1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:05,519 Speaker 1: Let us pray. He that believeth on him is not condemned, 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,880 Speaker 1: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: hath not believed in the name of the only begotten 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:17,080 Speaker 1: Son of God. John three eighteen. Dear God, thank you 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: for your love and mercies. Thank you for watching over 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: me and providing protection in your arms. Please help me 7 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,159 Speaker 1: to seek you in times of trouble. Please remind me 8 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 1: of your unconditional love during times of doubt. I know 9 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 1: that I cannot do things on my own, So stand 10 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: by my side as I face the challenges of to day. 11 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: Free my thoughts of negativity, guilt, and shame, and allow 12 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: my faith to grow with each new day. Amen. Thank 13 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: you for listening to to day's daily prayer. For more 14 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: inspiration and an incredible message from our feature pastor, stay 15 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: tuned to Pray Dot COB's Sunday service. 16 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 2: There was a man who was flying a hot air 17 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 2: balloon and as he was flying, he got lost. He 18 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 2: didn't know where he was, and he spotted a man 19 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 2: on the ground, so he lowered the balloon toward the ground, 20 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 2: and from the balloon he shouted out to the man 21 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 2: on the ground and he said, hey, can you help me? 22 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 2: I promised to meet a friend here in a half 23 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 2: an hour or a half an hour ago. I promised 24 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 2: to meet a friend about a half an hour ago. 25 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 2: But I don't know where I am. Can you tell 26 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 2: me where I am? And so the man on the 27 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 2: ground said, you are in a hot air balloon. You're 28 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 2: about thirty feet off the ground. You're between forty and 29 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 2: forty two degrees north latitude and between fifty eight and 30 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 2: sixty degrees west longitude. The man in the hot air 31 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 2: balloon yelled back down, and he said, you must be 32 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 2: an engineer. And the man on the ground said, why 33 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 2: I am an engineer. How did you know? And the 34 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 2: man in the balloon said, because everything you just told 35 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 2: me is technically correct, but I have no idea what 36 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 2: it means. And I'm still lost. And the man below 37 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 2: said you must be a politician. And the man in 38 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 2: the balloon said, well, I am a politician. How did 39 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 2: you know that? And the man on the ground said, 40 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 2: you don't know where you are or where you're going. 41 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 2: You made promises you can't keep. You're in the same 42 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 2: position you were before we met. But you're making it 43 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 2: sound like it's my fault. Here's the moral of the story. 44 00:02:55,960 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 2: When you're lost, ask the right person for directions. Too 45 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 2: many people are lost but they don't know which way 46 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 2: to go. They're sort of drifting through life, floating through life, 47 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 2: and they talk to different people to get different opinions. 48 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 2: But I want to talk to you tonight about the 49 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 2: right answer, because you know what, in life, all of 50 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 2: us lose our way from time to time. A lot 51 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 2: of us wonder, am I going in the right direction 52 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 2: but the right destination? We feel like we're drifting. We 53 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 2: sense that something is missing. And you can talk to 54 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 2: some people who will tell you technically why you feel 55 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 2: the way you feel. Maybe you lost somebody to death 56 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 2: and they say, well, you're grieving, that's why you feel 57 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 2: this way. Or perhaps you lost your job and so 58 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 2: they say, well, your expectations were a little too high. 59 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 2: That's fine to have the technical answer, but what about change, 60 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 2: What about going in the right direction? What about getting 61 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 2: the right kind of answer so you know where you're 62 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 2: going in this life and in the life to come. 63 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 2: You know, when you're young, and some of you still 64 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 2: are very young, but when you're young, everybody has hopes 65 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 2: and dreams about what their life is going to be. 66 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 2: Like when they grow up, they're going to be a doctor, 67 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 2: or they're going to be a nurse, or they're going 68 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 2: to be a work in the fashion industry or whatever 69 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 2: they're going to do. They have hopes and dreams of 70 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 2: who they're going to be when they grow up. But 71 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 2: then they grow up and sometimes you look at your 72 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 2: life and you go, well, this is not what I planned, 73 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 2: This is not the person I wanted to be. And 74 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 2: you wish you could have a do over. You wish 75 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 2: you could do everything over again. You want to change. 