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I like to start with something funny, 44 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 4: and I heard about this burglar that broke into a 45 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 4: home one night as he was stealing the stereo, he 46 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 4: heard a voice saying, Jesus is watching you. He froze 47 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 4: in his tracks, shined his flashlight and saw a parrot 48 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 4: over in the corner. He said, did you say that 49 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 4: to me? The parent said yes, I'm just trying to 50 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 4: warn you. He said, warn me? What are you talking about? 51 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 4: Who are you? He said, my name is Moses. The 52 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 4: burglar laughed, said what kind of crazy people would name 53 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 4: a parent Moses? He said, the same kind of people 54 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 4: that would name a one hundred and fifty pounds Rotweller, Jesus, 55 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 4: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 56 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 4: I am what it says I am. I have what 57 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 58 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 59 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 60 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 4: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 61 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 62 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 4: about being vulnerable. It's easy to go through life trying 63 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 4: to impress people, show them that we're strong, that we 64 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 4: have it all together, and it's good to carry ourselves 65 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 4: with confidence, But sometimes we have a need to keep 66 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 4: up our image so much that instead of being real, 67 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 4: we put on a mask and start pretending. We can't 68 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 4: let people see we have weaknesses. We struggle in these areas. 69 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 4: We're people of faith, We're supposed to have all the answers, 70 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 4: But the scripture says God's power shows up greatest in 71 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 4: our weaknesses. If we go around pretending acting like we 72 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 4: don't have any weaknesses, then God's power is not going 73 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 4: to show up. God won't bless who you pretend to be. 74 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 4: He looks beyond the mass, beyond the superficial. When you're 75 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 4: big enough to admit God, I don't have it altogether, 76 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 4: I'm struggling in these areas. I need your help. Being 77 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 4: vulnerable is not a weakness, it's a strength. But when 78 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 4: we pretend and try to impress people live for our image, 79 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 4: that puts pressure on us. We have to perform and 80 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 4: make sure they think I'm good, I'm strong, I'm talented. 81 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 4: Take off the mask. You can be real, well, Joel, 82 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 4: what if they think less of me? What they think 83 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 4: of you doesn't really matter. They don't control your destiny. 84 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 4: If your friends judge you for being real, they're not 85 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 4: true friends. A true friend will accept you for who 86 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 4: you are faults, weaknesses, shortcomings, and all people that judge 87 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 4: you are not being honest with themselves. They have their 88 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,919 Speaker 4: own issues. They're just wearing their mask hoping that you 89 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 4: don't notice. Everybody is dealing with something. There are no 90 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 4: perfect people. But we live in a society that stresses image. 91 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 4: It tells us if we don't have it all together, 92 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,160 Speaker 4: if you don't wear the latest, drive the latest hang 93 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 4: out with the most popular, then you're less than. This 94 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 4: creates all kinds of pretending. We're in masks trying to impress, 95 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 4: and that may feel strong, but in fact it's weak. 96 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 4: If you can't be honest with yourself, if you have 97 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 4: to hide your struggles, act a certain way to keep 98 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 4: up your image, that's going to keep you from your 99 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 4: full potential. God is not looking for the ideal you, 100 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 4: to pretend you the future you. He's looking for the 101 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 4: real you. And this is what the apostle Paul did. 102 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 4: He said in Philippians three, I count not myself to 103 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 4: have apprehended. One version says I'm still not everything that 104 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 4: I should be now. Paul was one of the greatest 105 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 4: apostles that ever lived. He wrote half of the books 106 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 4: in the New testament. He was a scholar, a theologian. 