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In this video 0:00 Temptation's Trap and Worship's Awakening45:04 Praise Through Pain and Prophetic Fire1:11:05 Iron Sharpens Iron: Building Connected Brotherhood
3:46 You have kids and and all of a sudden, your whole life turns upside down, you know? It was good.
3:58 It was really, really good.
4:09 I still can't believe you're a Celtics fan.
4:12 Where should my loyalties lie?
4:13 Lakers all the way.
4:15 Come on. That's so cliche.
4:17 All I'm saying is you can't live in Los Angeles and be a Celtics fan.
4:21 Is that the rule? It is.
4:34 What's your daughter's name?
4:37 Ava.
4:38 How old is she?
4:40 She's 8.
4:41 You guys look so happy. I'm sorry. It's none of my business. It's just families.
4:53 2 people making other little people. I want a family of my own someday. A big 1. Yeah. I'm serious.
5:06 I want the mess, the noise. I I want all of it. At least 5 kids.
5:13 It's a lot of work.
5:15 Yeah. I think I'd like that work though.
5:24 Do you have any brothers or sisters?
5:27 No. My dad died when I was 3, so guess that was enough for my mom.
5:37 You okay?
5:39 Yeah. Yeah. Can I use your bathroom?
5:45 Yeah. Of course. It's, down the hall. You need
5:49 help? No. I'm fine.
6:25 Hi, babe. We made it. We're just getting ready to get excited. I miss you. Miss you. It's so beautiful. Ava's having a great time. We're gonna go get some burgers. Yeah. I
6:37 wish you could come with us. I hope you're doing okay. I'm not sure she's gonna make it. She misses you like crazy. I left you.
6:47 You okay?
6:48 Okay. Love you. Bye.
6:57 You guys wondering what happens next? Guys, last night was amazing. Did you guys have a good time?
7:06 Yeah.
7:08 I think the most powerful moment of the night was when Kenny called us all to, be the feet, come to the altar, and you guys got after it.
7:21 I was so proud to see men actually showing Jesus that they wanted him first, not themselves. They wanted to put him first.
7:33 I'm proud of you guys. I know Kenny's proud of you guys. It's amazing to see that moment, and we want more of that right now. Right? So we're gonna get after it. We're
7:45 gonna praise his name. We're gonna sing as loud as we can. We're gonna show him just how much we love him. Let's get out. Let's go. Let's go.
12:35 We come alive in the river. We come alive in the river.
14:08 Come on. Can we give him a shout of praise this morning? Yeah. Jesus, you're worthy.
18:11 Sing you all. Because you are the god of our salvation. So we join with all creation. Sing it out. Holy
18:23 is the lord almighty.
21:17 Oh, your love reaches to the sky. There's no space between you and I.
21:31 Wherever I go, never alone. I'm waking up.
25:31 Because you are good. Good. Oh. Come on. Declare it out. You are good.
28:54 Oh, Jesus. It's who you are. You are good. Always faithful because you are
29:10 You are good. Good. What's who you are? You're making all things new this morning.
29:24 All to you are. Oh, you're never done working. Oh, you're making all things
29:39 with your mercy and your kindness and your patience and your faithfulness with your mercy and your kindness and your patience and your
29:50 patience and your faithfulness. It's your mercy and your kindness and your patience and your
34:38 Will you decide? Will you Come on. Let's declare this together.
36:35 Come on. Make this declaration this morning.
42:45 Come on. If you believe that this morning, let's lift our hands. Let's sing this together. To God who was and is to come.
Praise Through Pain and Prophetic Fire
45:04 I I wrote this song shortly after my wife and I were believing for a miracle when we found out that my wife had 30 almost 34 weeks pregnant. My son didn't have a heartbeat, and
45:16 so we went in to deliver, and we're praying. We got friends around us praying. We're believing for a miracle. You know? We're praying for life, and and my wife delivers after a couple days of labor labor,
45:28 and we're holding our son, and there's no breath. And he didn't come back to life. And and we're we're
45:40 there in that hospital room and with we're in shock and we have all these questions and but surrounded by friends, we just began to worship. We began to praise God. We began we began
45:52 to declare the truth about who God is. And there was something we learned in that season was that no matter what our circumstances look like, it doesn't change the truth of who God is.
