1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: If we haven't met before. My name's Chet I'm the 2 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: pastor at our university city campus. You see, it's no 3 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: place like it eighty one oh five. I VM job 4 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: in the North side of Charlotte. I love you, I 5 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,240 Speaker 1: love you. I love you. And it's such an honor 6 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: to be able to open up God's Word with you today. 7 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: And I'm excited about it. I'm really really excited about it. 8 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: God's been dealing with me over the last Really, I 9 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: feel like God's been showing me this message over the 10 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,480 Speaker 1: last year, and to be able to have a moment 11 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 1: to release it today, I'm full. I'm really, really, really full. 12 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: And before I jump into God's Word, I just got 13 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 1: to tell you I love my church. Do you love 14 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: your church? Do you love your church? I love my church. 15 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: I love my church. You know, in a week like 16 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: this week, when you've all been scrolling on Instagram and 17 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: watching the news seeing the devastation of Hurricane Ian this week, 18 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:07,479 Speaker 1: I got to see God move in such a powerful way. 19 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: But I love the vision of our church. See what 20 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: God can do through you. And so we've been praying 21 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: this week as a church. We've been praying for families 22 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: and praying for everybody that's been affected, but not only praying. 23 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: We've been showing up. Your church has been showing up. 24 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: I wanted to just share a couple of things with you. 25 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: I mean, we're partnering with over nine partners across the 26 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:33,759 Speaker 1: Melbourne and Orlando area with our campus is there. Matter 27 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 1: of fact, today is Coop's birthday our Melverne campus pastor 28 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday book. But when I was thinking 29 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: about all that's going on, like I mean, Convoy of Hope, 30 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: Samaritan's Person Mission and Hope are on the ground providing 31 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: relief efforts right now. Earlier this year, maybe you packed 32 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: some of these hygiene kits. I'm talking about fifty thousand 33 00:01:55,640 --> 00:02:01,279 Speaker 1: hygien kits that are being distributed right now. We've given 34 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: Convoy a Hope over five hundred thousand dollars in supplies 35 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: in two hundred and fifty thousand to go towards disaster 36 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: relief efforts. Tell your neighbors say I love, I love 37 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: I love, I love my church. We don't just talk 38 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: about making a difference. We are making a difference. Sit 39 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: and at the beginning of October, I could not stand 40 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: on this stage and not honor my pastors, Pastor Stephen 41 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: and Holly and Holly Burdenson. Tell your neighbors say, I 42 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: love my pastors. I love my pastors. I got to 43 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,959 Speaker 1: sneak in to reflect and I snuck in at U 44 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: see and Hollywood was just so surgical in the way 45 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: that she ministered to the women of our church. And 46 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: I can't wait. I can't wait to see God continue 47 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: to give her fresh revelation and continue to inspire through 48 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: our Creus ministry. All that Holly's doing, it's amazing. What 49 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: about Pastor Steven. It would be easy to sit and 50 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: talk about the messages, the sermons, and the songs that 51 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: God has used him to released into the world. You know, 52 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: maybe you know like me, I sometimes here these messages 53 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: like is he bugging my Phone's it been following me? 54 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: But I really wanted to tell you guys about a 55 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: moment that we had in a staff meeting. I was 56 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: leading this staff meeting. It was a whole staff, all 57 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: of our campuses, all of our central teams, the Digital team, 58 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: HR team, everybody was together. Everybody was together in the room. 59 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: All of our campus inside Charlotte, outside Charlotte were all 60 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: together in one room. We were worshiping, We were praying, 61 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: we had some updates and things to share, and I'm 62 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: leading this meeting and we had some prayer time and 63 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: I'm up leading and I look down and I make 64 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: eye contact with pastor and he just waits for me 65 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: to come off the stage. So I was like, oh, 66 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: what did I do? What did I do? I walked 67 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: downstage and I got next to him and he says, 68 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: give LB the microphone. I said, what did I mess up? 69 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: I thought I was doing a good job. He said, 70 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: bow your head, and he put his hands on my 71 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: shoulders and he began to pray for me. And the 72 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: first thing that he said, the first thing that he 73 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: said was the worder of the Lord is is rest. 74 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: God says, sleep well tonight. Custer didn't know. I didn't 75 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: call him and tell him that there were a few 76 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: nights that I was just up laid and I couldn't sleep. 77 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 1: Because who knows that life be life in sometimes things, 78 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 1: things be happening sometimes, and life doesn't stop. Because I'm 79 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 1: struggling and I'm going through something. I stepped the show up, 80 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,919 Speaker 1: and in that moment, he prayed for me, spoke life 81 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: into me, and in that moment, I knew that he 82 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 1: cared more about me as a man. He cared more 83 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 1: about me as the husband that he's called me to be, 84 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: the father that he's called me to be, than anything 85 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: that I could ever do on a stage or in 86 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: a pulpit. And for that, I'm so forever grateful. I 87 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: love I love, I love my pastors. And he asked 88 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: me to preach today, and that's what I'm gonna do. 89 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 1: That's what I'm gonna do. So we're gonna go to 90 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,919 Speaker 1: Genesis chapter forty one. We can go to Genesis chapter 91 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: forty one and read a few scriptures, and I'm believing 92 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: that God's gonna show up in a powerful, powerful way. 93 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: We're gonna start at verse thirty eight. We're gonna start 94 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 1: at verse thirty eight. I'm gonna spend some time with 95 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: Joseph today, and this is what it says. It says, 96 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: so Pharaoh asked them, can we find anyone like this man, 97 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: one in whom is the spirit of God? Then Pharaoh 98 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 1: said to Joseph, since God has made all things known 99 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: to you, there is no one so discerning and wise 100 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: as you. I gotta pause right there and give the 101 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: wives of little heads up. This would be a good 102 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:56,039 Speaker 1: verse for you to send to your husband. Just send 103 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: it from time to time. Add some hearts and some 104 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: kissy faces in it. Just listen to They said, can 105 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: we find anyone like this man, one in whom is 106 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 1: the spirit of God? Then Pharaoh said it, so the 107 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: six God has made all of this known to you. 108 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 1: There is no one so discerning, And so whyts sinnate senate? 