107 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 4: He spoke five languages. No one was more effective than Paul, 108 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 4: but he had the humility to admit, I don't have 109 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 4: it altogether. I'm doing my best, but I'm not there yet. 110 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 4: He could have let pride hide his weaknesses, mask his shortcomings, 111 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 4: but he was vulnerable. Nobody would have argued if he'd 112 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 4: have said, Hey, I wrote half of the scripture. I've 113 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 4: attained the highest level. Paul was a great man, but 114 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 4: as he neared his death, when he could have impressed people, 115 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 4: when he could have bolstered his image, instead he took 116 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 4: off his mask. He was real. That's the kind of 117 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 4: people God promotes. There's power in vulnerability. It's okay to 118 00:06:55,880 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 4: say I'm not there yet. I'm still struggling with these issues. 119 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 4: But I'm not going to wear a mask. I'm not 120 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 4: going around pretending I'm at peace with not being perfect. 121 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 4: If you're not vulnerable, you'll stop growing. If you can't 122 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 4: be honest with yourself and say God, I need your help. 123 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 4: I'm acting strong, but God, I'm afraid I don't know 124 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 4: which way to go. When you empty yourself out, then 125 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 4: God will fill you. But God cannot fill a vessel 126 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 4: that's already full. If you're full of yourself acting. I 127 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 4: said it nice, acting, pretending, wearing mask. There's no room 128 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 4: for God. But when we humble ourselves and empty out 129 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 4: our pride, our doubts, our fears, then God will fill 130 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 4: us with favor, with strength. He'll help us get to 131 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 4: the next level. Mark chapter nine. A man had a 132 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 4: son that was sick with something like epilepsy. He brought 133 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 4: him to Jesus and said, Sir, my son has all 134 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 4: these convulsions. If you can do anything, please have compassion 135 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 4: on us. Jesus said, if you believe, all things are possible. 136 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 4: The man said, yes, Lord, I believe, but help me 137 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 4: in my unbelief. He was honest, he was being vulnerable. 138 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 4: Jesus could have said, I just told you I do it. 139 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 4: What do you mean you have doubts? You don't believe? 140 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 4: I'm gonna go find somebody else. Know. When we're honest 141 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 4: with God, when we're real, he doesn't judge us, he 142 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 4: doesn't turn the other way. He comes to us. Jesus 143 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 4: went and healed this man's son. And when you take 144 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 4: off the mask and get down to the real you, 145 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 4: maybe the doubting you, the lonely you, the insecure you. 146 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 4: When you're vulnerable, God will begin to change things. But 147 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 4: sometimes we think we have to always be strong in faith, 148 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 4: strong in courage. We can't admit we have doubts, we 149 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 4: have fears. The scripture says, let the weak say I 150 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 4: am strong. Doesn't say you should never feel weak, never 151 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:14,439 Speaker 4: have doubts, never feel discouraged. Now, God, I feel weak today, 152 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 4: but I know in You I'm strong. God. I'm concerned 153 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 4: about my finances. I don't see how it could work out. Lord, 154 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 4: help me to believe. That's being honest before God. That's 155 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 4: being vulnerable. The first time John the Baptist saw Jesus, 156 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 4: he said, behold the lamb of God. He knew he 157 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 4: was the Messiah. In Matthew chapter three, John was baptizing Jesus. 158 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 4: When he came up out of the water, A dove 159 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 4: landed on Jesus. The heavens opened up. A voice boomed out, saying, 160 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 4: this is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased. 161 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 4: If anyone should have been a man of faith, it 162 00:09:55,920 --> 00:10:01,679 Speaker 4: would have been John. He baptized Jesus. Chapters later, in 163 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 4: chapter eleven, when he was in prison, John started having doubts, thinking, 164 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 4: is he really the Messiah? Is he really the son 165 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:15,079 Speaker 4: of God. John sent two of his disciples to see 166 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 4: if Jesus was who he really said he was. Now 167 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,679 Speaker 4: you would think if you saw the heavens opened up, 168 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:25,439 Speaker 4: if you heard the voice boom out, you would believe. 169 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 4: You wouldn't change your mind. But even John had doubts. 170 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 4: Even he didn't have it all figured out, he was vulnerable. 171 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 4: He could have said, I baptized the man. I told 172 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 4: people he was the Lamb of God. I can't let 173 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 4: anyone know that. I'm not sure. Now I have to 174 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 4: keep up my image. I have to wear this mask. 175 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 4: John's attitude was I'm not a pretender. I'm not trying 176 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 4: to impress people. Go ask him if he's the son 177 00:10:55,840 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 4: of God. What's interesting is Jesus didn't get upset. He 178 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 4: didn't say, tell John he needs to have more faith. 