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 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: 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 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 2: in your life. 7 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: Enjoy the message. Now. 8 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 2: I want to share the Word of God with you, 9 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 2: and I want to ask you something. Would you be terribly, 10 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:33,520 Speaker 2: terribly inconvenienced if I spent just one more week talking 11 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 2: about functional faith? I promise you this will be the 12 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 2: last week. After this, I will never bother you with 13 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 2: the subject of functional faith again. But I want to 14 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 2: use one verse today that I think is appropriate for 15 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 2: what we've been singing about and what we're experiencing right now. 16 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 2: And it is in the Book of Revelation, chapter four, 17 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 2: Verse one. Give me just a moment while I set 18 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 2: up my office. Maybe you want to open your Bible 19 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 2: and get ready to receive the word of God. How 20 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:14,919 Speaker 2: many of you are blessed just to be in church today? 21 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: How many of you. 22 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 2: Are blessed to have your sins forgiven? I said, how 23 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 2: many are blessed to have your sins forgiven? 24 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: Me too? 25 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:33,919 Speaker 2: I'm always blessed by Mike and Brian to see you guys. 26 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: Love those guys. They stand out head and shoulders above 27 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: the rest. 28 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 2: And look at this verse real quick, just one verse, 29 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 2: just one verse, but very powerful, very powerful, John says, 30 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 2: after this, I looked, and there before me was a 31 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 2: door standing open in heaven, and the voice I had 32 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 2: first heard, speaking to me like a trumpet, said, come 33 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 2: up here, and I will show you what must take 34 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 2: place after this. Now that's the only verse I want 35 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 2: to read you today. I'm gonna double down on it, 36 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 2: read it again, just to make sure we've got it. 37 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 2: Because this thing, this thing has really been blessing to me. 38 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 2: I have really been praying about what God wanted me 39 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 2: to give you today, and he said to tell you 40 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 2: after this. I looked in there before me was a 41 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 2: door standing open in heaven, and the voice I had 42 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 2: first heard, speaking to me like a trumpet, said, come 43 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 2: up here, and I will. 44 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 1: Show you what must take place after this. 45 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 2: So, in this final installment of Functional Fate, praying about it, 46 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 2: God said that he wanted to give you an overview 47 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 2: of your future. 48 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: Are you ready? 49 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 2: God said that he wanted to speak to you today 50 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 2: very specifically and give you an overview of your future. 51 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: Now, I need you to. 52 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 2: Nudge your neighbor and tell him I'm getting ready for something. 53 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 2: I'm getting ready for something. God is preparing me for something. 54 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 2: And today God wants to give you an overview of 55 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 2: your future. I need you to hear me in Rockhill 56 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 2: because Jeremiah said that he knows the plans he has 57 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 2: for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, 58 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 2: plans to give you a hope and a future. Paul said, 59 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 2: in all these things, we are more than conquerors through 60 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 2: Him who loved us. And neither life nor death, nor 61 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 2: angels nor demons, neither the past, the present, nor any 62 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 2: other shall be able to separate us from the love 63 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 2: of God that is. 64 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: In Christ Jesus. 65 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 2: Jesus Christ themselves said, in. 66 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: The world you will have trouble. 67 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 2: But take heart, I have over come the world. So 68 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 2: God wants to give you an overview of your future. 69 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 2: Would you hug seven people and tell them it gets 70 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 2: better from here, It gets better from here. 71 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: It gets better from here. You may be seated. Thank you. 72 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 2: I feel like the atmosphere of our hearts is ready 73 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 2: and the word can be depositive. 74 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: Let's go. 75 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:51,039 Speaker 2: To the Book of Revelation four verse one. Now some 76 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 2: of you are expecting me to bring out my charts 77 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 2: of the end times, because the Book of Revelation is, 78 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 2: of course an apocalyptic book. This is the genre to 79 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 2: which the Book of Revelation, written by John the Beloved, belongs. 80 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 2: It is an apocryphal there's an apocalyptic book, not an 81 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 2: apocryphal book. You know what, I'm not much of I'm 82 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 2: not I'm not really an apocalyptic guy. 83 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: I'm i tend to be more on the practical side. 84 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 2: So I guess you could call this not an apocalyptic 85 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 2: but in apocalyptic message. 86 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: Ay man. 87 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 2: My wife can't stand to hear people preach about the 88 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 2: Book of Revelation and act like they know, you know, when. 89 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: Which president represents which beast? 90 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 2: And and I'm I'm kind of with her. My my 91 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,799 Speaker 2: oldest son, he's he's pretty sharp in a lot of ways. 92 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 1: When where he gets it from. I was just kidding. 93 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 2: He's a he's at a Christian school. So he asked 94 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 2: me the other day, do you understand the Book of Revelation, Daddy? 95 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 2: I said, uh no, I said, nobody does. Elijah, I 96 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 2: said this, you know it's really it's a. 97 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 1: Symbolic book in a lot of ways. 98 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 2: A lot of what they write, what what's written there 99 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 2: is poetic and. 100 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 1: And so some of it is not meant to be 101 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,919 Speaker 1: taken literally. And I mean, it's a very it's a 102 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: very serious book. 103 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,919 Speaker 2: And he said, well, one of my friends in the 104 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 2: class said that his dad understands the Book of Revelation, 105 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 2: and and he's not even a preacher. So I said, 106 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 2: all right, well, okay, well, if it's like that, let 107 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 2: me give you an overview of the Book of Revelation. 