1 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. 2 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 2: I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast. 3 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: Be sure to. 4 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 2: Subscribe so we can get you these new sermons every week. 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 2: I hope you're blessed. 6 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: Today. 7 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 3: We want to welcome our EPAM around the world, our 8 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 3: global community of men and women, boys and girls, cats 9 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 3: and dogs, fish and lizards. Whoever's watching, all of y'all welcome, Welcome. 10 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 3: Let us know where you're watching from in the comments. 11 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 3: I have a word for you today. God has really 12 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 3: been speaking to me. I shared last week a message 13 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 3: about how God is the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, 14 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 3: and then I said he's the God of also also, 15 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 3: meaning that God is bigger than your box, whatever you 16 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 3: have seen him as so far. He's more than that. 17 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 3: Your past is not greater than your potential. He's the 18 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,759 Speaker 3: God of also who you are still unfolding, you're still becoming, 19 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 3: and that God's purpose is bigger than your plan. 20 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: And so we talked about the God of also. 21 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,320 Speaker 3: This week, I'd like to continue in that same theme 22 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 3: and so also, not only is he the God of also, 23 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 3: but there's another thing I want to show you and 24 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 3: the Holy Spirit showed me how to do it. 25 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: He told me to use one verse and that this 26 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: one verse would help me launch my talk. 27 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 3: And then we'll talk about it, and we'll talk about 28 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 3: some more, and we'll talk about some more. But the 29 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 3: verse I want to show you to get started is 30 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,839 Speaker 3: John chapter twenty one, Verse one. 31 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: Just real quick, setting this foundation, the writer says. 32 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 3: Afterward, Jesus appeared again to his disciples by the Sea 33 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 3: of Galilee. 34 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: It happened afterward Jesus appeared again. 35 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 3: So today I want to talk to you about the 36 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 3: God of Again, the God of Again. I think this 37 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 3: is going to help you with some of the heaviness 38 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 3: you've been feeling from regrets and fears. He's the God 39 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 3: of also, and he's also the God of again, Spirit 40 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 3: of the Living God. Have your way now. I yield 41 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 3: myself to you. You are the music. I am the 42 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 3: instrument reach your people through me. I offer myself to you. 43 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 3: Speak to them through me. You get the glory, you 44 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 3: get the praise. 45 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name. Amen, Amen, and they be seated. Just 46 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: something I don't normally do. 47 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 3: I'm going to give you all three of my points 48 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 3: at the beginning of my message. Number one God is 49 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 3: really into repetition. That's point number one. I'll give you 50 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 3: a minute to write that down. God is really into repetition. 51 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 3: All right, you got that number two, God is really 52 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 3: into repetition. 53 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: And point three, God. 54 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 3: Is really really really really really really really really into repetition. 55 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: Prove it to you. 56 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 3: We'll go to Jericho and ask the Israelites if God 57 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 3: is into repetition. When they had to walk around those 58 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 3: walls not only seven times, but seven days, Boom taking 59 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 3: a lap seeing nothing happen, Boom taking a lap seeing 60 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 3: nothing happening. Boom taking a lap seeing nothing happen, like 61 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 3: on that fourth day. Are you sure you heard from God, Joshua? 62 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 3: Or are we marching around the right walls? But God 63 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 3: is really into repetition? 64 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: Or if you don't. 65 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 3: Believe those people that God is really into repetition, ask 66 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 3: name in the Syrian commander who had leprosy. 67 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,919 Speaker 1: You know I'm going with this. He had to dip 68 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: in the Jordan river seven times to be healed of 69 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 1: his leprosy. 70 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 3: You know about the fifth dip, you'd be kind of 71 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 3: embarrassed if you still had the same spots on your 72 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 3: skin that you had when it got started. But God 73 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 3: is really into repetition. Or ask that servant of the 74 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 3: Man of God, Elijah. Now this story is in one 75 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 3: King's eighteen. There's been a drought and Elijah, the prophet, says, hey, 76 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 3: there's a cloud starting to fill up with rain. And 77 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 3: the man is like where. He's like, go look, He's like, 78 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 3: there's nothing there. It's like look again, It's like there's 79 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 3: nothing there. It's like, look again, there's nothing there. Seven 80 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 3: times he looked seven times. God is really into repetition. 81 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 3: I bring it up because maybe you're frustrated that you're 82 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 3: still going through something in your life that you thought 83 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 3: you would have gone through by now. 84 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: No zero percent frustration at Elevation Church today, just me. 85 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 3: I'm gonna repeat that again. Maybe you're frustrated because there's 86 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 3: something in your life. Maybe you're like Graham. Graham's real picky. 87 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 3: Holly is such a good cook that our kids have 88 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 3: gotten really picky. 89 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: Let me think how that works. She's too consistent in 90 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: the kitchen. 91 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 3: I told her to clear the pantries and shut down 92 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 3: the kitchen for a month to get Graham to shut up, 93 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,839 Speaker 3: because she said the other day, we're having chili tonight, 94 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:17,720 Speaker 3: and he goes really again chili, and I'm like, yeah, 95 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 3: really again, chili. The chili is good if she wants 96 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 3: to cook it every night. But he's gotten picky because 97 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 3: she's too consistent. She's so consistent that he's gotten picky 98 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 3: with it. And the truth is, some of us God 99 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 3: has been too good to us, if I can say 100 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 3: it that way, that he's so consistent and he's so 101 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 3: good at being God that it's hard for us to 102 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 3: stay grateful because of all the stuff he just did. 103 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: They're like the sun came up the morning and nobody 104 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: praised him for it. I mean, most of us walked 105 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: into church today. 106 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 3: Our legs got us in here, and you know, and 107 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 3: then three songs in my feet are hurting. 108 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: When are we gonna sit down? 109 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 3: Are we gonna sing the same thing over and over 110 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 3: and over? 111 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: How much more? Does he know? Much more? How much more? 112 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: Much more? I don't know much more? Tell me how 113 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: much more are we gonna sing? 114 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 3: But God is into repetition, So sometimes I think it's 115 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 3: good when we just sing and give thanks to the Lord. 116 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 3: You know, Paul said, rejoice in the Lord always again. 