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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. It's always a joy to come 29 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 4: into your homes, and if you're ever in the Euston area, 30 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 4: please stop by and be a part of our services. 31 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 32 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 33 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 4: about these three men that were out in the wilderness. 34 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 4: They came to this violent, raging river. They needed to 35 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 4: get to the other side. The first man prayed, God, 36 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,559 Speaker 4: please give me the strength to make it across, and poof, 37 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 4: God gave him big arms and strong legs. He was 38 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 4: able to swim across in two hours. The next man prayed, God, 39 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 4: please give me the strength and the tools to make 40 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 4: it across. Poof God gave him a boat. He was 41 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 4: able to row across in thirty minutes. The next man prayed, God, 42 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 4: please give me the strength the tools and the intelligence 43 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 4: to make it across, and poof God turned him into 44 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 4: a woman. She looked at the map hight five minutes 45 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 4: up the stream and walked across the bridge. 46 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 5: Say it like you mean, especially the women. This is 47 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 5: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 48 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 5: have what it says I have. I can do what 49 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 5: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 50 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 5: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 51 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 5: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 52 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 5: In Jesus' name, God bless you. 53 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about better together. 54 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 4: It's easy to do life on our own and think 55 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 4: we don't need any help. But you won't reach your 56 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 4: highest potential by yourself. Ordained people to come into your 57 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 4: life to strengthen you, to encourage you, to push you 58 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 4: toward your purpose. You've seen birds that fly information. When 59 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 4: geese make that thee, it takes forty percent less energy 60 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 4: for them to fly. They could do it by themselves, 61 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 4: but they understand this principle. They won't go as far 62 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 4: if they fly solo. Now over thirty times in the scripture, 63 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 4: it says one another, love one another, encourage one another, 64 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 4: serve one another, comfort one another. You need one another's 65 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 4: around you. Don't isolate yourself and think, well, I'm strong enough, 66 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 4: I'm tough enough, I'm talented enough. You may bee for 67 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 4: what you have in mind, but not for what God 68 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 4: has in mind. He has something bigger, something more rewarding, 69 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 4: that you can't do by yourself. Are you flying solo 70 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 4: or do you have a community of faith, people flying 71 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 4: with you, watching over you, encouraging you, inspiring you. After 72 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 4: the football game the other night, the star running back 73 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 4: was being interviewed. He'd had a great game, set a 74 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 4: record for the amount of yards he had rushed. The 75 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 4: reporter asked him how he did it. The first thing 76 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 4: he said was it was because of my offensive line. 77 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 4: Those guys that block for me, they're the best. And 78 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 4: my coaches have poured into me and made me better. 79 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 4: My trainers have helped me to get stronger. He recognized 80 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 4: that we need each other. You can be good by yourself, 81 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 4: but you can't be great by yourself. You want become 82 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 4: all you were created to be. Without the right people 83 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 4: around you, you can go sixty percent. But when you 84 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 4: get information, when you have a family of faith blocking 85 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 4: for you, praying, for you, encouraging you, you'll go forty 86 00:04:55,520 --> 00:05:00,040 Speaker 4: percent further. And the scripture says, here forsake not the 87 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 4: assembling of yourselves together. When we come together as a 88 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 4: body of believers united in faith, there's something that happens 89 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 4: that you cannot get on your own. We draw strength 90 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 4: from each other. As your praise gets mixed with their praise, 91 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 4: power is released, healing is released, joy is released. Every 92 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 4: time we come together, you're being refreshed, restored, re energized. 93 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 4: It's like your batteries are being recharged. What the weak 94 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 4: took out of you, God is putting back in you. 95 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 4: And it's good to worship on your own. It's important 96 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:45,840 Speaker 4: to pray by yourself. But something happens corporately that doesn't 97 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 4: happen individually. That's why David said, let us magnify the 98 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 4: Lord together. When we come together to magnify God, it's 99 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 4: like the intensity is turned up. There is power in 100 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 4: connect activity. People tell me all the time. When I 101 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 4: drove into the parking lot, I could feel something different. 