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What's Gotten Into You? Sparks of Transformation 0:00 Welcome to the men's global livestream. If you have a Bible with you, I want you to hold 2 spots. 1 in Matthew chapter 5 and the other spot in Luke chapter 7. Those are 2 key passages for0:12 today's study. If you're just joining us, we're finishing a series called Where the Light Is, and it's because there's a command in scripture that says this to every god's man, walk in the0:23 light as he is in the light. And so in this series, we've been looking at 5 keys to living in the light. Right? How do we think? How do we make lifestyle0:35 choices that keep us where the light is? And for today's 5th key, I wanna start with a question to get us thinking in the right direction. Have you ever said to0:47 anybody, or has anybody ever said to you, what has gotten into you? Or maybe you said about someone else, what's gotten into him, or what's gotten into her? And we usually say0:59 that when someone's behavior has changed. Right? Their pattern of attitude, their pattern of action has changed, hopefully, for the better,1:10 and we're curious. Okay. What is the source of change? Something's taken over them, and so we ask, what has gotten into you? Maybe a husband starts being1:22 kinder and using kinder words with his wife, offers to watch the kids. She notices that, and she wonders, what has gotten into him? Or maybe1:34 a friend offers to pray for you, and they've never done that before. Right? You would notice that, and you ask them, boy, what's what's gotten into them? Or maybe unsolicited,1:46 a neighbor comes over and mows your lawn after you have a surgery, and you just ask themselves, why would they do that? Or perhaps in a shocking twist, men who are1:58 married, instead of being defensive or harsh in the middle of disagreement, you admit you're wrong, and you ask for forgiveness.2:09 Alright? And after you wave smelling salts across your wife's nose to, wake her up after she's fallen onto the floor, she says, what has gotten into2:21 you? You see, the old cliche, actions speak louder than words, is true, for better or for worse. Our actions communicate. But new2:33 attitudes and new positive actions after a pattern, maybe decades long of old actions and old attitudes listen. It2:45 creates curiosity. People wanna know, like, okay, what's the source of change? People wanna know your motive or what's going on inside of you. They want what2:57 is unknown or invisible to them to be known or become visible. And in this final session, we're gonna dive into the last3:09 and most powerful key to walking in the light. You know what that is? It's your personal transformation into a man of light. You see, God wants3:22 our relationship with him to personally transform us. And our transformation in him and through him, he wants that to create curiosity, to create3:34 interest in the source of our change. He wants us to be light. And so that's his mission. And for you to be walking in the light,3:46 shining his light, and making the invisible god visible, to people. And so as we've done in our past studies, what we're gonna do today is we're just gonna reaffirm3:58 god's desire for us to walk in the light as he is in the light. That's gonna be the 1st part of it. Then we're gonna look at the 5th key, alright, of being where the light is. And then we're gonna talk at the end as we4:10 close out, winning the battle to to get in and and stay in the light. So let's look at our downloaded notes. We have our theme verse that we've carried through all 5 sessions right there4:22 at the top, and let's read that together. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life and so, Jesus makes it simple. You4:34 stick close to me. You're never going to walk in darkness. So, there's our there's our headline that if you're a man of god and you follow the son of god, you need to4:45 stick close to the the son of god to stay in the light, and you experience what Jesus calls the light of life. Right? He gives us his glasses, and he helps us to see life and4:57 experience life from his perspective. So we experience eternal life now in the present. We start to experience a supernatural and eternal life now that5:09 begins when we receive Christ, and then it continues on into eternity. Right? And so in the Bible, what we see is there's men who are walking in the5:21 light, and they're close to God. They're sticking with them. And then there's this battle, and sometimes they drift and they stray. And that's what the prophet Isaiah talks about in Isaiah chapter 50 verse 10. There's an5:33 absence of men walking in the light, and he's kinda giving them a path back. Listen to what he says. Who among you fears the lord and obeys the word of his servant?5:45 Let the 1 who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on their God. And so you see through Isaiah's5:59 curiosity and actually invitation for men who are walking in the dark to come back. He teaches by contrast, there's an absence of men walking in the light, but, hey, here's how you can6:11 possess it again. So let's just unpack that. The 1st step, to possessing