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Well, God bless you. 40 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 4: It's always a joy to come into your homes and 41 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 4: if you're ever in the Euston area, please stop by 42 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 4: and be a part of our services. I promise you 43 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 4: we'll make you feel right at home. I like to 44 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 4: start with something funny, and I heard about these three 45 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 4: men that were out in the wilderness. They came to 46 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,920 Speaker 4: this violent raging river. They needed to get to the 47 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 4: other side. The first man prayed, God, please give me 48 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 4: the strength to make it across, and poof God gave 49 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,359 Speaker 4: him big arms and strong legs. He was able to 50 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 4: swim across in two hours. The next man prayed, God, 51 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 4: please give me the strength and the tools to make 52 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 4: it across. Poof God gave him a boat. He was 53 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 4: able to row across in thirty minutes. The next man prayed, God, 54 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 4: please give me the strength, the tools, and the intelligence 55 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 4: to make it across, and poof God turned him into 56 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 4: a woman. She looked at the map, hiked five minutes 57 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 4: up the stream, and walked across the bridge. Say it 58 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 4: like you mean, especially the women. This is my Bible. 59 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 4: I am what it says. I am. I have what 60 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 4: it says I am. I can do what it says 61 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 62 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 63 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 4: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 64 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 65 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 4: about better together. It's easy to do life on our 66 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 4: own and think we don't need any help, but you 67 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 4: won't reach your highest potential by yourself. God has ordained 68 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 4: people to come into your life to strengthen you, to 69 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 4: encourage you, to push you toward your purpose. You've seen 70 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 4: birds that fly information. When geese make that v it 71 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 4: takes forty percent less energy for them to fly. They 72 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 4: could do it by themselves, but they understand this principle. 73 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 4: They won't go as far if they fly solo. Over 74 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 4: thirty times in the scripture, it says one another, love 75 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 4: one another, encourage one another, serve one another, comfort one another. 76 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 4: You need one another's around you. Don't isolate yourself and think, well, 77 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 4: I'm strong enough, I'm tough enough, I'm talented enough. You 78 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 4: may be for what you have in mind, but not 79 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 4: for what God has in mind. He has something bigger, 80 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 4: something more rewarding, that you can't do by yourself. Are 81 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 4: you flying solo or do you have a community of 82 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 4: faith people flying with you, watching over you, encouraging you, 83 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 4: inspiring you. After the football game the other night, the 84 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 4: star running back was being interviewed. He'd had a great game, 85 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 4: set a record for the amount of yards he had rushed. 86 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 4: The reporter asked him how he did it. The first 87 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 4: thing he said was it was because of my offensive line. 88 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 4: Those guys that block from me, they're the best. And 89 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 4: my coaches have poured into me and made me better. 90 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 4: My trainers have helped me to get stronger. He recognized 91 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 4: that we need each other. You can be good by yourself, 92 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 4: but you can't be great by yourself. You won't become 93 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 4: all you were created to be without the right people 94 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 4: around you. You can go sixty percent, but when you 95 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 4: get information, when you have a family of faith blocking 96 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 4: for you, praying for you, encouraging you, you'll go forty 97 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 4: percent further. The scripture says, here forsake not the assembling 98 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 4: of yourselves together. When we come together as a body 99 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 4: of believers united in faith, there's something that happens that 100 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 4: you cannot get on your own. We draw strength from 101 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 4: each other. As your praise gets mixed with their praise, 102 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 4: power is released, healing is released, joy is released. Every 103 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:57,840 Speaker 4: time we come together, you're being refreshed, restored, re energized. 104 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 4: It's like your batteries are be and recharged. What the 105 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 4: week took out of you, God is putting back in you. 106 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 4: And it's good to worship on your own. It's important 107 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 4: to pray by yourself, but something happens corporately, that doesn't 108 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 4: happen individually. That's why David said, let us magnify the 109 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 4: Lord together. When we come together to magnify God, it's 110 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:28,679 Speaker 4: like the intensity is turned up. There is power in connectivity. 