1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: He may exalt you in due time. First Peter five six. 3 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: Heavenly Father, lead me away from evil and help me 4 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: guard my ways so pride doesn't infiltrate my life. Pride 5 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: and a haughty spirit bring about destruction. Keep me humble, Lord, 6 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: don't let me think too highly of myself. I must 7 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: decrease so that you might increase in and through my life. 8 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: I bow before you and humble submission and yield to 9 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: your mighty hand of grace upon my life. I humble 10 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: myself before you. I surrender in obedience to your purpose 11 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 1: for my life, even as Jesus submitted to your purpose 12 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: for his life. Lead me in the way you would 13 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: have me go. I release my ideas for my life 14 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: to your purposes for my life. Humbled before you. You 15 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: know what you gifted me to do and what is 16 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: going to bring me the greatest fulfillment. I trust you, 17 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: Lord to fashion something unique out of my life. I 18 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: delight in doing your will. Thank you that you will 19 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: lift me up, even as you have lifted up Jesus 20 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 1: and rewarded him for his obedience. He is my example, 21 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: and I know in due time, you will reward my 22 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: submission and obedience. Although serving you is reward enough, I'm 23 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: not looking for anything more than to know you better 24 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 1: than to please you more and Jesus name Amen. Thank 25 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: you for listening to today's daily prayer for more inspiration 26 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: and an incredible message from our feature pastor. Stay tuned 27 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: to pray dot COM's Sunday service. 28 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 2: Welcome to Church of the King. We're so glad you're 29 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 2: here with us today. Make sure you stick around to 30 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 2: the end to learn about some amazing resources we've had 31 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 2: for you. Now enjoy this message. 32 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today about a message 33 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:27,839 Speaker 3: I've entitled growing Forward. Growing Forward. Week one, we talked 34 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 3: about what trauma is. There's a lot of conflating of 35 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 3: that concept, a lot of confusion about that. It's like 36 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 3: the proverbial sense where the kid gets there freshman class 37 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 3: in college. You know, he gives a speech and goes 38 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 3: back home tells his parents, Man, I was just traumatizing it. No, no, no, 39 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 3: you weren't traumatized. You're embarrassed. Trauma is a real thing. 40 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 3: Trauma's not listened what happened to you, It's what happened 41 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 3: inside of you. Because of what happened to you, and 42 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 3: if it's intense enough, it actually shifts your brain. I've 43 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 3: shared that week one with the module of the brain. 44 00:02:57,639 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 3: We're going to share that just again in a second. 45 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 3: We talked about the importance of watches being aware. Everyone 46 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 3: said aware, Why is it that we're often activated? Why 47 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 3: is it that someone is triggered? What is happening in 48 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 3: our brain and our body? That was week one. Then 49 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 3: last week we talked about Bob. Everybody say Bob, come on, 50 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 3: Everybody say, Bob's coming. You weren't here. Bob represents crisis. 51 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 3: You can't avoid all crisis in your life, but what 52 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 3: you can do is build resilience to ward off the 53 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 3: impact of crisis. Again, we live in a broken, fallen world. 54 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 3: Things happen, storms happen, car wrecks happen, things happen, People 55 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 3: go through situations in life. Many of you served in 56 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 3: the military, things, there's painful things that have happened in life. 57 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 3: We can't stop crisis from coming, but what we can 58 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 3: do is build resilience. Everybody say, resilience. That gives us 59 00:03:55,040 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 3: the capacity to respond to life today. What a taught 60 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 3: talk to you about? The third thing and that's about 61 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 3: how to grow forward, because the question is this, what 62 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 3: do you do? What do you do if you're hurting 63 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 3: right now? How do you respond? Maybe some of you 64 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 3: guys heard last week's message, you thought, well, Pastor, that's great. 65 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 3: I want to build resilience. I know Bob's coming, but 66 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 3: I've got to deal with my pain right now. I've 67 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 3: got pain now in my heart. What do I do 68 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 3: with that? You're not interested in preparing for crisis. You're 69 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 3: in crisis. How do you respond? What do you do 70 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 3: with the emotional pain that you're carrying? So you guys, 71 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 3: even getting up, getting out of bed today, coming to church, 72 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 3: or watching online or whatever, you are just dealing with 73 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 3: the shrapnel of the tension and the pain on the inside. 74 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 3: Matter of fact, that's where I was when February twenty ten. 75 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 3: I remember walking back to the back room and between 76 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 3: services and I'd hit that wall. I thought to myself, 77 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 3: I don't want to go on. I don't want to 78 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 3: do this anymore. I'd hit that wall. There was nothing moral, 79 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 3: nothing unethical, but but I was done. Have you ever 80 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 3: been there before? What do you do when you're in 81 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 3: a situation like that? Today? I want to talk to 82 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 3: you about a framework, what I would call a healing framework. 83 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 3: There's a hopelessness that comes in the hearts of people 84 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 3: when you don't know what to do. I'm going to 85 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 3: give you from the Bible things to do, not just 86 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 3: to be inspired, but to be equipped. Things that we 87 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 3: can do that we can quote watch us get healing 88 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 3: for our pain. Here's the deal. Sin and trauma fragment 89 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 3: our lives, but Jesus restores our lives. How'm me how 90 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 3: grateful for the power of Christ to restore our lives. 