102 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 4: A man came last week. He had never been to church, 103 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 4: had tattoos all over his face, his arms looked like 104 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 4: he lived a rough life. He said, I don't know 105 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 4: what's wrong with me. The whole time I've been here, 106 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 4: I couldn't stop weeping. I've never felt this before. This 107 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 4: building is a former sports arena. There have been large 108 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 4: events in here for thirty years. Nobody walked around weeping. 109 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 4: What's the difference. When we come together in faith and 110 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 4: ordinary building becomes the house of God, Your faith mixed 111 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 4: with everybody else's faith creates something powerful. It breaks bondages, 112 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 4: It lifts depression, It brings healing, It restores joy. I'm 113 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 4: glad you want. Glad you listen, But don't let this 114 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 4: be a substitute for going to your local church. Let 115 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 4: it be an addition. You need to be around a 116 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 4: community of faith, and I know it takes effort. You 117 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 4: have to get up early, get your kids dressed, drive 118 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 4: somewhere on your day off. There's a lot of other 119 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 4: things you could be doing. But you will never give 120 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 4: God something without him giving you more back in return. 121 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 4: You give God the first part of your week. Take 122 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 4: a few hours to assemble together, connect with other believers. 123 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 4: God will make up the time. He can give you 124 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 4: one idea, one good break that will put you six 125 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 4: months down the road. God sees the sacrifice. Every time 126 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 4: you obey, there's a blessing that follows. There have been 127 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 4: times that I've come and had a lot on my 128 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 4: mind dealing with challenges. But when I walk in these 129 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 4: doors and hear the songs of praise and see the 130 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 4: smile on your face, I can feel the victory in 131 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 4: the room. All of a sudden, I have a new perspective. 132 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 4: I'm reminded that God is bigger than anything that I'm facing, 133 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 4: that He's in control of my life. It's like that 134 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 4: heaviness lifts right off. I have a whole new attitude. 135 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 4: What is that God? Refreshing, restoring, re energizing. I could 136 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 4: have stayed at home and hoped to get better, prayed 137 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 4: for joy, and believe for a breakthrough. But there's power 138 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 4: in connectivity. Your faith is making me stronger. Your praise 139 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 4: is helping fight my battles. Your smile is giving me joy. 140 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 4: When we come together, it's not only refueling you, but 141 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 4: it's helping others. And sometimes we think, well, everything's great 142 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 4: in my life. I don't need to come. Why don't 143 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 4: you come and let your praise be for somebody else? 144 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 4: Why don't you let your worship create an atmosphere for 145 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 4: God to bless others. Your smile can be what keeps 146 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 4: them going. Your hug can be what puts them back 147 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 4: on their feet. I talked to someone that's been at 148 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 4: Lakewood for over forty years. When I was growing up, 149 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 4: they helped take care of me as a young boy. 150 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 4: They were telling me about how much the church meant 151 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 4: to them and how they wouldn't have made it through 152 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 4: some tough times if it wasn't for Lakewood. They were 153 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 4: so grateful for what they had received. But all I 154 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 4: could think about is how much I had received from them, 155 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 4: About how many other people they've impacted with their faithfulness, 156 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 4: giving serving year after year. You being here is making 157 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 4: us all stronger. Your faithfulness is what's causing some people 158 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 4: to keep moving forward. They came in didn't think they 159 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 4: could go on, but when they heard your praise, when 160 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 4: they saw your smile, your encouragement, it breathed new life 161 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 4: back into their spirit. Well, j'ael, not me. I'm just 162 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 4: one person in this big crowd. I'm just sitting way 163 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 4: up top. Yes, but your presence made the atmosphere better. 164 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 4: You brought God with you, You brought faith with you. You 165 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 4: came with expectancy, and the scripture says, where two or 166 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 4: three are gathered in the name of Jesus, God is 167 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:14,200 Speaker 4: in the midst. How about when two or three hundred 168 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,959 Speaker 4: aregether or two or three thousand, or twenty or thirty thousand. 169 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 4: I believe that it's multiplied. Every one of us is 170 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 4: causing there to be greater faith, greater strength, greater joy. Together. 