1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 2: the ministry. 4 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 5 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 1: blessing and share it with a friend. 6 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 7 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 2: your life. 8 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: Well, God bless you. 9 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 2: It's always a joy to come into your homes, and 10 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 2: if you're ever in the Euston area, please stop by 11 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 2: and be a part of our services. 12 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 13 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:39,279 Speaker 2: I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard 14 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 2: about these three men that were out in the wilderness. 15 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 2: They came to this violent, raging river. They needed to 16 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 2: get to the other side. The first man prayed, God, 17 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 2: please give me the strength to make it across, and 18 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 2: poof God gave him big arms and strong legs. He 19 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 2: was able to swim across in two hours. The next 20 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 2: man prayed, God, please give me the strength and the 21 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: tools to make it across. Poof God gave him a boat. 22 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 2: He was able to row across in thirty minutes. The 23 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 2: next man prayed, God, please give me the strength, the 24 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 2: tools and the intelligence to make it across, and poof 25 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 2: God turned him into a woman. She looked at the 26 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 2: map hight five minutes up the stream and walked across 27 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 2: the bridge. Say it like you mean, especially the women. 28 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 29 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 30 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 31 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 32 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 33 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 34 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about better together. It's easy 35 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 2: to do life on our own and think we don't 36 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 2: need any help. But you won't reach your highest potential 37 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 2: by yourself. 38 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: God has ordained. 39 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 2: People to come into your life to strengthen you, to 40 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 2: encourage you, to push you toward your purpose. You've seen 41 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 2: birds that fly information. When geese make that v it 42 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 2: takes forty percent. 43 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 1: Less energy for them to fly. 44 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 2: They could do it by themselves, but they understand this principle. 45 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: They won't go as far if they fly solo. 46 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 2: Now over thirty times in the scripture, it says one another, 47 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 2: love one another, encourage one another, serve one another, comfort 48 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 2: one another. 49 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: You need one another's around you. 50 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 2: Don't isolate yourself and think, well, I'm strong enough, I'm 51 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 2: tough enough, I'm talented enough. You may bee for what 52 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,679 Speaker 2: you have in mind, but not for what God. 53 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 1: Has in mind. 54 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 2: He has something bigger, something more rewarding, that you can't 55 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 2: do by yourself. Are you flying solo or do you 56 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 2: have a community of faith people flying with you, watching 57 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 2: over you, encouraging you, inspiring you. After the football game 58 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 2: the other night, the star running back was being interviewed. 59 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 2: He'd had a great game, set a record for the 60 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 2: amount of yards he had rushed. The reporter asked him 61 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 2: how he did it. 62 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: The first thing he. 63 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 2: Said was it was because of my offensive line. Those 64 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 2: guys that block for me, they're the best. And my 65 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 2: coaches have poured into me and made me better. My 66 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 2: trainers have helped me to get stronger. He recognized that 67 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 2: we need each other. 68 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:32,519 Speaker 1: You can be good. 69 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 2: By yourself, but you can't be great by yourself. You 70 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 2: won't become all you were created to be. Without the 71 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 2: right people around you. You can go sixty percent, but 72 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 2: when you get information, when you have a family of 73 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 2: faith blocking for you, praying for you, encouraging you, you'll 74 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 2: go forty percent further, and the scripture says, here forsake 75 00:03:56,040 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 2: not the assembling of yourselves together. When we come together 76 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 2: as a body of believers united in faith, there's something 77 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 2: that happens that you cannot. 78 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: Get on your own. We draw strength from each other. 79 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 1: As your praise gets mixed with their praise, power is released, 80 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 1: healing is released, joy is released. 81 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 2: Every time we come together, you're being refreshed, restored, re energized. 82 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: It's like your batteries are being recharged. 83 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 2: What the weak took out of you, God is putting 84 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 2: back in you. And it's good to worship on your own. 85 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 2: It's important to pray by yourself. But something happens corporately 86 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 2: that doesn't happen individually. 87 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: That's why David said, let us magnify the Lord together. 