1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 2: I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast. 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 2: I wanted to thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. 5 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 2: Hope it gives your perspective to see God is moving 6 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 2: in your life. 7 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: Enjoy the message. I'm gonna do something I never did. 8 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: Holly preached so good last week. I hate if you missed. 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 3: It, and she preached so good that for the first 10 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 3: time I ever, I want to take the verse that 11 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 3: she ended on and do a tag team off of 12 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 3: the verse that she ended on. Okay, so come tag 13 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 3: me bed. 14 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: I used to watch wrestling. 15 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 3: I'm gonna come flying off the turnbuckle, maw the fabulous Ferdick. 16 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 3: So I'm gonna drop an elbow on the devil's head today. 17 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: Praise the Lord, and I'll give you one verse to 18 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: start with. Would you go? Ah, didn't bring out my 19 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: screen please so I can really put the verse in context. 20 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 3: This screen is my way of pretending like you and 21 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 3: I are having a conversation together and we're just looking 22 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 3: at the Bible and studying it together. So I pray 23 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 3: that it'll feel that way to you. Let's welcome our 24 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:15,919 Speaker 3: Epham all over. 25 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 1: The world joining us online. 26 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 3: Here we come, and I'm going to share with you 27 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 3: from Philippians chapter four, the last verse she read. 28 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: She read several verses, but the. 29 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 3: One that she ended on is the one I want 30 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 3: to pick up on. In Philippians four, chapter nineteen. Excuse me, 31 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 3: chapter nine, verse nine. 32 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: Let's try that again. 33 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 3: Philippians chapter four, verse nine. 34 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:54,919 Speaker 1: The Word of the Lord Philippians, chapter four, verse nine. 35 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 3: A little message that I know is going to help 36 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 3: you today. 37 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 4: Right there, Paul says, whatever you have learned or received 38 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 4: or heard from me or seen in me, put it 39 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 4: into practice, and the God of Peace will be with you. 40 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: And the God of peace. 41 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 3: Last week Holly spoke about the peace of God, and 42 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 3: she was speaking about the peace of God. But today 43 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 3: I want to take a little bit of a different 44 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 3: approach to what she shared, and I want to talk 45 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 3: about this verse and the God of Peace will be 46 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 3: with you and remind you that he is the God 47 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 3: of peace. He can speak peace to every situation in 48 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 3: this room, no matter how scattered or chaotic your life 49 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 3: is right now. 50 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 1: But I want to talk about the God. 51 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 3: Of Peace will be with you, and I want to 52 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 3: speak about how the God of peace is also. 53 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: The God of pieces. 54 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today for just a 55 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 3: few moments about the God of peaces. 56 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: Pieces. 57 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 3: Father, when you speak, wind and waves, obey speak Now, 58 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 3: still our hearts before you make every storm in this 59 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 3: room a sanctuary where your presence can be felt. 60 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: I think of each person that you brought here today. 61 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 3: I thank you that you know their situations, and I 62 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 3: thank you that you have solutions. Moreover, I thank you 63 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 3: that you are the solution, the God of peace, the 64 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 3: God of peaces. 65 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, Amen, you may be seated, You may 66 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: be seated. 67 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 3: Me and Holly got in a fight Friday of my fault. 68 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 3: We don't fight that much, but we fought Friday, only 69 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 3: about a five minute fight. 70 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 1: But it was you know, I'll scale a one to ten. 71 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: It might have been a three. But I didn't like it. 72 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: And I didn't like it because I knew I caused it. 73 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 3: And the reason I caused it is because I did 74 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 3: not practice what she preached last week. Last week, Holli 75 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 3: was preaching about peace and she asked a very important question. 76 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 3: She said, do your practices promote peace? And she shared 77 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 3: a little extra biblical illustration about the instrument of torture 78 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 3: known as Instagram. 79 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 1: The one that the devil invented. 80 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 3: You know, I know that God created the heavens and 81 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 3: the earth, but the Devil's created a lot of stuff 82 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,479 Speaker 3: since then, Instagram being one of the platforms that he created. Amen, 83 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 3: And I post sermons on it, but I know. 84 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: Not to go look at the. 85 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 3: Comments, and I never do except Friday. I went on 86 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 3: those comments Friday, and I thought I can handle it. 87 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 3: I just looked for a minute, and of course I 88 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 3: couldn't handle it. And I was very worked up about 89 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 3: some of the things that I saw. And I'm just 90 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 3: starting my sermon in a very candid place because it's 91 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 3: interesting to me how I live with a preacher who 92 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 3: just preached about peace, and even in her message, she said, 93 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,840 Speaker 3: you've got to be careful that your practices don't pollute 94 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 3: your peace. 95 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 1: Do you remember when she said that. 96 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 3: She didn't say that exactly, but I added it on 97 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 3: for my message today. She said, she said, make sure 98 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 3: that your practices don't pollute your piece. And the reason 99 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 3: that we were getting into an argument, to me closely, 100 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 3: was because it's very hard to have peace when you 101 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 3: drink poison. And I'm not telling you whether or not 102 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 3: you should ever look at Instagram or any of the 103 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 3: social media platforms. In fact, I'm going to try not 104 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 3: to mention social media for the rest of this message. 105 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 3: I just wanted to set up for you that what 106 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 3: Paul is saying here, he says it is the things 107 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:29,919 Speaker 3: that you put into practice, that you learn, receive, and 108 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 3: hear or see that produces the peace of God. And 109 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 3: since we're going to go over here and take a 110 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 3: Nibbel on verse six real quick, where it says, do 111 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 3: not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by 112 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 3: prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to. 113 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: God, and the peace. 114 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 3: Of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts 115 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 3: and minds in Christ Jesus. And something that's really convicting 116 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 3: to me lately is that I think we all want this, 117 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 3: the peace of God, but sometimes we resist the God 118 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 3: of Peace. 