179 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 4: I'm disappointed in him. Jesus understood, He said, tell John 180 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 4: the blind, sea, the crippled walk, the lepers are cure. 181 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 4: Tell him, yes, I am the Messiah. So when you 182 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 4: have doubts, things you don't understand, don't be down on yourself. 183 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 4: You didn't see the heavens open up. You didn't hear 184 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 4: the voice boom out. John had all these signs, but 185 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 4: it didn't disqualify him. God was not disappointed in John, 186 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 4: and he's not disappointed in you. You may not be 187 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:39,679 Speaker 4: where you think it should be. You have these questions. 188 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 4: It's okay to say, like Paul, I haven't apprehended it 189 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 4: all just yet. I'm on a journey. I'm growing. God's 190 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 4: still working on me. But so often we think we 191 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 4: have to hide our struggles. We can't let God know 192 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 4: our fears. That wouldn't be a person of faith. But 193 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 4: you can't overcome a weakness if you don't get it 194 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 4: out in the open, when you're honest with yourself and 195 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,559 Speaker 4: honest with God and say, God, help me break this addiction. 196 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 4: I can't do it on my own. God help me 197 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 4: to not be jealous. I'm a coworker. Help me to 198 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 4: be more disciplined in what I watch. That's the first 199 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 4: step to getting better. But sometimes religion has taught us 200 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 4: that God will condemn us, make us feel guilty. That's 201 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 4: not the way God is. Like with John the Baptist, 202 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:37,719 Speaker 4: God understands our doubts, our weaknesses, our failures. When we 203 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 4: humble ourselves and ask him for his help. When we're vulnerable, 204 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 4: we say, like Paul, I don't have it altogether. We say, 205 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 4: like John, I have these doubts. We say like the 206 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 4: man and his son, Lord, help me to believe. That's 207 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,679 Speaker 4: when the creator of the universe will help you overcome 208 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 4: what you could not owe. Come. Are you wearing a mask, 209 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 4: pretending trying to protect your image in front of people 210 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 4: and in front of God. I'm asking us to take 211 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 4: off the mask. Let's be real. Sometimes we think, when 212 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 4: we get it all together, we'll be honest, when we 213 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 4: break the addiction, when we overcome the temptation, then God 214 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 4: will accept us. Then he'll be pleased with me. But 215 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 4: God is not waiting for the perfect you, for the 216 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 4: cleaned up you, for the no doubt you. He's waiting 217 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 4: for the real you, the vulnerable you, the honest you. 218 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 4: God already knows everything about us. There is a freedom 219 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 4: when you can come to God open and honest, knowing 220 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 4: that he doesn't condemn you. He's not finding fault. He 221 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 4: has mercy for every mistake, grace for every weakness, faith 222 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 4: for every fear, our attitude. It should be God my 223 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,199 Speaker 4: life is an open book. I have nothing to hide. 224 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 4: You know everything I am. Everything that I'm not made me, 225 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 4: Mold me, help me to become who you've created me 226 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 4: to be. John Chapter four. Jesus was at a well 227 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 4: in Samaria. This woman came out to get some water. 228 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,239 Speaker 4: Jesus asked her for something to drink. She was surprised. 229 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 4: She said, sir, you're a Jew, I'm a Samaritan. We 230 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 4: don't have anything to do with each other. Why are 231 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 4: you asking me for something? Jesus said, if you knew 232 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 4: who I was, you would ask me and I would 233 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 4: give you living water. She said, please give me some 234 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 4: of that water. Jesus said, I will, but go call 235 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 4: your husband. I can imagine time stopped for this woman. 236 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 4: She had had five husbands, was living with a man 237 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 4: she wasn't married too. Life had been rough for this lady. 238 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 4: No out she'd been mistreated, taking advantage of. She knew 239 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 4: she had made mistakes. She felt bad enough about herself. 240 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 4: She didn't need any more guilt. In town, everyone knew her, 241 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 4: she was looked down on, made fun of. But out 242 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 4: here at the well, alone, just her in Jesus, she 243 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 4: could have thought, I'm not telling this man my past. 244 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 4: I'm going to put on my mask and pretend everything 245 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 4: is fine. She could have said, Okay, I'll go get 246 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 4: my husband. Wait for me. I'll be back in thirty minutes. 