1 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,439 Speaker 2: I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast. 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 2: I wanted to thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. 5 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 2: Hope it gives your perspective to see God is moving 6 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 2: in your life. 7 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: Enjoy the message. 8 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 2: We have also been releasing in this series that I'm doing, 9 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 2: do the New you, not only this new book that 10 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,799 Speaker 2: I've written, but also we have been releasing six confessions 11 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,159 Speaker 2: of Faith into your life, one at a time, just 12 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 2: giving you your daily dosage. And this one today is 13 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 2: what Holly says is her favorite of the six, and 14 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 2: I think she says that because I need it the most. 15 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 2: We're gonna talk about joy today, and the specific mindset 16 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 2: goes like this. The saying is only four words. It's 17 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 2: the shortest of the mindsets. And this one goes, my 18 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 2: joy is my job. Now you said it, all right, 19 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 2: So just remember you said that when we finish this sermon, 20 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 2: because to say that means that I'm going to start 21 00:00:56,360 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 2: taking responsibility for my own attitude and my own emotions, 22 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 2: and my own temper tantrums, and my own road rage 23 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 2: and my own self pity parties. So let's say it again, 24 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 2: my joy, or maybe you just want to tell this 25 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 2: to your neighbor, maybe you dont want to say it 26 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 2: about yourself. Just look at them and say, your joy 27 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 2: is your job. Tell them I can't make you happy. 28 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: So we're gonna look at this in detail today. 29 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 2: But one of the things I've had a lot of 30 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 2: fun in is going back through the topics and the 31 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 2: book in the mindsets, but finding some stories, some epic 32 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 2: Bible stories to locate. 33 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: And this one today is as epic as it gets. 34 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 2: Turning your Bible to Acts chapter sixteen, stay on your 35 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 2: feet for just a moment as we read God's word 36 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 2: Acts chapter sixteen. We're gonna pick up in verse twenty two. 37 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 2: And you may have heard this story before, but that's okay, 38 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 2: because I want to demonstrate to you today that your 39 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 2: joy is your job. From Acts chapter sixteen, verse twenty two, 40 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 2: Thank you Jesus. 41 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: How many know? If you have Jesus, you have joy? 42 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 2: The Bible says in Acts sixteen, verse twenty two. The 43 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 2: crowd joined in the attack against Paul and silas the 44 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 2: magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. 45 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: After they had been severely flogged. 46 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 2: They were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded 47 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 2: to guard them carefully. Good luck with that guarding the 48 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 2: apostle Paul and his partner Silas. Good luck with that, dude. 49 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 2: But he was commanded to guard them carefully Verse twenty four. 50 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 2: When he received these orders, he put them in the 51 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 2: inner cell and fastened their feet in the stalks. About midnight, 52 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 2: Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, 53 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 2: and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly, suddenly, 54 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 2: there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of 55 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 2: the prison were shaken at once. 56 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: The prison doors flew open, and everyone's chains came loose. 57 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 2: Give God a change, came loose. Phrase lift your hands. 58 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 2: If you ever had your chains come loose. Somebody shot 59 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 2: my job. 60 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: My job is my job. 61 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 2: High five your neighbor and say we've got work to do. 62 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 2: You may take your seat. God bless you, God bless you. 63 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 2: Want you to do a little time travel with me. Okay, 64 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 2: before we go all the way back, let's just go 65 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 2: back briefly. The year is two thousand and nine. Turn 66 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 2: to your neighbor and tell them how old were you 67 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 2: in the year two thousand and nine. I think I 68 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 2: had platinum blonde hair. I think my hair looked just 69 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 2: like Graham's hair the year two thousand and nine. A 70 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 2: you got it. The Lakers have just won Game two 71 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 2: of the NBA Finals. Kobe Bryant is in a press conference. 72 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 2: He's not smiling. The reporter asks him, aren't you happy? 73 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 2: Why aren't you happy? Are you half happy? You're up 74 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 2: two games to zero in the NBA Finals. You have 75 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 2: to win four games to win the championship. So what 76 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 2: Kobe said next is legendary. I'm not a big basketball fan. 77 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 2: I'm not really a big sports fan, but my son 78 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 2: Graham has quoted this so many times that I looked 79 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 2: it up. And Kobe looks back, irritated, aggravated, and cold blooded. 80 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:53,799 Speaker 2: He says, aren't you happy? You're up two games to zero? 81 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 2: Kobe says, what's there to be happy about? The jobs 82 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 2: not finished? Oh, Kobe. 83 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: Said what I feel all the time. I'm not saying 84 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 1: it's right to live your life that way. 85 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 2: It just feels so good to be seen by somebody. 86 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 2: Because happy people, smiley people make me sick. What are 87 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 2: you smiling about? What is there to be happy about 88 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 2: Kobe wanted to know the jobs not finished. I feel 89 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 2: that way. I feel that way all the time. And 90 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,919 Speaker 2: I am a work in progress. And God is not 91 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 2: finished with me yet, and He's developing me and getting 92 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 2: me past this point of thinking that I've got to 93 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 2: be completely finished in order to be fulfilled. So if 94 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 2: we travel back to two thousand and nine, or we 95 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 2: travel forward to twenty twenty four, it occurs to me 96 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 2: today that everybody in this room is sitting in the 97 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 2: middle of unfinished business. There will always be a place 98 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 2: in your life that feels unfinished, frustrating, and think about 99 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 2: it is you know, if you really want to get 100 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 2: down to it, to be humanists, to be unfinished. But 101 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 2: even the Apostle Paul, if we go all the way 102 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 2: back's time travel a little more. Let's go to eighty fifty, 103 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 2: he's taking the Gospel to the known world. You could 104 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 2: say that he was the shooting guard of. 105 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: The New Testament Church. 