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Awesome, welcome [music] everyone. We're glad you're here. Let's find our seats. Um, I have just a couple announcements. Uh, I have a couple announcements for today. And then, um, and then we'll jump into worship and kind of continue with our with with the night. It'll be really sweet. All right, so um So, the first announcement I want to make, I've been talking about this the last uh, I think few weeks now, definitely over the last couple months is we, um The Bible is very clear about water baptism and and um I certainly know that if Jesus does something, then, you know, if Jesus was to be was baptized and then there must be something in baptism for us as well. And um And so, we have water baptism scheduled for uh, in Gino, what day? June 7th. Okay. If you've never been water baptized before uh, June 7th, we're going to have our second water baptism service here at church and um >> [applause] >> and um we're really excited about. The first time I think we had we had 30 people baptized and I think we're somewhere at around 10 to 12 something signed up now. And so, water baptism, I just I just want to remind you again, we, um water baptism is not necessarily about salvation as in going to heaven. And we learned that because we watched the the the thief on the cross who was who was uh next to Jesus and the Lord told him that today you'll be with me in paradise." But water baptism is absolutely necessary for our life to be transformed into the image and likeness of Jesus. And I, you know, our our our core values, our core belief here is that the purpose the intention of the Christian life is not to one day get to heaven. The purpose and intention of the Christian life is to look just like Jesus. And so, we don't get baptized to one day end up in heaven. We get baptized because in the waters of baptism is the transformation of life to look like Jesus. And we learn in Exodus that it was it was through the waters of baptism, through the through the Red Sea that Israel left their bondage, their their brokenness, their darkness in the waters, and they stepped out on the other side where they found freedom in the Lord their God. And so, I just want to encourage you and and remind you is that if you have not been water baptized and and you would like to be or rather I should say this, if you have not been water baptized, this is a command of the scriptures. And if you would like to be baptized, then we would love to walk that out with you. And so, you could just fill out a form on our website. It's at thefinding at thefinding.com. If you scroll to the bottom, you'll find a a link that says get baptized, and just sign up there, and then our team our team will reach out to you, and we will we'll kind of get you get everything you need and prepared and set up for for that that journey that we get to walk with you. And so, um that's happening June 7th. Sweet. Uh the other thing I just I wanted to bring up is is our Bible studies uh which is which happens on Tuesdays. And if you're a young adult between the ages of 18 and 30-ish, um we gather and we love Jesus together as a young adult community and really grow in the scriptures into the image and likeness of Jesus. And I know that sometimes the community is just like a it can be a challenging thing when it comes to to when it comes to finding people who are truly after the heart of God. And I I think what you'll experience out on these Tuesdays is really is there's there's a people who are gathering simply around the presence of Jesus and who have fallen in love with him. And so, uh just want to encourage you if you want to come hang out with us on Tuesday. It's in It's in uh in Renton. Um you'll all the information will be on that QR code and uh we meet there at 7:00. Uh I can have coffee and just love Jesus together. And then, um the last thing I wanted to bring up is our conference that's coming up in August. And so, yeah. So, many of you probably already know, but the finding really started with conferences. Like we started with um with a once-a-year conference before we had anything else going. And the Lord really showed up and and uh he began to he really planted a seed. That was August of 2022. He planted a seed and from that from that seed or, you know, now we're here today. And so, these are these conferences they're really uh uh They're a They're a big part. They're a pillar in who we are where we get to cultivate the presence of God in this room and then we get to once a year, we get to really invite the nations to come and participate of what God's in Seattle in the Northwest. Um with and and through us. And so anyways, we just want to keep that on your radar. Uh come and hang out with us and well, come and hang out with us at the church picnic, too. Um >> [laughter] >> So, last year uh last year we did our first church picnic at the park and it was it was a ton of fun. Um and so we want to uh want to make sure you have time and and I to put this on your calendar as well. We're just going to uh we're gathering in Redmond, so it's maybe about 15 minutes from here. We're gathering uh at a park and we'll just we'll spend some time together and we'll have food and drinks and um uh activities for the kids and and sports and all that stuff. And so we just want to uh let you know it's happening July 25th, 12:00 p.m. We will certainly be there. Um we'll hope we'll we'll hope you'll be there as well. And uh we could just kind of spend some time together as a church and and love Jesus together and really build community and uh family together. So, all right. Sweet. I think that is all I have for you. Why don't we all stand up? >> [clears throat] >> All right. Uh I want to go to Psalms here. I want to read Psalms uh 116 and verse one. It says, "I love the Lord because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. The snares of death encompassed me, the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me. I suffered distress and anguish, then called on the name of the Lord. Oh Lord, I pray deliver my soul. And gracious is the Lord and righteous. Our God, he's merciful and the Lord preserves the simple. When I was brought low, he saved me. Return, oh my soul, to your rest, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. So Lord, tonight we thank you for your faithfulness and your mercy. We thank you for the way that you have saved us. And Lord, the way that you have dealt bountifully with us. And that even when life seemed to to try to tackle and and distract us [music] and and pull us away, Lord, you always remain faithful to love us. You always remain faithful to keep us and to [music] protect us. And so tonight, we come to give you thanks. And to magnify your holy name, to love you and worship you and adore you and give you all of the glory and all of the honor. And we [music] ask that in the room tonight, Lord, would you visit us and would you meet us? Meet us in areas maybe we've grown complacent. Areas maybe we've grown weary, areas maybe we're hurting and have sickness or disease. [music] Meet us, Lord, in areas maybe where we're carrying hardship and meet us, God. Meet us where we're at. We ask that we would see you tonight and see you rightly that all this stuff that is lesser than, that does not have value, that does not have meaning, that does not have purpose would grow strangely dim as we behold the Lamb of God. We ask take the sword of your spirit, God, and cut us deep and reveal yourself to us, Lord. >> [music] >> Holy Spirit, our prayer is that you would reveal yourself to us, reveal Jesus to us tonight. [music] We want to know the whole Christ. We want to be confronted by the living Christ. We want to look like the Jesus of the Bible, like Jesus of Nazareth, the one of the Bible, the one who is the living word, the one who is the light of the world, the one who is the Alpha and Omega, beginning and the end, the one who is Emmanuel, God with us. We want to know the whole Christ. Reveal yourself to us here tonight. >> [music] >> So, Lord, as we lift up our voices and our hearts in song, >> [music] >> I pray for a hunger in this room, for all of us, Lord, a gift of hunger that pulls on heaven. And that you would rest with us, that you would build a home for yourself in our midst. And that in this room, as your eyes look to and fro on the earth, looking for someone whom you can empower by your spirit, you would not pass us by, Lord. You would not pass this room by. For we are hungry and desperate and longing for more. We need you, precious Lord. >> [music] >> How we need the whole Christ. How we need the whole Christ. We love you, Lord. We give you all of the glory, all of the honor, in your most holy name we pray. [music] Amen. >> [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] >> And there's only [singing] one name that is [music] worthy. There's only [music and singing] one king on the throne. >> [music] >> He is [singing] the light of our salvation. >> [music] >> And all praise belongs to him [singing and music] alone. There's only [singing and music] one way to the Father. One love [music] that melts a heart of stone. He [singing] is the life and resurrection. [music] All praise [singing] belongs to him >> [music] >> alone. Look to the lamb. See the [music] Son of God, the Savior [singing] crucified. See the crown [music and singing] of thorns, the nails, his wounded side. He is worthy. >> [singing and music] >> Look to the lamb. See the one [music and singing] who is forever glorified. There is love and [music and singing] there is fire in his eyes. >> [music] >> And he is worthy. Oh. >> [singing] >> He is worthy. [music] >> [singing] >> Oh, you're worthy. Oh. >> [music] >> He is worthy. Oh. >> [singing] >> He is worthy. Oh. >> [music and singing] [music] >> Oh, so worthy. Oh, so >> [music] >> so worthy >> [singing] >> as you are, you are. >> [music] >> And he is the [singing] alpha [music] and omega. >> [music] >> He was [singing] and is and is to come. >> [music] >> He will [singing] return to shouts of glory. >> [music] >> His name is Jesus Christ, our God. >> [singing]

[music] >> His name is Jesus Christ, our God. And >> [music] >> look to the lamb. See the Son [music] >> [singing] >> of God, the Savior crucified. See the [music and singing] crown of thorns, the nails, his wounded side. >> [music] >> And he is worthy. And look >> [music] >> to the lamb. See the [music] one who is forever glorified. And there is love and there is [music] fire in his eyes. And he is [music] worthy. And look to the lamb. >> [music] >> See the Son of God, [singing] the Savior crucified. [music] See the crown of thorns, >> [music] >> the nails, his wounded side. And he is is worthy. Look to the lamb. See the one [music] who is forever glorified. There is [music] love [singing] and there is fire in his >> [music] >> Oh, he is worthy. >> [music] >> He is worthy. He is the alpha [music] and omega. He was and is and is >> [music] >> to come. >> [singing] >> He will return >> [music and singing] >> to shout his glory. His name [music] is Jesus Christ, our God. He is [music] the alpha and omega. He [music] was and is and is to come. >> [music] >> He will return to shout his glory. >> [music] >> His name is Jesus Christ, our God. >> [music] >> His name is Jesus Christ, our God. [music] Look to the lamb. >> [music] >> See the son of God, the savior crucified. >> [music] >> See the crown of thorns >> [music] >> and nails and wounded side. He is worthy. >> [music] >> Look to the Lamb. See [music] the one who is forever glorified. >> [music] >> For there is love and there is fire in his eyes. He is worthy. >> [music] >> He is worthy. >> [singing] >> You are. Oh, so worthy. >> So worthy. >> Oh, [singing] so worthy. >> Oh, so worthy. >> Oh, no [music and singing] one else. No one else. Oh, no [music] one else. Oh, no one [music and singing] else deserves the praise that you do. >> The [music] elders bow, the creatures cry. Saints and angels glorify. The anthem [singing and music] echoes day and