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The man in front 52 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 5: of him was dressed in a loud T shirt, blue jeans, 53 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 5: and sunglasses. 54 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 4: Saint Peter said, sir, what's your name? 55 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 5: He said, Joe Cohen, I'm a taxicab driver, New York City. 56 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 5: Peter checked his list, handed him a gold staff and 57 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 5: a silk robe, and said, welcome to Heaven. The minister 58 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 5: stepped up said my name is Reverend Joseph Snow. 59 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 4: I'm the pastor of Saint Mary's Cathedral. 60 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 5: Peter checked his list and handed him a wooden staff 61 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:48,679 Speaker 5: and a cotton robe. 62 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 4: Hey, wait a minute, this is not fair. 63 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 5: The taxicab driver got a gold staff a silk robe. 64 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 4: How could that be? Peter said, sir. Up here, we 65 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 4: work by results. 66 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 5: When you preached, people slept, but when he drove, people prayed. 67 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 5: Hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it. 68 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 69 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 70 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 71 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 5: talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 72 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 73 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 74 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about how God loves imperfect people. 75 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 5: Most of the time, we believe God loves us. 76 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 4: As long as we're making. 77 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 5: Good decisions, resisting temptation, treating people right. We know God 78 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 5: loves us. We know he's on our side. But the 79 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 5: problem with this kind of reasoning is we all make mistakes. 80 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 5: No matter how good of a person you are, there 81 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 5: will be times that you don't perform perfectly, times that 82 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 5: you have doubts, times that you fail. You know you 83 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 5: should bite your tongue, but. 84 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 4: You told them off anyway. You said it'd be the 85 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 4: last time. 86 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 5: But you gave in to compromise once again. When we 87 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 5: don't perform perfectly, it's easy to think that God is 88 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 5: far from us. 89 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 4: I blew it. 90 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 5: God would never have anything to do with me. Have 91 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 5: people ask me all the time, Joel, will you pray 92 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 5: for me. I know God would never hear my prayers, 93 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,119 Speaker 5: not with the life I've lived, the mistakes I've made. 94 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 5: I say this respectfully, but sometimes religion pushes people down. 95 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 5: It says if you turn your back on God, God 96 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 5: will turn his back on you. If you make poor choices, 97 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 5: don't expect God to bail you out. 98 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 4: It was your own fault. 99 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 5: Now, the truth is, when you fall, God doesn't turn 100 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 5: away from you. 101 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 4: He comes running towards you. 102 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 5: When you blow it, God doesn't say too bad, you 103 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 5: had your chance. He comes after you with a greater passion. 104 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 5: I heard somebody he say, when you make a mistake, 105 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 5: God doesn't love you the same. He loves you a 106 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 5: little bit more, so much so that he pursues you. 107 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 4: He'll turn up the intensity. 108 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 5: He won't leave you alone until he sees you restored 109 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 5: and back on the right course. In other words, God 110 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 5: will express his love in a greater way. 111 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 4: He'll send people. 112 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 5: Across your path to encourage you to help reignite your faith. 113 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 5: Or maybe out walking through the neighborhood you hear the 114 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 5: church bells ringing, You feel a warmness on the inside. 115 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:39,039 Speaker 5: That's the mercy of God coming after you, saying you 116 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 5: may have blown it, but you're still my child. You 117 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 5: may have let me down, but I'm not gonna let 118 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,919 Speaker 5: you down. You may have lost faith in me, but 119 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 5: I haven't lost faith in you. Friends, we don't have 120 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:55,359 Speaker 5: to have a perfect performance where we never have a doubt, 121 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 5: we never make a mistake, and certainly we should try 122 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 5: our best each day to honor God. But what I'm 123 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 5: saying is, don't beat yourself up if you don't perform 124 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 5: perfectly all the time. God loves imperfect. People think about 125 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 5: Peter before Jesus chose him to become a disciple. Jesus 126 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 5: knew that Peter would deny him, but he chose him anyway. 