108 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: We win. 109 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 2: Come on, somebody, I need you to look at the 110 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 2: person next to you and some marise the outcome of 111 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 2: their current battle. 112 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 1: Look them in the eye, like you know what you're 113 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: talking about. 114 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 2: Look like you're Marty McFly coming with a sports almanac 115 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 2: from another year. Look at him and say, I don't 116 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 2: know what you're going through, but you win. 117 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: In the end. 118 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 2: I did take a seminary course on the Book of Revelation. 119 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: The professor said, after. 120 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 2: Studying the Book of Revelation for over forty years, I 121 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 2: have come to this overview. Evil is real, God is greater, 122 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 2: I said man, because he told us this at the 123 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 2: end of the whole class. And I said, we sat 124 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 2: here for three and a half months. I paid tuition 125 00:07:54,640 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 2: for that. You could have tweeted that and have twitter 126 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 2: back then. Now, what I want to do today is 127 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 2: a little bit different than kind of telling you everything 128 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 2: that it means. I would like to use this model 129 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 2: whereby John saw a vision of God and use it 130 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 2: to help us approach God in our own lives in 131 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 2: a way that He might become real and relevant to us. 132 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 2: And within the Book of Revelation there are there are several. 133 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: Lessons for us to learn. 134 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 2: But I just want to go not necessarily to what 135 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 2: John saw, and now I want to I want to 136 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 2: talk first about how he saw it, and I'd like 137 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 2: you to write down a few key thoughts today. 138 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: And the first one is attention. 139 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 2: Attention, because John says in Revelation chapter four, watch this. 140 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 2: After this I looked, and you know, it's interesting because 141 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 2: everything that happens after that wouldn't have happened without that. 142 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 2: Everything that John saw after this would not have been 143 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:12,079 Speaker 2: revealed if he didn't pay attention. 144 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: So I bring it up because sometimes we're asking. 145 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 2: God to reveal his presence in our lives, his provision 146 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 2: in our lives, his purpose in our lives, and sometimes 147 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 2: we even pray about it, and we pray like we're 148 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 2: trying to get God's attention. But I've come to believe 149 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 2: that prayer rightly done is less about me getting God's 150 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 2: attention and more about Him getting mine. See, I live 151 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 2: my life from the foundational belief that I already have 152 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:54,079 Speaker 2: Heaven's attention. I mean, if I didn't have Heaven's attention, 153 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:56,959 Speaker 2: the Son of God certainly wouldn't have stepped down the 154 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 2: spiral staircase of time and been wrapped in flesh made 155 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 2: in the appearance of a sinful man to be a 156 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 2: sin offering, so that I could approach God boldly and 157 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 2: come before his throne with confidence because of a drop 158 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 2: of blood on the mercy seat to make a way 159 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 2: of access into the presence of God. So when I 160 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,559 Speaker 2: come before God, when I worship God, when I need God, 161 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 2: when I call on God, I'm not trying to get 162 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 2: his attention. I'm not trying to get him to notice me. Maybe, 163 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 2: as I go through my life, a better question isn't 164 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 2: is God paying attention to me? The question might be 165 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 2: am I paying attention to him? Help me out today? 166 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 2: Shake your neighbor awake and say pay attention. Maybe the 167 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 2: same reason we don't experience God sometimes in our lives 168 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 2: is the same reason that we flunk the math test 169 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 2: in seventh grade, the same reason for that fender bender 170 00:10:55,840 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 2: on Taivola. Maybe it's the same reason that we burned 171 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:04,680 Speaker 2: the dinner. Maybe the reason we don't experience God's presence, 172 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 2: maybe it's the same reason that we didn't see our 173 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 2: kids were hanging out with bad influences till it was 174 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:14,839 Speaker 2: a little too late, because we weren't paying. 175 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 1: Attention. 176 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 2: John says, after this, I looked, and there before me 177 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 2: was a door. 178 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: It was open in heaven. 179 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 2: I want you to know today that you have a 180 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:44,079 Speaker 2: standing invitation to experience God's presence, but you have. 181 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: To pay attention. 182 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 2: You have to pay attention because attention creates access. Let 183 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 2: me teach you a little bit. Attention creates access. So 184 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 2: if emotions have access into your heart, it's because you 185 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 2: gave those emotions your attention. If memories of pain and 186 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:13,679 Speaker 2: hurt dominate your thought life, it's because those memories. 187 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 1: Have your attention. How can a memory hurt you It 188 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: already happened. 189 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 2: It can only hurt you if it has your ap 190 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 2: preaching good. And there are some things that you've been 191 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 2: giving your attention to that if you would turn your 192 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 2: attention from them, you would take the power of them. 193 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 2: God wants to know today, what has your attention? John 194 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 2: said after this, I looked in There before. 195 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: Me was a door. It was there all along, but 196 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 1: I saw it when I looked. And John could have 197 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: been looking at a lot of things. 198 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 2: I mean. The guy was an exile on a little 199 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:59,679 Speaker 2: tiny island called Petmus. He had been sent there because 200 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:03,319 Speaker 2: of his testimony of the Word of God. He calls 201 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 2: himself a fellow sufferer and a patient endurer in the 202 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 2: Kingdom of God. It's interesting to me that God gave 203 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 2: the greatest revelation of himself to a man who was 204 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 2: in exile. 