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Adam Mesa is Lead Pastor of Patria Church and speaks to a congregation of 12,000 about how the gospel of Jesus Christ brings purpose to every life. Patria
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The Call to Courage and Preparation 0:00 We are in the book of Joshua. I love Joshua, so much so that I named 2 of my sons middle names Joshua. So there's Nathan Joshua Mesa, Caleb Joshua Mesa,0:12 and then Cindy wouldn't let me name Adam Joshua Mesa. But actually, Adam's name is supposed to be Diego Joshua Mesa. That's Adam's supposed to be his name.0:24 But there's so many Diego's in my family. Cindy didn't want another Diego. So she said, we're not naming him Diego. And she said, you could choose any other biblical name. So I said, okay. He's Adam. He's0:36 he's the first man, and that's gonna remind me of something. I give in. What do you wanna name? And she said, oh, I love my brother's name,0:47 Daniel, Danny. So we'll call him Daniel and Danny. And so that's how, Pastor Adam. Not that you cared about it, but anyways, we're talking about the book of Joshua. Let's read a little bit and let's0:59 break this down. You guys got your journals. We're working this year, through like we did last year with the Book of Mark, kind of doing an expository, digging down deep and letting1:11 you understand the history of the book or the scriptures which it was written, the overwhelming story because every single book of the Bible virtually every verse points to 1 person. His name1:23 is Jesus. The book is his book, and the message is all about Jesus. So Joshua is like that. Joshua saves, like Jesus saves. And that's what Joshua1:35 and we'll read it now from 10 to 18. Then Joshua, and I'll I'll I'll excuse me. I'll enunciate stronger the words that I'm1:47 gonna preach. Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, pass through the camp, people, prepare provisions for yourself for within 31:59 days. 3 days. How many how many days was Jesus in the grave before it was resurrected? 3 days. Everything is a type and shadow. He says, in 3 days you will cross over this Jordan to go2:10 into possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess. And to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh. Remember those 3 names. Joshua spoke2:22 saying, remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you saying, the Lord your God is giving you rest and is giving you this land. Your wives and your little2:34 ones and your livestock the land which the Moses gave you on this side of Jordan. He's rehearsing something that took place previously under Moses's leadership.2:46 He's reminding, these 3 tribes. But you shall pass before your brethren, the rest of the tribes now, all your mighty men. Say men. He didn't send the2:58 women. He set the men to lead. Men of valor, men of might. Men are supposed to lead their families into the promises of3:10 God. Men are the protectors. Men are the true preservers and examples and models before your brethren. All the mighty men of valor, not the sissies,3:22 sissies stay home. Men of valor. And help them. Help your brothers now.3:39 I can see that 1 over real great. As he gave you and they also have taken possession of the land which the Lord God has given them, then you shall return to the land of your possession and enjoy it.3:51 That's the place where the land that Moses gave you because of the vastness of your cattle, he was able to give you that land. Then he says, you'll go back to it, which Moses servant the Lord gave you on the side4:03 of the Jordan toward the sunrise. So they answered Joshua saying, all that you command us we will do. Wherever you send us we will go. Just as we heeded Moses in all things, so we will4:15 heed you. Only the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses. Whosoever rebels against your commandments and does not heed your words in all that you4:27 have commanded him shall be put to death. And it's gonna end here. Only be strong and of good courage. I forgot to have you stand. You guys should have stood automatically. Shame on4:39 you. Shame on you. Let's talk a little bit about what we just read. I just simply wanna talk about that day or the day that they entered into the4:51 promised land. The day that they crossed over. 40 years of waiting. It was the day. I don't know if you've ever circled. I know we don't5:03 do it anymore, but symbolically, circled a date on the calendar that represented in a special day for you. Maybe it was a wedding day.5:21 For many couples, it's it's the day that they're gonna get to deliver, a baby kind of thing. Our friend Lester and Kirsten, great members of this church, just adopted5:33 nearly 10 years of marriage and never having children and waiting 2 years for the adoption. It just took place a couple weeks ago and Abigail came into them. A5:45 great event. It was that day after 10 years of waiting or 2 years of searching. What an excitement for them as it was for the children of Israel that day. The5:57 waiting was over, the delays were over, and the denials were over. And it had finally come, and it finally arrived. And that's a hope for you that the promises that God6:09 has for you are going to come to pass. And there's gonna come a day when you are gonna see the manifestations of those promises. Whether it's your children saved, whether whatever it is6:21 