1 00:00:14,119 --> 00:00:17,339 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,420 --> 00:00:24,079 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:27,280 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:41,420 Amazing. So today we're going to talk about solitude with the Savior. 5 00:00:42,039 --> 00:00:47,100 You know, as you know, we finished up the book of Hebrews and we go through books of the Bible, 6 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:55,920 but I really thought it was a good time, you know, to take a pause and go over some, you know, basics of our Christian walk, 7 00:00:56,100 --> 00:01:01,960 our Christian faith, you know, leading up to Resurrection Day because there's going to be some interruptions anyway. 8 00:01:02,719 --> 00:01:08,379 In fact, we have a very special presentation of the Seder meal. 9 00:01:08,379 --> 00:01:11,019 I think that was presented and already mentioned the bulletin. 10 00:01:11,019 --> 00:01:13,719 So that's coming up on the 15th. 11 00:01:14,260 --> 00:01:22,180 So now we're talking about, you know, basics of our faith, things that we should all know about and engage in. 12 00:01:22,700 --> 00:01:26,659 And last week, do you remember what last week was about? Wow. 13 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:34,060 Sharing our faith, right? I know you do. You're just being coy, right? 14 00:01:34,060 --> 00:01:41,799 But sharing our faith and I won't ask for a show of hands who had the opportunity to share their faith this past week. 15 00:01:42,239 --> 00:01:46,700 But remember, it was relationally, you know, people, our family, friends, acquaintances. 16 00:01:47,799 --> 00:01:50,019 And, you know, that should be an easy layup. 17 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:56,659 But then there's also the spontaneous opportunities to share our faith with the Amazon driver, right? 18 00:01:56,859 --> 00:01:59,980 The waitress, the waiter, people we come across, you know. 19 00:01:59,980 --> 00:02:08,020 And then finally, the evangelical way of sharing our faith that you are intentionally. 20 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:13,259 I know that's a little more difficult sometimes to find the right venue, the right team to join. 21 00:02:13,879 --> 00:02:18,539 But just, you know, keep that in the back of your mind to really be available and ready. 22 00:02:18,699 --> 00:02:22,759 Always be prepared to share the reason for the hope that is within you, right? 23 00:02:22,759 --> 00:02:26,479 But this week we're going to talk about solitude. 24 00:02:27,259 --> 00:02:31,979 And what I mean by that is time alone with God. 25 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:37,419 You know, that time that we can just meditate and receive from God. 26 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:45,099 Solitude is really getting with God and allowing Him to pour into us so we can pour out to others, right? 27 00:02:45,219 --> 00:02:52,080 Remember that see a Galilee picture, you know, how the water flows through and out the other end to pour out. 28 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:58,580 We always should be pouring out. And so solitude is a time that we can really get with God and receive vision, 29 00:03:00,259 --> 00:03:08,300 receive insight, and really just to marinate in His love for us and be centered in our whole purpose in life 30 00:03:08,300 --> 00:03:12,900 is to be in community with God. That's what solitude is, you know. 31 00:03:13,259 --> 00:03:18,159 And this world is so busy, isn't it? I mean, it's crazy. 32 00:03:18,159 --> 00:03:26,539 We're getting bombarded constantly with solicitations, with opportunities, with invitations. 33 00:03:27,340 --> 00:03:33,780 You know, we're just getting bombarded. My phone is always lighting up with another short popping up and whatever. 34 00:03:34,340 --> 00:03:41,139 You know, there's constantly bombardment of information that just can cloud our whole mind. 35 00:03:41,780 --> 00:03:46,759 Is your brain ever just congested with too much information, you know? 36 00:03:46,759 --> 00:03:51,819 I turn on the radio and I'm on my way here with Jill and we usually just listen to worship music 37 00:03:51,819 --> 00:03:56,719 because I don't really like a lot of distraction, but I know there's a lot going on in Iran. 38 00:03:57,419 --> 00:04:03,659 And I'm thinking, I don't want to come here, be clueless, so I turn it on and man, I mean, there's a lot of things happening. 39 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,900 We're not going to talk about that because we probably really don't know half of it, but we'll soon see. 40 00:04:08,020 --> 00:04:14,379 But there seems to be some movement over there and hopefully it's a good thing, you know, time will tell. 41 00:04:14,379 --> 00:04:21,959 But we're being constantly, you know, just riveted with things in this world. 42 00:04:22,180 --> 00:04:25,439 I checked my email just as I'm thinking about this this morning. 43 00:04:25,579 --> 00:04:31,019 I said, I wonder how many emails I really get per day, you know, because I'm still in business and stuff too. 44 00:04:31,540 --> 00:04:36,279 And so I checked my email from Friday and it was just an ordinary Friday. 45 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:40,439 And the ones that got through were 139 emails. 46 00:04:40,439 --> 00:04:46,019 You probably get more, I don't know. But if I went into spam, I'd probably see double that. 47 00:04:46,259 --> 00:04:51,540 I mean, can you imagine like that much? And it's too much to even stop, right? 48 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:57,500 It's like, oh, whatever, you know, because you're constantly trying to attract us to something. 49 00:04:58,199 --> 00:05:06,759 And yet the Lord is saying, well, you just drop all that and listen to me because I am the author and finisher of your faith. 50 00:05:06,759 --> 00:05:11,800 You know, I know your destiny. I know why you're here. I know what you want. 51 00:05:11,860 --> 00:05:15,600 I want you to be doing. Listen to me. 52 00:05:15,939 --> 00:05:22,300 You know, a lot of times it could be good things we're involved in and things that are noble and needed. 53 00:05:22,879 --> 00:05:27,060 But still, if we're not receiving from God, we're missing the point. 54 00:05:27,060 --> 00:05:39,420 I always picture that, you know, the Mary Martha, you know, situation when Jesus is over their house and, you know, speaking to them. 55 00:05:40,139 --> 00:05:47,000 And, you know, Mary's just like, Jesus, like he's here and she's just soaking it all in. Right. 56 00:05:47,639 --> 00:05:51,339 And Martha's like, oh, there's so much to do here. You've got to make some food. 57 00:05:51,339 --> 00:05:59,980 We've got to get, you know, there's so much to do. That's all she's thinking about is to to prepare things for who's there. 58 00:06:00,459 --> 00:06:09,339 And she's missing the point. And she was saying like and Martha starts saying, you know, Jesus, don't you care that I'm doing everything around here? 59 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:19,120 You know, and you're and you're letting her get off. And what is and what does the Lord say to her, Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. 60 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:27,480 But one thing is needed. And Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her. 61 00:06:28,019 --> 00:06:36,819 You know, I will confess and I know you won't tell anyone. So I'm in the I'm in a good confessional here, but I could be Martha a lot. 62 00:06:37,339 --> 00:06:43,180 I really can't because I could see so much needs to get done and and there's no one else around here to do it. 63 00:06:43,180 --> 00:06:49,100 I just got to do it. And, you know, things will get done if I'm not receiving from Christ first. 