46:05 That God is good, that God is for you, that he is the God of miracles, that he does we say remain the same yesterday, today, and forever. These were things that we began to learn and discover
46:17 even in the midst of the pain and and the questions and the mystery. And I know that just because of the size of the room, there's probably many of you that may have some pain or may have may be in the
46:29 need in need of a a physical healing or a miracle in your body or relationships or your finances. So can we just take a moment? I know we're we're almost out of time, but if that's you, if you need a miracle in your
46:40 life, or maybe you you have hope deferred, you believe for something, and you haven't seen it, you haven't seen God or what you feel like God come through in that situation, just lift your
46:51 hand. That's some that's a lot of us in here. God, I pray right now that you would meet us right where where we're at.
47:03 God, we say that you are the god of the impossible. We know that's true. And I pray that you would demonstrate yourself in in the lives of every single situation, every single circumstance represented in this
47:15 room. God, I pray that you would step into that impossible situation, into that marriage, into those finances, into the the physical healing. God, I pray that you would bring a miracle
47:27 right now. And I pray where hope has been deferred. God, I pray that you would restore faith. You would restore hope. Hope. And, god, we just again declare that
47:39 you're good no matter what our circumstances look like, no matter what the situation is. That doesn't change the truth that you're good, that you're kind, that you're faithful, and that you're with us always.
47:52 Yeah, god. So I pray that you would you would do a miracle in these lives, that you'd meet every single man right where they're at. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus, can we just lift up
48:04 1 more shout of praise, shout of victory?
48:08 Come on. Lift up a shout of praise. Come on. Don't stop. Lift up a shout of victory. Jesus, you are victorious. Jesus, you're fighting our battles for us. Jesus, you're with us.
48:20 You're our hope. You're our salvation. You're our strong tower. You're our resurrection, father. Jesus, lift up and shout a praise
48:52 So God has spoken. A fresh word. Fresh word from fresh man fresh manna and a fresh wave of his spirit over you. And, last night, God spoke
49:04 a word to me. And he said to declare it to his sons. And he said, there's been a shift. There's been a shift. There's been a shift in my kingdom because of what happened last night. And what I'm gonna
49:16 say now is a direct word from the Lord. The embers of God's fire in my sons is now present. The Lord says, I'm gonna breathe life onto
49:28 these embers to fan the flames of revival among my sons. The Lord says, These embers are destined to become an unstoppable wildfire that will consume and
49:40 will purify and will bless and will take territory back from evil. The Lord says, the fragile
49:52 potential
50:05 for good in my name. For my sons are my workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do the good works that I have prepared in advance for some for them to do. The Lord says,
50:16 my spirit will blow on every ember and every man and on the collective community of men. My spirit will protect these embers that I have created. I will collect
50:28 all these embers, and I will fan them into a mighty flame. And that flame is going to be a blaze that will be for my glory. I will again baptize with the Holy
50:40 Spirit and with fire. That is the word of the Lord. Amen? Amen. So last night caused a shift in the spiritual realm.
50:52 The embers of God have been planted in you. And now God is is stooping right now. And I I didn't plan that worship set, but did you hear and see all of
51:04 the the images and pictures of fire and flame and fanning into flame? I didn't I didn't have anything to do with that. That's just a word from the Lord that he wants to reinforce
51:16 in your life. And, and so I want you to receive that because I got a Facebook message totally apart from this whole thing. Someone was watching the live
51:28 stream of this in India, and it was an Indian pastor. And he said, there is a shift in the kingdom happening right now. Those were his exact
51:40 words watching what was happening in Downey, California. Wow. So if you, for some reason, missed last
51:52 night, don't worry. There's more embers that are going to be fanned into a flame this morning. We're glad that you're with us. But last night, just for review, we learned that the
52:04 dangerous good movement is a movement of men who are living out their truest identity. And it's a manifestation of Christ in them, just as we sang. And it manifests
52:16 integrity, and it manifests liberty, and it manifests a focus and intentional energy that reflects our ultimate destiny. God's spirit is in you, if you're
52:28 a follower of Jesus, to make you like Jesus. Was free. Jesus was focused. Jesus was faithful. And he said,
52:40 whoever believes will do. Can we say it again? Whoever believes will do. The works that I have been doing and greater works than these will he do
52:52 for my glory. Whoever believes will do. So the foundation of any movement is just knowing who you are. We know who we are. And when you know who you
53:04 are, you know what to do. We're gonna say that together. Ready? When you know who you are, you know what to do. Say it again.
