WEBVTT 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:01.439 Well, good morning. 00:00:02.959 --> 00:00:04.000 I'm Forrest Coleman. 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:06.559 If I've not met you yet, lead pastor here at Multiply. 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:16.000 My family, along with many others, now a year and a half ago, set out to do the work of uh launching and beginning the work of Multiply Church. 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:18.000 And so welcome this morning if you're new with us. 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:19.359 I'm glad that you're here. 00:00:19.519 --> 00:00:22.879 Uh, would love to get to know you more and connect with you. 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:28.719 Uh, my family uh growing up uh used to watch this TV show. 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:31.359 Um I don't know if you've ever heard of it. 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:38.719 It's called Home Improvement with um Tim Allen, who's the who stars as Tim the Toolman Taylor. 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:40.399 This is an old show from the 90s. 00:00:40.719 --> 00:01:17.439 Essentially what the premise is is a family, and and and uh uh both Tim and his partner Al have a TV show where they do home improvement and building projects on TV, but somehow Tim the Two Man Taylor, always uh in an overzealous effort to beef up and to uh put put even more power into a power tool, ends up uh in some way destroying in a fire or an explosion, whatever uh the project was that they were at the time trying to do, like this one where uh he souped up a sander and instead of sanding on the floor, it just broke all the way through the floor. 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:26.640 Um and uh I will tell you this uh that we've got a pretty big building project going on right now with the future home of Multiply Church. 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:27.519 Yes. 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:37.840 Um right now there is some great things that are happening over there, and I want to show you um a little bit of what's going on right now. 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:14.080 Yes, even since this video has been taken, uh this this week, drywall began to get put up. 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:15.280 Praise the Lord. 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:23.759 H Shvak is rolling, and uh, I promise you this I'm not over there trying to soup up any power tools and trying to do anything myself. 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:32.319 I make that uh agreement to you, uh let you know that would be very bad because uh it would probably end in a fire just like old toolman uh Taylor. 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:46.080 Um but we're excited about what God's doing in the midst of this season and time as uh we're building towards a better future for our church and for our community here in Frankfurt. 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:57.520 See, because what we know is that for those of us who've been around here for a while, we remember the fact that this church started with just 12 people in a coffee shop a little over two some years ago. 00:02:57.759 --> 00:03:04.479 And we know now how faithful God has been to allow us to see a movie theater be transformed into a place of worship. 00:03:04.719 --> 00:03:30.639 And we've followed the path of God's faithfulness to us as we step into a new place where we see this uh this new future home multiply, and we don't see it as a destination, but instead we see it as a tool for the gospel so that we can be a blessing and to become a ministry center for all the work that we do to go outside the walls of our church and to love and care for and fuel the fire of the good that's going on around us. 00:03:30.879 --> 00:04:01.280 And so I'm excited about what the Lord's doing, and along the way, um, as I update you on uh some of the things that are happening, um, one thing that is extremely encouraging is that this large project that our our uh young church has now stepped into, uh, we are right now almost four-fifths of the way there financially, which is incredible because the cost of this project is just over half a million dollars. 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:06.319 It it floors me of the provision that God has given to us. 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:15.759 And that's why I know and am completely confident that the gap still of 130K that we still have, I have no doubt that God's gonna provide it. 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:20.000 Because I know for every vision, there's a provision from the Lord. 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:25.759 And we didn't come to this uh uh in some quick decision or knee-jerk action. 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:30.639 Instead, we have followed God's faithfulness in his hand as he has led us every step of the way. 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:43.040 And so, uh, church, I do ask for uh you to pray for me as I continue to have fundraising conversations outside the walls of our church with different people and individuals uh as we're walking towards uh the end of this year. 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:48.800 And I'm excited for it and I'm thankful for what God's done, and I'm extremely proud of you. 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:54.399 And I want to say thank you for bringing your tithes, giving your offerings. 00:04:54.720 --> 00:05:06.560 And uh we may be jumping into uh the deep end with this message right now if you're new and we're talking about finances, but here's why we're talking about it is because we don't want to be about talk, we want to be about action. 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:10.240 Not all talk, but action. 00:05:10.399 --> 00:05:19.920 And see, so oftentimes it's easy for us to fall into a trap as a believer and say, man, this country is just going downhill. 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:23.680 Can you believe what's happening in these schools now? 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:27.120 Can you believe what's going on in our town? 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:29.040 What's allowed to happen? 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:49.199 And we fall into the trap of complaining and bickering about the issues and the and the and the evil and the the difficulty of the day versus us stepping into the mission with Jesus, his mission, and being a part of the action of the restoration that he wants to bring. 00:05:52.800 --> 00:06:01.040 I'm thankful that uh this last week I got to lead the second Bible study at K-State football with 30 players in the field house. 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:08.240 Don't tell me that we can't have an impact on teens and on kids and college students and schools here in this community. 