Oct. 5, 2025

Hearing The Heart Beat of God - Lord Teach Me How To Fast Part 2

Fasting has always been a way God's people unite their hearts for His presence and power. Throughout Scripture, when the people of God humbled themselves together in fasting, He showed up in mighty ways-bringing breakthrough, revival, and renewed vision.

In this season, our church is believing for more of God's presence than ever before. We're asking Him to pour out His Spirit, to give us fresh unity, and to move in power in our city. That's why we're inviting everyone to join together in a one-day food fast each week.

This isn't about simply going without-it's about going deeper with God. As we humble ourselves before Him in unity, we believe He will strengthen our church, align us with His will, and move in ways only He can.

Let's fast together, pray together, and believe for God's glory to be revealed through us.

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Hey, good morning.
We're alive.

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Hey, we're so excited.
You were here with us today.

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Whether you're watching online
or you're right here with us in

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person.
Stand to your feet.

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We are so expected of what God
has for us today.

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Let's worship him today.
Come on, put those hands

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together.
I call you Maker, you give life

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an eternal spark.
I call you Healer 'cause you can

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mend any broken heart.
I call you faithful Father

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'cause you finish everything you
start.

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My soul was made to respond, or
respond.

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I know you might. 1000 days.
You deserve every single one.

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You've given me a million ways
to be amazed at what you've done

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and I am lost in wonder at all
you do.

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I know you buy 1000 legs and
I'll sing them back to you

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because you deserve the highest
honor.

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Your love is boundless beyond
what I could dream.

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Your grace is patient because
you're never giving up on me.

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And I call you Pondage Breaker
because you're handing out the

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prison keys.
My soul was made to be free, be

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free.
I know you buy 1000 names and

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you deserve every single one.
You've given me a million ways

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when ways do what you join and I
am lost in wondered had all you

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do.
I know you buy 1000 names now.

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Sing em back to you.
Sing em all back.

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Sing em all back.
Sing em all back.

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Sing em all back.
Sing em all back.

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Sing em all back.
Sing em all back.

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Sing em all back.
You are like Allegiance, the

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creed I am.
You are king forever, the

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beginning and the end.
You are Lord and servant with

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the Son of Man.
You are dying of Jude.

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I go the reason live the second.
I don't need to lead us home.

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You are always glory now you
feel with flesh and bone.

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You are ocean harder.
You will make a way.

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You are depth deep leader.
You the reason from the Cray.

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My full love of mercy.
My rich in life what Jesus

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Messiah go on true God go you by
1000 days to serve every single

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world giving me a million ways
to be amazed to what you died go

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you by 1000 ways deserve every
single word.

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Giving me a million ways to be
amazed when you join And I in

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the lost in wander had all you
do all you buy 1000 days.

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No sing no back to you sing them
all back sing them all back sing

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them all back sing them all back
sing them all back sing them all

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back sing them all back sing
them all back sing them all back

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sing them all back sing them all
back.

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I know you by 1000 names and you
deserve every single one.

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You've given me a million ways
to be amazed at what you've done

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and I you're lost in wondered at
all you do and know you by 1000

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names.
No single pack to you.

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Amen.
Give him some praise this

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morning.
Our God is good.

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And I love that song because
just thinking of so many ways

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that God meets me there.
He's so worthy of our praise.

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So let's lift him up.
There is a.

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Sound I love to hear.
It's the sound of the Savior's

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robe as He walks into the room
where people pray, where we hear

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praise as He hears.
There is a sound I love to hear.

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It's the sound of the Saviour's
roam as he walks into the room

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where people pray, where we hear
worship ears.

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Lift him up awake of my soul and
sing.

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Sing his praise aloud.
Sing his praise aloud.

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Awake of my your soul and sing.
Sing his praise aloud.

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Sing his praise aloud.
There is a sound that changes

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things, the sound of these
people on their knees, awake, of

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you slumbering.
It's time to worship him awake

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of my soul, and see.
See his race alone.

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See his race alive.
Go away to my soul and empty.

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Sing his praise out.
Sing his praise alive.

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Mr. All now stands away.
Merry Mom is is Amen.

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Make no mistake, the bounds of
hell begin to shave.

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Hey, hey, hold up the king of
Lorry.

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Hey, hold down on your knees and
work your way, hey?

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Pray as I come hold it.
Hit this up today with one voice

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to chorus awake of my soul and
sing.

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Sing his praise aloud.
Sing his praise aloud with one

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voice awake of my play soul, and
sing.

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Sing is praise aloud.
Sing is praise aloud.

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Only my sorrow ended in my sin.
Lost without hope.

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No please to be You were the
made away.

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Let mercy come when death was
arrested by lightning.

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Ash was routine only beauty
means my working hard this point

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and grew quiet my feet rose to
dance when death was risk my

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life being.
So free washes over me you are

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made me new now life begins
with.

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The at least.
From my chains I'm a prisoner no

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more.
My she was raised.

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He cancelled my dead and he
called me his friend.

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Winter was arrested.
My life begins.

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Oh, you breathe, so breathe
washes over me.

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You have made me new now life
begins with you.

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It's your realness of love
pouring down on us.

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You have made us a new now.
Life begins with you.

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Oh, and I see who displayed on a
criminal's Christ, and darkness

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rejoiced as though heaven
allies.

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Come on, this is the best part.
What then?

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Jesus arose with our freedom.
That's when Dick was arrested in

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my IBA.
That's when Dick was arrested in

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my IBA.
Come on.

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So free washes over.
You have made me new now.

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Life begins with you maturing
the lesson pouring down on us.

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You have made us a new now.
Life begins with the earth.

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Oh we're marine free.
Remember when we come join the

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song of all the Virginias went
free, free.

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Remember Rain Man Winter was
arrested in my life.

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Being in Oh we're Marine free.
Remember when free come join the

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song.
I'm all the genius.

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When free, free they were Amen.
When Ted was arrested in my life

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begin.
When Ted was arrested in my life

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begin.
That's when Ted was arrested.

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My life begin Amen.
Amen.

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Let's give it up for God today.
Man, if you experience the

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freedom of God in your life,
because if you have man, just

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that message just resonates
within you.

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And maybe you walked in here
today and this is foreign to

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you.
You don't know what that freedom

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is.
My prayer for you is, is that by

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the end of the day that you
recognize what God has done for

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you.
God is pursuing you, God loves

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you and man, God wants you to be
on mission, on purpose and just

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be in the family God.
So let's give it up for our God

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one more time, can't we, man?
Amen, Amen.

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And I say this week in, week
out, I just love your guys's

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heart.
I'd love to listen to you guys

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worship.
I know it's God honoring.

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I want you guys to know we have
a lot of new people with us

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online and in person today.
Can we show those guys some

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love?
Give them a round of applause,

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man.
Thank you guys so much for

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choosing to worship with us.
Hey, take 30 seconds to greet

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somebody around you.
All.

