1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: Let us pray. Jesus said, unto her, I am the 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 1: resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me. Though 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: he were dead, yet shall he live? John eleven twenty five. Jesus, 4 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 1: I believe in your resurrection. I believe you were dead 5 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 1: and buried, but rose again on the third day. You 6 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 1: are alive and seated at the right hand of the Father. 7 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: I believe that when I accepted you into my heart, 8 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: you gave me eternal life. I will live beyond the 9 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: grave with you forever. Jesus, you are my life, my hope, 10 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: and my eternal joy. I believe your word is the 11 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,520 Speaker 1: way you want me to live. As I humble myself 12 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,480 Speaker 1: in obedience to your will, I will let you know 13 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,959 Speaker 1: how much I love you. Those who don't love you 14 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: follow their own ways, strengthen me to follow you all 15 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: the days of my life. 16 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 2: Amen. 17 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to today's daily prayer. For more 18 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: inspiration and an incredible message from our feature pastor, stay 19 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: tuned to pray dot COM's Sunday service. 20 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 3: Hello pray dot com family, Happy Resurrection Sunday. This is 21 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 3: Ken Foreman, the lead pastor at the Cathedral Faith Church 22 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,960 Speaker 3: in San Jose, California. And it is such an honor 23 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 3: and joy to join you in celebrating this great day. 24 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 3: The Bible says, Praise be to the God and Father 25 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 3: of our Lord, Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy 26 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 3: has given us a new birth into a living hope. 27 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 3: Through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, we 28 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 3: have a living hope in a living person, and his 29 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 3: name is Jesus. He has risen and hope is rising. 30 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 3: So if you've had a setback, get ready for a comeback. 31 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 3: Now we live with great expectation. His comeback is our comeback. 32 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 2: Let's celebrate together. 33 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 4: Everyone. The toomb is open. He's alive. That's not possible, Mary, 34 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 4: Maybe it was someone else. 35 00:02:58,800 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 5: Anything got mad? 36 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 4: H Peter, see the doom for yourself. Now do you 37 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 4: believe me? But he's gone gone. 38 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 2: Now he's back. Amen. 39 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 3: Yes, that's what we celebrate today. 40 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 2: He's back. Say that way me. He's back. 41 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 3: And because he's back, his comeback is my comeback. It's 42 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 3: great to see everybody well, Cathedral of Faith. God is 43 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 3: good and all the time, Jesus is alive. The tomb 44 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 3: is empty, and his comeback means my comeback. 45 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 2: In fact, on your way in. 46 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 3: You receive this little towel, and it's a piece of 47 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 3: cloth that reminds us that his comeback is my comeback. 48 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 3: And if at some point during the sermon you get 49 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 3: inspired and you want to wave that towel. Football has 50 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 3: its terrible towels, and Cathedral has its comeback claws. Amen, 51 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 3: for the next few moments, I want to talk to 52 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 3: you about a comeback. If you had a set up, 53 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 3: set back is in this place and wants to give 54 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 3: you a comeback. Think for a moment about one of 55 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 3: the greatest comebacks you've ever seen in your lifetime. 56 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:10,039 Speaker 2: It might be in. 57 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 3: Music, it might be in sports, it might be in politics, 58 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 3: it might be in business. One of the greatest comebacks 59 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 3: I've ever seen in my lifetime was in a boxer 60 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:29,919 Speaker 3: by the name of George Foreman. Now, this Foreman is 61 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 3: a lover, not a fighter, but that Foreman was a fighter, 62 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 3: a very good fighter. He became the heavyweight champion of 63 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 3: the world. And there's a new film coming out in just. 64 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 2: A few weeks. 65 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,359 Speaker 3: Our teams, some of our team had a chance to 66 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 3: do an early screening of the film and they said 67 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 3: it's very inspirational. 68 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 2: And as you follow his life. 69 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 3: You started boxing when he was young, and then he 70 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,359 Speaker 3: won the gold medal in the Olympics, and then he 71 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 3: turned pro at twenty four, and then he became the 72 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 3: heavyweight champion of the world. 73 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 2: And his career was up. 74 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 3: Into the right all the way till he met Muhammad Ali, 75 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 3: and in a fight that they called the Rumble in 76 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 3: the Jungle, Ali knocked him down, knocked him out, and 77 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 3: he never could get another title shot. So we ended 78 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 3: up paying up his gloves retiring from boxing. 