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:10.720 We've already seen that we can. 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:15.120 And for every person that says, well, you can't have God in school, we've seen it. 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:21.279 We've seen God provide, and it we are able to do it by coming with a heart of service. 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:23.120 And to say, what do you need? 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:24.319 How can we come alongside you? 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:25.199 How can we love you? 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:28.879 How can we show you who the Jesus is that we follow? 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:50.240 And so instead of us falling into the trap of the complaint or of the holy huddle that just sits out and talks about how bad the world is, we are going to go out and we're going to believe the promise that the gates of hell will not prevail against his church and be a part of the restorative work that God's called us to. 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:53.920 Now, there's somebody in the scripture who did that exact same thing. 00:06:54.160 --> 00:07:01.120 And we're going to take a look today at the life of a man, a governor, a leader, a name of Nehemiah. 00:07:01.279 --> 00:07:06.720 And in weeks from now, we're going to go more in depth in this story of Nehemiah in the Old Testament. 00:07:06.879 --> 00:07:16.480 But to set the stage for you, to not be all talk, but to be action and to take action with the Lord. 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:28.319 At this point in the story of the Scripture and the Old Testament, the people of God, the Jewish people, have been under captivity from the Babylonian Empire. 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:35.920 Essentially, they were taken over, they were overtaken in war and then taken as slaves to a foreign land. 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:44.720 And after their captivity and after their enslavement, they are allowed to go back to Judah, back to Jerusalem. 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:59.759 And when they get back to Jerusalem, they see that the city, the place, the temple where so many, such an important and central part of the Jewish faith has been torn down. 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:02.160 And the walls are in rubble. 00:08:02.399 --> 00:08:08.639 And so the people of God, they come together and they rebuild the temple in 516 BC. 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:21.439 And but in the midst of the temple being built, for still 70 more years, the walls of Jerusalem lay waste and rubble. 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:30.000 And these walls that now have been torn down for almost 150 years. 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:35.039 Nehemiah is talking to some of his family members, and he hears about the fact. 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:43.279 After his enslavement, his captivity in Babylon, and he's hearing about what's happening, getting a report about what's happening in Jerusalem. 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:52.559 And some of his family family members tell this they said to me in verse chapter 1, verse 3, they said to me, Things are not going well for those who return to the providence of Judah. 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:55.440 They're in great trouble and disgrace. 00:08:55.600 --> 00:09:01.039 The walls of Jerusalem have been torn down and the gates have been destroyed by fire. 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:09.840 The first thing we need to see as we take action, as we take action like Nehemiah did in this first verse, is that we need to define the disgrace. 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:24.240 He gets a report from his family members that things are not going well, that there's trouble in the land, that what was a place of prominence and a place of glory has now been laid into disgrace. 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:28.799 I think about the words of John Dewey. 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:32.000 He says, A problem well stated is a problem half solved. 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:42.480 How about Albert Einstein when he said, Given one hour to save the world, I would spend 55 minutes defining the problem and five minutes finding the solution. 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:44.159 Here's what I'm saying. 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:48.559 You can't fix a problem that you're not willing to name. 00:09:53.279 --> 00:10:04.480 And so when whatever is going on right now in your spiritual life, in your personal life, you can't fix it if you don't speak up, confess it, and tell someone. 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:07.120 You've got to name your nemesis. 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:11.440 Some of you have walked in today and you're in great trouble. 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:18.080 You're in some level of brokenness, of maybe it's finances, maybe it's some type of sin that you're entangled in. 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:19.200 Maybe it's an addiction. 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:31.519 Maybe it's a relationship that is broken in your life and it's not yet being fixed, but you're not willing yet to speak out and to find to define it and say, I'm in trouble. 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:41.039 There is disgrace, and I need Jesus to confess it to and correct it. 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:44.240 Nehemiah. 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:49.279 He sees and hears of what's going on in Jerusalem. 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:53.120 He hears it and it and it impacts him. 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:55.840 It deeply moves him. 00:10:56.240 --> 00:11:02.559 Because he knows that Jerusalem, the city of God, should not be in disgrace. 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:09.759 In verse 4, when Nehemiah heard this, he sat down and wept. 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:17.120 In fact, for days he mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven. 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:20.240 Here's what I want to encourage you today. 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:25.679 Is I want to encourage you to move from broken to built. 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:29.200 Don't be satisfied. 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:32.399 Don't be satisfied with broken. 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:41.679 Don't be satisfied with broken relationships that are around you, the way that you've sinned against someone and you've not yet forgiven. 