your body healed, or whether it is just being set free and delivered. That day will come. And you need to be anticipating it, And you need to6:33 be excited about it. The first point I want to talk about is what we highlighted. Didn't know that the second song in our collection today on worship would be about strong and strength6:45 and the joy of the Lord. Day in your life that either6:56 is today or tomorrow. And on that day, you're gonna need to be strong. And you're gonna need to be courageous. That is a certain mentality that you need to7:08 have. A certain mindset that you need to have. Why? Because there was a previous type of people, a generation that didn't have that mindset. They refused to be7:20 strong and courageous. They were individuals that struggled with their faith. They were a stubborn generation. They were a murmuring, gossiping, complaining7:32 generation. They were an entitlement generation. They were a very worldly and carnal generation. But this generation is a different7:44 generation. This Christian, you, I'm talking about, have a different mentality, and you want to possess the promises of God. You want to see the best that God has for you.7:58 I'm preaching better than you're amening me, but I'll keep going on. That day, be strong and courageous. What day am I talking about? Let me bring application to you. Because the Bible8:10 tells me in Ephesians 6 10, be strong in the Lord and the power of his might. Not necessarily in your intellect, not necessarily in your looks, not8:22 necessarily in your possessions. Be strong in the Lord because those things can sometimes can allow you to rebound from the devastations of life. Ask all the victims8:34 of the fire. It's the strength in the Lord that's going to allow them to recover when they've suffered so many losses in their lives. And so when they've suffered so many losses. In their lives. But the reality is this,8:45 that day is the day that you experience death, loss, and grief. That's the day God says you're to be strong. It's the day that Moses died and they're grieving and he comes to8:56 them. On that day that you've experienced death is the day that I command you to be strong. And I will give you strength for the losses that are in your life. On that day, when9:08 you are going somewhere you've never been before, you're crossing over, you're going into a new place you've never been before, and you're nervous, and you're timid, and you're shy. On that9:20 day, be strong in the Lord and in the and in the power of his. When you are willing to put the past behind you and let it go to move9:32 forward, on that day, when you can't seem to let go of the grip, when you don't know how to let go of the grip, when it's unfamiliar to you, this thing has been such part of your your life, your personality,9:44 you don't know how you'll make it. On that day, be strong in the Lord and the power is my9:57 Joshua. Joshua was never in the driver's seat. It was never the leader. But now God is calling on him like he's calling on you, on10:08 your jobs, and in your home, and in your family. It's time to lead and step up. That's the day when I need to be strong in the Lord and in the power of his10:20 might. You're strong in the Lord and the power of his might on that day when you go into waiting mode and believing mode and faith mode for something that awaits10:32 you. It's the only way for you to be strong in the Lord when when you go into waiting mode. When you're just, I'm just gonna stand. I'm just gonna trust God for my husband to be safe. I'm just gonna wait on the Lord, but10:43 I can't do it on my own because they're acting crazy. She's acting crazy. He acting crazy. The boss is acting crazy. But you know what? I'm strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. And I'll add 1 more. It's not10:55 in your notes, but or the thoughts of my sermon in lesson today. It's this it's the fact that my joy is not hooked up to people, things, and circumstances, but in11:07 Jesus on that day. On that day. I can't allow I can't allow my joy to be put into you. I can't allow my joy to be put in stuff and things and circumstances. My11:19 joy has absolutely got to be in Jesus. That's the only way for me to be strong in the Lord and his power of his might. So the bible talks about how to be strong. It's 111:31 thing to to say be strong in these dire situations, in these transitions of our lives. But the bible is very clear how to be strong because he says, I11:42 am with you. I know that guy sounds so cliche to say that. Emmanuel, God with you. When the names of God is Jehovah11:54 Shama, which means the Lord is there, the Lord is with you, the Lord is here. And we could sing about it and say it's so cliche that God is with you.12:06 But we've got to really believe that in the most difficult hard times with us, that God is with us. And if I know that God is with me, then I can be strong12:19 no matter what season I'm in or no matter what I'm going through. But if I let the devil question and lie to me that there is no God or that God has forsaken you and12:30 abandoned you and left you, then I'm gonna be overwhelmed by the circumstances. But God is ever present. And I I challenge you today, he is even more present when12:42 you're going through your most difficult I know what I'm preaching about. I know what I'm saying today. God has a grace for you that's reserved for your most