79 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 2: But ten years later he decided to make a comeback. 80 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 3: The reason he said he was going to make a 81 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 3: comeback was to prove that turning forty is not a 82 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 3: death sentence, and all those over forty said amen to that, right. 83 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,359 Speaker 3: So he starts training, working up the ranks, and eventually 84 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 3: it gets his title shot. 85 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 2: He's forty five years old. In boxing. You might have 86 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 2: we'll be one hundred and five. 87 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 3: He's forty five, His opponent is twenty six. Nobody gave 88 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 3: him a shot, but he stuns everyone by knocking out 89 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 3: his opponent. He becomes the oldest heavyweight champion in history. 90 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 3: We have a picture of his victory right up here. 91 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 3: Every wrong foreman everybody's got to have a dream. 92 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 2: Amen. But think about that. 93 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 3: Twenty years after he lost the title, he regains the title, 94 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 3: and he wore the same red trunks, the same trunks 95 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 3: he was wearing when he lost. 96 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 2: He wears them again when he wins. 97 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 3: Now those trunks had a new memory attached to them. 98 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 3: Think about your life, where could you use a comeback? 99 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 3: It seems to me the great comeback in human history 100 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 3: was what happened two thousand years ago when Jesus Christ 101 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 3: came back from the dead. Up until that point, Death 102 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 3: was undefeated. Every time it had a match, it knocked 103 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 3: the other person down and it knocked them out. It 104 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 3: was undefeated, and it looked like the same thing was 105 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 3: gonna happen again. 106 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 2: It knocked Jesus down and. 107 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 3: You could hear the count day one, day two. 108 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:38,959 Speaker 2: But on day. 109 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 3: Three, Jesus gets up off the mat, steps out of 110 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 3: the grave, and Death is not undefeated anymore. 111 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 2: Amen. 112 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 3: Jesus comes back, and we read this in Hebrews chapter two, 113 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 3: that through his death he the power of the devil. 114 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 3: Would you say that with me he destroyed the power 115 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,199 Speaker 3: of the devil, who has the power of death. 116 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 2: Jesus did this to make us free. 117 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 3: From the fear of death. We no longer need to 118 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 3: be chained to this fear. And in one Corinthians fifteen 119 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,679 Speaker 3: we read it a moment ago It says, oh. 120 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 2: Death, where is your victory? Oh death, where is your sting? 121 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:32,079 Speaker 3: But thank God he gives us a victory over sin 122 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 3: and death through our Lord Jesus Christ, hallelujah. And because 123 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 3: Jesus was the greatest comeback champion, he can help me 124 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 3: to have it come back to Where have you had 125 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 3: a set back? I mean when people looked at Jesus, 126 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 3: they thought he was finished. Do you remember his last 127 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 3: words on the cross? And John nineteen we read when 128 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 3: he had received the drink, Jesus said, it is finished. 129 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 3: With that he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. 130 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 2: It is finished. Would you say that with me? 131 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 3: It is finished? Everyone that heard that thought that meant 132 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 3: that Jesus was finished. His enemies thought that he was finished. 133 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:34,559 Speaker 3: The religious leaders they never did like Jesus. They didn't 134 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,839 Speaker 3: like his mission, they didn't like his message, and they 135 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 3: were so mad. 136 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 2: At Jesus, so threatened by Jesus said. 137 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 3: They pushed to have Jesus killed on a cross. Think 138 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 3: about it, the best government of that day and the 139 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 3: best religion of that day. They team up to put 140 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 3: the most innocent person who has ever lived, this sinless savior, 141 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 3: son of the living God. They put him to death, 142 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 3: and when they did, they thought they would never hear 143 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 3: from him again. And then on account of. 144 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 6: Three, Jesus stood up, walks out of the grave, and 145 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 6: they found out that he was not finished after all. 146 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 3: As a matter of fact, he was just getting started. 147 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 3: Even his friends, even his friends, they thought he was finished. 148 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 2: They really did. 149 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 3: At one point they thought he was a savior that 150 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 3: the world had been waiting for. But then he died 151 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 3: that humilitating death on the cross, and now they thought, 152 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 3: he's just one more would be savior. If you study history, 153 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 3: there were lots of in the first century, lots of 154 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 3: would be saviors that showed up, and the same thing 155 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 3: would always happen. The leader of the movement would be killed, 156 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 3: the followers would scatter, and you would never hear from 157 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 3: them again. 