night. You're worthy. >> [music] >> With eyes like fire, [singing] hair like wool, >> [music] >> voice like a many waters roar. Matchless and most beautiful, [singing and music] you're worthy. The elders [singing] bow, the creatures cry. Saints and [music] angels glorify. The anthem echoes [music and singing] day and night. You're worthy. With eyes [music] like fire, hair like wool, voice like a many waters >> [singing] >> roar. Matchless and most beautiful, you're [music] worthy. The elders bow, the creatures cry. >> [music] >> Saints and angels glorify. >> [singing] >> The anthem echoes [music] day and night. You're worthy. You have eyes like [music] fire, hair like wool. Voice like many waters roar. Matchless and most beautiful, >> [music] >> you're worthy. You're worthy. Worthy is Worthy. >> [music] >> Worthy is the Lamb. He's worthy. Worthy >> [music] >> is the Lamb. Worthy. Worthy is the Lamb. >> [music] >> You are the Lamb to the Lamb. >> [music] >> See the Son of God, the Savior [music] crucified. See the crown >> [music] >> of thorns, the nails in his wounds and scars. And >> [music] >> he is worthy. Look to the Lamb. >> [music] >> See the one who is forever glorified. >> [music] >> There is love and there is fire in his [music] eyes. He is worthy. [singing] He worthy. [music] >> [singing] >> And you are worthy. >> [music and singing] >> You are worthy. Oh, we're [music and singing] joining with heaven. You are worthy. >> [music] >> You are [music] worthy. >> [music] >> You are [singing] worthy. >> [music] >> Oh, so worthy, so >> [singing] >> You are worthy. >> [music] >> You are worthy. [singing] You are worthy. >> [music] [singing] >> The elders bow, the creatures cry, saints [music] and angels glorify. [singing] The anthem echoes day and night, worthy. >> [music] >> With eyes like fire, voice like Yes, matchless [music] and most Oh, he loves the song. The elders bow, the creatures [music] >> [singing] >> cry, saints and angels The anthem echoes day and night. >> [music] >> Oh, you [singing] have you have eyes like fire, hair like wool, voice like many waters [singing] [music] roar, matchless and most beautiful. You're [singing] worthy. of it all. The >> [music] >> elders bow, the creatures cry, saints and >> [singing] >> angels glorify. The anthem echoes day >> [music] >> and night, you are worthy of it all. With eyes like fire, >> [music] [singing] >> hair like wool, voice like many Matchless [music] and most beautiful, you are worthy of it all. >> [music] >> The elders bow, the creatures cry, saints and angels glorify. The anthem [music] echoes day and night, you are worthy of it all. With eyes like fire, [music] hair like wool, voice like many waters roar. Matchless and most >> [music] >> beautiful, you are worthy of it all. The elders bow, the creatures cry, saints [music] and angels glorify. The anthem echoes day and night, you are worthy of >> [music] >> it all. With eyes like fire, hair like wool, voice [music] like many waters roar. Matchless and most beautiful, you are worthy of >> [music] >> it all. You are worthy, worthy is the Lamb. You are worthy, >> [music] >> worthy is the Lamb. >> [music] >> You are worthy, worthy is the Lamb. You are worthy, >> [music] >> worthy is the Lamb. You are Oh, yes, [music] you are. >> [music] >> Yes, you are. >> [music] >> Yes, you are. >> [music] >> You worthy. Worthy [music and singing] is the lamb. Worthy. >> [music] >> Worthy [singing] is the lamb. Yes, worthy. >> [music and singing] >> Worthy is the lamb. >> [music] >> Worthy. Worthy is the Worthy >> [music] >> is the lamb. Yes, worthy. Worthy is the lamb. Worthy, [singing] worthy are Worthy. >> [music] >> Worthy is the >> [singing] [music] >> Worthy are, you are. >> [singing] >> Jesus, Jesus. The only name, the only name. The only name. Oh Jesus, only Thank you, Jesus. >> [music] >> Found in your name the power to save. With only a whisper, [singing] mountains shake. Jesus, our hope and strength. >> [music] >> And you made a way to unlock these chains. Here in your presence, [singing] Freed by [music] the love you gave. Oh, found in [music] your name the power [singing] to save. With only a whisper, mountains [music] shake. Jesus our hope and strength. >> [music] >> And you made a way to unlock these [singing] chains. [music] Here in your presence, strongholds break. Freed [music] by the love you gave. >> [music] >> And we give you [singing] the highest [music] praise. You deserve it all. You deserve it all. >> [music] >> We give [singing] you the highest praise. You deserve [music and singing] it all. You deserve it all. 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This is my [music and singing] daily prayer. This is my [music and singing] daily prayer. Your very word spoken [music and singing] to me. And [music] I >> [singing] [music] >> I'm desperate for you. And [music and singing] I >> [music] >> I'm lost without [singing] you. And [singing] I >> [music] >> I'm desperate for [music and singing] you. And [music] I >> [singing] >> I'm lost [music] without you. >> [music] >> Last week when we gathered I shared with with our church I felt like God was drawing us in. He was calling us into into times of corporate prayer. We're praying together. And um So last week we we prayed together. Uh not not necessarily being led. We we just turn our affection to Jesus. And And I And I think God's called us to a season. I don't know how long it'll be, but I want us to close out worship with just just about 10 minutes of us going into prayer together. And [music] I I'm not going to be up here leading. I just I just want us to contend together. And as I was praying for tonight earlier today I I felt like the Lord where the Lord was leading our prayer time is is that we would ask him for hunger. Sometimes with the things of life we can grow complacent or comfortable and [music] familiar and we need to be exposed to our need for Jesus. And so, we're going to take just the next 10 minutes. I, you know, however, if you want to sit down, get on your knees, stay standing, whatever it is, but I I just I want all of us to engage corporately in prayer and ask the Lord for hunger. >> [music] >> And so, I'm going to ask, please, you may have needs and all of those things, and and we'll we'll pray for them at the end of service, but where I want to go together tonight in this corporate time of prayers, I want us to corporately ask God for hunger, and to keep us hungry, to expose us to our need for him. And so, I ask, please, don't disengage. Please, don't don't rely on the people next to you or myself to to take this time over. We we all belong. We are all children of God, and he hears all of our prayers. And so, whether you feel hungry or not, whether you feel weary or not, let's pour our oil at his feet and pull on heaven. That the Lord would give us a gift of hunger and desperation. So, Lord, we come hungry. And we ask, give us of your spirit, Lord. Pour out your spirit upon us and give us a gift of hunger. Give us a gift of hunger, and expose us to our need for you, that we would grow in desperation and longing for you, for your presence, for your heart, for your voice and your way, your will, Lord. Do not leave us here in Seattle, Washington. Do not leave us, Lord, in Bellevue, Washington, in this room tonight without your presence. Don't let us go home, Lord, being complacent with where we're at, but to be to be hungry and longing for more always. Hear the cry of your people, Lord, the cries of your people. We need you more. We need you so much more. We need you so much more. All right, I'm handing it off. This is This is us lifting our voices to Jesus. The musicians will continue to play, but we lift our voices to Jesus. >> Praise Jesus. >> [music] >> Lord. We need you Lord. We need you Lord. We are hungry, God. Give us greater hunger, God. Greater hunger, God. We're both hungry, God. Greater hunger and a chance and desperation for our king and our Lord. We need you, God. Give us the gift >> [music] >> Give us the gift of hunger Give us the gift >> [music] >> Give us the gift of hunger >> [music] >> More fire More fire More fire >> [music] >> Give us the gift of hunger Give us >> [music] >> the gift of hunger More fire Glory, glory. Glory, glory. >> [music] >> Glory, glory. Glory, glory. >> [music] >> Glory, glory. Glory, glory. >> [music] >> Glory, glory. Glory, glory. Glory, glory. >> [music] >> Glory, glory. Glory, glory. >> [music] >> Glory, glory. Glory, glory. >> [music] >> Glory, glory. Glory, glory. Glory, glory. >> [music] >> Glory, glory. 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That the veil between heaven and this room >> [music] >> your people would grow ever thin as we grow more hungry and more desperate. Oh, we need you, Lord. >> [music] >> I want to ask you if if you can, just grab a hand of the person next to you. And we'll just we'll pray for another minute or so. And I I want you to pray for the people on your left and your right and ask that God would give them greater hunger. That he would challenge complacency. That he would challenge a stagnant way of life. A A He would challenge the jaded and hard heart. That he would challenge those areas of our lives and and grant us a gift in his mercy of hunger. Let's pray for the people on our left and right. >> [music] >> I'm [singing] desperate for you. Oh, I I'm lost [music and singing] without you. And I I'm desperate for [singing] you. And I I'm lost without you. >> [music] >> And [singing] I >> [music] >> I'm desperate for you. And I >> [singing] [music] >> I'm lost [music] without [singing] you. >> Yes, Lord. We come hungry as a church. And we ask, would you meet us meet us here, Lord? Teach us to love you more. And And Lord, empty [music] us of the things that would that would numb us to >> [snorts] >> to our need for you. So, I thank you for what you're doing with us, Lord. All that you're going to do tonight. Thank you for loving us and always drawing near to those who draw near to you. I plead your blood over tonight. The service, every heart, every soul, every mind. I thank you for I thank you for your presence. We love you, Lord. And in your most holy name we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. >> [sighs] >> Awesome. Well, welcome. You're You can find your seats. I love seeing your beautiful faces. Can we thank our precious worship team? >> [applause] >> Um if you if you need a seat, it looks like there's some scattered throughout the room. Uh if you have a seat next to you, could you raise your hand? Is there So, there's Yeah, there's several scattered throughout the room if you need a seat. >> [clears throat] >> Awesome. Okay, I want to I want to get through a couple things really quick. And then um And then we'll uh Most of you probably know we have Pastor Brian Garen here with us. Can we welcome him? Um I'll introduce him in just a little bit and so we'll hand it over to him, but I just I want to I want to do a couple things. We have it's a special day for us uh today. We have We have a lot to celebrate. Um So, uh first what I want to do is we are uh some of you probably already know we are doing We're having our first missions trip at The Finding. We're We're hosting our first Yeah. Um And so, I think we're sending like I think 12 people or so. Aleah's somewhere here. Um Aliyah, where are you at? Hey, there's Aliyah. Um so, Aliyah's lea- leading our missions and uh she's been doing a great job. >> [applause] >> And so, they leave You leave on Friday? Is it this Friday? So, they leave on Friday. They're going to Cambodia and they're going to serve with uh serve out there with Iris, with Heidi's ministry, and she's going to go and and um and love love uh people that Jesus died on a cross to save. And um and sometimes sometimes love isn't as glamorous in the natural as um we maybe want it to be, but love is no less love in in in the dirt of a third world nation than than it is in uh you know, in the beauty of of America or or anywhere else. And so, um I firmly believe this is that there's measures of