WEBVTT 00:00:00.201 --> 00:00:02.950 Father, we just thank you for this live stream audience. 00:00:02.950 --> 00:00:05.227 We thank you for everyone that's tuned in tonight. 00:00:05.227 --> 00:00:07.185 Lord, we don't take them for granted. 00:00:07.185 --> 00:00:11.371 And so, father, we just know that the Holy Spirit is there where they are. 00:00:11.371 --> 00:00:15.807 You're meeting them where they are, and, lord, with a specific word for them. 00:00:15.807 --> 00:00:19.370 Father, we just thank you that we believe in supernatural hearing. 00:00:19.370 --> 00:00:32.201 And so, father, we just thank you for giving Selena and I utterance tonight to speak your word boldly, lord, that you'll move on our hearts, lord, and you will. 00:00:32.201 --> 00:00:47.807 We yield our hearts and our minds to you tonight so that we can speak exactly what you need, so that our live stream audience can hear exactly what you have, that they need from you to hear. 00:00:47.807 --> 00:00:49.966 In Jesus' name, we thank you, lord, for it. 00:00:49.966 --> 00:00:51.021 Amen, amen. 00:00:52.320 --> 00:01:12.328 And so if you weren't with, this past Sunday morning, dad preached a message entitled Lifting Up the Standard, and so maybe you weren't able to be here, maybe you haven't heard that, so I just encourage you to go back onto our YouTube page or this same Facebook page, and you can or maybe you're in our app as well. 00:01:12.328 --> 00:01:15.668 You can go back and watch that on our app as well. 00:01:15.668 --> 00:01:19.930 And so it was entitled Lifting Up the Standard. 00:01:19.930 --> 00:01:30.003 It was right out of Isaiah 59, where we're going to pick up tonight, and I just, selina and I both just wanted to hit that from a little bit of a different perspective. 00:01:30.003 --> 00:01:46.891 We're not necessarily going to move the ball forward, but just kind of enunciate some of the things Pastor said on Sunday and then he'll have a part two or maybe a part three as he begins to really dig into what God has for us in 22. 00:01:46.891 --> 00:02:01.225 But if you'll open your Bibles with us tonight, we're going to start in the book of Isaiah, in the 59th chapter, and Dad gave us homework on Sunday, all of us, to read the entire chapter. 00:02:01.225 --> 00:02:03.186 But we're going to start in verse 17. 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:11.030 I'm reading out of the New King James version of the Bible and it says for he put on righteousness as a breastplate. 00:02:11.030 --> 00:02:20.248 So this is regarding the Messiah and this is speaking to Israel. 00:02:20.248 --> 00:02:27.528 So you've put on a righteousness as a breastplate and a helmet of salvation on his head. 00:02:27.528 --> 00:02:34.147 And he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing and was clad with zeal as a cloak. 00:02:34.147 --> 00:02:48.508 Verse 18, for according to their deeds, accordingly, he will repay fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies, the coastlands, he will fully repay. 00:02:48.508 --> 00:02:49.662 And then verse 19,. 00:02:50.343 --> 00:02:52.508 So shall they fear? 00:02:52.508 --> 00:02:53.771 Who's they? 00:02:53.771 --> 00:02:55.525 Their enemies, his enemies? 00:02:55.525 --> 00:02:59.861 The name of the Lord from the west they're going to fear. 00:02:59.861 --> 00:03:04.372 The name of the Lord from the west, where are we located? 00:03:04.372 --> 00:03:05.925 We're located in the west. 00:03:05.925 --> 00:03:11.051 And then his glory from the rising of the sun. 00:03:11.051 --> 00:03:14.328 Where is the sun? 00:03:14.328 --> 00:03:17.926 Rises in the east and sets in the west, so that's his glory. 00:03:17.926 --> 00:03:26.512 They're going to fear his glory and see his glory, experience his glory in the east, or from the rising of the sun. 00:03:26.512 --> 00:03:29.288 That's also speaking of time, not just direction. 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:49.949 And so when the enemy comes in we've heard this scripture a lot, this part of the scripture when the enemy comes in like a flood, the spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him, against the enemy, against his strategies, against his plans, and thwart his plans. 00:03:49.949 --> 00:03:51.080 Amen, amen. 