88 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 2: When we come together to magnify God, it's like the 89 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 2: intensity is turned up. 90 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 1: There is power in connectivity. People tell me all the time. 91 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: When I into the. 92 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 2: Parking lot, I could feel something different. A man came 93 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 2: last week. He had never been to church. He had 94 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 2: tattoos all over his face, his arms looked like he 95 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 2: lived a rough life. 96 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 1: He said, I don't know what's wrong with me. 97 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 2: The whole time I've been here, I couldn't stop weeping. 98 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: I've never felt this before. 99 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 2: This building is a former sports arena. There have been 100 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 2: large events in here for thirty years. Nobody walked around weeping. 101 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 2: What's the difference? When we come together in faith and 102 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 2: ordinary building becomes the house of God. Your faith mixed 103 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 2: with everybody else's faith creates something powerful. It breaks bondages, 104 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 2: It lifts depression, It brings healing. 105 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: It restores joy. 106 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 2: I'm glad you watch, glad you listen. But don't let 107 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 2: this be a substitute for going to your local church. 108 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: Let it be an addition. You need to be around 109 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: a community of faith. And I know it takes effort. 110 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 2: You have to get up early, get your kids dressed, 111 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 2: drive somewhere on your day off. There's a lot of 112 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 2: other things you could be doing. But you will never 113 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 2: give God something without him giving you more back in return. 114 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 2: You give God the first part of your week. Take 115 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 2: a few hours to assemble together, connect with other believers. 116 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: God will make up the time. 117 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 2: He can give you one idea, one good break that 118 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 2: will put you six. 119 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: Months down the road. 120 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 2: God sees the sacrifice every time you obey. There's a 121 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 2: blessing that follows. There have been times that I've come 122 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 2: and had a lot on my mind dealing with challenges. 123 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 2: But when I walk in these doors and hear the 124 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 2: songs of praise and see the smile on your face, 125 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 2: I can. 126 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: Feel the victory in the room. 127 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 2: All of a sudden, I have a new perspective. I'm 128 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 2: reminded that God is bigger than anything that I'm facing, 129 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 2: that He's in control of my life. It's like that 130 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:05,559 Speaker 2: heaviness lifts right off. 131 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 1: I have a whole new attitude. What is that God? 132 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 2: Refreshing, restoring, re energizing. I could have stayed at home 133 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 2: and hoped to get better, prayed for joy and believe 134 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 2: for a breakthrough. But there's power in connectivity. Your faith 135 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 2: is making me stronger. Your praise is helping fight my battles. 136 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: Your smile is giving me joy. 137 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 2: When we come together, it's not only refueling you, but 138 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 2: it's helping others. And sometimes we think, well, everything's great 139 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 2: in my life. I don't need to come. Why don't 140 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 2: you come and let your praise be for somebody else? 141 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: Why don't you let. 142 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 2: Your worship create an atmosphere for God to bless others? 143 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 2: Your smile can be what keeps them going. Your hug 144 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 2: can be what puts them back on their feet. I 145 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 2: talk to someone that's been at lake Would for over 146 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 2: forty years. When I was growing up, they helped take 147 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 2: care of me as a young boy. They were telling 148 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 2: me about how much the church meant to them and 149 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 2: how they wouldn't have made it through some tough times 150 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 2: if it wasn't for Lakewood. They were so grateful for 151 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 2: what they had received. But all I could think about 152 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 2: is how much I had received from them, About how 153 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 2: many other people they've impacted with their faithfulness, giving serving. 154 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: Year after year. 155 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 2: You being here is making us all stronger. Your faithfulness 156 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 2: is what's causing some people to keep moving forward. They 157 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:41,199 Speaker 2: came in didn't think they could go on, but when 158 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,959 Speaker 2: they heard your praise, when they saw your smile, your encouragement, 159 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 2: it breathed new life back into their spirit. 160 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: Well, Joel, not me. 161 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 2: I'm just one person in this big crowd. I'm just 162 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 2: sitting way up top. Yes, but your presence made. 163 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: The atmosphere better. 164 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 2: You brought God with you, you brought faith with you. 165 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: You came with expectancy. 166 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 2: The scripture says where two or three are gathered. 167 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: In the name of Jesus. God is in the midst. 