[Applause] Amen, Rock Church. Lets give the Lord a big hand. [Applause] Hello, how is everybody
doing? Hey, let's say hello to all of
our campuses, San Marcus, East County City Heights and Donovan state prison
and Juvenile Hall. Amen. And give a shout out to
missionaries, Amy Howarth, in Mozambique. And God bless you and today we
have a message for the ladies. Hey, very good. Let me say at the top, this
message is directed at the ladies and of course you guys we
want you to respond and receive as well. But for the sake of focus, I
want to focus on the ladies. And you guys are invited, and
that's your invitation and don't want to repeat that but focus on
the ladies today, amen. I got up today with a heavy
burden on my heart, I don't know what it was and it was wearing
me down and I woke up and drove here. Before I pray, I want to throw
to that, and when you pray, you pray for me so that I can give
what God has for you. And sometimes something negative
in my life or maybe somebody here -- not maybe, but God wants
to throw you out your funk. When we pray, throw that in and
prayer and include that in your heart. And if you are that person,
receive it, and God is going to do something and the devil is
trying to hold you back and God will pull you out of his grip,
amen. One thing, our ministry and the
impact of the church is expanding. Last year we had 40 million
people watch and view the gospel online and of that 40 million,
580,000 received Christ and looking to expand that, amen,
amen. What does that mean? They watch the gospel
presentation and they click a button, I receive Jesus Christ
and want information. We count that as someone making
a commitment to Christ. We gave away $1.4 million of
clothing in the needing people in San Diego. Some people their houses burn
down or have needs and we give vouchers to the police
department and fire department and $160,000 vouchers received
and come to our thrift store and get it. Amen. And the ministry in the prison,
we opened a campus last year San Marcus and they grew from 1,000
to 1400 or 1500, that is amazing. And God bless you. And all that is great and that
is expanding. However our giving is flat. And I am praying as someone
comes and the giving goes down. And Lord we have to keep it
going and keep it strong. I want to first thank you all
that give at the campuses. Thank you very much, but
praying, God what about the summer. We have to get through the
summer. I feel like God put on my heart
pray for $1 million over what you give between last week and
June 30. Okay, that's what I am praying
for. I am making that request known
to you, to ask two things. One, you pray with me and say,
God open up the windows of heaven, we have plenty in this
church. And pray for what you would do. Dear God how would you have me
participate? Some of you God has gifted you
with a lot and God has stirred your heart to give and this is a
great time to do it. And some say what would my
little bit do, a little bit from a lot of people does a lot. And I want you to pray about
that and what God would you have do and have God open the windows
of heaven and by June 30 we keep this thing going. Amen. Get on our knees and pray. Lord, thank you, Lord I pray
that you would bless our church today. That you would speak to people. That lives would be changed. Specifically to ladies in the
house. Who carry their own unique
burdens. I pray that you set them free. I pray for miracles. In Jesus' name, amen. Turn to a lady around you and
say, God is going to bless you today. Usually when I hear what people
say they heard me say often unless I have said it five
times. It's not exactly what I said. Are you following what I am
saying. It's not just me, we just hear
stuff. I am going to say this one more
time really slow. This sermon is about women. About a woman in the Bible. It is going to be directed at
women. Because I want to focus on the
ladies. However, it is also for the
guys. But I am going to say over and
over ladies, but it's also for the guys. Are you following what I am
saying? If you are a guy and don't go
home -- ladies, if you go home with a guy and whatever, he was
talking to the ladies and it wasn't for me. Just slap them. Is that fair? Are we clear. Fellas can I get amen. You know what I am saying. Great, I don't have to say it
again. See our Bibles and on the count
of three say word. One, two, three. Say word. Turn it Esther chapter 4, and in
my Bible it's page 348. But you don't have my Bible,
it's not going to help you, Esther chapter 4. Old Testament. And while you turn there, next
week we will have the campus pastor weeks and week after that
a Navy Seal and week after that the Charger players and say
good-bye to the Chargers. Amen. There was a time that would be
exciting. These are Chargers that love
God, can I get amen. I know we are mad and hurt, it's
not the players fault. Don't hate. Don't hate. Esther chapter 4. If you were driving through a
city. And let's hypothetically say it
took you 20 minutes to drive through a city, Manhattan for
example. As you drive through the city,