64 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:56,879 I won't be doing the right things anyway. Right. I remember we started the book of Joshua on Wednesday nights. 65 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:02,860 You got to come out. I love Joshua. Right. Jesse did a great job this past Wednesday night. 66 00:07:03,199 --> 00:07:07,040 Not sure who's on the rotation next Wednesday, but it's going to be tremendous. 67 00:07:08,580 --> 00:07:15,680 And Joshua, you know, leads the people into into the Promised Land and they just cross over the Jordan and they're getting ready. 68 00:07:15,839 --> 00:07:19,279 And they're looking at Jericho and thinking, oh, man, we got to do something here. 69 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,399 And and they're probably just thinking, how are we going to forge this ramp and get over this thing? 70 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:26,399 And we don't know what to do. Right. But we're going to do it. 71 00:07:26,519 --> 00:07:33,120 God brought us here. We're going to get it done. So imagine how clouded Joshua's mind is. 72 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:43,860 Like, you know, I got to come up with a plan. I got to prepare. I got to, you know, I got to muster up the right resources and the right army to defeat Jericho. 73 00:07:44,279 --> 00:07:49,720 He's got so much jammed in that brain of his right. And so what does he do? 74 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:58,060 He's walking up and he sees this guy with a sword in the way. And and it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho. 75 00:07:59,079 --> 00:08:06,139 That he lifted his eyes and looked and behold, a man stood opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand. 76 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:11,779 And Joshua went to him and said, are you for us or are you for our adversaries? 77 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:18,019 Imagine asking God or his assigned messenger, are you with me, Lord, or are you against me? 78 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:24,339 Wrong question. Right. The question is, am I for him? Right. I got it all wrong. Right. 79 00:08:24,339 --> 00:08:31,680 And so he said, no, but as commander of the army of the Lord, I have now come. 80 00:08:32,379 --> 00:08:40,240 And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worship and said to him, what does my Lord say to his servant? 81 00:08:41,380 --> 00:08:47,419 Joshua instantly got it. He realized, wait a minute. I am all wrong here. 82 00:08:47,419 --> 00:08:56,740 I need to be receiving the plan from him. I'm so burdened with how I'm going to get over this gigantic wall of Jericho. 83 00:08:57,779 --> 00:09:06,419 And he's got the plan to just knock it down from the outside in. You know, when we do it the Lord's way, it's easy. 84 00:09:07,100 --> 00:09:08,340 You ever notice that really? 85 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:13,919 You know, Jesus say, come to me all you weary and heavy lay and I will give you rest for your souls. 86 00:09:14,299 --> 00:09:16,500 You know, he doesn't say I'm going to give you more to worry about. 87 00:09:16,500 --> 00:09:21,519 I'm going to give you a heavier load. I'm going to give you more work to do now. Come on in. 88 00:09:21,519 --> 00:09:28,059 You already, you know, that's not a great invitation. He's saying, if you do it my way, you will catch more fish. 89 00:09:28,820 --> 00:09:34,779 You know, Peter, James and John and and the others, you know, they caught fish when they were with Jesus. Right. 90 00:09:35,279 --> 00:09:43,399 He makes everything easier when we do it his way. So spending time with him is not a waste of time. 91 00:09:43,399 --> 00:09:53,600 It's the right thing to do. And that's what we need to do is we need to set that time apart to get with him and say, Lord, I have no clue what I'm doing. 92 00:09:54,279 --> 00:09:59,259 I just don't know what I'm doing. I need to receive from you. It's amazing. 93 00:09:59,460 --> 00:10:07,899 I wonder how much we would actually get done if we would spend more time not doing anything and receiving from him. 94 00:10:07,899 --> 00:10:20,879 And that time is just so essential. And Jesus really personifies that in this passage we're about to read because the Lord goes away by himself. 95 00:10:21,059 --> 00:10:32,879 We're only going to read maybe 10 verses or something of this chapter. But it's it's significant because if Jesus, who is the word of God, could have known everything. 96 00:10:32,879 --> 00:10:40,779 But he chose to demonstrate a dependence on his father to receive from him. He didn't need to do that. 97 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:51,120 He made himself need to do that for our sake, just like he did not need to be baptized. He made himself needed to be baptized for our sake to demonstrate. 98 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:58,600 This is how you get things done when you just ask me how to get it done. And so this is what we're going to look at. 99 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:07,840 So leading up to this, you know, John the Baptist was arrested because he called out Herod on his sin, you know, adultery with his brother's wife. 100 00:11:08,799 --> 00:11:14,779 And so at a party, they're probably all drunk and Herod's like saying, oh, your daughter is so beautiful. 101 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,779 I'll give you anything you want. I never understood that oath. The dumbest thing. 102 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,700 I'll give you whatever you want just because you're beautiful and you can dance. 103 00:11:21,700 --> 00:11:28,720 And so she says, give me John the Baptist head on a platter at the at the instruction of her mom. 104 00:11:29,340 --> 00:11:45,200 And so he gives the orders and here, John the Baptist, the prophet, the herald of Jesus Christ is beheaded on the bequest of some hot little number dancing in front of them that entices him to do something really dumb. 105 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:50,879 I'm just thinking how many men have made huge errors in the same way, you know. 106 00:11:50,879 --> 00:11:54,919 But anyway, so that's where we're at. And let's pick it up in. 107 00:11:56,340 --> 00:11:58,120 Let's see here. 108 00:11:59,639 --> 00:12:00,679 Verse 12. 109 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:11,600 And then John the Baptist disciples came and took away the body of John the Baptist and buried it and went and told Jesus. 110 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,759 And verse 13. 111 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:20,919 Then Jesus heard it. He departed from there by boat to a deserted place by himself. 112 00:12:22,299 --> 00:12:26,779 But when the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities. 113 00:12:27,139 --> 00:12:35,899 And when Jesus went out, he saw the great multitude and he was moved with compassion for them and he healed their sick. 114 00:12:35,899 --> 00:12:44,200 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him saying, this is a deserted place and the hour is already late. 115 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:52,419 Send the multitudes away that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food. 116 00:12:53,399 --> 00:12:54,259 But you know what happened? 