205 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 1: I want to stop for a moment and announce. 206 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 2: That God is a god of access in exile. He 207 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 2: is a God of access in exile. It means that 208 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 2: even if you feel like you're on a little island today, 209 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 2: all by yourself, you still have access to the presence 210 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 2: of God. There is nowhere that life can take you 211 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:47,079 Speaker 2: that God's presence cannot reach you. There is nothing that 212 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 2: people can do to you to keep God from getting 213 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 2: to you. So we see a pattern in scripture that 214 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 2: God is a god of access in exile. Ask Moses, 215 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 2: he was a Midian in exile running from his act 216 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 2: of murder. But when he turned aside and saw the bush. 217 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 2: When he turned aside and gave the bush his attention, 218 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 2: he heard an announcement, and God said, I've come down 219 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 2: to deliver my people. 220 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 1: I know you've been in this desert a long time. 221 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 2: I know you've been on this island by yourself. I 222 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 2: know you feel like nobody hears you. But I am 223 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 2: the God of access in exile. You're not alone. You're 224 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 2: never alone. And the God who was, and is and 225 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 2: is to comis with you. 226 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: In this moment. Asked Daniel. 227 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 2: He was a Babylonian exile, and he saw a revelation 228 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 2: of Jesus Christ before Jesus Christ was born. Daniel saw him, 229 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 2: and he saw him in exile. And I thought that 230 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 2: might encourage somebody to know that you have access even 231 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 2: in exile. But you got to pay attention. You gotta 232 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 2: pay attention, he said. After this, I looked, and there 233 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 2: was a door. After this, I looked in there was 234 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 2: a door. The door represents the revelation that God gave him. 235 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 2: After this, I look, and there was a door. I 236 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 2: think it's important what the door means. But I also 237 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 2: think it's important where the door was. Come on, y'all, 238 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 2: because he did not say, put the verse up. 239 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: After this, I looked, and there behind me was a door. 240 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 2: See, the open door is never behind you. 241 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 1: Who who's this for? 242 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 2: You've been stuck in regret. You've been stuck in what happened? 243 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 2: You've been stuck in what was John said? After this, 244 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 2: I looked, and there before me was a door. The 245 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 2: open door is always before you. 246 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: It's before you look. 247 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 2: Unto Jesus, the Author and perfector of our faith, who 248 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 2: for the joy set before him endoored the cross, despising 249 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 2: his shame, the open door is before you. The open 250 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 2: door is not in ten years ago, the opportunity that 251 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 2: was missed. 252 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 3: I know there's some stuff behind you that you can't 253 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 3: get back. I know there's some things that happened to 254 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 3: you that. 255 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 2: Weren't fair, But you're not gonna get access by giving 256 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 2: your attention to what happened back there. The open door 257 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 2: is before you, it's in front of you. Your best 258 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 2: days are not behind you. What God has for you 259 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 2: is in front of you. Look ahead, help me preach. 260 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 2: Find three people say look ahead, it's right in front 261 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 2: of you. 262 00:16:57,960 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: It's right in front of you. 263 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 2: Maybe we've been at a baseball field too much, Coach Dave, 264 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 2: because I keep telling I keep telling Graham. 265 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 1: What I hear you tell him. 266 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:08,640 Speaker 2: You's always telling him keep it in front of you. 267 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:11,199 Speaker 2: This is what Coach Dave tells Graham because he coaches 268 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 2: some eight year olds, and eight year olds don't have 269 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 2: the best attention span, and so they'll be standing out. 270 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 1: There in the field in the fifth inning. 271 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 2: Acting like the ball's not gonna come to him. And 272 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 2: so then when the ball does come, the gotta come 273 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 2: back like this. But Coach Dave said, I want you 274 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 2: on your toes so when they hit the ball, you 275 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 2: be it. And I've seen not every pastor can do 276 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:31,640 Speaker 2: a lateral movement with that velocity. 277 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 1: You ought to feel blessed to come to church here. 278 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 1: Can I do it again? 279 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,879 Speaker 2: He said, I want you to be ready because he 280 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 2: got a better chance to stop the ball. 281 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:46,959 Speaker 1: If you keep it in front of you. 282 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 2: You know you got a better chance to have joy 283 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 2: and a better chance to have success, and a better 284 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 2: chance to have hope if you keep it in front 285 00:17:58,680 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 2: of you. 286 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,360 Speaker 1: That's what Coach Dave's. 287 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 2: And I heard the Lord say, where one door shuts, 288 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 2: another door opens. They might have you on an island 289 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 2: called Pantmost. 290 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:12,880 Speaker 1: But you're not stuck. 291 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 2: Here because if you can't find a way out, God, 292 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 2: I'll give you a way up. Come on, tell somebody say, 293 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 2: we're going higher. We're going higher. We're going higher. We're 294 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 2: going higher. We're going higher, We're going higher. 295 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 1: I might be down here on this island in my body. 296 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: I might be down here on this job. I don't 297 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 1: like it in my body. 298 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 2: I might be in a bad situation in my back account. 299 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 2: But you can't change my mind to the crown. I'm 300 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 2: coming up higher. So let's talk about altitude. 301 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 1: Altitude. The invitation is to see the. 302 00:18:52,200 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 2: Open door before you, before you and I heard the voice. 