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Right, you guys can go ahead and
be seated.

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Hey, want you guys to know that
you are sitting on something

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awesome and that is a connection
card.

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So this is for everybody.
It's an all skate moment if you

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call real life home and I love
watching these things come in.

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I get to see what you guys ride
on there, whether they're a

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praise some God's, some you've
been praying for and God's

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answered that or maybe you got a
prayer request.

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You want something to for the
team to pray over because our

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team prays over these week in
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So if you call real life home,
take this opportunity to fill

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out out and let us know if we
want to stay connected with you

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in your life.
Hey, if you are new or newer

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with us, you're this is for you
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I'm going to make a promise to
you if you're if that's you and

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you're new, we're not going to
ask anything else from you

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today.
But this one simple thing we

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love for you to introduce
yourself to us.

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And the connection card is the
best way that you can do that.

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And if you fill that out, we're
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We won't show up at your door or
anything, but we would love to

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have a way to send out some
information about real life to

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you this week.
So again, thank you so much for

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being here.
We'll let you guys know what you

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do with those cards in a bit.
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those, whether you call real
life home or new, is that is we

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are a church on a mission,
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And if you've been here at any
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But we, we, we punched this week
in and week out because this is

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the heartbeat of what God's
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And our mission is this is to
see people far from God discover

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the real life and purpose of
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That's the only reason we're
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has something big for people
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week, maybe your whole life just
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world.
And we know that the only answer

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isn't in something you can buy
something that you can lay your

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head on.
It's only in the hope and the

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gospel of Jesus Christ.
And so in real life, we love to

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connect people to that purpose
and that's why we love for you

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guys to stay connected here.
So again, we would love for you

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guys to be on mission with us
and that least of us is we're

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finishing up our series.
It's called Lord teaching us to

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to fast and to pray.
And so we're encouraging you

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guys as as real life followers
and gatherers here to be on

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mission, take this step of
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And as we talked about last
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something we give up.
Fasting really is a spiritual

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step just to get humble before
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And what we do is when we we
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we believe that God can use that
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further.
So I can't wait for you guys to

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hear this next message in this
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I want you guys to give a real
life welcome to my son Logan

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Hardy.
And that was a good balancing

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act that you guys will show.
Well, thank you all for being

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here today.
I am just, I'm ecstatic to be up

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here and have the opportunity to
talk about fasting.

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I'm ecstatic for a couple of
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Maybe first and foremost,
because of the season we're

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getting ready to go into.
If you're new here or if you

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need a little bit of a reminder,
we're going into an exciting

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season here soon called
Difference Maker.

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We're gonna lead into the heart
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We're gonna be searching our
hearts and try to open up our

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ability to say yes to finding
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And in order for this season to
go well, it's gonna be a

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critical season, right?
And in order for it to be

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successful and for us to do the
things that we need to do, we

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need to be looking at life with
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And that's obviously where
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And I'm also excited for fasting
because it has been unique for

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me.
It has been uniquely profound in

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my walk with God there.
There was a lot of hinge points

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that have brought me from where
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I grew up in the church.
I was very lukewarm Christian

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for most of my life.
And there was a lot of things

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that played a role in hopefully
me being a lot further than that

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now and not being so lukewarm
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There's a lot of things that
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I jumped back on the front of
house team that forced me to be

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here consistently and
faithfully.

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I wasn't allowed to come in
halfway through the 2nd

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gathering, so I make it look
like I was here, but really I

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was watching YouTube in the back
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I wasn't able to do that
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I jumped on the youth team that
forced me to get my Bible and

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actually learn about God so I
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Forced me to be consistent in
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And I went on a mission trim
that was also huge for me in its

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own way.
But they all kind of pale in

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comparison for what fasting is
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It has been.
It has been the thing probably

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that most significantly changed
the trajectory of how I was

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walking with God.
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where I am in my life, in my
ministry, in my walk with God if

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I did not pick up the fasting,
in the practice of fasting, if

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God did not grab a hold of me
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petition.
That was a part of my story that

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I'll get into a little bit more
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It was interesting, right?
Because I'm talking about how

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God changed my trajectory and he
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He did a work in my life during
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And there's some works, there
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done apart from fasting, as we
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When you get into the ward and
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coming off of Jesus dispelling a
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And the disciples are asking him
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Why weren't we able to do that?
What, what makes you different

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than us?
What did you do differently than

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us?
And Jesus said to them that

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this, this kind of change, this
kind of breakthrough, it can

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come by nothing but by prayer
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And I love this church.
I think that we do a lot of

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things well.
I think, I think by and large we

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are an on mission church.
I think we're an amazing church.

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I think, I think we excel in a
community.

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I think our life groups are on
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I think our life group leaders
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I think we I think Sean has
planted in a, an evangelistic

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intent.
I think we're a Church of

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evangelism.
I think we we strive to see the

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word furthered and to see people
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I think we're a missions
oriented church.

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I think we're a friendly church.
I don't know where Hannah and

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Wesley are in here today, but
there's people that come in here

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hoping for one people to say hi
to them and 12/12 do it instead.

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Like we're, we're a friendly
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We'd love to see new people come
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And I think by and large, more
than anything, we're a real

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church.
We're OK with meeting you where

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you are and we're OK with
helping you get to where you

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need to be.
You don't come here, you don't

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come here perfect.
We, we help you where you are.

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If I were to say that maybe 1
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probably fasting.
Now that that might be that

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might be a microcosm of our
American culture, but I like to

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I like to qualify this message.
It's not a message of of

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reprimand.
It is not a message of head

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knowledge of me teaching down at
you.

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It's not a message of holier
than thou.

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It's not a message of any of
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It's a message of encouragement.
It's a it's a message of passion

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that is bore from me seeing God
move and I just me wanting the

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same thing for you guys when you
jump into fasting.

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And this is a message for
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But I wrote with a couple of
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I wrote this message it with the
person in mind in here that that

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feels far from God.
I wrote it with the person in

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here that may feels like they
may be blind to seeing God's

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works.
I wrote it for the person in

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here that feels unfamiliar with
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I wrote it in here for anybody
that wants to feel the heartbeat

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of God more tangibly and more
and more explicitly, and they

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just feel like they haven't felt
the heartbeat of God in their

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lives in such a long time.
And to find any of these things

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to bring yourself closer to God,
it's going to require a couple

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of things, right?
It's going to require us to be

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honest with ourselves and it's,
we're going to require us to cut

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all the clutter.
It's got all the fluff and to

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limit all the distractions in
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And that's where fasting comes
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And can I give you guys the, the
encouragement that I tried my

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best, I tried to put as much
elbow grease as I could into

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eliminating the clutter from
this message to killing any

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distractions that might have fed
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I actually, I fasted for this
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I, I, I wrote it Thursday night
and I didn't eat from Wednesday

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night until Friday morning.
I work concrete and we, we

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poured a floor Thursday.
I haven't been at work that much

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lately and I feel like I'm kind
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And as I'm on my knees scrubbing
these walls, some voice comes

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over the wall.
They say, Logan, what do you

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want from Dairy Queen?
I said, a tea.

