April 21, 2024 New Hope Aptos

e e e e e e e e e e e all right good morning New Hope let's stand up together it's good to see all you we're going to uh get right into worship this morning before we're get to get our hands together [Music] together here we go Heaven Thunder Heaven thundered and the world was born Life Begins and ends in the dark TR you for Faith [Music] commanded and the mountains moved fear is losing ground to Our Hope in you here we go Unstoppable God let your glory go on and on impossible things in your name they shall be done Freedom conquered Freedom conquered all our chain undone sin defeated Jesus has overcome Mercy triumphed when the third day Dawn Darkness was Den night when the stone was gone here we [Music] go Unstoppable God the True Glory go on and on impossible things in your name they shall be done sing that again Unstoppable God let your glory go on and on impossible things in your name they shall be done oh all right can we get our hands together like this this morning all [Music] right all right you guys sound great this morning sing it out nothing shall be impossible your kingdom Reigns Unstoppable we'll shout your praise Forever More Jesus our God Unstoppable nothing shall be impossible your kingdom Reigns Unstoppable we'll shout your praise Forever More Jesus our God Unstoppable nothing shall be impossible your king never Reigns Unstoppable we'll shout your praise Forever More Jesus our God Unstoppable nothing shall be impossible your king never Reigns Unstoppable we shout your Reign Forever More Jesus our God [Music] Unstoppable he's an Unstoppable guy here we go Unstoppable God let your glory go on it on impossible things in your name they shall be done Unstoppable God the tri we go on and on impossible things in your name they shall be done oh w oh all right let's give him praise nothing's impossible for our Lord amen Christ is my firm foundation The Rock on which I stand when everything around me shaking I've never been more glad up put my faith in Jesus he's never let me down he faithful through generations so why would he fa now he won't he W I've still got joy in K I've got peace that makes no sense so I won't be going wonder I'm not held by My Own Strength cuz I build my life on Jesus he's made never let me down he's faithful in every season so why would he F now he won't he won he won't F he won't f no he [Music] are he are he won't fail he won't fail [Music] rain came and wind blew but my house was built on you and I'm safe with you I'm going to make it through rain wind my house was built on you safe with you I'm going to make it through came my house was built on you now save away you not going to make it through rain came wind my house was built on you and I'm safe with you I'm going to make it through I'm going to make it through cuz I'm standing strong on you I'm going to make it through my house was built on you Christ is my thir Foundation The Rock on which I said when everything around me shaking I've never been more glad that I put my my fa in Jesus he's never let me down he's faithful through generation so why would he PR now he [Music] won he won you won't f he won't fail he won't no he won't he won't fail he won't fail um just really felt strongly during the song that for some of us when we sing that song There's maybe things that you've experienced as a family or as a person and you're like I have seen just um just even like pain in my family or deception or even divorce or or hurts or anger um and and as you're singing this you're like man I I want to see something different I want to see a different thing begin with my family with my life and and I feel like almost like this was a declaration for us to sing again to say that when when we say he won't fail that we're really believing that he is the beginning of a new Legacy that he is the beginning of a new generation that it starts with you even if you haven't seen it even if you haven't seen people walk sobriety for 20 40 50 years or faithfulness in their marriage for 20 50 years you can be the first that you can trust in God if you haven't seen children walk with God if if you are you're 10 years old and you're like man I don't haven't seen someone be faithful to God for the rest of their life that it starts with you and so if if it's okay I would like for us to sing that part again um just go back into um even just declaring that he won't fail that he won't fail and as we sing that together make that a declaration make that choice within your heart allow your voice to sing in faith allow your heart to sing in faith to the one that is able to the one that it is possible with Christ there's nothing impossible for him um and that in that part where he said the wind came and the the wind blew but my house was built on you and I just feel like that was God almost like a would you step out in faith would you step out in faith when we hear that would you step out in faith and say yes God my house will be built on you I will put my heart on you I will put my life in you I will trust in you that at the end of our lifetime we can testify and say nothing else different it not my job not my ability not my strength but it was the name of Jesus that brought breakthrough it was the name of Jesus that kept me faithful to my spouse it was the name of Jesus that kept me faithful to my family it was the name of Jesus that kept me faithful in sobriety and so I just want to encourage you that when we sing it's an opportunity to walk out in faith to walk out in faith so faith it till you make it is what I say sometimes but God is Worthy love you [Music] guys rain came when blue my house was built on you I'm safe with you I'm going to make it through and Rain came and when my house was built on you I'm St with you and I'm going to make it through Christ is my Foundation The Rock on which I stand with everything around me Shen never been