"Building a Life God's Way - Part 4" by Pastor Dan Roth

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] my [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] do [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] do [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] once upon a time there was a young orphan girl for years she was living and surviving among the pigs of a dirty remote farm all alone she felt overwhelmed with loneliness and despair [Music] you see but just one look at the savior is life more abundant and free eventually the royal search and rescue team found her all alone hiding shivering and starving in an abandoned run-down cottage one of the officers found a small birthmark on her neck and turned to the other officers she is royal he said in a serious tone at that they all knelt before the child and with much convincing they brought her to the palace [Music] your help is on the way turn turn your eyes upon jesus look for look for his wonderful faith and the things of earthly [Music] this little girl learned that she was kidnapped at birth by an evil witch who died a few years after kidnapping her the king had been searching for his lost daughter since then and finally she was home his word forever unfailing his promise an anchor to hold here in the midst of your sorrow his presence is healing your soul so just look up your help is on the way [Applause] turn turn your eyes [Music] look upon in his wonderful place [Music] turn your eyes upon next came a long process of learning how to dress like royalty eat with fine manners and learn the skills necessary to rule the kingdom she met her other siblings who were also kidnapped at birth the older siblings learned to use their swords for warfare while the younger ones practiced management for small gardens as well as the arts and speech all in preparation for ruling and reigning when they came of age one day this little girl came upon a patch of mud and before she knew it her instincts overcame her and she rolled in the mud as she used to do in the pink bands of her farm it took days to find her for she hid in a tiny chamber for fear of what the king would say [Music] when the king found him he lovingly embraced her and had the servants bathe her cover her in soft warm clothes and gave her a meal she desperately needed there is no need to hide he told him gently sometimes leaving old habits is not easy but i will help you i will need you i will fill you i will equip you i will strengthen you i will always be with you but you are my daughter you are a worshipper [Music] you [Music] you daughters [Music] is [Music] oh we have worn these clothes of mourning for far too long we have mote and growth and bled and i am tired lord my heart cries out to you save me now lest i turn back lest i forget my ways your voice your call and as they begin to cry out to you i begin to wonder who lord who convinced me no who convinced us that the storm would last forever who was it that said that the morning would last into the morning like who was it that told us that we were not good enough that we were not out last at night who convinced us that we were weak and tried to write purposeless into our arms and branded into our chest who lied and said that we were not worthy surely it was not you know sure as the sun rises on the east and sets on the west you have told us your love is limitless you have already changed our mourning into praise and our sorrows into songs so that we can now dance you [Music] you have already changed our morning into praise and sorrow into song so that we can now dance we are called and redeemed and that is set on stone don't you know he goes before you and you've been called to be a warrior far more than a conqueror you or his treasure just like he is your hope and now we have been called out of darkness and into light from faithlessness into a mustard seed that can move the mountains out of hopelessness into hope everlasting never changing unfathomable so now look up lift up your head for your redemption draws near wake up mostly for you who have been in deep slumber and rise we have cried and he has heard us and now our salvation is here shining bright like a morning so in the wake of all his life in the wake of all his glory we rise we rise and we remember not only who we are but who is our god we rise and we do not waver we rise and we fold off through the top and we do not give in but give up we stand firm let it be known that from this day on we rise bride his bride get ready prepare for your wedding your groom is coming so get yourself with your serve remember his word like your praises be heard until they shatter all the lies and make you ready for the fight his saints are being equipped they are being called don't you know don't you know this is your name this is your fault come on church this is your call you're called to worship come on you all ready [Music] i don't see many places and many faces i've come to know times i've celebrated sweet drink i've tasted they come and go but there was a treasure born without [Music] [Applause] with no greater love motivation still comes from you no one more forgiving no your love is a treasure born no greater hope i know no greater joy i know [Applause] [Music] with all my soul i lift you up and with all my strength with all my strengths no greater joy is thank you is come on give jesus a shout out sid put your hands together come on church i'm here to let you know that god is greater than your circumstance he is greater than your struggles your pain your fear come on so let's declare that today is is [Music] [Applause] come on church let me see your search nobody's here is [Music] i still could find it is i still can't find it i still could find it one more time again is [Music] today come on and give my grave praise and a shadow victory in jesus name in jesus name the lord with me medicine [Applause] [Music] [Applause] i don't know about you but i'm tired that's okay but you know i still have it in me if he's great is is jesus christ we've come to praise the lord give me a little testimony because i just know god's been too good to me oh amen well like i said it is so good to be in the house of the lord can you just give somebody a high five real quick is praise look good on you praise do look good on you amen all right all right don't let the girls girl start doing that because then then you have a full-blown conversation that's what we had yesterday we say hi it was like and what are you wearing today girl you smell good what is that like i just said just high five say hello wave but i can act like this because we're in the house the lord and you're my family right so we good we're good but you know in this house we wanted to take a moment to really remember those who lost their lives on 9 11. many of us have been affected by that day and have lost and can remember that day in particular that actually my daughter was just a few months old and it's been over 20 years well about 20 years now but i thank god and we want to thank god today remember those not only that lost their lives but we also want to remember our first responders they are so good our first responders yeah but i also want to we want to just take the time to honor those the church and pastor amen there's a family in our church that i've had the privilege of knowing for quite some time and they're here in california because 20 years ago 9 11 took place in william carrie rodriguez we just honor you guys and willie's a new york city police officer and i just want to say we love you guys and this weekend being in california my wife and i were in oklahoma at bible college during that time but we don't know the things that you guys have experienced and every year when this comes around and it's honored to have you here in this church today and just know that your family loves you those that were lost and for those that are even watching online i don't know if we have anybody that was in new york or is affected personally uh by this but we just want to send our love and our prayers for you today so can we just pray father in the name of jesus we just thank you lord for your goodness god lord we lift up our nation grieving in mourning 20 years later god there's still that pain in that ache that hurt in our heart when we think about it god lord those in new york the towers god those in a field those at the pentagon lord in the the tragedies that took place father we would ask that we would never forget that we would remember lord that we would continue the good things that came out of that time the love the grace god the vigilance lord and father god we watch and we thank you lord for your hand upon those that are left god those that are still with us lord thank you for your encouragement thank you god that they can continue to move forward lord we love you we praise you everybody if you would just direct your attention to the overhead screens [Music] [Music] if we could all stand and continue and worship lord [Music] thank you tease [Music] oh my words fall short i got nothing new how can i express oh my gratitude i could sing these songs as i often do [Music] again and again cause all that i have is [Music] i [Music] i've got [Music] [Music] thought my hands praise you again and again [Music] [Applause] i [Music] come on my soul oh don't you get shy on me lift up your song cause you got a lion inside those lungs get up and praise the lord [Music] inside praise the lord [Music] give me [Music] and we