Letting Go of Control - Here I Am To Worship Part 1
If you’re carrying something heavy right now — a worry you can’t shake, a situation you can’t control, a prayer that feels unanswered — this message is for you.
This week we’re looking at Mary’s story in Luke 1, and how her quiet, courageous “Let it be” became one of the most powerful acts of worship ever recorded. Her story reminds us that sometimes the greatest worship isn’t a song… it’s surrender. It’s trusting God when life feels confusing, overwhelming, or just plain hard.
If you’ve been holding your breath, trying to manage everything on your own, come breathe again. Come find hope. Come let God meet you.
Let’s surrender the things we can’t carry… and find the peace only Jesus can give.
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Hey, good morning, Real Life
Church.
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It is so good to see you this
morning.
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I just invite you to stand to
your feet and worship as we kick
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off the Christmas season right
here at Real Life Church.
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Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Hey.
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Unto you this day a baby's born,
He's Christ's Messiah.
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Shepherds have come, the angels
sing.
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They follow the star, the three
wise kings to come and bat on
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bended knee.
The king is here, the king is
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here.
Hey, hey, here, Good tidings of
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great joy unto you A Savior is
born.
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Hey, hey, in a danger laze
Christ the Lord all have come to
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endure, to worship him.
Our Savior, the King is here.
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The King is here.
Hey, hey here, good tidings of
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great joy until you, a savior,
is born.
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Here good tidings of great joy,
until you, a Savior, is born.
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Glory to God in the highest.
Glory to God in the highest
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peace on earth and goodwill
towards men.
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Glory to God in the highest.
OK.
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Hey, hey, come on, give it a
book for.
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Jesus this morning, and it's so
good to worship him in every
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season, but especially in
Christmas with the anticipation
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and the hope and the expectation
of what is to come in this
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season.
So lean into that this morning
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as we worship Him with
anticipation, with expectation
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and hope of who He is.
In the darkness we were waiting,
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without hope, without light,
till from heaven you came
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running.
There was mercy near us to
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fulfill the Lord and prophets.
To a virgin came the world, from
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the throne of him is glory to a
cradle in the day Praise the
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fire, praise the sun, praise the
Spirit. 3 And one God of good,
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my Jersey.
Praise war ever to the King to
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reveal the Kingdom coming, and
to reconcile the lost to redeem
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the world creation.
You did not despise the cross
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for reaping any or suffering.
You saw to the other side,
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knowing this was our salvation.
Jesus, for our sake you die.
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Come on you pray, go for him
this morning.
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Praise the God, praise the
sight, praise the Spirit.
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Oh God, oh go me my just need
praise forever to the king of
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King, and the morning may use
all of heaven.
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Heaven its brother said that
storm was moved for good for the
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Lamb and conquered death.
And the dead rose roaming their
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tombs.
And the Angel stood in all.
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For the souls of all who come to
the Father are restored.
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And the Church of Christ was
born.
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Then Spirit lived the flame, Now
this gospel truth of world shall
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not me, shall not breathe by his
blood and in his name.
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Then he's free.
Oh, I am free for the love of
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Jesus Christ who has resulted
me.
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Praise the Father, praise the
Son, praise the Spirit in the
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world, Heart of the Lord, my
just
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please praise forever to the.
Luke 1 verse 26, in the sixth
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month of Elizabeth's pregnancy
gets in an Angel Gabriel to
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Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to
a virgin pledge to be married to
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a man named Joseph, a descendant
of David.
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The virgin's name was Mary.
The Angel went to her and said,
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Greetings, you who are highly
favored, the Lord is with you.
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Mary was greatly troubled at his
words and wondered what kind of
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greeting this might be.
But the Angel said to her, Do
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not be afraid Mary, you have
found favor with God.
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You will conceive and give birth
to a son, and you're to call him
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Jesus.
He will be great, and he will be
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called the Son of the Most High.
The Lord God will give him the
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throne of his father David, and
he will reign over Jacob's
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descendants forever.
His Kingdom will never end.
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How will this be?
Mary asked the Angel, Since I'm
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a virgin.
The Angel answered, the Holy
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Spirit will come on you, and the
power of the Most High will over
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shadow you.
So the Holy One to be born will
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be called the Son of God.
And we skip down to 48 or to 46.
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And Mary said, my soul glorifies
the Lord, and my spirit rejoices
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and God my Savior, for he has
been mindful of the humble state
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of his servant.
From now on all generations will
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call me blessed, for the mighty
One has done great things for
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me.
Holy is his name, His mercy
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extends to those who fear him
from generation to generation.
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He has performed mighty deeds
with his arm.
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He has scattered those who are
proud in their inmost thoughts.
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He has brought down rulers from
their Thrones, but has lifted up
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the humble.
He has filled the hungry with
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good things, but has sent the
rich away empty.
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He has helped his servant
Israel, remembering to be
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merciful to Abraham and his
descendants forever, just as He
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promised our ancestors.
Man, that Scripture is so
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powerful.
And Mary shows us that even in
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the waiting, there's worship and
surrender, even in just a simple
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posture of saying, God, I'm
here.
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Even how, even though I don't
understand what is about to
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happen, God, I'm here.
So as we continue in worship
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this morning, man, that is my
prayer for us.
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So we lean into Jesus that we
can worship in the waiting, with
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expectation, with anticipation,
and with hope.
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If faith can move the mountains,
let the mountain move.
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We come with expectation.
Waiting here for you.
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Waiting here for you.
You're the Lord of all creation,
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and still you know my heart, the
author of salvation.
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You've loved us from the storm,
waiting here for you with our
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hands lifted high.
And it is.
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We adore
singing.
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You are everything you promised.
Your faithfulness is true and
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we're desperate for your
presence.
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All we need is to you.
Waiting here for you with our
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hands lifted high it rain and
it's you we adore.
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We're singing on Man Lose.
The.
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With our hands faking hard.
It plays and it's you.
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We're done.
We're singing.
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We're waiting here for you with
our hands.
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Waiting here for you with our
hands lived in hard, I in
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praise.
And it's you we adore.
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We're singing on a loose.
You're singing on a.
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Man, just to hear you guys
worship in the Spirit.
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Man, the Holy Spirit's moving
through this crowd, through
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these people, through through
God's children, and man to give
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that worship back to God.
Man, who here is thankful for
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the Holy Spirit today.
Can we give it up for him, man,
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if you guys don't do this, the
Holy Spirit is our comforter.
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He's the power that we have to
worship, man.
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He's the promise that Jesus will
come back again, man.
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So it is so awesome just to get
to worship with you guys in the
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Spirit today.
And we are so thankful you chose
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to worship with us here at Real
Life today.
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I want you guys to know we have
a lot of new people with us and
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met him coming in.
They're with us here in person
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and online.
So we can can we show everybody
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that's new here some love today.
Give them a round of applause,
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man.
Winter is in and it's cold
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outside, but it is hot in here
with God just moving.
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So hey, I know, right?
So I want you guys to take 30
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seconds and just screw somebody
around you.
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Let him know how much you are
exact studies are to see him.
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All right, you guys can go ahead
and be seated.
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Hey, I want you guys to know you
guys are getting ready to set on
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an awesome card.
And this card is for everybody
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in the house.
So if you call real life home,
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we love it.
When you fill this card out, let
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us know what's happened in your
life.
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Maybe something awesome happened
this week.
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You had an answer to prayer, or
maybe you got a prayer request.
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Maybe you got something heavy,
something you want us to know
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about you come talk to some
person.
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But hey, if you want to ride it
on a card, that's awesome too.
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If you're new or newer with us,
we're not.
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I'm going to I'm so excited that
you're here today and we're not
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going to ask anything else from
you except maybe a simple
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introduction.
And if you fill out the top of
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this card, just give us your
information.
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We're not going to do thing
weird.
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We won't show up at your house,
but we would love to have a way
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to send out some more
information due this week about
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real life, who we are, why we do
and maybe how you can be
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connected here at real life.
So again, we'll let you guys
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know in a little bit what you
guys can do with that later on
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in the gathering.
We do everything that we do for
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setup, to tear down to
connection cars because we are a
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church on a mission, right?
My mission is to see people far
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from God discovered their real
life and their purpose in Jesus.
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What that simply means is, is
that that life's not always
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easy.
It's not always, it's not
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always, you know, Christmas
presents under the tree and all
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that kind of good stuff, right?
Which that's coming up.
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We're going to have a great
season here, but life pieces
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down doesn't always go our way.
But no matter what season you're
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in, God's got something big for
you in it.
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And we don't always get to live
on the mountain tops, but we
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always have God there with us,
whether you're in the valley or
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you're on the mountain.
And that's what we're called
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here in real life, keep people
connected to Jesus because if
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you don't have Jesus, it doesn't
matter if you live on the
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mountain time.
It's an empty place to be.
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And God makes everything real.
And that's what we're called to
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do to get people committed.
And that's what we love.
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And we get to see people commit
their lives to Jesus week in and
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week out.
That's the joy.
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That's why we do what we do.
So we're excited for you guys to
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be on mission with us.
So we're kicking off a new
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series today.
And maybe some of you guys are
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are like that.
And what I talked about.
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Maybe you're walking here with
something heavy, man.
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Maybe you have an unanswered
prayer, something that you can't
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control, something that you
don't know what to do with next,
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and you're at your wit's end.
Today we're going to look at one
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of the best acts of worship that
Mary did in the Bible in Luke
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chapter 1.
And my prayer for you guys today
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is that when you hear this
message, you know that God is
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for you.
God has something big for you
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today and you don't have to
juggle all these plates on your
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own.
You don't have to fix everything
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on your own.
You peel on your boots by
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yourself, man.
God's got something for you
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today.
So I want you guys to buckle in
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and let the power of God just
reach into your hearts today.
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Let's give it up for Pastor Sean
as we kick off our first part of
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series.
Here I am to worship good.
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Morning guys.
Hey, it saves me a good day.
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We finished up our series
grateful last Sunday and a
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couple things I'm really, really
grateful in for in this season.
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Last week we had two people
commit to life to Jesus.
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Amen.
That's just why we do this.
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So it's exciting.
So those who come to Christ this
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year, we have this thing called
baptism, right?
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And Jesus asks you to do that.
And last week it was so amazing.
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There's a lady, I've been
friends a long time, her fiance
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was in my youth group, all sorts
of stuff.
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She came to Christ a few weeks
ago and decided to get baptized.
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Checked the box said hey I
wanted to get baptized on 28th
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and so we'd have about 8 people
signed up so far to get baptized
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on 28th.
Amen.
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Fantastic.
That's like the only metric I
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think you find in the Bible.
Like go and baptize and we can
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measure sending and measure
baptism.
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I would encourage you guys to
get baptized.
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If you do not get baptized, and
I can't say this enough, baptism
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is not a bad person becoming
good.
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You not get upgraded, you don't
go to the self help section at
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Barnes and Noble.
Been a while.
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Come on, somebody, they're
they're making a last stand by
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the way, right.
But you don't go there and
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improve yourself because if you
could improve yourself, then you
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could just be a better person.
You can say glory to me, but the
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reality is it's all glory to
God.
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it's something very special
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happens.
And Jesus was baptized.
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It was a picture of something,
and he was leading the way for
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us and for Jesus.
When he got baptized, it was a
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start of his public ministry.
It was a new season that came
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after his baptism.
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baptized, it's a start of a
lifelong journey of obedience to
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Jesus.
We said yes to Jesus.
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You're receiving a free gift.
Amen.
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But when you get baptized,
that's like your first decision.
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You're like less of me, more of
you, Lord.
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And for the rest of your life
it's that same commitment.
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I'm going to come under Jesus
and follow him.
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That's what we're called, the
first step of obedience.
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So Jesus calls to be baptized.
There's a lot of things that
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come together in your life to
get baptized.
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Amen.
It's one thing that to say I
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love the grace of God.
It's another thing is that I'm
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going to live for you.