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:59.329 But then if you go on to read, it says the Redeemer will come to Zion and to those who turn from transgression. 00:03:59.329 --> 00:04:18.966 And Jacob says to the Lord as for me, this is my covenant with them, my spirit who is upon you, and my words, which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants. 00:04:18.966 --> 00:04:25.800 Amen, says the Lord, from this time and how long Forever more. 00:04:25.819 --> 00:04:26.622 Forever more. 00:04:26.622 --> 00:04:37.668 And so, back in verse 19, when the enemy comes in like a flood, the spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. 00:04:37.668 --> 00:04:53.447 You know in the New Living Translation and really the real meaning of the word standard, as Pastor preached it on Sunday for he will come like a raging flood tide, driven by the breath of the Lord, amen. 00:04:53.447 --> 00:05:00.173 So the Lord is pushing out a raging flood tide by his breath, amen. 00:05:00.173 --> 00:05:08.903 And so I just wanted to encourage you tonight about ushering in God's standard, the standard, ushering in the standard. 00:05:08.903 --> 00:05:18.153 And so God breathed his life into each one of us. 00:05:18.153 --> 00:05:21.267 We live the God kind of life. 00:05:21.267 --> 00:05:28.394 The Zoe life of God is what we're breathing in and living in and breathing out. 00:05:28.394 --> 00:05:30.408 We're breathing out his righteousness. 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:40.172 And so, at the end of Sunday morning's message, dad made the statement that we're bringing a tsunami of righteousness. 00:05:40.172 --> 00:05:47.752 And so that's what we are here living in the last days as a last day people living in a last day church. 00:05:47.752 --> 00:05:57.970 The church is in position to bring in a wave, and not just a small wave, but a tsunami wave of righteousness, amen. 00:05:57.970 --> 00:06:00.708 And so we are the standard. 00:06:00.708 --> 00:06:26.146 Basically, you are the standard that God's using in these last days to afford the enemy's plans, and I'm telling you we have some work to do, and so we wanted to get down specifically to what the Lord is leading and how the Lord is leading you in these last days, to be the standard, to usher that standard in, to step into your place. 00:06:26.526 --> 00:06:26.687 Yeah. 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:44.665 You know, we've already been made righteous, we've already been given authority, and we're stepping in to exactly into our place in righteousness, to thwart, to raise up the standard against the enemy's plan, amen, amen. 00:06:44.665 --> 00:06:50.291 And so we see the strategies of the enemy happening all around us. 00:06:50.291 --> 00:06:52.408 You can't not turn on the news. 00:06:52.408 --> 00:06:54.908 I tried to watch a little bit of the news this morning. 00:06:54.908 --> 00:06:59.084 I didn't make it very far because it's just so frustrating, so full of lies. 00:06:59.084 --> 00:07:03.732 I was like OK, I will watch it until I can identify a lie. 00:07:03.732 --> 00:07:06.983 And then I was like 30 seconds in, oh, nope, just watch the weather. 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:08.502 Trying to. 00:07:08.502 --> 00:07:10.223 Is it cold? 00:07:10.242 --> 00:07:10.584 today. 00:07:11.894 --> 00:07:12.177 Is it hot? 00:07:12.177 --> 00:07:13.524 Thankfully it was warmed up. 00:07:13.524 --> 00:07:16.901 Boy, was it still windy, though, anyways. 00:07:16.901 --> 00:07:24.028 So what do we have to do to stay in position, to make sure that we're ready individually? 00:07:24.028 --> 00:07:25.865 So this church is ready. 00:07:25.865 --> 00:07:34.826 We're trying to wake up other churches, we're trying to wake up the unsaved as well, and we have a job to do, but individually. 00:07:34.906 --> 00:07:41.812 You're out there, and how does your life line up to the standard of God's word? 00:07:41.812 --> 00:07:43.324 That's step number one. 00:07:43.324 --> 00:07:46.728 Your life has to line up with His standards, amen. 00:07:46.728 --> 00:07:51.266 And so I know hey, you used that word standard, but you used it in a different way. 00:07:51.266 --> 00:07:55.149 I realized that, and that's not exactly what this scripture is saying. 