119 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: And so the question becomes, how can I. 120 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 3: Expect the peace of God in my life if I 121 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 3: reject the God of Peace when he comes to show 122 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 3: me how to live. In other words, that he's showing 123 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 3: me something that I need to let go of. If 124 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 3: he's showing me something that I need to keep limited, 125 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 3: if he's showing me something that I need to walk 126 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 3: around and not engage. If he's showing me something that. 127 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: I need to add or subtract from. 128 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 3: My life, and I insist on being stubborn, How can 129 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 3: I expect the peace to come to my heart if 130 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 3: I ignore the source who gives it, the peace of God. 131 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 3: We all want it. Everybody in here wants to feel 132 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 3: better about your future. Everybody wants to feel confident that 133 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 3: things are coming together. Everybody in here wants to feel 134 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 3: like I'm on the right path. Things are going to 135 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 3: work out. Everybody in here wants to peace of God. 136 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 3: Paul makes it very clear that in order to experience 137 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 3: the peace of God, and I just want to lay 138 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 3: this foundation one more time, you must embrace the God 139 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 3: of Peace. And I want to remind you that he 140 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 3: is Jehovah Shalom. Shalom means peace or wholeness, and he 141 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 3: is the God of peace. He is the God of 142 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 3: peace in the midst of panic attacks. He is the 143 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 3: god of peace in the midst of downsizing in your industry. 144 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: He is the God of peace. 145 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 3: When your best client just didn't sign up for another year, 146 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 3: and you don't know how you're going to make up 147 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:48,439 Speaker 3: the contract. 148 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 1: He is the God of peace. 149 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 3: When thoughts assail you, telling you that your life has 150 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 3: reached its zenith and everything from here is just going 151 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 3: to be nothing but less than what it was. 152 00:08:59,120 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: He is. 153 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 3: I feel like reaching to somebody today that the God 154 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 3: of Peace is in this place. 155 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: Say it. The God of Peace is in this place. 156 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 3: And you can say that about any place you ever 157 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:14,199 Speaker 3: find yourself. You can say that in the third row 158 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 3: of church on a Sunday morning. You can say that 159 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 3: when you're pulling out of your driveway on Monday going 160 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 3: to the job, to look at the people that try 161 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 3: to steal your peace. I'm not walking into this office 162 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 3: by myself. I'm walking in with the God of Peace. 163 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 3: He said he would be with me. He said he 164 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 3: would walk with me. 165 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: He said he. 166 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,319 Speaker 3: Would never leave me nor forsake me. He is more 167 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 3: than enough for me. He is the all sufficient one. 168 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,680 Speaker 3: There's nothing I will ever encounter that will surprise him. 169 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 3: He doesn't scratch his head or shake his head or 170 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 3: hang his head. He doesn't turntail and run when the 171 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 3: enemy surrounds me. For when the enemy surrounds me. God 172 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 3: surrounds the enemy. I'm fenced in by fire, even in 173 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 3: my darkest night, even when I wake up and didn't 174 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 3: expect the attack. Have God who anticipated the attack and 175 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 3: put the provision in place, because he is the God 176 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 3: of peace and he's in this place. We saw a 177 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 3: testimony how the God of Peace reached in a prison 178 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 3: cell and rescued a brother in a prison cell. The 179 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 3: God of Peace will make a prison visit. The God 180 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 3: of Peace will pull up alongside a hospital bed. The 181 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 3: God of Peace will show up in a divorce court. 182 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:26,359 Speaker 1: The God of Peace. 183 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 3: Will reach your child that isn't living under your roof 184 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,199 Speaker 3: right now, the God of Peace. 185 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: Is in this place now. 186 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 3: The process by which we experience this peace is what 187 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 3: Paul is talking about in Philippians for nine and now. 188 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 3: I want to give you this principle and then give 189 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 3: you two or three pictures. Whatever you have learned or 190 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 3: received or heard from me or seen in me, think 191 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:57,319 Speaker 3: about this. 192 00:10:57,760 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 1: Paul says. 193 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 3: If you do what you saw me do, you will 194 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 3: have the peace that only God can give. And I'm 195 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 3: afraid I couldn't say that about my life A lot 196 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 3: of the times, even as a leader you know. Graham 197 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 3: said something really interesting a few days ago. He said, 198 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 3: when I look back on when I was a little 199 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 3: boy and I first started wrestling, For those of you 200 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:22,079 Speaker 3: who haven't heard yet, we like to brag about it 201 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:24,199 Speaker 3: every chance we get. He is a two time state 202 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:27,079 Speaker 3: champion in the state of North Carolina for the sport 203 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 3: of wrestling, not tag team wrestling, like wrestling, like real wrestling. 204 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. 205 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 3: And when he first started wrestling, I've been a wrestler 206 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 3: for a few years when I was in middle school, 207 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 3: and so he thought I was the man because I 208 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 3: didn't tell him any different. 209 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: And that's really fun. 210 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 3: When they're little, their understanding of you is limited, so 211 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 3: you can kind. 212 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:52,079 Speaker 1: Of build it all up to be whatever you want 213 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 1: to be. 214 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 3: And he said something he goes, now that I'm really 215 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 3: more advanced as a wrestler, and I look back on 216 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 3: when I was little, it's crazy how much you coached 217 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 3: me with. 218 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: How little you knew. 219 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 3: And I don't think he meant that as a compliment, 220 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 3: Like man, Dad, you really went all in, and I 221 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 3: appreciate it. I think what you're saying is, now that 222 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 3: I know something about what I'm doing, I can't believe 223 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 3: that I thought the stuff you were screaming from the 224 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 3: stands had any merit or value whatsoever. You really just 225 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 3: screamed the same things over and over again. 226 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:35,439 Speaker 1: But it worked for that stage, isn't it crazy? 227 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 3: He said, how much you coached me with how little 228 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 3: you knew. And if you look at your life, there 229 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 3: are some things about your life that are amazing how 230 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 3: far God has brought you. 231 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: If you really think about how little you started with. 232 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 3: I'm going to say that again, and the devil can 233 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 3: pop my mic and I'll say it a third time. 234 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 3: It is amazing how far God has brought you in 235 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 3: some of the things that he has done in your life. 236 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 3: When you consider where you came from, how little you 237 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 3: started with, it is amazing. Look at somebody and say 238 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:19,680 Speaker 3: it's amazing. Come on, tell them, say it's amazing that 239 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 3: you're in church today. Now, just clap your hands for him, 240 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 3: give them a little round of applause. 