Giving Worship to The King - Here I Am to Worship Part 2 (Gathering 2)

1
00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,760
Hello, there we go.
Good morning and welcome to real

2
00:00:02,760 --> 00:00:05,760
life church when we are so
excited to worship God with you

3
00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:08,840
this Christmas season.
So go ahead and stand to your

4
00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:11,360
feet this morning.
We're going to worship him big,

5
00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:29,140
together, joyful.
And triumphant.

6
00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:57,920
Oh, come ye to bear the hell,
come and behold him born the

7
00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:06,440
King of angels.
Oh come, let us enjoy Him.

8
00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:17,520
Oh, come, let us enjoy.
Oh, come, let us adore him,

9
00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:26,400
Christ the Oh come on, ye
faithful.

10
00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:40,920
Come, let us adore him.
Oh come on, ye faithful, come,

11
00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:50,760
let us adore Him and sing choirs
of angels.

12
00:01:51,640 --> 00:02:06,000
Sing in exultation, or sing all
ye citizens of Him number.

13
00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:17,520
Glory to God, glory in the
highest.

14
00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:29,480
Oh, come, let us adore Him.
Oh, come, let us adore Him.

15
00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:48,200
Oh come, let us adore Him the oh
come on, ye paper, Come let us

16
00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:58,760
adore him.
Oh come on, ye paper, Come let

17
00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:04,440
us adore him.
Hosting Hallelujah.

18
00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:15,800
Come let us adore him hosting
Hallelujah.

19
00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,560
Come let us adore him.
Yes, we.

20
00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:50,560
Born this happy morning, Jesus
to thee be all glorying in for

21
00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,160
of the Father, now in flesh up
here.

22
00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:08,560
Oh, come, let us adore Him.
Oh come, let us adore him.

23
00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:13,920
Oh come let us adore.
Him.

24
00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:21,519
Christ the Lord, let's lift him
up this morning.

25
00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:31,640
Oh come all ye favour come, and
us adore him.

26
00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:42,720
Oh, come on, ye favor come and
us adore him.

27
00:04:45,160 --> 00:05:02,440
Ho say Hallelujah, is he alone
is worthy Hosting Hallelujah, He

28
00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:07,840
alone is worthy.
You invent us to come.

29
00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:19,040
Come on the people, come.
Let us adore him hosting.

30
00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:26,280
Hallelujah this.
He alone is worthy.

31
00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,360
Come on, you've got some praise
this morning after he alone.

32
00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,920
He's worthy of our worship this
morning.

33
00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:48,520
Light of the world, treasure,
heaven.

34
00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:59,840
Brilliant life is just no way to
rescue Joy the Father.

35
00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:07,760
Reach through the darkness,
shine across the earth, send the

36
00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:17,280
shadows to flood the light of
the world.

37
00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:26,760
From the beginning, the
tragedies of time with no match

38
00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:33,080
for your love.
From great heights of glory you

39
00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:39,720
saw my story got you into you.
And begin.

40
00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:51,360
One over.
Sing Hallelujah, sing

41
00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:59,360
Hallelujah, Sing Hallelujah for
the things he has done.

42
00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:08,600
Come and assure him.
Bow down before him.

43
00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,360
Sing Hallelujah to the light of
the world.

44
00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:31,080
If I eat up the crowning, A
Manger born for the coast to

45
00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:36,480
suffer to sea high king of
heaven.

46
00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:45,600
Death is the poorer we are the
ancient by the price that he

47
00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:53,480
paid.
Sing Hallelujah, sing

48
00:07:54,120 --> 00:08:01,360
Hallelujah, sing Hallelujah for
the things he has done.

49
00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,920
Come and adore him.
Bow down.

50
00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:14,040
Before him, sing Hallelujah to
the light of the world.

51
00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:34,679
The light of the world.
Soon we'll be coming.

52
00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:45,600
With fire in his eyes, he wore
in some Hazel the clouds the

53
00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:58,520
straight to the where he shall
be forevermore, oh forevermore.

54
00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:08,800
Sing Hallelujah, sing
Hallelujah, sing Hallelujah.

55
00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:19,720
Or the things he has done.
No man, the door meltdown before

56
00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,960
him.
Sing Hallelujah to the light of

57
00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:25,480
the world.
He's.

58
00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:37,200
The light of the world, light in
the.

59
00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:42,560
Door.
Amen.

60
00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:51,200
So in Matthew chapter 2 in verse
one, it says after Jesus was

61
00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:55,880
born in Bethlehem in Judea,
during the time of King Herod,

62
00:09:55,880 --> 00:10:00,240
Magi from the east came to
Jerusalem and asked where is the

63
00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,360
one who has been born King of
Jews?

64
00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:07,000
We saw his star when it rose,
and we have come to worship him.

65
00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:10,920
When King Herod heard this, he
was disturbed in all Jerusalem

66
00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,640
with him.
When he called together all the

67
00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,400
people's chief priests and
teachers of the Law, he asked

68
00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,200
them where the Messiah was to be
born in Bethlehem and Judea.

69
00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,880
They replied, For this is what
the prophet has written.

70
00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:27,440
But you, Bethlehem, in the land
of Judah, are by no means least

71
00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:31,200
among the rulers of Judah, for
out of you will come a ruler who

72
00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:35,240
will shepherd my people Israel.
Then Herod called the Magi

73
00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,600
secretly and found out from them
the exact time the star had

74
00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,960
appeared.
He sent them to Bethlehem and

75
00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,440
said, go and search carefully
for the child.

76
00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,000
As soon as you find him, report
to me, so that I too may go and

77
00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,320
worship him.
But after they had heard the

78
00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:54,080
king, they went on their way,
and the star that they had seen

79
00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:58,600
when it's rose went ahead of
them until it stopped over the

80
00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:02,520
place where the child was.
And when they saw the star they

81
00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:06,160
were overjoyed.
On coming to the house, they saw

82
00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,720
the child with his mother Mary,
and they bowed down and

83
00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,480
worshipped him, and then they
opened their treasures and

84
00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:16,320
presented him with gifts of
gold, frankincense and myrrh.

85
00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:20,840
You know, every week we have an
opportunity to gather together

86
00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:26,480
and worship to offer ourselves
as gifts to Christ, to see Him

87
00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,640
to be overjoyed, filled with the
people together to celebrate

88
00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,400
what God has done.
And we get the chance for our

89
00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:36,520
response to be just like those
magi as they came following his

90
00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,200
star to say, Lord, I bow myself
down.

91
00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:41,440
It's a picture of yielding
myself.

92
00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,480
I surrender myself.
I give myself to you and then to

93
00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,360
give gifts to say, God, Ioffer
you.

94
00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,680
All I have is yours.
And so as we continue in worship

95
00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:52,960
today, my prayer is that all of
our hearts will be bowed to

96
00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:57,240
Jesus today, yielded to him for
all that he has done for us.

97
00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:13,680
Because where?
Would I run?

98
00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:19,440
But to.
The throne of Mercy and where

99
00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:23,560
would I kneel but have this
cross of?

100
00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:28,920
Grace.
And tower grant the love a

101
00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:33,960
strong hand that holds us
beautiful.

102
00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:44,640
It's so beautiful.
So here I bound to lift you

103
00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:57,840
high.
Jesus be glorified in all things

104
00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:11,200
for all my life.
I am yours forever, Yours 'cause

105
00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:19,200
there is a kid who bore the
scars of healing, and there is a

106
00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:28,080
Son who came in grace and truth
in tower great, the love that

107
00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:36,560
carries us to kindness.
Wonderful, so wonderful.

108
00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:50,960
So here I bow to live, lift you
high, Jesus, being alone,

109
00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:59,800
fighting all things for all my
life.

110
00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:15,040
I am yours forever.
Yours you got here and now be

111
00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,800
lived in high.
And right here.

112
00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:28,920
And now, beloved, I, God of
heaven, and there, God, who

113
00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:33,440
brought me back to life, I am
yours.

114
00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:46,440
I'm forever yours, oh God, here
and now be live behind and right

115
00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:56,720
here and now be the love if by
God of heaven and earth, God who

116
00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:05,720
brought me back to life.
I am yours forever yours with to

117
00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:10,760
hide God here, I'm out to.
Live.

118
00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:25,960
If you hide and Jesus beloved,
fighting all things for all my

119
00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:44,360
life, I am yours, forever yours.
So here I bow to live too high.

120
00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:56,880
Jesus be.
Glorified in all things for all

121
00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:09,200
my life, I am yours forever.
And Amen, Amen.

122
00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:13,240
Man, just that idea of coming
and bowing down and knowing that

123
00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,240
you're God's and really God is
yours.

124
00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:17,240
And that opportunity to exalt
God.

125
00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,440
Man, Jesus is the only name
under heaven where we're saved

126
00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,120
and just give honor back to him.
What a great opportunity to do

127
00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,600
that with you guys in concert in
this gathering.

128
00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,160
So let's get up.
Let's give it up for a guy one

129
00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,120
more time, can't we?
Man?

130
00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:31,640
I love worship with you guys.
Man.

131
00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:33,240
It's been a beautiful day coming
in.

132
00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,160
I know you guys were warm and
everything, but man, we are so

133
00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:39,000
excited just to choose to you
guys shows worship with us here

134
00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,640
at Real Life this morning on
this beautiful sunny day.

135
00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,280
Hey, we've been praying for you.
I don't know if you guys know

136
00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,760
this tonight we have a lot of
new people that are with us in

137
00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,320
person and online.
Can we show those guys some

138
00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:50,800
love?
Give them a round of applause,

139
00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:52,400
man.
Thank you guys so much for being

140
00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,040
here today.
Hey, won't you guys take 30

141
00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,040
seconds and find somebody around
you and just give them a good

142
00:16:56,040 --> 00:17:36,640
rating?
All right, you guys can go ahead

143
00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:39,000
and be seated.
Hey, you guys are sitting down.

144
00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,760
What you guys know that you're
getting ready to sit down?

145
00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:43,320
An awesome card and that is our
connection card.

146
00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,400
This is for everybody in the
house today.

147
00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:46,640
We love it when you guys fill
these out.

148
00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:48,960
So if you call real life home,
let us know what's going on in

149
00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,760
your life.
Maybe guys showed up in Iraq

150
00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:52,800
this way.
You had a an awesome answer to

151
00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:54,040
prayer.
We'd love to hear about that.

152
00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:55,680
Maybe something rough's going on
this week.

153
00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,080
Job, health, whatever, we love
it when you send your prayer

154
00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,560
requests and so we can pray over
those individually for you.

155
00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:03,640
Our team looks forward to
getting these, and we'd love to

156
00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:05,320
stay connected to what's going
on in your life.

157
00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:07,720
If you're new again, we've been
praying for you.

158
00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:09,040
Thank you so much for being
here.

159
00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,640
We won't ask anything else from
you today except for this one

160
00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:14,360
small thing.
Just give us an introduction.

161
00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:16,920
We want to know who you are, and
we do that because we want to

162
00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:18,560
get you connected to what's
going on here.

163
00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,360
Let you know who we are, why we
do what.

164
00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:22,680
We'd love to send you out some
information this week.

165
00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,800
We're not going to show up at
your door or anything but like

166
00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,360
that, but we want you to know
that God loves you, who we love

167
00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:30,080
you and man, and just let you
know who we are in real life.

168
00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,160
And I will give you a little
glimpse of that right now.

169
00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:34,200
Real life is a church on a
mission, right guys?

170
00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,000
And that mission is to see
people far from God discover

171
00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,080
their real life and purpose in
Jesus.

172
00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,200
Man, we got it over here.
We got them trained.

173
00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:43,600
I love it.
It's not training, it's who we

174
00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:44,840
are.
It's what we believe in.

175
00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,760
That's why we show up, why we do
everything that we do throughout

176
00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,240
the week.
It's because we want to be on

177
00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,760
mission for what God has in our
lives.

178
00:18:52,120 --> 00:18:54,480
And I don't know about you guys.
We call this real life for a

179
00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:56,280
reason.
There's no shine here.

180
00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:58,320
There's no smoke and mirrors.
We call it how it is.

181
00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,120
And I was listening to a pastor
this week and he says so many

182
00:19:01,120 --> 00:19:03,840
churches fail.
They're, they're people because

183
00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,400
they, they, they give them this
the shiny package.

184
00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:08,840
And then when stuff falls apart,
they haven't prepared them with

185
00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,480
the gospel.
And the gospel is this is that

186
00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,600
Jesus came, lived and died and
was resurrected for you.

187
00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,760
No matter what stage of life for
you're in, no matter if you're

188
00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,360
on the mountaintop or in the
valley, God is there for you.

189
00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,200
And so the gospel isn't just for
when everything's going right.

190
00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,320
It's there for when everything's
going wrong as well.

191
00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,080
We have people come in every
week where their lives are

192
00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,080
falling apart, they've got
kicked in the teeth, nothing is

193
00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,000
going right.
And like Pastor Sean talked

194
00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,440
about last week, you know the
end of the rope and they can't

195
00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,360
do it on their own.
And you're not called to.

196
00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,480
You're called to be on mission
with Jesus and the joy of what

197
00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:41,320
we get to do here in real life
is to get people connected to

198
00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:44,760
their purpose.
And awesome week every week is

199
00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:46,920
that we see people make that
commitment to Jesus and their

200
00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,960
lives are radically changed.
So we love it when you guys are

201
00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:52,640
on mission with us.
You guys are here for an

202
00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,000
awesome, awesome Sunday.
This is celebration Sunday.

203
00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,840
Are you guys ready to celebrate?
And you guys are going to see

204
00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,280
some awesome metrics.
And these aren't just metrics.

205
00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,520
These aren't just the the what
do we call them, Sean?