00:07:55.149 --> 00:08:06.348 But yet we have to be, our lives have to be right in order to usher this standard in amen, we can't be out of position, and so let's talk about that tonight. 00:08:07.019 --> 00:08:15.867 And so, first of all, the Spirit of the Lord is coming from the throne of God, it's coming from His Spirit, but that Spirit is the Holy Spirit. 00:08:15.867 --> 00:08:18.088 And where does that Spirit dwell? 00:08:18.088 --> 00:08:27.069 It dwells inside of us, and so that tsunami of righteousness is going to come through us and out of us. 00:08:27.069 --> 00:08:28.826 So let's talk specifically about that. 00:08:28.826 --> 00:08:36.984 But in so I thought I'd tie that back to the New Testament, in John 7, 37,. 00:08:36.984 --> 00:08:50.950 It says in John 7, verse 37, on the last day, that great day of the feast, jesus stood and cried out saying if anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 00:08:50.950 --> 00:08:59.710 Verse 38, for he who believes in me, as the scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. 00:08:59.710 --> 00:09:08.109 And in the New Living Translation it says that he is speaking of the Spirit who would be given to everyone believing in him. 00:09:08.109 --> 00:09:13.809 So we've received the Holy Spirit, we've received the power of the Holy Spirit. 00:09:13.860 --> 00:09:46.686 Therefore, out of our heart, or out of our belly, flows rivers of living water, not just a little bit, but a tsunami of living water and that nourishes us, that refreshes us, that builds up our backbone and solidifies us to be able to live a godly life in front of others, you know, and to be an example of who Jesus has called us each individual to be. 00:09:46.686 --> 00:09:47.688 Amen, amen. 00:09:47.688 --> 00:09:50.626 And so what struck me? 00:09:50.626 --> 00:09:54.868 We follow Pastor Mark and Trina Hankins' ministry really closely. 00:09:54.868 --> 00:10:01.304 They happen to be coming at the end of the month, that's going to be on January, the 30th, the last Sunday of this month. 00:10:01.304 --> 00:10:05.464 They will be here for both services, the 10 am and the 6 30 pm. 00:10:05.464 --> 00:10:07.505 Pastors Mark and Trina Hankins. 00:10:08.100 --> 00:10:12.922 But right now they are in a little town called Ridgely, tennessee. 00:10:12.922 --> 00:10:14.806 That's almost in Kentucky. 00:10:14.806 --> 00:10:18.224 It's so far north Tennessee, they're in eastern Tennessee. 00:10:18.224 --> 00:10:21.183 I'm sorry, western, but anyways, who cares? 00:10:21.183 --> 00:10:25.206 Well, god cares where it's at, but it's a long way from here. 00:10:25.206 --> 00:10:39.027 Happens to be snowing there, it's really cold, but there's a church abundant life church there, and so usually they open up the year preaching in that church, and we were invited to go several years ago. 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:44.046 We just haven't been able to make that journey yet, but I was catching it. 00:10:44.046 --> 00:10:50.528 They don't do live stream because it's such a small town, their internet connection, but they're able to upload the video later on. 00:10:50.528 --> 00:10:59.547 So I have a clip of Monday night's message, just a short clip, and it's a prophecy, and so it's tongues and interpretation. 00:10:59.547 --> 00:11:10.884 So Sister Trina is delivering the tongues, and then Pastor Mark and they had gone back and forth for at least 15 minutes, maybe 20 minutes, and so this is the last. 00:11:10.884 --> 00:11:25.948 Obviously, we're not going to watch all of that, but just I have just the last minute minute and a half prophecy from Pastor Mark, and I want you to listen to how this directly ties into what our pastor preached on Sunday morning. 00:11:25.948 --> 00:11:27.802 Lee, you got that ready. 00:11:30.019 --> 00:11:31.264 It's a wave of glory. 00:11:31.264 --> 00:11:35.427 In Bangladesh, I'm a digger From the throne. 00:11:35.427 --> 00:11:40.115 He begins no robber, he's a digger, he's a robber. 00:11:40.115 --> 00:11:45.028 So you'll, debauchers, be filled with the robber. 