1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: Holly, and I wanted to say a special hello to 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 1: our epam, our extended family around the world. Hey, before 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: we get into the message, let me tell you about available. 4 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: This is a special season for our church. It's a 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: tradition for the people of Elevation. Every year we gather, 6 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: we appreciate and anticipate, and we also give. This is 7 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: our yearly time for everybody who receives from this ministry 8 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:27,319 Speaker 1: to give so that the ministry can go forth, And 9 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: this year we've themed it around the word available. Available. 10 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,840 Speaker 1: That's all God has ever wanted is for us to say, 11 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: here I am, send me, use me. And you have 12 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: the opportunity to do that. So if you've been blessed 13 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: through the ministry, it's good to receive. It's even better 14 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 1: to give. If you want to make a donation, a 15 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: one time gift or a recurring gift, just be a 16 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: part of what God is doing here. We so appreciate it. 17 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 1: You can get all the details at Elevation Church dot org. 18 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna sat Elevationworship dot Com. I guess you could 19 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: go there too, but the giving is at Elevation Church. 20 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: What you just did, you have Elevation, were your sweatshirt. Hey, 21 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: but Elevationchurch dot org and you can select available. And 22 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: we use all of these resources to continue to preach 23 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 1: the gospel, not only in physical locations like this one, 24 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 1: but through the amazing opportunity God has given us to 25 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: impact the world through technology. And we want to thank 26 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: all of you who are apart. We couldn't do it 27 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: without you. Thank you for being a part of our family. 28 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: Thank you for being a part of this move of God. 29 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: Go to Elevationchurch dot org dot com if you're not 30 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: already there and be a part. This is going to 31 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: be an amazing, amazing season. And Holly and I are 32 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:38,839 Speaker 1: believing that your best is ahead. Last week I preached 33 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: on yes, and this week I want to preach on 34 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: why yes is God's favorite word. He loves to say yes. 35 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: He loves to say yes when you ask him, God, 36 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: would you allow me to experience your presence. He loves 37 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: to say yes. God loves to say yes to his children. 38 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: Ask anything according to his will. He hears you, he 39 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: longs to do it. He loves to say yes. He 40 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: loves to say yes when you ask him to heal 41 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: your heart in places that it is broken by people 42 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: who didn't know how to treat you. He loves to 43 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 1: say yes. God loves to say yes when you ask 44 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 1: him God, I'm lonely. Can I have your comfort right now? 45 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,239 Speaker 1: He loves to say yes to you. You have to 46 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: come crawling in God's throne room like some kind of 47 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: fugitive like you have to hide or Gabriel might throw 48 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: you out. God would sooner throw an angel out of 49 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: his throne room than turn away one of his children. 50 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: He loves to say yes to you. I don't know 51 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 1: who this is for, but you need to know. He 52 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: loves to say yes when you ask him to bless you. 53 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: He loves to say yes. Now. Sometimes he will bypass 54 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: the blessing that you asked him for to give you 55 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: the blessing that you didn't even know to ask for, 56 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: because He's able to do immeasurably more than we ask, 57 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: or imagine. God loves to say yes, ask to the 58 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: questions you didn't even know to ask. And that's what 59 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: we talked about last week, and if you weren't here, 60 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: I hate it for you. But this week I just 61 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:15,799 Speaker 1: want to talk about why, which incidentally is my kid's 62 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,679 Speaker 1: favorite word. They love to hear yes. But they love 63 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: to ask why. And that's what we want to center 64 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,239 Speaker 1: our teaching around today. The scripture, I don't make you 65 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 1: stand for the whole service, in case you're just kind 66 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: of wondering about that. I would like you to remain 67 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: standing for just a moment in honor of the reading 68 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: of God's word. And this is a picture in scripture 69 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: from two different gospel accounts mentioned this one incident. For me, 70 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: I use it as a way of kind of understanding generosity, 71 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: and it gives me a demonstration of the kind of 72 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: life that I aspire to live. And I'm not saying 73 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: I live this way, but I really want to. So 74 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: I made a promise to God that I would try 75 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: to preach from this scripture at least once a year, 76 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: just to see how am I doing. Am I settling 77 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: into complacency? Am I taking God's presence for granted, like 78 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: you'll see some people do in this text? Or do 79 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: I value and honor Him? And so that's what I 80 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: want to preach about today. The scripture says in Matthew 81 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 1: twenty six, verse six, while Jesus was in Bethany in 82 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, 83 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: and you thought your nickname was bad. A woman came 84 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: to him with an alabaster jar of on sale perfume. 85 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: Did the Bible say something different? Okay? For this woman 86 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: came to him with the jar of reasonably priced perfume. 87 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: Y'all pray for me. It is early very expensive perfume, 88 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: something that cost her, something that was significant to her. 89 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 1: And so she took the expensive perfume and poured it 90 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: on his head as he was reclining at the table. 91 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. They asked 92 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 1: a question, why this waste? Why? Why this waste? They asked, 93 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 1: this perfume could have been sold at a high price 94 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: and the money given to the poor. Aware of this, 95 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: Jesus said to them, why I love how Jesus fights? 