1 00:00:14,059 --> 00:00:17,359 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,399 --> 00:00:24,100 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:26,580 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:35,780 --> 00:00:39,079 If you could turn to Hebrews chapter 11. 5 00:00:41,700 --> 00:00:46,299 And this is part three of the Hall of Faith. 6 00:00:47,979 --> 00:00:50,500 And that's what it's known as. 7 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:55,200 And we've delved into the introduction of this, 8 00:00:55,420 --> 00:00:59,640 plenty, I think plenty of Sundays that we don't have to do that again. 9 00:01:00,079 --> 00:01:06,000 But this is part three and specifically the heavenly hope. 10 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,180 And so let's pray and thank the Lord. 11 00:01:09,700 --> 00:01:11,859 He's going to reveal some things to us. 12 00:01:12,599 --> 00:01:16,920 And so, Father God, we thank you that we have so much hope in you, Lord God, 13 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:21,540 that we can always trust that you're taking us to somewhere better. 14 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,120 Better according to your view. 15 00:01:24,799 --> 00:01:29,760 And Lord God, and when we follow you, we discover that it truly is better for us as well. 16 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,739 So Lord, we thank you for that. 17 00:01:31,819 --> 00:01:36,439 We ask you, Lord, to really pierce through any distraction that I might be causing here 18 00:01:36,439 --> 00:01:40,560 this morning, or perhaps anything that's on people's minds that they think are 19 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,920 more important than hearing from you. 20 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:47,400 And Lord, we ask your Holy Spirit to just come and really just cleanse us 21 00:01:47,400 --> 00:02:00,420 of any distraction, any wrong thought, any pessimism, Lord God, or any depression, 22 00:02:01,060 --> 00:02:04,060 Lord, anything that's blocking hope. 23 00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:07,780 Because Lord God, we really do have a heavenly hope. 24 00:02:08,699 --> 00:02:10,620 And Lord, the more we lay hold of that, 25 00:02:10,620 --> 00:02:15,659 the more we receive what that hope is leading to here on earth, Lord God. 26 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,659 And we want to access everything that's stored up in heaven. 27 00:02:18,819 --> 00:02:24,039 We want to start tapping into that right now, right here, Lord God, because we need it now. 28 00:02:24,659 --> 00:02:30,159 So Lord God, we ask you to speak to us through your wonderful word in Jesus' name. 29 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:30,500 Amen. 30 00:02:31,819 --> 00:02:32,020 Amen. 31 00:02:32,479 --> 00:02:38,360 So a couple months ago, Jill and I went down to see my daughter Morgan and her husband, 32 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:38,900 Tevin. 33 00:02:39,099 --> 00:02:45,780 He's an associate pastor at some mega church in Orlando area and our two grandsons, 34 00:02:46,259 --> 00:02:47,199 Kingston and Coast. 35 00:02:48,379 --> 00:02:51,340 And while we were there, we went to the church. 36 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,180 And at this church, there's a lot of Disney. 37 00:02:55,419 --> 00:02:56,539 They have a school, right? 38 00:02:57,039 --> 00:03:01,280 Disney school in Disney, right? 39 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:05,000 And they have a lot of Disney workers that actually attend this big mega church, 40 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,580 because it's literally like 15 minutes from Disney. 41 00:03:07,580 --> 00:03:11,199 Anyone ever go to Disney land or world or anything? 42 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:13,080 I think it would be world around here, but anyway. 43 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:19,159 And so it's just an interesting breed, you know, people who are like all in to Disney. 44 00:03:19,539 --> 00:03:23,080 But as I was thinking about that, I'm thinking, you know, like Disney, 45 00:03:23,379 --> 00:03:27,319 Walt Disney, like really changed quite. 46 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:32,460 He just, he just created so much new things into humanity, some good, some bad, 47 00:03:32,479 --> 00:03:33,960 whatever, however you feel about it. 48 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,280 I personally, I'll just say Jill keeps saying, 49 00:03:36,580 --> 00:03:38,400 we got to take the grandkids to Disney. 50 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,139 I'm like, no, we don't. 51 00:03:41,879 --> 00:03:43,080 To me, it's a money pit. 52 00:03:43,259 --> 00:03:44,840 We did it, been there, done that. 53 00:03:45,539 --> 00:03:49,740 And actually we used to have this great deal of friends of ours had a timeshare 54 00:03:50,439 --> 00:03:53,840 in Disney and we would go to Disney and stay at the timeshare. 55 00:03:53,939 --> 00:03:55,900 So we saved a ton of money, you know, going out. 56 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,759 So we actually went down a few times, you know, 57 00:03:59,020 --> 00:04:01,419 but all I remember is every ride you get off, 58 00:04:01,419 --> 00:04:06,919 there's a cash register waiting for you, a shop, a gift shop with stuff. 59 00:04:07,460 --> 00:04:10,020 And you're like, oh, you know, so I don't know. 60 00:04:10,180 --> 00:04:12,419 It's just going to drop tens of thousands down there. 61 00:04:12,659 --> 00:04:15,439 So I'm like, we're not going to stop talking about it. 62 00:04:15,819 --> 00:04:20,279 Okay. But any, yeah, Morgan lives there. 63 00:04:20,540 --> 00:04:26,839 And by the way, what's funny though, is that that they have a year pass. 64 00:04:27,579 --> 00:04:29,180 So they go for next to nothing. 65 00:04:29,180 --> 00:04:32,480 So like, you know, whereas some kids might go to a playground, 66 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,620 Kingston and coast are in magic kingdom, 67 00:04:35,759 --> 00:04:37,879 going on a ride in the middle of the day. 68 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,160 And we're like, like, you know, they have no idea until later on how they, 69 00:04:42,339 --> 00:04:44,579 you know, how different they have it than others 70 00:04:44,579 --> 00:04:47,439 because it's so cheap for them to go to Disney. 71 00:04:48,019 --> 00:04:50,720 But anyway, as I was thinking about Walt Disney and how much he really 72 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:55,740 changed the face of entertainment and family entertainment and amusements. 73 00:04:55,740 --> 00:05:00,259 And as I was thinking about him, you know, he had such a vision, right? 74 00:05:00,519 --> 00:05:03,319 I mean, could you imagine like he, back in the 50s, 75 00:05:03,439 --> 00:05:06,139 having this vision of this amusement park that, 76 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:10,120 that he, that families would go and they would stay there, 77 00:05:10,399 --> 00:05:11,480 drop a ton of money. 78 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:12,040 Okay. 79 00:05:12,519 --> 00:05:15,259 But they would have just a great time and all the characters 80 00:05:15,259 --> 00:05:16,660 you could develop out of this. 81 00:05:16,879 --> 00:05:18,279 It was a vision, right? 82 00:05:18,639 --> 00:05:24,560 And he was so like captured and assured and mesmerized by that vision 83 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:30,439 that he started to, to develop it and commit to it and talk to investors, 84 00:05:30,980 --> 00:05:32,420 start to look for land. 85 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:35,339 Now this was in California for that, you know, the land, 86 00:05:35,779 --> 00:05:39,579 but he was looking for land and, you know, talking to developers. 87 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:44,300 And he was really committing to this with investment of time and energy and, 88 00:05:44,300 --> 00:05:45,620 and vision, right? 89 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,079 And then from there, of course, he just went all in and he said, 90 00:05:49,079 --> 00:05:50,319 I have to do this. 91 00:05:50,459 --> 00:05:53,180 Like he wouldn't rest until it was completed. 92 00:05:53,180 --> 00:05:54,759 By the way, I looked into him. 93 00:05:55,180 --> 00:05:59,699 I think he was Christian, at least that was the reported ideas, you know, 94 00:05:59,699 --> 00:06:02,399 I love hearing that Christians did amazing things, you know, 95 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:07,500 so Walt Disney, you know, definitely did have a huge impact on all children's 96 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:09,000 entertainment and so forth. 97 00:06:09,180 --> 00:06:10,779 And I have a slide up there, Tammy. 98 00:06:10,980 --> 00:06:13,379 So what did Walt Disney actually do? 99 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:14,759 He had hope. 100 00:06:15,420 --> 00:06:19,319 Because when you think about all these phases of his vision, 101 00:06:19,319 --> 00:06:24,339 it was really the development of hope because he had a vision, 102 00:06:24,500 --> 00:06:27,180 this amusement park, all the characters and so forth. 