247 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 4: Everything in her said, hide your hurts, hide your failures, 248 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 4: turn and leave, take the easy way out. She could 249 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 4: have walked away and it would be the end of 250 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 4: this story. But after years of wearing a mask, years 251 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 4: of pretending, she said, no, this is a new day. 252 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 4: I'm not making excuses, I'm not covering it up. I'm 253 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 4: going to be honest. She said to Jesus, I don't 254 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 4: have a husband. The first thing Jesus said was you 255 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 4: have answered. Well. He was saying, now you're being honest 256 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 4: with yourself, and you're being honest with me. Jesus went 257 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 4: on to tell her how she had five husbands and 258 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 4: was living with this other man. She said, sir, you 259 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 4: must be a prophet. We know one day the Messiah 260 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 4: will come. Jesus looked at her and said, I am 261 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 4: the Messiah. The first person Jesus ever revealed himself too 262 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 4: as the Messiah was this woman, A woman who was vulnerable, 263 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 4: a woman who was willing to take off the mask 264 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 4: and not pretend everything was okay. You may have made mistakes. 265 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 4: You're not where you think you should be. God is 266 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 4: not displeased with where you are. He's only displeased if 267 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 4: you get stuck there. And when Jesus asked this woman 268 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 4: to go get her husband, he already knew she didn't 269 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 4: have a husband. He was waiting to see what she 270 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 4: would do. Would she be vulnerable? Would she take off 271 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 4: the mask? God already knows our struggles, our failures, our weaknesses. 272 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 4: When we live open and honest before God, not guilty 273 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:29,359 Speaker 4: because of past mistakes, beating ourselves up for weaknesses, pretending 274 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:34,160 Speaker 4: that everything's okay, but saying God, I need you help 275 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 4: me to overcome, Strengthen me in my weaknesses, give me 276 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,400 Speaker 4: faith to do the right thing. That's when God will 277 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:44,679 Speaker 4: do for you what he did for this woman. He 278 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 4: will break bondages that have held you back. He will 279 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 4: make more out of your life than you've ever even dreamed. 280 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 4: What am I saying today? It's okay to be vulnerable. 281 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 4: You don't have to have it altogether. You're a work 282 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:04,160 Speaker 4: in progress. God is not finished with you. Even Abraham, 283 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 4: the father of our faith, was vulnerable. He even admitted 284 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 4: that he didn't have all the answers. God told him 285 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 4: to take his son Isaac out to the mountains and 286 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 4: sacrifice him. God was going to show him where to go. 287 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 4: I can imagine Isaac said, Dad, where are we going? 288 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 4: Surely Abraham would be strong, confident, But I hear Abraham saying, son, 289 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 4: I don't know where. I don't have clear direction. Isaac 290 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 4: must have thought, that's my father, that's my hero, the 291 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,919 Speaker 4: man I look up to. You mean he doesn't have 292 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 4: everything figured out. It's okay to be vulnerable to your children. 293 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 4: You don't have to hide your weaknesses, hide your struggles, 294 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 4: take off your superman outfit. Sometimes you just need to 295 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 4: be Clark Kent. Just be real. Your children will learn 296 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 4: more from how they see you handle your struggles than 297 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 4: they will from your successes. You don't have to be 298 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 4: strong all the time. Let them see your humanity. One 299 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 4: time in my early twenties, I was in the TV 300 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 4: control area after a church service at the other location. 301 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 4: My father had just finished ministering. Myself and some of 302 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 4: the crew members were laughing and having fun as we 303 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 4: were putting up the equipment and turning everything off. My 304 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,400 Speaker 4: father came in for some reason. He thought we were 305 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 4: making fun of something that had happened in the service. 