And I think that's why God asked
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to do it, to step into that call
and you're going to see that
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today.
But it's, it's an act of
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worship.
It's an act of surrender.
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It's, it's because of salvation,
not for salvation.
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But I would encourage you, if
you've not been baptized and
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maybe you grew up in church
even, or baptized as a, as a
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baby or a kid before you knew
Jesus, I would encourage you to
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get baptized.
Our church has been very, very
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good at having a lot of people
getting baptized in our church
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because there's conversion
growth, there's people coming to
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Christ and then getting baptized
in obedience.
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We set a goal this year.
You never know God's going to
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do, but like, hey, we'll be
baptized 50 this year.
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That'd be pretty amazing.
Like we've baptized 35 one year
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before.
Like we've never been to 50.
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We're like Lord, let's get to
50.
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Like let's try it.
And so the idea behind that was
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let's think a little
differently.
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Like how could we get to 50?
Like we don't control like
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outputs, but we control inputs,
Amen?
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So if we can increase our
evangelism, can increase our
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outreach, increase our
conversation when somebody comes
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to Christ, we can increase,
increase our follow up, like
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that's our vision.
And maybe we get 50, maybe we
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don't, but I know we're getting
close.
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Amen.
And so if you're on the, the the
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fence, you're like, man, I'm not
sure we'd love to do this last
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night of the year.
And that's where I asked the
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team already for next year's
like, you know what we're doing
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really good, by the way, a
difference maker.
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So about a second.
But next you're like, what if we
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baptized 100?
Like, why not like, like the
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Lord's willing, like what, what
can we teach and share with our
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people?
What can we lead and model for
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ourselves and increase our
scattering?
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Like actually like taking the
gospel to a work, live play and
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study and build a different
relationships and just help
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people know Jesus.
Like we need to get really,
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really good at being hands feet
of Jesus outside of Sunday
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morning.
Amen.
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And so we're just going to lean
in.
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That's that's next year, like
with division heart behind that.
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But I encourage you guys step
in.
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If you're not been baptized,
we'd love, love to do it.
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There's a card on your chair,
Big Blue card.
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We had three turn in last week,
Amen.
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And maybe you're in today.
Like, man, I want to do that and
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we'd love to do that.
So difference maker, I'm not
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going to say a lot about it.
We're going to celebrate next
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week with our celebration
Sunday, revealing all stat
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stories, all sorts of cool
things, participation.
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It's going to be awesome.
I will say this, we are like
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super close, super close.
I'm like tempted.
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Should I change my number just
to make the number, you know,
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but I would, I would just
encourage you if you've not
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participated yet.
And I'm grateful.
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Thank God for what God's done in
our church.
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Like when we set out this number
that the number is not like it
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was a stretched number.
I'll just put it that way.
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It was like above and beyond
what the people coaching us and
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seeing our numbers are like you
could probably do.
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Boris said, OK, Laura, let's
just shoot for the stars, maybe
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land on the moon, right?
And there's a lot of people that
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have not participated in this as
well.
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And I would encourage you.
This is today is like the best
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time to get in because one day
there's going to be a building
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that's full of hope and, and
full of healing.
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And it's like an incubator for
the things of God to go out.
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And you can be like, I planted
some seeds in that season that's
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producing fruit well beyond
myself.
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And like, we all love
investments, you know, at least
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I do.
And I like return on my money.
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Like I like to see things happen
with my money.
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And for us, spiritually
speaking, this is a great
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investment to see God move and
change our city and change us.
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So I'd encourage you to just
play part of the story.
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If you've not yet, it's not too
late.
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Nobody's judging, nobody's
hating, but I just want you to
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know I love part of the story.
And you can make that difference
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to move that number, like right
there.
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Come on, somebody right.
So next week we're going to view
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the story.
It's going to be great.
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So we'll, I'm talking too much
about already, But today we're
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diving into 4th part or 4th
part, a four part series called
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Here I am to worship.
Do you guys remember the song
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Here?
I'm to worship Show of hands.
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Remember that song?
If you don't know the song,
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that's cool.
Say what?
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Oh, come on up here, Holly.
So you can sing it for us.
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So this is like came out.
The song came out in 2001.
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It's written by Tim Hughes.
It was written like 99.
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Took him like a couple years to
really get it nailed down, put
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it out.
And this is like that season
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where worship music was like
awkward and weird.
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At least it was for me and then
became really good.
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And that like was there's,
there's like numerous songs like
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turn the hinge on like worship
style and, and the music.
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And this was very reflective
song.
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It's a very like responsive
song.
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It's just all of us just Lord,
like I'm just here to worship.
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And he pictures these different
things about the song that why
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we worship.
And one of the things in the
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song it, it, it starts out the
the the light of the of what's
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light of the the world stepped
down into to darkness.
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Hello, it's Christmas.
Like it, it, it's just, why do
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we worship?
It's because the God of all
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gods, the God of the universe,
Jesus himself, stepped out of
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heaven and eternity into our
eternity, into the worst
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neighborhood and became God with
us it it and became as a
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sacrifice for our sin, our
Emmanuel, Amen.
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So they were going to worship
Jesus.
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Amen.
That's what Christmas season is
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all about.
Just focusing back on the birth
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of Christ and truly his love for
us.
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And this whole thing is going to
be a response that my prayer
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throughout this whole series is
that you have these moments, not
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just a moment, but you leave
here and be moments during the
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message, during the works,
during your time that you would
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just open your hands and say,
Lord, here I am the worship.
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And not just your hands, but
your heart, like all of you
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getting in front of Jesus and
then saying, Lord, whatever it
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is yesterday, man, I want to
follow you.
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And so we're going to be in the
Bible there.
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Luke chapter 1, If you got your
Bible or if you got your Bible,
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hold your Bible up.
You got your Bible.
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Make sure you bring your Bible.
Amen.
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You might have on your phone.
We love you, but I would
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encourage you bring a Bible.
I saw somebody said this in our
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men's text group.
It said, man, if you're going to
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find a church, don't want to
find, don't find one close to
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your house.
Find one close to Scripture.
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I thought, dude, that is a
quote.
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That is a great quote because
there's a lot of just just a lot
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of things I see.
I'm like, man, what is that?
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You know, And it should just
look like the Bible.
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And so we're going to be Luke
chapter 1 and be diving in.
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But a lot of you guys
participate.
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It makes more fun.
Just going to tie into the
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message, but how many guys just
show hands are control freaks,
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Show hands, show hands.
Yeah.
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You know, you are a little bit,
right?
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Like just there's a certain way,
right.
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Like if you have to have the GPS
in your hand, you know, like you
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always have to drive some of
y'all looking at your spouse
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right now, like put two hands
up, you know, I mean, it's just
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you to the T and Dime's looking
at me.
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I'm a recovering control freak.
Pray for your pastor, pray for
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Diane, right?
And it's easy to like take
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control.
Like just you have a plan, you
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have a destination, you have a
way, like all these things.
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And then the Lord's always
interrupting our way for a
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better way.
Amen.
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But if but but we're really good
at like hedging and planning and
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pursuing and dilly dallying into
our own vision and scheming.
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But the Lord has a plan and
we've got to be open to God's
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plan.
And so we're going to look at
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how to let go through control
and how to follow God's plan in
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Luke chapter one, verse 26.
Holly read these verses earlier
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on the world's smallest Bible.
I'm so glad she could read it up
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here, but it said this verse 26,
in the sixth month of
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Elizabeth's pregnancy.
OK, who's Elizabeth?
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Who's the baby that Elizabeth's
going to have?
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John the Baptist, OK, says God
sent the Angel Gabriel.
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This is a messenger Angel,
Nazareth, a village in Galilee,
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to a virgin named Mary.
She was engaged to be married to
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a man named Joseph.
A descendant of who?
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Yeah.
King David.
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We're going to come back to that
a little bit.
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Says Gabriel appeared to her and
said, this is this is the words
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greetings favored woman.
That's a good start.
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A lot of things angels say in
the Bible doesn't go that well,
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right?
But greetings favored woman.
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The Lord is with you.
I mean, this God with us,
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Emmanuel, the Lord's with you.
I mean, God has just put this
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Theo so perfectly.
And her response is like so many
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of us, and I've been this season
so many times, confused and
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disturbed.
Mary tried to think what the
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Angel could mean.
Confused.
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And have you guys been confused
and disturbed by what happens in
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your life?
I mean, I don't know if you
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think it's going well or you had
something working out and then
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the Lord throws A curveball.
Like if you think you're stepped
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to the plate and you've read the
pitch and you're going to swing
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for the fences and God's like
whoop and he puts a curveball in
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and it doesn't go to plan and
you're confused.
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You're like, Lord, why would
this happen?
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And for some of you guys, just
as a pastor, I mean, these these
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last weeks have been a little
crazy.
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Like there's been moments for
some of our church where your
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breath has been taken away, like
where the world stands still,
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like you don't know, like what's
going to happen next.
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We we've had people commit to
difference maker and then all
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their HPC goes out.
You know, there's a sag in your
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sewer line.
Worst words everyone of you
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hear, right?
We're going to tear across your
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whole basement.
It's going to cost a lot of
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money and you're like, Lord,
what are you doing?
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Like I thought I was going this
direction or there's a health
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concern or the it's just
relational things.
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I mean, Thanksgiving and
Christmas.
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I mean, it's, I don't know, it's
great at moments.
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And it's also like kind of
disappointing.
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You're like, what in the world
is going on with the Jerry
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Springer episode right now,
right?
444
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I mean it just like it has all
these different things and
445
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you're like, Lord, and this
disturbs an interesting word
446
00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:52,840
because to be disturbed with
Lord, I don't think I've ever
447
00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,040
thought about this.
To actually be disturbed, Lord,
448
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,080
I don't understand.
I don't like it.
449
00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:59,800
It doesn't fit in at all with
anything.
450
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:01,080
Even believe right now about
you.
451
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,200
This isn't making any sense.
You guys ever been there before?
452
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,200
I mean it, it's easy to step in
and I can't handle this.
453
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,440
I'm overwhelmed.
This bothers me.
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There, there.
There's some seasons of
455
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unsettling, which I think God
allows us to see where we're at.
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00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,640
It's like a test of faith.
And for Mary, she hears his
457
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:21,880
words and she's like, I don't
have a clue what you're about to
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00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:23,360
do.
This makes no sense.
459
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:24,840
And it's actually kind of
disturbing when you've been
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00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:27,720
talking to me.
It's amazing her what the Angel
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00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:31,120
says to her, verse 30, the Angel
says, don't be.
462
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:33,920
That's the line we need to hear
today.
463
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:37,680
Amen.
Don't be afraid because
464
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,200
oftentimes we think what happens
in our life, like the Lord is
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00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:44,200
trying to like almost punish us,
or the Lord's trying to, or like
466
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,880
maybe you're scared by the Lord.
You should never be scared what
467
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:50,280
the Lord's doing, Amen.
But it's easy like, Oh no,
468
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,760
because my plans are being
wrecked right now and we're
469
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,000
scared, but the guy's not trying
to scare us.
470
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,520
He's trying to shape us, Amen.
He's trying to remind us of the,
471
00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:01,520
the priorities and, and worship
and what really matters.
472
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,600
And sometimes we we get out of
sync with our version of reality
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00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:06,400
and we get scared, but we we
don't have to be scared.
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00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:08,480
The Lord Amen.
And so the angels comes out.
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Don't be afraid.
Mary, the Angel told her for you
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00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:15,360
have found favor with God.
And it's interesting if you know
477
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,280
anything about Mary, she's
young, she's her name.
478
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,680
She's not famous.
She has nothing going for her in
479
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:23,720
a sense of the world.
But you're going to learn about
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00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:24,840
her character here in a little
bit.
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00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:28,240
And that's why she found favor
is because she's humble and
482
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,640
she's she's low and she seeks
after God.