more glad I put my faith in Jesus he's never let me down he's faithful through generations so why would he F now he W he he won't fail he won't fail no you won no you won't you won't fail you won't fail he won't he won't he won't [Music] fail won't fail [Music] sing I Love You Lord I love you Lord for your mercy never fails me in all my days I've been held it in your hands from the moment I wake up till I lay my head and I will sing of the goodness of God let's sing this out all my life and all my life you have been faithful and all my life you have been so so good with every breath that I am aable and I will see of a goodness of God we love your voice Lord I love your [Music] voice you have led me through the fire in darkness night you are close like no other I known you as a father I known you as a friend and I have lived in the goodness God and all my life all my life you have been faithful in all my life in all my life you have been so so good with every breath that I am made and I will sing how goodness oh God he goodness your goodness running after running after me your goodness your goodness running after running after me with my life with my life laid down I surender now I give you everything your goodness the running after running after me your goodness your goodness are running after running after me your goodness your goodness running after running out to me when my life lay down I Surrender now I give you [Music] every your goodness running out it's running out for me and oh my life you have been faithful all my life all my life you have been so so good with every breath that I am aable and I will seeing of the goodness of God sing all my life all my life you have been faithful oh my life all my life you have been so so good with every breath with every breath that I am made oh and I won sing oh goodness of God sing your goodness your goodness is running after running after me your goodness your goodness running after running after me with my life lay down I Surrender now I give you everything your goodness is running after running after me let's this your goodness your goodness is running after running after me your goodness your goodness is running after he's running after me with my life my life lay down I Surrender now I give you everything your goodness running after running after me oh my life you have been faithful oh my life oh my life you have been so so good heavy breath every breath I am La I will s of the goodness of God and I will see of a goodness of God and I will see of the goodness of God we love you Lord we love you Lord let's just sing this song One More time in all my life you have been [Music] fa my you have so good I am and I will seeing of the goodness of God [Music] God you are so good you are faithful God you're here you're present we are gathered in your name God we we just we need you right now we need your goodness and your faithfulness and you won't fail us you won't God you know every single thing that each and every one of us have walked into this room with God none of it is too big for you God God you are good you loved us first even while we were turned away God you love us de deeply you're pursuing us even right now God you have something for us we're excited about that Lord God I just pray that you continue to just bless this time that we are just fully devoted to you as we come before you in the throne room God to receive what you want to give and impart on us today God reach down to the deepest recesses of our hearts and our souls God this morning that we might be changed in your likeness God God your goodness is so beautiful and sweet we love you it's in Jesus name we all say amen and amen all right let's take this time right now to some greet some people that are around you before we have a seat go ahead and walk around the room and uh say hi to our brothers and sisters job everybody [Music] h got it found the microphone all right good morning everybody good morning let's have a seat welcome we are so glad you are here I hope everyone's had a beautiful week loving this weather um for all of us joining in person or online we are glad we are here to praise the Lord together uh looking forward to a great message from Pastor Ed this morning on spring cleaning that's going to be fun we all need to hear that uh first off a couple quick announcements uh we are starting our spring small groups in just a couple weeks we already have a GU small group they're going to meet here on Wednesday mornings and we have a ladies small group they're going to meet Friday nights here at 700 p.m if you want to join any of these small groups just let us know you can fill out your name and information on the sheet in the back or just show up we will not kick you out if you have not pre-registered um but also if you want to start a small group if those times don't work for you or if you just have a group of people that you can already think of that you want to go to Starbucks and hang out with and open up the bible let us know we can provide you with some curriculum if you need anyway we're just here to support you and we're excited for small groups it's a great time to just build our relationship with each other and God so really cool and then we have youth group happening this week this Friday April 26 6 to8 if you have any of those middle schoolers and high schooler age that you want to you know dump here for a few hours on Friday let us know they have so much fun you guys their videos on Instagram are a killer they have a great time and they are learning and growing in the Lord and it is so cool to see them just banding together and then we have our family fellowship that meets um the first Sunday after service every month Larry you want to come up he wants to come share some specifics about our upcoming family fellowship hi Lar [Music] [Music] beautiful here Larry you want the mic still can't get