127 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 5: God knows every mistake that we will ever make. All 128 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 5: of our days have been written in his book, from 129 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 5: the beginning to the end. God knows every time will fail, 130 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 5: every time we'll take the easy way out, every time 131 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 5: you'll lose your temper. The good news is God still 132 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 5: chose you. He still says that's my child, and He'll. 133 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 4: Still help you fulfill your destiny. 134 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 5: Why because God's love is not based on our performance, 135 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 5: It's based on our relationship. 136 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 4: We are his children. 137 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 5: When Jesus was about to be crucified. He said to Peter, 138 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 5: you will deny me three times before the rooster crows tonight. 139 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 5: Peter said, no, Jesus, I'm your most faithful disciple. I'll 140 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 5: stick with you through thick and thin to the very end. 141 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 5: They're arrested Jesus. Peter was watching it all take place 142 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 5: from a distance. A young lady came over and pointed 143 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 5: at Peter and said, he's one of his followers. I've 144 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 5: seen this man with Jesus. Peter said, no, ma'am, you've 145 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 5: got it wrong. 146 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 4: You're mistaken. I don't know the man. He denied him once. 147 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 4: It happened a second time. 148 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 5: The third time, the girl came over, even more emphatically, 149 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 5: said to the guards, I know he's one of his followers. 150 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 5: I'm certain that i've seen this man with Jesus. This time, 151 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 5: Peter got upset, started cursing, swearing, girl, what are you 152 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 5: talking about. You're making all this up. I've never seen 153 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 5: the man right on. 154 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 4: Que the rooster crowed. 155 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 5: Jesus looked over at Peter, their eyes a man. You 156 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 5: can imagine how Peter must have felt when Jesus needed 157 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 5: him the most, when he was at his lowest moment, 158 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 5: if he ever needed a friend to stick up for him. 159 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 4: It would have been right then. But Peter didn't do it. 160 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 5: The scripture says Peter went out. 161 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 4: And wept bitterly. 162 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 5: He felt ashamed, No doubt, he was beating himself up, thinking, Peter, 163 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 5: what is wrong with you? How could I be such 164 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 5: a coward. Not long after that, they crucified Jesus. Peter 165 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 5: never had a chance to make things right. He never 166 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 5: had the chance to say, Jesus, I'm sorry. 167 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 4: I blew it. I promise you I'll be there for 168 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:43,080 Speaker 4: you next time. 169 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:47,439 Speaker 5: He had to carry the guilt, the heaviness of betraying 170 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 5: his friend, the Messiah, whom. 171 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 4: He dearly loved. 172 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:55,559 Speaker 5: And we've all made mistakes, we've all failed, but none. 173 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 4: Of us have failed as big as Peter. 174 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 5: None of us have denied Christ when he needed us 175 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 5: the most, when he was. 176 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 4: About to be crucified. 177 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 5: You would think that Peter would have missed his destiny. 178 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 5: Surely God wouldn't have anything to do with him. No, 179 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 5: when you make a mistake, God doesn't turn away from you. 180 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 4: He turns to you. He doesn't love you less, he 181 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 4: loves you more. He comes after you. They crucified Jesus. 182 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:24,320 Speaker 4: On Friday. 183 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 5: Sunday morning, Mary went to the tomb to check on 184 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:32,319 Speaker 5: his body. When she arrived, she noticed that the stone 185 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 5: was rolled away. She went in and the angel appeared, 186 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 5: said Mary, don't be afraid. 187 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 4: Jesus is not here. He has risen. 188 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 5: Now go tell his disciples and Peter that he is alive. 189 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 5: Out of all the people in the world God could 190 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 5: have mentioned at this historic time, the only person he 191 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 5: specifically pointed out was Peter. God was saying, Peter, I 192 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 5: know you think I'm disappointed in you and I'll never 193 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 5: have anything. 