Conversations : What Does My Father Say | Benny Perez

hey family welcome to church LV online thank you for inviting us into your home we're just so grateful that we're able to meet as a church community virtually this is a season that we're choosing faith over fear wisdom over worry I believe God's gonna even use this platform to do a great work in our lives joining us leave a comment let us know you're with us if you're new with us go to the VIP lane fill it out and a member of our dream team will reach out to you get you a gift as our way of saying welcome oh hey I know today's gonna bless you it's our heart here turn tell me to lead people to encounter new life in Jesus I believe that can happen right open up your heart lean it let's get three beginning at verse 13 we're gonna begin Rhian the passion translation here's the scripture says then Jesus left Galilee to come to Jordan to be baptized by John but when he waded into the water John resisted him saying why are you doing this I'm the one who needs to be baptized by you and yet you come to me to be baptized jesus replied it's only a right to do all that God requires somebody say it is only right come on say louder is only right to do what God requires then John baptized Jesus and as Jesus rose up out of the water the heavenly round come on open up over him and he saw the Holy Spirit he send out of heaven and rest upon him in the form of a dove and suddenly the voice let me say the voice the voice of the father shouted from the sky saying this is the son I love and my greatest delight is in what he does my greatest delight is in his performance my greatest delight as he lives a perfect life although he did know my greatest delight is it not my greatest delight is in him it's in him now we're gonna go to Ephesians chapter 1 verse 6 and read one scripture very quickly here says this it says for it was always in his perfect plan to adopt us as his delightful children through our union with Jesus his Anointed One as in this so that his tremendous love that cascades over us would glorify His grace for the same love my god the same love that he has for his beloved one Jesus he has for us my god and this unfolding plan brings him great pleasure father thank you for your word lord I just thank you that this is a great day because of what Jesus has done pray for our nation pray for the unrest I pray God that there would be peace even in the protests I pray there would be no more loss of life I pray Lord God for the protesters I pray Lord God for the police I pray Lord God for everyone Lord God that is gathering I pray God that your grace and your mercy would come that's what I pray father Brennan should keep a spirit of division out of this church and other churches because Lord God the hope of the world is your church and we glorify your name in Jesus name come on everybody say the big amen amen amen amen thank you so much we're in a extended series called conversations little did I know that when lord spoke to me and the team about what series we would do in as many many weeks ago I felt like I said let's let's do a series on conversations particularly about the conversations that Jesus would have with individuals whether with the woman at the well when Jesus having a conversation I preached not that he's gonna build his church of the gates of Hell will not prevail against it I preached on different aspects and other people preached on different aspects about conversations the reason why I believe prophetically God was speaking to us about conversations is because conversations have a way of changing your life in fact I believe this that the right conversation can help you look at the wrong situation the right way in fact I could say this that the wrong conversation could help you look at something that's right the wrong way conversations are so powerful because conversations is how we form our opinions conversations is how we communicate our ideas our thoughts our passions conversations are so good for us because I sit and I listen to you and you sit and listen to me and in that listening we could come to I believe some middle ground and even some ground that we agree on the problem is is that in today's culture we don't have very many conversations we have more yelling matches we have more it's us versus them if I disagree with you you're my enemy if you disagree with me I'm your enemy and could it be that God prophetically was setting us up so we can have some very difficult conversations conversations what is what does that mean to have a conversation not just with people but having a conversation with God sometimes conversations are dialogues where both of you are talking but there are conversations that are monologues it's just like just one person is talking and listening during this conversation you're growing up and and you're in trouble and then you hear your mom and your dad Benny listen to me listen to me I don't want to hear anything you listen to me that's called a monologue that call that says I'm in trouble and I'm gonna listen and hopefully I may get some mercy out of it come on now my mom and dad are watching now happy Father's Day to my dad love you dad love you dad look what you produced you should be proud in Jesus name that's a joke conversations I want to call your attention on this Father's Day - a conversation