light, according to Isaiah chapter 50 verse 10, is to fear the Lord. Possessing light is6:23 synonymous with fearing the Lord 1st. Right? What does that mean? It means that you're walking in light of God's presence. You have a conscious6:35 awareness of God, and that creates a discipline. It creates an accountability, knowing that you will be accountable, and you wanna please God. So, Isaiah says,6:47 who among you fears the Lord? Right? That's a key to getting back in and staying in the light. Secondly, possessing light means listening to the Lord. Alright? And6:58 you listen to the Lord in any family by obeying. If you're a dad, you know exactly what I'm talking about. You say to your kids, why didn't you listen to me? And the only reason you ask that question is because they7:09 disobeyed you. Alright? They heard you, but they didn't obey you. Alright? Which meant they weren't listening, which shows us that listening actually is obeying. Alright? So Isaiah says, who among you fears7:21 the lord and obeys the word? 3rd, possessing light means trusting in the Lord. Isaiah goes on, and he says, let the 1 who walks in the dark, who has7:33 no light okay. There's the contrast. Trust in the name of the Lord. And that's how you get your light back. Right? So, we fear the lord, listen to the lord, we're trusting in the lord over whom?7:44 Over self. We trust his wisdom versus our wisdom. We trust his character over our character. We we trust his promise over our self7:56 sufficiency. Right? Now trust means to, have a firm belief in someone. Right? That they're reliable, that they're strong, that8:08 they're wise, so we trust them. We have a firm belief in them. And that's how you stay in the light, to have a firm belief in the Lord. That's how you possess light. And then lastly, based on this8:20 passage in Isaiah, possessing light means depending on the Lord. Isaiah says, let the 1 who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord, that'll get you back in the light, and rely8:32 or depend on the Lord. Now if if trusting in the Lord is having a firm belief, relying on the Lord is actually, involves8:43 actions. Right? It means that we rely on God with actions. Okay? We pray to the Lord. We exercise self control. We limit ourselves. We take steps. We risk8:56 humble and faithful steps to wait on him. Okay? So if trusting in the Lord is having a firm belief, depending on the Lord is relying on God with9:07 actions. So we have a firm belief and we take firm actions. And so there's a dynamic. And when we think about possessing light, walking in the9:19 light, you know, that's the difference between clarity in life and confusion because light illuminates. Light brings clarity.9:31 It talks about that in John 12 35. It's Jesus, and he says, walk while you have the light before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark9:43 does not know where they are going. And so you see that it's easy to let go. Once you possess, the easier thing is to just kinda9:55 let go of, like, stop fearing the Lord, and, you know, stop listening to to the Lord. Stop trusting in the Lord. Stop depending on the Lord. And and start fearing men, and listening to yourself, and10:07 trusting in yourself, and depending on yourself. That's when darkness will overtake you. And there is this encouragement to not stop. That's why it10:19 says walk. Right? Live. Live while you have the light. So our time right now on Earth is is an opportunity to live and walk while we have this10:30 light, while we have the lord, we have his word, we have his character, we have his spirit, we have his people, and to utilize those things to be and stay10:42 where the light is. So that's reaffirming for us and for our desire to walk in the light as he is in the light. God really wants that. Alright. So let's turn the10:54 page in our study. God definitely wants us walking in the light. And we've just looked at what possessing light means, these things. And as we integrate those things, we we we possessPossessing Light: Fear, Obey, Trust, Rely 11:06 and we stay. We work hard not to let go. And here's a 5th key that will help us not to let go, and that's god's mission of visibility. If you remember, in11:18 part 1, we talked about how when we remember god's character, we'll be where the light is. He's light. He doesn't blend. Then we talked about how, God's word is11:30 light. And as we're more connected to God's word, we stay where the light is because his light, his his word is a lamp. Right? It illuminates our feet. So connect to god's character. You connect to god's word. Connect to11:41 god's people, people of light. Alright? People of light, as we're connected deeply to them, keep us in the light. Alright? Many logs burn brightly together. Okay? Then we talked about god's spirit.11:53 Alright? That's the power, the active power that fills us and guides us to stay in the light. And now we have the 5th key, and that's God's mission of visibility.12:05 Now it talks about this in Matthew chapter 5. Jesus is describing us. Alright? And it's related to this theme of being a man of light. He says this,12:17 you