96 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: Why with? Why? Huh? I do this to my kids too? 97 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 1: Why do we have to wash the dishes? Why do 98 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: you expect to eat? Look at somebody and say fight? 99 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 1: Why with? Why? Jesus said, why are you bothering this woman? 100 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor 101 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: you will always have with you, but you will not 102 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: always have me. When she poured this perfume on my body, 103 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 1: she did it to prepare me for burial. I tell 104 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: you the truth. Wherever this gospel has preached throughout the world, 105 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: what she has done will also be told. In memory 106 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: of her. You may be seated in God's presence. Yeah, man, 107 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: your kids will wear you out asking why. True story. 108 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: The parents didn't know what I'm talking about her too 109 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: tired to even answer me. But as how, they learn 110 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:36,359 Speaker 1: about the world. Even this week, Abbi was asking me 111 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: why Christmas trees are a thing? So I googled it 112 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 1: when she wasn't looking, and then told her the answer. 113 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: That's the best thing about your kids not having data 114 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:52,280 Speaker 1: on their phone. You can stay wise for lata blah. 115 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: Now my boys they're older, they know everything. They're fourteen 116 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 1: and twelve. They already know more than me. They stopped 117 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: asking why years ago, but still in that stage of 118 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 1: asking why, and she went on this whole thing. I'll 119 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: put a video on the screen in a minute to 120 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: show you of what it's like to be a parent. 121 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: I want you to watch as my eight year old 122 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: daughter deconstructs Christmas and then ask yourself the question do 123 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: you really want to have kids? So just check this out. 124 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: It's only a minute video, Like why is Christmas based 125 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: on trees. But Jesus born in tree. No, he was 126 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: born in a manger. Our gifts should be in a 127 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: manager or around the manager or something. But Jesus was 128 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 1: not born in a tree. We should not be celebrating 129 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: a tree. We should be celebrating Jesus' birth. But he 130 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: died on a tree. He got on the cross. What's 131 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: a cross madeo though? What where does wood come from? 132 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: A tree? But are we celebrating Jesus's death? No, that's 133 00:07:54,560 --> 00:08:00,559 Speaker 1: Easter Easter, your Easter eggs, in your Easter rascas. She'd 134 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: be under a tree, because that's what Jesus died. But 135 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: it did Jesus die on Christmas? No, he was born 136 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: on Christmas. I want to tell you a little bit 137 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: about why I give today. I want to explain that 138 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: to you just from my heart. Earlier in the week, 139 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 1: on Monday, I had a sermon prepared about the Gospel 140 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: going to the gentiles, and the Lord was like, I 141 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: hope you like that sermon. It's not for now, because 142 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: this week I want to talk about my why in 143 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: hopes that you might find your why. How many of 144 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 1: you are givers? It's kind of an interesting question. To ask, 145 00:08:56,240 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: it's like, well, compared to what you know. And I 146 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: remember early in our marriage when I made the decision 147 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: about tithing. For instance, tithe means tent, and it's the 148 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 1: principle of putting God first in your finances. And it's 149 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 1: like everything that God gives me came from him and 150 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: I want to return the first portion back to Him. Now, 151 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: the only people that start shifting around in their seats 152 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: when I say the word give or tithe or anything 153 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: like that are the greedy people. So don't worry about them, 154 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: because for those who give, you understand that it is 155 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: the greatest privilege of your life to give back to 156 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: the God who gave everything that you have to you. 157 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 1: And when Holly was working at Township three Elementary under 158 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:53,199 Speaker 1: Tropsy mcclooney, which is the best principal name in history, 159 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: every check we got from the Cleveland County School System, 160 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: I was proud to write ten percent of it back 161 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: to Christ Covenant Church. I started doing that in college 162 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: and then if I would go preach somewhere and they 163 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 1: would give me, you know, Pepperoni pizza and three hundred 164 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 1: dollars for preaching to twelve kids on the weekend, I 165 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: would come back home, and the first thing I would 166 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: want to do was to make sure thirty went to 167 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: my church. Then as we began to experiment with the offering, 168 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: it became a great privilege to ask God, out of 169 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: all that you have given to us, what can we 170 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 1: give back to you. I remember the first time I 171 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: experimented with this was when the Lord was speaking to 172 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: me about giving a month of the salary back to him. 173 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: And then when we did that, there was a five 174 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 1: thousand dollars I inng direct emergency fund that we had 175 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 1: put aside, and the Lord began to speak to us. 176 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: And when I say God would speak to us, there 177 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: was nothing out loud. I wish it was, but it's 178 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: more of a it's a louder voice than out loud. 179 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: It's something that you know inside of you, and that's 180 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 1: how the Holy Spirit would speak to us. And remember 181 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 1: giving that emergency fund to our church. At the time, 182 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: I wasn't the pastor of the church, but I remember 183 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,839 Speaker 1: giving that. As a matter of fact, I can look 184 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 1: back at so many times in this church where we've 185 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: been at this moment, and some of the greatest times 186 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: that God grew my faith was in the process of me. 187 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: I'll say it like this, getting to give back to God. 188 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: And I say it like that because that's really how 189 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: I see it. I never thought that I was doing 190 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: God a favor by giving to him financially, anymore than 191 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: I thought I was doing him a favor when I 192 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 1: praised him with my songs, or any more than I 193 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: thought I was doing him a favor when I breathe 194 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: in and breathe out. It's just a natural reflex of 195 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 1: someone who has been born again to give back to 196 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: the God who gave them life. I'm gonna let all 197 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 1: the givers take five seconds and thank God for everything 198 00:11:53,280 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: he gave you. So we're in this season right now 199 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 1: where I think that this woman in Matthew twenty six 200 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 1: has something to teach all of us about why we 201 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: give to God, whether it's time that we give to God, 202 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: whether it's money that we give to God, why do 203 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:19,199 Speaker 1: we do it? And I only preach once or twice 204 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,079 Speaker 1: a year about finances, but I'm always preaching about giving 205 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 1: and either talking about what God has given you that 206 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: you've received or what you offer back to Him as 207 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 1: a gift. And in this passage, it talks about a 208 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 1: woman who walked into a room full of men and 209 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 1: had an intention to give something significant to Jesus. And 210 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: I broke it down in my studying to three different 211 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: whys or three different reasons that she would give. Her 212 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: motive is not on the surface of the text, but 213 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: I think that if we just study it for a moment, 214 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: we can see three different things. One is worship, one 215 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 1: is wisdom, and one is witness. And those are the 216 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: three things I want to preach about for just a moment. 217 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: Is why this woman gave an expensive gift to Jesus. 218 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 1: And it's as I study it, and as I've reflected 219 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: on it, it's why I give too, And I believe 220 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 1: it's why so many of you give. And this is 221 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: a church that gives big, No for real, you are 222 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 1: sitting around, maybe not the person right next to you, 223 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 1: but somebody on your row is a big giver. That's 224 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: why there's a Gaston. That's why there's a Lake Norman. 225 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: That's why there's a Blakeney. That's why there's a river 226 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 1: walk formerly known as rock Hill. That's why because somebody 227 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:40,319 Speaker 1: was a giver. And now so in this moment of time, 228 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: I want to explain why. And a lot of people 229 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: ask me why a lot of things about Elevation Church. 230 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: They ask me why is the music so loud? They 231 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: ask me, why do you holler when you preach? God's 232 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: not deaf. Well, he's not nervous either, And if I holler, 233 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:53,559 Speaker 1: He's not going to jump. God doesn't have a panic 234 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 1: attack when I yell. I see people get excited about 235 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: other things. I'm excited about Jesus. Is that such a sin? 236 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 1: So let's talk about worship. Let's talk about the things 237 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 1: that you wonder. Why. See, kids will ask why. Grown 238 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: ups just wonder. You don't ever stop asking why? You 239 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: just stop asking it out loud. In this passage, the 240 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 1: disciples were just playing about it. Why this waste? Think 241 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: of the insult to their rabbi that this accusation represented. 242 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: How come on, he's he's he's a good teacher, but 243 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: really the whole bottle of perfume, I mean, come on, really? 244 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: Like the preacher. Somebody asking me on time, why do 245 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: they stand up on the front few rows when you 246 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: start preaching horror? I was like, well, I don't know, 247 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: Maybe you have to ask them. Maybe they value the 248 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 1: word of God like some sports fans value a touchdown 249 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: by some people that they don't know were in some 250 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: spandex running around the field talking about a fantasy football 251 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 1: and somebody that would never put anything in your rear life. 252 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 1: But God has given you grace and mercy with every 253 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: rising of the sun. Oh no, you would have to 254 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: ask them. You'll lack like y'all want to take ten 255 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: seconds and give God worship? Well, go ahead and well anyway, 256 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: the word worship is not talking about music. Only only 257 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: in modern church culture have we taken the word worship 258 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: and used it to describe a genre of music. Okay, 259 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: I got my I've got my my rock playlist, I've 260 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: got my country playlist, I've got my hip hop playlist, 261 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: I've got my worship playlist. Wait a minute, Wait a minute. 262 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: Worship is not a genre. Worship doesn't start when somebody 263 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 1: comes up and grabs a guitar on stage. Worship is 264 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: not an activity that is confined to the realm or 265 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 1: the expression of music. When you really understand worship, you understand. 266 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: Let me say, like this worthship, what is God worth 267 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 1: to you? The problem with the disciples question is that 268 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: it devalued the woman's act because it devalued the presence 269 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: of Jesus. One of the reasons they may have been 270 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: so exasperated by what they saw to be too much 271 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: is too much. I don't understand why people have to 272 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: lift their hands in worship. Why do they do that? 273 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: Maybe they have something they need to give to God. 274 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: Maybe they've been fighting all week and they're throwing up 275 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: their hands to say God, I need you. Maybe they're 276 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: carrying something that is too heavy for them to carry alone. 