out of my head you know we do stuff in family fellowship kind of like that oh do I need this yes that's probably going to blow you guys away back there can you hear me all right anyway so we learned that two weeks ago and I I can't get it out of my head it reminds me of the little boy in Sunday school asking his teacher he says um I know God's real name the teacher says what what is it he says Andy how do you know that and he walks with me and he talks with me two two weeks from now now two weeks from now we we got an all Church potluck so everybody come enjoy yourself if you want to bring a fun dish uh your favorite thing by all means bring it we hope to have all kinds of different food I'm making Cowboy spaghetti now I'm still experimenting with it no I've I'm the only one been able to eat it so far but I I'll I'll bring the an acid along with us well God bless you guys I know God is happy this morning looking among all these precious people and two weeks from now don't forget the May the 5th God bless you all thank you awesome thank you Larry yeah and again that's right after service so be sure to join it is obviously a hoot because he's in there and with that let's welcome up Nae before Pastor Ed comes up with the message um the scripture for today is from Galatians chapter 6 uh it's on the slides but you can also pull out your Bible um live creatively friends if someone falls into sin forgivingly restore him saving your critical cment for yourself you might be needing forgiveness before the day is out stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed share their burdens and so complete Christ's law if you think you are too good for that you are badly deceived make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you've been given and then sink yourself into to that do not don't be impressed with yourself don't compare yourself with others each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life now in these last sentences I want to emphasize in the Bold Scrolls of my personal handwriting the immense importance of what I written to you these people who are attempting to force the ways of circumcision onto you only have one motive they want an easy way to look good before others lacking the courage to live by a faith that shares Christ's suffering and death all their talk about the law is gas they themselves don't keep the law they are highly selective in the laws they do observe they only want you to be circumcised so they can boast of their success in recruiting you to their size that is contemptible for my part I am going to boast about nothing but the cross of our Master Jesus Christ because of that cross I have been crucified in relation to the world set free from the stiffling atmosphere of pleasing others and fitting into the little patterns that they dictate can't you see the central issue in all this it is not what you and I do it is what God is doing and he is creating something totally new a free life amen amen come on sometimes you don't need to preach right that that preaches and um there there's some like kind of nudgy little points in that verse where you know if if you're kind of passive aggressive like me I'm that's you like you know keep your comments to yourself no no I'm so thank you Nae um we're going to talk today about spring cleaning right spring cleaning trauma trash trophies and treasures um but first I I just I I just want to kind of like feel the room about who's ever been stressed about a text message you've received or sent oh yeah we all have right we all have we have stressed out about text messages we've received or sent and and there's nothing more stressful sometimes than when you send a text message that you think oh I don't know how I'm I don't know I don't know what the reaction I'm going to get and you never get a reply back or if you're one of those people you have your read receipt on and then you don't reply how many have ever sent a message like that you sent it it looks like they've read it and then you don't hear anything back so you're just stressing overnight how many of you have done that right absolutely can we be honest who who's lost some sleep over don't don't raise your hand o over a text message you receive right like we all have text messages are are kind of a fun thing they're a good thing but but they can stress us out and I love iPhones because they give you that two-minute you know little you know I regret that message I just sent so let me unsend that before they read it so a little grace period right but we all have sent bad text messages angry text messages all of that stuff and and there's a study by independent.co.uk a real website by the way and they they studied over 2,000 adults and it says four out of 10 four out of 10 adults has spent hours puzzling over someone's wording on a text message four out of 10 who's who's four out of 10 in here I've done that for sure you're like man I don't know I don't know and then out of that four two out of 10 have incorrectly read the tone of that message right two out of 10 and that's why some of you whenever you message me there's always like a happy face no I know it sounds mean but there's a happy face happy face just making sure you know the tone of this this is a joke right a third of all adults this is the saddest part a third of all the adults have some kind of falling out in relationship because of a text message they've incorrectly read the tone of it was just you know misc concluded and so they they they have lost relationship a third of us will lose relationships because of how we read text messages so smartly in the 2,000 people that they talked to they found interestingly that 23% of adults will say you know what this is an important conversation I should not leave this a text message I should go to the person and talk to them face to face right 23% of adults will actually do the right thing and