158 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 2: They were down for the count, and. 159 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 3: When Jesus was killed, the disciples thought he's another would 160 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 3: be savior. But on ac count of three, Jesus gets 161 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 3: up off the mat, walks out of the grave and 162 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 3: they found out that Jesus was not finished after all. 163 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 3: As a matter of fact, he was just getting started. 164 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 3: And more than three billion people around the planet today 165 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 3: are celebrating. 166 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,719 Speaker 2: The resurrection of Jesus Christ with us. Can we give 167 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 2: him praise? 168 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 3: Amen Ah, Jesus is alive and well. See, Jesus did 169 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:04,199 Speaker 3: not say I am finished. He said it is finished. 170 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 2: It's not a cry of defeat, it's a cry of victory. 171 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 3: Then, the same way an artist finishes a painting, or 172 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 3: in the same way a manager finishes a project, or 173 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 3: in the same way that a student finishes a paper, 174 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 3: or in the same way that a dog. You can 175 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 3: see this dog just finished his taxes. When you complete 176 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 3: the task after all the blood, sweat and tears, and 177 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 3: you say it is finished, this is what Jesus was saying. 178 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 3: My mission is finished, My assignment is finished. 179 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 2: I came and I. 180 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 3: Lived the perfect life that you could not live, and 181 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:47,319 Speaker 3: then I died the death. 182 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 2: That you deserve to die. It is finished. 183 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 3: He has completed his mission. And when you put your 184 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 3: faith and trust in him. Let me tell you, someone 185 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,559 Speaker 3: needs to know that when you put your faith in 186 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 3: trust in him, your life is not finished. 187 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 2: You are just getting started. 188 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 3: You really are, even if you've had an epic fail. 189 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 2: You know those little things called gifts. 190 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 3: I saw these gifts that had the title of epic fail. 191 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 2: See what you think. 192 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 3: Here's a golfer who has an epic fail. I feel 193 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 3: his pain. Here's a soccer player, and then there's a guy. 194 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 3: He's working out on a treadmill. But it's all coming apart. 195 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 3: Don't you hate when that happens. Let's go a bit 196 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 3: more personal. Can I ask you a question. If you're 197 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 3: having a cup of coffee and you told me about 198 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 3: an epic fail in your life, what would you say. 199 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 2: Do you think you can come back from that? 200 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 3: There was a young lady who had experienced failure in 201 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 3: her marriage. Whenever you get married, you walk down the aisle. 202 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 3: No one wants the marriage to end up in divorce. 203 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 3: No one plans on it ending up in divorce. But 204 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 3: people are broken. Life can get messy, and that's where 205 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 3: she found herself. 206 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 2: And she needed to come back. This is what she writes. 207 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 3: I am thirty one years old and divorced. Though I 208 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 3: fought the divorce bitterly, I still feel bad. I have 209 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 3: no hope for the future. I go home and cry, 210 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 3: but no one is there to hold me when I cry. 211 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 3: I'm stressed out emotionally, I feel so hurt and bitter. 212 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 3: I feel I will have to sit out the rest 213 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 3: of my life, the rest of my life in the 214 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 3: penalty box. 215 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 2: Have you had some kind. 216 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 3: Of set back, some kind of epic fail. You need 217 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 3: to come back in your relationships. You need to come 218 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 3: back in your spirit. You need to come back from 219 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:25,359 Speaker 3: that relapse. You need to come back from that bankruptcy. 220 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 3: Jesus lead disciple, he knew what it was to have 221 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 3: an epic fail. 222 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 2: You want to see an epic fail. 223 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 3: The night before Jesus goes to the cross, his lead 224 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 3: disciple Peter, he says this to Jesus. 225 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 2: He says, even. 226 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 3: If everyone else deserts you, I will never I will 227 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 3: never say that with me. 228 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 2: I will never desert you. 229 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 3: Even if I have to die with you, I will 230 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 3: never say that with me. 231 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 2: I will never deny you. 232 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 3: He makes a promise, and in just a few hours, 233 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 3: not a few weeks, not a few days, a few 234 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 3: hours later. 