praise the lord [Music] so i brought my hands and praise you again and again cause all that i have is [Music] [Music] [Music] except for a heart that sings only two years to your name hallelujah to your name sometimes i'm worse you might not have the right words to say [Music] say oh [Music] [Music] and praise you again and i know it's not much [Music] hey [Music] and praise you again and again [Music] is [Music] hallelujah jesus except for our hearts singing hallelujah to your name you were the other one one [Music] and praise you again and again cause all that i have is [Music] [Music] i'm nothing else fit for my king [Music] oh [Music] so let's start right now why would we wait king of glory fill [Music] i just want to be with you [Music] i just want to be with you [Music] i just want to be with you i just want to be yes [Music] let's start right here [Music] here we go i just wanna be with you just wanna be with you just just [Applause] [Music] [Music] until you come again and we'll dance in your presence until you come come on i need you to get out of yourself and lift your voice in your hand sing for hallelujah until he comes to me until you come back for your church until you come back [Applause] is [Music] glory fill this place i just wanna be with you let's make that our prayers [Music] let's go let's go let's go here [Music] what is he to you this morning [Music] who he is i'm dancing your presence i'm testing she hallelujah [Music] i just want to be with you i just want to be with you make that your prayer kingdom glory fill this want to place with you i just [Music] and he is me to tell you that he wants to strip you of some things that you've been living with for a very long time that there's some strongholds some of them have been generational you actually can see the repeated pattern in your families and today is the day that will mark that it will stop because the power of god has the power to break off generational curses there's been strongholds of alcoholism and you can't get free and you try so hard and you can't do it on your own but you can do it with the help of god and he's gonna deliver you today i'm just letting the holy spirit tell me what to say to you your addictions are not bigger than me is what god says [Music] and when you feel like you're being buried [Music] you feel like you're not good enough to come to me that's when you need to run to me is what god says because i came to deliver you and to free you and that the things of this world are never stronger than i am but they're holding you and i'm about to release you right now so if you need freedom in any area of your life there's been some strongholds maybe it's a mindset maybe it's the way you've said things over yourself maybe it's generational things that you're afraid that you're gonna become like your parents i want you to lift your hands right now we're gonna release this to god right now in the name of jesus every stronghold that is held captive everything that has so ensnared us as your children god we bring them to you and lord we ask that you would strip them right now in the name of jesus lord lift them off of them we break that spirit of addiction over them lord we pray freedom over alcohol alcoholism freedom over substance abuse freedom in the name of jesus over drug addiction and i i'm getting medical drugs the drugs you have to get from the doctor you're addicted to it right now it's going to be free off of you in the name of jesus every generational curse that has been spoken in every pattern that has had its way in these families we command you now to be broken off these families broken off these individuals they are saints of the most high god and they are followers of jesus christ and right now in the name of jesus every stronghold we break you off and we send you back to hell where you came from and you will have no more rule and reign in their life in the name of jesus now just say in the name of jesus repeat after me name of jesus be gone in the name of jesus i am free in the name of jesus i am called in the name of jesus i am his child and i will no longer walk out this life i've lived but i will walk in freedom today i am free i am free in jesus name in jesus name in jesus name hallelujah now worship him [Music] thank you now listen [Music] you may go home and that thing because it's strong the bible says that when you get rid of a demon they go get seven more and come back you're like why are they talking about this on a sunday morning well if the church doesn't teach you about these things who will i need you to get filled up guys you gotta get you gotta get into the word you gotta get the spirit of god living on the inside of you you need that dude amos power working on your behalf here on earth and that's real that's not of the past and so fill yourselves up right now get into church as much as you can and when that thing comes knocking this week saying because it will be a temptation because that's what it does but you just said no in jesus name i've already been delivered and i'm not going there and you use the name of jesus over that foul thing okay use the name of jesus over it [Music] good to be in god's house hallelujah amen hey man well if you came in this weekend and you're going man what on earth there's clouds up there's like all these decorations and things that i don't normally see yesterday we had our women rock gathering of the saints the ladies gathered together it was amazing oh my goodness how many of you ladies were here yesterday all right you guys are radical might have slept in a little bit i know some of the ladies were a little tired it was so funny that's tired yeah teetha we're with you girl my goodness but it was just wonderful and i just want to say thank you to all of the volunteers that helped out all of the ladies but especially the men who backed up the ladies and helped out man you guys are champions i saw you guys uh helping out in the children's ministry how many men were like i was with the four they had the team and a valor going on and so all the men that helped out with that as well uh you know the parking lot my mom came in and she saw dr hall out there and she said did you spend the night here because like you were here when i left and now you hear one and so i think he just put a cot in between some of the trees out there and just hung out now he went home but we just want to say thank you to all the men that helped out can we just give the lord a praise for all of our volunteers thank you guys just wonderful appreciate you guys appreciate the praise and worship to you all the hours and long nights and everything to bring our hearts to heaven and the drama performance wasn't that amazing that opener that they had this morning just good to see what god does in the lives of people well before you have a seat today i want you to smile to couple people around you give some high fives some handshake some hugs tell somebody they're looking good on your way down and then right after that you can have a seat for those of you joining us online wherever you're out across the nation and around the world thanks for joining us i know god's going to do great things in your life as well would encourage you to stay with us all the way through to the end of the church service because great things are going to happen all the way through additionally if you're in the area and you're just checking us out come join us in person we've got a great seat saved just for you and would love to meet you in person encourage you and your family in your walk with god they are posting some links in the comments section right now if you can see those then follow those if you don't see those that's okay go to rockchurch.com you can find out more about us and whether you're here live or online we do have a text number that if you text the number 909 829-5080 it'll shoot you a link with myself my beautiful white pastor jessica just saying hi showing you some things around the church and then for those of you guys that are here live we want to say welcome want to tell you that we love you a whole lot but we would love to know where you're at so if it's your first time here would you just wave at me right now anybody here for the first time just give me away hey welcome you guys welcome wonderful bunch of you guys there welcome in the back all right on this side hey welcome you guys anybody else here for the first time wonderful wonderful we're so glad you guys joined us you're never a stranger in your father's house so we hope you feel like family today i know that we love you on your way out on the tables on both sides we do have some welcome brochures you can pick one of those up and tear off the information card and then keep the brochure it gives you a snapshot about who we are the different ministries that are taking place here at the rock but fill that card out drop that either in the offering trunks or in the prayer boxes and you can put your name telephone number on there maybe you want us to follow up with an email or a text message whatever you choose we would love to just follow up to see how you did see if you have any questions and then just to let you know that we love you and we're glad that you joined us today can we give one more great big warm welcome thank you guys thanks for joining us live and online well it is our opportunity to give today unto the lord with our tithe and our offering and so amen you know so many times we can be afraid with our money is that right like