277 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: Would you stop judging somebody else's worship when you don't 278 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: even know their warfare. They came in here fighting the death, 279 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:04,360 Speaker 1: fighting depression, and now they got thirty minutes to say God, 280 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,400 Speaker 1: I glorify you. They need a sea turned into a highway. 281 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 1: They need bones turned into armies. Why do I throw 282 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,640 Speaker 1: up my hands because I need him? I need him 283 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 1: like my next breath. I need him more than I 284 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: daily bread man. He's my present help. He's my friend 285 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: that sticks closer than a brother. He's the one that 286 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: never walked away. He's the one that I can call 287 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: to in the middle of the night when nobody else 288 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: will take my call or return my text. He's the 289 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 1: one that picks me up. He's the one who's not 290 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 1: ashamed to be identified with me. He's the one who 291 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: knows everything about me, even the dirty, little dark stuff, 292 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:47,119 Speaker 1: and still says I'm the righteousness of God. He's the 293 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: one who spilled his blood from me. Excuse me if 294 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 1: I'm excited to get a pray. Yeah, don't ever apologize. 295 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 1: You're praising God. Everybody worship something, why not worse of 296 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:17,199 Speaker 1: the one who made you. Everybody worships something so apart 297 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 1: from the practical value that Jesus only has one week 298 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: to live, and this woman is anointing his body for 299 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:26,919 Speaker 1: burial with this expensive perfume that she saved up for 300 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,719 Speaker 1: something special, and she realizes now is the moment, and 301 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: she realizes that now is the time, and she realizes 302 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: that I should not look around and see what everybody 303 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,160 Speaker 1: else is doing, because they have gotten used to Jesus. 304 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: He's worthy. It's not a waste. My dad used to 305 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 1: walk around the house tearing the paper towels in half, 306 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 1: but I didn't get it until because at that stage 307 00:18:56,359 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: of my life I thought it was just weird. But 308 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 1: one day my mom explained to me how poor he 309 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 1: was growing up, and then I got it. You will 310 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 1: never understand what somebody does you will never understand someone's actions. 311 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 1: You will never understand. See in this passage of scripture, 312 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: this woman is doing something that the others see it wasteful. 313 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: Maybe there's something she was responding to that they had 314 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: not experienced. And I'm gonna just go ahead and tell 315 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: you right now, the woman in this text was someone 316 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: who knew firsthand the grace of God. Do you know 317 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: firsthand the grace of God? Because people who just hear 318 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,439 Speaker 1: about Jesus and they haven't really owned their faith, they 319 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:58,199 Speaker 1: don't understand this kind of worship, the worship that starts 320 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:00,880 Speaker 1: when the songs are over, the worship that begins when 321 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:05,440 Speaker 1: you reach down and say, God, you deserve this, You're 322 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:10,360 Speaker 1: worthy of this. So all of the men are at 323 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:15,880 Speaker 1: the table and the woman comes into the room. Who 324 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 1: is this woman? You ever wonder that, like the people 325 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: in the Bible, that it doesn't tell us much about 326 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 1: their background. John chapter twelve, I'm gonna show you why 327 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: this woman was willing to worship. It's funny thing. Holly 328 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: is a worship stalker. You don't need to know this. 329 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 1: She looks around the church for people who are worshiping, 330 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 1: and then she just watches y'all she told me about 331 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: one of you. You're in the room right now, but 332 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna call you out by name. She's like, 333 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 1: there's this one she At first it's sounded kind of 334 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: sketchy when she says, she said, there's this one man 335 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: in the church that I love to watch him when 336 00:20:50,800 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: he worships house. Maybe he needs to find another go 337 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: to Forest Hill or something like that, you know what 338 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 1: I'm saying. But she would see this particular person. He's 339 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 1: in the church right now. I'm just not gonna look 340 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: anywhere near him. But it wasn't like that, she said, 341 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: He just she said, no matter what song we're singing, 342 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: it's not like a preference thing. There would just be 343 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: I look at him, he just crying. And it wasn't 344 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: like he wasn't one of these He didn't bring a 345 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 1: praise banner into the church or show far. You know, 346 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,399 Speaker 1: he didn't like grow up. He didn't understand all of 347 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 1: the protocol of it. But she was so moved when 348 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 1: she saw how much worship meant to him, because you know, 349 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,199 Speaker 1: at the same time, you got somebody like sneaking in 350 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:42,679 Speaker 1: the back because they didn't want to really have to 351 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: deal with the hassle of checking their kids in so 352 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 1: the time of just right to come there, and then 353 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: they slip out during an invitation. He wasn't like that. 354 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: He'd be standing in line so he could get close 355 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: to the front, and then he would just cry through 356 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,400 Speaker 1: the whole worship set and didn't do like this slight 357 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 1: I unlike this song. Why are they singing that over 358 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:09,399 Speaker 1: and over again? I don't understand. Okay, there's nothing better 359 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 1: than him. No, there's nothing. There's nothing, there's nothing, there's nothing. Okay, 360 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: I get it, there's nothing. There's nothing you want me 361 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 1: to do. But you would just cry. When she found 362 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:24,440 Speaker 1: out his testimony what he had been through, she got 363 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 1: it once she understood the depth John chapter twelve, which 364 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: follows by the way, John chapter eleven is a deep church. 