>>> LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. WE THANK YOU, THAT, JESUS, YOU ARE THE GREAT CHAIN BREAKER. WE THANK YOU THAT OUR HOPE IS FOUND IN YOU, NOT JUST SAVING GRACE, BUT SUSTAINING GRACE. THANK YOU, JESUS, THAT TODAY JUST BY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MIGHT SEEM HOPELESS, THAT WE SEE THEM FOR THE LENGTH OF ETERNITY AND NOT THE TEMPORARY, THAT OUR GREAT JOY AND OUR GREAT HOPE IS FOUND KNEW, EVEN IN MAYBE DESPITE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE'RE FACING. SO THANK YOU, JESUS, THANK YOU FOR THE LIFE THAT YOU GIVE, AND MARRIAGE, THANK YOU FOR THE LIFE YOU HAVE GIVEN FRIENDSHIP AND LIFE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE. WE LOVE YOU. WE NEED YOU TO COME NOW. WE KNOW YOU'RE ALREADY HERE, BUT COME NOW IN A SPECIAL WAY WORKING IN OUR LIVES. BEFORE WE SIT DOWN, JUST MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE FOR THE LORD TODAY, WHETHER YOU'RE WATCHING IN YOUR DORM WITH A FEW FRIENDS, OR WHETHER YOU'RE JOINING FROM A COFFEE SHOP OR WHETHER IT'S YOUR PHONE OR YOUR LAPTOP, JUST RIGHT NOW, WHEREVER YOU ARE, JUST MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE TO GOD. BRING YOURSELF TO GOD AND SAY I'M SOFT CLAY IN YOUR HANDS RIGHT NOW, MOLD ME AND SHAPE ME, MOLD ME AND SHAPE ME TO BE LIKE JESUS. NOT JUST BE A HERO OF YOUR WORD, BUT BE A DOER OF IT. WE NEED YOU NOW IN THIS MOMENT. YOU COME FRONT AND CENTER. THIS COMES TO YOU. AMEN. AMEN. AS YOU'RE HAVING A SEAT CAN WE THANK THE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE FOR LEADING US TODAY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING. BE PRAYING FOR SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF THE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE. THEY'RE IN ORLANDO THIS WEEK. ON MONDAY THEY LED FIRST BAPTIST AT ORLANDO AT A YOUTH EVENT. SOME ARE LOADING AT A CHURCH AND LATER IN THE WEEK AS WELL. ABOUT 20 OF THEM ARE IN ORLANDO IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS SERVING. ON THAT NOTE, BY THE WAY, SINCE SOME OF THE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE WERE OUT AND SOME OTHER REASONS, WE WERE ABLE TO BE JUST GIFTED WITH TASHA COBBS LEONARD, WHO WILL BE OUR GUEST FOR CAMPUS COMMUNITY. WE HAVE ABOUT 3,000 SEATS. TERROR ABOUT 100 SEAT BELTS LEFT. GRAB THEM. WE'LL BE IN THE PLAYLIST SERIES. I'LL BE PREACHING ON PSALM 107 TONIGHT, WHICH IS ABOUT OUR CHAINS BEING BROKEN AND PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW AND THINK ABOUT THIS, TASHA WILL SING BREAK EVERY CHAIN. BUCKLE UP. IT WILL BE AN AMAZING NIGHT FOR US. IF YOU CAN'T GET A I CANNOT THE JOIN US ONLINE AS WE LIVE STREAM THAT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE 1500 STUDENTS WHO WERE PART OF SERVE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. JENNIFER AND I HAD A CHANCE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TO GO TO DIFFERENT SITES. WE WERE BLOWN AWAY BY THE TIME THAT YOU MINISTERED TO OUR CITY. LET ME JUST SAY I'M SO PROUD OF YOU, SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU, BUT WE MADE A QUICK VIDEO FOR THAT, SO LET'S WATCH THAT TOGETHER. ROUX COME ON, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR ALL THAT SERVED. IT WAS AMAZING. LIBERTY STUDENTS JUST SHOWED UP IN THE LIFE OF PEOPLE AND DIDN'T JUST DO SERVICE, BUT DID MINISTRY. YOU MADE EYE CONTACT WITH THE PEOPLE YOU WERE SERVING, YOU BEGAN RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE YOU WERE SERVING. I THINK IT WILL HAVE JUST AN ETERNAL IMPACT IN THE LIFE OF PEOPLE IN OUR CITY, SO THANKS AGAIN. THIS WEEK ON FRIDAY, WE HAVE PASTOR MATT CARTER FROM HOUSTON WHO WILL BE JOINING US. IT'S A BIT OF A HOUSTON WEEK FOR US THIS WEEK AT LIBERTY. MAKE SURE YOU GRAB A FEW OF THE REMAINING SEATS FOR THAT. NEXT WEEK WILL BE OUR FINAL TWO CONVOCATIONS FOR THE SEMESTER. SO ON WEDNESDAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SENIOR CONVOCATION AND WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE VINES CENTER TOGETHER -- VINES CENTER TOGETHER. THAT IS OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW. ABBY IS GOING TO BE OUR APPROACHER. WHAT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING ABOUT OUR WORSHIP TIME IS ON WEDNESDAY, WE'RE BRINGING IN ALUM MY WORSHIP LEADERS FROM THE COLLECTIVE, FROM, LIKE, THE FOUR YEARS THAT SENIORS WERE A PART OF THIS UNIVERSITY, SO A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT GRADUATED OUT, LIKE JO HE AND BRAD AND BECCA AND ELANA ARE ALL COMING IN. SO ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT WORSHIP PASTORS THAT USED TO BE A PART OF THE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE ARE COMING TOGETHER. OUR FOUR