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Everyone in this room can have a ministry.

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The reason is this, and here's why this

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is so important.

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God calls us to make a difference.

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Everybody in here has a ministry, and when

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you don't have a ministry and you don't

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do what God has called you to do

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or want you to do, you become dissatisfied

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and discouraged and you don't feel like, I'm

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doing, God, what you've called me to do.

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And depression can set in, anxiety or fear

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or complacency, and God, I know you have

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something for me, but why am I not

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doing it?

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And for a Christian to live like that

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is pretty difficult because you're not doing what

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you're supposed to be doing.

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And it's like fitting a square peg or

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square image into a round hole, right?

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Have you ever tried that?

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It's like something's not working.

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Here's what happens.

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All of you are called to be in

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ministry, but we look at, oh, the pastor,

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that's our minister.

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No, I'm just supposed to equip you to

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go out and minister.

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And the reason many people don't do ministry

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is, here's why.

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I'll just tell you up front.

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I've fallen prey to this myself.

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We measure it by the size, not the

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faithfulness of the heart.

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Is there any difference from me speaking to

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you than somebody going out and reaching two

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or three homeless people after church?

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Or going to a hospital home and sitting

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with somebody for an hour, hour and a

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half?

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And that's why I said Jesse's here this

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morning.

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Sitting with him for an hour and a

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half was the highlight of my week.

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I left there in tears.

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I left there changed.

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And I'm like, that's ministry.

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What Shane does, that's ministry.

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Or if I have a big ministry, that's

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ministry.

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And we get discouraged because we start something

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and it's not flourishing because we're rating it

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by the numbers and not faithfulness.

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Jesus would often go to one person.

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Think about that.

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I need, I must go to Samaria.

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A man, a woman at the well changed

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her life.

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I need to go and challenge a demoniac.

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Or some accounts of the gospel say two

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demoniacs.

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And he stepped out of the boat and

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released that man from demonic oppression.

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His ministry, if you think about it, read

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through this.

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His ministry was as much for the individual

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as it was for the masses.

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The man by the pool, do you want

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to be made well?

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Then get up, take up your bed.

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One man.

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He would go to one person.

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But here, and pastors get real discouraged.

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You know, I can imagine sometimes these pastors

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at big churches.

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Oh, we're down to 3,000 people now.

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We were at 3,500 last year.

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I'm so discouraged.

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I'm like, really?

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Because we start to measure it.

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And don't you, you get discouraged.

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You want to start a ministry.

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The youth ministry.

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And that's why I just really appreciate Luke

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is because it's hard to grow that.

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And if you get down to five, six

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kids, he says, I'm loving it.

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I want to do it next year.

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It's like, what?

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How do you measure that?

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Because you measure it by faithfulness, not by

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numbers.

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Now, Shane, last week you said numbers happen

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in a healthy church.

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Yes, it does.

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Because it works both ways.

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I think a healthy church, a healthy ministry

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will grow at some point.

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But God often uses the smallness of something

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to fulfill what he says in his word.

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That if you are faithful in the little

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things, I will make you ruler over much.

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And I've learned that God is more concerned

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about our heart than what we think.

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We, man, if I could get 100 people,

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or if I could get.

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In the Bible studies, I've seen this probably

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more than anything else.

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We're down to five couples.

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in something different.

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Well, are the five couples being built up?

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Are they being strengthened?

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See, we start to rate it by numbers.

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So if you all leave here, there's not

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somebody in your sphere of influence that you

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could not minister to?

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At work?

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Your neighborhood?

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Friends you know?

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We all, God will put us in that.

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So all of you are called to the

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ministry.

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I hate to burst your bubble this morning.

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It's not, you know, the church and go

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talk to Pastor Shane.

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Or go talk to the elders, they'll tell

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you.

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No, you sometimes, it's okay for you to

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pray for somebody.

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You know, God's not going to go, Shane's

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praying now, I'm going to hear.

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He hears the prayers of all the saints.

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Praying for people.

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Oswald Chambers said, God buries His men and

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women, I put that in parentheses, in the

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midst of paltry things.

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No monuments are erected for them.

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They are not, actually they are ignored.

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Not because they are unworthy, but because they

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are in the place where they cannot be

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seen.

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See, our American culture has created something very

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dangerous called idolatry.

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There are shows called American, and it's all

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about, even in the Christian music industry, I

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know people in that industry have hosted radio

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stations and put on events, and it's amazing

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how the lure of wealth and money will

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be there.

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And they'll come to an event if there's

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over 5,000 people.

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Now, I know it's important to be good

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stewards of your time.

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You know, I have to turn down speaking

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engagements sometimes, and I just counseled one on

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the east coast at a men's conference.

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I didn't counsel, I never committed to it,

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because I felt I would be gone here

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too many Sundays.

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And maybe God will call me to do

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that more often.

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And the donation they were going to give

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paid my truck payment for many months.

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But you can't measure it by, Lord, what

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do you want us to do?

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And I tell people now, if there's anything

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in your budget, if there's not anything in

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your budget, I'm leaving it up to God,

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I'll pay you to preach.

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I'll tell that Mormon church, I will pay

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their rent, I will pay your rent for

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a month if you let me preach the

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gospel.

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The real gospel.

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Now, I haven't told them that, I haven't

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told them that, but I'm saying, you see,

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you go to where God has called you.

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Now, before you put me on a pedestal,

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I am challenged by this just as much

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as you are.

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There's not a week that goes by that's

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like, go stop by the hospital homes, they're

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right there on K4.

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You're right there in East Palmdale, you're right

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there in Rancho Vista, you're right there, and

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you're fighting that flesh.

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But if we just look at ministry as

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one person, go to one person, you will

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see your ministry and your life flourish, because

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then you're doing what God told you to

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do.

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You're being filled up, and then you're being

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emptied into others.

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You're being filled up, and you're being emptied

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into others.

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What happens, let's look at it a different

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way, what happens when I fill up with

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too much food, and I don't burn it,

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right?

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And I don't feel good.

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I don't feel good.

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I've told my wife this morning, I haven't

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weighed this low in like three years, and

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I feel incredible, because the physical and the

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spiritual often go together.

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I don't want to take a nap as

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much, I want to stop by hospital homes,

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I want to be more involved, because that

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excess is leaving, and it gives me more

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energy to do what God's called me to

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do.

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Same exact thing applies.

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Well, let's get started.

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This might be a long one.

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You guys ready for this?

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If you need to leave, remember I told

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you the trick, you tell your wife, or

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if you need to leave, I'm going to

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go to the bathroom, in a couple minutes,

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you just follow.

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And I'm of course halfway joking, I know

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a lot of people here are hungry for

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God, and it's actually very encouraging, because I've

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been at places, I've had a pastor at

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one point told me, can you get your

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message down to 25 minutes?

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We've got a lot going, and it's okay,

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I'm flexible, and it actually was really good,

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and then I'll get to other places.

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You know, when I opened up, it was

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funny, when I opened up for Cutlass, at

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the Lancaster Performing Arts Theater.

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You know, yeah, give a sermon, just kind

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of tie it in, something not too long,

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and then it went from 20 to 15,

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then I get there and the guy's like,

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keep it under 10, so I'm like, I've

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got to go out there in 10 minutes,

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what am I going to take out?

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And so it's funny though, because we often

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want to watch the clock, and not what

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God wants us to do.

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So I'm just going to let loose, let

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the chips fall where they may, but on

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this quote of Oswald Chambers, be careful in

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this area, because I do actually more for

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God, and so do many people, than what

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they see.

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So you see this, but you don't see

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Monday through Friday, or Monday through Saturday, same

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with you.

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And a lot of missionaries on the field,

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I'm reading a book I'm almost done, An

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Asia Harvest, it's about smuggling Bibles into China,

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I actually have 40 copies we just got,

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if you're interested in one.

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Smuggling Bibles into China, he can't even put

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his picture on the book, or on websites,

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I don't even know who this guy is,

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I talk to him on email sometimes, and

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you don't know who these people are, yet

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they're bringing the word of God into these

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areas, they're crossing borders, they're getting arrested, and

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I put the book down, and just started

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crying at one chapter, because I didn't realize,

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there's many people in China, Christians, but they've

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never even seen a Bible.

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And when they get it, it's like their

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child was just born.

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They're crying, and he's like, people will get

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through the whole Bible in a month or

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two, a month or two, I can't get

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people to get through it in a year.

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me, but these people, they're doing far more,

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than many of us are doing, sitting here

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in the limelight, in the spotlight, they are

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actually going out and doing that, and you

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don't have to do that, unless you're called,

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but I believe that the more you do

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something, here's what happens too, you'll go, like

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say, to the hospital home, and you want

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to tell everybody, right, oh, it's great, but

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then you just keep it to yourself, and

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then God begins to bless you, and it

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begins to well up, and you begin to

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be blessed, because you gave to others.

