1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: Let us pray. The thief cometh not but for to steal, 2 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:09,640 Speaker 1: and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 1: they might have life, and that they might have it 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: more abundantly. John ten ten, Heavenly Father. Satan is a 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 1: thief who is out to destroy every living being because 6 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: he knows that this is the only way he can 7 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: strike at your heart. He knows how much you love humanity, 8 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: so if he can keep them from connecting you, he wins. 9 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 1: You came to expose his plots, plans, and schemes and 10 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: set your people free. You have provided everything we need, 11 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 1: but it is still a choice we have to make. 12 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: You came to offer us power over death and eternal life. 13 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: You came to bless us with hope, peace and love. 14 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: In the midst of turmoil. You showed us your goodness 15 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: through your son Jesus. How can people not see that? 16 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: Use me today to reach them with your truth. Amen. 17 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to today's daily prayer for more 18 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: inspiration and an incredible message from our feature pastor. 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That's my 32 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 2: share dot org out your health share where we care 33 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 2: for one another. 34 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 3: Well, hey everyone, thank you so much for joining us today. 35 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 3: No matter where you're watching us from, if you're watching 36 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 3: us at one of our campuses, or you're joining us online. 37 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 3: Maybe you're watching us and joining us later on in 38 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 3: the week because you worked on Sunday, but however you're 39 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 3: worshiping with us today. 40 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 4: Thank you so much for joining us. 41 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 3: We're so excited today because just this past Friday night, 42 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 3: we had our men's Ministry, Ourbunnet men come and gather 43 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 3: and one of the goals I know amongst our campuses 44 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 3: is we challenge our men that a thousand men come out. 45 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 3: And that was actually a big, big challenge because normally 46 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 3: our men's nights will have about six to seven hundred men, 47 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 3: so to ask for a thousand that is a big ask. 48 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,959 Speaker 3: And so we were praying and diligently saying God amongst 49 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 3: Rancho and Pomona, did you send the men so that 50 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 3: your presence would fall on all of us? And it's 51 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 3: just so incredible because as many of you may have 52 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 3: heard already, but we had one thousand and twenty two 53 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 3: men join us on Friday night, and so it was 54 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 3: powerful and the spirit really fell. 55 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 4: There were a couple of standout moments. 56 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 3: One of the standout moments was during worship, we were 57 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 3: singing a song called Hallelujah, and you could hear the 58 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 3: baritone and the chance of the men. I don't know 59 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 3: that there was a single man not singing out loud, 60 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 3: which is pretty rare for a men's night. Usually there's 61 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 3: like a third singing and the rest are just kind 62 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 3: of like this, trying to figure out why their wife 63 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 3: sent them there. 64 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 4: You know. 65 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 3: So Friday night, though, is not that case every man 66 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 3: was singing. I mean, it was literally a beautiful moment, 67 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 3: so much so that we kept it going and God's 68 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 3: presence really fell. And the second downout moment was we 69 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 3: had Commander May share and then he really talked about 70 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 3: resilience and leadership, really talked about the importance of community 71 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 3: and having a purpose. And then by the end of 72 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 3: that I came up and we shared the gospel with 73 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 3: all the men that were there. And when we asked 74 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 3: the men to raise their hands who gave their life 75 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 3: to Christ, the hands were so much so that we 76 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 3: couldn't even count them on the spot. And so from 77 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 3: what we could tell, there had to be close to 78 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 3: one hundred men that raised their hand and gave their 79 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 3: life to Christ. So continue to pray amongst our campuses 80 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 3: that there is a men, that there is a move 81 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 3: amongst our men, and there's also a move amongst our women. 82 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 3: But many of us know that we need men's leadership 83 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 3: in our homes. We need men to really stand up 84 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:32,359 Speaker 3: and take us stand for the things of God, and 85 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 3: take us stand within their place and the home in 86 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 3: the community. And really we need men that are called 87 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 3: by God to move in our communities, to move amongst 88 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 3: our homes, and this was a fruit of it on 89 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 3: Friday night, that God is truly at work in our 90 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 3: church and men are truly stepping up to the matt 91 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 3: and so thank you men for joining us and being 92 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 3: there with us. We're praying that it continues on and 93 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 3: we can't wait to tell you what we're doing next 94 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 3: with the men, because like we said on Friday night, 95 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 3: and we have a saying here in our church is 96 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 3: we don't do life in rows. We do them in circles. 97 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 3: And so our next thing we're gonna be doing with 98 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 3: our men is in circles. And I know our women's 99 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 3: brunches coming up which had sold out already, but they're 100 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 3: also doing their event in circles as well, because we're 101 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,359 Speaker 3: a church that truly believes in community, which kind of 102 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 3: lands to what we're gonna talk about a little bit today. 103 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 3: If you joined us last week, Pastor Diego talked about 104 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 3: which mindset. He just gave us a question, a challenge, 105 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 3: which mindset would you have? And he talked about an 106 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 3: abundant mindset, and he talked about a scarcity mindset. 107 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 4: Well. As of coming in this weekend, I. 108 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 3: Want to share a part two to that, and I 109 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 3: merely want to drill into not the scarcity mindset, but 110 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 3: truly the abundant mindset. And what I want to talk 111 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 3: about this weekend with you guys is not only the 112 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 3: abundant mindset, but here are churches called Abundant Living Family Church. 113 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 4: I think we should talk about that. 114 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 3: We have a lot of people at all of our 115 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 3: campuses that are pretty new, whether in Pomona or Rancho. 116 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 3: I meet people every single week who say, this my 117 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 3: second time at the church. 118 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 4: We only been here three months. 