206
00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:06,000
The three BS.
But budgets and buildings,

207
00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,760
right?
And put it crudely, and that's

208
00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,360
what we, a lot of times we focus
on.

209
00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:11,240
But really what they are is
their stories.

210
00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,760
They're people's lives.
That's what we care about.

211
00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,880
So whether it's fascism, we can
celebrate or people committing

212
00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,640
their lives to Christ, where
people are becoming difference

213
00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:21,240
makers.
And you guys get to hear an

214
00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:23,920
awesome number today, that of
what you guys have committed in

215
00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,760
generosity to difference makers.
Man, that's what we're going to

216
00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:28,680
celebrate today.
So you guys, buckle up, you're

217
00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,400
going to hear something awesome.
But we're going to do that

218
00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:32,760
shared through the story of the
wise men.

219
00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,440
Diane read a passage of
scripture about the Magi, and

220
00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,280
these weren't kings.
You know, Sean's going to talk

221
00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:39,880
about the song.
The song's messed up.

222
00:20:40,360 --> 00:20:42,080
These weren't kings.
These were kingmakers.

223
00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,280
And they traveled over 1000
miles to come worship Jesus.

224
00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,480
And they didn't come empty
handed, became full of

225
00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:51,120
generosity.
And you guys are so much like

226
00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:54,000
those wise men because real life
has gone a distance to be where

227
00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,440
you're at right now.
And you guys through the

228
00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,520
Difference Maker Initiative and
your generosity has just been

229
00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:01,920
incredible.
And guys going to use what you

230
00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:04,440
guys have done to further his
mission.

231
00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:06,720
And so we're getting ready to
celebrate.

232
00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,240
So once you guys put your hands
together for Pastor Sean is we

233
00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:10,720
get your kickoff celebration
Sunday.

234
00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:20,040
The guys ready to celebrate.
I love you guys, man.

235
00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,520
Oh, I just know today is going
to be one of those Sundays.

236
00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:28,400
Look back and say that Sunday
was the Sunday that changed

237
00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,520
everything.
Like trajectory changing.

238
00:21:31,120 --> 00:21:34,280
There's a moment somewhere in
the future you can be like, man,

239
00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,520
what's that building we're at?
Oh yeah, Kentucky Trail

240
00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,240
elementary.
Remember Kentucky Trail that's

241
00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,160
going to happen this Sunday.
You're going to see this

242
00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,800
difference in every story.
Sprinkle in different difference

243
00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:48,560
maker all day today in the and
I've just over just ecstatic

244
00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:50,320
because it's even the stuff I'm
going to learn right now is

245
00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,240
really cool.
But we're going to just sprinkle

246
00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:56,160
in stories, engagement stories
and then at the end we're going

247
00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:59,440
to reveal our total all in
number, which is going to be

248
00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:00,480
amazing.
You guys are going to be really,

249
00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:03,320
really excited.
But couple things celebrate one,

250
00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:05,640
we had two people come to Christ
last Sunday.

251
00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:09,640
Amen.
It's always deciding one person

252
00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:12,640
comes to Christ.
All of heaven shouts and

253
00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:16,640
rejoices and man, I just love
that heaven is busy all the time

254
00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:18,200
shouted rejoice and our people
come to Christ.

255
00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:20,240
It's our goal to keep heaven
cheering.

256
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,720
Amen populated heaven.
It's just absolutely amazing.

257
00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:25,880
So thank you guys bringing
people, inviting people.

258
00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:27,120
This is a great season to do
that.

259
00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,080
I'll encourage you if you came
to Christ or if you've never

260
00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:33,160
been baptized, but you know
Jesus, you got baptized even

261
00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:35,320
before you do Jesus.
But if you've never been

262
00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:36,880
baptized afternoon Jesus.
I would encourage you guys to

263
00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:39,320
get baptized if we were
baptizing the last Sunday of the

264
00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,520
year, the 28th and it's a
picture of what Jesus did for

265
00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,560
us.
Death buried in death,

266
00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,200
resurrected new life.
It's really the life of

267
00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,320
obedience towards Christ.
And so I encourage you if you've

268
00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:51,600
not been baptized yet, get
signed up.

269
00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,120
We have 11 people signed up
already.

270
00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,120
Amen.
That's good news.

271
00:22:55,120 --> 00:22:57,760
Come on somebody that is not
insignificant.

272
00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,240
Our goal this year is may we
let's try 50 like Lord, how can

273
00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,240
we get to 50?
We've been strategically working

274
00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,960
behind the scenes with new, new
believers and different things

275
00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,480
and just trying to just see if
we can increase that.

276
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:13,080
And we are 12 away from 52 weeks
out.

277
00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:17,240
And so this we'll baptize more
just as it is than any of your

278
00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:21,120
real life.
But it's like Lord, we see 50,

279
00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:22,560
we see 50.
If not, we trust you.

280
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,760
But we're we've been just
praying and searching, seeking

281
00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,360
after a lot of strategy,
different things because it

282
00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,920
that's what Jesus majors, Amen.
I mean, you said go, which is

283
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:35,600
measurable and baptized.
And so these are the metrics and

284
00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,960
to see people baptized like to
this level, it isn't like you're

285
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:40,240
finding people from other
churches.

286
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,840
These are conversions.
These are people who don't know

287
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:47,600
Jesus that find Jesus and decide
to follow Jesus all inside the

288
00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,880
window of a year at a church.
It's a significant number and so

289
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,560
just be proud of yourselves for
what God's doing.

290
00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,080
But if you know somebody or
maybe you're a candidate for

291
00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,240
baptism, if you sign up, we're
going to help you through that.

292
00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,080
There's a card on your chair for
that, the 28th.

293
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,440
So I'll talk about just just for
a second, this is the end of

294
00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,600
your social.
So our stuff is set up.

295
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,280
The school lets us keep stuff up
for like before Christmas to

296
00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,600
like the 5th or whatever, the
Sunday, the 4th of, of January.

297
00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:12,960
And so we're like, hey, we used
to take off that week like

298
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,360
Sabbath, but like, why take off
the week?

299
00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:16,360
The stuff is here.
Amen.

300
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,360
Like what were we thinking for
the six years we did that?

301
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:23,200
So now we take off like 4th of
July, right like y'all went out,

302
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,000
blew some stuff up, but let's
get together and have a fun

303
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,080
time.
So we're it's really like a

304
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:29,200
hangout.
It's a social, it's a family

305
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,880
gathering.
It's at 10:00, which won't

306
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:36,520
affect you guys right, because
you know, maybe late, but it's a

307
00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,080
10 plan on a couple hours, but
it's it's going to hang it out.

308
00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:40,960
It's a family gathering.
We have food.

309
00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:45,040
I think we're doing charcuterie,
drinks, tables, chairs and just

310
00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:47,200
a big hangout.
We're sharing story stats,

311
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:52,320
baptism commissioning, which is
man, I wish this word was like

312
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,760
more regular culture.
It's going to be this year

313
00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:59,200
coming 26, but commissioning
people to scatter on a mission

314
00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:04,240
for Jesus to to take to take
spiritual accountability in

315
00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,640
different areas.
And So what we're going to

316
00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,200
really Commission people in this
season we've worked towards is

317
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,280
people commissioned to build
disciples in disciple makers.

318
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,760
And you're going to see stories
of people that we've worked with

319
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,520
the last year on the stage.
And we're going to share those

320
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,000
stories and hear what God's
going to do in 26.

321
00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:23,080
But we're really strategic this
year, Like how can we get more

322
00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:26,800
people to live on mission where
the work live and play and study

323
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:29,320
and just give you some rhythms?
But we're it's going to be

324
00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:30,400
really good.
But anyway, you're going to see

325
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:31,800
that word, but it'd be a fun
time.

326
00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,280
Amen.
And there's food and it's free.

327
00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:37,840
So come on out.
He loves free food.

328
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:39,680
OK, perfect.
It's going to be good.

329
00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,440
Second part of the series, Hear
in the worship.

330
00:25:43,360 --> 00:25:45,480
Did you guys get a chance to
listen to hear in the worship at

331
00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:47,560
all?
I noticed in this gathering

332
00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:51,080
there was not as many people
that knew the song.

333
00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,400
I asked the first gathering.
It was like, yeah, everybody

334
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:54,920
almost.
But this gathering was like, I

335
00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:57,720
don't know about that.
I would encourage you to listen

336
00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,320
to it.
And the heart of that song is to

337
00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:04,120
get to Jesus and just to worship
Jesus, to worship bow down and,

338
00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:06,240
and to, to say, here is my king,
right?

339
00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,280
And there's worship.
You are my God and my king.

340
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,680
And you're going to see it
today, the story of the wise

341
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:12,120
men.
Now, Diane, read the whole

342
00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:14,080
story.
Well, most of the story, Barry

343
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:15,800
kind of alluded to it, but we're
going to dive through the story

344
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:17,680
of the wise men and the real
heart.

345
00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,800
They, they, they didn't just
give worship, they did just give

346
00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,280
gifts.
They actually changed the

347
00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:28,360
trajectory of humanity through
Jesus through their gift, like

348
00:26:28,360 --> 00:26:31,640
in so many ways that there's so
many levels of the story that we

349
00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:34,000
may not have seen or heard.
So I would encourage you to lean

350
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,320
in and maybe take some notes
because God's going to show you

351
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:37,440
some new stuff through this
story.

352
00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,640
So we're going to be in Matthew
chapter 2.

353
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:43,040
Oh, by the way, somebody left
this Bible last week.

354
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,800
Let me recognize this Bible.
Anybody see that?

355
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,080
It's, it's worn thin.
You know, it's got small words.

356
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,960
So you got to be young.
Come on, somebody, but I will, I

357
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:58,200
will say, whoever's Bible this
is, I'm very proud of you

358
00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:01,920
because there is tons of notes.
You're not a person who carries

359
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:03,120
a Bible.
You're the person who reads the

360
00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:04,320
Bible and studies it.
Amen.

361
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:06,480
So I want to get this back to
that person.

362
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,080
So I don't know, I guess I'll go
to my office.

363
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,040
I hope they recognize it's here
because otherwise it's just,

364
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,000
I'll put it here in case you're
like, that's mine.

365
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,240
But I don't want to stand up and
make it weird.

366
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:18,760
But it'll be over there for you.
Amen.

367
00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:23,600
So Matthew chapter 2, it says
after Jesus was what?

368
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,440
After he's born in Bethlehem,
Judea, after he's born.

369
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,680
So I hate to do this, but this
is just going to throw a wrench

370
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:34,120
in all your nativity scenes.
But the wise men were not there

371
00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:36,400
at Jesus birth.
OK?

372
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,360
So if you're going to put those
wise men out about a year from

373
00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:45,320
now, yeah, if you guys could
drive, if you could drive like

374
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:51,560
to maybe West Virginia, then
you'd be where they should be

375
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,040
about now.
So you go and put them out there

376
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:58,160
1000 miles away during the time
of King Herod.

377
00:27:58,600 --> 00:27:59,920
We'll talk about him today a
little bit.

378
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,560
The magi that these wise men,
we'll talk about them as well

379
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:07,800
from the East, came to Jerusalem
and asked where is the one who

380
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:14,960
has been born king of the Jews?
This question may not have been

381
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:19,200
asked by any other group of
people than these magi like to

382
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,520
think about how do they get to
the point to ask the question

383
00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:27,160
where is this king that was born
king of the Jews like that is an

384
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,880
amazing place for them to come
to and you realize they had

385
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:34,800
studied scripture and knew that
there was a sign that happened.

386
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,840
This is how they knew.
They said we saw what's it say

387
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:43,040
his star this talk about Jesus.
Now, I don't know what happened

388
00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,960
to your birth, but Jesus got a
*.

389
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:51,640
Sometimes you get the like a
cigar, come on somebody or a, or

390
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:55,280
a bubble gum cigar, right?
But he got a star.

391
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,360
And when it rose, they recognize
there's a new star.

392
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,920
What's this new star?
Hey, the scripture says.

393
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:06,160
And they began to study and
understand that this is actually

394
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,400
a king that has come.
It's a supernatural star.

395
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,120
The star actually moves.
It actually stops over his

396
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:15,840
house, but it's a * and it says
this we saw the star when it

397
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:20,680
rose and have come to what?
Yeah, worship him that that's

398
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:26,640
the that is really truly the
only way that you should come to

399
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:31,840
Jesus is with worship.
Like we don't come with demands.

400
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,040
We don't come to try to tell
them how to do things.

401
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:38,200
We come and say we trust and
worship you and these magi.

402
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,680
For them to come and worship is
a whole nother level when you

403
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,680
understand who they are.
So let me just walk through a

404
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:45,560
little bit.
Who these guys are?

405
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:49,120
They come from Persia or Arabia.
How many magic were there?

406
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:50,640
People assume there's three
because there's three.

407
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,880
What?
There's three gifts, right?

408
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,560
Like it never says in the story
how many wise men there are, but

409
00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,640
we assume, oh, there's 33 gifts.
But that is most likely not the

410
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:01,360
case.
There's probably a whole

411
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:04,600
entourage of people with these
magis, their spouses, their

412
00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,720
families, their servants.
They would usually travel with

413
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,800
military, like military
personnel.

414
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,200
And this could not just be in
the dozens, This could be in the

415
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:15,840
hundreds of people that showed
up to Jerusalem.

416
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:18,400
This would been the big thing
you're seeing like Aladdin where

417
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,000
he comes into the city.
You know what I'm talking about.

418
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,360
I'm not saying that elephants
and maybe not that Far East, you

419
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,880
know what I mean?
But like they, they came in to

420
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:29,280
that city and the city knew that
they were there.