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:51.919 Don't be satisfied with being entangled or entrapped in the sin that is entangling you right now, but instead be ready to reach out to heaven today. 00:11:53.919 --> 00:12:01.840 Here's the thing every single person who's come into the room today has some level of brokenness that's in their life. 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:05.360 I don't care if you've been a believer for a long, long time. 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:09.679 Each one of us are walking in today with this thing called sin and a brokenness. 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:22.159 And it's only by way of us reaching to heaven and asking God to restore us, to redeem us, to change us, and to move us to action are we going to be healed. 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:25.759 That brokenness can come in many different forms. 00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:32.000 It could be by the fact that maybe today you've walked in the room and you were sinned against, maybe decades ago, maybe even as a child. 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:37.679 And there's a brokenness, there's a wound there that you so desperately need Jesus to heal. 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:49.200 You gotta define it, you've got to name it, you've got to give it to the Lord, and you've got to allow him to build into you those places that are broken and restore them. 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:55.759 You know what that crying out to God doesn't look like? 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:58.320 It doesn't look like saying stuff like this. 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:00.480 Well, that's just the way I am. 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:06.399 Well, that's just my personality. 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:07.679 Deal with it. 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:12.799 I know you've heard somebody say that before. 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:14.480 You may have said it before. 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:24.720 Can I remind you today, if you've given your life to Jesus and you're you're walking in his way and you have accepted him as their savior, Jesus has made you a new creation. 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:29.519 You've been reborn. 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:31.519 You're not this old you. 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:33.360 You're not someone from the past. 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:35.200 You're not someone that you used to be. 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:47.120 Instead, you're a newborn creation in Christ, walking in his way with his Holy Spirit, with the power that raised Jesus from the dead, now resides and lives inside of you in your life. 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:53.840 And so, in doing so, we don't get to sit back and say, well, you know, I'm that's just the way I am. 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:57.120 I just, you know, I just tell people how it is, and I just hurt people's feelings. 00:13:57.200 --> 00:13:58.480 That's just how I am. 00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:03.919 We don't get that. 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:09.440 We don't get to just be satisfied with the broken. 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:15.200 Instead, we ask the Lord to redeem, restore, and move us forward. 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:30.080 I'm gonna give you a very short version of the story that Nehemiah rallies the people of God. 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:35.600 And we see in uh Nehemiah 2, 17 and 18. 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:44.159 Nehemiah speaks to the people of God, and he says, Now I've said to them, You know very well what trouble we're in. 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:47.919 Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire. 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:52.480 Let us rebuild the walls of Jerusalem and end this disgrace. 00:14:53.120 --> 00:15:07.200 Then I told them about how gracious how the gracious hand of God had been on me, and about my conversation with the king, and they replied at once, Yes, let's rebuild the wall. 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:10.159 So let's begin the good work. 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:16.639 When we defined the problem that's going on in ourselves, that's holding us back. 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:24.799 We then allowed Jesus to address that brokenness and to build us into the new creation and the person that he's called us to be. 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:28.480 Then we get to begin the good work that he's called us to. 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:31.519 See, it wasn't just a good idea for Nehemiah. 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:41.039 He genuinely knew that God's hand had been placed on him for him to be the one to take up the leadership to restore the walls in Jerusalem. 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:53.840 He knew that the hand of God had come to him and was walking along with him and helping him to lead the people of Israel to rebuild the wall. 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:57.679 And in doing so, begin this good work. 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:10.240 And in the same way, we get to be a part of the good work of seeing restoration come to other people through the power of Jesus. 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:31.840 That whatever it is that is that brokenness that's in your life as God redeems it and restores it, then he gives you a testimony, and that testimony is to share and to love and to care for somebody else, to see them walk out of whatever it is that is holding them back and to be an encouragement and a minister to them. 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:46.240 Maybe it's a family, a coworker, somebody in your life, or or that you get to be in the good work of rebuilding the rubble of somebody's life around you that has fallen apart. 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:55.039 Here's the thing though what's very important to know of being a part of the good work, it's work. 00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:58.720 It's work. 00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:00.720 It's hard work. 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:04.559 It's hard work to see restoration come. 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:10.559 It's hard work to put yourself out there and to be selfless. 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:18.480 It's hard work to take a step and say, you know what, I'm gonna be a part of building something better than where we've been. 