119 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 3: I think it's important for you guys to understand where 120 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 3: the name of our church comes from and why do 121 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 3: we hold to this value. You know, there's something that matters, 122 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 3: and there's meaning to a name, whether you start a 123 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 3: business one day, or whether you're naming your dog or 124 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 3: you're naming your children. We always tend to take a 125 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 3: lot of time to think what is behind our name. 126 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 3: And so what I know in our church, we could 127 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 3: name our church a million things. There's a church called 128 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:32,119 Speaker 3: Grace Church, There's first Baptist Church. There's all these names 129 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 3: of churches. And Pastor Diego almost thirty years ago, and 130 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 3: I had often asked them, you know, why'd you say 131 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 3: a Bunnet living family church? And I guess back in 132 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 3: the nineties it was a hip thing to make your 133 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 3: church name as long as possible, which is why today 134 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 3: we just say ALFC because nobody can remember that long name, 135 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 3: so we usually say ALFC. But I asked them where 136 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 3: I was four when you came up with this, where's 137 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 3: a Bunnet living family church come from? He said, Well, honestly, 138 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 3: when we were starting the church, I truly believed, John 139 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 3: ten ten that Jesus gives us life, and he gives 140 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 3: us life abundantly, not necessarily about you living your best life. 141 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 3: Those are things that and there's things that exist, and 142 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 3: there are blessings that come in the Kingdom of God. 143 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 4: But there's a difference between living. 144 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 3: A blessed life and a financially rich life to living 145 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 3: an abundant life, because you could be in poverty and 146 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 3: still have an abundant life. You could be in a 147 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 3: storm and still have an abundant life. You could be 148 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 3: in a circumstance and still have an abundant life. And 149 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 3: that's what we want to talk about today is the 150 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 3: heart of Christ, why and how he believes that you 151 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 3: should live in an abundant life, and why Jesus believes that 152 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 3: through his work on the Cross, through his work in 153 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 3: the resurrection, you and I have access to an abundant 154 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 3: life because it is something that is promised for every 155 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 3: single believer, this abundant life. 156 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 4: So let's talk about it today. 157 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 3: So would you join me as we read our scripture 158 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 3: of the day today starting in John chapter and all 159 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 3: of those that are with me, all campuses, would you 160 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 3: join me in standing for the reading of God's word. 161 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 4: I'm so excited to read this passage with you today. 162 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 3: We're gonna read John chapter ten, starting in verse seven 163 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 3: today seven to eighteen. 164 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 4: I'll read, and then we'll pray. 165 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 3: It says this, So Jesus again said to them, truly, truly, 166 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 3: I say to you, I am the door of the sheep, 167 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 3: and all who came before me are thieves and roberbs. 168 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 3: But the sheep did not listen to them. I am 169 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 3: the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be 170 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 3: saved and will go in and out and find pasture. 171 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:41,439 Speaker 3: The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy. I 172 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 3: came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 173 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 3: I am the good shepherd, the good shepherd lays down 174 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 3: his life for the sheep. He who is a hired 175 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 3: hen and not a shepherd, does not own the sheep. 176 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 3: He sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, 177 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 3: and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees 178 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 3: because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for 179 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 3: the sheep. This last verse, I am the good shepherd. 180 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 3: I know my own, and my own know me. Let's 181 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:15,680 Speaker 3: pray today, God, we thank you so much for your word. Lord, 182 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 3: I pray as it goes forth. Father, God, may you continually, 183 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 3: continually radically change our mind. Lord, may we have a 184 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 3: mind shift to know that Jesus Christ is truly, truly 185 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,199 Speaker 3: the good shepherd of our life. Lord. And as long 186 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 3: as we are under the covering and the care of 187 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 3: the shepherd and the shepherd's hand, there is no reason 188 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 3: to fear the love of God. And so God, I 189 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 3: may pray that we may lean into your word today 190 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 3: in Jesus' name. 191 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 4: Amen and Amen. Let's talk about that. 192 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 3: Let's talk about some statements Jesus makes in what we 193 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 3: just read today. Our church, our verse that we hold 194 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 3: to which is where we get our name, abundant, living family, church. 195 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 3: Family is the part that we believe that our ministry 196 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 3: should be for the whole family. We don't just do 197 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 3: good ministry just for adults. We don't do just good 198 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 3: ministry for teenagers, we don't do just good ministry for kids. 199 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 3: We believe that our ministry is for the whole family 200 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 3: to be ministered too. So that's that family component, which 201 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 3: is pretty simple. But now we talk about the abundant 202 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 3: living part that alfc that al part. You know, Jesus 203 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,319 Speaker 3: gives us the phrase in what he's talking about where 204 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 3: Jesus tells the people of Israel that he is the 205 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 3: good shepherd. You know, there were shepherds that existed all 206 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 3: the time, and there was a shepherd that would lay 207 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 3: his life down for a sheep. In other words, there 208 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 3: would be shepherds that it was their sheep. They basically 209 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 3: raised them. When those sheep were born, those shepherds cared 210 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 3: and nurtured for those sheep. Those shepherds looked after those sheep. 211 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 3: Those shepherds fell fed them the warm milk from the 212 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 3: mother when they were just tiny little babies, and they 213 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,679 Speaker 3: raised them in their backyard in their farmstead. And then 214 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,839 Speaker 3: there were other shepherds that did it as career, you 215 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 3: would hire them and so it would be your estate. 216 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 3: These would be your sheep, and you'd say, hey, how 217 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 3: about I pay you ten dollars a day, or how 218 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 3: about I pay you some land, and you can take 219 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 3: care of my sheep well, because they were hired. If 220 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 3: a wolf would come, if a bear would come, if 221 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:20,079 Speaker 3: robbers would come, then immediately those shepherds they would scatter 222 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 3: because they truly did not care for the sheep. They 223 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 3: cared about the career of what it got paid for 224 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 3: the sheep. So now Jesus steps in and he says, 225 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 3: I am the good shepherd, and I'm the one who 226 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 3: looks after my sheep. 227 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 4: And when the thief comes to steal, kill and destroy. 228 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 3: Here's the thief that Jesus is talking about, by proxy. 229 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,839 Speaker 3: It is the enemy, and the enemy will do Satan 230 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 3: will do whatever it takes to steal, kill and destroy. 