106 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 2: Okay, honor and respect to the Apostle Paul, because he 107 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 2: was unbelievably effective at what he did. But even in 108 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 2: his own travels, in his own journey, he encountered many dips, 109 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 2: cut scrapes, and bruises along the way. 110 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 1: For instance, he. 111 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 2: Tried to enter on his second missionary journey, not his 112 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 2: second NBA Playoff game, but his second missionary journey. I'm 113 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 2: kind of making some parallels here between Kobe and the 114 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 2: apostle Paul, but I'm just doing it for the illustrations point, 115 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 2: because he's going forward with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 116 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: But the Bible says. 117 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 2: That he was prevented from entering a certain place where 118 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 2: he wanted to go preach in Asia, and he couldn't 119 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 2: go in, and says he. 120 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: Couldn't go in. 121 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 2: He had a vision to go help people in a 122 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 2: region called Macedonia, which is in Europe, and he gets there, 123 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 2: it's going pretty good, and it's going so good in fact, 124 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 2: that he has identified a woman named Lydia who had 125 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 2: adequate resources to help them start their first house church. 126 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 2: And so this is a big breakthrough because it's in 127 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 2: a city called Philippi, which is a strategic center of 128 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 2: trade and commerce in the region of Macedonia on the 129 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 2: continent of Europe. And the Gospel has never been to 130 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 2: Philippi before. And we see now that God has a 131 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 2: strategy to fill Philippi with the gospel, and it's going 132 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 2: so good because Paul talks to this woman named Lydia 133 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 2: and goes in her house and starts teaching an e 134 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 2: group or a pop up and Lydia's house is such 135 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 2: an accommodating environment for a pop up church. 136 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: Shout out to. 137 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 2: All our e fam Let's give a shout out to 138 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 2: all our EPAM from one one from what's this address? 139 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 2: One one's seven oh one elevation point. Yeah, we give 140 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 2: you a shout out from one one seven oh one. 141 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 2: We bless you in the name of Jesus. Wherever you 142 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 2: are having church right now, whatever you're going through, we 143 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 2: confer the presence of God upon you and your house 144 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 2: and everything that's on your mind. Right now, we speak 145 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 2: the peace of God to your situation. So Paul is 146 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 2: preaching and he's met somebody who is a viable partner, 147 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 2: and he and his partner, Silas, are going down the 148 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 2: street and all of a sudden, this little this I 149 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 2: sad caller, A little girl. 150 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: I don't know how old she was. The Bible calls 151 00:08:59,280 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: her a girl. 152 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 2: Maybe she wasn't small in stature, but she had a 153 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 2: very unique gift. She had the ability to tell the future. 154 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 2: But it was a demon spirit that enabled her to 155 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 2: do it. And so the people that employed her and 156 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,319 Speaker 2: enslaved her. I call it employed, but they really made 157 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 2: all the money off of her, off of. 158 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: Her gifts, so they were using her well. 159 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 2: She followed Paul and Silas around all through Philippi for 160 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 2: a little while, and she was shouting in a sarcastic, 161 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 2: mocking kind of way. 162 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:29,719 Speaker 3: These men are servants of the Most High God, and 163 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 3: they are telling you the way to be saved. These 164 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 3: men are servants of the Most High God, and they 165 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 3: are telling you the way to be saved. She said 166 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 3: that so many times that eventually Paul the Preacher, Paul 167 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 3: the Apostle, Paul the Holy Man of God, turned around, 168 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:50,719 Speaker 3: and the Bible says he was annoyed. 169 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: The Bible actually says that he was annoyed. 170 00:09:55,720 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 2: You know, you can be anointed and annoyed, right, you 171 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 2: know you can have a mission and have mood swings. 172 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 4: Right. 173 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. He turns around and says, in. 174 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 2: The name of Jesus Christ, come out of her, and 175 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 2: the spirit left. 176 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:17,359 Speaker 1: But when the spirit left the girl, so did her ability. 177 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 2: To earn income for our masters, which made them unhappy 178 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 2: since they were unhappy. 179 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: They dragged Paul. 180 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,560 Speaker 2: And Silas into the middle of the civic square where 181 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 2: the commerce happened there in Philippi put them on trial, 182 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,679 Speaker 2: made up lies about them, said, these men are going 183 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 2: against our Roman customs, even though Paul and Silas had 184 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 2: Roman citizenship. The enemy is a liar, and he will 185 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 2: lie about anything and use anything in order to wage 186 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 2: his war. 187 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: To keep you from doing what God has called you 188 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: to do. 189 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 2: So the people take Paul and Silas and locked them 190 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 2: in prison, and we picked up the story at a 191 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 2: pretty unhappy point in Acts, chapter sixteen, verse twenty two, 192 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 2: at least for Paul and Silas. It is a very 193 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 2: pivotal moment where the Bible says, the crowd. 194 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: Joined in the attack against Paul and Silas. 