109 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: This week? You might get a you might get a blessing. 110 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 1: Verse forty it says you shall be in charge of 111 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: my palace, and all my people are to submit to 112 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: your orders. Only with respect to the throne. Will I 113 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: be greater than you? So Pharaoh said to Joseph, I 114 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 1: hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt. 115 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: Then Pharaoh took his senate ring from his finger, and 116 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: he put it on Joseph's finger. He dressed him in 117 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain around 118 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: his neck. If I was talking to my boys or 119 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: to the youth, they would say, he's Joseph's getting drippy. 120 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 1: His drip goes hard. That's what they would have said. 121 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 1: That's what they would have said. Verse forty three says 122 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: he had him ride in a chariot, a second in command, 123 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: and all the people shouted before him make way. Does 124 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt. 125 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 1: Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh. But without 126 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: your word, no one will lift a hand or foot 127 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: in Egypt. Let's pray God, we love you, We thank you. 128 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: Give us ears to hear what you have to say. 129 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: Open our hearts to receive whatever it is you want 130 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: to speak to us. Have your way in this place. 131 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 1: We love you, We thank you. And this in Jesus' name, 132 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: I pray a man. Amen. Amen. Before you take your seat, 133 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: I need you to look at your neighbor to the left, 134 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: look your neighbor to the right, and I need you 135 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,239 Speaker 1: to give them both a compliment, Now, a real compliment. 136 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: Give them a compliment. If you smell their cologne, tell 137 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: them you smell good. You like their heads that make up? 138 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: Say who did it? Yeah? You can be seated. You 139 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: can be seated. You can be seated. It's something about 140 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: encouragement that just made you smile, didn't it. You know 141 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: when you released that compliment. It just does something. It 142 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: just does something. It just does something. But hey, I 143 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: want to start with this. You know, many of you 144 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: we haven't got to meet before. And one of the 145 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: things you want to know about me is I am 146 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: very competitive. I'm extremely competitive. I don't care what it is. 147 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,839 Speaker 1: As matter of fact, we got a spades tournament coming 148 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: up for the stat Do I have any real space player, 149 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: any real space player in it? We'll find out this week. 150 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: Now I won't say his name, but I've been getting 151 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: some text that talking a little smack and and you know, 152 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,599 Speaker 1: you see hear me and my partner. We got some chemistry. 153 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: We've been doing this for a little bit. We won 154 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 1: some some competition, some tournaments in the past, and you know, 155 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: but uh, but Chump's been texting me talking about I'm 156 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: gonna go down this week and just pray, just pray. 157 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: I don't get let go or anything after after I 158 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: handle some business. I'm extremely competitive. I don't care what 159 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: it is, even if I'm playing checkers. Like, even if 160 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: I'm playing Checkers, I mean, I mean, smoke before fire. 161 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 1: Who knows how to play flying kings, Flying kings, Flying Kings. 162 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: I'm real, I'm real, I'm real. But that's a there's 163 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: a moment in the game of checkers for the tables turn. 164 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,319 Speaker 1: You know, when you're making your way from one side 165 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: of the board all the way to the other side 166 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: of the board, you don't jump some pieces, some of 167 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: your pieces have gotten jumped. And then you make it 168 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: into that spot. You make it into that spot. And now, 169 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: if you're like me, you're real competitive. When you get 170 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: to that spot, you say it with swagger. You know, 171 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: you say it with your chest. You step into it, 172 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: and what do you say, king me? Hey? The title 173 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:12,719 Speaker 1: of my message today is king me, king me, king me, 174 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: king me, because I believe that some of you are 175 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 1: waiting until you get to a certain position, You get 176 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: to a certain spot, and when you get there, you'll 177 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: be able to have so much authority, so much power. 178 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: The thing about the game of checkers, I love it. 179 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: I love it. I love it because when I get 180 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: to that spot, the other player, my opponent has to 181 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: take a piece that they took from me. They have 182 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,319 Speaker 1: to take a piece that they took from me, place 183 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:47,719 Speaker 1: it on my piece, and say, king me, maybe you 184 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: would take a moment and praise God because there's some 185 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 1: things that's been taken from you and you're like, I 186 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 1: need my piece back, I need my joy back. I 187 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 1: need to be happy again. I feel like I'm losing energy. 188 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 1: Give it back, Give it back, give it back. There's 189 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: something about when you get to that spot. From that 190 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,199 Speaker 1: moment on, I'm talking junk the rest of the game. 191 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: I'm talking junk the rest of the game. But this 192 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 1: is where, this is where we are in Joseph's life. 193 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: You say he's at this moment where you know he's 194 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: given charge over all of Egypt. Then, and I don't 195 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: know about you. Actually, I dreamed. I dreamed of being 196 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: the man like I dreamed of it. I dreamed of 197 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: being the captain on my basketball team. I dreamed, I 198 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 1: dreamed of it. You know, I dreamed. I dreamed of 199 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: having a beautiful wife in perfect Kids. I did hear 200 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: the picture of my family, they have it up on 201 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 1: the screens. I dreamed of this. I really did of 202 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: a beautiful wife. I got a beautiful wife. She's God. 203 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:59,200 