231 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 3: But what Jesus is also talking about this moment is 232 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 3: he's talking about false teachers that will come and twist 233 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 3: the mindset of the people and lead them astray. And 234 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 3: so Jesus says, the thief will come and steal, kill, 235 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 3: and destroy. 236 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 4: These are other thinkings. 237 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 3: These are other teachings that are not God's word, that 238 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 3: is not God's teaching. And you and I can look 239 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 3: around today and we can see those teaching exist. Some 240 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,439 Speaker 3: are in the church and some are outside the church. 241 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 3: They're the things that will lead you astray. They're the 242 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 3: things that will disconnect you from God. They're the things 243 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 3: that will make you focus outside of who Jesus is 244 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 3: and what his provision looks like. And so Jesus says, 245 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 3: it is the ultimate goal of Satan to steal, kill, 246 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 3: and destroy. It's a three proxy attack that the Satan 247 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 3: will throw at you and I on a regular basis. 248 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 3: And so Jesus comes, which will get you in a 249 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 3: few moments. He says, I come that they may have life, 250 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 3: and they may have it abundantly, an abundant kind of life. 251 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 3: You know, shepherds need someone to walk with them, and 252 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 3: the sheep need a shepherd. A lot of times we 253 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 3: think that sheep are natural animals that just go and 254 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 3: rome and they walk around, but actually sheep have been 255 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 3: bred to have to have an owner, to have to 256 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 3: have a master. You know, if a sheep goes and 257 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 3: it lives on its own, this is what it tends 258 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 3: to I have a picture. This is what a tend 259 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 3: a sheep will look like that's not been cared for. 260 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 3: This sheep right here has over thirty five pounds of 261 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 3: hair on it. Thirty five pounds what a lot of 262 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 3: times sheep will do. And you'll know the famous passage 263 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 3: and psalms that says, the shepherd leads me by clear waters, 264 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 3: calm waters. Well, just look at this sheep. If a 265 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 3: sheep gets into waters that are heavy and aren't calm, 266 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 3: then that thirty five pounds of fur will become sixty 267 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 3: pounds so fast, because the moment that water starts, that 268 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 3: fur starts soaking up water, it becomes heavy in heavy. 269 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 3: So a sheep needs a good shepherd that won't lead 270 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 3: it to busy waters, but will lead it to calm waters. 271 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 3: And so that's why the good shepherd Jesus is the 272 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 3: good shepherd, because he knows what we need in times 273 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 3: of our life. And without a shepherd, you and I 274 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 3: end up looking like this. 275 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 4: This is our life without a shepherd. 276 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 3: You see, the shepherd is the one who's the one 277 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 3: who cleans, baths, shaves, feeds, leads. Sheep on their own 278 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 3: don't know how to do those things and so Jesus says, 279 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 3: I've come to give you an abundant life. In other words, 280 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 3: he says, I've come to lead you and not forsake you. 281 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 3: I've come to guide you and not leave you stranded. 282 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 3: A lot of times we're in stranded places, not because 283 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 3: that's where the Lord would have us. It's because we 284 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 3: have told the Shepherd I can navigate this life on 285 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 3: my own. Then we end up looking like this. You know, 286 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 3: a few months ago at the top of the year, 287 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 3: my wife loves the vacation of choice for my wife 288 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 3: is she likes cruising. She likes to go on a 289 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 3: cruise ship, and she likes to just know that we're 290 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 3: on the ship and the boys can just do whatever 291 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 3: they want and play and all these things like that. 292 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 3: And so this this was our first kind of cruise 293 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 3: at the top of this year with both of our boys, 294 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 3: because like many of you guys, we ended up had 295 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 3: don't show the picture yet, don't show the picture yet, Abby, 296 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 3: It's okay. 297 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 4: It's okay that you guys saw it. 298 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 3: See our boys. It was the first time. Now many 299 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 3: of you guys, you ended up having COVID babies. Me 300 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 3: and Ashley had a COVID baby named Thomas. And so 301 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 3: you know, when you were bored in quarantined, there was 302 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 3: only one thing you could do if you were married. 303 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 3: So we ended up having Thomas, and Thomas came into 304 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 3: our life. And now we go on one of our 305 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 3: first cruises. We've been cruising before, we only had Matthias. 306 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 3: So now we go on this cruise and we're in 307 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 3: this you know, many of you guys been on cruise ships. 308 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 3: It's the one we go on. 309 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 4: It's it's nice, but the rooms are tiny. 310 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 3: And so we're in the room and we have one 311 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 3: queen bed and and and the boys are. 312 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 4: Gonna sleep with and I'm thinking all four of us. 313 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 3: And first of all, I'm not a little guy, so 314 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 3: a queen bed alone is a decent size for me. 315 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 3: And then my wife. My wife's taller than me and 316 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 3: she's an athlete, so she barely could fit on the bed. 317 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 3: And then you add in a four year old and 318 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 3: a two year old in the process. We're not fitting 319 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 3: on this bed. So what happens is there's a couch. 320 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 3: There's a couch right next to us, and so our 321 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 3: our tendant who's helping us out, he says, I could have. 322 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 3: I can put a blanket and pillow on the couch 323 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 3: and one of your kids can sleep there. I think 324 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 3: to myself, neither of my two kids are gonna sleep 325 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 3: on that couch. 326 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 4: They're not gonna. I know, they're not gonna have any desire. 327 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 3: So me and my wife agree, Adam, You're gonna be 328 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 3: the one that sleeps on the couch during this seven 329 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 3: day journey. This couch is small small, Okay, length was fine, 330 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 3: but the with it's about my with. So just know 331 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 3: if I sneezed that night, I was on the floor. 332 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 3: So I'm there. I'm sleeping the third day. I'm waking 333 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 3: up every day my lower back pain and stuff like that. 334 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 4: It's just like I'm in pain. 335 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 3: And and so sure enough I happened to go with 336 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 3: uh we go. We gone this trip with Pastor Aaron 337 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 3: from Pomona shout out to Pete Town and Pastor Aaron 338 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,399 Speaker 3: where with Pastor Aaron and Erica. And one of the days, 339 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,639 Speaker 3: the boys are going over to play with their daughter's 340 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 3: faith and Trinity from their room. And sure enough I 341 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 3: walk into their room and I see a bed where 342 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 3: the couch is, and I go, hey, guys, what's that? 343 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 3: And they go, oh, our attendant showed us this bed 344 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 3: turns into a queen size bed. 345 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:42,880 Speaker 4: It has a has a bed under and. 346 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 3: Then you lift it and then and then it becomes 347 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:46,240 Speaker 3: a queen size bed. 348 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:48,959 Speaker 4: And y'all our our attendant showed us how to do it. 349 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 3: I thought to myself. After day one, my attendant knew 350 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:57,439 Speaker 3: I was sleeping on that couch. He's he came in 351 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 3: one day it was like, how the boys sleep. I'm like, well, 352 00:17:59,359 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 3: I slept on. 353 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 4: The She's like, oh, okay, yeah, it's uncomfortable. 