are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden, neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on a stand, and it gives light12:29 to everyone in the house. Keywords, In the same way, let your light shine before others that they may see your good deeds and glorify12:41 your father in heaven. So there is a contrast because that's what light is. And the contrast is the man of god who lives in a12:53 dark world, and you can see light against a dark backdrop. Right? And God fully expects and I want you to see this. God fully expects you and13:05 I, men of God, to be visible. Alright? And that's why Jesus' language is emphatic. He says, you know, you don't put a light under a bowl.13:17 You're robbing it of its purpose. Okay? A light needs to be put on a stand so that it brings illumination. It it exposes. Right? And and13:29 in the same way, Jesus says, let your light shine before others so they can see god, and they can glorify god. They can recognize god. They can acknowledge god. How?13:41 Through a man of light and how he transforms. And so that's where we're gonna spend the balance of our time is just some of the ways, not all of the ways, but some of the ways people see God when13:53 we shine his light. Alright? And number 1, let's write this down. People see God when I give God full control over my choices. Look at what14:05 it says in Romans chapter 12 verse 2. It says this. Don't conform to the pattern of this world, a dark pattern, but be transformed by the14:16 renewing of our of your mind. Then keyword. Circle that if you have the downloaded notes. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is, his good, pleasing,14:29 and perfect will. Do you see the picture? Right? You got new thinking, right, that replaces the old thing thinking. You have conforming to the pattern of the14:40 world. That's our old thinking. And then we have transforming through new thinking, then alright. There's a transitional transactional, moment. Then we're gonna14:52 start testing and approving what God's will is. We start actually living in a new way. I remember when I 1st, gave my life to Christ, people15:04 saw that something had gotten into me. And they begin to see, and I began to testify to the fact that it was Christ. Christ in me. I I15:15 started thinking different. I wasn't conforming to my old pattern and old patterns of living, and they saw something new. Alright? At least they saw it. And what did they15:27 see? They saw me not getting drunk anymore. Alright? They saw me offering to take people home from parties. They saw, me going to church, when I hadn't before. They saw new15:39 words coming out. And so they saw that I had given God full control over what? My choices. Question. Does God have full15:51 control over your choices? Because when you give God full control over your choices, he will stop you from conforming to old patterns of16:02 thinking and living and transform how you think, and it will create new patterns of thinking and living. And when that happens, that transformation, people are gonna be curious. It's16:14 gonna create interest, and they're gonna see God. Alright? Secondly, people see God when I grow up and mature emotionally. K? People see God when16:26 I grow up and mature emotionally. Alright? So we see a toddler morph and grow up physically, but we also hope16:38 that with their physical maturity and their growth in in in physical maturity, that they'll also grow up emotionally, that they'll become inwardly more mature. Nothing worse,16:50 right, than a grown man with toddler character. Right? And the bible, talks about this in a specific context. It says this,17:01 Jesus talking in John 13 34. He says, as I have loved you, so you must love 1 another. By this, circle that, everyone will know that17:13 you are my disciples if you love 1 another. You see, it takes maturity to love other people in a healthy way.17:25 It takes being grown up emotionally, right, to love other people in a secure and in a healthy way. Right? And so people know that you haven't grown17:37 up through the quality of your relationships. And the quality of relationships is built on reciprocity and how you love,17:49 listen, sacrificially for another person. You see, I say sacrificially, because people recognize and see when you say no to18:01 yourself to say yes to another person in relationship to love them. So people see God when you grow up and mature emotionally.18:13 Jesus says that the indicator that you have is how you love. Now this is not in your notes, but you might wanna write down 1st Corinthians 13 11. Paul18:24 says, when I was a child, I talked like a child. I reasoned like a child. I acted like a child. But when I became a man, in other words, when they grow up, I put childish18:36 ways behind me. You know, there's nothing worse than a 25 year old, 12 year old with people. There's nothing worse than a 3518:48 year old, 13 year old, 45 year old, 14 year old, and just extrapolate that out. Grown man, grown body, man sized responsibility, immature sized character.19:00 You know, that's confusing. So people see God when he transforms us, and we learn how to mature and love like men.19:12 Number 4, people see God or number 3, people