you would drive and stop at a light. You would drive and stop at a
stop sign. And if Manhattan you drive and
stop because people walk across the street. We don't have right-of-ways, you
are on your own basically. And you drive and keep stopping
and drive stop, drive stop and finally out of the city after a
few days of getting through the traffic. As you are driving -- as a
matter of fact how many have not driven in New York City? It's an adventure, like
Knoxberry farm, very dangerous. But when you drive through the
city, two types of time you are experiencing. One is Chronos time. Everyone say Chronos time. It's where we get the word
chronological and it basically describes a duration. If you drove 20 minutes in the
city, Chronos time would describe the 20 minutes, the
duration of the trip. John 5:6, Jesus said when he saw
the paralytic man he knew he was in that position for a Chronos
time. It's a duration of time. When they decided to take Judas'
spot, Matthew 21, those that accompanied us, the time, that
Jesus went in and out of us, beginning with the baptism of
John until that day taken up. The three year period of time,
the Chronos time. As you drive through the city,
the 20 minutes of the trip is described as Chronos time. But when you stop at a stop
light. That's a Kairos moment and then
you drive and that's a Kairos moment and you drive and someone
in front of you, and those moments of time are different
than duration. Kairos moment is a duration of
time or precise moment of time when there is a time between you
and God and something specific happened. If you are 30 years old, a
Kairos moment is first date, say. Someone died in your life, when
you graduated time. School, high school, college. You are living and then
something tragic happens. You are living and something
exciting happens. You get your first job and first
paycheck. You have Chronos time and then
you have Kairos moments and in this story we read about a woman
that has a Kairos opportunity and today's message is a
challenge to the ladies to step into your Kairos moment. You can create one, in other
words, you can say God I don't want my life to continue the way
it's going. I am living and going to church
and this and that and the same mundane thing every week. I am done with that. You can create the Kairos
moment. This is an exciting day, by the
fact, today is the 19th Sunday of the year, 141st day of the
year, it could be an ordinary Sunday or Kairos Sunday. That's up to you. Do you want to go through the
Sunday and do the same thing by the way with the same people and
the same burden. And the same people criticizing
you and dragging you down and investing nothing in your life. Is that what you want? That's not what God wants for
you. Or say I am changing today. Everyone say stop. You make it a Kairos moment. And some of you know that God is
stirring your heart, can I get amen. Let's say it one more time, that
is pretty awesome. How many know that God is
stirring your heart. Amen. What are you waiting for? Why does that brother have to
yell for a half-hour to get you to do what I am telling you to
do. Are you following what I am
saying. I will go home and tonight and
toast -- and God why? And he said, yeah, I'm been
trying to tell them. So in this story it's about a
woman named Esther. Let me give you the background. There is a king, the king of
Persia from 485 to 465 B.C., and everything was going good for
the king. And he had six months of
celebration for his wealth and success. And brought his dignitary
friends and leadership and they partied, partied and had a
seven-day feast after that. And at the end of the seven-day
feast, I will bring in my queen so y'all can see my fine woman. So he said to the eunuch, go get
my queen. And the eunuch, the steward goes
to the queen and says queen, the king wants to see you because he
wants to show you in front of the boys. And she is, I ain't coming in
there. Again I am ad-libbing. Girl, you need to get in there,
the king don't play. He's waiting right now. She says, I'm not coming. And the eunuch comes back and
says, YO, king, she ain't coming. And the king boy says you better
check that, because if she doesn't come. You will send a message to all
the other women in Persia they can disrespect their husbands
and you need to do something and check that. What he did, he dequeened her
and no longer queen. And said you are no longer
queen. I have to get another queen. I want a beauty contest and
bring all the virgins that want to apply and have been to be a
virgin and go through 12 months of beautification. Ladies, can you imagine spending
12 months at the spa? Can you imagine spending 12
months at the spa, come on, you get everything right. A month on your hair and month
on cheeks -- everything. Yes, that would be fun, huh. So anyway this Jewish girl who
they renamed to Esther, she says, her cousin says you need
to apply to be a queen. But don't them you are a Jew,
because the Jews were exiled and not Persian and don't tell them
you are a Jew and Esther is tricked out and six months of