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A tea will hold me over.
I'm feeling fine.

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An unsweet tea will just be just
fine for me.

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I, I did my best to put elbow
grease into this.

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I really wanted you guys to hear
from the Holy Spirit rather than

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from Logan.
And I guess after this message,

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you can tell me how successful
this was.

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But I really wanted this to be a
message cut away from all

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distractions and all clutter.
And I just wanted to get into

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the heart of fasting.
And and there's an elephant in

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the room.
A lot of you and a lot of us, me

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included for a long time,
probably rolled our eyes the

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minute I said fasting.
There's an apprehension to

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fasting.
We mentally checked out.

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It's it's not a popular
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I think if you take a look
around America, if you take a

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look around the Kansas City
area, I think it's pretty

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evident we don't miss a lot of
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I don't think we enjoy depriving
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And it's so hard.
It's so unpopular, I think

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because ultimately fasting is a
second level practice.

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You know, like practice like
level 1, you add things to your

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life, you enrich your life.
But level 2, it takes away and

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fasting takes away from your
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But it's hard.
It's not easy to deprive

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yourself of food.
It's not easy to deprive

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yourself of comfort.
It's not easy to deprive

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yourself of your cravings, of
your natural desire.

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It's it's not easy to deprive
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We live in distractions.
That that is what defines our

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lives as we live distraction
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We we live for the dopamine
rushes.

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We live for everything that is
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And it's in fasting is, is the
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It's, it's not supposed to be
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It's not supposed to feel
natural, supposed to take your

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out of your comfort zone.
And very rarely does the path of

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least resistance offer anywhere
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So I'm gonna encourage you guys
to do here today is to say no to

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the path of least resistance.
I'm gonna ask some hard things

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and I'm gonna encourage you guys
to lean into the harder things

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and embrace it and embrace the
suck.

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I'm gonna ask you guys to fast
this week from sun up to

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sundown, fast from food.
It's the biblical way to fast.

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You can fast from technology as
well as you want, but at least

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fast from food.
Sun up to sundown this week and

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then next week and the week
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And then make it habit and make
it a rhythm, at least in this

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season.
But hopefully on and on and on.

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Hopefully this is just something
we that we can lean into and

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there's an actual question that
arises.

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There's, there's a question that
when I ask you to do this, when

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I ask you to fast as we're
leaning into this season of the

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difference maker, why and what
you know, why should I fast and

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what should I fast for?
There are many reasons to fast.

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My first time fasting actually,
and this is not what we're going

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to lead into today, but my first
time fasting was actually on

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behalf of somebody else.
It was on, it was for somebody

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in my youth group.
I was wanting to see God do a

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breakthrough.
And there's a lot of different

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reasons to fast.
That's one example.

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But what we're going to lean
into today is that for all the

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many reasons there are to fast,
we're going to lean into two.

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We're going to lean into fasting
for repentance and fasting for

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closeness to God, fasting to
abide in Christ, fasting.

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It's interesting as we're
pointing it out in the Bible,

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regularity in the Bible that is
almost easy to miss.

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What?
You know, when Sean kicked this

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message to me and we were
talking through and I talked

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about like what I wanted to do
and maybe where I wanted to take

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it.
He was like, you know, you could

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talk about, you talk about the
story of Jonah.

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I was like, there's no fasting
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What are you talking about?
But you get into it.

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You look closely when you're
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Yeah, it's right there.
And so for those of you that

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don't know the story, Jonah, I'm
going to skip through a lot of

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it.
Jonah was a prophet, you know,

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he was sent by God to preach to
an evil city, and he was

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reluctant to preach to Nineveh.
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will of God.
And after some time spent in the

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belly of a fish, he changed his
mind and he reluctantly made his

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way to Nineveh to preach on the
behalf of God.

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Much to Jonah surprise, the
people of Nineveh actually heed

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his words.
It's an evil city.

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And they actually listen to
Jonah and they repent and they

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turn from their wicked ways.
And look at this passage.

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See the role of fasting, see the
role of prayer, and see the role

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really of humility is what plays
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repentance, starting in a Jonah
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So when Jonah's re warning
reached the king of Nineveh, he

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rose from his throne, he took
off his royal robes, and he

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covered himself with sackcloth,
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This is the proclamation he
issued to Nineveh by the decree

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of the king and his nobles.
Do not let people or animals,

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herds or flocks taste anything.
Do not let them eat or drink,

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but let people and animals be
covered with sackcloth.

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Let everyone call urgently on
God.

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Let them give up their evil ways
and violence.

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And who knows, God may yet
relent and with compassion turn

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from His fierce anger so we will
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When God saw what they did and
how they turn from their evil

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ways, He relented.
And he did not bring on them the

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destruction he had threatened.
There's a lot that sticks out

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there to me.
And they never needed to repent,

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right?
So what kind of posture did they

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take?
They took a posture of humility.

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The king took off his royal
robes and he put on his

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sackcloth.
He made his dwelling in the

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dust.
They called out to God.

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They prayed to God, they fasted.
Like I said earlier, there's

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some things that don't happen
apart from fasting.

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Like there's some works that you
just don't see happen.

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Nina, Nineveh, the most evil
city on the face of the earth,

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doesn't just repent and they
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That's a miracle that doesn't
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That's not something you see
happen very often.

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Some things are only happening
when you humble yourself and you

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deprive yourself and you call
out to God and you find

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closeness to God.
And what it went in hand, in

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hand with the repentance of
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There's powerful things that
happen when you call out to God

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and humility.
And that's what we're gonna lean

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into.
Touched again, put my left hand

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behind my back.
So we as a church, right, we're

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entering a season where we're
going to be fasting, fasting

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weekly.
I'm going to talk about what it

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looks like to pray through those
fasts to get the most out of

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your fast because prayer and it
really unlocks a fast.

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You're praying and you're
calling out to God is stronger

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than ever when you were in a
fast.

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And if you are in here and
you've never fasted before, you

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have no idea what to pray.
You have no way to, you don't

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know what to say.
You don't know what to do.

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Let me tell you what worked for
me.

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Let me tell you about a time
that I is, this is a part of my

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story.
And I was telling you about how

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fast he meant everything for my
wallet.

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Let me tell you about the time
where fasting took where I was,

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and I turned it the other way.
And let me tell you about the

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prayers that helped.
I'm gonna give you some context.