see God when I worship without fear. And I want us to see19:24 how Jesus feels about fearless worship. Alright? In in fact, he actually he he points to a situation in the gospels where19:36 you got a group of religious guys who are just acting religious, and then they then they encounter and experience a fearless worshiper. And there's a compare and contrast19:49 that Jesus makes between a woman who is fearlessly worshiping him and these men who are not, but who claim to be20:00 associated with Jesus. Let's look at the vignette, then we'll unpack it. So Jesus, the context is he's at dinner with a bunch of guys. When 1 of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have20:12 dinner with him, he went to the Pharisees' house and reclined at the table. A woman in that town who had lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisees' house.20:25 So she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet20:37 with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair. She kissed them and poured perfume on them.20:50 Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wept my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but21:01 this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. Therefore, I tell you, her many sins21:13 have been forgiven as her great love has shown, but whoever has been forgiven little loves little. And you see the compare and21:25 contrast. And you gotta understand all the rules that this woman broke, all the obstacles she overcame to be in that space and to do that. A, it was a men's meeting. Women don't come barging21:37 in to men's meeting. B, it was a meeting of holy men, and she had a very well developed reputation for sin, most likely, a prostitute. And then21:49 she she does these actions which make everybody uncomfortable. She's weeping. Imagine you're having a meal, and then someone comes in and they're sobbing and22:01 they're weeping, and they're taking their hair. There's no cloth. They're taking their hair, and she's wiping her tears off his feet with her hair.22:13 And then she she takes, perfume and she puts them on his feet, and she's kissing the most foul part of the human body in the 1st century. Feet,22:26 dirty feet, feet that have been walking around in sandals in the dirt. But she's cleaning them with her tears. She's wiping them with her hair, and then she's making them smell22:37 good, And then she's actually she's actually kissing his feet. I mean, it is fearless. It's also22:49 super uncomfortable. But does she care 1 lick about what these guys think when she really should? Absolutely not. This woman is fearless. She23:01 is proud to be with Jesus. She is proud to identify with Jesus. She recognizes the depth of her redemption and her forgiveness. And you know23:13 what that translates into? Fearless worship. You know, on my phone, I have an artist's rendition of this woman because it speaks I wanna23:25 see that. It speaks so powerfully to me that I shouldn't care about what men think when I worship Jesus,23:37 when I identify as a Christian, when I proudly raise my hands in a worship service. And I'm not saying everybody's like me. But you know what? We have to get to that point,23:49 where we understand fully how much we've been loved and how much we've been forgiven. And no 1 else in all of this earth has ever loved us24:01 like Jesus, which then translates into this fearless allegiance, public love, bold, unapologetic, pleasing24:13 to God, and, yes, again, public worship of Jesus. And, you know, guys, we can take a lesson from a woman. Jesus said, do you see24:24 this woman? And that goes to our point. People see God when we worship without fear. He wanted them to see her just like he wants people to see us worshiping24:37 without concern about the person to our right or left, publicly, boldly, unapologetically identifying ourselves with our savior and our redeemer24:49 and our Lord and God. So people see God when we give God full control, when we grow up and emotionally mature, when we worship without fear. Number 4, people see God when I am generous,25:02 like God. And this is powerful and simple. Look at what scripture says. In him, we have redemption through his blood,25:15 the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us. If you have the downloaded notes, circle that, that25:26 he lavished on us. So God, through giving blood, covers25:38 us, and it changes our status and puts us into a state of grace before God.25:50 He pays generously in blood. We believe and accept what he did, his payment for us in blood. We26:02 say yes. We accept. That puts us into a state of grace before God where we were an enemy and separated. Now we're a friend and26:14 connect and connected through God's grace, which was transacted in a generous payment of his blood that he lavished26:26 on us. Now think about that word, lavish. It means over the top, generous. Like, anytime you lavish on someone through your hospitality or26:37 generosity, it's over the top. That's God. God is generous to us in an over the top way, and26:49 he wants us to have the family resemblance. Can I ask you a question? Do you live with a scarcity mentality? In