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00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:32,640
She knows scripture.
She's searching for God.
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First 31 says you'll, you will
conceive and give birth to a son
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and you will name him Jesus.
Jesus.
486
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Jesus means the one who saves.
It's pretty amazing.
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00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,520
Like when you call on Jesus,
Jesus save me, you're saying the
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00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:51,080
one who saves save me.
That's what you're like being
489
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:52,400
saved.
Just saying the name of Jesus,
490
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:57,520
Jesus you saved just at the name
of Jesus because it means to
491
00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:00,680
save.
And this is who the Angel says
492
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:02,680
you're going to have a son
that's going to be the one
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00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,080
that's going to save.
Amen.
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Verse 32.
He'll be very great and that's
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an understatement and will be
called the Son of the Most High.
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The Lord God will give him the
throne of his ancestor David,
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and he will reign over Israel.
How long?
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Forever.
And his Kingdom will never end.
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Exclamation point, the Angel is
excited and is sharing this
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news.
And we talked about this a
501
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,720
little bit earlier when we had
this series with difference
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00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,120
maker that this Davidic
covenant.
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Remember David, he, he said,
hey, man, I built this palace
504
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,760
for myself, but there's this
Tabernacle on the hill.
505
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:48,000
Who am I to build my home when
his house sits in shambles?
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00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:53,000
And then God was so pleased, he
said, I'm going to build my
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00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,520
Kingdom through line of David
forever.
508
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,520
Now David thought maybe my son
or something, we're going to
509
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:00,960
live forever.
That wasn't the case, right?
510
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,920
That there's going to be
somebody born that's going to
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00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,640
fulfill that covenant and it's
going to reign in David's line
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00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:09,080
forever.
And here is the fulfillment of
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00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:09,880
that covenant.
Amen.
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That's a huge deal.
And then Mary asked the Angel
515
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:18,080
the response.
We would all probably ask like
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00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:21,960
how is this even possible?
Like what in the world is going
517
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:23,199
on?
This doesn't make any sense.
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00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:26,679
And she says I'm a virgin.
The Angel replied, the Holy
519
00:34:26,679 --> 00:34:29,760
Spirit will come upon you and
the power of the most high will
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00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,960
over shadow you.
So the baby to be born will be
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00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:40,320
what holy and he will be called
the Son of God.
522
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:44,960
You know, if you ever think
about Jesus, he didn't possess a
523
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:48,360
sin nature like we do.
Like the sin nature is passed
524
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:52,360
down from the lineage of a man,
like Adam sinned and therefore
525
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:55,600
all humanity is laced with sin.
And since Jesus didn't have an
526
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:59,520
earthly father in conception, he
doesn't carry the sin nature,
527
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:01,760
Amen.
And it is important to
528
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,440
understand that there is a time
in humanity before sin nature
529
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,680
was in it.
Like we like Adam had a time
530
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:10,880
period with Eve before they had
sin nature, Amen.
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And so we can go back to like,
that's what it the first Adam
532
00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:17,000
was like, and that's what Jesus
is called the second Adam, he
533
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,440
came to reverse the curse.
But it's interesting.
534
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,080
Wouldn't it be interesting?
Mary just said, Hey, this is
535
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:25,320
really convenient timing for me.
I mean wouldn't be amazing, like
536
00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:29,160
like a door doors Angel, you
know, like I appreciate you
537
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:33,520
coming, but I'm awful busy, man.
Like, you know, it just this
538
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:35,480
thing about like I forgot my
wedding dress.
539
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:38,440
I'm not really going to be
pregnant during my wedding.
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00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:40,560
Like I've got a plan.
Like am I married?
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Like what about my my fiance,
like my five year vision, man,
542
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:47,400
my five year plan.
It just doesn't fit in, but just
543
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,840
come back once I get my life
figured out, like I'll give and
544
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:54,600
my fines just look good, right?
Like I'll serve when it's more
545
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:57,560
convenient time.
And it's just complete opposite
546
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,640
for her response.
Like for us, it's really kind of
547
00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:04,040
hard to let go of control.
She was in the right heart and
548
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:06,880
the right space.
It was easy for her to let go of
549
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,680
control because she's been doing
it day in and day out.
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00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:11,920
It's interesting.
She got a direct word from God
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00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,600
through an Angel and she
surrendered to it.
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00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:18,120
But it's really difficult to do
that still, because we have this
553
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:22,960
word and it's still very
difficult at times to say yes
554
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:27,080
and Amen, right?
Like we can know it, we can
555
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:31,000
memorize it, and then we can be
like, but Lord and we go
556
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,560
somewhere else, right?
We have seasons of disobedience.
557
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:35,760
And for, for Mary, she just said
yes and Amen.
558
00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:37,600
Like she opens up the things of
God.
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00:36:37,720 --> 00:36:39,880
And I would encourage you like
there's things we know to be
560
00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:43,160
true in Scripture and we need to
say yes and Amen and go in on
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00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:47,000
them like whatever area of life
that's far from God, a place of
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00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:48,480
your life that needs to be
surrendered.
563
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:51,920
It, it could be anything.
It could be financial, it could
564
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:54,560
be sexual.
It it it could be just a vision
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00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:56,240
that's just yours.
You know what you're holding on
566
00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:57,240
to.
It could relationship you
567
00:36:57,240 --> 00:36:58,880
restore.
There's all these things.
568
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:02,760
But the Lord wants us to come
below him as a servant, like
569
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,880
you're going to see Mary do and
just say yes, Lord, I want to
570
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:08,880
worship and follow you.
It's it's easy to hear the word,
571
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:13,120
but it's difficult.
I often times to obey it and the
572
00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:14,160
call is to obey.
Amen.
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00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:19,080
Because you know your life is
better, God's plan is better and
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00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,120
his ways are better than your
ways.
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00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:23,200
And Mary just knows this and
you're going to see this.
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00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,000
She's going to just respond in
amazing way.
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00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:29,760
Verse 38, Mary responded, she,
she said, I am what to say the
578
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:34,320
Lord's Wow, have you ever called
yourself that before?
579
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:38,680
Ah, most of us don't like the
word like I'm a servant, right?
580
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:42,240
Like we, we don't like people
like we like to other people to
581
00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:46,280
serve us right, but to to serve
someone else.
582
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:49,440
Like Lord, I'm just here.
Whatever you need, Lord, I will
583
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,040
do it.
She says, may everything you've
584
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:55,080
said about me come true.
And then the Angel left her.
585
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:57,240
Like that's all the Angel need
to hear.
586
00:37:57,240 --> 00:38:00,960
Amen, Amen.
Count me in.
587
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,080
Whatever you need.
I'll do whatever it is, whatever
588
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,160
it is, Lord, Yes and Amen,
whatever the matter.
589
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:07,160
I don't need the rest of the
story.
590
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:08,960
I have a lot of questions, but I
trust you.
591
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,080
Whatever it is she she's going
to pay the she's going to pay a
592
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:13,280
price.
She doesn't know what it's going
593
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:15,760
to cost her yet.
You ever signed up with a
594
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:17,400
contract not know what the
contract is?
595
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:19,840
That's what she's doing.
She's just signed her name.
596
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:23,240
I'm all in Lord, I trust you.
It says this in the ESP a little
597
00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:26,080
different version, the other
one's NIV, but it says then Mary
598
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:32,480
said, behold, the maidservant,
Lord Lucas says, let it be to me
599
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:38,840
according to your your word,
just just at your word.
600
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:41,080
I trust you.
Just let it be to me according
601
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:43,560
to your word and that that's a
sentence of worship.
602
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:46,240
Amen.
Like it, it's open handed, just
603
00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:49,880
just whatever it is, Lord, like
I don't, I all my plans are just
604
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:53,160
completely wrecked right now.
Like everything I was thinking
605
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,800
would happen in the next week
and six months and really the
606
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:57,920
rest of my life has been
rewritten.
607
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,200
But whatever it is, write it
your way.
608
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:03,720
This is the ultimate surrender
statement in the Bible.
609
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:08,880
Let it be for me according to
your word, that that's something
610
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:09,960
we need to pray every day.
Amen.
611
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:14,240
Just trust and obey.
This is Mary's act of worship.
612
00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:17,560
It's a surrendering yes if you
don't call it that, and I would
613
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:21,200
encourage you guys, surrender
begins with trusting God's word,
614
00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:24,720
just taking God at his word.
You know, you can know
615
00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:27,200
everything you know about the
Bible or about Jesus by just
616
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:30,600
saying yes to his word.
If you read a scripture and it
617
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:33,040
says flee youthful lust, you say
yes to Amen.
618
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:35,880
Doesn't mean you're perfect, but
it means Lord, I'm going to
619
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:37,960
trust you with this.
How's my marriage?
620
00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:39,800
What's it should look like?
Lord, I trust you.
621
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:43,840
This amazing thing, ChatGPT.
Come on, somebody you can be
622
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:45,920
like, tell me what the Bible
says about dah dah, dah dah.
623
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:49,160
And it does a pretty good job.
Hasn't been tainted too much
624
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:52,760
yet, but it may be well.
But I'm just telling you, you
625
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:54,320
can learn everything in your
life for life.
626
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:56,920
And God, this as first Peter
says and just open this word,
627
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,960
Lord, show me and that you just
go to it with open hands.
628
00:39:59,960 --> 00:40:02,320
Amen.
It's always interesting to me
629
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:05,440
when people pick out parts of
the Bible they really love and
630
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:07,760
then they follow it and there's
parts that they can't quite
631
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:09,640
swallow and they're like, I
can't do that.
632
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:12,960
It doesn't really work that way.
Like God does not share his
633
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:17,680
throne very well.
Like he kind of just like he
634
00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:20,040
just shows you.
I would encourage you to just
635
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:23,640
put your life under Jesus.
This ultimate statement of
636
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:26,440
surrender.
Look at her, like her, His word
637
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,360
in her life released control for
herself.
638
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:31,120
She lost her reputation.
I mean, Can you imagine walking
639
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:37,120
around pregnant, not married and
going, oh, I guess you all
640
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,800
figured it out.
No, the Lord did it.
641
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:42,920
It was the Lord who is going to
believe you.
642
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:44,960
Most people won't.
Amen.
643
00:40:45,720 --> 00:40:48,920
You start following God is very
few people go Oh, good job.
644
00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,880
Most people start throwing
stones and kind of looking down
645
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:52,880
to you and thinking you're
weird.
646
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,160
I was called a Jesus freak all
my way through high school.
647
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:56,920
Once I met the Lord.
You're a Jesus freak.
648
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:58,600
I'm like, cool.
Sounds good, man.
649
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:01,600
That's a that's an awesome book
album, everything.
650
00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:03,880
Let's do it.
You know, they get relabeled.
651
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:05,680
Her plans for marriage got
shifted.
652
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,600
I mean, an Angel had to
intervene just to to keep her
653
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,120
fiance around, right?
Like she didn't know how that
654
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:13,800
was going to go out.
Her future was just messed up
655
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:17,040
and she lost control.
That her comfort, her timing.
656
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:20,880
This doesn't fit anything.
But she just said yes, Lord, if
657
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:22,760
you think about worship, you
know, we can make the mistake of
658
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:25,480
bowling worship down to three
songs on Sunday morning.
659
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:28,840
Like we, we can say, oh, well,
how, how was the worship?
660
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:32,920
How'd it go in the worship?
You know, and and it's like,
661
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:38,880
it's it's more than a song.
It's another great song, right?
662
00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:41,760
Heart of worship, if you didn't
know, I just talking to die
663
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:43,960
about this.
But Tim Huser wrote here in the
664
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:49,480
worship took a big spot in Matt
Redmond's life and wrote other
665
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:52,040
songs.
So hard to worship and hearing
666
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:54,360
worship.
I mean, like, come on, dude.
667
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:59,480
Like they're, they're like the
same song, you know, same feel
668
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:01,680
everything about it, but it's
more than the song.