117 00:12:54,460 --> 00:12:55,960 Jesus said, why? 118 00:12:56,539 --> 00:12:57,899 You give them something to eat. 119 00:12:57,899 --> 00:13:04,200 And he ended up supernaturally miraculously feeding five thousand men and who knows how many others. 120 00:13:04,659 --> 00:13:09,220 And then having even a leftovers to hold on to for later. 121 00:13:09,639 --> 00:13:14,340 The reason I'm skipping over that is the feeding of the five thousand isn't really the focus. 122 00:13:15,019 --> 00:13:22,299 It's the fact that Jesus was just told that his cousin was beheaded. 123 00:13:24,299 --> 00:13:35,960 This is after John the Baptist was in prison and sent messengers to Jesus in a kind of paraphrasical way saying, cousin, 124 00:13:37,279 --> 00:13:39,259 are you really the one I'm waiting for? 125 00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:43,120 And you can read between the lines saying like, I'm in here. 126 00:13:44,019 --> 00:13:45,840 Why am I in here if you're the one? 127 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:48,279 And now he's beheaded. 128 00:13:48,580 --> 00:13:50,419 You just picture that weight. 129 00:13:50,419 --> 00:13:54,420 Now, I know there's reasons and we can get into theological reasons. 130 00:13:55,039 --> 00:13:56,440 And I think a lot of them are valid. 131 00:13:56,759 --> 00:14:02,159 Why John the Baptist was meant to die in prison as a symbol of the law and so forth. 132 00:14:02,279 --> 00:14:03,659 We can go those places and all. 133 00:14:03,980 --> 00:14:06,500 But let's just take the humanity of Jesus Christ. 134 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,019 His cousin is beheaded. 135 00:14:10,379 --> 00:14:14,919 I mean, you think there was some sadness there and sorrow. 136 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:20,759 The very man who introduced the world to him is now dead. 137 00:14:22,379 --> 00:14:23,580 You know, that's some weight. 138 00:14:24,220 --> 00:14:24,240 Right. 139 00:14:25,159 --> 00:14:26,120 And we didn't read. 140 00:14:26,279 --> 00:14:31,379 But there's another portion of scripture and other gospel that tells us in the midst of all this, 141 00:14:31,820 --> 00:14:38,080 his first twelve disciples just came back and told him, man, you should hear what just happened. 142 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:40,500 The demons are being cast out. 143 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:41,740 You know, this is amazing. 144 00:14:41,740 --> 00:14:44,059 So here Jesus is hearing amazing news. 145 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:48,820 And then he's hearing about his cousin. 146 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,379 Like, isn't that life a roller coaster of emotions? 147 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,159 Like one minute you're up, the next minute you're down. 148 00:14:58,860 --> 00:14:59,899 Just a roller coaster. 149 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:03,419 And here's Jesus just being inundated with. 150 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:05,200 That's awesome. 151 00:15:06,700 --> 00:15:07,440 That's horrible. 152 00:15:08,179 --> 00:15:09,779 You know, what did he do? 153 00:15:10,619 --> 00:15:18,500 He went away to be alone with his father and say, Father, just just give me a help me here. 154 00:15:18,659 --> 00:15:19,639 Process this. 155 00:15:19,779 --> 00:15:21,379 You know, he's fully man and fully God. 156 00:15:22,039 --> 00:15:23,320 How do I process this? 157 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:25,120 You know, I think that's what we need to do. 158 00:15:25,220 --> 00:15:31,120 You know, when we're inundated with emotions that are like a roller coaster that are just tearing us apart. 159 00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:33,360 Lord, I got to get with you. 160 00:15:33,559 --> 00:15:34,580 We have to have a talk. 161 00:15:35,139 --> 00:15:38,460 You know, have you ever just talked with God and just walked? 162 00:15:38,460 --> 00:15:39,399 I love pacing. 163 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:39,980 Talking to God. 164 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:41,080 I love walking. 165 00:15:41,279 --> 00:15:41,799 Talking to God. 166 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:43,120 I love laying on my face. 167 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:43,899 Talking to God. 168 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:49,299 I just have you ever just driven somewhere and just kept talking to God like he's a friend. 169 00:15:49,399 --> 00:15:50,700 Like he's sitting next to your Lord. 170 00:15:50,820 --> 00:15:51,860 Like, I know what you're going to say. 171 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:53,080 I know. 172 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:55,519 I know Lord, but still I don't like it. 173 00:15:55,940 --> 00:15:57,159 Or what am I supposed to do? 174 00:15:57,279 --> 00:15:58,259 I knew I thought of that. 175 00:15:58,399 --> 00:15:59,259 But how about something else? 176 00:15:59,340 --> 00:16:02,899 You have somebody watched you who was driving alongside you like that guy's nuts. 177 00:16:02,980 --> 00:16:03,740 You know, look at him. 178 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,519 He's talking to himself or he has earbuds in his ears. 179 00:16:06,519 --> 00:16:09,100 But no, you're just having a conversation. 180 00:16:09,179 --> 00:16:11,820 If you don't do that, I highly recommend it. 181 00:16:12,179 --> 00:16:14,940 Just talk to God like a friend. 182 00:16:15,559 --> 00:16:17,779 Like a counselor because he is. 183 00:16:17,899 --> 00:16:21,179 And just say, Lord, I don't know what to do with this information. 184 00:16:21,779 --> 00:16:23,299 Please help me. 185 00:16:23,580 --> 00:16:25,340 Help me process this. 186 00:16:25,919 --> 00:16:28,860 So he leaves and then he feeds the 5,000. 187 00:16:30,500 --> 00:16:34,360 And then verse 22, immediately, listen to this, 188 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,840 Jesus made his disciples get into the boat 189 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:41,600 and go before him to the other side while he sent the multitudes away. 190 00:16:42,820 --> 00:16:44,919 And when he had sent the multitudes away, 191 00:16:44,940 --> 00:16:48,840 he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. 192 00:16:49,699 --> 00:16:53,539 Again, another gospel fills in a little gap here. 193 00:16:53,559 --> 00:16:56,600 That's why it's so great to read all the gospels and line them up. 194 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:58,440 I don't know if you have a Bible, a study Bible, 195 00:16:58,519 --> 00:17:02,759 but you should get one because it tells you where else to find those stories. 196 00:17:02,759 --> 00:17:05,599 And it's good to read them parallel to each other 197 00:17:05,599 --> 00:17:10,740 because one gospel will fill in a spot that wasn't mentioned in another gospel. 198 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,400 And we read here in John chapter 6 verse 15 199 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,500 that something else also happened during this time, 200 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:22,819 that therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come 201 00:17:22,819 --> 00:17:25,579 and take him by force to make him king, 202 00:17:25,660 --> 00:17:31,039 he departed again to the mountain by himself alone. 203 00:17:32,079 --> 00:17:35,920 So he had to leave again. He sent his disciples, you go across the sea. 204 00:17:35,940 --> 00:17:38,759 Of course, he's going to go rescue them by walking across the sea and all that. 205 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:43,140 But before that, he's like, they're trying to force me to be their king. 206 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,220 Imagine that, okay? Just think about Jesus, right? 