111 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 4: People tell me all the time. When I drove into 112 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 4: the parking lot, I could feel something different. A man 113 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 4: came last week. He had never been to church. He 114 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 4: had tattoos all over his face, his arms looked like 115 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 4: he lived a rough life. He said, I don't know 116 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 4: what's wrong with me. The whole time I've been here, 117 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 4: I couldn't stop weeping. I've never felt this before. This 118 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 4: building is a former sports arena. There have been large 119 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 4: events in here for thirty years. Nobody walked around weeping. 120 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 4: What's the difference. When we come together in faith and 121 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 4: ordinary building becomes the house of God. Your faith mix 122 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 4: with everybody else's faith create something powerful. It breaks bondages, 123 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 4: It lifts depression, It brings healing, It restores joy. I'm 124 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 4: glad you want glad you listen, But don't let this 125 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 4: be a substitute for going to your local church. Let 126 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 4: it be an addition. You need to be around a 127 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 4: community of faith and I know it takes effort. You 128 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 4: have to get up early, get your kids dressed, drive 129 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 4: somewhere on your day off. There's a lot of other 130 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 4: things you could be doing, but you will never give 131 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 4: God something without him giving you more back in return. 132 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 4: You give God the first part of your week. Take 133 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 4: a few hours to assemble together, connect with other believers. 134 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 4: God will make up the time. He can give you 135 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 4: one idea, one good by break that will put you 136 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 4: six months down the road. God sees the sacrifice every 137 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 4: time you obey. There's a blessing that follows. There have 138 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 4: been times that I've come and had a lot on 139 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 4: my mind dealing with challenges. But when I walk in 140 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 4: these doors and hear the songs of praise and see 141 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 4: the smile on your face, I can feel the victory 142 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 4: in the room. All of a sudden, I have a 143 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:30,239 Speaker 4: new perspective. I'm reminded that God is bigger than anything 144 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 4: that I'm facing, that He's in control of my life. 145 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 4: It's like that heaviness, let's ride off. I have a 146 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 4: whole new attitude. What is that God refreshing, restoring, re energizing. 147 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 4: I could have stayed at home and hoped to get 148 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 4: better prayed for joy and believe for a breakthrough. But 149 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 4: there's power in connectivity. Your faith is making me stronger. 150 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 4: Your praise is helping fight my battles. Your smile is 151 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 4: giving me. When we come together, it's not only refueling you, 152 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 4: but it's helping others. And sometimes we think, well, everything's 153 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 4: great in my life. I don't need to come. Why 154 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 4: don't you come and let your praise be for somebody else? 155 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 4: Why don't you let your worship create an atmosphere for 156 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 4: God to bless others. Your smile can be what keeps 157 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 4: them going. Your hug can be what puts them back 158 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 4: on their feet. I talked to someone that's been at 159 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:33,719 Speaker 4: Lakewood for over forty years. When I was growing up, 160 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 4: they helped take care of me as a young boy. 161 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 4: They were telling me about how much the church meant 162 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 4: to them and how they wouldn't have made it through 163 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 4: some tough times if it wasn't for Lakewood. They were 164 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 4: so grateful for what they had received, But all I 165 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 4: could think about is how much I had received from them, 166 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 4: About how many other people they've impacted with their faithfulness, 167 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 4: giving serving year after year. You being here is making 168 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 4: us all stronger. Your faithfulness is what's causing some people 169 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 4: to keep moving forward. They came in didn't think they 170 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 4: could go on. But when they heard your praise, when 171 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 4: they saw your smile, your encouragement, it breathed new life 172 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 4: back into their spirit. Well, Joel, not me. I'm just 173 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 4: one person in this big crowd. I'm just sitting way 174 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 4: up top. Yes, but your presence made the atmosphere better. 175 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:31,440 Speaker 4: You brought God with you, You brought faith with you. 176 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 4: You came with expectancy. And the scripture says, where two 177 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 4: or three are gathered in the name of Jesus, God 178 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 4: is in the midst. How about when two or three 179 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,559 Speaker 4: hundred aregether or two or three thousand, eight or twenty 180 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 4: or thirty thousands. I believe that it's multiplied. Every one 181 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 4: of us is causing there to be greater faith, greater strength, 182 00:10:55,280 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 4: greater joy. Together. We're better together, We're stronger together, were 183 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 4: more powerful. It's good to watch, it's good to listen. 