that took place I know Father's Day for a lot of us may be difficult because maybe your father has recently passed you're missing your father maybe you never really had a good father figure maybe had a great father figure but when Jesus comes on the scene he begins to refer to God not as Yahweh not as the great I am but as father and the reason why he began to communicate to us as God as father's because that's who we serve just by the name God the Father his title indicates that he has a family a father has a family when you come into the family of God it means you're a son or a daughter of God and so I want you understand that God the Father is not a better version of your earthly father he is not just like like like like 10 times better no God the Father is not a better version come on he's a perfect version of your father some of us didn't have good father figures some of us did have good father figures but I'm here to tell you that you have a Heavenly Father that is a perfect example of a father a person's ability is directly tied to their perception of how they view God your level faith in my level faith it is determined by how I view God the Father if for example you believe God is to be is a father who is distant stir harsh you and I will hold back from asking him for anything but if you knew God the Father like ears come on loving kind gentle giving generous and just you would come boldly to throne of grace and obtain mercy in time of me this is the kind of heavenly father that we have in the text that we read we read in Matthew chapter 3 and the title my message today is what does my father say if I wanted to say just like a normally say hey what does dad have to say about this what does dad have to say about this you know what's my dad have to say about this because I don't know about you but my dad is still on this planet thank God and often times I will ask him hey Dad what do you think about this hey Dad what's your opinion what do you have to say about this what do you say about LeBron James cover Lakers hey come on shadow Lakers hey wait dad what do you what do you say about this what do you say because what because I value come on now my father's input into my life I've valued white because he's lived on his life a lot longer than I have he's been through things he's been through Wars he's been through some valleys he's been to some mountaintops and he has a perspective that I need to listen to so what does dad have to say about this in Matthew chapter 3 verse 13 through 17 and read this story this life event about Jesus and Jesus now is coming to the River Jordan to be baptized by John we know this is the beginning of Jesus ministry he has not done any miracles he hasn't walked on water yet he hasn't raised the dead yes in healed lepers he hasn't you know cast demons out hasn't done anything miraculous anything like like all inspiring and he's coming to this river called the River Jordan industry to note that the River Jordan in the Bible is the river of transition anytime you see the River Jordan it symbolizes transition it symbolizes change so when the tuner of Israel left Egypt and they were coming into the Promised Land they had to cross over come on now the River Jordan they were going from slavery come on into the Promised Land we understand when Elijah and Elijah when they got when he got that mantle he comes to the River Jordan and he takes the mantle and he hits the river Jordan and he says where's the god of Elijah and the River Jordan separates and he walks across the river Jordan and the Bible reports that just twice as many miracles as the prophet Elijah what because the River Jordan represents transition it represents change so what happens is as Jesus is coming now and he's transitioning from being a carpenter he's transitioning now for living a life that we really don't know much about it he's about thirty years of age now we only see him when he was 12 in the temple but pretty much we don't know very much about the life of Jesus from the time we see him being born and now at 12 and now he's 30 years old these would be considered the Lost years of Jesus because scripture doesn't really feel us in with what his life was really like growing up we can make some assumptions we could begin to tell some stories maybe make up some great stories but we don't really know all about the life of Jesus now when we see him at the age of 30 he's coming to the River Jordan and he's coming to the River Jordan to be baptized by John now Jesus doesn't have to be baptized for his sins he's the perfect son of God He is God wrapped up in flesh and blood Jesus is in coming because he has to repent of anything rather Jesus is coming because he wants to model for us he wants to show us that this is the way that we should do it we should now follow in the footsteps of what God wants us to do baptism does not save you baptism shows that you are saved so I get saved I say yes to Jesus I follow now in the footsteps of Jesus I get water baptized which is a sign of me now going into the grave under the water coming out in resurrection power and living in new life empowered by the Holy Spirit so what happens is as Jesus comes in and we read the text Jesus comes in says hey John did happy to be Cousins he says I I need you to baptize me John implicitly knows that this is not