669
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:02,760
It's surrender.
Amen.
670
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:06,360
Like, like we come here and, and
not just come here, but like our
671
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:09,280
life is surrendering constantly
to Jesus.
672
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:10,520
We have to give our will up
every day.
673
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:14,120
By the way, if you're like me at
all, like, I mean, I like it my
674
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:17,640
way and I have a plan and then I
have to pay attention to what
675
00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:20,240
the Lord's doing.
I have to intentionally spend
676
00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:23,400
time with Jesus.
If your life isn't going
677
00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:25,440
anywhere with Jesus, you're like
showing up to church and like,
678
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:26,880
man, I don't feel like it's
going anywhere.
679
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:29,040
Could I encourage you?
It's because you're probably not
680
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:32,240
listening to Jesus.
You've got to get your ear to
681
00:42:32,240 --> 00:42:34,080
the Scripture.
You've got to put your heart on
682
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:36,600
the Holy Spirit.
You've got to think deeply about
683
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:37,600
what the Lord's asking you to
do.
684
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:40,440
You've got to pray and seek
after, get wisdom from people,
685
00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:42,720
move.
The Bible calls circumspectly,
686
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:45,960
which means with wisdom.
And you just need to say yes,
687
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:49,400
Lord, it's not about coming and
performing a Christian duty.
688
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,440
Most of Christianity in America
is adding things to your life.
689
00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:55,440
Come and sing, come read your
Bible, pray together, join a
690
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,560
men's group, go live group, add,
add, add, add.
691
00:42:57,800 --> 00:42:59,640
Real Christianity is about
subtraction.
692
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:05,640
Less of me, Lord, here I am.
I worship you, Lord.
693
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:08,800
You can have my life, Lord.
It's not about me, Lord, I want
694
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:09,920
this.
But Lord, is that from you?
695
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:13,600
If it's not, I don't want it.
Lord, you're subtracting your
696
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:16,440
will and your way and replace it
with God's way.
697
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:18,840
And that's when you start
getting that fire inside your
698
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:20,320
soul.
Amen.
699
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:23,360
It's no longer it's like a
Christian duty or I show up on a
700
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:25,440
Sunday.
It's no Lord, I want all of you
701
00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:27,760
every day.
I want all of you and you are so
702
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:29,680
good.
Your promises are so true and I
703
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,280
follow you.
When's the last time that you
704
00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:34,640
didn't just lift your hands in
worship, but you lifted your
705
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:37,440
heart and worship?
Because it's one thing to hourly
706
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,560
have a symbol and, and, and to
do this, but what's another
707
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:42,200
thing to say?
No, truly, all of myself is
708
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:47,480
yours, Lord, And I try to get
with in that posture as much as
709
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:52,560
possible, as much as possible.
Like if I can make it through a
710
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:56,560
whole day and not say, Lord, my
life is yours, I will take
711
00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:59,800
control of that day.
Just naturally.
712
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:02,280
It's like human nature, Shawn's
way.
713
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:05,120
And that's why I love having the
worship, but like at least a
714
00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:08,520
little bit before I speak
because it changes my heart.
715
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:12,280
Amen.
So I I need to remind myself
716
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:15,920
that's what the the songs do is
they remind me of some truth I
717
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:18,520
need to be living for and I just
open my hands, my heart to
718
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:19,720
Jesus.
But when's the last time you did
719
00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:21,440
that?
You know, in life you don't
720
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:24,680
always have the power to to
decide everything around you
721
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:27,440
really have no power, right?
But you can't surrender.
722
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,120
Like I've got to the point where
like suffering and pain and loss
723
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:33,840
and and just things that are
weird things that disturb you.
724
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:36,240
And I always just look, say,
Lord, you're doing something.
725
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:39,720
I trust you.
I don't know what you're doing,
726
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:42,040
but man, I know it's going to be
good.
727
00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:44,880
Amen.
You've got to get to that point
728
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:46,720
in your Christian walk where you
just know everything from God is
729
00:44:46,720 --> 00:44:48,680
good.
Everything is God is good.
730
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:51,040
And so I just trust them.
Even the hard seasons, even the
731
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:52,920
difficult seasons, even when it
doesn't make sense, it takes
732
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:55,360
your breath away.
I was like, Lord, I would never
733
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:58,320
write this story this way, but I
know you have a reason beyond I
734
00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:01,440
can even understand or see, and
I just trust that you're writing
735
00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:04,000
a masterpiece.
I was thinking like a big puzzle
736
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:06,120
the Lord's putting together.
And sometimes you're like the,
737
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:10,240
the this black dark kind of
stormy piece and he, God snaps
738
00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:12,480
it in and you're like, Oh no,
but you don't really realize
739
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:15,480
It's just like this amazing,
like sunrise coming out behind
740
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:18,200
the storm that God is going to
put together next.
741
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:20,280
But I trust that.
Amen.
742
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:25,040
Because I just walk to God long
enough to know how the book goes
743
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:27,080
and who his character is and how
much I can trust him.
744
00:45:27,240 --> 00:45:29,360
And so I just worship even in
the darkness.
745
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:32,520
It's amazing too because one act
of worship can actually cause
746
00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:35,040
other people's surrender into
worship as well.
747
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:37,720
And this is what you see with
Mary, which is just amazing.
748
00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:41,800
The verse 39, it says at that
time, it says Mary got ready.
749
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:46,040
The first miracle on the bottom
is good, I'll stop, I'll stop.
750
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:54,040
I'm a married man for at least
another 3 minutes.
751
00:45:56,040 --> 00:46:01,480
At that time, Mary got ready and
hurried to a town and the Hill
752
00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:03,920
Country of Judea.
I'm still trying to get past
753
00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:07,040
that.
I won't say that again.
754
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:10,760
But this town, you might read
that and like, oh, wow, that's
755
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,760
really cool.
But that town's 80 to 100 miles
756
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:16,960
away where she's at.
Like, you know, that for her
757
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:21,800
would be like walking 10 miles a
day or 20 miles a day for four
758
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:24,160
days.
Like, this isn't just like, oh,
759
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:26,240
she just ran to, you know,
Elizabeth's house.
760
00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:30,160
Like, that's a journey that
she's going to go on because
761
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:33,200
she's so excited for what God
has just done.
762
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:37,360
Verse 40 says where she entered.
OK, so she went to this country
763
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:40,280
and then she went 40 miles where
she entered Zachariah's home and
764
00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:41,680
greeted Elizabeth.
She didn't even care about
765
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:42,960
Zachariah.
You know, he's probably not
766
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:45,600
home.
And then when Elizabeth heard
767
00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:48,480
Mary's greeting, Lugo says the
baby, this is John the Baptist.
768
00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:52,320
What to say?
Yeah, it's amazing, isn't it?
769
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:56,400
Like, like, like here's this
this not fetus.
770
00:46:56,800 --> 00:47:04,800
Come on somebody, a baby who
heard Mary in the womb and and
771
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:11,680
leaped with joy and Elizabeth's
filled with what Holy Spirit.
772
00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:15,880
That's what happens when God
shows up like Mary brought the
773
00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:19,200
the the son of God Jesus himself
into Elizabeth's president who'd
774
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:21,680
been waiting for this moment as
well.
775
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:24,240
And this is just don't miss
this, that John the Baptist, an
776
00:47:24,240 --> 00:47:27,080
unborn baby.
It is truly in the New
777
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:33,800
Testament, the first act of
worship, truly the first act of
778
00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:37,280
worship leapt for joy, right?
There's a leaping of joy.
779
00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:41,760
This this unborn baby recognizes
this is the Messiah.
780
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:47,080
That's amazing to me.
It's it's the innocence in the
781
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:50,360
power and there's so much
scriptural theological truth of
782
00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:54,200
how we should live in our time
by the fact a baby recognizes
783
00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:58,800
Jesus.
That's just unreal to me to see
784
00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:01,360
this, but we can read that verse
and skip by and totally forget
785
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:04,680
about that first after worship.
It's actually fulfillment of
786
00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:07,320
prophecy in Malachi 3 verse one.
So the last book of the Old
787
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:10,800
Testament says I will send a
messenger who will prepare the
788
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:13,280
way before me.
This is talking about John the
789
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:17,240
Baptist.
Then suddenly the Lord you are
790
00:48:17,240 --> 00:48:21,080
seeking will come to his what?
His temple.
791
00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:23,600
So, so Jesus is going to come to
his temple.
792
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:27,280
The messenger of the covenant
whom you desire will come, says
793
00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:29,320
the Lord Almighty.
What's the temple?
794
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:35,040
Well, the temple, the Holy
Spirit is what us did Jesus go
795
00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:37,160
to the temple of the Old
Testament and say, this is my
796
00:48:37,160 --> 00:48:39,760
temple.
No, this is talking about the,
797
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:42,080
this is talking about the
incarnation.
798
00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:46,600
There is the Son of God now in
the womb of Mary.
799
00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:48,760
This is a direct fulfillment of
that prophecy.
800
00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:50,960
Amen.
It's like God kind of wrote
801
00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:51,960
this.
It's crazy.
802
00:48:53,520 --> 00:48:56,200
And then Elizabeth to response.
She's like in a loud voice.
803
00:48:56,640 --> 00:49:00,080
She exclaims.
So now she's just excited just
804
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:01,800
immediately.
And and what's the what's the
805
00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:06,920
first thing it says?
Help me out, blessed, Blessed.
806
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:09,600
You got to do a loud voice.
By the way, what'd she say?
807
00:49:09,600 --> 00:49:15,280
All right, we're getting there.
Blessed, are you among women in
808
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:19,560
what?
Blessed, Blessed some y'all
809
00:49:19,560 --> 00:49:24,360
going to do.
Blessed are you my women, bless
810
00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:27,360
your heart.
Blessed is this child.
811
00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:32,200
Blessed is this child you bear.
Exclamation point.
812
00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:35,960
But why am I so favored that the
mother of my Lord, talking about
813
00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:40,440
Jesus, should come to me just so
humbling that God's presence
814
00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:43,200
would even come into her.
So as soon as the sound of your
815
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:48,640
greeting reached my ears, the
baby in my womb leaped for joy.
816
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:55,400
You're getting better.
Thank you.
817
00:49:55,400 --> 00:50:00,560
That was good if you don't know
Jesus today, we're always not
818
00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:02,800
this weird, but today it's going
to be weird.
819
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:07,440
OK, blessed is she who has
believed in the Lord believe
820
00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:13,400
that the Lord would what fulfill
his promises to her.
821
00:50:13,600 --> 00:50:18,080
She she's excited and this is a
like a think about blessed,
822
00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:22,800
blessed, blessed right.
This is the longest blessing in
823
00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:25,040
the New Testament you get from a
woman.
824
00:50:26,240 --> 00:50:30,480
Blessed, blessed, blessed.
It's all about worship and glory
825
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:32,800
and magnification.
Just all to Jesus.
826
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:35,640
Amen.
And God records it in scripture
827
00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:38,880
for all of attorney.
And Mary's surrender caused joy
828
00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:44,320
to Elizabeth and John the
Baptist and caused blessing from
829
00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:47,800
Elizabeth.
Mary's choice impacted other
830
00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:51,720
people immediately with worship
from others.
831
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:54,800
This becomes one of the longest
passages by woman in New
832
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:57,160
Testament.
Second longest speech that's
833
00:50:57,160 --> 00:50:58,440
recorded from a woman in New
Testament.
834
00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:01,840
The next one, lo and behold,
comes right after it.
835
00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:03,880
Because this is how God's going
to do it.
836
00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:06,080
And I was to encourage you
before moving to the next piece
837
00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:10,280
of Scripture that your surrender
will often impact other people's
838
00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:13,400
surrender and worship.
Like, like, think about it.
839
00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:15,960
If you're a dad and you
surrender to Jesus, there's a
840
00:51:15,960 --> 00:51:18,480
high likelihood that your whole
family surrenders to Jesus.