91 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 3: The healing framework that I want to talk about today 92 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 3: wraps around this concept of shalom. The Bible is written, 93 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 3: The Old Testament is written in Hebrew. The New Testament 94 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 3: is written in Greek. The Old Testament English word that 95 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 3: we would the Hebrew translated to English. When we see 96 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 3: in the Bible the word piece, everyone say peace. So 97 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 3: in the Old Testament, when you see the word piece, 98 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 3: it's translated from the Hebrew word the original language. It's 99 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 3: not peace in English, it's in Hebrew, and the Hebrew 100 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 3: word is shalom. Now shalom is important because shalom does 101 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,919 Speaker 3: not mean just the absence of conflict. Here's what it 102 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 3: means I want every location to watch this here, lean 103 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:35,479 Speaker 3: right in. It literally means wholeness, integration, complete. So when 104 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 3: the Bible, when you read the word wholeness or shalom, 105 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 3: it literally means wholeness, completeness. Matter of fact, those of 106 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 3: you remember in school, we've got to go back a 107 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 3: couple of years. How many y'all remember watch this? How 108 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 3: many y'all remember a term in math class? A matter 109 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,359 Speaker 3: of fact, I'll ask the question, does anybody remember what 110 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 3: a whole number was? And y'all were sleeping too, Come on, somebody, eh, yeah, 111 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 3: and here it is here, It is here. The whole 112 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 3: number in math is called a what and integer? Remember 113 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 3: that and intoger and math. You guys, remember that that 114 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 3: is a whole number. Isn't it interesting? The whole number 115 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 3: called integer. It's where we get the English word, and 116 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 3: it's extrapolates out to integrity. When you see somebody's behavior 117 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 3: that's not consistent with their belief system and there's a gap, 118 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 3: there's an incongruence. Watch this of integrity? Integrity is you 119 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 3: do what you say? Watch this. It's not just an 120 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 3: issue of integrity, it's actually an issue of wholeness. There's 121 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 3: a brokenness on the inside. There's something that's happening on 122 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 3: the inside where your behavior is not consistent with your 123 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 3: belief system. And the Bible talks about this. Listen, let 124 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 3: me say it again. Sin and trauma, fragment, Jesus produces wholeness. 125 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 3: Jesus wants you whole. He doesn't want you carrying around 126 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 3: that emotional pain all the days of your life. He 127 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 3: wants you whole. It's interesting when you begin to think 128 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 3: about how our brain is wired. I trust it's been helpful. 129 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 3: I do have the diagram in my book, and I'm 130 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 3: going to pull it up one more time. I think 131 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 3: this is important related to a wholeness. Remember the key 132 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 3: concept shalom. Everybody says shalom. How ma' you know. God 133 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 3: cares about your brain. He cares about your mind, He 134 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 3: cares about your body, He cares about your spirit. He 135 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:35,199 Speaker 3: cares about your whole being, every part of who you are. 136 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 3: Let me bring up the diagram again, number one. I'm 137 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 3: going to give you just a thirty second explanation. Again, 138 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 3: everybody say prefrontal cortex. That is your thinking brain. It's 139 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,079 Speaker 3: your where you make logical conclusion. All right, then, you've 140 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 3: got your limbic system. Your limbic system two important parts. 141 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 3: By the way, I know we have in our church, 142 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 3: clinical psychologists, neuroscientists, medical doctors. I understand the brain is 143 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,719 Speaker 3: much more sophisticated. But this three parts that are specifically 144 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 3: impacted by stress. That helps. By way of explanation, the 145 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 3: limbic system two important parts. Number one the hippocampus where 146 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 3: our memories are stored, and then the next part are 147 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 3: amygdala where it watches our emotion. The emotional imprints of 148 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:22,559 Speaker 3: those traumatic moments are stored. So your limbic system, or 149 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 3: yourmigdala is your emotional brain. Your prefrontal cortex is your 150 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 3: thinking brain. Everybody say thinking brain, everybody say emotional brain. 151 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 3: And then of course you've got your brain stump, which 152 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 3: regulates your your heart rate and your breathing and all that. Now, 153 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 3: here's what happens. Here's what trauma does. Trauma disrupts the 154 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 3: normal communication between your thinking brain and your feeling brain. 155 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 3: And what happens is there's a disintegration. It doesn't separate, 156 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 3: it disintegrates. In other words, your emotional brain watches is 157 00:09:55,280 --> 00:10:00,559 Speaker 3: easily activated, it is triggered. You're triggered. In other words, 158 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 3: you become hypervigilant. You walk into a room, your threat 159 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,439 Speaker 3: detecting system is up. You're checking out. Am I safe? 160 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 3: Am I not saying? You're evaluating everybody? And here's what 161 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 3: happens when it is when you are very hypervigilant persistent anxiety. 162 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 3: I've got all the criteria in the book. There is 163 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:23,079 Speaker 3: some unprocessed trauma that you're carrying in your brain and 164 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 3: your body. Remember, trauma's not the event, it's what happened 165 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 3: inside of you because of the event and or events. 166 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 3: Here's the cool thing I'm going to share with you 167 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 3: today and show you today that shalom. Everybody says shalom. 168 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:41,839 Speaker 3: Shalom is God's prescription. Watch this to bring harmony and 169 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 3: healing to your brain, not only your spirit, to your brain. 