just an ordinary man in another context in the book of John he says behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world the baptism of Jesus is one of the main things that Jesus life is actually covered by Matthew Mark Luke and John all four Gospels covered this event and so what happens is as Jesus comes in and he says hey John you need to baptize me John would does what I would do wait a second geez I know who you are now this is backwards you need to baptize me Jesus I'm not gonna baptize you I know who you are you are the lamb you are the sacrifice you are God's delight that has come down to give your life as a ransom for us no no I should baptize you and Jesus ininin oh this is what God requires this is what pleases God can I just TV just for a second would it be great if we lived a life that said this is what pleases God would it be light would it be great that dad let's say you know what no what pleases God that I love my neighbor as I love myself what pleases God is I love people regardless of their economic strata regardless of their skin color regardless of how they grew up regardless of what problems they've had regardless of these situations would it be awesome that we live the life that says you know what this pleases God you or pleases God to love the unlovable you know what pleases God to be a peacemaker and an agent of change do you know what pleases God to forgive those that don't deserve forgiveness because I did deserve forgiveness from God myself I say God help me to live a life and I say this pleases God can I just go down just a little bit further on this one sometimes what pleases God doesn't please you I I got somebody saying amen to that one but do you know that sometimes what pleases God actually goes against your flesh actually goes against what pleases you if you haven't lived long enough if you haven't experienced this earth thing a pastor that I know that I do pleases God but it don't please me I'm like God you know what they said about me you know what they did to me what did it do it okay have you ever stopped to think that you're trying to inform God about everything here really knows that maybe when I have this this this thought that man I'm gonna live my life because it pleases God if I live this life that pleases God I'm telling you something and this is not in my notes not anywhere my wife says I preach better when I don't look at my notes okay but I studied I've prayed I prayed in tongues because I that's what I do I got commentaries I got all that but sometimes you just got to go with the Holy Ghost sometimes you gotta just Stevie with the Holy Ghost because let me tell you what would happen in the in the environment right now if we had a bunch of people that rose up and said you know what I would live like that pleases God even if it doesn't please me I'm gonna defer to watch me what I prefer so that I could reach people I want to say God I want to live life that pleases you even if it's hard on me because I feel the Holy Ghost ain't something it just came to me so strong because when you decide to live a life that pleases God God pours out the grace on you so you can live that life missing to this way sometimes we just have to make a decision not a feeling we do that everywhere we do it everywhere I don't I don't feel like going to work and there you are at work come on say right now Amen right like like I don't feel like listen to my boss but you you you want your job and so you put aside your feelings because you're making a decision you don't really want to stay in the relationship I don't feel like it I this is it I've done I'm over I'm gonna say goodbye to this marriage I mean it's like you know I can't stand it it's been three weeks come on sometimes when you make a decision they live a life that pleases God it's amazing the grace which is God's power and ability viewers will kicks in you and the enemy says no no don't live a life that pleases God live a life that pleases you but the problem with that is is that you can never really please yourself because you are never meant watch me to find completeness satisfaction wholeness in yourself it's called hedonism that I want to do everything so that out now I'm the center of my universe I'm gonna do it because it feels good it feels right I'm gonna sex myself up I'm gonna I'm gonna all go home myself up I'm gonna I'm gonna do this up and then when you come to the end of your life and you realize when you live a life for yourself what good is it if a man gains the whole world yet loses his soul could it be in the error that we're living in right now could it be the clarion call for God this is safe for us to put down our preferences to put down what we think and what somebody else is think and say God I want to live a life watching me now that pleases you so let's go back to scripture it says this it says mourn with those that mourn we put those that weep so fulfill the law of Christ it is say if you understand then you mourn with them it doesn't say if you get it all then you mourn with them it says mourn with those that mourn we put those that we rejoice with those that rejoice this is what Jesus say though I want to live a life that honors God honors God I love it because honestly end of discussion John doesn't say anything else how can you argue what somebody says I just want