00:11:45.028 --> 00:12:04.705 He's a robber, for he will not be seen as a robber, for it's like a wave of glory that is coming for this generation, for when the enemy shall come in like a flood, the spirit of the Lord lifts up a standard against him. 00:12:04.705 --> 00:12:36.523 So now, like a wave, like a flood of the glory and the presence of God, coming even from the throne of God, shall sweep across this generation and even this nation, and things shall turn, and it shall turn quickly, and the strategies of the enemy shall be stopped and the will of God and the church of the Lord Jesus shall arise with a new strength and a new glory in this season. 00:12:36.523 --> 00:12:43.101 So rejoice, for the glory of God shall prevail and the will of God shall prevail. 00:12:43.101 --> 00:12:48.160 Hallelujah, praise you, lord, praise you, lord, praise God. 00:12:48.160 --> 00:12:52.200 Hallelujah, praise you, lord, thank you, thank you. 00:12:53.110 --> 00:13:11.126 Lord, I just got chills just listening to that again, because I know the Holy Spirit brought me to that word and I know it's the Holy Spirit playing that for you tonight, because that's exactly what pastor preached last Sunday morning. 00:13:11.126 --> 00:13:18.884 And so there's a wave of his glory amen, that's what we're believing God for, that's why we're in position to usher that in. 00:13:18.884 --> 00:13:29.101 And he said there's a flood coming from the throne of God that's gonna sweep across this entire nation and this entire generation. 00:13:29.101 --> 00:13:29.582 Amen. 00:13:29.582 --> 00:13:38.157 And so we're believing God for not just our generation, whom we're preaching to we're called to preach to our generation but for the next. 00:13:38.157 --> 00:13:41.238 We're also called to raise up the next generation. 00:13:41.298 --> 00:13:49.164 And God hadn't forgotten about your kids and your grandkids, who may be lost, they may be without God right now. 00:13:49.164 --> 00:14:00.879 But there's a wave of glory, there's a wave of the goodness of God, the presence of God, that's gonna overtake this nation and I believe it's coming. 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:05.201 Your pastor believes it's coming, and Mark Hankins just prophesied it. 00:14:05.201 --> 00:14:11.066 And we get behind that and we grab ahold of that word and the enemy strategies will be stopped. 00:14:11.066 --> 00:14:18.652 And he went on to say that the will of God and the church will arise with a new strength. 00:14:18.652 --> 00:14:23.773 Amen, we received that new strength tonight, lord, we received this word from you. 00:14:23.773 --> 00:14:34.485 We received that new strength, we received that new glory right now for this season, the season that we're in in 2022. 00:14:34.485 --> 00:14:38.897 And, father, we just thank you for moving through us. 00:14:38.897 --> 00:14:48.634 Lord, we position ourselves, we make sure we examine our hearts tonight, to make sure that we move right in under the spout where the glory pours out. 00:14:48.634 --> 00:15:01.977 And so, father, we just know that it's all about your glory, it's all about yourif others can just experience your glory, that one moment in your glory will change them for eternity. 00:15:01.977 --> 00:15:09.201 And so, father, we yield everything that we have, everything that we are, everything that we're about. 00:15:09.201 --> 00:15:21.408 We yield ourselves as a church to be full of your glory and to usher this wave of your glory, this tsunami of your glory, of your goodness, of your presence. 00:15:21.408 --> 00:15:22.611 Lord, we won't miss it. 00:15:22.611 --> 00:15:32.828 We won't be focused on the wrong thing, but, lord, we zoom past every distraction right into you, jesus, the author and the finisher of our faith. 00:15:32.828 --> 00:15:41.974 And, lord, we just thank you that your will will be done, not our will, but your will Be done in Jesus' name. 00:15:41.974 --> 00:15:44.619 Your will shall prevail. 00:15:44.619 --> 00:15:47.530 It will prevail in the name of Jesus. 00:15:47.530 --> 00:15:50.078 And so we get behind what you're doing. 00:15:50.078 --> 00:16:02.524 We get behind your will and we bring it to pass in our own lives individually, lord, and we focus in tonight on the things that you need us to change in 2022. 00:16:02.524 --> 00:16:16.687 Our spiritual eyes are open and our spiritual ears are open to change and, lord, the habits that we need to change in the and the daily scheduling things that we need to change in 2022. 00:16:16.687 --> 00:16:23.018 Our hearts are open to your voice and we can hear your voice and another voice we will not follow. 