103 00:06:27,899 --> 00:06:30,199 And, and he was confident about it. 104 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,319 He said, this isn't just a blip in my mind. 105 00:06:32,339 --> 00:06:34,899 This is something that I'm going to commit to. 106 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:35,500 Okay. 107 00:06:36,139 --> 00:06:38,920 And then from there, he was confident of it. 108 00:06:39,139 --> 00:06:43,100 And then from there, he wouldn't rest until it came to completion. 109 00:06:43,259 --> 00:06:43,720 Right. 110 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:46,259 And, and really, so he had hope. 111 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,160 He had high hopes, right? 112 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,139 I have high hopes. 113 00:06:50,939 --> 00:06:53,339 We've got high hopes. 114 00:06:53,459 --> 00:06:54,180 You remember that song? 115 00:06:54,819 --> 00:07:00,899 We've got high apple pie in the sky hopes. 116 00:07:01,100 --> 00:07:02,939 And if you're a visitor, like, this is a weird guy. 117 00:07:03,079 --> 00:07:03,819 What are we doing here? 118 00:07:04,300 --> 00:07:07,220 But anyway, but he had, you know, he had high hopes, you know, 119 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,680 and, and look, it came to fruition. 120 00:07:10,019 --> 00:07:12,899 And it always amazes me that people that really changed, 121 00:07:12,899 --> 00:07:17,199 really the, the course of humanity, think of the Wright brothers, right? 122 00:07:17,199 --> 00:07:21,579 Wilbur and Orville, you know, and they were Christians too. 123 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,980 Like I said, so many Christians did amazing things. 124 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:28,220 In fact, their, their father Malcolm was a Bishop, a Protestant Bishop, 125 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,240 you know, and they were raised as Christians and they had this vision. 126 00:07:31,319 --> 00:07:34,100 Imagine having vision that I want to fly like that bird. 127 00:07:34,459 --> 00:07:34,879 Okay. 128 00:07:35,379 --> 00:07:40,759 Like, and all, you know, what happened out on Kitty Hawk and all the 129 00:07:40,759 --> 00:07:43,259 trying to get those planes flying and everything. 130 00:07:43,759 --> 00:07:46,899 And now here we are, you know, well, now we're no longer in a shutdown. 131 00:07:46,899 --> 00:07:49,319 But like people can't fly anywhere because there's, 132 00:07:49,319 --> 00:07:51,519 there's no air traffic controllers. 133 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,699 Imagine Orville saying to Wilbur, 134 00:07:53,860 --> 00:07:56,699 what happens when there's no air traffic controllers? 135 00:07:57,060 --> 00:07:58,819 You know, like, what are you talking about? 136 00:07:58,920 --> 00:07:59,060 Right. 137 00:07:59,500 --> 00:08:02,240 Sometimes we don't even know where our vision is going to go. 138 00:08:02,399 --> 00:08:02,699 Right. 139 00:08:03,199 --> 00:08:05,720 But, you know, the Orville, I mean, the Orville brothers, 140 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,579 the Wright brothers, they had a vision. 141 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:10,899 They were confident of the vision. 142 00:08:10,959 --> 00:08:11,860 We can do this. 143 00:08:12,060 --> 00:08:12,259 Right. 144 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:16,399 They were committed to the vision and they wouldn't rest 145 00:08:16,399 --> 00:08:19,480 until that vision was complete. 146 00:08:20,879 --> 00:08:23,899 Well, as we read today about Abraham and Sarah, 147 00:08:24,379 --> 00:08:28,120 in the same way, the word is going to tell us that's what they had. 148 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:29,100 They had a vision. 149 00:08:30,060 --> 00:08:30,079 Okay. 150 00:08:30,500 --> 00:08:31,519 And they were confident. 151 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:35,799 They were assured of that vision and they were not even sure of it, 152 00:08:35,799 --> 00:08:37,159 but they were committed to it. 153 00:08:37,220 --> 00:08:41,980 In other words, they would invest everything they had into it in terms of their lifestyle. 154 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:44,740 And then finally, they wouldn't rest. 155 00:08:44,740 --> 00:08:47,820 They saw themselves as pilgrims in a foreign land. 156 00:08:48,220 --> 00:08:49,240 They wouldn't rest. 157 00:08:50,379 --> 00:08:56,559 Now, in the same way, believers, Christians, you know, we have hope in the Lord. 158 00:08:58,039 --> 00:09:04,100 And though Disney may see the outcome, at least some of it, the outcome, 159 00:09:04,259 --> 00:09:07,460 Disneyland was built, but so many other things weren't yet. 160 00:09:08,059 --> 00:09:10,879 But he had a vision and he actually saw complete it. 161 00:09:10,879 --> 00:09:15,200 Well, the Wright brothers, they certainly saw that two-layered winged airplane fly 162 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:16,299 and they saw it, right? 163 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:21,120 But some things we're never going to see this side of heaven as believers, right? 164 00:09:21,820 --> 00:09:23,019 We're going to see some of it. 165 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,379 We're going to see a remnant or a shadow of things to come. 166 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,960 We're going to like be able to see some evidence. 167 00:09:30,179 --> 00:09:38,759 You know, in fact, remember in Hebrews 11.1, we started off this whole study of the hall of faith. 168 00:09:38,759 --> 00:09:42,960 And the first verse we saw was now faith is the substance. 169 00:09:43,860 --> 00:09:48,759 And depending on your version, substance, I called it foundation. 170 00:09:49,340 --> 00:09:50,500 It's the confidence. 171 00:09:50,940 --> 00:09:51,980 It's the assurance. 172 00:09:52,279 --> 00:09:59,659 It's the reality of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 173 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:05,019 So we're going to see some of the evidence of our faith and our hope here on earth. 174 00:10:05,019 --> 00:10:09,279 But someday when we get there, we're going to see the fruition of all of it. 175 00:10:09,759 --> 00:10:13,740 And we can trust the Lord is building something in heaven for us. 176 00:10:13,799 --> 00:10:13,919 Amen. 177 00:10:15,419 --> 00:10:23,539 And this idea of hope, the noun, alpis, okay, is not just a wish. 178 00:10:23,820 --> 00:10:27,720 A lot of times we say, oh, I hope I win the lottery or I hope this or I hope that. 179 00:10:28,179 --> 00:10:30,899 And it's kind of like wishful thinking, isn't it? 180 00:10:30,899 --> 00:10:38,740 But alpis in the Bible is expectation or anticipation of good from God. 181 00:10:38,899 --> 00:10:41,159 In fact, actually, the word is used for bad, too. 182 00:10:41,899 --> 00:10:47,299 You know, when you anticipate bad in the Bible, that means you're hoping for bad. 183 00:10:48,399 --> 00:10:52,039 Doesn't that seem like it doesn't fit right? 184 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:55,759 I really hope something bad happens today. 185 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:57,240 What, are you crazy? 186 00:10:57,820 --> 00:11:03,500 But really, if we're anticipating bad things, guess what we're going to see? 187 00:11:04,860 --> 00:11:05,419 Bad things. 188 00:11:05,759 --> 00:11:07,919 We're always going to see the glass half full. 189 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:11,460 I mean, half empty, not half full. 190 00:11:11,539 --> 00:11:13,200 We're never going to see the potential. 191 00:11:13,639 --> 00:11:17,139 We're only going to see what isn't, not what will be. 192 00:11:17,860 --> 00:11:21,059 And so this is the idea of this hope. 193 00:11:21,700 --> 00:11:29,059 And so we're going to read now that Abraham and Sarah had hope. 194 00:11:29,940 --> 00:11:33,639 And though they didn't see it this side of heaven, they will someday, you know? 195 00:11:34,139 --> 00:11:41,000 As I think about this, like hope, a lot of times we cling to that verse in Jeremiah 29, 11. 196 00:11:41,539 --> 00:11:42,379 Can you quote it? 197 00:11:43,279 --> 00:11:44,340 Well, we just showed you. 198 00:11:44,740 --> 00:11:45,639 We'll read it. 199 00:11:45,980 --> 00:11:47,539 I'm about to say, wow, you guys are good. 200 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:50,039 But we can read it together. 201 00:11:50,039 --> 00:11:55,519 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord. 202 00:11:56,299 --> 00:12:02,720 Thoughts of peace and not of evil to give you a future and a hope, a hope. 203 00:12:03,299 --> 00:12:08,139 You know, he has plans for good things for you, not bad. 204 00:12:09,059 --> 00:12:13,240 You know, things in this world that happened to us, we blame God for it. 205 00:12:13,299 --> 00:12:15,919 When really, that's just the fall of the world. 206 00:12:15,919 --> 00:12:22,179 But when we trust him, we know that he is taking us out of that into something better. 207 00:12:24,220 --> 00:12:27,559 And so let's dive right into the word. 208 00:12:28,899 --> 00:12:34,840 And we're only reading nine verses today or seven something. 209 00:12:35,379 --> 00:12:40,399 But anyway, let's take a look at Hebrews 11 verse eight. 