oils and beautification and 12 months come out, and the king
goes -- hum, hum, hum -- that one. Picks Esther. She wins, she's the queen. Five years after being queen. One of the king's main
administrators, like his vice president. Gets offended by Esther's cousin
and doesn't notice but he's Jew. This guy, Haman convinced the
king to write a decree to kill all the Jews. Not knowing that Esther is a
Jew. And he signs the creed on this
13th day they kill all the Jews. And the word is out, kill all
the Jews. And annihilate them. And says, Esther, you know what
happened, there is a word from the king that we all will die. You need to talk to him. This is her Kairos opportunity. She has an opportunity to say, I
will go to the king, you need to check yourself, respectfully
because you don't know what you signed. And it's going to impact me. Speaking on behalf of my people. The problem if you go before the
king without inviting you and you go before the king inviting
yourself and he doesn't accept you in your presence, you die. So she's in a predicament and
has this Kairos opportunity to do something for God. Now ladies God as human
opportunity for you, and you can make one up, you don't have the
opportunity to save all women in the world. I don't have this incredible
situation like Esther. But I do have an opportunity to
change my relationship with this person. I do have an opportunity to be a
better mom. I do have an opportunity to go
to Life Class and find out what my gifts are and find out what
God has 7ed me and to be more faithful to serve my time in the
community. I have an opportunity to learn
the Bible better. I have an opportunity for this
moment to make a decision that my life is going to go right
instead of left. Or go left instead of right. And instead of going down the
same old same old, I am going to change. Say amen if you know what I
talking about. And see Esther and challenge you
ladies to today be my Kairos moment. Some of you ladies have been
carrying a burden for decades, something that happened when you
were little. And the devil has been lying to
you all your life. He has you in bondage and every
now and gives you a glimpse of happiness or fun and then back
in bondage. But you are in bondage the same,
he let's you out of jail so you don't think he's there, he
doesn't want you to know it's spiritual. It's time for you to say I am
done with that. Today is the day I step up and
get the help I need and the encouragement I need and the
people in my life praying for me. I am not going to continue to do
the same old same old. That's your Kairos opportunity
and 100% of you to take advantage of it. And some of you know that God
has put you in a situation where God has prompted you to take a
step of faith in relationship or ministry opportunity or changing
your job. Or breaking up with somebody,
because that person is no good and it hasn't changed and not
going to change. You are saying, God, okay I need
to do this. Say amen if you know what I am
talking about -- oh, it's quiet. Number 1, let me read Esther
4:11 it says... Esther
So what happens is she's telling cousin, you are asking me to go
in there and confront the king of killing our relatives. But the law says if I go in and
he doesn't hold out his scepter to me the authority, I will die. And that's what you are asking
me to do. And in verse 12, they told
Mordecai these words... Everybody say, yet who knows. Everyone take a deep breath in
and say, who knows. Who knows. Whether you have come to the
kingdom for such a time as this. So all of you ladies who have a
job. Whether your job be in an office
or whether your job be raising your kids, which is the hardest
job. You have softball team you play
on and Starbuck group you see when you buy your Frappuccino,
who knows that God has not put you in that position to do
something for him. Let me tell you, he's not put
you in that position just to get a job. He's put you in that position
for something very specific. And here's Esther and standing
there, I got this king, I won the beauty contest and now you
are asking me to risk it all for God. Absolutely. Look at what she says, verse
14... Everyone say who knows... For such a moment, a moment. Let me tell you something, y'all
were born, you will live, you will get old and you will die. And you will be gone. There is a time when nobody will
remember your name. But during your time on earth,
there is certain moments that God says, I need to use you
right now. I want to change your life right
now. I want to do something through
you right now. He doesn't want you to just
exist and go away with a puff. He wants to make a mark on this
earth through your life with this is glory. And who knows when but now. You waiting for the sky to open
up? It's not going to happen. He wants to influence you by --
like this. That's it. You are at work, and somebody
over there and goes PSST, and something makes you turn your
head. How many of you have been some
place and something made you look at somebody, amen. Something came, they need help. Holy Spirit. PSST, look at that girl over