117 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 3: I say rejoice, And sometimes we have to rejoice again 118 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 3: and again in order to remind our souls that God 119 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 3: has been good again and again. I mean, how many 120 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 3: have the testimony that he kept on blessing me. He 121 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 3: kept on blessing me many times. I even tried to 122 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 3: push God away, but he kept on blessing me. Sometimes 123 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 3: I ran so far I thought I couldn't receive it. 124 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: But he. 125 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 3: A lot of times, I was actually living a life 126 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 3: that was completely contradictory to the character in his word. 127 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 1: But he. 128 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 3: I'm using repetition to talk to you about the repetitious 129 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 3: nature of the grace of God. I mean, thank god, 130 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 3: he's into repetition. Thank God he's into continuing to wake 131 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 3: me up every morning and start me. 132 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: On my way. 133 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 3: Thank God, he's into just over and over again. Watch 134 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 3: this breathing out so that I can breathe in. And 135 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 3: that's why I don't mind praising him, because let everything 136 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,839 Speaker 3: that has praise the Lord, and I figure that if 137 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 3: He's good enough to give the breath, I ought to 138 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 3: be grateful enough to give it back. I don't mind 139 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 3: giving him glory. I don't mind singing it one more time. 140 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 3: God is really into repetition. 141 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: If you don't ever know what to say to God. 142 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 3: Just start saying thank you Jesus, and then just say 143 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 3: it again, thank you Jesus. And then if you can't 144 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 3: think of anything to thank him for, it to say 145 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 3: thank you Jesus for your love, thank you Jesus for 146 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 3: the cross, thank you Jesus. 147 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:29,199 Speaker 1: Because God is into repetition. 148 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 3: Now I don't just mean vain repetition where we just 149 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 3: say a lot of stuff, but I mean that kind 150 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 3: of I need to slow down. God is into repetition, 151 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 3: and I'm glad that he is because the fact that 152 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 3: he's into repetition means that he will keep on sustaining 153 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 3: me and keep on blessing me over and over again. 154 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: That's why I read you the scripture that I read you. 155 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 3: That afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples. I prayed 156 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 3: today that he would show up again to you. I 157 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 3: assume that you want to be his disciple and that 158 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 3: you want to see him, so I prayed that he 159 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 3: would show up again. 160 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: Everybody say again, that's the thing about it. 161 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 3: He's resurrected from the dead, and he already showed up 162 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 3: two other. 163 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 1: Times to his disciples. 164 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 3: They were kind of scared, so they were hiding behind 165 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 3: locked doors and he just walks through. 166 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: So he shows up. 167 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 3: Again to see Thomas because Thomas wasn't there the first time. 168 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 3: And then John said afterward, Jesus appeared again to his disciples, 169 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 3: which kind of makes you wonder, how many times do 170 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 3: you have to show up after you're raised from the 171 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 3: dead to get somebody convinced that you're the son of God. 172 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 3: We remembering in a funny memory with Elijah this week 173 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 3: because he turned eighteen and we're to my lawlest birthday 174 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 3: parties in the past, and that guy was talking about 175 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 3: family pictures and that made me traumatized. I hate nothing 176 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 3: more than taking family pictures. I'm telling you, man. I Well, 177 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 3: I'll just tell you one example. There was one time 178 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 3: when they were real little and Elijah kept picking on 179 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 3: Abby and Holly looks at him. And you know, when 180 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:33,680 Speaker 3: Holly's in front of y'all, she's very sweet, there's another side. 181 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: She looks at him, and I was scared. And she 182 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 1: wasn't even talking to me. 183 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 3: She said, how many times do I have to tell 184 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 3: you keep your heads off your sister? He's terrified. He's 185 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 3: only like, you know, seven at the time. He's terrified. 186 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,559 Speaker 1: He looks at her goes three times. 187 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 4: I don't know. 188 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: Well, it's so funny. Three times, Like. 189 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 3: How many times will it take for you to hear 190 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:07,079 Speaker 3: the words that are coming out of my mouth? 191 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,440 Speaker 1: He's like, oh no, maybe three red. 192 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 3: And I wonder how many times does God have to. 193 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:26,559 Speaker 1: Tell us certain things? Why'd you just squeal? Maybe God 194 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: has been trying to tell you something. And this is 195 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 1: a central question I really want to ask. 196 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 3: This will probably send some of you off and you 197 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 3: won't hear anything else in the sermon, But it's fine 198 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 3: because I want to give it to you. What does 199 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 3: God keep repeating that you keep resisting? 200 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 1: He said, say it again. I love when people say 201 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 1: that in my sermon. Like sometimes they'll say say it again, 202 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: and I'm like, I don't know what I just said. 203 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 3: I'm just following the Holy Spirit, but I will say 204 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 3: that again. Ask God been repeating that you have been resisting. 205 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 3: In the passage that I read you, Peter has gone fishing, 206 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 3: even though God is going to call him to be 207 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 3: a great apostle, Like Peter is going to go on 208 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 3: to be kind of like a pope to the. 209 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: Church in that day. You would have seen it that way. 210 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:23,599 Speaker 3: Peter is going to go on to preach on the 211 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 3: day of Pentecost. 212 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:28,199 Speaker 1: None of that has happened yet. The Holy Spirit hasn't come. 213 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 3: He's already seen Jesus, but Peter still needs something else, 214 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 3: and it's called. 215 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 1: Restoration. Restoration. 216 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 3: Not only does he need to see that Jesus is resurrected, 217 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 3: but he needs to personally be restored. The Holy Spirit 218 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 3: said that I would be ministering to people today who 219 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 3: you have seen the revelation of God, meaning that you 220 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:04,680 Speaker 3: know you've experienced Him in your life. He has seen 221 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:08,839 Speaker 3: you through certain seasons, but you are finding yourself in 222 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 3: a season today as I speak this message that things 223 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 3: have been so different and so difficult that you need 224 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 3: to see Him again in order to go forward. And 225 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 3: the good news is he is the God of again. 226 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 3: He's the God who will show up once and walk 227 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 3: through locked doors, show up twice, so doubting Thomas can believe. 