76 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 2: Most people do, but you know, many people want their 77 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 2: life to change, but in all the wrong ways. There 78 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 2: was a poll that was conducted several polls that I've 79 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 2: read action where people were asked, if you could change 80 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 2: one thing about your life, what would it be. Almost 81 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 2: everybody said they would make outward changes. They would change 82 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 2: the way they look, they would change their hair, they 83 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 2: would change or they would get more hair, or they 84 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 2: would have a different body type or whatever it might be. 85 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 2: It was all outward, and some people go to extremes 86 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 2: to get that done. There was a show on television 87 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 2: a few years ago called Extreme Makeover, where people went 88 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 2: through all these crazy surgeries and facelifts. And then they 89 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 2: followed these people, and some people tried to revert back 90 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 2: to the lifestyle they lived when they were in their twenties. 91 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 2: Many people divorced. One woman was severely depressed because all 92 00:05:55,960 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 2: they were doing is changing the outside, but the inside 93 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 2: was still the same. I want to talk to you 94 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 2: briefly about what it is to start over again, because 95 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 2: here we are celebrating freedom. We live in a great country, 96 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 2: don't we, The United States of America, the Land of 97 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 2: the Free, the home of the brave, and we should 98 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 2: celebrate our freedom. But you know, while we're celebrating our freedom, 99 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 2: many of you are still shackled inside. You're still a 100 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 2: slave to something or to someone. And Jesus asked a 101 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 2: very important question. He said, what will it profit if 102 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 2: you gain the whole world but you lose your own soul. Well, 103 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 2: there was a man in the Bible. His name was Nicodemus. 104 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 2: His story is found in the Gospel of John chapter three. 105 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 2: He was a man who knew that something was missing 106 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 2: from his life. Oh he had everything outwardly, but inwardly 107 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 2: something was missing. And so here's a few verses from 108 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 2: the Bible that tell you his story. It says after 109 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 2: dark one evening, a Jewish religious leader named Nicodemus, a pharisee, 110 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 2: came to speak with Jesus teacher. He said, we all 111 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 2: know that God sent you to teach us. Your miraculous 112 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 2: signs are proof enough that God is with you. Jesus replied, 113 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 2: I assure you, unless you are born again, you can 114 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 2: never see the Kingdom of God. What do you mean, 115 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 2: exclaimed Nicodemus. How can an old man go back into 116 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 2: his mother's womb and be born again? Jesus replied, The 117 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 2: truth is no one can enter the Kingdom of God 118 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 2: without being born of water and the spirit. Humans can 119 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 2: reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives new 120 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 2: life from heaven. So don't be surprised at my statement 121 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 2: that you must be born again. Just as you can 122 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 2: hear the wind but can't tell where it comes from 123 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 2: or where it's going, so you can't explain how people 124 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 2: are born of the spirit. What do you mean, Nicodemus asked. 