168 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 2: How about when two or three hundred aregether, or two 169 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 2: or three thousand, eight or twenty or thirty thousand. 170 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: I believe that it's multiplied. 171 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 2: Every one of us is causing there to be greater faith, 172 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 2: greater strength, greater joy. 173 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 1: Together. 174 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 2: We're better together, We're stronger together, We're more powerful. It's 175 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 2: good to watch, it's good to listen. I believe we're 176 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,559 Speaker 2: connected in spirit. But if you live in this area, 177 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 2: don't go the next thirty years and miss out. 178 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: We need you. Not only will you make. 179 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 2: Us better, I'll make a promise to you, will make 180 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 2: you better. What you like on television is multiplied in person. 181 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 2: But wherever you live, get plugged into a good Bible 182 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 2: based church. 183 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: Here's the key. 184 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 2: Don't compare that church to this church. Your pastor may 185 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:05,719 Speaker 2: not be as good looking as me. I don't know 186 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 2: why I say that, So that's okay. The blessing is 187 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 2: in the obedience of assembling together. 188 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: It goes on to say. 189 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 2: As the matter of some is that means some used 190 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 2: to be plugged in. Some used to make God a priority. 191 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 2: They used to be faithful, giving serving, attending, but they 192 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 2: got distracted, they got busy. What they're really saying is 193 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 2: I can fly solo. I can do life on my own. 194 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 2: The problem with not having a community of faith is 195 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 2: you get out from under protection. When you're with the 196 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 2: body of believers, you not only have people watching over you, 197 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 2: but God covers you. He puts a headge of protection 198 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 2: that will make it more difficult to get off course. 199 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,199 Speaker 1: And then I know he and his family. 200 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 2: When I was growing up, they were some of our 201 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,200 Speaker 2: main leaders here Laquid really great people, and I was 202 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 2: friends with his children. 203 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 1: But he got distracted. He decided he didn't need a 204 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 1: community of faith. He's gonna fly solo. 205 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 2: He's gonna live isolated, nobody to watch after him. He 206 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 2: ended up losing his marriage, He turned to alcohol, he 207 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 2: went way downhill, and now none of his children will 208 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 2: have anything to do with him. I thought about how 209 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 2: different his life would be if he would have just 210 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 2: stayed connected, if he would have continued that commitment to 211 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 2: make God a priority, being here each week, serving with others. 212 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 2: When you're in the house of the Lord, there is 213 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 2: a protection that God puts on you. There are battles 214 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 2: that you won't have to fight temptations. 215 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:49,680 Speaker 1: You won't have to deal with struggles. 216 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 2: You won't have to go through because you're connected, you're 217 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 2: plugged in, you're honoring God. 218 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: Now. 219 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 2: I can't think of a better gift to give your 220 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 2: children than to raise them in the house of the Lord. 221 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: Some people won't. 222 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 2: Understand why are you getting up early on your day 223 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 2: off to not just go to church. 224 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: You go early to serve, you stay late to help others. 225 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: What's wrong with you? 226 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 2: They don't realize that's not only refueling you, but the 227 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 2: scripture says, when you're planted in the house of the Lord, 228 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 2: you will flourish. When you're plugged in, faithful, you may 229 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 2: being at God's house of priority. There is a blessing 230 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 2: on your life that will cause you to bloom, to blossom, 231 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 2: to flourish. You will reach levels that you could not 232 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 2: reach on your own. David said, I love your sanctuary, 233 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 2: the place where your glory shines. 234 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: You know what's happening right now. 235 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 2: God's glory is shining down on you, his fever, his strength, 236 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 2: his healing, his encouragement. Your weak will go better because 237 00:12:56,679 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 2: you're covered with the glory of God. Break you had 238 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 2: recently that client that called and placed in unexpected order. 239 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 2: That car that swerved just at the last minute and 240 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 2: barely missed you wasn't a lucky break. That was the 241 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:13,559 Speaker 2: blessing that comes from being planted in. 242 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: The House of the Lord. 243 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 2: That's God's glory shining down, covering you, favoring you, protecting you, 244 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:25,199 Speaker 2: keeping you safe. But today there are so many distractions. 245 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 2: Good things can keep us from God's best. Well, Joel, 246 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 2: I've got soccer today, I've got some errands to ron, 247 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:34,959 Speaker 2: I've got a busier week. I'm gonna stay home and rest. 248 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 1: All good things. 