207 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:47,759 Now he knew he had purpose. 208 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,500 I'm not saying he was being tempted to be their earthly king. 209 00:17:50,579 --> 00:17:51,240 I'm not saying that. 210 00:17:51,799 --> 00:17:53,779 But they were trying to force him. 211 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:55,640 Now they tried to force him to do a lot of things. 212 00:17:55,759 --> 00:17:57,220 He'd walk right through them, right? 213 00:17:57,279 --> 00:17:59,079 So they couldn't make him do anything. 214 00:17:59,079 --> 00:18:03,160 But just imagine like, man, they're getting this all wrong. 215 00:18:04,059 --> 00:18:07,440 Like they love my food I provide, okay? 216 00:18:07,700 --> 00:18:10,359 They love the fact that they think I'm going to take down Rome 217 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:14,259 and make Israel the ruling nation again. 218 00:18:14,599 --> 00:18:16,619 They got it wrong. They got everything wrong. 219 00:18:16,740 --> 00:18:21,660 Just imagine the turmoil that the Lord realized this world is in 220 00:18:21,660 --> 00:18:24,599 and how dependent they are on truth. 221 00:18:25,180 --> 00:18:30,940 And so after all this roller coaster, he just feeds 5,000. 222 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,380 Suddenly the people who are just fed are now saying, 223 00:18:33,539 --> 00:18:35,839 he's our king, make him be our king. 224 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:36,759 Let's go get him. 225 00:18:37,140 --> 00:18:43,380 He's just like, Lord, I need to get with you, Father God, 226 00:18:43,799 --> 00:18:48,079 and just help me get a grasp of your will. 227 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,119 You know, there's a lot of people in this world 228 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:54,019 that try to derail God's will for our lives. 229 00:18:54,019 --> 00:18:57,500 And even people who have good intentions, you know? 230 00:18:58,180 --> 00:19:00,720 They say, no, you should be doing that. 231 00:19:00,859 --> 00:19:03,539 Yeah, but I know the Lord is calling me to do this. 232 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,339 Yeah, but you really should be doing that. 233 00:19:06,599 --> 00:19:09,859 But I really know the Lord said to do this. 234 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,180 Jesus was no different. 235 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,740 The world was trying to make him conform to it. 236 00:19:17,279 --> 00:19:20,079 When he was saying, no, you have to conform to me. 237 00:19:20,079 --> 00:19:23,359 I love Romans 12.2, just thought of that right here. 238 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,759 You know, don't be conformed to the patterns of this world, 239 00:19:26,759 --> 00:19:29,539 but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. 240 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,420 Then you will be able to prove the good, acceptable, 241 00:19:32,579 --> 00:19:34,579 and perfect will of God. 242 00:19:35,059 --> 00:19:36,960 You know, Jesus always went to the Father and says, 243 00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:38,900 all right, Father, what's your will? 244 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,539 Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 245 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:44,119 I want your will. 246 00:19:44,460 --> 00:19:47,440 The only way we can do that is to get alone with God, 247 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:51,839 away from the distractions, the milieu of life, 248 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:58,279 the continual attraction-getting of our minds and hearts, 249 00:19:58,700 --> 00:20:01,920 and say, Lord, I just want to rest in you. 250 00:20:02,079 --> 00:20:03,579 I want to be refocused. 251 00:20:03,900 --> 00:20:05,759 It's so important to do that. 252 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:06,160 Amen. 253 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:09,140 Amen, thank you, Frank. 254 00:20:09,819 --> 00:20:11,759 You know, the Lord did this all the time. 255 00:20:11,759 --> 00:20:15,220 In fact, Mark 1, 34, 35, 256 00:20:16,559 --> 00:20:19,680 after healing and delivering many people, right, 257 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:22,599 they're all getting healed of diseases, 258 00:20:22,940 --> 00:20:23,839 casting out demons. 259 00:20:24,380 --> 00:20:27,900 He did not allow demons to speak because they knew him. 260 00:20:27,900 --> 00:20:29,160 That's an interesting study. 261 00:20:29,839 --> 00:20:34,680 Now, in the morning, having risen a long while before the daylight, 262 00:20:35,079 --> 00:20:38,240 he went out and departed to a solitary place, 263 00:20:38,660 --> 00:20:40,400 and there he prayed. 264 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,880 He would heal, then he'd go and hide, 265 00:20:44,740 --> 00:20:45,680 not hide from people. 266 00:20:45,940 --> 00:20:47,400 Just hide to be with his father. 267 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,599 He would serve, feed the 5,000, 268 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:52,140 go back to Dad. 269 00:20:52,279 --> 00:20:53,740 I think we did pretty good there, Father. 270 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,220 What do we got next? 271 00:20:55,619 --> 00:20:55,880 Okay, good. 272 00:20:56,220 --> 00:20:56,900 I'll see you soon. 273 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:00,460 Boom, serves, goes back. 274 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,119 You know, that's his pattern. 275 00:21:02,619 --> 00:21:05,440 His pattern is to be filled up 276 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,480 and to be spoken to 277 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:09,640 and receive word and instruction, 278 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,980 and now go and release it 279 00:21:11,980 --> 00:21:14,240 to who he's meant to release it to. 280 00:21:15,059 --> 00:21:17,319 Another example of this 281 00:21:18,319 --> 00:21:21,240 is Luke 5 and Luke 6. 282 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:24,680 And again, it says that he himself 283 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,519 often withdrew into the wilderness 284 00:21:27,519 --> 00:21:29,259 and prayed. 285 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,119 And Luke 6, 12, 13, 286 00:21:33,380 --> 00:21:35,140 now came to pass in those days 287 00:21:35,140 --> 00:21:37,740 that he went out to the mountain to pray 288 00:21:37,740 --> 00:21:42,220 and continued all night in prayer to God. 289 00:21:42,759 --> 00:21:43,920 And when it was day, 290 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:46,680 he called his disciples to himself 291 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:50,720 and from them he chose 12, 292 00:21:51,619 --> 00:21:54,240 whom he also named apostles. 293 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:56,599 He received from the Father. 294 00:21:57,759 --> 00:21:59,400 Okay, got it. 295 00:21:59,859 --> 00:22:00,859 He went back down, 296 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:02,599 you're the disciples. 297 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:03,920 You see how that works? 