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So Acts 14 verse 8, Paul just began

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a ministry, we've been reading about Paul, and

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he's been ministering to people, now he gets

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to Lystra, Acts 14 verse 8, and he

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got to Lystra, and a certain man without

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strength in his feet, was sitting, a cripple

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from his mother's womb, who had never walked,

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he was born unable to walk, so, and

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I went through this, and I just stopped

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at key points, because we're talking about forming

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your ministry, and leaving here with a better

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plan of action, your ministry will involve going

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to the needy, just telling you right now,

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because we want to pick and choose who

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we minister to, don't we?

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I mean, when I start to pick and

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choose, Lord, I'll just, I'll take the affluent,

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I'll take those who just had a shower

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today, and I don't have to do too

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much, right, not going to get in a

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long conversation, just let me pick, see, when

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you pick and choose your ministry, you pick

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and choose comfortable, but when God calls you

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to the ministry, when God calls you to

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certain areas, you will go to those who

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are needy, it's not comfortable, but then we

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see that God restores the humble, and those

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who see their need, and as we go

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through this, and we look at ministry, God

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will restore those who are humble, and who

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see their need, so it's your job, it's

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my job to point them in the right

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direction, what ministry is, you go to a

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need, you help to fulfill that need, and

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you point that person in the right direction,

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I've commented many times before, I wish we

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had something, maybe right in the middle of

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Lancaster, or somewhere where it was just an

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acre, acre of farming, or hoeing weeds or

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something, I could, all these homeless people I

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run into, be here tomorrow morning at 8

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o'clock, just grab a hoe, and I'll

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hoe weeds with you, and let's get these

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guys working, and point them to a solution,

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and you also see the sincerity of their

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heart, and it's wonderful to watch God work

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in the heart of those who are humble

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and teachable, and something on this, humble and

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teachable, when you begin to walk in your

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ministry, and what God has called you to

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do, I believe that all of you can

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leave here, with some type of ministry, things

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you aren't even aware of, many people you

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could start ministering to, be careful you don't

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say this, it's my ministry, it's my ministry,

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sometimes in the past, when we started Westside

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Christian Fellowship, not here, but in Lancaster, I've

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had to talk to people, where I'm talking

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with them, and say yeah, but my ministry,

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okay, well, let's back up a little bit,

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it's God's ministry, it's Jesus, we represent him,

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because what happens when it's my ministry, when

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it's my church, when it's my, you begin

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to put too much emphasis on you, and

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who's not in charge, that being God, and

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the emphasis becomes you, and not what God

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has called you to do, so be careful,

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people are like, is that Shane's church?

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he planted, the church is still going to

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be there, when Shane goes bye bye, so

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it's God's church, it was planted years ago,

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and we're just stewarding, what he has called

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us to do, and I think of Psalm

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107, I read it to the men yesterday,

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we had a great men's walk, about 35

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guys showed up to walk on the aqueduct,

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and then we had about 70 guys and

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kids, and their sons here, and I talked

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about the story of Samson, it's going to

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be on video, I think at some point,

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so we'll get that to you, if you're

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on the email, a bulletin, but I read

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this scripture, and I felt the need to

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read it again today, Psalm 107, 27, 28,

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in the NIV, they reeled, and they staggered

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like drunkards, they were at their wits end,

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you're going to find many people, like that

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in ministry, just like this, suicidal, at their

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wits end, then they cried out to the

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Lord, in their trouble, and he brought them

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out of their distress, he'll often use you

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to help them in that area, and then

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what's ironic, is when he pulls somebody out

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of their distress, he calls them to that

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type of ministry, we've got ministries, right now

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they're going to be starting marriage ministries, where

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the marriage was falling apart a year ago,

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now they're on fire for God, now they

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want to help others, we've got recovery groups,

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where people have came out of addiction, they've

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been set free, now they want to, so

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be careful, don't let your weakness throw you

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a curve ball, in that weakness, God can

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use you to minister to others, that's why

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I think he brought me through so much,

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I can relate to the person who has

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had an abortion, I can relate to the

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person who has went through a divorce, I

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can relate to the person who has been

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cheated on, I can relate to the person

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who has been addicted, addicted from everything, to

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IPA's, to sugar, to chocolate, to coffee, the

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list goes on, addiction personality, I can relate

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to these people, but then you go and

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you help them, because that's part of the

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ministry, people are like, you're addicted to sugar?

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Yeah, you can be addicted to sugar, did

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you know that?

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No, you didn't know that, well I bet

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you should try not having any for the

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day, and you'll find out very quickly how

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addicted you are, take your favorite thing and

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avoid it for the day, you will become

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a monster, a monster, right?

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And it's, of all the things too, this

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is funny, when I was on my fast,

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I walk in, there's a little welcome basket,

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oh, wow, Frito chips, chocolate things, Hershey's, Twix,

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Snickers, whatever it is, Fig bars, like, you're

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going in the closet, you're going in my

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truck, you're getting out, devil, you are a

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liar, because it's this, and that's a whole

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other sermon, I'm actually going to wait for

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that one, but let me get back on

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track, verse 9, Phil, you know it's coming,

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huh?

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It's coming out, it's going to come at

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some point, this man heard Paul speaking, so

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the man who was born, unable to walk,

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he heard Paul speaking, and Paul observing him

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intently, and seeing that he had faith to

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heal, said with a loud voice, stand up

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straight on your feet, and he leaped, and

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he walked, it's like Paul is preaching, Paul's

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filled with the Spirit of God, he sees

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this man, he's looking at this man, he

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sees that the man, there's this element of

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faith in this man, and he activates that

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faith, and calls that man to walk, but

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we see a few things here, God was

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his focus, God was his focus, and Paul

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was open to what God wanted to do,

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see, Paul was open to what God wanted

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to do, but I think in many of

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our cases, especially in America, read some of

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these missionary books, you'll be, that still happens,

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God still moves, God still raises people from

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the dead, little babies, no, that doesn't happen

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anymore, that couldn't happen anymore, God still heals,

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I mean, when you're counting witch doctors, on

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the mission field, and you're contending for a

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real spiritual battle, you will see amazing things

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happen, but now we tend to doubt what

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God wants to do, like, well, Paul did

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that, but if I see somebody who can

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never walk, I'm just too scared to, you

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know, I don't want to go there, I

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mean, that would be embarrassing, wouldn't it in

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front of all of you?

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But I also believe that this is a

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gift of faith, that the Bible talks about,

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that God will give you a gift of

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faith, and if you've ever had that, you

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know exactly what I'm talking about, you feel

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as if you could just speak it, and

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it's going to happen, you are so confident,

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you know that God's going to work, you're

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sure of it, and you are faith-filled

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and strong, it's a gift of faith, and

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we see Paul activating that.

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He surveyed the situation as well, Paul surveyed

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the situation, and Jesus would, and this is

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interesting, when I read that story about the

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man at the pool, Jesus, was there other

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people around the pool?

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Jesus would often just go and heal certain

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people, and I immediately came to Matthew, to

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my Matthew 7-6, I'm going to paraphrase

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it, Jesus said, don't waste your time on

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things or people who will throw it back

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in your face, don't throw your money or

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assets to those who act like pigs, they

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will trample those resources and then turn on

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you.