195 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 2: Please put verse twenty two on the screen because I 196 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:18,960 Speaker 2: want this lovely, beautiful church to see something altogether. It says, 197 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:23,839 Speaker 2: the crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas. 198 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:26,440 Speaker 2: And after I've told you everything I've told you by 199 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 2: way of background today, could we agree that the size 200 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 2: of the attack on your life is relative to the 201 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 2: size of the assignment on your life. A crowd would 202 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 2: not have attacked them if they were not affecting a 203 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 2: lot of people, there would have been no attack, if 204 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 2: there was no anointing. And I mentioned this last week 205 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 2: because I was trying to tell you that God is 206 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 2: not against you, but he's in it with you, working 207 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 2: through you, fighting for you. And yet to have God 208 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 2: fighting for you does not mean that no one or 209 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 2: nothing will fight against you. 210 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 1: It almost guarantees that they will. 211 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 2: I know it's not a fun place to clap, but 212 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 2: let's clap because God doesn't leave us alone when we're 213 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 2: under attack. Can we clap about that? Let me point 214 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 2: out something else. The attack is not absence of God's presence. Yeah, 215 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,199 Speaker 2: and I'm going to show you that in just a moment. 216 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 2: But before I do, let's talk a little bit about 217 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 2: what Kobe said, the jobs not finished? 218 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: What's there to be happy about? 219 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 2: You know, we're recording a bunch of new songs here tonight, 220 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:50,319 Speaker 2: and the most amazing musicians, singers, and technicians and videographers 221 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 2: and graphic designers in the world will put together, hopefully 222 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 2: an amazing evening and I hope you can be here 223 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 2: and I hope that you will enjoy it. This morning, 224 00:12:58,200 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 2: I was writing the church, listening to one of the 225 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 2: songs that we're going to be singing tonight, the song 226 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 2: that says. 227 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 1: Oh my God, you sure been good to me, and 228 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: we'll be recording that song tonight. 229 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 2: But I was playing it and I was writing with 230 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 2: Abby and I was writing with her, and I was thinking, Oh, 231 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 2: I hope we record it right tonight. I hope it 232 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 2: goes good. Hope the people show up ready. I hope 233 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 2: they don't show up sometimes like they do where they 234 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 2: don't really sing loud and then they mess up the 235 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 2: recording because they weren't really into it and then we 236 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 2: can't use the song. 237 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: I hope they show up tonight. I hope it's good. 238 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 2: I hope everybody got enough sleep, hope everybody's voice works good. 239 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: I hope all the songs go good. And I'm thinking 240 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:31,079 Speaker 1: about the fact that. 241 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 2: We're going to record this song and I looked over 242 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 2: and Abby was singing the song off the demo, and 243 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 2: I realized that it will be wonderful when we record 244 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 2: the song. It will be wonderful when we release the song. 245 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 2: It will be wonderful if millions of people are blessed 246 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 2: by the song, and I hope that they are. But 247 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 2: this right now, somebody say this right now, this, right now, 248 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 2: even though it is unfinished, it is fulfilling. 249 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:03,839 Speaker 1: Right now. 250 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 2: I want to learn how to be sitting in something 251 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 2: that's unfinished and still be fulfilled. 252 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: I want to learn how to. 253 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 2: Be able to say I've got something to be happy 254 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 2: about even though the job's not finished. Because, in the 255 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 2: words of that famous hymn writer bon Jovi, we're halfway there. 256 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 2: WHOA somebody say, whoam halfway there? 257 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 1: Yeah? I got two wins. So while Kobe's strategy. 258 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 2: May be an excellent strategy for sports, it is a 259 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 2: bad strategy for happiness. For you to focus on what 260 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 2: is unfinished in your life, the unfinished business of your 261 00:14:56,160 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 2: spiritual growth, the underdeveloped areas of your character that still 262 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 2: aren't as far along as you wish they were, the 263 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 2: unfinished business enterprises that you don't yet know if they're 264 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 2: going to turn out good. 265 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: Or turn out bad. 266 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 2: For you to focus on the unfinished is to diminish 267 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 2: the gift of this, this right here, this right now, 268 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 2: this breath, this sermon, this moment, this gathering, this praise, 269 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 2: this opportunity, this new day, this season, this moment, this person, 270 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 2: this relationship, this effort, this breath this right here, somebody 271 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 2: say this right here. So I'm headed somewhere and I'm 272 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 2: excited about it and I'm working on something because I'm 273 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 2: not complacent. But ah, God, teach me to be content 274 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 2: while I'm in it. Time travel to the year fifty 275 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 2: a D with me. Well, let's get out of two 276 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 2: thousand and nine. H we're gonna party like this a 277 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 2: D fifty in the church today. Oh yeah, we're gonna party. 278 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 2: Touch somebody say it's gonna be a party in here today. 279 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 1: Before this preacher finished. 280 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 2: Precious but first, but first, in order to get to 281 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 2: the party, we gotta go through the pain. 282 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: And I need to speak to you a little bit. 283 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 2: Today about the danger of postponing joy. Don't let the 284 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 2: pressure make you postpone the joy. 285 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: Isn't that what Kobe was trying to say. No, I 286 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: still gotta get us to gain get we. 287 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 2: Got we gotta win. We gotta win four of these, 288 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 2: not two. So I can't smile at you right now. 289 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 2: And it's a genius press conference strategy for a SoundBite. 290 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 2: I mean, let's be honest, we're still talking about it today. 291 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 2: But it is a horrible way for you to approach 292 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 2: raising your kids. 293 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: Jobs. I'm finished? 294 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 5: When? 295 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: When? When? When? When will it be? When do you 296 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:14,880 Speaker 1: think it's gonna be finished? You think you're gonna send 297 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: them off and they're gonna be finished. There is a 298 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 1: boomerang anointing on your children. 299 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 2: Uh huh mm hmm, come right back. When will it 300 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 2: be finished? When will it be finished? What's there to 301 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 2: be happy about? I still I still have a job. 302 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:36,640 Speaker 2: I've been looking four months. Well, when you get a job, 303 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 2: can't you lose it? Talk to me, we'll see. I'm 304 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 2: single right now. When I meet my boass what's that face? 305 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 1: I will be blessed and highly favor. 