421
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,640
And like I said, what's really
amazing about they were traveled

422
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:35,640
around 1000 miles just to get
into the presence of Jesus and

423
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:39,880
to worship him, bow down and
worship him and then give him

424
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,920
gifts is even further sign of
worship.

425
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,720
Like in other words, the wise
men really went the distance.

426
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,160
Like most people.
You don't see the story of a

427
00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:51,160
Jewish person that should have
been worshipped like they're in

428
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,400
the backyard.
You would have thought there

429
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:56,360
have been other people, but the
story of these wives been coming

430
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:58,520
was a story of traveling
distance, understanding

431
00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:00,560
scripture and coming to worship
Jesus.

432
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:04,920
And I think about what they did
is really in our season of our

433
00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,160
church is what has been
happening in our season.

434
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:11,480
Like this 2025 season, we've
gone some distance like we had,

435
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,640
we set out a goal this year,
like we would like to raise

436
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,320
$1,000,000 towards our first
permanent space.

437
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,800
Now in January, we had raised
zero money.

438
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,200
We had zero plan.
We had a hopeful plan, right?

439
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:30,040
And we met with some people, but
there's nothing really put

440
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,120
together.
And this year has been a season

441
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:34,120
of faith.
It's been a season of meetings.

442
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:36,720
It's been a season of
pacesetters and pacesetter

443
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,280
events and advance commitment
nights and one-on-one

444
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:42,560
conversations and then launching
difference maker, building all

445
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:47,320
these things like praying,
believing, trusting, bold faith.

446
00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:50,080
I've been bold and courageous,
right falling the Lord, like

447
00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:53,000
just all these things have been
stretching expands.

448
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:54,560
That's the season we've been in.
Amen.

449
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:57,960
And it's been a distance.
Like if you if you're around my

450
00:31:57,960 --> 00:31:59,320
staff team right now, we're like
Christmas.

451
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:03,440
What, like we legit started
Christmas last Sunday.

452
00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:06,680
Most people start Christmas like
3 or 4 months ago.

453
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,760
We're like, all right, Christmas
is Christmas, but difference

454
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:12,400
makers been the thing, right?
And like, I'm not trying to kill

455
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:17,920
my staff team, Amen or they're
trying to kill me, right?

456
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:19,800
But it's still going to be good,
right?

457
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,920
But I just want to do is
celebrate some of the moments

458
00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,680
that brought us this place where
we are today to celebrate.

459
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,880
And so there's some moments.
I'll give you some numbers every

460
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:32,400
say 100.
So 100% is this number.

461
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:36,520
And this is a significant number
because it represents all of our

462
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,120
leadership, 100% of our
leadership.

463
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:45,880
So staff, elders, our board
members, our main oversight like

464
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:50,440
overseer, Dream Team leaders
have all pledged for difference

465
00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:52,360
maker.
That's significant.

466
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:54,920
Amen Because you're not in a
church where it's like, well,

467
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,440
these guys got a vision and
those guys got their other

468
00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,480
vision.
We're all together in one.

469
00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:02,640
Amen So, so it means if we win,
we win if we lose or lose, but

470
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,840
we're all doing it together.
But we're not going to lose

471
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:08,000
because we're Jesus.
Amen.

472
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:14,160
We're following his footsteps.
72 You might say, what's 7272 is

473
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,880
the amount of families.
Let's take that back. 73 because

474
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:24,440
it changed, changed a little bit
ago. 73 is the number of

475
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:28,800
families and individuals who
have committed and pledged to

476
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:31,200
difference maker.
Thank you guys that have done.

477
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,760
Can we give a big hand to people
who participate in this?

478
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:38,000
Do you remember the goal out
front was 100% participation,

479
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,840
right?
Like it's like the number is a

480
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:42,280
number, but if we all get behind
it in faith, like God is going

481
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,360
to make a move and someone say
thank you guys who have pledged

482
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:49,040
and said, yes, we could not do
this without all of your

483
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,200
guesses.
It just takes all of us.

484
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,600
And it's not about the amount,
it's about us doing it together

485
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,600
in faith.
It's a faith family.

486
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,040
And so I want to say thank you
guys for jumping in to be a part

487
00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:04,600
of this next number 22.
So we have 22 first time donors

488
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,000
in our church.
Now we'll say out of 22, there's

489
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:11,159
been eight that have given very,
very, very sporadically over the

490
00:34:11,159 --> 00:34:13,600
years.
They're pretty much like, I

491
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:15,280
don't know, I don't want to say
the word nominal number.

492
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:16,880
It's just very small number for
what it is.

493
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:21,639
But they stepped up and there's
22 really first time donors that

494
00:34:21,639 --> 00:34:24,920
pledged to difference maker.
That's pretty amazing.

495
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:26,440
Amen.
I mean they went from like, hey,

496
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:28,560
we are not involved to like
we're jumping in.

497
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:30,880
And what's really cool about the
number, you may not know this if

498
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,800
you've never given here or
you're in that new giver level.

499
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:37,199
Everything you put on that
Difference Maker card, it didn't

500
00:34:37,199 --> 00:34:38,960
go back to our ministry fund
budget.

501
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:42,320
That's all one fund, right?
But you've never given before.

502
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:47,400
And so all that money goes to
the expanded giving for our

503
00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:51,000
building.
So everything you gave as a new

504
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:55,080
person is directly affecting and
propelling our difference maker

505
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:56,520
initiative to find a first pair
of space.

506
00:34:56,639 --> 00:34:59,040
So Amen, Amen.
That that, that.

507
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:01,800
By the way, that number is just
shy of $170,000.

508
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:03,800
That's a pretty significant
number.

509
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:05,320
So thank you.
You guys move the needle.

510
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:10,160
That's 17% of that. 1,000,000
would be a credit to first time

511
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:13,640
givers.
It's pretty good. 2100, let me

512
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:17,320
say 2100.
This number, I will never forget

513
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,920
this number.
It reminds me of launch.

514
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:21,680
We, we launched our church the
very first Sunday.

515
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,680
There was a teenager that gave
$300 on launch Sunday.

516
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:29,040
It it was by far, I believed up
to to this point, we've been the

517
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:31,400
largest faith give number we've
ever had.

518
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:33,800
Because when a young person
gives a number, it's not like

519
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,160
they have that kind of money,
right?

520
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:40,040
This number 2100 is it comes
from a 16 year old teenager in a

521
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:43,400
youth group wrote 2100 dollars.
That's pretty significant.

522
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,360
Amen.
Because when you're like 40 or

523
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:48,480
50 or 60, you may have had the
opportunity to put something in

524
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:52,240
savings or you might have a big
boy job a little bit, maybe not

525
00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:54,280
a big boy, maybe right on the
level right, maybe a little

526
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:57,040
more.
But for a teenager to save 2100

527
00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:01,000
flip burgers or whatever they're
trying to do, it is significant.

528
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,520
And what's interesting about it,
it's not last fruits.

529
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:07,000
It's first fruits that that
young person is not giving out

530
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,800
of excess.
That young person is giving out

531
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,680
of want and desire.
And so to me, I looked at that

532
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:15,360
young person and I'm like, thank
you Jesus for bold faith.

533
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:20,160
And I know just from your heart
of making that pledge that God

534
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:23,920
is going to do great things in
that young person's life because

535
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:27,880
that is so abnormal for not just
anybody, but especially for a

536
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,360
young person to say, I'm going
to go on for Jesus.

537
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:32,280
So thank you Jesus.
Amen.

538
00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:38,120
Number six, let me say 6.
This number represents single

539
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:43,560
moms that gave Pledge to
Difference Baker.

540
00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:47,360
And it's not to say single dads
aren't significant, but I just

541
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,120
think there's something special
about these single moms.

542
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:54,600
And these are people like some
of them are looking to rub 2

543
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,760
nickels together and protect
their family financially.

544
00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,840
And looked at our church and
looked at their kids and they

545
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:04,960
said, I want a church that my
kids are going to know and

546
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,680
follow Jesus.
And there's some men in their

547
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:09,960
life that can show them the
things of God.

548
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:15,280
And they committed.
And I saw some of these people

549
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:20,640
drop cards in this basket and it
was hard for me to want to

550
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:26,240
accept it because we take care
of those people, but God takes

551
00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:28,760
care of them.
And so I don't rob a blessing

552
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,360
from somebody.
I know that because Jesus

553
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,520
watched the, the, the widow put
the bite in.

554
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:38,280
I'm not there yet, but that's
what Jesus heart was.

555
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,160
And so I don't, I don't ever
tell people they should never

556
00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:43,440
give because they were on hard
times or life is crazy.

557
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,040
I just think you got to trust
the Lord.

558
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:48,720
The Lord always provides.
And these six single moms

559
00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:53,520
pledged just under $60,000.
That's bold faith, Amen.

560
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:56,280
That's bold.
That's like man, look what God

561
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:58,840
can do and this believe in what
God's doing here.

562
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:00,880
So thank you for not taking the
easier out.

563
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:04,040
Thank you for stepping on a
journey of 1000 miles.

564
00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:08,200
Thank you for having boldness
and courage to not to just to go

565
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,920
halfway.
You're not even falling a star.

566
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:12,520
That'd be cool and make it
easier.

567
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:15,280
Like there's a star, but you're
falling a vision from God, Amen,

568
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:17,720
and just stepping out in the
journey that God has.

569
00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:20,440
So I appreciate you guys that
stepped out in that moment.

570
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:22,920
So thank you guys looking back
to the wise men.

571
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:27,800
So Matthew chapter 2, verse 3,
when King Herod heard this about

572
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,080
this child that's going to be
born to come in to worship him.

573
00:38:30,720 --> 00:38:34,000
He was what, what's it say
disturbed?

574
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,960
And what you see about this word
disturbed is a little different

575
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:37,360
than the word that Mary was
disturbed.

576
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,880
Remember that last week, But she
was disturbed because she's like

577
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:40,480
God.
What are you up to?

578
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:43,160
Herod's disturbed for a whole
other reason.

579
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:51,200
He's disturbed about a like he
of power insecurity, fear he he

580
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,320
he's disturbed because he thinks
his throne's going to be taken

581
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:55,440
away from him.
And it's interesting about the

582
00:38:55,440 --> 00:39:01,080
story goes on it says and all
what to say Jerusalem with him.

583
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:04,160
And this is how you get the
first indication that these

584
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:08,360
aren't just three people that
show up, little quiet guys from

585
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:13,040
Persia that sneak into Jerusalem
and say here, Jesus, because all

586
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:16,120
of Jerusalem was disturbed.
So you have this entourage, this

587
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,760
caravan, this large group of
people that's from a foreign

588
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:24,720
territory, that their main
objective as a magi was to

589
00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:28,960
basically accept and establish
kings.

590
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:33,680
And so they're looking outgoing.
Why are they here and who are

591
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:36,480
they going to put in as king?
And they would have been a real

592
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:39,320
threat to King Herod.
He should have been disturbed.

593
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:41,320
Now, it's not too crazy.
He's disturbed because if you

594
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:43,720
know history, he had murdered
his wife.

595
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,320
He had killed his father-in-law.
He had actually killed his three

596
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:50,760
sons and had murdered hundreds
and hundreds of leaders around

597
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:54,560
him because he was worried that
they were going to have a coup

598
00:39:54,720 --> 00:39:59,040
and take away his power.
That dude is disturbed, but to

599
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:00,760
have the whole city go, what's
going on?

600
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,400
There was a ruckus when they
came in town.

601
00:40:03,720 --> 00:40:05,720
These people look differently,
they dress differently, they

602
00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:08,880
talk differently, and there's a
king they're going to establish

603
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:12,880
like that is crazy.
Think about a magi, A magi's

604
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:15,120
job.
First of all, the magi weren't

605
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,240
kings.
So you see the song We 3 Kings?

606
00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:19,520
There's nothing right about that
song.

607
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:23,320
The title is trash.
There's not 3.

608
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:25,360
They're not kings and they
weren't at Jesus birth.

609
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:29,480
Sorry, you know.
Great song, but nothing to do

610
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:33,280
about the Bible, right?
The spoiler alert, yeah. close

611
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:37,440
your eyes, close your.
The magi were this, there were

612
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:40,680
educators of kings.
They're advisors to kings.

613
00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:44,320
They were interpretive dreams.
They were keepers of the ancient

614
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:47,000
prophecy and texts.
That's why they knew about the

615
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,200
prophecy, about the Messiah,
about Jesus.

616
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:53,520
And this is their ultimate job
was to select and confirm kings.

617
00:40:53,720 --> 00:40:56,200
So in ancient Persia, where
they're from, there was not a

618
00:40:56,200 --> 00:41:00,840
single king that was ever
established on into a throne

619
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,480
that was not first selected and
affirmed and put in place by the

620
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,520
Magi.
And so when they came, they,

621
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:12,000
they didn't come just to, to, to
find a king.

622
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,240
They, they come to make a king
in an earthly standard.

623
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:17,360
They're, they're not like, oh,
there's kings here.

624
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:19,440
Like, oh, hey, are you, you fit
the qualifications.

625
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,200
You're in the process.
Hey, this is the guy.

626
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:23,840
This is who we believe should be
the person, and they establish

627
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:25,560
them.
Now with Jesus it's totally

628
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:27,880
different because when the magi
showed up, they didn't establish

629
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,160
Jesus, a king even.
That's their role.

630
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,200
They knew from the Scripture
that there was a king of kings

631
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,000
that was coming to be in the
Manger, and they saw that star.

632
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:39,920
They recognized that our job has
been to establish kings, but the

633
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:42,160
king has shown up.
Not any king, not a king, but

634
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:45,480
the king has showed up and we're
going to come to worship.

635
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:49,120
That's pretty amazing.
Amen, that God would use these

636
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:52,920
people just to bring glory and
worship to Jesus.

637
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,240
And they followed that star to
worship him.