841
00:51:19,520 --> 00:51:22,400
If you're a man of God, there's
a very likely chance that your
842
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:25,920
spouse and your kids are going
to follow Jesus just because you
843
00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:28,160
chose to worship and follow
Jesus.
844
00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:31,280
That's impact, Amen.
And that you're late and you
845
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:33,240
follow Jesus, you have impact on
your children.
846
00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:36,440
And as a business leader or an
employee, you follow Jesus at
847
00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:39,120
your workplace.
Other people around you will
848
00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:43,120
start to surrender to Jesus,
find Jesus and worship Jesus
849
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:46,080
because you're a witness for
Christ, Amen?
850
00:51:47,240 --> 00:51:50,920
Like our decisions in really
affect other people all the
851
00:51:50,920 --> 00:51:53,160
time.
Like if you don't like what's
852
00:51:53,160 --> 00:51:55,000
happening around you, a lot of
times we got to change what
853
00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:57,960
we're doing inside of us.
Like we got to become somebody
854
00:51:57,960 --> 00:51:59,600
different.
It's like when you have your
855
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:03,040
first kid and you're all like,
Dang it, you're going to be too
856
00:52:03,040 --> 00:52:07,000
much like me, right?
She's punching, right?
857
00:52:07,400 --> 00:52:09,360
Because there's just parts to me
that don't look like Jesus.
858
00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:11,560
Amen.
And so I had the I had the hard
859
00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:13,360
work of saying yes to Amen every
day.
860
00:52:13,520 --> 00:52:16,600
So I become the man of God that
God is calling us, calling me to
861
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:18,520
be right.
But your surrender kind of lock
862
00:52:18,560 --> 00:52:21,440
other people's future.
So then Mary, she responds and
863
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:24,640
she responds with something that
is really known as Mary's song.
864
00:52:25,360 --> 00:52:29,520
I don't even think she meant
this to be like recorded down
865
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:33,000
and put together as a song, but
it is a song.
866
00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:36,360
It's like a doxology.
It just is like outpouring.
867
00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:38,920
You think about your mentor,
your friend, She's older
868
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:40,840
Elizabeth, like she's walking
the Lord.
869
00:52:40,840 --> 00:52:43,120
She's married.
She's got a husband that serves
870
00:52:43,120 --> 00:52:44,960
in a temple.
Like she's looking up to
871
00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:46,920
Elizabeth, right.
And Elizabeth just looks here
872
00:52:46,920 --> 00:52:48,280
and says bless, bless, bless,
bless.
873
00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:51,080
And she's so excited.
And then Mary, in response, she
874
00:52:51,080 --> 00:52:54,240
just cries out.
It becomes this doxology, this,
875
00:52:54,240 --> 00:52:56,760
like worship song out of her
lips.
876
00:52:56,760 --> 00:52:58,920
And it's absolutely amazing.
It starts in verse 45.
877
00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:06,240
And Mary said, my soul what?
Yeah, glorifies in the other
878
00:53:06,240 --> 00:53:10,640
version, it says magnifies like
I'm just lifting up the Lord.
879
00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:15,240
It says my spirit rejoices in
God my Savior.
880
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:18,640
In in church history, they took
that word magnifies and they
881
00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:21,080
actually said this song is
actually known in church history
882
00:53:21,280 --> 00:53:25,240
in church history as the
magnificent like this is the
883
00:53:25,240 --> 00:53:30,680
magnificent song and for
thousands of years now this is
884
00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:32,920
what church history has said
about this song.
885
00:53:33,080 --> 00:53:35,680
This song magnifies the Lord
Jesus.
886
00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:41,080
It says for he has been mindful
of the humble state of his.
887
00:53:41,080 --> 00:53:43,880
What?
It's pretty interesting to me
888
00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:47,800
that the Lord is mindful of the
humility of mankind.
889
00:53:49,240 --> 00:53:52,960
Like it's not about anything
else, It's not about status,
890
00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:55,440
it's not about relationship,
it's not about occupation, it's
891
00:53:55,440 --> 00:53:58,040
not about being known, it's not
about popularity, it's not about
892
00:53:58,040 --> 00:53:59,960
obscurity, it's not about
anything else.
893
00:53:59,960 --> 00:54:02,520
It's just about humility.
And the Lord sees that.
894
00:54:02,520 --> 00:54:04,680
Amen.
That's good news for all of us
895
00:54:05,040 --> 00:54:07,440
because all of us can be in that
posture.
896
00:54:07,880 --> 00:54:10,280
We all can be less of me, more
of you, Lord.
897
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:14,000
And the Lord sees us and He
blesses us.
898
00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:18,680
It says from now on all
generations will call me
899
00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:21,200
blessed.
And you might think, well,
900
00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:22,880
that's really prideful.
Kind of feels that way when you
901
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:24,120
read it like, oh man, I'm
blessed.
902
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:28,280
But it it's a state of humility.
It's actually prophetic is what
903
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:31,200
she said.
Because she's saying that Jesus
904
00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:34,200
is going to bless all people.
She's already thinking about
905
00:54:34,200 --> 00:54:37,640
future generations, future
nations, future kingdoms,
906
00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:41,400
thinking about eternity,
thinking about knowing sin is
907
00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:44,600
going to be abolished, knowing
this is the chosen of God that
908
00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:46,800
reverses the curse.
She's thinking the future.
909
00:54:46,840 --> 00:54:50,480
This is a missionary statement.
This is a prophetic word.
910
00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:52,760
And she says they're going to
look at me and say you're so
911
00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:57,120
blessed because you got to carry
the blessed One, Jesus himself,
912
00:54:57,560 --> 00:55:00,360
who's going to bless all people
because the name of Jesus, we've
913
00:55:00,360 --> 00:55:03,440
all been changed, Amen.
And Mary got to play a small
914
00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:04,840
part of the story and that's who
she's humbled.
915
00:55:04,840 --> 00:55:08,360
Thank you, Lord, I got to play a
small part of the story.
916
00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:10,600
You see Mary's song, it's really
all about God.
917
00:55:10,600 --> 00:55:13,920
She goes on verse 49 says the
mighty One has done great things
918
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:17,680
for me.
Holy is his name, his mercy
919
00:55:17,680 --> 00:55:21,320
extends to those who what Yeah,
fear him.
920
00:55:21,640 --> 00:55:24,800
We can do that too as well.
Like we we can fear the Lord.
921
00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:29,760
It doesn't nothing matters.
Bank accounts, education level,
922
00:55:29,880 --> 00:55:33,400
socio economic status does
nothing else matters, but we can
923
00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:36,080
fear the Lord.
It's it's a great reminder of
924
00:55:36,080 --> 00:55:38,520
what we can the store we can
play a part of it says from
925
00:55:38,520 --> 00:55:42,000
generation to generation, we can
still fear the Lord.
926
00:55:42,520 --> 00:55:43,280
That's us.
Amen.
927
00:55:43,960 --> 00:55:46,600
So if you're fearing the Lord
today, guess what, the Lord's
928
00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:51,520
hands upon you, his, his, his,
his blessing is on you and says
929
00:55:51,520 --> 00:55:54,400
this verse 51, and I want you to
see this.
930
00:55:54,440 --> 00:55:55,760
This is a very interesting part
of this.
931
00:55:56,400 --> 00:56:00,360
Mary sees herself as a part of
something that many theologians
932
00:56:00,360 --> 00:56:04,480
have called the great reversal.
This last part of this song is
933
00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:05,520
amazing.
They're going to see these
934
00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:08,200
opposites.
It says he has performed verse
935
00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:10,560
3051.
He has performed mighty deeds
936
00:56:10,560 --> 00:56:13,600
with his arm.
He has scattered those who are
937
00:56:13,600 --> 00:56:17,120
proud in their inmost thoughts.
That's pretty good.
938
00:56:17,360 --> 00:56:18,920
You know, sometimes you think
evil is winning.
939
00:56:19,520 --> 00:56:23,080
You watch the news, right, and
you think evil is just going to
940
00:56:23,080 --> 00:56:25,560
conquer the world or you get
kind of downhill from your
941
00:56:25,560 --> 00:56:28,640
friend group or or an outside of
a job situation or something
942
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:30,720
happens and you think, man,
there's so many psalms in this
943
00:56:30,720 --> 00:56:33,000
too, like the the evil and the
wicked triumph.
944
00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:37,040
But do they?
They do for a season in their
945
00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:38,920
own little world and their
sandcastle.
946
00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:44,320
But ultimately God, he humbles
the proud and this is what he
947
00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:47,920
says right here that God has
scattered those who are proud in
948
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:51,280
their utmost thoughts.
Verse 52, look at the the
949
00:56:51,280 --> 00:56:53,840
dichotomy.
He has brought down rulers from
950
00:56:53,840 --> 00:56:56,040
their Thrones.
Talk about these prideful rulers
951
00:56:56,600 --> 00:57:00,760
and he has what lifted up the
it's pretty good.
952
00:57:00,760 --> 00:57:03,000
Amen.
Like that's how God's economy
953
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:04,600
works.
Like in the world's economy,
954
00:57:04,600 --> 00:57:07,840
like, oh, you get a head dog eat
dog, cheat the corner, take the
955
00:57:07,840 --> 00:57:10,000
corner, pause brass get the
promotion go.
956
00:57:10,640 --> 00:57:13,080
But in God's economy, he takes
the humble and he goes, guess
957
00:57:13,080 --> 00:57:16,080
what, I'm going to promote the
humble and lift them up and this
958
00:57:16,080 --> 00:57:17,920
person just going to scatter
like chaff.
959
00:57:18,800 --> 00:57:20,840
It's amazing.
And and she's blown away by
960
00:57:20,840 --> 00:57:24,400
God's choice, like she's a
nobody in her own society,
961
00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:26,800
right?
But guess what, she knows the
962
00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:30,000
Lord, she fears the Lord, she
worship the Lord, she knows
963
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:33,840
Scripture and she says this
verse 53 and he has filled,
964
00:57:34,040 --> 00:57:37,720
listen, filled the hungry with
good things, but has sent the
965
00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:40,280
rich away.
How so?
966
00:57:40,280 --> 00:57:42,560
So the hungry are get filled
with the things of God.
967
00:57:43,040 --> 00:57:45,280
They can't afford a meal, but
the wealthy people have
968
00:57:45,280 --> 00:57:47,000
everything they're leaving
empty.
969
00:57:48,120 --> 00:57:51,120
This sounds familiar.
This is true even today.
970
00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:54,720
Wealth does not make you happy
or filled with things of God.
971
00:57:55,240 --> 00:57:56,760
It just makes you more what you
are right?
972
00:57:57,800 --> 00:58:00,800
And this is how God works and
she does not wealthy, she's
973
00:58:00,920 --> 00:58:02,960
hungry.
But God has done this dichotomy,
974
00:58:02,960 --> 00:58:03,960
so it's called the great
reversal.
975
00:58:03,960 --> 00:58:06,040
She's worshiping God for his
different economy.
976
00:58:06,560 --> 00:58:09,840
Verse 54, it says he has helped
the servant Israel remembering
977
00:58:09,840 --> 00:58:13,880
to be merciful to Abraham and
his descendants forever, just as
978
00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:18,920
he promised our ancestors.
This is pretty amazing because
979
00:58:18,920 --> 00:58:21,920
she's she's referring all the
way back to the Abrahamic
980
00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:23,440
covenant in Genesis 12 one and
two.
981
00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:27,400
She's going all the way back and
this just doxology just crying
982
00:58:27,400 --> 00:58:29,800
out to the Lord.
You see that Paul does this and
983
00:58:30,360 --> 00:58:33,040
Romans 11 very last part of
Romans 11, he just cries out to
984
00:58:33,040 --> 00:58:35,040
the Lord.
Thank you for your mercies.