170 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 3: The scientists call this cognitive homeostasis. When your thinking brain 171 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 3: and your feeling brain are in harmony. The Bible calls 172 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 3: it shalom. How many all grateful that Jesus heals us 173 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,559 Speaker 3: come on every part of our lives. And I want 174 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 3: to say that to you today. Wherever you're watching, whatever campus, 175 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 3: whatever place that you're watching. God has a plan for 176 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,679 Speaker 3: wholeness for you. He doesn't want you living fragmented by 177 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 3: sin and trauma. He wants you living whole. That's God's 178 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 3: heart for you. I'm want to talk to you today 179 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:23,359 Speaker 3: about three ways that we can experience shalom. Three elements 180 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 3: to experiencing shalom. Number one, that's the presence of God. 181 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 3: I want to talk about the presence of God. I 182 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 3: want to talk about the people of God. And then 183 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 3: I want to talk about something really cool. It's called 184 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 3: post traumatic growth, which brings hope to me. Those of 185 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 3: you that have experienced traumatic moments in your life where 186 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 3: there's been a shifting in your brain. You've felt it 187 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 3: in your emotional realm, your thinking and your feeling brain 188 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 3: and all that there is hope where you can actually grow. 189 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 3: On the other side of that, You're not going to 190 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 3: be a statistic. God has a plan for your life 191 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 3: and a growth plan for your life. Number one, the 192 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 3: presence of God. Can y'all say that all of our 193 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 3: locations at the kind of three one, two three the 194 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 3: presence of God. Let me say this, the shalom of God, 195 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 3: the peace of God is actually the manifestation of God's 196 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 3: presence in the earth where do you get that from 197 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 3: pastor Isaiah Chapter fifty three. The Old Testament prophet Isaiah 198 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 3: gives us a powerful picture of God's healing work. He 199 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 3: speaks of the suffering servant, the one who would carry 200 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 3: our sin, our pain, and our sorrow. In the New 201 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 3: Testament we learn that this suffering servant is Jesus, Jesus 202 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 3: for our sin, Jesus for our suffering, Jesus for our pain. Isaiah, 203 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 3: chapter fifty three, verse three. Here's what the prophet says 204 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 3: about Jesus. He is despised and rejected by men, a 205 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 3: man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, and we hit, 206 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:03,559 Speaker 3: as it were, our faces from him. He was despised, 207 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 3: and we did not esteem him. Surely he has borne 208 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,599 Speaker 3: our griefs, and he's carried our sorrows. That's going to 209 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 3: be important. In just a moment. All of this is 210 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 3: yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. 211 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 3: He was wounded for our transgressions. That's our sins. He 212 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 3: was bruised for our iniquities, that's our bentness towards sin. 213 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 3: And the chastisement for our peace was upon him, and 214 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 3: by his stripes we are healed. How many all grateful 215 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 3: that there's healing in the cross. Come on, I'm grateful 216 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 3: there's healing in the cross. The word for carried comes 217 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 3: from the Hebrew word sabal, and it literally means watch us, 218 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 3: to bear a burden. Jesus Christ not only watched us 219 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 3: paid for our sin, but he also on the cross 220 00:13:55,080 --> 00:14:00,959 Speaker 3: he manifested, caring a burden we couldn't carry. Do you 221 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 3: remember the Gospel of Matthews had coming to me all 222 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 3: that are weary and heavy laden, and I will give 223 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 3: you rest. How many of you are been carrying things 224 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 3: in life that the Bible is clear Jesus wants to 225 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 3: carry it. You've been carrying heavy expectation. There's a weariness 226 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 3: of soul, there's a weariness of mind. And the Bible 227 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 3: says he carried. Everyone say carried. What is the word 228 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 3: carried in the Hebrew at sebal and it literally means 229 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 3: to bear a burden. But then it goes on it 230 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 3: says that he carried something specific. He carried our sorrows. 231 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 3: In the English we read sorrows, but the Hebrew word 232 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 3: is macab in the original text. The word sorrow that 233 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 3: we read in English, the Hebrew word is macab and 234 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 3: here's what it means. I didn't see this until I 235 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 3: was in the middle of the dissertation. I turned in 236 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 3: my paper. I turned in my research paper. It's one 237 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 3: hundred and sixty seventy pages, and the professor rejected it. 238 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 3: That my doctoral cohort guy, he read, doctor Jim Viale. 239 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 3: He said, Steve, it's not complete. I mean, I'm trying 240 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 3: to turn this thing and I'm trying to graduate, and 241 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 3: I've been in three years in this program, and he 242 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 3: says it's missing something. HEIMI know. I was triggered. Come on, somebody. 243 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 3: I was just like, what are you talking about. I've 244 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 3: been working on this thing for a year. And he says, 245 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 3: I want to see Christ more present in this. And 246 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 3: I remember going back and I thought to myself, and 247 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 3: I remember praying for a couple of weeks and I 248 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 3: thought and boom, I saw it. I saw something in 249 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 3: the atonement that I had not seen before. I knew 250 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 3: that Jesus died on the cross from my sin. I 251 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 3: knew he died on the cross for my sickness. But 252 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 3: what I didn't see was this he carried away, watched this, 253 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 3: he carried away my sorrows macab and the word macab 254 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 3: is mental pain and anguish. Can I tell you what 255 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 3: that is? That's called psychological trauma? And then I saw. 256 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 4: It that the Cross of Jesus Christ literally goes to 257 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 4: the core to heal not only our spirit, but our 258 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 4: brain and our mind. 259 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 3: Of the pains that we've carried in life. How many 260 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 3: ow grateful that the cross deals with our mind as well? 261 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 3: I thought, I'm so grateful to God. I remember presenting 262 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 3: it to doctor Jim v Heal. He goes man, your 263 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 3: work on the atonement in psychological trauma. I thought, it's key. 264 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 3: The Cross of Jesus Christ not only forgives us of 265 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 3: our sins, but also goes to the core of healing 266 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 3: our trauma. Isaiah goes on to say, and the chastisement 267 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 3: for our peace shalom. He was whipped, He was chastised 268 00:16:54,160 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 3: for our shalom. His body was a living picture of fragmentation. 