354 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,439 Speaker 3: Blah blah blah blah. I thought to myself, You're attendant 355 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:10,159 Speaker 3: showed you a whole queen size mattress on your bed. 356 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:11,919 Speaker 4: So they go, yeah, we'll show you. They take us 357 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,439 Speaker 4: up to our room. They pull out the bed and 358 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 4: they lift it, and. 359 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 3: I'm thinking to myself, this is ribbed. 360 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 4: You gotta be kidding me. 361 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 3: For three days, I've been sleeping on this count and 362 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 3: there been a queen size bed this whole time. 363 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:30,719 Speaker 4: My attendant didn't show me you see the beauty. 364 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 3: So then the next day when we set it up, 365 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 3: my boys, now we can show the picture of my boys. 366 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 3: Now my boys wanted to jump on my queen size bed. 367 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 3: They wanted to jump in on my side, because now 368 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 3: all of a sudden, Daddy had all this room on 369 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 3: his side of the bed. How many times in life 370 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 3: are we living, as Pastor Diego said in scarcity, in uncomfortability, 371 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:58,119 Speaker 3: and lack and hopelessness, all because we've been listening to 372 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 3: the wrong attendants, All because we've been listening to the 373 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:06,120 Speaker 3: wrong shepherds, All because we've been listening to the wrong teachers, 374 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 3: all because we've been listening to the wrong gurus. Whatever 375 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 3: it is, how many times have we been led us 376 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 3: stray to a false way of thinking? Let us stray 377 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 3: to a lack not because this is something the Lord 378 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 3: is leading you to. 379 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,439 Speaker 4: It's something that God is actually trying to lead you. 380 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 3: He's trying to guide you, he's trying to bring in 381 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:27,479 Speaker 3: the rod, he's trying to help you. 382 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 4: But so many times we say no, I'm gonna. 383 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:33,199 Speaker 3: Continue to listen to my attendant, because that's the voice 384 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 3: that I found on YouTube, that's the voice that my 385 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 3: friend sent me on Instagram. And so far be it 386 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 3: for me to actually open up my word, actually open 387 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 3: up these scriptures and hear from the good Shepherd himself. 388 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 3: I'd rather just listen to that person who's maybe tickling 389 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 3: my ears, maybe making me feel warm and fuzzy inside. 390 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,199 Speaker 3: You know, when that sheep needs to be shaved for 391 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 3: the first time, it's an uncomfortable process. If you just 392 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 3: google shepherd shaving sheep, those sheep get some nicks, they 393 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:05,439 Speaker 3: get some tears, because why because the sheep is fighting 394 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 3: the process of being taken care of. A lot of times, 395 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 3: we're fighting the process of the Lord who takes care 396 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 3: of us. I want you to see this, so I'm 397 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:16,640 Speaker 3: if I get the whiteboard, I want you to check 398 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:21,880 Speaker 3: this out. You see, the Greek word that we see 399 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 3: when we talk about abundant life is parisaus and then zoe. 400 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 3: Zoe is life, parisas is abundant. So it's important for 401 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 3: us to check this out. I want you to see this. 402 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 3: If you're taking notes, you have parissos and then you 403 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 3: have zoe, which is abundant life, and so this is 404 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:43,359 Speaker 3: the process. And then the statement for parisis because our 405 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 3: English word will just use the word abundant, but that's 406 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 3: not necessarily the real translation of what it's articulating. A 407 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 3: lot of times, if you do a word study of 408 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 3: this word, Parisas in other scriptures, it's usually used in 409 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 3: some type of compare nature to what something is and 410 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:05,360 Speaker 3: then what it could be. 411 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 4: In an expanding, excellent way. 412 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 3: And so what happens is the scripture that we read, 413 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 3: John ten ten says the thief comes to steal, kill, 414 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:18,120 Speaker 3: and destroy, and Jesus says, I came that they may 415 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 3: have parisos zoe abundant life. So it's a comparative statement. 416 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 3: So he gives us the negatives. So the negatives is 417 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 3: to steal, kill and destroy. This is the enemy. This 418 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:43,159 Speaker 3: is his goal, to steal, kill, and destroy. Jesus brings 419 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 3: in and he says, I come that you may have 420 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:52,479 Speaker 3: an abundant life. But what does that mean? Just an 421 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 3: abundant living a life that's abundant. No, Paris saus is 422 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 3: usually used as aerative to whatever word was preceded, and 423 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:07,360 Speaker 3: it's the greatest of that word that it could ever be. 424 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:08,359 Speaker 4: So I want you to see this. 425 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 3: So if the enemy comes to steal, what could be 426 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 3: the abundant nature. 427 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 4: Opposite of theft? 428 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 3: What could it be? What do you think about it 429 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 3: for a moment? If you're taking notes, you could put it. 430 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 3: I mean, here's one option it could be if someone 431 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,120 Speaker 3: is stealing from you, if they do the opposite, which 432 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 3: now that's what they're saying, is what abundance is. Well, 433 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 3: then then if they're stealing, then they do the opposite. 434 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,119 Speaker 3: What could it be, Well, it could be they're giving 435 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 3: or they're generous. That's an abundance. So what it is. 436 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 3: It's a comparative term that says, whatever this thing is, 437 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 3: whatever the. 438 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 4: Opposite of that could be in its greatest form. 439 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 3: That's what it is. And so if the thief comes 440 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 3: to steal, and Jesus says, I come to do the opposite, 441 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 3: greatest version of that, then it means he comes to 442 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 3: what give generously. 443 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 4: What's a generously? 444 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 3: Well generous is when you go to a buffet and 445 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,239 Speaker 3: someone scooping for you, and you say, can I get 446 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:18,719 Speaker 3: a little bit of extra of that? 447 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 4: Guawk? You ever go to Chipolie, say can I get 448 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:22,359 Speaker 4: some extra? 449 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 3: Guawk? Sometimes there are people who are scooping regularly to 450 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 3: save money, and then there are people who are generous scoopers. 