306 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 2: And all the married people said, ha, unless you marry Holly, 307 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 2: then you will be finally, eternally happy, that is, but she's. 308 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 1: Off the market. 309 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 2: And the thing about it is, the thing about it 310 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:21,160 Speaker 2: is if you postpone your joy because of the pressure, 311 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:23,439 Speaker 2: you will never give God praise. 312 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: If you think there is a future date where you 313 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 1: will be keyword. I'm gonna teach you for a little 314 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 1: bit when I'm free from this. 315 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 2: When I'm free from this, and I have more time 316 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,919 Speaker 2: when I'm free from this, and I don't struggle so 317 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 2: much when I'm free from this, and it's not a 318 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 2: temptation anymore. When I'm free from this, do not shout Amen. 319 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 2: When I am free from this relationship. If you're sitting 320 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 2: next to them, go quiet, just go dark right now, 321 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 2: Just look really confused, as I preach. If it wasn't 322 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 2: for them, if it wasn't for this, it would amaze 323 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 2: you how many people are waiting to be free from 324 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 2: something because you think you're going to feel something when 325 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:14,400 Speaker 2: you're free from something. And what I have to learn 326 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,199 Speaker 2: how to do in my life, and I suggest it 327 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 2: is the task of all of us who walk. 328 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: By faith and not by sight. 329 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 2: It's to be free unfinished, to be free unfinished, to 330 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 2: know that. Okay, well, my money isn't where I want 331 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 2: it to be, but my marriage is. My marriage isn't 332 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 2: where I want it to be. But my relationship with 333 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 2: God is growing. My relationship with God. 334 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 1: Isn't where I wanted to be. 335 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 2: But I'm in church today, Devil, did you see me 336 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:53,880 Speaker 2: show up with my good clothes on where it gree 337 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 2: Come on, pitch somebody real quick and say I just 338 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 2: wanted to get one in. 339 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: Pinch yourself real quick. Pinch yourself real quick. 340 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 2: I mean some of you need to wake up and 341 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 2: realize all the things that God has done. And you 342 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 2: are sitting there not smiling, not shouting, not celebrating, waiting 343 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 2: on something else good to happen. It would be a 344 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 2: good time for you to praise him. 345 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 1: Pablah, Bless the Lord in all time. 346 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 2: Oh me, Joe, blessen me, Bless him, Bless him right now. 347 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 6: Bless him, my brother, blessen my sister, Bless him, my friend. 348 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: Blot down high five. Somebody say it's the right time. 349 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: It's the right time. The Bible says that. 350 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 2: The jailor was command Hey, watch out for these two. 351 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 2: Watch out for these guys. They're turning our city upside down. 352 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 2: Watch out for them. That's why the devil has had 353 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 2: you contained. 354 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: That's why the. 355 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 2: Devil is trying to constrain you with anxiety. That's why 356 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 2: the devil is trying to press you down with depression, 357 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:18,360 Speaker 2: because there's. 358 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:18,919 Speaker 1: Something in you. 359 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 2: The attack against you only indicates the potential that is 360 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:23,639 Speaker 2: within you. 361 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 1: That's all it is. So what you gonna do about it? Paul? 362 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:39,159 Speaker 2: And this must have shocked everybody who saw him in 363 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 2: those shackles. This must have shocked everybody who saw him 364 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 2: in those shackles. It's about midnight, the Bible says, which 365 00:21:54,320 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 2: is a bad time. It's a bad time to go out. 366 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 2: It's a bad time to be awake if you're in 367 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,160 Speaker 2: I want to be in my bed at nine forty 368 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,479 Speaker 2: five pm Eastern Standard time every night. It is a 369 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 2: product of the stage of my life. And as the 370 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 2: process of day gives way to the process of night, 371 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,440 Speaker 2: something very interesting happens. 372 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: Say my joy is my job. 373 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 2: Now. The jailer was commanded to Paul and Silas as 374 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,399 Speaker 2: their guard. But the Bible says in Proverbs four twenty 375 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,640 Speaker 2: three that you are to guard your heart above all else. 376 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:42,160 Speaker 1: So while the. 377 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 2: Jailer is guarding Paul, we see that Paul was apparently 378 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 2: guarding Paul too, because at this point he has allowed 379 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 2: bitterness to seep into his heart. 380 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 1: Because this isn't fair. 381 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 2: And if at this point he has allowed uncertainty to 382 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 2: paralyze him, he is not going to do what he 383 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 2: does next. 384 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 1: The Bible says, about midnight, Paul and Silas were. 385 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 2: Praying and singing hymns to God, and other prisoners were 386 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 2: listening to them. Process. Put it in the chat. Say 387 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,880 Speaker 2: it's a process. It's a process. It's a process. It's 388 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:26,120 Speaker 2: a process. And when you're going through things in your 389 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 2: life and the unfinished business and realizing that it's a process, 390 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:35,199 Speaker 2: I'm a process. Recovery is a process. Wealth building is 391 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 2: a process. Holiness is a process. Relational intimacy is a process, 392 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,719 Speaker 2: Showing up is a process, Staying put is a process. 393 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 1: Day is a process. Night is a process. 394 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 2: Today the birth of day includes the process of the 395 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:57,439 Speaker 2: coming of night. And at midnight Paul and Silas started 396 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 2: praying and started singing. If I could give that guard 397 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 2: one word of advice, it would be you made a mistake. 398 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 1: Not when you put their feet in the shackles. 399 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 2: You made a mistake, Not when you put them in 400 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,879 Speaker 2: the inner cell, that's the most secure part of the prison. 