sometimes you do the bills and you're like where's this all going i don't know how this is happening so fast and and i know there's many of you that are wondering if you're gonna have a job in the next few months and and there's all these cares and the weights of money but did you know that god actually has an economic recovery plan for us as his believers that when we do things god's way that we get the god results and god says that if we will give 10 of whatever it is whether it's big or little whatever it is that is income into us that he will bless the 90 percent now can i get a witness around the room how has your 90 worked out for you i don't know about you but there's been so many times we have been in situations that we're going to we don't know what we're going to do but we're tithers so come on god we need you to come through and he always comes through this is the one area in the word of god where he says you can test me in this that he will open up the windows of heaven and pour out such a blessing we can't afford not to give when it comes to that it's just amazing literally not afford to it so today is our opportunity to give but you want to give with a cheerful heart because the bible says that giving with a cheerful heart is what he's looking for so don't give grudgingly he doesn't just keep it to yourself you might as well keep it because he is looking at the heart it's about the heart and it's about our sacrifice unto god and so when we give today let's give it a beautiful heart before the lord and expect miracles to come from the fruit of what we've sowed okay so if you're giving today you can make a check out to the rock church and world outreach center right on the back of your seats are envelopes if you're giving by cash and there's a little qr code on your rose if you can see it if you pull out your photo on your phones and you put it up to that it will bring you quickly to all of the how to give online options and so you will be able to give quickly and there's many other ways through our app and all the other options that we have for you and i want to say thank you thank you for giving to this house this house has sewn into the world and we are not going to stop because you cannot stop the rock we're going to love people to life we're going to love them so hard even when they think we're not loving them we are loving them and we're going to tell them about jesus and i want to just say this the missionaries never stopped getting in the middle of this pandemic from this church we still kept our missions going through that and so when everybody would say stop we were like we're not stopping we're going to go bigger we're going to go further and we're going to trust god in a greater measure and so today thank you for giving we love you so much that's good speaking of missionaries dr barron gilford is in the house he's going to be with us wednesday night september 15th bringing the word of god and we're excited about that where did you get us the day of atonement it's pretty crazy huh you get to preach on the day of atonement so man that's awesome well we'll have lamb dinner afterwards no i'm kidding i'm kidding but no it's going to be great and we always enjoy dr gray and baron i listened to your message on the way home the other day and just phenomenal message dr barron travels all over the world he's uh overseas the international school of ministry him and dr lisa and we are blessed and privileged to have you guys in the uh be a part of this church as well to come and share the word it's going to be original they just opened up a new islam in bangladesh we heard yeah i heard that they're going back and it's like zero zero i don't know the percentage of how many christians are there 25 something christians that's going to be a good we're going to tell someone about jesus over in bangladesh amen amen it's so good going to be good uh next weekend is water baptism if you are a believer if you've given your heart and life to jesus but haven't been water baptized quit messing around next weekend come prepared to go in right after church service to the fountain uh jesus was baptized it wasn't about you getting baptized so you could be saved it's getting baptized because you're saved it's an expression of obedience and it's expression of what's happened in your heart that you have died with christ and now you're raised up against life and you're going to live forever with him and i know some of the ladies got saved filled with the holy ghost yeah they got lit up this week and they got filled with the holy ghost so you might as well go get baptized next week girlfriend we're telling you a whole week ahead bring an outfit get your hair ready pull it back and get yourself dunked okay yeah also next sunday night is baby dedications we do not do infant baptism but we do dedicate our children to the lord and ultimately it's their responsibility to give their hearts and lives to jesus as they grow but as we dedicate our children to the lord what we're saying is god you can do a better job raising these kids than i can and so we're entrusting them into your care and we will do our part and be responsible with the the stewardship of a life that you've given to us and so that's next uh sunday night and then they're married where are the married dad are you here oh wow they're very happy because i was still talking they were still listening so let's try it again how many married couples we got in the house today okay there they are that's right all right we're gonna do a one-day conference type thing for you from one to five p.m and i want you to write this down on october well let me get it right where is it at 19th 19th yes october 19th this saturday no october 9th honey we can't read so october 9th i wanted to mark that down and we are going to have our founding pastors with us and we're going to have dr larry reynolds dr vanessa and larry are gonna be with us pastor dana and i get to do something this time we've finally been married long enough they want to hear from us 20 years and so we want to encourage you you know marriage is god's idea did you know that that the world did not create marriage guys god was the one that formed marriage created it and it's between a man and a woman and this is what he did and so let's find out what god says about marriage and how to do it and let's do it god's way so that's what that's about amen i love you babe give it to you all right give the lord a praise you guys ready for the word amen get your bible in hand if you'd like to stand you're welcome to stand if you'd like to stay seated you're welcome to stay seated maybe you want to kneel before the lord come online you're not watching a television show you're participating in a church service let's prepare our hearts for the word of the lord father we're so grateful today as we come into your house that we can hear your voice and follow you welcome holy spirit you are the teacher of the church not a man or a woman young or old black white brown any other color we could imagine lord we come to hear from you so holy spirit be our teacher be our guide give us your vision your wisdom your instruction your direction even the correction where we may have gotten off track lord get us back on track with you father today we silence our souls to hear what the spirit is speaking to the church we want to leave better than when we came in god that can only happen by the power of your holy spirit just empowering that word that goes deep into the heart and causes growth causes change god causes us to become fruitful in your eyes father we thank you for this blessing today but we don't just ask it for ourselves only god we're not stingy we would ask it for all of our brothers and sisters here in the inland empire as well as around the planet baptist lutherans methodist episcopalians charismatics pentecostals calvary chapels evangelical free assemblies of god four square our catholic brothers and sisters and adventists brothers and sisters the messianic jewish congregations that met yesterday bless all the churches god bless the persecuted church watch over them encourage them strengthen them deliver them lord god those in afghanistan and other war-torn areas god we pray for them we pray and lift up our brothers and sisters in louisiana and haiti and northern california that are experiencing natural disasters god courage and strength in your churches in those areas and father god we support israel and we pray for the peace of jerusalem it's in jesus mighty name we're all in agreement we say amen today is your having a seed get your bibles out and go with me to john chapter number 14. we are continuing our series called building a life god's way this is part number four don't worry if you missed part one two and three you can get those online but today's message will stand on its own the assignment fell to me this weekend uh to bring the sunday morning message different than yesterday's message and uh i just figured you know after having such a great conference weekend with all the decorations and you've got ready set prep up there on both sides of the sanctuary as we gather then i thought i would flow in this vein of what the spirit has been speaking to the church all weekend you know every house is built with an end result in mind there's a picture in the imagination of the builder that they want to see come to reality after they finish the building everything's done from that foundation all the way up to the finishes as