difficult time. And you'll12:54 never get that grace. You have an element of grace, but you'll never see that unmeasurable grace, that outpouring of grace, that overflowing grace until it's reserved. It's reserved13:06 for those moments of hardships. So you gotta know how to be strong in the Lord is to know that God is with me. When I was13:19 a little boy, I don't know how old I was, maybe 12, 13, around that age. I haven't told this story in a long time. I had a friend of mine. He was he was the big kid13:31 on the street and his name was Kenny. His name was Kenny. And, you know, Kenny by far was like a head and shoulder taller than all of us. He was like this little kid that, you know,13:42 you know, looked like he had a man body. He looked like he was already had peach fuzz and had defined muscles. How many of you know? We're we're all blabby. How many of you know our chest and our13:54 stomachs are just 1. There there are no 6 pack. Just 1 pack. He's that little kid that already, you know, can can lift a hundred pounds over his head, you know. He's that kind of kid, you know. Just14:06 very very intimidating looking. Well, he was my friend and across the the way was a a guy that was picking on me at school. He was a bully.14:18 And this guy said, you know what? I'm gonna when I get home, I'm gonna knock your block off. I'm gonna I'm gonna beat you up and I'm gonna jack you up. And you know what? I used to belong to a gang. I don't know. That's14:29 what he said. And I'm a I'm a knife you. I'm a I'm a, you know, I'm a slice you up. I'm a jack you. And so so I I just said, hey, Kenny. This kid, he wants to mess me up,14:41 but I I I really am afraid of him. Like, he might be telling the truth. Will you go with me? And Kenny said, I'll go with you. And it's amazing how much strength and courage I had when I had14:53 Kenny with me. I said, Kenny, I'm gonna go up that door. And true story. Kenny, I'm going up to that door and I'm gonna knock. I just need you to be in the in in the in the eyesight behind me so that when15:05 he sees me, he'll see you behind me. And so so so that was a plan. So I knock on the door and I said, hey, yeah. I'm calling you out right now. I'm calling you out right now.15:17 He wouldn't come out of the house. He wouldn't come out of the house not because of me, but because Kenny was my backup. Kenny got my back. And Jesus is saying, I got your back. I'm with you.15:30 I I know it's scary sometimes, and I know the bully is looking down your face, and I know the devil is lying to you, but just know I am with you. The second15:42 thing to give us strength is he tells you, just obey my word. Live in my word. Read my word. Study my word. Live your life around my word.15:53 Build your life around my word. Unmeasurable strength. It's gonna give you power and ability and capability16:05 in all aspects of your life. And so you'll have strength, again, when you know the word of God. It is our daily prescription and intake that we need. It's our prescribed intake. You16:17 know, they say you need 2000 calories a day. How many scriptures do you need, do you think, to maintain your nutritional strength? 1 snack a week? I16:29 don't know. I think it's more than that. You and I have to have our own self feeding program. You can't depend upon the preacher to say, okay, open your mouth. I'm gonna spoon feed you now. Okay. I'll see you next week,16:41 3 weeks from now, 3 months from now. You gotta feed every day. That's where your strength is gonna come from. It's self renewal of the transfers of the mind. Romans 12 1 and 2, 116:53 of the best verses in the entire bible. I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service. And be not17:04 conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Get this in here, so it can change your outlook, your perspective, and how you think.17:16 That's how you're gonna gain strength in your life. And it's your self workout program to develop the muscles that are in your life and my life.17:28 It's not the size of your muscles that give you strength. It's the size of your heart that gives you strength. Here's the second thing. He says the second word is this word17:40 preparation. That day of preparation, when I am ready to occupy and possess, lay hold and take hold. The day17:52 of preparation when I walk in my God given authority. On that day, the of preparation, when I am ready to break the boundaries and limitations and restrictions.18:03 Because they will break the boundaries in their lives now. And that's what preparation will begin to do. It will allow you to break some boundaries that are in your life, some restrictions18:15 in your life, and some hindrances in your life. Boundaries. When you're prepared skill wise and knowledge, you'll break18:27 boundaries. When you're prepared maturity in your faith and in your spirit, you'll break boundaries in your life. So you have to18:39 prepare. You're not gonna be able to cross over to get somewhere you've never been before, to leave something behind unless you prepare.18:51 You gotta prepare. The Bible says this in Proverbs 21. The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but deliverance is of the Lord. You gotta prepare that horse for battle. He's gotta19:03 be taught. He's gotta be trained. And then I love this. I know this is pastor Kenny, 1 of his favorite verses, but don't begin excuse me. Don't begin until you count the