>>> THAT IS A GREAT MESSAGE. REST IN THE HANDS OF AN ALMIGHTY GOD WHO KNOWS US. THERE IS A FAMILY IN OUR LIBERTY UNIVERSITY THAT RIGHT NOW THEY NEED OUR PRAYERS. MANY OF YOU HEARD ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, WALTER, PASSED AWAY A FEW DAYS AGO, TRAGICALLY SICK FOR A LONG TIME. BACK IN 2015 HIS DAD WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. HIS SON PASSED AWAY. THIS COMING SUNDAY, AT MILL CITY CHURCH, THERE WILL BE A MEMORIAL SERVES FOR WALLSTER. IT WILL BE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, IF YOU KNEW HIM, PART OF OUR SCHOOL THERE, INCREDIBLE YOUNG MAN. IF YOU KNOW FAMILY, MINISTER TO THEM, SO NEXT KNOW WE ARE WRAPPING OUR HEARTS AND MINDS AROUND THEM. LET'S PRAY RIGHT NOW. WE SPEAK COURAGE AND COMFORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT INTO THE LIFE OF THIS FAMILY. THE FACT THAT NO MATTER WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING, GOD, THAT YOU ARE GOD. GOD, I KNOW FOR NAM, FOR THE SCOTT FAMILY, THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT TODAY IN A WAY THEY HAVE NEVER KNOWN BEFORE. THE TRAGEDIES THEY'VE EXPERIENCED AS FAMILY, THE HEARTACHE THEY HAVE BEEN THERE. I KNOW YOU STILL CARE, YOU STILL LOVE THEM AND YOU WILL DO FOR THEM WHAT THEY DESPERATELY NEED, BUT IT'S IN THOSE MOMENTS THAT OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN THAT OFTENTIMES THE SITUATION AND THE CIRCUMSTANCE CAN CLOUD OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHO YOU ARE. SO GOOD, I JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD OPEN THAT FAMILY'S EYES TO WHO YOU ARE, LET THEM SEE YOU WORKING IN THEIR LIVES, LET THEM CONTINUE TO REST IN THE PERFECT PEACE THAT COMES ONLY FROM YOU. GOD, FOR THAT WE WILL GIVE YOU THE PRAISE. WE PRAY THAT EVEN IN WALTER'S SHORT LIFE, THAT YOU WOULD USE HIS TESTIMONY AND HIS WITNESS AND THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MINISTRY NOT ONLY TO THE STUDENTS AT LIBERTY, BUT SO MANY OTHERS THAT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF KNOWING HIM AND KNOWING ABOUT HIM AND HEARING HIS HEART, THAT THEY WOULD BE POINTED TOWARDS YOU BECAUSE TODAY WALTER IS WITH YOU. FATHER, FOR THAT, WE ALSO GIVE YOU THE PRAISE. BLESS OUR TIME TOGETHER TODAY. HELP US TO BE ENCOURAGED THROUGH YOUR WORD, HELP US TO GROW IN OUR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHO YOU ARE AND HELP US TODAY THAT WHEN WE WALK OUT OF THIS LOOM, THAT WE WILL BE CLOSER TO YOU THAN WHEN WE WALKED IN. IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. HAVE A SEAT. YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS. WE HAVE BEEN MINUTETERING TO THE AFGHAN REFUGEES THAT ARE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AWAY, WE'VE HAD OVER WITHIN HUNDRED OF OUR STUDENTS AT LIBERTY GOING AND BEING A PART OF THOSE MISSIONS. IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE GROUPS OF STUDENTS THAT HAS GONE DOWN TO FORT PICKET IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, STAND WHY -- WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW. LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WE HAD A GROUP THAT WAS OVER THERE YESTERDAY MINISTERING AND WE HAVE MORE GROUPS GOING TOMORROW AND EVERY SATURDAY WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THERE. SO IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED ON YET TO BE A PART OF THAT, WE JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU. IN FACT, YOU CAN TEXT US, TEXT SERVE NOW TO 839858 AND THEY'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW TO GET CONNECTED ON ONE OF THOSE TRIPS. WE ARE CONTINUING TO COLLECT THINGS FOR THAT TRUCK WE HAVE HAD AROUND. SOME OF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF GOING AND PLAYING SPORTS WITH THE KIDS. WE WANT YOU TO A PART OF THAT. WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS MORNING BY VIDEO WHAT GOD HAS BEEN DOING THERE WHEN WE JUST SIMPLY SAY GOD, HERE WE ARE, SEND US. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO. >> GOOD MORNING. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS. GOOD NEWS. I WAS CALLED THIS MORNING AND TOLD IF I WANTED TO LIFT ALL THE CAPACITY RESTRICTIONS THEY WOULD ADVISE ME TO DO THAT. AS OF RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO CAPACITY RESTRICTIONS HERE AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. [ APPLAUSE AND CHEERING ] >> WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO NORMAL. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WELL, YOU KNOW -- I CAN'T HEAR YOU. [ CHEERING ] >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE TELLING ME OFF OR TELLING ME YOU LIKE IT. I COULDN'T HEAR YOU. [ LAUGHTER ] >> , BUT ANYWAY, I'VE BEEN REJOICING AS WE'VE COME TO CONVO TO SEE WHAT GOD HAS BEEN DOING AND ALSO HOW YOU HAVE BEEN RESPONDING TO GOD'S WORD AND GOD'S MESSENGERS. LAST WEEK WE SAW EVERY SPACE HERE FILLED WITH STUDENTS HERE COMING TO SAY I WANT TO BECOME A BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST, I AM BECOMING A BELIEVER AND I WANT TO FOLLOW THE LORD JESUS AS MY LORD AND I WERE SAVIOR. LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG HAND. [ APPLAUSE ] ON THE NEXT CONVO WE HAD A CAPACITY OF PEOPLE COME FOR IT AND -- FORWARD AND SAY I'M A CHRISTIAN, BUT I WANT TO MAKE HIM THE LORD OF MY LIFE MORE THAN I EVER HAVE. LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG HAND. [ APPLAUSE ] >> BECAUSE OF WHAT I AM SEEING HERE IN RESPONSE TO GOOD' WORD AND MESSENGERS, AS WE CELEBRATE OUR 50th ANNIVERSARY HERE AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, I THINK THIS COULD BE THE GREATEST YEAR IN THE HISTORY OF LUBBOCK LIBERTY. WHY? YEAH, BECAUSE -- LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, THAT IS WHAT WE MAKE THIS YEAR AS WE LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF GOD AND AS WE OBEY THE WORD OF GOD, IT COULD BE THE BEST YEAR IN THE HISTORY OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. WHAT DO YOU THINK? [ APPLAUSE AND CHEERING ] >> MY WIFE AND I, WE ENJOY JUST WALKING AROUND THE CAMPUS AND MEETING YOU AS STUDENTS, AND SOMETIMES WE'LL SEE A STUDENT WHO IS JUST SITTING BY THEMSELVES. MAYBE THEY'RE BY THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY'VE NOT MADE ANY CONNECTIONS YET, OR MAYBE THEY'RE JUST HAVING A QUIET TIME. WE SAW A STUDENT, A YOUNG LADY, AND WE WALKED OVER TO HER AND WE SAW HER BIBLE. SHE HAD ONE OF THESE BIBLES THAT HAS THE WIDE MARGINS ON THE SIDE WHERE YOU CAN MAKE NOTES. I LOOKED DOWN AT HER BIBLE AND I SAID WHAT ARE YOU STUDYING? SHE SAID I'M LOOKING AT A CHAPTER IN PSALM. I LOOKED AT HER BIBLE AND THERE WAS NOTES THAT SHE HAD WRITTEN DOWN AS SHE WAS READING GOD'S WORD WHAT IT MEANT TO HER. NOW I BELIEVE SHE'S HERE TODAY. ASHLEY, WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU? HELP ME. WHERE IS SHE? [ CHEERING ] >> NOW ASHLEY, I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO COME TO LUNCH RIGHT AFTER THIS CONVO WITH ME AND MY WIFE, THE GUEST SPEAKER, AND PASTOR JONATHAN AND HIS WIFE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I WANT YOU TO MEET US RIGHT OVER HERE, OKAY? [ APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERING ] >> NOW SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY GOING TO SAY MAN, I'M GOING TO GO GOUT AND GET MY BIBLE AND START EVERYTHING A QUIET TIME. [ LAUGHTER ] >> ALL RIGHT, IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TODAY TO INTRODUCE OUR GUEST SPEAKER. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, HE'S DONE SO MUCH, THEY HAD TO GIVE ME QUEUE CARD HERE. BY THE WAY, BEFORE I INTRODUCE OUR GUEST SPEAKER, SOME OF YOU ARE WEARING A RIBBON TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT THAT COMPLAINTS OF SECONDS BULL ABUSE OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS SERIOUSLY DEALT WITH AND THOSE WHO MAYBE HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED OR MAYBE DONE SOMETHING SEXUALLY, SO THAT WE CAN PREVENT SEXUAL ABUSE AND CERTIFICATION HARASSMENT HERE AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE WANT TO MAKE THIS A SAFE PLACE. FOR ALL STUDENTS. WE WANT YOU TO FELLOW SAFE. WE DON'T WANT ANY SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR SEXUAL ABUSE. I DON'T. AND I TOLD THE DEPARTMENT THAT DEALS WITH THAT'S CORRECT, I SAID YOU TAKE EVERY COMPLAINT SERIOUSLY AND YOU DEAL WITH IT SERIOUSLY. THAT'S WHAT I WANT, I THINK THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT. [ APPLAUSE AND CHEERING ] >> WELL, LET ME GET BACK TO INTRODUCE INTRODUCING OUR GUEST SPEAKER. PASTOR GARY HAMRICK. [ APPLAUSE ] >> HE'S SENIOR PASTOR OF THE CORNERSTONE CHAPEL IN LEESBURG, VIRGINIA. [ CHEERING ] >> ON THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE MUSEUMS MUSEUMS OF THE BIBLE, HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH CABINET SECRETARIES, SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, THE ISRAELI AMBASSADOR, HE SERVES AS THE CHIEF CHAPLAIN FOR THE LONDON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, HE'S AN AVID NEWS JUNKIE, HE ENJOYS FISHING, CAMPING, PLAYING SPORTS, WORD WORKING, YOU WILL APPEARING HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG HERE. HE DOESN'TEN JOAN HUNTING. I'M A HUNTER. HE DOESN'T ENJOY HUNTING. [ LAUGHTER ] >> WILL YOU PRAY FOR HIM? LET'S WELCOME PASTOR GARY HERE TO CONVO AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. [ APPLAUSE AND CHEERING ] >> GOOD MORNING, LIBERTY. WOW. IT'S SO EXCITING TO BE HERE. I FEEL SO HONORED, I FEEL, SO BLESSED, I FEEL SO HUMBLED BY ALL THIS, AND TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF, THIS IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND, RIGHT, THE LARGEST GATHERING OF CHRISTIAN COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE WORLD. WOW. [ CHEERING ] >> SO I PROMISE I WON'T LET THAT GO TO MY HEAD BECAUSE I RELATE TO THE WORDS OF THE LATE GREAT PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN, WINSTON CHURCHILL. HE WAS ONCE ASKED, DOESN'T IT THRILL YOU WHEN A CROWD COMES OUT TO HEAR YOU GIVE A SPEECH, AND HE SAID WELL, IT'S QUITE FLATTERING, BUT EVERY TIME I THINK OF THAT, I'M REMINDED IF I WERE BEING HANGED, THE CROWD WOULD BE TWICE AS BIG. SO I'M THANKFUL THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE TODAY. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF PEOPLE HERE. YOUR EVENTS TEAM, THANK YOU, PASTOR JONATHAN, THANK YOU, DR. PREVO, ASHLEY, AMY, DILLON, JOSH, THEY SENT PEOPLE, SOMEBODY, TO CHARLES VILLAGE JUST TO GET ME KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS BECAUSE I I I HAVE A LOVE OF THEM RIGHT NOW. I'LL CONFESS THAT RIGHT NOW. IT'S GOT TO BE IN THE BIBLE THERE. IT'S MANNA FROM HEAVEN. ALL THE WAY TO CHARLES VILLAGE. IT IS SO GOOD TO BE HERE. ARE YOU READY? JESUS CAN COME AT ANY TIME, YOU DON'T KNOW THE TIME, BE READY ALL THE TIME BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. [ APPLAUSE ] >> SO I'M SO HONORED TO BE HERE. TWO OF MY THREE CHILDREN ARE HERE, MY WIFE GOT SICK A FEW DAYS BEFORE COMING HERE, THAT'S ALL RIGHT, SHE TESTED NEGATIVE FOR COVID. DON'T CALL DR. FAUCI. WHAT A MESS. TWO OF MY THREE KIDS ARE HERE. MY SISTER-IN-LAW AND SOME OF MY CHILDREN GRADUATED FROM LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. I FEEL