451 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 3: I like those people because you know when you can 452 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 3: tell when something's generous, because you know what you ought 453 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,200 Speaker 3: to deserve. And then they go above and beyond that 454 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 3: that's generosity, and so Jesus he goes right there, but 455 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:44,439 Speaker 3: it doesn't stop. 456 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 4: Then he talks about kill. 457 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 3: Well, what's the opposite in grandeur and abundance than killing life? 458 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 4: But how many of you guys know? 459 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 3: To kill something is an active It's an active verb. 460 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 3: Killing doesn't just happen over time. Killing is something that's 461 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 3: done in a moment. You go to cook a chicken 462 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 3: that was alive and you kill it. That was an 463 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,919 Speaker 3: active work in that moment. So Jesus is not only 464 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 3: doing the opposite of killing. He is initiating life. He's 465 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 3: giving life. It's something he's actively doing on a daily basis. 466 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 4: This is something that every single day that you wake. 467 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:36,119 Speaker 3: Up, God is actively giving you life, actively sustaining you, 468 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 3: actively speaking to you, actively moving in your life. It's 469 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 3: not like I wonder if he'll show up next week 470 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 3: for me, because people will use that language like I'm 471 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 3: just waiting for God to show up. He's showing up. 472 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:53,640 Speaker 3: It's active, it's not passive. And so then what way 473 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 3: happens is we see that he is giving, giving what 474 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:02,479 Speaker 3: life and then that over here destroy what is the 475 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 3: opposite abundance form of destroy? That's it we got a 476 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,880 Speaker 3: holler back group today in our audience. 477 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:10,639 Speaker 4: We got billed. 478 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 3: So Jesus he didn't just say, oh, the enemy comes 479 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:19,199 Speaker 3: to steal, kill and destroy. 480 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:20,919 Speaker 4: I'm gonna give you abundant life. 481 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 3: No, no, no, no, He says, the enemy comes to steal, 482 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 3: kill and destroy. When he uses that word parisos, what 483 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:28,879 Speaker 3: he's saying is he's saying, go back to steal, go 484 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 3: back to kill, go back to destroy, and look at 485 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,639 Speaker 3: the opposite abundant end of that spectrum. Because that's what 486 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 3: I will do with your life. So he says, I 487 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 3: will give you generously when the enemy aims to steal 488 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 3: from you, I will give you an active life on 489 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 3: a daily basis. When the enemy looks to kill things 490 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 3: in your life, and he says, and then when the 491 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 3: enemy looks to destroy, destroy your marriage, destroy your life, 492 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:01,640 Speaker 3: destroy destroy your hope, destroy your grace, destroy your purpose, 493 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 3: destroy your calling, Jesus says, I will build. 494 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 4: I don't know about. 495 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 3: You, but I want Jesus to be my shepherd, because 496 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 3: when I'm on my own, I'm out there for the wolves. 497 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 3: I'm out there for the enemy to come still kill 498 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 3: and destroy. And when I am under Jesus's covering. There 499 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 3: is an abundance of provision that is found in Him 500 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 3: giving me life generously and building my life. 501 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 4: That's an abundant life. 502 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,640 Speaker 3: So when we say abundant living family Church, we are 503 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 3: saying that we have a savior. We have the King 504 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:42,440 Speaker 3: of Kings and Lord of Lords that is generously giving 505 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 3: you life on the daily basis, and he is building 506 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 3: your life on his rock. Jesus is the foundation. And 507 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 3: so today we got to ask ourselves how often am 508 00:26:55,680 --> 00:27:00,880 Speaker 3: I allowing the Shepherd to build my life? You see, 509 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 3: I want you to see some facts over here because 510 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 3: I think it's important to note over here, as we 511 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 3: see some facts that are in play, I have to 512 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 3: delete this. I think, there we go. I want you 513 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 3: to see this how often people think about death today? 514 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 3: And I think that's no surprise of what the enemy 515 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 3: wants us to do today. Half of all Americans say 516 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,960 Speaker 3: that during the last two years they've thought about death 517 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 3: more often. Nearly half think about death at least monthly, 518 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 3: and twenty three percent think about death on a daily basis. 519 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:34,880 Speaker 3: These are Americans more Gen Zers, thirty five percent think 520 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:38,439 Speaker 3: about death every day than any other generation, compared to 521 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 3: twenty nine percent of millennials, twenty one percent of Gen X, 522 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 3: and fourteen percent of boomers. We live in a day 523 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:51,159 Speaker 3: and age that if there was a Time magazine cover word, 524 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:55,640 Speaker 3: it would say death. And that's the enemy's actionable verb 525 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,359 Speaker 3: that he wants to speak over your life. He wants death, 526 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 3: he wants to steal, he wants to kill, and he 527 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 3: wants to destroy. 528 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 4: But Jesus wants to do the opposite for your life. 529 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 3: How much more would people stop living in those facts 530 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 3: and in those opinions if they started leaning into the 531 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 3: good Shepherd more and more? Because when you follow Christ, 532 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 3: there is no other end result than life. 533 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:21,199 Speaker 4: That's what Jesus has to offer. 534 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,360 Speaker 3: That's what he gives is he gives us an abundance 535 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 3: of life, not only in this life, but the life 536 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 3: to come. Smith Wigglesworth, one of the great Revival preachers, 537 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 3: once said this. He said, this blessed Book being our Bible, 538 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 3: brings such life and health and peace and such an 539 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 3: abundance that we should never be poor anymore. Poverty is 540 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 3: not what's in our bank account. Poverty is what's in 541 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 3: our mindset. It's in a lack of hope, it's in 542 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 3: a lack of dependency, on the Lord. It's in a 543 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:57,320 Speaker 3: voice and a mindset that says the end is near. 544 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 3: God will do nothing with my life. I have no purpose. 545 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 3: What am I doing in this life? But you can 546 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 3: find your purpose in Christ because Jesus is the generous 547 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 3: one who gives life, who wants. 548 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 4: To build our life. 549 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 3: You see, Jesus gives us another illustration of this what 550 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 3: it looks like to have life and what it looks 551 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 3: like to be living in John chapter four, which is 552 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,959 Speaker 3: a famous passage that many of us know, and on 553 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 3: your own you can. 554 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 4: Further read it if you would like. 555 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 3: But Jesus really shows and this is where we'll kind 556 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 3: of end our message off today. 