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The verse is, you know, giving your pearls

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to swines, and things like that, but wait

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a minute Jesus, you said, pray for my

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enemies, go and help those, and now you're

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saying this, I don't understand, well that's why

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I would encourage you to spend your time,

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a lot of times, reading the whole counsel

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of God, because scriptures that you think contradict

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each other, don't when you understand the heart

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of God, for example, Jesus said turn the

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other cheek, but when Jesus was slapped, he

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didn't turn the other cheek, he confronted the

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man, wait a minute, you're going to get,

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no he's not, because the whole point of

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turning the other cheek is personal insults, and

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just, you know, I'm going to let that

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go, I'm going to let that go, but

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there comes a time, when there's time to

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be bold and to confront, because if not,

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if you're just always turning the other cheek,

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then you become a doormat, the wife who's

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constantly getting beat up, becomes a doormat, and

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her husband is never challenged, you see how

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that works, it's a principle here, so yes,

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we're to reach out and help others, but

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you know those people, I know there's people

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right now, that I need to avoid, and

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I'm not going to reach out, I know

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that might sound harsh, but because you know,

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you've been, one example is that group that

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was at the atheist debate, the satanic group,

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and he Facebooked me this week, he said,

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I'll be at your men's breakfast, hail Satan,

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I said, no you won't, you're not coming,

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I didn't even respond, I said, no, I'm

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going to take you to prayer, you're not

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coming, guess who didn't come, I'm not going

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to throw, because I don't feel that God

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is leading, at some point, you don't just

526
00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,200
keep being a passive doormat, come and run

527
00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:24,820
this place, no, you're coming to my ground

528
00:20:24,820 --> 00:20:27,300
now, you're coming here, you're not welcome here,

529
00:20:27,340 --> 00:20:30,440
if your heart's not right, see that's the

530
00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:34,440
difference, you can come, if you're open, and

531
00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,760
teachable, and are wanting to listen and learn,

532
00:20:36,900 --> 00:20:38,240
and want some fellowship, and you have some

533
00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,940
questions, no problem, but if you're coming to

534
00:20:40,940 --> 00:20:44,860
bring dissension, and turmoil, and conflict, you are

535
00:20:44,860 --> 00:20:48,500
not welcome here, I mean, you can look

536
00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:52,260
throughout scripture, that's biblical, when did God say,

537
00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,660
we cower down like a little puppy, okay

538
00:20:55,660 --> 00:20:57,560
Satan, you have your way, you threat us,

539
00:20:57,580 --> 00:20:58,660
and now we're going to go and walk

540
00:20:58,660 --> 00:21:01,140
on eggshells, no, by the authority of Jesus

541
00:21:01,140 --> 00:21:03,520
Christ, you're not welcome here, we're going to

542
00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,500
preach the gospel, and let your heart be

543
00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:08,480
challenged and changed, so see it's the heart

544
00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,020
of God, it's the heart of God, but

545
00:21:11,020 --> 00:21:13,320
here's the thing people won't understand, with something

546
00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:15,260
like this, well Shane, that sounds like you're

547
00:21:15,260 --> 00:21:17,520
mean spirited, no, because I have a history

548
00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,940
here, I talked to this person, for an

549
00:21:19,940 --> 00:21:21,860
hour after the debate, and he was not

550
00:21:21,860 --> 00:21:24,920
teachable, and humble, and willing to listen, he

551
00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,200
was wanting to throw this garbage in my

552
00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:28,380
face, and if you're going to come here,

553
00:21:28,380 --> 00:21:29,980
and throw this garbage at other people, no,

554
00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:32,000
we will shut that down, that's just biblical,

555
00:21:32,220 --> 00:21:35,880
that's actually good leadership, and my flesh is

556
00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:42,700
to say, okay, just whatever, but bold leadership,

557
00:21:42,980 --> 00:21:44,600
the elders would agree, that we say no,

558
00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,200
you're just not welcome here, if you're not

559
00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:51,080
willing to be open and teachable, see that's

560
00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:52,740
the difference, and I just got an email

561
00:21:52,740 --> 00:21:54,360
this week, from a friend out of state,

562
00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:56,740
gosh I don't even know if I should

563
00:21:56,740 --> 00:22:00,380
go here on these things, but it's important,

564
00:22:00,460 --> 00:22:04,000
because of this issue, they have a homosexual

565
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:10,400
couple, two women, lesbians, that want to serve,

566
00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:16,860
at the church, so one, there's some fruit

567
00:22:16,860 --> 00:22:18,600
there in their faith, the other there's not,

568
00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,880
Shane should we let them serve, we don't

569
00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:25,960
want to discourage, and maybe they're growing, and

570
00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:27,460
we don't want the church to come, and

571
00:22:27,460 --> 00:22:32,160
I said personally, that's not too hard biblically,

572
00:22:32,220 --> 00:22:35,920
because you're endorsing a lifestyle, you're affirming a

573
00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,300
lifestyle, that the Bible actually says come out

574
00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:40,900
from that, and repent and believe, and then

575
00:22:40,900 --> 00:22:43,280
as a church, you're not watering down the

576
00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,080
message, because they serve, you're actually holding a

577
00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,980
standard, by which God wants us to lovingly

578
00:22:48,980 --> 00:22:52,280
judge people, now if there's repentance, and there's

579
00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,020
fruit, and there's separation, give it some time,

580
00:22:55,020 --> 00:22:58,260
give it some time, let's see if there's

581
00:22:58,260 --> 00:23:01,560
genuine fruit, but if people shouldn't run your

582
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,180
church, we're going to offend, that God should

583
00:23:04,180 --> 00:23:05,880
run your church, and what does God want

584
00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:07,240
to do, so if it's coming from a

585
00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,920
humble attitude, a loving attitude, would I let

586
00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,320
somebody say, I just left my wife last

587
00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:13,720
week, can I pass out bulletins and be

588
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,960
a greeter, no you can't, no you can't,

589
00:23:17,220 --> 00:23:19,980
well that's mean, no it's not, I'm not

590
00:23:19,980 --> 00:23:23,640
going to affirm their lifestyle, I'm hooked on

591
00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,960
pornography, can I help in youth, no you

592
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,280
can't help in youth, we actually ask the

593
00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,900
men helping in youth these questions, because we

594
00:23:32,900 --> 00:23:35,540
have a responsibility, see that's not mean spirited,

595
00:23:36,140 --> 00:23:39,080
that's bold leadership, that wants to protect the

596
00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,340
flock, now do we get everything right, of

597
00:23:41,340 --> 00:23:42,940
course not, and there has to be some

598
00:23:42,940 --> 00:23:45,180
grace with people, but we're not going to

599
00:23:45,180 --> 00:23:48,600
affirm, we're going to help, we're not going

600
00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,700
to offend on purpose, but if the truth

601
00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:52,980
of God offends, then there's not much we

602
00:23:52,980 --> 00:23:54,560
can do about that, so that's what Jesus

603
00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,440
meant when he said, don't throw your pearls

604
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,400
to swine, I'm not saying these people are

605
00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,740
swine, that I've been mentioning, but I am

606
00:24:00,740 --> 00:24:02,800
saying be careful with who you invest your

607
00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,140
time, there are some people, I'll invest my

608
00:24:05,140 --> 00:24:06,600
time, I'll talk with them, but then as

609
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,300
the week goes on, I'm like okay, not

610
00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:11,960
going to do that again, because they're not

611
00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:15,040
open to that, so careful in this area,

612
00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:19,680
and it's interesting, this man, this man who

613
00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:22,080
was healed, he had faith, and it was

614
00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,860
healed, then in Mark 9 24, we see

615
00:24:24,860 --> 00:24:26,880
a man who says, I believe Lord, but

616
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,240
help my unbelief, and his son is healed,

617
00:24:30,420 --> 00:24:32,520
and then we see in Matthew 8 8,

618
00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:35,340
a man comes and says, Jesus just speak

619
00:24:35,340 --> 00:24:36,940
the word, and my servant will be healed,

620
00:24:37,340 --> 00:24:39,380
so he's an intercessor, the man who was

621
00:24:39,380 --> 00:24:41,840
healed, didn't even know Jesus was around, he

622
00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:43,900
didn't pray anything, so is it his faith,

623
00:24:43,980 --> 00:24:45,300
is it her faith, is it Jesus faith,

624
00:24:45,700 --> 00:24:47,960
and in ministry, you'll have to do this,

625
00:24:48,020 --> 00:24:51,340
you'll have to exercise tremendous faith, you will

626
00:24:51,340 --> 00:24:53,540
struggle with faith, and you'll need to intercede

627
00:24:53,540 --> 00:24:56,300
for people, all three of those, die off

628
00:24:56,300 --> 00:24:57,620
and pray, I'll just admit to you right

629
00:24:57,620 --> 00:24:59,240
now, I prayed in hospitals, I prayed when

630
00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,600
people are on their death bed, and Lord

631
00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,980
I believe, but help my unbelief, because we're

632
00:25:05,980 --> 00:25:08,640
not perfect on this side of heaven, we

633
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:12,540
struggle with that, even praying for healing, I'm

634
00:25:12,540 --> 00:25:15,540
like Lord I believe, but are you really

635
00:25:15,540 --> 00:25:17,600
going to do this, and you struggle with

636
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:21,920
that, and that's part of ministry, here's the

637
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:23,160
key though, you also have to be an

638
00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,160
intercessor, and this is where it gets difficult,

639
00:25:25,620 --> 00:25:28,860
one of my concerns, now for where I

640
00:25:28,860 --> 00:25:31,180
see America and the world in general, is

641
00:25:31,180 --> 00:25:35,280
such atrocities can happen, and we've grown numb

642
00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,440
and cold to it, we can no longer

643
00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,500
intercede for the single mom who's struggling, or