228 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 3: And if that's not enough, he'll show up. 229 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: How many times? Three times? Three times? If that's what 230 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: it takes. 231 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 3: To get Peter to see not who Jesus is. Peter 232 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 3: already saw that, But what if what Peter needs to 233 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 3: see in this moment is who Peter is? There are 234 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 3: times in your life where God needs to show you 235 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 3: again who you are. 236 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: Because you forget. 237 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 3: God needs to show you what you're capable of because 238 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 3: you've talked yourself out of it. God needs to show 239 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 3: you that there's a future ahead of you, greater than 240 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 3: anything that is behind you. He's the God of again, 241 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 3: and he will tell you as many times as he 242 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 3: needs to tell you in order to get you to 243 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 3: see this truth. And that's because he's full of grace 244 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 3: and he's full of mercy, and he will bless you 245 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 3: again and again. 246 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: The same thing that is. 247 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 3: True of the blessing of God is also true of 248 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 3: the lessons of God. He will do it over and 249 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 3: over again until you get it. God will teach you 250 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 3: things over and over again until you learn them. 251 00:15:58,720 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 5: Now. 252 00:15:58,760 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: I don't know if you want to hear that or 253 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: not he will. 254 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 3: God will allow certain things in your life to stay 255 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 3: that way until you finally learn what He actually wants 256 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 3: you to learn. 257 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: Right. 258 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 3: God doesn't cancel the class because you burn the books. 259 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 3: God doesn't avinst you to the next level because you're tired. 260 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 3: There are certain things in our lives that God will 261 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 3: teach us over and over again. 262 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: In this passage. 263 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 3: Here is a pretty cool example of that, because let 264 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 3: me read a little bit more of it. It said, afterward, 265 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 3: Jesus appeared again to his disciples by the sea of Galilee. 266 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: It happened this way. I read you that verse. But 267 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: let's hear what happened. 268 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 3: Simon Peter Thomas, also known as Didamus Nathaniel, from cana 269 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,479 Speaker 3: and Galilee. The sons of Zebedee and two other disciples 270 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 3: were together. I'm going out to fish, Simon Peter told them, 271 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 3: and they said, we'll go with you. So they went out, 272 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 3: got in the boat, but that night they caught nothing. 273 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 3: Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but 274 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 3: the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. 275 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: He called out to them, friends, haven't you any fish? 276 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 3: No, they answered. He said, throw your nets on the 277 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 3: right side of the boat and you will find some. 278 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 3: When they did, they were unable to haul the net 279 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 3: in because of the large number of fish. Then the 280 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 3: disciple whom Jesus loved as John, who's riding this gospel, 281 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 3: said to Peter, is the Lord you think? As soon 282 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 3: as Simon Peter heard him say it's the Lord, he 283 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 3: wrapped his outer garment around him, for you're taking it off, 284 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 3: and jumped in the water. The other disciples followed in 285 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 3: the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they 286 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,680 Speaker 3: were not far from shore, about one hundred yards. 287 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 1: And when they landed they saw a fire of burning coals. 288 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 3: There with fish on it and some bread. And Jesus 289 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:44,679 Speaker 3: said to them, bring some of the fish you have 290 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 3: just caught. So Simon Peter climbed back in the boat 291 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 3: dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 292 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 3: one hundred and fifty three. But even with so many, 293 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 3: the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, come 294 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 3: and have breakfast. None of the disciples dared ask who 295 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 3: are you? They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came, 296 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:07,359 Speaker 3: took the bread, gave it to them. This wasn't the 297 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 3: first time they'd seen him do this. By the way, 298 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 3: Jesus came, took the bread, gave it to them, did 299 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 3: the same with the fish. This was now the third 300 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 3: time Jesus appeared to the disciples. 301 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: How many third time? Three times? 302 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 3: This was the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples 303 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 3: after he was raised from the dead. When they finished eating, 304 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 3: Jesus said to Simon Peter. Now here's the moment, Simon, 305 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 3: son of John, do you love me more than these? 306 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: Yes? 307 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 3: Lord, he said, you know I love you. Jesus said, 308 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 3: feed my lambs verse sixteen. Again, Jesus said, Simon, son 309 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:06,400 Speaker 3: of John, do you love me? And Peter said, yes, Lord, 310 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 3: you know that I love you. Is this like a 311 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:12,360 Speaker 3: riddle or something? Pete and repeat, We're on a boat, 312 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 3: Pete fell off? 313 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 1: Who was left? Pete and repeat? Were on a boat? 314 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:24,440 Speaker 1: Pete fell off? Who was left? Pete and repeat, We're 315 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 1: on a boat. Are you messing with me? Jesus? Is 316 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:34,159 Speaker 1: this a riddle? No, it's not a riddle. It's a restoration. 317 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: Paul me follow me. 318 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 3: How many times did Peter deny Jesus? So how many 319 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:52,360 Speaker 3: times does Jesus restore. 320 00:19:51,960 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: Him to his first love? Somebody shout again. 321 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 3: I hear God saying again, over your life again, We're. 322 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: Going to do this until you get it. 323 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,679 Speaker 3: I'm going to prove that I'm powerful until you believe 324 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 3: me to be faithful. I'm going to show you that 325 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 3: there's nothing too hard for me. Until you stop worrying 326 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 3: about stuff that I'm already working out in your life. 327 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: Shout again, Shout again, shout again. 328 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 3: I'm using the message to preach the message because I 329 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:42,880 Speaker 3: want you to get. 330 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: This word in your spirit. He's not the god of 331 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 1: one time. You better get it right. 332 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 3: He's not the god of Well, if you haven't learned 333 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 3: it by now, I guess. 334 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 1: You're just stupid. I mean, in that what we tell ourselves. 