249 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:40,199 Speaker 2: But when you realize the benefits of coming together, you'll 250 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 2: rearrange your schedule so you can be in the House 251 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 2: of the Lord. It's all what we make important. I 252 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 2: love sports. I've seen people go to a football game, 253 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 2: sit outside in twenty degree weather, freezing cold. Traffic is terrible. 254 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:58,719 Speaker 2: They have to walk a mile to the stadium, sit 255 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 2: in the upper deck, can't even see their eyelashes are frozen. 256 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 2: They don't complain, they don't get upset. 257 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 1: They're a fan. They love their team. What if we 258 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: had that same spirit. 259 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 2: I'm a fan, I'm going to the House of the Lord, 260 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 2: not to cheer on my team, but to worship my God, 261 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 2: to thank him for what he's done, to draw strength 262 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 2: from other believers, to have his glory shine down on me. Says, 263 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 2: don't forsake assembling together, and so much more. As you 264 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 2: see the day approaching, it's saying, be sure you come together. 265 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 2: But as the times start getting darker, there's more trouble, 266 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 2: more calamity than make especially sure that you come together. 267 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 2: We are living in a day where almost every week 268 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 2: there's an incredible tragedy, school shootings, people driving buses into 269 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 2: innocent people, viruses that are hard to contain, flooding, earthquakes. 270 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 2: If there was ever a day we should come together 271 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 2: not out of fear, but to draw strength and encouragement 272 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 2: from each. 273 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 1: Other, it would be today. 274 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 2: Yet this is a day when there are more distractions 275 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 2: than ever. We're busier, we have more opportunities. You have 276 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 2: to make it a priority that as for me and 277 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 2: my house, we're not only going to serve the Lord, 278 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 2: We're going to go to the house of the Lord. 279 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 2: In the house of the Lord, there's protection, there's healing, 280 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 2: there's encouragement. It prepares you for what you're going to 281 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 2: face during the week, you'll make better decisions, you'll have 282 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 2: more creativity, You'll see more of God's favor. I saw 283 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 2: a report on penguins. They live in a climate where 284 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 2: the weather can get down to forty below zero with 285 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 2: winds of one hundred and twenty miles an hour. The 286 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 2: way they survive is they all huddle together. They stand 287 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 2: side by side, all around, as many as six thousand 288 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 2: in a group. Their feathers catch the warmth from their bodies. 289 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 2: The temperature in the center of the huddle can get 290 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 2: up to seventy degrees. 291 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 1: Their protection is in their connectivity. 292 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 2: But if one of those penguins decided he was going 293 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 2: to do life on his own, he doesn't have time 294 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 2: to huddle. He's got places to go, people to see. 295 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 2: He's gonna fly solo. It wouldn't be long until he 296 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 2: was in penguin heaven. He couldn't make it by himself. 297 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 2: His survival is dependent on staying connected, same way with us. 298 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 2: All that's going on in the world, distractions, calamities, opportunities 299 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 2: for compromise. 300 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: With all that cold, you can't make it by yourself. 301 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 2: You need the warmth, the strength, the encouragement, the support 302 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 2: from other believers, you have to stay connected. It's time 303 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 2: to get plugged in. Don't go another year flying solo. 304 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 2: You don't know what you're missing doing life without a 305 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 2: community of faith. And the scripture says, when we come 306 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 2: together in unity, there is a commanded blessing. 307 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: We are here today from all walks of life, all races, 308 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 1: all social. 309 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 2: Standings, democrats, republicans, aggies, longhorns, cougars, rich, poor, young, old. 310 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 2: When we walk in the door, we put all that down. 311 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 2: We are here as one family to worship the God 312 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 2: who spoke worlds into existence. Doesn't matter where you've been, 313 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 2: the mistakes you've made, what nationality you are, who you 314 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 2: voted for, what your occupation is. We realize, even though 315 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 2: we have differences, we are. 316 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 1: Worshiping the same God. 317 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 2: And because there is a spirit of unity, because we 318 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 2: know we're all a part of the same family. God says, 319 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 2: every time we come together, he's going to command a blessing. 320 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 2: He commands commands, healing, commands, joy commands. 321 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:07,879 Speaker 1: Breakthroughs what stopped you in the past. Every time you 322 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 1: show up, it's getting a little bit weaker. You keep coming. 