SONGS ARE GOING TO BE LIKE THE BIG SCUNGES. IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING. THEY'RE GOING TO LEAD FOR US WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS WELL FOR THE LAST ONE. IF YOU'RE A SENIOR MEMBER AND HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS A SENIOR THAT WILL GIVE US ABOUT 3,000 SPOTS FOR CONVO. YOU CAN GRAB THOSE TICKETS FOR THAT, THEY'RE FREE, BUT FOR YOU TO GRAB ON MONDAY, SO BE A PART OF THAT IF YOU WANT. THEN ON FRIDAY WILL BE OUR VERY LAST CONVO OF THE YEAR. IT WILL BE ALSO BE MY LAST CON SLOW ON STAFF HERE. WE HAVE ASKED TO COME AND ASKED CHRIS TOMLIN TO COME AND LEAD US ON THAT. THEY'LL BE GONE. SO GRAB THEM AS SOON AS THEY COME ON ON MONDAY MORNING AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE VERY LAST WEEK OF CONVOS FOR US. OUR GUEST TODAY IS A PASTOR WHO HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS EFFECT ON MY LIFE. IN THE EVENT PASSION 1999 I REMEMBER TWO PEOPLE THAT GOD USED, CHANGED THE VERY TRAJECTORY OF MY LIFE. ONE OF THEM WAS BETH MOORE, WHO ACTUALLY HAPPENS TO BE GOOD FRIENDS, BUT BETH AT AND 11:00 MORNING SESSION SAID THE WORDS A CALL TO DIE AND SHE PREACHED ON THE CRUCIFIED LIFE. AFTER EVERYBODY GOT GONE OUT OF THE ARLINGTON CONVENTION CENTER AND HAD GONE, I JUST REMEMBER SITTING IN MY SEAT AND JUST JOURNALING, JUST KEPT JOURNEY HE WILL. THAT BECAME THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST DEVOTIONAL BOOK CALLED "CALL TO GOD." I STILL HAVE THOSE. THE NEXT DAY, CHRIS TOMORROW 16 SPOKE -- TOM LYNN. I WAS CONFRONTED WITH MY OWN INTIMATE TIME WITH GOD, MAKING IT A PRIORITY. I HAVE THOSE NOTES FROM '99, PASTOR GREGG OF YOUR SERMON. HE RECOMMENDED A TINY, LITTLE BOOK CALLED "TENNESSEE WITH GOD." THAT HAD SUCH AN IMPACT ON ME. I STILL LIKE TODAY PASS OUT THAT BOOK TO OTHER PEOPLE AND BUY IT FOR THEM BECAUSE IT HAD AGAIN, A MARKED EFFECT ON ME. SINCE THEN, IT CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF -- HE CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF MY PREACHERS. HE JUST AT FIRST BAPTIST PREACHED THROUGH REVELATION. THEY HAVE BEEN SINCE AUGUST GOING THROUGH IT VERSE BY VERSE AND SOME OF THE UNIQUE WAYS HE WAS PRESENTING IT. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HIM PREACH ON THAT. SO I PLAN TO GO BACK AND LISTEN TO THAT SERIES IN THE SUMMER AS A PART OF MY OWN DAILY DEVOTIONAL TIME. ONE OF THE GREAT PASTORS OF HOUSTON, A LOVELY MAN, GENUINE LEADER AND A MAN WHO HAS HAD SUCH AN IMPACT ON MY LIFE, SO I'M SO GRATEFUL HE'S TAKING TIME TO BE HERE WITH US. CAN WE PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS TO BE HERE TODAY -- PASTOR GREGG MATTE. >> I APPRECIATE DAVID AS WELL. IT'S SUCH A JOY TO GET TO KNOW FOLKS LIKE HIM AND HIS WONDERFUL -- WONDERFUL WIFE JENNIFER AS WELL. I'VE NEVER BEEN TO LYNCHBURG BEFORE. HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN HERE 24 HOURS. WENT FOR A RUN THIS MORNING DOWN BY THE RIVER. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL CITY THAT YOU HAVE. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS, TO LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA IS ALMOST LIKE CULTURE SHOCK. I'D HAVE TO RUN DOWN A FREEWAY IN HOUSTON. I WAS RUNNING DOWN A RIVER. THE HOSPITALITY OF YOUR STAFF AND STUDENTS HAS BEEN AMAZING, THE QUALITY OF YOUR WORSHIP. I JUST WANT TO BRAG ON YOU GUYS AND GALLONS AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY -- GALS AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M GOING TO REEF REFRESHED BY BEING HERE WITH YOU. I HOPE IN THESE NEXT FEW MOMENTS THAT YOU ARE REFRESHED BY ME BEING HERE WITH YOU. SO I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU THE LAST FEW HOURS SINCE I GOT HERE LAST NIGHT TO KNOW YOUR CITY, THE UNIVERSITY, THE PEOPLE ON YOUR STAFF. IT'S BEEN A REAL BLESSING. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND LET YOU TO GET TO KNOW PEOPLE AS WELL. YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE SPEAKING TO YOU WHETHER IT'S CLASS OR CHURCH OR OWN CASE OR SOMETHING YOU PODCAST OR WATCH, SO I WANT YOU TO GET TO KNOW ME JUST A LITTLE BIT. I WANT TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF MY FAMILY, THEY'RE PRAYING FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE PRAYING FOR ME RIGHT NOW. THAT IS ME IN THE MIDDLE, THAT IS OUR HOUSE IN HOUSTON. MY DAUGHTER ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE IS A SEVENTH GRADE GIRL. GIRLS, I AM LEARNING A LOT ABOUT GIRLS RIGHT NOW, IS WHAT IS TAKING PLACE. MY SON IS A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, SO HE'S RIGHT WHERE MANY OF YOU ARE AS FRESHMAN. AND THEN MY WIFE KEL HE -- KELLY, WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED 24 YEARS THIS SUMMER. I WANT TO LOOK AT THAT PICTURE A SECOND. I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL, GREAT FAMILY. OUR HOUSE, MY KICKING MY WIFE, THAT WAS OUR CHRISTMAS CARD TO OUR CHURCH. I WANT TO ASK YOU THE QUESTION, IF WE COULD REWIND THAT ALL BACK, HOW DID I GET TO THAT PICTURE? HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? BECAUSE WON DAY YOU WILL HAVE A PICTURE AS WELL. IN YEARS MAYBE YOU STANDING ON THE BEACH BECAUSE YOU INVENTED A NEW KIND OF SURF BOARD AND THAT IS YOU, THAT IS GREAT. YOU MAY BE IN NEW YORK CITY IN FRONT OF A FASHION PLACE. OR IN FRONT OF A DORM WINDOW WITH 2.5 KIDS, I DON'T KNOW AS WELL. THAT IS MY PICTURE. HOW WOULD IT LOOKS LIKE IF WE WERE TO REWIND THAT PICTURE LIKE A MOVIE, ALL THE WAY BACK TO ME BEING IN COLLEGE, RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW. WHAT IT WOULD BE LOOKS LIKE IS 1,000 STEPS, SOME MOVING FORWARD, SOME MOVING BACKWARDS, SOME MOVING SIDEWAYS, IT'S 1,000 STEPS TO GET TO THAT PLACE. THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR LIFE WOULD BE IF YOUR I CAN -- IN YOUR PICTURE, WHATEVER IT IS. YOU HAVE YOUR PICTURE OF WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO. IT'S 1,000 STEPS OF WALKING IN THE WILL OF GOD. THE GREATEST DESIRE IN YOUR LIFE IS TO FIND AND TO WALK IN THE WILL OF GOD. I WANT TO GIVE YOU THREE OR FOUR THINGS ABOUT DISCOVERING THE WILL OF GOD. AS YOU'RE RIGHT NOW IN COLLEGE AT THIS WONDERFUL UNIVERSITY AND YOU'RE THINKING WHAT DOES GOD WANT FOR MY MAJOR, WHO DOES GOD WANT ME TO MARRY, WHERE DOES HE WANT ME TO LIVE, WHAT HOUSE SHOULD I BOY, WHAT JOB SHOULD I HAPPEN, WHAT IS GOD'S WILL FOR MY LIFE. I WANT YOU TO GIVE YOU A VERSE FROM EXODUS, ABOUT MOSES AND THE BURNING BUSH. I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS PASSAGE WITH NEW EYES, AS GOD'S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE'S PACKAGE, TO GIVE US A BUFFORD LOOKING STEPS OF COVERING CURVE -- DISCOVERING GOD'S WILL. WHAT COULD HE DO IN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL BEING DISCOVERED. I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS PASSAGE A BUNCH OF TIMES, I KNOW WE'VE ALL BEEN TO CHURCH 1,000 TIMES. I BET I'VE BEEN TO CHURCH MORE THAN YOU AS A PASTOR. I LIVE AT CHURCH, I'M A PASTOR. LET'S DON'T BE UNDERWE WOULD BY GOD'S WORK. WE COULD BECOME LIKE BANKERS OR JEWELERS. WE HANDLE PRECIOUS THINGS. WE FORGET THEIR VALUE. I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE SOME NOTES. I THINK THIS MESSAGE WILL BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO USE. I KNOW YOU HEAR A LOT OF MESSAGES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. HERE IT IS IN VERSE 1. IT SAYS THIS. MEANWHILE, MOSES WAS SHEPHERDING THE FLOCK OF HIS FATHER-IN-LAW JET ROW. -- JET ROW. JETHRO. HE CAME TO THE MOUNTAIN OF GOD. HERE IS WHAT WE WANT. WITH GOD'S WILL IN OUR LIVES WENT TO JUMP TO THE MOSES, MOSES PART. WENT YOU TO WALK DOWN CAMPUS SOMEWHERE TOGETHER AND ALL OF A SUDDEN OUT OF A BUSH YOU HEAR YOUR NAME TWICE. THIS IS TO BE YOUR MAJOR. YOU WANT TO GO ON A DATE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WRITING ON THE WALL, THIS IS NOT THE GUY FOR YOU, OKAY, OR THIS IS THE GIRL FOR YOU, WHATEVER IT IS. WE WANT TO JUMP TO THE MOMENT THAT IT'S NAME, NAME, AND HERE IS GOD'S WILL. BUT THERE'S A PROCESS IN WHICH HAPPENS TO DISCOVER WHAT IS TAKING PLACE, SO WHAT IS THE PROCESS. FIRST OF ALL, MOSES IS TENDING SHEEP ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN FOR HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, BUT HE IS BEING FAITH, HE HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR AWHILE. HE WAS ABOUT 40 WHEN THIS HAPPENED, NOW HE'S ABOUT 80. NOW HE'S TENDING SHEEP ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. POINT NUMBER 1, STEP NUMBER ONE OF DISCOVERING GOD'S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE IS THIS, FOLLOW GUIDE'S WILL TO FIND GOD'S WILL. WE THINK THAT GOD IS SOMEHOW 90 MILES DOWN THE ROAD. WE HAVE TO WIND IT. A NEED HE WILL IN A HAYSTACK. I WANT TO TELL YOU GOD'S WILL IN YOUR LIFE IS THE NEED HE WILL IN THE HAYSTACK. YOU CAN EAT FROM THE TREE IN THIS GARDEN. DON'T EAT FROM THIS ONE. WHAT IS THE ONE TREE OF GOD'S WILL AND WHAT IS THE 100 TREES YOU CAN'T EAT FROM. YOU WALK IN GOD'S WILL RIGHT NOW. THE BEST WAY TO FIND A SPOUSE? THE BEST WAY IS TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT YOU CAN FALL IN LOVE WITH FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IS TO BE PURE IN YOUR DATING TODAY, FOLLOW GOD TODAY. IF YOU FOLLOW HIM TODAY YOU'LL FOLLOW HIM TOMORROW. THEN IT WILL BE NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONTH. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS YOU'LL END UP, IF YOU WILL, WITH THE PICTURE OF WHAT IT IS. DOESN'T MEAN IT'S PERFECT. I'M GOING TO SHARE SOME THINGS THAT WEREN'T PERFECT IN OUR PICTURE, BUT FOLLOW GOD'S WILL TO FIND GOD'S WILL. THE BEST WAY TO FIND A CAREER IS TO DO GREAT ON A TEST TODAY. THE BEST WAY TO FIND A JOB IS TO DO A GREAT JOB. CREAM ALWAYS RISES TO THE STOP. NO ONE IS PERFECT ON THIS. NO ONE IS PERFECT ON THIS. THE BIBLE IS FILLED WITH BLUNDERS. ABRAHAM LIED, JACOB CHEATED, MOSES IS A MURDERER AT THIS POINT, PETER TALKED TOO MUCH, PAUL WAS A MURDERER, TIMOTHY WAS YOUNG AND AFRAID AND SICKLY. YOU ARE PERFECT FOR GOD TO USE. AND I AM PERFECT FOR GOD TO USE BEFORE WE HAVE ALL GOT MESS-UPS IN OUR LIFE AND WE GOT THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE. IF YOU NOTICE IN THE PICTURE IT WASN'T A SIN BY ANY MEANS, IT JUST WASN'T LIFE DOESN'T ALWAYS GO THE WAY YOU WANT. DID YOU NOTICE I HAVE A SEVENTH GRADE DAUGHTER AND A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE? WHAT IS THE GAP ABOUT? THE GAP IS ABOUT A MISCARRIAGE, A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE GETTING PREGNANT BEFORE EVERYTHING VALERIE. LIFE DOESN'T COME OUT PERFECT. I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT TO SEEM LIKE THAT AT ALL. SO HERE IS MOSES, HE'S ON THE BACKSIDE OF A MOUNTAIN WORKING FOR HIS FATHER-IN-LAW. NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE. BUT DO YOU KNOW THAT THIS MOUNTAIN IS MOUNT HORROR REMEMBER, IN DIFFERENT PLACES IT CALLS IT SINAI? IT COULD BE THE SAME MOUNTAIN HE COULD RECEIVE THE 10 COMMANDMENTS. THINK ABOUT THAT. HIS CALLING IS GOING TO BE GRANTED AND IT'S GOING TO BLOSSOM ON THE SAME MOUNTAIN. MAYBE IT'S THE MOUNTAIN RANGE AND SINAI IS THE MOUNTAIN PEAK. IT'S THE SAME PROXIMITY. FINDING GOD'S WILL WITH YOUR LIFE BEGINS WITH FOLLOWING GOD'S WILL FOR TODAY. SAYING GOD I WANT ONE DAY TO BE MARRIED, I WANT ONE DAY TO KNOW WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TUNED AND HOW TO SPEND MY LIFE AND I WANT TO TRUST YOU WITH THAT AND I'LL NEVER BE PERFECT. IN MY OWN TESTIMONY I BECAME A CHRISTIAN AT 16 YEARS OLD. I WAS PARTYING, DRINKING, DOING ALL SORTS OF CRAZY THINGS. GETTING DRUNK AS A 16-YEAR-OLD, DOING ALL SORTS OF BAD STUFF AND SOMEONE SHARED CHRIST WITH ME AND IT CHANGED MY LIFE AND NOW GOD, IS ABLE TO USE ME AND TO DO THINGS IN MY LIFE AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A FAMILY THAT I LOVE AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CHURCH THAT I LOVE AND TO WALK IT OUT SO I JUST WANT YOU TO HEAR GRACE, GRACE. IF YOUR LIFE HASN'T BEEN PURE YOU CAN STILL HAVE AN AMAZING INCREDIBLE MARRIAGE. IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT YOUR CAREER CAN STILL BE THE MOST AMAZING FULFILLING THING. IT WILL STILL BE HARD, IT WILL STILL BE DIFFICULT. IT WILL NOT GO WELL AT THE SAME TIME. WE JUST BURIED MY WIFE'S DAD. HE HAD DEMENTIA. WE HAD TO TALK TO HIM THROUGH A WINDOW, LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE. LIFE IS DIFFICULT, LEADERSHIP IS HARD. EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS NOT EASY. THERE'S A LOT OF PAIN IN EVERYBODY'S PICTURE. EVEN ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN GOD CAN MOVE AND DO SOMETHING GREAT. POINT ONE, FOLLOW GOD'S WILL TO FIND GOD'S WILL. DID YOU NOTICE HE WAS ALONE, HE WAS WALKING WITH INTEGRITY WHILE HE WAS ALONE, HE FOLLOWED GOD'S WILL TO FIND GOD'S WILL. I'M GLAD TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL. I GOT SAVED AT 16, AS I SAID, REALLY STARTED GROWING IN COLLEGE. WE DECIDED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIBLE STUDY TOGETHER IN MY APARTMENT. WE HAD THIS LITTLE APARTMENT BIBLE STUDY. IT KEPT GROWING AND GROWING. WE KEPT SEEING GOD'S WILL, ONE STEP, ONE STEP. I GOT TO GRADUATION. I WAS ABOUT TO TAKE A STEP TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND HAD GET A JOB. I WAS A BUSINESS MAJOR. I DECIDED I'M GOING TO STAY AND GIVE IT ONE MORE YEAR. I SUBSTITUTE TAUGHT FOR A YEAR. I GOT A WHICH IS DEGREE, BUT I GOT A TEACH -- IT WAS CALLED THE MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER, THE KEY PLACE ON CAMPUS WHERE EVERYBODY WOULD GO EAT. I HAD MY BACKPACK ON MY SHOULDER. I'M TRYING TO MINISTER TO THESE FOLKS. I'VE STAYED AT GREAT COST TO ME. ONE GUY ACROSS THE CIRCLE BEGINS TO MAKE FUN OF ME. I THOUGHT YOU GRADUATED. HE LOOKED ACROSS IN FRONT OF ALL THESE FOLKS, HE SAID WHAT, YOU COULDN'T GET A REAL JOB, YOU'RE GOING TO STAY AND DO THAT LITTLE BIBLE STUDY. EVERYBODY IN THE CIRCLE BEGAN TO LAUGH. I WALKED INTO THE LITTLE AREA THAT YOU CAN SOCIETY DOWN AND I LAUGHED IT OFF AND SAT DOWN AND SAT ON THAT BENCH. I CAN REMEMBER IT TODAY. I PUT MY HEAD IN