cost. Don't start anything. Don't commit to19:12 anything until you count the cost. Don't Don't start anything. Don't commit to anything until you've counted the cost for who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost19:24 to see if there's enough money to finish it. How many of you know you not go down to the car dealer and buy a car if you don't know how much you can afford? You're not going to look at a new house and walk through it if19:35 you don't know how much you could afford on a monthly payment? You can't go over there and engage somebody if you don't know if I could afford them. But finally you woke up. I you can't engage a person.19:49 I don't know if I could afford you. You're high rent. You're high maintenance. We don't do Gucci purses in my house.20:03 Maybe coach, but not Gucci. People don't count the cost. Nothing wrong with marrying people with 5 kids already, but count the cost.20:17 Getting too personal, The bible goes on and it says, don't begin until you count the cost for who would20:29 begin construction of building without first calculating the cost to see if there's enough to finish it. Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money.20:41 And then everyone would laugh at you. They would say that there there's that person who started that building and couldn't afford to finish it. Or what20:53 king would go to war against another king without sitting down with the counselors to discuss whether his army of 10000 could defeat 20000 soldiers marching again. That's what I had to do when I went21:05 against that bully. I can't do it. I'm a I got Kenny. I could do this. I'll go ahead and count the I could do this. It's preparedness. There's a great parable in the Bible of the 10 virgins.21:25 God loved them. They might have been good Christians, but they were not prepared. And so they went through something they didn't have to go through where the other 5 went through21:37 with Jesus and experienced some level of victory or reward or whatever you might wanna look at. All because of preparation from their oil that they had in their life. Let me give you some truths. They're21:48 gonna be on the screen today because preparation is the key. Today's preparation is the answer for tomorrow's problems. Okay?22:00 Are you prepared to retire? You prepare to get sick? Not that you won't. We're going to believe you won't. But you prepare You prepare to get out of debt.22:13 You prepared. You prepared to buy a home, buy a car. You prepared. You prepared to live a long life. It's more than a confession. It's a22:24 lifestyle. Have you prepared? Now, I know you're eating good now because you're on the 21 day fast, but some of you22:36 are counting the days till the fast's over. You've already figured out your first meal. I know you have. Be careful because it's gonna come out of you real quickly. Take it easy now. Maybe start22:48 off with some nice soup and something soft. You eat like an old person right away. If now you're gonna waste all that money and it's gonna begin the toilet bowl and what are we gonna do with it? What23:00 am I talking about? I don't know what I'm talking about. Today's preparation is the answer to tomorrow's problems. How many of you know that we had some power outage? Yeah. Yeah. That was23:11 unfortunate. But you know when I went in, got my gas, put my generator, Like the fourth of July in my house. Sorry. You probably saw my house23:23 from wherever you live. I'm not trying to boast, I just had a generator. Yeah. Yeah. Because I didn't have a generator before. And I was over23:35 there bumping my toe in the middle of the darkness. My flashlights were dead. I didn't have batteries. Who am I? That doggone devil. I rebuke the devil for stealing my batteries.23:49 No. You've had 2 years to put batteries in that flashlight. Preparedness. What blackout?24:05 Eating steak, fish, listen to music, TV. Let's watch that next24:17 movie. Right? Take another 1 in. We're going to binge watch. I'm trying to make you mad. Come on. Let's go. If you're not if you're not over prepared, then you're under prepared.24:29 It's better to be prepared than to repair. Preparing is a habit and discipline before you play. And if you're24:41 not and if you're always caught off guard and everything is a surprise to you, you're not prepared. Here's what I'm trying to tell you today. Here's some things, you know what, I just24:53 made mention of a few things to prepare for, but I'll leave them as that physical, spiritual, I'll leave them as that physical, spiritual. I'm preparing my marriage for difficult times, preparing25:05 your children to be godly children. How do you prepare children to be godly children? Is the preparation involved? How do you prepare to have a godly marriage and stay married for the next 50 years of your life? That's25:17 a preparation that takes place. But you and I need to be preparing our character. We need to be preparing our heart. We need to be preparing our knowledge, our skills.25:30 Preparation looks like hard work. That's all you prepare. Work hard. In all you prepare, finish your project. In all you prepare, keep your vows. Those25:41 are words. Say no to temptation. That's a preparation for you and I to have. I'm amazed by the ant because the ant is always preparing for something. He's25:53 always prepared. I've never seen a homeless ant. I've never seen a starving ant. Right