303 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,919 Speaker 2: Your life is moving in the direction of your vision 304 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 2: and your voices. So it's always what you see and 305 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 2: what you hear that determines how high you go. John's 306 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 2: revelation is interesting because in apocryphal apocalyptic literature, when they 307 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,360 Speaker 2: saw a vision of God, they had to go through 308 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 2: an arduous journey to get to him. If you read 309 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 2: some of the Old Testament revelations of God, usually in 310 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 2: the Apocryphal, which is not the Old Testament, but in 311 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 2: some of the books that we have of the prophetic 312 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 2: imagination of the past, they would have to make a 313 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 2: difficult journey to get to God. 314 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 1: John's vision is. 315 00:19:56,480 --> 00:20:00,400 Speaker 2: A little different because he says, I didn't get there 316 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 2: by effort. 317 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: I got there by invitation. And the invitation goes like this. 318 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 2: It was a voice like a trumpet making an announcement, 319 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 2: and it said, come up here, and I will show 320 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 2: you what must take place. 321 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: After this act. 322 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 2: Once I was in the spirit, you know how quickly 323 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:37,880 Speaker 2: God can lift you if you let him. I mean, 324 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 2: he really can't. He really can't. John didn't say that 325 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 2: he went into a trance for forty three minutes, because see, 326 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 2: I'm doing some practical work on my life right now. 327 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 2: I'm just trying to be a better person, not a 328 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 2: better preacher. I mean, I want to be a better 329 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,400 Speaker 2: preacher too, but I think that a better person makes 330 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 2: a better preacher. So I'm just like working on things 331 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 2: because I'm I'm a little on the grumpy side by nature, 332 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 2: especially before let's say like ninety five, am I do 333 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:21,920 Speaker 2: not feel saved, sanctified, and spirit filled until about nine 334 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 2: forty five. 335 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 1: Am Eastern Standard time. 336 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 2: And another thing is that not only do I kind 337 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 2: of start my day sometimes in that grumpy place, but 338 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 2: I notice I end my day in an anxious place, 339 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 2: and just observing my patterns, lately. 340 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:47,440 Speaker 1: I figured that that can't be the best. 341 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 2: Way to wake up and go into my day and 342 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 2: then in my day. 343 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: So I'm working on that. I'd like you to work 344 00:21:57,960 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: on it. 345 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 2: Too, because your altitude is going to determine your access. 346 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 2: So where you start your day is kind of important. 347 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 2: Where you start your day really does matter. So you 348 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 2: got to start your day with some caffeine. The Lord 349 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 2: said that you could. I shouldn't tell you this, but 350 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 2: I drink a cup of coffee every morning. That's not 351 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,360 Speaker 2: the part I shouldn't tell you. The part I shouldn't 352 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:39,480 Speaker 2: tell you is I chase it with a diet mountain 353 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 2: dew because I like the contrast of the warmth and 354 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:45,160 Speaker 2: the cold carbonation. 355 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: It blesses my soul. 356 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:55,919 Speaker 2: Don't judge me, go away, but it helps me. It 357 00:22:55,960 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 2: helps me think about higher things. Anyway, then I've been 358 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 2: practicing just the voices that I. 359 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: Pay attention to early in the morning. 360 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 2: Can we talk not apocalyptic, Let's talk a practalytic. 361 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 1: Because it's real easy to get excited. 362 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,439 Speaker 2: About Jesus comes on a horse and wipes out the world. 363 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 2: But what about till he gets here? What about till 364 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 2: that happens? Because he left us here in the meantime, 365 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 2: so we can't do his work if we're at the 366 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 2: wrong level. 367 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: So I gotta get up in the morning, even if 368 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: I'm mumbling when I first start, even. 369 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 2: If I got that stuff in the corner of my eye, 370 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 2: gotta flick it out when I get out to bed, 371 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 2: I gotta flick. 372 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:44,919 Speaker 1: That stuff on the devil's head and say, I'm awake. 373 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 1: He should have killed me. I'm my asleep. 374 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 4: I'm awake and I'm blessed. I'm awake and I'm a blessing. 375 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,400 Speaker 4: I'm awake and I'm a river. I'm awake and I'm 376 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:01,360 Speaker 4: a giver. I'm awake and I'm alive. I'm awake, I'm redeem, 377 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 4: I'm awake. 378 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 2: My eyes are open, I'm awake, my heart is open, 379 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 2: I'm awake, my soul is ready. I've just been trying 380 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,679 Speaker 2: to dip myself up to a higher level because I 381 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:12,120 Speaker 2: need some runway, because I. 382 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: Don't know what I'm a run into when the day 383 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: gets started. 384 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 2: I don't know what kind of crazy person is gonna 385 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 2: be driving in traffic trying to cut me off. And 386 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 2: if I'm at the wrong level, I might might not 387 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 2: pray for him. So I gotta I gotta. 388 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: Get a little runway. I gotta come on up higher. 389 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 2: Isn't that what the announcement said, come on up here 390 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:34,120 Speaker 2: to a higher place. 391 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 1: Now. 392 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 2: I know we don't have the same invitation John had 393 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 2: to see the unfolding of end time events and the. 394 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: History of the world before it happens. 395 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 2: But we do have a standing invitation in Heaven that 396 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 2: anytime we want to lift our eyes to the hills, 397 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,879 Speaker 2: we can look to our help. We can look to 398 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 2: our God, we can look I'm gonna stop screaming in 399 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 2: a minute. You gotta understand. I'm just excited about the 400 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 2: invitation that God has given me to come up high. 401 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 2: Does somebody say come on up? When I was a boy, 402 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 2: they used to have a show called Price is Right. 403 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 2: Now they still have a version of it, but it's 404 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 2: not Bob Barker. 405 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 1: So it's not the real show. Can I get a witness. 