the heart of Jesus that you will only be able to find on the mission field. When you love when you love people who are unable to do absolutely anything in return for for your love towards them. And you we discover a a measure of Jesus there that uh we can't find anywhere else. And so, uh certainly most of you are not going uh with them, but it doesn't mean that we can't partake of the grace uh that is found on on the mission field. And so, what I want to do, I think I think several of the of the people are here, and so I'd I'd like to invite them to come up, and we're just going to pray for them together as a church. Is that a Is that all right? So, if you're coming on the missions trip, would you would you come up here? >> [applause] >> These are our brave soldiers Um that yeah, come on our beautiful faces. Let me move this thing. Um and so, I just I want us to I want us to stretch out our arms. Why don't we all stand up? So, one more time. Um and and we're going to pray. We're going to pray that uh the Lord um on behalf of all of us that are not going that the Lord blesses this team and the people they're going to serve. >> [cough and clears throat] >> And that um we come back with testimonies of of the goodness, the kindness, the beauty, the wonder of Jesus uh that we all get to celebrate together. Amen? So, why don't you stretch your arms towards these people and and uh how about some of the team? Carolina, Bailey, Rima, Ilya, why don't you guys come up? Come up, we'll pray together for them. Just we'll lay our hands. So, Jesus, we thank you for this team and God, we thank you for angels on assignment who are preparing the way for what you want to do uh with each one of them as individuals and then what you want to do in in the nation of Cambodia. And we ask God that as just a small vessel from Seattle, Washington that you would anoint them for such a time as this and that with every uh every person they serve and love on God, every assignment that they're given, they would radiate the glory, the beauty, the compassion, the mercy, and love of Jesus. And Lord, that uh that the assignments that you have in store for them there would be fruitful, that they would multiply, they would bring forth the kingdom of heaven, and magnify your glorious name. I pray, Lord, that you would protect them, that you would keep them, watch over them, Lord. May they stay strong and secure in their health, God, in their in their confidence and emotion, Lord. May they stay strong and confident in their walk with you, to hear your voice, to know your heart, to be sensitive to what you're saying, where you're leading, what you're doing. And I pray God that you would keep them united and in love with you, that they would be united not around a common church, but they would be united around their common love for you. And so we ask God, would you send them as spears to destroy the kingdom of hell and bring forth the kingdom of heaven, Lord, with every step that they take. I pray for humility that would come over them, that as we come to serve people, as we come to serve this Iris base, that we would serve, they would serve with utmost humility, with the fear of the Lord, with honor, and God, that on this team would rest the oil of heaven. And so we bless them, God. We send them out as a church, and we thank you in advance for the testimonies that will come forth from this trip. Lord, protect them in their travel, keep them in their health, protect them, Lord, as they're on the trip, wherever it is that they go, wherever it is that they minister, that you would keep them and watch over them. Holy Spirit, surround them, breathe upon them, and speak through them. Use them as vessels for your kingdom. And so we bless them, Lord, and we thank you for all that you're going to do on this trip. We love you, Jesus. We remember your broken body, your spilled out blood. We remember the the cross and your testimony that it is so much more than enough. And so we send them forth with your testimony. And in your name we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Awesome. All right, you're welcome to head back to your seats. We're We're really excited for all that the Lord is going to do. All right. Um today is a very special day. Obviously, today is Mother's Day. And um if you're in the room, it's probably because you have a mother. And so we all have something to celebrate here today. Um whether it's it's your mother in the natural or or a woman in your life who who poured into you, who raised you, who comforted you, who nurtured you. Um we want to celebrate the gift the one of the greatest gifts uh in our lives, which is our moms. And so if you're a mom, would you would you stand up, please? Aw. Um we have a little something for you. >> [applause] >> Keep your remain standing. We're going to pray for you. >> [applause] >> Um rem- if you're a mom, remain standing. We we're going to pray for you here in just a little bit. I I do just I want to take a moment. My my mom is here um and she is she is one of the greatest uh supporters and strengths uh in my life, hands down. And and the easiest person in my life to celebrate. And I know that uh I know that for many of us, we probably know Jesus because we had moms who locked themselves in their closet and would weep on our behalf uh until God met us. And and so we just we're so thankful for all you moms for the way that you believe in us and support us, the the ways that you lead us. I mean, you know, there's many young people in this room and even at the finding the few moms that we have, which will grow in Jesus name, but the the moms that we do have in this room, the example that you have been to us of the love and the kindness and compassion and mercies of Jesus is is there's no one and nothing else that compares to the way that you've demonstrated the heart of Jesus as a mother. And so we want to thank you for the way that you love us, the way that you stand with us, the ways that you support all of us and um for the weight that you carry within families, within our churches, within our communities, we are eternally and forever grateful. And so if you're if you're near a mother, could you either just stretch your hand out or put a hand on their shoulder and we just we want to pray for our moms. And we also going to pray that the Lord makes many more moms in here. Um but marriage first. Many wives and then many moms. >> [laughter] >> And so Jesus, we love you and we thank you for the gift that is our mothers. And we pray for all the moms in this room and and all of our moms that may not be in this room. Lord, we pray for them and we ask that your hand would rest over them. That you would protect them and keep them. Lord, may they be in good health and may they live life in the fullness of joy, the joy of salvation. And I pray Lord for mothers that do not know you yet. God, we bind them to the cross and we ask would you meet them. God, encounter them in dreams and through people who will preach the gospel to them. We we bind lost mothers, Lord, to the cross and we thank you that that the body, the blood and the cross is so much more than enough. We thank you for the moms that are in this room, Lord, and we ask would you surround them and keep them, protect them, Lord, continue to strengthen them and build them up in the faith that as they lead us by example and as they demonstrate your nature and character, Lord, that it would establish us in the truth and the fundamental truth of who you are. And so, thank you for these precious women, these precious mothers in our lives, God, for the gift that you have given to us in and through them. And we ask that Lord, would you go before them, stand behind them, uh watch over them, and may your spirit flow through them uh for such a time as this. We love you, Lord. We bless these precious uh women, these precious mothers, and we thank you for them. In your name we pray. Amen. Can we thank our mothers just one more time? >> [applause] >> Amazing. Um all right. Uh the last thing I I want to really quickly do is I want to receive tonight's offering and then then we'll hand it over to to Pastor Brian here. Um I want to read from uh 2 Corinthians 8. Uh 2 Corinthians 8 verse verse 6. It says, "Accordingly, we urge we urge Titus that as he had started, so he should complete among you this act of grace." He's speaking of giving giving. "But as you excel in everything in faith and speech and knowledge and all earnestness and in our love for you, see that you also excel in this act of grace." Then in chapter 9, it says chapter 9 verse 6, it says, "The point of this" he's talking about uh generosity. He says, "Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. And whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. In other words, here's what the Bible's teaching is that in our giving, in our when we give, we we access, we we partake of a heavenly grace that is able that that produces fruit in our life that that you cannot have without generosity. And this is what I mean. Is God's God's been so kind to us in in the way that he's led us and and the way that he's used the finding in our city and and through social media and YouTube and and we get testimonies all the time of of the way God's touched the lives of people and the way that he's transformed lives. And it is the privilege and gift of my life to be able to to do this, to lead and and to be a part of what God is doing here. But the the the reward of what happens here is not my reward alone. The reward of what happens in this room is the reward of all of all of us, all of the church, who has come together for an assignment that is that is God-given. And so generosity, we sometimes think generosity is maybe on the outskirts of what it means to build a church, when when when it comes to building the temple of God, a home for the presence of Jesus, there is no task that is more holy than the other, because all of it is onto the a dwelling place for his presence. The perception sometimes is like, well, the person who's preaching or leading worship or on the worship team has a more holy responsibility than than a person who's who's stacking chairs or ushering or or greeting. But in the when it comes to building a home for the presence of Jesus, every task has its is carries the same measure of holiness cuz it's all on to what makes a task holy is not the task itself. It's what the task is on to. Now, I may carry a different responsibility than someone who's greeting, but but our the measure of the standard of holiness that we carry is all the same. And so when we send out missionaries and when we when we build a home and we worship together, we worship Jesus and love him and we get to experience the the ways God is touching people, the lives of people, whether it's in our city, at our church, across the nation, some around the world, the reward that comes from a people who give glory to God because of what happens in this room belongs to all of us. And so he's saying, we partake of this grace. In other words, there's a grace when we give that though you may not be the one preaching or playing an instrument or leading worship, maybe maybe you're not stacking chairs or or greeting, but you walk into the room and you support what we support together, what God is doing within the room, we all get to partake of the grace that comes from serving other people. You know, like that I bring up this example is like I'm you know, Heidi Baker's incredible and and what they do in in Mozambique and around the world is profound. As of right now, I don't I don't have a call to go serve in Mozambique. But it doesn't mean that I cannot partake of the grace that comes with serving in a third world nation the way that Heidi does because though I may not be called to that, we are still of one body and I can give of myself, of my finances in that direction and we can partake of what God is doing. I could partake of the grace of what it means to be a missionary, even though I may not be a missionary. And so for all of us here in our giving, we get to partake of the grace that comes over a church where God rests and he starts building a home for his presence. Uh does that make sense? If it wasn't clear, my next thing is the Bible says to give and so just obey. >> [laughter] >> Um, okay, I don't want to I don't want to take up much time. We have every way of giving up on the screen. If you need an envelope, please raise your hand. Our ushers are more than happy um to get you one of those envelopes. Just raise your hand. Otherwise, we have every way of giving there. We're going to play a short video and we'll be back in just a couple minutes and uh we'll hand it over. So, we'll be right back. >> I'm so [music and singing] deep in love. You're irresistible. >> [singing] >> And I can't I can't look away. >> [singing] [music] >> Cuz you are all I want. The obsession [music and singing] of my eyes. And I can't I can't look >> [music] >> away. >> [singing] >> I'm so deep and I'm so deep in love. >> [music] >> You're irresistible. And I can't I can't look away. >> [music and singing] >> You're all we want. Cuz you are all I want. The obsession [music] of my eyes. And I can't I can't look away. I'm so deep [music and singing] in cuz I'm so deep in love. You're irresistible. [music] And I can't I can't look away. You're [music] all we want. Cuz you are all I want. The obsession of my eyes. And [music] I can't I can't >> [singing] >> look away. Beautiful. You are [music] beautiful. Yes, are. >> [music]