an expression of that image that was in the builder or the architect's heart now remember we started this series by talking about how our works will be placed under the fire of the day of the lord when judgment comes to hit those works if it remains then it's rewarded but if it's burned up then there is a loss and the day of the lord is when jesus returns and wraps everything up it gives us a picture of the end of this temporary life and the beginning of the eternal life now from that thought i want to point out a few things because we are to build our lives with the end in mind there's a picture that god gives us in the word that there is an end coming and if we're going to build our lives and we need to build our lives with the end in mind just like when you build a home there are inspections that take place along the way to make sure that everything is up to code and that everything is safe there's also a final inspection and walk through to make sure that everything was done right and looks like the original image of what the house was supposed to be in the same way god will do the final expection when he gives our lives the picture of this end that we are to prepare for by telling us of his return and the inspection on the day of judgment remember that jesus said he would return it's a fundamental doctrine of the scriptures and of the church that jesus christ is coming again you know this you believe this but just to solidify our point today let me present a few thoughts in a few scriptures john chapter 14 i had you turn there in verse number three jesus is speaking to his disciples and he tells them he's going to go and prepare a place for them and then in john 14 3 he says and if i go and prepare a place for you i will come again and receive you to myself that where i am there you may be also in numerous other places he tells the disciples and the religious leaders even the unbelievers that he will come in glory and in the clouds of heaven angels spoke of this you remember in the book of acts chapter number 1 verse number 11. i'm going to read you in the new living translation the angels are speaking to the disciples and they say men of galilee why are you standing here staring into heaven jesus has been taken from you into heaven but someday he will return from heaven in the same way you saw him go the apostles were looking forward to it they spoke of it the apostle paul in first thessalonians chapter 4 verse number 16 for the lord himself will def descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of god and the dead in christ will rise first the apostle john spoke of it in revelation chapter number one verse number seven behold he is coming with the clouds and every eye will see him even they who pierced him and all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of them even so amen so be it in the daily bread one scholar estimated that there are 1845 references to christ's second coming in the old testament where 17 books of the old testament give it prominence in 23 of the 27 new testament books there are 318 references to the second coming of christ that's an amazing one out of every 30 verses jesus said he is coming again but the second thing we need to understand and know about this picture of the end and building our lives at the end of mind is that we won't know when his return is you can't know there's no possibility of it you will not know when jesus is coming why because he said that you won't know let's take a look at in mark chapter 13 verse number 32 in the new living translation jesus is speaking and he's talking about the end times he's talking about the end of the age he's talking about the destruction of jerusalem and he says this he says however no one knows the day or the hour when these things will happen not even the angels in heaven or the son himself only the father knows no man can know the day or the hour now you can know the time or the season but you can't know the day or the hour jesus gave a parable of a fig tree and he said when you see that the branch is tender when the leaves start to sprout forth and bud then you will know that summer is drawing near in the same way we're not going to know the day or the hour but we will say hey jesus is getting ready to come back there are signs wars and rumors of wars and different things natural disasters that will take place and he says this is the beginning of the birth banks can i submit to your thinking today that jesus is coming soon we can see the signs of the times all around us he's coming back church but no man knows the day or the hour think about it like this you've probably scheduled some service for your house at some point or another maybe your tv broke and you needed a repairman to come or you needed a contract to come to work on the house right and you call up the company and they they give you these outlandish time frames they say okay we're gonna have somebody come out there between eight and noon or between one and five and you're like my goodness you can't like schedule me an hour like you can't schedule me like at noon you know i mean like can they be here at eight can they be here at nine but they always have these big old windows why because they're they're doing a lot of jobs and they're going around they don't know how long it's gonna take so they give you like this four hour window frustrated you say well give me the morning one right let's just get this done i don't want them there when my kids are home from school and so it'd be better for me just to get eight noon i can do that i'll work it out with the job and all that kind of stuff and you'll be there and so 8 am rolls around and you are like looking out the window expecting them to show up right and you're pacing the house you're walking around did i hear something was that a knock was that a car did i hear a door shut you know and and they don't come around nine o'clock rolls around and your stomach starts rumbling you realize i haven't eaten anything but i don't want to eat anything because if they show up i don't want them to want some of my food that's rude you know what i mean like i'm going to make myself a good breakfast because i'm waiting so long but i don't want them wanting some of my good breakfast and so finally you get frustrated you're hungry so you make your breakfast and then you're sitting there eating and you're you're wondering if somebody showed up and you're eating fast right you're hooking it down because you're thinking man if they show up i don't want them to be in and like trying to get the bacon smell out of the room and all that kind of stuff but then they never come 10 o'clock rolls around and finally all of a sudden you start to dance why because you drank all that coffee and you don't want to go to the bathroom and be in the bathroom when they show up and so you're just kind of pacing the house hoping that they don't hoping that they don't show up and i i just don't know what's going to go on and so you're doing the funky chicken dance and finally you break down and you go and use the bathroom right you come out and you're wandering around you're looking and you're thinking where are these people right 11 30 11 45 frustrated you're like they're finally they're not gonna come you know what i mean so you sit down you turn on the television because hey if i'm home i might as well enjoy it and right when you get into the good part of the show ding dong they're there what happened see you knew the time frame you knew the season but you didn't know the day or the hour see for all of us we may see everything from the scriptures fulfilled and say okay he should arrive anytime now and he'll stay away longer than we expected or we might say things still haven't happened that need to before his coming so he can't come yet and suddenly he'll show up see no matter the scenario it's clear that there will be a time that we don't know we will all be caught unaware notice i didn't say unexpected or unprepared because we are to be ready for his coming at any time but we will not know what time it is which means we must be ready church we must be ready jesus said multiple times that he would come as a thief in the night and we are given the charge to watch and be ready turn me to luke chapter number 21. again jesus is speaking of the end times he's talking about the signs of the times and in luke chapter number 21 i want to read verse number 34 down through verse number 36 luke chapter number 21 starting in verse number 34 and again we're going to read down through verse number 36. jesus is speaking he says this take heed to yourself in other words watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing drunkenness oh pastor that's not me i don't carouse are you kidding me and i'm not a drunk i don't touch alcohol or cares of this life and that day come on you unexpectedly verse 35 for it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth notice a snare is a trap think about walking through the woods and all of a sudden you step in a bear trap and bang man it snaps up and grabs your leg ah right what happened you were caught off guard and so here jesus says that this day is going to come like a snare on all who dwell on the face of the earth that means non-christians and christians alike remember the parable of the ten virgins all of them were asleep all of them heard the voice five of them were ready with oil five of them needed to run off and go by all and they missed it why because they were not in an expectation