to live a life that honors God and this is what honors God baptized me John Donne says got it OOP there goes Jesus OOP in the water fully immersed and when he comes out of the water what happens scripture says this number what the heavens open there's an open heaven pays God is it open heaven over Jesus you know why this is so powerful and you should shout is because when you come in to Jesus Jesus comes in you that same open heaven is over your life see that open heaven is greater than a closed door I got it I gotta preach this for a second I don't care what man what woman what anybody says they can close the door but if you have a door that's closed in front of you but you have an open heaven over you and open heaven over you is greater than a door closed in front of you well you know they they closed it on me because I'm a woman and we're not getting paid as much I get it they closed on me because I'm a minority I'm a person of color that's why they closed the door I get it they closed the door on me because I'm poor they closed the door on me because I'm not educated they closed the door I don't care why they closed the door as long as I have an open heaven over in my life are you hear what I'm saying cuz it opened heaven it's a closed door any day I want to say to this way I don't come from pastoral privilege my wife does my wife has ministry privilege seeing what does that mean I understand what that means that word privileges you know it's kind of like a kind of like a lightning rod word today well let me just explain to you this way windy Perez and my brother-in-law Judah Smith they have a privilege in ministry that I didn't have what do you mean her mom and dad world renowned her mom and dad especially on her dad's side comes from I think four or five generations and even on the other side of preachers generational privilege I'm the first Christian of my family come on I'm the first pass room family have the first college graduate in my family now if you ask windy do you have sir did you have some ministry privilege she'd obviously say yep I do I did it'd be silly for her to say nope didn't have it nope didn't do it now is there anything wrong with her having a mystery privilege no it is wrong if she doesn't acknowledge it it is wrong that she says no so let me say to this way I don't have that privilege but I learned something a long time ago I still have an open heaven over my life and now my children are gonna have a head start when it comes to ministry but me and my wife in this church are dedicated to help those that don't have a ministry privilege that we're gonna open up a school and we're gonna train you and we're gonna help you and we're gonna place you and we're gonna network for you and we're gonna use everything God has given us come on somebody to help you this is so powerful it's an open heaven what happens if we would focus on the heaven that's open above us and not just the door that is closed before us what would it actually happen because I want to talk to Kingdom people I'm gonna take the key well it sounds like you're kind of saying things about other stuff well the shoe fits wear it I'm not saying that you're hearing that and what you're hearing could be the Holy Spirit trying to speak to you well what I'm hearing could be the Holy Ghost trying to speak to me and so what happens is is there's an open heaven somebody say open heaven say louder say open heaven listen to me I say I keep saying it I'm keep saying it not in my notes wasn't thinking about it they just came to me right now is that you and I say you and I come on look to the neighbor say neighbor come on type it in the type it in that in the low chatter and say neighbor say say say neighbor you have an open helping over your life look at your neighbor say neighbor you look like you have a closed door no don't tell him that don't tell him that could it be that if we focus so much on a closed door we miss out in an open heaven heavens open and then what happens the Holy Spirit comes he sends upon Jesus like a dove powerful prophetically when you look at this text this is exactly what happens to you and I when we see yes to Jesus we now go from death to life water baptism heaven has opened up to us and now according to John chapter 14 the Holy Spirit now is given as a gift John Acts chapter 1 Jesus spoke about again the gift of the Holy Spirit will come and he now comes on you and he comes in you this is a prophetic thing that is happening to Jesus that is showing that's what happens to us and so now the Holy Spirit comes on him but now the good part happens after this and watch me now open heaven Holy Spirit and then the father comes from heaven and it says with a loud voice in fact the passion translation actually translates it the right way it shouted it's an emphatic in the Greek it wasn't like Jesus it got God the Father saying yeah this is Jesus and I really love him he's my he's my son and I delight in him it wasn't a whisper it was a shout it was a roar now certain biblical scholars are divided on this they're divided well only Jesus heard it or not only Jesus heard it but everybody else heard it so as I begin to read different commentaries I'm like it doesn't really matter because the only one that really needed to hear it was Jesus maybe see to it this way it doesn't matter if anybody's