298 00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:06,599 Like, it's like he makes decisions 299 00:22:06,599 --> 00:22:10,200 based on his time alone with his Father. 300 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:11,579 You know, I share a lot. 301 00:22:11,740 --> 00:22:14,220 I don't sleep super well at night. 302 00:22:14,319 --> 00:22:15,039 It's not worries. 303 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,119 It's just, I just don't sleep long, right? 304 00:22:17,660 --> 00:22:19,900 And actually last night you're in luck. 305 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,279 I got too much sleep, so I'm a little edgy, right? 306 00:22:22,599 --> 00:22:24,920 But I got about six hours last night, 307 00:22:24,980 --> 00:22:27,460 but usually it's about four to five, you know? 308 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,160 But you know, Jesus didn't sleep much. 309 00:22:30,259 --> 00:22:31,160 When I look at this, I'm like, 310 00:22:31,180 --> 00:22:32,019 all right, I'm okay. 311 00:22:32,799 --> 00:22:34,440 Because he doesn't sleep much either. 312 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:35,259 He up all night. 313 00:22:35,299 --> 00:22:37,900 I haven't done one of them recently anyway. 314 00:22:38,500 --> 00:22:41,039 But you know, he just receives, you know? 315 00:22:41,259 --> 00:22:42,460 And that's his pattern. 316 00:22:42,779 --> 00:22:44,559 He's receiving and he's pouring out. 317 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,420 When you think about his ministry, 318 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,400 his earthly ministry started in the wilderness, 319 00:22:50,059 --> 00:22:51,559 in solitude, right? 320 00:22:51,940 --> 00:22:55,619 With his Father being tempted for 40 days and 40 nights 321 00:22:55,619 --> 00:22:57,859 and it neared the end where? 322 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:00,559 In the Garden of Gethsemane, 323 00:23:00,559 --> 00:23:03,599 alone with his Father, receiving. 324 00:23:04,759 --> 00:23:09,079 And even in his flesh saying, 325 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,420 does it have to be this way? 326 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:11,940 Pop. 327 00:23:13,420 --> 00:23:15,799 But not my will, but yours be done. 328 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,859 And I'm not suggesting in any moment he ever questioned 329 00:23:20,559 --> 00:23:22,579 or resisted, 330 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,099 but he was fully man and fully God. 331 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:28,359 So he had those emotions. 332 00:23:28,599 --> 00:23:30,059 You know, if he didn't have those emotions, 333 00:23:30,059 --> 00:23:32,200 then really he could not represent us, right? 334 00:23:32,519 --> 00:23:33,980 As the perfect sacrifice. 335 00:23:34,619 --> 00:23:37,859 In all ways, he felt what we feel 336 00:23:37,859 --> 00:23:41,279 and yet still was sinless through his whole life. 337 00:23:41,339 --> 00:23:42,259 That's just amazing. 338 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,680 It began and it neared the end in solitude. 339 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,940 It's so important to have that mindset of just, 340 00:23:50,319 --> 00:23:52,940 I'm not wasting time being alone with God. 341 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,740 I'm actually receiving from God. 342 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:59,500 You know, it's when he gives you something to share 343 00:23:59,500 --> 00:24:04,059 or something to do and you're sure about it, 344 00:24:04,180 --> 00:24:07,759 you can then go out and release it into the public. 345 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,359 I love Matthew 10, 27 that says, 346 00:24:11,740 --> 00:24:15,299 whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light 347 00:24:15,299 --> 00:24:17,799 and what you hear in your ear, 348 00:24:17,940 --> 00:24:21,539 meaning the whisper, preach on the housetops. 349 00:24:22,019 --> 00:24:24,380 You know, it's like you're receiving from the Lord 350 00:24:24,380 --> 00:24:26,539 in that solitude and you're saying, 351 00:24:26,539 --> 00:24:30,799 thank you Lord, now I am ready to release it. 352 00:24:30,819 --> 00:24:32,819 There's so many examples in the Word 353 00:24:33,539 --> 00:24:36,299 that we see this solitude becoming something. 354 00:24:36,700 --> 00:24:39,960 Moses out in the wilderness with those sheep 355 00:24:40,539 --> 00:24:43,740 and you know, I'm sure there's a couple helpers with him, 356 00:24:43,819 --> 00:24:46,019 but really it's a lot of alone time. 357 00:24:46,079 --> 00:24:48,920 That's when the Lord speaks to him from the burning bush. 358 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,240 There's so many examples of this alone time 359 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:53,799 that we see in the Word. 360 00:24:53,799 --> 00:24:58,299 Samuel, how much time did he spend alone in the tabernacle? 361 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,740 Just, he lived there, okay? 362 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:03,960 And he just was waiting for God 363 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:05,980 and the Lord filled him up so much, 364 00:25:06,039 --> 00:25:07,880 the Word says that when he spoke, 365 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,279 not a word of Samuel fell to the ground. 366 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:12,220 In other words, like Samuel speaking. 367 00:25:12,759 --> 00:25:15,660 You know, we gotta hear it because it's from God. 368 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,700 Samuel just spoke on behalf of God. 369 00:25:19,059 --> 00:25:23,160 We see Elijah just spending so much alone time 370 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:27,880 with God and how powerful was he, right? 371 00:25:28,279 --> 00:25:31,859 And we see a prototype of him in John the Baptist, 372 00:25:32,619 --> 00:25:34,700 you know, spending alone time in the wilderness 373 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:37,160 receiving boldness, receiving messages. 374 00:25:38,099 --> 00:25:39,640 That's what he wants to do with us. 375 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,240 He wants to speak to us. 376 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,299 In fact, Paul writes to the Galatians, 377 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,660 he said actually that he spent three years in Arabia 378 00:25:47,660 --> 00:25:50,579 just with God receiving from him 379 00:25:50,579 --> 00:25:52,240 before he was taught by anyone. 380 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,299 Receiving from God, that's what the Lord wants to do. 381 00:25:56,519 --> 00:25:59,420 He wants to speak to us in that intimate place 382 00:25:59,420 --> 00:26:01,400 and get alone with us. 383 00:26:02,079 --> 00:26:03,619 And so, how do we do this? 384 00:26:03,839 --> 00:26:07,519 And I have this slide up there that says, 385 00:26:08,039 --> 00:26:09,619 how do we get alone with God 386 00:26:09,619 --> 00:26:11,779 and what do we do when we get there? 387 00:26:12,700 --> 00:26:16,240 Now, I know this could be like common sense 388 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,359 to a lot of us. 389 00:26:18,859 --> 00:26:21,500 It can be, you know, Christianity 101, 390 00:26:21,500 --> 00:26:25,200 but how much of us forget the basics? 