638
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,520
That's how I knew he was born.
I always think about, they

639
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:01,200
always baffled me that more
people didn't like follow the

640
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,880
star because there's a need
about the star is it's for all

641
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:04,760
humanity.
Amen.

642
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:08,160
Sometimes we think like Jesus is
playing a sick game of hide and

643
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:10,840
seek, you know, like, where's
your presence?

644
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:12,520
And oh, I don't know, I got to
be good enough.

645
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:13,960
Maybe he'll reveal some truth to
me.

646
00:42:14,240 --> 00:42:18,640
No, Jesus wants to give you all
of himself, like He is all

647
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:22,840
available to all humanity.
He wants every person to know

648
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:26,400
Him fully.
It's us that have moved, not

649
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:28,600
him.
And so he gave a star for all of

650
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:30,160
humanity.
Recognize that the King has

651
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:32,160
come, He has arrived here on
earth.

652
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:33,600
It's just these Mads that show
up.

653
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:36,200
Now I think about on your
birthday.

654
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:39,280
I know what you get for your
last birthday, but to have a

655
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:40,440
star is pretty amazing.
Amen.

656
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:44,200
You can buy a star, I think it's
like 5 or 15 bucks depending on

657
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,800
the size of your star.
But Jesus actually got a star,

658
00:42:47,240 --> 00:42:48,560
like a real star, which is
pretty cool.

659
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,040
I don't know what happened to
your last birthday, but my last

660
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:55,840
birthday party I went to was
this family right here, Carson

661
00:42:55,840 --> 00:43:00,160
and Owen, the twins.
They had their birthday party at

662
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:06,680
Extreme Wrestling in Raytown off
of Woodson and 63rd Raytona

663
00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:09,120
Beach baby.
And it was something else.

664
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:10,520
Brother.
Let me walk in.

665
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:13,160
There's MC Cable hanging down
from the ceilings.

666
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:16,040
Drew knew was great when there's
like electrical tape on all the

667
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:20,160
the sides of the the ropes, you
know, like this is top notch,

668
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:22,960
you know what I'm saying?
It was it was like this is going

669
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,680
to be great.
And it was it was fun.

670
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:27,640
The kids are clothes lying
people.

671
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,040
They jump off the Reds, they're
Spearing people.

672
00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:32,840
Just every young man's dream,
you know, just smash things,

673
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:34,800
people, people get hit in the
head.

674
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:37,960
It was just great.
And but it got kind of weird.

675
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:40,920
But the last 15 minutes or so,
they did like an exhibition

676
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:44,280
round.
And I'm going to say there was

677
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:48,360
not enough spandex, you know
what I'm saying?

678
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:51,280
Like it was like, hmm, probably
should think about extending

679
00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:54,320
that, you know?
And, you know, you, you, you see

680
00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:56,640
like The Rock and those guys.
And that, by the way, it's that

681
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:58,440
kind of wrestling, like WWE kind
of style.

682
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:00,640
This isn't like real wrestling.
Hard to hit.

683
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:02,760
It's a good kind.
Yeah.

684
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,080
You see The Rock.
It's like, you know, at least

685
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:08,720
you're in shape, you know?
But these guys, it wasn't pecs,

686
00:44:08,720 --> 00:44:11,320
right?
It was Cellulite, you know what

687
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:12,520
I mean?
It was rough.

688
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:18,080
And I don't know why I'm on this
right now, but Jesus got a star.

689
00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:20,520
Amen.
Jesus got a star.

690
00:44:21,240 --> 00:44:24,400
The the best part about this
birthday party, Chuck had

691
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:29,080
dropped off his grandkids and
went out shopping, not knowing

692
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:32,560
really what was happening.
He came in right during the

693
00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:34,840
exhibition match.
It was great.

694
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:37,360
He opened the door.
I was sitting there and he

695
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:40,520
looked at the people wrestling
and he looked over at me and he

696
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:45,080
goes, are you for real right
now?

697
00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:50,360
And it chucks over like gouging
his eyes out, you know, Oh man,

698
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:52,640
it was great.
But anyway, Jesus got a star.

699
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:55,840
Come on, somebody.
Jesus got a star.

700
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:58,240
And here's the point of the
whole thing about the star.

701
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:01,240
The wise men, they saw what
everybody else saw.

702
00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:03,920
If we talk about this during the
Difference Maker series and they

703
00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:09,040
did what no one else was willing
to do Amen.

704
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:12,800
Like somebody.
Oh, a new star, cool Netflix

705
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:16,520
show, those guys.
Like that's significant.

706
00:45:16,720 --> 00:45:19,120
I've actually heard about that
and they studied the scripture.

707
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:21,040
They understand it means to
think about they have to go

708
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:22,840
through would have been Micah
5:00.

709
00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:24,920
They have to understand Daniel,
they have to go through Psalm

710
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:29,400
22, Isaiah 56, that the prophet
from Balaam about the star

711
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:30,640
rising.
They'd have to know every one of

712
00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:33,160
these scriptures and just put it
together and say no, God's on

713
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:35,200
the move.
That's amazing.

714
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,680
We have the ability to know God,
and they saw that they do what

715
00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:41,240
no one else is doing, which is
if you follow the culture, it's

716
00:45:41,240 --> 00:45:43,360
very likely you're going to miss
the things of God.

717
00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:47,440
And there's a difference maker.
You guys have seen things, the

718
00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:49,760
same things that most people
have seen, but are doing things

719
00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:52,640
differently than they do with
spiritual eyes.

720
00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:54,960
You're seeing what God is doing
here in real life.

721
00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:59,600
And so here's #50 percent, 50%
there.

722
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:03,760
There are at least two people I
know of that have committed and

723
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:08,080
pledged 50% of their annual
income for the next two years.

724
00:46:08,080 --> 00:46:11,480
The difference maker.
That's significant.

725
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:16,680
That's faith, Amen.
And it's it was younger people

726
00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:19,520
that stepped in and said, I'm
going to do this.

727
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:22,040
And so can we give up for those
two people?

728
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:23,440
Damn, what an act of faith,
Amen.

729
00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:28,040
When you think about it, they
see what God's doing here and

730
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:30,040
they believe like the
salvations, the baptism, the

731
00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:31,680
stories of transformation.
And so I'm going to keep you

732
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:34,760
behind that.
And it's first fruits like God's

733
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:37,320
just going to carry them.
And you shouldn't not ever leave

734
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:40,480
that stage of life where you
just fully trust Jesus.

735
00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:44,920
The Magi were king makers, but
we get to make the king famous

736
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:48,880
and our generation so didn't.
Their generation did all they

737
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:51,360
could to bring themselves to the
point where they saw Jesus

738
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:53,600
himself.
It was not enough to stand by

739
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:56,240
and they got into his presence
and they worshipped him.

740
00:46:57,560 --> 00:47:00,480
I've seen some of you guys make
the king famous and for

741
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:01,960
somebody, it's been like a hard
season.

742
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:06,600
Like I've seen numerous people
in my church that have walked

743
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:10,880
through very difficult seasons
at prior churches that were like

744
00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:14,920
this to this whole season.
When you start talking about

745
00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:18,520
money and campaigns,
initiatives, and you've been

746
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:21,600
down the road with a church
that's not done so well or even

747
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:25,200
treated poorly, you're like,
think I'm good.

748
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:27,920
And those people that I try to
be with that didn't want to be

749
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:29,240
with me.
I know you're all shocked, you

750
00:47:29,240 --> 00:47:32,600
know, and they're like, man, I'm
not, I can't get behind that.

751
00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:35,240
Tell Sean like we're I'll I may
give.

752
00:47:35,240 --> 00:47:37,240
I'm not sure.
And I saw people that walk

753
00:47:37,240 --> 00:47:39,120
through some very difficult
seasons at churches that were

754
00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:41,880
just, I literally was looking at
the list.

755
00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:45,040
I'm like, I don't think I can
even call this person because I

756
00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:48,080
just know they've been hurt so
bad that this probably is not

757
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:52,040
the perfect conversation.
And to my surprise and my lack

758
00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:56,320
of faith, these people gave.
These people stepped up and

759
00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:58,680
gave.
And I was like, I wrote notes to

760
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:00,560
him.
I said, thank you for giving the

761
00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:03,440
church its fourth chance,
hopefully not its last chance.

762
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:07,320
And it's our job to do it right.
And I appreciate you believe in

763
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:10,440
what God's doing, but never,
ever, ever substitute the power

764
00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:13,800
of God for a power person.
Because like if you put

765
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:16,600
somebody's voice and it drives
your life, you give them power,

766
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:19,800
that means you've taken Jesus
off the throne and you worship

767
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:23,120
somebody else in fear.
And I've been there.

768
00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:25,200
So that's a word for those that
may be burned down in church.

769
00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:27,080
But man, thank you for stepping
in, Amen.

770
00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:32,360
And our job as a church is to be
healthy and let God move and get

771
00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:36,880
out the way, Amen.
So I got good, good men around

772
00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:39,680
me, good people around me.
I tell them if you start getting

773
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:42,680
selfish, just come up here and
slap me in the face like that's

774
00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:43,400
a roll.
Amen.

775
00:48:44,080 --> 00:48:46,040
I got people around me that have
to do that, just like you.

776
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:50,000
I know how this goes, you know,
and just to keep on the straight

777
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:54,040
and narrow, I'll say this.
We had eight people, families

778
00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:57,960
that come from they're in fixed
income situations that gave

779
00:48:57,960 --> 00:49:02,000
towards difference maker gave
just shot or just over 130,000

780
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:03,880
towards this.
And I'll say thank you guys.

781
00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:05,760
They're in fixed incomes because
you know, you're really like

782
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:08,080
practical, like you've already
set a budget.

783
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:10,680
This might be vacation.
This may be like a lifestyle

784
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:12,840
change.
Maybe out of the savings you

785
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:16,120
would have done things.
It's a difficult season to to be

786
00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:17,800
generous because you can't
create more revenue.

787
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:20,840
So thank you guys that are in
retirement, that fixed incomes

788
00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:22,120
that stepped in.
Amen.

789
00:49:22,720 --> 00:49:26,360
So give it up for those guys.
Thanks for seeing what everyone

790
00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:28,040
sees and doing what no one else
does.

791
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:33,240
Matthew 24 it says when Herod,
he, Herod had called together

792
00:49:33,240 --> 00:49:35,760
all the chief priests or
people's chief priests, Ivan his

793
00:49:36,240 --> 00:49:39,240
and the teacher of the law, he
asked them where the Messiah was

794
00:49:39,240 --> 00:49:40,960
reborn.
He had no idea.

795
00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:44,320
Verse 5 it says in Bethlehem,
Judea, they replied, for this is

796
00:49:44,320 --> 00:49:48,960
what the prophet has written.
So he quotes Micah 5/2 and 5/4.

797
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:52,440
He says, But you, Bethlehem and
the land of Judah are by no

798
00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:54,000
means least among the rulers of
Judah.

799
00:49:54,240 --> 00:49:59,760
For out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people

800
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:03,200
Israel.
This is Jesus, Amen, the great

801
00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:08,960
shepherd who is going to die as
a lamb for his sheep.

802
00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:11,000
Like this is an amazing
prophecy.

803
00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:12,840
So this gets subscribed to
Herod.

804
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:16,360
So Herod does this verse 7.
Then Herod called the Magi

805
00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:18,000
secretly.
He didn't want the world to know

806
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:21,040
he's got a plan here and he
found out from them the exact

807
00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:24,720
time the star had appeared.
Now this is real interesting

808
00:50:24,720 --> 00:50:28,000
because the Magi could have lied
about this little white lie to

809
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:31,040
kind of like protect Jesus.
And if you know the rest of the

810
00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:33,360
story, Herod's going to have
everybody who's younger than two

811
00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:35,200
is a male in Bethlehem, around
Bethlehem.

812
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:38,120
He'd have them slaughtered to
try to protect his throne.

813
00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:40,800
And so if they would have said,
oh, it happened six years ago,

814
00:50:41,240 --> 00:50:43,040
then Herod would have been six
years down, right?

815
00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:45,520
And so there was just some
honesty in this.

816
00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:50,360
And so he tells them the date or
when they saw the star, verse 8,

817
00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:52,880
and they sent them to Bethlehem
and said, go and search

818
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:55,600
carefully for the child.
And as soon as you find him,

819
00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:59,000
just let me know, report to me.
So I too may go and what?

820
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:01,560
Worship him.
Worship him.

821
00:51:01,560 --> 00:51:02,760
Yeah, this.
He's not going to worship him.

822
00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:05,760
I was just lying to him.
He is this the first plot?

823
00:51:06,320 --> 00:51:11,240
This is a king, by the way,
that's trying to kill a toddler

824
00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:15,400
Jesus.
And then pretty amazing that

825
00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:19,320
kings on the earth are already
coming after Jesus.

826
00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:28,400
Verse 9 after they had heard the
king being the magi, they went

827
00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:32,560
on their way, and the star they
had seen when it rose went ahead

828
00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:38,400
of them until it what?
It stopped over the place where

829
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:40,800
the child was.
You got to know this moment's

830
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:43,040
full of anticipation, full of
excitement.

831
00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:46,560
You've been traveling with these
gifts and all this time to see

832
00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:51,720
Jesus and it's finally come to a
stop. 1st 10 when they saw the

833
00:51:51,720 --> 00:51:53,080
star.
Who knows?

834
00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:54,120
That's a good moment.
Amen.

835
00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:56,920
I don't know how many of you
ever seen a star up close and

836
00:51:56,920 --> 00:51:59,440
personal, but they did.
This is their record.

837
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:03,080
Like, I saw a star and they were
what?

838
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:09,440
That was pretty weak.
They were overjoyed.