406 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:21,880 Speaker 2: Bob Barker had that skinny little mic, and when Bob 407 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 2: Barker would throw it to Rod Roddy, y'all remember Rod 408 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 2: Roddy and Rod Roddy. All these people are in the 409 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,480 Speaker 2: audience and the difference of prices right is at any moment, 410 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 2: you might go from the crowd to the front and 411 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:38,360 Speaker 2: if they call your name, you might win a washing machine. 412 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 2: You might win a vacation trip for two four nights, 413 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 2: all expenses paid to can Coo. You might win a 414 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,679 Speaker 2: new car. So when Rod Roddy grabs the mic, people 415 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 2: listen and they lean forward. 416 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 1: And Rod Roddy had this thing he used to say. 417 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,120 Speaker 2: I don't know if they say it anymore, but Rod 418 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 2: Roddy used to announce a name and he would say, 419 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 2: Stephen Ferdick, come on down, you're the next contestant on 420 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:08,919 Speaker 2: the price is right now. Rob Roddy wasn't available for 421 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 2: church today, but the spirit of God is here, and 422 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 2: I hear him saying, if you want to listen in Providence, 423 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 2: if you want to listen in Matthews, if you want 424 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 2: to listen at Butler High School, if you want to 425 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 2: listen at Blakeney, if you want to listen in Lake Norman. 426 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 2: You might want to jump up on your feet for 427 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 2: what's next. Because I hear the spirit saying. 428 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 5: Child of God, come on up. 429 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:40,639 Speaker 2: Come on up. 430 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 1: This is rob Roddy in reverse. 431 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:48,479 Speaker 2: Come on up, Come on up where the piece is. 432 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 1: Come on up where the blessing is. Come on up. 433 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 6: You see that sun. 434 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 1: Rise, my mercies with every rising off the sun, and 435 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 1: I wanna let you know. 436 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 7: You get come on up. 437 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,920 Speaker 2: Somebody shot up coming up. Now you gotta shout at 438 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 2: like a trumpet. 439 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 1: I'm coming up. So I'm gonna start my day at 440 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: the right altitude. 441 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:25,879 Speaker 2: And and everybody say and touch them, say but wait, 442 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 2: there's more. Yeah. God said he wanted to talk to 443 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 2: you today about your future. 444 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:37,199 Speaker 1: He said he wanted to give you an overview of 445 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 1: your future. 446 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 2: He said, come up here, and then I'll show you 447 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 2: what happens next. 448 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 1: I want to give you an overview of your future. 449 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 2: I don't want you to look at your day through 450 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 2: the lens of everything that might go wrong. 451 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 1: I want you to get up high. 452 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 2: See, sometimes when we travel, we take these little planes. 453 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 1: We probably shouldn't take them, they're. 454 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,679 Speaker 2: Probably not safe, but sometimes we have to get somewhere 455 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 2: real quick, and we take a little plane. And when 456 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 2: we take that little plane, I always know that if 457 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,119 Speaker 2: the weather is too bad, they're going to cancel the 458 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 2: flight because the plane isn't big enough to get me 459 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:22,600 Speaker 2: above the weather. But when I fly with Delta or 460 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 2: US Air, I might have to go through security, and 461 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 2: I might have to shove my bag in the overhead bend. 462 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 2: But there's one good thing about a big plane. No 463 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 2: matter what storm comes, no matter what turbulence we encounter, 464 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 2: no matter how cloudy it is in the sky, I'm 465 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 2: in something that can get above it. Now, I need 466 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 2: to let you know that the size of the plane 467 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 2: doesn't change the weather, but it gets me above it. 468 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 1: No, I need you to know that the size of 469 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 1: your faith might not change the weather, but it'll get 470 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 1: you off. 471 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 2: I was in the spirit on the lrdstack and A 472 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 2: saw a visit of Him who. 473 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 7: Is and was and is to come, And I see 474 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 7: my future from Heaven's perspectium. 475 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 1: That fifteen seconds of praising for your future. 476 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 7: Come up, prison, Come on, you want to praise in Concord. 477 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 1: You are a prison. 478 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 7: You are to prise him up town, Come on, pras 479 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 7: and blake me Let's get up higher. Let's lift them up, 480 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,440 Speaker 7: he said, if I they left it up, how tall 481 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 7: man left him up? 482 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 1: Let him up. 483 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 2: I see the Lord seated on the throne, the train 484 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 2: of his robe fills the temple. Let's get practical. I 485 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 2: want to start my day at the right altitude. 486 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 8: And I want to finish my day on a note 487 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 8: of praise. 488 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 2: I see. I figured that the way I start my 489 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:05,720 Speaker 2: day will determine how I experience my day, and the 490 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 2: way I end my day. 491 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 1: Will determine the way I start the next one. Sit down, 492 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:14,160 Speaker 1: I got to show you something. Everybody say, practice. 493 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,400 Speaker 2: This takes practice because we are used to living at 494 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 2: a low altitude. 495 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 1: We're not used to coming up. We're not used to 496 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:23,960 Speaker 1: the air up there. 497 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 2: We're not used to interpreting people through the idea of grace. 498 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:35,520 Speaker 2: We're not used to coming up. We're used to having 499 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 2: our stomachs all tied up in knots. We've learned to 500 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:47,440 Speaker 2: depend on it. Anxiety is like our needle. We need it. 501 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:54,520 Speaker 2: We need it. We're almost at the end of the day. 502 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 2: We almost put the welcome matt out for the devil 503 00:30:58,040 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 2: to just take over. 504 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 1: The next one. 505 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:04,720 Speaker 2: Okay, going to bed, thinking about everything that went wrong. 