1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: Well, this is an incredibly special worship experience. Today we're 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: about to go into the auditorium for a time of 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: worship and faith and the Word of God. It's our 4 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: game change your offering weekend. This offering goes toward expansion 5 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: and outreach and ministries just like this. And we're calling 6 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: on our etham, that's what we call our extended family 7 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: all around the world. And now I love it. It's 8 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: so exciting that people join us every single weekend, not 9 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 1: just here, but all over the world. Yeah, and we 10 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: don't want you to just consume the content. We want 11 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: you to contribute. We want you to be a part 12 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: of this move of God. So if you've been blessed 13 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 1: by this ministry, this is your opportunity make a sacrificial gift, 14 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: maybe a systematic gift, maybe one time, maybe a monthly 15 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: recurring gift. But we're calling on all of you who 16 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: consider this your etham, your extended family, your church family, 17 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 1: to make a difference today. As you do. Holly and 18 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: I are praying that God will bless your life in 19 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: amazing ways. So this is it. This is the opportunity 20 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: be a part of this move of God. Let's go 21 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: into worship. I think you're really going to have your 22 00:00:56,360 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: faith built during this time, and the best is ahead. Father. Now, 23 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: as our faith rises and as your praises fill our hearts, 24 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: we ask that you would come and have your way 25 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: among us. We have set aside this time for you 26 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: to have your way. So we put our agendas aside, 27 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: and we cast all of our anxieties out. We banished 28 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: them far from our thoughts and from our consciousness. Now 29 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 1: we come into your presence, not because we deserve to 30 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: be in your presence, or not because it's always convenient 31 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: to be in your presence, but because in your presence 32 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 1: that's the only place we can find peace. That's the 33 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: only place we can find rest for our soul. We've 34 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:46,839 Speaker 1: been so weary and heavy laden, trying to figure things 35 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: out and fix things on our own. But we come 36 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: into your presence and you touch us, and you mend us, 37 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: and you make us whole again. You pick us up, 38 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: and you set us back on a path that we've 39 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: wandered from so many times. But you are still our 40 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: destination and our companion, and we thank you for being 41 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: with us every step along the way. Lord. I know 42 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: that I know that, I know that it was you. 43 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: It was you that kept me, and it was you 44 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: that blessed me. It was you that taught me. It 45 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: was you that caught me when I was falling. You 46 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: were there when I arose, you were there. I thank you, Lord, 47 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: for every mountain that you've let me see, every summit 48 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: that you've allowed me to stand on. Also thank you 49 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: for every valley that you enabled me to go through, 50 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: and what you taught me in those places as well. 51 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,639 Speaker 1: I thank you that everything we need is in your presence, 52 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: and nothing good will you withhold from those who seek you. 53 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: We came to seek you today, Oh God of Jacob, 54 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: to seek your face, not just your hand, but we 55 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: want to know your ways. And we thank you that 56 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 1: not one person in this place has escaped your notice, 57 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: and not one need is beneath your attention. Lord. Now 58 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: I speak a blessing over my brothers and sisters. I 59 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: have gathered now some in the room, many more online 60 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: all around the world. We've been expecting you to move 61 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: on this day. This day is wholly unto you. We've 62 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: consecrated ourselves. We've come into this moment with hearts full 63 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: of gratitude, and we don't want to just rush past it. 64 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: This is a significant season in our lives and we 65 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 1: want to be aligned with you, our Father, who art 66 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: in Heaven. Hollywood, be thy name, Thy Kingdom, Come, Thy 67 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. 68 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: Right Here, as it is in Heaven. Valentine as it 69 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: is in Heaven. University City as it is in Heaven. Matthews, 70 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: as it is in Heaven, Toronto as it is in Heaven. 