other words, do you hold27:01 on to what is yours, or do you see it as a blessing from God to be generous with? Whatever you have, how however much you have, whatever you've been blessed with, whether27:13 that's words that you have, and do you do you hold on to them, and do you withhold encouragement? Or are you generous with encouragement? Or do you protect your time because you have your agenda and your schedule? Or are27:24 you generous with your time, and do you give it to others? Do you you hold on to the resources that God has given you? Or are you generous like God? And do you lavish27:36 your resources on other people so you can bless them like God? You see, people see God when we are generous like God. You know, the world27:48 operates on the scarcity principle. There are limited resources, and we're all competing for those limited resources. But when you know God, who's the CEO and chief supply officer of everything, you can28:00 let go of that scarcity mentality because you've experienced his generosity. And he has unlimited supply. And you can risk by faith being really generous with people. And, man, when you are generous with28:12 people versus not generous and withholding, it totally stands out. Guys, you know that you can have a ministry of generosity28:24 in people's lives. I mean, I know who that what that's like, just being here at Everyman. I just see the works of God going forward through28:36 people who've been touched by God's generosity, touching our ministry with just extravagant generosity, which then rolls over and multiplies into millions of28:48 men being reached. You know, and it just blows my mind, but I know where that comes from. They have a right view of God. You know, my life and experience and conduct in29:00 God will never outdo my view of God. And if you don't know, and if you haven't made the connection of your experience in Christ as God's generosity, and if29:12 that hasn't translated into you being generous, people can't see God. So I'm I'm camping here just for a little bit, because this is a super easy and29:24 super powerful way, which is almost without words. People just see it. They know that that's not natural to be29:37 generous, and they wanna know where that comes from. And when when when the time comes for you to explain why, you can just simply say, because God has been generous29:49 with me. And in those few words, you can share the gospel. Wow. Guys, I'm just I'm just telling you, there are so many opportunitiesShine Bright: Control, Love, Worship, Generosity, Holiness 30:01 right in front of you every day to be generous with your time, to be generous with your encouragement and with your words, to be generous with your resources, and to30:13 blow someone's mind. Whose mind can you blow today? I mean, just be generous like God. People will see God. 5th, people see God30:25 when I pursue holiness. And before you get bent out of shape over that word holiness, because there's a caricature30:38 that comes with that, just would you translate that word into when I pursue pleasing God in everything? Because when you please God, that's acting holy. So don't get30:51 tripped up by the word holy. It just means that you're pursuing what God is like. And when you pursue what God is like, you please God. Look at what it says in Philippians31:03 chapter 2 verses 14 to 16. Let's connect the dot between holiness and people seeing God. Says this, do everything without grumbling or arguing so that you may become blameless and31:15 pure. Holy. Children of god, without fault, in a warped and crooked generation, dark. Then, you will shine31:26 among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. So you see that imitating31:38 god, you have the family resemblance. God is holy, and he wants his sons to be holy. And when we do that, we're where the light is. People31:50 see God. And the the picture is of a canopy of darkness with stars. Right? And that's if you ever enjoy a nice star32:02 filled evening like I do every night in my backyard. There are I'm I'm out away from the city, so there's the ambient light of a large city isn't there. So that means that that's turned32:14 down, which means the volume of the darkness and the stars against the darkness is turned up. So there's the contrast. Alright? And god says that, when we32:26 do everything without, you know, being a grumbler or an arguer, so that we can become blameless and pure or or holy, and we reflect being a32:38 child of God against the dark backdrop of a warped and crooked generation, the Bible says then we're gonna shine. And God's purpose and mission for visibility is accomplished. And32:50 I want you to notice that holiness is produced by holding firmly to God's word. It says, then you will shine among them like the stars in the sky as you hold firmly33:02 to the word of God. So do you see the crossover? How this is all working together. God's character is holy. Alright? God's Word keeps us holy. God's people, people of holiness, accelerate33:14 our own holiness. Alright? God's Spirit is giving us the power to make these choices, to think and to choose. And then when we join them all33:26 together, it produces