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00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:28,560
Despite what Drew says, I'm not
perfect, and I make and I make

447
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,480
quite a few mistakes.
And despite what Jana says, I'm

448
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:39,440
getting better.
I make, I make a lot of

449
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:41,560
mistakes.
I'm human, I fall quite often.

450
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,760
Maybe the biggest mistake I've
ever made happened a few years

451
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,040
ago.
I'm not going to get into the

452
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,040
details and I think, I think
keeping it vague might hope you

453
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:51,720
guys relate to it more than if I
did get into the details.

454
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:53,840
But I made a huge mistake a few
years ago.

455
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It took a period of time that
was far too long for me sitting

456
00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:00,560
on this mistake and grappling
with the guilt I felt for this

457
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:02,480
mistake.
And I finally, after a couple of

458
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,960
years, really, I confronted
myself to the point of

459
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,280
confession.
I told a couple of men that I

460
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,280
trusted with my falling.
I told them what I'd done and I

461
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,360
told them I wanted to change it.
I told them I wanted to make it

462
00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:13,760
right.
I wanted to do what I ever I

463
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:15,400
needed to do.
I was ready to, I was ready to

464
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,400
make it right.
I was, I was tired feeling the

465
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,280
guilt.
I was ready to move forward with

466
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,120
a free conscience.
And so I told them, They told

467
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:23,440
the men they trusted what I had
done.

468
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,200
And I told them that I sought to
find action steps.

469
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,360
There's advice given to me by
these two men that before I did

470
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,720
anything, before I talked to
anybody, because there was

471
00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:36,080
apologies I had to make, before
I apologize to anybody, before I

472
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,160
made any calls, before I made
any visits, I had to fast

473
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,880
regularly.
Because what had to happen is in

474
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,720
this whole process is that I had
to be led by the Holy Spirit.

475
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,720
Because if it was Logan's words
carrying these apologies, and if

476
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,160
it was Logan's hand, and if it
was Logan's might carrying these

477
00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,880
actions, no good would have come
about it.

478
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:58,120
I had to be spirit LED.
So they told me fast regularly

479
00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,440
before I do anything, before I
make any decisions, before I

480
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,240
reach out to anybody, fast
regularly.

481
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,360
And so that's what I did for a
season.

482
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:09,880
Upon making this confession.
I fasted each weekend regularly

483
00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:13,480
and subconsciously during these
fasts, I developed a rhythm of

484
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:17,880
prayer because I prayed all the
time during these fasts and I

485
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,640
didn't realize it at the time.
I didn't.

486
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:22,440
I did realize it, but I didn't
give it a name at the time.

487
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:24,960
But there was a rhythm that
guided my prayer through these

488
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:28,400
fasts and it was a rhythm that I
can give a more adequate name to

489
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:31,320
and a more accurate description
to after I discovered this song

490
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:33,480
by a smaller artist called the
BI Frost Arts.

491
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,320
It's called Take Me, O Lord, and
I'd encourage all of you to

492
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,840
listen to it's an amazing song.
So I listened to the song and I

493
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:41,960
was just floored listening to it
because when I was listening to

494
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,960
it, the lyrics took me back to
where I was during these

495
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:48,000
fastings on the weekend.
And they, they, they gave words

496
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,600
to the prayers that I never
could have.

497
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,840
I never could have thought so
subconsciously, I prayed these

498
00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:53,360
prayers.
They didn't.

499
00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:56,040
I didn't have the words at this
time, but this was my heart of

500
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:57,600
intent when I was praying these
prayers.

501
00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:00,240
And these are the prayers that
carried me through the during

502
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:01,840
the fast, through the hardest
time of my life.

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00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:03,920
If you're taking notes, three of
them.

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00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,280
And I'd encourage all of you to
pray these prayers as you take

505
00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:08,600
on your fast and as you're
getting ready to lean into the

506
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,480
season.
Prayer #1 Lord, take me.

507
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:17,280
Prayer #2 Lord break me.
And prayer #3 Lord, shave me,

508
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,440
shape me into something that
more closely resembles Jesus

509
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,760
Christ and bless resembles who I
am and where I'm at.

510
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:25,560
And if you're thinking about
taking on this fasting and

511
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,880
you're thinking about praying
these prayers, I'm going to give

512
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:29,720
you a warning.
Hope you heed it.

513
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:31,000
Because these are dangerous
prayers.

514
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:33,280
These aren't, these aren't just
prayers to pray lightly.

515
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,600
Because if you pray out to God,
you ask him these things, He

516
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,320
will take you and He will break
you.

517
00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:42,360
And in that process, He will
shape you closer to where you're

518
00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:44,560
supposed to be and further away
from where you are right now.

519
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:46,640
How many of you remember Bill
Hardy?

520
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,520
How many you know Bill Hardy?
He was an amazing man, an

521
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:54,120
amazing storyteller.
He had one illustration that

522
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:55,840
when I heard about it, I didn't
hear it from him.

523
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,280
I heard it from Sean.
But the first time I heard this

524
00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,720
illustration, it hasn't left me.
And traditionally, this was an

525
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,280
illustration that was told in
the context of discipline, but

526
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:05,520
it definitely applies to
fasting.

527
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,280
And this is the illustration
that he used to give.

528
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,800
So ancient times, right?
There are shepherds and other

529
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:15,520
fox of sheep, and in these
flocks there was always one or

530
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:17,239
two sheep that would stay away
from the flock.

531
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,760
They would run off, they would
do their own thing, they would

532
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,120
disobey the shepherd, they would
they couldn't stay together,

533
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:25,840
they couldn't follow the rules.
So the shepherd's had a habit of

534
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,239
when these sheep were falling
away from the flock and falling

535
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:31,040
away from the shepherd to get
them back in line, the shepherd

536
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:35,159
would take the sheep, it would
break the sheep's legs and he

537
00:34:35,159 --> 00:34:37,719
would throw the sheep over his
shoulder and he would carry the

538
00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:40,960
sheep around wherever he went
during the entire process of

539
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:42,960
healing.
And there was something

540
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:44,400
significant that happened during
this time.

541
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,920
The sheep with his broken leg
hung over the shoulder of the

542
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:49,880
shepherd.
He became familiar with one

543
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:53,280
sound and with one noise more
than anything else around him as

544
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,120
he was constantly moving.
There was one thing that never

545
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,240
left.
And he became familiar with the

546
00:34:57,240 --> 00:35:00,480
heartbeat of the shepherd that
he was being carried by during

547
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,040
this time of healing and this
time of being taken.

548
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:06,720
What happens when the sheep was
carried by the shepherd is he

549
00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:09,520
became more familiar with the
heartbeat of the shepherd.