184 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 4: I believe we're connected in spirit. But if you live 185 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 4: in this area, don't go the next thirty years and 186 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 4: miss out. We need you. Not only will you make 187 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 4: us better, I'll make a promise to you, will make 188 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 4: you better. What you like on television is multiplied in person. 189 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 4: But wherever you live, get plugged into a good Bible 190 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 4: based church. Here's the key. Don't compare that church to 191 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,959 Speaker 4: this church. Your pastor may not be as good looking 192 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 4: as me. I don't know why I say that, but 193 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 4: that's okay. The blessing is in the obedience of assembling together. 194 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 4: It goes on to say, as the matter of some 195 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 4: is that means some used to be plugged in. Some 196 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 4: used to make God a priority. They used to be faithful, giving, serving, attending, 197 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 4: but they got distracted, they got busy. What they're really 198 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 4: saying is I can fly solo. I can do life 199 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:08,319 Speaker 4: on my own. The problem with not having a community 200 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 4: of faith is you get out from under protection. When 201 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 4: you're with the body of believers, you not only have 202 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 4: people watching over you, but God covers you. He puts 203 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 4: a headge of protection that will make it more difficult 204 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 4: to get off course. And man, I know he and 205 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:29,079 Speaker 4: his family when I was growing up. They were some 206 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 4: of our main leaders here at Laquid, really great people, 207 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 4: and I was friends with his children. But he got distracted. 208 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 4: He decided he didn't need a community of faith. He's 209 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 4: gonna fly solo. He's gonna live isolated, nobody to watch 210 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 4: after him. He ended up losing his marriage, he turned 211 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 4: to alcohol, he went way downhill, and now none of 212 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 4: his children will have anything to do with him. I 213 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 4: thought about how different his life would be if he 214 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:01,199 Speaker 4: would have just stayed connected, if he would have continued 215 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 4: that commitment to make God a priority, being here each week, 216 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 4: serving with others. When you're in the House of the Lord, 217 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 4: there is a protection that God puts on you. There 218 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 4: are battles that you won't have to fight, temptations, you 219 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 4: won't have to deal with, struggles you won't have to 220 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 4: go through because you're connected, you're plugged in, you're honoring God. 221 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 3: Now. 222 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 4: I can't think of a better gift to give your 223 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 4: children than to raise them in the House of the Lord. 224 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 4: Some people won't understand why are you getting up early 225 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 4: on your day off to not just go to church. 226 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:44,559 Speaker 4: You go early to serve, you stay late to help others. 227 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 4: What's wrong with you? They don't realize that's not only 228 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 4: refueling you, but the scripture says when you're planted in 229 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 4: the House of the Lord, you will flourish. When you're 230 00:13:55,679 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 4: plugged in, faithful you make being at God's house of priority. 231 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:03,839 Speaker 4: There is a blessing on your life that will cause 232 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 4: you to bloom, to blossom, to flourish. You will reach 233 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 4: levels that you could not reach on your own. David said, 234 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 4: I love your sanctuary, the place where your glory shines. 235 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 4: You know what's happening right now. God's glory is shining 236 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 4: down on you, his favor, his strength, his healing, his encouragement. 237 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 4: Your weak will go better because you're covered with the 238 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 4: glory of God. That good break you had recently, that 239 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 4: client that called and placed an unexpected order, that car 240 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 4: that swerved just at the last minute and barely missed you, 241 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 4: wasn't a lucky break. That was the blessing that comes 242 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 4: from being planted in the house of the Lord. That's 243 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 4: God's glory shining down, covering you, favoring you, protecting you, 244 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 4: keeping you safe. But today there are so many distractions. 