1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Ferdik. 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 2: I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 2: podcast and I wanted to thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 2: Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. Hope 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 2: it gives your perspective to see God is moving in 6 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 2: your life. Enjoy the message. 7 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: Now what I want to do. 8 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 3: I want to go into the Word of God from 9 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 3: Matthew chapter sixteen, and I want to share an encounter 10 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 3: that Peter had with Jesus while Jesus was still living. 11 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 3: And this will sort of be this is us Jack 12 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 3: Pearson flashback effect on the Word of God, for us 13 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 3: to see something that Jesus said while he was still 14 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 3: on earth in bodily form that still echoes with ramifications 15 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 3: for our lives today. And I want to ask that 16 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 3: everyone stand in honor of the reading of the Word 17 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 3: of God that is physically able to stand, and even 18 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 3: if you're watching on a screen somewhere, to stand up 19 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 3: for a moment in reverence and respect for the Word 20 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 3: of God. Because the grass withers, the flower fades, and 21 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 3: your outfit goes out of style. 22 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: But the word of the Lord endoor forever. I modernized 23 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: in a little bit, and then. 24 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 3: So I want to look at this scripture, and it's 25 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 3: just a conversation that Peter had with Jesus. Beginning in 26 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 3: Matthew sixteen, verse thirteen, when Jesus came to the region 27 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 3: of Cesarea Philippi. He asked his disciples, who do people 28 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 3: say the son of Man is? And they replied, well, 29 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 3: some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still 30 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 3: others Jeremiah are one of the prophets. But what about you, 31 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 3: He asked, who do you say? I am Simon? Peter 32 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 3: answered because he always had something to say. 33 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: He was that guy. He was that dude, and a lot. 34 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 3: Of times everybody in the room benefited from his ignorance 35 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 3: because Jesus would correct him and none of them had 36 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 3: to be embarrassed by asking the stupid question. And he 37 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 3: was that kid in class that would always raise his hand, 38 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 3: and the teachers like what Peter, And so Peter raises 39 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 3: his hand. But this time he gets it right because 40 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 3: he doesn't identify Jesus just on the basis of miracles 41 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 3: or the mechanics or the cosmetics, but he sees the 42 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 3: potential that Jesus has, and only the spirit of God 43 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 3: could have showed him this. 44 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: In fact, when he said it, he. 45 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 3: Was so right that Jesus knew, that's not you talking, 46 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 3: That's not that part of you that comes from the 47 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 3: head and from the mind that tries to figure everything out. 48 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 3: And when he said this verse sixteen, you are the 49 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 3: Messiah or the Christ, depending on the translation that you read. 50 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: He identified Jesus. 51 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 3: At a deeper level, you are the Messiah, the son 52 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 3: of the Living God. Jesus replied, blessed or you Simon's 53 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 3: son of Jonah. 54 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: For this was not revealed to you. 55 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 3: By flesh and blood, but by my Father in Heaven. 56 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 3: I tell you that you are Peter, and upon this 57 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 3: rock I will build my church, and the gates of 58 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 3: Hades will not overcome it. I'll give you the keys 59 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 3: to the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you bind on earth 60 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 3: will be bound in heaven. Whatever you loose on earth 61 00:02:56,040 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 3: will be loosed in Heaven. And he ordered his disciples, 62 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 3: keep your mouth shut and don't tell anyone what I 63 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 3: just told you. From that time on, Jesus begin to 64 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,679 Speaker 3: explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem 65 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 3: and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, 66 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 3: the chief priests, and the teachers of the law, and 67 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,799 Speaker 3: that he must be killed and on the third day 68 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 3: be raised to life. Today I want to speak to 69 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 3: you about the potential of pain, the potential of pain. God, 70 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 3: we pray for open hearts, pray for focused minds, and 71 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 3: we thank you in advance for changed lives. 72 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: Where your spirit is there is freedom and liberty. 73 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 3: I pray that chains would fall to the floor today, 74 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 3: and I pray that people would leave this place with 75 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 3: a much different perspective on you and themselves that would 76 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 3: enable them to overcome. In your name, by the power 77 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 3: of your blood and the word of our testimony, we 78 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 3: give you praise today in Jesus' name. 79 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: Amen. 80 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 3: On your way to your seat, tell somebody you must 81 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 3: have done something right to sit next to me. 82 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: I'm your dream neighbor. 