wait and say you know what let's let's talk I don't want you to like miss this 23% that leaves 77 % of us 77% of us who will not wait to do the face to- face things we're like ah man screw it I'm going to send this text message and see what kind of reaction I get that's you and that's me how many of you have done that right I've done that I'm like ah let's just see how this goes and let's see what the reaction is when we see them next time 77% of us don't wait for the face-to-face contact Paul in the verses we just read he a 77 percenter he's like man should I go to galatia nah should should I go visit them and have this conversation face to face nah I mean when he was in prison there was an excuse right but like he's like man I'm going to fire off this letter and see what happens and that's what we read in Galatians it's it's this angry letter what Paul is sending this letter and there's a tone to this there's this importance in this letter and what he's saying is that church in galatia I am not happy with you this is not the gospel you were taught this is not what's supposed to H happen and his language was strong and it's it was clear but then that's not enough then he takes the pen from his scribe and says I'm going to write this on my own handwriting and look I'm going to use all caps big letters because this is so important if if he sent a text message it would have looked like this I think we have a copy right it's got like exclamation points it's got the angry Emoji this is Paul telling the church in galatia I am angry I am angry what's happening in galatia what why is Paul so angry what had Paul so rattled see the reason why Paul was so bothered with what's happening in galatia is there's this new movement that's happening within the church that there's this group group of people that are convincing the church in galatia that they need to be circumcised first before they can accept the Lord as Jesus Christ and Lord and the savior in their lives they're saying that it's not just about the conversion into Jesus it's not about the acceptance of the of what Jesus has but you first must convert into Judaism and then you can walk with Christ in other words they came up with a formula that it's faith in Jesus plus something else equals salvation and Paul was angry with this in galatia they didn't sing that old song glare you probably know this you can sing it with us Come Just As You Are they didn't sing that song in the Church of galatia they said come to Jesus But first you need to learn a language within the church Community you need to to follow this ritual you need to do this this culture that you need to to embrace before you can follow Jesus and that's where Paul Paul gets so angry Paul is writing this because it is so critical to our faith Paul was not going to have it justification and our Salvation comes by what church by faith alone and not by our works Can someone say Amen to that come on now that's a good thing that's a good thing but it is so human of us when we come to the presence of God to first kind of fix ourselves up make ourselves appear worthy of God's presence and then we come to the throne of God that's why we always wear our Sunday Best I'm kidding Sunday Best is an offering to God that's not it's not an appearance thing and when we do that it is a dishonest offering I must first look good and then God will accept me this is called religion this is called hypocrisy and Jesus teaches against that and he is so enraged with that so this honest assessment and repres representation of ourselves makes for an incomplete offering at the altar of God God wants you the real you the ugly but beautiful you there's nothing that God doesn't know about you and when you come to this table there's nothing you've done that offends him there's also nothing that you will do or bring that will impress him so Come Just As You Are amen Church Come Just As You Are I love what Paul concludes and we're going to go back to this theme over and over again he says it is not what you and I do he says this it is not what you and I do it is about what what God is doing and he's creating something totally new a free life in the words of Pastor Eric from last week here's butcher I'm gonna butcher a bunch of quotes from him from last message um this is the first one he says that is not it is not the workers who get things done in the kingdom of God it's the worshippers right it's the worshippers I put a little context okay cool we're still good all right and now today I want us to do that I want to talk about this this on assessment of ourselves there are things that we have to identify in our lives in order to be an authentic spiritual follower of Christ this is our call to spiritual spring cleaning this morning and we're going to talk about trash trauma trophies and treasure amen you guys ready for this are you sure all right all right right first thing is trash man trash we we we all bring elements to our lives that that are not necessary amen we do we all have garbage in our lives let's just be honest and the most Insidious ones are are the seemingly they're not sins you know you're not out killing people that's garbage um but you know I don't have a body count you know it's it's the Insidious little ones that that it's they're not sin they they may even be good but they're taking the place of God in your lives trash okay Sunday morning morning confession three years ago I I I quit fantasy football I know I know and some of you going uh you play Fantasy Football that's gambling and uh for if you if you got an issue with that email all your complaints so Pastor Peter at New Hope appt.com he feels him he's not here today um you're probably right I don't know um but my children were like they were kind of noticing that I man you watch a lot of football and they were not wrong like I was listening to like two hours of podcast a day