Speaker 1: God did that. He did that. I'm still praying for 204 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: perfect kids. I love my boys. I love them. I 205 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 1: love them. They are amazing. They're amazing. They're amazing. I 206 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: love them. I love and I love them. You know, 207 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: I dreamed, I dreamed of having, you know, a big 208 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:16,319 Speaker 1: house with a white picket fence and all that I 209 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: dreamed of it I dreamed of happening one day. But 210 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: here's the thing I didn't dream of. I didn't dream 211 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 1: of painting that fence. I didn't dream of painting it. 212 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 1: You see, sometimes sometimes what you dream of you don't 213 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 1: picture the demand that comes with it or the responsibility 214 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:36,199 Speaker 1: that comes with it. Or sometimes sometimes you don't see 215 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 1: that you see, sometimes what you pictured isn't even what 216 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: God promised you see, I'm trying to get you to 217 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: understand that sometimes we've been having a picture or dreaming 218 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 1: of what this would be like when you got to 219 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: that spot. And so God's been dealing with me about 220 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: this idea of being in charge, of being in charge. 221 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 1: You see, Joseph's story was less about him going from 222 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: the pit to the palace. It was more about him 223 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: going from having a respective of being in charge to 224 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 1: being a servant. And so I want to take some 225 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: time today because sometimes the way that God deals with 226 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: me to show me what something is, he'll show me 227 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 1: what it isn't first, like He'll omit some thing so 228 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 1: then I could figure it out. And so here's what 229 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: I want to do, because I do believe that you're 230 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 1: in charge, your son, daughter of God. I believe that 231 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: he puts you in positions. You have authority, you have influence, 232 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: and I believe that. But we got to understand what 233 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: this means. And so here's the first thing I want 234 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: you to write down. Being in charge isn't a choice. 235 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: Being in charge isn't a choice. Joseph's story goes from 236 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 1: Genesis chapter thirty seven all the way to Genesis fifty. 237 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 1: You gotta go back in your own time and read 238 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: this story. There's so much in it. But when you 239 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: go and you read Joseph's story, what's powerful to me 240 00:13:55,720 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: is this idea that everywhere Joseph went received a promotion, 241 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 1: but he never asked to be promoted. Going read to 242 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: go and read to yourself. Fact check me, fact check me. 243 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: Everywhere Joseph went, he was promoted, and he didn't ask 244 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: for a promotion. I can't see in scripture where he 245 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: asked his father to be his favorite son. I can't 246 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: see that he asked his father. I can't see when 247 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 1: he was at Potiphar's house, he never said make me headmaster. 248 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: When he went to prison, he never went to the 249 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: prison ward and said hey, I could run this side 250 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: of the week, and he never went to federalh and said, please, 251 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: please please make me second in command. Being in charge 252 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: isn't a choice. Now, there's two ways we can look 253 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: at this. One way gets me excited. I start shouting, 254 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: because who knows that God will answer prayers that you 255 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: don't even have the faith to pray sometimes that sometimes 256 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: God will just show up in ways. He'll put you 257 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 1: in positions, he'll work some things out, and you didn't 258 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: even ask for us. Some of you are in a 259 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: position right now. You got promoted for it, and you 260 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: know you're not qualified for it. Some of you are 261 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: in rooms that you know you shouldn't be in. Here, 262 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: You're like, how did I get here? How did I 263 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: find myself in this spot? Moses didn't ask to lead 264 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: the children of Israel out of slavery. Peter did not 265 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 1: ask Jesus to get into his boat. You see, being 266 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: in charge isn't a choice. The Lord will make you 267 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: the head and not the tell who's above and not beneath, 268 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: who's a lender, not a bar? You see, God will 269 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: make you make you now now this scripture, right here, 270 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: the Lord will make you the head that's something normal 271 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 1: we shot about. But when I was studying this time 272 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: put it up. This is dude, und chapter chapter twenty eight. 273 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: Look at this. It says, the Lord will make you 274 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 1: the head God. What if I don't want all that responsibility? 275 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: Cause what if I don't want all that that comes 276 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: with being the head. What if I don't want that 277 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: and you just gonna make me? You just gonna make me. 278 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 1: The more that I thought about this, I realized, you know, 279 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: I have twin boys, Carson and Carter. They are eight. 280 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: They're not eight. There are eleven, there are eleven. There 281 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: are eleven. There are eleven. There are eleven, there are eleven. 282 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: And I love these boys. The reason I said eight 283 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: because all they do is eat, and like over it's 284 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: all they're doing. They're just eating everything. I'm gonna tell 285 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: you a story about my boys. I drive home, drive home, 286 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: and I wouldn't notice Carson and Carter. They love to 287 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 1: play basketball, and they're pretty good. They're pretty good. They 288 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: love playing ball. And I would drive home. I would 289 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: drive home and I would notice basketballs all over all 290 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 1: over the neighborhood. I'm talking like, so this is basketball 291 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: go that all the kids come to and I drive 292 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 1: home and I see basketballs in the yards. I see 293 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: basketballs in the street. I just see basketballs all over 294 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: the place. So I came into the house that day 295 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: and I said, hey, hey, listen, boys, I need you 296 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 1: to make sure when you're done playing basketball, I need 297 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: you to make sure that all of the balls are 298 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: put up. Put them, put them by, put them by 299 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 1: the garage, put them next to the goal. I don't 300 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:16,439 Speaker 1: want them all in the street. I don't want them 301 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 1: all out in the yard. Now. I want you to 302 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 1: do this for me too. Sometimes you won't be out 303 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 1: there playing and you'll come out there and you'll see 304 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:26,880 Speaker 1: all the balls out there, and you'll be like, hey, 305 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: I didn't do it. You're responsible for picking up the basketballs, 306 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,160 Speaker 1: even if our neighbor doesn't, even if the boy down 307 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:37,479 Speaker 1: down the street doesn't. You're responsible for making sure the 308 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: basketballs get put up. You got my back on this. Boy, 309 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 1: Say yeah, Dad, I got you. Well. A couple days later, 310 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 1: I'm driving home and I see basketballs in the street, 311 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 1: in the yard, and I see basketballs all over the place. 