644
00:25:40,500 --> 00:25:43,000
the person who's lost something, or look at

645
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,020
all these, when I first heard about beheadings,

646
00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,740
I was shocked, now it's on the news

647
00:25:48,740 --> 00:25:51,880
every week, look how callous and cold we've

648
00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,040
become, and to truly be an intercessor, you've

649
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,120
got to feel the heart, and the pain

650
00:25:56,120 --> 00:25:59,420
of the person, Jesus was, he interceded on

651
00:25:59,420 --> 00:26:02,980
behalf of us, and then verse 11, now

652
00:26:02,980 --> 00:26:05,020
when the people saw that Paul, now when

653
00:26:05,020 --> 00:26:07,700
they saw what Paul had done, they raised

654
00:26:07,700 --> 00:26:10,660
their voices, so the people who are not

655
00:26:10,660 --> 00:26:13,920
believers, they see that this man's healed, and

656
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,540
they raised their voices, saying in the Lycanian

657
00:26:16,540 --> 00:26:18,740
language, that means they weren't Greek, they weren't

658
00:26:18,740 --> 00:26:21,200
Roman, in the Lycanian language, the gods have

659
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,440
come down to us, in the likeness of

660
00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:27,880
men, so they see a genuine healing, they

661
00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:31,100
go clearly, the gods have come down off,

662
00:26:31,180 --> 00:26:34,600
what is that, Mount Olympus, right, they've come

663
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,960
down off Mount Olympus, and they've visited us,

664
00:26:38,140 --> 00:26:40,800
and Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul Hermes,

665
00:26:40,860 --> 00:26:44,440
because he was the chief speaker, so a

666
00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,860
few keys to ministry from this, Proverbs 27

667
00:26:46,860 --> 00:26:50,840
.2, let someone else praise you, and not

668
00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:54,080
your own mouth, now many years ago when

669
00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:55,420
I read that, I'm like that doesn't even

670
00:26:55,420 --> 00:26:58,460
sound good, let somebody else praise you, well

671
00:26:58,460 --> 00:27:01,260
look up the word in the Hebrew language,

672
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:07,310
and it means this, let someone else give

673
00:27:07,310 --> 00:27:10,790
an accurate acknowledgement, of what you're doing, and

674
00:27:10,790 --> 00:27:14,310
not your own lips, so it would be

675
00:27:14,310 --> 00:27:16,950
like somebody involved in, let's say, gosh, I

676
00:27:16,950 --> 00:27:18,530
don't even know what, we just talked about,

677
00:27:18,530 --> 00:27:22,050
so let's say a homeless ministry, right, such

678
00:27:22,050 --> 00:27:24,170
and such, I so appreciate what you're doing,

679
00:27:24,270 --> 00:27:25,770
we see what you're doing, the life's changed,

680
00:27:26,270 --> 00:27:28,890
thank you for doing that, and they can

681
00:27:28,890 --> 00:27:32,130
humbly acknowledge that, give credit to God, but

682
00:27:32,130 --> 00:27:33,630
if they're coming around, hey, look at what

683
00:27:33,630 --> 00:27:34,930
we did, look at what's going on, look

684
00:27:34,930 --> 00:27:36,970
at what I did, look accomplished, and let

685
00:27:36,970 --> 00:27:40,130
someone else acknowledge your ministry, let someone else

686
00:27:40,130 --> 00:27:42,650
acknowledge what you're doing, and not your own

687
00:27:42,650 --> 00:27:45,410
lips, because that keeps you humble, because it's

688
00:27:45,410 --> 00:27:47,390
a heart issue, right, isn't it a heart

689
00:27:47,390 --> 00:27:49,550
issue, now, don't follow prey to the other

690
00:27:49,550 --> 00:27:52,750
side, though, you ever seen that person, oh,

691
00:27:52,890 --> 00:27:57,610
shucks, little old me, me, oh, me, oh,

692
00:27:57,850 --> 00:28:01,490
but inside, they're eating up, they're eating, they're

693
00:28:01,490 --> 00:28:03,850
just, oh, praise me more, praise me more,

694
00:28:04,010 --> 00:28:06,310
but they're hiding by the, oh, shucks, right,

695
00:28:06,430 --> 00:28:09,690
just me, oh, I'm just serving God, brother,

696
00:28:10,910 --> 00:28:15,370
but inside, their heart is just a mess,

697
00:28:15,530 --> 00:28:16,830
right, their heart is just pride, and arrogance,

698
00:28:16,950 --> 00:28:18,410
and they're starving for more of that, so

699
00:28:18,410 --> 00:28:21,370
be careful, don't say, oh, little shucks, little

700
00:28:21,370 --> 00:28:24,250
old me around here, right, but it's okay

701
00:28:24,250 --> 00:28:26,010
to acknowledge, like, we just acknowledge the team

702
00:28:26,010 --> 00:28:28,650
back there, the media and sound, Christine, Jake,

703
00:28:28,730 --> 00:28:30,210
thank you so much, because the only time

704
00:28:30,210 --> 00:28:31,570
we really notice you is when something goes

705
00:28:31,570 --> 00:28:34,330
wrong, right, it's not working, where are you,

706
00:28:35,050 --> 00:28:37,070
but when everything's right, we forget, so we

707
00:28:37,070 --> 00:28:39,450
acknowledge those, we thank those, we thank all

708
00:28:39,450 --> 00:28:41,550
the ushers that are serving, the children's ministry

709
00:28:41,550 --> 00:28:44,610
helpers, let me publicly acknowledge the 40 people

710
00:28:44,610 --> 00:28:46,830
or so that help keep this going every

711
00:28:46,830 --> 00:28:51,790
Sunday morning that are donating their time, so

712
00:28:51,790 --> 00:28:55,650
we just follow Proverbs 27, let someone else

713
00:28:55,650 --> 00:28:58,330
acknowledge you, and here's a good test, when

714
00:28:58,330 --> 00:29:00,250
you start to get mad, like, nobody's acknowledging

715
00:29:00,250 --> 00:29:03,610
me, be careful, be careful, the enemy, that

716
00:29:03,610 --> 00:29:06,950
is a stronghold, now, for a minute here,

717
00:29:07,010 --> 00:29:08,910
this is just fun, who were Zeus and

718
00:29:08,910 --> 00:29:13,830
Hermes, who were, right, who were Zeus and

719
00:29:13,830 --> 00:29:16,510
Hermes, well, they were two of 12 Greek

720
00:29:16,510 --> 00:29:22,730
gods who lived on Mount Olympus, I think

721
00:29:22,730 --> 00:29:24,530
if you go there, that belief system has

722
00:29:24,530 --> 00:29:26,270
faded now, right, I don't know if we

723
00:29:26,270 --> 00:29:28,650
think there's, Thor is out, right, a movie

724
00:29:28,650 --> 00:29:29,890
I haven't seen, but I've heard he's got

725
00:29:29,890 --> 00:29:31,790
a big something and throws it, and it's

726
00:29:31,790 --> 00:29:34,070
like thunder, and it's like these Greek gods

727
00:29:34,070 --> 00:29:35,470
and they make movies out of it, but

728
00:29:35,470 --> 00:29:37,310
you really don't believe it anymore, I hope,

729
00:29:37,950 --> 00:29:39,810
right, that's not true, who were these people,

730
00:29:41,010 --> 00:29:43,150
and God just, man, this point I told

731
00:29:43,150 --> 00:29:44,270
my wife too when I got home from,

732
00:29:44,930 --> 00:29:47,950
this point was just, lit up the page

733
00:29:47,950 --> 00:29:50,630
on me, and I got so excited, I

734
00:29:50,630 --> 00:29:53,930
just said, God, you are so good, here

735
00:29:53,930 --> 00:29:58,130
it is, who were Zeus and Hermes, but

736
00:29:58,130 --> 00:29:59,670
we don't do that with Jesus, we say,

737
00:29:59,790 --> 00:30:03,590
who is Jesus Christ, who is, he's here,

738
00:30:03,750 --> 00:30:06,510
he's real, he's alive, he's our savior, who

739
00:30:06,510 --> 00:30:09,590
is, not who was, rarely we say, who

740
00:30:09,590 --> 00:30:12,470
is Jesus, isn't it, watch even unbelievers, watch,

741
00:30:12,690 --> 00:30:15,310
who is Jesus, they'll interview somebody on CNN,

742
00:30:15,850 --> 00:30:17,010
or better back up, I might get a

743
00:30:17,010 --> 00:30:19,470
little loud here, Fox News, they'll interview somebody,