235 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 2: He denies three times that he. 236 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 3: Even knows the best friend that he has ever had. 237 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 2: That's what you call an epic fail. 238 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 3: And those aren't the kinds of things you read about 239 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 3: on Facebook. People post their successes on Facebook, but failure 240 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 3: is what we can all identify with. I don't know 241 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,119 Speaker 3: a lot about you. I may not know where you 242 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 3: were born. I may not know how old you are, 243 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 3: I may not know where you work. But I know 244 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 3: one thing about you. I know that at some point 245 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 3: in your life, to one level, you have experienced failure, 246 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 3: because it is the human condition that we. 247 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 2: All have in common. 248 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:02,880 Speaker 3: But thanks be to God, because of Jesus Christ. Here 249 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 3: at cathedral, we have a saying, and the saying goes 250 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 3: like this, Mistakes are not fatal, Failure is not final, 251 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 3: and delays are not denials. 252 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 2: Would you say that with me? 253 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 3: Mistakes are not fatal, Failure is not final, and delays 254 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 3: are not denials. Failure is not final. And when you 255 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:33,400 Speaker 3: bring that failure to Jesus. No one likes to fail, 256 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 3: No one wants to fail. It's painful to fail. But 257 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 3: when you bring that failure to Jesus, you can learn 258 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:42,920 Speaker 3: from it, You can grow from it, and it can 259 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 3: be a stepping stone to your future success and your 260 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 3: comepack can be greater than ever. See Jesus, he came 261 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 3: back and because he came back. I can have my 262 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 3: If I've had a setup, I can have a comeback. 263 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:06,159 Speaker 2: I'm on my way. Say that with me. 264 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 3: I'm on my way. And that's what happens to this disciple, Peter. 265 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 3: He's given another chance. He makes a comeback. We read 266 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 3: about this comeback a few days after the resurrection in 267 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:30,119 Speaker 3: John chapter twenty one that Jesus says to Peter. He says, 268 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 3: Simon's son of John. 269 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 2: Do you love me. 270 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 3: Peter was hurt that Jesus asked a question a third time. 271 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,239 Speaker 3: He said, Lord, you know everything. You know that I 272 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 3: love you. 273 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:46,919 Speaker 2: Jesus said, then feed my sheep. Feed my sheep. 274 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:53,680 Speaker 3: How many times did Peter deny Jesus three times? 275 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 2: And three times. 276 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:59,919 Speaker 3: Jesus asked, Peter, do you love me? And three times 277 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 3: Peter answered, you know that I love you? And three 278 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 3: times Jesus restores Peter's mission, then feed my sheep. In 279 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 3: other words, Peter, your best days are not behind you. 280 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 3: Your best days are still ahead of you. Jesus is 281 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 3: in the house, and that makes all the difference. 282 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 2: It does. And the sound of that to Peter. 283 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 3: It was sealed with all things, of all things with 284 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 3: a scent listen to where this took place. It took 285 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 3: place around breakfast, and we learned this about breakfast. It 286 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 3: says when they got there, they found breakfast waiting for them. 287 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 3: Jesus was cooking fish, cooking over a charcoal fire, underline, charcoal. 288 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 2: Fire, circle, chark hole fire. Follow me on this. 289 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,360 Speaker 3: Did you know that your greatest sense that you have 290 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 3: is your sense of smell, That your nose can distinguish 291 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 3: between ten thousand different sense The smell can influence people's moods, 292 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 3: smell can influence. 293 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:22,920 Speaker 2: Your work performance. 294 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 3: And your sense of smell is connected to this part 295 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 3: of your brain where your memories are formed. 296 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 2: So when you smell something. 297 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 3: It can create a powerful memory for you and it's 298 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 3: attached to a person or an event, for example, when 299 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 3: you were young. Or if you smell bread, anybody like 300 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:49,120 Speaker 3: the smell of bread? Yeah, anybody gonna have some bread 301 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 3: later on the day. Yeah, hurry up and finish the sermon? 302 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 3: Can so I can go have some bread today? 303 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 2: Yeah? 304 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 3: So this sense when you smell bread, it might take 305 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 3: you back to your mom when she was cooking bread 306 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 3: in the kitchen, or it may take you back to 307 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 3: a romantic dinner that you had. 308 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 2: With your wife, or it may take you back to 309 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 2: that one time. 310 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:12,399 Speaker 3: It was just once, that one time you broke your diet. 311 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 3: But your smell takes you back to a memory. And 312 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 3: what about the smell of a charcoal fire? Where did 313 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 3: that take Peter back to? There's only one other place 314 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 3: that you find this in the Bible, and that is 315 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:34,680 Speaker 3: when Peter denied Jesus. 