210 00:12:42,139 --> 00:12:48,200 And by faith, Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place 211 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:50,940 which he would receive as an inheritance. 212 00:12:51,980 --> 00:12:55,320 And he went out not knowing where he was going. 213 00:12:56,440 --> 00:13:01,519 By faith, he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, 214 00:13:02,379 --> 00:13:09,879 dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise. 215 00:13:10,399 --> 00:13:18,539 For he waited for the city which has foundations whose builder and maker is God. 216 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:20,460 Well, isn't that epic sounding, you know? 217 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:24,700 He's building something for you that really isn't even of this world. 218 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,539 You might see a remnant of it, but it's something even greater. 219 00:13:29,019 --> 00:13:35,039 And so Abraham believed he left a land where his father and his whole family owned. 220 00:13:35,139 --> 00:13:39,259 And he would have been an heir probably of a lot of property, but he left. 221 00:13:39,700 --> 00:13:41,799 But you know what I love about the New Testament? 222 00:13:41,980 --> 00:13:45,639 I don't know if you've ever noticed, but someone pointed out to me one time, 223 00:13:45,799 --> 00:13:46,779 like, wow, that's right. 224 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:52,000 Whenever the New Testament talks about the patriarchs of the Old Testament, 225 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,019 do you notice they never talk about the bad things? 226 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,399 They only talk about the good things. 227 00:13:59,740 --> 00:14:00,320 Isn't that interesting? 228 00:14:00,759 --> 00:14:03,919 Like, you know, it talks about Samson did some bad stuff. 229 00:14:04,039 --> 00:14:04,419 Well, guess what? 230 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:06,019 It only points out the good stuff. 231 00:14:06,019 --> 00:14:08,480 And you know what that says to me? 232 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:10,200 You know what it says? 233 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,779 That he will remember our sins no more. 234 00:14:14,919 --> 00:14:17,220 We are New Testament believers. 235 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:18,120 You know? 236 00:14:18,399 --> 00:14:19,720 He's not going to say, oh, remember? 237 00:14:19,919 --> 00:14:20,019 Yeah. 238 00:14:20,100 --> 00:14:22,440 Well, you remember when Darren did that thing, you know? 239 00:14:22,639 --> 00:14:23,200 Remember Pop? 240 00:14:23,620 --> 00:14:25,059 You know, he's not going to say that. 241 00:14:25,159 --> 00:14:25,620 He's going to say, 242 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:29,980 Darren, Darren's here with us, Pop. 243 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:30,559 You know? 244 00:14:30,919 --> 00:14:33,879 I mean, this is how he sees us, you know? 245 00:14:33,879 --> 00:14:36,279 He's going to remember those things no more. 246 00:14:36,980 --> 00:14:41,120 Because, you know, Abraham wasn't instantly obedient. 247 00:14:41,559 --> 00:14:42,139 Do you know that? 248 00:14:42,559 --> 00:14:49,120 Like, in fact, we have a map up there that shows that when Abraham left Er the Chaldeans, 249 00:14:49,159 --> 00:14:52,679 right, he left with his father. 250 00:14:52,799 --> 00:14:54,159 He was supposed to leave his father. 251 00:14:54,279 --> 00:14:55,519 He actually brought his father. 252 00:14:55,659 --> 00:14:57,480 Now, probably his father says, I want to go, too. 253 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:58,480 What are you going to say to your Pop? 254 00:14:58,960 --> 00:14:59,139 You know? 255 00:14:59,480 --> 00:14:59,960 Stay home. 256 00:15:00,519 --> 00:15:00,600 No. 257 00:15:01,259 --> 00:15:03,100 He, his dad went with him, right? 258 00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:05,159 And then did he go right to Canaan? 259 00:15:05,399 --> 00:15:05,740 No. 260 00:15:05,899 --> 00:15:10,860 He went to Haran, which is kind of a roundabout way to the Promised Land, 261 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,799 probably to avoid desert and everything. 262 00:15:13,379 --> 00:15:17,460 I left the current countries in there because I thought it was interesting 263 00:15:17,460 --> 00:15:19,519 to see where Haran is in Turkey. 264 00:15:19,820 --> 00:15:22,899 And he cut through what's now called Syria and so on. 265 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:28,639 And then he stayed in Haran 15 years until his dad died. 266 00:15:29,340 --> 00:15:32,360 So, you know, so he obeyed God. 267 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:35,000 But there was some delay for whatever reason. 268 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,620 We don't know the reasons, right? 269 00:15:37,159 --> 00:15:39,299 And then he moved to Canaan, okay? 270 00:15:39,820 --> 00:15:41,139 But then there was a famine. 271 00:15:42,279 --> 00:15:43,360 And then you know where he went? 272 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:46,080 Egypt, okay? 273 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,519 Which is all the way down to the far, let me see. 274 00:15:50,220 --> 00:15:51,460 Far left, okay? 275 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:54,200 That little pie wedge, right? 276 00:15:54,340 --> 00:15:56,000 So he went across that in two. 277 00:15:56,580 --> 00:16:00,320 And so he left the Promised Land and was in Egypt. 278 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,820 And you know what happened in Egypt? 279 00:16:03,460 --> 00:16:08,879 You know, first of all, Pharaoh took Sarah, his wife, to be in his harem. 280 00:16:09,419 --> 00:16:10,919 You know, that could have been dangerous, right? 281 00:16:11,179 --> 00:16:16,840 Thank God the Lord intervened and didn't allow Pharaoh to have his way with Sarah. 282 00:16:17,379 --> 00:16:22,559 But there, Sarah is, you know, going to be the mother of faith in a sense, 283 00:16:22,740 --> 00:16:25,200 Abraham being the father of believers, right? 284 00:16:25,340 --> 00:16:29,779 The first one who was credited righteous because of his faith in God. 285 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:34,179 But there, Sarah, you know, almost pawned off to Pharaoh, okay? 286 00:16:34,659 --> 00:16:36,519 And not only that, but while they were there, 287 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,500 they picked up a hitchhiker named Hagar, okay? 288 00:16:39,799 --> 00:16:41,200 Hagar the hitchhiker, right? 289 00:16:41,580 --> 00:16:45,379 And so she went with them back finally to the Promised Land, right? 290 00:16:45,759 --> 00:16:49,500 And then you know the story with her and Ishmael and so on, right? 291 00:16:49,899 --> 00:16:55,559 So, you know, Abraham obeyed, but there was some delay, okay? 292 00:16:55,559 --> 00:17:01,320 And there was some derailed decisions, I guess you'd say, right? 293 00:17:01,860 --> 00:17:03,519 And even some doubt, you know? 294 00:17:03,940 --> 00:17:08,500 Because then the Lord said, no, I'm going to give you a son, okay? 295 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,500 And a Promised Son, and it's not Ishmael. 296 00:17:12,059 --> 00:17:12,859 And do you remember what happened? 297 00:17:13,380 --> 00:17:18,539 Abraham actually went prostate, down on the ground, prostrate. 298 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:19,440 There it is. 299 00:17:20,339 --> 00:17:21,859 I do that every time. 300 00:17:23,399 --> 00:17:27,960 But anyway, you know, he did a liver right on the ground, no. 301 00:17:29,319 --> 00:17:37,559 So he fell down, but we read in Genesis 1717 that he laughed, like God's... 302 00:17:37,559 --> 00:17:38,799 Imagine that, like God says, you know what? 303 00:17:38,859 --> 00:17:41,779 I'm about to do something amazing for you, Ann. 304 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:45,640 You just wait and see something amazing and awesome is going to happen. 305 00:17:46,839 --> 00:17:49,880 You know, that's not the response God wants to hear from us. 306 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,420 When we laugh and he's given us a promise, right? 307 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,440 But Abraham's on the ground, like, are you kidding me? 308 00:17:56,539 --> 00:17:58,660 What am I going to be 100 when I have this child? 309 00:17:59,099 --> 00:18:01,019 And Sarah's going to be 90, right? 310 00:18:01,279 --> 00:18:02,500 So he's laughing, right? 311 00:18:03,519 --> 00:18:09,579 You know, so there was even a little bit of, call it doubt or confusion, right? 312 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,980 But aren't you glad the Bible leaves all that in there? 313 00:18:14,299 --> 00:18:16,799 Because, you know, these are patriarchs of faith. 314 00:18:16,799 --> 00:18:19,660 Not mention any of that in the New Testament. 315 00:18:21,259 --> 00:18:25,099 Do you walk step by step with God obeying every absolute thing, 316 00:18:25,460 --> 00:18:28,140 doing exactly what he tells you every single time? 317 00:18:28,619 --> 00:18:32,400 You know, I don't, I'm just admitting, you know, I wish I did. 318 00:18:32,740 --> 00:18:38,460 But like, I go astray sometimes, I find a new trajectory, you know, whatever. 