[singing] >> And I'll keep on >> [music] >> now and forever. You're beautiful, [music] beautiful. And Jesus, you're >> [music] >> Yes, you are. There's none beside the Lord. And [music] I'll keep on now and forever. [music] >> [singing] >> There's no one else but Jesus. Sing God, I'm so deep [music] in love. You're irresistible. And [music] I can't I can't look away. The desire of nations, you are all [music] I want. The obsession of my heart. >> [music] >> And I can't I can't look away. I'm so deep >> [music] >> I'm so deep in love. You're irresistible. And I won't I won't I [music] can't look away. >> [singing] >> You're all we want. Cuz you are all I want. [music] The obsession of my heart. And [music] I can't I can't look away. You [music] are beautiful. >> Okay, awesome. Let's pray. Uh let's pray and then I'll hand it over here. Oh Jesus, we love you and we give you all of the glory, all of the honor. And we pray would you breathe upon this offering that in it, through it, and from it would go forth the fruit of the kingdom of heaven. And Lord, that you would use it to destroy the kingdom of hell and magnify your holy name. I thank you, Lord, that you see every need in the room, whether financial or any other. And we thank you that you are king, the name that reigns, the name that is above every other name. And so, there is not a need in this room that your testimony is not enough for. And so, we yield our needs over to you. And we ask, Lord, would you come and meet us? Thank you that you are faithful and true, so kind, merciful, and compassionate. And thank you for all that you're going to do tonight. We love you, Lord. We give you all the glory and honor. And in your most holy name we pray. Amen. Amen. Awesome. Thank you, Lord. Okay, well, um I just want to say that when I first met when I first met Brian, I was I was just uh uh I was Michael's assistant. I was Michael Koulianos' assistant. So, I was just I just got to be in rooms that were dreams to be in. And um and the first time I met and saw Brian, I thought, "I want to look like him one day." Like It's like I hope I look like that one day. Um >> [laughter] >> But then, the more the more that uh I've got to see him minister and share and teach, um the more the thought became I I I hope I I lead like that one day where um where there's a sense of purity and integrity and um and honor for the presence of Jesus in a room that unfortunately seems to be to seems to be becoming more and more rare. And so, you know, for those of you who you know, who've been around the finding, you know that we we don't just give the mic to anybody. In fact, we're very we're very specific about the way that we operate here and that's just the way that I was taught and how I know to operate. >> [clears throat] >> And so, um when Brian was with us for the first time in 2024 and then and then he left and I I texted Michael and I was like, man, this guy really is like the the real deal. Like like just off of the stage. Like off of the stage, the way that he carries the the presence and the love of Jesus, you could just see it in conversation. And Michael's like, yeah, there's very few like him. And so, uh and so, I'm very thankful. Thank you for making the time to come out here to to be with our church, our community and um and I myself I I really do I look up to to what God's doing in your life and at your church and and truly the sense of purity that that you carry I um it's a standard that I look up to and, you know, as as God's leading us in in all that's happening here. And so, we love you. We're very thankful that you're here. Um and really excited for tonight. So, why don't we welcome Pastor Brian? >> [applause] >> You guys may be seated. >> [clears throat] >> I don't know how to follow that up, man. He he he I hope the Lord shows up, man. He he built me up good. Uh it's such an honor to be with you all. Uh before we get started, can we please flip it and honor Raul and the Finding team and just thank God for them? Uh >> [applause] >> Uh I just want to honor Raul for a moment and then we'll jump into the word of God. Is it okay with you guys? And Yeah, um man, I cuz so he's a pastor now over in Atlanta and um so I've traveled I started preaching I was trying to think '06 and I'm 48 now and just been running all over in churches and nations and all this and only to say that I've been around a lot of leaders um of all calibers, houses of this that and the other. And I knew this of Raul um years back with as he mentioned we met through Pastor Michael and then got to be around Raul and saw the humility. I was like, "Man, this is a real one." How many of you you consider the Finding your um home church? Please raise your hand real high. Okay, awesome. And how many of you are in the area? You live in the area. Okay. Then, man, I wouldn't go anywhere else. I'm just saying. I don't know what else you're doing. Um I just shameless plug. Um I love that I think it's Paul I mean I think Paul wrote Hebrews. It's debatable, but nevertheless Hebrews 10 somewhere around verse 25 it says that um you and I should not neglect the coming together of the saints. It's a real powerful verse you can read right by if you're not careful. And um he and he goes on to say as some do. Meaning if we're not careful, especially in this day and age, you can just kind of get in your little bubble and just float, you know? And how many of you know now more than ever we need to lock into the body of Christ? And I mean uh get in the trenches together. And how many of you know sometimes it gets a little ugly? Uh sometimes you just want to go go to your little home, shut your door, you know, keep everything controlled. But it's just uh the true biblical Jesus way is look, man, get dirty with people, love on them. You're going to make mistakes, misunderstand each other. And so um I would just really invest your life now more than ever into each other. God first, and of course the finest so oh Yeah, through Pastor Michael and and Pastor Michael always spoke so highly of him. But I saw the humility. I said, "Man, this is a real one." The scripture just pours out of him. He loves the word of God. And um I just want to let you guys know cuz sometimes you you don't know what you have before you. You can start to take for granted what you see week in and week out. And I've just traveled for a minute, you know, decades, and uh there's few like Raul. He's cream of the crop. Uh by integrity, he's a man of his word. Um I said this uh last time I was with you all, I think 2024. A spirit of excellence like I've just never seen. You can read in the book of Daniel, and Daniel was another man that had a spirit of excellence. That even the world and kings saw he stood out amongst many because of the spirit of excellence. And um just loves the Lord above all things. So just want to commend Raul, his family, his mother and father are precious. How many of you uh know it's rare to see family serving God together? Yeah, can we honor mothers and And uh yeah, I will all remember, man, I was it was an honor to just play a small part in the conference you all had back in 2024. And me and Raul, we were talking about it over lunch today. And all I know is one of those nights I was sitting like, I don't know, up in the front here. And I see Raul sneak up on the stage and kind of hide on his knees somewhere in the corner. And heaven just smashed the place. I don't know who was who all was there. I know it's still on YouTube, but it was the worship team and Raul and then all of a sudden the room just flipped on the dime. And you were just like in heaven, you know, it was just precious. And that speaks to his his life hidden in loving the Lord. So it's it's really rare to see and just want to honor him publicly before you and let you know what is an honor to be here with you all tonight. So okay, how many of you love the holy word of God? If you don't, man, you're helpless, I can tell you. We need the word of God. I was thinking tonight if it's okay with you all. Are we watching a timer or anything? You want to do like 1:00 a.m. or No, I'm teasing. No, I'm messing with you. I'm so I'm super short winded normally, so eight, but I felt if it's okay with you guys to kind of exhort from my heart. I'll be quoting a lot of scripture about a couple of the main things that I typically go back to of loving Jesus, living holy. They're they're basic and elementary, but how many of you know sometimes if we aren't careful, you can drift from that which is elementary. You can think you're getting deep and you you drift from the pillars that we need to remain in in God. And then if we have time, I may jump to John 21. It's it's a six verses that have been really rocking me lately. They're just alive in me right now. And so I may bring that as well. Um But yeah, to first mention on the back end of that the word of God as I started with, you know, how many of you love scripture? I love Colossians 3. Paul writes that you and I should have the words of Christ dwelling in us richly. And now more than ever, we we need the word of God richly, you know, and and I would even say you can see a figurative language throughout scripture of of eating the word of God. You know, there's a peculiar passage in Revelation where this strong and mighty angel comes down and I'm I'm no eschatology major by any means, but most scholars would say it's the Lord. And he brings this little book to John. He's in this wild encounter in Revelation. How many of you love Revelation? How many of you understand nothing in it? Me, too. Just checking. Me, too. But I love it cuz I'm just looking for the Lord in it, you know, and it and the letters letters pop up and it's just man, Jesus is in there, so. But it's interesting he brings this little book, a scroll, and he he gives it to John. He noticed one thing. He says, "Hey, um he doesn't say take the book, study it, memorize it, learn to preach the paint off the walls with it. He says, 'Eat it.'" And study to show yourself approved on others verses, do that, but I think there's something to be said in this hour about us eating the word of God, meaning getting it in you deeply. I was in um Psalms the other day and and David says this peculiar uh verse we all will remember. He says, "Your words are sweet to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth." And I'm and I we read it, we sing it, and we say it quick and don't think about it, but if you listen to that, you go, "Your words are sweet to my taste?" You you hear words. You When people talk, you