171 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 4: We're better together, We're stronger together, We're more powerful. It's 172 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 4: good to watch, it's good to listen. I believe we're 173 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 4: connected in spirit. But if you live in this area, 174 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 4: don't go the next thirty years and miss out. We 175 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 4: need you. Not only will you make us better, I'll 176 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 4: make a promise to you, will make you better. What 177 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 4: you like on television is multiplied in person. But wherever 178 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 4: you live, get plugged into a good Bible based church. 179 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 4: Here's the key. Don't compare that church to this church. 180 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 4: Your pastor may not be as good looking as me. 181 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,079 Speaker 4: I don't know why I say that, but that's okay. 182 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 4: The blessing is in the obedience of assembling together. It 183 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 4: goes on to say, as the matter of some is 184 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 4: that means some used to be plugged in some used 185 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 4: to make God a priority. They used to be faithful, giving, serving, attending, 186 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 4: but they got distracted, they got busy. What they're really 187 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 4: saying is I can fly solo. I can do life 188 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 4: on my own. The problem with not having a community 189 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 4: of faith is you get out from under protection. When 190 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 4: you're with the body of believers, you not only have 191 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 4: people watching over you, but God covers you. He puts 192 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 4: a hedge of protection that will make it more difficult 193 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 4: to get off course. A man I know he and 194 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 4: his family when I was growing up. They were some 195 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 4: of our main leaders here at Laquid, really great people, 196 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 4: and I was friends with his children. But he got distracted. 197 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 4: He decided he didn't need a community of faith. He's 198 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 4: gonna fly solo. He's gonna live isolated, nobody to watch 199 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 4: after him. He ended up losing his marriage, he turned 200 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 4: to alcohol, he went way downhill, and now none of 201 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,959 Speaker 4: his children will have anything to do with him. I 202 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 4: thought about how different his life would be if he 203 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:33,679 Speaker 4: would have just stayed connected, if he would have continued 204 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 4: that commitment to make God a priority, being here each week, 205 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 4: serving with others. When you're in the house of the Lord, 206 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 4: there is a protection that God puts on you. There 207 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 4: are battles that you won't have to fly, temptations, you 208 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 4: won't have to deal with, struggles you won't have to 209 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 4: go through because you're connected, you're plugged in, you're honoring God. 210 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 4: I can't think of a better gift to give your 211 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 4: children than to raise them in the house of the Lord. 212 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 4: Some people won't understand why are you getting up early 213 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 4: on your day off to not just go to church. 214 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:17,079 Speaker 4: You go early to serve, you stay late to help others. 215 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 4: What's wrong with you? They don't realize that's not only 216 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 4: refueling you, but the scripture says, when you're planted in 217 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 4: the house of the Lord, you will flourish. When you're 218 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 4: plugged in, faithful, you may being at God's house of priority. 219 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 4: There is a blessing on your life that will cause 220 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:40,439 Speaker 4: you to bloom, to blossom, to flourish. You will reach 221 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 4: levels that you could not reach on your own. David said, 222 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 4: I love your sanctuary, the place where your glory shines. 223 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 4: You know what's happening right now. God's glory is shining 224 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 4: down on you, his favor, his strength, his healing, his encouragement. 225 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 4: Your week will go better because you're covered with the 226 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 4: glory of God. That good break you had recently, that 227 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 4: client that called and placed in unexpected order, that car 228 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 4: that swerved just at the last minute and barely missed you, 229 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 4: wasn't a lucky break. That was the blessing that comes 230 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 4: from being planted in the house of the Lord. That's 231 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 4: God's glory shining down, covering you, favoring you, protecting you, 232 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 4: keeping you safe. But today there are so many distractions. 