71 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: Can Paula, Uganda, as it is in Heaven. Sydney, Australia, 72 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: as it is in Heaven, Johannesburg, as it is in Heaven, 73 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: Cape Town, as it is in Heaven. Lord. I asked 74 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: that everywhere that the sound of this message reaches today, 75 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: that each person would since and know in a very 76 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: real way that this is a pre appointed, scheduled encounter 77 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: with the Holy Spirit of God. We clear out all distractions, 78 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 1: give us an undivided heart. In this moment, I prop 79 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: aside to every dry bone hear the word of the Lord. 80 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: This is what the Lord says, you shall live, come 81 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: to life and stand up on your feet like a 82 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: vast great army. From the north to south, to east 83 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: and the west. We speak to the wind of the 84 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: spirit of God. We ask that you would breathe into 85 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: these slain that they may live. Come now, Holy Spirit, 86 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 1: through every iPhone screen, Come Holy Spirit in every auditorium, 87 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 1: Come Holy Spirit in every home. Come Holy Spirit in 88 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: every car, through every podcast, on every television screen, Come 89 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit. Come like a mighty wind, like a rushing wind. 90 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 1: We came today to declare that the devil is defeated 91 00:05:55,480 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 1: and he has no place in our lives. You know 92 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 1: what happens when praises go up, blessings come down. Come on, 93 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: let's give him one more worthy praise. Amen. I just 94 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: want you to sit down right now and take one 95 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: moment with me. Would you stay with me the whole time? 96 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: Okay if you need somewhere to sit, because right in 97 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: a minute, we're gonna worship and we're gonna give and 98 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: it's gonna be amazing. But I want to share a 99 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: thought from March Chapter fourteen, versus one through Now. I 100 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: could stop at verse nine, but I feel like the 101 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: people who came to church today want me to go 102 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:44,840 Speaker 1: all the way to verse eleven. So that's what I'm 103 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: gonna do. And speaking of who's joining us today, it's 104 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,679 Speaker 1: kind of complicated, we designated this weekend for our offering, 105 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: and of course we've been in this series and you 106 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: can just stay right underneath me. LJ. Thank you so much. 107 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: I appreciate the atmosphere helps me sound more spiritual while 108 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: you play ads like twenty five percent Holy Spirit effect 109 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: on me theologically. I don't actually believe that it was 110 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: just a little joke, but when we planned this out 111 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: for Game Changer, trying to get ready to give together, 112 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: which is really nothing to be nervous about, because all 113 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: that God will ever ask of you is for you 114 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: to give your best, because that's what He did for you. 115 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: He gave his best, and so as long as you're 116 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: doing that, you don't have to worry about it. The 117 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: word God gave me today was from a very beautiful 118 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: picture in scripture from Mark chapter fourteen. Now, the Passover 119 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: and the festival of unloven Bread were only two days away, 120 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: and the chief priests and the teachers of the law 121 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: were scheming. I mentioned that word because while they were 122 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: scheming to do what they were scheming to do, someone 123 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: else was scheming to do something as well. So just 124 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: put your finger on that word. They were scheming to 125 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. But not during the festival, 126 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: they said, or the people may riot. And while he 127 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home 128 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: of Simon the Leper, and you thought your nickname from 129 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: high school was bad, this dude was obviously healed by 130 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: this point, because nobody would be in his home for 131 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: a dinner if he still had a contagious skin disease. 132 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: You won't even let your kids get around people with 133 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: running noses, so you know he was healed. That's probably 134 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: why he had the dinner was because he was grateful 135 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: for his healing. I found out that when God touches 136 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: your life, the first thing you want to do is 137 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: open your life back up to him, and out of 138 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: gratitude for what He's done for you, you want to 139 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: give back something to him and to others. Usually when 140 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: God does something in our lives, our instinct, a lot 141 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: of times maybe is to maybe feel like we're not 142 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: worthy of it or not deserving of it, and we 143 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: feel guilty about it. But all God ever wanted you 144 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: to do was to open your life to him. And 145 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: so I'm about to show you a picture of what 146 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 1: that looks like. And what this offering is going to 147 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: look like as we bring it today online and at 148 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: our campuses that are able to have church right now 149 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: and here in this room as well. So watch this. 150 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: It says that a woman came with an alabaster jar 151 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: of very expensive perfume. This is not Tommy Hill figure 152 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:26,599 Speaker 1: from nineteen ninety six. This is the purenard from the 153 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: Himalayan mountains. She broke the jar and poured perfume on 154 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 1: his head. Some of those present, thank you Lord. Some 155 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 1: of those present were saying indignantly to one another, why 156 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: this waste of perfume could have been sold for more 157 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 1: than a year's wages and the money given to the poor. 158 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: They rebuked her harshly. Jesus said, this isn't your party. 