like I and and it was a good setting too it was like a bunch of friends co-workers families I mean it's it's a fun thing please if you're still playing fantasy football this is not a judgment on you this is just my own like you know introspection right so but but I'm like man I'm spending so much time I know more about the backup running back for the back for the Jacksonville Jaguars than I know about what's happening around the world I really did I'm like this is too much time and it was taking too much time away from my rest it was taken too much time from my reflection it was it was taken away from from my prayer time and even it was taken away from my silence with God so it had to go it was consuming my drive my energy my waking thoughts so it had to go trash second misquote for the day if Satan can have our worship he will settle for our attention trash trash but sometimes it's even worse garbage can also be the thing be about the things that we've done mistakes that we've committed decisions that we cannot undo and our self-image is marred by the sum of what we've done the pitfalls and the failures and no matter how openly you how you've openly admitted them and confess them they still kind of Follow You it can still be an identity that's imposed on you and in it there's shame and there's stigma and that's the reality that some of you are carrying this morning but Paul listen to the heart of God in in Galatians 1:3 the what we just read he says this love creatively friends he said if someone falls into sin forgivingly restore him saving your critical comments for yourself you might be needing forgiveness before the day out and he love this he said stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed share their burdens and so complete Christ's law if you think you're too good for that you are badly deceived if you're here and you have moments in life where where you're feeling like you're you're in that like Perpetual like soap box and and you have a rock in your hand and you're about to throw it at somebody for their sins just just a small little reminder that's not the heart of God is that okay Church you know like the pretext that Christians often say before they behave badly this is righteous indignation right and then they start acting out of love but rather out of hatred and anger the heart of God I love the verse it's about this creative patience and Grace I want to men relationships not pass judgment on people but if you're here and you carry the shame of what you've done the heart of God is not to bury you in that shame the heart of God God doesn't want you to live in the shame as a matter of fact in Isaiah I love that verse because Isaiah is this confrontation between God and his people his people who can't seem to follow simple laws and God says this in Isaiah 1:18 he says come now he says let us settle this matter come to my table says the Lord though your sins are like Scarlet they shall be as white as know though they are as red as Crimson they shall be like wool Church you may need to hear that amen that God's loving kindness will wash your sin away shame is man's work that is our work it is our fallen nature the heart of God is about reconciliation with his heart the heart of the Lord is to lift your chin up and talk to you my child my child my daughter my son it is not about what you have done it is about what I'm doing in your life and that verse we go back to it it says it's not about what you and I do it's not what we've done it is about what God is doing and he's creating something totally new a free life would someone say Amen to that verse man that's liberating we still okay oh we're not we're about to not be okay right now um the next thing is trauma what happened to me we've all suffer trauma we all bear emotional scars and we're all susceptible to triggers well continue home we have issues here yeah come on honest truth right honest truth we've all suffered trauma and some of the things that you've gone through are beyond my comprehension it's beyond the comprehension of others and your trauma you may think but someone else's definition is less than others but we're going to grow up right now in the next just 30 seconds as a church let's admit that bad things awful things happen to good people you're still good trauma the things that's happened to you is not a reflection of your spiritual condition some of you have been sexually exploited some of you have been bullied over the years and are still getting bullied some of you have been in you you live in abusive relationship some of you have suffered de betrayals rejections and your rights have been trampled on you've been backstabbed you've been embarrassed beyond belief you've been abandoned you've been silenced you've been marginalized church it's not a reflection on your spiritual condition we're still good that's some serious growth stuff and what you've gone through tore your world apart and there's no scale to measure the severity of the pain you've been through there's no measure to to there's no measure there's no way to measure the severity of the trauma you felt what happened to you is unique to you and it's traumatic to you and probably destroyed you for that moment trauma is not a competitive sport so you can't start paying my trauma is insignificant yours is awful sorry for you mine is not bad it doesn't work that way you can't compare traumatic experience with others because no one wins in trauma Wars no one wins in trauma Wars because even a seemingly mild comment about an appearance could send someone in the virtue of suicide all have different experiences we've gone through and church we're not going to address how to handle trauma in in a 30 minute message it's just not going to happen today but this is what we're doing today as a body of Christ I'm letting you know that it's okay that we acknowledge this and we get we get help