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:24.000 I'm gonna be a part of seeing more people come to know Jesus here in our community. 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:25.039 It's work. 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:26.559 Everybody say work. 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:28.480 It's work. 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:32.000 It's hard work sometimes. 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:35.359 But you know what's harder work? 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:38.799 Being separated from God. 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:53.119 Walking in a life that is cut off from the Lord, without his power, without his protection, without his deliverance. 00:17:56.480 --> 00:18:00.799 The way of someone walking away from God, that that way is hard. 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:04.240 That way is challenging. 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:06.559 I'll take the good work. 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:09.680 I'll take the good work. 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:17.680 And Nehemiah challenges the people and they begin to the good work of rebuilding the walls. 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:20.720 And I don't know about you, church, but I know this. 00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:32.160 I know that the work that is happening right now for the kingdom of God and through our church and many other churches in our community who are seeing people come to Jesus, that's good work. 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:36.240 That's good works, the that good work that is worth it. 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:40.400 That's good work that's changing lives, that's rebuilding things. 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:42.319 Can I tell you a story from this week? 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:58.480 A friend of mine reached out and told me the fact that her and her father have not spoken to each other in over a year, almost two years, because of a hurt, because of a disagreement. 00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:09.279 And this last week, they rebuilt their relationship with a confession and forgiveness. 00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:10.960 They rebuilt it. 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:16.960 After being broken, separated. 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:25.119 And I heard that when I heard that news, I was overjoyed about the restoration. 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:31.839 That each of them came to a place of humility to say, I was wrong, will you forgive me? 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:35.680 And mend the relationship. 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:43.359 See, because we have a minister, ministry of reconciliation is what the scripture tells us. 00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:51.680 That each one of us in this room right now, that we're carrying the rebuilt, the restoration of God. 00:19:52.240 --> 00:20:22.480 The fact that one at one point we were cut off with no way to God, but through the power of Jesus on the cross, that he built a way, he built a pathway, he built a bridge by the way of his bloodshed on the cross, that we would be able to be restored, rebuilt, in connection with God that we weren't before, and he did it by dying on the cross in your my place because the wages of sin is death, and he took it on his back because of how much he loves you. 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:26.400 God loves you today, he cares for you. 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:32.799 2,000 years ago, he loved you so much that he died for you, and he's continuing to pursue you and call you. 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:50.000 Maybe you walked into the room today, and you know that God is pulling on your life, on your heart, on your mind, and you're in a place that you need to give the burden over to him, the brokenness, and be restored. 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:52.079 It's possible. 00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:53.920 He can do it. 00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.839 He will do it. 00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:14.079 In 1512, Michelangelo completed the painting of the Sistine Chapel. 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:23.759 Liberty, who just uh got back from Italy, her and her friend went to the Vatican, they saw the Sistine Chapel the last couple of weeks. 00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:37.279 This beautiful, famous work in the chapel in the Vatican, and where the famous finger touching finger of God touching humanity is painted. 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:42.400 It took Michelangelo four years to complete this. 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:58.559 After four hundred years of candle sit, because uh the only lighting in there was been the candles for centuries and centuries. 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:15.680 Grand Like in nineteen eighty four they started a a project to bring restoration to this beautiful painting ceiling. 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:17.440 Took 'em fifteen years. 00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:21.920 From nineteen eighty-four to nineteen ninety-nine. 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:28.720 And now the Sistine Chapel that Liberty saw just a couple of weeks ago. 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:35.920 Looks different than it would have if she had gone 20 years ago or 30 years ago or forty, however long. 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.720 It's been restored. 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:41.519 I wonder for you today. 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:47.599 You walked into this place and there's been trouble, there's been groan, there's been difficulty, there's been brokenness. 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:54.240 Do you know today that he wants to restore it? 00:22:56.799 --> 00:23:00.079 He wants to restore your view of him. 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:07.440 And I just think it's just really amazing. 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:09.279 Something to celebrate. 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:27.039 The same restoration. 00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:29.279 The same love. 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:31.119 The same care. 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:42.240 Today we get to walk in God's restorative power. 00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:49.839 We get to be a part of building the kingdom of God for the future. 