hear them. They resonate that you don't You taste them, David? What are you talking about? They so partook of what the Lord was saying in scripture when he spoke relationally, they they let it get in them. And I think now more than ever, talking to me uh above us all, I'm always preaching to me, we we need to really devour the word of God. Like let it get deep in us. That's what transforms you. You know, I I think if we aren't careful, scripture talks about in the last days there'll be uh people that puff up on knowledge and are ever learning the truth, but never coming to the knowledge of it. It It's There's people There's some people that can preach the fear of the Lord from a scriptural standpoint better than anybody you know, but somebody that is possessed with the spirit of the fear of the Lord, they walk in the thing. It And that's the difference from eating or just becoming super sharp. Um you know, as as scripture mentions I was just alluding to, having a form of godliness, but denying its power. And Lord help us in this hour. I'm I don't know about you, but I'm kind of Well, I know I know you're this way. I can sense it in the room, by the way, to commend you. I leaned over to Raul and I was like, "Bro, it's strong in here." Feel the presence of the Lord. So, tonight I think as well, I think it's 2 Peter 1, Peter says, uh he says, "Look, I'm just going to remind you all what you already know." I love he says that. I'm I'm just going to He goes, "I'm about to leave this tent soon as the Lord told me." Basically, he knew he'd be martyred. And uh history records he got crucified upside down cuz he didn't feel worthy to be crucified the same as the Lord. And he says, "I'll just remind you what you already know." But in this hour and this is what I was going to say I don't know about you, but I know you're that you're probably feeling the same. I'm just becoming more and more over it all. I know you're like, "What are you talking about?" I just really need him. And so, when we're talking about eating the word of God, when we open scripture, like I find myself anymore on the simplest verses just stopping like, "Oh, help me, Holy Spirit." I just want to talk practically to you for a second about loving Jesus, living holy. And how that looks in the hidden place. Cuz sometimes if we aren't careful, it it's a slow drift, but it can subtly creep in where you read scripture for other reasons than to really know him and partake of him. You pray for other reasons and I've I've done all these. I I'm constantly being recalibrated by the Lord. But may we become so hungry for the Lord I love that Raul will stop and let us all in prayer on hunger. I was in Proverbs recently, 27. Proverbs 27, Solomon says, "To the full soul, the honey they the full soul is what it is. The full soul loathes the honeycomb." Loathe is just a contempt. Take it or leave it. To a full soul, the honeycomb is uh that word in Hebrew loathe means you you'd soon trample it under foot. They present it to you and you're like, "Ah, I'm I'm full." But to the hungry soul, it continues, "To the hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet." And man, I love that he prayed that, like, "Lord, help us be hungry in this hour." Let us pray it, but also look at scriptural principles like that and realize, "Hold on a second, I may need to get hungry again." And how do we get hungry? How do you get hungry? You stop eating. Try it over the next few days and just uh see if it works for you. But my point is spiritually speaking, may the Lord help us not by condemnation. He's so loving, so kind, so good. Mercy we'll never know the end of. Grace is an ocean. I don't know where the bottom's at. So please hear my heart, but may by his loving kindness he woo us in this hour to almost do a spiritual detox in the in this last age, man, and to to allow hunger to come back again because when our soul is full, even the I look at the honeycomb as the sweet presence and word of God. The comb that holds the presence of God and and all of it, most would say, speak to that which is eternal because honey it never goes bad, you know, it pretty much never spoils. And how many of you know sometimes you can be in the presence and word of God? This book is is alive. I want to just create and again I'm always preaching to me a fresh. You've got to be kidding me. This is the word of God. It is in my home in book form. These red letters, the creator of all the universe, they come out of his mouth. This Are you kidding me right now? Like how often do we just walk right by the bread of life and fill our soul with social media, news, oh there's this new war that I I don't know. Whatever it is to to us all. I can't keep up. But there's always going to be some new thing out there and we walk right by the honeycomb of his presence and word. I love that Jesus said in Matthew chapter 6 that you and I, he says he says when you pray. Not if. How many of you know if you're a a believer, that's just what you do, you pray. If you're a fish, you swim. If you're a monkey, you eat bananas. If you're a Christian, you pray. Um it it's not a religious to-do, it's the very life source of who you are. So Matthew 6, Jesus, it's just common knowledge, when you pray, like yeah, this isn't even questionable, this isn't up for debate. Pray, go into your closet and shut the door behind you. You all remember this one? It's it's so powerful. He says, "And when you pray in secret, your father will reward you in open." And I've just I think sometimes we could use a spiritual detox of just starting to fast everything else our soul is getting full of to allow hunger to come again. When the word of God just becomes flat again to you, David wrote in Psalm 119, there's a part where he even says, he says, "Yeah, your words are sweet as honey to my mouth." Sweet to my taste, you know, this whole bit. One part he literally sit likens the Lord's warnings to sweet as honey. So, even the bitter thing is sweet. How many of you love a good old rebuke from the Lord? >> [laughter] >> I know it's not fun, but even those My point is a hungry soul is like, "Lord, just talk to me." Just your corrections are sweeter than honey to me. I just need your voice. You're the bread of life. I need your your holy word. And sometimes it could be as simple as that by his loving kindness, but he'll put his finger on a few things and be like, "Hey, you're you're full of so many other things." And that's why you loathe the honeycomb of his presence and word. We can start to take it for granted, you know. And we're just busy and habitually this or that or the other. And um And how easy it is in this day and age. Everything's flying at this generation. You know, I was thinking back See, I'm 48. But I can only imagine My son here is 20 About to be 23, but the younger ones It's funny. You all How many of you are like 20 and under? Okay, 30 and under. Yeah, okay. Wow, there's the There's the sweet spot. Uh it's funny because uh nowadays there's just so much going on. I'm I'm out of touch if I'm on to something. I'm not the guy that I don't I don't know what a lot's going on. I'm kind of detached. I just try and keep it that way. But it's funny, some things I'll see it could be whatever and it just like say it's a lion jumping through a wall or something. I'm like, "Do you What? How did that happen?" And my son's like, "That's AI, Dad. What are you What are you It's so obvious." >> [laughter] >> And I'm like, "Are you sure, bro? It looks so real. I think it happened." He's like, "Give me a break, man." And uh so, this younger generation, you all I commend you that you're sharp and and you you you you can detect real, you want real. And I love that about you. But, also we there's so much coming at us nowadays. Just noise and bells and whistles and voices and options and, you know, you go back 100 years, they they farmed land. They wanted a bunch of kids to help with the farm and they just once we harvested, you know, you ate some corn, I mean I'm just trying to make up whatever they did, but they didn't have iPhones and all this, you know. And um So, if we aren't careful, sometimes just the busyness of life, the tricks of things that can um cause our soul to be full while yet our heart is pure, our intentions are solid and clean. And we're just not hungry anymore. And um so, Lord help us. But, okay, this first one uh loving Jesus, just loving him. And how many of you know this is the highest call in life? I love uh Paul. He says in Philippians 3 if there's anybody that has a resume as Paul, I mean, the baddest apostle in the land and he's kind of starts going down his resume in Philippians 3 and he says, "Look, if it's important to you all this my paraphrasing version if it matters to you this this this, I can hang my hat on this, I've done this." He goes, "But, listen, let me put it straight to you. I count all of that as garbage. I I love the new living says, "I counted all as garbage when compared to the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Meaning the the baddest apostle in the land wrote half the New Testament, 2/3 of the epistles. He'd wake up every day, I mean, slaying [snorts] devils, disciples, planning churches, but his number one mark and aim every day was to know him. Um you see it constantly. When Jesus would sum things up, it was always through that gauge and filter of did I know you or not? And man, how many of you can sense things are wrapping up pretty quickly? You you don't need a to be a rocket scientist to tell like we're in the last days, you know, nobody knows the day or the hour. I love uh Ben Fitzgerald, a mutual mutual friend. You all know Ben, a lot of you. Yeah, he's wild. He's awesome. He's always that way. He He doesn't have an off switch out in public and whatever. He's just always telling everybody about Jesus and it's awesome. But I love he says that, "Hey man, this may not be the last days, but they're our last days." So that's another good way to look at it. But it's like look, everything you can I can feel it just everything counts now. So whatever to- today's Sunday, tomorrow, Monday, let it let our highest aim and goal be to know Jesus Christ. Let let's and may he help us and you'll have better weeks than others, no condemnation, but let's at least all keep heading further and further to that aim of knowing him, becoming like him, for him. It is the highest prize in life. Like our highest mark, again, I'm hitting this first point of loving Jesus, our highest mark in any given day is is to love him. And from that know him. There's literally no greater achievement achievement each day we can obtain outside of loving and knowing him. And you say, you know, well well how do I go about that? Prayer. That's what it's in Matthew 6. Uh the secret place. You know, how many of you know sometimes you can get wooed in these corporate settings, which I already covered that. We We need each other. There are no mavericks in the body of Christ. It's It's just not going to work. Isolate yourself for a little while and watch how quickly you get outside of the wind of God. We We need community. But also on the other side of that coin is is knowing him in in secret. Legends like like Moses in Psalm 92, "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will, you know, abide under the shadow of the Almighty." You see it all throughout our scripture. So, Jesus, you'd see constantly Mark chapter 1 verse 35, he would get up well before the sun. Just really emphasizing a strong prayer life, a strong hidden life. And this is where you don't get a pat on the back. Someone didn't give you a little cookie and say, "What a good job you did." We We need the Lord. And um it's just the prize prize of life. How many of you know you you just won't get far without a hidden life? I love um Leonard Ravenhill. Some of you young ones may not know him. Legend from a generation ago. He He fathered many um So, so Have many of you ever heard of the Brownsville Revival? Some Yeah, it's It was in Pensacola, Florida. So, I went there