401 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:20,639 Speaker 1: I understand you were doing what you were supposed to do. 402 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 2: I wouldn't even tell the guard that he made a 403 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,679 Speaker 2: mistake when he went to sleep, because you'll see in 404 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,680 Speaker 2: just a few verses that he actually was dozed off 405 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 2: over there in the corner somewhere. And that's fine too, 406 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 2: because their feet were in the shackles. But the mistake 407 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 2: that you made was putting them together in the same cell. 408 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 2: If you would have kept them in isolation, they would 409 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 2: have processed this pain differently. If you would have kept 410 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 2: them separated, Paul would have started processing, well, maybe God 411 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 2: doesn't want. 412 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: Us over here in Europe. 413 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:01,919 Speaker 2: If you would have he kept Paul in isolation in 414 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 2: his own cell, he would have started processing why does 415 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,399 Speaker 2: life have to be so hard for me? God, you 416 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 2: got Peter out of prison, You can't keep me out 417 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 2: of prison. If he would have kept them in isolation, 418 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 2: maybe he would have started comparing. 419 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,360 Speaker 1: It to the last time that he preached. 420 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 2: Maybe if he would have kept Paul in isolation, he 421 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 2: would have gone into self pity. 422 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: Maybe if he would have. 423 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,439 Speaker 2: Kept Silace in isolation, he would have sabotaged. But the 424 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:32,120 Speaker 2: Bible says he did one thing wrong. He put them 425 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 2: in the cell. The devil did one thing wrong this morning. 426 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:40,160 Speaker 2: He let you get to Elevation Church at eleven seven 427 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 2: oh one Elevation Point Boulevard on Saint Patrick's Day of 428 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 2: twenty twenty. 429 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 1: Four, because he puts you next to somebody who is 430 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:51,920 Speaker 1: about to pens You pins. 431 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 2: Your neighbor real quick, who is about to penshew. 432 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 1: And look them in the eye and say, wegg up. 433 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 1: God is with us. Flap your hands if. 434 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 2: You know God is with me in the process. 435 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: I'm singing over your life. God is with you in 436 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:12,200 Speaker 1: the process. God is with you when it's two to zero, 437 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: when it's zero to two, when it's. 438 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 2: Game four, game five, game six, game seven. God is 439 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 2: with me in the postgame analysis because he's with me 440 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 2: in the process, but in the comments, he's with me 441 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 2: in the process. 442 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: He's with me in the process. 443 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 2: And I want to make sure that the way you 444 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 2: are processing the unfinished places in your life, the way 445 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 2: you are processing the imperfect parts of you, the way 446 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 2: that you are processing the parts of your life that 447 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 2: do not match your preference. I want to make sure 448 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 2: that your process doesn't become your prison. So you ruminate 449 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,200 Speaker 2: and stew and have imaginary conversations where you get back 450 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 2: at people who aren't even thinking about you right now. 451 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 2: If I invested all the imagination and energy into preaching 452 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 2: that I did, into imaginary arguments with people, I would 453 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 2: be Charles Spurgeon, Billy Graham. 454 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: I just don't want because we have to go into 455 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:21,880 Speaker 1: some prisons. 456 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 2: Right they were thrown into one prison, but the other one, 457 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 2: I think sometimes you aren't thrown into it. I think 458 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 2: you think your way into it. So we got a process. 459 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 2: It's hard to process as we're talking about joy. It's 460 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 2: hard to process when you're in prison and your feet 461 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 2: are in stocks and it's dark outside and your back 462 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 2: is raw because you were beat with rods. I know, 463 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 2: we normally don't go through things to this magnitude. That's 464 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:59,160 Speaker 2: why I think the story is so helpful because whatever 465 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 2: you're going through, it isn't this, and whatever pressure you 466 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,679 Speaker 2: have on you, it isn't being the lead apostle for 467 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 2: the gospel just decades after Jesus Christ walked the earth. 468 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:13,440 Speaker 2: So if they did this, it can become an illustration 469 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 2: for me. And it takes a day. So as you process, 470 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:20,920 Speaker 2: I want you to write down three things. Make sure 471 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 2: you got the right partner to process. Write down the 472 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 2: word partner. I need a partner. I need a partner 473 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 2: in my life who will help me to process my 474 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 2: imperfection and my unfinishedness in a way that encourages me 475 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 2: with the grace to sit in my unfinished but also 476 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 2: gives me an example and a goal that I can 477 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 2: go forward and grow into all God has called me 478 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 2: to be. 479 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 1: Clap your hands if you need a partner here. A 480 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 1: matter of fact, I told I told. 481 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 2: Isaiah Zeke Templeton, I might bring him up to be 482 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 2: my partner. So come on, I think we should do it. 483 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 2: Would you all give Zeke a handas as he comes. Oh, 484 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 2: come on, you can do better than that. It seek everybody, 485 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 2: zee as you come. I'll be Paul, you be Silas. 486 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 2: Let's give the people a mental picture. Yeah, give him 487 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:31,959 Speaker 2: a microphone. We might do some singing before this illustration. 488 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:33,440 Speaker 1: I'm just saying. 489 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 2: I'm just saying the partner I picked might indicate the. 490 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 1: Purpose I have in mind. 491 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 2: That's a whole sermon point. Nobody wrote it down. I 492 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 2: picked my partner according to my purpose. God picks people 493 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 2: according to his purpose. God picked you according to a purpose. 494 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 2: So here's here's what they did. Here's what they did. 495 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 2: The Bible says it's midnight, and it doesn't say that 496 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 2: they were sitting like this, just to be a good 497 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 2: way to get the point across. 498 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 1: But they were in the same cell. 499 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 2: And maybe maybe Paul I have some speculations about this passage. 