506 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 2: So I just had enough of it. And a little 507 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:15,480 Speaker 2: while back, I saw in the kitchen this this little 508 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 2: notebook my mother in law gave me. She gave me 509 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 2: like five of them, and they were just sitting around, 510 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 2: and I picked up this orange one because it's the 511 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 2: color of God. And it says that she got this 512 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:41,480 Speaker 2: notebook for seven dollars and forty nine cents. It was 513 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:45,280 Speaker 2: originally priced at nine ninety nine. But what I've been 514 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 2: putting in here is priceless because I put on the 515 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 2: front of it, I put g P gratitude practice, and 516 00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 2: I decided to start ending my day on a high. 517 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 2: But it only takes me like five minutes, and it's 518 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 2: not fancy, so you might not be very impressed, but 519 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 2: it it's really been blessing me too. At the end 520 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,960 Speaker 2: of my day to fill up just one page. 521 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 1: And I picked a. 522 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:22,880 Speaker 2: Small notebook so it wouldn't be very intimidating, just one 523 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:26,480 Speaker 2: page on this little notebook. How many of you are 524 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:28,360 Speaker 2: already planning your trip to Target. 525 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,960 Speaker 1: Or Walmart because you need one of these. You need 526 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:31,480 Speaker 1: one of these. 527 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,720 Speaker 2: I just at night. I've been doing this. It's been 528 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 2: helping me a lot and that's why I thought i'd 529 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,760 Speaker 2: share it with you. Is just I write at the 530 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,400 Speaker 2: top of the page gratitude practice. 531 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 1: Just to run mind myself that I don't have to 532 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,000 Speaker 1: feel grateful to be grateful. 533 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:56,760 Speaker 2: And sometimes the pen doesn't start writing real quick. Sometimes 534 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 2: it takes me all of the first five minutes to 535 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:03,160 Speaker 2: even get the pin moving. But it's amazing. Once I 536 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:06,760 Speaker 2: get the pin moving, what I remember from that day, 537 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 2: it's amazing. It's like giving me a different overview because 538 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:13,560 Speaker 2: I go to bed so focus. 539 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,480 Speaker 1: On what might happen tomorrow, what didn't get done today. 540 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 1: But it's just been helping me. 541 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,760 Speaker 2: If you want to try it, you can and then 542 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:22,360 Speaker 2: put your picture on social media and I'll see your 543 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 2: little journal and you can we talk about it and 544 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 2: you can hashtag it. 545 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:29,440 Speaker 1: You can hashtag it. 546 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 2: Come on up, you can hashtag it, you can hashtag it. Overview, 547 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:39,560 Speaker 2: because when I'm looking my day over I want to 548 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,920 Speaker 2: look at it from the perspective of all the things 549 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:43,760 Speaker 2: that I might have missed. 550 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 1: And didn't pay attention to that day that God did 551 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 1: for me. 552 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 2: Because what that's going to do is when I start tomorrow, 553 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 2: I'm not going to start down here. 554 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna start it up higher. Now. 555 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 2: If I start tomorrow here, maybe I can end here. 556 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 2: And maybe if I end that day here, I can 557 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:06,600 Speaker 2: start the next one up there. He's taking me from 558 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 2: strength to strength and glory to glory. 559 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:12,480 Speaker 1: So I just write down little dumb stuff. 560 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:17,120 Speaker 2: It's nothing fancy, it's nothing poetic, it's nothing they're going 561 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:20,359 Speaker 2: to publish if I die. It's nothing that anybody's gonna 562 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:21,360 Speaker 2: read at my funeral. 563 00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,879 Speaker 1: Just little old dumb stuff. Just stuff that wouldn't mean 564 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:25,560 Speaker 1: much to you. 565 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,920 Speaker 2: Just stuff that I remember from the day open doors, 566 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:30,359 Speaker 2: ways that God. 567 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 1: Made, moments that I had a. 568 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,239 Speaker 2: Car wreck that I didn't get in, you know, all 569 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:36,880 Speaker 2: the stuff that didn't happen. Sometimes is a good reason 570 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:37,880 Speaker 2: to praise God. 571 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:39,680 Speaker 1: Too, just little stuff. 572 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:43,520 Speaker 2: Christy brought me a coffee yesterday before I preached. 573 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,360 Speaker 1: I thank God for the coffee. 574 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:51,600 Speaker 2: I thank God for a new season of show that 575 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 2: I wanted to watch. 576 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:58,960 Speaker 1: Well, why not thank him for it? Why not? I 577 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:02,080 Speaker 1: can praise him over flicks. You don't have to, but 578 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:02,640 Speaker 1: I can. 579 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:07,920 Speaker 2: Every good, imperfect gift comes from above. Maybe that's a 580 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:12,440 Speaker 2: stretch I put down. This sounds kind of cute. Some 581 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:17,000 Speaker 2: shells in the ocean that my kids brought. Amen, that's 582 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,440 Speaker 2: what I'm looking for. I'm looking for that all because 583 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:20,359 Speaker 2: I might have missed that. 584 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 1: I might not be paying attention. Just to remember that. 585 00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:26,360 Speaker 2: Your kids are healthy and they played on the beach today. 586 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:28,960 Speaker 2: And while I'm at it, why don't I thank God 587 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:31,600 Speaker 2: for the ocean. You know, the ocean was there before 588 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 2: I got there. It's gonna be there when I'm gone. 589 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:36,279 Speaker 2: And while I'm at it, why don't I thank God 590 00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:36,920 Speaker 2: that he's. 591 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:37,360 Speaker 1: Bigger than me. 592 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,239 Speaker 2: And why don't I thank God that I have windows? 593 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:42,520 Speaker 2: I just thank God for whatever you can think of. 594 00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:44,600 Speaker 2: If you sit there and try to make it too fancy, 595 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 2: it won't work. I thank thee thou, Lord God, that 596 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:50,040 Speaker 2: thou didst create the heavens and the stars, and by 597 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:51,560 Speaker 2: thy mercy was the firmament. 598 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:52,440 Speaker 1: No, none of that. 599 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:55,319 Speaker 2: I thank God for My new book that I read 600 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,000 Speaker 2: is called Shoe Dog. 601 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,520 Speaker 1: About Phil Knight from Nike. I enjoyed it. 602 00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,759 Speaker 2: Saw put it in the notebook because I wanted to 603 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,839 Speaker 2: remember something good that happened that day. 604 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:05,560 Speaker 1: Amen, I could just go through. 