194 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 4: To do with you. 195 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 5: But Peter, that's not who I am. I'm the God 196 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 5: of another chance. When you fall, I come running towards you. 197 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 5: When you turn your back on me, I don't turn 198 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 5: my back on you. On this resurrection Sunday, God is 199 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 5: saying to all the people that have fallen, the people 200 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 5: that have made mistakes, I'm not only alive, but I 201 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:29,319 Speaker 5: still love you, I still believe in you. If you'll 202 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:33,319 Speaker 5: let go of the guilt and move forward, I'll still. 203 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 4: Get you to where you're supposed to be. 204 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 5: Now you've got to do your part and receive God's mercy. 205 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 5: If Peter would have listened to the accusing voices and 206 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 5: gone around beating himself up. 207 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 4: He would have gotten stuck where he was. 208 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:53,319 Speaker 5: I can imagine when he heard Mary say, Peter, the 209 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 5: angel specifically said to tell you that Jesus is alive. 210 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 5: He said, Mary, did he really call my Yes, he. 211 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 4: Said, tell Peter. 212 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 5: Peter heard that something ignited on the inside. He shook 213 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 5: off the guilt, He shook off the self pity said, 214 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,079 Speaker 5: I may have blown it in the past, but that 215 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 5: doesn't have to keep me from my future. 216 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 4: I'm still going. 217 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 5: To become what God's created me to be. Not long 218 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 5: after that, Peter went out and ministered, and three thousand 219 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 5: people came to know the Lord, the most ever recorded 220 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 5: in the scripture. It would have never happened if Peter 221 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 5: didn't understand this principle. God doesn't write us off when 222 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 5: we make mistakes. God doesn't cancel our destiny because we'd 223 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 5: taken a few detours. Some of you today you're kind 224 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 5: of down on yourself because you're not where you thought 225 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,439 Speaker 5: you'd be in life. You've made some poor choices. Now 226 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 5: you're letting the guilt weigh you down. That heaviness is 227 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 5: keeping you from God's best. But just like God specifically 228 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 5: called Peter's name, he's calling your name today, saying tell John, 229 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 5: tell William, tell Ricardo, tell Shannon, tell Maria. I've forgiven them. 230 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 5: I'm not disappointed in them. I'm not withholding my blessing. 231 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 5: I still have an amazing future in front of them. 232 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 5: God is calling your name today. He's running towards you. 233 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 5: In the scripture, it talks about the God of Abraham, 234 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 5: the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. I 235 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 5: can understand how he's the God of Abraham. Abraham is 236 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 5: the father of our faith. I can understand how he's 237 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 5: the God of Isaac. Isaac was extremely obedient, even willing 238 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 5: to be sacrificed. But when it says he's the God 239 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 5: of Jacob, that doesn't make a lot of sense. Jacob 240 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:51,960 Speaker 5: was a cheater. He went around deceiving people. He stole 241 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 5: his brother's birthright. Jacob was known for making poor choices. 242 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 5: Yet God is called the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 243 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 5: What was God saying, I'm not just the God of 244 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 5: perfect people. I'm not just the God of people that 245 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 5: never make a mistake. I'm the God of people that 246 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 5: have failed. I'm the God of people that have blown it. 247 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 5: I'm the God of people that have had a rough past. 248 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 5: It's interesting. Later in Jacob's life he changed his ways, 249 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 5: he got his life straightened out. God changed his name 250 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 5: from Jacob to Israel. That was to signify his new beginning. 251 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:35,599 Speaker 5: God could have been known as the God of Abraham, 252 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 5: Isaac and Israel. 253 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 4: That seems to make more sense. 254 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 5: That was his new name once he was restored and redeemed. 