316 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 2: He denied him around a charcoal fire. 317 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:43,880 Speaker 3: It was the scent of failure, the scent of setback. 318 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 3: And now Jesus creates this charcoal fire because he wants 319 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:53,720 Speaker 3: to attach that smell to a new memory, a better memory. 320 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 3: Now it's the scent of restoration. Now it's the scent 321 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 3: of his comeback. Now it's the scent of Peter. Your 322 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 3: best days are not behind you. Your best days are 323 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 3: still ahead of you. And what if today, what if 324 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 3: this service? What if you're not here by accident or 325 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 3: you're here by chance. But the sights and the sounds 326 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 3: and even the scent of that charcoal fire, it's a 327 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 3: big setup for. 328 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 2: You to come back. 329 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 3: You may have had a setup, but God has set. 330 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 2: This up for your comeback. 331 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 3: As your best days are not behind you, your best 332 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 3: days are still ahead of you. 333 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 2: Hallelujah. Own it today. 334 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 3: The scent of grace is in the air, the scent 335 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:49,440 Speaker 3: of mercy is in the air. 336 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:54,439 Speaker 2: Oh friend, I love the smell of a charcoal fire 337 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 2: in the morning. It smells like victory. 338 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 3: God is not finished with you yet. I'm on my 339 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 3: way to my comeback. I'm on my way. 340 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 2: Say that with me. I'm on my way. 341 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 3: When you bring your failure to Jesus, it's a little 342 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 3: bit like this basketball. It's playoff time in the Bay Area. 343 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 3: Can anybody say, Warriors, Oh, come on, we can do 344 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:32,439 Speaker 3: better than that. Everybody whoas I thought you were in 345 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 3: the house. Have you noticed with the basketball that when 346 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 3: you bounce it, the harder it falls, the higher it bounces. 347 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 3: Have you noticed that the harder it falls, the higher 348 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 3: it bounces. And because Jesus came back from the dead, 349 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 3: and because we're connected to Jesus, I want this to 350 00:24:57,760 --> 00:24:59,959 Speaker 3: get in your spirit. If I fall down one time, 351 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 3: I'm bouncing back. If I fall down two times, I'm 352 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 3: bouncing back. If I fall down three times, I'm bouncing back. 353 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 3: If I fall down four times four times. If I 354 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 3: fall down four times, I'm bouncing back. If I fall 355 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 3: down five times, I'm bouncing back. If I fall down 356 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 3: six times, I'm bouncing back. 357 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 2: If I fall down. 358 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 3: Seven seven times, seven times are down for the count. 359 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:28,479 Speaker 2: No I'm not. 360 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 3: If I fall down seven times, I'm bouncing back. The 361 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 3: Bible says, for though the rightss fall seven times, they 362 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 3: rise again, Halleluja. 363 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 2: And the harder I fall, the higher. 364 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,640 Speaker 3: I'm gonna bounce. Let that get in your spirit. I'm 365 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 3: on my way to my comeback. 366 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 2: Say it with me. 367 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 3: I'm on my way to my comeback. I want you 368 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 3: to hear from a friend of mine because you maybe 369 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 3: think and it'll take a miracle. 370 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 2: It really will. 371 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 3: But a friend of mine, Roma Downey, who she was 372 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 3: a star of touch by an angel, but she's also 373 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 3: the head now of MGM Studios in she took time 374 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 3: to sit down and share a message for Cathedral. Share 375 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:23,120 Speaker 3: a little bit about the movie. It's based on a miracle, 376 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 3: real life story. And as you watch this, I want 377 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 3: you to think about your story if you need a 378 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:39,120 Speaker 3: miracle for your comeback, nothing is impossible with God. 379 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 5: And I've just made a new movie that's coming onto 380 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 5: Amazon Prime. 381 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 4: It's called On a Wing and a Prayer. 382 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:53,680 Speaker 5: It stars Dennis Quaid and Heather Graham and this extraordinary 383 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 5: true story of a family who get on board a 384 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 5: small plane coming out of Fort Myers, Florida, flying to 385 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 5: Louisiana after a funeral, and the most extraordinary thing happens. 386 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 4: The pilot, the. 387 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 5: Only pilot on board, dies unexpectedly of a heart attack. 