00:16:23.018 --> 00:16:35.294 But, lord, we're malleable and moldable to your will, to doing things your way, and so, lord, we focus on you tonight in Jesus' name, amen. 00:16:37.038 --> 00:16:38.059 So how do we do that? 00:16:38.059 --> 00:16:48.667 How do we make sure our lives line up with God's standards, to His precepts, to His desires, to His plan? 00:16:48.667 --> 00:16:50.894 How do we actually do what we just prayed? 00:16:50.894 --> 00:16:57.287 Well, step one is to pray, but now you know faith without works is dead, and so we have faith in a direction. 00:16:57.287 --> 00:17:03.817 But now our attitudes and our thinking need to line up with that direction. 00:17:03.817 --> 00:17:12.554 Right, that's right, and you say well, but, jay, my life is a mess, my marriage is a mess, my wife talks about divorce every day. 00:17:12.554 --> 00:17:25.055 You know this is going on and that's going on and my kids don't serve God and I realized and God is not surprised and he didn't bring you this far to leave you now. 00:17:25.696 --> 00:17:28.345 So press in in 2022. 00:17:28.345 --> 00:17:33.862 Press in by faith and hold on to the faithfulness of God. 00:17:33.862 --> 00:17:40.037 I know you've got things in your life that God has done, that have blown you away. 00:17:40.037 --> 00:17:46.884 Grab ahold of that, remember, stay in remembrance of what he's done and stay in position. 00:17:46.884 --> 00:17:49.593 Remember, this isn't just about you. 00:17:49.593 --> 00:17:52.844 It's about all the people that are around you. 00:17:52.844 --> 00:18:00.031 It's about the influence in your sphere, the people that are directly, that you have direct contact with man. 00:18:00.031 --> 00:18:03.442 You can't man. 00:18:03.442 --> 00:18:10.205 You're gonna get so close to God that it's gonna be obvious to those around you, right, and so that's why we're here. 00:18:10.205 --> 00:18:15.846 That's why you know God's everybody's worried about their standard of living. 00:18:15.846 --> 00:18:20.759 You know, like I wrote it down in my notes what the world thinks their standard of living. 00:18:21.260 --> 00:18:22.314 I won't read the whole thing. 00:18:22.314 --> 00:18:25.047 It just comes down to your the quality of life. 00:18:25.047 --> 00:18:26.972 That's basically the definition. 00:18:26.972 --> 00:18:33.920 It's a long, drawn-out definition, but the quality of life man, god's here to change that standard. 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:48.726 His standard is way high above what you think it is for your life and he's here, his Spirit is here to take us to that next level and and raise the standard in your life. 00:18:48.726 --> 00:18:56.105 And so get ready for His glory and get into His glory, get into His presence. 00:18:56.105 --> 00:19:02.472 You can get into His presence through praise and through worship and through gratitude and through thankfulness every day. 00:19:02.532 --> 00:19:04.938 You don't have to wait for a church service. 00:19:04.938 --> 00:19:18.031 I happened to, you know, help lead the praise and worship team here, and, and we have a wonderful team that's anointed, but I don't have to wait till a Sunday to worship with them. 00:19:18.031 --> 00:19:22.010 This past Sunday, though, I something about the first Sunday of the year. 00:19:22.010 --> 00:19:30.022 I was craving, you know, getting back into worship, and, and so I was personally blessed during our worship service. 00:19:30.022 --> 00:19:32.672 But you don't have to worship just on Sunday. 00:19:32.672 --> 00:19:43.513 God can meet you right in the, in your automobile, on the way to work, if you just get some good praise and worship going, and so we need to get in His presence, amen. 00:19:43.513 --> 00:19:50.894 So make sure your life lines up with God's standards and so I know Selena had some things to share. 00:19:51.115 --> 00:19:52.017 Is that okay, if you? 00:19:52.317 --> 00:19:56.573 yeah, yeah, that's really good word, jay. 00:19:56.573 --> 00:20:03.176 Second, peter 1, 3 and the new living, and I'll read 3 through 8. 00:20:03.176 --> 00:20:10.563 By His divine power, god has given us everything we need for living a godly life. 00:20:10.563 --> 00:20:19.880 We have received all of this by coming to know Him, the One who called us to Himself by means of His marvelous glory and excellence. 