245 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 4: Good things can keep us from God's best. Well, Joel, 246 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 4: I've got soccer today, I've got some errands to run, 247 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 4: I've got a busy a week. I'm gonna stay home 248 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 4: and rest. All good things. But when you realize the 249 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 4: benefits of coming together. You'll rearrange your schedule so you 250 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 4: can be in the House of the Lord. It's all 251 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 4: what we make important. I love sports. I've seen people 252 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 4: go to a football game, sit outside in twenty degree weather, 253 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 4: freezing cold. Traffic is terrible. They have to walk a 254 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 4: mile to the stadium, sit in the upper deck, can't 255 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 4: even see their eyelashes are frozen. They don't complain, they 256 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 4: don't get upset. They're a fan. They love their team. 257 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 4: What if we had that same spirit. I'm a fan. 258 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 4: I'm going to the House of the Lord, not to 259 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 4: cheer on my team, but to worship my God, to 260 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 4: thank him for what he's done, to draw strength from 261 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 4: other believers, to have his glory shine down on me. 262 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 4: Says don't forsake assembling together, and so much more. As 263 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 4: you see the day approaching, it's saying, be sure you 264 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 4: come together. But as the times start getting darker, there's 265 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 4: more trouble, more calamity than make especially sure that you 266 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 4: come together. We are living in a day where almost 267 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 4: every week there's an incredible tragedy, school shootings, people driving 268 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 4: buses into innocent people, viruses that are hard to contain, flooding, earthquakes, 269 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 4: if there was ever a day we should come together 270 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 4: not out of fear, but to draw strength and encouragement 271 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 4: from each other, it would be today. Yet, this is 272 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 4: a day when there are more distractions than ever. We're busier, 273 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 4: we have more opportunities. You have to make it a 274 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 4: priority that as for me and my house, we're not 275 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 4: only going to serve the Lord, We're going to go 276 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 4: to the house of the Lord. In the house of 277 00:16:56,160 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 4: the Lord, there's protection, there's healing, there's encouragement. It prepares 278 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 4: you for what you're going to face during the week. 279 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 4: You'll make better decisions, you'll have more creativity, You'll see 280 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 4: more of God's favor. I saw a report on penguins. 281 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 4: They live in a climate where the weather can get 282 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 4: down to forty below zero with winds of one hundred 283 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:23,679 Speaker 4: and twenty miles an hour. The way they survive is 284 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 4: they all huddle together. They stand side by side all around, 285 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:32,160 Speaker 4: as many as six thousand in a group. Their feathers 286 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 4: catch the warmth from their bodies. The temperature in the 287 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 4: center of the huddle can get up to seventy degrees. 288 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 4: Their protection is in their connectivity. But if one of 289 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 4: those penguins decided he was going to do life on 290 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,199 Speaker 4: his own. He doesn't have time to huddle. He's got 291 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,959 Speaker 4: places to go, people to see. He's gonna fly solo. 292 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 4: It wouldn't be long until he was in penguin heaven. 293 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 4: He couldn't make it by himself. His survival is dependent 294 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 4: on staying connected. Same way with us. All that's going 295 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 4: on in the world, distractions, calamities, opportunities for compromise, with 296 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 4: all that cold, you can't make it by yourself. You 297 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:20,360 Speaker 4: need the warmth, the strength, the encouragement, the support from 298 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:24,439 Speaker 4: other believers. You have to stay connected. It's time to 299 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:29,159 Speaker 4: get plugged in. Don't go another year flying solo. You 300 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:31,919 Speaker 4: don't know what you're missing. Do in life without a 301 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 4: community of faith. And the Scripture says, when we come 302 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 4: together in unity, there is a commanded blessing. We are 303 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 4: here today from all walks of life, all races, all 304 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 4: social standings, Democrats, republicans, Aggie's longhorns, cougars, rich, poor, young, old. 305 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 4: When we walk in the door, we put all that down. 306 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 4: We are here as one family to worship the God 307 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:05,400 Speaker 4: who spoke worlds into existence. Doesn't matter where you've been, 308 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 4: the mistakes you've made, what nationality, You are who you 309 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 4: voted for, what your occupation is. We realize, even though 310 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 4: we have differences, we are worshiping the same God. And 311 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 4: because there is a spirit of unity, because we know 312 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 4: we're all a part of the same family. God says, 313 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 4: every time we come together, He's going to command a blessing. 314 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 4: He commands favor commands, healing commands, joy commands, breakthroughs what 315 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,400 Speaker 4: stopped you in the past. Every time you show up, 316 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 4: it's getting a little bit weaker. You keep coming together 317 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 4: faithfully week after week. One day, that commanded blessing is 318 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 4: going to break every force that's holding you back. You're 319 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 4: going to step into a new level of your destiny. 