241 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: Come on, look at him. Say after the week you've had, after. 242 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 3: The news you got, after the mounting to do lists 243 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 3: that you have to go home to, it's amazing. It's 244 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 3: amazing the progress that you've made when you consider the 245 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 3: pattern that you were exposed to. It is amazing that 246 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 3: you even stayed as a dad when your dad didn't. 247 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 3: It is amazing that you are apologizing as a husband, 248 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 3: even though you get mad when you never saw the 249 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 3: pattern of apology in your own home. 250 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 1: And the truth of it. 251 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 3: Is, if some of us were honest, and if we 252 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 3: could do way with the shame that the devil throws 253 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 3: on us. For just about five minutes, Yes, there is 254 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 3: a long way we still have to go, but it's 255 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 3: pretty amazing the advancements that we've made to be here today. 256 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 3: Stand up if you never would have thought you'd be 257 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 3: in church on a Sunday morning three years ago. 258 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: Stand up if there was a season in. 259 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 3: Your life where you thought God was done with you, 260 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 3: but you feel something starting to beat in. 261 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: Your heart again. Stand up. 262 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 3: If you're praising God today was a miracle because you 263 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 3: went through a season of depression where you couldn't lift 264 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 3: your head off the pillow. 265 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 1: Let alone lift your hands. 266 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 3: In church, somebody shout, it's amazing. And the enemy wants 267 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 3: to keep us from being amazed at the ways that 268 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 3: God has made in our life. He wants to keep 269 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 3: us from being amazed from the place that we stand. 270 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: And so Paul says. 271 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 3: Look, when you don't know what to do, and you 272 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 3: don't know what's next, and you're standing in a place 273 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 3: where you don't really have the full picture of how 274 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 3: your life. 275 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: Is going to turn out, listen to me. 276 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 3: Remember what you heard, learned and saw in me, and 277 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 3: practice that, and the God of Peace will be with you. 278 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 3: And I thought that was even better than him saying 279 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 3: the Peace of God will be with me, because it 280 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 3: means that even if I don't feel the Peace of God, 281 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 3: I can believe that the God of Peace is with me. 282 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 3: That's the principle. Now let's break it down for just 283 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 3: a moment or two. If he says this, whatever you've 284 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 3: learned or received, or heard or seen in me, put 285 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 3: it into practice, and the God of Peace will be 286 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 3: with you, it stands the reason that we are not 287 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 3: going to learn, receive, hear, or see everything about God 288 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 3: all at once. He's telling us that this is going 289 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 3: to take practice. And so sometimes we need more patience 290 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 3: with ourselves to realize that even God reveals himself to 291 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 3: us progressively. 292 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 1: God never grows, but he does. 293 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 3: Not give you every glimpse of Him all at once, 294 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 3: and that's a mercy because we could never see His 295 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 3: glory and live. And so what God is doing in 296 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 3: your life right now is he's showing you things in stages, 297 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 3: and he is teaching you things. Watch this in pieces, 298 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 3: in pieces, He's teaching you in pieces. I'm so glad 299 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 3: you came today because when you first start showing me 300 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 3: to play tennis, you did not show me all the 301 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 3: cool stuff. I remember the first thing you said to 302 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 3: me was show me how you hold the racket. I'm like, dude, 303 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 3: I am not out here with seventy five dollars for 304 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 3: you to say, show me how you hold a racket. 305 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: I know the price has gone. 306 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 3: Up since then, but I get in on that bottom rate, 307 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 3: and I'm thinking, like, if we're going to spend twenty 308 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 3: minutes holding the racket. 309 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: I was trying to learn to play tennis. 310 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 3: I thought, we're gonna, we're gonna, we're gonna never get 311 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 3: anywhere with this. But it was a kindness of him 312 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 3: that he didn't show me Roger Federer highlight clips on 313 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 3: my first lesson. And it is a kindness of God 314 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 3: that he teaches you in pieces so that you can 315 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 3: get a piece and practice and get a piece and practice, 316 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 3: and get a piece and practice. 317 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 1: So this time we learned how to hold the racket. 318 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 1: In about three weeks, I'll show you how to swing it. 319 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 3: And I'm doing this for your own good, because if 320 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 3: you swing it but don't know how to grip it, 321 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 3: that ball is gonna fly every direction every time. 322 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:52,159 Speaker 1: So Paul is teaching in pieces. 323 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:55,360 Speaker 3: Not only is he teaching them in pieces, but he's 324 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 3: teaching them. 325 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: Without his physical presence. 326 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 3: He's writing this letter from a prison, so he's teaching 327 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 3: in pieces from prison. Now this church that he founded 328 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:09,159 Speaker 3: is having to put into practice things that they've heard, 329 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 3: learn or seen from his life, but he is not 330 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 3: present to show them the practice. They are having to 331 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 3: draw from what they saw, even though right now they 332 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 3: can't see it. And I wonder, is there anybody in 333 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:25,880 Speaker 3: here today who is having to draw from something right 334 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 3: now even though you can't exactly see what God is 335 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 3: doing in your life, even though you don't have an 336 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 3: exact model for it in your life, even though you 337 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:36,199 Speaker 3: don't have somebody to look at it and say, I'm 338 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 3: going to imitate or emulate that. Paul says, I'm teaching 339 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 3: you in pieces, And think about all the pieces that 340 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,679 Speaker 3: Paul had to teach from, not only the fact that 341 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 3: he was writing the Bible. So when Paul said, like, 342 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 3: you can do all things through Christ to strengthens you 343 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,239 Speaker 3: Philippin's four thirteen, they were like, how do you know that? 344 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 3: He's like, because it's in the Bible, what's gonna be. 345 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:05,439 Speaker 3: It's going to be in the Bible in just a 346 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 3: few verses. But to teach like Paul, that's very different 347 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 3: than teaching like you, because for those of us who 348 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 3: are parents in the room, we are trying to coach 349 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:23,880 Speaker 3: them knowing so little and still wrestling ourselves. And so 350 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,159 Speaker 3: Paul is teaching us the