388 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 5: And this family find themselves hurtling through the air in 389 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 5: a plane that no one knows. 390 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 4: How to fly. 391 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,639 Speaker 5: It's like your worst nightmare, really, but they're a family 392 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 5: of faith, and they call out to the Lord, and 393 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 5: through an extraordinary series. 394 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 4: Of coincidences. 395 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 5: And talent and hard work and mobilization, everyone comes together 396 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 5: to help. 397 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 4: And it's extraordinary story of a miracle. Really. It made 398 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 4: me think. 399 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 5: The reason I wanted to tell this story was that 400 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 5: it made me think of all the places in our 401 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 5: own lives where you know, we're not at the yoke 402 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 5: of a plane, and God willing. 403 00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:58,480 Speaker 4: We never will be. 404 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 5: But there may be situations in your life that are challenging. 405 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 5: You know, many of you might be facing health issues 406 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 5: or financial issues, issues of. 407 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 4: Heartache and loss. 408 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 5: And I know I've experienced many of these things myself, 409 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,920 Speaker 5: and you think, how am I going to land this plane. 410 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:27,159 Speaker 5: How am I going to get through this? And I 411 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 5: just encourage you two things. One, if you need help, 412 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 5: make sure you reach out and ask somebody you know, 413 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 5: because if they don't know that you need help, they 414 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:42,719 Speaker 5: don't know that you're struggling, people can't take action on 415 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 5: your behalf. And the second thing is not to forget 416 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 5: to pray about it. I have seen prayer work firsthand 417 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 5: in my own life. 418 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 4: We belong to a loving God. 419 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 5: And when you pray in the mighty name of Jesus, 420 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 5: you know miracles can happen. Extraordinary things do happen, healings 421 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 5: can occur, planes can get lended. 422 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 2: Amen. Well, God, nothing's impossible that come back. 423 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,520 Speaker 3: Get in your spirit today to bow your heads with 424 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 3: me for just a moment. Everybody lock in, whether you're 425 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 3: on site online, I. 426 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 2: Want to ask you a question. 427 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 3: If you say, pastor ken, I'm here on Easter so 428 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 3: I know about Jesus. 429 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 2: I've heard about Jesus. 430 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,960 Speaker 3: I admire Jesus, I like Jesus. I'm a fan, I 431 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 3: really am. But you've never really surrendered your life to Jesus. 432 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 3: Every journey starts with a step, and you've never stepped 433 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 3: across the line. And said, I am moving from being 434 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 3: a fan to being a follower, and that's the decision 435 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:55,520 Speaker 3: you're making today. 436 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 2: I want to agree with you that this is your moment. 437 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 2: This is your moment. All heaven's locked in. 438 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 3: And if that's a decision you're making, would you lift 439 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 3: up your hand real high all over the building. 440 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 2: God bless you, God bless you, God bless you. Up 441 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,240 Speaker 2: in the balcony, God bless you. God sees your hand, 442 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 2: he sees your hearts. 443 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 3: Out in the amphitheater, out in the parking lot, those 444 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 3: who are watching online, Lord Jesus, I thank you for 445 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:24,720 Speaker 3: those who are making decisions today to follow you. 446 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 2: They're putting their trust in you. 447 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:33,240 Speaker 3: They're receiving you as their savior, and they're making you 448 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 3: lord of their life. 449 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 2: They're putting you in charge. They're surrendering your the life 450 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 2: to you. God. 451 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 3: I pray they would know how much they're loved by you. 452 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,320 Speaker 3: And I pray for all of us, all of us today, 453 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 3: that the spirit of comeback would get on the inside 454 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:54,520 Speaker 3: of us. Then we've had a set back. It's just 455 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 3: a setup for our comeback. And because Jesus came back, 456 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,520 Speaker 3: we're on our way back to We believe it. We 457 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:07,719 Speaker 3: declare it in Jesus' name. For Jesus glory. All God's 458 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 3: people said, Amen, Let's give him praise. 459 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 7: Amen, hallelujah, hallelujah. 460 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 2: You will be like God. 461 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 4: Human unity. 462 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 5: God was severed and through it all God's promise remain true. 463 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: Follow me, April, and I will make you great. 464 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,959 Speaker 4: This is the Chosen People. 465 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:51,400 Speaker 5: Listen to the Chosen People at the Chosen people dot com. 466 00:31:51,480 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 5: That's the Chosen People dot com.