this mission of visibility that reaches the lost in a dying world. On this issue of holiness, what we see really is how intimacy33:38 with God involves imitation of God. In 1st Peter 1 chapter 15 and 16, it says this, but just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do.33:50 For it is written, be holy because I am holy. So intimacy in a relationship is assumes influence of character. When you're close to somebody,34:02 what's inside of them comes out on you, and what's inside of them or on what's inside of you comes out on them, and what's inside of them comes out on you. Right? Holiness, purity,34:14 light, that is central to God's character. So it kinda goes like this. I'm your God. You're God's man. We're close. God's man pursues God's holiness.34:26 What What does that look like? He seeks to please God in every way he can. He tries to make God smile. So when you reduce holiness to a simple thought of, I'm gonna make34:38 God smile, which means I'm gonna do what pleases God. That that makes any dad smile when a son does what pleases the father. And in the process, I'm becoming like God. When I please God,34:50 what does that look like to God? I'm becoming holy. Alright? So don't trip yourself up over this concept of holiness. Alright. Number 6. Again, we're not hitting all the ways people can see35:02 God, but we're down to the last 2. People see God when I eliminate sin. Now in part 1 of this series, we talked about how God doesn't blend holiness35:14 with sin. He doesn't blend good with evil. He doesn't blend flesh with holy spirit. Alright? So there is a marker. Alright? He's not a blender. Alright?35:27 His character is set. And so when we eliminate sin, we are reflecting who god is. That's why Jesus would say in Luke 11, he says this, see35:39 to it then right? Circle that. See to it. There's an urgency there. That the light within you is not darkness. Therefore, if your whole body, right, the whole of it, is full of light, listen, and no part of it35:50 dark, circle that, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you. So now we go back to that initial passage of scripture when it talks36:02 about god's mission. Right? You're gonna shine as a lamp. A lamp needs to be visible. A lamp, you know, puts light and people see it. You don't put it under a bolt. But what's the36:14 key? Alright? Spiritually speaking, you're the lamp of God and you shine the light of Christ as you're eliminating sin. You become brighter and brighter. The Bible says that the path of the36:26 righteous is like the light of the dawn. It gets brighter and brighter until the noonday. I'm not as I'm I'm I wasn't as bright for the Lord back when I 1st came to the Lord that maybe36:38 perhaps I'm a little brighter now. Right? But I've gotten brighter and brighter. And that's my goal every day is to shine brighter for the Lord so that people can see God. And how do they how do they see that? When I36:50 eliminate sin. Okay? And Jesus is emphatic. He says, see to it. Alright. When someone says, hey. See to it, they're saying, okay. There's other things you can focus on, but see37:01 to it. Right? That that you eliminate darkness from your life. And you know how you know how to define what we need to eliminate. It harms your relationships with God and37:13 people. If you have an attitude, a behavior, a belief, an action that harms your relationships with God, number 1, and with people,37:25 alright, that's sin. Get rid of it. Just there's your marker. Alright? That's how you define it. Alright? That's why I'll just on this last just lastly on this topic of eliminating sin.37:37 That's why Jesus would say, you know, if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. If your hand causes you to sin, chop it off. Right? And he's not saying literally to do that,37:49 but what he is doing is he's he's talking about amputation and the seriousness of sin, that sin is like cancer. And if you don't get38:01 it caught out of your life and you allow it to remain in your life like a cancer, it will metastasize, and it will take the whole thing down. And so that's38:13 why, you know, can I just say, you can't play nickel poker with sin? You can't, like, accommodate, you know, what you believe to be a small sin because that small sin really is a big cancer38:25 that can spread and will spread to other areas of your life. And so people see God when the way we used to be and believe and behave in a sinful, unpleasing way to God,38:37 now that has given way to a new pattern. And now we are pleasing God and that sin isn't there anymore. People see that. Alright? I remember when I 1st became a Christian. I stopped getting drunk.38:49 You know? I stopped doing things. I stopped saying things. I stopped that I knew did not please God and did was not good for my relationship with him. And, oh, by the way,Show more In this video 0:00 What's Gotten Into You? Sparks of Transformation11:00 Possessing Light: Fear, Obey, Trust, Rely30:00 Shine Bright: Control, Love, Worship, Generosity, Holiness39:00 Eliminate Sin, Minister God's Word, Battle to Stay55:30 Prayer: Committed Men of Light
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