233 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 4: Good things can keep us from God's best. Well, Joel, 234 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 4: I've got soccer today, I've got some errands to ron, 235 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 4: I've got a busy a week. I'm gonna stay home 236 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 4: and rest. All good things. But when you realize the 237 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 4: benefits of coming together, you'll rearrange your schedule so you 238 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 4: could be in the House of the Lord. It's all 239 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 4: what we make important. I love sports. I've seen people 240 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 4: go to a football game, sit outside in twenty degree weather, 241 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 4: freezing cold. Traffic is terrible. They have to walk a 242 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 4: mile to the stadium, sit in the upper deck, can't 243 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 4: even see their eyelashes are frozen. They don't complain, they 244 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 4: don't get upset. They're a fan. They love their team. 245 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 4: What if we had that same spirit. I'm a fan. 246 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 4: I'm going to the House of the Lord, not to 247 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 4: cheer on my team, but to worship my God, to 248 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 4: thank him for what he's done, to draw strength from 249 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 4: other believers, to have his glory shine down on me. 250 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 4: Just don't forsake assembling together, and so much more. As 251 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 4: you see the day approaching, it's saying, be sure you 252 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 4: come together. But as the times start getting darker, there's 253 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 4: more trouble, more calamity than make especially sure that you 254 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 4: come together. We are living in a day where almost 255 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 4: every week there's an incredible tragedy, school shootings, people driving 256 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 4: buses into innocent people, viruses that are hard to contain, flooding, earthquake. 257 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 4: If there was ever a day we should come together 258 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 4: not out of fear, but to draw strength and encouragement 259 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 4: from each other, it would be today. Yet this is 260 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 4: a day when there are more distractions than ever. We're busier, 261 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 4: we have more opportunities. You have to make it a 262 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 4: priority that as for me and my house, we're not 263 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 4: only going to serve the Lord, We're going to go 264 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 4: to the house of the Lord. In the house of 265 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 4: the Lord, there's protection, there's healing, there's encouragement. It prepares 266 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 4: you for what you're going to face during the week. 267 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 4: You'll make better decisions, you'll have more creativity, you'll see 268 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 4: more of God's favor. I saw a report on penguins. 269 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 4: They live in a climate where the weather can get 270 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 4: down to forty below zero with winds of one hundred 271 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 4: and twenty miles an hour. The way they survive is 272 00:16:56,200 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 4: they all huddle together. They stand side by side all around, 273 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:04,679 Speaker 4: as many as six thousand in a group. Their feathers 274 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 4: catch the warmth from their bodies. The temperature in the 275 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 4: center of the huddle can get up to seventy degrees. 276 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 4: Their protection is in their connectivity. But if one of 277 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 4: those penguins decided he was going to do life on 278 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 4: his own, he doesn't have time to huddle. He's got 279 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,439 Speaker 4: places to go, people to see. He's gonna fly solo. 280 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 4: It wouldn't be long until he was in penguin heaven. 281 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 4: He couldn't make it by himself. His survival is dependent 282 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 4: on staying connected same way with us. All that's going 283 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 4: on in the world, distractions, calamities, opportunities for compromise, with 284 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 4: all that cold, you can't make it by yourself. You 285 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 4: need the warmth, the strength, the encouragement, the support from 286 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,959 Speaker 4: other believers. You have to stay connected. It's time to 287 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:01,679 Speaker 4: get plugged in. Don't go another year flying solo. You 288 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,439 Speaker 4: don't know what you're missing do in life without a 289 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 4: community of faith. And the scripture says, when we come 290 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 4: together in unity, there is a commanded blessing. We are 291 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:17,680 Speaker 4: here today from all walks of life, all races, all 292 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 4: social standings, democrats, republicans, aggies, longhorns, cougars, rich, poor, young, old. 293 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 4: When we walk in the door, we put all that down. 294 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 4: We are here as one family to worship the God 295 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 4: who spoke worlds into existence. Does it matter where you've been, 296 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 4: the mistakes you've made, what nationality you are, who you 297 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 4: voted for, what your occupation is. We realize, even though 298 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 4: we have differences, we are worshiping the same God. And 299 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:55,119 Speaker 4: because there is a spirit of unity, because we know 300 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 4: we're all a part of the same family. God says, 301 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 4: every time we come together, he's going to command a blessing. 302 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 4: He commands favor, commands, healing, command's joy commands, breakthroughs what 303 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,920 Speaker 4: stopped you in the past. Every time you show up, 304 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,680 Speaker 4: it's getting a little bit weaker. You keep coming together 305 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:21,159 Speaker 4: faithfully week after week. One day, that commanded blessing is 306 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,360 Speaker 4: going to break every force that's holding you back. You're 307 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 4: going to step into a new level of your destiny. 308 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 4: In Psalm seventy three, this man was having a lot 309 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 4: of problems. People were coming against him. He was discouraged. 