312 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 1: I said, hey, boys, come outside, what is this. I 313 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: see basketballs in the street, I see basketballs in the yard. 314 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,400 Speaker 1: I told you to be responsible for making sure these 315 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: basketballs get put up. The first thing out of their 316 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 1: mouth it was Noah. It was Noah next door Dad, 317 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: it was Noah Son. Do I feed Noah Son? Do 318 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: I buy Noah's men's shoes that they're wearing. Now. The 319 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,919 Speaker 1: reason why this is so so important because some of 320 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 1: you be like, why are you so passionate about making 321 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 1: them pick up the basketballs? Why are you so passionate? 322 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,399 Speaker 1: Because I'm not so passionate about the basketballs and making 323 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 1: them do something. I'm passionate about making them into something. 324 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: You see, God's called me to raise these boys to 325 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:58,199 Speaker 1: be strong, confident, responsible men of God. Some of you 326 00:18:58,240 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: have been in a season where you're like, God, why 327 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,439 Speaker 1: are you making me do this? Why are you making 328 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 1: me go through this? God? Why are you making me? 329 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 1: Why are you making me? Why are you making me? 330 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 1: And God is like, I'm making you, I'm forming you. 331 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 1: My hands are owing you. And so sometimes I'm gonna 332 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 1: ask you to do some things you don't like. Sometimes 333 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna put you in positions that you're struggling with. 334 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: You gotta understand that being in charge, it isn't a 335 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 1: choice and some of you are here today because God's 336 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,439 Speaker 1: been making you for a long time. Some of you, 337 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: some of you don't act pride forel now, don't act 338 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: pride for now. If it wasn't for the hand of 339 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 1: God making you, forming you, that no way you'd be 340 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:43,880 Speaker 1: able to take care of your family. There's no way 341 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: you'd be able to keep that job. There's no way 342 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,239 Speaker 1: you'd be able to stay off that substance. There's no 343 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 1: way God's been making you. Tell your neighbors, say, he's 344 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: making me, He's making me, He's making me, He's making 345 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 1: me in charge. Isn't about you, It isn't about you. 346 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 1: Tell your neighbors say, it isn't about you. Now, when 347 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 1: you start walking in confidence, you start walking in boldness, 348 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: you start making sure that you live this thing out, 349 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 1: you can walk out this shoe. That being in charge 350 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 1: isn't about you. Now we're gonna pick up at a 351 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: moment in Joseph's life, because Joseph has gone through some things, 352 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 1: some ups and downs, and we find ourselves where he 353 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:39,400 Speaker 1: has been sold into slavery by his brothers, and he's 354 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:44,400 Speaker 1: now in Potiphar's house. He's now in Potiphar's house, and remember, 355 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 1: being in charge isn't about you. And so you gotta 356 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: understand that wherever Joseph went, he made an impact. Wherever 357 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,440 Speaker 1: Joseph went, he made a difference. And I want to 358 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: show you a picture of this. In Genesis chapter thirty nine, 359 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: we're gonna go to verse two. This is what it says. 360 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 1: It says the Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, 361 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 1: and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master 362 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 1: when his master saw him the Lord, and that the 363 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: Lord was with him, and that the Lord gave him 364 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:20,199 Speaker 1: success in everything he did. Joseph found favor in his 365 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:26,120 Speaker 1: eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge 366 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 1: of his whole household, and he entrusted everything that he 367 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: owned to his care. From the time he put him 368 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 1: in charge of his household and all that he owned, 369 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because Joseph 370 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:47,560 Speaker 1: was there. The blessing of the Lord was on everything 371 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 1: Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field. 372 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had 373 00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 1: because Joseph was there. Can the same be said about you? 374 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 1: Is your family better because you're in it. Is your 375 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,679 Speaker 1: organization better because you're a part of it. Is the 376 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 1: team that you're on better because you're on that team? 377 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 1: Is your school better because you're a student at that 378 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: high school? You See. The thing that you got to 379 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 1: understand is that being in charge, being in high places, 380 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 1: it's not about you. Wherever Joseph went it was better 381 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: because of him. Why. That's why I told you I 382 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 1: love my church. But you want ano the real reason 383 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: I love my church is because this is a generous church, 384 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 1: because this is a selfless church. I want to take 385 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: a moment and celebrate all of the men and women 386 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,880 Speaker 1: that give faithfully at Elevation Church. I want to thank 387 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 1: the men and women that serve faithfully at Elevation Church. 388 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,239 Speaker 1: I'm talking about our ee, the kids volunteers that are 389 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: taking care of your crazy kids right now, that are 390 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 1: teaching them about Jesus right now. I want to think 391 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: are parking volunteers that park your car. I want to 392 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: thank our users that pray for your seat so that 393 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: you can come in and step into an atmosphere and 394 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: feel the presence of God. When our volunteers walked in today, 395 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 1: you know what they said, How can I make this 396 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 1: place better? How can I make this place better? How 397 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: can I make a difference. There's some people that walk 398 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 1: in and they're just like, Hey, I want to hear 399 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 1: a word. Where's my word? I want to hear my song. Hey. 400 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: Regardless if you never do anything, this will be a 401 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,199 Speaker 1: place where God will show up and he'll speak to 402 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 1: you and you can get what you need. But there's 403 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: something different. There's a double blessing that happens when you 404 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: walk in and say, God, use me, God, show up 405 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: in my life. God, I'll help here. I'll show up 406 00:23:56,320 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 1: there because being in charge is it about you. When 407 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: you really get this and you start walking it out, 408 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 1: there's a different kind of anointing that starts to come up. 409 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: I want to let you know that anointing. Anointing is attractive. 