for my school of ministry 2 years. It was bananas. It was wild. And he mentored a couple of those guys. Anyway, he'd say, "Tell Show me what your prayer life is, I'll tell you what a man of God you are." He was rough. He just straight shooter. He was They called him in to uh preach at this conference on revival, all these pastors. And he goes up to this one. He goes, "How long What's your prayer life each day?" The guy's like, "5 minutes." He goes to the next guy. "How often do you seek God today?" "About 15 minutes." "10, 5, 10 minutes." He slammed his book and he walked out. He says, "Y'all don't want God." These are those old school. They just tell it like it is. And um but I I'm learning more and more we can only excel in him to the to the level of which our hidden life is matched. And again, not legalism, not works, but to know him. How how much better can you know somebody outside of being with them? I love the scripture talks about Jesus. You'll read right by it if you're not careful. It says he called the disciples to be with him. Then he sent them out. And often we want the sending and the going and all the bells and whistles before being with him. And may we be a people that Luke 10, we choose the the better part of sitting at his feet, you know, so loving God. I love in Revelation you can see that the Lord kind of lays it out in this way as well. He's to the church of Laodicea. He says, Revelation 3, he says, "Buy from me gold refined in the fire, white garments." We'll go to that in a second. Holiness, purity. Not popular, but needed. How many of you know we need righteousness in this hour? The the fear of the Lord. But the gold I liken to that highest most valuable thing in your life, your relationship with him. And may it be refined in fire. How many of you know sometimes relationships must be refined? They they get the path gets more narrow. And then buy from me white garments. It's a powerful verse in Ephesians chapter 5 that Paul writes about Jesus longing for glorious church. It's really powerful. How many of you know the Lord's coming back for a bride? Ephesians 5 is all about I love Paul mixes it in. He's absolutely talking about husbands and wives in the natural. But then in verse 32, Ephesians 5, he goes, "But what I'm really talking about is the mystery of Christ and the church." And he's telling you the earthly blueprint, but he's he's matching it. And he clearly lays out what the Lord's looking for in a glorious church. How many of you want to be that bride for the Lord? That glorious church. Myself included. Can I go on the floor or am I going to mess up the the media and stuff? You sure? Just get close to you all and and uh I may hop back up. But anyway, so sorry fellas, but we're the bride. >> [laughter] >> It's just scripture, you know. And um yeah, so Ephesians 5, these three laid out clear descriptions of a glorious church. So, if the Lord step back, it's it's I'm not saying this Paul wrote this scripture. What the Lord calls glorious, his standard of utmost beauty. And it's you'll you'll be surprised. It's not most powerful, dominant, full of authority. It absolutely includes these things. Preach the paint off the wall, prophesy, cast out devils. No. Glorious church without spot or wrinkle or any such thing. Going into holiness now. Real key. So, what's the Lord really looking for that he wants to walk right down that middle aisle with when he returns for a glorious church without spot or wrinkle or any such thing. Talk about a spirit of excellence the Lord's looking for and what's amazing is he will do it, but how many of you know we must yield. Holiness doesn't just fall out of the sky on you. It it must be a life yielded unto um I love that you know, scripture, it's always so counter balanced and whole and full. Thank God. Even salvation's by grace through faith. You can't be saved by grace alone. People don't like this kind of teaching. I'm just telling you what Ephesians 2 says. Saved by grace through faith. Uh Hebrews 10 is a mysterious verse. I think it's verse 10, chapter and verse. It says that you and I have forever been made He's forever made perfect those that are being made holy or set apart. You're like, Paul, bro, typo. Did you have you guys ever read that verse? I read that and I was like, man, somebody made a mistake here. Forever made perfect those that are still being made holy. And what's amazing, the balance in God and all of his perfection and design of our walk with him. You know, salvation must be walked out with fear and trembling. Is that when we got born again, our spirit man has been made made totally perfect and whole? We are the righteousness of Christ. But our soul and the renewal of the mind and our basically our position in Christ is the Bible says we're the same as the Lord in this earth, literally. Our spirits became holy and righteous and pure. But our relational position must align with our spiritual um, what what the Lord's paid for. Does that make sense to you guys? Our relationship must align to our spiritual position. So, a lot of people, this is where the grace message is not a big fan. Again, just hitting holiness real quick and purity. It's not legalism, just scripture. That a lot of people are like, no, I'm I'm the righteousness of Christ and they want to keep living in sin. Gossip, slander, pornography, it the spots. You know, I'm going to start touching on some stepping on toes, but hey, man, we love you. We get it. We're all family here. Raise your hand, I'm going to call you out. No, I'm teasing. I would never do that. But just know we love you. But by his grace, man, may come through with a fine-tooth comb and get the sin out, man. We don't need it. Uh, you it's just not needed. It the narrow path leads to life. It's glorious. I'm constantly Help me, Lord. Help me. Help me get more narrow. I don't want the broad. It's more attractive. You got more options, more time on my hand. I got more choices. I can dictate what I want, when, and how, but it always leads to destruction. The narrow path leads to life. So, meaning the more narrow our life becomes, more life will result from it. I love Jesus said things like this. He says, "Hey, you don't want your life." Basically, that if you're willing to give it up, you'll gain it. But yet, we want to hang on to it so tightly, but Ephesians 5, that spots, I love to look at it like this, these deeper tears in God, and may help us by His grace. Spot is a full-out stain. Right? You ever got spots in your clothes? You're like, "Man, help me, Lord." Well, the next phase is wrinkles. And how many of you know, sometimes you can be clean, but still have a wrinkles? You ever leave your laundry in the dryer too long? And they were the clean load, but everything's wrinkly, and you're like, "Great, man." You didn't pull it out that fresh money money spot, you know. So, there's just deeper cleaning he's doing right now in this hour for a yield to him, our relationship to our spirit. And let's not use the cop out of, "I'm the righteousness of Christ. It's you know, everything's in him, and he paid it all." He did, but you see Paul and Peter say things like, "Flee youthful lusts. Pursue righteousness." Well, why am I pursuing it if I'm already that in the spirit? Because your relationship must align to your spiritual position. And it's not legalism. It's It you know, the Lord paid it all. He gives you the grace to do it, but that's why they'll say things like, "Clothe yourself in humility. Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness." Well, I'm not seek that what you already am. Cuz we're relationally aligning to our spirit, spiritual position. So, I pray a a wind of the beauty of holiness come, man. Oh, it's so good. It's It's just like him. Uh 2 Timothy 2, Paul writes to Timothy, one of my favorites. He says He says this uh this inscription is written on the foundation stone. That God knows who are his. He knows them. How many of you say you are God's? Raise your hand super high. God knows who are his and those that listen to this part. Those that are the Lord's must depart from iniquity. He's telling Timothy this. His prized possession, most trusted one. Um I'll go back up now. Just change it up on you guys. And then I'll come back down and no. 2 Timothy 2, foundation stone, this inscription. God knows who are his and all those that are his must depart from iniquity. Come out of it. And he says, "Timothy, man, I'll tell you." He says uh "Do you want to be a a special utensil in the hands of God? Or do you want to Oh, man, I will totally forget. Does anybody I saw this in prayer this morning, in case there's anybody here. Does anybody you lost your sense of smell or taste uh at all? Raise your hand real high. Okay, in the back. You lost your your Is it Is it smell or taste or both? Smell. Yeah, I saw it on the Okay. Anybody else? Okay, couple of people. Yeah, thank you. I believe the Lord is going to heal you tonight. Saw it in prayer. Super random, but we want We'd like to pray. And then um man, Holy Spirit's got to help me. I will forget stuff. It just came to me out of nowhere. And then Raul, this was powerful, man. These two things simply I saw for that. I believe the Lord wants to heal you. Go home, smell an amazing candle, man, or something. Cake. Just try it out after we pray. And then um yeah, with Raul, this is powerful. I saw a white uh quill, man, like you like an ancient like you would write with. And I know we didn't talk about it at lunch, but and you can just pray about it. You know, the prophetic is shelf it if you hear it from the Lord or whatever, but I I think it could be the Lord going to use you to write something um really powerfully, man, like cuz it was an ain't like it's going to be holy. It was white, very pure, anointed, and even something from the ancient like to bring back that's needed in this generation. Could be a book, I'm not sure, but um yeah, man, but but I want to sign copy if you if you do, but but uh but pray about it. Yeah, I thought that was really good. Yeah, yeah. Thank you, Lord. Yeah. So, man, whatever that could be. I don't know if he's been speaking to you, but you could pray about it, but that I it could be something really needed in this this day and age and generation. But a spot, wrinkle, right? It can be clean, but we still have wrinkles. The Lord's even trying to iron those out by his grace, his goodness, his word. If we just get in the word every day, say, "Lord, help us." It washes us. Ephesians 5 says it washes us clean. I love Psalm 119. It kind of hits both angles of what I'm talking about that thank God our relationship, our spiritual position is completely holy. When he sees us, he sees the Lord. Thank and it's all him. We have nothing to do with it. But then Paul and then I'm like, "Yeah, no, that chair is there. He's forever made you perfect." But I'm telling you he's still making you holy. Those that have been forever made perfect. So, pursue righteousness. Flee youthful lusts. I mean, Paul would take it really them them boys would get get pretty straight at times. Um I think I I joke sometimes with our community, but if like Jude walked in here, Jude, he I mean, these guys were just straight gunners. I I love um I mentioned this last time but Jude 1 you're like man you had one one shot bro Jude one chapter. >> [laughter] >> You get right to the end he's like building. And he pulls an excerpt from the book of Enoch it's not canonized scripture but he he kind of brought it into it. It was a popular reading in that day. And he says the Lord's coming with tens of thousands to judge the ungodly and the wicked this and the wicked that I mean Jude's just bringing it I mean fire and brimstone. You're like Jude who are you talking about bro? Like this has got to be some high level you know blatant sin. He goes I'll tell you who they are this is Jude 1 right at the end. He goes they're murmurous they're complainers and they use flattery for selfish gain. I'm like these boys they were used to running with he who is holy. I was like