159 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:57,959 Speaker 1: Leave her alone. Touch somebody say, let me alone. I 160 00:09:57,960 --> 00:09:59,679 Speaker 1: don't care if you thought I sang good. I wasn't 161 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 1: singing to you today. Care if you think it's weird 162 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 1: when I lift my hands, I wasn't lift in them 163 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 1: to you. You didn't save me, you didn't raise me. 164 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: You didn't heal me, you didn't cleanse me. You didn't 165 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: forgive me. And you don't have a heaven or hell 166 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: to put me. In a matter of fact, all the 167 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: people who don't care what anybody thinks about it, take 168 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 1: eighteen seconds and give God grace because he brought you 169 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: through this year, because he lets you see another day. 170 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: Come on ten nine, eight, seven, six five. All the 171 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: grateful people. Makes them nice. Three leave her alone, said Jesus, 172 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 1: Why are you bothering her? She's done a beautiful thing 173 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 1: to me. The poor you will always have with you, 174 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: and you can help them anytime you want, But you 175 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: will not always have me. She did what she could. 176 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for 177 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 1: my burial. Truly, I tell you, wherever the Gospel has 178 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:08,839 Speaker 1: preached throughout the world, what she has done will also 179 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 1: be told in memory of her. Touch your neighbor, give 180 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: them my title. Tell them, I don't know about you, 181 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 1: but I'm about to go for broke. Look at your 182 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,079 Speaker 1: other neighbor, because that one thought you were crazy. If 183 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 1: you're watching online, just say it to the wall, say 184 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:36,719 Speaker 1: I'm going for bro You know, I don't know what 185 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: kind of attitude you have towards risk and responsibility. As 186 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: for me, I try to make sure that the reward 187 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: is worth the risk. When I do something, I don't 188 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: mind taking a risk as long as I know the 189 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 1: reward is worthy of the risk. And in this passage, 190 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: I see a woman who was willing to take a risk, 191 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: to make a move, and to break a barrier in 192 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: order to do something that she could not have known 193 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: the significance of at the time. But we're still talking 194 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: about her to this day. Somebody say, I'm going for broke. 195 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 1: It's a dark time in the life of Jesus, because 196 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: waiting for him in Jerusalem is a religious lynch mob. 197 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: He's going to be assaulted by their accusations, which are 198 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 1: not substantiated, but nevertheless acted upon. He knows this because 199 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: he's Jesus. I want you to notice what he's doing, 200 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 1: because this blessed me. In verse three, it says he 201 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: was in Bethany, reclining at the table. How cool is 202 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 1: that while they're scheming to kill him, he's leaned back 203 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: at the table, eating dessert, drinking some decaf. He's got 204 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 1: to get his sleep. It's Holy week. He's going to 205 00:12:55,880 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: pay the price for our sins. And yet he stopped 206 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 1: by Bethany, where this really good cook named Martha lived. 207 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: He really liked Martha's cooking, and he liked the company 208 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 1: of her sister Mary. That's who the Bible's talking about 209 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 1: in Mark fourteen. Just so you don't think I made 210 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 1: it up. If you actually read John twelve, it tells 211 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 1: the same story, and it says that it was Mary 212 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:27,199 Speaker 1: whose brother Jesus had raised from the dead. Now understand this. 213 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: One of the reasons that everybody else at the table 214 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: thought that what she did was wasteful was because they 215 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:39,079 Speaker 1: did not share her personal experience. And one of the 216 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: ways that you can tell about someone's personal experience with 217 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: God is what they define as extravagant. A lot of 218 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,439 Speaker 1: people think you're crazy to come to church. You have 219 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: a couple hours each week where you can actually do 220 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 1: what you want to do. And you would choose to 221 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: listen to a talk and sing some songs, and some 222 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: of you even