269 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 3: Think about the stripes on his back, think about the 270 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 3: whips on his back. I remember seeing the Passion of 271 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 3: the Christ years ago, nineteen ninety five, and I know 272 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 3: all the theologians and scholars watched that movie. That said 273 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 3: the vividness of it. It was so difficult to even 274 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:17,399 Speaker 3: watch it. But the Bible is so clear here that 275 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 3: he was whipped, he was there was a scourging in 276 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:27,399 Speaker 3: his back, there was a shattering and a tearing. He 277 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 3: received that don't miss this so we could receive shalom, 278 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 3: that we could become whole. So many of you have 279 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:43,160 Speaker 3: carried around broken places in your life for years, broken 280 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 3: in mind, broken in your soul, broken in your body. 281 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 3: I am so grateful that there is a provision in 282 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 3: the Cross for healing our soul, not just forgiving our sin, 283 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 3: but to heal us and our souls. I've had this thought, 284 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 3: and it's really this question for years. And Jennifer and 285 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 3: I were sent across the lake to Mandeville to start 286 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 3: Church of the King twenty six years ago, and I've 287 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 3: had this question many times from people. Actually it's a statement, 288 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 3: then it's a question that it's kind of stating here 289 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 3: it is pastor. They'll say, Steve, I like your talks, 290 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 3: but when I come into the singing part, I be honest, 291 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 3: I don't don't. I'm not really used to the singing, 292 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 3: and I've got a problem. And I said, what's your 293 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 3: probably going well? During the singing. I tend I have 294 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:35,360 Speaker 3: a tendency to cry. And I was like, and I've 295 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:37,400 Speaker 3: heard this so many times. I mean, I can't tell 296 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 3: you how many times are I say, and I come, 297 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,479 Speaker 3: and I'll come in in the building and y'all do 298 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 3: the singing part, and I'm just I don't know, and 299 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 3: all of a sudden, i'd of I got these memories 300 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 3: that kind of come up, and then I just these 301 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:53,120 Speaker 3: tears start coming. And so I come for your talk, 302 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:58,120 Speaker 3: but I don't always come from the singing. And when 303 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 3: that person affords me the opportunity to be able to 304 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 3: explain a little bit of what's going on, I said, well, 305 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 3: can I tell you what's happening? The Holy Spirit is 306 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 3: actually touching your life. That's the presence of God, the 307 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 3: presence of God, I said, it's the Holy Spirit. Now 308 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,479 Speaker 3: I know exactly what's going on. After I've done this study, 309 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 3: can I tell you what's really going on? How the 310 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 3: Holy Spirit has come? Trauma therapist will tell you this, 311 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 3: watch this, that trauma is actually lodged and stuck in 312 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 3: your amygdala. It's encoded there, it's in your limbic system. 313 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 3: And what's happening is trauma therapists will also tell you this. 314 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 3: They'll tell you that for years they treated the wrong 315 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 3: part of the brain. Just talking to your just talking 316 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 3: about the event doesn't bring healing. There's got to be 317 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 3: an unlocking of your emotions in your limbic system. Here's 318 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 3: what I realize now. What's happening is the Holy Spirit 319 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 3: in worship is actually bypassing your rational part and he's 320 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 3: unlike he's addressing the emotional parts of your brain that 321 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 3: are storing that pain. And there's a at least in 322 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,679 Speaker 3: other words, you've got a memory in your hippocampus that 323 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 3: is attached to the pain of that memory, and he's healing. 324 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:10,640 Speaker 3: He's not washing the memory away, but he's actually healing 325 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 3: the pain attached to that memory. That's what's happening. That's 326 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 3: why it's important to spend time in the presence of God. 327 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 3: If you've been deeply hurt in life, don't run from 328 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:28,919 Speaker 3: the presence of God, run to it. Psychologists understand that 329 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 3: trauma can't be healed by simply talking about that painful event. 330 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:34,359 Speaker 3: You can't think your way out of trauma. You have 331 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,879 Speaker 3: to access the emotional brain. The pain is stored in 332 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 3: that and the presence of God. This is where the 333 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 3: presence of God matters so much. Researchers are now finding 334 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,160 Speaker 3: that when we worship. This is all in my book. 335 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,400 Speaker 3: All of this is footnoted in the book. Researchers are 336 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:52,159 Speaker 3: finding that when we worship, gamma waves are created in 337 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 3: our brain that actually help us feel the presence of God. 338 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:01,439 Speaker 3: Everybody says, she'll own that's why you can feel the 339 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:06,880 Speaker 3: presence of God. This is not just a concept. Peace 340 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 3: is not an idea. Peace is a manifestation of the 341 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 3: presence of God that you can feel it in your soul. 342 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 3: It's the presence of God. That's what the peace of 343 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 3: God is. Everybody says, Shalom. Shalom is the tangible presence 344 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 3: of God ministering to the places and our brains, our minds, 345 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 3: and our bodies where pain is stored. When the spirit 346 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 3: of God touches the wounds stored in your limbic system, 347 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 3: tears flow in, healing begins. Maybe that's where you are. 348 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,200 Speaker 3: Maybe you feel like pastor, I've been through so many 349 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 3: things in my life. I've experienced so many painful moments, 350 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 3: and there's so much stuff. 351 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 2: And I. 352 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 3: Understand, I understand a little bit Now, that's why it's 353 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 3: so important to spend time in the presence of God. 354 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 3: Spend time in the presence of God. God is healing you. 355 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:02,160 Speaker 3: Paul notes this in Philippians chapter four. You're gonna see 356 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 3: this differently now. Remember when he talks about the antidote 357 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:10,199 Speaker 3: to anxiety. Philippians chapter four, it says, it says, let 358 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 3: your requests be anxious for nothing. Watch this. Listen to 359 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 3: the scripture light of what I just told you about 360 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 3: the brain. Be anxious for nothing Philippian chapter four, Verse 361 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 3: seven and eight. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, 362 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 3: with prayer and supplication, let your requests be made known 363 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,400 Speaker 3: to God and the peace of God. Everyby say Peace 364 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 3: of God. Don't miss this, which Sir, passes all understanding. 365 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,640 Speaker 3: Let it guard your hearts in mind in Christ, Jesus, 366 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,679 Speaker 3: I'm so grateful that God has not left us as 367 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 3: an orphan. God's not left us isolated. God's brought us 368 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 3: into his family, and God has filled us with his 369 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 3: peace to guard our hearts and to heal our brains. 370 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 3: How many grateful for the healing presence of Jesus. So 371 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 3: grateful for that. In Mark chapter five, Jesus encounters a 372 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 3: man who had been deeply traumatized and spiritually oppressed. He 373 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 3: lives isolated, tormented, in self harming. It's a true picture 374 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 3: of someone who's inner world had been shattered by the 375 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 3: pain of life. And there's an additional layer of demonization here. 376 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 3: This is very important. I've been to Gadera, I've been 377 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 3: to this place where the gathering demoniac. I've been to 378 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 3: this it's on one side of the Sea of Galilee, 379 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 3: and you go to and it's kind of a place, 380 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 3: there's rocky place, and so Jesus comes out of a 381 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 3: boat and he has a power encounter. I'm so grateful 382 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 3: that light is stronger than darkness. I'm grateful that Jesus 383 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 3: is stronger than the devil. And I'm grateful that wholeness 384 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 3: is stronger than sin, fragmentation and trauma. So grateful for that. 385 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 3: The Bible says in Mark chapter five, verse eight, Jesus 386 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 3: sees the shattered man. He was cutting himself in the tombs. 387 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:00,200 Speaker 3: He was naked, he was self harming, and the Bible 388 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 3: says he spoke to that demon's spirit. Come out of 389 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 3: this man, you in pure spirit. There was a power 390 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 3: encounter there. Mark chapter five, verse fifteen goes on and says, 391 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 3: and when they came to Jesus, the people in the 392 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,439 Speaker 3: town came. They knew of that man. They would hear 393 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 3: him howling in the distance and crying at night and 394 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 3: slashing himself. And the Bible says when they came to Jesus, 395 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 3: they saw the man who had been possessed by the 396 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 3: legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind. 397 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 3: By saying right mind cognitive homeostasis, equilibrium where his thinking 398 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 3: brain is emotional brain, we're working effectively again. Now I'm 399 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 3: going to say a couple things. One can only imagine 400 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 3: the level of trauma that this individual went through to 401 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 3: end up in this place. I want everybody to hear 402 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:57,159 Speaker 3: what I'm about to say. Unprocessed trauma can be a 403 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 3: door that opens us up to deeper levels of deception 404 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 3: and the enemy's influence. And not always, but it can be, 405 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 3: particularly if it's not treated. Why is that because trauma 406 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 3: weakens your sense of self and fragments your thinking brain 407 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 3: from your emotional brain, so you actually begin to believe 408 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 3: that you are what you feel. I want everybody to 409 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 3: hear what I'm about to say. America is stuck in 410 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 3: their limbic system right now because they actually believe that 411 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 3: you are because you feel I am, not because I 412 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 3: feel I am who I am because of what God says. 413 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 3: You have to understand how important that is. Just now. 414 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 3: Sin fragments the brain, in the mind, That's why we 415 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 3: need healing in our brain, healing in our soul. This man, 416 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:02,879 Speaker 3: this man power encounter every time you and I worship 417 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 3: and spend time in the presence of God. That's why 418 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 3: I want to help everybody, all of our locations, every campus. 419 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 3: The twenty minutes of singing before I preach, it's not 420 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:19,640 Speaker 3: the spinach dip before the real meal, and I through 421 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 3: a message each week. It's eight pages I write it down. 422 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 3: I mean I put a lot of time, but the 423 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:29,159 Speaker 3: meal starts when the music sings. Because we need the 424 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 3: presence of God and the word of God to heal 425 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 3: our brain and our body. How many all grateful that 426 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 3: the presence of God heals. I'm not taking away from 427 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 3: the word of God. I preach the word. I'm a preacher, 428 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 3: but don't misworship. By the way, those that have been 429 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 3: deeply damaged spend a lot of time listening to worship music. 430 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 3: Allow the Holy Spirit, who's a healing spirit, to access 431 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 3: that part of your life. Slow down in the presence 432 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 3: of God, worship, pray, open your heart. That's where the 433 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:07,239 Speaker 3: Holy Spirit meets us and heals where that trauma has 434 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 3: been stored in your brain. Everybody say presence of God. 435 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 3: Everybody say people of God. The second element we need 436 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 3: to experience shal Oam is the people of God. We 437 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,160 Speaker 3: need godly relationships in our lives. You know what trauma does. 438 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,199 Speaker 3: It makes you feel ashamed and you actually end up 439 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:30,439 Speaker 3: isolating the very opposite of what you need. What you 440 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:34,920 Speaker 3: need is relationships, safe relationships where you can process, where 441 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 3: you can be known, where you can be seen, where 442 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 3: you can be heard. That's what we need. The problem 443 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 3: is that you go through crisis, you traumatize, your brain's 444 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,680 Speaker 3: not working, you begin to feel defective, you feel a shame, 445 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 3: so then you isolate. The very thing you need is people. 446 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,399 Speaker 3: The Bible says in Proverbs eighteen to one, a man 447 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 3: who isolates himself seeks his own desire, and he rages 448 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 3: against all. Wise. In my book, I compared two figures. 