365 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 1: We teach the deep stuff. In John chapter eleven, Jesus 366 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: raised a man named Lazarus from the dead. In John 367 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: chapter twelve, the Bible says something very interesting. It says, 368 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived at bethany where 369 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: Lazarus lived, whom she Jesus had raised from the dead. 370 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: But you can't understand my chapter twelve unless you understand 371 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: my chapter eleven. Please understand, Chapter eleven is a bankruptcy 372 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 1: term in the US tax Code. But when I'm talking 373 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,919 Speaker 1: about it, I'm talking about a spiritual bankruptcy that I 374 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: know that I know that I know that there were 375 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: dead things in my life, that there was shame in 376 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: my life, that there was nothing else for me to 377 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,199 Speaker 1: do but call on the name of the Lord, and 378 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,359 Speaker 1: the Bible says verse two. Here a dinner was given 379 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 1: in Jesus's honor. Martha served while Lazarus was among those 380 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: reclining at the table with him. Then Mary took about 381 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:45,439 Speaker 1: a pint of pure nard and expensive perfume. Now I 382 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:49,440 Speaker 1: understand why it was such a natural thing for her 383 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: to do, to pour out something that was expensive and significant, 384 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: because she had seen Jesus do something. See this is 385 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: the same story. John Is recorded it from his point 386 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 1: of view. Matthew recorded it from his point of view. 387 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 1: Matthew said, it was a woman who came in and 388 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 1: poured out the oil. Jossey, let me tell you about 389 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 1: the woman. She saw her brother in the tomb. Four 390 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 1: days Jesus showed up and said, roll the stone away. 391 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: When he said rolled the stone away, he called her 392 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: brother out, so by the time he got to Bethany 393 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 1: and she knew. This is the one who raised my 394 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: brother from the dead. This is the one who heard 395 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: my cry and pity my groan. This is the one 396 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 1: who saw me through the deepest valley of my life. 397 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,199 Speaker 1: This is the one who stood by me in the 398 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: dark time. This is the one who gave me help. 399 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,400 Speaker 1: This is the one who gave me strength. I don't 400 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 1: give because it makes sense. It's my worship. He's my God, 401 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: and he's worthy of it. All the worshipers sout real quick. 402 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: So so it's so important that we understand giving is worship. 403 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:15,120 Speaker 1: It's worship worship. It's say, God, you deserve so much more. 404 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 1: But out of what you've given to me here it 405 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 1: is what do you do? A whole series about taking 406 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,639 Speaker 1: an offer? And I just don't get it, man, I 407 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:31,199 Speaker 1: don't know. Why are you buy direct TV package for 408 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 1: NFL games? Man, I just don't get it. You invest 409 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 1: in what you value. They saw it as a waste. 410 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 1: She saw it as worship. They said, it doesn't take 411 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: all that. She said, He's worthy of so much more. 412 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,199 Speaker 1: And the reason that they called it a waste is 413 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: because they did not understand her worship. What is he 414 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:12,679 Speaker 1: worth to you? I don't want to waste opportunities to 415 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 1: worship him. No, I don't always feel like praising God. 416 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 1: I don't always feel like but I don't want to 417 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: waste the chance to worship him. And she knew. See, 418 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 1: this is where the wisdom comes in, because his worship 419 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 1: and his wisdom. She knew that if I keep this, 420 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 1: if I keep the perfume, then you know, smell good 421 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 1: for a little while. But watch what Jesus said. He 422 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:39,160 Speaker 1: said in Matthew twenty six thirteen. Wherever the Gospel is preached, 423 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 1: what this woman did will be told. So what she did? 424 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: You know she never said a word. Isn't that amazing 425 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 1: that she worshiped without words. Some of the greatest acts 426 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 1: of worship will not be through things that are produced 427 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 1: by your vocal cords. But you said, where your treasure is, 428 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 1: there will your heart be also. And that's so true. 429 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: And to really understand the Kingdom of God and how 430 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:17,360 Speaker 1: God works, you understand the wisdom of giving. It's not 431 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 1: just good to give, it's smart. It makes good sense 432 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 1: to give, at least I think it does. Because everything 433 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:33,439 Speaker 1: I've ever bought on this earth started to depreciate, and 434 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:35,159 Speaker 1: none of it that I bought I can take with me. 435 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: And I've bought a lot of stuff, and I've regretted 436 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 1: some of it. I have never regretted anything I have 437 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 1: given to God. Ever, and Judas is in the room. 438 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,400 Speaker 1: We know it was Judas because John's gospel says it. 439 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: He's like, look at verse four, but one of his 440 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 1: disciples is John twelve, verse four. But one of his disciples, Judas, 441 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,440 Speaker 1: is garried, who later to betray him. Objected, Why wasn't 442 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,400 Speaker 1: this perfume souled in the money given to the poor, 443 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: It was worth a year's wages? Well, what is he worth? 