319 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:43,720 But like, you know, but he leaves that in there so we can see, wait a minute, you know, 320 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:48,900 God has a plan for me and I can't ruin it if I keep trusting him. 321 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:50,619 I have to keep hoping him. 322 00:18:51,420 --> 00:18:53,220 And then let's read on about Sarah. 323 00:18:55,579 --> 00:19:00,779 Verse 11, and by faith, Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed 324 00:19:00,779 --> 00:19:02,599 and she bore a child. 325 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:08,759 And when she was past the age because she judged him faithful, who had promised, 326 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:17,359 therefore from one man and him as good as dead were born as many as the stars of the sky in 327 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:22,980 multitude, innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore. 328 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:29,079 And so here, you know, Sarah was going to be, you know, the queen of nations. 329 00:19:29,180 --> 00:19:32,420 And of course, her name was changed from Sarai to Sarah. 330 00:19:33,299 --> 00:19:35,579 And yet she believed that she would have a baby. 331 00:19:35,759 --> 00:19:38,420 Well, you know, there's more to that story, too. 332 00:19:38,759 --> 00:19:40,740 Okay, you know what I'm talking about, right? 333 00:19:41,099 --> 00:19:44,539 When the three came and God was with the angels talking to, you know, 334 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:49,539 talking to Abram and say, Hey, you know, actually, where's Sarah? 335 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:50,559 Oh, she's right in the tent. 336 00:19:51,619 --> 00:19:52,619 And then this picks it up. 337 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:53,319 Thanks, Tammy. 338 00:19:54,279 --> 00:20:01,099 In Genesis 18, now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age and Sarah had 339 00:20:01,099 --> 00:20:03,200 passed the age of childbearing. 340 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:08,900 Therefore, when she heard that this time next year at the at the time of 341 00:20:08,900 --> 00:20:13,700 when babies would be born basically nine months, you're going to have a son. 342 00:20:14,740 --> 00:20:16,940 And Sarah is in the tent listening. 343 00:20:18,079 --> 00:20:22,180 And and therefore, Sarah laughed within herself saying, 344 00:20:22,180 --> 00:20:25,920 After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure? 345 00:20:26,660 --> 00:20:28,900 My Lord being old also. 346 00:20:29,759 --> 00:20:32,839 And the Lord said to Abraham, why did Sarah laugh? 347 00:20:32,839 --> 00:20:37,619 Saying, shall I surely bear a child since I am old? 348 00:20:38,059 --> 00:20:40,420 Is anything hard for the Lord? 349 00:20:41,039 --> 00:20:46,839 At the appointed time, I will return to you according to the time of life. 350 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:49,279 And Sarah will have a son. 351 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:51,980 But I love this little tidbit at the end. 352 00:20:52,519 --> 00:20:55,299 But Sarah denied it saying, I did not laugh. 353 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:57,240 You're talking to God. 354 00:20:57,819 --> 00:20:59,140 No, God, you got that wrong. 355 00:21:00,139 --> 00:21:02,900 I mean, that's it's funny. 356 00:21:03,059 --> 00:21:04,519 Are you glad that's in there? 357 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:05,140 Okay. 358 00:21:05,380 --> 00:21:08,059 Did you ever have a dialogue with God like that? 359 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:11,960 Not quite, but something like it, you know, for she was afraid. 360 00:21:12,539 --> 00:21:16,099 And he said, No, but you did laugh like a little back and forth. 361 00:21:16,279 --> 00:21:16,740 It's funny. 362 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:17,619 Isn't this funny? 363 00:21:18,039 --> 00:21:21,940 But thank God, you know, the word, you know, the Lord has a sense of humor too. 364 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:22,539 Doesn't he? 365 00:21:22,819 --> 00:21:25,400 And, you know, we could say, No, Lord, I'm not built for that. 366 00:21:25,519 --> 00:21:26,059 Just like Moses. 367 00:21:26,299 --> 00:21:27,160 I can't even talk. 368 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,579 You know, all right, fine. 369 00:21:29,579 --> 00:21:30,579 Here comes your brother. 370 00:21:30,779 --> 00:21:32,000 We'll give him a try. 371 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:36,839 You know, so, you know, we can't out talk God. 372 00:21:37,220 --> 00:21:44,019 He knows the plans he has for us plans to prosper us not to harm us for a hope and a future. 373 00:21:44,019 --> 00:21:44,380 Amen. 374 00:21:44,819 --> 00:21:46,220 And so this is the idea. 375 00:21:46,460 --> 00:21:51,980 And I'm just so glad I can really relate to this story really about first of all, delay. 376 00:21:52,599 --> 00:21:56,180 Have you ever dragged your feet when God's pulling into a place, you know, 377 00:21:56,180 --> 00:21:58,579 and went kicking and screaming, right? 378 00:21:59,780 --> 00:22:04,559 Or made decisions that kind of derailed where he's taking you to. 379 00:22:05,220 --> 00:22:10,359 And then even doubted when he got you or started bringing you to that place. 380 00:22:10,539 --> 00:22:15,920 I remember even while we were planning this church, I mean, I worked over in 381 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:19,819 Shalfont Bucks County at Calvary Chapel Central Bucks. 382 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,940 And, and we serve in so many capacities there. 383 00:22:24,059 --> 00:22:24,700 I love that. 384 00:22:24,799 --> 00:22:26,039 We love all the people there. 385 00:22:26,039 --> 00:22:27,500 We had a great time, you know? 386 00:22:28,039 --> 00:22:31,519 And I'll never forget the Solid Rock Cafe, which was this great cafe. 387 00:22:31,740 --> 00:22:37,259 I'll tell you what, our, our fellowship hall is such a great communion of folks. 388 00:22:37,500 --> 00:22:39,299 Don't run out of here at the end of the service. 389 00:22:39,460 --> 00:22:44,460 Make sure you hang out with everybody because it's so much fun hanging out with believers, 390 00:22:44,619 --> 00:22:45,079 isn't it? 391 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,039 And so we would hang out the Solid Rock Cafe. 392 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,980 And, and so it was a great time. 393 00:22:51,099 --> 00:22:51,740 It really was. 394 00:22:51,740 --> 00:22:58,019 And John Hasler, he just like, whatever, like, he let us do anything because the Lord was blessing us, 395 00:22:58,019 --> 00:23:00,680 you know, and, and it was just a great time. 396 00:23:01,319 --> 00:23:07,579 And yet the Lord kept putting this vision and Jill and my mind about like, 397 00:23:07,599 --> 00:23:13,619 we got to start something new starts, you know, we got to, we got to do something entrepreneurial 398 00:23:13,619 --> 00:23:18,160 because I'm an entrepreneur, you know, and, and we got to start something, you know, 399 00:23:18,420 --> 00:23:21,440 create something, you know, but we got it so good here. 400 00:23:21,740 --> 00:23:27,000 You know, I mean, really like we have so much opportunity, you know, and then so, 401 00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:28,819 so I was dragging my feet. 402 00:23:28,859 --> 00:23:31,359 I was delaying and this was back in like 2011. 403 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:32,859 He started telling us that. 404 00:23:33,460 --> 00:23:38,440 And then the more opportunities at Central Bucks were presented. 405 00:23:38,660 --> 00:23:39,839 I said yes to everything. 406 00:23:39,980 --> 00:23:40,319 I don't know. 407 00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:41,140 What am I doing? 408 00:23:41,599 --> 00:23:44,980 So before you know it, I'm like in charge of this, doing this, doing that. 409 00:23:45,420 --> 00:23:48,519 And I'm like, I'm like all in now at Central Bucks. 410 00:23:49,019 --> 00:23:52,720 And I'm like, I'm not like obeying, you know, I'm stuck. 411 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,700 You know, I'm like, I'm delaying, you know. 412 00:23:57,019 --> 00:24:00,460 And then finally I said, you know, I'm not, I'm no youngster here. 413 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:02,380 I'm like, I'm 50 years old. 414 00:24:02,599 --> 00:24:05,140 Like, why do I want to like tackle that at this point? 415 00:24:05,259 --> 00:24:08,200 You know, I mean, that's for young kids coming out of seminary thinking 416 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,480 they're going to rule the world and blah, blah, blah, you know, like, 417 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,839 but like that unction, that Holy Spirit just kept saying, 418 00:24:14,839 --> 00:24:16,319 oh, you got to do this. 419 00:24:17,019 --> 00:24:20,640 And the more and more, you know, I just realized I have to do that. 420 00:24:20,819 --> 00:24:22,079 Like we've got to do this. 421 00:24:22,220 --> 00:24:24,000 I finally said, you know, I'm going to help you. 422 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,259 I'm going off payroll and no more, you know, pay. 423 00:24:27,779 --> 00:24:31,460 And I'm going to help you find someone to replace me in these capacities. 