449 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,879 Speaker 3: I compare two kings, the first and second King of Israel, 450 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 3: King Saul watched this in King David and I talked 451 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,440 Speaker 3: about what was the difference. Why did Saul experience such 452 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:19,920 Speaker 3: a radical downfall. Both of them came from family, their 453 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 3: family of origin. Both of them experienced rejection and traumatic moments, 454 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 3: and both of them did remember David my gosh. David's 455 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,399 Speaker 3: dad rejected him when the prophet came in to anoint 456 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 3: the next king of Israel, he didn't even call him 457 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 3: in to be part of the service. Saul and David 458 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 3: both experienced deep pain. Number two. Both of them experienced leadership, 459 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 3: leadership challenges that was injurious to their soul. Number three, 460 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 3: both of them experienced emotional pain and herds in life. 461 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 3: What was the difference. I'll tell you the difference. When 462 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 3: it became very very important for Saul to have someone 463 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 3: in his life, the problem is no one was there 464 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 3: because he cut off his pastor, he cut off his 465 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:12,200 Speaker 3: spiritual relation. He shunned Samuel. The Bible actually said this, 466 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 3: It's very tragic. Second Samuel, chapter thirteen, verse thirty five. 467 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 3: Until the day Samuel died, he did not go see 468 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 3: Saul again. Those saw mourn for him. Saul spiraled when 469 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:31,719 Speaker 3: he was alone. Don't isolate when you're hurting, lean into people. 470 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 3: David conversely, he leaned in Remember when he sinned. He 471 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 3: even leaned into Nathan the prophet when Nathan called him out. 472 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 3: He leaned into Jonathan all the time. When actually David 473 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 3: was running from Saul, Jonathan, who was Saul's son, he 474 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 3: would encourage. The Bible said this first Samuel twenty three sixteen, 475 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:57,480 Speaker 3: and Saul's son Jonathan went to David at Horash and 476 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:01,840 Speaker 3: helped him find strength and thank God, is there anybody 477 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 3: who in your hurting can help you find strength in God? 478 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,600 Speaker 3: Things would have been radically different in February twenty ten 479 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 3: when I went through my burnout. Thank God for my wife, 480 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 3: thank God for her, Thank God for the brothers around me. 481 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,920 Speaker 3: Thank God when I wanted to quit that they surrounded me. 482 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:27,240 Speaker 3: Is there anybody in your life that's there to strengthen you? 483 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,080 Speaker 3: Don't wait till Bob hits to figure out who can 484 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 3: I call? To wait till Christis comes? Build relationships now, 485 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 3: build intentionally. Now, who are the people that are there 486 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:44,120 Speaker 3: for you. That's why we encourage small grops at Church 487 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 3: of the King. It's not because it's a contemporary management construct. 488 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 3: It's because it's biblical and you need people and that's 489 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:53,479 Speaker 3: where you get to know them well. Pastor what if 490 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 3: I go to small grove and everybody's weird, go to 491 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,720 Speaker 3: another one. What if I go to another one, everybody's weird, 492 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:02,760 Speaker 3: it's probably you. Come on, some doesn't matter, We're all 493 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 3: a little bit strange. Don't wait, I'm talking to somebody 494 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 3: right now. Don't wait. Everybody say presence of God. Everybody 495 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:18,320 Speaker 3: say people of God. I do want to say. And 496 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:22,440 Speaker 3: there are cases where people have been in the presence 497 00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 3: of God and the pressing in doing spiritual discipline, habits 498 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 3: of reading the Word and worship and tending church, and 499 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 3: they're involved in relationships. But there are times when the intensity, 500 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 3: the frequency of the pain, the intensity of it where 501 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 3: there needs to be some professional help. And we're an advocate. 502 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,400 Speaker 3: I'm an advocate. I've had counseling. I'm an advocate of 503 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 3: good spirit filled Christ centered therapists that know God and 504 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 3: they understand the human soul that can help people. So 505 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 3: we advocate that. I will say a couple things about counselors. 506 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 3: I did this all of the criterias in the book, 507 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:55,560 Speaker 3: and I know I have a lot of counselors and 508 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 3: a lot of therapists in our church. And what I 509 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 3: did is I put a criteria of how to choose 510 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 3: a counselor the important ingredients that you should find in 511 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 3: a counselor. Number one, have they done their work so 512 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:13,959 Speaker 3: there's not what's called countertransference in their therapeutic modeling and 513 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 3: how they're helping people. So I'm an advocate for count 514 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 3: there's no shame on that we can get some help there. 515 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 3: The presence of God, the people of God, and yes 516 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,520 Speaker 3: there may be season of intense counseling and it's a 517 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 3: good thing. Just make sure they've done their work. Ask them. 518 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 3: I've got five questions you ask the counselor. Everybody say 519 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 3: presence of God. Everybody say People of God. Everybody say 520 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,160 Speaker 3: post traumatic growth. How many y'all read it to end 521 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,160 Speaker 3: on a big high note? Come on, anybody read it 522 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 3: to end on a big high note. The third element 523 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 3: in experiencing shalom is something psychologists call post traumatic growth. 524 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 3: This is where we don't just recover from trauma, we 525 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:58,080 Speaker 3: actually grow from it. I want everybody to hear what 526 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:01,320 Speaker 3: I'm about to say. I know this is recorded, and 527 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:05,520 Speaker 3: it's on purpose. I'm gonna read it. Okay, let me 528 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 3: be clear. I'm not believing for traumatic experiences in my life, 529 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:16,760 Speaker 3: yet I'm so grateful God can not only redeem them, 530 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:22,320 Speaker 3: but if they're properly processed, I can actually grow through them. 531 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,600 Speaker 3: Are you with me? Here's what I would say, pain, 532 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 3: when properly processed, becomes highly purposeful. How many how grateful 533 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 3: that God doesn't waste anything in our lives, that he 534 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 3: can take painful moments and turn them around and we 535 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 3: can actually grow through that. My daughter and my wife 536 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:48,000 Speaker 3: between between Isabelle sophomore and junior year, she was home 537 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:51,720 Speaker 3: for the summer and my wife and her were driving. 