391 00:26:25,599 --> 00:26:26,140 I do. 392 00:26:26,519 --> 00:26:28,200 I don't know about you, but I'm speaking for me. 393 00:26:28,980 --> 00:26:32,740 A lot of times I forget the basics of the walk of life. 394 00:26:32,779 --> 00:26:35,299 I get up in the morning and I immediately check my email, 395 00:26:35,759 --> 00:26:39,640 you know, or I immediately start to read my Bible 396 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,660 and then start writing about something, 397 00:26:42,799 --> 00:26:44,440 you know, instead of just, no, no, no, 398 00:26:44,940 --> 00:26:46,279 I'm getting on my face 399 00:26:47,139 --> 00:26:51,059 and I'm just letting God tell me what to do. 400 00:26:51,779 --> 00:26:54,680 You know, we need to surrender to His will, 401 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,220 not my will, but yours be done. 402 00:26:56,339 --> 00:26:58,220 The only reason, way we're gonna know His will 403 00:26:58,220 --> 00:27:01,680 is when we just block everything out 404 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:03,660 and listen for it, amen. 405 00:27:04,660 --> 00:27:06,779 And so, when we get alone with God, what do we do? 406 00:27:07,460 --> 00:27:09,240 You know, just pray. 407 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,180 And pray not like to tell God what you want Him to do. 408 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:16,420 You can do that too, but just pray. 409 00:27:16,619 --> 00:27:18,380 I really believe and, you know, 410 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,440 I know this gets funny with people and all, 411 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:21,880 but I love praying in tongues, 412 00:27:22,019 --> 00:27:23,400 when I don't know what to pray about. 413 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,900 I just like babbling in the Spirit. 414 00:27:27,900 --> 00:27:29,539 And it's amazing, you know, you just, 415 00:27:30,660 --> 00:27:32,460 you babble long enough, you start to know 416 00:27:32,460 --> 00:27:33,119 what you're babbling. 417 00:27:34,460 --> 00:27:36,680 Because He starts to show you the slideshow. 418 00:27:37,339 --> 00:27:39,579 I shared this before, but you almost see, 419 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:41,700 oh, them? I didn't think of them in years. 420 00:27:41,819 --> 00:27:43,660 Oh, that, that, that, I better get a notepad. 421 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:44,799 All right, next. 422 00:27:45,580 --> 00:27:46,440 Okay, got it. 423 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:47,680 Do you ever do that? 424 00:27:48,299 --> 00:27:50,420 The Lord's telling you stuff and you're like, 425 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:51,779 I can't handle all this, all right. 426 00:27:52,019 --> 00:27:53,640 Let me go, let me go get a notepad 427 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,359 and start writing the list down, okay. 428 00:27:56,660 --> 00:27:57,660 Because when I'm done here, 429 00:27:57,660 --> 00:27:59,779 I got to do something about some of these things 430 00:27:59,779 --> 00:28:01,259 because there's so much. 431 00:28:01,559 --> 00:28:02,619 In fact, when you pray in the tongue, 432 00:28:02,619 --> 00:28:04,380 sometimes it's like an avalanche. 433 00:28:04,740 --> 00:28:06,339 Like, all right, Lord, you know, I'm, 434 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:08,559 I'm one person, you're pouring a fire hydrant 435 00:28:08,559 --> 00:28:10,740 through a funnel, all right. 436 00:28:10,839 --> 00:28:13,079 And my funnel is getting smaller and smaller. 437 00:28:14,279 --> 00:28:17,660 Just Lord, just let me write some of this down. 438 00:28:17,660 --> 00:28:19,680 Because he just, all right, you asked for it. 439 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:21,079 Here we go, boom. 440 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:25,680 But you just let them flow through and just write it down. 441 00:28:25,759 --> 00:28:28,200 That's another thing is journaling. 442 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,380 Reading scripture, you know, a lot of times, 443 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,420 you know, when you pray and all, you say, 444 00:28:32,559 --> 00:28:35,579 Lord, and you just open up, you know, a passage, you know, 445 00:28:35,759 --> 00:28:37,359 I'm not going to tell you how to read the Bible. 446 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,019 I love reading it in chunks, 447 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:44,019 and I love marinating and meditating on little bits too. 448 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,119 Because it's all good, okay. 449 00:28:46,119 --> 00:28:48,579 But like a lot of times, just those few verses, 450 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,880 just really like, wow, let me just soak that in 451 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:54,559 and just picture it, you know. 452 00:28:55,099 --> 00:28:58,120 Just really meditate on what that is. 453 00:28:58,740 --> 00:29:00,400 That's like beautiful, Lord. 454 00:29:01,220 --> 00:29:02,779 And what does it look in my life? 455 00:29:03,539 --> 00:29:07,420 How does your word look when I live it? 456 00:29:07,839 --> 00:29:10,799 Like just, I'm just soaking you in, Lord. 457 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:12,720 Just wash over me. 458 00:29:12,980 --> 00:29:15,319 Wash me with your word, you know. 459 00:29:15,319 --> 00:29:18,059 And we could just get soaked up. 460 00:29:18,259 --> 00:29:21,779 You ever just get, like it's like marinating meat, okay. 461 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:25,099 Just soaking in his word, you know, 462 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:27,259 you taste like him through and through. 463 00:29:28,039 --> 00:29:30,539 You're his fragrance to the whole world. 464 00:29:30,700 --> 00:29:32,700 You're just, you're one with him 465 00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:35,380 because he seeped into every part of you. 466 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:37,059 You know, we just have to let him, 467 00:29:37,799 --> 00:29:40,019 we have to just soak in him. 468 00:29:40,299 --> 00:29:41,920 It's like a sponge, you know. 469 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:46,000 You just like plunge that sponge in there 470 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,000 and you press down and get all that air out 471 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,819 and it just, he just soaks you. 472 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:52,480 You just soak him in. 473 00:29:52,619 --> 00:29:53,380 You ever do that? 474 00:29:53,980 --> 00:29:58,660 Just like really soak in his goodness and his word, 475 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:02,119 who he is, what he's done, what he will do. 476 00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:04,500 He's the same yesterday, today and forever. 477 00:30:04,980 --> 00:30:08,500 And you are like him, you are one with him. 478 00:30:08,519 --> 00:30:10,359 That's what Jesus prayed in John 17, 479 00:30:10,359 --> 00:30:13,859 that they would be one with us, just as I am one with you. 480 00:30:14,700 --> 00:30:18,460 You are the embodiment of Christ on earth 481 00:30:18,460 --> 00:30:20,759 as he is in heaven, as Christ is, 482 00:30:20,819 --> 00:30:23,279 so are you in this world, 1 John 4, 17. 483 00:30:23,859 --> 00:30:26,640 You know, you are his radiance on earth. 484 00:30:26,839 --> 00:30:30,319 I'm not saying you're Jesus, but you got Jesus. 485 00:30:31,319 --> 00:30:33,700 He's in you, you are his temple. 