839
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:12,760
Amen.
They were so excited that this

840
00:52:12,760 --> 00:52:15,640
is the place where the King is
at.

841
00:52:15,720 --> 00:52:19,440
We've arrived and on coming to
the house, not the Manger, the

842
00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:20,800
house.
He's a toddler, right?

843
00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:23,240
Less than two.
They came to the house and they

844
00:52:23,240 --> 00:52:26,600
saw the child with his mother
Mary.

845
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:29,320
So they saw Jesus.
And the moment they see Jesus,

846
00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:34,320
they bowed down and what?
And worshipped him.

847
00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:38,680
This is a fantastic moment.
Like, you know, they make movies

848
00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:40,520
like David and all these other
things, right?

849
00:52:40,520 --> 00:52:45,040
They should make a movie called
Magi because this is the essence

850
00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:48,680
of the gospel that we are just
going to come and we're going to

851
00:52:48,680 --> 00:52:52,120
worship Jesus.
They knew this wasn't a baby or

852
00:52:52,120 --> 00:52:55,440
a child or a toddler.
This is the king of all kings

853
00:52:55,640 --> 00:52:59,200
and they brought their gifts to
Jesus.

854
00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:02,240
What's amazing about the wise
men is they worship Jesus before

855
00:53:02,240 --> 00:53:05,240
they saw the full picture.
Like we get to look back at

856
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:08,320
Jesus and we've seen the
crucifixion and we see him with

857
00:53:08,320 --> 00:53:10,480
the disciples.
We see the miracles, we see all

858
00:53:10,480 --> 00:53:12,280
these things.
We see the resurrection, the

859
00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:13,720
Holy Spirit, the birth of the
church.

860
00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:16,520
We see the early disciples, like
we get the full picture.

861
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:21,000
But those magi, they had a
handful of verses and had a

862
00:53:21,280 --> 00:53:24,760
heart full of faith, Amen.
And we, we need to be those kind

863
00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:27,720
of people.
We just get so excited about

864
00:53:27,720 --> 00:53:29,560
Jesus.
They didn't have that full

865
00:53:29,560 --> 00:53:33,000
picture, but they gave before
they saw the miracle.

866
00:53:33,240 --> 00:53:34,680
And I think about difference
makers.

867
00:53:34,680 --> 00:53:38,880
You guys have given before the
miracle like we have.

868
00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:42,760
Like even the right now we have
a pledge for an amount.

869
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:48,400
We don't have a building, we
don't have the land, we don't

870
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:51,280
have a blueprint.
We don't have an architect or an

871
00:53:51,280 --> 00:53:54,480
engineer.
We know a lot of them, but we

872
00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:56,800
stepped out in faith.
Amen.

873
00:53:57,720 --> 00:53:59,360
There'll be a generation behind
us.

874
00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:03,200
They'll say, man, isn't that
crazy that those guys gave

875
00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:07,040
before there was even a thing.
That's crazy.

876
00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:11,280
Like most people are raising
money for a first initiative.

877
00:54:11,640 --> 00:54:15,280
Would you put a thing on that?
It's like giving skyrockets.

878
00:54:15,840 --> 00:54:17,840
We're talking about an
opportunity in front of us which

879
00:54:17,840 --> 00:54:19,000
God will provide.
Amen.

880
00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:22,360
He will provide.
And so you guys are blessed.

881
00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:24,960
You're worshiping and giving
ahead of the miracle.

882
00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:28,200
And for some people that gave in
the in this difference maker, it

883
00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:29,680
was like the epitome of what
this looks like.

884
00:54:30,040 --> 00:54:35,160
So number six, let me say 6,
there are 6 people that have

885
00:54:35,160 --> 00:54:39,720
given to this difference maker
initiative that have been coming

886
00:54:39,720 --> 00:54:42,800
for less than three months.
That's pretty significant.

887
00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:47,760
And this number is just shy of
$60,000.

888
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:50,520
And all of that would go
directly towards that space.

889
00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:53,000
But you talk about giving by
faith, like you just started

890
00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:54,520
showing up.
There was one person in

891
00:54:54,520 --> 00:55:00,520
particular that came the week
before commitment Sunday and

892
00:55:00,520 --> 00:55:03,000
gave and pledged on commitment
Sunday.

893
00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:06,600
Is that crazy?
I mean, we're likely to get a

894
00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:09,680
phone call back in a week.
And he turned to commitment card

895
00:55:09,680 --> 00:55:11,320
and said, I'm all in for what
God's doing here.

896
00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:13,920
I believe in what you're doing.
That's significant.

897
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:16,480
Amen.
Like you don't have people like

898
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:18,400
that that show up to your
church, but God's been sending

899
00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:20,520
people.
It's just confirmation what God

900
00:55:20,520 --> 00:55:23,080
is doing.
We've had 10 young people, I say

901
00:55:23,080 --> 00:55:28,000
young, below age of 55.
I'm scared the number keeps

902
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:32,320
rising as I get a little older
anyway.

903
00:55:32,320 --> 00:55:35,640
But below the age 30, we've had
10 people commit to difference

904
00:55:35,640 --> 00:55:39,440
maker and they've committed just
over $120,000.

905
00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:42,920
That's pretty good, Amen.
So you're like, man, you know,

906
00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:45,400
young people like they're in it,
they're on it, and so they're

907
00:55:45,400 --> 00:55:50,400
giving full of faith.
Last verse Matthew 211 says then

908
00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:53,560
after they bowed down, they
worshipped the King of kings.

909
00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:56,320
That says this.
Then they opened their treasures

910
00:55:56,720 --> 00:56:01,880
and presented him being Jesus
with the gifts of gold,

911
00:56:02,200 --> 00:56:06,000
frankincense and myrrh.
It's pretty amazing.

912
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:08,040
Amen.
Let me imagine that moment.

913
00:56:08,040 --> 00:56:09,560
They've traveled with all these
items.

914
00:56:09,560 --> 00:56:11,720
I don't know how much there are
of each item.

915
00:56:12,120 --> 00:56:15,000
And maybe they're outside on
donkeys or somebody's been

916
00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:16,320
carrying him or they, they're
carrying him.

917
00:56:16,560 --> 00:56:18,520
And there's just this moment
they they worship, they bow

918
00:56:18,520 --> 00:56:20,040
down.
And then they said, oh man, I

919
00:56:20,040 --> 00:56:22,400
can't, I'm so excited.
Let me give this gift.

920
00:56:22,800 --> 00:56:25,640
And they open it up and they
unfold it right in front of this

921
00:56:25,640 --> 00:56:30,600
toddler and they give this gift
of gold to Jesus the King.

922
00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:34,560
That's pretty good.
I think Barry mentioned that his

923
00:56:34,560 --> 00:56:37,200
gold may come from Babylon,
which may have been stolen from

924
00:56:37,200 --> 00:56:39,560
the temple.
And it's like giving God's gold

925
00:56:39,560 --> 00:56:42,080
back to God.
It's pretty good.

926
00:56:42,080 --> 00:56:44,120
Amen.
Not that he didn't own it all

927
00:56:44,120 --> 00:56:46,920
anyway.
This is act of worship, but

928
00:56:46,920 --> 00:56:50,200
they're saying you, you, these
are gifts fit for a king, this

929
00:56:50,200 --> 00:56:52,160
gold.
And that's what some of you guys

930
00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:53,440
have done Difference maker as
well, right?

931
00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:58,280
And then this frankincense, like
what a weird gift frankincense

932
00:56:58,280 --> 00:57:01,000
is this incense that was put in
the temple and the priest would

933
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:05,480
burn it and rise up and it would
have this pleasing aroma to God.

934
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:08,760
And that Jesus is our high
priest.

935
00:57:09,120 --> 00:57:13,800
That they understand that Jesus
is going to be the one that is

936
00:57:13,800 --> 00:57:15,360
the mediator between God and
man.

937
00:57:15,360 --> 00:57:19,000
That there is Jesus would be
tempt in all ways, yet without

938
00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:23,480
sin that that he he would be the
one that we would pray through

939
00:57:23,480 --> 00:57:26,720
to the father like there's only
one way the way truth and life.

940
00:57:26,720 --> 00:57:30,000
His name is Jesus Amen.
He's only which you're saved and

941
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:32,880
you look at his who he is.
They recognize that that just

942
00:57:32,880 --> 00:57:35,960
from scripture.
They said get the gold somebody

943
00:57:35,960 --> 00:57:39,080
find some frankincense because
we're going to go visit the king

944
00:57:39,200 --> 00:57:42,600
who's going to become a priest
for all humanity that they could

945
00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:46,040
know God himself some pretty
wise men, Amen.

946
00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:49,800
The last gift of myrrh, which is
a weird gift because it's a

947
00:57:49,800 --> 00:57:53,040
burial spice.
So bringing a barrel spice to

948
00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:55,880
this toddler, if you tried to
pull it off this Christmas, you

949
00:57:55,880 --> 00:57:59,080
might get punched, right?
Like who would ever do that?

950
00:57:59,080 --> 00:58:01,000
It'd be like giving an urn to
your toddler.

951
00:58:01,280 --> 00:58:03,760
You know, here I mean it, it, it
makes no sense.

952
00:58:03,880 --> 00:58:06,480
But they understood because they
read Psalm 22 and they

953
00:58:06,480 --> 00:58:08,680
understood that he'd be
crucified or, or he'd be put on

954
00:58:08,680 --> 00:58:10,840
a tree and killed.
They understood all these props,

955
00:58:10,840 --> 00:58:13,960
Isaiah 56 that the sheep's can
lead to a slaughter.

956
00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:18,400
They'd be unrecognizable as a
human to be disfigured.

957
00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:20,800
They'd be pierced.
Like they recognize that this

958
00:58:20,800 --> 00:58:24,680
man is going to die for the sins
of humanity, and they're going

959
00:58:24,680 --> 00:58:27,120
to take this gift of myrrh and
say, use this.

960
00:58:27,720 --> 00:58:30,360
Now, I don't know, this is
complete speculation, but I like

961
00:58:30,360 --> 00:58:33,120
to think that somehow in God's
Providence and his sovereignty

962
00:58:33,120 --> 00:58:37,440
in his way, that that gift of
myrrh somehow end up with Joseph

963
00:58:37,440 --> 00:58:40,640
Arimathea and they took Jesus to
the tomb.

964
00:58:42,600 --> 00:58:46,400
Amen.
You know, God orchestrated that.

965
00:58:48,120 --> 00:58:50,480
And so these wise men just
understood Scripture so well.

966
00:58:50,480 --> 00:58:53,520
They didn't worship him with
practical gifts and gifts that

967
00:58:53,520 --> 00:58:59,280
represent who he is, a king, a
priest, a sacrificial lamb, the

968
00:58:59,280 --> 00:59:01,960
Messiah, the Savior of the
world.

969
00:59:03,160 --> 00:59:04,960
What's interesting about the
gifts you may not know.

970
00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:10,480
Well, first of all, let's say
this, how crazy is it that the

971
00:59:10,480 --> 00:59:13,040
first gifts ever good that Jesus
did not come from the Jewish

972
00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:18,560
leaders?
How crazy, because you would

973
00:59:18,560 --> 00:59:22,160
have thought there's got to be a
Pharisee, there's got to be a

974
00:59:22,160 --> 00:59:25,400
rabbi or a disciple that's these
disciples would memorize the

975
00:59:25,400 --> 00:59:28,000
first five books of the Bible.
By the time they're eight, they

976
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:29,320
memorize the whole Old Testament
time.

977
00:59:29,320 --> 00:59:31,560
They're 14.
There's got to be somebody in

978
00:59:31,560 --> 00:59:34,720
the Jewish culture that
recognizes that this star is

979
00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:37,880
Jesus, a star, and they're
coming to worship him, but it's

980
00:59:37,880 --> 00:59:40,640
not.
It gives us hope, Amen.

981
00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:46,400
Like we're Gentiles and these
Gentiles, they read the

982
00:59:46,400 --> 00:59:49,760
Scripture for themselves, good
plan by the way, and they

983
00:59:49,760 --> 00:59:51,320
recognize that Jesus wasn't
showed up with gifts.

984
00:59:51,560 --> 00:59:53,400
Thank you Jesus.
The first gifts given to him

985
00:59:53,600 --> 00:59:58,680
came from some wise Gentiles.
It's significant for us because

986
00:59:58,680 --> 01:00:01,920
any one of us can open this book
and fully know and understand

987
01:00:01,920 --> 01:00:05,440
who God is.
So thank you Jesus for setting

988
01:00:05,440 --> 01:00:08,160
that table.
But these gifts are so

989
01:00:08,160 --> 01:00:09,640
incredible.
This gift of gold.

990
01:00:09,640 --> 01:00:14,360
You may understand this when.
Herod went to kill everybody's

991
01:00:14,360 --> 01:00:16,040
under 2.
That's a male in Bethlehem and

992
01:00:16,040 --> 01:00:18,400
around the city of Bethlehem.
Do you guys remember what Jesus

993
01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:20,960
family did?
Joseph, Mary and Jesus remember

994
01:00:20,960 --> 01:00:24,600
what they did?
They did flood where they

995
01:00:24,600 --> 01:00:26,920
flooded Egypt.
How do you think they funded

996
01:00:26,920 --> 01:00:30,760
that trip?
These people are poor.

997
01:00:30,760 --> 01:00:35,720
They didn't have a space to have
a baby Jesus born in a Manger.

998
01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:39,280
The only way they fund the trip
is because a wise man who read

999
01:00:39,280 --> 01:00:42,400
the scripture came and
worshipped Jesus as a king and

1000
01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:44,680
laid their best gold down at his
feet.

1001
01:00:44,880 --> 01:00:47,960
And the family said thank you so
much and I recognize what Jesus

1002
01:00:47,960 --> 01:00:51,280
was and Herod said I'm going to
eradicate Jesus.