306 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:41,639 Speaker 4: We weren't. We were laughing at something totally different. I 307 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:43,959 Speaker 4: tried to tell him it didn't have anything to do 308 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,239 Speaker 4: with that, but my father wouldn't hear it. He let 309 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 4: us have it, told us how we should be more respectful, 310 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:53,159 Speaker 4: and how we should make fun, on and on. A 311 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 4: couple hours later, my father called. He said, Joel, I 312 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 4: blew it tonight. I knew when you told me it 313 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 4: wasn't what I thought, but I was uptight about some 314 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 4: other things, and I want to ask you to forgive me. 315 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 4: I'm sorry. Then he asked me for the phone numbers 316 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 4: of everyone else in the room. There were seven or 317 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 4: eight people. He couldn't sleep until he made things right. 318 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:20,159 Speaker 4: I said, Daddy, you can take care of it tomorrow. 319 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:22,919 Speaker 4: Nobody's gonna mind. He said, no, I need to do 320 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:27,400 Speaker 4: it right now. Eleven o'clock at night, this well respected 321 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 4: minister called all these young men to apologize to them. Now. 322 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 4: As a son, that spoke louder to me than my 323 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 4: father's accomplishments. To see him swallow his pride and admit 324 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 4: that he was wrong met his huge impressing on me. 325 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 4: He could have tried to protect his image and convince 326 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 4: himself he was right, but he was vulnerable. He was honest, 327 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 4: not just with me, but with himself. When you can 328 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 4: be honest with yourself, when you're big enough, secure enough 329 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,199 Speaker 4: to take off the mask, not live for your image, 330 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 4: but you do the right thing when it's hard, apologize 331 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 4: when it's not your fault, Show your children you're big 332 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 4: enough to admit that you were wrong. When you live 333 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 4: transparent before God, not the fake you to pretend you 334 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:24,679 Speaker 4: the wanna be you, but the real you. When you're vulnerable, 335 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 4: you're pliable. God will make you and mould you into 336 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 4: the vessel of honor that He created you to be. 337 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:39,439 Speaker 4: That's what these heroes of faith did, Abraham, John, the Baptist, Paul. 338 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 4: They were real. They had doubts, they had questions, They 339 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:47,679 Speaker 4: made mistakes, but they didn't pretend to be superhuman like 340 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:52,479 Speaker 4: they had it all together. They knew the power of vulnerability. 341 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 4: They knew in their weaknesses, God's power shows up the greatest. 342 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 4: Are you down on yourself because you have doubts, fears, 343 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 4: things you don't understand. Are you trying to perform perfectly 344 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 4: to protect your image to impress your friends, to show 345 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 4: your children how strong you are. Why don't you take 346 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:16,640 Speaker 4: the pressure off. There is a freedom when you can 347 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 4: be at peace with not being perfect, when you can say, 348 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 4: like Paul, I'm doing my best. I'm improving, but I'm 349 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 4: not there yet. Joel with my temper, I'm better than 350 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 4: I was five years ago, but I'm not there yet. 351 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 4: That's okay, You're making progress. God said about John the Baptist, 352 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 4: there was no one any greater than him. This was 353 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 4: about a man that doubted he was the Messiah, a 354 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:47,640 Speaker 4: men that had questions. Why are you beating yourself up 355 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 4: over your weaknesses? Why are you trying to hide your 356 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:56,719 Speaker 4: struggles thinking that it's disqualifying you. The accuser whispers you 357 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 4: still have that addiction. You should be ashamed of yourself. 358 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,880 Speaker 4: You lost your temper again. Go sit on the sidelines. 359 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 4: Don't believe those lies. You may not have attained it all. 360 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 4: You're not there yet. The good news is you're on 361 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 4: the way. God still working on you. What he started 362 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 4: in your life, He's going to finish. Genesis twenty five, 363 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:24,120 Speaker 4: Esau and Jacob were born. They were twins. Esau came 364 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 4: out first, but Jacob was grabbing at his heels. Jacob 365 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 4: grew up doing everything he could to get ahead. He 366 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 4: was dishonest. He went around deceiving people. When his brother 367 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 4: was hungry, instead of giving him something to eat, he 368 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 4: traded Esau a pot of stew for his birthright. This 369 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 4: was significant, the firstborn son received a double portion of 370 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 4: the family inheritance. When Jacob's father, Isaac was near death 371 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:58,199 Speaker 4: and couldn't see Jacob dressed up like his brother, he 372 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 4: pretended to be Esau and tricked his father into giving 373 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 4: him the blessing that belonged to the firstborn son. But 374 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,159 Speaker 4: when we don't do things God's way, what should be 375 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:14,719 Speaker 4: a blessing is not a blessing. When we deceive and manipulate, 376 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 4: we may get to where we want to be, but 377 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 4: it won't be what we thought. Jacob got the blessing, 378 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:24,159 Speaker 4: but for the next twenty one years his life was 379 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 4: a struggle. He had to live in exile. He worked 380 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 4: for his uncle Laban to get one of his daughters 381 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 4: for his wife, But Laban was a bigger trickster than Jacob. 