557 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:28,160 Speaker 4: I want you to see this. 558 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 3: In John chapter four, verse seven, it says many of 559 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 3: us know the woman of the well, but I want 560 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 3: to share a little bit more in depth about that. 561 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 3: Today a woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus 562 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 3: said to her, give me a drink, for his disciples 563 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 3: had gone away into the city to buy food. The 564 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 3: Samaritan woman said to him, how is it that you, 565 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 3: a Jew ask for a drink for me, a woman 566 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 3: of Samaria. For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus 567 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 3: answered her, if you knew the gift of God and 568 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 3: who it was saying it to you, give me a drink, 569 00:29:57,880 --> 00:29:59,680 Speaker 3: you would have asked him and he would have given 570 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 3: you what living water? Life water. I think that's a 571 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 3: thing today. I think you could buy life water, living water. 572 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 3: The woman said to him, Sir, you have nothing to 573 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 3: draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do 574 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 3: you get that living water? Are you greater than our 575 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 3: father Jacob? He gave us this well and drink from 576 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 3: it himself, as did his sons and his livestock. And 577 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 3: Jesus said to her, everyone who drinks of this water 578 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 3: will be thirsty again. But whoever drinks of the water 579 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 3: that I will give him will never be thirsty again. 580 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 3: And the water that I will give him will become 581 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 3: in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. 582 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 3: The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, 583 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:41,200 Speaker 3: so that I will not be thirsty or have to 584 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 3: come water to draw near. 585 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 4: And at that point you continue to red on your own. 586 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 3: Jesus begins to start to read her mail, and he 587 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:51,800 Speaker 3: starts to give her some words of encouragement, because she says, 588 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,600 Speaker 3: I want some of that water, and he actually honestly 589 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 3: starts giving her some of that water. He starts telling her, man, 590 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 3: I could save your life, redeem your life, but right 591 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 3: now you got five ex husbands and you got a 592 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:04,920 Speaker 3: boyfriend you're living with. 593 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 4: And she goes, WHOA, are you some kind of prophet? 594 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 3: And then that's where he begins to tell her, No, 595 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 3: if you knew who was standing in front of you, 596 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 3: you would know that these pursuits you're making in life 597 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 3: are lies of the enemy. God is coming in to 598 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 3: give you life, while the enemy is coming to destroy 599 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 3: your relationships, destroy your marriages, destroy your purpose. And Jesus, 600 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 3: if we know what he says in John ten, that 601 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 3: I'm coming in to build those broken things up. 602 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:33,800 Speaker 4: I'm coming in to build your life up. 603 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 3: In that moment, she receives those words, and she goes 604 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 3: out into her city and she begins to preach the 605 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 3: good news of Jesus Christ because she recognized the life 606 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 3: that Jesus had to offer, and she recognized the water 607 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:54,440 Speaker 3: that Jesus had to offer. Here's what we got to 608 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:58,040 Speaker 3: break down further. You see, Jesus makes a statement. He 609 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 3: says this, He says, if you knew who was standing 610 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,520 Speaker 3: in front of you, and you knew that I had 611 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:08,200 Speaker 3: living water to offer you, then you would ask me 612 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,560 Speaker 3: for it. Here's what we got to remember, which often 613 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:15,600 Speaker 3: isn't preached about, is that actually wasn't an uncommon statement 614 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 3: in the moment, because what wells were is sometimes wells 615 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 3: came from springs, but a lot of times wells were 616 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 3: reservoirs that were discovered and then basically you drew the 617 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 3: water from that reservoir until it emptied or until it 618 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,800 Speaker 3: rained again and filled back up. And so therefore at 619 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 3: some point the well would dry up. You ever heard 620 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 3: that before this well is dried up? Okay, So what 621 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:47,040 Speaker 3: would happen is which was very uncommon if you were 622 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 3: living in any outskirt city because the Samaritans were not 623 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 3: allowed to go up to Jerusalem and things like that. 624 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:56,680 Speaker 3: And there's something that was up in Jerusalem. There are 625 00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:01,720 Speaker 3: famous springs that are connect to the mountains on the 626 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 3: north side of Jerusalem that during Jesus's day never ran 627 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:11,480 Speaker 3: dry because there was always snow capped mountains that were 628 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:16,560 Speaker 3: melting and filling up those springs all year around. So 629 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:20,440 Speaker 3: if you were in Jerusalem, there were springs where you 630 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:24,800 Speaker 3: could always draw water from if you were in Samaria. 631 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,520 Speaker 3: On the outskirts, you had to wait for the wells 632 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 3: to fill up and the reservoirs to get full, and 633 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:35,000 Speaker 3: so if you drew too much water, the well would 634 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:38,960 Speaker 3: dry up. And so if someone walked up to you 635 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 3: and they said, hey, I have access to living water, 636 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,200 Speaker 3: what they're saying is I've discovered. 637 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:52,200 Speaker 4: A spring that is connected to a source. So they said, hey, hey, hey, hey, 638 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:53,200 Speaker 4: come here, come here, come here. 639 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 3: Hey. On the north side, over here, there's a spring 640 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:02,320 Speaker 3: and it has living water. Because what living water was 641 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 3: is it was a spring and a brook that had 642 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:10,000 Speaker 3: a source and the water was always rushing through. So 643 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,520 Speaker 3: if it was always active in Jesus's day, they would 644 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:19,200 Speaker 3: call that living water. Because if you and I drink 645 00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:22,320 Speaker 3: from living water, or if we bathe in living water, 646 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:26,320 Speaker 3: we don't ever have to clean the water ourselves because 647 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:30,040 Speaker 3: the source is pushing the water. Have you ever heard 648 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:33,879 Speaker 3: that before? You ever seen a bear Grills documentary. They say, 649 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:37,360 Speaker 3: if the water is rushing, then chances are the water 650 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,240 Speaker 3: is clean because it's gone through all of the rocks, 651 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:43,440 Speaker 3: and the rocks have purified the water, and so therefore 652 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 3: the water is living and alive and active and good 653 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 3: to drink. But if water sits in a reservoir, if 654 00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:56,800 Speaker 3: it sits there for too long, and you definitely can't 655 00:34:56,840 --> 00:35:02,080 Speaker 3: bathe where you drink. In a you can bathe and 656 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:05,919 Speaker 3: drink there because the source is pushing the impurities out. 657 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,799 Speaker 3: But if you go to a bathtub or you go 658 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,879 Speaker 3: on a reservoir, there is a clear you cannot bathe here, 659 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,080 Speaker 3: you can only drink here, or the opposite, you can 660 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:18,760 Speaker 3: only bathe here, you can't drink here, because that means 661 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,440 Speaker 3: that that water is dirty and is full of bacteria. 662 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,759 Speaker 3: So you have to ask yourself. So Jesus comes up 663 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:29,719 Speaker 3: to her, and she woman at the well is in 664 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 3: her little bathtub. 665 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,640 Speaker 4: She's in her little well. I was afraid this was 666 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:35,759 Speaker 4: gonna break, So we're good. 667 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:40,360 Speaker 3: She's in her little well. Let me ask you something. 