310 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 4: He said, all I have is trouble all day long. 311 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 4: Every morning brings me pain. I went to the edge 312 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 4: of the cliff. I was almost done. After listing all 313 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 4: these things that he was up against, he said in 314 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 4: verse seventeen, then I went to the sanctuary. It tells 315 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 4: how in the sanctuary he got a new perspective. He 316 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 4: could hear people thanking God, telling of his goodness. When 317 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 4: he got around people of faith, people that knew that 318 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:09,639 Speaker 4: God was in control, that spirit of defeat depression couldn't stay. 319 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 4: A few verses later, he hadn't been in the sanctuary, 320 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 4: probably fifteen minutes. He said, God, I know I belong 321 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:21,400 Speaker 4: to you. You're holding my right hand, and you will 322 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 4: leave me to a glorious destiny. He went from thinking 323 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,639 Speaker 4: all I have is trouble to I have a glorious destiny. 324 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 4: What changed? Did he drink a red Bull. Did he 325 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 4: watch Doctor Phil Did he call the prayer hotline? No, 326 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 4: he came to the sanctuary. In other words, he showed 327 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,439 Speaker 4: up at Lakewood. He could have been sitting down the 328 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:46,160 Speaker 4: road from you. Your praise is what created the atmosphere 329 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 4: to break the depression. Your smile, your joy, your encouragement 330 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 4: could have helped change his perspective. In the House of 331 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 4: the Lord, we draw strength from each other. There are 332 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 4: some breakthroughs that are only going to happen when you 333 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 4: get to the sanctuary. Your faith alone may not be enough. 334 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 4: That's why God has ordained you to be in a 335 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 4: community of faith. In the sanctuary. Your faith is connected 336 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:18,879 Speaker 4: to their faith, and their faith and their faith before long. 337 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 4: Instead of small faith, you have mountain moving faith. What 338 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 4: held you back individually could not hold you back corporately. 339 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 4: I need your faith, I need your strength, I need 340 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 4: your smile. By ourselves were strong, but together were unstoppable. 341 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 4: By ourselves, we'll get through the difficulty, but together will 342 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 4: come out better. By ourselves we'll be blessed, but together 343 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 4: we'll step into the fullness of the blessing. I wonder 344 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,680 Speaker 4: what would happen if you would get to the sanctuary 345 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:56,439 Speaker 4: more often if you would make God a priority in 346 00:21:56,520 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 4: your life. There's power when you're connected. In Acts Chapter one, 347 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 4: Jesus had just risen from the dead, and he told 348 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 4: his followers to not lead Jerusalem, but to wait for 349 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,479 Speaker 4: the promise of the Holy Spirit. Scholars say there were 350 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:15,400 Speaker 4: around five hundred people there, but in chapter two, when 351 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 4: the Holy Spirit came, only one hundred and twenty were 352 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 4: in the upper room. The other three hundred and eighty. 353 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,440 Speaker 4: Maybe they were busy, maybe they had errands to run, 354 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 4: maybe they were tired. Whatever the reason, they missed what 355 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 4: God promised. Those one hundred and twenty people in the 356 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,160 Speaker 4: upper room. The scripture says they were in one place, 357 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:41,679 Speaker 4: in one accord. They were together in unity, and suddenly 358 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 4: the Holy Spirit came like a rushing mighty wind. When 359 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 4: you're in unity, connected with other believers, there will be 360 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 4: some suddenlyaes Suddenly your health will improve, Suddenly your business 361 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 4: will take off, Suddenly you'll meet the right person. The 362 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 4: year of Yes, because you're planted in the House of 363 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 4: the Lord, you're going to see unexpected favor, sudden turnarounds. 364 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 4: Things you couldn't make happen. God is suddenly going to 365 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 4: cause them to happen. I read about redwood trees. They're 366 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 4: the tallest trees in the world. They can reach heights 367 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 4: of three hundred and fifty feet and live for two 368 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 4: thousand years. They're incredibly resilient, withstanding strong wind storms, pests, 369 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 4: or things that would take other trees down. What's interesting 370 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:37,159 Speaker 4: is the redwood's roots only go down six to twelve 371 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 4: feet in the ground. The largest root is one inch 372 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 4: in diameter. How can these small roots that only go 373 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,160 Speaker 4: down a fraction of the height of the tree keep 374 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:52,360 Speaker 4: the tree up. What's unique about the redwood is its 375 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 4: roots intertwine with other redwood's roots. They spread out one 376 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 4: hundred feet and connect with the roots of all the 377 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 4: redwoods around. So when the wind blows, even if it's 378 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 4: a strong storm, the redwood doesn't just rely on its 379 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 4: own roots. The whole forest is linked together. The wind 380 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 4: is not blowing against one tree, it's blowing against thousands 381 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 4: of trees. That's how the redwood can stand hundreds and 382 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 4: hundreds of years. It has the strength of the whole forest. 