744
00:30:19,570 --> 00:30:21,830
who is Jesus, but they don't even believe

745
00:30:21,830 --> 00:30:23,690
in him, see they can't get past it,

746
00:30:23,870 --> 00:30:26,490
who was Jesus, no, who is he, who

747
00:30:26,490 --> 00:30:30,290
is this person, everybody bows to, or everybody's

748
00:30:30,290 --> 00:30:32,650
upset at, or people are losing their lives

749
00:30:32,650 --> 00:30:36,650
for, who is Jesus Christ, you better answer

750
00:30:36,650 --> 00:30:40,450
that question correctly, because he still exists, that

751
00:30:40,450 --> 00:30:43,550
is the God, who was from everlasting to

752
00:30:43,550 --> 00:30:46,290
everlasting, the alpha and the omega, that's why

753
00:30:46,290 --> 00:30:48,290
he's called that, from the beginning to the

754
00:30:48,290 --> 00:30:50,370
end, the wonderful counselor, the prince of peace,

755
00:30:50,630 --> 00:30:52,590
the mighty father, the lion from the tribe

756
00:30:52,590 --> 00:30:54,670
of Judah, my banner, my shield, my butler,

757
00:30:54,770 --> 00:30:58,550
my Sabbath rest, he's everything, he still exists,

758
00:30:59,950 --> 00:31:02,230
not my butler, can't you hear, butler, it's

759
00:31:02,230 --> 00:31:05,570
an old testament imagery, of strength, that was

760
00:31:05,570 --> 00:31:09,030
a close one right, boy you wouldn't believe

761
00:31:09,030 --> 00:31:11,770
the emails I get, if I misquote, that's

762
00:31:11,770 --> 00:31:16,310
Psalm 27, 12, not 22, you belligerent person,

763
00:31:16,390 --> 00:31:17,730
don't you study well, I'm like guys, give

764
00:31:17,730 --> 00:31:20,930
me some grace here, remember dyslexia has a

765
00:31:20,930 --> 00:31:25,050
problem with numbers, and it did happen, she

766
00:31:25,050 --> 00:31:26,630
doesn't go here anymore, she's back in Lancaster,

767
00:31:26,730 --> 00:31:28,150
drove me crazy, every week I get an

768
00:31:28,150 --> 00:31:30,230
email, you misquoted this one, or you said

769
00:31:30,230 --> 00:31:32,010
this word, I'm like oh, Lord is this

770
00:31:32,010 --> 00:31:33,670
genuinely, somebody who wants to help, or is

771
00:31:33,670 --> 00:31:35,550
it a critical heart, it's a critical heart,

772
00:31:35,650 --> 00:31:38,470
okay thank you, moving on, but I'm open,

773
00:31:38,570 --> 00:31:40,130
if I misquoted something, let me know, because

774
00:31:40,130 --> 00:31:41,650
we change it on the nose, we change

775
00:31:41,650 --> 00:31:43,730
it, I'm all for that, but we shouldn't

776
00:31:43,730 --> 00:31:48,230
come to church, looking for these things, yeah

777
00:31:48,230 --> 00:31:50,070
that was just a tiny event, just bear

778
00:31:50,070 --> 00:31:52,930
with me for a minute there, but I

779
00:31:52,930 --> 00:31:54,470
asked my wife, I am so bad on

780
00:31:54,470 --> 00:31:55,710
numbers, you can give me a phone number,

781
00:31:55,790 --> 00:31:57,530
and I'll forget it, I'll dial the wrong

782
00:31:57,530 --> 00:31:58,810
number, I'll put the wrong thing in the

783
00:31:58,810 --> 00:32:01,330
bank account, I just, numbers are just so

784
00:32:01,330 --> 00:32:03,070
confusing, I can sit here and quote scripture,

785
00:32:03,170 --> 00:32:04,670
for the next couple of hours, but when

786
00:32:04,670 --> 00:32:06,690
it comes to numbers, it's just something is

787
00:32:06,690 --> 00:32:08,250
off, and I didn't do good in math,

788
00:32:09,090 --> 00:32:10,990
and algebra was not even an option, it's

789
00:32:10,990 --> 00:32:14,390
not even on the radar, so every time

790
00:32:14,390 --> 00:32:15,650
my kids aren't doing good in math, I

791
00:32:15,650 --> 00:32:17,910
say, but look how I turned out, right,

792
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:21,240
I don't need to come up here, and

793
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,980
go E equals MC squared, that's going to

794
00:32:23,980 --> 00:32:26,960
help me here, the ratio of water to

795
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:31,920
hydrogen, and 22 times 412, you need to

796
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,020
have that real quick, no I don't, my

797
00:32:34,020 --> 00:32:38,670
phone has a calculator on it, so make

798
00:32:38,670 --> 00:32:42,690
sure you know who Jesus is, the bible

799
00:32:42,690 --> 00:32:45,250
says he's the son of God, he's a

800
00:32:45,250 --> 00:32:47,270
sinner savior, he's the only way, the only

801
00:32:47,270 --> 00:32:51,360
truth, the only life, which is funny, I

802
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,300
got criticism on saying that too, because it

803
00:32:53,300 --> 00:32:56,340
doesn't say only, it doesn't, the bible says

804
00:32:56,340 --> 00:32:57,700
he is the way, the truth, the life,

805
00:32:57,780 --> 00:32:59,720
and I want to emphasize the only way,

806
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,100
the only truth, the only life, nobody comes

807
00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:05,140
to the father, except through him, so he's

808
00:33:05,140 --> 00:33:07,780
everything, he's the reason we're here, he's the

809
00:33:07,780 --> 00:33:09,680
reason I'm here, he's the reason we worship,

810
00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:11,700
he's the reason I put this together, he's

811
00:33:11,700 --> 00:33:14,880
the reason that we exist, and we are

812
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,420
saved because of Christ, then the priest of

813
00:33:18,420 --> 00:33:20,680
Zeus, whose temple was in front of their

814
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:22,960
city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates,

815
00:33:23,100 --> 00:33:26,740
intending to sacrifice with the multitudes, they were

816
00:33:26,740 --> 00:33:30,720
going to sacrifice to Paul, and his helper

817
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,440
here, now keep this in mind, nearly all

818
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:38,720
religions make a sacrifice, all religions, Hindu, Buddhist,

819
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:42,180
they'll sacrifice something, go online, most religions have

820
00:33:42,180 --> 00:33:44,580
a sacrificial system, why?

821
00:33:45,100 --> 00:33:45,460
Why?

822
00:33:45,900 --> 00:33:48,340
Because we know inside that we've fallen short,

823
00:33:48,460 --> 00:33:50,820
we know that we owe something, there's something

824
00:33:50,820 --> 00:33:52,700
in our DNA, I don't know if it's

825
00:33:52,700 --> 00:33:54,500
in the little strands and things, but I

826
00:33:54,500 --> 00:33:57,060
know it's there from our Adamic nature, our

827
00:33:57,060 --> 00:34:00,580
nature from Adam, that we know something is

828
00:34:00,580 --> 00:34:04,780
not right, I have to sacrifice something, I

829
00:34:04,780 --> 00:34:07,659
have to give something, something has to die

830
00:34:07,659 --> 00:34:11,460
in order for me to live, now people

831
00:34:11,460 --> 00:34:12,920
actually try to use that against me, and

832
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:14,420
say see all religions do that, and I

833
00:34:14,420 --> 00:34:16,239
say see that actually confirms God to me,

834
00:34:16,900 --> 00:34:20,280
because it's the same heartbeat, that has to

835
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:23,480
worship something, in the six, whatever billion people

836
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,179
on the planet, they have to worship something,

837
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,800
they feel that there is something out there,

838
00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:31,280
greater than them, I mean listen, atheists who

839
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,280
doesn't want to admit to it, but I

840
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:34,580
know in their heart they know, that they're

841
00:34:34,580 --> 00:34:36,940
not that, they're not all that, right, what

842
00:34:36,940 --> 00:34:38,199
the kids say, I'm not that in a

843
00:34:38,199 --> 00:34:41,260
bag of chips, whatever that means, but we

844
00:34:41,260 --> 00:34:44,900
know there's something beating in us, that knows

845
00:34:44,900 --> 00:34:47,719
something is not right, or I have to

846
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:51,179
worship something, why, because we are created in

847
00:34:51,179 --> 00:34:54,719
God's image, and that image, Norman Geisler, he's

848
00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:57,280
a theologian, he said God's image in us

849
00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:02,480
is effaced, it's not erased, effaced means it's

850
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,780
damaged, it's marred, so God's image in us,

851
00:35:05,780 --> 00:35:08,440
I mean this is amazing, if you just

852
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,120
sit and think about it for a while

853
00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:12,940
at home, you are made in the image