for this is that okay church it's okay to seek professional help and your road to Wellness may not but may not be easy but maybe that's all you needed today for someone to acknowledge that the trauma you've been dealing with is real and it's time to verbalize it and it's begin it's time to begin that journey to recovery and church as a body we need to realize that healing and wellness listen doesn't happen overnight it's not a one you know it's not a one anddone deal we often treat the healing power of Jesus as this almost like magic pill that will heal us overnight because honestly we're lazy to work on our issues is that cool I Jesus has healed me from this like well go see a therapist yo you know like Jesus will heal you with every but like not at the expense of you putting some work you need to want it you need to find ways to heal Church therefore let's stand hand in hand with those facing this process and that compounder Pain by treating their Pace or lack of progress as some sort of spiritual litmus test say Lord help us have the right heart in this this is heavy stuff let us have the right heart in this give me insight as I talk to people each day as the verse says it is not about what you and I do it's not about what someone has done to me it is about what God is doing and he is creating something totally new a free life amen church next thing is trophies I I'll get you there don't worry we're rapping up pretty soon here here go trophies what I've accomplished these are accomplishments these are Mark markers in life that you can go back on and you're like man that was a great time in my life you know um I still keep my actually I think I threw it away last year I still kept my warm-up Jersey from high school that was like five years ago when I gradu I'm kidding it was like a long time ago but I kept it all this years right cuz it's like a memory of like what was great although I sat in the bench like on the bench like most most often than not but it was still like such a fun time like I'm keeping the manista Mustangs forever ever ever trophies and you go man like okay I can talk about trash trauma like those are bad things like we got to deal with them trophies really what we're we're going to talk about Trophies the good things in life that's actually really what's the heart of this letter and and it's this idea that I'm bringing something to the altar apart from myself I'm bringing this accomplishment apart from myself and so Paul says don't be impressed with what yourself he says don't compare yourself with others I'm going to boast about nothing else but Christ in me and trophies are interesting because they can be a point of Pride right and and you might go well I I don't even have any trophies I don't have any of I'm So spiritual I clean my closet out but in reality you have you have your introduction trophy you have that highlight real that you love to show off once in a while you introduce yourself to somebody hello my name is Jim right I'm going to use Jim Jim it's like my favorite name to you sorry Jim um my name is Jim I have a ba and MBA I have a JD I you know I I was like a missionary like I helped orphans for like the last 30 years or you know cuz I I did it when I was born um you know I I qualified for all 30 sports like in CCS that I participated on I made my first million when I was 27 you know like I did this like you know I I'm also a poet I'm also a sculpture like I sculpt also and you know I sell the world or in the sailboat that I handcrafted myself yes that's me that's Jim right we have our highlight reels they're set to go they're you know you do come on we all do we all do two-minute conversation with someone I usually get their highlight reels you know and those things are great highlights trophies are great but we can't get stuck and live in those moments otherwise we become that Perpetual Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite right we live in the past because a reminder of how we felt some of you just getting that it's okay it it's we're going I'm going to live in the past because it's the highlight of our lives so next thing you know you're just hanging around the van creeping up in the high school so showing off like how you can throw a football I'm sorry if you didn't get it you're just missing out but but here's the danger about living in the highlights of Our Lives we become really reluctant about changes we are we're afraid of new seasons in life because it will not feel the same I have news for you my child it won't be it won't be life is not about recapturing what you've accomplished or that feeling fresh water comes from rivers that flow standing water results in stagnation so stop chasing Church stop chasing your perception of a great day or a great season and when things were great I don't even want to get into it we'll make whatever America you know like all that stuff great for who let's just leave it at that you guys good we're not going to get political today okay what we often describe as a golden age in our lives is not as golden as you think amen church it's not even the Jewish people they look at the 40 years in the wilderness as their golden age but what's be hidden behind it what's actually it's not that subtle it's pretty open is there's golden calves everywhere they went but it was the goodness of God that saw them through every obstacle every sin every whatever they've created for themselves whatever painful situations they've created for themselves it's never about you it was always about what God is doing so right now it's time to create new memories because you're a different person you were yes than yesterday you're with different people today you're in a different setting today and you cannot recapture what's already happened you can only celebrate and look at it fondly but don't forget where you're at the people you're with right now would