00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:53.359 And I'm honored by it. 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:55.119 I'm thankful for it. 00:23:56.400 --> 00:24:01.279 I'm grateful that our church, that we're on this path together. 00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:12.079 And I wonder today, for you who are in the room, is it that there's something that is in your life right now that you need to define? 00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:16.079 You need to confess to the Lord so that He can correct it? 00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:22.720 Is it the fact that there's some matter of restoration that needs to happen with you or a relationship? 00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:31.279 Some brokenness with a family member, a parent, a child, just like my friend this last week? 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:38.079 Maybe for you today, it's the fact that you've come into this room and you're not walking with God. 00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:44.319 And life is filled with trouble and challenge and hardship. 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:57.279 And today's the day for you to be made new, a new creation, so that you can walk in the new life and do the good work that God's called and a plan and purpose for you. 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:03.440 Maybe you're in the room today, you've not given your life to Jesus. 00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:12.400 And I don't say this as out of fear, but out of just circumstance, the fact that we don't know how many days we have on this earth. 00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:16.799 And so today is the day that you give your life to God. 00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:19.680 Because we have no promise of the future. 00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:22.799 We don't know what's going to happen. 00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.480 Don't wait. 00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:32.480 Don't wait to let God meet you, love you, restore you, and change you today. 00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.559 Don't wait. 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:44.400 The building of God's kingdom. 00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:51.680 In just a second, I'm going to pray over each of you. 00:25:51.839 --> 00:26:19.839 But something new getting started this week and in the future is that we've got ushers and prayer team that are beginning, and that ushers and the prayer team is going to be at the back of the room today to receive you if you'd like to pray with someone specifically about a brokenness or a hardship or something challenging that's going on, or for you to give your life over to Jesus. 00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:27.440 And so, here in just a second, I'm going to pray for us, and the worship team is going to lead us. 00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:32.000 And if you want specific prayer, you can head to the back and be prayed for. 00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:36.880 Before we do that, I want to encourage each one of you. 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:39.839 Be a part of the good work. 00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:42.079 Be a part of the good work. 00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:47.440 In your seats, there's a card that looks like this. 00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:57.279 This is a way for you to take the step to be a part of the good work that's happening here at Multiply, to get connected and to join a team. 00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:59.599 I'd love for you to fill this out today. 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:02.960 To get to be a part of the good work that God's doing. 00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:19.200 See a place for you to plug in, for you to be a part of the team, for you to get to know some quality believers who you can get to know and walk in life with and do the good work of the gospel alongside. 00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:24.079 So I'm going to pray for you now, if you would bow your heads. 00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:26.400 Father, all across the room. 00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:34.720 Each person, God, is walking in today with different challenges, difficulties, brokenness. 00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:38.319 Father, I pray over today, God, all across the room. 00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:47.200 Anyone who is here today, Father, that needs you to restore a part of their life. 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:51.440 God, that today would be the day that they confess it to you. 00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:58.960 God, they walk alongside other believers to encourage. 00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:02.880 Father, I pray too, Father, over this room. 00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:07.359 There's anybody in this place who's not given their life over to you, Jesus. 00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:15.839 Father, I pray that today would be the day they would accept you as Savior. 00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:21.039 There's anybody in the room here today who has not accepted Jesus as Savior right now. 00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:23.119 Nobody looking around. 00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:30.960 Today, you want to receive Jesus as your Savior, to forgive you, to cleanse you. 00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:35.759 Would you just raise your hand up and down at the count of three so I can pray for you and see you? 00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:36.720 One, two, three. 00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:38.240 Anybody in the room? 00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:42.640 You could pray this, Jesus. 00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:45.039 I believe that you're the Son of God. 00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:47.519 And that you are alive. 00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:53.599 I believe that you died on the cross for my sins. 00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.759 Cleanse me. 00:28:56.319 --> 00:29:01.359 Forgive me so that I can be in right relationship with you. 00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:06.240 I give you my life as you gave your life for mine. 00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:09.200 Thank you for saving me. 00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:12.240 In the powerful name of Jesus. 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.359 Amen.