854
00:35:12,940 --> 00:35:16,380
of God, that young adult that wants to

855
00:35:16,380 --> 00:35:18,180
take her life, tell her she's made in

856
00:35:18,180 --> 00:35:21,240
the image of God, the abortion industry that

857
00:35:21,240 --> 00:35:22,600
likes to pull out arms and legs and

858
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:26,080
sell things, those are made, those children are

859
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:30,220
made in the image of God, that will

860
00:35:30,220 --> 00:35:32,660
change how you treat yourself, that will change

861
00:35:32,660 --> 00:35:35,240
your life, you focus, but that image is

862
00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:39,560
effaced, it's damaged, it hasn't been erased, it's

863
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:43,680
still there, that image, that broken marred relationship,

864
00:35:43,780 --> 00:35:45,520
that's why so many people feel broken, because

865
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:49,520
they are, they are struggling, they are running

866
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:51,680
to this addiction, or this prescription, or this

867
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,920
relationship, and they are running to the next

868
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,560
thing, because they are broken, so part of

869
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,140
the ministry is you point people to Jesus

870
00:35:59,140 --> 00:36:05,240
Christ, you point people to Christ, and on

871
00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:07,100
that note, make sure you have the right

872
00:36:07,100 --> 00:36:11,020
sacrifice, make sure you have the right sacrifice,

873
00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:14,880
because many people, they are going through life,

874
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,620
they are sacrificing, I hope God sees my

875
00:36:17,620 --> 00:36:21,140
good deeds, many religions, I hope my good

876
00:36:21,140 --> 00:36:24,140
deeds outweigh my bad deeds, so they are

877
00:36:24,140 --> 00:36:27,300
making a sacrifice, and it's the wrong one,

878
00:36:27,580 --> 00:36:29,520
the price is already paid, the sacrifice has

879
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:31,500
already been made, we just repent and we

880
00:36:31,500 --> 00:36:34,840
acknowledge that, and then verse 14, but when

881
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,420
the apostle Barnabas and Paul heard this, they

882
00:36:37,420 --> 00:36:40,520
tore their clothes, see the difference, we read

883
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,520
earlier Herod when they said, the voice of

884
00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:44,240
a God and not a man, the voice

885
00:36:44,240 --> 00:36:45,920
of a God and not a man, Herod

886
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,580
said yes, thank you, and he was killed,

887
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:52,360
these men go running into the crowd, no,

888
00:36:52,860 --> 00:36:55,880
we are not gods, we are just like

889
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,860
you, men why are you doing these things,

890
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:00,700
we are just like you, the same nature,

891
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:02,960
and we preach to you, that you should

892
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:06,220
turn from these useless things, to the living

893
00:37:06,220 --> 00:37:08,880
God, who made heaven, the earth, the sea,

894
00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:11,200
and all the things that are in them,

895
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,060
turn to that God, that's part of ministry,

896
00:37:14,180 --> 00:37:15,980
you turn to that God, I just ran

897
00:37:15,980 --> 00:37:18,400
into another homeless guy this morning, early this

898
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,140
morning, 630, I've known him for a few

899
00:37:20,140 --> 00:37:22,160
months, he got his truck back, I helped

900
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:23,220
him a little bit, and then he lost

901
00:37:23,220 --> 00:37:24,820
his truck again, it's been impounded, now it's

902
00:37:24,820 --> 00:37:26,340
been sold, and I said you got to

903
00:37:26,340 --> 00:37:29,100
turn everything over to God, no, he said

904
00:37:29,100 --> 00:37:30,580
no, I know God, I said yeah, but

905
00:37:30,580 --> 00:37:33,200
that bottle's got you, see that's what's got

906
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,440
you, you go back to that useless thing,

907
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:37,140
you go back to that thing that's bringing

908
00:37:37,140 --> 00:37:39,360
the depravity, but in our pride, in our

909
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:41,600
arrogance, we say we got this, I'm right

910
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:43,240
with God, you might be right with God,

911
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:44,880
but you've got a lot of things, you

912
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:46,220
need to work on, and get rid of

913
00:37:46,220 --> 00:37:49,480
those useless things, Shane how would I know

914
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:52,560
if they're useless, are they drawing you closer

915
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:56,560
to Christ, or are they drawing you away

916
00:37:56,560 --> 00:38:01,880
from Christ, I've got family members, I won't

917
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:04,720
say how close, you'll know who they are

918
00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:06,280
if I say how close, maybe distant, maybe

919
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,660
who knows, but I tell them, I say

920
00:38:08,660 --> 00:38:11,100
you've got to end that relationship, oh she's

921
00:38:11,100 --> 00:38:14,360
a good friend, all she's doing is posting

922
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,300
stuff about being drunk, and high, and flirting,

923
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:18,880
and all these things in Vegas by the

924
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:22,060
pool, that's not a good friend, that's pulling

925
00:38:22,060 --> 00:38:26,040
you back into the misery, that you're wanting

926
00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:28,800
to get out of, turn from these useless

927
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,420
things, what is useless in our life, that

928
00:38:31,420 --> 00:38:35,520
is keeping us from following Christ, fully surrendering

929
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:38,020
our life to Christ, a man said to

930
00:38:38,020 --> 00:38:39,640
D.O. Moody, he said D.O. Moody,

931
00:38:39,860 --> 00:38:42,120
the world has yet to see what God

932
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,720
will do with a man, fully consecrated to

933
00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:48,080
him, the same call goes out today, God

934
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:50,920
is waiting for those who will fully surrender

935
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:54,520
their life, and the enemy comes in and

936
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:58,220
says you can't do that, you're not perfect,

937
00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:04,360
guess what, I'm not either, but I'm not

938
00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:08,160
going to let that side track me, useless

939
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:10,140
things, what useless, the guy could stay here

940
00:39:10,140 --> 00:39:14,220
20 minutes, what you turn from these useless

941
00:39:14,220 --> 00:39:20,660
things, useless things that have no, no spiritual

942
00:39:20,660 --> 00:39:23,760
health whatsoever, and you know why it's so

943
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:27,480
hard, let's just be honest, this morning, it's

944
00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,260
so hard because we love them, and we're

945
00:39:29,260 --> 00:39:34,360
addicted to them, aren't we, try it today,

946
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:39,270
the thing that is just useless, Facebook, the

947
00:39:39,270 --> 00:39:41,010
negative news, every time I go to the

948
00:39:41,010 --> 00:39:42,190
news, I'll just tell you right now, I

949
00:39:42,190 --> 00:39:46,650
just leave that page, the world is falling

950
00:39:46,650 --> 00:39:51,890
apart, what's that little chicken little, sky is

951
00:39:51,890 --> 00:39:54,370
falling, sky is falling, I mean look at

952
00:39:54,370 --> 00:39:58,730
everything, conspiracy theories, and this, and the Obama

953
00:39:58,730 --> 00:40:01,850
administration, the Trump administration, ISIS, North Korea, now

954
00:40:01,850 --> 00:40:05,270
I've got to worry about North Korea, there's

955
00:40:05,270 --> 00:40:06,390
a good chance they're going to try to

956
00:40:06,390 --> 00:40:09,250
hit Los Angeles, with a nuclear bomb, is

957
00:40:09,250 --> 00:40:11,250
the wind going to be blowing this way,

958
00:40:11,910 --> 00:40:13,990
do we just go outside and go, all

959
00:40:13,990 --> 00:40:16,250
right we're done Lord, come take us, God

960
00:40:16,250 --> 00:40:18,670
what are we doing, and you just get

961
00:40:18,670 --> 00:40:24,540
paralyzed, or time on Facebook, or YouTube, there's

962
00:40:24,540 --> 00:40:25,920
YouTube videos, there's a lot of you shouldn't

963
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:28,920
be watching, that's why you're coming up with

964
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:32,720
weird things in your mind, because not everything,

965
00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:37,820
not everything is edifying, not everything builds you

966
00:40:37,820 --> 00:40:41,300
up, it actually pulls you away from Christ,

967
00:40:41,860 --> 00:40:46,060
because it's useless, that's one of the primary

968
00:40:46,060 --> 00:40:47,860
goals of the ministry, is to help people

969
00:40:47,860 --> 00:40:52,100
turn from these useless things, and on that

970
00:40:52,100 --> 00:40:54,860
note, ministry isn't always about wiping away tears,

971
00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:58,900
sometimes it creates them, because we think of

972
00:40:58,900 --> 00:41:01,960
ministry like, kumbaya, let me just hold you

973
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:05,360
and help you, sometimes it's challenging and confronting

974
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:09,540
the person, your ministry sometimes will produce tears,