bro I just used flattery for selfish gain accidentally like last week. I caught myself after you know. And you run with Jude he's like I mean these guys like just no no holds barred you know. But by his grace and goodness and I'll start landing it here soon but no spot help us Lord no wrinkle. And I love that last one it says any such thing. Isn't that awesome that I love scripture says that you and I should avoid even the appearance of evil. That's powerful elders I love are meant to live above reproach. You know how many you know in this day and age we need a people that just look like Jesus is all. You know they they sound like him because they've been with him and it's not a put on facade they've ate the thing they really are it. You know that it's not just um knowledge they they live the thing whether you're watching them on a stage or behind doors or whatever. And so by his grace may he help us love Jesus in this hour pursue him. Uh it'll look different from person to person. but just we want to wake up tomorrow and say Lord help me fall in love with your word again. And some of us if we're super honest, you know, some of us will be prideful and act like we're just always on fire and this and other. Do you ever have days where the the word is super flat, you're distracted and and yeah, same. Just if if we're being real in here. Well, those days even just being super real with God like Lord help me love you again. I I need this word to come alive. I'll pray cuz the Holy Spirit wrote it and say Holy Spirit you wrote this help me. Help me see Jesus. I I need you desperately and he'll do just that. And what I'll often do is just slow down. Just give you some practicals. I would encourage you guys when you're reading scripture, quantity love it if you've got, you know, daily marks you're hitting men do that and some. I love that. But sometimes just stop if you feel that that little pull that hesitant just nudge of the Holy Spirit when you're going through scripture just stop and go super slow. Like I was in John 21 and I and I may go there, but it just says Jesus appeared in this way. And I'll just stop like this way. This way he appeared to them and I'll just start seeing myself in the verse. Allowing the Holy Spirit to make it come alive and changes. This is how eating the word versus learning it. How many of you know I've been how many of you been to Israel before? Yeah. Well, they have the Orthodox Jews admire them highly. They they can a lot of them memorize the first five books of scripture through Deuteronomy. And how many of you know if Jesus walked right by them they might not know him though. You know, and so my my point is may we be super real in this hour fall in love with Jesus again. Live pure and holy and oh yeah, I was just going to say something from Psalm 119. It hits it from both sides cuz sometimes just the pollution in our life, whether it's spot, wrinkle, or any such thing. I look at that as even lint. It could be on our shoulder, on our back shoulder, we blind spots we have that we need each other for. But Psalm 119 says that I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. So, it shows if we'll be full of the word by default, it it just keeps you out of sin. You you don't want to do that which would displease the Lord. And then the other side to it though is that relational alignment I was telling you guys about. This is also Psalm 119. The psalmist says, I will keep my feet out of every wicked way. I will pull my feet out of every wicked way. Why? So, I can heed your word. And you go, which one is it? Like cuz if I hide the word in my heart, then I won't sin against you. And then the other side, same Psalm says to obey your scripture and yield to it, I'll keep my feet out of every wicked way. It's both. I love the counter balance of scripture, meaning in some areas by his grace he'll put his finger on it and say, "Hey, that was okay a season ago, but I need that now." That that is permissible still. You think it is, but it's no longer beneficial. The the road's getting tight now. Let's pull our feet out from from it and we can heed in a deeper way. So, so Lord help us. Um You got How long do y'all normally go though? I want to honor the the time. Is it getting tight? You guys falling asleep? We good? Okay. Okay, I'll go I'll I'll tighten this real quick. Um uh John 21, I'll just tell you from my heart and and pray that it um would bless some of you cuz it's been blessing me. It's kind of more of a prophetic lens on John 21 that is so so good. You know, I love it. It's kind of in the timeline we are in where Jesus is resurrected. Right before Pentecost. And while you guys are turning there, let's go ahead. It's only six verses. We'll read there. I love the sound of pages, man. I'm just going to say a bunch of verses just so we keep turning. Oh, Jesus. Verses 1 through 6. Watch this. But you all keep turning. >> [sighs] >> Okay, after these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and in this way he showed himself. Isn't that awesome? He showed himself, it says twice. Simon Peter, Thomas called the twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said to him, "I'm going fishing." They said to him, "We're going with you also." They went out and immediately got in the boat that night, they caught nothing. Verse 4, but when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore. Yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Then Jesus said to him, "Children, have you any food?" They answered him, "No." Finally, verse 6, and he said to him, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish. So right here we were really in this timeline. I mean, we're about few weeks before Pentecost in scripture. Jesus is resurrected and holes in his hands, the whole bit. He just rose from the dead. And we just read this together. Peter is distraught. He says, "Look, I'm going back to what I already know. I don't know what to do." All our chips were in the basket of the Lord and he's gone. Now, I don't know what to do. So I'm going fishing. That leadership thing on Peter, everybody else is like, "I'm following you." I love that. Jesus had wired him that way. Says, "You're the rock I'll build the church on." And so, he just was like, "Yep, Peter, you know the way." And said, "I'll jump on a boat, go fishing." And these few points I want to highlight and hope they'll bless some of you. It's It's really been blessing me. I've I've just since the Lord uh been on this these few verses for a couple of weeks and it's become alive to me. But what we just read is it says that Jesus showed himself twice. The second time it says, "And he showed himself in this way." Meaning there's a specific way this time he showed himself. And we just read this together. It says, "They didn't recognize it was him." So, point one is I I really feel it. I I I was just preaching this week somewhere else and and then even before that well our our community and I just can't put my finger on it. I've been talking to my son like, "Man, there's something different in this hour shifting in a good good way." And I feel it's for many of us that are just hungry right now and sense the Lord. And I I I literally was trying to think back and it was a decade or more ago since I felt it like this. I feel like it's a very different way the Lord in a good way. It's him. He's never the He's never changed. He's He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. But if when he's wanting to move in a new way, he'll often show himself in this way. And we've never seen him in this way before. And so, I felt him arrest me in this scripture saying, "Hey, pay attention." You just like they didn't recognize me. If you're not careful, you'll miss me in this season. Because I'm I'm coming in a new way. I'm wanting to do a new thing that the container you think you have, that container it won't contain it. And what you'll ultimately do is when that catch that he does anyway, it's all his glory. They didn't do anything different. They just ended up casting the right direction once he came. When he comes and he's on the shore, everything changes. And I love [snorts] the picture of it, too, cuz when they could not contain what he did, the picture is they brought it all back to him anyway. The harvest, all glory is back unto him. And and I can feel something in the earth. I feel like it's on a macro level and micro like individual but big C body of Christ like I don't know, I just can't put my finger on it, but I feel like the Lord's coming and [snorts] to just saying to us, "Hey, pay attention because I'm showing up in a new way now." And if you're looking for me all the other ways you're used to seeing me, you'll miss me. Cuz he came in this way. And so I'm on purpose through prayer, through individuals, through prophetic words, all this stuff, just paying attention is all more careful because um I don't know if you guys are like me, I'm very uh routined. I'm very systematic in ways. And it's good for life habits, you know, my keys always go here. Like I always work out at this time of the day. I'm just one of those type people. And that's great for like I mentioned life habits, um not letting the time get away from you, things like that. But where it can play against you is when he comes in this way. And see, I'm the one that's like, "No, I know he always comes in this way and and I'm used to the wind this direction and when he speaks, I always cast in that this direction." And so just for us from a prophetic standpoint off this passage to watch in the season number one, for him to be coming in a new way because he's wanting to do a new thing that's going to shock us on the catch. No container is going to hold what the Lord is going to do. Uh number one. Number two, you read through it and it says they went fished all night. Um just a quick just for context sake, scholars say that that they went to fish at night on purpose. It wasn't like they just got bored and came up with the idea late in the evening. That it was strategic because when you'd cast the nets on the Sea of Galilee, Tiberias, same thing, uh typically like the tilapia, the different fish, they they they the net, sorry, was invisible at night. They couldn't see it. So, you had higher chances of catching them versus like broad daylight, they could see it coming. Number one, number two, they would surface typically higher up at night, so they're more readily available at the surface. Number three, they wouldn't be in the sun all day. So, this whole night fishing was strategic. Easier, catch more fish. And what this night season speaks of is our own understanding and trusting in our ways. And I love this because I I'm totally guilty of this. The Lord's constantly reorienting me from this. When I find something that works, I'm like, "Hey, it ain't broke, don't fix it." Are any of you guys that way? I'm like, if there's a food I like at the restaurant, I'm just the same item. I'll just why get something different? Like why would I do that? I know that one's amazing. And so, I'm that guy. So, Peter pro him and John, I mean, this is what they do. They know what they're doing. So, this night season though sometimes also I love that the Lord will allow them at times, and please hear me, cuz we know the Lord had already worked a miracle walking on the same sea to meet them in the night. He could have walked on water. He's resurrected. Save them in the middle of the night after their 118th cast of nothing. Worked on their emotions, healed them. He let the night complete all the way through until the morning. I love Psalm 30:5 says that though weeping may endure for a night, joy comes in the morning. You guys remember that verse? I love that one. The thing is sometimes the Lord will allow the weeping to endure through the night. I don't know if I see no amens on that one. Don't know if I like that one. Me either. But why I think he does this and thank God he does is because often he those night seasons who allow them to endure and fully complete themselves to