they were unprepared for the return so jesus says it's going to come you're not going to know verse 36 watch therefore and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass and to stand before the son of man see we don't need to have a fearful expectation of the day of judgment we need to have a faithful anticipation of what god is going to do we need to be ready we need to have our lamps lit our lights are burning we need to have oil ready and we need to know that we're not going to know but we can have confidence and boldness in the day of judgment why because we have been praying we've been watching and god is able to make us to stand we must be ready warren weirsby writes about a frontier town where a horse bolted and ran away with a wagon carrying a little boy seeing the child in danger a young man risked his life to catch the horse and stop the wagon now the child who was saved grew up to become a lawless man and one day he stood before a judge to be sentenced for a serious crime the prisoner recognized the judge as the man who years before had saved his life so he pled for mercy on the basis of that experience but the words from the bench silenced his plea young man then i was your savior today i am your judge and i must sentence you to be hanged see when jesus came to the earth he came as savior and he offers the forgiveness of sins and presently we are in that dispensation of the grace of god where god is patiently and lovingly waiting for the full number of people to come into the family of god but when jesus comes again at that second coming it will be a time where he comes as king of kings and lord of lords and his enemies will be silenced and they will bow before him and make that confession that jesus christ is lord of all and the judgment will be given and we need to be ready we need to picture his return each and every day so today i wanted to talk to you about how to be ready for his return how to be ready for his return i'm gonna find all of these from the scriptures in second peter chapter number three if you want to turn there with me to ii peter and chapter number three right at the end of second peter really so if you hit revelation of the maps turn around and come back you've gone too far but revelation chapter number three and i'm going to read verse number 10 through 12 i'm sorry 14 and 15 in the new international version then we'll go through 10 through 12 and some other scriptures in the new king james but we're talking about how to be ready for his return the first way is this is to be at peace with god if you're going to be ready for his return then you need to be at peace we've got second peter chapter three like i said 14 and 15 in the new international version so then dear friends since you are looking forward to this what are we looking forward to the return of the lord we are picturing that end and keeping that in our minds since you are looking forward to this make every effort to be found spotless blameless and at what oh come on there's six of you in the room today let's go come on shout it out at me and to be a what at peace with him verse 15 bear in mind that our lord's patience means salvation just as our dear brother paul also wrote you the wisdom that god gave him i was watching a movie one time and a man lived a terrible life and then at the end of his terrible life he had a moment in a storm where he was shouting out the window at god raging at god talking to god come and meet me man the man and this and that and just letting it all out talking to god about his life and how bad it was and then he went to bed and fell asleep and died his brother comes out and sounds a trumpet and says open up the gates saint peter and they said well he made his peace with god can i tell you something that is not making peace with god because you don't go and rage at god and tell them your terms and think that god's gonna bow down oh i'm so sorry that you had a bad life and i'm sorry that that's what you experienced i guess you can come into heaven no that's not how it works see we don't go to god on our terms and yell again no we come to god on his turn we need to make peace with god god is the greater one you cannot resist him and therefore if you come against him you will fail but when you come and humble yourself and say god i'm going to lay down my arms god i'm going to lay down my life and god you've offered terms of peace and your son jesus on the cross and when you look to that cross and receive jesus as your lord and savior and bow down your life before him and give him everything then guess what now you have made peace with god because it talks about our salvation you have to make peace with god and it's got to be god's way you heard the one about the pastor and the priests that were standing on the side of the road with the sign in their hands you guys hear this one it's a great one any joke that starts out with a passenger priest you know it's going to be a good one right and so there's a passenger priest on the side of the road they got to sign their hands that says turn now the end is near man was driving by and he saw them and he just boiled over in his blood and he stuck his head out the window and he shook his fist at him he said hey you religious fanatics leave me alone and he drove off and sped off and a moment later they heard the tires screeching er a moment of silence and then a big crash the pastor looked at the priest and he said do you think we should change our sign to say the bridge is out you see we have to make sure to know god's terms we've got to know what god says about salvation god has already sent jesus he's already gone to the cross he's already laid out the turns for us now we have to be at peace with him we've got to give him all of our hearts in all of our lives and surrender everything to him and today if you don't have peace with god we'll make sure by the end of the service that you can have that same peace how to be ready for his return and be at peace we've got second thing is this is to be holy second thing is this is to be holy second peter like i said chapter three verse number 10 through verse number 12 this time peter writes and he says but the day of the lord will come as a thief in the night in which the heavens will pass away with great noise and the elements will melt with fervent heat both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up verse number 11. therefore since all these things will be dissolved what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness verse 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of god because of which the heavens will be dissolved being on fire and the elements will melt with fervent heat in other words because we know that there is an end coming because we know that the fire of judgment will hit our works because we understand that know that he says then how should you then live what kind of person are you to be and then he defines it in holy conduct and godliness now that word holy sometimes we think of that as we're going to be the frozen chosen us for no more it's just for us we're holy y'all are sinners you know get out of here no holy means this it means that you are exclusive not from other but from for god it means my life is set apart from the rest i'm no longer common i'm no longer one of those old sinners no god has made me a saint and therefore everything that i am everything that i ever will be all that i have all my desires everything is submitted to god's lordship and i am exclusively god whatever god wants whatever god desires whatever god does that's what i'm doing desiring and being a part of why because you're holy you're exclusive to god listen i laid down my life and when i laid down my life i took up the life of christ and never looked back see everything that i am is simply for god's that means when people are watching when people aren't watching there was a pastor that was building a trellis outside in his garden and as he started to lay out the materials he saw somebody walking up behind him and thought nothing of it and started to get to work and looked over his shoulder and there was a person standing there staring at him and so he looked back and he realized it's one of his church members and so he said hey it's good to see you and he waved at him the guy smiled and way back and so he went back to working and then he felt like someone was staring at him you know that feeling and so he looked over his shoulder the church member was still standing there and he looked over and he said oh um do you want to help and the church member said no so he goes back to working and now it's awkward right and he's being stared at and guy's watching him and so he thought for a second he went oh and he looked over so he said are you waiting to get some good gardening tips and the church member said nope i'm waiting to see what happens when my pastor hits his thumb with a hammer and see what comes out of his mouth you see holiness means i'm exclusive to god in the pulpit and at home at the gas station when i'm pumping my gas and when i'm at the grocery store buying my groceries in the middle of the night when i'm up late and can't get to sleep and what am i going to do see we need to understand that there's going to come a day that the judgment of god will come upon our lives and we need to be holy we need to be exclusive to god everything that we are no matter what we are no matter where we're at no matter what we're doing we are 100 all gods last one is this