985
00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:37,280
And here she's just crying out
and she just remembers like
986
00:58:37,520 --> 00:58:41,440
Davidic covenant, Abrahamic
covenant, Psalm 103, Psalm 138,
987
00:58:41,440 --> 00:58:44,480
Psalm 34.
She literally, if you study this
988
00:58:44,480 --> 00:58:49,440
Scripture, she has 12 other
passages in the Old Testament
989
00:58:49,880 --> 00:58:53,040
that she has alluded to or
directly quoted.
990
00:58:54,160 --> 00:58:57,040
That's pretty amazing, isn't it?
Like how many of us have the
991
00:58:57,040 --> 00:58:59,920
Lord spoke to us, we bust out a
song and we've been able to
992
00:58:59,920 --> 00:59:01,960
quote 12 different pieces of the
Bible and just say thank you,
993
00:59:02,040 --> 00:59:05,120
Jesus and worship.
This tells us two things about
994
00:59:05,120 --> 00:59:07,640
Mary.
One, she knew scripture.
995
00:59:08,840 --> 00:59:10,400
She'd have a lot of money, but
she knew scripture.
996
00:59:11,760 --> 00:59:13,960
Amen.
She'd have a big name for
997
00:59:13,960 --> 00:59:17,600
herself, but she was humble.
And not only did she know
998
00:59:17,600 --> 00:59:22,520
Scripture, she filtered every
experience in her life through
999
00:59:22,520 --> 00:59:26,400
Scripture.
If there's one thing you get
1000
00:59:26,840 --> 00:59:30,320
from the message day is to
filter everything in your life
1001
00:59:30,960 --> 00:59:34,160
through Scripture.
She immediately recognized this
1002
00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:35,960
is from the Lord.
I'm in CERN of this.
1003
00:59:36,120 --> 00:59:39,720
I see the promise fulfilled.
I recognized that this baby is a
1004
00:59:39,720 --> 00:59:42,560
promise of fulfillment of
Scripture from Abraham, from
1005
00:59:42,560 --> 00:59:45,800
Psalms all the way till now.
Thank you Lord and she cries
1006
00:59:45,800 --> 00:59:48,760
out, I don't know about you.
This song you remember this is
1007
00:59:48,760 --> 00:59:52,560
impromptu, right?
It took two years to write here
1008
00:59:52,560 --> 00:59:57,720
I am to worship it.
It took 20 seconds to write the
1009
00:59:57,720 --> 00:59:59,240
one of the greatest songs in all
the history.
1010
01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:03,120
Amen.
Because it was already in her.
1011
01:00:03,760 --> 01:00:06,880
She always just saying what she
already knows to be true.
1012
01:00:07,920 --> 01:00:10,920
She sang from her spiritual
memory.
1013
01:00:12,240 --> 01:00:13,040
It's pretty good.
Amen.
1014
01:00:14,200 --> 01:00:18,840
And you will always default to
filtering our life, the thing
1015
01:00:18,840 --> 01:00:22,920
that is in our heart, we have to
change our filter.
1016
01:00:24,360 --> 01:00:27,200
Like my life is not any easier
or better than anybody else's,
1017
01:00:28,800 --> 01:00:30,520
but I do have a filter through
Jesus.
1018
01:00:31,640 --> 01:00:33,920
Amen.
And your life could be changed
1019
01:00:33,920 --> 01:00:37,120
just by changing your filter of
worship, change your
1020
01:00:37,120 --> 01:00:40,760
understanding of scripture.
So in this Mary did not invent a
1021
01:00:40,760 --> 01:00:43,840
song.
She simply sang scripture.
1022
01:00:44,440 --> 01:00:47,800
And this is, I believe you
defeat a lot of things in your
1023
01:00:47,800 --> 01:00:54,240
life, anxieties, fears, doubts,
insecurities, worries, habits,
1024
01:00:55,160 --> 01:00:58,760
habitual sin.
I think it's nothing more than
1025
01:00:58,760 --> 01:01:02,120
writing a song full of Scripture
for your own heart and fighting
1026
01:01:02,120 --> 01:01:04,920
to follow that song every day,
Amen.
1027
01:01:05,840 --> 01:01:07,440
Like you've got to replace it
with the truth.
1028
01:01:08,640 --> 01:01:11,960
This is now the longest New
Testament passage by woman in
1029
01:01:11,960 --> 01:01:14,560
all the New Testament.
That's pretty good, Amen.
1030
01:01:15,320 --> 01:01:18,200
And you think about this, This
passage is 100% Scripture and
1031
01:01:18,880 --> 01:01:22,600
it's 100% worship.
And God said, yeah, we'll put
1032
01:01:22,600 --> 01:01:24,680
that in the book.
Amen.
1033
01:01:25,800 --> 01:01:27,120
We're going to ask ourselves, is
that my life?
1034
01:01:27,120 --> 01:01:30,720
Is it full of Scripture?
Is, is my life a response and
1035
01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:33,840
worship?
Am I humble enough to say yes,
1036
01:01:33,840 --> 01:01:36,360
Lord, like I'm going to go
first.
1037
01:01:36,360 --> 01:01:37,960
Lord, I don't know.
Everybody's going to judge me.
1038
01:01:37,960 --> 01:01:39,880
It's going to look weird.
But Lord, you're not.
1039
01:01:40,320 --> 01:01:43,000
I live for you.
We need, we need to have this
1040
01:01:43,000 --> 01:01:44,320
posture in our hearts every
single day.
1041
01:01:44,320 --> 01:01:45,800
And a matter of fact, you
actually can.
1042
01:01:46,760 --> 01:01:49,360
It's just so interesting that
the words that Mary used, if you
1043
01:01:49,360 --> 01:01:51,920
look back to verse 38, then Mary
said, behold, the maidservant,
1044
01:01:51,920 --> 01:01:54,280
the Lord, and she said this
word.
1045
01:01:54,280 --> 01:01:59,760
She said, let it be to me
according to your word.
1046
01:02:00,360 --> 01:02:02,760
This is interesting because it's
it's it's a moment of surrender.
1047
01:02:03,360 --> 01:02:08,360
Like she could have easily said,
let me be got a lot of things
1048
01:02:08,360 --> 01:02:11,320
going on.
I love you, but I got some stuff
1049
01:02:11,320 --> 01:02:14,480
I'm doing right now.
Just let me be I've got I've got
1050
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:17,160
to build this thing over here.
This relationship's kind of
1051
01:02:17,160 --> 01:02:18,320
sideways.
I'm always really going to think
1052
01:02:18,320 --> 01:02:20,800
about that, you know, so I've
got to kind of get that squared
1053
01:02:20,800 --> 01:02:23,240
up.
So let me be Lord, be close
1054
01:02:23,280 --> 01:02:25,560
handed.
If we're real honest, this is
1055
01:02:25,720 --> 01:02:26,840
probably most of our lives,
right?
1056
01:02:28,320 --> 01:02:30,040
Instead she says the very
opposite thing.
1057
01:02:30,040 --> 01:02:35,360
So let me be in defiance.
She says, Lord, let it be to me
1058
01:02:35,720 --> 01:02:38,720
according to your word.
That's what makes a worship
1059
01:02:38,720 --> 01:02:40,920
Amen.
She surrenders.
1060
01:02:41,360 --> 01:02:44,440
This is really interesting, like
the word Amen.
1061
01:02:44,600 --> 01:02:48,360
You know we say like in Jesus
name, Amen, right?
1062
01:02:48,360 --> 01:02:51,840
That's how we pray.
Pray to the Father through the
1063
01:02:51,840 --> 01:02:55,640
Holy Spirit, through the sun,
the Trinity in our prayer, and
1064
01:02:55,640 --> 01:02:57,520
we end it with Amen.
Why do we say Amen?
1065
01:02:59,560 --> 01:03:04,120
Yeah, we don't say Amen because
it's a fun word, right?
1066
01:03:04,760 --> 01:03:08,680
We don't just add it in.
Not our favorite 4 letter word,
1067
01:03:09,560 --> 01:03:10,360
right?
Amen.
1068
01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:14,160
Amen.
Why do we do that?
1069
01:03:14,760 --> 01:03:17,960
That that word has meaning it,
it means to.
1070
01:03:17,960 --> 01:03:22,040
So let it be so let it be.
So we pray, we're praying
1071
01:03:22,040 --> 01:03:24,760
through the power of Holy Spirit
and we always add Amen.
1072
01:03:24,760 --> 01:03:28,360
We always throw it in like Amen.
It doesn't mean it means Lord,
1073
01:03:28,360 --> 01:03:32,680
we trust you, like have your
way, we surrender to you.
1074
01:03:33,520 --> 01:03:37,160
I want your way in my life now,
Lord, like I don't even know the
1075
01:03:37,160 --> 01:03:39,120
direction.
Like I'm praying, I'm trying to
1076
01:03:39,120 --> 01:03:40,680
figure out, I think this is what
it is.
1077
01:03:41,120 --> 01:03:45,200
But so let your will be done.
Like every time we pray, we're
1078
01:03:45,200 --> 01:03:48,160
saying yes to Amen.
And when you pray and you're
1079
01:03:48,160 --> 01:03:50,120
faking it, you're not saying
yes, Amen, right?
1080
01:03:50,720 --> 01:03:52,440
That's just, that's just another
4 letter word.
1081
01:03:53,480 --> 01:03:56,400
But in your heart, if you're
like Amen, just say Amen.
1082
01:03:56,720 --> 01:03:59,520
Amen is worship.
Amen.
1083
01:04:01,600 --> 01:04:05,280
It's just worship.
Just the word Amen is worship.
1084
01:04:05,280 --> 01:04:09,600
And I'll prove it to you.
DMI 8 Ezra opened the book.
1085
01:04:09,640 --> 01:04:11,200
This is you.
Don't you'll go back to it real
1086
01:04:11,200 --> 01:04:13,120
quick.
Ezra comes back from the second
1087
01:04:13,120 --> 01:04:15,560
remnant of Babylon.
They've been taken captive of
1088
01:04:15,560 --> 01:04:17,600
the disobedience.
He comes back home.
1089
01:04:17,600 --> 01:04:19,360
Nehemiah's are there.
They're trying to build the
1090
01:04:19,360 --> 01:04:21,440
walls.
But Ezra comes back and goes,
1091
01:04:21,440 --> 01:04:26,160
hey, this temple is barely
functional and the worship is
1092
01:04:26,160 --> 01:04:28,720
frankly pathetic.
He's upset.
1093
01:04:28,880 --> 01:04:31,080
He's a priest, he's nobody like
he's not a warrior.
1094
01:04:31,680 --> 01:04:33,520
But he comes back and said, I'm
going to bring this temple back
1095
01:04:33,520 --> 01:04:34,920
to where I should go.
I'm going to get the worship of
1096
01:04:34,920 --> 01:04:36,640
the people.
Should go and says you open the
1097
01:04:36,640 --> 01:04:40,000
book, the book they've not been
reading the Old Testament, the
1098
01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:42,120
law.
She opens the book of Moses and
1099
01:04:42,120 --> 01:04:45,040
this is what it says.
All the people could see him
1100
01:04:45,280 --> 01:04:46,880
because he was standing above
them.
1101
01:04:47,280 --> 01:04:49,520
If you don't know the story
here, but they're built this big
1102
01:04:49,520 --> 01:04:53,200
wooden platform and put a little
platform on top of it.
1103
01:04:53,640 --> 01:04:55,240
It was like the OG pulpit.
I don't know.
1104
01:04:55,560 --> 01:04:57,400
And they put in front of
everybody and he stood up on
1105
01:04:57,400 --> 01:04:59,320
there.
He opened the Bible and it says
1106
01:04:59,320 --> 01:05:04,440
this, it said to people and he
stood up and then Ezra, praise
1107
01:05:04,440 --> 01:05:08,560
the Lord the great God, and all
the people lifted their hands
1108
01:05:08,920 --> 01:05:16,040
and responded how it's probably
better than that, right?