someone say Amen to that we're obsessed about recapturing that perfect family picture I don't know what that means the perfect family picture you know I don't know my mom she tries it doesn't happen she like guys let's redo the picture we took when you're five you know like we're like know it's not going to happen like we're married we got kids it's just not going to happen sometimes we're hanging on to the past and it's not this is not the past is still a beautiful thing but don't forget things change Embrace that new family picture maybe the kid that once always smiled at the family picture just gives you that you know teenage girl like I don't want to be here M's making me do this that's okay maybe someone's missing from that family picture that's okay the new photo is unbelievably beautiful and you need to celebrate that the second thing is this there's a danger about living the highlights because it can keep us from trying and failing we get locked in to this winter takes all we're like man if I I can't get the trophy I don't even want to try it we're firm Believers of the Gospel of Ricky Bobby that if we ain't first you're last and some of you will get that later and be offended that your pastor just quoted Ricky Bobby from the pull pit um that's okay the truth is I don't know if you've ever tried losing it's not that bad it isn't it's kind of fun you and you learn a lot of lessons along the way now we talked me into this B bouldering competition last week like just do it D just do it I'm I'm gonna like like just embarrass myself just do it I'm okay and um Victory story I I bouldered I crushed it I finished first no that's not true I finished dead last I literally finished dead last and and then they posted in social media for everyone to see that I finished that last thank you agility um but while I was hating the competition for that actually I didn't I had the best time there's this one person in the gym that I felt like I wanted to connect and I just felt like God was tugging my heart to talk to that person and just never man just a wall you know like you just not even a high you know not even know what's up you know n like I'm like okay but we were competing kind of at the same time and struggling with the same climbs and we began to start talking during the competition and then I think on Friday we hung out and spent like two three hours and I think we climbed like four climbs or something but we started talking about personal stuff and life history and family stuff I'm like that is now the door that's completely open because I struggled and I lost L badly for everyone to see but the relationship that was built out of it is immeasurable and Timeless trophies church are great reminders of good days but a trophy isn't the Ultimate Prize it was always about the process you were going through it was always about the moments of progress the hard work it was always about the people that were with you rooting and supporting you in the words of Paul it is not about what you and I do it says and it's not about your trophies or what you've done it is about what God is doing and he is creating something totally new the last thing we Clos to this is treasure you kind of get rid of your trash not red I mean you know work through your trash work through your trauma Maybe maybe work through your trophies and then you finally find your treasure this is you just as I am I love the verse that Nar read it says make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given and then sink yourself into that don't be impressed with yourself don't compare yourself with others each of you must take responsibility for doing the Crea the best you can with your own life so beautiful as the worship team comes up we need to have an honest assessment of ourselves because you can't have an honest conversation with the Lord until you have an actual moment of humility to accept accept who you are so talk it through with somebody maybe it's a friend a family a spouse a bestie a therapist I don't know talk it through that's the heart of God it's this heart of confession there's a reason why Jesus tells you man like you you're coming to worship but you you you you have this anger in your heart you have this resentment in your heart go deal with that first then come back come back in my presence that's the heart of the confession talk it through if you need to reflect on your behavior and the most spiritual thing you can do sometimes church is not pray but seek a therapist and then come in prayer we're still good all right but here's the beautiful thing that happens when we begin to unpack the things in our lives things that we're not dealing with and you start to face them headon you discover this freedom and liberty from the expectations of people that is such a beautiful verse Paul describes this it says you can be set free by the stifling atmosphere of pleasing others man doesn't that just sound amazing and when we find our New Freedom we begin to live for the calling that God has for us there's a point to this this is not just like a session that's the whole point and once you're set free you can live freely you can serve freely your eyes your you are are just wide open to the things that are around you because you're not tuned Vision by the pain that you're feeling you've been dealing with it and you begin to do things out of love instead of out of pressure genuine affection instead of fear or repercussion and we begin to love truly because we are reflecting the love of God that we are F we seek righteousness be not because it's a gateway to get into the kingdom of heaven or it's it's what needed for you to be a member of the church we seek righteousness because in it there's this beautiful resonance between our heart and God's heart and that's called righteousness and when my spirit abides with his spirit when my heart starts to to beat with the