424 00:24:32,079 --> 00:24:32,900 And that's what we did. 425 00:24:33,319 --> 00:24:35,519 And we actually during that whole time started 426 00:24:36,060 --> 00:24:38,359 Lansdale Life Church during that whole time. 427 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:39,400 Because we just said, you know what? 428 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:40,519 We got to do it. 429 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,119 We just got to like commit. 430 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:45,059 And finally, I was in Haran long enough. 431 00:24:45,539 --> 00:24:46,039 I delayed. 432 00:24:46,759 --> 00:24:50,019 Okay, I derailed with all these other things I committed to. 433 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:52,940 And I even doubted 50 years old. 434 00:24:53,019 --> 00:24:57,019 But finally, we just said, just do it, you know, just God will do it, you know, 435 00:24:57,140 --> 00:25:00,799 and and he did praise the Lord, you know, and he's still doing it. 436 00:25:00,900 --> 00:25:02,339 You know, he's not finished with us. 437 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:04,299 He's not finished with any of us here. 438 00:25:04,420 --> 00:25:04,619 Right. 439 00:25:05,299 --> 00:25:07,579 But so I could totally relate on this delay, 440 00:25:08,379 --> 00:25:10,920 derailed decisions and even doubts, you know, 441 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:15,400 but the Lord is still carrying you to your hope. 442 00:25:15,539 --> 00:25:17,660 He still has a journey for you. 443 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:23,200 And even when you delayed, when you made poor decisions, dumb things, 444 00:25:23,559 --> 00:25:26,880 you know, whatever you did, he said, we just forget that. 445 00:25:27,259 --> 00:25:27,779 Let's go. 446 00:25:28,220 --> 00:25:28,700 It's time. 447 00:25:28,859 --> 00:25:29,599 It's go time. 448 00:25:31,279 --> 00:25:37,319 So anyway, so let's read all we're going to finish up here in verse 13. 449 00:25:39,259 --> 00:25:43,779 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, 450 00:25:44,619 --> 00:25:47,019 but having seen them afar off. 451 00:25:47,740 --> 00:25:48,460 There it is. 452 00:25:48,799 --> 00:25:52,019 What we just talked about Walt Disney, the Wright brothers, 453 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,259 anyone else you want to think of who did great things. 454 00:25:55,900 --> 00:25:57,400 They were assured of them. 455 00:25:58,460 --> 00:25:59,900 Okay, they were. 456 00:26:00,279 --> 00:26:04,779 They embrace them and they confess that they were strangers. 457 00:26:04,779 --> 00:26:07,440 See, they saw it in verse 13. 458 00:26:08,279 --> 00:26:09,180 They were confident. 459 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:10,440 They were assured of it. 460 00:26:11,180 --> 00:26:12,319 They embrace them. 461 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,940 In other words, they went all in like, I'm not going back home. 462 00:26:16,799 --> 00:26:20,380 I'm going to continue in this land, even though I don't have a home. 463 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:26,440 And finally, they confess that they were just strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 464 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,519 I think that's what happens to us. 465 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,839 Sometimes we can become complacent, you know? 466 00:26:31,839 --> 00:26:42,039 I mean, hope is like the idea that we see the landscape in front of us 467 00:26:42,039 --> 00:26:43,319 and it might be a valley. 468 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:47,900 It might be all kinds of obstacles, but we see a mountain up there. 469 00:26:48,019 --> 00:26:50,220 We know that's where we're supposed to go. 470 00:26:51,099 --> 00:26:52,700 We have to get to the mountain. 471 00:26:53,420 --> 00:26:56,619 So if you keep your eyes fixed on where you're going, 472 00:26:56,819 --> 00:26:58,440 keep your eyes fixed on Jesus Christ, 473 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,279 you know, the author and finisher of our faith, 474 00:27:01,279 --> 00:27:03,200 we keep our eyes fixed on him. 475 00:27:03,420 --> 00:27:04,859 He takes us there. 476 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,279 We don't get caught up in when things don't go right. 477 00:27:08,779 --> 00:27:11,440 We don't get caught up in pessimism. 478 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:15,900 And we don't get caught up on like obstacles 479 00:27:16,799 --> 00:27:20,859 that interfere with God's goal for our lives. 480 00:27:21,079 --> 00:27:22,319 We can't, right? 481 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:27,420 And because we have to trust he's taking us to our future. 482 00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:32,200 If we get, if we start camping out where we are 483 00:27:32,860 --> 00:27:36,220 and we start getting complacent and apathetic 484 00:27:36,220 --> 00:27:39,839 and think, well, you know, this is good enough. 485 00:27:40,019 --> 00:27:40,940 It's not good enough. 486 00:27:41,059 --> 00:27:42,720 He's taking you to somewhere better. 487 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:44,380 So let's finish up. 488 00:27:46,919 --> 00:27:48,200 Verse 14. 489 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,140 For those who say such things declare plainly 490 00:27:52,140 --> 00:27:54,619 that they seek a homeland. 491 00:27:55,260 --> 00:27:58,259 And truly, if they had called to mind that country 492 00:27:58,259 --> 00:28:00,339 from which they had come out, 493 00:28:00,740 --> 00:28:03,779 they would have had opportunity to return. 494 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:08,279 But now they desire a better that is a heavenly country. 495 00:28:09,220 --> 00:28:12,740 Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God 496 00:28:12,740 --> 00:28:16,539 for he has prepared a city for them. 497 00:28:16,980 --> 00:28:18,559 What does that verse remind you of there? 498 00:28:18,740 --> 00:28:22,700 He has prepared a city for them. 499 00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:24,440 Are you thinking what I'm thinking? 500 00:28:25,579 --> 00:28:26,359 John 14. 501 00:28:27,619 --> 00:28:29,920 Behold, I prepare a place for you. 502 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,759 John 14 verses two and three. 503 00:28:32,819 --> 00:28:33,480 Do you have that, Tammy? 504 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,099 He says, and if I go, he says, 505 00:28:36,460 --> 00:28:38,380 in my father's house are many mansions. 506 00:28:38,519 --> 00:28:41,700 And if it were not so, I would have told you. 507 00:28:42,079 --> 00:28:44,740 I go to prepare a place for you. 508 00:28:45,079 --> 00:28:48,319 And if I go and prepare a place for you, 509 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,779 I will come again and receive you to myself 510 00:28:51,779 --> 00:28:55,819 and that where I am there, you may be also. 511 00:28:56,559 --> 00:28:57,500 You know, he's preparing. 512 00:28:57,759 --> 00:28:59,440 He's preparing a place for us. 513 00:29:00,279 --> 00:29:02,519 And he's preparing us for that place. 514 00:29:03,460 --> 00:29:06,059 You know, it's like he knows the perfect timing. 515 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,480 I just thought of a stupid dad joke, 516 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,420 but I'll give it a shot. 517 00:29:11,119 --> 00:29:13,920 So, so this guy gets to heaven, right? 518 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,180 And it's a taxi cab driver. 519 00:29:17,619 --> 00:29:18,559 Okay, did you hear this one? 520 00:29:19,279 --> 00:29:20,799 And he gets to heaven 521 00:29:20,799 --> 00:29:22,279 and he's with a preacher. 522 00:29:23,119 --> 00:29:24,140 Yeah, this preacher. 523 00:29:24,740 --> 00:29:26,299 So, so anyway, they get in the, 524 00:29:26,299 --> 00:29:29,019 they get in the van with, with Peter, I guess, 525 00:29:29,079 --> 00:29:30,140 and he's driving around. 526 00:29:30,339 --> 00:29:32,519 He's driving through the neighborhoods, you know, 527 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:34,140 and as he's driving up, 528 00:29:34,259 --> 00:29:37,500 he see, they see this like beautiful, beautiful house. 529 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:38,140 Okay. 530 00:29:38,959 --> 00:29:41,859 And, and he says, okay, taxi cab driver. 531 00:29:42,380 --> 00:29:43,579 This is your house. 532 00:29:44,059 --> 00:29:46,740 And so, so he gets, I say, wow, you know, 533 00:29:46,740 --> 00:29:47,859 it's beautiful, right? 534 00:29:48,279 --> 00:29:50,059 So, you know, so he goes in 535 00:29:50,059 --> 00:29:52,299 and then meanwhile, Peter keeps driving 536 00:29:52,299 --> 00:29:53,880 and then the preacher's starting to think, wow, 537 00:29:53,980 --> 00:29:57,220 if that, if that taxi cab driver, okay, 538 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:01,319 got that house, imagine what me, what I will get. 539 00:30:01,660 --> 00:30:04,319 I'm a preacher of the word of God. 540 00:30:05,059 --> 00:30:08,700 I mean, many people have benefited from my preaching. 