53:16 Declare it to the devil. When you know who you are, you know what to do. You're sons of the king. And God is calling you to your kingdom responsibility
53:39 glorified. But we all know Listen. I've been doing this for a while. We all know that inspiration without progression leads to stagnation. Amen? It's great to
53:50 come. It's great to worship. It's great to be together. I'm being blessed. You're being blessed. The embers are being planted. And God is beginning to He's beginning to blow on those
54:02 embers. But embers are fragile. Right? Inspiration without progression equals stagnation. So I want you to say something with me. Say powerfully formed men.
54:14 Powerfully formed men. Right. That's the identity piece of what God is breathing onto you and breathing into you. He's telling you who you are. And by telling you who you are,
54:26 he's telling you who you're not. When God tells you who you are, that by default means he's telling you who you're not. You're not a man of culture. You're not a son of culture. You're a son of Christ. You're a
54:38 son of the king. And Jesus said, if you were of the world, I would have told you so. But as it is, I have chosen you out of the world. Cosmos, culture, a belief system that
54:50 is godless. Your sons of the king. So powerfully formed men. Now I want you to say this with me. Say powerfully connected men. Powerfully connected men. Inspiration without
55:01 progression leads to stagnation. Okay?
55:18 You are gonna progress. The embers are gonna continue to start to glow orange and orange and burn brighter and brighter. And some of you are experiencing that for the very first time. You've never been in the
55:29 presence of so many men who have a radical and transcendent commitment to Jesus, worshiping together. You're experiencing what the Bible calls the oil of the Lord,
55:41 the oil of the presence. And where there is men coming together in unity with a radical and transcendent commitment to Jesus Christ. The Bible says in Psalm 133 that for there,
55:54 the Lord commands a blessing. Let's say that together. For there, the Lord commands a blessing. You see, and we are here now and God is commanding blessing right now into your life.
56:06 I believe that with with for every man. God is commanding blessing. He calls into being things which don't previously exist. He is your creator and he
56:17 is commanding blessing over you and onto you and into you. Right? But then when we leave this place, we are going to practice not just our identity, we're
56:29 going to practice community because God gave us a team. It's called the body of Christ. And we're going to talk about that in this session. Wouldn't you agree that the men we surround ourselves
56:41 with impact who we become? I remember growing up in West San Jose, California. And my 2 best friends were Todd Pinter and Charlie Dacker. And it was like a
56:53 study in tribes. Okay? I love going to Charlie's house because he was from New York and his whole family to look like this. Charlie, take out the trash.
57:05 Alright? Charlie, did you clean your room? And you know, I'm Pacific Islander. I'm Guamanian. You know, and when Todd and Charlie would come over to my house, it was a study in Pacific
57:17 Island culture. Are you hungry? Are you hungry? Are you hungry? Are you hungry? Do you want something to eat? Are you hungry? Come and eat. Come and eat. Come and eat. Right? We'll do a mixed plate. I'm gonna cook up
57:27 some rice. We'll do some kolby beef. My mom had she was stacked for Armageddon. You know, we had 3 refrigerators. You know, she was a prisoner of war. It was a wartime psychology. I will never go
57:39 hungry again. So when Charlie and Todd would come to my house, it was a study in my tribe. Then when we go to Todd's house, it was a whole different thing. And then we go from there and we go on these adventures in
57:51 Calabasas Creek, which is by default the world's largest bathroom. And we would just adventure together. We had this this kingdom in West San Jose, California.
58:03 And his tribe came together with my tribe. And he came to my house. And I went over to their house. And we shared with each other. Guys, that is exactly what the dangerous good movement is gonna look like.
58:20 This beautiful kaleidoscope of men who are black and white and Asian and Hispanic, and they all love Jesus, and they're all learning together, and they all love being together, and they have 1 thing in common.