410 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: Anointing is attractive, and some of you is like you 411 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 1: thought about the good attraction. But here's the thing that 412 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: I've come to find out is that it's light that 413 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 1: attracts bugs, not darkness. You turn a light on, books 414 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,239 Speaker 1: start coming from everywhere at nighttime, and so when you're 415 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 1: starting to walk in this confidence, you're starting to walk 416 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 1: with this swagger. Sometimes some books starts showing up and 417 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 1: you're like, get out in my face. Something. I'm trying 418 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 1: to do what God called me to do. Sometimes anointing 419 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: gets attractive, and we got a moment where Joseph actually 420 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: experiences the attraction. Now, some of you Bible scholars, you 421 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 1: know where I'm going with this. You've read this time 422 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 1: and time again. But there's maybe something that God hadn't 423 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: showed you before. Because he really spoke to me when 424 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:00,679 Speaker 1: I went back and I read it. Because being in 425 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 1: charge isn't about you. You find this in Genesis chapter 426 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: thirty nine, verses six through nine, and I want to 427 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: break this down a little bit. This is what it 428 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,640 Speaker 1: says in verse six. So Potiphar left everything he had 429 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 1: in Joseph's care. With Joseph in charge, he did not 430 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now, 431 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: Joseph was well built and handsome. You know what. I think. 432 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 1: It was hot, it was July, and Joseph was walking 433 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: around the palace in houchie daddy shorts. And I think, 434 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: I think, because if he was wearing baggy clothes, how 435 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 1: would they know he was well built? I think verse 436 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 1: seven And after a while, his master's wife took notice 437 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:00,680 Speaker 1: of Joseph, and she said, come to bed with me. Now, listen, 438 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 1: if you hadn't had this conversation with your child that's 439 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 1: in here, I'll let you explain that later. But in 440 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 1: verse eight it says, but he refused. With me in charge, 441 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: he told her, my master does not concern himself with 442 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:21,400 Speaker 1: anything in the house. Everything he owns he has entrusted 443 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: to my care. No one is greater in this house 444 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 1: than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me 445 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:34,360 Speaker 1: except you, because you are his wife. How then could 446 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: I do such a wicked thing in sin against God? 447 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 1: I love? I love. We can learn from Joseph's heart 448 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 1: right here is because the more that I thought about it, 449 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 1: even though Joseph was in charge, he was still a slave. 450 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: Even though Joseph was in charge, he still was a slave. 451 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 1: So that tells me that it was his duty to 452 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,880 Speaker 1: do whatever his master told him to do. I am 453 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 1: sure Potifar's wife had told him before, hey can you 454 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: go and pick up this trash. I'm sure Potifar's wife 455 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 1: at some point said, hey, can you come here? This 456 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: is broken? Can you fix it? I'm sure Potifar's wife 457 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: at some point said, hey, can you come and bring 458 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 1: me a meal. But at the moment when he said, 459 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,360 Speaker 1: when she says, come and sleep with me, he said, no, 460 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: I can't do that. You've gone too far. You see, 461 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: it was his duty to be obedient, but she asked 462 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:35,920 Speaker 1: him to do something contrary to his beliefs. What I'm 463 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 1: trying to say is is I don't want you operating 464 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,439 Speaker 1: out of culture standards. I want you operating out of 465 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: God's standers. What I'm trying to get you to understand 466 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:47,159 Speaker 1: is God has a higher way, a different way, and 467 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 1: sometimes you get isolated and you feel alone, but you 468 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 1: gotta say no, Are you willing to offend God so 469 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 1: you won't offend another man? Are you willing? I'm talking 470 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: Let me talk to the student for a second. When 471 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 1: you're walking in school and your friends are telling you 472 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 1: to do this or do that, and some of you 473 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: there's something inside of you that says, I just need 474 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:08,959 Speaker 1: to do it because I don't want to offend them. 475 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: I want you to hear my voice. How about you 476 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 1: make a decision today and say I would rather not 477 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 1: offend God. I'd rather hurt your feelings. I'd rather not 478 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,440 Speaker 1: be in the room. I'd rather not be in a circle. 479 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 1: I'd rather be let go. I'd rather lose it all 480 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 1: than to defend God. This is so so important because 481 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,199 Speaker 1: being in charge it's not about you. You gotta understand this. 482 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: Maybe you're running a business right now, or maybe you're 483 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 1: a part of an organization and you're starting to notice 484 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 1: that there's some shady things going on. You're starting to understand, 485 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 1: and it's wrestling when it's messing with you, because it's 486 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: just like, this is going against my morals. I feel 487 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 1: conflicted inside if I'm struggling with this. You see, you 488 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 1: gotta understand being in charge. It's not about you. Your 489 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 1: kids are watching you. Your kids are watching there's some 490 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,720 Speaker 1: people in the organization watching you because you claim to 491 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 1: be a follower Jesus, it's not about you. You gotta 492 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 1: make a decision today, say I'll get past this, I'll 493 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 1: get over this, but I will not offend my God. 494 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: I will not go against him. So here's the last 495 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 1: one that I want you to write down. I want 496 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:25,239 Speaker 1: you to write this down. Being in charge isn't the 497 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: same as being in control. Being in charge isn't the 498 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: same as being in control. You see, when you look 499 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: at Joseph's life, you see this thread that there's some 500 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 1: things that happened to Joseph that if he was in control, 501 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,560 Speaker 1: he would have stopped it. If he was in control, 502 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: it would have never happened. He would have stopped his 503 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 1: brothers from selling him into slavery. He would have been 504 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 1: able to stop Potiphar's wife from lying on him, because 505 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: you know what happened after he had that encounter Potiphar White. 