with done an orange vest and stand 223 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 1: in the rain and help people get to their parking 224 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: spaces in the freezing rain. I mean, you're risking your 225 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: life out there, don't you know. And I was talking 226 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: to one of our parking volunteers a couple of weeks ago, 227 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: rolled down my window to say thank you for standing 228 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 1: out here in this rain. I can't even get some 229 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: people to stay through my closing prayer in church, and 230 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 1: here you are an hour early, standing in the rain. 231 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 1: He said something that shook me to my core. He said, no, pastor, 232 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: is my privilege. And I figured that what God had 233 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 1: done in his life must have been something so big 234 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: that only he knows about. Do you know what I'm saying? 235 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: It must be something that means something to him. Maybe 236 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 1: when he thinks about what he deserves and realizes that 237 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: the grace of God went all the way and did 238 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: not only well he spare him from the punishment he deserved, 239 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: but gave him blessings that he didn't deserve, he came 240 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 1: to the conclusion it's a privilege. And so I was 241 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: interested in the fact that Mary came in and interrupted 242 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 1: the dinner. And she was risking a lot in this scenario, 243 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: because not only was it not customary, it was not 244 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: appropriate for a woman to come into a meeting of 245 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: men like this. The Bible was written in an even 246 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: more misogynistic time than the one we live in, if 247 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 1: you can believe that. But something caused her to make 248 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: her way. Well when she did it, the Bible says, 249 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: does anybody have a bottle water something like that. Yeah, 250 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: at a word, you had that for me in case 251 00:15:55,560 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 1: I got thirsty. Now she wasn't obviously carrying Pellegrino or 252 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: she now number five. But you have to remember that 253 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: she she poured out this perfume on the head of Jesus. 254 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: This is different than the woman in Luke seven, who 255 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 1: had lived a sinful life in that town. She poured 256 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: it on the feet of Jesus and she wiped his 257 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 1: feet with her hair. This is a different account. And 258 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 1: Mark says she she poured out what she had that 259 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 1: was where three hundred denii denarii is a day's wage. 260 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: So now you see why all the disciples thought this 261 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 1: is a little bit ridiculous, because you know, if what 262 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: she intended to do was to show Jesus that she 263 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: loved him, that'll do it. You know, that's that's plenty, right, 264 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: I mean, how much how much perfume do you really need? 265 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: Some of you guys need to learn. Two sprays is 266 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: totally enough. I'm helping a teenager right now. Two phrase 267 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:13,880 Speaker 1: from a distance, it's enough. Somebody says enough. So when 268 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:21,439 Speaker 1: is it enough? Is that enough? Is that enough? Is 269 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: that enough? By now the fragrance is filling the room, 270 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 1: and is that enough? We all get to decide that, 271 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,199 Speaker 1: we all get to decide that at some point, you know, 272 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: as God has called us to pour out our lives, 273 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 1: we get to decide is that enough. I called on 274 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 1: our church for this year end offering. I said, according 275 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 1: to what God has done in your life and how 276 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: He's blessed you, and how you want to see Him 277 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,120 Speaker 1: move through this ministry and in your own life. And 278 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 1: for those who are online who are connected to this ministry, 279 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 1: you decide out of how much that God has done 280 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: for you, how much you would like to give to him. 281 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:04,159 Speaker 1: And you get to decide is that enough? I mean, 282 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:08,640 Speaker 1: let's be reasonable about this, right, because the disciples made 283 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: the argument, Hey, from a practical standpoint, we could like 284 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:16,160 Speaker 1: feed some kids in Haiti if we keep the rest. 285 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 1: And yet she did the irrational thing, the illogical thing, 286 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 1: the ridiculous thing, the sacrificial thing, the stupid thing, the 287 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: strategic thing. How can it be stupid and strategic? Well, 288 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 1: apparently Mary had a sense that she was not going 289 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: to have this opportunity for very long. It doesn't say 290 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: in the text whether she had a special intuition that 291 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: Jesus wouldn't be back at their house again before he 292 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 1: hung on the cross. We don't know. I was reading 293 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 1: the text trying to figure out whether she did this 294 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: because she knew this is the last time, this is 295 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: the last chance. Next time that I see him, they'll 296 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 1: be taking him down to bury him. I wonder, I 297 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 1: was thinking, Mary, did you know, like the Christmas song, 298 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 1: did she know? Did she know that this was it? 299 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 1: Did she know this was the last chance. The Bible 300 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 1: doesn't record, so we can only speculate, but something in 301 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: her watch what she did. She went through the through 302 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 1: the crowd of people who probably were looking at her 303 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 1: sideways for being there. Martha was serving in the kitchen. 