58:32 They love Jesus Christ. They're all sons of the king, and they're all committed to advancing his kingdom in them and through them. Now, if you have your notes, you're gonna want to take those
58:45 out. And we're gonna get to it. We're gonna let God's word speak to us. So let's bow our heads. Let's ask the Holy Spirit to make these words come alive. Holy Spirit, we acknowledge your presence here. I thank you that
58:57 you're not failing in any man's life. We agree with the psalmist and say, open our eyes that we might see the glory of your law. Open our
59:08 eyes. Take the veil off. I pray right now, God, that the eyes of our heart might be enlightened, that we may know the hope to which we have been called. The richness of our inheritance in the saints. God, I
59:20 pray that your living and powerful word would penetrate. We have together as we talk about the community that you've
59:32 given us. This new community called the church that you want us connected to. In Jesus name, we pray. And God's So
59:44 you will walk in the way of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous. For the upright will live in the land and the blameless will remain in it, but the wicked will be
59:56 cut off from the land and the treacherous will be up rooted from it. You see the big idea there, fellas?
1:00:10 Company you keep. And you know what I say about men? Men are gonna connect somewhere. They're gonna connect with some group. Just depends on what is at the core of that group.
1:00:22 What are the values driving that group of people? What is the purposes of that group of people? What are they all about? What are their beliefs? What are their behaviors? Because whenever you enter that ecosystem
1:00:34 of friendships, those beliefs and those behaviors are going to take over. The Bible says that you, you son of God, you son of the king, you man of God, you're gonna walk in the
1:00:46 way of good men. Say good men. Good men. That's what the dangerous good movement is all about. It's about walking in the way of good men. I need to be around men who are more committed
1:00:58 than me. Amen? Because they sharpen me. And that's what we need if we're gonna grow. Your victory that was just declared on you, many times is 1
1:01:09 dangerous good man away. Blessing in your marriage, many times. I've seen it in my own life is 1 dangerous good man away coming alongside of you and telling you you're gonna make
1:01:21 it and praying for you. And this is what the Bible says. Right? Your victories Look at what it says in Proverbs 13 20. And we're
1:01:33 gonna read this together. Ready? Walk with the wise and become wise for a companion of fools suffers harm. You know, it is it is breathtaking. It is stunning. It is it is breathtaking. It is stunning.
1:01:46 How men will choose destroyers for friends. How we willingly join the company of the company of men who destroy
1:01:59 and cause people to suffer. But here's the thing. The reason why we do it is for acceptance. And we'll destroy and become a part of a destroying
1:02:11 group of friends, friends who may not love God, who may not serve God, or maybe they're lukewarm for God. And we will suffer the consequences of being in that community because
1:02:23 at least they accept us. Well, that's the acceptance you don't need. You have acceptance from God. That's the most important thing. And now you can choose a new community of men because you are secure in the love of
1:02:34 God and you're accepted by him and you can start choosing a new band of friends. Walk with the wise and become wise. You see, that's what the world is starving for. Emotionally grown up
1:02:46 men who are wise, they're strong in God, and they're relationally committed. Man, that's what the dangerous good movement is all about. So let's look at what it's gonna involve. You see, this is inspiration.
1:02:58 You know what's coming next week? Connection. Next week. We're talk We're not talking about, oh, yeah. That's a nice thing to think about. No. We're gonna see how God's word commands connection
1:03:10 and what this fellowship What's it gonna be like? Can you see? I'm a dude. I kinda want you to tell me what's coming before I step into it. Well, here's what's coming. The first thing the fellowship of the dangerous good
1:03:21 involves is transparency. Write that down. Write that down. Start popping up by the hundreds of thousands. What's going to be going on there? Well, there's
1:03:33 going to be an atmosphere of transparency. I want us to read Proverbs 28 13, and then we'll unpack it. Ready? He who conceals his transgression will not prosper,
1:03:45 but he who confesses and forsakes them will find Now, the devil tells you the exact opposite. He will say, no. You you need to
1:03:57 conceal. You don't need to reveal. Concealment is the devil's strategy. You know that thing that you did? Yeah. You can't talk about that because then it'll blow up your image.
1:04:09 Be this person who has it's all it's all together. You're you're you're so good. Hey, man. How's it going? It's all good. Right? This is Earth, not heaven. It
1:04:21 can't be all good. There's got to be something going on. But you see, like I said last night, we are men tempted by the devil to lose the battles of
1:04:33 life and win the battle of images. Life. Amen? Right? He who conceals his transgression will not
1:04:45 prosper. You know? The reason we don't seek accountability is because we don't want people to see the real man. Newsflash. They already know. They already know.