506 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 1: She goes and she lies and says that that Joseph 507 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,720 Speaker 1: came and tried to rape her. He would have stopped 508 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 1: that lie and would have never been thrown into prison. 509 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 1: And as I was thinking about you, so I was 510 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: thinking about this moment, I wonder what you were dealing with. 511 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 1: I wonder what you were going through. I wonder what 512 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 1: challenges you face, what diagnosis is that the doctors have 513 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 1: given to you. And you're like, hey, if I was 514 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: in control, this would have never happened. Now, remember earlier 515 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 1: I told you I dreamed of having the house, but 516 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: I didn't dream of painting the fence. The reason why 517 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 1: I said that is because I'm not handy. Listen, like, seriously, 518 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,720 Speaker 1: I am pretty I'm pretty awful when it comes to 519 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: you put a hammer in my hand. I'm just ignorant, 520 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,760 Speaker 1: Like I just I don't know what to do. But 521 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: we got a house a few years ago and we've 522 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:51,960 Speaker 1: been trying to add some things, and there was this 523 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 1: one moment where I was like, hey, I think in 524 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 1: the jury way, it'd be good if we had a 525 00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 1: coat rack like that. We can hang some coats right 526 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 1: in the entryway. Thought it was a good idea, and 527 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:07,240 Speaker 1: so we went to Ikea and stops laughing at me, 528 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,479 Speaker 1: stop laughing at me. We went to Ikea. We went 529 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:14,200 Speaker 1: to Ikea and it was a simple, simple ship of rock. 530 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 1: It was white pieces, just fucked in. Looked at it. 531 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 1: I was like, I can do this. I can do this. 532 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: So I got home, I downloaded the leveler app on 533 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 1: my iPhone. It was gonna be straight. I'm telling you, 534 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 1: I got it. And so I went in. I grabbed 535 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:35,400 Speaker 1: two nails, grab two nails, laid it out. I marked 536 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,400 Speaker 1: out where the holes would go. I took my hammer 537 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:38,840 Speaker 1: and I put the nail and put the nail in 538 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 1: and nodded it up, put it on and I pushed 539 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,240 Speaker 1: it in. It was looking good. I'm saying it was 540 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 1: looking good. It was looking so good. Remember I told you, 541 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 1: I'm competitive. I start talking to it. To my wife, 542 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 1: I said, hey, may look at that. Check that out. 543 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:53,520 Speaker 1: Matter of fact, hey, may you go get your coat first? 544 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 1: Put your put your coat on first. Baby, put it 545 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,920 Speaker 1: on first. She went and got her coat. She put 546 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:08,280 Speaker 1: that thing on. That thing said whoop. So I called. 547 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:09,880 Speaker 1: I called a guy from the church. I called a 548 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: god from church. I was like, hey, I tried to 549 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 1: put up this coat rack. I even downloaded the level 550 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:17,760 Speaker 1: app on my phone. It was straight. But right when 551 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,720 Speaker 1: my wife put the coat on, it fell off. He said, hey, Chad. 552 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 1: He asked me one question, did you find the stud? 553 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 1: What is a stud? What? What did? What are you 554 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 1: talking about? What a stud? My my wife calls me 555 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:37,080 Speaker 1: a stud sometimes, but I have no idea what you're 556 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:42,400 Speaker 1: talking about. So so so God forbid something bad actually 557 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 1: happens that I need to fix it. And it happened. 558 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 1: It happened, It happened, It happened, It happened. So I 559 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 1: want to tell you a quick story about for something 560 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 1: that happened in in our in our in our bathroom, 561 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,200 Speaker 1: there was this, there was this leak. This there was 562 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 1: this leak in in our in our master bath tub. 563 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 1: It was real, real, and I noticed it, and uh, 564 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:05,640 Speaker 1: I ain't. I ain't do nothing for a little bit. 565 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:12,560 Speaker 1: And so you know, it was a slow drip. I 566 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 1: was like, all right, like you know, just I was 567 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: cool with that. Let's go down, I was like, but 568 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:24,640 Speaker 1: then it started going a little faster. And I started 569 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:26,160 Speaker 1: noticing it going a little faster, and I was like, 570 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 1: oh wow, that that water bill. Let me let me 571 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 1: go check it out. So I went down and I 572 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 1: got I got right there by the by the tub 573 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:36,880 Speaker 1: and this handles right here, and I was looking at 574 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:38,479 Speaker 1: U seeing the drip, and I said, maybe it just 575 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 1: needs a little bit of elbow grease. Maybe it needs 576 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: a little bit elbow grease. So I got enough sense 577 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:47,000 Speaker 1: to know that it's supposed to go forward and backwards, 578 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,720 Speaker 1: forward and backwards. So I was like, okay, let me 579 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,720 Speaker 1: just turn it on. So I turned it on. Let 580 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 1: the water start running, and I was like, I'm gonna 581 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 1: put some elbow grease on it to try to get 582 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:59,400 Speaker 1: this thing tight. So I take it and it did 583 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 1: something funny. It didn't go forward and backwards. That thing 584 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:10,640 Speaker 1: said WHOA. I knew. I know it's not supposed to 585 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:14,160 Speaker 1: do that. I know now the water is flowing out. 586 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:16,600 Speaker 1: So I said, okay, maybe let me just see if 587 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:18,600 Speaker 1: I can get it back in place. So I took it. 588 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:22,040 Speaker 1: I turned it back in place, and it pops off. 589 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:26,960 Speaker 1: Now I'm a little claustrophobic, so I'm filling it right now. 590 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,920 Speaker 1: Water was everywhere. It was in my face, it was 591 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 1: I was drowning. I said, help me, God, within me, 592 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 1: cross the carter, help me. The boys come into the room. 593 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,759 Speaker 1: They got their arms crossed like this, just looking at me. 594 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:45,160 Speaker 1: I'm like, help me, I'm about to die. I finally, 595 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:47,480 Speaker 1: I finally