatever you do, whether in
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Word or deed, do it all in the
name of the Lord Jesus, giving
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thanks to God the Father through
him.
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Amen.
You guys need prayer.
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Yeah, Amen.
Amen.
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If you guys do prayer for any
reason, whether it's as a
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family, as individuals, we'd
love to pray with you up here.
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Come pray with an elder.
Can't wait to see you guys again
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next week and 9:00 or 10:45.
And as always, remember, whoever
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finds Jesus discovers real life
and purpose.
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This is the end of this podcast,
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