323 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 2: Together faithfully, week after week, one day that commanded blessing 324 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 2: is going to break every force that's holding you back. 325 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 2: You're going to step into a new level of your destiny. 326 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 2: In Psalm seventy three, this man was having a lot 327 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 2: of problems. People were coming against him. He was discouraged. 328 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,439 Speaker 2: He said, all I have is trouble all day long, 329 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,639 Speaker 2: every morning brings me pain. 330 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: I went to the edge of the cliff. 331 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 2: I was almost done after listing all these things that 332 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:47,680 Speaker 2: he was up against, he said in verse seventeen, then 333 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 2: I went to the sanctuary. It tells how in the 334 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 2: sanctuary he got a new perspective. He could hear people 335 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 2: thanking God and telling of his goodness. When he got 336 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 2: around people of faith, people that knew that God was 337 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 2: in control. That spirit of defeat depression couldn't stay. A 338 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 2: few verses later, he hadn't been in the sanctuary, probably 339 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 2: fifteen minutes. 340 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: He said, God, I know I belong to you. 341 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 2: You're holding my right hand, and you will lead me 342 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 2: to a glorious destiny. He went from thinking all I 343 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 2: have is trouble to I have a glorious destiny. 344 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: What changed? 345 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 2: Did he drink a red bull? Did he watch Doctor Phil? 346 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:34,239 Speaker 2: Did he call the prayer hotline? No? He came to 347 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 2: the sanctuary. In other words, he showed up at Lakewood. 348 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 2: He could have been sitting down the road from you. 349 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 2: Your praise is what created the atmosphere to break the depression. 350 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 2: Your smile, your joy, your encouragement could have helped change 351 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 2: his perspective. In the House of the Lord, we draw 352 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 2: strength from each other. There are some breakthroughs that are 353 00:19:57,359 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 2: only going to happen when you get to the s 354 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 2: Ain't you weary? Your faith alone may not be enough. 355 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 2: That's why God has ordained you to be in a 356 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 2: community of faith. In the sanctuary. Your faith is connected 357 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 2: to their faith, and their faith and their faith before long. 358 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 2: Instead of small faith, you have mountain moving faith. What 359 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:24,399 Speaker 2: held you back individually could not hold you back corporately. 360 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 2: I need your faith, I need your strength, I need 361 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 2: your smile. 362 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 1: By ourselves were strong, but together were unstoppable. By ourselves, we'll. 363 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,679 Speaker 2: Get through the difficulty, but together will come out better. 364 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:43,119 Speaker 2: By ourselves we'll be blessed, but together we'll step into 365 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 2: the fullness of the blessing. I wonder what would happen 366 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 2: if you would get to the sanctuary more often, if 367 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 2: you would make God a priority in your life. 368 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:56,119 Speaker 1: There's power when you're connected. 369 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 2: In Acts Chapter one, Jesus had just risen from the dead. 370 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:04,159 Speaker 2: He told his followers to not lead Jerusalem, but to 371 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 2: wait for the promise of the Holy Spirit. Scholars say 372 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 2: there were around five hundred people there, but in chapter two, 373 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 2: when the Holy Spirit came, only one hundred and twenty 374 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 2: were in the upper room. 375 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: The other three hundred and eighty. 376 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 2: Maybe they were busy, maybe they had errands to run, 377 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 2: maybe they were tired. Whatever the reason, they missed what 378 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 2: God promised. Those one hundred and twenty people in the 379 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 2: upper room. The scripture says they were in one place, 380 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 2: in one accord. They were together in unity, and suddenly 381 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 2: the Holy. 382 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 1: Spirit came like a rushing mighty wind. 383 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 2: When you're in unity, connected with other believers, there. 384 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: Will be some suddenlyaes. 385 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:53,360 Speaker 2: Suddenly your health will improve, Suddenly your business will take off, 386 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 2: Suddenly you'll meet the right person. In this year of Yes, 387 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 2: because you're planeted in the House of the Lord, you're 388 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 2: going to see unexpected favor, sudden turnarounds, things you couldn't 389 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:06,879 Speaker 2: make happen. 390 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 1: God is suddenly going. 391 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 2: To cause them to happen. I read about redwood trees. 392 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 2: They're the tallest trees in the world. They can reach 393 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 2: heights of three hundred and fifty feet and live for 394 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 2: two thousand years. They're incredibly resilient, withstanding strong wind storms, pests, 395 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 2: or things that would take other trees down. What's interesting 396 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 2: is the redwood's roots only go down six to twelve 397 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 2: feet in the ground. The largest root is one inch 398 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 2: in diameter. How can these small roots that only go 399 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 2: down a fraction of the height of the tree keep 400 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 2: the tree up. What's unique about the redwood is its 401 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 2: roots intertwine with. 402 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 1: Other redwood's roots. 