grab a towel and I cover it up. 596 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,239 Speaker 1: And I cover it up. I'm like, what am I 597 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:52,560 Speaker 1: gonna do? What am I gonna do? And I remembered 598 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:57,799 Speaker 1: my neighbor. His name's Mike. So Mike, Mike's retired. His 599 00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:01,520 Speaker 1: garage is always open, He's always working on something. So 600 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 1: I was like, I know, I know, I know, I know, 601 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,839 Speaker 1: I know Mike can fixed this. Mike confixed this. God 602 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,279 Speaker 1: told me to tell you something right here, because some 603 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,560 Speaker 1: of you are still praying to God for something. He 604 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:15,560 Speaker 1: told you to go to a neighbor for I got 605 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:17,239 Speaker 1: a pause right here. I got a pause right here. 606 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:20,719 Speaker 1: Some of you you're struggling in your marriage, and you're like, hey, hey, 607 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:22,840 Speaker 1: we talk about e groups all the time, and you 608 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:25,680 Speaker 1: won't take that step to get some married couples around 609 00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:29,759 Speaker 1: you to help you, to support you. Some of you 610 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,239 Speaker 1: still struggling in your finances and there's somebody that knows 611 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,680 Speaker 1: how to do a budget, and you're like, God, le's 612 00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:42,600 Speaker 1: my finances. God's like, go to Mike. So that's what 613 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:46,160 Speaker 1: I did. That's what I did. Now, mind you, I'm 614 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:50,600 Speaker 1: soaking wet. I'm looking crazy. You know when you get 615 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:54,000 Speaker 1: water in your shoes and it starts quishing. I'm running 616 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,520 Speaker 1: across the street and I get to Mike. I get 617 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,480 Speaker 1: to Mike. I'm out of breath and I'm like, hey, Mike, Hey, Mike, 618 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:01,840 Speaker 1: Hey Mike. I'm like, hey, listen, listen, I broke this 619 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,760 Speaker 1: knob off, my off, my fox. I need you to come. 620 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:06,719 Speaker 1: I need you to come. I'm like, I'm thinking that 621 00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:09,319 Speaker 1: water's gonna be coming through the ceiling. I'm thinking. I'm 622 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:10,680 Speaker 1: like my mind is going down. And said, Mike, come 623 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:14,360 Speaker 1: help me. He asked me one question. What he asked, 624 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:19,600 Speaker 1: how do you do that? Mike? I don't know how 625 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:25,000 Speaker 1: to turn the water out. Just come help me. So Mike, 626 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,719 Speaker 1: someboke comes out. Mike comes up, We go in to 627 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:30,360 Speaker 1: the garage. He shoed to be coming to the garage. 628 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:37,000 Speaker 1: Mike's amazing. Mike ran across the street barefoot, barefoot, barefoot, barefoot. 629 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,960 Speaker 1: And we get into the garage and he shows me this. 630 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,080 Speaker 1: He shows me this. This is the main water valve 631 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:48,879 Speaker 1: that's connected to the water main. You see, Mike taught 632 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:54,799 Speaker 1: me some things. And so so I'm in the I'm 633 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,359 Speaker 1: in the garage and I'm seeing this white the water main, 634 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:00,719 Speaker 1: and he says, check, this is the main valve controls 635 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,600 Speaker 1: the water to the whole house. And so he turns 636 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:04,959 Speaker 1: and he turns it a few times, and he turns 637 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,279 Speaker 1: it off, and he says, now there's no water that's 638 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,839 Speaker 1: flowing anywhere in the house, and so you can go 639 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:11,799 Speaker 1: upstairs and we can go ahead and we can fix that. 640 00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:14,759 Speaker 1: NOD for you. God really spoke to me in that 641 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:19,000 Speaker 1: moment about our relationship with him, because being in charge 642 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:23,479 Speaker 1: isn't the same thing as being in control. I saw 643 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:27,439 Speaker 1: that God is in control. If he opens the door, 644 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:30,640 Speaker 1: nobody can shut it. If he's on it's flowing to me. 645 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:34,960 Speaker 1: But here's the thing. Some of us we get stuck there. 646 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:38,160 Speaker 1: God's in control, but we forget that we're in charge. 647 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:40,719 Speaker 1: You see, He's in charge. He turns it on. But 648 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:47,920 Speaker 1: my job is to release it. My job is to 649 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,680 Speaker 1: release it. I don't know what you're going through. I 650 00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:52,960 Speaker 1: don't know what happened. But I'm telling you God still 651 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,160 Speaker 1: in his seat, He's still on the throne. He's still 652 00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:59,520 Speaker 1: sending peace, he's still sending joy. But what are you 653 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:04,000 Speaker 1: released today? What are you releasing today? Trying to get 654 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:07,320 Speaker 1: you to understand this because this was so so pivotal 655 00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:10,600 Speaker 1: to me, and I wanted to tell you guys something 656 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,080 Speaker 1: about this last year and a half in my life. 657 00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:16,000 Speaker 1: It's been it's been a hard year for me and 658 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:20,000 Speaker 1: my family. My mother was in an accident about a 659 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,520 Speaker 1: year and a half ago and she's still in the 660 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:25,719 Speaker 1: hospital today. We are still praying and believing that God 661 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:30,960 Speaker 1: will just show up in a mighty way. But I'd 662 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:32,640 Speaker 1: be lying to you if I say my faith my 663 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:38,680 Speaker 1: face wasn't tested. I'd be lying to you if I 664 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:40,479 Speaker 1: if I didn't tell you that I've struggled. I've cried 665 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:42,400 Speaker 1: a lot of tears, more tears than I could count 666 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:46,960 Speaker 1: thinking about this, and I was like, God, if you've 667 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,239 Speaker 1: given me all of this authority, I'm leading all of 668 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:53,719 Speaker 1: this and I couldn't stop that. I couldn't stop that 669 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,640 Speaker 1: from happening. I don't I don't know what that is 670 00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:58,360 Speaker 1: for you, that you're like, I wish I could stop it, 671 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:03,320 Speaker 1: but you couldn't. I'm not saying God forced it to happen, 672 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:06,880 Speaker 1: but here's what I'm understanding. That God is still in 673 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,279 Speaker 1: control in the midst of whatever it is that I'm 674 00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:12,840 Speaker 1: dealing with, whatever it is that I'm going through. And 675 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,520 Speaker 1: when I saw this picture of my relationship with God, 676 00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:21,200 Speaker 1: the idea that he's still flowing his presence, he's still 677 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:25,200 Speaker 1: flowing his peace, he's still showing up, He's still there. 678 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:31,120 Speaker 1: You see, here's the thing right now, He's in control. 679 00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:34,200 Speaker 1: Right so at your house, the water main it's on, 680 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:42,000 Speaker 1: but nothing's flowing out. But it made me realize, is 681 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,360 Speaker 1: that maybe in the midst of what I'm dealing with, 682 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,680 Speaker 1: I gotta I gotta remember because here's the thing, the 683 00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:48,759 Speaker 1: water main. It's in the garage. I don't see that 684 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:53,399 Speaker 1: a lot. I don't, so I forget that it's there. 