335 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: That's what I tell myself sometimes. How do I not 336 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,880 Speaker 1: know this by now? How am I not over this 337 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: by now? How can I not do this by now? 338 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 3: That's usually why we stop getting smarter, because we stop 339 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,919 Speaker 3: asking stuff because something in us thinks I should know 340 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 3: this by now. 341 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: That's why we stay. 342 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 3: Broke, because we think we shouldn't know this about money 343 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:23,239 Speaker 3: by now, so we pretend like we know, rather than 344 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 3: admitting that we don't know. And because we think we 345 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 3: should know by now, we never know because we won't 346 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 3: ask because we think. 347 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: That God is frustrated with us. 348 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 3: And you know, we get this for a good reason, 349 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 3: because we're frustrated with us. So then we project the 350 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 3: same attitude on God that we carry within us. And 351 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:49,199 Speaker 3: for many of us, the figure of God that we 352 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 3: have is an exasperated father saying, really again, you're praying 353 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 3: to me about this again. You lost your temper again? Really, 354 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 3: you're asking me to help you with this again. That's 355 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:13,920 Speaker 3: kind of how God sounds in my mind when I'm 356 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 3: in a bad place, when I haven't been spending time 357 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 3: in his presence, when I've just been letting the devil 358 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 3: get the best of me. 359 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: It's like I. 360 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,199 Speaker 3: Almost want to go to God for stuff, but I 361 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:29,160 Speaker 3: almost picture him going again. You need me to feel 362 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 3: you again. You mean to walk you through this again? 363 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:38,639 Speaker 3: How many times are you gonna come to me and 364 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:43,199 Speaker 3: ask me to forgive you for this? But I found 365 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 3: out that every time I come to God, it's a 366 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 3: compliment to him. 367 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 1: This changed my life. 368 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 3: Because when I come to Him and say, oh, I 369 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 3: need more grace, he goes, I'm good at grace, And 370 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 3: when you ask me for grace, you presume my power 371 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 3: that I'm. 372 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: Good at what you asked me for. 373 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 3: High five the preacher jed Johnny some encouragement out there, 374 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 3: because when I come to God, he's not up there 375 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 3: going again. 376 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:22,359 Speaker 1: I gotta show you again how to go and apologize. 377 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 3: I gotta show you again how to work through this insecurity. 378 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,400 Speaker 3: I've been teaching you this since you were fifteen. Are 379 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 3: you stupid. That's not the language of Heaven. God goes. 380 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: Again. You hear the difference. Jesus appeared again again again. 381 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 3: One of my kids, who shall remain nameless, asked, probably 382 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 3: when they were really little, she was telling them, when's 383 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 3: the last time. 384 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 1: You changed clothes? They said four days ago? And she said, 385 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,159 Speaker 1: does that include your underwear? And this particular kid of 386 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 1: ours said, you. 387 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 3: Mean I have to change my underwear every day. When 388 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 3: you do something over and over again in behavior, it's 389 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 3: called a habit. When you do something again in music 390 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 3: and it's a pattern that is pleasing, it's called a hook. 391 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 3: When you do it again and again and again and again, 392 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 3: it's a hook. And it just so happens that I'm 393 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 3: preaching today about fishing, and they weren't fishing with a hook. 394 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 1: They were fishing with a net. 395 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 3: The principle is the same, is that God wanted Peter 396 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:10,879 Speaker 3: to know I've hooked you, I've got you. 397 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: I'm not letting you go. I'm not letting you off 398 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: the hook. And you keep coming back to God, telling 399 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 1: him over and over again in your mind. 400 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 3: Why he should choose someone else, And as many times 401 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 3: as you give him an excuse, he's going to give 402 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 3: you a truth again and again and again and again 403 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 3: and again and again and. 404 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: Again and again. How many times are you gonna say it, Preacher? 405 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,200 Speaker 1: As many times as it takes for you to respond 406 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: to this word that I'm feeling in my heart, and 407 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:52,200 Speaker 1: again and again and again. 408 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 3: Oh there's a famous quote that they attributed to Albert Einstein, 409 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 3: but I looked into it and I don't think he 410 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 3: really said it, but still a great quote. Insanity is 411 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 3: doing the same thing over and over again expecting a 412 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 3: different result. Okay, I got a different version of that quote. 413 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:20,120 Speaker 3: Immaturity is doing something once in a while and wondering 414 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 3: why it didn't work. 415 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 1: If God is the. 416 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 3: God of again, what makes you think you're gonna quote 417 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 3: one scripture and the Devil's gonna run off of everything 418 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 3: in your life you need. 419 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 1: Him to leave? Come on? 420 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:40,959 Speaker 3: If God is the God of again, what makes us 421 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 3: think we could just come to church once on Sunday 422 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 3: and put a space of six days between us and 423 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:51,919 Speaker 3: God and just be Okay, I'm gonna need God to 424 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 3: get in the gaps between Sundays for me to fight 425 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 3: against the stuff that I'm struggling with, because he's the 426 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:04,879 Speaker 3: God again. That's not put these messages on YouTube for 427 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 3: free so you can get it. 428 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:11,399 Speaker 1: And and some. 429 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 3: Of you don't like you talk to you fast when 430 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,199 Speaker 3: you firally need the slow down. No, you need to 431 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 3: rewind to get it again. 432 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: YouTube even has a slowdown flumption. 433 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:28,639 Speaker 4: There's no excops, slow me down and get this world. 434 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 6: I'll go as slow as you need me because I 435 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 6: got something for you and I want you to get it. 436 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 3: Oh, sometimes he will leave you in a season a 437 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 3: little longer, and you'll think that he's being slow. But 438 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 3: what you call his slowness is actually his love, because 439 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 3: his slowness, as you perceive it, is his steadiness to 440 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:08,199 Speaker 3: prepare you, by his sovereignty for something that your eyes 441 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 3: cannot see. I'm preaching he's the god of Again, don't 442 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 3: be so discouraged by what you're still working through, because 443 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 3: I guarantee you it takes all of us time. It 444 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 3: takes everybody time. In marketing, they used to have a 445 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 3: rule called the rule of seven. 