heard who you really are it doesn't really matter if they know your address or they know who you are or what God has put on you it doesn't matter it doesn't matter what they say it don't matter if they don't get you do you have to understand one thing did you hear God the Father speaks out they tell you it's so powerful because because I could debate this all day and waste and waste the next 9 minutes and 32 seconds that I have this and maybe just make a case for what I believe to be true but the fat doesn't matter is it says that Jesus heard this voice and the father's voice said something very significant what does it say it says the voice from heaven said this is my son my grace the light is in him it says there's a voice you don't see the father but there's a voice from heaven this voice begins to speak and it's God the father's voice which is the most important voice why is this important because a lot of us we struggle with the voices that continue to speak into our life you have the voice of your past you know the mistakes that you made how can you be a Christian you know the mistake you just made how can you say you're a Christian you know you still have issues in your heart if somebody knew there were the issues in your heart you you know and there's voices come and that's the voices of your past how about the voices of your present help with the voices of your parents how about your own voice that condemns you and shames you see we want to create change in people with voices of shame and condemnation but shame and condemnation never brings change to people it never does in fact shame and condemnation keep people in the bondage they're in right now when we come to people say I can't believe how you're doing it I can't believe you're still doing it I can't be what's wrong with you what you're doing with that voice is cementing them to a problem that God has set them free from they just don't know they're set free yet his voice from heaven begins to speak and this is so important because it's not the voices that you hear that are important it's the voices you believe I want to say that again it's not the voices that I hear that impact my life it's the voices I believe that impact my life Sam a leader of a rather large Church in the Las Vegas Valley I have some influence I've been around the world people ask me do you know that person yeah I've been a mystery long enough they were young people sitting in my meetings what yeah people like shocked how many people that I've had the opportunity just to meet so I've been around a lot of people and there's a lot of voices that I've spoken into my life a lot of voices that even now as a pastor I'm getting voices say you know you're not talking about it enough I have other voice sensing you're talking about it too much what's it anything money marriage sex race its net listen too much too little too much too little too much too little so the voices that I hear are as not as significant as the voices I believe and you have to determine what voice am I gonna bleep am I gonna believe an ignorant person who is now judging me based on my skin color why would I allow myself to come down to a level of ignorance that nobody should even think that way but by the way racism you're not born with it you've listened to the wrong voice you've got you got you got in the wrong fight and let me tell I'm not even angry and mean and those racists and I can't believe it's listened to me sometimes you get into an environment and that environment begins to train you in that environment begins to shape you that's why we need to raise up kingdom churches that are diverse in background that are diverse in any way to let you know there's a greater voice a voices what voices are you listening to I hear voices pastor we all do know we all hear voices you talk to yourself no I don't yes you do you talk to yourself I'm tired today man it's gonna be a bad day man I just don't feel good man that person looked at me funny oh my gosh and we always talk to herself but the voice that is most important is the voice of your heavenly Father what do you believe I think many of us struggle not because of the voices that we've heard but the voices we still choose to believe what I hear and what I believe shapes my life that's why the Word of God the Word of God the scripture is God's Word speaking to us God's Word has got to be the truth that we follow word is is the compass of our life God's Word is true whether you believe it or not God's Word is true I wanna say and I want to be nice about this well prove to me the scripture is not I don't need to prove to you the scripture the Scriptures are true whether you believe it or not you know that old saying you know God said it I believe it that settles it why don't we always put herself in the middle as if we validate everything God said it that settles it regardless of what I think as if I'm elevating my knowledge above God Himself as if any princess put the step of rovard everything and because I believe it that's said no no Benny Perez it's settled whether you believe it or not the Word of God is settled in heaven and our work everything will pass away but my words shall never pass away God says he says you know what my word when it's sent out it's gonna accomplish what I sent it out to do so wait a second if the word