550
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:13,400
And the biggest reason that we
fast, and the real reason that

551
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:16,120
we fast is to become more
familiar with the heartbeat of

552
00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:19,000
our Father, to become more
familiar with our heart, the

553
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,320
heartbeat of our Shepherd.
And these prayers, they line out

554
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:26,240
like this illustration for us to
allow ourselves to be taken by

555
00:35:26,240 --> 00:35:29,560
our Shepherd, to break our own
legs so that he can take us.

556
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,680
And in this process of healing,
to be shaped into something that

557
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:35,840
more closely resembles Jesus and
something that does not resemble

558
00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:38,960
where we are.
Lord, take me, sling me over

559
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:40,440
your shoulder, let me abide in
you.

560
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:44,880
Strip away all distractions.
Take away some of the calluses

561
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:48,080
that have formed on my soul.
Take away the hardings of my

562
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:49,360
flesh that need to be rooted
out.

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00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,800
Break me down.
Let me break my leg so that I

564
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:54,000
can be taken.
Let me get rid of these

565
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,560
distractions so that you are
able to actually pick me up.

566
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:58,600
Because like I said, we, we
love, we love distractions,

567
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,160
right?
We love our dopamine rushes.

568
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:02,040
We love everything that doesn't
allow God to take us.

569
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:03,440
We love to walk on our own 2
feet.

570
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,640
But sometimes for healing to
happen, you have to let God

571
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:07,720
carry you, and you have to let
your legs heal.

572
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:10,640
And fasting, like I said, it
gives you the.

573
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:12,520
Opportunity to break your leg
and in this process, in this

574
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,160
whole time, this whole thing,
this is where the shaping

575
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:16,920
happens.
This healing.

576
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,600
When you allow yourself to be
taken under God's wing and you

577
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:21,920
allow yourself to not be walking
on your own legs and give

578
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,440
yourself time to heal, you're
going to give God the

579
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:27,440
opportunity to shape you and to
make your into something that

580
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,360
was more close to the image of
Jesus.

581
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,200
And like I said these prayers,
they they carried me through my

582
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:36,840
fasts.
They enabled my fast they

583
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:38,320
allowed.
My fast to be to be more

584
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:41,960
powerful and be more enriching
and more rewarding than I would

585
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,280
have ever thought possible.
Because when I took this on, I,

586
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,040
I thought fasting was just
something I was going to do

587
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,080
because it was right.
Like I was punishing myself.

588
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,080
Like Logan, you messed up, you
better not eat.

589
00:36:50,720 --> 00:36:54,840
But that's not what it was.
The, the, the impact it had on

590
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:56,600
my walk.
It is so it is.

591
00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:58,600
It's still hard for me to wrap
my head around.

592
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:01,280
I told you all that I have
passion for this.

593
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:03,880
And and that's because fasting
truly was a hinge point for my

594
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,200
walk with God.
The weeks following that

595
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:09,520
confession I made to the men I
trust, bar none, were probably

596
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:13,240
the hardest of my life.
I I felt disgusted with myself.

597
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:16,960
I felt discouraged.
I felt like I might have

598
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:19,520
disqualified myself from any
potential ministry that I wanted

599
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:23,080
to take part in.
I felt like I was having a hard

600
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:25,120
time seeing the light at the end
of the tunnel during this

601
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:27,720
process, You know, during these
weeks, the, the weekends that I

602
00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:30,400
was fasting and in this process
that I was undertaking, it was

603
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:33,040
hard for me to look ahead and be
like, this is when it's going to

604
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:34,640
get better.
This is when I'm not going to

605
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,600
feel guilty.
This is when all the apologies

606
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,120
are going to go well and
nobody's going to be mad at me

607
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,400
and I will have made things
right and I can move forward

608
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,080
with a clean slate that felt
further away than possible.

609
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,040
And there was one of these
instances during one of these

610
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:50,520
weekend fasts.
I, I still remember vividly that

611
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:52,960
I can still go back to and it's
like I can watch it like on a

612
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:56,080
camcorder.
I don't know.

613
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,560
I don't know what took over me.
I was praying my prayers in my

614
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,760
room on my chair.
I was praying, Lord, take me,

615
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:03,640
Lord, shake me, Lord break me
and something just wasn't

616
00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:06,680
cutting it.
I was praying it, but it felt

617
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:08,160
like I was just going through
the motions and there was, I

618
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:09,680
felt like there was nothing that
was being done through the

619
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,360
prayer.
So I, whatever came over me,

620
00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:15,440
whatever compelled me to, I got
out of my chair and I got down

621
00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:18,360
on the floor and I prayed face
down on the floor and I

622
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:19,920
continued praying my typical
prayers.

623
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:21,600
I mixed in a little bit of
Romans 7.

624
00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:24,680
How could I allow my flesh to
overtake me in the way that I

625
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:28,960
had?
I lament what I did, and I

626
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:31,440
wondered how I allowed myself to
submit to sin in the way that I

627
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:33,760
had.
And in this specific instance,

628
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:36,880
when I was down on the ground, I
felt further away from the light

629
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,280
of the end of the tunnel.
I was talking about Romans 8.

630
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,520
Felt that condom, that freedom,
that condemnation that we are

631
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,600
taken away from us, that is
given to us by Jesus Christ.

632
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,120
It couldn't have felt more
impossible for me.

633
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:51,240
I found myself in tears.
I found myself wondering what to

634
00:38:51,240 --> 00:38:54,680
do, how I could ever be used.
I felt disqualified.

635
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,160
I felt I in that moment, my
perspective was that of a

636
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:01,280
Wretch, nothing to offer and
everything to condemn.

637
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,080
That was my perspective.
That was that was the picture I

638
00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:08,360
had painted for myself.
That's where I found myself on

639
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:14,040
the floor and, and in the midst
of the fast and in the midst of

640
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:16,760
those prayers, they, it silenced
all the distractions.

641
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,760
It took away all the clutter.
There's nothing there to to, to

642
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:22,320
take away.
The only thing I could hear was

643
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:23,840
God's voice.
So why?

644
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:28,280
Why I while I saw myself where I
was broken and at the end of the

645
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:31,080
rope with no more human will, no
more power to exert.

646
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:36,360
In that silence I could feel God
saw something different.

647
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:41,080
And I could see that He was less
concerned with where I was and

648
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:47,200
He was more concerned with where
I was going and I was way down

649
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,120
with who I was.
He saw how he was going to how

650
00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:51,640
he's going to how He's going to
use me.

651
00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:55,000
And I say that in humility
because I'm blessed to to serve

652
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:56,760
on the youth team and I'm
blessed to be on the front of

653
00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:59,640
house team.
But if I had just moved on my

654
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:03,240
own power and by my own ability,
I would have disqualified myself

655
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:06,480
from any of those roles so
quickly if I did not allow God

656
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:09,640
to work through my life.
And in the midst of my fasting

657
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:14,000
and in the process of my being
taken, in my the process of

658
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,520
being broken and the process of
being reshaping, I was slung

659
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:20,800
over my father's shoulder.
And I felt the heartbeat and I

660
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,920
felt what he saw on me.
And like I said, fasting, it

661
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:27,440
meant everything.
It meant everything to my walk

662
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:30,320
with God at that moment was
pivotal.