541 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:09,579 Okay. 542 00:30:10,180 --> 00:30:11,339 And so they drive up 543 00:30:11,339 --> 00:30:14,259 and they see this kind of humble little shacky thing 544 00:30:14,259 --> 00:30:15,900 and he goes, all right, preacher, 545 00:30:16,140 --> 00:30:17,119 this is your place. 546 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:18,539 Like, what? 547 00:30:18,539 --> 00:30:20,900 Like, what, that thing? 548 00:30:21,119 --> 00:30:22,920 Like, no, we're not going to do this in heaven. 549 00:30:23,140 --> 00:30:24,559 So this is a dad joke, remember? 550 00:30:25,299 --> 00:30:28,480 And so he said, well, how did that taxi cab driver 551 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,500 get that like mini palace? 552 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:32,019 And he goes, well, you see, 553 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,940 because when he drove, people prayed. 554 00:30:35,799 --> 00:30:38,099 When you preached, people slept. 555 00:30:40,119 --> 00:30:44,319 Anyway, but he's preparing a place for us, right? 556 00:30:44,579 --> 00:30:47,420 And it's going to be better than we can ever imagine. 557 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:48,440 Amen. 558 00:30:49,140 --> 00:30:51,059 It's going to be better, you know? 559 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:52,180 And all these things, 560 00:30:52,319 --> 00:30:54,319 every little trial we go through down here, 561 00:30:54,339 --> 00:30:55,660 it's like, it's going to be nothing 562 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,740 compared to the glory set before us, 563 00:30:59,039 --> 00:30:59,819 ahead of us. 564 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,900 And so, you know, this is the idea that he is, 565 00:31:04,359 --> 00:31:05,859 he has a hope for us. 566 00:31:06,180 --> 00:31:06,880 And, you know, really, 567 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,799 hope is having a big picture. 568 00:31:10,940 --> 00:31:14,900 Again, not getting caught up in the minutia of problems. 569 00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:18,420 I get so, it's sad when I hear people 570 00:31:18,420 --> 00:31:22,440 have such bad experiences in churches, you know? 571 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:24,859 Because like, no church is perfect. 572 00:31:25,039 --> 00:31:27,460 In fact, somebody told me, Billy Graham said, 573 00:31:28,099 --> 00:31:30,539 you know, if you find a church that's perfect 574 00:31:30,539 --> 00:31:33,059 and you're going to it, you just ruined it. 575 00:31:33,799 --> 00:31:35,799 I don't know if he really said that. 576 00:31:36,339 --> 00:31:36,960 Probably not. 577 00:31:37,099 --> 00:31:38,140 He seems too nice. 578 00:31:38,619 --> 00:31:40,019 Had to be somebody else, right? 579 00:31:40,859 --> 00:31:42,359 Then somebody else. 580 00:31:42,559 --> 00:31:43,920 Anyway, it probably wasn't so harsh. 581 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:47,660 But like, you know, really, nothing down here 582 00:31:47,660 --> 00:31:48,380 is going to be perfect. 583 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:50,539 It just isn't, what are we looking for? 584 00:31:51,019 --> 00:31:52,619 Like, it's not going to be perfect, 585 00:31:53,039 --> 00:31:57,579 but we can see perfection when God is guiding us to that. 586 00:31:57,740 --> 00:31:58,259 You know what I mean? 587 00:31:58,599 --> 00:32:01,200 Because he knows where he's leading to, you know? 588 00:32:03,119 --> 00:32:04,480 You know, I love this, you know, 589 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:07,799 it's the idea like, if we get a big picture, right? 590 00:32:08,279 --> 00:32:09,940 Like something that is beyond, 591 00:32:10,420 --> 00:32:12,640 like God actually takes us 592 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:16,099 and gives us a better perspective of our life. 593 00:32:16,660 --> 00:32:19,839 It's like Hebrews 6 verses 18 and 19. 594 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:24,359 It says, you know, that it is impossible for God to lie. 595 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,079 We might have strong consolation 596 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:32,799 who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us. 597 00:32:33,519 --> 00:32:37,680 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, 598 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,740 both sure and steadfast, 599 00:32:41,620 --> 00:32:45,559 which enters the presence behind the veil. 600 00:32:46,220 --> 00:32:49,900 You know, I love that picture of an anchor in heaven. 601 00:32:50,779 --> 00:32:51,619 Isn't that so cool? 602 00:32:51,900 --> 00:32:54,539 Like, you know, you are anchored in heaven, 603 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:58,940 not in the sea, not in the things of this world. 604 00:32:59,119 --> 00:33:00,500 You're not anchored here. 605 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:05,039 You know, when people throw an anchor over on a boat or a ship, 606 00:33:05,099 --> 00:33:10,359 it's to stay put, to stay in our place, right? 607 00:33:10,359 --> 00:33:12,559 So we don't get shifted around and move around. 608 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:16,779 But when we're anchored in the heavenlies with the Lord, 609 00:33:17,319 --> 00:33:19,339 we're anchored where he is. 610 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,119 So no matter what happens down here, 611 00:33:22,460 --> 00:33:23,460 it's like, where are we going, Lord? 612 00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:25,200 Like we're above it. 613 00:33:25,299 --> 00:33:25,839 You know what I mean? 614 00:33:26,140 --> 00:33:29,059 We're like suspended from the obstacles 615 00:33:29,059 --> 00:33:31,319 and trials in this world. 616 00:33:31,579 --> 00:33:32,680 Don't you sense that? 617 00:33:33,359 --> 00:33:36,619 Like when your perspective is from God's point of view, 618 00:33:36,819 --> 00:33:38,420 aren't things so small? 619 00:33:38,420 --> 00:33:40,559 Little problems are like, what's the big deal? 620 00:33:40,759 --> 00:33:43,079 You know, it's like God is so much bigger 621 00:33:43,079 --> 00:33:44,960 than this little issue, you know, 622 00:33:45,299 --> 00:33:47,960 than this little spat I'm having with this person 623 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:51,700 or, you know, this fragmented relationship. 624 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:53,839 You know, God's bigger and better than this. 625 00:33:54,019 --> 00:33:55,200 I just have to make it right. 626 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,440 You know, when we see things from God's perspective, 627 00:33:58,460 --> 00:34:01,619 he has the eternal big view. 628 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,039 That's the view we want, right? 629 00:34:04,039 --> 00:34:08,639 Not the incremental little tedious minutia view 630 00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:12,119 that we live day to day because if we see life that way, 631 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,719 we're never going to have the hope needed 632 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,940 to build what God wants to build through our lives. 633 00:34:18,940 --> 00:34:21,599 Like from a tangible sense like Walt Disney 634 00:34:21,599 --> 00:34:24,340 or the Wright Brothers or any other person 635 00:34:24,340 --> 00:34:26,699 who has changed the fabric of humanity 636 00:34:26,699 --> 00:34:28,599 through what they have invented, 637 00:34:28,940 --> 00:34:31,599 the Lord is inventing things through you. 638 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,239 And again, we may not see it all down here, 639 00:34:34,260 --> 00:34:35,840 but we will see it someday. 640 00:34:37,119 --> 00:34:38,739 I love hope. 641 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,960 How about Romans 8, 24, 25? 642 00:34:44,860 --> 00:34:47,039 For we were saved in this hope, 643 00:34:47,539 --> 00:34:49,940 but hope that is seen is not hope. 644 00:34:50,599 --> 00:34:53,420 For why does one still hope for what he sees? 645 00:34:54,039 --> 00:34:56,440 But if we hope for what we do not see, 646 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,460 we eagerly wait for it with perseverance. 647 00:35:00,460 --> 00:35:02,539 You know, when I read that, 648 00:35:02,739 --> 00:35:05,000 sometimes my negative mind starts to say, 649 00:35:05,139 --> 00:35:06,780 say, you mean I'm not going to actually see 650 00:35:06,780 --> 00:35:09,079 like any of this we're talking about 651 00:35:09,079 --> 00:35:10,800 until someday when I get there, you know, 652 00:35:11,119 --> 00:35:12,219 and I receive a crown 653 00:35:12,219 --> 00:35:14,280 and I throw it back at his feet anyway, right? 