125 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 2: Jesus replied, you are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet 126 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 2: you don't understand these things. Now, in just these verses, 127 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,839 Speaker 2: we learn a few things about this man named Nicodemus, 128 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 2: who came to Jesus one night. First of all, we 129 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 2: notice he was famous. He was respected. Jesus called him 130 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 2: a respected teacher. He was a leader. He was very 131 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 2: well known, he was well educated, he was popular. People 132 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 2: would go to Nicodemus when they had questions. But inside 133 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 2: Nicodemus he had his own questions, and that's why he 134 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 2: came to Jesus. Something else. Nicodemus, we are told from history, 135 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:19,439 Speaker 2: was a very wealthy man. The Jewish Talmut said Nicodemus 136 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 2: was one of the four richest men living in Jerusalem 137 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 2: at that time. So think of what he had. He 138 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 2: had fame, he had education, he had status, he had money. 139 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 2: You would think that is enough to fill the void, 140 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:43,439 Speaker 2: the empty spot inside anybody's life. But not Nicodemus. He 141 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 2: was not down and out. He was up and out. 142 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,079 Speaker 2: Some of you feel down and out. You've lost things 143 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 2: in your life. You've lost friends, you've lost family members, 144 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 2: you've lost employment, you've lost your bank account, maybe you 145 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:01,959 Speaker 2: even lost your own home home. You say, I'm down 146 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 2: and out, but you can also have everything and be 147 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 2: up and out. Because whether you're down and out or 148 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 2: up and out, you're still out and Nicodemus had it all, 149 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 2: but something wasn't right. You know. A few years ago, 150 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 2: I had a businessman come into my office here in Albuquerque. 151 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 2: He was a very well known restaurant owner in this town. 152 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 2: He came into my office. I closed the door, and 153 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 2: he looked at me straight in the eye and he said, 154 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 2: I have millions and millions of dollars, but he said, 155 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 2: I'm disappointed with life. It's not enough. It doesn't fill me. 156 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 2: Hip hop artist Jay Z said, there's lots of people 157 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:53,319 Speaker 2: with tons of money who aren't happy. Alexander the Great 158 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 2: you know about him from your history books. Alexander the 159 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 2: Great had it all. He conquered the whole world at 160 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 2: thirty one years of age. Alexander the Great conquered the world, 161 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 2: and he sat down and he wept because it wasn't 162 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 2: enough for him. The actor Nicholas Cage said, I think 163 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 2: there's a hole in the soul of my generation. Think 164 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:26,199 Speaker 2: of those words, a hole in the soul of my generation. 165 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 2: Do you have a hole in your soul? Do you 166 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 2: just sense that something isn't enough, something is not right. 167 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:38,079 Speaker 2: The truth is everyone has a hole in their soul. 168 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 2: God made you that way God put that hole inside 169 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,679 Speaker 2: of you. The Bible says in the Book of Romans, 170 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 2: God has made every person subjected to futility, that is emptiness. 171 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 2: God made you with a hole in your soul, and 172 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 2: only He can fill it. Only He can fill it. 173 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 2: You can try to stuff things and people and experiences 174 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 2: and status and fame inside and nothing will satisfy you. 175 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 2: And here's the thing. Whenever you try to stuff your 176 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 2: life with pleasure and money and drugs and sex, you 177 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 2: name it, the whole just gets bigger and bigger. What 178 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 2: I want you to know is tonight the whole in 179 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 2: your soul can be filled, and you can leave this 180 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 2: place a free man, a free woman, a free human being, 181 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 2: truly free. Jesus said, whoever the sun sets free, he 182 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 2: is free. Indeed, something else about Nicodemus. He was a 183 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 2: religious man, very devout in his faith. The Bible says 184 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 2: he was a Pharisee. Now, a Pharisee is a very 185 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 2: special group of people. They live by key being rules. 186 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 2: Two days a week, they fasted. I know that intermittent 187 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 2: fasting is a big deal these days, But Nicodemus did 188 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 2: intermittent fasting not for health purposes. But for spiritual purposes. 