now, it's cold. He's chilling right now. Some of your26:05 barbecue from the summer, some ribs from Lucille's. He's eating that rib that you thought you left out for the next day as a left Oh, no. He stole that in the middle of the26:16 night. He's prepared. He's prepared. How many of you have ever seen a Swiss army knife? A Swiss army knife. How many of you have ever seen a Swiss army knife? A swift army knife has26:28 33 functions in it. It's always prepared. It's prepared to help wherever it needs to be helped. And and that's how we need to be in life as like a Swiss army knife. You know, I have a lot of fruit26:40 trees. Whatever tree, whatever fruit grows in this zone, it's in my backyard. The problem with some of these like the peaches, the plums,26:52 nectarines, they kind of all get ripe around the same time. Like, there's like 2 3 week window and my trees are big. I can't eat that many peaches27:05 birds get them or they fall on the ground, kind of thing. This year, I canned them. I saved them. I was preparing. Guess what I had tonight?27:19 Some peaches. Don't get jealous. I had plums tonight. I had figs tonight. They're not in27:31 season. But in my home, they're in season because of preparation. And you and I can avoid so many things27:44 if we if we if we use the discipline of preparedness because life Cause life has its troubles. Life's have its adversities. And so let me let me give you a couple quotes right now and I'm gonna wind this message up. Let27:56 me give you a couple quotes. Willie George said, rising to the occasion is a myth. We operate at a level of preparation. You're able to conquer that28:07 because you were prepared to conquer it. Your prayer life, your skill, your competency, your wisdom, your character. There's another quote and this quote says this,28:19 do all you can in the natural, pray in the spiritual and it'll become a supernatural outcome. Christians, please do this. Please do this. I've28:31 seen both extremes.28:47 Do everything you can in the natural. Everything you can in the natural. Don't be lazy. Don't procrastinate. Don't be neglectful. Do everything you can in the natural. Then pray29:00 and believe God in the spiritual to bless it and to do what you can do, and it will always become a supernatural out. This property would not be here if we just gave it29:12 to prayer. Oh, Lord. Show us the property, Lord. Manifest the property, God. Give it to us, God. We want 30 acres of land, Lord. Lord29:23 Jesus, give us some I had a real estate team. Now go find me the land. Go search for the land.29:36 Go out and see what the land is going for. Go out and price everything. Spiritual and it turned out to be supernatural29:48 results. That's the way you do it. Absolutely, the way that you do it. 1 more quick point and then we'll bring the conclusion. Remember that Remember29:59 Reuben? Remember Reubenites, Gadites and half the tribe of the Manasseh? I'm gonna read you this statement. I think it's gonna be on the the screen. The Reubenites,30:12 the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh must remember God's goodness and generosity and grace.30:27 You. Ruben, Gadites, and Manasseh must remember God's goodness, grace, and generosity. He has given to you. Now, you're being called30:39 upon to give it to someone else. Because the first word he said, remember. You forgotten how good God's been to30:50 you, haven't you? Because you don't wanna extend that goodness to nobody else. He's saying brothers, remember when you didn't have? Moses31:02 blessed you. You asked for land for your cattle. And he said, I'm gonna give you land. But there's coming a day when we're gonna cross over the Jordan.31:16 Raise up your strong, mighty men of valor to go help your brothers so that they can get some land too. Don't you forget, you got a debt that you've gotta pay now. There ain't no renegotiation.31:28 Oh, we made that deal with Moses. No, you made it before God. And thank God for Joshua's that hold us accountable to the vows and to the promises of God that are not insecure,31:40 but representing God. And say, wait a minute, you made a promise here. Ain't no reneging on your promise. It's time for you to pay your debt Manasseh no matter how good31:52 times are right now. Gadites and Reubenites, don't forget your brothers that don't have rest rest when you have rest.32:04 And in conclusion, only by moving forward will you see what God sees. I mean, excuse me. Will you will you see what God wants you to see? You will have what God wants you to have. You'll be32:16 what God wants you to be. You'll do what God wants you to do and you'll go wherever God wants you to go. Please understand that's God's definition of success and32:27 prosperity. Amen. Okay. I'll say it again. If I was to ask you today, give me a definition of success, be a thousand explanations definition. But let me give you God's definition32:40 of success and prosperity found in Joshua 1 and 8. He talks about it there. Success the definition of success and prosperity32:52 is for you to do what God told you to do. Be what God told you to be. Have what God told you to have. Go where God told you to go.33:03 That's success. Success is not measured by what you have or what you have and me compare in comparison to that. I'm a success because I did what God told me to do.33:16 I'm a sex success because I became what God wanted me to become. I'm a success