538 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 3: My daughter was driving and they had pulled out and 539 00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 3: my daughter was not in the wrong, didn't get a 540 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:03,000 Speaker 3: ticket at all, but there was a truck that actually 541 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:09,399 Speaker 3: hit them and they got the ticket. And why that's 542 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 3: important is is the truck slammed them. My daughter's arm 543 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:19,480 Speaker 3: was literally snapped into And I remember talking to the 544 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,880 Speaker 3: orthopedic surgeon and I, you know, I'm interested in science 545 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:24,719 Speaker 3: and I want to get all the and I said, 546 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:26,520 Speaker 3: we'll explain what's going He goes when when I set 547 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 3: the bone. Watch this we're talking about post traumatic growth. 548 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,920 Speaker 3: He goes. When I set the bone, he says, initially, 549 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,400 Speaker 3: temporarily that part where there was a break, it's gonna 550 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 3: it's going to grow back. It's going to be stronger 551 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:45,000 Speaker 3: temporarily because there's gonna be an intensification of calcium. It's 552 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,840 Speaker 3: going but then it's going to go back. Watch this 553 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:55,040 Speaker 3: to baseline psychological trauma. Remember what I said, pain, when 554 00:34:55,120 --> 00:35:02,279 Speaker 3: properly processed, becomes purposeful. The new field that's developing in 555 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,760 Speaker 3: the trauma therapy, it's about the last ten or twenty years. 556 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:09,439 Speaker 3: What they're realizing is is that a person that goes 557 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:14,200 Speaker 3: through psychological trauma, if you process it in a healthy way, 558 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:19,080 Speaker 3: you can actually grow through it and from it. So 559 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:23,000 Speaker 3: where physical trauma to the bone in the body goes 560 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:26,680 Speaker 3: back to baseline when it's healed, psychological trauma doesn't return 561 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,920 Speaker 3: just a baseline, but you can actually leap forward in 562 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:35,560 Speaker 3: functioning if you get healed. This is really important. Why 563 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,879 Speaker 3: is this important Because some of you guys have been 564 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:40,680 Speaker 3: so banged up in life, and I'm trying to encourage 565 00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:44,319 Speaker 3: as your pastor, if you do the work, if you 566 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:48,040 Speaker 3: spend time in God's presence, if you lean into relationships, 567 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:51,040 Speaker 3: If counseling is a part of that journey, I'm telling 568 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:54,640 Speaker 3: you you can become a better man, a better woman, 569 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:58,120 Speaker 3: a better mom, a better dad, a better human being, 570 00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:04,960 Speaker 3: a better Christian. Pain properly processed becomes purposeful, purposeful in 571 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:12,360 Speaker 3: your life. Post traumatic growth isn't just about returning the baseline. 572 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:16,279 Speaker 3: It's about emerging stronger our brains. Why is that our 573 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:20,799 Speaker 3: brains have remarkable flexibility to change into adapt When we 574 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:25,520 Speaker 3: properly process trauma, we not only heal the damage, but 575 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 3: also create new neuro pathways. We develop new mental strengths 576 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:37,399 Speaker 3: that makes us more resilient, more insightful, more empathetic, more compassionate. 577 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:43,640 Speaker 3: We actually turn wounds into wisdom. This is hopeful for people. 578 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:49,719 Speaker 3: Researchers call it post traumatic growth. In my book, I 579 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:53,880 Speaker 3: quoted doctor Stephen Joseph in the Thrive Model Powerful Model, 580 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:57,840 Speaker 3: and here's what he said. People are capable of finding 581 00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:03,440 Speaker 3: pathways to reverse the destructiveness of trauma and turn it 582 00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:08,279 Speaker 3: into their advantage. You're not damage goods forever. That's not true. 583 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:11,759 Speaker 3: That's not true. That's not who you are. You're not 584 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,399 Speaker 3: defined by your past. You're not defined by what you 585 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:19,960 Speaker 3: did or what's done to you. You can become a 586 00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:26,480 Speaker 3: God glorifying God, honoring, stronger individual. On the other side, 587 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:29,719 Speaker 3: if we lean in and do the work. If we 588 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:33,919 Speaker 3: lean in and do the work. I'll close with this 589 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:39,120 Speaker 3: first Peter, chapter five, verse twelve. There's anybody that went 590 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:43,360 Speaker 3: through some stuff, it was Peter. He denied the Lord. 591 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:48,560 Speaker 3: The Lord restored him on the beach, the sea shore galley. 592 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:52,760 Speaker 3: And who did God call to be the first preacher 593 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:56,839 Speaker 3: of the New Testament Church. And now years later he's 594 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,840 Speaker 3: an older man and he writes this, this is so 595 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:05,600 Speaker 3: oh powerful, so powerful. Long before the term of post 596 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:09,479 Speaker 3: traumatic growth was there, Peter was writing this verse Peter five, 597 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:12,040 Speaker 3: verse ten. Here's what he said. And after you have 598 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:15,840 Speaker 3: suffered a little while, when you were dealing with try, 599 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:20,080 Speaker 3: it's you feel such a sense of pain. You're activated, 600 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:24,840 Speaker 3: you're always sensing threats and and and there's a certain 601 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:28,680 Speaker 3: sense of suffering and pain you feel. Here's what Peter said, 602 00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:32,279 Speaker 3: here's the hope. After you've suffered a little while, the 603 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:37,959 Speaker 3: God of all grace. So grateful that God is full 604 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,279 Speaker 3: of grace. I'm so grateful that God doesn't shame us 605 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:44,640 Speaker 3: when we're down. I'm so grateful that he doesn't kick us. 606 00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,880 Speaker 3: I saw a movie once in the Sky. It was horrific. 607 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:50,160 Speaker 3: His kid's getting beat up on a playground, and then 608 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:51,880 Speaker 3: one of the friends right when he left, he just 609 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,080 Speaker 3: kicked it. How many all grateful. God doesn't kick you 610 00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:56,640 Speaker 3: when you're down, but he's looking to lift you up. 611 00:38:57,040 --> 00:39:00,520 Speaker 3: He's looking to heal you. The Bible says, the God 612 00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:02,680 Speaker 3: of all grace, who has called you to his eternal 613 00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:07,600 Speaker 3: glory in Christ, will himself restore. Everyone say restore, everybody 614 00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:13,200 Speaker 3: say confirm. Everybody says strengthen, Everybody say establish. That sounds 615 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:16,120 Speaker 3: like post traumatic growth. That person is broken, that person 616 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:19,480 Speaker 3: is suffering. The Bible says, the God Grace steps in, 617 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:23,640 Speaker 3: and what does God do. God restores you. God confirms you. 618 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:27,440 Speaker 3: God strengthens you. God establish you. God makes you a 619 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:31,560 Speaker 3: stronger woman, a strong you have anciency in God. You're 620 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,480 Speaker 3: not a victim. You can be an overcomer. You can 621 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:45,320 Speaker 3: be an overcomer in God. Pain, when properly processed, becomes purposeful. 