189 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:19,680 Speaker 2: He was a very devout religious person. And many people 190 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 2: that I meet have a spiritual side. They've had a 191 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 2: spiritual upbringing. Many of you had a spiritual upbringing. You 192 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 2: were raised in a church or a synagogue, or by 193 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 2: some religious group. You grew up with a religious and 194 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 2: devout faith. I grew up in a very religious home. 195 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 2: I went to church every week. I was baptized, I 196 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 2: was confirmed, I went through the ceremonies, but there was 197 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:52,119 Speaker 2: still a hole inside my soul. According to Pew Research, 198 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 2: Americans are becoming less religious. That is, they're checking out 199 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 2: of church, their checking out of formal religion, but they're 200 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,679 Speaker 2: becoming more spiritual at the same time. Now think about that, 201 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 2: they're becoming less religious, but they're becoming more spiritual. That is, 202 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 2: they would say, I still recognize that I want meaning 203 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 2: and purpose in my life. Therefore the material world isn't enough, 204 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 2: so I want to become a more spiritual person. Many 205 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 2: years ago, when I was in high school, that was 206 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 2: many years ago, I had a friend and we did 207 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 2: all sorts of crazy spiritual experiments, from astral projection, soul travel, 208 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 2: the migration of the soul, to automatic writing, and auto hypnosis. 209 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 2: And every time I experimented with all of those things, 210 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 2: I got emptier and emptier. Listen to what Jesus said. 211 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 2: He said, if anyone is thirsty, let him come to 212 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 2: me and drink out of his innermost being. Will flow 213 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 2: rivers of living water. That can happen to you tonight 214 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 2: at Balloon Fiesta Park. You can be set free, You 215 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 2: can have the hole in your soul filled. You can 216 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 2: come and be satisfied and drink from the river of life. 217 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 2: So what did Nicodemus do? The Bible says he came 218 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 2: to Jesus at night? Why Why did he come? Because 219 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 2: the man who had all the answers had some questions, 220 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 2: And you might have questions. You might have questions about faith, 221 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 2: questions about life you've never been able to answer. I'm 222 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 2: encouraging you to do something with those questions. It's okay 223 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 2: to have them. You might have doubts, It's okay to 224 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 2: have them. You might have questions. It's okay to have questions. 225 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 2: Just take those question questions to the right source, to 226 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 2: the right place, to the right person when you ask 227 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 2: those questions, Not like the man in the balloon asking 228 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 2: the dude on the ground, help me out, but come 229 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 2: to the God who made you. So Nicodemus comes to 230 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 2: Jesus at night. Why did he come at night? Now, 231 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 2: some people make a big deal out of this. Some say, well, 232 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 2: Nicodemus was scared to be seen with Jesus in broad daylight. 233 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 2: Maybe so, Or it could be he was just busy 234 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 2: during the day. He was, after all, a religious leader. 235 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 2: He did have responsibilities, He did have a day job 236 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 2: he had to take care of, and in the evening 237 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 2: he was free. And he probably came out of curiosity. 238 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 2: He had heard many things about Jesus and he just 239 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 2: wanted to hear for himself what this Jesus had to say. 240 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 2: And like Nicodemus, maybe you've come and you have questions. 241 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 2: A simple question. What addicts would rent a balloon Fiesta 242 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 2: Field and have a large scale evangelistic event. Well, let 243 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:15,119 Speaker 2: me answer that. People who care about your soul, people 244 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 2: who want to see you go to heaven and not 245 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 2: go to hell. People who want to give you an 246 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:26,360 Speaker 2: opportunity to say yes to life change. That's who. So 247 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 2: Nicodemus comes to Jesus, and Jesus goes right to the 248 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 2: heart as soon as Nicodemus asks a question. Jesus says, hey, Nicodemus, 249 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 2: unless you're born again, you won't get to heaven. Now 250 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 2: that's an unusual statement. What did he mean when he 251 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:50,880 Speaker 2: said born again? Is that some sort of denomination? Oh, 252 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 2: you're one of those born again Christians? You know you 253 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,159 Speaker 2: have Catholics and you have Protestants, but then you have 254 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 2: the born again Christians over in that corner. No, it 255 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 2: means to be born from above, a spiritual birth, not 256 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 2: a physical birth. A spiritual birth. Lady Gaga wrote a 257 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 2: song called Born this Way where she said, I'm on 258 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 2: the right track. Baby, I was born this way. That's 259 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 2: the problem. You were born this way. That's the problem. 