444 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:14,919 Speaker 1: What is he worth? Everybody worships something. Whatever you worship 445 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 1: is what you give weight to. And every time I 446 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,360 Speaker 1: give to God, I'm talking about a financial gift. I'm 447 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:25,719 Speaker 1: talking about giving God, taking something that is temporary like money, 448 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 1: and giving it to God, who is eternal. I see 449 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 1: it not only as an act of worship. I see 450 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:35,239 Speaker 1: it as a wise investment. I used to tell them 451 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 1: when we started the church, Oh, y'all should have heard 452 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 1: me preach back then. I was ruthless when we started 453 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 1: the church. Ruthless. I'd be up there saying stuff like, hey, 454 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: we need your seat. If you're not going to do 455 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: anything around here, help out in the kids. We didn't. 456 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 1: We have four hundred seats in the backpack behind the 457 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: pipe and drape. But I'm up there about we need 458 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,479 Speaker 1: your seat. I wanted everybody to understand that. But the 459 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: only thing about it at that point was I was 460 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 1: telling them you're getting in on the ground floor of 461 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 1: what God is doing. And some of the people that 462 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 1: were there at that point are here today, and some 463 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 1: of them because they gave is the reason why you're 464 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: here today. I think you were worth it. I think 465 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 1: you were worth it for this ministry to be here 466 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 1: in the year twenty nineteen. Have y'all noticed the world 467 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 1: has gone completely crazy? And I could put an expletive 468 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 1: in that sentence and it wouldn't be strong enough. Have 469 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:45,719 Speaker 1: you noticed that the world has gone completely crazy? And 470 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 1: it makes what we're doing so much more necessary? So 471 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: I think it's wise when great men of God said 472 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: to give what you cannot keep, to gain what you 473 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:08,080 Speaker 1: cannot lose. You smell that. That's Mary's perfume, two thousand 474 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:14,240 Speaker 1: years after she poured it out wherever The Gospel is preached. 475 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: What this woman did will be told it was worth it. 476 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 1: It was worth it. I bought a rainbow vacuum cleaner. 477 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:30,560 Speaker 1: It wasn't worth it. I went to Disney World. It 478 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 1: wasn't worth it. I'm dead serious, y'all. It wasn't worth it. 479 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,360 Speaker 1: But when we started the church and we begin to give, 480 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:42,920 Speaker 1: like so many will do. You know what's crazy about 481 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: the moment we're in right now is that the Gospel 482 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 1: has never been more needed and there have never been 483 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 1: more opportunities to make it available. Right now, while I'm 484 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 1: preaching to you, there are thousands of people around the world. 485 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about down this ta in an Indian 486 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:02,520 Speaker 1: trail and the kids had a flu so they didn't 487 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: come around the world that are connecting to this message. 488 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 1: Does that matter to you? Is it a value to you? 489 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 1: We invest in what we value, and this matters to me. 490 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: And for every time that I wrestled with God to 491 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: be here to preach, it was worth it. If it 492 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,479 Speaker 1: breaks a chain off of your life, it was worth it. 493 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 1: If it helps your marriage stay together, it was worth it. 494 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 1: If after your marriage falls apart, it is there for 495 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 1: you to help you breathe in the moments where you 496 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: feel your chest collapsing. If your kids come to Christ 497 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 1: in this ministry, it's worth it. If you have a 498 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 1: place where you can come and be accepted by the 499 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 1: Blood of Christ, it is worth it. It's worth it. 500 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,920 Speaker 1: I'm telling you, it's wisdom for you to give to 501 00:31:55,040 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: something that goes beyond you. Do. Y'all believe me that 502 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 1: there's people all over the world watching right now. They 503 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,080 Speaker 1: wake up in the middle of the night so they 504 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 1: can catch it live. They could watch it later in 505 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,280 Speaker 1: the week. They don't want it later in the week. 506 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 1: They want to win as fresh out the oven coming 507 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:18,640 Speaker 1: like hot bread. I feel a Coroba's annointing coming like 508 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:21,280 Speaker 1: hot bread to the table. They want the hot bread. 509 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:24,760 Speaker 1: Put it on. I'm going to show them because I 510 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 1: see some skeptics in the room doing It's crazy how 511 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,640 Speaker 1: they clap when we're giving the outreach money away to 512 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 1: help people, but then when we talk about giving it 513 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 1: as an act of worship, you about Judas always says, 514 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 1: but I'm not looking for Judas's approval. I came for Jesus, 515 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:52,120 Speaker 1: I worshiped Jesus, I love Jesus. Judas didn't die for me. 516 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:56,680 Speaker 1: Jesus did. I'm not concerned about the critics. I'm concerned 517 00:32:56,680 --> 00:33:01,440 Speaker 1: about the cross. So give me. I need a phone 518 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 1: with YouTube on it. Elevation Church YouTube. Now I need this. 519 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,400 Speaker 1: This is going to be a demonstration of how the fragrance. 520 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 1: Remember when Lazarus died and Martha was like, I can't 521 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 1: open the tomb. It stinks in there. What a difference 522 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:22,240 Speaker 1: a chapter makes. In chapter eleven, it smelled like death. 523 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:26,880 Speaker 1: In chapter twelve, it smelled like perfume. See, we can 524 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,160 Speaker 1: fill the earth. I'm not talking about a little squirt. 525 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: I'm talking about filling the earth with the knowledge of 526 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 1: the glory of the Lord, like the waters cover the sea. 527 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 1: So here's what I want to do on EFM, Elevation Church. 