LIKE I'VE COME HOME BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE SHE GRADUATED, SO IT'S REALLY A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE. NOW I KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS THIS GUY. AND THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO I AM TOO FOR MOST OF MY LIFE. I GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I STUMBLED INTO MINISTRY. I GOT SAVED AT A YOUNG AGE. I INITIALLY DENIED A CALLING ON MY LIFE. THE REASON, MY UNCLE AND GRANDFATHER WAS A PASTOR, MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS A HORSEBACK PREACHER IN WEST VIRGINIA. I BEGAN TO THINK THAT MAYBE I ONLY WANT TO BE A PASTOR BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE DO IN OUR FAMILY. MY FRESHMAN YEAR I WAS AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, MY SOPHOMORE YEAR AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AT A COMMUNICATIONS MAJOR, COMMUNICATIONS MAJORS, GOD BLESS YOU. [ CHEERING ] >> AND THEN AT THE END OF MY SOPHOMORE YEAR GOT AHOLD OF MY HEART. YOU KNOW THOSE TIMES WHEN GOD WHISTLE PERCENT TO YOUR HEART AND HE SAID YOU KNOW YOU'LL NEVER BE HAPPY UNTIL YOU'RE SERVING ME. THAT IS TRUE OF ALL OF US. PASTOR, PLUMBER, ATHLETE, ELECTRICIAN, NURSE, BUSINESS EXECUTIVE, STAY-AT-HOME MOM, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, BE IN THE CENTER OF GOD'S WILL BECAUSE ONLY THEN WILL YOU BE HAPPIEST WHEN YOU'RE SERVING HIM IN THE CENTER OF HIS WILL. WHEN I SAID YES TO THE LORD AT THE END OF MY SOPHOMORE YEAR GOD OPENED THE DOOR TO MY MINISTRY. I WAS HIRED AS A YOUTH PASTOR, BUT THAT WAS WHAT GOD ARNOLD MO FOR ME. I MET AND MARRIED MY WIFE ALL TIMES AND FINISHED MY LAST TWO YEARS OF SCHOOLING IN ALABAMA BECAUSE LIBERTY DIDN'T HAVE ONLINE AT THAT TIME AND THEN AFTER FOUR YEARS OF BEING A YOUTH PASTOR I ACCEPTED THE INNOVATION --ENATION FROM 18 CHARTER MEMBERS TO BE A PART OF THIS NEW START COMING UP CHURCH AND I'VE BEEN THERE THE LAST 30 YEARS AT CORNERSTONE CHAPEL. [ APPLAUSE ] >> IT'S BEEN SUCH A JOY. GOD HAS DONE THE REST AND I GIVE HIM ALL THE GLORY. AGREEDINGS TO YOU FROM NORTHERN VIRGINIA IN LEESBURG. WE ARE A SUBURBAN OF WASHINGTON, D.C. FRIENDS, PRAY FOR WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, D.C. NEEDS YOUR PRAYERS. WASHINGTON, D.C., THIS IS WHERE GOD HAS PLANTED ME, WHERE HE'S CALLED ME, THIS IS THE MISSION FIELD, IN THE SHADOW OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL, THE HOME OF POLITICS. POLITICS ARE TWO GREEKS WORDS. POLLY, POLITICS, TICKS MEANING BLOOD SUCCESSING INSECTS. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE. RETHANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND GRACE. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD VISIT US IN A VERY PERSONAL AND SPECIAL WAY AND THAT YOU WOULD HELP ME, LORD, NOW, AS WE LOOK NO YOUR WORD, AS WE GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE TO YOU. THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE LOVES US SO MUCH THAT YOU WOULD STOOP DOWN FROM HEAVEN TO RESCUE US. WE LOVE YOU AND WE PRAISE YOU TOGETHER. IT'S IN JESUS MATCHLESS NAME WE PRAY. AND EVERYBODY SAID AMEN. I HEARD THE STORY ABOUT AN ELDERLY COUPLE, THEIR NAMES WERE BILL AND BRANCH. EVERY YEAR THEY WOULD GO TO THE STATE FAIR. BILL ALWAYS WANTED TO TAKE THE HELICOPTER RIDE AT THE STATE FAIR, BUT BLANCH WAS FRUGAL. SHE WOULD SAY IT'S 50 BUCKS. IT'S 50 BUCKS. YEAR AFTER YEAR, SHE SAID BILL, I'D LOVE TO, BUT COME ON, 50 BUCKS IS 50 BUCKS. SO THIS WENT ON YEAR AFTER YEAR. FINALLY HE SAID LISTEN, WE'RE HERE AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE STATE FAIRS I'M GOING TO SEE. I'M GETTING UP THERE IN AGE. LET'S GO ON A HELICOPTER RIDE. AS THEY'RE FUSSING ABOUT THIS, THE PILOT OVERHEARD THE CONVERSATION