is that we need to be steadfast not only be at peace with god and be holy but we need to be steadfast second peter chapter 3 this time verse number 17 and verse number 18. last two verses in the chapter look at what it says you therefore beloved since you know this beforehand beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness being led away with the error of the wicked verse 18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our lord and savior jesus christ him be glory both now and forever amen amen can i put it to you like this being steadfast means to hold what you got this doesn't mean inactivity it is actively holding on to what you have already and growing in what is good while getting away from what is evil that is the steadfastness that's the looking forward to that's making sure that you don't lose what you already have received from god but man you're going to grow in the things of god while on one of his expeditions to the antarctic sir ernest shackleton was once compelled to leave some of his men on elephant island with the intention of returning for them and carrying them back to england but he was unavoidably delayed and by the time he could go for them he found to his dismay that the sea had frozen over and he was cut off from his men three times he tried to reach them but his efforts ended in failure finally in his last effort he found a narrow channel through the ice guiding a small ship back to the island he was delighted to find his men not only alive and well but all prepared to get on board they were soon on their way to safety and on their way home and after the excitement ended sir ernest inquired how it was that they were ready to get on board so promptly they told him that every morning their leader rolled up a sleeping bag saying get your things ready boys the boss might come today you know in our home my wife in preparation for this conference and everything that we're getting ready for was studying and preparing the messages and letting the lord speak to her she was studying about the day of the lord and the second coming of christ eternity and that sort of a thing and she started to talk to our children in the morning she'd wake up and she said kids hey get ready for the day today is going to be a great day because jesus could come back today and i believe that every morning we ought to greet the morning with that good morning holy spirit good morning god hey today could be the day that jesus comes back i'm going to hold what i got i'm going to be steadfast i'm going to be holy i'm going to grow in godliness and i'm going to get away from the evils of this world because i have the peace with god in our lives we need to be prepared that today could be the day that jesus is coming back it reminds us that we ought to be looking forward to the day of the lord remember jesus said he would return we won't know when it is but we need to be ready being ready means that we're at peace with god we are holy and we are steadfast i'm going to ask everybody remain seated during this time no one get up no one move around no one walk around past notes silence your cell phones make sure to lock in because i want to make sure like i said before that you have peace with god remember that this can't be on your terms a lot of times people say pastor i'm going to do my thing and i know that god is love and i know that he'll let me into heaven just because i did my thing you know i was true to myself sometimes people say oh if i be good and do good then it's all good right some people think that just because jesus went to the cross and died then now it's all the only oxen free everybody gets to go to heaven no matter how you live your life but culture to a popular culture would have us to believe not all roads lead to heaven can't get through your way my way some moment in church committee's way we can't float down the lazy river of life and think that we're going to make it there's only one way to heaven and that's god's way you can't rail at him for a night express yourself and think that you're going to get to go to heaven because someone prayed for you one time or because your parents were christians before you it doesn't work like that we all have our own personal responsibility before god sometimes people say well pastor i'm going to go to heaven because i've been a good person i've done a lot of good deeds i've helped people out i've given money to charities i i've been a nice person to my neighbors and kind of my family members when they've been mean to me i think i've been good enough to get to heaven you know my good really outweighs my bad sometimes people say well i'm better than the next guy i've never murdered i never committed adultery but jesus up the ante when he said these words he said that if you've lusted in your heart you've committed adultery if you've hated in your heart you've committed murder the bible tells us that all of sin and falls short of the glory of god and our goodness compared to god's goodness it's like filthy rag is going to get thrown out don't think for a moment you can clean up your act and come back to god after you've done enough one guy said pastor i'm working on my resume god is not interested in your resume we are all sinners in need of a savior you can't make it on your own efforts or on your own merit sometimes people say well pastor i was raised in church and my parents told me we were christians growing up maybe they hung across or sent christopher on your neck had you baptized a christened as a child maybe you went to religious classes like sunday school sabbath school catechism class you've always considered yourself to be a christian born in america america is a christian nation everybody born in america is going to heaven we're not any other religions we're not buddhists muslims hindus we're christians right wrong did you know that nowhere in the bible does it say that because of your family association your location on the earth your upbringing the jewelry you wear the classes you take the religious rituals that you're involved in none of that will get you into heaven there's no default setting just because you're not something else doesn't make a default oh i guess they're a christian they get to go it doesn't work like that come on today can we not play games i love you enough too much to do that i respect you and honor you enough too much to play games come on i'm in your face today because i love you today i believe that you can handle this sometimes people say well pastor it wasn't just a childish thing here i am sitting in church in front of you right now i'm a christian i'm watching online right now pastor i'm a christian do you think that just because you sit in a church service or watch a church service online that makes you christian because you call yourself a christian what if i said to you i love cars so i go down fontana speedway man i want to be a race car go down the speedway and sit on the racetrack see i'm a race car boom broom i'm a race car what if i got on the nascar's website right indy 500 i was looking it all up surfing online i'm a race car be beat broom broom i'm a race car i'll never be a race car same way what makes us think i can sit in church log into a church service online say amen hallelujah that makes me a christian it doesn't can't just sit in church call yourself a christian that makes you a christian oh but pastor my last church i got involved i didn't just sit around do nothing i got involved that helped out saying the choir carried the pastor bible made decisions people thought of me as a leader you got a membership card to that church taught in the bible classes that's great i'm glad you did those things show that to me in the bible could you it's not there nor in the bible say church involvement gets into heaven god's not looking for your volunteer hours it's not looking for your membership card to church like some bank commercial saying what's in your wallet and then you get to go to heaven come on that's not god sometimes people say well pastor okay i understand that i get that but maybe you don't get it i know god i know about jesus celebrate easter resurrection sing the songs of christmas every year of my life i can quote scriptures to you pastor old new testament i know god it's great but if you'd read your bible you know demons believe and they tremble why because they know they're not going to make it the devil himself knows who jesus is and you'll find him quote in scriptures matthew the fourth chapter that doesn't qualify him for heaven we know how his end goes he gets cast into the lake of fire along with those whose names are not written into the lamb's book of life today let's make sure that's not you it doesn't matter what you have up here in your head everybody look up here me for a second it's not about having mental assent towards god mind if you're watching online look at your screen right now it's not about having mental ascent knowing who jesus is or being able to quote a scripture or celebrate a holiday but rather this is about your heart jesus was speaking to a religious leader of his day by the name of nicodemus good guy did a lot of good deeds in fact he's probably better than all of us in this room when he gave his money money at the temple they would sound trumpets for him he was a teacher of israel he could quote the scripture he could debate the scripture he could sing the scripture come on how many of us could do that and yet this great man when he comes to jesus