255 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 5: No God on purpose left it as the God of Abraham, 256 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 5: Isaac and Jacob to forever settle it that I'm not. 257 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 4: Just the God of perfect people. I'm the God of 258 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 4: imperfect people too. 259 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 5: Now you may have made mistakes, but be encouraged. He's 260 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 5: the God of Jacob. He's still your God. You may 261 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 5: have lost your temper, struggle with an addiction, compromise your integrity, 262 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 5: don't beat yourself up. 263 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 4: He's the God of Jacob. He's your God too. 264 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 5: In the Book of John, there was a lady that 265 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 5: had been married five times. She was living with the 266 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 5: sixth man. You can imagine the heartache and pain that 267 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 5: she had gone through. I'm sure she felt beaten down 268 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 5: by life, not really living, just existing. Jesus was about 269 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 5: to travel to another city and told his disciples, I 270 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 5: must go through Samaria. They said, no, Jesus, that's the 271 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 5: long way. 272 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 4: There's a short cut. There's a much quicker route. They 273 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 4: tried to. 274 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 5: Talk him out of it. He said, no, you don't understand. 275 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 5: I must go through Samaria. There's a woman there that 276 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 5: feels condemned. She's about to give up on life. 277 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 4: I must go. 278 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 5: Expressed by love, I've got an inc get her back 279 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 5: on the right course. 280 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 4: She was known as the woman at the well. 281 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 5: Do you know the first person that Jesus revealed himself 282 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 5: to as the Messiah was not the religious leaders, was 283 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 5: not the priest and the rabbis in the synagogue. It 284 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 5: was this woman, a woman that had made mistakes, a 285 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 5: woman that was beaten down by life and imperfect person 286 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 5: that one encounter changed her life. But too many people 287 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 5: like her are sitting on the sidelines of life. They 288 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 5: feel like they've blown it too many times, they've failed, 289 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 5: they haven't measured up. Now they're letting the accusing voices 290 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 5: convince them that they're all washed up. God's disappointed in them. 291 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 5: You can't expect God's favor. Now, you've got to get 292 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 5: this truth down into your spirit. You may have made mistakes. 293 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 5: God is not running from you. He's running to you. 294 00:15:56,440 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 5: He doesn't love you less, He loves you more, expressing 295 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 5: his love to you today. 296 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 4: You wouldn't be hearing this if God wasn't reaching out 297 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 4: to you. 298 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 5: Now, get rid of the guilt, shake off the condemnation, 299 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 5: quit thinking about what could have been, what should have been, 300 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 5: and get back in the game. 301 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 4: You're not supposed to sit on the sidelines. Let me 302 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 4: tell you. 303 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 5: God is not disappointed in you. Nothing you've done is 304 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 5: a surprise to God. Now you've got to do your 305 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 5: part and start moving forward. You can still fulfill your destiny. 306 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 5: God's mercy is bigger than any mistake that you've made. 307 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 5: The scripture talks about how God searches the earth to 308 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 5: show himself strong in people whose hearts are turned perfect 309 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 5: toward him. It doesn't say that God's looking for a 310 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 5: perfect performance. 311 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 4: Now. 312 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 5: God is looking for people that have a heart that's 313 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 5: turned perfect toward him. That means if you get up 314 00:16:56,640 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 5: each day with the desire to please God deep you 315 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 5: really want to honor him, then like Peter, you will 316 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 5: have times that you fail. You wanted to resist, but 317 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 5: you gave in the good news is that does not. 318 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 4: Cancel your destiny. 319 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 5: Your performance may not be perfect, but because your heart 320 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,199 Speaker 5: is perfect toward God, he still has something amazing in 321 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 5: your future. No matter what you've done. Don't go around 322 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 5: beating yourself up. You can't change the past. Learn from 323 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 5: your mistakes, but don't get stuck there. Keep moving forward. 324 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 5: Receive God's mercy. Be bold enough to say, God, I 325 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 5: blew it. I know I was wrong. I should have 326 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 5: done better. But God, I know you're not holding it 327 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 5: against me. I know you're not just the God of Abraham. 