500 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 2: Let's just first of all, I'll see the scripture Acts 501 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 2: sixteen twenty five about midnight, Paul and Silas were praying 502 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 2: and singing hymns to God. Okay, so this is just 503 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,000 Speaker 2: a speculation. It's not in the text, but I respectator. 504 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:23,480 Speaker 2: I don't think Paul was a very good singer. I 505 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 2: think Silas was a better singer than Paul. 506 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,600 Speaker 1: Okay. And I take it from. 507 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,480 Speaker 2: One scripture where people used to say when he would 508 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 2: get up that he was unimpressive in person. So if 509 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 2: you're a great singer, nobody's going to say that about you, right. 510 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 2: So I don't think Paul's very good singer. But I 511 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 2: think this is another speculation. I think Paul is the 512 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:49,200 Speaker 2: one who started singing because one thing Paul knew how 513 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:55,480 Speaker 2: to do is start stuff. He was an instigator, Okay. 514 00:30:56,200 --> 00:31:00,959 Speaker 2: And so I imagine it's about midnight, and what else are 515 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 2: you gonna do? Because you can't move. He's not gonna 516 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 2: do any burpies. His feed are in stocks. He's not 517 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 2: gonna get prison ripped this time. And he goes, I 518 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:14,280 Speaker 2: know they didn't have musical directors in prison, but just 519 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 2: give me a see so I can sing in a. 520 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: Good note there. Yeah, okay, Mmmm. I think sometime in 521 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 1: the middle of night, Paul went what a fellowship, What 522 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 1: a joy? 523 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 2: Divine leing on the everlastings. 524 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 1: It says they sang. 525 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 2: Hymns right, and I know that him wasn't written red 526 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,800 Speaker 2: yet use your imagination. 527 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 1: I think they sang something like that, right, what a blessedness? 528 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: What a piece is mine? 529 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 2: And he probably don't feel a lot of peace when 530 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:04,000 Speaker 2: he sings at But I'm gonna. 531 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 1: Give you a life, principal worshipers. 532 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:09,640 Speaker 2: Sometimes you've got to sing until your soul catches up 533 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:10,280 Speaker 2: with your song. 534 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 1: You feel that Silas leading on the ever last ding 535 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 1: arms lead, Hey, Silas, you'll wake back there, be safe 536 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,080 Speaker 1: and secure. 537 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:44,720 Speaker 5: From now. 538 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 2: I think when Silas started singing, Paul started getting louder. 539 00:32:49,600 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 7: Leave leave on the evens. 540 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:16,040 Speaker 4: Oh, but it says they sang put the verse back up. 541 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:24,040 Speaker 2: They sang hymns plural, so they didn't stop singing. I mean, 542 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:25,120 Speaker 2: I think faun. 543 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 1: Knew so many hymns. He just started a medley, you 544 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, because. 545 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,800 Speaker 2: I think he memorized some songs in a previous season. 546 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,760 Speaker 1: That God knew he would need at a midnight hour. 547 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,800 Speaker 5: Uh huh. 548 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 1: So I think next he went less. It is sure 549 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:56,120 Speaker 1: Jesus is mine? 550 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:03,040 Speaker 7: Oh what a footy of glory divine. 551 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:09,719 Speaker 1: You take this part silas Era Selva shut. 552 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:22,920 Speaker 5: Purchase fat onn of his speed, washed in his blood. 553 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:26,400 Speaker 2: I want you to remember their feet are in shackles, 554 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,240 Speaker 2: but they're washed in his blood. 555 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,560 Speaker 1: I want you to remember that their feet are. 556 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:36,560 Speaker 2: In shackles, but they're born of his spirit. I want 557 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:40,680 Speaker 2: you to remember that your situation is dark, but your 558 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:44,040 Speaker 2: born of his spirit. I want to remind you that 559 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:46,320 Speaker 2: this chapter is painful. 560 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:51,839 Speaker 1: What's her story? Is another? And plass it. This is 561 00:34:52,200 --> 00:35:06,359 Speaker 1: my soul. This is my song, raising my say yo, 562 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:15,680 Speaker 1: oh the day long. This is my store that I 563 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,680 Speaker 1: can sell us. But do it, hi, This is my story. 564 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:19,600 Speaker 5: Yesis my. 565 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:26,560 Speaker 2: That's the kind of singing res my So. 566 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:28,360 Speaker 1: What am I doing? 567 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 5: Carrais my. 568 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:40,840 Speaker 2: Leader? 569 00:35:41,440 --> 00:36:03,400 Speaker 5: Lead leader, raising my say yea oh theday, praising. 570 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 1: Save at midnight too. 571 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:17,799 Speaker 2: And all of a sudden, the Bible says, as they 572 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:22,720 Speaker 2: were singing, something started. 573 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:24,360 Speaker 1: Shaking. 574 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:33,760 Speaker 2: As they were singing, something started shaking, Something started shaking. 575 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:39,440 Speaker 2: Praise started shaking something. And Lydia might have felt it 576 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,520 Speaker 2: at her house, and she didn't know what it was. 577 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:44,360 Speaker 1: But Paul knew. 578 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:52,919 Speaker 2: When we pray, say it solace, when we pray, when 579 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:53,680 Speaker 2: we pray. 580 00:36:55,719 --> 00:37:01,600 Speaker 3: Hand the founday since started second and Paul said, Christ. 581 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:10,879 Speaker 2: The side past around he is seeking. 582 00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:14,040 Speaker 5: Said, oh, lother ground. 583 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:18,320 Speaker 1: He's singing jade hour. 584 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:24,800 Speaker 7: Oh, Christ's the side my litter in this shackle. But 585 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:29,239 Speaker 7: I'm standing over. 586 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:36,960 Speaker 2: Saking, said, oh love the ground he's see say, I'm 587 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:38,600 Speaker 2: gonna take the foundation. 588 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,759 Speaker 1: For a minute. No, no, you can't shake him like that. 589 00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:47,959 Speaker 2: You can't sink him like that. You gotta get down 590 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:55,920 Speaker 2: on the inside of your belly, from therbelly, from your belly, 591 00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:58,200 Speaker 2: from your belly. 592 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:14,120 Speaker 6: Somebody shout up to God, shaken, shaken, shaken, shaken, shaken, shaken, shaken, shaken. 593 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:19,000 Speaker 2: I'm singing in shackles and something starts shaking. I'm singing 594 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:23,160 Speaker 2: in shackles and something starts shaking. I'm singing in loneliness 595 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:31,400 Speaker 2: and something starts shaking. Because I got a partner, I 596 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:35,399 Speaker 2: got a praise. And the Bible says they did one 597 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:39,080 Speaker 2: more thing. They prayed. Did the Bible say they prayed 598 00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:40,960 Speaker 2: in verse twenty five or did I make it up? 599 00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:42,360 Speaker 1: They prayed? 