AND HE SAID LISTEN, I COULDN'T HELP BUT OVER HERE THE CONVERSATION. I'M GOING TO MAKE A TEAL WITH YOU ALL. I'LL TAKE YOU UP IN MY HELICOPTER FOR ME SO LONG AS IF YOU SIT IN THE BACKSEAT AND DON'T SAY A WORD. IF YOU SAY A PEEP I'LL CHARGE YOU 50 BUCKS. SHE COULDN'T REFUSE THAT. WHAT A GOOD DEAL. UP IN THE HELICOPTER THEY WENT SITTING IN THE BACKSEAT. THAT PILOT DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO GET THEM TO SAY SOMETHING. HE WANTED HIS $50. HE'S TAKING THAT HELICOPTER UP AS FAST AS HE CAN, DROPPING IT AS FAST AS HE CAN, HE'S BANKING IT TO THE LEFT, AND TO THE RIGHT. HE'S DOING ALL THESE DIFFERENT MANEUVERS. NOT A WORD FROM THE BACKSEAT. FINALLY THEY LAND AND THE PILOT TURNS AROUND AND SAID MISTER, I GOT TO GIVE IT TO YOU. I DID EVERYTHING I COULD TO GET YOU TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT YOU DIDN'T SAY A WORD, SO THE RIDE'S ON ME. AND BILL WELL, I GOT TO BE HONEST, BUT I ALMOST SAID SOMETHING WHEN MY WIFE FELL OUT OF THE HELICOPTER. [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT 50 BUCKS IS 50 BUCKS. [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT IS A TERRIBLE JOKE, ISN'T IT? THAT'S TERRIBLE. BUT IT ILLUSTRATES A QUESTION. HERE IS THE QUESTION. WHAT DETERMINES THE VALUE OR WORTH OF SOMETHING. 50 BUCKS IS 50 BUCKS. BUT WHAT DETERMINES THE VALUE FOR THE WORTH OF SOMETHING? I SEE A C IN ECONOMIC SO I MIGHT BE OVERSIMPLIFYING THIS ANSWER, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DETERMINES THE VALUE OF WORTH OF SOMETHING IS WHAT SOMEONE IS WILLING TO PAY FOR IT. RIGHT NOW IN MY AREA AND IN MANY PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY, THE REAL ESTATE MARKET IS ON FIRE, JUST TO ILLUSTRATE THIS, AND IT'S A SELLER'S MARKET RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN PUT A HOUSE UP FOR SALE AND GET JUST ABOUT WHATEVER YOU WANT FOR IT. THERE'S A BIDDING WAR. PEOPLE WILL FIGHT FOR THE HIGHER PRICE FOR A HOME. I GOT A FRIEND FROM OUT OF STATE. HE SAID EVERY TIME I PUT A CONTRACT IN A HOUSE, I GET OUTBID. SOMETIMES 100 TO $200,000 MORE THAN THE ASKING PRICE OF THE HOUSE. SO WHAT DETERMINES THE VALUE IS WHAT SOMEONE IS WILLING TO PAY FOR IT. LET ME ASK YOU A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. IF JESUS DIED IN A CROSS FOR YOUR SINS AND HE PAID THE PRICE BY THE SHEDDING OF HIS OWN BLOOD, WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU ABOUT YOUR VALUE AND YOUR WORTH TO GOD? HE PAID THE SUPREME PRICE. HE DIED ON THE CROSS AND SACRIFICED HIS LIFE FOR YOU BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE FOR YOU. WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT YOUR VALUE AND YOUR WORTH IN THE EYES OF GOD. THE BIBLE SAID YOU WERE NOT YOUR OWN, YOU WERE BOUGHT AT A PRICE. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT IN BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN ENEMY OF YOUR SOULS. SATAN HAS COME TO STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY. I'VE COME THAT I MIGHT HAVE LIFE TO HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY. JESUS IS THE AUTHOR OF LIFE, SATAN IS THE DESTROYER OF LIFE. JESUS THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIGHT. SATAN IS A LIAR AND A FATHER OF LIES AND SOME OF YOU I'M CONVINCED, BECAUSE THIS IS THE BURDEN GOD PUT IN MY HEART TODAY, SOME OF YOU ARE BELIEVING THE EYES OF THE ENEMY BECAUSE HE'S TRYING TO DESTROY YOU. AND HE WILL WORK IN WHATEVER WAY HE CAN TO DISCOURAGE YOU IN ORDER TO DESTROY YOU. LET ME TELL YOU WHY THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR AGE GROUP. WHEN THE COVID PANDEMIC WAS AT ITS WORST, THE CDC PUT OUT REPORTS THAT YOUR AGE DEMOGRAPHIC BETWEEN 18 AND 24 HER HIT THE HARDEST, NOT PHYSICALLY, BUT EMOTIONALLY AND MENTALLY. THE CDC PUT