83 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 3: I probably shouldn't tell you this on Easter because you've 84 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 3: got your grandmother with you. But I have two tattoos, 85 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 3: and I didn't get them before I became a Christian, 86 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 3: but they're really biblical. One is in Hebrew, so that's 87 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 3: you know that it's okay. And the other one is 88 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 3: on my ring finger and it has my wife and 89 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 3: my's initial so I was just kind of like trying 90 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 3: to make sure I had her locked in. So I 91 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 3: was like, we're gonna get our initials tattooed, and we 92 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 3: did it together. So it says H and S and 93 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 3: so if she wants to marry somebody else, she'll be 94 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 3: narrowed down to the letter S. And I figure it 95 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 3: creases my eyes keeping her anyway, When I went to 96 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 3: get the first one, which is on my back, the 97 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 3: one that says kabad or honor or wait in Hebrew. 98 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 3: At least I think that's what it says. I failed 99 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 3: Hebrew in seminary, but so that's what I think it says. 100 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 3: But it's on a real painful spot and it was terrible. 101 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 3: It hurts so bad when I got it, and I'm 102 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 3: only going to have too. I'm never getting any more, 103 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 3: not because I don't want anymore. I mean, I don't 104 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 3: know if I want it anymore or not. I'm just not 105 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 3: I have a very low pain tolerance. And when I 106 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 3: finished with that one, this was years ago, the guy 107 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 3: that took me to get it, he was like, I said, 108 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 3: I feel you have so many. This guy had tattoos, 109 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 3: just sleeves and so I said, I feel so unmanly. 110 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 3: How much that hurt? He said, oh no, well the 111 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 3: place you got it on is one of the most 112 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 3: painful places you can get one. So when I said that, 113 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 3: I said, well, why don't you tell me that before 114 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 3: I got the tattoo? He said, because I knew you wouldn't. 115 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: Go through with it. 116 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 3: I sometimes wonder if the reason Jesus waited until this 117 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 3: point in his ministry to really start explaining to his 118 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 3: disciples what it was going to be like to follow 119 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 3: him was because he knew that if they really knew 120 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 3: what it would mean to follow him, they wouldn't go 121 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 3: through with it. And I've wondered before if God sometimes 122 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 3: in our lives doesn't work in stages only showing us. 123 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: What we can handle at that point in time. 124 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 3: Because of his infinite wisdom, you know, there's a real 125 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 3: tendency for us to judge Peter in moments like what 126 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 3: we're about to read, because when Jesus proclaimed to his 127 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 3: disciples that he was going to the cross, this was 128 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:33,919 Speaker 3: the first time they had heard him talk like that. 129 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 3: Up until this point, they had heard him say things 130 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,359 Speaker 3: like be healed, or they'd heard him say things like 131 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 3: bring me the bread, and they had watched him do 132 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 3: things like multiply it or cause something that was lame 133 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:51,039 Speaker 3: to walk. And as much as we give credit to 134 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 3: Jesus for seeing the potential in Peter, I think we 135 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 3: should take a moment and recognize that it took faith 136 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 3: for Peter to see the potential in Jesus. 137 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: He understood at a. 138 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 3: Deeper level that there was something about this miracle worker 139 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 3: that was unlike the others who would performed miracles. There 140 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 3: was something about this prophet. His words had a different 141 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 3: authority than the teachers of the law. There was something 142 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 3: about the way that he moved, and not only the 143 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 3: way that he spoke, but the way that he prayed 144 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 3: and the way that he lived and the way that 145 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 3: he led that drew Peter to believe that this is 146 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 3: the one. And he believed it not in the kind 147 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 3: of way where you tell people I believe in you, 148 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 3: because honestly, it really means very little for you to 149 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 3: say that. If you are not invested in someone's potential, 150 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 3: it may be that you just actually are using flattery. 151 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 3: It's a different thing when you let Jesus use your boat. 152 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 3: Peter had actually been put in an awkward position where 153 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 3: he was out fishing one night and Jesus just got 154 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 3: in his boat and took off in it, and Peter 155 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:08,679 Speaker 3: pushed him out and was willing to let him use 156 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 3: his boat, which represented his livelihood. And it's unique to 157 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 3: me that Peter saw Jesus as one who had potential 158 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 3: to change everything. 159 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: And in the same way. 160 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 3: Jesus saw in Peter a kind of potential that probably 161 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 3: no one else saw. The reason I know that is 162 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 3: because he called Peter a rock while Peter was still 163 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:34,680 Speaker 3: very unstable, and it seems as if he was judging 164 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 3: Peter not according to his performance, but according to his potential. 