1003
01:00:51,440 --> 01:00:55,400
They said no, we got a gift and
that God called him to Egypt.

1004
01:00:55,400 --> 01:00:57,240
They used that money to flee to
go to Egypt.

1005
01:00:58,360 --> 01:01:00,800
They had no idea as a wise man
that when they gave that not

1006
01:01:00,800 --> 01:01:03,480
only saved Jesus life, they
actually saved ours.

1007
01:01:05,160 --> 01:01:06,080
That's pretty good.
Amen.

1008
01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:09,880
And you don't know when you give
God something, how God is going

1009
01:01:09,880 --> 01:01:13,120
to use it.
And I think about our space and

1010
01:01:13,120 --> 01:01:16,360
what we're doing as a difference
maker and truly at the essence

1011
01:01:16,360 --> 01:01:21,040
of what we're doing is to
protect the gospel and to see

1012
01:01:21,040 --> 01:01:25,360
humanity saved.
Like we cannot get past that.

1013
01:01:26,240 --> 01:01:28,600
Like to have a place that we're
not going to be shut out of

1014
01:01:29,440 --> 01:01:32,360
where the gospel can go out,
disciples are made and protects

1015
01:01:32,360 --> 01:01:37,440
that and the future of the
prosperity of the church and

1016
01:01:37,440 --> 01:01:42,280
that people come to Christ
through that place is the point

1017
01:01:42,320 --> 01:01:45,120
of why we gave.
So I want to do is just walk

1018
01:01:45,120 --> 01:01:46,960
through a few stories and then
we're going to reveal the

1019
01:01:46,960 --> 01:01:49,120
number.
You guys are going to have fun.

1020
01:01:49,120 --> 01:01:50,760
It's going to be exciting,
you're going to cheer.

1021
01:01:51,360 --> 01:01:53,880
Amen.
It's going to be great, but let

1022
01:01:53,880 --> 01:01:56,920
me just share a few stories.
We had two men in the church,

1023
01:01:56,920 --> 01:02:00,040
young men in the church who gave
sacrificially and have given

1024
01:02:00,520 --> 01:02:04,080
pledge to give over $25,000
apiece towards difference maker.

1025
01:02:04,760 --> 01:02:07,280
That blew my mind.
You know, when I see names, I

1026
01:02:07,280 --> 01:02:10,520
see card.
I'm like, do that, that that's,

1027
01:02:10,640 --> 01:02:14,400
that's a lot for a person in
that situation.

1028
01:02:15,040 --> 01:02:19,080
We we had families fill out
cards, then then fill another

1029
01:02:19,080 --> 01:02:21,960
card out or scratch the number
and put a bigger number.

1030
01:02:22,160 --> 01:02:25,000
It was so fun to watch some of
the families that just recognize

1031
01:02:25,000 --> 01:02:26,560
like, man, I can bring more to
this.

1032
01:02:26,840 --> 01:02:29,120
And we've been playing a little
safe and they just said, Sean,

1033
01:02:29,120 --> 01:02:32,880
hey, we turn number in, but this
is new number because the vision

1034
01:02:32,880 --> 01:02:35,680
is bigger than we, we, we know
it's going to take more and we

1035
01:02:35,680 --> 01:02:38,320
know when you step up in
generosity to do this, I'm like,

1036
01:02:38,320 --> 01:02:41,600
thank you, Jesus, Amen.
That's just bold faith.

1037
01:02:43,080 --> 01:02:48,120
We our youngest pleasure.
We had 14 a fortune year old

1038
01:02:48,120 --> 01:02:49,680
that pledged to give the
difference maker.

1039
01:02:49,800 --> 01:02:52,600
Amen.
Found out a little bit ago we

1040
01:02:52,720 --> 01:02:56,000
had somebody who's nine years
old pledged difference maker.

1041
01:02:56,720 --> 01:02:59,880
That's pretty cool.
Faith like a child like I

1042
01:02:59,880 --> 01:03:01,680
thought, man, you know, our kids
can be a part of it.

1043
01:03:02,360 --> 01:03:05,960
Hey, dollar a week, right?
And they can play that part like

1044
01:03:05,960 --> 01:03:07,400
man, I play part of the story,
right?

1045
01:03:08,920 --> 01:03:11,760
We, we had a family turn the
card in last week with tears in

1046
01:03:11,760 --> 01:03:14,040
their eyes because they've been
listening the whole series and

1047
01:03:14,040 --> 01:03:17,480
they're like holding on, you
know, and they're like, you

1048
01:03:17,480 --> 01:03:19,200
know, taxes.
I mean, all, you know, property

1049
01:03:19,200 --> 01:03:21,320
tax, all the things are coming
and life's this and that, like

1050
01:03:21,320 --> 01:03:24,080
all the stuff we face every day.
And that generosity instead of

1051
01:03:24,080 --> 01:03:29,080
being number one on like the
budget or the plan is like, like

1052
01:03:29,080 --> 01:03:31,040
most people, right?
It's like 5-6 or ten or like

1053
01:03:31,040 --> 01:03:33,960
100th and they got the points.
Like, you know, I really need to

1054
01:03:33,960 --> 01:03:36,680
move that up like it's not
getting the priority.

1055
01:03:36,680 --> 01:03:40,000
And so they just in tears like
hand the card in to our staff

1056
01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:41,840
team and said we're getting
right here.

1057
01:03:41,840 --> 01:03:45,000
Like we've been putting this off
and we know God's calls to do

1058
01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:46,560
this like we're in and they give
the card.

1059
01:03:46,560 --> 01:03:47,360
That's good.
Amen.

1060
01:03:48,000 --> 01:03:51,280
Like you're seeing people's
faith level change.

1061
01:03:53,040 --> 01:03:57,400
We, we had a lady two weeks ago.
I just found out about this this

1062
01:03:57,400 --> 01:03:59,120
week and I didn't didn't make
sense to me.

1063
01:03:59,120 --> 01:04:01,200
They told me in the meeting and
then later on I was like, oh,

1064
01:04:01,200 --> 01:04:06,320
OK, this is not making sense.
But I'd given her last money

1065
01:04:06,960 --> 01:04:10,080
like all lasts of her money here
at real life two sides ago.

1066
01:04:10,080 --> 01:04:14,200
I had no idea and it handed in
the giving bucket and said I

1067
01:04:14,200 --> 01:04:16,040
don't know Lord, what to do.
This is all I got left.

1068
01:04:16,040 --> 01:04:17,440
I just trust you and just dumped
it in.

1069
01:04:18,640 --> 01:04:20,520
And they wrote on a card last
Sunday.

1070
01:04:21,560 --> 01:04:23,240
This is a Fast forward.
The next Sunday they wrote on a

1071
01:04:23,240 --> 01:04:26,240
card and they said, hey, I gave
my last amount of money to

1072
01:04:26,240 --> 01:04:27,520
church.
I didn't know what to do.

1073
01:04:28,640 --> 01:04:32,520
And then God showed up and some
of my life gave me and they

1074
01:04:32,520 --> 01:04:35,000
wrote the amount of money this
last week.

1075
01:04:35,480 --> 01:04:38,680
I did the math on it.
It's 30 five times what they put

1076
01:04:38,680 --> 01:04:41,840
in the giving buck bucket is
what that person bless them

1077
01:04:41,840 --> 01:04:44,280
with.
Now, I'm not saying God does

1078
01:04:44,280 --> 01:04:47,120
that for everybody.
So I'm not like a crystal

1079
01:04:47,120 --> 01:04:50,480
cathedral kind of preacher, but
I will say God does do that.

1080
01:04:51,760 --> 01:04:54,240
Amen.
Like you could never out give

1081
01:04:54,240 --> 01:04:56,360
God.
And there has been numerous

1082
01:04:56,360 --> 01:05:00,880
times in my life where I have
given my very last sent and God

1083
01:05:00,880 --> 01:05:03,640
has always showed up.
So thank you Jesus for being

1084
01:05:03,640 --> 01:05:04,280
faithful.
Amen.

1085
01:05:05,640 --> 01:05:11,200
We had a guy last week that told
our team, hey, I'm going to give

1086
01:05:11,200 --> 01:05:15,440
some gold.
I've never had anybody give me

1087
01:05:15,440 --> 01:05:18,520
gold.
I've never thought about what

1088
01:05:18,520 --> 01:05:21,200
are you doing, right?
I know some people that collect

1089
01:05:21,200 --> 01:05:23,520
silver coins, gold coins, they
usually put them in their safe

1090
01:05:23,520 --> 01:05:25,840
at home because it's a doomsday.
Preppers, come on somebody

1091
01:05:25,880 --> 01:05:28,760
right, because you're, you know,
electronic stuff and your cotton

1092
01:05:28,760 --> 01:05:31,200
stuff isn't backed by nothing.
So once it goes downhill, it's

1093
01:05:31,200 --> 01:05:32,560
nothing.
So when you think about that

1094
01:05:32,560 --> 01:05:36,160
gold, some people call gold
God's money and that gold

1095
01:05:36,160 --> 01:05:39,880
represents more than just money.
It represents independence,

1096
01:05:40,240 --> 01:05:46,120
freedom, security, power,
independence, right like that

1097
01:05:46,120 --> 01:05:50,240
that's usually hold that tight.
And for this person was like,

1098
01:05:50,240 --> 01:05:53,160
I'm gonna bring some gold
towards difference maker.

1099
01:05:53,320 --> 01:05:56,480
I thought, well, there's no
better Sunday to bring some

1100
01:05:56,480 --> 01:05:59,040
gold.
Then we talk about the wise men

1101
01:05:59,040 --> 01:06:00,960
bringing some gold.
Amen.

1102
01:06:01,680 --> 01:06:04,560
And so God just brought the
story all the way around.

1103
01:06:04,880 --> 01:06:06,920
And so I'm very proud of what
God did that We're going to

1104
01:06:06,920 --> 01:06:10,160
reveal the number.
The number is total pledge, OK,

1105
01:06:10,640 --> 01:06:13,400
plus expected giving.
So if you didn't fill a card out

1106
01:06:13,400 --> 01:06:15,120
and people give, it's going to
be added in there.

1107
01:06:15,400 --> 01:06:17,280
And so I want to have a big
excitement with this.

1108
01:06:17,520 --> 01:06:19,200
We're going to countdown.
There's a video just in

1109
01:06:19,200 --> 01:06:21,640
countdown from five once you
cheer on the countdown, and then

1110
01:06:21,920 --> 01:06:22,800
we're going to reveal the
number.

1111
01:06:22,800 --> 01:06:26,120
You guys ready?
You guys ready some of y'all

1112
01:06:26,120 --> 01:06:27,720
like I didn't get it behind
that, but we're going to do it

1113
01:06:27,720 --> 01:06:29,440
anyway.
Y'all ready here we go play the

1114
01:06:29,440 --> 01:06:44,920
video all right 543210 early
number oh man legit we got

1115
01:06:44,920 --> 01:06:46,760
nothing.
So this was supposed to be

1116
01:06:46,760 --> 01:06:48,600
really cool and may happen some
moment, right?

1117
01:06:48,680 --> 01:06:55,200
But there's confetti cans up
here, but they didn't go off.

1118
01:06:55,200 --> 01:06:58,360
So yeah, sorry, didn't make it
to the first family.

1119
01:06:58,720 --> 01:07:01,560
Oh, nice.
Going to go, Holly.

1120
01:07:01,560 --> 01:07:05,200
She's still going.
Nice, nice.

1121
01:07:06,320 --> 01:07:09,200
That one was kind of aimed at
me, dude.

1122
01:07:09,200 --> 01:07:10,400
Nice work.
Nice work.

1123
01:07:12,520 --> 01:07:13,800
There's still this one.
Didn't go.

1124
01:07:14,480 --> 01:07:19,240
It's all right, TuneIn, you come
back next year.

1125
01:07:19,240 --> 01:07:20,680
We're going to get that figured
out.

1126
01:07:21,320 --> 01:07:27,640
So listen, this so $1,861,000,
is that amazing?

1127
01:07:27,640 --> 01:07:34,640
Hey, man, it's amazing.
All right, so we've actually got

1128
01:07:34,640 --> 01:07:38,760
to change the number because
somebody, you know, had to say,

1129
01:07:38,760 --> 01:07:41,960
hey, I'm going to give some more
this last gathering, actually

1130
01:07:41,960 --> 01:07:44,840
two people.
So, so this number, I tried to

1131
01:07:44,840 --> 01:07:54,360
do math on this, it'd be
1,000,890, $8000.

1132
01:07:55,640 --> 01:08:01,440
We set a goal, 1.9 million and
we're $2000 away from 1.9

1133
01:08:01,440 --> 01:08:03,440
million.
Is that crazy?

1134
01:08:05,400 --> 01:08:11,840
Ah, man, I need more faith.
There you go. 1.9 million.

1135
01:08:11,840 --> 01:08:15,160
There you go, Jerry.
I knew somebody was going to do

1136
01:08:15,160 --> 01:08:15,680
it.
Jerry.

1137
01:08:16,279 --> 01:08:20,720
Jerry, 1.9 million.
So this this is what this means.

1138
01:08:20,720 --> 01:08:24,000
This is so significant because
we we set a goal like we're

1139
01:08:24,000 --> 01:08:26,920
going to raise 1.9900 thousand
is our regular ministry budget

1140
01:08:26,920 --> 01:08:29,600
makes the one fund and a million
is 1,000,000 above that.

1141
01:08:29,880 --> 01:08:33,920
So officially, as of this
moment, we have pledged $1

1142
01:08:34,120 --> 01:08:38,120
million towards the building
towards the dude.