of god doesn't become true if I believe it what does it become if I believe it becomes transformational and I'm dropping bombs you're not giving me no help truth is already settled but real transformation happens when you believe the truth for you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you right so we got to get out of this thing well I don't know if it's true or not listen to me listen to me it's true whether you're an agnostic atheist whether you're backslidden or whether you're on fire for God the Word of God is true that's it God's God's not worried oh my god they don't think it's true but he won't say oh my god oh my me the question in the word I'm having I'm here to calm having a breakdown now when Benny Perez chose to believe the voice of the Father the truth of God's Word which was always true became transformational in my life so now I overcome closed doors well you know you're you're Hispanic Latino so do you lead a Spanish church well if I spoke Spanish maybe I don't speak Spanish you know I was I was I was in a district called the Northwest district the summons of God and and most people that I met they said oh you must be part of the Southern Pacific Latin American district I said why well you know you know and I said you know what well you know hmm because I'm Mexican Hispanic Latino well yeah so no I'm part of the white one just like that they're like oh you know CeCe why is it right well what you know well you know it see see listen I know or I may not know what you know or what you know if it doesn't line up with what he knows then I throw out what you know to believe what he knows and he knows that whatever door he can open no man can shut he he knows that if he before me come on who can be against me well well you know what about what about the difficulty the system oh yeah yeah yeah yeah I get it I gotta walk uphill a little bit further maybe I gotta do some things other people too got to do but why am I going to maximize that when I have an open heaven over my life I acknowledge the other stuff we acknowledge all theirs but could it be that there's something greater that we should acknowledge it's the voice of the Heavenly Father it is this kind of like a camouflage race thing no it's not let's go beyond that to realize that there's so many things that are holding women down come on women give me a big Amen right now right why do women get paid less then men do for doing the same job I can't figure that out if they do the same job give the same pay that's what I'm saying right there's so many things but what happens if we just said what does dad have to say about this this what does dad have to say about this by the way is that a black dad he's not a white dad he's not a brown dad he's not yellow dad is not a red dad he is the dad above all dads here's the crazy thing is you may be black I'm brown my wife is white but we got the same father now how crazy is that if we have the same father that means we have the same standing that means we all get to come back to father's house and we all get to share come on at the father's table now mankind may not get that but the hope of the world is not Society it's the Church of Jesus Christ I I just have to just say man God let us get back to hearing the voice of the Father he hears the voice of the Father and I'm running out of time but but it's so awesome is after here's his voice notice what the voice says he says this is my son which brings identity in whom I'm well pleased or whom I love which brings watch me affirmation and security what do people struggle with identity affirmation insecurity so what we do is we try and get affirmation and our security before we get our identity okay let me say to you this way if we're not careful we try and do things - now get affirmed get secured to build our identity that's the wrong way I get my identity come on from what God says and now I don't know I don't just get my identity I get my information come on I get my security by what he has said now this gets even better because what what God the Father does he says let me tell you something Jesus he's my son I delight in him I love him and this is before Jesus has done anything Jesus did not perform for the love he did not perform the F for the affirmation he did not perform or do something for the identity it is God saying oh no no no you didn't start this you didn't bee in this it's not rooted in you it's rooted in me I chose you you didn't choose me and I love you I wish I could seem like some of her singers I love you just the way you are Billy Joel song in fact God should get all the royalties from Billy Joel song because God loves you just the way that you are oh no no and I go and I get when I get everything right when I get my sexual identity right when I get this sin cleaned up when I get this right when I got that fixed up no no he loves you just the way you are he loves you just the way you are even while you are yet a sinner Christ died for you you didn't love him he loves you first and Santa's son is atoning sacrifice for you this is revolutionary because we have to have a conversation and sometimes you need to be quiet and have a monologue and say God speak to me I love you my son what did he do he didn't do anything he just acknowledged his father why are you trying to earn what God has given freely