320 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,640 Speaker 4: In Psalm seventy three, this man was having a lot 321 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 4: of problems. People were coming against him. He was discouraged. 322 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 4: He said, all I have is trouble all day long. 323 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 4: Every morning brings me pain. I went to the edge 324 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 4: of the cliff. I was almost done. After listing all 325 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 4: these things that he was up against, he said in 326 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:21,919 Speaker 4: verse seventeen, then I went to the sanctuary. It tells 327 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 4: how in the sanctuary he got a new perspective. He 328 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 4: could hear people thinking, God telling of his goodness. When 329 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 4: he got around people of faith, people that knew that 330 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:37,159 Speaker 4: God was in control, that spirit of defeat depression couldn't stay. 331 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 4: A few verses later, he hadn't been in the sanctuary, 332 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 4: probably fifteen minutes. He said, God, I know I belong 333 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:48,880 Speaker 4: to you. You're holding my right hand, and you will 334 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 4: lead me to a glorious destiny. He went from thinking 335 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 4: all I have is trouble to I have a glorious destiny. 336 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 4: What changed? Did he drink a red blood? Did he 337 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,199 Speaker 4: watch Doctor Phil Did he call the prayer hotline? No, 338 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 4: he came to the sanctuary. In other words, he showed 339 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 4: up at Lakewood. He could have been sitting down the 340 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 4: road from you. Your praise is what created the atmosphere 341 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:19,400 Speaker 4: to break the depression. Your smile, your joy, your encouragement 342 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 4: could have helped change his perspective. In the House of 343 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 4: the Lord, we draw strength from each other. There are 344 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:30,159 Speaker 4: some breakthroughs that are only going to happen when you 345 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 4: get to the sanctuary. Your faith alone may not be enough. 346 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,159 Speaker 4: That's why God has ordained you to be in a 347 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 4: community of faith. In the sanctuary. Your faith is connected 348 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 4: to their faith, and their faith and their faith. Before 349 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 4: long Instead of small faith, you have mountain moving faith. 350 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 4: What held you back individually could not hold you back corporately. 351 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 4: I need your faith, I need your strength, I need 352 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 4: your smile. By ourselves were strong, but together were unstoppable. 353 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 4: By ourselves, we'll get through the difficulty, but together will 354 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 4: come out better. By ourselves we'll be blessed, but together 355 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 4: we'll step into the fullness of the blessing. I wonder 356 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 4: what would happen if you would get to the sanctuary 357 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:23,919 Speaker 4: more often, if you would make God a priority in 358 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:28,959 Speaker 4: your life. There's power when you're connected. In Acts Chapter one, 359 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 4: Jesus had just risen from the dead, and he told 360 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 4: his followers to not lead Jerusalem, but to wait for 361 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 4: the promise of the Holy Spirit. Scholars say there were 362 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 4: around five hundred people there, but in chapter two, when 363 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 4: the Holy Spirit came, only one hundred and twenty were 364 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 4: in the upper room. The other three hundred and eighty. 365 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 4: Maybe they were busy, maybe they had errands to run, 366 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 4: maybe they were tired. Whatever the reason, they missed what 367 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 4: God promised. Those one hundred and twenty people the upper room. 368 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 4: The scripture says they were in one place, in one accord. 369 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:10,479 Speaker 4: They were together in unity, and suddenly the Holy Spirit 370 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 4: came like a rushing mighty wind. When you're in unity, 371 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 4: connected with other believers, there will be some suddenlies. Suddenly 372 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:24,200 Speaker 4: your health will improve, Suddenly your business will take off, 373 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 4: Suddenly you'll meet the right person. In this year of yes, 374 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 4: because you're planted in the house of the Lord, you're 375 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 4: going to see unexpected favor, sudden turnarounds. Things you couldn't 376 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 4: make happen. God is suddenly going to cause them to happen. 377 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:45,199 Speaker 4: I read about redwood trees. They're the tallest trees in 378 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,919 Speaker 4: the world. They can reach heights of three hundred and 379 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 4: fifty feet and live for two thousand years. They're incredibly resilient, 380 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 4: withstanding strong wind storms, pests, or things that would take 381 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:02,679 Speaker 4: other trees down. What's interesting is the redwood's roots only 382 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 4: go down six to twelve feet in the ground. The 383 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 4: largest root is one inch in diameter. How can these 384 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,919 Speaker 4: small roots that only go down a fraction of the 385 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 4: height of the tree keep the tree up. What's unique 386 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:23,679 Speaker 4: about the redwood is its roots intertwine with other redwood's roots. 