1143
01:08:38,120 --> 01:08:42,760
Fantastic.
So I would say first of all,

1144
01:08:42,760 --> 01:08:45,560
thank you Jesus.
Like I'm not the, the 9 lepers

1145
01:08:45,560 --> 01:08:46,640
do.
We're one leper church.

1146
01:08:47,479 --> 01:08:51,040
And thank you to those who
fasted and prayed for this

1147
01:08:51,040 --> 01:08:54,120
moment and for the people in
church to to grow in faith and

1148
01:08:54,120 --> 01:08:56,520
grow in generosity and for God's
game to come to earth and for

1149
01:08:56,520 --> 01:08:58,800
God to use us.
It's that that made the

1150
01:08:58,800 --> 01:09:01,200
difference.
Like I've so many people say,

1151
01:09:01,200 --> 01:09:02,080
man, I know we're going to do
this.

1152
01:09:02,080 --> 01:09:04,279
Like I don't know how we're
going to do it, but God can do

1153
01:09:04,279 --> 01:09:07,359
it.
It's just so much faith on this

1154
01:09:07,359 --> 01:09:11,120
number, $1 million raised.
So thank you guys.

1155
01:09:11,439 --> 01:09:15,640
That Saul, what everybody else
can see and literally have done

1156
01:09:15,880 --> 01:09:19,720
what no one else is going to do.
It's so powerful, it's so

1157
01:09:19,720 --> 01:09:23,520
amazing and it's so humbling
because this number, when I sat

1158
01:09:23,520 --> 01:09:26,560
down with different generosity
coaches and people that looked

1159
01:09:26,560 --> 01:09:30,040
at our finances, I thought if
you were to raise $720,000,

1160
01:09:30,040 --> 01:09:33,520
you'd be doing pretty good.
They said the North End of your

1161
01:09:33,520 --> 01:09:36,479
number may be 900.
That we've had some really,

1162
01:09:36,479 --> 01:09:39,319
really, really generous, like
first line donors.

1163
01:09:40,359 --> 01:09:42,279
I'm like, well, it's going to be
kind of hard to get into a

1164
01:09:42,279 --> 01:09:47,000
building in our area if we can't
raise at least 1,000,000 because

1165
01:09:47,000 --> 01:09:49,319
there's nothing for sale for
anywhere close to 1,000,000.

1166
01:09:50,160 --> 01:09:52,640
Like I need something.
So Lord, we're going to try

1167
01:09:52,640 --> 01:09:54,800
1,000,000 and the Lord showed
up.

1168
01:09:55,680 --> 01:09:58,400
Amen.
And we will blow people on the

1169
01:09:58,400 --> 01:10:01,040
water.
We tell them like yo church

1170
01:10:01,040 --> 01:10:02,600
raised $1,000,000 towards our
first building.

1171
01:10:03,240 --> 01:10:06,600
It's amazing.
I told you this was the Sunday I

1172
01:10:06,600 --> 01:10:10,080
told you like you like remember
what those guys gave with faith?

1173
01:10:10,080 --> 01:10:11,680
There wasn't nothing, just a
dream.

1174
01:10:11,680 --> 01:10:16,160
We we, we literally have a dream
and nothing and then something's

1175
01:10:16,160 --> 01:10:18,880
going to happen and be like that
took more faith that season took

1176
01:10:18,880 --> 01:10:20,880
more faith than another season
our church and then you guys got

1177
01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:23,840
this other grand work.
So thank you Jesus, Amen.

1178
01:10:24,640 --> 01:10:26,560
Thank you Jesus, God, we come
before you.

1179
01:10:26,560 --> 01:10:30,000
We we praise you God that we
have hit the number that you

1180
01:10:30,000 --> 01:10:32,120
gave us.
Why are we surprised?

1181
01:10:32,760 --> 01:10:35,000
We are not surprised.
Lord, we trust you.

1182
01:10:35,000 --> 01:10:38,200
Thank you for the faithfulness
of our people that you have

1183
01:10:38,200 --> 01:10:40,880
given here God that we have bold
faith.

1184
01:10:40,880 --> 01:10:44,960
God, we just worship you.
God, we bow down, we worship, we

1185
01:10:44,960 --> 01:10:48,040
trust God, we follow.
Thank you Jesus.

1186
01:10:48,360 --> 01:10:50,920
Thank you, Jesus, we give glory
to you.

1187
01:10:51,280 --> 01:10:53,600
You are a king and you've ruled
all.

1188
01:10:53,600 --> 01:10:56,120
God, you own everything and we
trust you.

1189
01:10:56,160 --> 01:11:00,000
I want to pray for one specific
group, people in the room today,

1190
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:02,160
and that's those of you who may
not know Jesus yet.

1191
01:11:02,840 --> 01:11:05,320
You've watched these stories,
you've heard the stories, these

1192
01:11:05,360 --> 01:11:08,600
radical people giving all this
money for something they deeply

1193
01:11:08,600 --> 01:11:12,880
believe in because it's true.
And you recognize that Jesus is

1194
01:11:12,880 --> 01:11:18,040
not just a fable or a story, but
a God that is real and active

1195
01:11:18,040 --> 01:11:21,480
and sits on the throne.
And he came and was born in

1196
01:11:21,480 --> 01:11:26,400
humanity to die for you.
And today, if you need Jesus,

1197
01:11:26,640 --> 01:11:29,800
this is the day of salvation.
The Bible says it's been a call

1198
01:11:29,800 --> 01:11:31,840
to Christ.
Forgive us the sins to be made

1199
01:11:31,840 --> 01:11:34,600
new from the inside out.
If you need Christ today, if

1200
01:11:34,600 --> 01:11:36,840
that's you that ain't be looking
around, raise your hands high in

1201
01:11:36,840 --> 01:11:39,520
this place.
I need Jesus to worship Jesus

1202
01:11:39,520 --> 01:11:43,720
for the first time I'm over not
just my hands but my heart to

1203
01:11:43,720 --> 01:11:45,440
you that's you just praise
prayer.

1204
01:11:45,440 --> 01:11:47,320
The prayers not save you but
your heart towards him say

1205
01:11:47,320 --> 01:11:51,480
Father God thank you so much for
these crazy people of faith for

1206
01:11:51,480 --> 01:11:53,280
showing me today.
There's something so much bigger

1207
01:11:53,280 --> 01:11:55,640
than my eyes have never seen you
give me spiritualize at sea

1208
01:11:55,640 --> 01:11:59,640
today God I'm following you in
faith because I've seen the

1209
01:11:59,640 --> 01:12:02,760
faith of these people.
I'm trusting that your son died

1210
01:12:02,760 --> 01:12:05,680
across from you got to put faith
in you, a crowd to you and I

1211
01:12:05,680 --> 01:12:09,880
praise in Jesus name, the name
has given his birth the save of

1212
01:12:09,880 --> 01:12:13,000
the world to come save me today
and I pray this in Jesus name,

1213
01:12:14,040 --> 01:12:15,800
Amen.
Give some glory to God today,

1214
01:12:15,800 --> 01:12:20,040
Amen.
Come on, thank you Jesus man.

1215
01:12:20,040 --> 01:12:24,000
What is a powerful Sunday today
and just a reminder to be people

1216
01:12:24,440 --> 01:12:28,920
who see what everybody else
sees, but does what nobody else

1217
01:12:29,440 --> 01:12:31,640
it does.
Man, what an encouraging word

1218
01:12:31,640 --> 01:12:35,160
this morning.
Hey, some of you saw Jesus, his

1219
01:12:35,160 --> 01:12:37,480
love for you today for the very
first time, recognizing he's

1220
01:12:37,480 --> 01:12:39,920
calling you home.
If that's you and you pray that

1221
01:12:39,920 --> 01:12:42,840
prayer, you raise your hand to
commit your life to Jesus.

1222
01:12:42,840 --> 01:12:45,680
Man, we are so excited for you.
We know there are just great

1223
01:12:45,680 --> 01:12:48,000
things ahead for you and we
would love just to come

1224
01:12:48,000 --> 01:12:50,200
alongside you and to resource
you in that way.

1225
01:12:50,640 --> 01:12:53,440
So if you would grab that
connection card that's on your

1226
01:12:53,440 --> 01:12:56,200
seat there, you can fill out the
information there at the top and

1227
01:12:56,200 --> 01:12:58,640
then just make sure and check
that box that says I committed

1228
01:12:58,840 --> 01:13:01,080
my life to Jesus.
And you can drop that in the

1229
01:13:01,080 --> 01:13:03,960
giving buckets as they pass here
in just a few minutes.

1230
01:13:03,960 --> 01:13:06,240
And man, just by doing that, we
would be able just to get you a

1231
01:13:06,240 --> 01:13:08,520
couple things.
The first one is a free book and

1232
01:13:08,520 --> 01:13:10,440
to drop in the mail.
We'll drop that tomorrow.

1233
01:13:10,800 --> 01:13:13,760
But it is a short read.
It's called Begin, but really it

1234
01:13:13,760 --> 01:13:16,720
is packed with some powerful
truths and really will help you

1235
01:13:16,960 --> 01:13:19,920
on your next steps with Jesus.
And if you pray that prayer,

1236
01:13:19,920 --> 01:13:22,320
you're right here at Kentucky
Trail as you exit the worship

1237
01:13:22,320 --> 01:13:24,720
center, there is a table with
some red bags as well.

1238
01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:27,000
Inside those red bags is a free
Bible.

1239
01:13:27,200 --> 01:13:30,520
A few other resources that we
know will just be a blessing to

1240
01:13:30,520 --> 01:13:33,400
you today as well.
And if you are newer with us, if

1241
01:13:33,400 --> 01:13:36,280
this is your first Sunday at
real Life church, man, you got

1242
01:13:36,280 --> 01:13:40,000
it all such amazing stories of
of how God is moving confetti

1243
01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:41,480
cannons.
Man, it's a great day.

1244
01:13:41,520 --> 01:13:43,680
We're still glad you chose to
spend your morning right here

1245
01:13:43,680 --> 01:13:46,120
with us.
We would love nothing from you

1246
01:13:46,120 --> 01:13:48,640
today except for this and it's
just to introduce yourself to

1247
01:13:48,640 --> 01:13:50,480
us.
And you can do that by grabbing

1248
01:13:50,480 --> 01:13:52,880
that same connection card that
is on your seat there.

1249
01:13:53,200 --> 01:13:55,680
Fill out information that top
section and just check that box

1250
01:13:55,680 --> 01:13:58,760
that says first time here.
You can also you can take that

1251
01:13:58,760 --> 01:14:01,360
to the new here booth as you
exit the worship center just to

1252
01:14:01,360 --> 01:14:02,840
your right.
There's a new here booth there.

1253
01:14:03,120 --> 01:14:04,800
Somebody will be there with a
smiling face.

1254
01:14:04,800 --> 01:14:06,840
Would love to take that card to
get you a free gift.

1255
01:14:07,080 --> 01:14:09,280
Just our way of saying thank you
so much for being here.

1256
01:14:09,280 --> 01:14:13,160
And we would love to see you
back here next week with us.

1257
01:14:13,960 --> 01:14:16,880
And man, what just or just an
amazing Sunday.

1258
01:14:16,880 --> 01:14:19,960
I just get goosebumps and chills
as I'm sitting there hearing all

1259
01:14:19,960 --> 01:14:22,920
these numbers and somebody
chiming in another 2000.

1260
01:14:22,920 --> 01:14:27,000
Man, God is just so, so good.
And just what a powerful day

1261
01:14:27,000 --> 01:14:29,480
today is.
I mean, I really want you to

1262
01:14:29,480 --> 01:14:33,240
know that you should be so, so
proud of yourselves for really

1263
01:14:33,240 --> 01:14:37,280
stepping in the gap, for saying
I am all in, for pledging to be

1264
01:14:37,280 --> 01:14:40,640
difference makers in this
season, not just for us, but for

1265
01:14:40,640 --> 01:14:43,800
the people that are going to
know Jesus ahead of us for

1266
01:14:43,800 --> 01:14:46,720
generations to come.
I know Jesus through you guys

1267
01:14:46,720 --> 01:14:48,920
saying yes and pledging to be
difference makers.

1268
01:14:48,920 --> 01:14:52,720
So thank you so much.
And man, today is celebration

1269
01:14:52,720 --> 01:14:56,120
Sunday and really this is an
opportunity for us to give our

1270
01:14:56,120 --> 01:14:59,480
first and our best gifts to
Jesus, just like the wise men,

1271
01:14:59,480 --> 01:15:02,320
we're going to bring him and lay
him down at the feet of Jesus.

1272
01:15:02,320 --> 01:15:04,800
And So what does that look like?
That really is your stored

1273
01:15:04,800 --> 01:15:07,520
resources gift on your
commitment card there.

1274
01:15:07,520 --> 01:15:09,040
So that can look like a lot of
different things.

1275
01:15:09,040 --> 01:15:11,840
Some maybe it's investments,
it's stocks.

1276
01:15:12,200 --> 01:15:15,680
I know some people sold some
things, maybe it's savings

1277
01:15:15,680 --> 01:15:16,920
account, whatever that looks
like for you.

1278
01:15:16,920 --> 01:15:20,200
Some people even literally
bringing gold today.

1279
01:15:20,200 --> 01:15:22,720
So whatever that looks like,
that's what we're asking today

1280
01:15:22,720 --> 01:15:27,120
to give for that.
I do want to say if you are part

1281
01:15:27,120 --> 01:15:30,240
of that, of your pledge for
Sword Resources is giving stock,

1282
01:15:30,520 --> 01:15:32,840
you can head to our website.
It's just real life church

1283
01:15:32,840 --> 01:15:36,720
kc.com/give.
When you get there, they'll be a

1284
01:15:36,720 --> 01:15:38,120
button there that says give
stock.