because I have what God told me to have. Now I'm a success. You define success. Father, I33:28 thank you for the message today. I pray it resonates in the heart of all of us today, oh God. We wanna be that Joshua generation, God. And it's time for us to cross over somewhere.33:41 God, what are we preparing for? What am I prepare What what am I prepared for? What am I not prepared for God? We just ask you God to help us to be strong, help33:53 us in our preparation and help us to always remember our brothers and sisters oh God in the goodness and kindness and generosity that you have bestowed upon us. Sometimes we'll be called upon to34:05 help them. In Jesus name, amen. Amen. Can we give the Lord a clap offering today? Thank you. Thanks for coming to church today. Thank you for working through the book34:17 of Joshua. By the way, you guys do look good. How many of you have lost a few pounds in this fast? Good. How many of you have gained weight in the fast? That was a trick. 1 pan back34:28 there. God, wonder what kind of fast you're on. Anyways, here's what I know. You and I are 1 germ, 1 virus, 1 accident or mishap away from heaven's gate and Hal's34:40 store. This church averages anywhere between 1 to 3 funerals a week. We have so many funerals that we we are 1 of the few churches that has a34:52 full time funeral director. Full time. That's all they do. And Tracy does a masterful job at doing it. But that just tells you how many35:04 funerals we have. And let me be honest with you, they're not for 90 year old people. I'm not trying to bring fear. I want you to live another hundred years. But they're people35:16 my age and they're people your age. I wish we could prepare to die sometimes. You can in some realm and fact, but when35:28 you're being rear ended and driven off of a freeway, there's no time to prepare. What do you do? When you're doing something that you've done a thousand times but something is gonna break and35:40 sever an artery, what do you do? So the reality is this, you need to be prepared now for the day that you die 50 or a hundred years from now.35:53 Because I made my eternal reservation in heaven. You can't just show up to heaven and say, I'm here. The man's here. The kid's here. Let me in. She's gonna say, who are you?36:05 The only You know, they say you have a a special code or or or or name or What what am I trying to say? Entrance thing that you say. There's no open sesame. It's just Jesus.36:17 That's it. That's the entry thing. The magic word to get you in. Is your name written in the lamb's book of life? Reservation. Today, if you were to die somewhere,36:30 take your last breath between 11 o'clock tonight and 5 o'clock, 6 o'clock tomorrow. You need to make sure that you're prepared. That when you stand before the throne room of36:42 God, you don't say, oops. What is this? Who are you? It's all familiar to you. That's my lord and savior. I've accepted him. And36:54 now I'm gonna be ushered into glory. That's preparedness today. We give your life to Jesus Christ today. Or maybe you're a Christian but you're not serving the Lord as you should and you wanna rededicate your life37:05 to love. Or you love God but you're born of a spirit but you're not filled with the spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. And you want everything that God has for you. If those hundred and 20 that started the37:16 church were already born again but got filled with the Holy Spirit and needed him, Why not you and why not me? When I count to 3, I'm gonna invite you to raise your hand like this and we're gonna pray for37:27 you. Be the best decision you've ever made. You're not raising your hand for Diego. You're raising it for Jesus. For the Bible says, if you acknowledge him, he will acknowledge you. But if you're ashamed of him, he will37:39 be ashamed of you. I haven't been saved all my life and I was unashamed to be a sinner. I just gave you a little episode what I did with Kenny, but we could go a lot further. I was unashamed. Now some people37:51 come to Christ and they're ashamed of it and embarrassed of it. Think about the fool you used to be when you ran the streets. Why don't you be a fool for Christ, unashamed38:03 of being saved and born again and forgiven and on your way to heaven. And you don't give a rip who sees you today. 1 2 1 2 3. Raise your hand wherever38:15 you are in this place. If you're raising your hand, do 1 thing. Stand on your feet wherever you are. Just stand up. If you had the courage to raise your hand, have the38:27 courage to stand on your feet. I want you just to say a simple prayer with me. Look to heaven and mean it from your heart.38:39 Say, dear Jesus, in front of all these people, I ask you to be my Lord and Savior. I'm unashamed to ask you to come38:51 and live in my heart. Forgive me of my sins. Help me to be filled with the holy spirit and to make an impact in my family in my family39:03 and in my friendships. In Jesus' name, amen.39:09 These days, work is in trouble. We've outsourced most of our manufacturing to other countries. And with that, we sent away good jobs and our capability to make things. American Giant is a clothing company that's pushing39:21 back against this tide. They make all kinds of high quality clothing and activewear, like sweatshirts, jeans, dresses, jackets, and so much more, right here in the USA. 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