663
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:32,640
It changed the trajectory of my
life.

664
00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:36,080
I'm not, I'm not perfect.
I'm really the furthest thing

665
00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:38,760
from it.
But I know what it's like to

666
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,200
hear the unadulterated heartbeat
of my father.

667
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,520
The people of Nineveh knew that
the best way to get in front of

668
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:46,960
the father was to humble
themselves.

669
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:50,640
And I'd ask yourselves real
quick, you know, relate to the

670
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:54,120
people of Nineveh.
Do you have somebody to repent

671
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:56,600
from?
And what are you doing about it?

672
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:58,560
Are you taking off your royal
robes?

673
00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:01,200
Are you putting on your
sackcloth?

674
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,440
Are you, are you making your
dwelling in the dust?

675
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:08,480
Allow yourself to get carried by
the shepherd, Take on a fast,

676
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:11,200
pray those prayers.
You know some of you in here,

677
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:12,800
like I said are relating to the
Nineveh.

678
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:17,640
You're relating to me.
It's it's time to turn away from

679
00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:19,520
your flesh and it's time to turn
away from what you've done and

680
00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:21,520
it's time to towards turn
towards God.

681
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:24,200
Maybe some of you in here that
that isn't your story.

682
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:27,040
Maybe you don't feel you're in a
spot of repentance being needed,

683
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,000
but maybe you're in the the
midst of a big decision.

684
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,280
And that's how it's really all
of us as we're leading into this

685
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:35,000
difference maker series.
We all have a big decision ahead

686
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,080
of us.
You have a decision that you're

687
00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:39,960
seeking the clarity of the Holy
Spirit and the will of God.

688
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:42,400
It's time to pick up a fast.
Maybe you're in a time of

689
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,840
struggle.
Maybe things just can't seem to

690
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:46,480
go right.
Maybe things keep falling apart

691
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:48,680
and and you're in need of God to
make a breakthrough.

692
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:51,400
You're in need of God to do a
work that can only happen

693
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:54,120
through prayer and fasting.
It's time to pick up a fast.

694
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:58,600
You know, maybe XY or Z.
If any reason leads you to the

695
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:00,840
conclusion that you were craving
the heartbeat of God, it's time

696
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:04,680
to pick up a fast.
If you would all go ahead.

697
00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:09,760
And bow your heads and close
your eyes, you know?

698
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:10,880
I I'd wager in here that
there's.

699
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:14,040
A couple groups of people.
There's a group of people in

700
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:18,360
here that you.
Know God, you know Jesus, but

701
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:20,800
you can't say honestly that you
know the heartbeat of the

702
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,280
Father.
You can't, you can't say that

703
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:26,240
it's been any you haven't felt
the heartbeat of the Father in a

704
00:42:26,240 --> 00:42:27,640
while, but you're desperate to
hear it.

705
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:31,880
Someone in here is envious of
the sheep being carried by the

706
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:35,000
Father to be forced into hearing
the heartbeat of the shepherd.

707
00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:38,160
And that's you, If you, if you,
if you want to hear the

708
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:40,040
heartbeat of the Father and it
feels like it's been too long,

709
00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:43,280
would you raise your hand?
I see your hand.

710
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:44,000
I see your hand.
I.

711
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:45,560
See your hand.
Appreciate your honesty.

712
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:48,320
Thank you.
Thank you for being honest.

713
00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:50,640
If that's you, it's time to give
fasting a go.

714
00:42:50,720 --> 00:42:52,960
It's time to fast.
It's time to put yourself on the

715
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:54,600
shoulder of the shepherd.
And it's time to get into the

716
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:56,600
presence of God.
If you don't mind, if that was

717
00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:59,320
you, I'd like to pray over you.
God, you're good.

718
00:42:59,880 --> 00:43:02,960
We crave your presence.
We need to hear your heartbeat.

719
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:05,440
Lord, take us from our own and
make us yours.

720
00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:09,400
Lord, break us of our flesh.
Shape us into your image.

721
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:13,160
We seek you, Father, we desire
you more than we desire our

722
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:15,760
cravings.
God, open our ears to your

723
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:19,640
heartbeat with every head, head
still bowed and every eye is

724
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:21,840
still closed.
There's, there's another group

725
00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:24,240
of people in here.
There's somebody in here that

726
00:43:24,240 --> 00:43:26,600
doesn't know the heartbeat of
God because they don't know God.

727
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:29,240
There's somebody in here that
doesn't know Jesus.

728
00:43:29,240 --> 00:43:31,400
They don't know that he died on
the cross for their sins.

729
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:36,320
If that's you and if you're
here, I hope you're just coming

730
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:38,680
to the conclusion that like I
didn't cut it.

731
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:40,760
We ourselves, we just don't cut
it.

732
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:43,800
Maybe you heard something in
here today that just clicked.

733
00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:46,520
Maybe you can relate to me in my
stumblings.

734
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:48,880
You recognize that a change is
needed.

735
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:51,040
Maybe you're ready for something
new.

736
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:53,240
Maybe you're ready for something
different.

737
00:43:53,240 --> 00:43:54,480
Maybe you're ready for something
better.

738
00:43:55,240 --> 00:43:56,760
Maybe you're ready for
relationship with God.

739
00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:00,960
With every head bowed, every eye
closed, nobody looking around.

740
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:03,600
If that's you, if you don't know
God but you're ready to start a

741
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:04,920
relationship with Him, would you
raise your hand?

742
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:08,320
Father, you know the hand, you
know the.

743
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:11,440
You know the hearts, you know
the positions.

744
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:14,280
We're not perfect.
We have all fallen short of the

745
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:15,920
glory of God.
There's nothing we can do to

746
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:18,280
earn salvation.
It's a gift given to those who

747
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:20,840
believe that Jesus came to die
for our sins.

748
00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:22,600
And God gave us that gift out of
love.

749
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:25,040
He yearns for all of his
children to know him.

750
00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:28,120
And if that's you in here, and
that's if you're ready to start

751
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:29,800
relationship with God, pray this
prayer after me.

752
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:32,360
It's not the prayer that saves
you, but it's your heart towards

753
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:34,840
God that does.
So God, I give you my life.

754
00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,040
I know I'm a Sinner in need of a
Savior and I know that you sent

755
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:39,960
your Son Jesus to die on the
cross for my sins.

756
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:42,840
I surrender to your will,
Father, my life is not my own.