1285
01:15:38,120 --> 01:15:40,160
You can click on that.
We have a third party that we

1286
01:15:40,160 --> 01:15:42,880
work through and so they have a
process that's super simple.

1287
01:15:42,880 --> 01:15:45,440
It'll walk you through step by
step to be able to to do that.

1288
01:15:45,880 --> 01:15:49,680
Also, if you want to give a non
cash gift for that, you can do

1289
01:15:49,680 --> 01:15:52,480
that as well.
Maybe that's items you wanna

1290
01:15:52,480 --> 01:15:56,480
donate, a boat to the difference
maker, a car or property,

1291
01:15:56,480 --> 01:15:57,520
whatever that looks like for
you.

1292
01:15:57,520 --> 01:16:00,760
There's all of that information
on the website as well.

1293
01:16:01,800 --> 01:16:04,360
I also, we don't always talk
about all of the details about

1294
01:16:04,360 --> 01:16:07,280
giving, but we're going to go
there for a few minutes just as

1295
01:16:07,280 --> 01:16:09,480
we walk through because it
really will make a difference as

1296
01:16:09,480 --> 01:16:11,600
we're leading into this
difference Maker initiative.

1297
01:16:12,080 --> 01:16:16,360
So today is the day, if you have
a new number that you are

1298
01:16:16,360 --> 01:16:20,120
regularly going to be giving as
part of your expanded giving for

1299
01:16:20,120 --> 01:16:23,400
the Difference Maker pledge,
today is that day to go in and

1300
01:16:23,400 --> 01:16:26,160
adjust that number, whatever
that looks like for you.

1301
01:16:26,560 --> 01:16:30,080
I also want to give a plug as
well if you, this is an

1302
01:16:30,080 --> 01:16:32,760
encouragement to set up
procuring giving, especially if

1303
01:16:32,760 --> 01:16:35,360
you give by card.
And that is because of this,

1304
01:16:35,360 --> 01:16:37,760
there are some processing fees
that are attached to that.

1305
01:16:38,160 --> 01:16:41,560
And so when you go in and you
ACH that gift, it actually takes

1306
01:16:41,560 --> 01:16:44,840
that 2 to 3% that we give to the
credit card company, brings it

1307
01:16:44,840 --> 01:16:47,240
right back to the difference
maker initiative.

1308
01:16:47,240 --> 01:16:49,920
And so it really does make your
money go further.

1309
01:16:49,920 --> 01:16:51,440
So I encourage you to do that as
well.

1310
01:16:51,720 --> 01:16:54,400
If you're a recurring donor and
you have a new recurring number

1311
01:16:54,400 --> 01:16:57,560
for this pledge and you can head
on over to that same website,

1312
01:16:58,320 --> 01:17:01,040
reallifechurchkc.com and click
on give.

1313
01:17:01,040 --> 01:17:04,320
You can go in there as well.
You can log into your profile as

1314
01:17:04,320 --> 01:17:05,800
well.
You can update that number.

1315
01:17:06,160 --> 01:17:08,640
You can see all of the details.
Your pledge will be in there as

1316
01:17:08,640 --> 01:17:09,880
well.
So you can kind of see your

1317
01:17:09,880 --> 01:17:14,120
numbers and where you're at over
these next two years.

1318
01:17:14,720 --> 01:17:18,440
Also, if you give online here at
Real Life Church, when you go to

1319
01:17:18,440 --> 01:17:21,920
give, there are a lot of options
in the drop down menu for you to

1320
01:17:21,920 --> 01:17:24,440
be able to choose.
You want to make sure if you're

1321
01:17:24,440 --> 01:17:27,280
giving towards difference maker
that you choose that top line.

1322
01:17:27,600 --> 01:17:31,600
It says ties slash difference
maker and it's our ministry one

1323
01:17:31,600 --> 01:17:33,920
fund.
And really that one fund is just

1324
01:17:33,920 --> 01:17:38,040
a combination of both pledges
and expected giving.

1325
01:17:38,360 --> 01:17:40,520
So if you want what you give
online to go towards your

1326
01:17:40,520 --> 01:17:42,120
pledge, make sure and choose
that option.

1327
01:17:42,320 --> 01:17:44,840
And once again, you can see your
pledge, it's in there as well.

1328
01:17:44,840 --> 01:17:47,760
Kind of your progress on that.
We'll also over the next couple

1329
01:17:47,760 --> 01:17:50,760
years be reaching out at once,
1/4 with a statement kind of a

1330
01:17:50,760 --> 01:17:53,080
thing.
So you can track that as well.

1331
01:17:53,880 --> 01:17:56,920
I also want to say there's room
for you to step in as well.

1332
01:17:57,160 --> 01:18:00,680
There's no reason we cannot
raise more than 1.9 million.

1333
01:18:00,680 --> 01:18:02,840
So if you've not turned in a
commitment card and maybe you're

1334
01:18:02,840 --> 01:18:05,960
feeling today like this is the
day I need to do it, I want to

1335
01:18:05,960 --> 01:18:08,720
play part of this story.
I want to tell you that it is

1336
01:18:08,720 --> 01:18:11,280
worth it.
And I was just telling Graham,

1337
01:18:11,280 --> 01:18:14,440
he was sitting beside me.
We were talking about giving and

1338
01:18:14,440 --> 01:18:18,000
I said, man, whatever you give
to this, think about when there

1339
01:18:18,000 --> 01:18:22,640
is a building that we're going
to and you can say I played a

1340
01:18:22,640 --> 01:18:25,560
part in that.
My birthday money went to that

1341
01:18:26,160 --> 01:18:27,400
man.
It is so worth it.

1342
01:18:27,400 --> 01:18:30,640
And so I don't want you to miss
out on this opportunity to play

1343
01:18:30,640 --> 01:18:32,960
a part of the story.
So there is still time.

1344
01:18:33,200 --> 01:18:34,760
There is commitment cards on
your seat.

1345
01:18:34,760 --> 01:18:37,680
You can fill it out today, drop
it in the giving bucket as it

1346
01:18:37,680 --> 01:18:39,000
passes here in just a few
minutes.

1347
01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:41,520
You can also scan that QR code
that's on that side.

1348
01:18:41,720 --> 01:18:43,920
It takes you to a digital
commitment card if you want to

1349
01:18:43,920 --> 01:18:46,720
do that as well.
And so the buckets are going to

1350
01:18:46,720 --> 01:18:49,040
pass here.
If you call real life church

1351
01:18:49,040 --> 01:18:51,160
home, you can see all the ways
to give there as well.

1352
01:18:51,360 --> 01:18:54,440
You can check all of those out.
And as always, if you or your

1353
01:18:54,600 --> 01:18:57,960
family find yourself in any kind
of immediate need today, this

1354
01:18:57,960 --> 01:19:00,480
week, whether it's food or
clothing, maybe it's shelter,

1355
01:19:00,840 --> 01:19:02,960
whatever that looks like for
you, would you please reach into

1356
01:19:02,960 --> 01:19:05,920
those giving buckets as they
pass and grab out any loose

1357
01:19:05,920 --> 01:19:07,800
cash.
You see, so we can be a blessing

1358
01:19:08,040 --> 01:19:10,040
to you and your family.
Let's pray.

1359
01:19:10,920 --> 01:19:13,760
God, I just thank you, Father,
just for who you are and just

1360
01:19:13,760 --> 01:19:17,280
your goodness to us.
God, you're so faithful and God,

1361
01:19:17,280 --> 01:19:20,800
you have just exceeded
expectation even.

1362
01:19:20,800 --> 01:19:24,680
Father, thank you for calling us
to bold faith in this initiative

1363
01:19:24,680 --> 01:19:26,080
guide.
We pledge to be difference

1364
01:19:26,080 --> 01:19:28,000
makers to move your Kingdom
forward.

1365
01:19:28,360 --> 01:19:30,560
And so God, I just pray over
this, offering God over these

1366
01:19:30,560 --> 01:19:33,720
stored resources, gifts.
God, I know, I know you're going

1367
01:19:33,720 --> 01:19:35,800
to bless it, Father.
And we are so expected for all

1368
01:19:35,800 --> 01:19:38,920
you're going to do through this.
And so God, we today, we give

1369
01:19:38,920 --> 01:19:41,440
you all the glory.
It's in your holy name that we

1370
01:19:41,440 --> 01:19:42,960
pray.
Amen.

1371
01:19:45,280 --> 01:19:48,680
Hey, man, what a day after Jerry
threw out his number, I was

1372
01:19:48,680 --> 01:19:51,680
really expecting the second two
cannons to go off and that

1373
01:19:51,680 --> 01:19:53,240
didn't.
That didn't happen, but it's OK.

1374
01:19:53,240 --> 01:19:56,000
It was still a phenomenal day.
I'm so proud to be a part of

1375
01:19:56,000 --> 01:19:58,400
this with all of you guys.
Before you guys jump out of

1376
01:19:58,400 --> 01:20:00,160
here, I have a couple
announcements for your calendar.

1377
01:20:00,360 --> 01:20:02,320
Christmas Eve.
We're celebrating here at Real

1378
01:20:02,320 --> 01:20:05,920
Life at 2:00 and 4:00 PM.
Invite your friends, invite your

1379
01:20:05,920 --> 01:20:08,800
family, invite any creatures
that you might know, invite

1380
01:20:08,800 --> 01:20:11,800
anybody that you can think of
that would join you here on

1381
01:20:11,800 --> 01:20:13,760
Christmas Eve.
I would love to see all of you

1382
01:20:13,760 --> 01:20:15,200
and all the people you can
muster.

1383
01:20:15,760 --> 01:20:19,160
To all the parents in the room
right now, I'm talking first to

1384
01:20:19,160 --> 01:20:21,040
the parents of 6th through 12th
graders.

1385
01:20:21,240 --> 01:20:23,680
I would love to see your
students join us for our New

1386
01:20:23,680 --> 01:20:25,960
Year's Eve celebration at Main
Event.

1387
01:20:26,400 --> 01:20:28,600
Scan the QR code, get registered
as soon as you can.

1388
01:20:28,600 --> 01:20:30,280
It's $40.
That covers dinner, that covers

1389
01:20:30,280 --> 01:20:32,560
all the fun we're going to have,
covers ice cream that we're

1390
01:20:32,560 --> 01:20:35,040
going to have, and maybe more
confetti cannons to celebrate

1391
01:20:35,040 --> 01:20:36,000
the ball drop.
I don't know.

1392
01:20:36,400 --> 01:20:39,600
That was a lot of fun.
But yeah, if you have a student

1393
01:20:39,600 --> 01:20:41,800
in that age range, you get them
signed up as soon as you can.

1394
01:20:41,800 --> 01:20:44,520
That helps me out a lot and I'd
love to see all your students,

1395
01:20:45,040 --> 01:20:47,760
younger children, parents in
here.

1396
01:20:47,760 --> 01:20:51,640
Next week is going to be the RO
Kids Sunday.

1397
01:20:51,640 --> 01:20:54,920
A lot of singing, a lot of fun.
If you were here last year, you

1398
01:20:54,920 --> 01:20:56,840
know that this is not a Sunday
that you want to miss,

1399
01:20:57,040 --> 01:20:59,040
especially if Piper is given
another solo.

1400
01:20:59,280 --> 01:21:02,960
I don't know what the plans are,
but out of fear of that, I would

1401
01:21:02,960 --> 01:21:04,960
say don't miss next week.
It is going to be awesome.

1402
01:21:04,960 --> 01:21:07,200
If you have not registered your
kid yet, it's not too late.

1403
01:21:07,400 --> 01:21:09,120
Go ahead and get him registered
as soon as you can though,

1404
01:21:09,120 --> 01:21:12,320
because let us know what time,
what gathering they're coming to

1405
01:21:12,600 --> 01:21:14,520
get that knocked out.
And I would love to see all of

1406
01:21:14,520 --> 01:21:17,120
your kids out here singing on
the stage next week.

1407
01:21:17,120 --> 01:21:19,720
It is going to be awesome.
And let's leave here in worship

1408
01:21:19,720 --> 01:21:21,720
today kind of how we've been
carrying ourselves so far.

1409
01:21:22,120 --> 01:21:27,520
Psalm 96, eight says ascribe to
the Lord the what the glory do

1410
01:21:27,520 --> 01:21:30,360
his name bring an offering and
come into his courts.

1411
01:21:30,600 --> 01:21:34,080
Revelation says worthy is the
Lamb who was slain to receive

1412
01:21:34,080 --> 01:21:38,000
power and wealth and wisdom and
strength and honor and glory and

1413
01:21:38,000 --> 01:21:40,120
praise.
If you need to talk to somebody

1414
01:21:40,120 --> 01:21:41,880
or if you need prayer, if you
need to talk to a pastor,

1415
01:21:41,880 --> 01:21:43,600
there's going to be somebody
down here to pray with you, to

1416
01:21:43,600 --> 01:21:45,680
talk to you.
I'd love to see all of you here

1417
01:21:45,680 --> 01:21:47,720
again next week at 9:00 or
10:45.

1418
01:21:47,720 --> 01:21:51,520
And remember, whoever finds
Jesus discovers real life and

1419
01:21:51,600 --> 01:21:53,160
purpose.
I'll see you guys next week.

1420
01:21:54,120 --> 01:21:56,920
This is the end of this podcast.
We hope you've enjoyed it.

1421
01:21:57,080 --> 01:21:59,800
If you have, be sure to hit the
subscribe button so you don't

1422
01:21:59,800 --> 01:22:01,640
miss another inspirational
podcast.

1423
01:22:01,920 --> 01:22:04,640
For more great content and
updates, visit Real Life Church

1424
01:22:04,640 --> 01:22:05,880
KC.
Dot com.