there. Look at that guy over there. Why don't you go over there and
pray for them. Okay. Kairos moment. Okay. Why don't you go over there and
quit your job. Okay. Kairos moment. You have another job for me? I'll tell you after you quit. PSST, break up with that guy. You got another guy for me? Yeah, me. Amen. [Applause] And by the way, me meaning God
saying me. Okay. Yeah --
I will get email. Verse 15... Everyone say pray for me. Neither eat nor drink for three
days, night or day... Fast meaning they will abstain
from eating and drinking to pray and seek God. I will go again the king, which
is against the law, and I might lose my life. And if I perish, I perish. In other words, I am going to do
what God tells me to do no matter what. That's what God wants. Ladies, God wants you to do what
he says no matter what. You know how much power you
have? You have more power than you
think. You ever wonder why a woman's
voice is on voice mail? You ever wonder why Siri is a
woman, because people listen to women's voices. No, think about it. How can I help you -- yes, sirI. This is a true story in the
fighter jet, when something goes wrong, it's a woman's voice that
tells you, you are about to die, please eject. I am not lying, any military
brothers, amen. Your left engine is on fire, the
enemy is closing, you are about to die. You have anybody you have to
tell before you leave. A sweet, calm voice, why? Because the pilots go, yes,
ma'am, yes, ma'am. You have power. The devil wants you to think you
have no power. Number 1 in your notes, and
probably the only point I will get to because our time is
running out. Sorry, it's going to be a good
one though. The fear of God must supersede
the fear of man. The fear of God -- and I don't
mean God I am scared of you. It means God I respect you. God, I don't want to disappoint
you. That has to be greater than man,
I don't want to disappoint you. This is your dilemma. Remember Esther got her job with
her wiggle and her jiggle. Right, she went to 12 months of
beautification. 12 months of whatever -- I don't
know what they did, but they did it; right. And she got in there and came in
there and beautified 12 months of-myrrh, that's how he got her
job but not how she -- how she got her job, and not keeping her
job. Fear of man comes when you allow
man -- when I say man, people, identify your self-worth. And determine your self-worth. When people are the ones who
determine your value, you have fear of man. In other words you want to
please man. When the praise of people is
what you live for. You will do whatever you can to
get the praise of people. When your self-worth is tied up
in your natural talent, looks or possessions. You will use those things and
depend on those things to get the praise of man. And when that is your primary
source of encouragement, and your primary source of help
defining who you are. You will fear man more than you
fear God. And in our culture, ladies, it
says you have to be cute. You have to be thin. You have to look a certain way
to get the approval of man to get jobs and opportunities and
etc. And trust me there is a lot of
truth to that because man is warped and that's the way the
culture is. But God is above that. And you have to decide, even
though exists, do I let that rule my life. And here's Esther saying,
Mordecai, I got this job, I spent 12 years getting my stuff
right and get this job and now you tell me to throw it away to
help with this decree. He says, yep. You may be thinking I did all of
this stuff to get ahead. I did all of this stuff in my
life and get this relationship and house, whatever. And God is putting it on my
heart to put it the on the line. I don't know what he is asking
you to do, but here's the thing, do you fear man by focusing on
your natural abilities and the praise of man, and praise of man
acknowledging your natural abilities. Or do you focus on the calling
of God and relationship is identified by calling from God
and formed you in the womb and called you for the nations. He already knew, that's what you
have to decide. If you say I am a child of God,
and God gave me this talent or personality or whatever for his
glory. And when the Kairos moment comes
and that's in conflict with what man asked me to do. That's right. That's your conflict. You have to say I want to please
God more than I want to please man. So Esther had to make a
decision, do I please God and serve God and realize that God
put me in this situation. By the way, your Kairos moment
is going to sneak up on you, it's way bigger than you can
handle. God is never going to ask you to
do something that you can't do without him. He is never going on ask you,
and say it ain't about me. It's about His kingdom agenda. It includes you and sometimes
includes you to the fact that you are the middle man or middle
woman. He's working through you. You have to say, no, my identity
is in God's calling on my life. Look at number 2 in your notes. You must have faith in God over
your personal risks. Here's the risk. You are living one way as Ms.