165 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 1: You know what's funny. 166 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 3: If I held your phone right now, I couldn't use 167 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 3: it to its full capacity because I don't know what's 168 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 3: in it like you do. I don't understand all of 169 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 3: the contacts. I could have a lot of fun I 170 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 3: could send some text messages that would create weeks and 171 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 3: weeks of interesting conversations if I had your phone for 172 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 3: ten minutes. But it is true that the one who 173 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 3: possesses the thing has an intimate knowledge of its potential 174 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:06,199 Speaker 3: that is unique to. 175 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: The one who possesses it. In the same way. 176 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 3: I believe that God knows things about your potential that 177 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 3: your mother doesn't know, that your father doesn't know, that 178 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 3: your best friend doesn't know. 179 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: I believe God knows. 180 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 3: Things about your potential that even in your greatest moments 181 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 3: of triumph, you can only imagine. And I believe He 182 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,439 Speaker 3: speaks to your life from time to time, not from 183 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 3: the vantage point of your performance, but from the vantage 184 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 3: point of your potential. How many are grateful that God 185 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 3: sees your potential when other people want to hold you 186 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 3: down to the level of your past, when other people 187 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 3: want to hold you down to the level of your 188 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 3: worst moments. So he calls him a rock, even though 189 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 3: Peter at this. 190 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:53,319 Speaker 1: Point is very unstable. 191 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 3: And we know he's unstable because he just got his 192 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 3: gold star for correctly identifying Jesus as the Christ, the 193 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 3: son of the Living God. And no sooner does he 194 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 3: say who Jesus is correctly than he makes a move 195 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 3: that is above his pay grade. 196 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 1: And I want to show you. 197 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 3: This in verse twenty two, because it's almost hard to 198 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 3: believe that he could go from so high to so 199 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 3: low in a matter of a moment, from so faith 200 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 3: filled and so accurate in his assessment of Jesus to 201 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 3: making a statement that completely contradicted the purpose of God. 202 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: And it might give you hope. 203 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,719 Speaker 3: Because some of you in here have vacillated even this 204 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 3: morning in the amount of faith that you have. You 205 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 3: were a different person in the parking lot than you 206 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:42,719 Speaker 3: were during the praise and worship set. Now, don't make 207 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 3: me ask your husband what you're like when you get home, 208 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 3: because I only see you in one condition. But from 209 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 3: moment to moment, many of us, who have the greatest 210 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 3: potential for power and purpose also have the greatest potential 211 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 3: for pain and failure. And Peter demonstrates it in the text. 212 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,559 Speaker 3: Right after he hears the explanation from Jesus about what's 213 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 3: about to happen, the Bible says that he takes Jesus 214 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 3: aside verse twenty two and begins to rebuke him. Now, 215 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 3: this is always a bad idea for you to explain 216 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 3: to the God of the universe how his plan is 217 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 3: not correct because it does not conform to your agenda. 218 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 3: Watch what he says next, and this is what I 219 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 3: wanted to preach. 220 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 1: To you about. 221 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 3: He said, never, Lord, this shall never happen to you. 222 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 3: Somebody say never, say a louder say never, because the 223 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 3: Greek word for never is a strong word. It's not 224 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 3: a whisper mumble word. It's an emphatic never. The Greek 225 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:55,560 Speaker 3: word is oumeh is a double negative. It's not even 226 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 3: grammatically correct what Peter is saying. He is so confident 227 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 3: that he knows what God is going to do in 228 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 3: his life that he says not only never, but watch 229 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 3: this never, no never. 230 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 1: I used to. 231 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 3: Say this all the time about the way that I 232 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 3: would raise my kids until I had them. 233 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:16,199 Speaker 1: I used to say, I'll never. 234 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 3: I will never be the kind of dad who screams 235 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 3: at his kids that way. 236 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 2: You know. 237 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 1: Never. 238 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 4: Oh, I would never, ah, because what good would that do? 239 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 4: To discipline my kids from anger would only create fear, 240 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 4: and God has not given us a spirit of fear. 241 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: But power, love, and a sound mind. 242 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 4: I will never discipline my kids in a spirit which 243 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 4: will contradict the very nature of the God that I 244 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 4: seek to represent. 245 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: I want to be a good, good father. 246 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 4: I want to give them an accurate presentation of their 247 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,439 Speaker 4: Father in heaven, and so I will always correct them 248 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 4: from a posture of love. 249 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: I will never raise my voice. 