kill what's needed in you and I. To kill self-trust, um self-reliance, my know-how, my mechanisms, my strengths, my to-do house. Because if we if we keep relying upon ourselves, we'll miss the new way he's trying to do something. And we'll just keep staying the course. So he'll do and he's totally been doing this in my life in a good way. Very thankful. Like on paper, statistically, Lord's doing so much. I'm so thankful. It's all him. But there's a deeper behind the scenes something going on in a good way this this discontent thing. And man, I'm like, help me, Lord, in a good way. I'm very, very grateful. It's not that sometimes you can just get into lack of gratitude. I'm I'm so thankful for what all he's doing. But it's like there's something more. And these night seasons they produce that. They drag out. And it feels like you've been doing the same thing. And it we read this together. It says they they cast all night and caught nothing. Sometimes it can feel like a lot of effort, little is being added. Lot of cost and risk, little reward. And what I love is they they scholars say this too on these first century boats and also they're landing it quick. Is that on that right side that Jesus said cast on these first century boats, Peter, Jesus, they were in these same boats, they they would always mount the steering oar on that right side. This is how they would their steering mechanism was on the right. So they said typically they would never cast on the right side. Front, back, left side, but the right side they because if you got a big catch, you'd pull it right into your steering oar and lose control. So it's just absolute like against the conventional way. And I love the Lord. So, when he comes in the morning, this is the next point, is I feel like he's definitely challenging me in this and just want to throw it out there for some of you that in this new way he's trying to come, we've got to pay attention cuz we can miss him. The disciples walked with him 3 years. They knew the tone of his voice, his mannerisms. He stood on the shore. If you read further, it says he's only 200 cubits out, 120 steps. He He wasn't far. And they still didn't see him as the Lord. It was only until the miraculous catch that John, who I feel like intimately knew the Lord the most, he goes, "It's the Lord, Peter. It's him. He's here now." Peter jumps in and But these night seasons, what, you know, recognizing that the Lord allowing Recognizing some of the night seasons are really good. The Lord's trying to kill something in us, and he will sometimes let them endure. And sometimes he won't save us in the middle of the night. Sometimes he'll wait till the morning. And I love that in the morning the Sea of Galilee is at its stillest point when a voice will reverberate, echo loudest. I mean, they heard him loud and clear when he says, "Children, do you have any food?" That word children there in Greek too means immature ones. He He He wasn't being kind. He was kind of rebuking them. It It means half-grown, you know. He's like, "You immature. You all got anything? You all eating, boys?" They're like, "No." >> [snorts] >> And um but he says, "Ca- Hey, cast it on the right side." And what I think this speaks of is the night season that's that's very good for you and I, and the Lord knows we need it at times just to kill what we know so well, our self-trust, um our control, cuz we don't want to cast on the right side. We want control. We want to do it our way, when and how we do it. And he'll so get you to a point to where you you have to imagine a man they don't know. It's the Lord, but they don't know him yet. And he says, "Do you Do you any food?" And for Peter's especially to quickly say no. It shows you he got to a broken place of just humility and brokenness. I mean a professional fisherman you ask him a question like that somebody you don't know. They're going to be like no we don't yet but would you just wait man we know what we're doing like pipe down over there you know whoever you are on the shore. But for Peter especially and all the fishermen they're like yeah no help us throw us a bone what what are we they were just broken. And these night seasons are really good because they kind of just rid you of trusting yourself anymore they bring you to a place of desperation so when he comes you're good and ready to cast where he says and you'll give up all control. And and I feel that again I feel it deep in the season like the Lord's these few quick points watch for him coming in at this way. That you've never seen him come before cuz it when he wants to move in a new way he always comes in a different way. And then has has it felt like a night season where you just kind of been running through all that you know to do he's with you everything's good as statistically but that you just know you can't put your finger on it there's more. And what it's doing is emptying us of ourselves to where we're just desperate like Lord have it all I don't care I will cast right into my steering oar and lose it all. >> [snorts] >> And when you get to that place of desperation he knows he can say one command and will cast it all to lose everything so this next season two which again we love to focus on the reward or the great catch but it's going to cost more of our trust in him and not in us and more of our self control give it give it to him fully. From it I believe it's going to be a catch that we've not seen as large thus far and he's going to get the glory we just bring it right back to shore to him. >> [applause] >> Yeah so um you guys can go ahead and and maybe if uh, somebody join me on the keys and kind of see where we go. And definitely want to pray for the people with a smell. That is not the Lord that I'll be able to smell, man. Never God. But yeah, I I pray the Lord would help us and to encourage you if it's felt like a night season, then you're perfect candidate to kind of be watching for the Lord to show himself in a new way. But also realize a command could be coming that's like, "Hey, man, it's going to cost more of me, my trust in you, me relinquishing it, and more of your control, me losing it." And I'm kind of there, man. I don't know you want to want that for our life. I like I Yeah. Like what are we doing if we're not just giving it all to him anyway? Um, you're kind of wasting days, so so let's put our attention on him. Does the uh, the two people with the you lost smell or taste or both, do you mind coming to the front quick if that's okay, row? Yeah. Anybody come on up, we'd love to pray for you. Another man back here. Yeah, you can come on up. Super laid back, and then this lady, yep. Anybody else? Feel free if you want to smell cupcakes and whatever, everything else that good again. It's definitely God. What's up, man? How are you, sir? >> I'm Brian. >> Nice to meet you. Arlo. >> Arlo, nice to meet you. Hey, how are you? You can come into the middle, we'll just pray quick. Doesn't have to be anything super spooky. Yes, so if you guys could extend your hands, thank you God that you're the healer and reveal this and just going to pray quick. Lord, thank you for your healing power right now. In Jesus name. Restored. That easy. In Jesus name. Restored. Healing power flow. In Jesus name. Restored. Thank you, Lord. Um, there's a precious call on on your life. Uh, Yeah, I just really feel like you're a a wise virgin from Matthew 25. Uh set apart to store up oil in this hour. I think the Lord you're going to feel that burning heart of Luke 24, the Lord opening up scriptures to you and breaking bread with you in a deep deep place and hidden and hidden and hidden. Never the same. See him working deep deep places and chambers of your heart. Deep unto deep. Super special to him, you know. Super super special. Be glorified, Lord. We love you in Jesus' name. You as well. Oh, no, you just came back went to the restroom break. Yeah, I got you. Awesome. Um anybody else that uh maybe just um want want prayer while I'm not asking everybody, man. Just trying to get it more specific. If the if the word ministered to you, love to pray for you real quickly that the Lord touch you in a fresh way. Maybe raise your hands so I can get a count on that. Okay. Yeah, would it be okay if we pray for them real Okay, yeah, if you guys want to come on up, I'd love to pray for you quick and and then we'll just probably land it in worship and follow you guys. Kind of make room and line up. Thank you, Jesus. [music] Amen. A lot more people came to raise their hand. >> [laughter] >> They're lining up in the house of God. Oh, Jesus. Okay, we'll come through quickly. Um Judy, you might help me maybe the prayer team as well could help. That'd be awesome. Yeah. Thank you, Lord. Awesome. Just uh put your attention on the Lord. We'll come through super quick. Pray for you and then we'll just [music] worship Jesus together as you guys feel that. Lord, thank you. Touch her powerfully in Jesus' name. Mark her my prayer, Lord. Jesus' name. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Jesus. Fresh touch from heaven. Be filled with the spirit of God. Thank you, Lord. Be filled in Jesus' name. Thank you. Wise virgin. Wise virgin. Mark her, Lord. Never the same. Thank you, Lord. 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Even for the seasons in in the dark in the night, when what's when the things that seem familiar they seem to fail us, we thank you that you never do. And so for us as a church, God, we receive this and and we ask [music] help us to not grow complacent in what we're used to. We don't want to be We don't want to be moved by a comfortability. We want to be moved by your spirit and your leadership. And so I ask for all of us, Lord, do a work in our hearts where we will not settle for less than your presence. We will know we're not willing to settle for something that is less than what you have called us into or you have to offer. Give us a deep conviction, Lord, for purity and for holiness, for righteousness that we would never compromise the values of heaven, the the truths of your kingdom for things that are less than. And we ask Jesus for those of us who may be facing those times of of the night and and challenges and difficulties. We ask Lord, help us to recognize you. To recognize your voice when you speak, to recognize Lord, your your appearance, the way that you show up, the way that you come, to recognize Lord, the way that you draw us near and call us to yourself. Help us to be sensitive and aware. Lead us according to your purpose. Lead us according to your will, according to your heart's desire. And we thank you Lord that you never leave us nor forsake us. That even in moments where we maybe we fail, maybe we we stumble and fall. But in your mercy, your word says the righteous man may stumble seven times and yet gets right back up. So I plead your blood Lord over the room and I thank you. I thank you for the way that you lead us, the way that you have called us, the way that you have chosen us to be yours, that we are yours and you are ours. So we magnify your most holy name tonight, Lord. Above all the search situations and circumstances and things of life, we magnify the mighty name of Jesus. So thank you God that you you endure through the ages. And we ask Lord that you would come. Come and be with us. Come with be with us as a church Lord. [music] Be with us. Rest with us as a people, as your bride, rest with us Lord. And help us to not miss you. Holy Spirit, help us to not miss Jesus. Especially when it's something new. So we love you Lord. We give you all of the glory, all of the honor, and in your most holy name we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. >> [applause] >> Um Can we thank Pastor Brian one more time? >> [applause] >> Thank you. Thank you so much. Um well, we love you guys. We thank you for coming and loving Jesus with us tonight. Um pray that you have a a safe drive home, and we'll either see you on Tuesday, Thursday, or next Sunday night. We love you. God bless you. And um have a good night.