486 00:30:34,460 --> 00:30:36,480 You know, just soak that in, you know. 487 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:40,619 Journal these things, meditate on them, 488 00:30:41,079 --> 00:30:42,480 ask, seek, knock. 489 00:30:43,079 --> 00:30:47,039 Lord, what would you have your servant today do? 490 00:30:47,980 --> 00:30:50,720 Because I want to be your servant. 491 00:30:51,220 --> 00:30:53,079 You know, it's amazing, I looked up this word, 492 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:54,559 I studied this word, Godliness. 493 00:30:55,559 --> 00:30:58,259 And you know, Godliness is actually a hybrid 494 00:30:58,259 --> 00:31:00,779 of the idea that you're a servant, 495 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,480 but you're a well rewarded servant. 496 00:31:04,220 --> 00:31:04,839 You're rich. 497 00:31:04,839 --> 00:31:08,660 You're hanging out with the king, you're rich. 498 00:31:09,539 --> 00:31:11,840 And I mean that in spiritual prosperity, 499 00:31:12,559 --> 00:31:14,440 in every way that you're meant to be, 500 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,900 you're rich in him, amen, amen. 501 00:31:18,339 --> 00:31:21,000 As the worship team comes up, we're gonna have communion. 502 00:31:23,019 --> 00:31:25,220 You remember the, I just thought of this, 503 00:31:25,339 --> 00:31:28,279 remember the queen of the south, okay, 504 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:31,840 went to visit Solomon, and she was just, 505 00:31:31,859 --> 00:31:36,759 she said she was wrecked when she went to see Solomon. 506 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:39,500 She's like, are you kidding me? 507 00:31:40,079 --> 00:31:42,660 Like, everything's gold. 508 00:31:44,099 --> 00:31:45,980 Like, everything's perfect. 509 00:31:47,420 --> 00:31:51,160 How can any kingdom be run so perfect, 510 00:31:51,839 --> 00:31:53,799 efficient, glorious? 511 00:31:54,559 --> 00:31:55,720 And she said there was nothing, 512 00:31:56,019 --> 00:31:58,539 her spirit left her, she just didn't know what to even, 513 00:31:58,539 --> 00:32:02,720 she's like, I feel like I'm almost with God here 514 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,099 because it was just so overwhelming 515 00:32:05,099 --> 00:32:07,680 to be in the presence of Solomon 516 00:32:08,539 --> 00:32:12,299 and to see how well rewarded all of his servants were 517 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,440 because they were just, he said, you know, 518 00:32:15,579 --> 00:32:19,920 your servants are so blessed to be in your presence. 519 00:32:20,619 --> 00:32:22,160 And you know what, that's Solomon. 520 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,099 That's some ordinary king 521 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,119 that did not do a lot of good things. 522 00:32:31,039 --> 00:32:33,019 Yet we have the king of kings. 523 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,819 We have the glorious Lord who runs a kingdom 524 00:32:36,819 --> 00:32:42,640 that has no unfairness, no imbalance, no idolatry, 525 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:46,160 nothing to be scorned, nothing wrong. 526 00:32:46,339 --> 00:32:51,160 He runs a perfect kingdom, and we are his servants, 527 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:53,279 but not only servants, we're friends. 528 00:32:53,539 --> 00:32:56,299 Jesus said, you know, I no longer call you servants, 529 00:32:57,039 --> 00:32:58,460 I call you friends 530 00:32:59,460 --> 00:33:05,339 because servants don't know what the master is doing. 531 00:33:06,019 --> 00:33:07,519 I tell you everything. 532 00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:10,700 I don't hold back anything from you. 533 00:33:10,859 --> 00:33:11,980 You wanna know what I'm doing? 534 00:33:12,220 --> 00:33:13,740 I wanna tell you what I'm doing. 535 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,680 The Lord makes himself able to be figured out. 536 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,440 He's very complex, and we don't know a lot about him, 537 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:26,680 but anything you wanna know, he's going to share with you 538 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:31,559 because he's relying by choice on us 539 00:33:31,559 --> 00:33:34,819 to bring his kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. 540 00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:38,519 Do you guys know what our mission statement is? 541 00:33:39,779 --> 00:33:41,000 I know you do. 542 00:33:41,059 --> 00:33:42,319 You're just being coy again. 543 00:33:43,559 --> 00:33:46,119 But it's to bring the kingdom. 544 00:33:46,119 --> 00:33:47,960 Isn't that a good mission statement? 545 00:33:48,799 --> 00:33:50,480 We've prayed a lot about that. 546 00:33:50,660 --> 00:33:54,460 We pray that we would have an easy mission statement, 547 00:33:55,359 --> 00:33:58,460 something that is easy to remember. 548 00:34:02,859 --> 00:34:03,799 And it really is. 549 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,259 Isn't that easy to remember? 550 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:06,359 Bring the kingdom. 551 00:34:06,599 --> 00:34:07,799 And you know where we got it from? 552 00:34:11,220 --> 00:34:13,519 We got it from the Lord's Prayer 553 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:16,300 when he said, 554 00:34:19,019 --> 00:34:22,199 do not look for the kingdom when it's gonna come 555 00:34:22,199 --> 00:34:24,599 because they were waiting for some 556 00:34:26,500 --> 00:34:30,380 some Israel kingdom to take over Rome and so forth. 557 00:34:31,079 --> 00:34:34,000 He said, don't wait for some army to come 558 00:34:35,300 --> 00:34:39,199 rushing down the mountain. 559 00:34:40,739 --> 00:34:43,400 Don't wait for an earthly kingdom. 560 00:34:43,579 --> 00:34:45,179 Don't wait for an earthly army. 561 00:34:47,820 --> 00:34:51,119 Don't ask what direction the kingdom's gonna come from 562 00:34:51,119 --> 00:34:53,199 because you know where the kingdom comes from? 563 00:34:55,739 --> 00:34:56,840 Right here. 564 00:34:58,340 --> 00:35:01,559 The kingdom of God is within you. 565 00:35:03,219 --> 00:35:03,980 Within you. 566 00:35:04,199 --> 00:35:05,679 Like everywhere you go, 567 00:35:06,940 --> 00:35:09,679 the fragrance, the royalty, 568 00:35:12,259 --> 00:35:17,019 the blessings, the glorious riches, 569 00:35:18,059 --> 00:35:22,420 the goodness comes with you. 570 00:35:22,599 --> 00:35:23,679 You bring it. 571 00:35:25,559 --> 00:35:27,019 And then the Lord's Prayer, 572 00:35:27,579 --> 00:35:28,860 he said, pray in this way. 573 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:30,639 Our Father who art in heaven, 574 00:35:31,539 --> 00:35:32,400 hallowed be your name. 575 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:34,539 Your kingdom come. 576 00:35:34,539 --> 00:35:39,900 Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 577 00:35:40,860 --> 00:35:41,920 Who's bringing the kingdom? 578 00:35:43,179 --> 00:35:47,179 There will be some day he's going to create a new heavens 579 00:35:47,179 --> 00:35:49,800 and a new earth and he's going to return. 580 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:50,539 They're the millennium. 581 00:35:50,860 --> 00:35:55,900 And I'm not saying this is going to be heaven on earth 582 00:35:55,900 --> 00:35:58,119 literally, but we bring the essence, 583 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:01,239 the goods from heaven. 