528 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:44,680 Speaker 1: Put one on Elevation Church. Put one on my YouTube channel, 529 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,720 Speaker 1: JJ Tim. Put it on the Elevation Worship because we 530 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 1: stream all over these things. And if you're watching this 531 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:52,160 Speaker 1: around the world, I want you to put where you 532 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,920 Speaker 1: are watching from and your name, and so I can 533 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,720 Speaker 1: let this church know that they're making a difference. Right now, 534 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 1: I'm scrolling right now Elevation Church. It's kind of weird 535 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,600 Speaker 1: watching myself preach on a five second delay, but I'm 536 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 1: gonna do it because I love Jesus. High five. Somebody say, 537 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:08,360 Speaker 1: it's worth it. It's worth it all over the world, 538 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:13,240 Speaker 1: from the Netherlands, from Latvia, from Kenya, from Detroit, from Florida, 539 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:18,080 Speaker 1: from Hungary. Come on, from Syracuse, it's worth it. From California, 540 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:22,239 Speaker 1: It's worth it. From Singapore, from Brazil, from the Netherlands, y'all. 541 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,360 Speaker 1: I came from Monks Corner, South Carolina. And now people 542 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:27,799 Speaker 1: are watching and joined up. I'm telling you this is 543 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 1: the crown floor of something special. This is a move 544 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:34,880 Speaker 1: of God. I'm in on it. From Australia, from India, 545 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:46,960 Speaker 1: from Texas. I can't keep up. Look look how worth 546 00:34:47,000 --> 00:35:06,160 Speaker 1: it it is. Look how worth it? Hawaii, Nigeria, Pittsburgh, Colombia, 547 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:12,200 Speaker 1: with a O in the middle. I can't keep up. 548 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:18,239 Speaker 1: You got the other one. This is the worship one 549 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:23,040 Speaker 1: the San Antonio, New Orleans, Trinidad and Tobago, West Virginia, 550 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:27,480 Speaker 1: tud Did you have any idea when we started this church, 551 00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:29,719 Speaker 1: when I sat across a golden corral, or when I 552 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:31,560 Speaker 1: told you when we were just getting ready to go 553 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,720 Speaker 1: off and start our lives and you came to followed 554 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,120 Speaker 1: me to college and met my wife's best friend and 555 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:38,439 Speaker 1: married her and then came on here to Charlotte. Could 556 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 1: you imagine they'd be saying, Hey, from Nepal, from from 557 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:46,880 Speaker 1: from the Ivory Coast, from Jamaica. I'm not making this up, 558 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,480 Speaker 1: I promise you, and as fast as I can scroll. 559 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:58,760 Speaker 1: So I needed you to know why. And it's worship. 560 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:02,280 Speaker 1: When you give, it's not just to pay the bills, 561 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:07,440 Speaker 1: to build another building. It is to fill the world. 562 00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:15,560 Speaker 1: Is it? You got the other one? Whose is this? Huh? Chicago, Connecticut, 563 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:20,239 Speaker 1: Cape Town, South Africa. Kenya, Kenya all caps. They said 564 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:25,600 Speaker 1: it twice, Brooklyn, Jamaica. Look, I can't keep up. I can't. 565 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:29,759 Speaker 1: God is stupid. Look, I gotta put this in perspective 566 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:32,560 Speaker 1: for you. When I walk on, y'all stand up. It'll 567 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:36,640 Speaker 1: help me close quicker, don't leave, don't leave. I'm just 568 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:43,120 Speaker 1: saying it's worth it. What's done for Christ is worth it. 569 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:46,759 Speaker 1: I had no idea you would be here when this 570 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:50,200 Speaker 1: was starting, but I believe that that you were. When 571 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:54,000 Speaker 1: Jesus was dying on the cross, he was dying with 572 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:58,000 Speaker 1: your salvation in mind. Why did he die because he 573 00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:07,600 Speaker 1: thought you? You're worth it? And it's not only worship, 574 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:11,040 Speaker 1: it is not only wisdom, it's a witness. So it 575 00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:19,920 Speaker 1: could be a witness in Belgium, in the Philippines, in Botswana, 576 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:23,920 Speaker 1: in London and Aruba. Keep them coming. I know I 577 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 1: can't keep up. I can't get to all of them. 578 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:32,359 Speaker 1: I just love to see what God started when one 579 00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:38,040 Speaker 1: woman broke a jar. Everywhere the gospel is preached, you 580 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:41,640 Speaker 1: have a party there, Like my kids are growing up 581 00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:44,759 Speaker 1: in a church. I got one in this service, and 582 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,120 Speaker 1: I'll have one in the next. And Abby's still too young. 583 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,480 Speaker 1: She's still asking about Christmas trees and stuff. So she's 584 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:51,520 Speaker 1: in E Kids where they can handle that kind of questions. 585 00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:57,239 Speaker 1: But every time before I come out, I don't think 586 00:37:57,239 --> 00:37:59,480 Speaker 1: I ever showed you this, E but every time I 587 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:01,759 Speaker 1: don't know if you've see in Elijah, every time I 588 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:03,520 Speaker 1: come out to preach, and I hope it's okay for 589 00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:08,040 Speaker 1: me to show this. But the photographers here took pictures 590 00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:11,680 Speaker 1: of the first time that each of my boys were 591 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:15,160 Speaker 1: in service, graduating from E Kids and sat on the 592 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:18,120 Speaker 1: front road to watch me preach, and they actually, these 593 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:20,799 Speaker 1: are really good photographers. They found a moment where the 594 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:26,000 Speaker 1: kids look interested. How hard is that? I'm telling you 595 00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:29,439 Speaker 1: we got great photographers at Elevation Church. Let's thank God 596 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:42,160 Speaker 1: for the photographers. There's Elijah. It's something that I put 597 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:43,799 Speaker 1: right by when I walk out to preach to you. 598 00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:47,719 Speaker 1: Before I come in here to connect with thousands of 599 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:53,239 Speaker 1: people or preach, I want to remember my why, to 600 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:58,960 Speaker 1: build something that will be generational, something that will be 601 00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:03,160 Speaker 1: beyond just my one little life. I also like this one. 602 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:04,960 Speaker 1: You can see I don't know who she is. There's Holly. 603 00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,120 Speaker 1: Look at that admiration on her face for the Man 604 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:12,319 Speaker 1: of God. I like that one because it has my 605 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:14,839 Speaker 1: shoe in there and it says it's like my way 606 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:17,520 Speaker 1: of saying, like blessed the feet of them that bring 607 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:20,040 Speaker 1: good news. I'm very symbolic. I'm just very I see 608 00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:23,279 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff in Lussa and then Graham's looking 609 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:28,280 Speaker 1: like huh. But I see it and it just gives 610 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:33,719 Speaker 1: me I need a why. I need a why, and 611 00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:36,960 Speaker 1: it reminds me my why that my kids are going 612 00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:40,520 Speaker 1: to grow up in a church where people from all over. 613 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:42,520 Speaker 1: I grew up in a church. It was a great church. 