1109
01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:19,480
He opened the Bible and he's
like, here it is.
1110
01:05:19,680 --> 01:05:20,920
We've kind of walked away from
it.
1111
01:05:21,040 --> 01:05:23,080
Lord your great Lord, your
mighty.
1112
01:05:23,160 --> 01:05:27,080
They stood to their feet.
Cue my church stood to their
1113
01:05:27,080 --> 01:05:29,800
feet, cueing my church.
They stood to their feet.
1114
01:05:30,640 --> 01:05:33,040
They stood to their feet.
What they do.
1115
01:05:35,200 --> 01:05:36,640
Yeah, there it is.
Right.
1116
01:05:36,760 --> 01:05:38,880
And they get excited and they
give versions.
1117
01:05:39,000 --> 01:05:40,480
Amen.
Amen.
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01:05:40,480 --> 01:05:42,120
Amen, Amen.
Let it be.
1119
01:05:42,360 --> 01:05:44,320
Let the word of God be.
Let the things be.
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01:05:44,320 --> 01:05:46,560
Let the Scripture be true.
We want to follow your way,
1121
01:05:46,560 --> 01:05:48,240
Lord.
Like we should get excited when
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01:05:48,240 --> 01:05:51,080
the Bible gets opened.
Like, oh, wow, that's the Bible.
1123
01:05:51,080 --> 01:05:54,080
That's the power, man, like
that's the power of God, the
1124
01:05:54,080 --> 01:05:56,960
royal power of God coming into
our church, coming to your life.
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01:05:57,040 --> 01:06:00,240
It's your signpost, it's your
substance, it's your provision,
1126
01:06:00,480 --> 01:06:02,920
it's your, it's everything.
And they just heard the word of
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01:06:02,920 --> 01:06:06,520
God that has been destitute for
them for for a long time.
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01:06:07,160 --> 01:06:10,760
And they heard this preach and
they said Amen, Amen and Amen.
1129
01:06:11,360 --> 01:06:13,320
And they did something really
crazy, which I'm not going to
1130
01:06:13,320 --> 01:06:14,720
ask you to do, but you can if
you want to.
1131
01:06:15,520 --> 01:06:20,240
It says, then they bow down and
worship the Lord with their
1132
01:06:20,240 --> 01:06:23,000
faces to the ground.
It's really interesting because
1133
01:06:23,000 --> 01:06:24,360
you stand up and you lift your
hands.
1134
01:06:24,360 --> 01:06:27,720
It's it's a sign of surrender
and it's also a sign of worship.
1135
01:06:28,680 --> 01:06:32,360
But when you bow down, it's just
a sign of surrender.
1136
01:06:33,520 --> 01:06:36,160
I mean, you're just like Lord.
And there's moments like you
1137
01:06:36,160 --> 01:06:40,880
have to crawl under your desk,
get next to your bed and say,
1138
01:06:40,880 --> 01:06:42,760
Lord, I have nothing left but
you.
1139
01:06:43,360 --> 01:06:47,200
I trust you, I worship you.
And I believe today could be one
1140
01:06:47,200 --> 01:06:50,360
of those days for you, like
maybe the first time ever that
1141
01:06:50,360 --> 01:06:52,760
you truly worship the Lord.
Matter of fact, you say the word
1142
01:06:52,760 --> 01:06:53,600
Amen.
It's actually really cool
1143
01:06:53,600 --> 01:06:55,160
because you're not just saying a
word, you're actually saying a
1144
01:06:55,160 --> 01:06:58,280
name.
Revelation 314 says these are
1145
01:06:58,280 --> 01:07:02,120
the words of the what of the
Amen.
1146
01:07:02,120 --> 01:07:05,880
You see, it's a capital letter.
That's that's Jesus name.
1147
01:07:06,560 --> 01:07:09,640
So, so when you say Amen, you're
saying so let it be, but you're
1148
01:07:09,640 --> 01:07:14,240
all saying Jesus, let it be.
Isn't that amazing?
1149
01:07:14,480 --> 01:07:17,160
How many guys do that?
When you prayed, you're actually
1150
01:07:17,160 --> 01:07:19,480
praying through Jesus name,
literally when you say the word
1151
01:07:19,520 --> 01:07:23,800
Amen, it's crazy.
And so we say yes Lord, it's a
1152
01:07:23,800 --> 01:07:27,160
sign of worship.
And so the question is, what are
1153
01:07:27,160 --> 01:07:30,000
you trying to control that God
wants you to surrender today in
1154
01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:32,960
worship?
What part of your life are you
1155
01:07:32,960 --> 01:07:35,600
holding on to that you need to
surrender to God?
1156
01:07:36,560 --> 01:07:39,280
Where's the area that God is
speaking to you and maybe for a
1157
01:07:39,280 --> 01:07:42,240
long time is asking to say, you
know, it's time to go.
1158
01:07:42,240 --> 01:07:46,720
I have the plan for you and you
may be putting off or maybe
1159
01:07:46,720 --> 01:07:48,560
there's something happened this
week and you're like, man, I
1160
01:07:48,560 --> 01:07:50,480
don't understand it, but your
Lord, I still trust you.
1161
01:07:51,440 --> 01:07:53,560
Like what's that one area to say
yes to Jesus in?
1162
01:07:54,360 --> 01:07:56,280
And today our response is simply
here I am.
1163
01:07:56,920 --> 01:08:00,920
Come on, somebody to worship.
That's why I came today.
1164
01:08:01,680 --> 01:08:03,440
I didn't come to hear some great
message.
1165
01:08:03,440 --> 01:08:05,760
And here because I came because
I worship you, Jesus.
1166
01:08:06,520 --> 01:08:08,640
And that's how we came today.
If you didn't come today, that's
1167
01:08:08,640 --> 01:08:11,560
how we're going to leave today.
And so, Father, we just open our
1168
01:08:11,560 --> 01:08:15,400
hands, not our fists, but we
open our fists to your hands to
1169
01:08:15,400 --> 01:08:17,399
worship you.
How many of church today would
1170
01:08:17,399 --> 01:08:19,720
just raise their hands and just
worship and say, Lord, I need to
1171
01:08:19,720 --> 01:08:23,120
get better worshiper, I need to
surrender to you.
1172
01:08:23,120 --> 01:08:24,319
There's something I'm holding on
to.
1173
01:08:24,319 --> 01:08:26,720
I've got 99%, I'm surrender, but
there's 1%.
1174
01:08:26,720 --> 01:08:28,240
I'm holding on to God.
But I'm going to give you that
1175
01:08:28,240 --> 01:08:32,279
area.
I trust you, let it be to me
1176
01:08:32,640 --> 01:08:36,240
according to your word.
And so God, we worship you, God,
1177
01:08:38,680 --> 01:08:41,640
we give you glory, we magnify
your name.
1178
01:08:42,200 --> 01:08:44,359
We came here for no other reason
but to make your name more
1179
01:08:44,359 --> 01:08:47,640
famous.
Less of me, Lord, more of you.
1180
01:08:48,560 --> 01:08:52,920
God, thank you for choosing me
for anything and everything good
1181
01:08:52,920 --> 01:08:54,600
that's ever happened.
God, you get the glory.
1182
01:08:57,279 --> 01:09:00,680
God, who am I to take a piece of
glory?
1183
01:09:02,520 --> 01:09:05,880
God, I fear you.
I worship you.
1184
01:09:07,000 --> 01:09:10,200
I home myself before you.
God know you see me.
1185
01:09:10,680 --> 01:09:14,080
Thank you Lord, thank you for
Jesus, the name that saves above
1186
01:09:14,080 --> 01:09:19,760
all names.
For some of you, this is all
1187
01:09:19,760 --> 01:09:22,800
new.
For some of you, this is the
1188
01:09:22,800 --> 01:09:25,319
first time in your life you've
heard this story about Jesus.
1189
01:09:25,840 --> 01:09:30,600
And today you recognize that
that one to save made a way for
1190
01:09:30,600 --> 01:09:32,920
you.
That we're not here just setting
1191
01:09:32,920 --> 01:09:35,399
up to have religion, we're here
because of Jesus.
1192
01:09:36,359 --> 01:09:38,800
For some of you, today you say
yes to Christ.
1193
01:09:39,560 --> 01:09:41,760
For some of you maybe to get on
your knees and bow down and say
1194
01:09:41,760 --> 01:09:45,479
Lord, I've made everything about
myself to put myself in the
1195
01:09:45,479 --> 01:09:48,600
throne in the driver's seat, but
today I need to put you in the
1196
01:09:48,600 --> 01:09:51,680
driver's seat.
I need to give you the glory.
1197
01:09:52,160 --> 01:09:55,600
God, your way is better and I
trust you today.
1198
01:09:56,080 --> 01:09:59,160
This Jesus, the one who saves,
the Bible says came 2000 years
1199
01:09:59,160 --> 01:10:03,320
ago down a cross for your sins
and has made a way for you to be
1200
01:10:03,320 --> 01:10:06,440
forgiven through the cross.
The Bible says you believe in
1201
01:10:06,520 --> 01:10:10,640
Jesus just like Mary knew what
happened, that you be set free
1202
01:10:10,640 --> 01:10:15,560
for your sin and made free
through the blood of Jesus who
1203
01:10:15,560 --> 01:10:19,400
paid for your sin in full so you
could truly come into God's
1204
01:10:19,400 --> 01:10:21,560
presence as a son and daughter
of the King.
1205
01:10:22,440 --> 01:10:24,920
And so today if you need new
life in Jesus, very first time
1206
01:10:24,920 --> 01:10:27,400
you surrender to him.
If that's you, we just lift your
1207
01:10:27,400 --> 01:10:29,400
hands high and surrender us.
I need Jesus today.
1208
01:10:30,240 --> 01:10:33,800
I worship you today.
I'm open my hands to you today
1209
01:10:34,520 --> 01:10:36,520
for the first time in my life.
I'm giving you everything Lord,
1210
01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:40,520
I'm not holding back.
Your way is so much better if
1211
01:10:40,520 --> 01:10:42,360
that's you just pray this prayer
with me.
1212
01:10:42,360 --> 01:10:43,960
The prayer does not save you but
your heart towards him.
1213
01:10:44,120 --> 01:10:47,600
Say thank you Jesus for loving
me enough to die on a cross.
1214
01:10:47,840 --> 01:10:51,680
You'd come as a baby in a Manger
and make a way for me to know
1215
01:10:51,680 --> 01:10:52,120
you.
God.
1216
01:10:52,120 --> 01:10:54,160
Thank you for down across my
sin.
1217
01:10:54,160 --> 01:10:55,760
God, I'm a Sinner and need of a
savior.
1218
01:10:55,760 --> 01:11:01,360
Thank you Jesus for saving me,
the one who saves.
1219
01:11:01,840 --> 01:11:04,800
Save me in the name of the one
who saves.
1220
01:11:06,120 --> 01:11:09,720
And the church said, Amen.
Come on, give some glory to God
1221
01:11:09,720 --> 01:11:10,360
today.
Amen.
1222
01:11:14,160 --> 01:11:16,720
You guys keep you seated.
Thank you guys.
1223
01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:21,600
Man, what just a powerful it's a
powerful message and reminder
1224
01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:23,480
today just of worship and
surrender.
1225
01:11:23,720 --> 01:11:26,320
And then some of you surrendered
your life to Jesus today for the
1226
01:11:26,320 --> 01:11:29,760
first time.
And if that is you, we are truly
1227
01:11:29,760 --> 01:11:31,800
so excited for you as you're
taking this next step with
1228
01:11:31,800 --> 01:11:33,200
Jesus.
And we would love just to walk
1229
01:11:33,200 --> 01:11:34,760
alongside you and help you in
that.
1230
01:11:35,120 --> 01:11:36,920
If you would grab that
connection card that's on your
1231
01:11:36,920 --> 01:11:39,680
seat, fill out your information
on that there in the top and
1232
01:11:39,680 --> 01:11:42,640
check that box that says I
committed my life to Jesus.