and they're talking about this same subject jesus doesn't pat him on the back and say nick man whoa you're doing so good just keep doing what you're doing i'll see you in heaven rather what does jesus say he says you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven except that you be born again see being born again is not a way it is the way the only way you're gonna get to go to heaven is god's way jesus said this in john the third chapter you must be born again can't get there any other way got to get there god's way you must be born again but pastor i've seen being born again in a movie read about it on a blog on the internet that's weird i don't want to do that well listen you're not going to get there any other way but does being born again mean what hollywood movies television books and blogs on the internet mean what it is or is it what the bible has to say about it see being born again from the beginning of the bible to the end of the bible has always meant the same thing don't let society hollywood movies television books and blogs on the internet to find this for you let the bible do that for you being born again means that you've given god all of your heart and that you've given god all of your life it's just that simple it's all or nothing with jesus christ let me prove to you in the last book of the bible book of revelation jesus is speaking to a church just like he's speaking us here in this church today and he says when i come i want to find you hot or i want to find you cold because if i find you lukewarm he says i will vomit you from my mouth pretty gross jesus pretty graphic don't you think but what's he saying he's saying lukewarm half-hearted christianity is not real christianity at all so what does being lukewarm mean well it's a little in little out little up a little down little token prayer even out again occasional church attendance god is something in your life but he's not everything you're not opposed to god but you're not wholehearted for god listen if that's your relationship with jesus christ you're not going to make it because only people that are not real christians will be ejected and rejected from the body of christ so today is your day of salvation today i want to give you an opportunity to do what we're talking about to give god all of your heart and to give god all of your life here's what the opportunity is going to look like in a moment i'm going to count to three just like this one two three and when i say three i'm gonna pop my hand on this microphone just like that when you hear the sound of my hand slapping my microphone bang that's your opportunity to simply raise your hand up in the air what you're doing by the raising of your hand is you're making a statement you're saying something you're saying i want to give god all my heart i want to give god all my life i want to be born again headed for heaven deny my presence in hell i'll see your hand go up i'll count it and then you can put it right back down but you might be thinking sitting there whoa wait a second hold on time out pastor if i raise my hand i'll be embarrassed yeah you might be that's okay let's get over that because think of the trade-off isn't it better to be embarrassed for a moment they just end up in hell forever and ever and ever and ever no one make that trade come on yet the devil thinks you're so stupid he's trying to talk you out of this he's whispering in your ear don't do this you don't need to do this tell that devil go jump in a fiery lake you're not going with him you're going on with god today and get ready to get your hand up jesus said if you confess me before men i will confess you before my father in heaven but if you deny me i will deny you today it's your call it's your choice you can sit there nothing you made a choice or how about this get that hand up high if you're live and online don't worry about what the people next to you are thinking come on probably there's thinking man i hope they get their hand up they're praying for you they're excited about you and guess what we've all done this at one point or another somehow or another we're all ex something's in this place you're in good company so you might think that your sin is too great and you need to go clean yourself up no you come to god and he'll clean you up from the inside out today there's no shame no condemnation my goodness we love you we're excited for you today is your day of salvation you should raise your hand in a moment if you've been running from god instead of two god i'm speaking to you who should raise your hand if you're not sure about your salvation make sure who should raise your hand if you've never done this before today come on you could do this or finally who should raise your hand maybe lukewarm half-hearted in this place you know that's the condition of your heart when i described it maybe you backslid one time you're on fire for god but you found yourself in place you never thought you'd be doing things you never thought you'd do and today you need to repent and return to the lord today come on you can return to the lord i'm gonna count to three pop my hand on the microphone if that's you know those categories i just mentioned live and online get ready to get your hands up here we go on the count of three ready if you need to do this get that hand up one two three let me see those hands just raise them up high right now thank you there's one two three four thank you god bless you there's four god bless you who else today just want to make sure five out there i got you thank you god bless you thank you who else today five wise people anybody else if i saw your hand you could put it down but if i haven't seen you yet man get it up high is there one over hey all right six and seven over there god bless you guys amen going for god today anybody else come on if you need to do this maybe you feel the spirit of god just tugging at your heart heart feels like it's about ready to beat out of your chest you break it out in a sweat wish night shut up i think god's trying to speak to you come on this is your time this is your moment got seven wise people at already where are you at number eight juan eight today is your day of salvation the great eight come on if that's you you need to give god all your heart you need to give god all of your life i'm not if that's you in this place today way up in the back all right i see a little hand all right wonderful jesus said let the little children come to me that's wonderful it's wonderful there's eight come on number nine number 10 11 and 12 you should have raised your hand but you didn't it's not too late come on i didn't embarrass them and i won't embarrass you if you need to come on let's go that's you in this place today anybody else anybody else don't miss this opportunity all right number nine praise god come on you've missed enough opportunities in life this is god saying you can be ready you can have peace you can have salvation and eternal life man he's already done the hard part going to the cross getting your hand up's easy nine wise people already come on number ten that's you you know you need to do this number ten come on when i'm looking your direction get that hand up high who else today where are you at number ten is that a hand right there all right wonderful number 10. come on number 11. number 12. the spirit's tugging at your heart right now don't resist him don't resist him is there another one anybody else i'm gonna wrap this up in a moment don't want you to miss it pointing down here somewhere he's praying he's praying he's got both hands amen over on this side hey all right another one right there praise the lord eleven oh number twelve man you were just waiting to be that solid dozen [Music] number twelve where y'at come on let's go for god if that's you come on number 12. if god's speaking to you or you just know in your heart of hearts i think that's that's the other side of this sometimes god doesn't need to speak to you because you just know i need to do this come on if that's where you're at god's talking to you right now calling you out you just know in your heart of hearts don't don't resist don't resist the holy spirit god's saying come on that's you let's go today you know in your heart of hearts who else come on number 12. we're waiting to wrap this thing up just waiting on you if that's you get your hand up when i'll look i'm gonna this is the last call doing this one last time all right and then we're wrapping it up anybody else [Music] all right i've done my job before the lord can we give the lord a hand for 11 wise people hallelujah [Applause] let's all stand to our feet as we're standing if you raised your hand or number 12 you're rascal you should have raised your end but you didn't it's not too late once you get a hold of your coat purse sweater bible a friend of your friend once you get in the aisle a lot of little hands went up today so uh mamas daddies bring those little hands up forward little hands don't go without your mom or dad bring them right now get your stuff get a friend of your friend get in the out and meet me up front right now we're going to pray together and change destinies come on let's welcome to missy come on down [Music] the precious blood of jesus christ oh come watch the altar the father's arms [Music] one of you raise your hand if it's worth doing this it's worth coming forward again come on down come on down right now [Music] we're halfway there come on if you need to come just come on