622 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:50,800 Speaker 3: That's God's plan for your life. To grow stronger in God, 623 00:39:52,280 --> 00:40:00,719 Speaker 3: stronger in God. I'll never forget February twenty ten, when 624 00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:05,680 Speaker 3: I walked off the stage, I literally thought. I tried 625 00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:07,520 Speaker 3: to resign. I said, I don't want to do this anymore. 626 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:10,240 Speaker 3: I thank god, our elders surrounding me, my wife, thank God, 627 00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:14,359 Speaker 3: my wife drove. We went to Mobile, Alabama, stayed at 628 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:16,680 Speaker 3: the Grand Hotel. I cried for two days. I know, well, 629 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:18,520 Speaker 3: you're just weak. I am weak by the way, but 630 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:24,560 Speaker 3: I'm strong in God. I'm strong in God. Paul said, 631 00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:28,360 Speaker 3: my grace is sufficient for you. My power, my power 632 00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:32,680 Speaker 3: is made perfect in your weakness. I thank god I 633 00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:35,160 Speaker 3: had some people around me. I thank God during that moment. 634 00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:39,239 Speaker 3: A year ago, I spoke at a conference. Two years ago, 635 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:42,600 Speaker 3: so it'd have been thirteen years two thousand and so 636 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,120 Speaker 3: it'd have been thirteen years after. Twenty twenty three. I 637 00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:48,160 Speaker 3: spoke at a conference and I remember walking out. I 638 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:51,000 Speaker 3: was in Texas, and I remember walking out, and afterwards 639 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,640 Speaker 3: and I was in the foyer, and this passion came. 640 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:52,759 Speaker 1: He goes. 641 00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,200 Speaker 3: Man, Steve, just thank you, just thank you for sharing 642 00:40:55,239 --> 00:41:01,400 Speaker 3: your story, he goes. I felt so ashamed and condemned 643 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,959 Speaker 3: because I felt like I just I felt burned out. 644 00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:05,759 Speaker 3: It was something wrong with me. And it's like you've 645 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:09,000 Speaker 3: given me a pathway to get stronger, to get whole again. 646 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:11,319 Speaker 3: And you know my prayers as a pastor. As we 647 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:13,440 Speaker 3: wrap the series up and I start a whole new 648 00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:16,839 Speaker 3: series next week, here's my prayer. If one man, if 649 00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:20,279 Speaker 3: one woman in this church doesn't quit and throw on 650 00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:23,200 Speaker 3: the towel, if God helped pastors Steve, God will help me. 651 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,920 Speaker 3: Let me tell you there was my life was broken. 652 00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:28,799 Speaker 3: I've just shared a fraction of it with you. But 653 00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:32,480 Speaker 3: I got good news. God will restore you. God will 654 00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:36,880 Speaker 3: establish you. God will confirm you. God will strengthen you. 655 00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:43,560 Speaker 3: God will help you. God will help you. I'll close 656 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:45,760 Speaker 3: with this. When you receive Christ, you not only receive 657 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:49,120 Speaker 3: peace with God, but you actually received the peace of God. 658 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:53,120 Speaker 3: That's the shalom of God. Matter of fact, I'm gonna 659 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:54,719 Speaker 3: ask everybody to about their heads if you do not 660 00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:59,000 Speaker 3: know Christ. As we finish today, we finished this series. 661 00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:01,880 Speaker 3: I'll kick off a news series next week. But I 662 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:03,720 Speaker 3: want to take a moment. If you do not know Jesus, 663 00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:05,400 Speaker 3: if you're not sure about your relationship with God, I 664 00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:07,759 Speaker 3: want to pray for you. Here's what the Bible says. 665 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:10,000 Speaker 3: Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saying, 666 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:12,640 Speaker 3: do you know Christ? Do you know that you know 667 00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:15,200 Speaker 3: that you know if you die today, that you're ready 668 00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:20,080 Speaker 3: to stand before God. The Bible says, whoever calls upon 669 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,279 Speaker 3: that name, the name of Jesus, I can't save you, Church, 670 00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:24,120 Speaker 3: and the King can't save you. In just a moment, 671 00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:26,680 Speaker 3: I'm gonna ask you the counter three just for you 672 00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:28,120 Speaker 3: to raise your hands, they pastor pray for me. I 673 00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,239 Speaker 3: need Christ. I need the blood of Christ to wash me, 674 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:31,719 Speaker 3: to cleanse me. I'm not where I need to be 675 00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:34,080 Speaker 3: with God. Up, that's you. Just if your handapies so 676 00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:36,640 Speaker 3: I could see it. One, two, three, quickly you need prayer. 677 00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:38,840 Speaker 3: God bless you. God, bless you. God bless You're not 678 00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:40,880 Speaker 3: sure where you are with God. You want to surrender 679 00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:44,239 Speaker 3: your heart to Christ. Anybody else you need Jesus you're 680 00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:46,160 Speaker 3: not sure about God. Bless you. God bless you. Who 681 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:48,120 Speaker 3: ever calls upon the name of the Lord. God bless you, 682 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:51,400 Speaker 3: God bless you. You don't come to a preacher. You 683 00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:53,239 Speaker 3: don't come to a church. You come to Christ. He's 684 00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:56,000 Speaker 3: the one that saves you, forgives you and restores you. 685 00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:58,839 Speaker 3: All of our locations anybody else, church, can we pray 686 00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:01,040 Speaker 3: with those that are trusting Christ? Now it's the most 687 00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:03,640 Speaker 3: important moment in the service each week. Come on, let's 688 00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,440 Speaker 3: pray with them. Say Dear Jesus, I come to you today, 689 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:11,040 Speaker 3: a sinner in need of a savior. Say Jesus, I 690 00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:13,920 Speaker 3: repent on my sin. I let go of my past, 691 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:17,200 Speaker 3: and I turn to you. I turn to the cross. 692 00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:21,160 Speaker 3: Wash with your blood. Give me a new heart, a 693 00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,920 Speaker 3: new life, a new reason to live. I want you 694 00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:27,120 Speaker 3: to say this, say Jesus, I take my life and 695 00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:29,200 Speaker 3: I put in your hands. Let me pray. Father, I 696 00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:31,080 Speaker 3: thank you for this ceiling work of the Holy Spirit 697 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:33,360 Speaker 3: and the word of the Living God, taking deep in 698 00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:35,680 Speaker 3: the hearts of your people in Jesus' name. 699 00:43:36,719 --> 00:43:39,800 Speaker 2: Congratulations to those who have just decided to follow Jesus. 700 00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:42,200 Speaker 2: We are celebrating with you and would love to come 701 00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:45,600 Speaker 2: alongside you as you begin this new journey. 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