757
00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:46,240
Thank you for Jesus, thank you
for your love for me, and I'm

758
00:44:46,240 --> 00:44:48,800
ready to begin a new life being
born again to the Father in

759
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:50,720
Jesus.
Name a man.

760
00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:52,800
Give it up for anyone.
Anyone made that decision?

761
00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:56,480
This is.
I.

762
00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:58,680
Appreciate you all so much.
For giving me the opportunity to

763
00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:00,440
come in here and speak on
fasting.

764
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:02,240
I hope you took away something
practical.

765
00:45:02,240 --> 00:45:05,120
I hope you took away a strategy
to pray through your fast.

766
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:07,960
And I hope maybe more than
anything, I hope that you

767
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:11,040
actually fast this, this season
of difference maker.

768
00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:13,360
It means everything for our
church, our church.

769
00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:15,840
It's kind of a fork in a road.
We can go One Direction or we

770
00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:18,560
can go God's direction.
And in order to take the right

771
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,080
direction, in order to go the
direction God's called for us,

772
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:23,640
it's going to require us to be
looking at life with spiritual

773
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:25,680
eyes.
So I hope that you all take on

774
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:27,760
the Yoka fasting.
And if you actually are going to

775
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:29,640
fast, like if you're going to,
will you raise your hand?

776
00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:32,160
Can I see, can I see that?
OK, I'm holding you all

777
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:32,880
accountable.
This.

778
00:45:33,240 --> 00:45:35,160
I see all the hands, I see all
the faces.

779
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:37,280
I, I you're going to have to do
it now.

780
00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:39,320
We made a we made a pact.
So thank you.

781
00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:40,720
Thank you for the opportunity to
appreciate it.

782
00:45:40,720 --> 00:45:42,040
I hope you guys got something
out of it.

783
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:46,160
And yeah, thank you.
Come on, give it up for Logan.

784
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:50,360
He killed it this morning.
What a good word, man.

785
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:55,120
Just just a reminder to yearn
for the heartbeat of God to walk

786
00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:58,000
step in step with Him.
Thank you for the encouragement,

787
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:01,320
the accountability for us to
fast this week and just to

788
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:03,840
recognize that Jesus truly is
all we need.

789
00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:06,880
And some of you recognize that
today for the first time that

790
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:10,040
Jesus is all that you need and
you committed your life to

791
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:12,360
Jesus.
If that is you, we are so

792
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:14,280
excited for you.
We would love just to walk

793
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:16,720
alongside you to resource you
with a couple of things.

794
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:18,880
So you can do that.
If you grab that connection card

795
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:21,320
that's on your seat and fill out
the information there in that

796
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:24,440
top section, but check that box
that says I committed my life to

797
00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:26,160
Jesus.
And you can drop that in the

798
00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:28,040
giving buckets here in just a
few minutes.

799
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:30,560
But by doing that allows us to
get you a couple of things.

800
00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:33,360
The first one is this, it's a
free book, it's called begin,

801
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:35,280
it's a short read.
It's a quick one, but it really

802
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:38,080
will be a blessing for you and
encouragement for you as you're

803
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:40,280
taking these first steps with
Jesus this week.

804
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:43,240
And if you are here in the house
today and you prayed that prayer

805
00:46:43,240 --> 00:46:45,720
and committed your life to
Jesus, as you exit the worship

806
00:46:45,720 --> 00:46:48,400
center, there is a table with
some red bags on it.

807
00:46:48,720 --> 00:46:50,280
Please feel free to grab one of
those.

808
00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:53,360
Inside is a Bible for you and a
list of some other resources

809
00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:56,240
that we know will just be a
blessing to you this week.

810
00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:59,400
Hey, if you are newer with us
here at Real Life Church or if

811
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:01,560
this is your first time here,
thank you so much for being

812
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:03,160
here.
We're so glad that you are

813
00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:04,760
spending your morning right here
with us.

814
00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:07,480
We love that you're here.
We've been planning for you,

815
00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:09,400
preparing for you, praying for
you this week.

816
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:12,080
And so we're so glad that you
came to hear from God this

817
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:13,680
morning.
And we don't want anything from

818
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:15,840
you except for this.
And that's just to introduce

819
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:18,400
yourself to us.
You can do that by grabbing that

820
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:20,400
same connection card that's on
your seat.

821
00:47:20,720 --> 00:47:22,920
Fill out your information there,
but make sure to check that box

822
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:25,840
that says first time here and
you can take that out to the New

823
00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:28,440
Year booth as you leave outside
the worship center just to the

824
00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:30,400
right.
And they have a free gift to get

825
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:31,640
to you.
Just our way of saying thank you

826
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:33,600
so much for being here.
And we'd love to see you back

827
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:37,160
right here next week.
And I want to take a minute and

828
00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:40,360
just say thank you so much to
those of you who give here at

829
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:42,520
Real Life Church.
And thank you to those of you

830
00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:45,480
who maybe gave last week for the
first time or maybe just the

831
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:49,840
first time in a long time.
We had 11 people commit their

832
00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:51,880
lives to Jesus last month in
September.

833
00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:53,920
Huge.
That's right, go God.

834
00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:57,840
So awesome, that's.
Thanks to.

835
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:00,680
Those of you who give here, I
will you when you give, it truly

836
00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:03,240
does make a difference here in
life church.

837
00:48:03,240 --> 00:48:06,800
And I know it's easy to say,
man, I just don't have enough or

838
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:08,160
I don't don't have everything in
line.

839
00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:10,040
My budget.
If you saw my budget, you tell

840
00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:12,240
me, man, it's crazy there.
I can't give.

841
00:48:12,240 --> 00:48:14,600
There's no way I could give.
But I want to share with you

842
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:17,800
what we believe about money here
in life church, how we see money

843
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:19,320
here.
And it's a simple principle, but

844
00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:21,600
it's called the funnel.
And it looks like this.

845
00:48:21,600 --> 00:48:25,240
You give to God first, then
invest 2nd, and then you live on

846
00:48:25,240 --> 00:48:26,760
the rest at the bottom of the
funnel.

847
00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:30,280
And when you do that, when you
give to God first, that honors

848
00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:32,040
God.
It just says, Hey God, I see

849
00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:34,480
everything that you've given me
as a blessing, and I'm going to

850
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:36,440
return just a small portion back
to you.

851
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:38,080
I'm going to do that to you
first, God.

852
00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:41,720
And then when you invest second,
that builds resourcefulness.

853
00:48:41,720 --> 00:48:43,440
That really does put your money
to work.

854
00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:45,920
It takes what God's giving you
and multiplies it.

855
00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:49,640
And then when you live on the
rest, it just builds contentment

856
00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:54,200
and saying, God, I trust you and
I'm going to live on the drip of

857
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:57,080
that funnel.
And why do we talk about that?

858
00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:59,240
Why is it so important?
And that's because of this.