654 00:35:14,420 --> 00:35:16,820 Or, you know, like, but we do. 655 00:35:17,539 --> 00:35:18,820 You know, the more we hope, 656 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:20,780 remember, like we just said 657 00:35:20,780 --> 00:35:23,420 that hope never disappoints, okay? 658 00:35:23,980 --> 00:35:26,440 It purifies us, okay? 659 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:29,340 And in fact, the word, 660 00:35:29,340 --> 00:35:30,199 there's a word that says, 661 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,639 hope deferred makes the bones sick. 662 00:35:32,780 --> 00:35:34,079 We actually get sick, you know? 663 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:35,079 You know what that means? 664 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:39,920 It's mean, we do see the evidence of our hope 665 00:35:41,059 --> 00:35:43,440 because there's been so many things 666 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,099 that I just sensed would happen. 667 00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:48,219 I had a vision and I said, 668 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,300 Laura, if this is you, 669 00:35:50,619 --> 00:35:52,579 then like I'm going in. 670 00:35:52,900 --> 00:35:54,920 Like, I just, I want to commit to this 671 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:56,760 as long as you take me. 672 00:35:57,039 --> 00:35:58,780 And then I saw the evidence 673 00:35:58,780 --> 00:36:00,420 and I don't still hope for that. 674 00:36:00,619 --> 00:36:01,599 Why would you hope for something 675 00:36:01,599 --> 00:36:02,699 you already have, right? 676 00:36:03,199 --> 00:36:04,659 But you build upon it. 677 00:36:04,780 --> 00:36:05,659 Now what, Lord? 678 00:36:05,980 --> 00:36:07,380 What's the next thing 679 00:36:07,380 --> 00:36:09,920 that you want to build, you know? 680 00:36:11,199 --> 00:36:14,219 And look to see it come to fruition. 681 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:15,940 And that's the idea 682 00:36:15,940 --> 00:36:18,239 because we just go from hope to hope, 683 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:20,340 faith to faith to hope to hope, right? 684 00:36:20,820 --> 00:36:21,760 And we keep building. 685 00:36:23,079 --> 00:36:25,179 As the worship team comes up, 686 00:36:27,179 --> 00:36:28,539 I was thinking about, 687 00:36:28,679 --> 00:36:29,940 I probably always tell them 688 00:36:29,940 --> 00:36:30,880 to come up too soon 689 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:31,880 and they're standing up here. 690 00:36:31,940 --> 00:36:32,840 I hope you guys don't mind. 691 00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:34,619 In fact, if you want to do a little like 692 00:36:35,099 --> 00:36:36,860 stuff in the background, you know, 693 00:36:37,099 --> 00:36:38,119 you could do that too. 694 00:36:38,679 --> 00:36:40,679 But I was thinking about like, 695 00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:42,619 like if we have hope 696 00:36:42,619 --> 00:36:44,219 that is higher than our circumstances, 697 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,099 that are bigger than our circumstances, 698 00:36:48,099 --> 00:36:50,000 you know, and we don't see that 699 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,159 this is just good enough, you know? 700 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:54,599 Because when you see things as good enough, 701 00:36:54,599 --> 00:36:57,219 I remember like Lot in Sodom, you know, 702 00:36:57,619 --> 00:37:01,360 when fire and brimstone rained down 703 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:05,059 and the Lord took Lot out, okay? 704 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,079 And Lot, and he would have brought him back 705 00:37:09,079 --> 00:37:10,079 to the Promised Land. 706 00:37:10,219 --> 00:37:10,820 Think about that. 707 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,219 Like he had an option to go back 708 00:37:13,219 --> 00:37:16,139 with his uncle, Abe, okay? 709 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:17,760 And he could have lived in the Promised Land. 710 00:37:18,219 --> 00:37:20,340 And as the angels are dragging him out, 711 00:37:20,380 --> 00:37:21,039 you know, and he's like, 712 00:37:21,079 --> 00:37:24,139 oh, you know, don't look back, you know? 713 00:37:24,139 --> 00:37:27,239 And as he's carrying him and his wife, 714 00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:31,139 and he's like, well, do I have to go too far away? 715 00:37:31,199 --> 00:37:32,739 How about this little town over here? 716 00:37:32,820 --> 00:37:33,539 It's a little town. 717 00:37:33,639 --> 00:37:34,519 Isn't this town okay? 718 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:36,400 You know, named Zor, okay? 719 00:37:36,980 --> 00:37:38,320 Well, the angels are like, 720 00:37:38,460 --> 00:37:40,360 this guy, he just doesn't grasp. 721 00:37:40,699 --> 00:37:42,119 Like there's so much more 722 00:37:42,119 --> 00:37:43,599 than Sodom and Gomorrah, 723 00:37:43,659 --> 00:37:45,880 and he still wants to hang around here, right? 724 00:37:46,119 --> 00:37:47,659 I think a lot of times we just think, 725 00:37:47,940 --> 00:37:49,139 isn't this good enough? 726 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:52,099 Like can't I be complacent here? 727 00:37:52,260 --> 00:37:53,599 And even his wife turned around 728 00:37:53,599 --> 00:37:54,920 and turned to a pillar of salt. 729 00:37:55,420 --> 00:37:57,820 Like sometimes we just really don't realize 730 00:37:57,820 --> 00:38:00,340 there's so many better things ahead 731 00:38:00,340 --> 00:38:03,500 if we just trust God is taking us there. 732 00:38:04,980 --> 00:38:06,539 You know, and that's what he's doing. 733 00:38:06,679 --> 00:38:08,300 You know, so many people have said, 734 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:09,760 isn't this good enough? 735 00:38:10,079 --> 00:38:11,900 Israel did it time and time again. 736 00:38:12,059 --> 00:38:14,519 You know, isn't Egypt good enough? 737 00:38:15,260 --> 00:38:17,840 You know, when they finally were crossing 738 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:20,940 the Jordan River, two and a half tribes said, 739 00:38:20,940 --> 00:38:23,599 isn't this side of the Jordan good enough? 740 00:38:24,179 --> 00:38:26,599 Like do I have to go into the Promised Land? 741 00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:28,559 Like you're right there. 742 00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:29,719 Are you kidding me? 743 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:32,760 Like why wouldn't you want to go right in? 744 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:34,119 And then they got in there 745 00:38:34,119 --> 00:38:36,000 and then they started taking over 746 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,039 and conquering the land 747 00:38:37,039 --> 00:38:38,719 like they're supposed to, right? 748 00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:40,559 And then all of a sudden, 749 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:42,460 isn't this good enough? 750 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:44,619 Isn't this enough of the land? 751 00:38:45,460 --> 00:38:46,900 Like these people aren't so bad. 752 00:38:47,639 --> 00:38:50,280 You know, this mediocre life isn't so bad. 753 00:38:51,279 --> 00:38:52,260 It's good enough. 754 00:38:52,340 --> 00:38:53,260 It's not good enough. 755 00:38:53,599 --> 00:38:55,460 No, you're better than this. 756 00:38:56,159 --> 00:38:58,400 We're all better than where we're at right now. 757 00:38:58,539 --> 00:39:01,440 We can all improve in Christ. 758 00:39:01,679 --> 00:39:03,639 And I'm not saying about doing more things 759 00:39:03,639 --> 00:39:05,199 and being, you know, 760 00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:08,260 I'm not talking about success from a worldly level. 761 00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:11,239 I'm saying we can all be better 762 00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:12,440 than we are right now. 763 00:39:12,599 --> 00:39:13,519 Does that make you sad? 764 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:17,039 That gives me encouragement. 765 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:19,760 I don't want to think, well, yeah, 766 00:39:19,860 --> 00:39:20,719 what you got right here, 767 00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:21,900 it's the best it's going to get. 768 00:39:22,199 --> 00:39:22,960 You know what happens then? 769 00:39:23,079 --> 00:39:24,820 All right, I'm going back. 770 00:39:25,300 --> 00:39:27,019 You know, no, it's higher. 771 00:39:27,340 --> 00:39:28,219 We're going to go higher. 772 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:30,239 We're going to go to a higher level. 773 00:39:30,519 --> 00:39:31,280 That's what we want. 774 00:39:31,579 --> 00:39:34,119 We want to keep going until we get taken out 775 00:39:34,119 --> 00:39:36,860 like Elijah in the chariots of fire. 776 00:39:37,039 --> 00:39:38,159 That's what I want, you know? 777 00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:40,440 We know there's something better. 778 00:39:40,820 --> 00:39:42,300 The Lord has given you a vision, 779 00:39:42,619 --> 00:39:44,239 even just like Joseph. 780 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:46,900 Joseph had these dreams and these visions. 