584 00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:04,840 The gifts of the Spirit are just downloaded into us 585 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:06,380 so that the world can say, 586 00:36:06,460 --> 00:36:09,780 I've seen an essence of God. 587 00:36:09,900 --> 00:36:13,500 I know he's real because I met Jim. 588 00:36:15,679 --> 00:36:18,860 I know Jesus is alive. 589 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:21,219 You ever think about that? 590 00:36:21,500 --> 00:36:24,260 They're gonna know Jesus through you. 591 00:36:25,079 --> 00:36:27,400 Isn't that, that's wow. 592 00:36:27,699 --> 00:36:30,280 Yeah, but I can't handle that responsibility. 593 00:36:32,420 --> 00:36:32,980 Solitude. 594 00:36:35,059 --> 00:36:35,960 Rest in the Lord. 595 00:36:36,139 --> 00:36:39,280 Say, Lord, if you want me to be your representative, 596 00:36:40,139 --> 00:36:42,519 your essence, your fragrance on earth, 597 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,500 your temple, there's no way I can do that. 598 00:36:48,940 --> 00:36:50,320 You have to do that. 599 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:54,760 I'm just, I'm laying here waiting for you to do it. 600 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,219 You know, sometimes when I lay on my face, 601 00:36:59,219 --> 00:37:02,480 you know, before the Lord, and I think of something 602 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,760 about the Lord says that, you know, in the Word, 603 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:17,159 Israel says, God, don't forget your footstool, Israel. 604 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:20,139 And you know, we think of that, we think footstool. 605 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:21,820 That seems so disrespectful, 606 00:37:21,820 --> 00:37:23,719 thinking of someone as a footstool. 607 00:37:24,059 --> 00:37:25,119 And we know the Word says, 608 00:37:25,940 --> 00:37:30,840 you will make your enemy your footstool. 609 00:37:31,739 --> 00:37:35,019 But you know, in the Word, the footstool is actually 610 00:37:37,380 --> 00:37:42,420 an endearing thought in terms of Israel's relation with God, 611 00:37:42,500 --> 00:37:47,900 because he's their king, and he can rest on them. 612 00:37:47,900 --> 00:37:50,719 He can rest his feet on them and relax. 613 00:37:50,980 --> 00:37:54,019 And everything he says, everything he does, 614 00:37:54,019 --> 00:37:57,699 gets absorbed and heard by his footstool. 615 00:37:57,760 --> 00:37:59,519 And I know you might not like thinking of yourself 616 00:37:59,519 --> 00:38:03,179 as a footstool, but when I'm laying on my face thinking, 617 00:38:03,340 --> 00:38:04,559 Lord, I'll be your footstool. 618 00:38:06,619 --> 00:38:08,780 If you want to say some things over me, 619 00:38:09,159 --> 00:38:10,780 I'm ready to receive it. 620 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,940 And then another picture I love thinking about is that 621 00:38:15,619 --> 00:38:17,659 the Word says, if you humble yourself 622 00:38:17,659 --> 00:38:19,719 beneath the mighty hand of the Lord, 623 00:38:21,619 --> 00:38:23,199 he will lift you up. 624 00:38:23,199 --> 00:38:25,659 In due time, I just think about that. 625 00:38:25,940 --> 00:38:27,619 You're on your face on the floor. 626 00:38:28,940 --> 00:38:30,860 He says, all right, let's go. 627 00:38:32,099 --> 00:38:35,119 Let me bring you to where I'm going. 628 00:38:35,219 --> 00:38:36,940 Let me show you what I'm doing. 629 00:38:38,179 --> 00:38:41,380 Let me bring you to that mountaintop place, 630 00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:44,679 just like you brought Moses. 631 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,280 See, let me show you what my plans are. 632 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:53,139 I'm bringing you in to what I want to do. 633 00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,500 Don't you want to know what he's thinking, 634 00:38:56,940 --> 00:38:58,480 what he wants you to do? 635 00:38:58,539 --> 00:38:59,699 That's what I want for me. 636 00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:01,280 That's what I want for us. 637 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:04,420 I want to be part of his will. 638 00:39:04,679 --> 00:39:06,639 I want to be used in his will. 639 00:39:08,119 --> 00:39:09,639 When I get to heaven, I want to say, 640 00:39:10,119 --> 00:39:12,500 so I didn't miss out on much. 641 00:39:13,579 --> 00:39:15,079 We're going to miss some things, 642 00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:18,000 but we're going to be there. 643 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,119 And that's the important thing. Amen. 644 00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:22,340 Let's have communion. 645 00:39:23,900 --> 00:39:24,820 So, Father God, 646 00:39:27,039 --> 00:39:30,460 you were, you became our sins on the cross, 647 00:39:30,619 --> 00:39:33,380 our sinful life, our sinful nature. 648 00:39:33,579 --> 00:39:37,900 You became a wretchedness on the cross. 649 00:39:40,119 --> 00:39:42,400 When we look at this bread, we see piercings, 650 00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:45,960 we see bruising, we see the evidence of turmoil 651 00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:52,260 and heat, and Lord, you took that all on yourself 652 00:39:52,260 --> 00:39:55,380 and became the living bread. 653 00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:58,460 As we eat this bread, we remember 654 00:39:58,460 --> 00:40:03,019 that you became all of our nastiness on the cross 655 00:40:03,019 --> 00:40:05,780 and was nailed to the cross for us. 656 00:40:06,340 --> 00:40:09,500 We thank you for your surrendered body on the cross. 657 00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:11,500 In Jesus' name, amen. 658 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,199 And Lord, as we drink this cup, 659 00:40:26,519 --> 00:40:29,420 we know the word says without the shedding of blood, 660 00:40:29,559 --> 00:40:33,639 there's no remission of sins taking away, 661 00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:38,480 not just covering over, taking away. 662 00:40:39,579 --> 00:40:42,480 Lord, we thank you for the remission of sins 663 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,460 through your precious blood that you spilled out 664 00:40:45,460 --> 00:40:49,420 for us becoming the perfect sacrifice. 665 00:40:51,199 --> 00:40:53,420 So Lord, we bless you, we thank you. 666 00:40:54,420 --> 00:40:57,860 We owe our very lives, our very eternity to you. 667 00:40:58,500 --> 00:41:00,840 We thank you in Jesus' name, amen. 668 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:10,739 And so Lord, as we worship you, 669 00:41:12,079 --> 00:41:15,119 Lord God, we thank you that you bring us 670 00:41:15,119 --> 00:41:19,119 into your throne room and you share 671 00:41:19,119 --> 00:41:22,159 the very essence of who you are with us 672 00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:26,659 on those mountaintop experiences 673 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:29,659 so that we could be fruitful in the valley. 674 00:41:30,219 --> 00:41:33,980 We thank you in Jesus' name, amen. 675 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,659 Let's give the Lord a round of applause, hallelujah. 676 00:41:40,460 --> 00:41:43,380 Thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church 677 00:41:43,380 --> 00:41:45,920 as we praise God and discuss His word. 678 00:41:46,619 --> 00:41:49,639 Don't forget to join us for Worship Lives Sunday mornings 679 00:41:49,639 --> 00:41:52,059 at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube. 680 00:41:53,099 --> 00:41:55,159 Be blessed and have a great day!