THIS OUT LAST YEAR, U.S. ADULTS REPORTED CONSIDERABLY ADVERSE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19. THREE OUT OF FOUR YOUNG ADULTS 18 TO 24 HAVE STRUGGLED IN THE LAST YEAR WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE. SO AS WE'RE TRYING TO CLIMB OUR WAY OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC, YOUR AGE BRACKET ESPECIALLY NEEDS TO KNOW, IF YOU FORGET ANYTHING ELSE TODAY, YOU NEED TO REMEMBER TWO THINGS, THE WORTH IN JESUS AND YOU YOUR HOPE IN JESUS. YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS. IT IS CRITICAL FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS. IN PSALM CHAPTER EIGHT, DAVID WRITES ABOUT THE MAJESTY OF GOD. IT LITERALLY CAN TRANSLATE THE SELF-EXISTENT ONE. IT MEANS THE ONE WHO IS AND WAS AND ALWAYS SHALL BE. GOD FIRST REVEALED HIS PROPER NAME, IF YOU REMEMBER THE STORY, TO MOSES IN THE BURNING BOOK IN EXODUS, CHAPTER 3. MOSES SAID TO GOD, HO HAS SENT ME, THEY'RE GOING TO ASK, AND WHAT IS THE ANSWER. FROM THE BURNING BUSH, GOD SAID TO TELL YOU I AM SENT THEM TO YOU. I AM. IT'S THAT VERB TO BE, I AM THE SELF-EXISTENT ONE. OH LORD, OUR LORD. OH LORD, HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NEED. YOUR NAME IS TO BE REVEERED. I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, STOP TAKE GOD'S NAME IN VAIN. IT'S KIND OF A COMMANDMENT ABOUT IT, RIGHT? NUMBER THREE. DON'T TAKE GOD'S NAME IN VAIN. DON'T USE IT. GOD'S NAME IS HOLY. IF YOU MUST GET ANGRY, THE NAME OF SOMEBODY IN FALSE RELIGION. USE ANOTHER NAME. KICKS YOU OFF. USE A FALSE NAME, DON'T I DON'T GOD'S NAME. DON'T GO HEAD, LET IT RIP. IT'S THE REASON WHY, YOU'LL FIND THIS OUT WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS, WHEN A COUPLE STARTS TO HAVE KIDS YOU SEARCH EVERY NAME BECAUSE YOU WANT THE NAME PROPERLY TO GIVE TO YOUR CHILD, RIGHT? WHAT IS THAT NAME. YOU ELIMINATE NAMES. WE ELIMINATED FORMER BOYFRIEND AND GIVES, PEOPLE THAT -- THERE ARE PEOPLE IN MY CHURCH SUPER SPIRITUAL. THIS NAMED THEIR FAMILY AFTER BIBLE NAMES. MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE. WE GAVE OUR KIDS BIBLE LITTLE NAMES. WE NAMED OUR KIDS WHAT WERE POPULAR AT THE TIME. TYLER, AUSTIN, AND LINDSAY. AND LITTLE DID WE KNOW, ASIDE FROM THE NAME AUSTIN, THEY'RE ALL CITIES IN TEXAS. TYLER, TEXAS, AUSTIN, TEXAS, LINDSAY, TEXAS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> PEOPLE WERE COMING UP TO ME GO, ARE YOU ALL COWBOY FANS? ARE YOU COWBOY FANS? YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. THERE'S TWO THINGS WE'RE GOING TO FIND IN HELL, CATS AND COWBOY FANS. [ LAUGHTER ] [ CHEERING ] >> IT'S IN THE BIBLE, THE MESSAGE BIBLE. THE BOOK OF SECOND OPINIONS. I PASTOR IN WASHINGTON, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A LIFELONG FAN OF THE NO NAME TEAM. [ LAUGHTER ] >> I DIE GUESS. HOW JESSE JACKSON PARTICULAR IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH. THERE IS NO PLACE IN THE PLANET, WHERE YOUR MAJESTY DOES NOT EXTEND. WHEN I CONSIDER YOUR HELPS, THE WORKS OF YOUR FINGERS, THE MOON AND THE STARS, WHICH YOU HAVE SET IN PLACE, HE DOESN'T TAKE TIME TO CONTEMPLATE THE ENTIRE UNIVERSITY. IT'S JUST OVERWHELMING ENOUGH THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MOON AND THE STARS, THAT YOU HAVE HUNG IN PLACE. THIS MUCH WE NOW KNOW FROM THE MOON, FOR EXAMPLE. IT'S 240,000 MILES FROM THE EARTH. E IF THE MOON, WHICH IS A FEW DEGREES OFF, THE WORLD WOULD BE FLOODED WITH UNRETRAINED TIDES. HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT STARS. AFTER THE SUN, THE NEXT CLOSEST STAR IS 25 TRILLION MILES AWAY. IN THE 1990s WE THOUGHT THERE WERE ONLY 3,000 GALAXIES. BUT TODAY, WE NOW ESTIMATES THAT ARE 10 TRILLION GALAXIES, EACH WITH 100 BILLION STARS. DO THE MATH. ONE WITH 24 ZEROSs AFTER