614 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,719 Speaker 1: It was eighty people in the church. The town was 615 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:49,040 Speaker 1: six thousand, and I never knew that when God sent us, 616 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:53,120 Speaker 1: it's still going, y'all, it's still going this thing. Look 617 00:39:53,160 --> 00:40:01,000 Speaker 1: at this. Look who's lives you're touching right now? How 618 00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:05,799 Speaker 1: God is using you right now? Is a witness and 619 00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:09,239 Speaker 1: witness means two things, you know. It means that we 620 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:12,239 Speaker 1: have seen God. We have witnessed God do so much 621 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:15,200 Speaker 1: in our lives, and now we get to witness that 622 00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:19,640 Speaker 1: to the world. That's what I'm passionate about. That's what 623 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,640 Speaker 1: I give my life to. That's what I said yes to. 624 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:27,040 Speaker 1: I didn't know when I was saying yes to God 625 00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:29,160 Speaker 1: that it was making a way for us to be 626 00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:33,080 Speaker 1: together in this moment. But God did, and he brought 627 00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:38,920 Speaker 1: us together. And it's so confusing. People will ask me, 628 00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:41,640 Speaker 1: why do so many different types of people come to 629 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:43,920 Speaker 1: your church? I mean, I look around. You've got young people, 630 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,960 Speaker 1: You've got young less young people. You've got you know, 631 00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:51,560 Speaker 1: white people and black people and Latino latina. You got 632 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:53,480 Speaker 1: to stand. You got all these different people. You got 633 00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,680 Speaker 1: some religious people, some people who know the Bible cover 634 00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:58,920 Speaker 1: to cover, some people that wouldn't know the Book of 635 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:10,920 Speaker 1: Ruth from a baby room. Why why? Why? Because all 636 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:14,880 Speaker 1: of us have a Lazarus and all of us have 637 00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:18,520 Speaker 1: a jar. When you hear us talk about this offering 638 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:21,160 Speaker 1: that's coming up. I want you to see it as 639 00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:28,560 Speaker 1: an opportunity to worship, an opportunity to witness, to see 640 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,080 Speaker 1: God move in your life. Would you buy your head 641 00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:34,400 Speaker 1: for just a moment, Epham sitting at your computers, you 642 00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:38,200 Speaker 1: get in on this too, Put your face id bow 643 00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:45,400 Speaker 1: your head all over the world right now, Malaysia, India, Nigeria. 644 00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:50,360 Speaker 1: Never imagined that this would be and we get to 645 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:55,680 Speaker 1: do it together, y'all. Beautiful thing is, Jesus has already 646 00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:58,000 Speaker 1: paid the price for your salvation. There's nothing you do 647 00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:03,360 Speaker 1: to earn His love. Means Puerto Rico, Charlotte. Somebody's playing 648 00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:12,480 Speaker 1: hooky today, You get her next week. Alice, Texas, Ghana, 649 00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:23,319 Speaker 1: all kinds of countries, Kentucky, pray so loud. I just 650 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:26,440 Speaker 1: wanted you to know why. I didn't want you to 651 00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:28,759 Speaker 1: think that the church needed to fix the toilets over 652 00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,120 Speaker 1: there on one campus at Lake Dormant or something like that. 653 00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:34,080 Speaker 1: It's not about that. It's about when you know you 654 00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:35,960 Speaker 1: have an opportunity to be a part of something that 655 00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:41,880 Speaker 1: God is doing the privilege of giving. That's why we 656 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,960 Speaker 1: give Father I Thank you for each person that you 657 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:47,960 Speaker 1: have brought to this ministry and the ways that they've 658 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:52,000 Speaker 1: connected our extended family, our ethm around the world, stepping up, 659 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:55,320 Speaker 1: making the difference, preaching Jesus shining light in dark places. 660 00:42:56,719 --> 00:42:59,680 Speaker 1: Here at this campus, I preached life from the Valentine location, 661 00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:04,280 Speaker 1: where each week this pulpit represents an opportunity for somebody 662 00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:07,480 Speaker 1: to hear the good news of Jesus Christ, his death, burial, resurrection, 663 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,560 Speaker 1: and his presence. Thank you for the way we experience 664 00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:15,279 Speaker 1: breakthrough in this place, healing in this place, so many miracles. 665 00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:17,279 Speaker 1: Thank you for all you've done for us. Thank you 666 00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,280 Speaker 1: for what you've given us. Thank you for every Lazarus 667 00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:21,960 Speaker 1: you've called forth in our life. Thank you that you've 668 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,440 Speaker 1: taken us from death to life, from darkness to light. 669 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:28,080 Speaker 1: You transfer kingdoms. You took us out of a kingdom 670 00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:30,440 Speaker 1: of this world, and you brought us into the kingdom 671 00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:32,719 Speaker 1: of your son, whom you love. And we thank you 672 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:35,120 Speaker 1: for this opportunity that we have now in this season 673 00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:38,880 Speaker 1: of our church to give back to you as a privilege, 674 00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:41,680 Speaker 1: and thanks for everything that you have done in our 675 00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:44,880 Speaker 1: lives to this point. We want to be a witness. 676 00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:48,560 Speaker 1: We want to say yes to you. We want you 677 00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:50,399 Speaker 1: to use us in a way, in a powerful way, 678 00:43:52,520 --> 00:44:00,160 Speaker 1: to preach hope, to distribute grace, to care for and 679 00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:03,480 Speaker 1: look after the poor, to bind up the broken hearted. 680 00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:07,680 Speaker 1: Their blind eyes could be opened by the gospel. I 681 00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:10,480 Speaker 1: thank you for the part that each person will play 682 00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:13,120 Speaker 1: whenever you speak to them. I pray that they will 683 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:18,319 Speaker 1: break their jar. Everybody has a lasarus. Everybody has a jar, 684 00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:22,319 Speaker 1: and I pray that during this season the generosity would 685 00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:27,359 Speaker 1: break forth from your church, your kingdom. Come. Your will 686 00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:33,120 Speaker 1: be done on earth as it is in heaven. In Jesus' name, Amen, 687 00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:36,799 Speaker 1: thank you for joining us. Special thanks to those of 688 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:39,839 Speaker 1: you who give generously to this ministry. Is because of 689 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:42,799 Speaker 1: you that this ministry is possible. You can click the 690 00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:46,080 Speaker 1: link in the description to give now, or visit Elevation 691 00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:49,880 Speaker 1: Church dot org slash podcast for more information and if 692 00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:53,200 Speaker 1: you enjoyed the podcast, you can subscribe. You can share 693 00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:55,440 Speaker 1: it with your friends. You can click the share button, 694 00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:57,920 Speaker 1: take a screenshot and share it on your social stories 695 00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:00,919 Speaker 1: and tag us at Elevation Church. Thanks for listening. God 696 00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:01,319 Speaker 1: bless you.