250 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 3: Why would I try to correct them in the same 251 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,319 Speaker 3: spirit that I'm trying to correct. I will always discipline 252 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 3: them in a way that will show them that while 253 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,680 Speaker 3: the behavior may be unacceptable, your identity and my love 254 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 3: for you are eternally secure. 255 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: Now I yell at my kids so much. 256 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 3: Somebody say never until you had them, But we can 257 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 3: all get this kind of false confidence, and life will 258 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 3: challenge your concept of never. I'm well aware that many 259 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 3: people gathered here today are in a situation right now 260 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 3: that you never thought you'd find yourself in. Other people's 261 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 3: marriages may fall apart, but my marriage never. We will 262 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 3: wash one another's feet in the name of our risen Lord. 263 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 3: I would never talk to my husband that way. 264 00:13:59,640 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: Never. 265 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 3: Never, I've never. I would never struggle with that. I 266 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 3: don't know how somebody could get hooked on something like that. 267 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 3: I just don't get people like that. I would never never, 268 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 3: who may you may me. 269 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 1: Never. I don't give people who struggle with depression. They've 270 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: got the joy of the Lord. Rejoice in the Lord always. 271 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 3: The Bible says, always give thanks in all things, in 272 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 3: all circumstances, all means, all Stephen, rejoice in the Lord. 273 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: I will rejoice. 274 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 3: This is the day that the Lord has made I 275 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 3: don't understand people until something happens in your life that 276 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 3: knocks you off balance, and you might find yourself. Be 277 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,080 Speaker 3: careful what you judge me for today. 278 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 1: It might be knocking on your door tomorrow. I never thought. 279 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 3: I never thought that I would be the one dealing 280 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 3: with anxiety. But now I can't catch my breath. I 281 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 3: never thought I would think a thought that dark. I 282 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 3: never struggled with that in my teens. I didn't struggle 283 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 3: with that in my twenties. Now it came out of 284 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 3: nowhere never no, never, never ever ever ever never never. 285 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 3: He said that another time too. This was kind of 286 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 3: Peter's thing. You know. He's sitting at the table with 287 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 3: the Lord at the Passover meal, where Jesus was telling them, now, 288 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 3: this is my body broken for you, and he's talking 289 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 3: symbolically about what he's going to do practically in twenty 290 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 3: four hours, and they can't comprehend it. And he's telling them, 291 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 3: not only am I going to die and bleed like 292 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 3: this for you, but actually all of you are going 293 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 3: to be unable to take it, and your faith will 294 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 3: fail and you will all walk away, You will all 295 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 3: fall away. One of you is going to betray me. 296 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 3: Not saying any names is Judas. But the rest of you, 297 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 3: don't get too judgmental, because none of you are going 298 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 3: to be there at the cross when it happens. You 299 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 3: were there when I was feeding bread. But when the 300 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 3: bread is broken, you will all fall away, all of you. 301 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 3: And what did Peter say about that? 302 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 1: You might? You might, you might be you might be surprised? 303 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 3: Peter insisted emphatically, even if I have to die with you, 304 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 3: I will. 305 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: Never not me. 306 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 3: When I first started preaching, I asked the pastor. This 307 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 3: was like very early on. I was just studying the Bible, 308 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 3: and I was trying to understand the miracles, and some 309 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 3: of the stuff in there is hard to accept at 310 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 3: face value. 311 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: Y'all never read it before. 312 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 3: It's some really crazy stuff in here, like dead people 313 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 3: getting up out of the ground, and my faith wanted 314 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 3: to believe it, but my mind was contradicting it. So 315 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,919 Speaker 3: I asked this pastor, do you ever have doubts? He 316 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,719 Speaker 3: said no, never. I said, you never doubt the Bible? 317 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 3: He said no, never. And two years later he was 318 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 3: out of ministry. Because sometimes it's the people who will 319 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 3: not acknowledge their weakness. 320 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:31,920 Speaker 1: That are the most susceptible to it. 321 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 3: Really, God put it on my heart to preach to 322 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 3: the people today, and this may not be you, And 323 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 3: it's okay that are in a situation where you never 324 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 3: thought you would struggle with what you're struggling with. You 325 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:55,479 Speaker 3: watched other people struggle with it, but you never thought 326 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 3: that you would. 