328 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:50,719 Speaker 5: You're the God of Jacob too, the God of imperfect people. 329 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 4: When Thomas heard that Jesus had risen. 330 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:57,959 Speaker 5: From the grave and people had seen him alive, everyone 331 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:04,199 Speaker 5: was so excited. Everyone that is, except Thomas. He was 332 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 5: more practical, more logical. He said, guys, if you want 333 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 5: to believe, that's fine, but not me. A man can't 334 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,640 Speaker 5: be dead for three days and come back to life. 335 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:16,879 Speaker 5: I'm not going to believe unless I see it with 336 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 5: my own eyes. I want to see the nail prints 337 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:20,400 Speaker 5: in his hands. 338 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:21,440 Speaker 4: Now. 339 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 5: Thomas had spent just as much time with Jesus as 340 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 5: the other disciples, yet they were full of faith. They 341 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 5: were all believers. Thomas was full of doubt. He had 342 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 5: all these questions. One day they were in a room 343 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 5: together and Jesus came walking through the doors. 344 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 4: They nearly passed out. 345 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:45,199 Speaker 5: What's interesting is Jesus didn't go over to Andrew and 346 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 5: say Andrew, I made it. He didn't walk over to 347 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 5: Matthew give him a big hug. 348 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 4: Jesus walked right to Thomas. 349 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 5: Bypassed all the people that had faith and went to 350 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 5: the one person in the room. 351 00:18:58,800 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 4: That had doubt. 352 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 5: He didn't chew him out, say Thomas, what's wrong with you? No, 353 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 5: he said, Thomas, I know you don't believe. I know 354 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:11,640 Speaker 5: you have doubts, you have questions. And Thomas, that's okay, 355 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:16,120 Speaker 5: I understand. That's why I came to you first. Now 356 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 5: feel the nail prints in my hand, Feel the. 357 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 4: Scars in my side. Notice the pattern. 358 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 5: When you have doubts like Thomas, when you blow it, 359 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 5: like Peter, when you fail, like the woman that was 360 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 5: married five times. We think God is so far away from. 361 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 4: Us, it's just the opposite. 362 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:40,439 Speaker 5: God came to the people that had doubt before he 363 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 5: came to the people that had faith. See, we try 364 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 5: to put God in this box and tell God who 365 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 5: to save and who to bless, and who to forgive 366 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 5: and who to heal. 367 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 4: The longer I. 368 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 5: Live, the more I realize God's ways are not our ways. 369 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 5: God will save the most unlikely people. He will show 370 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 5: mercy when we think they deserve judging it. Sometimes God 371 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 5: will bypass the people with faith to go to the 372 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 5: one person that has doubt. It's because God never writes 373 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 5: us off. God doesn't judge us the way people judge. 374 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 5: God understands when you make a mistake. He understands when 375 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 5: you have doubt. It's interesting Thomas doubted this one time 376 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 5: and he became known as doubting Thomas probably wasn't a 377 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 5: week or two of his life, yet people labeled him 378 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 5: a doubter. The good news is God doesn't judge you 379 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:39,439 Speaker 5: by one mistake. We call him doubting Thomas. You know 380 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 5: what God calls him believing Thomas, forgiven, Thomas, redeemed, Thomas restored, Thomas, 381 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 5: Amazing Thomas. What we don't hear much about is Thomas 382 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 5: went on to touch all of India. He's credited as 383 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,199 Speaker 5: being the one that brought the good news to that 384 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 5: entire nation. 385 00:20:57,960 --> 00:20:58,120 Speaker 4: Now. 386 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 5: You may have struggled with an addiction whole life, but 387 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 5: know this, God is not judging you by that one setback. 388 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 5: Get rid of that negative label. Maybe you've failed in business, 389 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 5: bluer relationship, did something you're not proud of. 390 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:16,959 Speaker 4: Don't let that become your identity. 391 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:22,680 Speaker 5: Stop seeing yourself as doubting Thomas, addicted Thomas, undisciplined Thomas, 392 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 5: failing Thomas. 393 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 4: Now you've got to turn it around. 