975
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:14,200
there's nothing more effective, in my opinion, now

976
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:16,000
this happens maybe 20-25% of the

977
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:20,380
time, not normally you're comforting, but there are

978
00:41:20,380 --> 00:41:22,940
times when in your ministry, you will lovingly

979
00:41:22,940 --> 00:41:26,620
confront that person, and you will tell them,

980
00:41:26,900 --> 00:41:29,980
you are hurting your family, you are hurting

981
00:41:29,980 --> 00:41:33,100
your children, you are distant from God, you

982
00:41:33,100 --> 00:41:36,340
need to turn around, and you might not

983
00:41:36,340 --> 00:41:38,940
hear from them for a while, but that's

984
00:41:38,940 --> 00:41:50,160
okay, they needed to hear it, also

985
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:53,580
part of ministry is, we can't just feed

986
00:41:53,580 --> 00:41:56,020
the stomach, but neglect the soul, that's not

987
00:41:56,020 --> 00:41:59,700
ministry, it's compassion, and it's outreach, and it's

988
00:41:59,700 --> 00:42:03,040
good, but be careful, we sometimes gloss over

989
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:06,540
ministry, by okay, I handed out sandwiches, or

990
00:42:06,540 --> 00:42:08,080
I painted their house, or I picked up

991
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:10,480
trash, and that's good, don't get me wrong,

992
00:42:11,100 --> 00:42:14,020
but that's not necessarily the main focus, go

993
00:42:14,020 --> 00:42:16,460
through this whole book of Acts, Paul's main

994
00:42:16,460 --> 00:42:20,080
focus is the gospel, his main focus is

995
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:25,560
the gospel, everywhere he went, that's the main

996
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:29,820
focus, because that, here's why, because what you

997
00:42:29,820 --> 00:42:34,060
focus on becomes the priority, verse 16, I'm

998
00:42:34,060 --> 00:42:36,200
gonna try to get through this, who in

999
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:39,980
bygone generations, allowed all nations to walk in

1000
00:42:39,980 --> 00:42:42,640
their own ways, so Paul's saying, I better

1001
00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:45,640
kind of give you, fast forward here, Paul's

1002
00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:47,300
talking to this group of people, he's saying

1003
00:42:47,300 --> 00:42:51,360
in bygone generations, mainly in past generations, God

1004
00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:53,800
allowed all nations to walk in their own

1005
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:57,040
ways, nevertheless, he did not leave himself without

1006
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,760
a witness, see this is why nobody has

1007
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:02,840
an excuse, in that he did good, he

1008
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,240
gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons,

1009
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:08,020
filling our hearts with food, and gladness, he's

1010
00:43:08,020 --> 00:43:09,600
telling the people, where do you think those

1011
00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:11,780
crops came from, where do you think that

1012
00:43:11,780 --> 00:43:15,160
perfect balance, of nitrogen, oxygen, helium came from,

1013
00:43:15,340 --> 00:43:16,760
and where do you think the rain created

1014
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:19,100
the soil, where do you think all this

1015
00:43:19,100 --> 00:43:20,940
came from, you are not without a witness,

1016
00:43:20,940 --> 00:43:23,420
you know that there is a one true

1017
00:43:23,420 --> 00:43:26,760
and living God, stop following these little idols,

1018
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:29,360
these little carved images, that you make out

1019
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:30,800
of a tree and worship, and you have

1020
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,700
this little Buddha, this little whatever it is,

1021
00:43:33,900 --> 00:43:36,720
and you just go through life, bowing to

1022
00:43:36,720 --> 00:43:40,980
the wrong God, the pagans had no knowledge,

1023
00:43:44,580 --> 00:43:46,360
the pagans had no knowledge of the Old

1024
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:49,100
Testament, so Paul couldn't say, this is the

1025
00:43:49,100 --> 00:43:51,920
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, he just

1026
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:54,160
said, this is the God who has given

1027
00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:56,460
you everything you need, who has provided for

1028
00:43:56,460 --> 00:43:59,320
you, and then Paul, because of this, the

1029
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:03,480
people still wanted to sacrifice to them, but

1030
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:06,540
then the Jews, the good old unbelieving Jews,

1031
00:44:07,260 --> 00:44:11,220
from Antioch, and Iconium, they came to where

1032
00:44:11,220 --> 00:44:13,360
Paul is, now if I'm not mistaken, where

1033
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:15,940
Paul is, Lystra is down, and these Jews

1034
00:44:15,940 --> 00:44:17,820
are up in an area about 20 miles

1035
00:44:17,820 --> 00:44:20,720
away, and they decide to do this, we're

1036
00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:22,480
just going to go tell them Paul, we're

1037
00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:24,840
going to stir up some controversy, so be

1038
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,800
careful, ministry is not always fun, and glamorous,

1039
00:44:28,240 --> 00:44:30,060
there is an enemy who hates what you're

1040
00:44:30,060 --> 00:44:34,340
doing, he hates what you're doing, you think

1041
00:44:34,340 --> 00:44:38,420
he likes what I'm doing, you don't have

1042
00:44:38,420 --> 00:44:40,860
to answer that one, or what you're doing,

1043
00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:43,340
or what my wife is doing, and helping

1044
00:44:43,340 --> 00:44:45,300
us, and all of you, he doesn't like

1045
00:44:45,300 --> 00:44:48,180
what we're doing, so the Jews came down

1046
00:44:48,180 --> 00:44:52,920
from Antioch, and Iconium, and they persuaded all

1047
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:57,120
the multitude, to stone Paul, so you go

1048
00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:59,740
from praises to stoning, and I remember Jesus,

1049
00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:03,600
hallelujah, the Savior is here to crucify him,

1050
00:45:03,820 --> 00:45:06,840
the next day, riding on this donkey, and

1051
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:09,480
people are praising him, hallelujah, hosanna, and then

1052
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:11,880
crucify him, and that is the tides of

1053
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:14,620
ministry, be careful, never measure it by the

1054
00:45:14,620 --> 00:45:17,480
praises of men, because you will be defeated,

1055
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:21,140
and discouraged every single time, I've noticed, here

1056
00:45:21,140 --> 00:45:22,840
come the praises, well get ready for the

1057
00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:25,520
valley of defeat, that's just part of it,

1058
00:45:26,740 --> 00:45:32,040
that's part of ministry, Satan does not go

1059
00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:35,120
on vacation, when you decide to get involved,

1060
00:45:35,900 --> 00:45:38,040
I talked to the men yesterday, discouragement has

1061
00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:41,140
a purpose, the purpose of discouragement, is to

1062
00:45:41,140 --> 00:45:43,580
discourage, and get you sidetracked, and going in

1063
00:45:43,580 --> 00:45:46,580
the wrong direction, think about it, the harvest

1064
00:45:46,580 --> 00:45:49,320
for a farmer, comes after the work, the

1065
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:53,100
athlete wins, after afflicting and disciplining the body,

1066
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:57,240
the soldier celebrates after the victory, so there

1067
00:45:57,240 --> 00:46:03,320
is constant pressure, and constant chaos sometimes, control

1068
00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:06,680
chaos in ministry, it's difficult, however, when the

1069
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:09,280
disciples gathered around him, he rose up and

1070
00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:11,000
went into the city, well this is obviously

1071
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:13,800
some type of miracle, these aren't little stones,

1072
00:46:13,860 --> 00:46:15,120
you ever see a kid, you know, I've

1073
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:16,240
talked to you about this before, throwing little

1074
00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:18,300
rocks at somebody, don't throw rocks out back,

1075
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:21,680
this is stones, stoning, they're big, and the

1076
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:23,080
person will be down, it would be easy

1077
00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:26,260
to stone somebody right here, you're just throwing

1078
00:46:26,260 --> 00:46:27,920
stones at Paul, so he just got up

1079
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:29,880
and went in the other city, that's a

1080
00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:33,000
miracle, that's a huge miracle, some type of

1081
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:37,650
miracle took place, and when they had preached

1082
00:46:37,650 --> 00:46:40,450
the gospel to that city, and made many

1083
00:46:40,450 --> 00:46:44,150
disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, Antioch, and

1084
00:46:44,150 --> 00:46:47,610
they strengthened the souls of the disciples, exhorting

1085
00:46:47,610 --> 00:46:49,590
them to continue in faith, and saying we

1086
00:46:49,590 --> 00:46:53,470
must, through many tribulations, enter the kingdom of