260 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 2: You need to be reborn. You need to be born again. 261 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 2: That's the answer. You were born physically, but you're dead 262 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 2: spiritually unless you've been born again. The Bible says you 263 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 2: are dead in your trespasses and your sins. So the 264 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 2: question is have you been born again? I know you've 265 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 2: been born here, you are alive on planet Earth, but 266 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 2: have you been born spiritually from above? Because if you 267 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 2: haven't been born again, you're just part of the walking dead. 268 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 2: You're dead while you live. I remember when I came 269 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 2: to Jesus Christ many years ago, I said yes to him. 270 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:17,160 Speaker 2: In July, one summer evening in northern California, a night 271 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 2: like this. I'd never heard the term born again ever, 272 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 2: and it wasn't popularized yet, but I was looking for 273 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:30,199 Speaker 2: a way to describe what it was like to be 274 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 2: experiencing such a fresh outlook in life and such a 275 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:39,679 Speaker 2: peaceful outlook in life. And somebody came up to me 276 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 2: and said, skip, have you been born again? And I thought, 277 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 2: that's perfect. That's the best description I've ever heard. It's 278 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:50,400 Speaker 2: like you get born all over again, a fresh start. 279 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 2: So here's the question, how do you do it? How 280 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 2: do you do it? That's what Nicodemus asked. How can 281 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 2: a person be born when he's old? Let me ask 282 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 2: that question a different way. Can a person really change? 283 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:14,400 Speaker 2: Is it possible that your life could change once and 284 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,400 Speaker 2: for all? How many times have you asked yourself that 285 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 2: could I really change? Will I really change? You ask 286 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 2: yourself that question every New Year's Eve? Will this year 287 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 2: be any different than last year? And many people try 288 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 2: really hard to make a change. But here's the problem. 289 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 2: They're working on the outside. Jesus works on the inside. 290 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 2: He changes you from the inside out, not the outside in. 291 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 2: I'm not going to promise you that he'll give you 292 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 2: a face left or a tummy tuck, or that you'll 293 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 2: lose twenty pounds if you follow Jesus. But I'm saying this. 294 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 2: You won't go to hell. You will go to heaven. 295 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 2: You'll be forgiven of your past. You'll have the hole 296 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 2: in your soul once and for all. And so Nicodemus says, 297 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,639 Speaker 2: how can that be possible? How can a man be 298 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 2: born when he is old? And Jesus answers that question 299 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 2: in language that is so easy for anyone to understand. 300 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 2: This is what he said. For God so loved the 301 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,959 Speaker 2: world that he gave his one and only son, his 302 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 2: only begotten son, that whoever believes in him will not perish, 303 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 2: but have eternal life. That's the promise, the most famous 304 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 2: verse in all the Bible. Whoever believes in him? Who 305 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 2: is this gift offered to whoever whoever will take it. 306 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 2: You see, God will take you. God will take anyone 307 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 2: who comes to him. You could be rich, you could 308 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:53,159 Speaker 2: be poor, you could be smart, you could be uneducated. 309 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:58,160 Speaker 2: He'll take you. He'll make you different, you just have 310 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 2: to admit that you have a need and ask God 311 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 2: for his help. Now, notice that Jesus didn't say you 312 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 2: should be born again. You ought to be born again. 