tempo of his heart when I am attuned with his voice peace takes over and life beets life let's stand church and worship him this morning [Music] before I spoke a word you were singing over me you have been is so so good to me before I took a breath you breathed your life in me you have been so so kind to me and D the overwhelming NeverEnding r neckless love of God and know it chases KN down fights till I found these in 99 and I couldn't earn it and I don't deserve it still you give yourself away and know the overwhelming NeverEnding Reckless Love of God [Music] yeah I was your F still you love F me you have been and so so good to me when I felt now wor you paid it all for [Music] me you have been so so kind to me we go and now the overwhelming NeverEnding this love of God and know it chases me down a fight till I'm F Le in 99 and I couldn't earn it and I don't deserve it still you give yourself away now the overwhelming NeverEnding breckness oh God [Laughter] [Music] yeah let's us all lift it [Music] up no Shadow you won't light up Mountain you won't climb up coming after me there's no all you won't kick down lie you won't tear down coming after [Music] me there's no Shadow you won't light up Mountain you won't climb up coming after [Music] me snow wall you won't kick down lie you won't tear down coming after me no Shadow you all light up now you you won't climb up coming after [Music] me there's no wall you won't kick down now you will tear down coming after me no Shadow you all light up now you are clim up coming after [Music] me there's no wall you won't kick down lie you won't tear down coming though the overwhelming NeverEnding Reckless Love of God and though it chases KN Down fight till I found the in 99 and I couldn't ear it and I don't deserve it till you give yourself away w the [Music] overwhelming NeverEnding Reckless Love of [Music] God [Music] yeah let's sing there's no Shadow no Shadow you won't light up Mountain you won't climb up coming after me no wall you won't kick down lie you won't tear down coming after me one more time no Shadow you won't light up Mountain you won't climb up coming after me no W you won't kick down lie you won't coming after [Music] me um something Ed Shar just makes me think of something um you come to the table the the Lord is offering and says come to the table and make that transaction our sins were like scarlet and he's ready to make them white and coming to that table you sit down and you do that transaction so I just want to pray and I just offer everyone just to sit down um and I just ask just sit down in at the table and let the Holy Spirit speak to you um if you need to go this this isn't going to be long but the thing that's impressed on my heart about what Ed has said is this spring cleaning are you tired of trying to clean the house yourself is there some room that's locked off that you haven't allowed the Lord in are you just letting him into that front room is there some room that's just got a pile of trash are you setting up the trophies in the front just for everyone can see and you just you just know that you need this spring cleaning well I want to tell you something about our savior Jesus came down from heaven to take on all the trash that you have and clean it all the sin Jesus came down the god of Heaven the Son of God the creator of the world came down from his throne to clear all the trash from your life every single room the god of Heaven the lamb the innocent one came down from heaven and was pierced for our transgression crushed for our iniquities and reive the trauma of that cross for you for us for the whole world for God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever believe in him shall never perish but have everlasting life the god of Heaven took on death and the Victory the the trophy of the empty tomb stands over eternity and what can compare what trophy can you possibly have to compare to the empty tomb and that same God who created everything owns everything you ever have o owns everything you've ever had created everything you had and holded it in his hands and what are you doing with the treasure that he has given you in the time that is his let that God do the spring cleaning let him enter into every single room right now don't leave this place without a transaction as Pastor Ed said to make things right dear Lord for anyone here that has a closed off room that is living in a prison of trash dear God that has anything to give to you let them turn it over to you now if anyone dear Lord is bound and by trauma free them dear Lord by your stripes they are healed and I pray dear Lord for any Treasures or trophies we have we would just lay them at the foot of the cross like the elders cast their crowns down before you and worshiped worthy worthy Worthy is the Lamb we do that now dear Lord knowing that you have given us life and life Everlasting and we need nothing else and we'll need ever need nothing else but you help us dear Lord to abide in you abide in your love and let you who stand outside the door and knock by the blood of the Lamb that we could be clean completely completely free and we put to nothing the lies of the enemy that would say that Jesus is not enough he is we give you glory honor and praise in Jesus name amen come down and and pray uh we have people to pray for you if you have been convicted by this word um we're going to be praying tonight here uh at 6 o' again open come through this door or through the back uh on the side it was a wonderful time of prayer we had last time and again it's just open prayer as you're LED uh and if you're online please submit your prayer requests and we'll get that to the group that's praying tonight thank you amen [Music]

Channel: New Hope Community Church Aptos Campus

Views: 113

Keywords:

Id: K9CiE8UtPVw

Length: 80min 45sec (4845 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 22 2024