down if your children raise your hand say come on sweetie let's go bring him right now moms and dads come on down come on down i think they're still coming come on let's give them a hand they're still coming [Music] o come to me amen if you need to come just come if you need to come just come [Music] you know we do something like this and uh sometimes people blame stuff on cove but i'm sick and tired of blaming stuff on coffin oh i can't go forward into a crowd of people because they're covered right listen we've already lived this long might as well come get saved don't blame it on covet it's your fearful heart that's holding you back and yes kovitt changed the world i understand that i'm not ignoring that i know people who are with the lord now because of it i'm not ignoring anything i'm not bearing my head in the sand there's a real pandemic out there but guys when you've got jesus christ you're no longer afraid and god is offering you freedom from fear of death because you can have eternal life and don't you think god will protect you as you come forward to receive [Applause] and you know you can't let cowardice hold you back in the book of revelation it talks about the people outside of the new jerusalem and the first group of people are the cowards they're not gonna make it simply because they didn't have the boldness and the courage to go forward and receive what the lord had and so i'm gonna ask them to sing that one more time and as they sing that be bold be brave step out in faith and come meet us here at the altar just come right now as they sing right now come on [Music] all right all right i didn't say i was going to give you a long time if you still need to come and you were kind of wrestling and wondering oh no he started talking listen just come up here while i'm talking all right hey guys up front best decision of your entire life right here right now my goodness god's going to do a work in you and you're going to be brand new going to be born again you're saved all right get get to have that faithful expectation of the day of the lord that when god comes you'll be found in him and then guess what then we get to be with him forever that's awesome and now we're brothers and sisters in the lord we're a part of the family of god you didn't join a church today you joined the family of god now the devil's going to come and try and tell you that wasn't real that pastor coerced you he manipulated your emotions and made you do that no i didn't make you do anything you responded to the voice of the lord tell that devil go jump in a fiery lake like we said before right you're going to keep going with god friends and family sometimes they won't understand the decision that you've made they might say if you're a christian now what do you think you're better than me oh just lose my number listen don't talk to me hurt your heart right carers of this life could weigh you down and press you into getting off god but you stay strong with god stay consistent with god keep coming to church consistently in fact give us a year and commit to this and say you know what over this next year i'm going to get as much church as i possibly can one time a week two times a week three we got eight services a week here guys so come on get eight times a week whatever you can get all right be radical press into god and watch at the end of this next year next september you'll be like oh my goodness i didn't realize it could be like this all right with those thoughts in mind i'm gonna lead you in a prayer everybody's gonna join in with you just to encourage you all right even those of you that are joining us online that raised your hand or maybe you should have raised your hand but you didn't hey you can pray this prayer with us let's all bow our heads close our eyes prayer is simply talking with god so i want you to say these words out loud together in faith say father god i come to you today in jesus name and i give you all of my heart and all of my life please come into my heart be my lord and my savior forgive me my sin cleanse me my past and give me a future with you lord for i believe that jesus christ is the son of god that he came he died and he's raised against a life just for me fill me now with your holy spirit and let it be known that from this day on i am saved i'm born again i'm a christian headed for heaven denying my presence in hell thank you jesus amen hey guys welcome to the family of god we are so excited for your life in jesus christ now i didn't grow in the things of god until i had a friend come alongside me and teach me some things about the bible and about my christianity and help me to grow in the things of god so i have a friend that i want to introduce you to this is michael right over here to my right your left michael is a really good guy nothing weird is going to go on in case sometimes you go to church i wonder are they weird i'm about as weird as he gets today okay he's cool he's gonna do three things i'm gonna let you know what they are in advance wondering or kind of a fearful thing like what's michael gonna do no michael's gonna give you some free stuff just to encourage you in your new walk with god he's gonna introduce you to some really cool friends we have we call them spiritual personal trainers he'll describe how that works it's easy it's free okay and after you listen to him the third thing he's gonna do i'm gonna let you go all right easy right free so just make a left turn follow michael right this way come on let's get my hand hallelujah [Music] you guys have witnessed two miracles today the first miracle is a miracle of salvation don't ever let that get old that is the greatest miracle that you can ever experience when god takes someone who is dead and brings them back to life my goodness right in front of your eyes you saw a move of the spirit of god in your presence today can we give the lord a praise for that amen second miracle second miracle is that i had six points and we're only getting out five after so praise the lord for that my goodness when a preacher has that many points usually we're going 15 20 minutes but my guess thank you guys for allowing me the time to win souls and to go after souls and give a proper altar call and see what god does in the hearts and the lives of the people tonight at six o'clock uh reverend brian schultzy our outreach director here at the rock church and larry cena is going to be bringing a word we're in the series called i pity the fool some of you guys remember mr t right i pity the fool right but really we're talking about the wisdom of god that's available to us and having mercy on those insufficiencies and those foolish things are in all of us so tonight six o'clock brian is a preacher the guy loves to just get up and run when it comes to the word of god and so you're gonna love it it's gonna be rich in life bring someone with you tonight six o'clock in the wednesday dr barron we're looking forward to it can i bless you as you go would you lift your hands of the lord father i bless the saints of god from the top of their heads to the souls of their feet they are blessed in the city blessed in the field blessed coming blessed going may everything they put their hands to they shall prosper lord with a great big shout of faith about our area we declare that the inland empire shall be saved [Music] hey there thank you so much for joining us online what a blast getting into church with all of you if you just gave your heart to jesus and prayed the salvation prayer with our pastor congratulations and welcome to the family of god here at the rock we want to get you plugged in and set up for success with your new walk with god now in a moment i'd like you to head to our respond to god page so you can fill out some information and we can get in touch with you we not only want to give you some free material but we'd also like to get you hooked up with a friend who can help guide you through your new relationship with god we have multiple friends available for you in any kind of interaction you'd like whether that be a zoom chat a phone call email or any type of covered friendly interaction we've got friends just for you we have this great little booklet called welcome to your destiny easy steps to a successful future with god if you live within the continental united states we'd love to get this paper copy in your hands if you don't live here don't even worry about it we've got an electronic copy and pdf format we'd love to get to you as well we also have this fun little comic book for your kids out there if any of those kids just gave their heart to jesus this comic book is for you now it helps explain their new walk with god in a fun sort of age friendly way that they can understand okay so now what i'd like you to do is go ahead and click on that link provided and if you can't find a leak don't worry about it we'll take you to our webpage just go to rockchurch.com and click on the respond to god tab at the bottom right hand corner this is going to take you to a new page where we can get all of your information so we can send you either one of these free copies and we can get you hooked up with a friend who will help walk you through these next steps well it has been wonderful hearing the word of god with you today we can't wait to see you at our next service and remember god loves you and so do we you

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Length: 120min 25sec (7225 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 12 2021