394 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:30,159 Speaker 5: Start seeing yourself as blessed Thomas, free Thomas, redeemed, Thomas, 395 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 5: successful Thomas. Too often we get our performance mixed up 396 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 5: with our identity. In other words, you may have failed, 397 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 5: but you are not a failure. 398 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 4: That's what you did. That's not who you are. You 399 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 4: are a child of the most high God. 400 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 5: You've been handpicked by the creator of the universe. You 401 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,880 Speaker 5: may struggle with an addiction, but you are not an addict. 402 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 4: That's what you did. That's not who you are. You 403 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 4: are free, you are clean, you are restored. 404 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 5: Now don't go around dwelling on your past mistakes. Quit 405 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 5: replaying all the times that you've failed, the times you 406 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 5: gave in the temptations, the time you blew the relationship, 407 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 5: the time it didn't work out. 408 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,880 Speaker 4: All that's going to do is depress you. 409 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 5: Just like you have a remote control to change the 410 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 5: channel on the television, you've got to change the channel. 411 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 4: In your mind. You will not be free from guilt. 412 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 5: You will not enjoy your life if you're constantly replaying 413 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,920 Speaker 5: the negative memories of your past. If you're going to 414 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 5: replay anything, replay your victories, replay the times that you 415 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 5: honored God, replayed the times that you helped someone else 416 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 5: in need. That'll change your perspective. 417 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:47,680 Speaker 4: Some of you today, you. 418 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 5: Would go to a new level if you would just 419 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:50,679 Speaker 5: get good. 420 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 4: At changing the channel in your mind. 421 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 5: A few years ago, a young lady named Rachel Smith 422 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:01,199 Speaker 5: won the Miss America Beauty pageant, Bright Young Girl and 423 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 5: goes all over the world helping underprivileged children. Later that year, 424 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 5: she competed in the Miss Universe pageant, and she walked 425 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 5: out on stage during the evening gown competition, all by herself, 426 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:18,119 Speaker 5: with millions of people watching around the world live on television. 427 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 5: She lost her footing and fell flat on her backside. 428 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 4: She was so embarrassed she. 429 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 5: Got up as quickly as she could and put a 430 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:27,919 Speaker 5: smile back on her face. 431 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 4: The audience wasn't very forgiving. 432 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 5: There were jeers and laughter and booze, very humiliating. In 433 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:38,640 Speaker 5: spite of the fall, she made it into the top 434 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,680 Speaker 5: five of the competition. Her next task was to answer 435 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 5: a question randomly chosen by the judges. She walked back 436 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,640 Speaker 5: onto the stage where she had fallen just a few 437 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 5: minutes earlier. A judge picked a question out of the hat. 438 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:58,159 Speaker 5: Her question was, if you could relive any moment of 439 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:03,160 Speaker 5: your life over again and do it differently, what moment 440 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 5: would that be? Hear her most embarrassing moment was just 441 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 5: twenty minutes earlier. How many of us would say, boy, 442 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 5: I want to redo that. I want to relive that. No, 443 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 5: without missing a beat, she said, if I could relive 444 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 5: any moment of my life again, I would relive my 445 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 5: trip to Africa working with the orphans, seeing their beautiful smiles, 446 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 5: feeling their warm embraces. 447 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,959 Speaker 4: Instead of reliving. 448 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 5: A moment of pain, a moment of embarrassment, she chose 449 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,199 Speaker 5: to relive a moment of joy, a moment where she 450 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,679 Speaker 5: was making a difference, where if she was proud of 451 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 5: herself in life, We're all going to have times where 452 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 5: we fall embarrassing moments, unfair situations. I can assure you 453 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 5: they will come up on the movie screen of your mind. 454 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 4: Again and again. 455 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 5: You got to get good at changing the channel. Put 456 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:58,719 Speaker 5: on your accomplishments, put on your victories, put on the 457 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 5: times where you're proud of yourself. Heard about this man 458 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 5: that had a dream. And in this dream, he was 459 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 5: in a large room kind of like a library, and 460 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 5: there were file cabinets all around him, from the floor 461 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,119 Speaker 5: to the ceiling, hundreds and hundreds of files. He walked 462 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 5: over and opened a drawer. They were full of index cards. 