304 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: Another text says, but Mary really served no practical purpose, 305 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,640 Speaker 1: and she poured out everything that she had on his head, 306 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:42,199 Speaker 1: and she considered it not to be a waste, but 307 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: she called it worship. Yet all of those details really 308 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: don't serve the purpose for the word that God gave me, 309 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: for our church today and for our extended family across 310 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: the world today. Because I want you to notice one 311 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: small phrase that the Bible says, before we give our 312 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: offering in just a moment we're gonna worship, and we're 313 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: gonna pray, and we're gonna believe God for some things 314 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:11,199 Speaker 1: to happen in our future. And we're gonna We're going 315 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: to commemorate some of the things that God has done 316 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: in our past. We're going to set up some stones 317 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: on the other side of the Jordan that He's brought 318 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 1: us across. But I want you to notice one little detail. 319 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 1: In verse three, it says before she poured the perfume, 320 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: she broke the jar. She broke the long neck of 321 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 1: this flask that her perfume would have been in. She 322 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 1: drove from Argentina. Well, you can't drive from Argentina, Kenyon. 323 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: She came at a great risk to herself, and she said, 324 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 1: I'm going for broke. I wonder when's the last time 325 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 1: in your relationship with God that you win for broke. 326 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 1: Most of us do not consult our faith when we 327 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,359 Speaker 1: are gauging what God is telling us to do. We 328 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: can sold our convenience, we can sold our resources. And 329 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: I noticed three things in the passage. I noticed that 330 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: one group of people takes offense to the woman's gift. 331 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,200 Speaker 1: That happens sometimes even today, when I talk about giving 332 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 1: some people get offended by it. They get mad, they 333 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,439 Speaker 1: get an attitude, they get in their feelings. As I 334 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:31,640 Speaker 1: talk about the very thing that Jesus said would determine 335 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 1: the course of your life and the condition of your heart. 336 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 1: He said, where your treasure is, your heart will be also. 337 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,159 Speaker 1: But yet when you start talking about treasure, people have 338 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 1: to deal with their heart, and so often it causes 339 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:48,879 Speaker 1: us to be offended. So some people choose offense other people. 340 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 1: In a moment like this, they start to feel sense 341 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: of obligation, you know, almost like a guilt trip, like okay, okay, 342 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: I keep stealing the elevation pin, I probably should drop 343 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: something in how many did you tape it? You know, 344 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 1: do the math? And then some people other people marry 345 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 1: people married not married married people. Some people decide, you 346 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: know what this is not. This is not offensive, This 347 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:27,880 Speaker 1: is not an obligation. This is an opportunity. See that's 348 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: how I've come to see it now. I'm not saying 349 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: I always saw it that way, but now this offering 350 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: for me and for my house is an opportunity. And 351 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: I stand before you today making a declaration in your presence. 352 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 1: I'm going for broke. You know, it's kind of ironic 353 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: that this woman went for broke right before Jesus did 354 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: the same for her. He did not withhold his life, 355 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,640 Speaker 1: he did not spare his life. He did not call 356 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: the legions of angels that could have come and prevented 357 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 1: him from having to die. In fact, Thomas even tried 358 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: to keep Jesus from going to Jerusalem. He said, they 359 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 1: want to kill you. But Jesus looked at Thomason said, 360 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: I'm going for broke. I'm going all in. I'm willing 361 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 1: to give myself for the joy that is set before me. 362 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,880 Speaker 1: I'm willing to endure the cross, despising as shame. I'm 363 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 1: going for broke. I'm going for broke, going for broke today, 364 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: and I'm not ashamed of it, because there are some 365 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: things in my life that I want to break. Somebody say, 