403 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 2: They spread out one hundred feet and connect with the 404 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 2: roots of all the redwoods around blows. Even if it's 405 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 2: a strong storm, the redwood doesn't just rely on its 406 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 2: own roots. 407 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,959 Speaker 1: The whole forest is linked together. 408 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,679 Speaker 2: The wind is not blowing against one tree, it's blowing 409 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 2: against thousands of trees. That's how the redwood can stand 410 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 2: hundreds and hundreds of years. 411 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 1: It has the strength of the whole forest. 412 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 2: When you're planted in the house of the Lord, your 413 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 2: roots get connected to my roots and their roots. Before long, 414 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 2: you have a support system that cannot be shaken when 415 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 2: the storms come. What would have normally have blown you 416 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:43,160 Speaker 2: over by yourself. Because you're connected to other Redwoods. We're 417 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 2: there to stabilize you, to steady you, to encourage you. 418 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 2: For that storm to take you out, it would have 419 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 2: to take all of us out, and that's not possible. 420 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 2: One can chase a thousand, two can put ten thousand 421 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 2: to flight. 422 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: How about when we're all connected together. We can't be 423 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 1: defeated together. We're powerful. 424 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:09,439 Speaker 2: The wind may be blowing against you today in your health, 425 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 2: your finances, a relationship trying to push you down, telling 426 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 2: you it's never going to work out. 427 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 1: You have too many obstacles. You need to know you 428 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 1: have a lot of Redwoods around you. 429 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 2: You are surrounded by a community of faith. 430 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: We're not going to let you go down. 431 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 2: The enemy is not just dealing with you, he has 432 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 2: to deal with. 433 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:30,639 Speaker 1: All of us. 434 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,399 Speaker 2: Our roots are connected. We are planted in the house 435 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 2: of the Lord. You may get weak, but we're going 436 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 2: to be there to hold you up. The storms may blow, 437 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,439 Speaker 2: but we're going to stabilize you. You may feel like 438 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,119 Speaker 2: giving up, but we're going to keep pushing you forward. 439 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: That's the benefit of being connected. 440 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 2: It's not just your prayers, it's all of our prayers. 441 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 1: We're in this together a family of faith. 442 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:58,399 Speaker 2: When my dad went to be with the Lord and 443 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 2: I stepped up to minister, I could feel the strength 444 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 2: from people praying. I could feel the support, the loyalty, 445 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,360 Speaker 2: how people wanted me to succeed. 446 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: I was shaky. I didn't think I could do this, but. 447 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,919 Speaker 2: I had a bunch of Redwoods around me, people that 448 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 2: helped me to stay up when I couldn't stay up. 449 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: On my own. You don't have to do life by yourself. 450 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:26,160 Speaker 2: If you're a Redwood all out on your own, you're 451 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 2: not going to last very long. You were designed to 452 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 2: be connected. You need a family of faith. That's why 453 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,959 Speaker 2: we're here every week. We're going to steady. You encourage you, 454 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:42,439 Speaker 2: challenge you, inspire you. We didn't meet by accidents. You 455 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,479 Speaker 2: didn't just flip across this channel. You didn't just decide 456 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,679 Speaker 2: to show up at Lakewood today. God, in his divine destiny, 457 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 2: has connected us together. We're better now. My question is 458 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,719 Speaker 2: are you flying solo? Are you doing life on your 459 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 2: own that's going to keep you from your highest potential. 460 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:07,920 Speaker 2: We need you plugged in, committed, faithful for the long haul. 461 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 2: Without you, we won't be as strong. You have something 462 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 2: to offer that nobody else has. When you're planted in 463 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 2: the house of the Lord, you'll not only go to 464 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 2: new heights, but you're created an atmosphere. 465 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: For God to bless others. This is the year to 466 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:24,919 Speaker 1: get connected. 467 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 2: If you'll do this, I believe and declare, because we're 468 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 2: together in unity, God is about to command a blessing 469 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:37,879 Speaker 2: on your life. You're going to bloom, blossom, flourish, and 470 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:42,640 Speaker 2: see the glorious future that He has in store in Jesus' name. 471 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 1: If you receive it, can you say him? 472 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:48,959 Speaker 2: Men? Today, I'd like to give you an opportunity to 473 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 2: make Jesus the lord of your life. 474 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? 475 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:58,400 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. I'll 476 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 2: make you my lord and save. 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