1:04:57 Like, we think we're actually fooling people. Alright? Your insides will always leak. It will come out. No matter how you try to control your image, life
1:05:09 throws unplanned things into your life. Just like our our guy that we're we're tracking, Justin. Right? Scripted into his image
1:05:21 management plan. But you see, he who conceals his transgression will not prosper. That's why guys were lining the altar last night because you know what? They said, I'm done. I'm done with the
1:05:35 who came down here and confessed his sin before God and before a man and repented and asked for Christ to cleanse and fill them, that secret's over. Now, here's what happens
1:05:47 when you get into a group or what should be happening in your connection with other men. Let's read James 5 16 together. Right? Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each
1:05:59 other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. You see what happens in a group of believers?
1:06:11 Sons of the King versus Sons of Culture. Sons of Culture keep secrets and get sick get as sick as their secrets. Sons of the King confess their sin with each other and pray for 1
1:06:23 another. And if you have a pen out, you should circle those 2 words, so that. Here's the payoff, the world is dying for? A movement of hundreds of millions of
1:06:34 men who walk on planet Earth who are healed and free. They are not serving their wounds. Circumstances. They are not
1:06:46 defined by their mistakes. And if they blow it, there's a remedy. His name is Jesus. And then there's a team of guys that they can talk to, and they can admit and confess with them. You see, there's a 2 step
1:06:58 thing. God says, I need you to confess to me, but then he says, I need you to be transparent with other men. 1 is for spiritual healing. The other 1 is for emotional. So you don't walk
1:07:10 around with that hangover, that that dual nature. Okay? So that's step 1, a dangerous good fellowship. And I just want to say, transparency
1:07:22 should be a lifestyle. Why? Because God is truth. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the lie. God cannot relate to a self deceived man who is
1:07:33 managing images and deceiving himself and is not transparent with other people. The body of Christ, as he commands. He wants you free from those secrets because he knows those secrets give you power.
1:07:45 So transparency is the lifestyle of the dangerous good and a hallmark of their community. I want you to watch this testimony
1:07:52 of transparency. Transparency is the lifestyle of the dangerous good and a hallmark of their community.
1:07:52 I want you to watch this testimony of transparency. Transparency.
1:08:09 From an inappropriate relationship to a business deal gone bad to number of times my wife in particular saying, I I just can't take the
1:08:21 hits anymore, Martin. I just was so prideful. I was so bent on it being everybody else's problem, and nothing had to do with
1:08:33 me. More than 5 years ago now, my wife lovingly told me, that her plan was to leave, when our youngest daughter, was going to college. That gave me a heads up, thank
1:08:45 God, to, really assess where what I wanted and who I wanted to be as a man. Marriage and family are everything to me. And knowing that I could lose all of
1:08:56 that, I distinctly remember saying, okay Lord. I'm finally gonna be the man that you want me to be. And, I just pressed into that. I did whatever
1:09:08 I needed to do to be that man in the womb. Big big thing that helped me was being a part of men's group. I heard said that you're only as sick as a secret you keep. And man, that was
1:09:20 that true for me. And as ice told my secrets, other men told their secrets. And it was amazing how similar we were, in the things that we struggle with and think and battle
1:09:32 and, and let occupy our minds. That started a journey of just becoming a part of a band of brothers, a fraternity of men of God that 1 sharpen
1:09:44 each other. Proverbs talks about sharpening iron sharpening iron. I heard that so often. I never really knew what it was until now. It's giving up everything, that you
1:09:56 think is not gonna be loved and bringing it to the light, bringing it to a group of trusted men and letting them say, man, we love you and we're here for you. And that's
1:10:08 huge, knowing you're not alone. Image, being right, being in control, being comfortable were all what
1:10:20 drove me. Today, what drives me is whatever God wants me to be into. I'm all that. My wife sees the changes. My kids see the changes,
1:10:32 in me. They don't often know quite what to do because it's still new for them. This hard driving, not vulnerable guy that they've seen and grown up with is changing, softer,
1:10:44 vulnerable, honest. And so now I'm a sharpened tool to be used by God for whatever his purpose is, and there's nothing better than being in his hand and being
1:10:56 used however he wants to use me.
1:10:59 Amen. Amen.Show more
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