382 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,640 Speaker 4: He kept making excuses why he had to work longer. 383 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:42,639 Speaker 4: Jacob was reaping from all those seeds that he had sown. 384 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 4: I'm sure Jacob didn't like who he was. Deep down, 385 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 4: he thought, look who I've become. I'm a con man, 386 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 4: I'm a deceiver. After years, he decided to go back 387 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 4: home and make peace with Esau. The night before they 388 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 4: going to meet, Jacob was camped out alone. This stranger 389 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 4: showed up and started wrestling with Jacob. The man was 390 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 4: actually an angel. They wrestled all night. Jacob must have 391 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 4: known there was something special because he said to the man, 392 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 4: I'm not going to let you leave until you bless me. 393 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 4: The angel looked at him and said, what is your name? 394 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 4: Jacob had spent his whole life deceiving, pretending. Years earlier, 395 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 4: when he was trying to steal his brother's blessing, his 396 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 4: father asked him the same question, what is your name? 397 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 4: He said, I am Esaul. This moment, Jacob had to 398 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:47,400 Speaker 4: decide am I going to keep pretending? Am I going 399 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 4: to keep wearing the mask hiding my weaknesses? Or am 400 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 4: I going to be real? I can imagine this debate 401 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:58,640 Speaker 4: took place a long time in his mind. He finally 402 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 4: said to the man, I am Jacob. The name Jacob 403 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:07,880 Speaker 4: literally means deceiver. For the first time, he didn't try 404 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 4: to hide his weaknesses. He was honest with himself. This man, 405 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 4: the angel who represents God, didn't say, yeah, I know 406 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,439 Speaker 4: who you are. You're a con man. He should be 407 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 4: ashamed of yourself. Know when Jacob took off the mask, 408 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 4: when he got real, the angel said, that's your old name. 409 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 4: I'm giving you a new name. You are no longer Jacob. 410 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 4: Now you are Israel. Israel means prince with God. When 411 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 4: Jacob god honest, God showed him his true identity. He 412 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:48,680 Speaker 4: wasn't a deceiver. He was a prince. At times, we've 413 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 4: all warned a mask, gone to run, pretending, trying to 414 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,720 Speaker 4: hide our faults. But when we do like Jacob, when 415 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:59,679 Speaker 4: we get honest with ourselves, when we're vulnerable enough to admit, 416 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 4: I am Jacob, I have weaknesses. I'm struggling in these areas. 417 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 4: God doesn't condemn you. That's when he'll give you your 418 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 4: new name. The accuser will tell you you'll never change, 419 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 4: Just keep pretending, keep living guilty. That is not your 420 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 4: true identity. God knows who you really are. Your new 421 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 4: name is waiting for you. You are not Jacob, you are Israel. 422 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,919 Speaker 4: You are a prince with God, you are royalty, you 423 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 4: are forgiven, you are redeemed. When the accuser whispers, hey, Jacob, 424 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 4: just say no, thanks, you have the wrong person. I 425 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 4: am Israel. I'm not who I used to be. I 426 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 4: am a new creation. Friends, this is a new day. 427 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 4: I'm asking us to take off the mask, quit pretending, 428 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 4: and let's go get our new names. If you'll do this, 429 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 4: I believe and declare every force that's trying to stop 430 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 4: you is being broken right now. God is going to 431 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 4: mold you into a vessel of honor in Jesus' name. 432 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 4: If you receive it, Can you say amen? Today I'd 433 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,639 Speaker 4: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 434 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:15,400 Speaker 4: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 435 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 4: I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 436 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 4: make you my Lord and savior. 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