IT. WHAT IS SO AMAZING IS GOD DETERMINATION THE NUMBER OF THE STARS AND CALLS THEM EACH BY NAME. DAY AFTER DAY, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT THEY DISPLAY KNOWLEDGE. WHAT I CONSIDER YOUR HEAVEN IS THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, THE MOON AND THE SARS, WHICH -- STARS WHICH YOU HAVE SET IN PLACE. HE ASKS THIS POINTIENT QUESTION IN VERSE 4. THIS IS WHAT HE ASKS. WHEN I CONSIDER HOW MAJESTIC YOUR NAME, THAT, GOD, THE ONE WHO HUNG THE MOON IN SPACE AND SPINNING HE WOULD THE DARK SKY WITH STARS TOO NUMEROUS TO COUNT E. WHEN WHEN I CONSIDER THAT, GOD, IT IS STAGGERING TO ME THAT YOU WOULD CARE ABOUT ME, BUT HE DOES. HE CARES FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US. HE IS INTIMATELY AINDICATED WITH EVERY SINGLE OF US. HE HEARS OUR AGGRESSIVE AND BURIES OUR SORROWS. HE BOTTLES THEM UP IN HEAVEN. HE NUMBERS THE HAIRS ON OUR HEAD. THIS IS A PERSONAL GOD WHO IS INTIMATELY ACQUAINTED WITH F SINGLE ONE OF US BECAUSE HE LOVES US AND YOU ARE VALUABLE ENOUGH TO DIE FOR. YOU CAN KNOW GOD IN A PERSONAL WAY BECAUSE HE IS A PERSONAL GOD. THIS STORY HAPPENED IN 1992, THE LADIES' NAME WAS KERRY HORTON. SHE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER FROM CALIFORNIA. SHE LIVED IN A TRAILER AND DRANK A LOT OF BEER AND SMOKE A LOT OF UNFILTERED CAMELS. ONE DAY SHE STUMBLED INTO A FLEA MARKET AND SAW A PAINTING THAT SHE LIKED, BUT SHE BOUGHT IT AS A GAG GIFT FOR A FRIEND. SHE PAID $5 FOR IT. SHE GOT IT HOME TO HER TRAILER, BUT IT WAS TOO BIG TO GET THROUGH THE DOOR. BY HER OWN STORY, I WAS DRINKING BEER, LOOKING AT IT, I WAS THINKING ABOUT DRINKING BEER. SO THERE IT WAS. SHE DECIDED TO SELL IT AT A YARD SALE. SHE SAID I'M NOT AN EXPERT, BUT I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS AN ORIGINAL JACK TO BE POLLACK PAINTING -- PAINTING. AFTER THE ANALYSIS -- BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT ON THE PAINTING -- SIGNATURE ON THE PAINTING, AFTER THAT, COMPARING THE PAINT SAM TELLS -- SAMPLES, HE CONCLUDED THAT IT WAS, IN FACT, AN ORIGINAL PAINTING. SHE WAS OFFERED $9 MILLION. SHE SAID I'M HOLDING OUT FOR 50 MILLION. SHE DIED AND NEVER GOT ANY MONEY OUT OF IT. MY POINT IS THIS. WHAT DETERMINED THE VALUE WAS THE FINGERPRINT OF THE ARTIST. SO MUCH SO THAT HE DIES ON THE USE FOR YOUR SINS. THIS SHOULD GIVE US HOPE. HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH, WHEN I CONSIDER YOUR HEAVENS, THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, THE MOON AND THE STARS, THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU CARE FOR HIM. HE MADE US A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE HEAVEN BEES AND CROWNED US. THIS IS THE UNIVERSE OF GOD WHO LOVED. JEREMIAH COULD RELATE TO TIMES OF BITTERNESS AND DISCOURAGEMENT IN HIS OWN LIFE. IN LAMB TAKENS -- LAMB POLITICIANS CHAPTER 3, HE SAID: HOPE IS A VERY TRICKY THING. THERE WAS AN EXPERIMENT THAT TRIED TO MEASURE HOPE, IT WAS KIND OF A FAMOUS EXPERIMENT IN 1957. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS. DON'T SEND ME ANY ELEMENT MAILS. IT DIDN'T INVOLVE THE GET OF LABORATORY RATS. DON'T SENT ME EMAILS. I'M TOTALLY ONBOARD WITH PETA. HERE IS WHAT HE DID. HE TOOK LABORATORY RATS AND PUT THEM IN GLASS CYLINDERS THAT WERE OPEN AT THE TOP BUT FILLED WITH WATER AND HE DROPPED RATS INTO THE CYLINDERS AND HE WATCHED TO SEE HOW LONG THEY WOULD TREAD WATER UNTIL THEY DIED. ON AVERAGE 16 MINUTES. HE TOOK MORE RATS, INTRODUCED THEM TO THE SAME CONDITIONS. AT THE 16-MINUTE INTERVAL HE TOOK THEM OFF, DRIED THEM OFF AND FED THEM AND REINTRODUCED THEM TO THE SAME CLIMB HE WILL. THIS TIME THEY BE -- CLIMATE. THIS TIME THEY DIDN'T SWIM FOR 16 MINUTES, NOT EVEN 16 HOURS. THEY SWAM FOR THREE FULL DAYS. WHY? BECAUSE HOPE WAS INTRODUCED TO