668 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:43,759 Speaker 3: How many times can I bathe in this before I 669 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 3: have to empty it? Fill it back up? Some of 670 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,320 Speaker 3: y'all are soussia. Some of y'all are dirty. Some of 671 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:54,600 Speaker 3: you guys might have said three four times, pretty nasty. 672 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,200 Speaker 3: Everyone in here is saying one. Apparently you can only 673 00:35:57,239 --> 00:36:00,880 Speaker 3: get one bathe out of here, just one. What happens 674 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:04,160 Speaker 3: if I leave it and I come bathe here again. Well, 675 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:07,000 Speaker 3: chances are over time he's got some bacteria that's built up, 676 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:09,880 Speaker 3: it's got some junk that's built up. What would happen 677 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,400 Speaker 3: if I kept this water in here, and I bathed 678 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,879 Speaker 3: in here five times, and then I came the next 679 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,799 Speaker 3: day and I was thirsty and I drank from it. 680 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:22,520 Speaker 4: I wonder how many times we do that in our life. 681 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,160 Speaker 3: That we bathe in areas that we shouldn't be bathing in, 682 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,440 Speaker 3: That there's bacteria in areas we shouldn't, That we're drinking 683 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:32,200 Speaker 3: from things we shouldn't be drinking. That we're watching things 684 00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:34,880 Speaker 3: we shouldn't watching. That we're listening to things we shouldn't 685 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,160 Speaker 3: listened to, and we just keep getting in this bathtub 686 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:37,840 Speaker 3: called life. 687 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:40,960 Speaker 4: We keep mixing up our junk in this thing. 688 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:43,279 Speaker 3: That's what Jesus was talking about. That's why he talked 689 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,160 Speaker 3: about her dirt, not to embarrass the woman. He had 690 00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:49,000 Speaker 3: talk about her five ex husbands and her boyfriend to 691 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:50,480 Speaker 3: make her look embarrassing. 692 00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:53,680 Speaker 4: What he was telling her was living water. 693 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:57,200 Speaker 3: You could bathe without having to empty the water out, 694 00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:01,000 Speaker 3: and you could drink from So he's telling her, I 695 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:04,000 Speaker 3: have a source that you could sit in that is 696 00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:08,440 Speaker 3: connected to the source that every time you're dirty, every 697 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:12,040 Speaker 3: time you're unclean, every time you fall in shore, you 698 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,319 Speaker 3: don't have to go do this process of emptying out 699 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:17,000 Speaker 3: your bathtub. You don't have to do this process of 700 00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:19,360 Speaker 3: divorcing your husband and going to getting a new husband. 701 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,000 Speaker 3: Because that's what she kept finding herself in was, Hey, 702 00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,800 Speaker 3: when this relationship gets dirty, let's go start. 703 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:25,040 Speaker 4: A new one. 704 00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:26,920 Speaker 3: And when they and we do that all the time, 705 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,520 Speaker 3: when this starts happening, I'm gonna go over here, when 706 00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:31,399 Speaker 3: that starts happening, I'm gonna go over here. 707 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:33,279 Speaker 4: Because we just think to ourselves, if we. 708 00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:36,600 Speaker 3: Just get in a new bathtub, I'll be okay. So 709 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,520 Speaker 3: in our lives, you and I have fifty sixty seventy 710 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:44,839 Speaker 3: bathtubs that we keep refilling, seventy sixty new YouTube superstars. 711 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:48,280 Speaker 3: We're listening to new podcasts, new books, we're learning about 712 00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:49,799 Speaker 3: you know, I just found out this new thing that 713 00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:52,000 Speaker 3: crystals do. Hey, you know, I just found out this 714 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:54,439 Speaker 3: new guy who told me this is what meditation will 715 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:55,000 Speaker 3: do for you. 716 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:55,960 Speaker 4: You're just building. 717 00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:59,320 Speaker 3: Bathtub after bathtub after bathtub after bathtub. You're building well 718 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,640 Speaker 3: after well after well, and you're putting that junkin junk 719 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:04,759 Speaker 3: and junk where Jesus says, you don't got to do 720 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:09,040 Speaker 3: all that. I am this spring and I can give 721 00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,800 Speaker 3: you living water where every time you need to be cleansed, 722 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,359 Speaker 3: you could come sit with me. You come spend time 723 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:16,919 Speaker 3: with me. I'm letting my life down for my sheep 724 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,520 Speaker 3: because I'm the shepherd. So therefore, if you want me 725 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:21,799 Speaker 3: to care for you, why don't you just come sit 726 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:25,279 Speaker 3: in the spring. So she thought he had access to 727 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:28,040 Speaker 3: some type of water source that she didn't have to 728 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:31,719 Speaker 3: wait and be cautious on whether the reservoir was full 729 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:33,680 Speaker 3: or empty or the well was full. So she's saying, 730 00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:35,440 Speaker 3: if you have access to a spring, let me know, 731 00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:39,120 Speaker 3: and he says, I do. It's called me, you see. 732 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:41,640 Speaker 3: So the abundant life, let's see if I get out 733 00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:47,319 Speaker 3: of here, all right. The abundant life is different than 734 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:50,960 Speaker 3: having a dead water life because water that sits in 735 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,600 Speaker 3: a reservoir is known as dead water. 736 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:55,080 Speaker 4: You've seen that before. 737 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,240 Speaker 3: If you do water research, there's a difference between drinking 738 00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:02,280 Speaker 3: spring water to drinking distilled water. Spring water has minerals 739 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:05,600 Speaker 3: that will give you life, and it gives you electrolytes, 740 00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:07,880 Speaker 3: and other things like that dead water, which is like 741 00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,719 Speaker 3: a desawny water or a smart life water. Those are 742 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:14,040 Speaker 3: just distilled waters where they've taken out everything beneficial for 743 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:16,440 Speaker 3: you and it can't even hydrate you anymore. 744 00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:20,920 Speaker 4: That's also known as dead water. We got to ask ourselves. 745 00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:24,120 Speaker 3: In my life, do I want living water or do 746 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:27,400 Speaker 3: I want dead water? Do I want an abundant life 747 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,200 Speaker 3: or do I want a dead life? Do I want 748 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:33,360 Speaker 3: one where the enemy can actively still kill and destroy, 749 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:36,680 Speaker 3: or do I want one where Jesus will generously build 750 00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:37,480 Speaker 3: my life up? 751 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:39,120 Speaker 4: I gotta ask that question. 752 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:40,960 Speaker 3: And here's what it looks like as we begin to 753 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,880 Speaker 3: close today, is here's the comparison we have to ask ourselves. 754 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:45,680 Speaker 3: And if you're taking notes, we're gonna end with this 755 00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:51,279 Speaker 3: abundant living breeds three things and dead water breeds, or 756 00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,560 Speaker 3: four things and dead water breeds four things. You know, 757 00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:58,239 Speaker 3: abundant living breeds wired to the source. What you and 758 00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:00,319 Speaker 3: I have to do is we have to be come 759 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:07,640 Speaker 3: wired to the source. We gotta get connected to the source. Jesus, 760 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:11,600 Speaker 3: you gotta get rid of the bathtubs. You got to 761 00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:15,080 Speaker 3: go to this spring right here, never runs dry, never 762 00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:19,160 Speaker 3: runs empty. There's life that you can build your life 763 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:22,200 Speaker 3: on right here, and as many times as you read it. 764 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:23,400 Speaker 4: You can read this. 765 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:25,680 Speaker 3: Book front to back, and you can read it all 766 00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:28,360 Speaker 3: over again, and God will speak fresh new things to you. 767 00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:31,640 Speaker 3: There's always a fresh life with God. There's never a 768 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,360 Speaker 3: dull moment. So we got to be wired to the source. 