great apostle, Paul who was 351 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 3: writing the illuminated inspired word of God, the great missionary statesman, 352 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:33,920 Speaker 3: and he's telling this church at Philippi, whatever you saw 353 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 3: and heard and learned from me, do that and the. 354 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: God of Peace will be with you. Well, that's different 355 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: for us, because we're not writing the Bible. As far 356 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: as I can tell, we're not. 357 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 3: The example of grace that God has raised up for 358 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,400 Speaker 3: this century. I think I think that for the majority 359 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 3: of us in here, it's amazing how much we're coaching 360 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 3: with how little we know. But if Paul was coaching you, 361 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 3: he could teach you about pieces that I couldn't teach you. 362 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 3: So when Paul says, hold on to what you've heard 363 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:08,879 Speaker 3: from me, hold on to what you've learned from me, 364 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 3: hold on to what you've seen in me. 365 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: There were scenes in Paul's life. 366 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 3: That we are privy to that would have served as 367 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 3: examples for them to follow. 368 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 1: And so when he's telling them, hold on and. 369 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 3: The God of Peace will be with you, you got 370 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 3: to understand that Paul is speaking this from. 371 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: A place of deep experience. 372 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 3: Paul is like a Division one NCAA champion showing you 373 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 3: how to wrestle. Paul survived stonings and still stayed stable 374 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 3: in his faith. Paul survived a shipwreck even just before 375 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:50,640 Speaker 3: he wrote this letter. Let me tell you a story 376 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:54,120 Speaker 3: real quick. In Acts, chapter twenty seven, Paul tells about 377 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 3: a trip that he was making as he was awaiting 378 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 3: his sentencing for preaching the gospel. And while he was 379 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 3: on the ship, he had a meeting with an angel 380 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 3: and the angel said, Paul, don't be afraid. 381 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: I'm going to. 382 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:10,360 Speaker 3: Preserve your life. The boat that you're on is going 383 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:14,159 Speaker 3: to go through a storm, but you are going to 384 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 3: make it. I don't know who that was for, but 385 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 3: that was just the whole word right now, just that 386 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 3: the boat that you are on is going to go 387 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 3: through a storm, but you're going to make it. It's 388 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 3: going to be rocky for a little while. You might 389 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 3: have to take some dramamine, but you're going to make it. 390 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 3: There might be some jonahs that have to go overboard, 391 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 3: relationships that aren't good for you, but you're going to 392 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 3: make it. It might not look like exactly what it 393 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 3: looked like when you set out. 394 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 1: You might not be able to do it like you 395 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: did it when you did it like you did it. 396 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 3: But if you'll do it like God is telling you 397 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,680 Speaker 3: to do it right now, you are going to make it. 398 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 3: And you might have to vomit over the side of 399 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 3: the boat, and you might have to hold your stomach 400 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:03,919 Speaker 3: for a little while while it rocks and reels, and 401 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 3: you might have to spend some time praying a little extra. 402 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,400 Speaker 3: The boat is going to go through something, but you're 403 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 3: going to make it. 404 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,639 Speaker 1: Tell your neighbor you're going to make it. Tell them, 405 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 1: I prophesy, I prophesy. 406 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 3: Look them in their eyes, right in the pupils, and 407 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 3: say you're going to make it. 408 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: Tell them you've got to make it. Yeah, you got 409 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 1: to make it. 410 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 3: Because God has something for you to do on the 411 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 3: other side of this, and the God of Peace is 412 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 3: with you. So if the God of Peace is with you, 413 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 3: watch this. In Acts, chapter twenty seven, verse forty one, 414 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 3: the Bible says that after they had gone through the 415 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 3: storm for a period of three weeks, the ship struck 416 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 3: a sandbar and ran aground. The boughs struck fast and 417 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 3: would not move. 418 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 1: That's bad. 419 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 3: And the stern was broke to pieces by the pounding 420 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 3: of the serf. Now, if you're out in the ocean 421 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 3: and the ship is carrying you and the ship breaks 422 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 3: to pieces, that means you're not going to survive unless 423 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 3: you have a god who is the God of. 424 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 1: Pieces. 425 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,400 Speaker 3: Put my verse back up there and let me get 426 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 3: somebody happy. 427 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: I know your ship broke apart. 428 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 3: I know it was pounded by something you didn't see coming. 429 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 3: I know your kid's not speaking to you right now. 430 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 3: I know it's been three days since you had an appetite. 431 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 3: I know some things look really really sketchy right now. 432 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 1: But in the name of. 433 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:45,119 Speaker 3: Jesus, the God of pieces, can get you there. The 434 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 3: God of Peace is with me. The God of Peace 435 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:55,120 Speaker 3: is with me, Verse forty two. So the soldiers plan 436 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 3: to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from 437 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 3: swimming away and escaping, but the Furian wanted to spare 438 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 3: Paul's life and kept them from carrying out their plan. 439 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 3: He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first 440 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 3: and to get to land, and the rest were to 441 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:15,880 Speaker 3: get there on planks or on other. 442 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: Pieces. I'm preaching to somebody who's holding on to a 443 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 1: peace to the shore today. I'm preaching somebody who's holding 444 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,959 Speaker 1: on to a board to the shore today. 445 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:34,719 Speaker 3: I'm preaching to somebody who's wondering, how am I going 446 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 3: to make it with who I have left, what I 447 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 3: have left? How am I going to make it now 448 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,399 Speaker 3: that they went away? How am I going to make it? 449 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 3: If they don't support me. You forgot about the God 450 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:51,439 Speaker 3: of pieces, that if he is with me, one piece 451 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 3: can get me to the place. If He is with me. 452 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 3: How many believe. 453 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 1: God is with me? 454 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:02,400 Speaker 3: Get an attitude about it, Get Christian cocky about it. 455 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 1: If you know God is with. 456 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:09,360 Speaker 3: You, this peace, that I have, this peace, that I'm 457 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 3: holding on to, this peace that's in my soul. 458 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:15,360 Speaker 5: The world didn't give it. 459 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 1: And the world. 460 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 6: Can't take it away. I thought your neighbors say, I 461 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 6: got a peace. I got a peace. Don't got a boat, 462 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 6: but I've got a peace. Don't have a degree, but 463 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 6: I've got a peace. Don't have a full answer, but 464 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,880 Speaker 6: I've got a peace. Don't have a ten year plan, 465 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:38,399 Speaker 6: but I got a peace. 