446 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 1: Have you ever heard of this? 447 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 3: This is way back from like the thirties and stuff, 448 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 3: way before social media. They said you have to touch 449 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,880 Speaker 3: somebody seven times with the message before they act on it. 450 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 3: Seven times seven times before they see the product, and 451 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 3: you have to show it to him. Here, show it 452 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 3: to them there, show it like this, show him that. 453 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:49,120 Speaker 3: They said, on average this isn't completely scientific, but on average, 454 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 3: it's at least seven. The walls of Jericho, it's at 455 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 3: least seven. Name in dipping in the Jordan, it's at 456 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:02,960 Speaker 3: least seven. There's a cloud the size of a man's hand, 457 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:09,200 Speaker 3: it's at least seven. So do you want to dabble 458 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 3: in seeking God? Because Hebrews eleven six says without faith 459 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:20,240 Speaker 3: it is impossible to please God. Because he who comes 460 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:25,040 Speaker 3: to God must believe that he is, and that He 461 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:32,880 Speaker 3: is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Knocked 462 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:39,800 Speaker 3: them that haphazardly dabble in him. They don't like me today, Hollyford. 463 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 3: Do you want me to say that again? Should I say 464 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 3: it again? Pete and Repeat were on a boat. Pete 465 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:55,719 Speaker 3: fell off, who was left all right? Peter was following Christ. 466 00:29:56,560 --> 00:30:03,560 Speaker 3: Peter fell away who came to get him? And how 467 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 3: many times did he come back for him? How many 468 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 3: times did he restore him? I would suggest to you 469 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:15,440 Speaker 3: that even if you are not diligently seeking God, He's 470 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 3: diligently seeking you. 471 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 1: Don't you see it? 472 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 3: How he kept coming for you all your life? Don't 473 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 3: you see it? How when people gave up on you, 474 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 3: he was there. Don't you see it? How even when 475 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 3: your nets came up empty, even the empty nets were 476 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 3: preparation for the greater blessing. Don't you see how even 477 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:56,120 Speaker 3: the rejections in your life were making room for something 478 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:56,800 Speaker 3: you did. 479 00:30:56,640 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 1: Not know to expect that was next. Somebody shot next. 480 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 1: I don't know. 481 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,640 Speaker 3: What's next, but I get a sense in my spirit 482 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:16,320 Speaker 3: that God is getting somebody ready for next, because he's 483 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 3: the God of again. I don't think he brought you 484 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 3: this far to leave you. I don't think he gave 485 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 3: you this much to abandon you. 486 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 1: I don't think he brought. 487 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 3: You into this earth to step back from you and. 488 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:31,880 Speaker 1: Have you figure it out on your own. 489 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 3: I think He's gonna show up in a great way 490 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 3: in this next season of your life. So I was 491 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 3: talking to this friend the other day and they were 492 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 3: stuck in regret, and they just kept expressing over and 493 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 3: over again their regret, and they said decision term. 494 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 1: They said, I just feel like it's the one that 495 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: got away. It's the one that got away. 496 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 3: Now they were taking this as a sign that it 497 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 3: was over and they would never get it back, and 498 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 3: it was painful. And I could tell it was painful 499 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 3: because it was an opportunity that they lost, and they 500 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:14,080 Speaker 3: couldn't get over what they lost, and they couldn't even 501 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 3: think about what they had. 502 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 1: Left because of what they lost. And I never liked to. 503 00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 3: Just say stuff that sounds like a fortune cookie, because 504 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 3: I'm a preacher. 505 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: I don't talk in sound bites. 506 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 3: If you ever meet me and you say I'm having 507 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 3: a hard day, I will not say rejoice on the 508 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 3: Lord always again I say rejoice. I do that up 509 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,280 Speaker 3: here because I have a different roll up here. But 510 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,720 Speaker 3: this was a friend I was talking to, and I'd 511 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,800 Speaker 3: walked with this friend through some of it, and I 512 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:37,560 Speaker 3: could see that while they were saying the one that 513 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 3: got away, they were literally. 514 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:46,640 Speaker 7: Like Peter fishing, fishing, fishing, like empty, empty, empty, and 515 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,520 Speaker 7: they couldn't find an explanation and they couldn't find a 516 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 7: way forward. 517 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,320 Speaker 1: And so I let them say it a few times 518 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 1: and I just listened. 519 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,920 Speaker 3: But like on the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, or seventh 520 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 3: time they said the one that got away, something hit 521 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 3: me and I said it, and I don't know if 522 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 3: I made it up. I don't know if God gave 523 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:03,640 Speaker 3: it to me. I don't know if it was arrogant. 524 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 3: I don't know if it was right or good or whatever. 525 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:08,680 Speaker 3: But the Lord said to say it to you today, 526 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 3: so I'm gonna say it to you. They said, I 527 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 3: just keep feeling like this is the one that got away. 528 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:19,880 Speaker 1: And I looked back and said, stop saying that. It's 529 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,360 Speaker 1: not the one that got away. 530 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:31,320 Speaker 3: It's the one that got you ready, got inside it. 531 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:33,040 Speaker 1: It's not the one that got away. 532 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:38,160 Speaker 3: Every time you let the nuts down and it came 533 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:41,280 Speaker 3: up empty, and you let him down, and it came 534 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,240 Speaker 3: up empty, and you let him down and it came 535 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:48,240 Speaker 3: up empty. All it was doing was holding the place. 536 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 3: So when Jesus shows up, you'll be. 537 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:56,440 Speaker 5: Ready for what's on the other side. From the boat, 538 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:00,680 Speaker 5: somebody shot, I'm ready. 539 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 3: I'm ready. 540 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 1: High five seven. People say you're ready. 541 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:07,800 Speaker 3: Now you're ready. 542 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 5: Now you're ready, Now you're ready. 543 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:16,520 Speaker 1: Now your nets are ready, your heart is ready. 544 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:17,640 Speaker 4: You're humble. 545 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 1: Now you're wise, sir. Now you're with it. Now you're 546 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:23,080 Speaker 1: wider than sill. 547 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:28,280 Speaker 5: Now you're once, Now you're clean, Now you're open now 548 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:34,400 Speaker 5: you're humble. Now I'm already now. 549 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,440 Speaker 1: Glory to God. High five of them again and say 550 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:45,160 Speaker 1: I'm ready now, I'm ready now. In basketball they say 551 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:46,120 Speaker 1: nothing but net. 552 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,400 Speaker 3: And that's what Peter had as long as he was 553 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 3: fishing without Jesus. 554 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,840 Speaker 1: But when he got to the other side of that bone, 555 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:55,080 Speaker 1: watch this. 556 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 3: I came to say, stop focusing on the one that 557 00:34:58,719 --> 00:34:59,280 Speaker 3: got away. 558 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,759 Speaker 1: God said to tell you, don't focus on anything in 559 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:03,920 Speaker 1: this season. 560 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:11,000 Speaker 3: Nothing but next, because what's coming, what is yet to be? 561 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:18,960 Speaker 5: He's great up, Oh, somebody's shut again. He's gonna do 562 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,360 Speaker 5: it again, but it's gonna be bigger. He's gonna do 563 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:22,960 Speaker 5: it again. 