769 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,239 Speaker 3: The next thing we have to do is you and 770 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,200 Speaker 3: I have to be wanting fruitful lives. You know, when 771 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,840 Speaker 3: things are connected to water sources, things grow by nature. 772 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,880 Speaker 3: You ever just noticed we had all these rains recently, 773 00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:50,160 Speaker 3: Like Pastor Diego talked about last week, all. 774 00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:51,200 Speaker 4: Of a sudden there were flowers. 775 00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:55,959 Speaker 3: I didn't know there were flowers at You're like, where 776 00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:57,760 Speaker 3: did all these flowers come from? All of a sudden, 777 00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:00,200 Speaker 3: there's green where you didn't. We're just in December, it 778 00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:03,680 Speaker 3: was all dead. Because when you're connected to living water, 779 00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:05,280 Speaker 3: things start to grow. 780 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,160 Speaker 4: A lot of times we're not growing. 781 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,520 Speaker 3: We have dry seasons, we have seasons we can't hear 782 00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:14,240 Speaker 3: from God because we're not getting connected to the source. 783 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:16,920 Speaker 3: How much time are you spending reading this? How much 784 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,239 Speaker 3: time are you spending in prayer? How much time are 785 00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:22,120 Speaker 3: you spending in worship? If you're not connected to the source. 786 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:26,839 Speaker 3: Don't be surprised when nothing grows. All the enemy wants 787 00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:29,080 Speaker 3: to do is still kill and destroy. So if you 788 00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:32,200 Speaker 3: have any fruit elements of those things, just know it's 789 00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:34,879 Speaker 3: connected to the wrong source. And the next thing is 790 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,879 Speaker 3: is we begin to water our families. That's why we're 791 00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:40,560 Speaker 3: Abundant Living Family Church, because we believe that when we're 792 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:44,759 Speaker 3: connected to the living water source, is we begin to overflow. 793 00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:47,759 Speaker 3: That's an abundant life, it's an overflowing mentality. 794 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,160 Speaker 4: So now it pours into others. 795 00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:54,160 Speaker 3: So we want to begin to water other people with 796 00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:56,480 Speaker 3: this thing that Jesus has given us. And then the 797 00:41:56,560 --> 00:42:00,560 Speaker 3: last thing is is being connected to living water washes 798 00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:01,560 Speaker 3: away the waste. 799 00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:03,879 Speaker 4: It's a cleansing thing. 800 00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:07,560 Speaker 3: Jesus is living water because every time you feel lucky, 801 00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:09,800 Speaker 3: every time you feel dirty, every time you feel broken, 802 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:12,680 Speaker 3: you can sit in his presence and just let him 803 00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:18,080 Speaker 3: purify and wash it all away. Let it go downstream. 804 00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:22,000 Speaker 3: We gotta let it go downstream, or we can hang 805 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:22,759 Speaker 3: with the dead water. 806 00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:26,040 Speaker 4: Dead water. What does dead water do? 807 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:31,440 Speaker 3: Creates? Basic desires? Basic desires. Basic I just need the 808 00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:33,960 Speaker 3: perfect person in my life. I just need to have 809 00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:36,960 Speaker 3: the perfect things. I just need the perfect money, it's 810 00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:41,160 Speaker 3: just perfect, perfect, perfect. Those are those are basic desires. 811 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:44,440 Speaker 3: All these all these things that we just chase. That's materialism, 812 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:46,799 Speaker 3: all these things that we chase that doesn't give us 813 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,719 Speaker 3: true purpose and true calling. And it's not that any 814 00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:51,879 Speaker 3: of those things are wrong. But if that's what we're 815 00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:56,600 Speaker 3: shooting for, if that's what's on our dream board basic desires, 816 00:42:57,719 --> 00:42:59,920 Speaker 3: then what happens is we're hanging in dead water. Air. 817 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:03,440 Speaker 3: Bacteria can go really fast when we have basic desires. 818 00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:05,479 Speaker 3: The next thing we do is it starts to breed 819 00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:08,839 Speaker 3: some bad habits. And then words that start coming out 820 00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:11,440 Speaker 3: of your mouth, that language that starts coming out of 821 00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:15,160 Speaker 3: your mouth, the things we start watching, all these bad 822 00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:18,480 Speaker 3: habits start to come because our desires have become basic. 823 00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:20,720 Speaker 3: And then the next thing it does is we start 824 00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:26,880 Speaker 3: burning bridges, start burning, relationships, start burning people, start burning family, 825 00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:30,320 Speaker 3: start burning our spouse. Why because I got some dead 826 00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:32,880 Speaker 3: water in my life. I keep sitting and bathing in 827 00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:35,720 Speaker 3: the same areas, and I just keep mixing my dirt 828 00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:37,840 Speaker 3: with the dirt in the bathtub, and it just keeps 829 00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:40,799 Speaker 3: happening over and over and over again. The last thing 830 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:46,400 Speaker 3: it does is it starts breaking relationships, break your relationships, 831 00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:49,160 Speaker 3: you break your relationship with the Lord, break the relationship 832 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:51,960 Speaker 3: with your friends, with your family. Why because we've been 833 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:56,720 Speaker 3: hanging around some dead water for far too long. So today, 834 00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:00,279 Speaker 3: like Pastor Diego said, which mindset would you like that 835 00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:00,839 Speaker 3: last year? 836 00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:02,839 Speaker 4: Today, goy, ask yourself which mindset do I want? 837 00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:06,560 Speaker 3: Do I want abundant living mindset where Jesus gives life 838 00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:11,040 Speaker 3: life abundantly and he builds my life generously? Or do 839 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,560 Speaker 3: I want to hang around that mindset that's that dead water, 840 00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:18,040 Speaker 3: hanging those bathtubs over and over and over again. What 841 00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:20,560 Speaker 3: do we want? Do we want an abundant mindset or 842 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:22,200 Speaker 3: do we want that dead water mindset? 843 00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:24,160 Speaker 4: Let's pray today, God, we thank you so much for 844 00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:24,879 Speaker 4: this word. Lord. 845 00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:27,719 Speaker 3: I pray as you've spoken to us. Lord, may this 846 00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:31,680 Speaker 3: message today sit richly in our hearts. Father God, and Lord, 847 00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:33,319 Speaker 3: I pray that you would give us the strength. I 848 00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:35,919 Speaker 3: know many people have heard this today and they're thinking 849 00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:39,400 Speaker 3: to themselves, I do have some dead water areas. I 850 00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:42,719 Speaker 3: have been bathing in these bathtubs, and I really need 851 00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:45,040 Speaker 3: to take steps where I step into that living water 852 00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:48,600 Speaker 3: where Jesus can wash it all away. God, I pray 853 00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:51,000 Speaker 3: that we stay connected to the source being You, Lord. 854 00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:53,839 Speaker 3: I pray, Father God, that all these other sources we're 855 00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:56,799 Speaker 3: looking at, all these other tubs we're looking at, may 856 00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:59,479 Speaker 3: we leave those bathtubs, Father God, it may the only 857 00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:02,840 Speaker 3: voice that we hear in our life is the voice 858 00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:06,239 Speaker 3: of Jesus, Lord, because he is the good shepherd and 859 00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:08,640 Speaker 3: he has laid his life down for his sheep. Lord, 860 00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:11,240 Speaker 3: thank you that you have given us an abundant life 861 00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:14,399 Speaker 3: where the enemy aims to steal, kill and destroy. 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