685 00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:58,960 Speaker 1: I have to walk from my room downstairs into the 686 00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:03,760 Speaker 1: garage to notice that it's on. And there was times 687 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:05,480 Speaker 1: in this last year where I was just shrug I 688 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:09,160 Speaker 1: felt empty, I felt dry, and my mom, from a 689 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:12,120 Speaker 1: hospital bed, started to minister to me because I started 690 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:14,319 Speaker 1: to remember some of the darkest moments in our home, 691 00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:20,280 Speaker 1: and my mom, in the middle of chaos, would start singing. 692 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:28,640 Speaker 1: She would start singing praises to God. She showed me 693 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:34,239 Speaker 1: what it fit. She showed me what what it meant 694 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:40,000 Speaker 1: to release, because when I release praise, I get to 695 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:48,000 Speaker 1: experience his presence. Wherever you are today. I want to 696 00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:50,120 Speaker 1: give you a second to release a praise into the 697 00:40:50,120 --> 00:41:09,239 Speaker 1: atmosphere wherever you at right now. Let it out. He's 698 00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:14,280 Speaker 1: still in control. He's still in control. He's still in control, 699 00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:21,719 Speaker 1: he's still in his seat. When you're released surpraise, you 700 00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:28,160 Speaker 1: get enter into his presence. Everybody's standing. There's one thing, 701 00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:30,799 Speaker 1: one more thing I need to show you. There's one 702 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:33,840 Speaker 1: more thing I need to show you. I want to 703 00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:38,439 Speaker 1: go back to where we started. Genes is chapter forty one. 704 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:43,040 Speaker 1: I wanna go back to where we started. Everyone's standing, 705 00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:46,960 Speaker 1: every campus on line, wherever you are, everyone's standing. Genesis 706 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:50,160 Speaker 1: is forty one. Remember this is the moment where Joseph. 707 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,880 Speaker 1: Where Joseph, He stepped into his seat. He's now in charge. 708 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:57,680 Speaker 1: And this is what it says. You shall be in 709 00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:02,040 Speaker 1: charge of my palace, and all my people are to 710 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:06,240 Speaker 1: submit to your orders only with respect to the throne. 711 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:10,680 Speaker 1: Will I be greater than you? So Pharaoh said to Joseph, 712 00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:14,680 Speaker 1: I hereby put you in charge of the whole land 713 00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:19,480 Speaker 1: of Egypt. Watch this, so Pharaoh. He took his senate ring, 714 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:24,000 Speaker 1: he put it on his finger. He dressed him in 715 00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:27,440 Speaker 1: fine robes of linen, and put a gold chain around 716 00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:31,400 Speaker 1: his neck. He had him ride in chariots a second 717 00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:34,759 Speaker 1: in command, and all the people shouted around him. Make way. 718 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:38,319 Speaker 1: He put him in charge of everything. He put a 719 00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:42,240 Speaker 1: ring on his finger. He gave him a new robe, 720 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:46,200 Speaker 1: gold chain, even a new car. Well, when you play 721 00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:48,680 Speaker 1: in the game Checkers and you get all the way 722 00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:51,239 Speaker 1: to the other side of the board, what do you say, 723 00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:55,120 Speaker 1: he said, King me, there's a piece that goes on 724 00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:59,439 Speaker 1: another piece that's a crown, and it's crowning that piece. 725 00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:04,799 Speaker 1: King Joseph got a ring, he got a rope, he 726 00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:07,880 Speaker 1: got a new car, got a gold chain, but he 727 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:12,359 Speaker 1: didn't get a crown. Maybe the message is to get 728 00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:15,640 Speaker 1: you to stop telling the world to king you, and 729 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:19,200 Speaker 1: that Jesus is speaking to you right now saying, make 730 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:26,439 Speaker 1: me king, King me, King, king me, Make me king 731 00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:29,600 Speaker 1: of your heart, Make me king of your family, Make 732 00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,439 Speaker 1: me king of your life. Put me in charge, Put 733 00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:35,920 Speaker 1: me in control of your finances, king me, put me 734 00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:41,320 Speaker 1: in my seat. When Jesus was going to the cross 735 00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:44,400 Speaker 1: to die for me and you, the enemy took a 736 00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,239 Speaker 1: crown of thorns and he placed it on his head, 737 00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:55,280 Speaker 1: and they wrote King of the Jews. Jesus said, King me. Everyone, 738 00:43:55,360 --> 00:44:01,360 Speaker 1: bow your head, close your eyes. Maybe you're here today 739 00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:04,480 Speaker 1: and you've been trying to operate in your own strength, 740 00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:09,080 Speaker 1: trying to operate in your own control. And tell you 741 00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:11,560 Speaker 1: today that you just need to submit to God. You 742 00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:12,839 Speaker 1: just need to give it over to him. You need 743 00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:17,080 Speaker 1: to release it to him. And for some of you, 744 00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:20,440 Speaker 1: you're here today and you don't have a relationship with Jesus. 745 00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:23,520 Speaker 1: You used to talk with God, You used to speak 746 00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:26,160 Speaker 1: with God, spend time with them, but you walked away 747 00:44:27,239 --> 00:44:30,480 Speaker 1: because of the pressures of life. What we're gonna do 748 00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:34,440 Speaker 1: right now, We're gonna say a prayer of salvation. We're 749 00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:38,000 Speaker 1: gonna say a prayer of surrender. We're gonna give you 750 00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:41,879 Speaker 1: a chance to give your life to Christ, to King Him, 751 00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:45,880 Speaker 1: to make him Lord and savior of your life. And 752 00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:48,960 Speaker 1: we say a prayer together as a church family for 753 00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:52,239 Speaker 1: the benefit of those that are coming to him. So 754 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:57,080 Speaker 1: every room, bow your head, close your eyes online. God's 755 00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:59,239 Speaker 1: been whispering to you this whole experience, and King be 756 00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:02,919 Speaker 1: make me lord your life. Here's your chance. Repeat after me, say, 757 00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:07,400 Speaker 1: I believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God, 758 00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:11,279 Speaker 1: and that he died on the cross and rose from 759 00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:15,399 Speaker 1: the grave to forgive me of my sins. So I'll 760 00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:19,560 Speaker 1: give you my sins. I give you my shame, and 761 00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:24,200 Speaker 1: from this day forward I'll follow you now with all 762 00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:27,200 Speaker 1: heads bowed and all I was closed. If you just 763 00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:29,800 Speaker 1: said that prayer and you meant to making good decision 764 00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:32,040 Speaker 1: to put your faith in Jesus, I'm gonna count the three, 765 00:45:32,239 --> 00:45:33,480 Speaker 1: and when I get to three, I want you to 766 00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:36,120 Speaker 1: shoot your hand up boldly so we can celebrate this 767 00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:39,200 Speaker 1: moment with you. Here we go, one, two, three, shoots 768 00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:44,640 Speaker 1: your hand up. You're making decisions to put your faith. Hey, Jesus, 769 00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:49,000 Speaker 1: tomorrow to lift up a set of praise. Let's get 770 00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:56,359 Speaker 1: god BD, hallelujah, thank you Jesus, cut you down well. 771 00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:58,480 Speaker 1: If you enjoy today's podcast, there are a couple of 772 00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:02,200 Speaker 1: things I'd love for you to do. 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