383 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 4: When you're planted in the house of the Lord, your 384 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 4: roots get connected to my roots and their roots. Before long, 385 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 4: you have a support system that cannot be shaken when 386 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,439 Speaker 4: the storms come what would have normally have blown you 387 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 4: over by yourself. Because you're connected to other Redwoods, we're 388 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,919 Speaker 4: there to stabilize you, to steady you, to encourage you. 389 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 4: For that storm to take you out, it would have 390 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 4: to take all of us out, and that's not possible. 391 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 4: One can chase a thousand, two can put ten thousand 392 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:03,959 Speaker 4: to fly. How about when we're all connected together, we 393 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 4: can't be defeated together. We're powerful. The wind may be 394 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 4: blowing against you today, in your health, your finances, a 395 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 4: relationship trying to push you down, telling you it's never 396 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 4: going to work out. You have too many obstacles. You 397 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:24,359 Speaker 4: need to know you have a lot of Redwoods around you. 398 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 4: You are surrounded by a community of faith. We're not 399 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:30,880 Speaker 4: going to let you go down. The enemy is not 400 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,400 Speaker 4: just dealing with you, He has to deal with all 401 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:37,199 Speaker 4: of us. Our roots are connected. We are planted in 402 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,439 Speaker 4: the house of the Lord. You may get weak, but 403 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,919 Speaker 4: we're going to be there to hold you up. The 404 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 4: storms may blow, but we're going to stabilize you. You 405 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 4: may feel like giving up, but we're going to keep 406 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 4: pushing you forward. That's the benefit of being connected It's 407 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 4: not just your prayers, it's all of our prayers. We're 408 00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 4: in this together, a family of faith. My dad went 409 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 4: to be with the Lord and I stepped up to minister. 410 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 4: I could feel the strength from people praying. I could 411 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 4: feel the support, the loyalty, how people wanted me to succeed. 412 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,880 Speaker 4: I was shaking. I didn't think I could do this, 413 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,159 Speaker 4: but I had a bunch of Redwoods around me, people 414 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,640 Speaker 4: that helped me to stay up when I couldn't stay 415 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:24,439 Speaker 4: up on my own. You don't have to do life 416 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 4: by yourself. If you're a Redwood all out on your own, 417 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:32,640 Speaker 4: you're not going to last very long. You were designed 418 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 4: to be connected. You need a family of faith. That's 419 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 4: why we're here every week. We're going to steady you, 420 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:45,160 Speaker 4: encourage you, challenge you, inspire you. We didn't meet by accident. 421 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 4: You didn't just flip across this channel. You didn't just 422 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 4: decide to show up at Lakewood today. God, in his 423 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 4: divine destiny, has connected us together. We're better now. My 424 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 4: question is are you flying solo? Are you doing life 425 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 4: on your own that's going to keep you from your 426 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:10,439 Speaker 4: highest potential? We need you plugged in, committed, faithful for 427 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:14,360 Speaker 4: the long haul. Without you, we won't be as strong. 428 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,360 Speaker 4: You have something to offer that nobody else has. When 429 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 4: you're planted in the house of the Lord, you'll not 430 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,440 Speaker 4: only go to new heights, but you're created an atmosphere 431 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 4: for God to bless others. This is the year to 432 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 4: get connected. If you'll do this, I believe and declare, 433 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:36,159 Speaker 4: because we're together in unity, God is about to command 434 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 4: a blessing on your life. You're going to bloom, blossom, flourish, 435 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 4: and see the glorious future that He has in store 436 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 4: in Jesus's name. If you receive it, can you say amen? 437 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 6: Today? 438 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 4: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 439 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,439 Speaker 4: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 440 00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 4: Just say Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of myself. I'll make 441 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 442 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 4: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 443 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,400 Speaker 4: Bible based church. Victoria and I will be right back 444 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 4: to speak a blessing over you. 445 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 6: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 446 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 6: this month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 447 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 6: a copy of Joel's new series, Unlock Your Promise. In 448 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,680 Speaker 6: this new three part series, Joel Ostein reminds you that 449 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:31,119 Speaker 6: God's promises are yours. Today, God will lead you to 450 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,880 Speaker 6: your destiny and use old things for your good. 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