IN HIGH MY HANDS. I JUST GOT LAUGHED AT BY PEOPLE I'LL TRYING TO MINISTER TO. I FEEL ASHAMED. WHAT IS THE DEAL. I JUST SENSED THE SPIRIT, YOU JUST KEEP FOLLOWING ME. 15 YEARS LATER IT WAS FILLED WITH THOUSANDS IN THE GYMNASIUM AT TEXAS A&M, A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY. IT'S KIND OF LIKE CONVOCATION WHEN YOU WOULD BE PACKING OUT THE BIG STADIUM AND WHAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT AS WELL, IT'S THAT SORT OF THING. WHAT IF I WOULD HAVE QUIT IN THAT ONE TIME OF LOT OF. I WOULD HAVE MISSED THE BLESSING OF GOD'S WILL IN MY LIFE. YOU FOLLOW GOD AND WALK AFTER HIM. THE BEST WAY TO FIND GOD'S WILL IS YOU KEEP WALKING, YOU KEEP STEPPING, YOU -- AND YOU FIND IT BY FOLLOWING TODAY: THE SECOND THING THAT HAPPENS, STEP NUMBER TWO IS THIS. SO WE WANT TO FOLLOW GOD'S WILL, TO FIND GOD'S WILL. THE SECOND THING IS FOUND IN VERSE 2: THEN VERSE 4 GOD CALLED OUT FROM THE BUSH. WE HAVE THE ANGEL OF THE LORD AND GOD CALLING OUT. THAT COULD ADD UP TO BE JESUS. THEN IT SAYS: I MUST LOOK AT THIS REMARK BULL SIGHT. WHY ISN'T THIS BUSH BEING BURNED UP. HOW DO YOU DISCOVER GOD'S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE. YOU'RE WALKING IN GOD'S WILL IN YOUR DAILY LIFE. NOW YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IS STRANGE. ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GET A CALL OUT OF THE BLUE. SOMEBODY BUMPS INTO SOMETHING, THERE IS AN INTERNSHIP ANY CAMPUS. WHAT ARE YOU DOG THIS SUMMER. WHAT? REALLY? MOSES IS JUST DOING WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING AND A BUSH IS BURNING THAT ISN'T CONSUMED. WHAT AN AMAZING THOUGHT. HE SEES A STRANGE SIGHT AND HE WALKS UP TO IT. WATCH HAD A WHAT HE'S DOING. HE WALKS UP TO IT. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU SEE A STRANGE SIGHT, WHEN YOU SENSE, GOD IS DOING SOMETHING. ALL YOU, GOD, TO DO IS TAKE A STEP, ONE STEP. LET ME GIVE YOU A LOT OF FREEDOM. ALL YOU, GOD, TO DECIDE ON DAY ONE IS, IS THERE DAY TWO. I KNOW SOME OF OUTWILLS HAVE YOUR CHILDREN ALREADY NAMED RIGHT NOW. YOU'VE GOT IT FIGURED OUT. THEY DO? UH-OH, THEY DO. I GOT TO FIGURE OUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 2.5 KIDS TOGETHER BEFORE I ASK HER OUT. YOU HAVE TO DECIDE IS THAT A GODLY PERSON, IS THAT THE RIGHT PERSON. YOU BECOME WHO YOU WANT TO MARRY AND THE RIGHT PERSON WILL COME ALONG IN THE REALM. YOU CAN GO OUT AND NOT HAVE A DATE TWO. YOU KEEP WALKING IT OUT. AS YOU WALK IT OUT YOU INVESTIGATE THE STRANGE SIGHT. THE CHURCH I'M AT AT FIRST BAPTIST I GOT A CALL, WITH YOU WONDERED IF YOU WOULD COME MEET WITH US. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE SCRIPTURE. I TOOK A STEP TO WALK TOWARD THE BURNING BUSH. WHEN I WAS GOING TO GO BREAKAWAY, WHO WANTS TO BE A SUBSTITUTE CAREER AFTER THIS HAPPENED. I'M NOT TRYING TO DOWN SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. I JUST SAID LET ME JUST TAKE A STEP. THERE IS A STRANGE SIGHT OF SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE WITH THIS BUSH, AT BREAKAWAY STARTING WHEN I WAS A SOPHOMORE IN COLLEGE AND TO LET THAT BURN AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. TAKE NOTICE AND JUST TAKE A STEP. NUMBER THREE, SEE IF THE BUSH BURNS UP. SEE IF THE BUSH BURNS UP. IF IT DOESN'T BURN UP, IT'S OF GOD. IF IT BURNS UP, IT'S A BED. YOU WANT ISAAC, NOT ISHMAIL IN YOUR LIFE. YOU WANT THE GIFT OF LIFE, NOT THE WORK OF MAN OVER A SHORT TIME OF GETTING IT DONE. YOU WANT ISAAC, NOT ISHMAEL. LORD, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DISCERN BETWEEN THOSE THINGS. I WANT IS THE BLESSING OF GOD, THE BLESSING OF GOD'S WILL IN MY LIFE. ALLOW THE GOD TO BRING STRAIN SIGHTS. WE'RE WALKING IN FAITHFULNESS. IN DOING THAT, INTIMACY WITH GOD AS DAVID SAID EARLIER, SPENDING TIME WITH GOD, WALKING IN THE WAYS OF GOD, DOING THE WILL OF GOD I KNOW TODAY. I CAN DO WHAT I KNOW. AS I DO WHAT I KNOW, STRANGE SIGHTS ARE GOING TO POP UP. DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO BE EASY. THERE MAY BE MISSING CHARGE -- MISCARRIAGE ALONG THE WAY, THERE MAY MAY BE LOT OF ALONG THE WAY. TO ALLOW THE CALL OF GOD TO TAKE YOU FORWARD AND THEN SEE IF THE BUSH IS BURNED UP. LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION. THE BURNING BUSH, HERE IS WHAT I THINK A LOT OF YOU ARE TRYING TO DO IN MY LIFE: WE'RE TRYING TO LIGHT THE BUSH, GET OUR OWN LIGHTING HERE. WE'RE LIGHTING IT, GET IT GOING THERE, WE'RE ABLE TO SAY WE WANT THIS BUSH. HERE IS THE BUSH I WANT TO LIGHT ON FIRE. OH LORD, HE SURE IS CUTE. IF I CAN LIGHT THAT BUSH THAT WOULD BE GREAT. OH, LORD, SHE IS, WHOO, COME ON: MAN, THAT JOB, THAT IS THE ONE I WANT, THAT IS THE ONE FOR ME, THAT PAYCHECK, THAT DEGREE, THAT THIS -- AND WE SPENT ALL OUR TIME CLICKING AROUND LIKE THE BUSH. IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, WE FIND A BUSH THAT IS ON FIRE THAT GOD IS CALLING US TO AND WE SAY OH, NO LORD, THAT IS NOT THE ONE INTEREST. I WANT A DIFFERENT BUSH, GOD. AND SO WE GOT TO PUT THAT BUSH OUT, WE GOT TO KNOCK THAT BUSH DOWN, WE GOT TO GET THAT FIRE OUT. I DO NOT WANT -- I CAN TELL YOU IN MY LIFE I WAS A MARKETING MAJOR, TEXAS A&M, BUSINESS SCHOOL, MY DAD WAS A BUSINESSMAN, I HAD FULL INTENTIONS OF BEING A BUSINESSMAN. WE NEED CHRISTIAN BUSINESSMEN. TREMENDOUSLY. BUT THAT WASN'T THE CALL ON MY LIFE. AND SO I WAS LIKE, LORD, I'M SENSING MINSTER. NO, NO, NO, NO. SPRAY, SPRAY, SPRAY, SPRAY. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, I WANT HER, I WANT THAT, I WANT THIS, I WANT, EVERYBODY, TO COME TO MY LAKE HOUSE AND RIDE AROUND IN MY BOATS ON YOUTH GROUP DAY. THAT'S WHAT I WANT. I GOT A PLAN, LORD, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. HE'S LIKE GREGG, I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU. WE END UP BEING THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER TRYING TO PUT OUT GOD'S WILL. YOU DON'T GET TO THE RIGHT PICTURE DECADES LATER BY PUTTING OUT GOD'S WILL. YOU DON'T GET THERE FROM TURNING THE LIGHT TO FLAME EITHER. HERE IS WHAT I WANT TO ASK YOU TO DO. THIS WONDERFUL CHAPTER OF LIFE YOU'RE IN, THAT YOU WOULD SAY, LORD, I SURRENDER TO YOU AND I LAY DOWN THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND I GIVE IT TO YOU AND LAY DOWN THE BLAME AND GIVE IT TO YOU. I WANT TO LAY THESE THINGS BEFORE YOU -- BEFORE YOU AND I WANT GOD, YOU, TO LEAD ME TO WHERE YOU WANT ME TO BE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU'LL LOVE WHERE HE LEADS YOU. AGAIN, I WANTED TO SAY IT WON'T ALWAYS BE EASY. MARRIAGE IS NOT ALWAYS EASY. PARENTING IS NOT ALWAYS EASY. HE'LL LEAD YOU IN YOUR JOB, IN YOUR VOCATION, IN YOUR CALLING. YOU INSTEAD OF SPENDING YOUR LIFE PUTTING OUT THE FLAMES OF GOD, YOU'LL SPEND YOUR LIFE DISCOVERING BUSHES THAT NEVER BURN UP. AND ISN'T THAT INCREDIBLE BECAUSE WHO IS THE ONE THAT IS KEEPING THAT FLAME GOING. GOD. IF YOU LIGHT THE BUSH YOU GOT TO KEEP THE FLAME GOING. IF YOU EXTRA TISSUE ISSUE -- EXTINCT THE BUSH YOU GOT TO GET IT GOING AGAIN. YOU WANT TO BE SAVED BY THE EFFORTS OF GOD AND WALK IN THE EFFORTS OF MAN? DO YOU WANT YOUR ALL RIGHT FOR AWFUL ETERNITY TO BELONG TO HIS WORK, BUT YET YOUR LIFE IS ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO, HOW YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. OH, MY GOODNESS, PLEASE, PLEASE KNOW, PLEASE, I'M FURTHER ALONG ON THE JOURNEY THAN YOU ARE. I'M BEGGING YOU, LET GOT LIGHT THE BUSH, LET HIM BE THE ONE THAT KEEPS IT BURNING AND WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS DATE ONE WILL TURN TO DATE TWO AND DATE TWO WILL TURN TO DATE THREE, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, I CAN'T GET THIS OUT OF MY MIND. THIS IS GREAT. IIN TURNED AT A CHURCH ONE SUMMER. WITH A YOUTH GROUP. I CAME BACK TO THE BUSINESS SCHOOL AND I DREAMED AND THOUGHT ABOUT YOUTH MINISTRY. I LOVED BEING ABLE TO TEACH THE BIBLE. I TOLD DAVID BEFORE WE CAME OUT TODAY OR INTO THE ROOM TODAY, I SAID SOMEWHERE AROUND .2 I'LL FEEL THE FIRE AND I'LL THINK THIS IS WHAT I WAS MADE TO DO. THAT IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE. MINISTRY IS NOT EASY, PASTORING IS NOT EASY, TEACHING AND PREACHING IS NOT EASY, BUT THERE'S A BURNING BLAME. GOD CAN CHANGE BUSHES AT DIFFERENT TIMES TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, BUT LET'S ALL BE THE PEOPLE THAT STAY WITH THE BURNING BUSH AND FIND THE PLACE THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU. AND THEN WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IS HE WALKS FORWARD. DID YOU SEE WHAT IT SAID IN VERSE 4 -- VERSE 3. IT SAYS: GOD SAID I GOT YOU, MOSES, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON YOUR HEART 40 YEARS. TO BRING YOU TO THIS VERY MOUNTAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THE 10 COMMANDMENTS AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE STRENGTH TO GO TO PHARAOH AND SAY LET THE PEOPLE GO. ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I GOT TO GET YOU IN A PLACE. DON'T MISS THIS, I KNOW YOU'RE IN A COFFEE SHOP, MOST OF YOU OR WATCHING YOU ON A SCREEN, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO PAY ATTENTION. DON'T MISS THIS. LISTEN TO THIS. GOD WANTS YOU TO LEAN FORWARD BEFORE HE GIVES YOU HIS GREATEST GIFTS. WHY WOULD HE WASTE ONE OF HIS PRINCESSES ON A MAN WHO HAS NO HEART FOR GOD? WHY WOULD GOT GIVE YOU AN AMAZING GODLY LEADER HUSBAND, LADIES, IF YOU DON'T REQUIRE IT? HE DOESN'T FLIPLY JUST GIVE CALLINGS AND JOBS AND PLACES OF IMPACT. I WANT THE FIRE OF GOD MORE THAN ANYTHING. GOD, GIVE IT TO ME. IF THAT FIRE IS SINGLEHOOD, I WANT IT BECAUSE IT'S FROM YOU. IF THAT FIRE IS MISSION WORK, I WANT IT BECAUSE IT'S FROM YOU. IF THAT FIRE IS ALONE ON A MOUNTAIN TENDING ME SHEEP, I WANT IT FROM YOU. AND I WANT ISAAC -- ISAAC, ISHMAEL, THE SPLITTING OF THE SEA, THE MIRACLES OF ACTS AND THE LONG WALK OF OBEDIENCE THROUGH THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND MISCARRIAGE, I WANT THE LONG WALK OF OBEDIENCE WHEN MY ROOMMATE SITUATION IS DIFFICULT, WHEN I'M NOT SURE WHAT I'M TO DO, AND YOU WALK TOWN THAT BURNING BUSH AND THEN YOU HEAR, GREGG, GREGG, I WANT YOU TO MARRY KELLY. GREGG, GREGG, I WANT YOU TO PASTOR THIS CHURCH, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO SHEPHERD IN THE WAYS OF GOD. GREGG, GREG, I WANT YOU TO HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER. I WANT YOU TO BE ON YOUR KNEES AND WAIT ON ME. YOU WON'T GET TO THE PERSONALIZED NAME PART, THIS ISN'T WORDS, IT'S ACTUALLY GOD'S GRACE TO BRING TO YOU THAT MOMENT THAT YOU HEAR GOD AND MY FRIEND THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE IN YOUR PICTURE, THAT HOUSE HAS BEEN PRAYED OVER THAT WAS BEHIND YOU, GOD PUT US IN THAT PLACE BECAUSE HIS WILL, THOSE KIDS HAVE BEEN PRAYED FOR EVERYDAY BEFORE THEY WERE EVEN BORN BEFORE THAT WIFE OF MINE, SHE IS PRAYING FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. AND YET THERE'S BEEN PAIN AND DEATH AND SOME IN OUR LIVES AS WELL. GOD, SEE IF THE BUSH BURNS UP. YOU KNOW WHAT, IF IT BURNS UP, KEEP WALKING. LET IT BURN UP. THAT COULD BE A PLACE OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE, SO LET IT BURN UP. THE LAST ONE AND WE'RE DONE, VERSE 4, I READ IT TO YOU. HERE IS THE FOURTH THING, THE FINAL THING ON THIS. REVENUE RECENTLY RESPOND. REVERENTLY RESPOND. YOU GOT A PICTURE SOMEWHERE IN YOUR FUTURE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO LOOK LIKE MINE. IT CAN BE A SURF BOARD ON THE BEACHES OF HAWAII. THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ONE BECAUSE YOU INVENTED THE GREAT SURF BOARD THERE EVER WAS. IT COULD BE TAKING CARE OF ADOPTED KIDS, YOU AS A TEACHER, MUSICIAN, A BUSINESS PERSON, WHATEVER IT IS, GOD CAN DO THAT. YOU JUST BE FAITH TODAY AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY OF WHAT DOES GOD HAVE FOR YOU THIS AFTERNOON. TO FOLLOW GOD'S WILL IS TO FIND GOD'S WILL. IT'S NOT THE NEED I WILL IN THE HAYSTACK, IT'S THE HAY IN THE HAYSTACK. YOU'LL FIND A STRANGE SIGHT THAT SORE SOME REASON I GOT A PASSION FOR X, Y, Z, AND I NEED THIS MAJOR FOR THAT. THERE IS A STRANGE SIGHT THAT HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE. THAT IS A WEIRD TEXT. I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST GOT THAT. THAT IS AN INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THAT CLUB OR ORGANIZATION. YOU'LL TAKE A STEP TOWARDS THAT AND GO WHAT IS THAT. IT WILL EITHER, YOUR HONOR, BEEN UP OR IT WON'T BURN UP. AS YOU FOLLOW, THEN YOU REVERENTLY RESPOND. YOU DON'T GO, THANK YOU, LORD, I GOT IT, ALL RIGHT, SEE YOU LATER. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING GOD, I'VE BEEN WALKING WITH GOD, I'VE BEEN SPENDING TIME WITH GOD, AND I'VE BEEN ALONE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN WONDERING IF GOD EVEN NOSE IF I EXIST AND NOW HERE I AM AND THERE IS A BUSH THAT IS SO STRANGE, AND A I JUST HEARD MY NAME SPOKEN BY MY GOD. THIS IS THE NEXT RESPONSE. HERE I AM. HERE I AM. I WANT YOU TO TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF, OKAY? I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO ME. THIS IS WHO I AM IS GOD. MOSES, IF YOU DON'T GET THIS, IF WHO I AM AS, GOD, YOU GOT A HARD PATH AHEAD OF YOU. I'M THE GOD OF AUBURN HAM, ISAAC, JACOB, I'M HERE WITH YOU. AND MOSES THEN HID HIS FACE AND SAID I JUST -- I JUST CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE THIS. LORD, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A CHURCH TO PASTOR. I CAN'T BELIEVE, GOD, THAT I'M A PARENT, I CAN'T BELIEVE, GOD, THAT WE'VE JUST BEEN TOLD BY THE DOCTOR THAT THE BABY IS DEAD. I CAN'T BELIEVE, GOD, THAT YOU ALLOW ME TO TEACH PEOPLE THE BIBLE. NO FIRE EXTINGUISHER IN IN MY HAND, NO AIM AND FLAME. MY LIFE IS YOURS. IN THOUSANDS OF THOSE MOMENTS WILL BRING YOU TO YOUR PICTURE. AND IT WON'T BE A PERFECT PICTURE. BUT IT WILL BE YOUR PICTURE. IF YOU REWIND AND LOOK BACK, THERE WAS SOME GUY, FROM HOUSTON OR WHEREVER, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER HIS NAME, HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT GOD'S WILL AND MOSES' JOURNEY AND THAT ONE THING STUCK WITH ME AND GOD WILL DO SOMETHING KNEW AND HE'LL USE YOU IN A GREAT