313 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,239 Speaker 2: I think it'd be really nice if you would be 314 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 2: born again. He said you must be born again. You 315 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 2: have to be born again. You will not get to 316 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 2: heaven unless you are born from above spiritual birth. By 317 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 2: asking Jesus, who whom God sent to take your sin 318 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 2: on the cross so that you could have life. Unless 319 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 2: you believe in him, you will perish. If you believe 320 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:44,400 Speaker 2: in him, you will never perish. So let's get practical 321 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,680 Speaker 2: as we close this out. What do you really have 322 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 2: to do. First of all, you have to admit that 323 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 2: you have a need. You have to own the fact 324 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 2: that you are needy before God. The Bible says you're 325 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 2: a sinner. I'm a sinner. All of us have fallen 326 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 2: short of the glory of God. We have to own that. 327 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,880 Speaker 2: We have to admit that. No more lame excuses. Well, 328 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 2: it's not my fault I was born this way, or 329 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 2: it's because my parents did this or that. No, you 330 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 2: are the way you are because you and I were 331 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 2: born with that need. We are sinners. So admit it. Second, 332 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 2: you have to realize that Jesus died for you, and 333 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 2: when he died, he took your sin upon himself. He 334 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 2: paid for your sin with his own blood. And God 335 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 2: says that's good enough. So admit that you're a sinner, 336 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,439 Speaker 2: realize Jesus died for you. Then the other thing, the 337 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 2: third thing you have to do is you have to repent. 338 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 2: That means turn around. Repent. It means change direction. It 339 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,119 Speaker 2: means you're walking one way and you do a U 340 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 2: turn and you walk the other direction. You've been going 341 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 2: a certain direction, You've been drifting in your life. Tonight 342 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 2: is your opportunity to say yes to him, admit that 343 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:11,160 Speaker 2: you need him, realize Jesus died for you, and turn around. 344 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 2: Make a decision. And that decision is to believe. The 345 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:21,359 Speaker 2: Bible says whoever believes in Him will not perish, but 346 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 2: have everlasting life. Now you say, well, I believe. I've 347 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 2: always believed in God. I've gone to church my whole life. 348 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,920 Speaker 2: I was raised in a religious home. Like Nicodemus, I've 349 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:39,640 Speaker 2: always believed in God. Listen, listen. Believe means to place 350 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 2: your weight on. To place your weight, and I'm standing 351 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:48,920 Speaker 2: on a platform tonight, and I'm placing all my weight 352 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 2: on this platform because i have faith that whoever put 353 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 2: up this platform did a good job. Did they Did 354 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 2: they do a good job? Am I okay? Yeah? I 355 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 2: think I'm okay. So when you believe in Jesus, you 356 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 2: place your whole life on him. This is Independence Day. 357 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 2: People are celebrating their independence. When you believe in Jesus Christ, 358 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 2: you acknowledge your dependence on him, not your independence from him, 359 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 2: but your dependence upon him. And that is what gives 360 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 2: you your freedom. So you need to admit that your sinner, 361 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 2: realize Jesus died for you, make a turn, make a 362 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 2: decision by believing in him. And then next, I think 363 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 2: you need to do it publicly. You need to do 364 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 2: a public in a few minutes. I'm going to give 365 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 2: you an opportunity, no matter where you are on this 366 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 2: several thousand populated field, to get up and come. It's 367 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 2: a very definite act. Do you have to place one 368 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 2: foot in front of the other and actually walk up 369 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 2: to the front. And when you come up here, I'm 370 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 2: going to lead you in a prayer. You can know 371 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 2: with assurance that you're saved. You say, skip, Why do 372 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 2: I have to do it publicly? Why can't I just 373 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:10,160 Speaker 2: say a prayer in my heart and go home. Well, 374 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 2: Jesus said this. He said, if you confess me before men, 375 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 2: I will confess you before my father in heaven. If 376 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 2: you deny me before men, I will deny you before 377 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 2: my Father and all the holy angels. There's something that 378 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:34,160 Speaker 2: happens in a person's life when they decide to believe 379 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 2: in Jesus and make a public declaration. Everybody else in 380 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 2: the world's coming out of the closet. Everybody's celebrating their 381 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 2: pride for this or that. Make us stand for Jesus Christ, 382 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:50,360 Speaker 2: stand for what's right and righteous and good and godly. 