327 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:59,919 Speaker 1: What do you do when you find. 328 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:03,640 Speaker 3: Yourself in the situation that you swore you'd never be in, 329 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 3: that you never imagine that you'd be in. What resurrection 330 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 3: does is it challenges my concept of never. It challenges 331 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:21,199 Speaker 3: my expectation of never, because what it shows me is 332 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 3: that although I've never seen somebody get up from the 333 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 3: ground before after being buried, that when God says never, 334 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:35,679 Speaker 3: it's different than when I say never. And so what 335 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 3: God wants to challenge this Easter Sunday is my understanding 336 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:45,640 Speaker 3: of what is possible, my understanding of what could never happen, 337 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,120 Speaker 3: my understanding because there are many of us here who 338 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 3: have given up on our hope, and the word over 339 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 3: your life has been never. You'll never be happy like 340 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 3: they are, You will never be free from this mind. 341 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 3: Wasn't her mom, wasn't her mom, wasn't what makes you 342 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 3: think it's possible for you. You are never going to connect, 343 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 3: You will never love again, You will never heal from this, 344 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 3: You will never recover from that fall. You will never 345 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 3: rebuild your reputation. It will never happen from you. But 346 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 3: Heaven speaks a different never. See, I want to show 347 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:25,919 Speaker 3: you another never. And this never doesn't come from the 348 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 3: mouth of Peter. This never comes from the mouth of God. 349 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 1: And it's from Hebrews thirteen, verse five. 350 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 3: And I need all my Easter people to get ready 351 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,920 Speaker 3: to shout on this, because after you've been through all 352 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 3: that Hell has to throw at you, after you have 353 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 3: survived the worst possible assault on your faith and your 354 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 3: mind and your sanity, after people have left you, after 355 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 3: circumstances have drained you of your human energy, there remains 356 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 3: a promise in the word of God. And this is 357 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 3: not Peter's prediction. This is God's promise. He said, never 358 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:05,439 Speaker 3: will I leave you, and never will I forsake you. 359 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 1: The Greek word is oome. They might, but I won't. 360 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 3: Never no, never, When will I withdraw my love from you? 361 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 1: Never? 362 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 3: No, never, When will I change my mind about you? 363 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 3: Never no, never? 364 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 1: When will I walk away? And give up on the 365 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: plans I make for your life. Never, no, never sun. 366 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:36,440 Speaker 5: If you gotta God, who says never means When God 367 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 5: says lever, he means lever. There's nothing you can. 368 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 1: Do upon a devil. 369 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:43,359 Speaker 3: I gotta living. 370 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:56,680 Speaker 1: Home never never. 371 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,199 Speaker 3: People may change their mind about my potential, but he 372 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 3: never will. And this is a different level of hope. 373 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 3: This is not the kind of hope you know, that 374 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 3: plastic hope, that plastic purple hope, like these little plastic 375 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 3: these little plastic purple Easter eggs that you see, these 376 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 3: bright and pretty, but they're plastic, and they're hollow. My 377 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 3: hope is built on nothing less. Y'all don't know any hymns. 378 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 3: Your mom didn take you to church. My hope is 379 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:41,639 Speaker 3: built on nothing less. So my hope I might as 380 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 3: well show them give me the basket. My hope is 381 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 3: not hollow. My hope is not empty. My hope is 382 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:55,120 Speaker 3: not plastic. My hope is not circumstantial. Romans, Chapter five, 383 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 3: verse three says that I hope in the glory of God. 384 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 3: That's different than hoping in the raises of men. 385 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: That's different in. 386 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 3: Hoping in the kindness of life or the peaceability of circumstances. 387 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: My hope. 388 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:12,640 Speaker 3: Watch this is hard boiled. My hope has been through 389 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:16,640 Speaker 3: the fire. My hope has been through hell. My hope 390 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 3: has been disappointed and still found a weight. A bounce 391 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 3: that and watch this, even if it cracks on the surface, 392 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 3: it's still good on the inside. 393 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 1: I kind of living home his Easter. He's risen. 394 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 3: So he showed me on the cross how to deal 395 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 3: with the penalty of my sin. 396 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: But that's not all he showed me. He showed me how. 397 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:56,360 Speaker 3: To deal with my pain, to let me know that 398 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 3: the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to 399 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 3: be compared with the glory that will be revealed great 400 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 3: potential in your pain. He didn't change his mind about Peter. 401 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:27,160 Speaker 3: When he says never, he means never. When he says always, 402 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 3: he means always. Because it said that while we were 403 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 3: still sinners, Christ died for us, not on the basis 404 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 3: of my performance, but on the basis of his purpose. Now, 405 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 3: if he died for me while I was still a sinner, 406 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 3: it means that he's still a savior. 407 00:23:58,760 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 1: Even if I continued. 