463 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 5: He took one out and read it, and it had 464 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 5: to do with his life. 465 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 4: Something that he had done. 466 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 5: He soon realized the whole room was about him. Every thought, 467 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 5: every word he had spoken, every action, both good and bad, 468 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,880 Speaker 5: were recorded on these files. There was a whole section 469 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 5: of everything that he had done wrong. The times that 470 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 5: he lost his temper, the times he was unfaithful, the 471 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 5: times that he cheated. His deepest, darkest secrets were all 472 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 5: recorded in these files. His first thought was, I've got 473 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,640 Speaker 5: to destroy these cards. I can't let anybody see them. 474 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 5: I'd be so embarrassed. He went over and tried to 475 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 5: tear up the card, but it was impossible. They could 476 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 5: not be destroyed. As he sat there thinking about his 477 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 5: failures and all the times he had blown it, he 478 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 5: felt so ashamed. Now about that time in the dream, 479 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 5: Jesus walked into the room, and while he felt this 480 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 5: incredible love, he also felt, that's the last person I 481 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 5: want to see now. 482 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 4: I'm really ashamed. 483 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 5: Jesus walked right over to the files of everything that 484 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:29,399 Speaker 5: he had done wrong. 485 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 4: He took a card out. 486 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 5: One by one, Jesus crossed the man's name off, and 487 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 5: Jesus signed his own name, followed by the phrase paid 488 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 5: in full. The time you lied crossed the man's name off. 489 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:47,199 Speaker 5: Jesus paid in full. The time you were unfaithful crossed 490 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 5: his name off. 491 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 4: Jesus paid in full. Before long, all of the cards 492 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 4: had been signed. 493 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 5: In the dream, this man said, Jesus, you don't have 494 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 5: to do this. 495 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 4: This is not even your room. These are not even 496 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 4: your mistakes. 497 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 5: Jesus just smiled and gently said, don't worry about that. 498 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 4: The price has already been paid. It is finished. Friends. 499 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 5: One message of the resurrection is your sins have already 500 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 5: been forgiven. Because Jesus rose from the grave. Every mistake 501 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 5: you've made and ever will make, already has that phrase 502 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,159 Speaker 5: written on the top of it, paid in full. The 503 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:33,439 Speaker 5: real question is will you receive God's mercy? Will you 504 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 5: stop trying to pay a debt that's already been paid. 505 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 5: You don't have to go around feeling guilty, feeling wrong 506 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:44,359 Speaker 5: on the inside, not excited about your future. God is 507 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:48,440 Speaker 5: running towards you today. He knew every mistake you'd ever make. 508 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,400 Speaker 5: He doesn't love you less, he loves you more. He's 509 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,680 Speaker 5: not just the God of Abraham, He's the God of Jacob. 510 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 5: He's saying, you may have blown it, you may have failed, 511 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 5: but I'm not disappointed in you. 512 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 4: I still love you, I still believe in you. 513 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 5: I still have an amazing future in front of you. 514 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 5: Your performance may not have been perfect, but because your 515 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 5: heart is perfect toward him, God's gonna show himself strong 516 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 5: in your havef my challenge, shake off the guilt, receive 517 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 5: God's mercy. I believe in declare today is a new day. 518 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,640 Speaker 5: You will rise higher, you will live freer, You will 519 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:30,880 Speaker 5: become everything God's created you to be in Jesus' name. 520 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:35,120 Speaker 5: If you receive it, can you say amen? We never 521 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 5: like to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity 522 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 5: to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you 523 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 5: pray with me, just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of 524 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 5: my sins. 525 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 526 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 527 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 5: got born again. 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