605 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:07,759 Speaker 2: This notebook and I'm not beating the devil with some 606 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,360 Speaker 2: big rocket grenade lunch or you know, I'm just gonna 607 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:14,719 Speaker 2: beat them with some paper cuts. I'm ana beat. I'm 608 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:18,160 Speaker 2: a beat depression with some paper cuts. I'm ana beat despair. 609 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,920 Speaker 2: I'm gonna make my way up a little bit at 610 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:24,400 Speaker 2: a time. I'm gonna increase my altitude, one thought at 611 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,880 Speaker 2: a time. I'm gonna do it, one night at a time, 612 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:30,080 Speaker 2: one day at a time. Touch somebody say, I'm coming up, 613 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:34,080 Speaker 2: I'm coming up. I'm coming up higher. I'm coming up higher. 614 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:36,839 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna end my day as a victim. I'm 615 00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:39,520 Speaker 2: gonna end it as a victor. I got an overview. 616 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:43,279 Speaker 2: I got a place in heaven around the throne of God. 617 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:49,320 Speaker 8: And I see my situation. I see my situation from above. 618 00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:55,000 Speaker 8: And when I see it from a per I noticed something. 619 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,880 Speaker 8: I notice something about authority. 620 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,680 Speaker 1: After this I looked in There before me was the 621 00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:05,840 Speaker 1: door you got nine minutes. 622 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:12,280 Speaker 2: That's all I need to tell you about authority standing 623 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:16,720 Speaker 2: open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard 624 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:21,960 Speaker 2: speaking to me was still speaking to me. And the 625 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,480 Speaker 2: door that was opened for John is still open for you. 626 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:32,680 Speaker 2: Jesus Christ opened to heavens. They haven't shut. Abby came 627 00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:36,919 Speaker 2: to me the other day and said, Daddy, this door 628 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:40,080 Speaker 2: is broken. We were at a store and it had 629 00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:43,800 Speaker 2: automatic doors, and she said, the door is broken. She's five, 630 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,680 Speaker 2: so I had to explain to her baby, the door 631 00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:52,920 Speaker 2: isn't broken. You just didn't get close enough to open it. 632 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:59,600 Speaker 2: There's some censors up here, and you stopped five feet 633 00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:03,200 Speaker 2: short of where you had to stand, and the doors 634 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:04,880 Speaker 2: would have opened. 635 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:05,920 Speaker 1: After this. 636 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:10,000 Speaker 2: I looked, and there before me was a door standing 637 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:15,600 Speaker 2: open in heaven. And the voice I first heard said, 638 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:20,160 Speaker 2: come on up, and I will show you what must 639 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:27,000 Speaker 2: take place after this. He saw a door because he 640 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:32,440 Speaker 2: looked ahead. He heard a voice because he got above. 641 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,080 Speaker 2: So preach my sermon to your neighbor. Tell him look 642 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:41,919 Speaker 2: ahead from above. As you look at your future, look 643 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:48,040 Speaker 2: at it from God's perspective. Even as you think about November, 644 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:55,960 Speaker 2: think about November from God's perspective. I'm preaching to all 645 00:38:56,000 --> 00:39:00,080 Speaker 2: of you Fox News, Chunkies and MSNBC two. 646 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,920 Speaker 1: Because the next thing that John saw will. 647 00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:09,600 Speaker 2: Set your heart free from anxiety. 648 00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:12,040 Speaker 1: Can I give it to you. 649 00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:15,800 Speaker 2: We're down to seven minutes, so we'll have to work quickly. 650 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,640 Speaker 2: But he said, I saw a door and I heard 651 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:23,000 Speaker 2: a voice, and at once I was in the spirit, 652 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:32,200 Speaker 2: and there before me, before me, was a throne in heaven. 653 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,600 Speaker 2: I wish I had time to tell you about this throne. Man, 654 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:40,399 Speaker 2: I do I have time to tell you, because there's 655 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:43,640 Speaker 2: a whole other group that's coming to church. I would 656 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:47,319 Speaker 2: tell you about everything that's around the throne. There is 657 00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:50,680 Speaker 2: a rainbow around the throne of God that encircles the 658 00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:54,080 Speaker 2: throne to represent his brilliance. I would tell you about 659 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:57,320 Speaker 2: the twenty four elders who sit on twenty four thrones 660 00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:01,000 Speaker 2: around the throne little lowercase T throat around the capital 661 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:04,000 Speaker 2: T big throne, and how they have crowns of gold 662 00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:06,960 Speaker 2: and gold represents dignity, and they wear robes of white, 663 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:08,840 Speaker 2: which represent purity because. 664 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,440 Speaker 1: The Lamb has washed us clean. 665 00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:12,480 Speaker 2: And I would tell you, if I had time, about 666 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,279 Speaker 2: the four living creatures who are sitting around heaven one day, 667 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:17,120 Speaker 2: and one of them looks like an ox, and one 668 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:18,960 Speaker 2: of them looks like a lion, and one of them 669 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,680 Speaker 2: has a face like a man, and one of them 670 00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:23,040 Speaker 2: has wings well, in fact, all of them have wings. 671 00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,359 Speaker 2: They have six wings each, and they're covered with eyes 672 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:28,000 Speaker 2: because they can see God perfectly. And their job is 673 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:29,959 Speaker 2: to get around the throne. And they wrote a song 674 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:31,759 Speaker 2: for God one day and they said holy is the 675 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:34,520 Speaker 2: Lord God Almighty. And then one of them said, I 676 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:37,320 Speaker 2: don't think that's good enough. We should do holy Holy 677 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:39,400 Speaker 2: is the Lord God Almighty, because if we say it 678 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:41,680 Speaker 2: twice to get the point across, because as God we're 679 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:43,919 Speaker 2: speaking about. And they sang that for like a couple 680 00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:46,360 Speaker 2: thousand years, and then eventually one of them said, I 681 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:48,520 Speaker 2: don't think we're doing it right because he's not just 682 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:53,879 Speaker 2: holy holy, He's holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty. 683 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:57,640 Speaker 2: He is and was and is to come see he 684 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:01,320 Speaker 2: is holy, he was holy, he will be holy. 685 00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:05,759 Speaker 1: He's holy, Holy Holy. He is the God who stands in. 686 00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:11,960 Speaker 2: Your future, redeeming your past from your present. He is Holy, Holy, Holy, 687 00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:13,480 Speaker 2: the Lord God Almighty. 688 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:16,200 Speaker 1: I wish I had time to tell you about the throne. 689 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,480 Speaker 3: I would tell you about the seven lamp stands that 690 00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:21,560 Speaker 3: are before the throne, that represent the seven spirits of 691 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:23,440 Speaker 3: God that have gone out into the earth. 