466 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:48,439 Speaker 1: Got a peace. Preach for that. I got a peace. 467 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 1: I got a peace. 468 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 5: I lost some stuff, but I got a peace. 469 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 6: I feel the wind, but I got a peace. 470 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 3: I'm dealing with some insecurities. 471 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,479 Speaker 5: Right now, but I've got a peace. 472 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,359 Speaker 1: Got a peace about this? I got a peace about this. 473 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:13,360 Speaker 1: What you feel all right now? I don't feel alright. 474 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:14,680 Speaker 1: I faith alright. 475 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 3: I float alright because the God of Peace is with me. 476 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:22,919 Speaker 1: Now. Maybe to you this is just a word play, 477 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: but I'm trying to work. 478 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 3: This word into your spirit. One person told me you 479 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 3: do too much word play when you preach. I said, no, 480 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 3: I do word work. You understand what I'm saying. The 481 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 3: worlds were framed by the word of God. So I 482 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 3: figure if the word of God could frame the worlds, 483 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 3: that can frame your life. Right now, this season of 484 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 3: your life right now, Peace in the storm takes on 485 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 3: a little different meaning when we think about pieces. 486 00:26:56,200 --> 00:27:00,679 Speaker 1: In the storm. I give you one one more picture 487 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: and we'll go home. One more peace. 488 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 3: You want me to give you another piece of this message. Okay, 489 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 3: Paul wasn't the first one to go through a storm 490 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 3: in the scriptures. 491 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 1: We know this. 492 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,119 Speaker 3: He was different than Jonah, who I mentioned a moment 493 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 3: ago in that God sent the storm because Jonah was disobedient, 494 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 3: and Paul was sent into the storm because he was obedient. 495 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: So in either storm, we need a picture of peace. 496 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 3: So now, the Disciples of Jesus, if anybody had a 497 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,879 Speaker 3: good example to follow, if anybody had a good coach 498 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 3: to show them how to wrestle against demons and devils 499 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 3: and fear and anxiety. 500 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: It was the Disciples. 501 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,679 Speaker 3: In Mark chapter six, there's a story about a storm, 502 00:27:57,800 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 3: and I'm going to read it to you because you 503 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,439 Speaker 3: tell a story about your storm today, wave at me. 504 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 3: If you could tell a story about your storm today, 505 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 3: and in this storm that they were in, which was physical, 506 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 3: we get some principles that will help us not only psychologically, 507 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 3: but spiritually and theologically. 508 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: That's the most important part, because I'm not teaching. 509 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 3: You peace today only from a pragmatic perspective. 510 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:27,679 Speaker 1: That's wonderful. And do all your breathing exercises. Do a 511 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: red light therapy. 512 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,119 Speaker 3: Do a red light do a red light sauna, do 513 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 3: a red light sauna, and I do an ice bath 514 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 3: in the sauna. 515 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: Do everything that helps you and breathe and sip and 516 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 1: water and do it all. But I'm just saying, the 517 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 1: theological is my department today. So I want to show 518 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 1: you something. 519 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:51,560 Speaker 3: About the God of peace, the God of pieces. Now 520 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 3: in this particular scripture, it's different because the boat that 521 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 3: they were on did not break. Jesus was not on 522 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 3: it with them. It didn't break, but Jesus was not 523 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 3: on the boat with them. And look at Mark chapter six, 524 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 3: verse forty five. Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into 525 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:16,320 Speaker 3: the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethseda 526 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 3: while he dismissed the crowd. After leaving them, he went 527 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 3: up on a mountain side to pray. Later that night, 528 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 3: the boat was in the middle of the lake and 529 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 3: he was alone on land. 530 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:31,080 Speaker 1: He saw the disciples straining. 531 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 3: At the oars because the wind was against them. Shortly 532 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:39,160 Speaker 3: before dawn, he went out to them. Catch this walking 533 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 3: on the lake, he was about to pass by them. 534 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 3: This shows me that Jesus even physically revealed himself in 535 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 3: pieces to the disciples. He did not identify himself immediately. 536 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 3: He revealed himself in pieces. I point that out because 537 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 3: you don't all always know that it's God at first. 538 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:09,480 Speaker 3: In fact, sometimes the presence of God in our lives 539 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,960 Speaker 3: is met with the feeling of fear, like the disciples 540 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 3: in this passage, because the Bible says that he was 541 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 3: about to pass them by, but when they saw him 542 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,600 Speaker 3: walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. 543 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:29,520 Speaker 3: They cried out, not for him to save them, but 544 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 3: because they all saw him and were terrified because they 545 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:38,560 Speaker 3: had never seen him in this exact situation before. Now 546 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 3: I need to stop and tell you something. They had 547 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:44,800 Speaker 3: seen him calm a storm before in Mark chapter four, 548 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 3: but that time he was on the boat the whole 549 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:52,040 Speaker 3: time with them. So now they're in a different situation. 550 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:57,800 Speaker 3: They're dealing with a different predicament. And every time God 551 00:30:57,800 --> 00:30:59,640 Speaker 3: allows you to face a new problem, he's trying to 552 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:05,720 Speaker 3: show you a new peace, a part of Him. 553 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 1: That always existed that you never saw. So if Lazarus died. 554 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:14,680 Speaker 3: He wants to show you that there's a resurrection piece 555 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 3: if a blind if a blind eye needs to be open, 556 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 3: he wants to show you that. 557 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 1: He is the light. 558 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 3: There is a peace that God is trying to show 559 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:28,720 Speaker 3: you of himself through every problem that he allows in 560 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 3: your life. I believe that he is the God of pieces. 561 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,719 Speaker 3: And as they are screaming because they think he's a ghost, 562 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 3: they're terrified of the one who has the power to save. 563 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:44,720 Speaker 3: Immediately he spoke to them and said, take courage, it 564 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:50,400 Speaker 3: is I. Don't be afraid. And then he climbed into 565 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 3: the boat with them, and the wind died down. 566 00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:02,120 Speaker 1: They were completely a maze beast four. 567 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,840 Speaker 3: This part's going to seem out of nowhere. They had 568 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 3: not understood about the loaves. Their hearts were hardened. So 569 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:15,640 Speaker 3: I want to ask you a question, What in the 570 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 3: world does bread have to do with a boat? What 571 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 3: does what does they had not understood about the loaves 572 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,040 Speaker 3: have to do with the fact that they were. 573 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 1: Afraid in the storm. 574 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 3: In order to put this in context, I want to 575 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,600 Speaker 3: show you one more picture and give you one more peace. 