781 00:39:47,079 --> 00:39:47,900 Like, wow, you know, 782 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:49,280 everyone's going to be bound to me. 783 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:52,000 You know, I can't imagine this, you know, 784 00:39:52,079 --> 00:39:54,039 but and all of a sudden, there he is, 785 00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,059 a slave, like what happened? 786 00:39:57,340 --> 00:39:59,199 But he just still had the vision. 787 00:40:00,199 --> 00:40:01,119 He had the vision. 788 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:03,219 He had high hopes, right? 789 00:40:03,599 --> 00:40:06,119 I love that panic at the disco song, 790 00:40:06,260 --> 00:40:06,900 High, High Hopes. 791 00:40:06,980 --> 00:40:08,280 Anyway, shouldn't have even said that. 792 00:40:08,579 --> 00:40:09,719 Scrap that from the records. 793 00:40:10,199 --> 00:40:11,039 It's a good song though. 794 00:40:11,380 --> 00:40:13,400 But anyway, but, you know, 795 00:40:13,519 --> 00:40:14,599 but high hopes really, 796 00:40:14,940 --> 00:40:17,019 when we have a high hope, right? 797 00:40:18,299 --> 00:40:19,760 When you're Joseph, you're like, 798 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:20,840 I'm not going to get like, 799 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,119 I'm going to keep doing what I do. 800 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:25,840 If this is where I'm at, 801 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:27,980 I'm going to thrive, right? 802 00:40:28,500 --> 00:40:30,059 Then of course, he gets accused 803 00:40:30,059 --> 00:40:30,960 of something he didn't do. 804 00:40:31,039 --> 00:40:31,900 He gets thrown in prison. 805 00:40:32,739 --> 00:40:33,800 You know, now he's in prison. 806 00:40:33,940 --> 00:40:35,179 What happened to the dreams? 807 00:40:35,420 --> 00:40:36,000 The vision. 808 00:40:37,199 --> 00:40:38,920 But he was committed to the vision. 809 00:40:39,699 --> 00:40:41,179 He was assured of the vision. 810 00:40:41,659 --> 00:40:43,000 He was committed of the vision. 811 00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:44,619 And he wasn't going to stop 812 00:40:44,619 --> 00:40:47,320 until he saw the vision come to fruition. 813 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:51,139 And he said to the cup bearer, 814 00:40:51,380 --> 00:40:52,440 will you remember me? 815 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:55,559 Like, can you just tell people about me 816 00:40:55,559 --> 00:40:56,940 and hear that I, you know, 817 00:40:57,239 --> 00:40:59,079 two more years go by, 818 00:40:59,119 --> 00:41:00,679 still in the prison, you know? 819 00:41:01,139 --> 00:41:05,059 But he kept, he held on to the hope. 820 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,280 And we should too. 821 00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:08,400 We have hope. 822 00:41:08,699 --> 00:41:10,719 Even in the midst of trials, 823 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,139 we can lay hold of that hope. 824 00:41:13,139 --> 00:41:15,440 And it's the helmet of salvation, by the way. 825 00:41:15,860 --> 00:41:18,320 We got this hope that it doesn't go away. 826 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:20,119 Thanks, Tammy. 827 00:41:20,340 --> 00:41:24,239 You know, there's Abraham and Sarah. 828 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:25,920 I found this picture. 829 00:41:26,980 --> 00:41:30,199 And, you know, they saw the promise, didn't they? 830 00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:33,480 You know, even when it's like 100 years old. 831 00:41:35,559 --> 00:41:38,340 You know, Sarah, 90 years old. 832 00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:41,920 But they saw it, right? 833 00:41:42,539 --> 00:41:44,059 And they were confident. 834 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,440 They were assured the word says, right? 835 00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:48,699 And they embraced it. 836 00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:49,860 You know, they're like, okay, 837 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:51,340 if this is what you have, Lord. 838 00:41:52,059 --> 00:41:54,440 And then finally, we'll send away Ishmael and Hagar 839 00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:56,019 if they're not part of this equation. 840 00:41:56,820 --> 00:41:58,599 And then finally, they wouldn't rest 841 00:42:00,419 --> 00:42:02,320 until they had the promise. 842 00:42:03,159 --> 00:42:04,219 They wouldn't stop. 843 00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:04,840 Amen. 844 00:42:05,780 --> 00:42:07,980 You know, when things don't go right, 845 00:42:08,039 --> 00:42:09,639 I think we need to just laugh and say, 846 00:42:09,699 --> 00:42:10,619 you know, isn't it amazing? 847 00:42:10,619 --> 00:42:12,559 This is happening right now. 848 00:42:13,079 --> 00:42:15,280 But God's still gonna complete what He started. 849 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:16,800 I found this picture. 850 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:18,280 Isn't that the funniest picture? 851 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:21,719 Like, can't you just picture Abraham and Sarah? 852 00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:26,559 Are you kidding me? 853 00:42:27,119 --> 00:42:27,440 Like, us? 854 00:42:28,380 --> 00:42:31,880 Like, 190 years old? 855 00:42:31,940 --> 00:42:33,400 Not 190, 100. 856 00:42:34,059 --> 00:42:34,619 And she was nine. 857 00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,039 But I just love that picture. 858 00:42:37,159 --> 00:42:37,980 Because they're laughing. 859 00:42:38,260 --> 00:42:39,780 They're like, this is just crazy. 860 00:42:40,199 --> 00:42:44,139 And to think greater than the stars in the sky 861 00:42:44,660 --> 00:42:47,219 and the sand on the shores 862 00:42:47,759 --> 00:42:49,320 are gonna be our descendants? 863 00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:51,179 Like, and there they are just laughing. 864 00:42:51,380 --> 00:42:52,039 I think we gotta laugh. 865 00:42:52,119 --> 00:42:53,719 We have to have an Isaac boat. 866 00:42:53,860 --> 00:42:56,000 You know, Isaac's name means laughter. 867 00:42:57,880 --> 00:42:58,380 Abraham laughed. 868 00:42:59,500 --> 00:43:00,019 Sarah laughed. 869 00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:02,119 We gotta name him Isaac. 870 00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:03,039 Laughter. 871 00:43:03,260 --> 00:43:05,539 And the Lord said, you're gonna name him laughter. 872 00:43:06,139 --> 00:43:08,539 You know, I think we have to have levity. 873 00:43:08,539 --> 00:43:10,559 When things aren't going right, we have to laugh. 874 00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:12,079 Because the Lord laughs. 875 00:43:12,139 --> 00:43:13,780 The Lord laughs at our enemies. 876 00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:17,119 He says, you really think you could stand in the way of me and them? 877 00:43:17,699 --> 00:43:19,320 And He laughs, right? 878 00:43:19,780 --> 00:43:20,659 And that's what the... 879 00:43:20,659 --> 00:43:24,099 We have to just have some joy, even in the chaos, 880 00:43:24,300 --> 00:43:24,900 and say, you know what? 881 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:29,599 The Lord is going to fulfill what He promised to me. 882 00:43:29,599 --> 00:43:29,800 Amen. 883 00:43:30,539 --> 00:43:34,239 Let's all stand up and let's give the Lord a round of applause. 884 00:43:35,159 --> 00:43:35,559 Hallelujah. 885 00:43:38,559 --> 00:43:42,019 Father God, we thank You that we are anchored in the heavenlies 886 00:43:42,019 --> 00:43:45,980 behind the veil where our forerunner is, You Jesus Christ. 887 00:43:46,679 --> 00:43:49,460 We thank You, Lord, that we can keep our eyes fixed on You, 888 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,260 the author and finisher of our faith. 889 00:43:52,559 --> 00:43:55,599 We thank You, Lord God, that nothing is impossible 890 00:43:55,599 --> 00:43:57,920 where You are guiding You will provide. 891 00:43:58,579 --> 00:44:05,760 So, Lord, we ask You to just download new vision into our minds and hearts, Lord God, 892 00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:10,300 that You would bring creativity to our lives that we never had before. 893 00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:15,400 We would see ideas in our minds and just say, that's it. 894 00:44:15,639 --> 00:44:16,400 That's the answer. 895 00:44:17,019 --> 00:44:19,000 Because, Lord God, that's who we are. 896 00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:22,179 We are Your vessels of greatness. 897 00:44:23,240 --> 00:44:24,159 Greatness, Lord God. 898 00:44:24,260 --> 00:44:26,639 We are great in Jesus Christ. 899 00:44:26,860 --> 00:44:27,820 You live in us. 900 00:44:28,159 --> 00:44:30,219 We thank You, Lord, in Jesus' name. 901 00:44:32,079 --> 00:44:32,599 Hallelujah. 902 00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:43,380 Thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church as we praise God and discuss His word. 903 00:44:44,079 --> 00:44:49,539 Don't forget to join us for worship live Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube. 904 00:44:50,559 --> 00:44:52,639 Be blessed and have a great day!