366 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,919 Speaker 1: break it. When I'm giving this offering today, I'm not 367 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 1: just giving an offering. I'm breaking a jar. There are 368 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 1: some things in my life that I am breaking today 369 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 1: as I give. And number one is I'm breaking the 370 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 1: grip of complacency in my life. I'm breaking the grip 371 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: of greed in my life. Somebody shall break it. Look 372 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:05,400 Speaker 1: at somebody say I'm breaking and I'm about to break it. 373 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 1: You better get out of my way if you don't 374 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: want any glass in your eyes, because I'm about to 375 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: break the grip of greed in my life. I refuse 376 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:18,120 Speaker 1: to be controlled by stuff and materialism and the spirit 377 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 1: of Mammon. I'm about to break the grip of greed 378 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:28,159 Speaker 1: in my life. Second thing I want to break is 379 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:32,719 Speaker 1: the cycle of scarcity. When I give today, I am 380 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 1: declaring that God will supply all my needs according to 381 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,640 Speaker 1: his glorious riches I said. When I give today, I'm 382 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 1: declaring with this alabaster bottle that my God is more 383 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 1: than enough. As I give today, i am declaring that 384 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 1: He is my source, and he will withhold no good 385 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 1: thing from those who trust him. So I'm breaking the 386 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: cycle of never enough. I'm reversing the worry cycle in 387 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 1: my life. We've talked about this. I'm starting with my source, 388 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 1: not my situation. Somebody shall break it. Shout it louders, 389 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: say break it now. As a church, today, as we give, 390 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:16,880 Speaker 1: we are breaking barriers. Right now. Our church is poised 391 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: at the very beginning of a new model of ministry. 392 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,360 Speaker 1: It's the most exciting time that the church has ever 393 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 1: had to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I thought 394 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: my Evan would back me up on my left side. 395 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: I can't hear y'all as I preach this message. We 396 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 1: are now doing what the disciples could only have dreamed 397 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: about doing. As this message connects with people from every 398 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:43,679 Speaker 1: walk of life, people who might not otherwise go to church, 399 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: people who might not be able to go to church, 400 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: people who might not have the faith, people might not 401 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,720 Speaker 1: even have the help to get out of bed. But 402 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,880 Speaker 1: all over the world right now, this gospel is being preached, 403 00:25:55,720 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 1: and it is a sweet aroma being released. God has 404 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 1: called our church to be a breaker, a breaker of barriers, 405 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:14,399 Speaker 1: a breaker of prejudice, a breaker of racial barriers, and 406 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: religious barriers and denominational barriers. We didn't come here to 407 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,440 Speaker 1: play church. We came here to break stuff. We came 408 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 1: here to break stuff. Somebody shout, I'm a breaker. I'm 409 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: about to break something. Not just giving an offering today, 410 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:40,919 Speaker 1: we're breaking chains. Came to break the grip of greed, 411 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 1: break the cycle of scarcity, to break barriers, and I 412 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 1: came to break change. Somebody's going to be saved because 413 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: of my gift today somebody's going to be set free 414 00:26:52,320 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: because of my gift. Today. I'm going for broke. I'm 415 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: going for broke. Hey, thanks for joining us online today. 416 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 1: We really believe this Yearend Offering can be a game 417 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,679 Speaker 1: changer in your life. Now. This is an opportunity to 418 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 1: not just hear the message, but to really be a 419 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: part of it. For some of you, you may need 420 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,679 Speaker 1: to start by bringing the tithe. That's the first ten percent. 421 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 1: Now for others it might be to go above and 422 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: beyond the tithe and bring an offering now. Either way, 423 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:30,240 Speaker 1: we want everyone to participate in the Game Changer Year 424 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: end Offering. You can go to Elevation Church dot org 425 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: to find out everything that you need to know about 426 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,120 Speaker 1: how to give and how to participate in this year 427 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,439 Speaker 1: end offering. But one of the most important things is 428 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,879 Speaker 1: to just take a few minutes just head over to 429 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: that website and set up your giving and make sure 430 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 1: you choose Game Changer and the drop down menu to 431 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 1: make sure that you're contributing specifically to our year end offering. 432 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: So make sure that you do that. On that side, 433 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,120 Speaker 1: we're excited to see how God is going to move 434 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,880 Speaker 1: in our church in this and really believe that God 435 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: wants to do something special in your life.