383 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 2: And then finally, you need to do it right now, 384 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 2: right now. You don't wait, you do it right now. 385 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 2: The Bible says today is the day of salvation. Now 386 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,680 Speaker 2: is the accepted time. So as we sing this song, 387 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:09,360 Speaker 2: I'm gonna ask you now to get up from where 388 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,359 Speaker 2: you are seated or wherever you're standing, find an area 389 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 2: to get through. We're going to open this gate and 390 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,400 Speaker 2: you can come on the side. You make your way 391 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 2: up to the front and stand right in front of 392 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 2: this podium. And I'm going to lead you in a 393 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,679 Speaker 2: prayer to make Jesus the lord of your life. And 394 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:28,679 Speaker 2: he's going to fill the hole in your soul. But 395 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 2: you come, and you come right now, do it publicly 396 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 2: and come. We're going to open this gate. Let's open 397 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,440 Speaker 2: this gate. That's right here, right up here in the front. 398 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 2: Come on, some of you are aware in the back. 399 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:06,119 Speaker 2: Keep coming forward. God sees you, he knows you're out there. 400 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 2: He loves you. He loves you, He loves you. He 401 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 2: wants to make you his own. He wants to give 402 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 2: you his freedom. Say yes to him. Come as we 403 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 2: sing the song, you come, yes. 404 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 3: He is here here. 405 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 2: Here. We're gonna give time for those who are still 406 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 2: walking or considering to make their way forward. We're gonna 407 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 2: have to come to the side. I was told that 408 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 2: they would open this gate, and for some reason it's 409 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 2: still locked, lockdown, so you have to come around. Come 410 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 2: around to the side. Let's squeeze in. Do you mind 411 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 2: squeeze in a little bit. There's lots of people. Let's 412 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 2: go this week. I'm right up to the front. Come on, 413 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 2: come on out, come close to it. 414 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 4: Cod pies. That makes little sense. So I'll be. 415 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:55,800 Speaker 5: I'm not help by say. 416 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:02,160 Speaker 4: Bye bye, and he needs. 417 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 3: Time. 418 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 2: Saw down this right. Don't let this moment pass you up. 419 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,600 Speaker 2: Some of you have been drifting for way too long. 420 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 2: You've let your ballot just sort of float along the landscape. 421 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 2: You've asked people for directions. They've given you their advice. 422 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 2: Maybe a doctor said I'll diagnose you, or a psychiatrist 423 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 2: or psychologist said you have this disorder or ailment. No 424 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 2: matter what your background is, no matter who you are 425 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 2: or what you've done, you need to come to the 426 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,479 Speaker 2: right person, the right place, and that person is Jesus. 427 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:59,040 Speaker 2: Give Jesus a chance, come to him. Some of you've 428 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 2: tried everything else. You need to come to the right 429 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 2: source the living water. You want to do over, You 430 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,240 Speaker 2: want to be forgiven. You want to know that when 431 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 2: you die, you'll go to heaven. You make a decision 432 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:16,520 Speaker 2: to say yes to Christ. Do it right now. 433 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 4: House with us mids. 434 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 5: Say I'm gonna making my house with us mills. 435 00:31:48,440 --> 00:32:05,200 Speaker 2: Say I'm gonna make I'm come on, come on, yeah, 436 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 2: come on out, We'll make her on for you. Now, 437 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 2: listen to me carefully. God loves you just the way 438 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 2: you are. But listen, listen, but he loves you too 439 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:22,960 Speaker 2: much to leave you the way you are. He loves 440 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,920 Speaker 2: you the way you are, but he loves you way 441 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,680 Speaker 2: too much to leave you the way you are. He 442 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:30,720 Speaker 2: wants to get a hold of your life and make 443 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 2: everything different. The way you think, friends, you hang out with, 444 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 2: the decisions you make in life. It's not a religion. 