WAY. THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, STUDENTS. THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. FOLLOW GOD'S WILL TO FIND GOD'S WILL. INVESTIGATE THE STRANGE SIGHTS AND JUST COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. AS YOU WALK WITH GOD, HEAR YOUR NAME FROM THAT BUSH THAT JUST WON'T BURN UP, HE WON'T LET YOU STOP THINKING ABOUT THAT AND IT JUST WON'T BURN UP AND THEN YOU REVERENTLY RESPOND AND FOLLOW HIM ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. IS THIS A PLATFORM FOR A PERFECT LIFE? NO, IT'S NOT. DO YOU HAVE TO BE SINLESS TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THIS? NO, YOU DON'T. THERE IS GRACE UPON GRACE. BUT YOU GOT TO LOOK FOR GOD IN IT TO FIND GOD'S WILL. DON'T BE UNDERWE WOULD WITH THE PLAN OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE. DON'T BE A BANKER WITH HUNDRED BILLION BILLS OR DIAMONDS. LAST THING I'LL TELL YOU AND WE'RE DONE. THERE'S A PLAYER FROM NEW YORK YEARS AGO, BOBBY RICHARDSON. HE WAS THE FIRST BASEMAN OF THE NEW YORK YANKEES. HE PRAYED AT AND VENT, DEAR GOD, YOUR WILL, NOTHING MORE, NEGATIVE LESS, NOTHING ELSE. THAT IS A POWERFUL, POWERFUL STATEMENT. I SHARED THAT AT OUR CHURCH ONE DAY, A YOUNG LADY CAME UP AND SAID CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING? SEE SAID A THAT IS MY GRANDFATHER AND HE WAS A GODLY GREAT MAN. AND I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THAT. GOD, YOUR WILL, NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS, NOTHING ELSE. YOU MAKE THAT YOUR PRAYER. AND YOU JUST LOOK OUT, AND GOD WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP YOUR PICTURE AS HE WANTS TO DEVELOP IT. FILLED WITH SOME PAIN, BUT YOUR PICTURE. SURF BOARD IN HAWAII, FASHION DESIGNER IN NEW YORK, OR STANDING IN FRONT OF A HOUSE WITH A COUPLE KIDS OR HOWEVER MANY, YOU LET GOD DEVELOP THAT THROUGH HIS WILL. FATHER, WE COME IN JESUS' NAME, WE THANK YOU, LORD, WE TRUST YOU, GOD, I PRAY, GOD, THAT WE WOULD AT THIS VERY MOMENT SURRENDER THE FLAME, SURRENDER THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER, AND JUST GIVE IT TO YOU, LORD. LIGHT THE BUSH LIKE OUR LIFE, LORD. GIVE US THE SERMON TO FOLLOW IT AND I PRAY FOR THESE STUDENTS, LORD. WHO KNOWS WHAT YOU CAN DO IN THEM AND THROUGH THEM. FATHER, AS A SOPHOMORE IN COLLEGE YOU JUST PLANTED IN MY HEART, HOW TO BIBLE STUDY IN YOUR APARTMENT AND IT TURNED INTO THOUSANDS BEFORE EVEN WHEN I WANTED TO QUIT WHEN PEOPLE LAUGHED AT ME, GOD. YOU TOOK ME THROUGH IT. SO I PRAY FOR THESE STUDENTS. SHOW THEM THE BUSH. LET THEM FOLLOW YOU TODAY. JUST INVESTIGATE AND WALK IT ON AND DEVELOP THEIR PICTURE WITH THE PAIN, WITH THE JOY, WITH THE GAPS, THERE SHOULD BE THREE KIDS IN MY PICTURE, LORD. THERE'S TWO. AND WE HONOR YOU. SO LORD, DEVELOP THE PICTURE THAT YOU HAVE FOR EACH ONE OF US. I HAVE TO SAY EVEN IN MY LIFE IT'S STILL DEVELOPING. IT WILL BE A NEW PICTURE 10 YEARS FROM NOW. SOMETHING DIFFERENT. YOUR PLAN. GOD'S WILL. YOUR WILL, NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS, NOTHING ELSE, IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. >> CAN WE THANK PASTOR GREGG. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MAN, THANK YOU, SO MUCH. WHAT A TIMELY WORD FOR US, ESPECIALLY AS WE COME INTO THE WEEK OF GRADUATION AND COMMENCEMENT AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS. A GREAT RESOURCE THAT GOES A A BIT FURTHER INTO A 35-MINUTE SERMON IS PASTOR GREGG'S BOOK FINDING GOD'S WILL IN YOUR LIFE. I CAN'T RECOMMEND IT HIGHLY ENOUGH FOR YOU IF YOU'RE AT THAT INTERSECTION IN YOUR LIFE. COOL THINGS HAPPEN AT INTERSECTIONS, BUT IT'S ALSO WHERE A LOT OF WRECKS HAPPEN. SO WE WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE 100 COPES OF THAT BOOK ORDERED AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT THE SHEPHERD OFFICE NEXT WEEK WHEN THEY ALIVE. IF YOU SENSE AS YOU'RE HEARING THIS, THAT WAS A GOOD FIRST STEP. >> LEFT1: HEARING FROM HIM ABOUT DISCOVERING REALLY THE TRUE WILL OF LIFE AND INTERESTING TO FURTHER IN JUST AS A GRADUATION GIFT, THERE WILL BE ABOUT 100 COPIES OFET SITTING ON THE HILL IN THE SHEPHERDS' OFFICE IN ABOUT A WEEK WHEN THEY ALIVE AND YOU CAN GO BY AND GRAB THEM UNTIL YOU'RE GONE. I THINK THAT IS -- TODAY, SOMEBODY WAS HEARING THIS AND SAYING, ALL RIGHT, THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION THAT I NEED TO GO FURTHER IN WITH PASTOR GREGG. THAT BOOK IS SUCH A GREAT RESOURCE. THERE WILL BE 100 COPIES OF IT WAITING FOR YOU ON THE HILL PROBABLY BY NEXT WEEK. WE LOVE YOU. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT. JOIN US ONLINE IF YOU COULDN'T GET A TICKET. 6:30. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. YOU'RE DISMISSED.