1233
01:11:42,640 --> 01:11:45,240
And you can drop that in the
giving buckets as they pass here
1234
01:11:45,240 --> 01:11:47,720
in just a few minutes.
Just by doing that allows us to
1235
01:11:47,720 --> 01:11:49,800
get a couple things to you.
And the first one is a free
1236
01:11:49,800 --> 01:11:51,800
book.
It's called begin short read,
1237
01:11:51,800 --> 01:11:54,480
but a really powerful one that
we know will be a blessing to
1238
01:11:54,480 --> 01:11:55,640
you.
Also as you leave today.
1239
01:11:55,640 --> 01:11:56,920
There's a table with some red
bags.
1240
01:11:56,920 --> 01:11:59,600
There's a Bible and some other
resources in there as well.
1241
01:11:59,600 --> 01:12:02,200
Please grab one of those as you
exit today as well.
1242
01:12:02,720 --> 01:12:05,080
And if you are new with us at
Real Life Church, this is your
1243
01:12:05,080 --> 01:12:08,440
first time here.
Thank you so much for being here
1244
01:12:08,440 --> 01:12:11,080
today and choosing just to spend
your morning here at Real Life
1245
01:12:11,080 --> 01:12:13,000
Church.
I know that God had something
1246
01:12:13,000 --> 01:12:16,080
for you today and when we would
love nothing from you this
1247
01:12:16,080 --> 01:12:18,080
morning except for this.
And that's just to introduce
1248
01:12:18,080 --> 01:12:20,560
yourself to us.
And you can do that simply just
1249
01:12:20,560 --> 01:12:22,880
by grabbing that same connection
card on your seat.
1250
01:12:23,160 --> 01:12:25,320
Fill out your information on
that and check that First Time
1251
01:12:25,320 --> 01:12:28,200
Here box and you can drop that
and then give in buckets as
1252
01:12:28,200 --> 01:12:29,360
well.
Or you can hold on to it and
1253
01:12:29,360 --> 01:12:32,120
take it to the new here booth.
As you leave today, there'll be
1254
01:12:32,120 --> 01:12:35,280
somebody there that would love
just to take your card and do
1255
01:12:35,280 --> 01:12:37,200
some selves to you and get you a
free gift.
1256
01:12:37,400 --> 01:12:40,560
I just our way of saying thank
you so much for being here with
1257
01:12:40,560 --> 01:12:42,160
us today.
And hey, we'd love to see you
1258
01:12:42,240 --> 01:12:45,280
back next week right here at
9:00 and 10:45.
1259
01:12:46,000 --> 01:12:48,800
Man, next week really is going
to be just one of those Sundays
1260
01:12:48,800 --> 01:12:49,840
you're not going to want to
miss.
1261
01:12:49,840 --> 01:12:53,200
It's really kicking off a new
season at real life church and
1262
01:12:53,200 --> 01:12:56,680
that is celebration Sunday.
Man, next week we're going to
1263
01:12:56,680 --> 01:12:59,520
show here's some significant
numbers, we're going to share
1264
01:12:59,600 --> 01:13:02,960
some stories of bold faith.
We get to share all sorts of
1265
01:13:02,960 --> 01:13:07,440
stats on participation and all
that God has done through this.
1266
01:13:07,440 --> 01:13:10,440
And ultimately we get to share
the number of pledge towards
1267
01:13:10,440 --> 01:13:11,960
difference maker.
And so you're not going to want
1268
01:13:11,960 --> 01:13:14,600
to miss that as well.
Also next Sunday, celebration
1269
01:13:14,600 --> 01:13:17,200
Sunday, that's really our time,
our first time together as the
1270
01:13:17,200 --> 01:13:20,360
body of Christ to give to really
kick off this difference maker
1271
01:13:20,360 --> 01:13:21,800
initiative.
And so we're asking that you
1272
01:13:21,800 --> 01:13:23,640
bring your stored resources
gift.
1273
01:13:23,640 --> 01:13:27,040
Maybe it's just your best one
time gift to really kick off
1274
01:13:27,040 --> 01:13:31,160
this pledge together.
I also to just want to give just
1275
01:13:31,160 --> 01:13:33,640
a little bit of clarity when you
give towards Difference Maker
1276
01:13:33,640 --> 01:13:36,760
online, when you give online
towards that, if you want to
1277
01:13:36,760 --> 01:13:39,280
give towards your pledge in the
Difference Maker initiative in
1278
01:13:39,280 --> 01:13:42,080
the drop downs there, when you
click the drop down, you want to
1279
01:13:42,080 --> 01:13:44,840
choose that top option there.
That's the ministry fund.
1280
01:13:45,120 --> 01:13:48,320
The Ministry Fund really is a
combination of our pledges and
1281
01:13:48,320 --> 01:13:51,080
expected giving kind of all
wrapped up in one.
1282
01:13:51,080 --> 01:13:53,040
And if you have questions on
that, you can see me after the
1283
01:13:53,040 --> 01:13:54,800
gathering.
But just wanted to give a little
1284
01:13:54,800 --> 01:13:58,360
bit of clarity on that.
I mean, every week we are seeing
1285
01:13:58,360 --> 01:14:01,560
commitment cards come in of
people pledging to be difference
1286
01:14:01,560 --> 01:14:03,440
makers.
And so if that's you, I just
1287
01:14:03,440 --> 01:14:06,920
want to say a heartfelt thank
you so much for pledging to be a
1288
01:14:06,920 --> 01:14:09,840
difference maker in this next
season, in this next chapter of
1289
01:14:09,840 --> 01:14:12,520
real life church.
And then there are a lot of
1290
01:14:12,520 --> 01:14:13,840
things you can give your money
to.
1291
01:14:14,200 --> 01:14:15,800
There's a lot of ways you can
spend it.
1292
01:14:15,800 --> 01:14:17,320
Some of it's worth it, some of
it's not.
1293
01:14:17,320 --> 01:14:20,280
I was just thinking, man, I can
buy a pizza for my family.
1294
01:14:20,280 --> 01:14:22,160
It's gone in like 2 minutes
flat.
1295
01:14:22,160 --> 01:14:26,760
Worth it maybe in the short
term, but man, this is something
1296
01:14:26,760 --> 01:14:30,080
that's worth it.
Man, it is worth it to see two
1297
01:14:30,080 --> 01:14:32,160
to three people come to know
Jesus every week.
1298
01:14:32,160 --> 01:14:34,640
It's worth it to see 50 people
baptized this year.
1299
01:14:34,840 --> 01:14:38,120
Man, it's worth it to see
potentially 100 people baptized
1300
01:14:38,120 --> 01:14:40,200
next year.
Truly is an eternal return on
1301
01:14:40,200 --> 01:14:42,360
investment.
When people raise their hands,
1302
01:14:42,360 --> 01:14:45,000
when they get dunked under the
water and come back out and we
1303
01:14:45,000 --> 01:14:47,680
celebrate, man, that is credit
to your account.
1304
01:14:48,200 --> 01:14:50,360
And it truly is about 100%
participation.
1305
01:14:50,360 --> 01:14:53,840
All of us saying yes to being
difference makers really in this
1306
01:14:53,840 --> 01:14:56,120
next season, in this next
chapter at real life church.
1307
01:14:56,480 --> 01:14:58,720
So I also want to invite you, if
you haven't turned a card in
1308
01:14:58,720 --> 01:15:00,880
yet, man, today's a great day to
do that.
1309
01:15:00,880 --> 01:15:03,400
You can grab, there's physical
commitment cards on your seat.
1310
01:15:03,400 --> 01:15:06,480
You can also scan that QR code
that's up on the screen and
1311
01:15:06,480 --> 01:15:09,680
that'll take you to a digital
commitment card as well.
1312
01:15:10,560 --> 01:15:12,400
And hey, if you call real life
church home, there's a lot of
1313
01:15:12,400 --> 01:15:15,200
ways that you can give today.
You can check out the screen
1314
01:15:15,200 --> 01:15:18,120
there, you can text, you can
scan the QR code.
1315
01:15:18,120 --> 01:15:20,640
You can head to our website.
You can drop cash or check in
1316
01:15:20,640 --> 01:15:22,280
the buckets as they pass as
well.
1317
01:15:22,280 --> 01:15:24,440
There's also a giving box right
in the back as you leave.
1318
01:15:24,440 --> 01:15:27,040
You can drop cash or check in
there or your card as well, if
1319
01:15:27,040 --> 01:15:31,000
that is more convenient for you.
And as always, especially in the
1320
01:15:31,000 --> 01:15:34,040
season, if you or your family
are in any kind of immediate
1321
01:15:34,040 --> 01:15:37,760
need this week, food or clothing
or shelter, whatever that looks
1322
01:15:37,760 --> 01:15:40,200
like for you and your family,
would you please reach into the
1323
01:15:40,200 --> 01:15:43,560
bucket as they pass and grab any
loose cash that you see just so
1324
01:15:43,560 --> 01:15:45,760
that we can bless you, that we
can help you in your time of
1325
01:15:45,760 --> 01:15:46,600
deed.
Let's pray.
1326
01:15:47,280 --> 01:15:50,040
Father, thank you so much God,
just for this just powerful
1327
01:15:50,040 --> 01:15:53,600
reminder of worship and of true
surrender and what that looks
1328
01:15:53,600 --> 01:15:55,720
like.
God, I pray just for the the
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gifts given today, God, that you
would bless it, Father, that you
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would multiply as we just desire
God to see more soul saved, to
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see the lost come home and
ultimately to find their real
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life and purpose in you.
And so God, we give today back
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to you.
We love you, we praise you, it's
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in Jesus, Jesus name we pray,
Amen.
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Amen.
What a blessed day.
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Before you guys get out of here,
I have a couple things for you
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to mark your calendars.
First of all, I want to see all
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of you bring all your friends
and all your family, anybody
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that you can think of, invite
them out for our Christmas Eve
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service.
We're going to have a service at
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2:00 and 4:00 PM and I'd love to
see all of you out there with
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all the guests that you can
muster up.
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And then for the parents in
here, if you are the parent of a
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6th through 12th grader, we a
few days after for that are
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going to be celebrating the new
year, New Year's Eve.
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We are going to main event.
Then we're going to come back to
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the Hope Center, celebrate with
ice cream and watch the ball
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drop.
And this is big.
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If you are interested in having
your student go, please sign
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them up as soon as possible.
You can scan the QR code.
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It's only $40 that covers
transportation, all the games.
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We're going to do a main event
dinner, ice cream after.
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It is a bargain.
Please help me out.
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It is going to help me get a
head count as soon as possible.
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Love to see all the students out
there.
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And then for all the guys out
here this Saturday we are going
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to have our men's breakfast with
our fearless leader, Scott
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01:17:14,960 --> 01:17:16,280
Jermaine.
We're going to talk about how
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the year 2025 impacted us.
We're going to have breakfast,
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We're going to have good
conversation and we're going to
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get in our Bibles is going to be
a great morning.
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And then if you guys don't mind,
I'd like to end today kind of
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how we've been going the whole
time and end in some worship in
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2nd Corinthians 120.
It says for all the promises of
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God find their yes in him.
Think about it.
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Jesus is our yes from God.
That is why through him that we
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utter our Amen to God for his
glory.
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In Psalm one, O 648 says,
blessed be the Lord, the God of
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Israel from everlasting to
everlasting and let all the
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01:17:50,520 --> 01:17:56,120
people say, help me out.
Amen, praise the Lord.
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01:17:56,440 --> 01:17:58,280
If you need prayer to talk to a
pastor, there's going to be
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somebody down here for you.
I'd love to see all of you again
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next week at 9:00 or 10:45.
And remember, whoever finds
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Jesus discovers real life and
purpose.
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Have a good week.
This is the end of this podcast.
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