859
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:04,320
We are passionate about souls,
about seeing people come to know

860
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:09,160
Jesus, about helping people find
their freedom only found in him.

861
00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:13,280
And we know here that as our
generosity grows and our impact

862
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:16,960
grows and our five year vision
as a church is to see 10s of

863
00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:20,720
thousands of people across our
city and across the world be

864
00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:23,200
able to say, this is where I
found Jesus.

865
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:27,040
This is where my life changed.
This is where I was welcomed,

866
00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:30,120
where I was loved, where I was
accepted, and ultimately where

867
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:33,680
my life changed for eternity.
And so if you call real life

868
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:36,840
church, I, if you call real life
church home, I invite you, I

869
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:38,240
encourage you to take part in
that.

870
00:49:38,240 --> 00:49:39,600
And there's a lot of ways you
can do that.

871
00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:42,840
You can check out the screen,
you can scan that QR code, you

872
00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:44,800
can text to give.
You can head to our website,

873
00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:47,840
reallifechurchkc.com.
You can drop cash your check in

874
00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:50,680
the giving buckets as they pass.
There's also a giving box in the

875
00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:53,200
back as well, if that's more
convenient for you.

876
00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:56,040
And hey, as always, if you or
your family are in any kind of

877
00:49:56,040 --> 00:49:59,040
immediate need of food, of
shelter, of clothing, whatever

878
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:01,760
that looks like for you as these
buckets pass here in just a

879
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:04,880
couple of minutes, please reach
in there and grab any loose cash

880
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:07,120
that you see.
I really do want to bless you

881
00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:12,800
and your family this week.
Man, what an awesome day.

882
00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:15,400
Man who felt like they heard
from God today.

883
00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:19,440
And can we give it up for God?
It's such an honor.

884
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:23,320
Just to be able to gather as as,
as a body with you guys today

885
00:50:23,320 --> 00:50:26,960
and, and, and just worship God
and prepare, prepare our hearts

886
00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:29,480
for what's coming next.
And so that's my announcement

887
00:50:29,480 --> 00:50:30,880
for you guys today.
As we get ready to get out of

888
00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:33,000
here, I want you guys to start
preparing.

889
00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:35,120
Logan was talking about we
talked about last week.

890
00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:37,800
We're going to a season and, and
we're going to launch probably

891
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:40,000
the most important series of our
church coming up.

892
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:41,720
It's called difference maker and
you guys have already heard

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about it a little bit.
But through this we are really

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going to put the.
Point of the Sword on.

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On what we do right, our mission
has always been the same to

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reach into the city, reach to
the community, find people far

897
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from God and in in and in this
next in this next series, what

898
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we're going to do is we're going
to we're going to lead to what

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God has next for us.
Pastor Sean is going to be back.

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I don't know if you guys saw him
with the one arm.

901
00:51:04,560 --> 00:51:09,000
Can we give her Pastor Sean he
healed, he survives, but pastor

902
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:12,720
Sean's going to be to be leading
in giving us what God has put on

903
00:51:12,720 --> 00:51:15,680
his heart for this vision of of
making a difference in our

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community and and it's if you
guys don't know it's with the

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00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:21,680
purpose of moving into a
permanent facility and the

906
00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:24,520
dangers this or the fear is this
is like the church only wants my

907
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:25,840
money.
The only church wants, you know,

908
00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:29,360
to great build, you know,
monuments and this not our

909
00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:30,800
heartbeat.
That's not who we are.

910
00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:34,080
This isn't about building a
monument, It's about building a

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movement.
And what we believe is, is that

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whatever, whatever God gives us
in the future will be a tool to

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00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:42,000
reach people for God to meet
you, reach people for the

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gospel.
And So what this this series

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00:51:44,520 --> 00:51:46,600
will do is it will it will grow
your faith.

916
00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:49,160
And these steps that we're
talking about of prayer and the

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00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:51,760
fasting, that will be the
encouragement that will be the

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fuel that we'll have that God
will allow us to be and, and

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00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:57,360
play a bigger part of his, his
Kingdom.

920
00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:00,760
And again, I know he's my son
and his flaws that he was

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00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:03,040
talking about, probably more my
faults than his.

922
00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:08,240
And don't laugh, Holly, But what
I see is this is I see a

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community of real life that he
was raised in and and that you

924
00:52:12,360 --> 00:52:17,080
guys have poured into him and
he's one who's the next?

925
00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:20,200
I know they're already in here.
And then who's the next after

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that?
And so that process of of, of

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00:52:23,720 --> 00:52:29,880
gathering men and women, sons
and daughters, that is that.

928
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Is the goal.
That is that is what we get to

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do.
That is that opportunity.

930
00:52:33,680 --> 00:52:36,000
So not only does it grow our
faith, it will grow our

931
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:38,840
generosity because we live in a
world that is take, take, take

932
00:52:38,840 --> 00:52:42,040
mine, mine, mine.
And I love the heart of you guys

933
00:52:42,240 --> 00:52:44,520
is that you guys give and you
guys give without thought.

934
00:52:44,520 --> 00:52:47,720
And so we'll grow our generosity
together and we're going to move

935
00:52:47,720 --> 00:52:52,160
into a future that God will just
take this difference that that

936
00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:53,840
he will allow us to play a part
of.

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00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:57,080
And I don't know what it is, but
I know that it will be a

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beautiful thing.
And is if you read the words of

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00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:01,800
God, you read, you read through
the Bible, you'll see a story

940
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:06,160
after story of where a people
became humble and they followed

941
00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:09,000
the voice of God and God showed
up in a reckless way.

942
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And that's what I'm believing in
this next series of difference

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00:53:11,640 --> 00:53:12,880
maker.
So mark your calendar for the

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00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:15,000
next six weeks.
Make an effort to be here for

945
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:16,960
all six weeks.
And we're just going to we're

946
00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:19,480
going to hone in on this as as
as as a family.

947
00:53:19,480 --> 00:53:21,960
And we're just going to move
forward to what God's got for

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00:53:21,960 --> 00:53:23,240
us.
So I'm excited to mark your

949
00:53:23,240 --> 00:53:25,560
calendars, invite your friends,
don't miss out.

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00:53:25,760 --> 00:53:27,560
If you need prayer for any
reason, we would love to pray

951
00:53:27,560 --> 00:53:29,160
with you up here.
Talk to you.

952
00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:31,840
Talk with a pastor as
individuals, as a family.

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00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:34,720
Can't wait to see you guys again
next week at 9:00 or 10:45.

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00:53:34,720 --> 00:53:38,160
And as always, remember, whoever
finds Jesus discovers real life

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00:53:38,440 --> 00:53:39,680
and purpose.
See you next week.

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00:53:45,910 --> 00:53:48,750
This is the end of this podcast.
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00:53:48,950 --> 00:53:51,390
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Logan Hardee