576 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:42,400 Speaker 3: When the Bible says immediately Jesus made his disciples get 577 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:45,240 Speaker 3: into the boat and go on ahead of him to Betseeda. 578 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:46,160 Speaker 1: It does. 579 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,080 Speaker 3: It does not say in that verse what has just 580 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,480 Speaker 3: occurred before Jesus sent them on this trip. 581 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 1: But if you back up just a few verses. 582 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 3: Jesus has just finished feeding five thousand men and women 583 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 3: and children who were starving. Instead of allowing them to 584 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:08,280 Speaker 3: starve or sending them away, he told the disciples, bring 585 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 3: me the bread that you have, bring me the fish 586 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 3: that you have. But Jesus, we only have pieces. But 587 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 3: when they brought him five loaves and two fish, which 588 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:25,120 Speaker 3: is nothing but a piece when there's five thousand people 589 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 3: that need to eat, and they brought him the peace, 590 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 3: the peace that they brought him became provision that fed 591 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:38,160 Speaker 3: not only five thousand men, not only fifteen thousand women 592 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 3: and children. 593 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 1: With them, But it resulted in leftovers. So the Bible 594 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,480 Speaker 1: says verse forty one, and now I'm ready to preach. 595 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:53,760 Speaker 3: Taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking 596 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 3: up to Heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. 597 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:00,400 Speaker 1: Then he gave. 598 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:03,560 Speaker 3: Them to the disciples to distribute to the people. He 599 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,920 Speaker 3: also divided to fish among them, and they all ate 600 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:14,800 Speaker 3: and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls 601 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 3: of broken pieces of bread and fish. The number of 602 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:27,719 Speaker 3: the men who had eaten was five thousand. Five thousand 603 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:32,359 Speaker 3: men fed and broken pieces to carry away. So now 604 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,279 Speaker 3: we go to the storm and we see it with 605 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:38,120 Speaker 3: different eyes, because we realized that even though Jesus is 606 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:40,840 Speaker 3: not physically in the boat with them in this storm, 607 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:45,040 Speaker 3: they carried a basket into the boat that was full 608 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:48,640 Speaker 3: of the pieces of leftovers that came from the touch 609 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:52,720 Speaker 3: of the Master just a few minutes ago. In other words, 610 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,879 Speaker 3: Jesus sent them into the sea knowing that there would 611 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:58,720 Speaker 3: be a storm. But he did not send you into 612 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,319 Speaker 3: this storm empty hand. 613 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,880 Speaker 6: If you check your boat, I want to let you know. 614 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:09,080 Speaker 6: You got some baskets, you got some bread. You got 615 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:13,719 Speaker 6: some baskets, and you've got some bread. I came to 616 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:18,719 Speaker 6: remind somebody there's bread in your boat. There's bread in 617 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:23,560 Speaker 6: your boat. It's bread in my boat. What do you 618 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:26,759 Speaker 6: mean by that? I don't need food when I'm in 619 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:27,440 Speaker 6: a storm. 620 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:29,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, you do to sustain you. 621 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:38,839 Speaker 3: Until God shows up and stops it. There have been 622 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:42,320 Speaker 3: moments in your life that God could have stopped the storm, 623 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,960 Speaker 3: but he didn't. There's a storm some of you are 624 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,640 Speaker 3: in right now, and God's not stopping it, and you're wondering, 625 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:49,759 Speaker 3: what do I do about this? I didn't see this 626 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,640 Speaker 3: storm coming. Jesus isn't even in this boat with me. Yeah, 627 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:53,239 Speaker 3: but bread is. 628 00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:02,960 Speaker 7: These were big baskets, y'all, twelve big baskets, so that 629 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:06,759 Speaker 7: every time the wind would blow, they would see the 630 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:12,120 Speaker 7: bread and remember that they ended up with more than 631 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:13,440 Speaker 7: they started with when. 632 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:20,799 Speaker 1: Jesus touched it. Check the bread. 633 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,279 Speaker 3: Next time the devil starts telling you it's not going 634 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:25,680 Speaker 3: to happen, You're not going to make it. 635 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:26,800 Speaker 1: Check the bread. 636 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:30,840 Speaker 3: And by the way, God sends you into a storm 637 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:34,600 Speaker 3: so the bread doesn't get stale. He doesn't just let 638 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,920 Speaker 3: you depend on him in one circumstance. He allows you 639 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,720 Speaker 3: to experience another storm so that storm can become your. 640 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,839 Speaker 1: School to teach you to be a student, to put 641 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:45,520 Speaker 1: into practice what He showed you. 642 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:53,160 Speaker 3: Through his last act of provision. And so the storm comes. 643 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:57,160 Speaker 3: But the pieces are right there, because even in the storm, 644 00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:02,800 Speaker 3: I have pieces. And I need to give you thirty 645 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:05,080 Speaker 3: seconds to praise God for the pieces that you have, 646 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:19,319 Speaker 3: for the pieces, for the pieces. I'm not praising him 647 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:20,560 Speaker 3: because my life is perfect. 648 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,680 Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong. I'm praising him for. 649 00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:30,120 Speaker 3: Pieces, sometimes broken pieces. And is there something for us 650 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:33,920 Speaker 3: to learn from the example of Jesus that he blessed 651 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:38,399 Speaker 3: broken bread and gave thanks for what wasn't enough so 652 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:42,080 Speaker 3: that it could become enough. Is he showing you and 653 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,080 Speaker 3: showing me that if we can't praise Him for the 654 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:47,239 Speaker 3: peace that we do have, we're never going to have 655 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:48,600 Speaker 3: the peace that we're praying for. 656 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,640 Speaker 1: This is the God of pieces. 657 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,920 Speaker 3: And so if all you're holding today is the remnant 658 00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:04,799 Speaker 3: of the regrets of your sins and decisions, bring them 659 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:10,040 Speaker 3: to the God of pieces. If all you're holding today 660 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:14,360 Speaker 3: in your life is broken plans, bring them to the 661 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:18,600 Speaker 3: God of peaces, the God of peace. The God of 662 00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:23,799 Speaker 3: Peace is the God who pieces all things together. And 663 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:27,319 Speaker 3: sometimes you are in between what God just did and 664 00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:31,759 Speaker 3: what God is going to do, and you got to 665 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:37,440 Speaker 3: trust God in between those pieces, in between those pieces. 666 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:39,799 Speaker 1: So something happens and. 667 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,560 Speaker 3: Then nothing happens and something else is going to happen. 668 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:44,640 Speaker 3: This is for some of you in your career. Something 669 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:47,520 Speaker 3: happens and then nothing happens, and something else is going 670 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:48,000 Speaker 3: to happen. 671 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,319 Speaker 1: You see, God do a miracle in your life. 672 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,600 Speaker 3: You walk away with twelve basketballs of pieces and the 673 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:54,719 Speaker 3: testimony of what God has done, and you put it 674 00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:56,560 Speaker 3: on the boat. And then the boat that is filled 675 00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:58,719 Speaker 3: with the baskets of the bread that God multiplied in 676 00:38:58,760 --> 00:38:59,720 Speaker 3: your life hits a storm. 677 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,280 Speaker 1: Have to praise him for the pieces. 678 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:11,200 Speaker 3: I want the God of peace in my life, and 679 00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:12,719 Speaker 3: I trust him with the pieces. 