600 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:47,720 Speaker 2: Verse twenty five says they sang, they praised, and they prayed. 601 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:51,960 Speaker 2: I don't know what songs they sang. I don't know 602 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:57,680 Speaker 2: what prayers they prayed, but I have a speculation about 603 00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:03,520 Speaker 2: what they didn't pray. I would imagine if you're in 604 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:08,319 Speaker 2: a prison, your prayer, your dominant goal and thought, would 605 00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:11,520 Speaker 2: be what get us out? 606 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:19,360 Speaker 1: Somebody say it, get us out? And yet the Bible says, 607 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:23,040 Speaker 1: because I never heard this passage breached. 608 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:27,560 Speaker 2: Like you wouldn't believe about how a shout will bring 609 00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:34,960 Speaker 2: you out, which confused me when I read the next verse, 610 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:41,080 Speaker 2: because the Bible says, can I preach the Bible? Y'all 611 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:43,400 Speaker 2: are looking at me so quiet? I feel nervous, like 612 00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:51,400 Speaker 2: I stole something from target. The Bible says that after 613 00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:55,600 Speaker 2: they sang and prayed, because I'm imagining Paul going, God, 614 00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,400 Speaker 2: get us out by your power, by your blood, just 615 00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,080 Speaker 2: like you brought Moses out of Egypt, just like you 616 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:00,359 Speaker 2: brought Neemiah the. 617 00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:02,480 Speaker 1: Captives back to Jerusalem. 618 00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:03,200 Speaker 2: Just like you did it for them, just like you 619 00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:04,480 Speaker 2: brought Jonna from the belly of the whale. 620 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,200 Speaker 1: God, get me out, the Bible says. 621 00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:09,080 Speaker 2: Suddenly there was a violent earthquake and the foundations shook, 622 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:12,120 Speaker 2: and everyone's chains came loose. Now, what do you do 623 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:14,520 Speaker 2: when you're in prison and your chains come loose one, 624 00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:22,239 Speaker 2: two three. Leave when your chains come loose, you leave 625 00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:26,200 Speaker 2: right because I prayed and he brought me out. But 626 00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:34,240 Speaker 2: watch this. Verse twenty seven says the jailer woke up. Dude, 627 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:41,680 Speaker 2: you had one job. And the jailer woke up, and 628 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,799 Speaker 2: when he saw that the prison doors were open, he 629 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:49,600 Speaker 2: drew his sword and was about to kill himself because 630 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:54,239 Speaker 2: if he did it, his superior officer would because he 631 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:56,560 Speaker 2: thought the prisoners had escaped. 632 00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,839 Speaker 1: Well, yeah, that's what you're supposed to. 633 00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:04,040 Speaker 2: Do when God sends an earthquake and opens the doors. 634 00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:09,239 Speaker 2: Unless they weren't praying for God to get them out. 635 00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:17,879 Speaker 2: I don't know who this is for, but you keep 636 00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:21,319 Speaker 2: thinking God wants to get you out, and sometimes he does, 637 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:24,839 Speaker 2: and eventually they left. They didn't leave there. But verse 638 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:28,480 Speaker 2: twenty seven is very powerful. Can I reach verse twenty seven? 639 00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:32,080 Speaker 2: Can I reach verse twenty seven? Is there one person 640 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:35,040 Speaker 2: in this church that wants to hear what happened in 641 00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:36,160 Speaker 2: verse twenty seven? 642 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:37,480 Speaker 1: I have. 643 00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:41,200 Speaker 2: The Bible, says the jailer woke up, and when he 644 00:41:41,239 --> 00:41:43,239 Speaker 2: saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword about 645 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,000 Speaker 2: it comes up because he thought the prisoners had this game. 646 00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:52,640 Speaker 2: Verse twenty eight but Paul shouted, don't harm yourself. 647 00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:58,839 Speaker 1: We are all here. Why are you still here? 648 00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:05,040 Speaker 2: And Paul says, I wouldn't praying God to get me out. 649 00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:10,760 Speaker 2: I was praying for God to come in. And these 650 00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:16,320 Speaker 2: doors help me preach Holy God. These doors are open 651 00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:19,320 Speaker 2: because the tring of Glory. 652 00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:23,799 Speaker 1: Is coming in. He's coming in. 653 00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:28,040 Speaker 2: Somebody lift your hands if you know he's coming in. 654 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:39,120 Speaker 2: So I want to propose to you, child of God, 655 00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:43,000 Speaker 2: that you keep saying, when I get out of this, 656 00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:44,320 Speaker 2: I'm gonna. 657 00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:45,799 Speaker 1: Praise God, which is. 658 00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:49,480 Speaker 2: The wrong perspective because you can praise God when you 659 00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:53,240 Speaker 2: get out of it, but you can also praise God 660 00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:56,520 Speaker 2: into it. And I'm gonna give you twenty four seconds 661 00:42:56,560 --> 00:43:32,200 Speaker 2: to do it right now. So need to show you this. 662 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:36,759 Speaker 2: It would be glory to God. Glory to God. She 663 00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:39,839 Speaker 2: said it, She said, glory to God. That's what you've 664 00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:41,960 Speaker 2: got to do right now. That's your job in this 665 00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:48,080 Speaker 2: season of your life. Sila said, Paul. The doors are open, 666 00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:51,920 Speaker 2: Paul said, the job's not. 667 00:43:53,920 --> 00:44:07,200 Speaker 1: Finished. Listen to this. You've been wondering why you're going 668 00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:08,240 Speaker 1: through what you're going through. 669 00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:11,480 Speaker 2: I suggest there is always a bigger picture, and I 670 00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:14,239 Speaker 2: present to you that Not only did they have a 671 00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:17,960 Speaker 2: partner and a praise and a prayer, but they had 672 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:23,280 Speaker 2: a purpose. And I say that to you about every 673 00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:27,920 Speaker 2: single cell that you are locked in in your life today. 674 00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:31,839 Speaker 1: See, it would be wonderful if we could just come 675 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:36,239 Speaker 1: out of it. But shouldn't we first ask God to 676 00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:44,920 Speaker 1: come into it? Yeah, that's my job. 677 00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:49,480 Speaker 2: It's not by coincidence that Paul and the prisoners were 678 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:52,440 Speaker 2: still sitting there. The Bible says in verse twenty nine 679 00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:54,560 Speaker 2: that the jailer called for lights, rushed in, fell trembling 680 00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:57,480 Speaker 2: before Paul and Silas, and brought them out and asked, sirs, 681 00:44:57,520 --> 00:44:58,440 Speaker 2: what must. 682 00:44:58,160 --> 00:44:59,440 Speaker 1: I do to be saved? 683 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:03,480 Speaker 2: Wow, that's what that servant girl was following them around, 684 00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:05,880 Speaker 2: saying a few verses earlier, these are the men who 685 00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:08,240 Speaker 2: will tell you how to be saved. Now, the prison 686 00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:10,080 Speaker 2: break happened not so they could get out, but so 687 00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:12,320 Speaker 2: that God could get in, because there was somebody whose 688 00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:12,839 Speaker 2: life he. 689 00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:13,680 Speaker 1: Wanted to touch. 