564 00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:33,719 Speaker 1: What is gonna be greater? I'm gonna preach this thing 565 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:34,560 Speaker 1: till you believe it. 566 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,440 Speaker 3: How many times will he have to part water before 567 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:42,160 Speaker 3: you take the step when your ankle deep? 568 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:45,920 Speaker 1: How many times will he have. 569 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,360 Speaker 3: To kill Goliath before you get your rock and start 570 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:54,200 Speaker 3: swinging at everything in your life that is in front 571 00:35:54,239 --> 00:36:00,319 Speaker 3: of you. There is something that God already did will 572 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:05,880 Speaker 3: not do it the same way, So stop expecting. 573 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:12,080 Speaker 1: To part seas with rocks. The rock is for Goliath, 574 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:13,640 Speaker 1: the staff is for the sea. 575 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:21,239 Speaker 3: God will use different tools in different seasons. But there 576 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:27,880 Speaker 3: is no one that got away, not with God. Prove it, Pastor. 577 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:33,280 Speaker 3: He came back to get Thomas. He didn't let Thomas 578 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,279 Speaker 3: get away, and he won't let you get away. And 579 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,399 Speaker 3: anything that's truly for you in your life, God won't 580 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:45,080 Speaker 3: let get away either. I think my favorite passage about 581 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:47,160 Speaker 3: the God of again, and I probably should stop preaching 582 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:56,000 Speaker 3: right now because I think you already got enough. You know, 583 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:57,960 Speaker 3: one of the biggest things that God has been teaching 584 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:01,960 Speaker 3: me lately is we can come back together next Sunday. 585 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:06,440 Speaker 1: And we could do it again. But I can't let 586 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,879 Speaker 1: you go because you might. You know, you might, you might, 587 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:12,640 Speaker 1: you might sleep in next Sunday. So I got to 588 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:16,120 Speaker 1: give you this while I got you picture with me. 589 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:17,560 Speaker 1: I give you this. You came all the way from 590 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:24,279 Speaker 1: New York for this? Did you really all right? New York? 591 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:28,200 Speaker 3: So I'm in a reference with a familiar Bible story. 592 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:29,680 Speaker 3: You probably heard it before, but you need to hear 593 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:35,720 Speaker 3: it again. There were two sons, one father. The younger 594 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:37,120 Speaker 3: son went to his father and said, I want my 595 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:39,360 Speaker 3: inheritance now, and he left and started living wild. This 596 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,120 Speaker 3: in Luke chapter fifteen. How many of you have heard this? 597 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,040 Speaker 3: Story before the story of Practison, Well you need to 598 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:50,600 Speaker 3: hear it. So this young man goes off, spends everything 599 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:52,359 Speaker 3: that he has. Once he sees that his friends aren't 600 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:54,120 Speaker 3: really his friends, but they are only with him as 601 00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,680 Speaker 3: long as what is attached to him is flowing. 602 00:37:58,040 --> 00:37:59,080 Speaker 1: Once that falls. 603 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:02,160 Speaker 3: Away, he realizes, Man, I'm living way beneath what I 604 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:05,840 Speaker 3: had back home. He goes home with the speech prepared, 605 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:09,239 Speaker 3: and he's really worried because he's been gone a long time, 606 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:11,160 Speaker 3: long enough for his dad to assume that he's dead. 607 00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:15,600 Speaker 3: The older brother's back home doing his job when he's 608 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:17,160 Speaker 3: getting to the place, and I want to start at 609 00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:20,279 Speaker 3: about verse twenty one of Luke fifteen. If I don't 610 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:22,200 Speaker 3: finish this today, i'll put it on YouTube this week 611 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:23,560 Speaker 3: for you and me and Holly. I'll sit down and 612 00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:25,880 Speaker 3: break it down. I've been doing these little sermon breakdowns 613 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:28,640 Speaker 3: on YouTube, and I might do one on this. 614 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,000 Speaker 1: And you're going to listen to the message again Monday. Anyway. 615 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:41,040 Speaker 3: Right now, this is something that this is something that 616 00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:43,680 Speaker 3: is really pivotal to me, me explaining and unpacking to 617 00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:44,919 Speaker 3: you what I mean when I say he's the god 618 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:48,160 Speaker 3: of again, because the contrast of it is found here 619 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:51,480 Speaker 3: when this younger son who has run away from home 620 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,600 Speaker 3: is thinking about coming back, like you might be thinking 621 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:56,839 Speaker 3: about coming back today, Like I'm gonna try to get 622 00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,160 Speaker 3: sober again. I'm going to really try this thing again 623 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:00,880 Speaker 3: of opening up to in my life. I'm going to 624 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:02,920 Speaker 3: really commit to this path again. I'm gonna pick up 625 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:04,719 Speaker 3: my Bible and to start simple reading Bible plan again. 626 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:04,960 Speaker 1: Whatever. 627 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,880 Speaker 3: It doesn't have to be so deep, but whatever it 628 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:09,160 Speaker 3: is that you're about to do again, this is this 629 00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:09,719 Speaker 3: boy's fear. 630 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:11,360 Speaker 1: He has a hurdle across because he's. 631 00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:14,560 Speaker 3: Thinking about his father and all the harm that he's caused. 632 00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:17,680 Speaker 3: So he's getting to the place verse twenty one. Please, 633 00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:20,200 Speaker 3: the son said the father, I have sinned against heaven 634 00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:23,239 Speaker 3: and against you. I am no longer worthy to be 635 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:30,040 Speaker 3: called your son. Notice the word there in the verse against. 636 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:30,640 Speaker 1: Against. 637 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:35,360 Speaker 3: In his mind, he has made his father out to 638 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:46,680 Speaker 3: be against him, against him, against him, he has something 639 00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:51,399 Speaker 3: against me. In this case, it's true, the father could 640 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:54,080 Speaker 3: have very easily chosen to disinherit this boy. 641 00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:57,120 Speaker 1: He had the legal right. So he's thinking about what 642 00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:00,000 Speaker 1: his father has against him, and that's what stops us. 643 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:03,400 Speaker 3: We think about what's against us and if we assume 644 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,480 Speaker 3: that at the heart of it all, God is actually 645 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,480 Speaker 3: against us, or life is against us, then we turn 646 00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:12,640 Speaker 3: against ourselves. So we don't try again because of what's 647 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:18,719 Speaker 3: against us. Watch the story unfold because it's shocking. Verse 648 00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:23,440 Speaker 3: twenty two. But the father said to his servants, quick, 649 00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:27,719 Speaker 3: bring the best robe and put it on him. Put 650 00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:29,680 Speaker 3: a ring on his finger, and sandals on his feet. 651 00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:31,520 Speaker 3: Next verse, bring the fat and calf and kill it. 652 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:34,360 Speaker 3: Let's have a feast and celebrate. For this son of 653 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:39,080 Speaker 3: mine was dead and is alive. 654 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:45,480 Speaker 1: Say it, Say it again, Say it again. 655 00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:50,200 Speaker 3: He thought he was coming to the god of against, 656 00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,239 Speaker 3: but he found the God of. 657 00:40:58,680 --> 00:40:59,040 Speaker 1: Again. 658 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:12,040 Speaker 3: Give him his road back, give him his ring back, 659 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:17,760 Speaker 3: give him his name back, give him his seat back. 660 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:23,040 Speaker 3: For this son of mine was dead. Wait, no, he 661 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:28,160 Speaker 3: wasn't dead, but I thought he was. And now he's alive. 662 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:29,640 Speaker 1: Again. 