408 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 3: And nothing can pluck you from his hand, and nothing 409 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 3: can erase your names touched on his heart This is 410 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 3: not superstition or sentimentality. By the spirit of God, I 411 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 3: declare over your life today. God has not changed his 412 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 3: mind about you, and your pain cannot negate it, and 413 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 3: your mistakes cannot negate it. I want you to stand 414 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:38,119 Speaker 3: because I want to pray for people today who have 415 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 3: been called out by God for great purpose and great potential. 416 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:48,439 Speaker 3: And at the Cross we find a demonstration of God's 417 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 3: estimation of your worth. It would be my privilege today 418 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:59,120 Speaker 3: wherever you find yourself in life, and whatever your particular 419 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 3: brand of pain may be today, whether it's a relational betrayal, 420 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 3: Jesus experienced that, whether it is a temptation. Jesus was 421 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 3: tempted in all ways as we are tempted, but he 422 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 3: was without sin. Whatever the pain that you can name today, 423 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 3: I know a name that is greater than your pain. 424 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:24,440 Speaker 1: And I know a name that it is greater than 425 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: your shame. 426 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 3: And while we were still sinners, he saw what he 427 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 3: put in you. He still sees you according to the 428 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 3: original blueprint. No matter how much life has tried to 429 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:46,360 Speaker 3: lay it with cynicism and doubt, in addictions and fears 430 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 3: and disappointments and rejection, Jesus had to go to Jerusalem. 431 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 3: Peter didn't like it, the disciples couldn't stand it. Even 432 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 3: he prayed, if there's any other way, let this cup pass. 433 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 3: But it was the purpose that he came for. I 434 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 3: believe God is working a great purpose in your life 435 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 3: in this season. It is what you do with the 436 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 3: pain that determines what it becomes. Many people died on 437 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 3: crosses at the time when Jesus was crucified. 438 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 1: There was nothing different about his cross. 439 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 3: It was what he did with his cross that he 440 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 3: endured it for the joy set before him, scorning the 441 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 3: shame and sat down at the right hand of the Father. 442 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,199 Speaker 3: I asked that no one move in this moment. This 443 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 3: is a holy, sacred moment. I want to give an 444 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 3: invitation for people who have been brought here today, not 445 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 3: by the invitation of a family member or a friend, 446 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 3: but by the spirit of God. 447 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 1: And He drew you here because He. 448 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 3: Wanted you to know that there is potential in you 449 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,160 Speaker 3: that will only become real as you trust in Him 450 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 3: and surrender to His way. And this is your moment 451 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 3: to do it. So with your head's bowed and your 452 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,680 Speaker 3: eyes eyes closed, at this church, we pray a prayer 453 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 3: for the sake of those who are far from God 454 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 3: and who are coming into a relationship with Him, and 455 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 3: we pray it out loud as a church family. Now 456 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 3: all over the world. I believe God is drawing people 457 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 3: at every location. I believe God is drawing people. And 458 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 3: if your heart is beating today and you know that 459 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 3: this is God calling your name, I want. 460 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 1: To lead you in a prayer. 461 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 3: I want you to repeat it after me as an 462 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 3: expression of your faith. The Bible says that if you 463 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,919 Speaker 3: will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and 464 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 3: believe in your heart God raised him from the dead, 465 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 3: you will be saved not by works, but through faith 466 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:46,399 Speaker 3: by grace. And in this moment, I believe Jesus is 467 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 3: calling heads bowed, eyes closed, and pray together as a 468 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:54,400 Speaker 3: church family, Heavenly Father. I am a sinner in need 469 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 3: of a savior, and I believe that Jesus Christ is 470 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 3: the Son of God and the savior of the world. 471 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 3: And today I make Jesus the Lord of my life. 472 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 3: I believe you died that I could be forgiven and 473 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 3: rose again to give me life. This is my new beginning. 474 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 3: I am a child of God. I am a new creation. 475 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:26,680 Speaker 3: And on the count of three, if you just prayed 476 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:28,679 Speaker 3: that prayer, I want you to shoot your hand boldly 477 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 3: in the air on three, one, two three at every location. 478 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 1: Let's celebrate that awesome decision. Come on, we can do 479 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: better than that. Y'all. 480 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 3: Welcome them into the family of God. 481 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: Let's welcome these souls. 482 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 3: Let's celebrate a fresh start. Let's celebrate a new beginning. 483 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 3: Come on, tien, we celebrate resurrection, resurrection power. 484 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: Open your mouth and let him hear you. Thank you 485 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 1: for joining us. 486 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 2: Special thanks to those of you who give generously to 487 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 2: this ministry. 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