Thing. You are living one way as cutie
pie. You are living one way as sweet
Mary. And then God says, I want you to
confront that person in the name of the Lord. I want you to start serving. I want you to start giving. I want you to start praying for
people. And you are say, God that's
contradictory to how I have been living. When you walk into your Kairos
moment, the thing you risk is losing who you are. Because a lot of y'all have been
living a dysfunctional life with a dysfunctional view of who you
are. And you are comfortable with it. You are actually in an abusive
relationship whether it's mental or physical and because you are
accustomed to it, you are scared to get a good man. And scared to trust God for
better. The devil convinced you that
this is all you deserve because this is who you are. Your Kairos moment is, I have to
let that person go. I am not that person anymore. I want to talk into the person
that God has called me to be. That's a decision you have to
make every day of your life because you continue to grow
closer and closer to God. Can I get amen. I remember when I went from
doing cocaine to not doing cocaine in my job. I went from partying and hanging
out and cursing to talking about Jesus. Is that the same guy? No, the other guy is gone. You have to be gone. And if you walk into your Kairos
moment, I'm not going to worry what people think just what God
thinks. And I want to trust God even if
I lose my nasty identity. And I want to be identified as a
faithful child, bold, Bible speaking praying, Christian
woman of God. Can I get amen. Here's what is going on happen. In a minute we are going to
pray, and I will challenge you to walk into your Kairos moment. What does that mean? Lord I don't want to live like
this anymore. Whatever this is, I will ask
Christ to be my Savior and praying and know my gifts. Whatever it is, I want to change
today. I want to change today, may 21,
2017. Right now. Make that decision. Well, you know -- there are no
circumstances in my life, I don't see any Kairos moment. Here's the Kairos moment. It's here. It's a matter of you saying yes
to God, say out loud yes to God. Bow our heads and pray, all
campuses. Listen very carefully. Ladies, God is saying I need you
to be who I created you to be. I don't need you to worry about
what man said. I don't want you to live down to
man's expectation. I want you to live up to mine. I don't want you to live down to
man's expectations. I want you to live up to mine. I am here with you, I will never
leave you or forsake you. My plan is give you a future and
hope and not to harm you or embarrass you or shame you. I will honor those who honor me. In your Kairos moment and say I
want to walk into this moment. Pray in the privacy of your
heart, dear God, like Esther, I want to walk into my moment. I surrender my life to You. I want to walk by faith. Not by fear. Jesus, I surrender my life to
you. Holy Spirit, fill my heart. I am ready. To do what You called me to do. To be what You called me to be. Devil, you have no authority in
my life. In Jesus' name I rebuke you out
of my life. Be gone. My Savior is sitting at the
right hand of the father. And all authority in Heaven and
earth he has. In that authority, I rebuke you
Satan, be gone. I receive this Kairos moment
challenge to surrender my life to Jesus Christ and His plans
for my life. If God spoke to you during that sermon and you feel like you want to ask Christ to be your savior, it's as simple as A-B-C. Admit and accept that you are a sinner. The Bible says all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord, that He died for your sin and rose from the dead. Then confess yourself a sinner and say, "Jesus, please forgive me of my sin." If you would like to ask Jesus Christ to be your savior, Just look at me right now and pray this prayer with me in the privacy of your heart knowing that God knows you and loves you very much. Say, Dear God, I believe that I am sinner. I know the penalty of my sin is death. I don't want to die and go to Hell. I believe that Jesus Christ is Lord that He died and rose from the dead for my sin. I confess myself a sinner and ask Him to forgive me of my sin. Jesus, please forgive me of my sin. And fill me with the spirit of God. In Jesus name, amen." If you prayed that prayer, if you just asked Christ to be your savior, we want to know. We want to email you some resources. So if you just prayed that prayer with me, to accept Jesus as your savior, Click on the link that just appeared. We want to send you some free resources. God bless you and we will see you in Heaven.