680 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,960 Speaker 1: And I praise him for the pieces, the ones I 681 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:18,960 Speaker 1: can see, the ones I can't see. 682 00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:21,680 Speaker 3: I thank him for the pieces that he's putting together 683 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:24,200 Speaker 3: back in order right now in the life of somebody. 684 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:27,959 Speaker 1: In this room. 685 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:31,640 Speaker 3: And I praise him that he knows the picture of 686 00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:33,759 Speaker 3: your life. He knows the picture of your family, he 687 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:35,960 Speaker 3: knows the picture of your future. He knows the picture 688 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:39,799 Speaker 3: of his purpose for your life, and you don't. And 689 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:40,840 Speaker 3: it comes in pieces. 690 00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:42,640 Speaker 1: And so. 691 00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:47,040 Speaker 3: The Bible gives us a very specific prayer to pray, 692 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:55,080 Speaker 3: give us this day our daily bread. The devil wants 693 00:39:55,080 --> 00:40:00,040 Speaker 3: you to get overwhelmed by the pile, but God says, no, 694 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:01,839 Speaker 3: you just take it piece. 695 00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:08,160 Speaker 1: By piece. I thought I would minister. 696 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:12,759 Speaker 3: To you today on the power of pieces, because even 697 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,680 Speaker 3: some of the songs we sing in this church, the 698 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:18,760 Speaker 3: songs of praise that we sing that end up touching 699 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:24,520 Speaker 3: people all over the world. They start as pieces. I mean, 700 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:33,000 Speaker 3: Chandler and Leland come on back, boys, I mean these boys, Yeah, 701 00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:39,480 Speaker 3: they are amazing songwriters. But I had to tell you something, Church, 702 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,080 Speaker 3: I gotta tell you some of the songs that we 703 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:45,160 Speaker 3: put out they start as pieces. And let me tell 704 00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:49,040 Speaker 3: you this, the pieces usually aren't pretty. I mean, how 705 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:51,480 Speaker 3: many times has Holly heard me sending a voice memo 706 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:52,960 Speaker 3: in the bathroom to Chandler? 707 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:54,600 Speaker 1: Sound bad when I said it like that? 708 00:40:54,680 --> 00:41:00,000 Speaker 3: But I mean, I was just going through today because 709 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:03,000 Speaker 3: we talked about ending my sermon in a way that 710 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:05,160 Speaker 3: would give you a picture of the pieces. 711 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:06,279 Speaker 1: And I found this. 712 00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:09,960 Speaker 3: There's two thy six and thirty three voice memos on 713 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:10,520 Speaker 3: this phone. 714 00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:12,600 Speaker 1: Pieces. 715 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:16,640 Speaker 3: Most of them do not need to be heard by 716 00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:21,400 Speaker 3: human ears. Ever, most of them are an offense that 717 00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:22,360 Speaker 3: they ever recorded. 718 00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:25,279 Speaker 1: Like this one is your Micael. Listen to this. I 719 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:25,879 Speaker 1: just heard this. 720 00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,400 Speaker 3: This is so random, but this is a song idea 721 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:35,880 Speaker 3: that I sent him a few days ago. Boom boom 722 00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:38,080 Speaker 3: boom boom boom boom foo. 723 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:53,319 Speaker 1: You mm. And then it ends that's the whole thing. 724 00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:56,320 Speaker 3: And somehow I thought he needed to hear that, and 725 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:56,719 Speaker 3: I sent. 726 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,080 Speaker 1: It to him. 727 00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:02,120 Speaker 3: I'm saying a little piece over here today because you 728 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:09,680 Speaker 3: never know what starts as a piece might become a praise. 729 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:19,880 Speaker 3: So let me demonstrate. I was sitting in a songwriting 730 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:24,160 Speaker 3: session with Leland and we were finishing up a song. 731 00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:28,400 Speaker 3: And as we're finishing up that one song, he plays something. 732 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:33,400 Speaker 3: And I'm always paying attention in a songwriting round, trying 733 00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:36,279 Speaker 3: to scabage something that somebody else is throwing away like 734 00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:40,080 Speaker 3: a little scrap, and I grab that sucker and break 735 00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:43,440 Speaker 3: it and give thanks and feed twenty thousand people at Elevation. 736 00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:49,640 Speaker 1: Church with it. Uh huh. So this guy, we're just literally. 737 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,359 Speaker 3: Setting up a microphone and he does something with his 738 00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:59,279 Speaker 3: right hand. Listen to this he goes, and I got 739 00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:02,400 Speaker 3: chills doing it, and I got chos, give me chokes 740 00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:04,600 Speaker 3: he did. He does it and I go. 741 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:07,080 Speaker 1: What's that? He goes, Oh, it's not that. 742 00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:09,480 Speaker 3: I'm just I'm just recorded real quick and save it 743 00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:12,640 Speaker 3: for something later. And I says, save it for nothing later. 744 00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:13,719 Speaker 3: You are going to. 745 00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:15,680 Speaker 1: Give that to me right now and we're gonna write 746 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:17,920 Speaker 1: something to it. Do it again. Listen to these chords 747 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:23,160 Speaker 1: he played. I feel the Holy Ghost. 748 00:43:23,239 --> 00:43:27,480 Speaker 3: When he plays those chords, he could sing Mary had 749 00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:29,160 Speaker 3: a little lamb over those chords. 750 00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:30,080 Speaker 1: And I would feel the Holy Ghost. 751 00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:31,680 Speaker 3: I think it's ting about the Virgin Mary and the 752 00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:37,640 Speaker 3: baby Jesus. But when he played it, we said, man, 753 00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:43,040 Speaker 3: what does that sound like? And eventually we said. 754 00:43:43,719 --> 00:43:48,319 Speaker 8: Gave me mama, Yeah, one more day. 755 00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:50,520 Speaker 1: And then it's like what if It's like, no, you 756 00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:55,240 Speaker 1: gave me more say? 757 00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:58,919 Speaker 3: And then so you know, there's other guys in the room, 758 00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:02,000 Speaker 3: Davs and Jonathan, all of them, and so we write 759 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,359 Speaker 3: this whole chorus the song that we sang earlier in church, 760 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:05,480 Speaker 3: this song called one more Day? 761 00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:06,200 Speaker 1: All right? 762 00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:11,200 Speaker 3: So we finished that and I'm like, cool, Wait, I 763 00:44:11,239 --> 00:44:12,359 Speaker 3: got this piece. 764 00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:14,399 Speaker 1: That Chandler sent me. 765 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:19,640 Speaker 3: And Chandler and Leland had never even met, but on 766 00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:27,560 Speaker 3: my phone I got pieces pieces, you see what I'm saying, 767 00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:30,560 Speaker 3: Lja and he had sent me a piece a few 768 00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:32,120 Speaker 3: months ago that we had talked about. 769 00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:41,200 Speaker 8: And his piece goes, I just really want to pray. 770 00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:42,400 Speaker 3: We didn't have those words. 771 00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:48,680 Speaker 9: You mean everything, everything everything to me. 772 00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:51,640 Speaker 1: And so then do the other part again, the chorus. 773 00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:57,279 Speaker 3: Maybe, And I was like, what if this piece, say, 774 00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:01,719 Speaker 3: what if this piece that we just God goes with 775 00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:04,719 Speaker 3: this piece that we've had for three months that we 776 00:45:04,719 --> 00:45:07,920 Speaker 3: don't know what to do with. And what if a 777 00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:14,320 Speaker 3: song is waiting to be sung from pieces. 778 00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:22,359 Speaker 1: From pieces? And what is God? What if the Lord? 779 00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:24,600 Speaker 1: What if the. 780 00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:30,920 Speaker 3: God of pieces is standing over your life today waiting 781 00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:36,040 Speaker 3: for you to praise him for the pieces? 782 00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:38,000 Speaker 1: You can do better than that? 783 00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:42,160 Speaker 5: What if you put your hands together and begin to 784 00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:45,080 Speaker 5: believe that the God of. 785 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:46,279 Speaker 6: Pieces with me? 786 00:45:48,280 --> 00:46:03,560 Speaker 5: Just send the list and ways obay his voice given, pray. 787 00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:04,640 Speaker 3: Listen, that's said singer sing over those basis. 