1087
00:46:53,470 --> 00:46:56,070
God, I've got another 25 minutes, but I'm

1088
00:46:56,070 --> 00:46:57,790
going to save that for you, that way

1089
00:46:57,790 --> 00:47:00,090
you have to come back, you're going to

1090
00:47:00,090 --> 00:47:02,090
want to know how this ends, and also

1091
00:47:02,090 --> 00:47:04,970
I just feel that we've said enough, and

1092
00:47:04,970 --> 00:47:06,010
we just need to go into a time

1093
00:47:06,010 --> 00:47:07,530
of worship, but let me focus on this

1094
00:47:07,530 --> 00:47:11,150
last point, he went, you'll see Paul often,

1095
00:47:11,590 --> 00:47:15,850
now this is something that's interesting, shipwrecked, beaten,

1096
00:47:16,170 --> 00:47:22,650
stoned, dragged around the cities, molested, spiritually, by

1097
00:47:22,650 --> 00:47:24,470
the religious leaders, they would tear him down,

1098
00:47:24,730 --> 00:47:27,110
he would go to the churches, and I

1099
00:47:27,110 --> 00:47:29,890
never read where Paul came in to discourage

1100
00:47:29,890 --> 00:47:31,830
them, and now he would let them have

1101
00:47:31,830 --> 00:47:34,150
it sometimes, if they need to repent, and

1102
00:47:34,150 --> 00:47:35,470
things, but he would go and he would

1103
00:47:35,470 --> 00:47:39,310
encourage, he would encourage the people, he would

1104
00:47:39,310 --> 00:47:41,930
strengthen them, in your ministry, in your ministry,

1105
00:47:42,510 --> 00:47:44,990
you will do this, strength is found, and

1106
00:47:44,990 --> 00:47:48,310
continuing on to the next ministry opportunity, and

1107
00:47:48,310 --> 00:47:52,950
encouraging people, in your ministry, and you're saying,

1108
00:47:53,150 --> 00:47:55,190
acting like you, Shane, you're acting like I

1109
00:47:55,190 --> 00:47:57,710
have one, you do, can't we all name,

1110
00:47:58,550 --> 00:48:01,990
a person, or 10, that we could minister

1111
00:48:01,990 --> 00:48:04,650
to, the neighbor that you know is just

1112
00:48:04,650 --> 00:48:07,130
lost, as lost as they come, there's a

1113
00:48:07,130 --> 00:48:11,490
few in my track, right, where you work,

1114
00:48:12,470 --> 00:48:15,270
in your spirit of influence, there's ministry everywhere,

1115
00:48:15,950 --> 00:48:18,730
so we learn here from Paul, remind people

1116
00:48:18,730 --> 00:48:21,150
about the goodness of God, here's how you,

1117
00:48:21,330 --> 00:48:23,490
here's all you have to do, you open

1118
00:48:23,490 --> 00:48:25,790
the conversation, you talk to them, you begin

1119
00:48:25,790 --> 00:48:28,150
to tell them, what God has done for

1120
00:48:28,150 --> 00:48:29,790
you, that's why many people don't have a

1121
00:48:29,790 --> 00:48:31,770
ministry, God hasn't really done anything for them,

1122
00:48:32,110 --> 00:48:33,530
I'm a, I hate when I hear this,

1123
00:48:33,570 --> 00:48:41,300
I'm a self created man, that breath you

1124
00:48:41,300 --> 00:48:44,020
just took, is a gift from God, more

1125
00:48:44,020 --> 00:48:45,980
Christians need to be filled, with the spirit

1126
00:48:45,980 --> 00:48:47,400
of God, so they can speak about the

1127
00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:50,240
power of God, that's why many people don't

1128
00:48:50,240 --> 00:48:53,500
minister, I don't know what to say, you

1129
00:48:53,500 --> 00:48:56,720
don't because you haven't been changed, and challenged,

1130
00:48:56,900 --> 00:48:59,020
because when you've been changed, by the word

1131
00:48:59,020 --> 00:49:03,780
of God, you have to tell people, you

1132
00:49:03,780 --> 00:49:07,460
have to tell people, what about the song

1133
00:49:07,460 --> 00:49:08,760
we love to sing, I was blind but

1134
00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:11,260
now I see, I was lost but now

1135
00:49:11,260 --> 00:49:12,900
I'm found, I didn't have a loving father,

1136
00:49:12,980 --> 00:49:15,480
but God loves me, and you even have

1137
00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:18,580
to encourage them, I tell people, many times

1138
00:49:18,580 --> 00:49:21,300
when I pray, I pray that God come

1139
00:49:21,300 --> 00:49:23,980
into the midst of my pain, I can

1140
00:49:23,980 --> 00:49:25,980
relate to you, because sometimes they think pastors,

1141
00:49:26,180 --> 00:49:28,600
everything's going great, or they think of you

1142
00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:31,080
right, everything's going great, no you have to

1143
00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:33,220
tell them, I even pray in the midst

1144
00:49:33,220 --> 00:49:35,480
of my pain, you have to encourage them,

1145
00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:37,340
in the midst of your pain, that's why

1146
00:49:37,340 --> 00:49:39,200
I love the song we sing, Lord where

1147
00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:41,560
will you find me, will God find you,

1148
00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:44,700
honestly will he find you grateful, and thankful

1149
00:49:44,700 --> 00:49:47,200
and full of his spirit, and broken before

1150
00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:49,800
him, how will God find us during worship

1151
00:49:49,800 --> 00:49:53,960
this morning, how will he find us, the

1152
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:56,580
heart means everything, the heart of the person

1153
00:49:56,580 --> 00:49:59,260
means everything, so the final encouraging word is

1154
00:49:59,260 --> 00:50:01,680
this, ask God what he wants you to

1155
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:06,660
begin today, we have ministries, we have dozens

1156
00:50:06,660 --> 00:50:09,180
of ministries in this room, Shane how can

1157
00:50:09,180 --> 00:50:10,720
I reach out to those, who are divorced

1158
00:50:10,720 --> 00:50:12,800
or separated, Shane how can I reach out

1159
00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:14,700
to the homeless, I see off the freeway,

1160
00:50:15,120 --> 00:50:16,660
Shane how can I reach out to the

1161
00:50:16,660 --> 00:50:21,560
single moms, who are barely getting by, how

1162
00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:23,420
can I reach out to the person, who's

1163
00:50:23,420 --> 00:50:25,600
struggling in this, how can I reach out,

1164
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:27,380
a guy recently we have it going on

1165
00:50:27,380 --> 00:50:29,300
still, he said I want to help men,

1166
00:50:29,380 --> 00:50:31,560
who struggle in the area of sexual purity,

1167
00:50:33,260 --> 00:50:34,600
I want to help them, we've got a

1168
00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:37,700
class pure desires, now here's interesting, he said

1169
00:50:37,700 --> 00:50:40,100
something to me, he goes you know, we

1170
00:50:40,100 --> 00:50:41,240
won't have a lot of guys show up,

1171
00:50:42,160 --> 00:50:45,900
really so that place should be full, he

1172
00:50:45,900 --> 00:50:52,270
said no, nobody wants to admit it, who

1173
00:50:52,270 --> 00:50:56,270
doesn't struggle with purity, you want to know

1174
00:50:56,270 --> 00:50:59,570
why, because God has created us, to lust

1175
00:50:59,570 --> 00:51:03,570
for our spouse, and when that lust is

1176
00:51:03,570 --> 00:51:06,770
redirected, it becomes a perversion, and the purity

1177
00:51:06,770 --> 00:51:11,470
that God designed, then becomes polluted, so something

1178
00:51:11,470 --> 00:51:14,770
that is good and God ordained, the devil

1179
00:51:14,770 --> 00:51:17,490
perverts it, and then it becomes unpure, and

1180
00:51:17,490 --> 00:51:19,190
then we struggle with the impurity, instead of

1181
00:51:19,190 --> 00:51:20,750
focus on the purity, that God has called

1182
00:51:20,750 --> 00:51:23,970
us to, so I would encourage you, get

1183
00:51:23,970 --> 00:51:26,310
more information on that, because all of us

1184
00:51:26,310 --> 00:51:29,110
can benefit from that class, I've never met

1185
00:51:29,110 --> 00:51:30,810
any, I asked a 75 year old, when

1186
00:51:30,810 --> 00:51:32,210
do you stop struggling with it, you have

1187
00:51:32,210 --> 00:51:34,630
to ask somebody older than me, I mean

1188
00:51:34,630 --> 00:51:38,470
it's like, it's an issue, we can't just

1189
00:51:38,470 --> 00:51:40,610
go like this, because what happens when you

1190
00:51:40,610 --> 00:51:44,710
go like this, it just grows, and grows,

1191
00:51:44,970 --> 00:51:46,810
and grows, and the sin loves to grow

1192
00:51:46,810 --> 00:51:47,510
in that darkness,