THEM. IF THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS IF RATS HAVE HOPE, HOW MUCH MORE CAN YOU AND I HAVE FROM ABOVE IF WE HAVE HOPE. IS THE WORD HOPE IN HEBREW LITERALLY MEANS WON'T RECORD. IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE HOPE YOU HAVE IN THE LORD HE IS LIKE A LIFELINE, A ROPE OR CORD THAT YOU CAN HOLD ONTO WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS FALLING APART BECAUSE THAT IS THE COINED OF HOPE THAT GOD DELIVERS FOR THOSE WHOM HE LOVES AND AGAIN LOVES SO MUCH THAT HE WOULD DIE TO RESCUE YOU. MY HOPE IS BUILT ON NOTHING LESS THAN JESUS'S BLOOD AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. I DARE NOT TRUST THE SWEETEST REFRAIN, ON CHRIST THE SOLID ROCK I STAND, ALL OTHER GROUND IS SEEKING SAND. I WANT YOU TO KNOW AS WE PRAY THAT YOU HAVEIN ESTIMATE BULL WORK TO THE CREATOR WHOSE FINGERPRINT IS ON YOU AND THAT YOUR HOPE IS IN THE LORD. DON'T YOU BELIEVE THE LIES OF THE ENEMY. GOD LOVES YOU SO MUCH THAT HE SHED HIS BLOOD FOR YOU. THE VALUE AND WORTH THAT YOU HAVE IN THE EYES OF YOUR CREATOR IS WITHOUT MEASURE. THAT IS WHY HE DIED FOR YOU. NOW PUT YOUR HOPE IN HIM. I'M GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU TODAY, FOR THOSE OF YOU, ESPECIALLY THAT ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW WITH SOME DISCOURAGEMENT, MAYBE SOME TYPE OF DEPRESSION EVEN. WHEN YOUR HEART IS DOWN CAST. JUST REMEMBER THAT HE ALSO SAID THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE LORD'S GREAT LOVE THAT WE ARE NOT CONSUMED. HE'S FULL OF COMPASSION FOR YOU. EVERY MORNING THERE'S A FRESH BATCH OF HIS COMPASSION AND MERCY. GREAT IS HIS FAITHFULNESS. LORD, YOU KNOW THOSE HERE TODAY WHO ARE STRUGGLING AND JUST NEED TO BE REMINDED FROM YOUR WORD THAT THE GOD THAT CREATED THE UNIVERSE AND HUNG THE MOON IN OUTER SPACE AND SPINNING HE WOULD THE SKY WITH STARS, THAT GOD CARES ABOUT EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE. HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH. WHEN I CONSIDER YOUR HEAVENS, THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, THE MOON AND THE STARS WHICH YOU HAVE HUNG IN PLACE, WHAT IS -- THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM, THAT YOU CARE FOR HIM. I PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT YOU WOULD MINISTER YOUR GRACE TO EVERY PERSON WHO ARE ESPECIALLY WHO IS STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND THEIR WORTH IN JESUS, WHO NEEDS TO KNOW THE HOPE THAT THEY HAVE IN JESUS. LORD, WOULD YOU VISIT THEM TODAY, PLEASE. WOULD YOU REMIND THEM HOW PRECIOUS THEY ARE, SO MUCH SO THAT YOU GUIDE FOR THEM. WOULD YOU SPEAK TRUTH TO THEM, LORD, INSTEAD OF THE LIES WE SOMETIMES HEAR WHEN THE ENEMY WHISTLE PERCENT TO US, THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. THANK YOU, JESUS, THAT YOU ARE THE AUTHOR AND GIVER OF LIFE AND THAT YOU HAVE COME THAT WE MIGHT HAVE HEAVEN MORE ABUNDANTLY AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE CROSS, YOUR SACRIFICE, YOUR BLOOD THAT WAS SHED, THE PROVIDES THAT WE HAVE MADE. WE HONOR YOU AND PRAISE YOU. VISIT US, LORD, TODAY, TAKE AWAY EVERY DOWN CAST HEART AND FILL IT INSTEAD WITH YOUR MERCY AND YOUR GRACE. WE LOVE YOU AND WE GIVE YOU ALL THE PRAISE, GLORY AND HONOR, IN JESUS' NAME, AND EVERYBODY SAID, AMEN. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. [ APPLAUSE ] >>, HEY, FRIENDS, CAN WE THANK PASTOR GARY FOR BRINGING GOD'S WORD TO US TODAY? COME ON. [ APPLAUSE AND CHEERING ] >> NEXT WEEK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. ON WEDNESDAY WE'LL HAVE JOHN ACUFF WITH US, WEDNESDAY NIGHT WE'LL HAVE PASTOR DAVE STONE AND NEXT FRIDAY, HOMECOMING, WE'LL HAVE SHANNON GREEN WITH US. IT WILL BE A GREAT WEEK. HAVE A GREAT WEEK. YOU GUYS ARE DISMISSED.