690 00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:23,200 Speaker 2: Wait a minute, this isn't a prison. It's a pop 691 00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:32,520 Speaker 2: up church in Philippi. God is starting a pop up 692 00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:36,000 Speaker 2: church in your life right now. He's going to demonstrate 693 00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:38,600 Speaker 2: some things through you. He's going to show some of 694 00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:40,239 Speaker 2: the people. The Bible says all the other prisoners for 695 00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:43,320 Speaker 2: listening to Paul and Silas. Somebody's looking at your life, 696 00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:46,560 Speaker 2: listening to your life. You are doing this for an example. 697 00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:49,840 Speaker 2: The gospel is with you. The assignment of God is 698 00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:56,000 Speaker 2: heavy on your life. There is a shout that will 699 00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:58,320 Speaker 2: bring you out. But there is also a shout that says, 700 00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:02,880 Speaker 2: I'm still here. And that's what Paul shouted. And he 701 00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:06,720 Speaker 2: said the job's not finished. And this dude comes over 702 00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:10,560 Speaker 2: to Paul and Silas and God a sermon. 703 00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:11,760 Speaker 1: Listen, how good the sermon. 704 00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:14,280 Speaker 2: When I learn how to preach this shortened this good, 705 00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:17,040 Speaker 2: We'll be out of here in time for brunch next week. 706 00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:21,440 Speaker 2: They replied verse thirty one. Believe in the Lord Jesus 707 00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:23,800 Speaker 2: and you will be saved. 708 00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:35,600 Speaker 1: You and your household. Why were they in prison? Why 709 00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:36,920 Speaker 1: did the foundations shake? 710 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:41,239 Speaker 2: Because as the foundations of that prison were shaking, a 711 00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:45,960 Speaker 2: foundation for a church was being laid, the first church 712 00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:54,560 Speaker 2: in Europe. And it all started in shackles. What is 713 00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:57,200 Speaker 2: God starting in the shackles of your life right now, 714 00:46:57,680 --> 00:46:59,839 Speaker 2: in the area where you can't move and can't do it. 715 00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:04,799 Speaker 2: I know this much. You only have one job. One 716 00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:08,239 Speaker 2: job because when he asked them how to be saved, 717 00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:10,120 Speaker 2: they didn't say, get your act together and clean up 718 00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:12,280 Speaker 2: your house and stop falling asleep on your night shift. 719 00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:19,719 Speaker 1: They said, believe, and not just believe. Believe in the Lord. 720 00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:24,160 Speaker 2: Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household. 721 00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:27,799 Speaker 2: And they spoke the word of the Lord to God 722 00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:30,480 Speaker 2: I love it, and to all the others in his house. 723 00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:34,719 Speaker 2: And at that hour of the night, the jailer took 724 00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:38,160 Speaker 2: them and washed their wounds. Then immediately he and all 725 00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:41,960 Speaker 2: his household were baptized. The jailer brought them into his 726 00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:44,640 Speaker 2: house and set a meal before them. 727 00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:49,600 Speaker 1: He was filled with joy. 728 00:47:50,239 --> 00:47:53,520 Speaker 2: Because he had become to believe in God, he and 729 00:47:53,719 --> 00:47:57,600 Speaker 2: his whole household. What do you have to be happy about. 730 00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:04,439 Speaker 2: I'm filled with joy because I believe in God. That's 731 00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:10,320 Speaker 2: my basis, that's my firm foundation on Christ, the solid 732 00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:15,160 Speaker 2: raw I stand. I want to give an invitation right now, 733 00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:17,040 Speaker 2: bow your head and close your eyes for those of 734 00:48:17,080 --> 00:48:22,680 Speaker 2: you who God has brought to this message today so 735 00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:25,440 Speaker 2: that you can believe in the Lord Jesus and be saved. 736 00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:29,520 Speaker 2: The Bible says that that jailer, upon believing in Jesus 737 00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:32,640 Speaker 2: was filled with joy. At the moment that you place 738 00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:36,680 Speaker 2: your faith in Jesus Christ, you are filled with His spirit. 739 00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:41,080 Speaker 2: You are forgiven of your sin, and you are freed 740 00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:42,400 Speaker 2: for your future. 741 00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:45,040 Speaker 1: Right now. If that's you and God brought you here, 742 00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:45,960 Speaker 1: and you have. 743 00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:48,680 Speaker 2: Been in the prison of your sin and your self effort, 744 00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:51,839 Speaker 2: I believe that right now is a defining moment in 745 00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:54,120 Speaker 2: your life. I'm going to pray a prayer with you, 746 00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:57,000 Speaker 2: and you repeat this prayer after me. And if you 747 00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:59,319 Speaker 2: repeat this prayer and mean it from your heart, the 748 00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:00,359 Speaker 2: Bible says that. 749 00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:03,520 Speaker 1: You will be saved. 750 00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:06,920 Speaker 2: Praying after me Church for the benefit of those who 751 00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:09,880 Speaker 2: are coming to God or back to God Heavenly Father. 752 00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:15,800 Speaker 2: I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God 753 00:49:16,680 --> 00:49:20,879 Speaker 2: and the savior of the world. And today I make 754 00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:22,920 Speaker 2: Jesus the lord. 755 00:49:22,680 --> 00:49:24,239 Speaker 1: Of my life. 756 00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:28,520 Speaker 2: I believe you died that I would be forgiven and 757 00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:35,200 Speaker 2: rose again to give me life. I receive this new life. 758 00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:39,200 Speaker 2: This is my new beginning. On the count of three, 759 00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:42,160 Speaker 2: shoots your hand up. If you prayed that one, two, three, 760 00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:42,919 Speaker 2: shoot them up. 761 00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:46,160 Speaker 1: All over the room online online. 762 00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:47,759 Speaker 2: Say I received Jesus. 763 00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:50,200 Speaker 1: Come on, Let's clap our hands and thank God. 764 00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:53,319 Speaker 2: Church family. We can do better than that. 765 00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:56,360 Speaker 1: Let's thank God for every soul. 766 00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:59,200 Speaker 2: He's saved, every life he's touching. 767 00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:03,120 Speaker 1: Come on, let's give him a great sum of press. 768 00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:07,080 Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us. 769 00:50:07,360 --> 00:50:09,840 Speaker 2: Special thanks to those of you who give generously to 770 00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:13,400 Speaker 2: this ministry. Is because of you that this ministry is possible. 771 00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:16,400 Speaker 2: You can click the link in the description to give now, 772 00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:20,800 Speaker 2: or visit Elevationchurch dot org slash podcast for more information 773 00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:24,080 Speaker 2: and if you enjoyed the podcast, you can subscribe. 774 00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:25,720 Speaker 1: You can share it with your friends. 775 00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:28,279 Speaker 2: You can click the share button, take a screenshot and 776 00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:30,440 Speaker 2: share it on your social stories and tag us at 777 00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:31,319 Speaker 2: Elevation Church. 778 00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:33,040 Speaker 1: Thanks again for listening. God bless you.