692 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:24,719 Speaker 1: I tell you about. 693 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:28,320 Speaker 2: The sea of crystal that's before the throne, clear as crystal. 694 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:31,680 Speaker 2: Because God sees everything that happens on earth from his 695 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,520 Speaker 2: vantage point in Heaven. There's no tear, you cried, He 696 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:38,040 Speaker 2: hasn't seen there's no heartbreak you've suffered that he didn't witness. 697 00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,920 Speaker 1: There's nothing you're going through he's not aware of. He 698 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:42,400 Speaker 1: sees it from the throne. 699 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:44,799 Speaker 2: I wish I had time to tell you about ten 700 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:49,120 Speaker 2: thousand times ten thousand angels. You'd be so excited if 701 00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:52,320 Speaker 2: you could see those angels. They're not stressed out in heaven. 702 00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:55,000 Speaker 2: They're looking at the future and they know that God 703 00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:57,160 Speaker 2: is on the throne. I wish I could tell you 704 00:41:57,239 --> 00:42:01,240 Speaker 2: about the throne. Is anybody grateful but there's still a problem. 705 00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:04,360 Speaker 2: Come on, I need you to thank God. 706 00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:10,280 Speaker 7: For the throne, where mercy rains, where love rooms. 707 00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:16,560 Speaker 1: I'll tell you about the throne. I would tell you. 708 00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:20,000 Speaker 2: About how from the throne of God, John heard the 709 00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:24,040 Speaker 2: peals of an earthquake and the flashing of lightning and 710 00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,680 Speaker 2: the rumble of thunder that came from the throne, because 711 00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:29,120 Speaker 2: that lets me know that God is awesome. And when 712 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:31,839 Speaker 2: he stumps his foot and when he puts his foot down, 713 00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:40,520 Speaker 2: the earth shakes. John said, I saw the future from 714 00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:44,920 Speaker 2: the throne, and it changed the way I thought about it. 715 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:49,360 Speaker 2: And now I would like for you to stand because 716 00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:52,080 Speaker 2: I'm closing my message. 717 00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:54,920 Speaker 1: And I'm closing my series. 718 00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:58,479 Speaker 2: But I want to tell you my favorite thing about 719 00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:04,239 Speaker 2: the throne. And this is for all of you who 720 00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:08,560 Speaker 2: have anxiety in your heart about your future. Okay, what's 721 00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:16,480 Speaker 2: gonna happen to you? What's gonna happen. Faith is anticipation 722 00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:33,240 Speaker 2: minus anxiety. Faith gives me the ability to say, whatever's next. 723 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:37,360 Speaker 1: I'm ready. 724 00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:44,960 Speaker 2: If it's Hillary, if it's Bernie, if it's Donald, I'm ready. 725 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:49,759 Speaker 2: Because they might sit behind the desk, but they don't 726 00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:50,760 Speaker 2: sit on the throne. 727 00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:57,080 Speaker 1: Come on, charts. We don't watch the polls. We watch 728 00:43:57,160 --> 00:43:59,160 Speaker 1: the throne. Gets their eyes up. 729 00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,399 Speaker 7: Look ahead, get your eyes up, get a bow. 730 00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:07,520 Speaker 2: And the last thing I wanted to tell you. I 731 00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:13,000 Speaker 2: wanted to tell you look ahead, get a bath, and 732 00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:17,719 Speaker 2: step aside, because John said. 733 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,200 Speaker 1: I saw a throne and watch this. This is my 734 00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:23,360 Speaker 1: favorite part. This is my message. This my message, just 735 00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:24,120 Speaker 1: my message. Ready. 736 00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:27,040 Speaker 2: Verse two, I saw a throne. 737 00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:32,200 Speaker 1: With someone sitting on it. And here's the good news. 738 00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:38,959 Speaker 1: There is a throne, someone is on it and it's 739 00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:45,920 Speaker 1: not you. Well, I thought you'd clap over that. 740 00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:49,480 Speaker 2: You've been staying up late worrying about how it's gonna happen. 741 00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:53,880 Speaker 1: But God just gave you an overview. He wanted to 742 00:44:53,960 --> 00:44:55,600 Speaker 1: let you know about your future. 743 00:44:56,080 --> 00:45:01,239 Speaker 5: I rule, I ray, I am, I rule, I am, 744 00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:07,319 Speaker 5: I was, I am, and I will be forevermore. 745 00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:13,640 Speaker 1: There is a throne, I'm not on it. 746 00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:21,200 Speaker 2: And whatever is on the throne of heaven needs to 747 00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:28,800 Speaker 2: be enthroned in my heart. So if Christ is enthroned 748 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:33,160 Speaker 2: in heaven and nothing that happens on earth happens without 749 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:38,040 Speaker 2: His permission and his purpose, then that means there are 750 00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:40,439 Speaker 2: some things that are on the throne of my heart 751 00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:41,200 Speaker 2: that have to go. 752 00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:48,960 Speaker 1: So look at fear. How long has fear been on 753 00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:49,879 Speaker 1: the throne in your life. 754 00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:53,680 Speaker 2: You need to make an announcement to fear, and you 755 00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:58,120 Speaker 2: need to do it today, and tell Fear get off 756 00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:05,560 Speaker 2: the throne. This seat is taken. You got it, and 757 00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:10,400 Speaker 2: don't ask nicely. This seat belongs to the King of 758 00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:13,040 Speaker 2: kings and the Lord of lords. 759 00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:17,520 Speaker 3: Come on, lift your hands. His presence is here, and 760 00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:20,279 Speaker 3: thrown him in your praise. Some of you need to 761 00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:23,480 Speaker 3: look at failure. You've been dominated too long by what's 762 00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:26,000 Speaker 3: behind you. God brought you here to give you an 763 00:46:26,040 --> 00:46:28,680 Speaker 3: overview of your future. I hope you're standing. 764 00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:31,360 Speaker 1: The king is here. I hope you got your hands lifted. 765 00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:34,200 Speaker 1: I hope you got your hotel. The King is here. 766 00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:37,400 Speaker 1: We enthrone you on our praise feelings. 767 00:46:38,040 --> 00:46:42,920 Speaker 2: Get up the throne, selfishness, get up the throne. 768 00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:49,719 Speaker 6: He who is and was and is to come is 769 00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:58,880 Speaker 6: sitting on the front, and we crowded gown. 770 00:46:57,080 --> 00:47:09,239 Speaker 1: Come on, crowding gowd. Thank you for joining us. 771 00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:12,000 Speaker 9: Special thanks to those of you who give generously to 772 00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:15,560 Speaker 9: this ministry. Is because of you that this ministry is possible. 773 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:18,200 Speaker 9: You can click the link in the description to give 774 00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:22,440 Speaker 9: now or visit Elevationchurch dot org slash podcast for more 775 00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:26,240 Speaker 9: information and if you enjoyed the podcast, you can subscribe. 776 00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:27,880 Speaker 1: You can share it with your friends. 777 00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:30,440 Speaker 9: You can click the share button, take a screenshot and 778 00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:32,600 Speaker 9: share it on your social stories and tag us at 779 00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:33,479 Speaker 9: Elevation Church. 780 00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:35,200 Speaker 1: Thanks again for listening. God bless you.