663 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,800 Speaker 3: Some of the things that God wants to bring alive 664 00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:36,719 Speaker 3: again in your life. 665 00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:38,200 Speaker 1: They're not really dead. 666 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:46,279 Speaker 3: They're just waiting for you to recognize them. Sometimes it's 667 00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:49,719 Speaker 3: not about something that God needs to add. 668 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:50,240 Speaker 1: To our lives. 669 00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:55,799 Speaker 3: It's about something that we need to remember again. So 670 00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:58,520 Speaker 3: as many times a day as you need to say 671 00:41:58,560 --> 00:41:59,160 Speaker 3: to yourself. 672 00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:02,240 Speaker 1: I'm fully given by the blood of Jesus. Say it again. 673 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,799 Speaker 3: If you leave church in five minutes after Pastor Stephen. 674 00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:09,520 Speaker 1: Is preaching, your cuss and ask. 675 00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:15,680 Speaker 3: God for forgiveness again and again and again mid cuss word, 676 00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:19,400 Speaker 3: cut yourself off between syllables and say, Father, help me 677 00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:22,160 Speaker 3: not cuss like that anymore. I know my tongue needs 678 00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:28,000 Speaker 3: to be tamed. Payment again, Taman takes time. Help me 679 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:30,800 Speaker 3: with this again, and God doesn't go again. 680 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:36,400 Speaker 1: He goes again again. Let's get you walking right again. 681 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:37,960 Speaker 1: Let's drill this again. 682 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:40,839 Speaker 3: If God is a good teacher, that means he knows 683 00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:41,719 Speaker 3: how to get through to me. 684 00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:44,200 Speaker 1: That means he knows how to make the adjustments. 685 00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:47,120 Speaker 3: If God is a loving father, that means he will 686 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:49,520 Speaker 3: never run out of what I need more of. So 687 00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:52,640 Speaker 3: when I come to him, he doesn't stand against me. 688 00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:59,640 Speaker 3: He is there again for me as many times as 689 00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:03,560 Speaker 3: I know need so. I stumbled upon something in my 690 00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:07,400 Speaker 3: own life to help me recognize what God has already 691 00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:07,920 Speaker 3: done for me. 692 00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:11,239 Speaker 1: I share it with you in the spirit of encouragement. 693 00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:15,839 Speaker 3: Many days in my life I have a complaining and 694 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:20,160 Speaker 3: grumbling spirit, and that leads to my anxiety, and it 695 00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:22,920 Speaker 3: leads to me feeling resentful of all of the pressures 696 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:23,560 Speaker 3: in my life. 697 00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:26,680 Speaker 1: I've had to learn how to deal with that again 698 00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:31,520 Speaker 1: and again and again. I thought by now it would 699 00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:35,719 Speaker 1: be easy. It still isn't. I thought by age. 700 00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:40,000 Speaker 3: Forty three I would have a permanently set perspective. Maybe 701 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,160 Speaker 3: it happens when you turn forty four, but it definitely 702 00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:47,000 Speaker 3: doesn't happen at forty three in my case. So I 703 00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:49,560 Speaker 3: have to make all of these things that I say 704 00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:54,600 Speaker 3: to myself again and again and again. Now, notice what 705 00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:57,359 Speaker 3: the boy in the story was saying to himself again 706 00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:00,120 Speaker 3: and again walking to his father. I'm not worthy, I'm 707 00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:03,400 Speaker 3: not worthy, I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy. 708 00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,640 Speaker 3: When you walk around saying that in some form to 709 00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:09,600 Speaker 3: yourself day after day, year after year, you begin to 710 00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:12,080 Speaker 3: become what you believe, and you believe what you repeat. 711 00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:15,480 Speaker 1: Shall I say that again? 712 00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:18,600 Speaker 3: You become what you believe, and you believe what you repeat, 713 00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:21,879 Speaker 3: especially what you repeat within yourself. But the father gives 714 00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:24,560 Speaker 3: him a better word, and he says, come back home again. 715 00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:29,040 Speaker 1: He was dead, and now he is alive again. Let's celebrate. 716 00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:38,160 Speaker 3: Sometimes you have to celebrate what remains in order to 717 00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:45,000 Speaker 3: move forward and what hasn't been revealed, So I go 718 00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:47,000 Speaker 3: into this place and forgive me if this is kind 719 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:47,760 Speaker 3: of dark or weird. 720 00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:52,560 Speaker 1: Sometimes I ask myself the question, if I lost what 721 00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:56,520 Speaker 1: mattered most to me, what would I give to have 722 00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:57,000 Speaker 1: it back? 723 00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:01,719 Speaker 3: And it's a next size that I do, and I 724 00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:05,080 Speaker 3: find it helpful because in that what matters most to me. 725 00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:09,879 Speaker 3: I start, of course with my salvation that Jesus paid 726 00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:12,560 Speaker 3: the price for me, and that I I don't have 727 00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:15,880 Speaker 3: to go to Hell, I don't have to live in condemnation. 728 00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:18,919 Speaker 3: I don't have to carry the shame of the things 729 00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:21,399 Speaker 3: that I've done. 730 00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:26,279 Speaker 1: I can't think of a better gift, can you? Can you? 731 00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:27,799 Speaker 1: If you can come up here and tell me. 732 00:45:27,719 --> 00:45:31,719 Speaker 3: About it, just to know that it's all paid for 733 00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:40,840 Speaker 3: by him. Yeah, And I go down the list and 734 00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:45,680 Speaker 3: I get like technical because like right behind Jesus's Holly, 735 00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:48,800 Speaker 3: they're kind of they're kind of similar. They're both always 736 00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:50,960 Speaker 3: there for me, they're both amazing to me, they're both 737 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:54,200 Speaker 3: better than me. And then you see I'm earning points 738 00:45:55,440 --> 00:46:00,880 Speaker 3: multitasking up here in this microphone and think about my wife. 739 00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:03,400 Speaker 3: I think about my kids, and I think, if I 740 00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:08,439 Speaker 3: lost them, what would I give to have them back? 741 00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:15,880 Speaker 1: And the answer is everything? So what do I already have? 742 00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:31,200 Speaker 3: Maybe like, well, I have lost this person in my 743 00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:35,240 Speaker 3: life and I can't say that you still have his grace? 744 00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:38,880 Speaker 1: What would you give to have that grace back if 745 00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:47,120 Speaker 1: it went away? Everything? So what do you have right now? Everything? 746 00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:54,360 Speaker 1: Sometimes you just need to remember again what you've already 747 00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:54,840 Speaker 1: been given. 748 00:46:57,520 --> 00:47:01,640 Speaker 3: Isn't it good for us to sometimes just stand in 749 00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:03,480 Speaker 3: a situation and say, lord, I don't know what you're 750 00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:08,200 Speaker 3: going to do next, but you already did this. You 751 00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:13,400 Speaker 3: already gave me that, and if you did it before, 752 00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:18,640 Speaker 3: it stands to reason you're gonna do it again. 753 00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:26,279 Speaker 1: But even until you do, if I already have you, 754 00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:27,400 Speaker 1: I already have everything. 755 00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:30,280 Speaker 3: Try it sometime this week when the enemy starts speaking 756 00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:32,600 Speaker 3: to you about how you're not going to make it 757 00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:35,399 Speaker 3: and this time it's different and you can't recover from 758 00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:37,719 Speaker 3: this and it will never be the same, and they're 759 00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:39,480 Speaker 3: the one that you needed and you can't live without them, 760 00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:42,120 Speaker 3: stop and say, wait a minute, if I have him, 761 00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:49,520 Speaker 3: I have everything. That's what the father did with his 762 00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:52,040 Speaker 3: older son because the older son, who stayed home, he 763 00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:55,080 Speaker 3: was mad about the party. He said I'm not coming 764 00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:59,800 Speaker 3: in there to celebrate this hooligan. He spent half our inheritance. 