387 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 4: They spread out one hundred feet and connect with the 388 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 4: roots of all the redwoods around, so when the wind blows, 389 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 4: even if it's a strong storm, the redwood doesn't just 390 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 4: rely on its own roots. The whole forest is linked together. 391 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 4: The wind is not blowing against one tree, it's blowing 392 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 4: against thousands of trees. That's how the redwood can stand 393 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:51,639 Speaker 4: hundreds and hundreds of years. It has the strength of 394 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 4: the whole forest. When you're planted in the house of 395 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 4: the Lord, your roots get connected to my roots and 396 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 4: their roots. Before long, you have a support system that 397 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 4: cannot be shaken when the storms come. What would have 398 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 4: normally have blown you over by yourself, Because you're connected 399 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 4: to other redwoods, we're there to stabilize you, to steady you, 400 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 4: to encourage you. For that storm to take you out, 401 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,399 Speaker 4: it would have to take all of us out, and 402 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 4: that's not possible. One can chase a thousand, two can 403 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:29,159 Speaker 4: put ten thousand to flight. How about when we're all 404 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:36,719 Speaker 4: connected together, we can't be defeated together we're powerful. The 405 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 4: wind may be blowing against you today in your health, 406 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 4: your finances, a relationship trying to push you down, telling 407 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 4: you it's never going to work out. You have too 408 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 4: many obstacles. You need to know you have a lot 409 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 4: of redwoods around you. You are surrounded by a community 410 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 4: of faith. We're not going to let you go down. 411 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 4: The enemy is not just dealing with you, has to 412 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 4: deal with all of us. Our roots are connected. We 413 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 4: are planted in the house of the Lord. You may 414 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 4: get weak, but we're going to be there to hold 415 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 4: you up. The storms may blow, but we're going to 416 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,360 Speaker 4: stabilize you. You may feel like giving up, but we're 417 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,919 Speaker 4: going to keep pushing you forward. That's the benefit of 418 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 4: being connected. It's not just your prayers, it's all of 419 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 4: our prayers. We're in this together, a family of faith. 420 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 4: When my dad went to be with the Lord and 421 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:33,160 Speaker 4: I stepped up to minister, I could feel the strength 422 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 4: from people praying. I could feel the support, the loyalty, 423 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 4: how people wanted me to succeed. I was shaking. I 424 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,159 Speaker 4: didn't think I could do this, but I had a 425 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 4: bunch of Redwoods around me, people that helped me to 426 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,920 Speaker 4: stay up when I couldn't stay up on my own. 427 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 4: You don't have to do life by yourself. If you're 428 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,360 Speaker 4: a Redwood all out on your own, you're not going 429 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 4: to last very long. You were desired to be connected. 430 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 4: You need a family of faith. That's why we're here 431 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,679 Speaker 4: every week. We're going to steady. You encourage you, challenge you, 432 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,679 Speaker 4: inspire you. We didn't meet by accident. You didn't just 433 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 4: flip across this channel. You didn't just decide to show 434 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 4: up at Lakewood Today. God, in his divine destiny has 435 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 4: connected us together. We're better now. My question is are 436 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,879 Speaker 4: you flying solo? Are you doing life on your own 437 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 4: that's going to keep you from your highest potential. We 438 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 4: need you plugged in, committed, faithful for the long haul. 439 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 4: Without you, we won't be as strong. You have something 440 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 4: to offer that nobody else has. When you're planted in 441 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,199 Speaker 4: the house of the Lord, you'll not only go to 442 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 4: new heights, but you're created an atmosphere for God to 443 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 4: bless others. This is the year to get connected. If 444 00:27:56,359 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 4: you'll do this, I believe and declare, because we're together 445 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 4: in unity, God is about to command a blessing on 446 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 4: your life. You're going to bloom, blossom, flourish and see 447 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 4: the glorious future that He has in store in Jesus' name. 448 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 4: If you receive it, can you say him in today? 449 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 4: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 450 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 4: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 451 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. I'll 452 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 4: make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that 453 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 4: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 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