445 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:42,920 Speaker 2: It's a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. It's what 446 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:46,440 Speaker 2: Proder was singing about. It's what Andy Minia was singing about. 447 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,280 Speaker 2: It's what Sera Reheese was singing about. It's what the 448 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 2: skateboarders and being exters. 449 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:51,600 Speaker 5: Are all about. 450 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:56,200 Speaker 2: It's about this moment. Now, in a few moments, we're 451 00:32:56,200 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 2: gonna see fireworks, the real fireworks, the real celebration happened 452 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 2: in your heart when you say yes to him. Come on, 453 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 2: come on one down, come now, come now you. 454 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,760 Speaker 4: I'm going to baking. 455 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:18,600 Speaker 2: Cake. 456 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 4: Oh my my house, will amuse say you? I'm going 457 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:43,640 Speaker 4: to baking. I'm going to bag something needs strong. 458 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 2: On the swim, poor scroom, what sock, it's my house. 459 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:57,840 Speaker 4: My husband's christis my fir fountain. 460 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:05,960 Speaker 2: Come on, girls, come all the way. 461 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:21,480 Speaker 4: Through, sick devil. I'd yes, he's. 462 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:26,560 Speaker 2: He's job. 463 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:31,320 Speaker 4: Shout so loud. 464 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:41,200 Speaker 2: He people, we're still coming. Lookay, we're packed like sardines 465 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 2: up here, aren't we. It's the way we want it. 466 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:50,120 Speaker 2: We love it. Let's squeeze in here and make room 467 00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 2: for just a few more. In a moment, I'm gonna 468 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,359 Speaker 2: lead you in a prayer. It's gonna be a do over. 469 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:59,680 Speaker 2: You're gonna push the reset button. More than that, God's 470 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:01,800 Speaker 2: gonna the rest of the re said button. More than that. 471 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:07,560 Speaker 2: God is gonna make you his child, his son, his daughter, 472 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:12,800 Speaker 2: is gonna give you a relationship with him. This the 473 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:18,239 Speaker 2: word all begins by coming, by coming. Just now you 474 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:23,279 Speaker 2: are saying, I'm a sinner. I need help, and I'm 475 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:26,280 Speaker 2: gonna turn around and I'm gonna follow Jesus. I'm gonna 476 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:32,080 Speaker 2: go his way. So you've come forward. Now I'm gonna 477 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 2: lead you in a prayer. He just quiet things down 478 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:37,719 Speaker 2: a little bit. I'm gonna lead all of you in 479 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:41,400 Speaker 2: a prayer. I'm gonna say the prayer out loud. I 480 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:44,239 Speaker 2: want you to say this prayer out loud after me. 481 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:48,719 Speaker 2: I want you to meet it from your heart. Say this, 482 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:54,239 Speaker 2: say Lord, I give you my life. I know that 483 00:35:54,360 --> 00:36:00,920 Speaker 2: I'm a sinner. Please forgive me. I believe in Jesus. 484 00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:07,320 Speaker 2: I believe he died for me, that he shed his blood, 485 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:13,839 Speaker 2: that he rose again from the dead. I turned from 486 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:21,279 Speaker 2: my sin. I turn to Jesus as my savior. I 487 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:31,160 Speaker 2: want to be free. Receive me as your child in Jesus' name. Amen, 488 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:37,880 Speaker 2: give it up for the Holy Spirit. Come on, come on. 489 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:48,319 Speaker 2: That's what freedom sounds like. That prayer you just heard. 490 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:53,279 Speaker 2: That's what freedom sounds like. Listen, listen, listen, those of 491 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:57,320 Speaker 2: you who walk forward and just prayed that prayer. You 492 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:02,040 Speaker 2: are a child of Gods. Are done. The old you 493 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:05,759 Speaker 2: is gone. Welcome to the new you. You say, well, 494 00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:09,000 Speaker 2: I don't feel any different. You are different. You're a son, 495 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:12,719 Speaker 2: You're a daughter of the Living God in heaven. And 496 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:16,480 Speaker 2: because you place your faith in him, you've turned to him. 497 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,799 Speaker 2: Your life's gonna change. And the best news is you're 498 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:25,160 Speaker 2: gonna be with him forever in heaven. Period. 499 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:30,839 Speaker 6: We hope you enjoyed this special service from Calvary Church. 500 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:34,040 Speaker 6: We'd love to know how this message impacted you. Email 501 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:38,120 Speaker 6: us at my story at calvarym dot Church. 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