765 00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:04,200 Speaker 3: Now you're spending money on beef patties, making them some 766 00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:08,440 Speaker 3: brisket out here. I'm not coming in to eat the brisket. 767 00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:11,239 Speaker 3: I hate my brother. And the Father said, look a 768 00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:13,680 Speaker 3: verse thirty one. This is so powerful, he said, my son, 769 00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:20,560 Speaker 3: you are always with me and everything I have it's 770 00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:21,880 Speaker 3: already yours. 771 00:48:24,719 --> 00:48:25,480 Speaker 1: Verse thirty two. 772 00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:29,880 Speaker 3: But we had to celebrate and be glad because this 773 00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:31,359 Speaker 3: brother of yours was. 774 00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:36,400 Speaker 1: Dead and is alive again. 775 00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:41,560 Speaker 3: And the God of again is standing over your life today. 776 00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:45,160 Speaker 3: I promise that he is. I don't know what you 777 00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:47,560 Speaker 3: got to walk through in this season. I don't know 778 00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:50,200 Speaker 3: what doctors have told you, lawyers have told you, what 779 00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:53,040 Speaker 3: the devil has told you, what insecurity has told you. 780 00:48:53,520 --> 00:48:55,399 Speaker 3: I don't know what any of the symptoms in your 781 00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:58,080 Speaker 3: body are saying, or any of the emotions in your 782 00:48:58,160 --> 00:48:59,000 Speaker 3: soul are saying. 783 00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:05,920 Speaker 1: But I know what the Father is saying again again again. 784 00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:10,600 Speaker 3: As a matter of fact, let's just walk back and 785 00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:11,279 Speaker 3: look at it. 786 00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:16,399 Speaker 1: If he told the sun when to rise. 787 00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:24,120 Speaker 3: And it did, he will again, how many believe he 788 00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:29,839 Speaker 3: will again? Somebody shout he will again. And if he 789 00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:36,759 Speaker 3: told the storm to be still and it did, he 790 00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:41,480 Speaker 3: will he will. I need the whole church to agree 791 00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:45,640 Speaker 3: with me. If he told the sea where. 792 00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:49,280 Speaker 1: To split and it did, he will. 793 00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:54,759 Speaker 3: And if he told the walls when to fall and 794 00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:57,120 Speaker 3: they did, he will again. 795 00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:01,080 Speaker 1: And if he told the change winsor. 796 00:50:00,680 --> 00:50:04,240 Speaker 3: Break and they did, he will again. 797 00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:10,160 Speaker 4: And if he told the bones come alive and they did, 798 00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:14,919 Speaker 4: he will again. And if he told the stone roll 799 00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:18,320 Speaker 4: away and it did. 800 00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:18,760 Speaker 1: He will again. 801 00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:23,520 Speaker 5: And if he told the grave let it go and 802 00:50:23,760 --> 00:50:31,320 Speaker 5: it did, he will again and again and again and again. 803 00:50:33,640 --> 00:50:50,800 Speaker 8: And again and again and again. It's not the one, no, no, no, it's. 804 00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:51,960 Speaker 1: Not the one that got away. 805 00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:57,719 Speaker 3: It's the one that got you ready for what's on 806 00:50:57,800 --> 00:51:02,399 Speaker 3: the other side. I speak to every lost opportunity, every 807 00:51:02,400 --> 00:51:06,040 Speaker 3: broken heart, every child of God standing in need of 808 00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:09,880 Speaker 3: restoration through the Holy Spirit because of the regrets of 809 00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:12,160 Speaker 3: your past. He is a redeemer and a rewarder of 810 00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:19,040 Speaker 3: those who diligently seek him. And if he told the 811 00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:25,319 Speaker 3: sun wind arise and it did, he will again. He 812 00:51:25,360 --> 00:51:25,960 Speaker 3: will again. 813 00:51:26,360 --> 00:51:30,600 Speaker 1: And if he told the storm to be still and 814 00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:32,760 Speaker 1: it did, he will again. 815 00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:37,279 Speaker 3: And if he told the seat where to split and 816 00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:39,520 Speaker 3: it did, he will again. 817 00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:41,000 Speaker 1: And if he told the. 818 00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:44,719 Speaker 3: Wall seven times, when the fall seven times, and they did, 819 00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:46,280 Speaker 3: he will again. 820 00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:50,799 Speaker 1: And if he told the chains when to break and 821 00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:52,960 Speaker 1: they did, he will again. 822 00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:58,319 Speaker 4: And if he told the balls come alive and they did, 823 00:51:59,080 --> 00:51:59,840 Speaker 4: he will again. 824 00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:05,040 Speaker 5: And if he told the soul go away and it did, 825 00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:06,760 Speaker 5: he will again. 826 00:52:07,160 --> 00:52:11,399 Speaker 1: And if he throw the gray let it brow and. 827 00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:16,200 Speaker 5: It did, he will again and again and again. 828 00:52:16,400 --> 00:52:17,799 Speaker 1: Had a can't hand. 829 00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:20,160 Speaker 5: A cat and a can't had a cat and a 830 00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:22,000 Speaker 5: can't hang a cat, had. 831 00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:23,680 Speaker 1: A cat hand jack, he's. 832 00:52:23,560 --> 00:52:27,920 Speaker 5: A con came how gay trust. 833 00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:28,680 Speaker 1: If he told the. 834 00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:33,240 Speaker 5: Sun win the rots and the kid, he will again. 835 00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:34,280 Speaker 5: He will lookad. 836 00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:36,320 Speaker 1: And if he told the sun. 837 00:52:36,880 --> 00:52:41,160 Speaker 5: So be steep and it did, it will again. He lookin. 838 00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:42,480 Speaker 1: And if he told the. 839 00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:46,200 Speaker 5: Seat where the slid, and it dan and he tip 840 00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:48,000 Speaker 5: and will again he again. 841 00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:50,840 Speaker 4: And if he told the walls you don't worry, he. 842 00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:55,680 Speaker 5: And the kick, he will look at. And if he 843 00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:59,440 Speaker 5: tore the chase, when the bray right right, and if 844 00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:03,560 Speaker 5: they can't, we will again. If you do the falls 845 00:53:04,360 --> 00:53:08,480 Speaker 5: to shop and they did, he will look at. 846 00:53:08,840 --> 00:53:10,640 Speaker 1: And if he tell the song. 847 00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:22,239 Speaker 5: Fell away, he he he will look on the play many. 848 00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:28,960 Speaker 1: Man, you come man, he go again, you get back again, you'll. 849 00:53:28,880 --> 00:53:32,080 Speaker 5: Get he will against you. 850 00:53:32,239 --> 00:53:33,840 Speaker 3: Can you. 851 00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:43,560 Speaker 5: Roll eyes and you can you will again. And if 852 00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:47,080 Speaker 5: you do the sky again, he'll be steal a cat. 853 00:53:47,239 --> 00:53:50,520 Speaker 5: And he did, he will look at. And if he 854 00:53:50,680 --> 00:53:55,680 Speaker 5: don't the sea when the stick and you did, he 855 00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:59,399 Speaker 5: will look at. And if he told the walls wait 856 00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:03,000 Speaker 5: a did and he didn't give me he will a 857 00:54:03,080 --> 00:54:08,480 Speaker 5: kid say, say he's lead the brooks, and they did. 858 00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:13,280 Speaker 5: He will again if he call me to souls coming 859 00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:17,719 Speaker 5: to hide, and they said, he will again, and I 860 00:54:17,920 --> 00:54:19,920 Speaker 5: become a nothing the. 861 00:54:20,040 --> 00:54:23,920 Speaker 1: Same that he can give me a again. 862 00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:29,839 Speaker 5: And if you talk not so dang, you in let 863 00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:33,680 Speaker 5: me down a kid, leave me daddy again. Leave him there. 864 00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:37,160 Speaker 5: You can leave her there. We can live her there, 865 00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:37,600 Speaker 5: you can. 866 00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:39,359 Speaker 3: I know we will look at. 867 00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:44,600 Speaker 5: Leave him again him here again, live a trapic t the. 868 00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:47,920 Speaker 1: Water's loga there are cool. 869 00:54:48,080 --> 00:54:54,920 Speaker 5: After milto of ch after ruche here it calls, so 870 00:54:55,160 --> 00:54:56,280 Speaker 5: give day bart. 871 00:54:56,280 --> 00:55:00,400 Speaker 3: Done one doesn't. Hey. 872 00:55:00,480 --> 00:55:02,759 Speaker 2: I hope you enjoyed the podcast, and if you did, 873 00:55:03,360 --> 00:55:05,920 Speaker 2: make sure to share it and subscribe so we can 874 00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:08,600 Speaker 2: get you all of these new messages as soon as 875 00:55:08,600 --> 00:55:11,320 Speaker 2: they're available. 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