receive what God has done for you this is my beloved Son in whom I'm well pleased somebody comes back to the keyboards in whom I am well pleased the father's love precedes anything you or I do the father declares that Jesus is loved prior to Jesus doing anything to deserve it we are loved by God for who we are not what we do so now we are not performing to be loved we are now loved so we live a life of purpose and pleasing to God that's what I'm saying the perfect God is fully pleased with you as he was with Jesus we read in Ephesians chapter 1 verse 3 it says that that the way that he loved Jesus is the way that he loves us why because we're wrapped into Christ and that is why we celebrate God with all hearts because what he has done for us let me say to this way as God sees Jesus that's how God sees you so you could put your name in there and Benny Perez got baptized and the heavens opened up and the Holy Spirit came on his life and then God the Father said this is Benny my beloved son come on in whom I'm well pleased you got a picture put your name in there and all of a sudden there's Patrice and Patrice now gets baptized now she comes in to Jesus Jesus comes in to her and now Patrice comes up and she has an open heaven don't matter her destiny don't matter her gender don't matter what anybody says and then she can hear the voice from heaven as the Holy Spirit comes on her and said this is Patrice my beloved daughter and whom I am well pleased but but how about your Buddha and she bounnam now can say you know what your bounnam now gets saved and and she Buddha now comes up out of the water and the Holy Spirit comes and she can celebrate it open heaven no matter what anybody else says and she can hear the voice of God the Father say this is my beloved daughter to boot up in her I am well pleased what should this do and should do this to you listen I'm I'm always said should do this to you it should put you and I on my knees it's your put us and say god oh god I know I don't deserve this great mercy I know I deserve this great love what have I done I haven't done anything god you're so awesome you're so special you're so incredible what kind of my god is this as every other religion is you trying to get the God to accept you it's you doing enough sacrifices do you pray enough beads you crawling enough do you feeling bad enough in fact in ancient Israel you would be sacrificing some of your kids to Moloch where they would put hot coals in a metal statue inside of the arms and they would lay their children and they would burn them to death to somehow appease this God named Bullock and instead of us sacrificing our sons and daughters he sacrificed his what kind of a God as this his name is Jesus same as Jesus who God I feel something his name is Jesus his name is Jesus this is my beloved son whom I am well pleased three times God the Father speaks to his son Jesus only three times in the scripture here mantras a Transfiguration right before the crucifixion three prophetic moments I don't have time to preach on but each one is significant setting Jesus up for his next season what is God saying to us today in the midst of a pandemic racial unrest that was always there it's just revealed now what's God saying to us could it be that God is sane what does that have to say what is heaven saying quit telling me what the Democrats are saying but tell me what the Republicans are saying quit telling me what CNN is saying and Fox News the same I want I want to hear those voices but I want to believe the one true voice I want to believe that we all created the image and likeness of God we all have value and worth regardless of what men and women say about us [Music] what does God say I struggle like all of you I struggle with insecurity a struggle is being wanting to be liked I struggle with tough decisions I do I so love people that I struggle I agonize sometimes I don't sleep [Music] and ultimately have to come back and say God what do you have to say about this God says yeah anytime a lot of times you blow it but you're still my son you don't get it right all the time still my son would it be like if we really embrace what dad had to say what a great time in church today I want to give you a couple of ways to stay connected with us the first way is if you need prayer of any kind go to the prayer link fill it out a member of our team would be happy to reach out to you and pray with you personally via text or phone call we want to make sure you know somebody's standing with you during these times the second way to get connected it's like joining a small group you can actually join a virtual small group if you want to be a part of that go to church lv comm / last way to get connected is following us on our Instagram at church lv4 daily content discouragement worship playlists prayers and more we had a great day in church today let me declare some truths over our lives as we end our time together God we give you our anxieties because you care for us you are our provider who are our increase sir you are our I pray peace of God that surpasses all understanding we've got our hearts and our minds right defeated in the Lord bless you face [Music]

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Id: ZAtXDtNOVms

Length: 46min 7sec (2767 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 22 2020