788 00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:16,120 Speaker 9: I just really want to prize should be anything, everything, everything. 789 00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:27,320 Speaker 9: How does really want to pray? 790 00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:30,120 Speaker 1: She brings all together? 791 00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:37,440 Speaker 9: Do me everything, every everything. 792 00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:45,279 Speaker 1: When we're talking to church, we say, now is. 793 00:46:45,280 --> 00:47:05,600 Speaker 9: Your name on the bride? Shall be be everything everything. 794 00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:01,640 Speaker 1: My daily bread. 795 00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:09,640 Speaker 8: Lord, see you have probab me all this? 796 00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:18,480 Speaker 1: Wee mm hmmm tested fire Oh one mom can I 797 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:20,720 Speaker 1: see hallelujah? 798 00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:25,120 Speaker 3: What a bank? 799 00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:40,840 Speaker 8: Geez, sir geez bring it all again like cue, bid 800 00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:56,720 Speaker 8: me one word, oh one mold one lord, one Lord. 801 00:47:58,200 --> 00:47:59,520 Speaker 1: It's about ice closed. 802 00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:02,440 Speaker 3: I want you to take a moment and offer your 803 00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:07,480 Speaker 3: broken pieces to the Lord today. And even if you 804 00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:09,600 Speaker 3: want to just lift your hands like this and close 805 00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:12,600 Speaker 3: your eyes and his presence and say, here are my 806 00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:13,560 Speaker 3: peace is God. 807 00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:17,359 Speaker 1: I heard you were the God of peaces. I heard 808 00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:18,280 Speaker 1: that you could take. 809 00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:22,080 Speaker 3: What has been shattered and turn it into something amazing. 810 00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:27,360 Speaker 3: I heard that you can steal storms. I heard that 811 00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:29,320 Speaker 3: you could give peace in a storm. 812 00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:30,600 Speaker 2: God. 813 00:48:30,640 --> 00:48:33,800 Speaker 3: I'm in a storm right now. I'm in a storm 814 00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:36,640 Speaker 3: on the inside. I've got winds raging on the outside. 815 00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:39,759 Speaker 3: But I heard about the God of peace, the God 816 00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:43,360 Speaker 3: of peaces, the God who, even if the boat breaks, 817 00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:46,240 Speaker 3: will see me safely to my assigned place. 818 00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:48,600 Speaker 1: So I offer you all of these plans. 819 00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:51,960 Speaker 3: I offer you all of these problems, and I remember 820 00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:54,879 Speaker 3: that I'm coming into the presence of a sovereign God 821 00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:59,680 Speaker 3: who can speak to a storm. But until you stop 822 00:48:59,719 --> 00:49:06,239 Speaker 3: the God, I believe you have stocked me for this storm. 823 00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:11,200 Speaker 1: You have given me your peace. 824 00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:15,719 Speaker 3: So I'm not anxious about anything, because with prayer and supplication, 825 00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:19,640 Speaker 3: I'm making my request known to you, and the peace 826 00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:22,600 Speaker 3: of God that passes all understanding will guard. 827 00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:24,560 Speaker 1: Your heart and your mind. 828 00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:28,960 Speaker 3: In Christ Jesus, I want to give an invitation for 829 00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:33,800 Speaker 3: someone today to make peace with God in your personal life. 830 00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:36,319 Speaker 1: The Bible says that Jesus. 831 00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:39,160 Speaker 3: Christ became our peace so that we would no longer 832 00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:41,680 Speaker 3: be enemies of God. But through his blood shed on 833 00:49:41,719 --> 00:49:44,520 Speaker 3: the cross, you and I can have peace with God. 834 00:49:45,120 --> 00:49:47,719 Speaker 3: We can be brought into His family. We can be 835 00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:50,400 Speaker 3: forgiven and called sons and daughters. We can have a 836 00:49:50,440 --> 00:49:53,799 Speaker 3: brand new beginning. So, if God has led you to 837 00:49:53,840 --> 00:49:57,440 Speaker 3: this place today and he's speaking to your heart and 838 00:49:57,480 --> 00:49:59,719 Speaker 3: you want to give him the pieces of your broken life, 839 00:50:00,040 --> 00:50:01,040 Speaker 3: say here it is God. 840 00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:04,160 Speaker 1: I've tried doing it without you. Now I need you 841 00:50:04,239 --> 00:50:06,560 Speaker 1: to take over. If you are ready to give your 842 00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:07,680 Speaker 1: life to the Lord. 843 00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:10,759 Speaker 3: Today, I'm going to lead you in a prayer, not 844 00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:12,960 Speaker 3: a prayer that you're going to do better or be perfect, 845 00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:15,600 Speaker 3: but a prayer that says, here are my broken peaces. God, 846 00:50:17,239 --> 00:50:19,960 Speaker 3: give my life to you. And if you're ready to 847 00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:22,040 Speaker 3: do that today, then you repeat after me. If you 848 00:50:22,040 --> 00:50:23,759 Speaker 3: pray this prayer, mean it from your heart. God will 849 00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:26,319 Speaker 3: hear you from heaven. He will heal your sentence and 850 00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:29,200 Speaker 3: give you a new beginning. We're praying out loud as 851 00:50:29,239 --> 00:50:31,080 Speaker 3: a church family for the benefit of those who are 852 00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:34,239 Speaker 3: coming to God or coming back to God. Repeat after me, 853 00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:38,320 Speaker 3: Heavenly Father, today. 854 00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:39,279 Speaker 1: Is my day. 855 00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:43,560 Speaker 3: I am a sinner in need of a savior. And 856 00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:48,120 Speaker 3: I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God 857 00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:53,399 Speaker 3: and the savior of the world. And today I make 858 00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:57,720 Speaker 3: Jesus the Lord of my life. I believe he died 859 00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:03,080 Speaker 3: that I would be forgiven and rose again to give 860 00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:09,279 Speaker 3: me life. I receive this new life. This is my 861 00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:12,480 Speaker 3: new beginning. Shoot your hand up on the count of three. 862 00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:15,040 Speaker 3: If you prayed that one, two, three. 863 00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:15,680 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name. 864 00:51:15,719 --> 00:51:19,759 Speaker 3: Welcome to the family of God's beautiful. 865 00:51:20,600 --> 00:51:24,960 Speaker 1: I see God bless you. Come on anybody else. If 866 00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:26,959 Speaker 1: you put your name in the chat right now, We'll 867 00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:29,920 Speaker 1: break for you. Our team will break for you. We 868 00:51:30,120 --> 00:51:35,880 Speaker 1: celebrate you. The God of Peace is with you. Thank you, Jesus, 869 00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:37,960 Speaker 1: Thank you Jesus. 870 00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:40,440 Speaker 3: Hug three people and tell them God is with you 871 00:51:40,520 --> 00:51:44,360 Speaker 3: in this storm. The God of Peace is with you. 872 00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:47,160 Speaker 3: Put it in the chat right now, say the God 873 00:51:47,239 --> 00:51:51,759 Speaker 3: of Peace is with me. After you've given out all 874 00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:55,919 Speaker 3: your prescribed hugs, campus pastors, you can take it here 875 00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:59,240 Speaker 3: in Valentine. I want to close, grab hands and block 876 00:51:59,320 --> 00:52:01,960 Speaker 3: the exit so nobody gets out till I say this 877 00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:09,960 Speaker 3: close in prayer. Come on up with me. Holly tag 878 00:52:10,040 --> 00:52:15,360 Speaker 3: team partners. You preached on the peace of God. I 879 00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:19,200 Speaker 3: preached on the God of pieces, and together we make 880 00:52:19,239 --> 00:52:22,840 Speaker 3: a good team. Squeeze your neighbor's hand and say we 881 00:52:22,920 --> 00:52:24,360 Speaker 3: make a good team too. 882 00:52:25,840 --> 00:52:28,040 Speaker 1: Tell him I got a peace. I got a peace, 883 00:52:28,200 --> 00:52:28,640 Speaker 1: You got a. 884 00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:34,839 Speaker 3: Peace, peace, and we got a peace making God. I'm 885 00:52:34,880 --> 00:52:36,920 Speaker 3: telling you, when you get back to your boat in 886 00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:38,480 Speaker 3: this storm, you look for. 887 00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:39,880 Speaker 1: Leftovers at your feet. 888 00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:43,360 Speaker 3: You begin to rehearse the goodness of God in your life. 889 00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:48,160 Speaker 3: And now, unto Him who is able to do immeserably 890 00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:51,440 Speaker 3: more than you ask for, imagine to him. 891 00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:52,800 Speaker 1: Be glory through Christ. 892 00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:54,399 Speaker 3: Jesus is the. 893 00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:57,200 Speaker 9: Church pass forever. 894 00:52:58,200 --> 00:53:02,000 Speaker 1: Hey man, how will you beas this week? 895 00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:06,319 Speaker 2: Thank you for joining us special thanks to those of 896 00:53:06,360 --> 00:53:09,319 Speaker 2: you who give generously to this ministry. 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