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:27.482 And because of His glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. 00:20:27.482 --> 00:20:37.400 These are the promises that enable you to share His divine nature and escape the world's corruption caused by human desires. 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:40.977 So His promises are our standard right. 00:20:45.614 --> 00:20:52.542 Verse 5, it says In view of all of this, make every effort to respond to God's promises. 00:20:52.542 --> 00:21:15.458 Supplement your faith with the generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. 00:21:15.458 --> 00:21:24.337 The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:21:24.337 --> 00:21:31.258 But those who fail to develop in this way are short-sighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins. 00:21:31.258 --> 00:21:33.013 So I want to go back to verse 8. 00:21:33.013 --> 00:21:38.420 The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be. 00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:42.556 You know, alison received the offering. 00:21:42.556 --> 00:21:44.500 Our daughter Alison received the offering last Wednesday. 00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:52.462 She used the verse 2, timothy 2.20, where there's different vessels in the house of God. 00:21:52.462 --> 00:22:01.183 There's gold and silver, and then there are other vessels that are not gold and silver. 00:22:01.692 --> 00:22:03.488 Come on, you can use the word you use and use. 00:22:03.890 --> 00:22:10.282 I use and use as a compost bucket, a poop bucket in the message, but I won't read it on the message. 00:22:10.282 --> 00:22:15.419 I saved it for the teens, but I just said it right now. 00:22:15.419 --> 00:22:21.776 So God wants us though God created us to be gold and silver. 00:22:21.776 --> 00:22:40.592 I mean, if you think about that, he doesn't want us to be vessels of dishonor, he wants us to be vessels of honor, and so our standard should be being a vessel of honor, being a vessel bringing glory to His name. 00:22:40.592 --> 00:22:49.102 And so here Peter is saying hey, god's given us everything we need to live a godly life. 00:22:49.102 --> 00:22:54.195 We don't have to go searching for it, he's already equipped us with it. 00:22:54.195 --> 00:23:00.980 We just have to say, yes, right, we have to do the practical every day. 00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:08.884 Yes, lord, I submit to your Word, because your Word is my standard. 00:23:09.069 --> 00:23:11.458 You know what's the standard on finances. 00:23:11.458 --> 00:23:13.195 What's God's word on finances? 00:23:13.195 --> 00:23:14.334 Put me first. 00:23:14.334 --> 00:23:19.200 What's God's word on relationships? 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:21.314 You know it says don't be unequally yoked. 00:23:21.314 --> 00:23:31.900 So God's word, he has a word for every area of your life, and so that's our standard in 2022 and beyond. 00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:35.237 God wants us to live. 00:23:35.237 --> 00:23:39.199 He's given us, he's equipped us, to live a godly life. 00:23:39.199 --> 00:23:40.554 He's given us a Holy Spirit. 00:23:40.554 --> 00:23:45.880 So, when the enemy comes in like a flood and there's pressure in life. 00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:52.180 The Holy Spirit, the greater one lives inside of me, raises up a standard against him. 00:23:52.540 --> 00:23:55.877 That's right, right, and that comes from the inside. 00:23:55.877 --> 00:24:03.337 Like we were saying earlier, that comes from the inside of us, and so I was going to add, and then one other thing, sorry. 00:24:03.439 --> 00:24:04.545 so Holy Spirit showed to me. 00:24:04.545 --> 00:24:08.358 Then I wrote this down we have to meet a certain criteria so the Master can use us. 00:24:08.358 --> 00:24:12.338 So we think like, hey, we showed up at church, I'm being used. 00:24:12.338 --> 00:24:19.299 That doesn't mean just because you walked in the door, it does not mean that you have that standard. 00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.875 You have to meet the criteria. 00:24:20.875 --> 00:24:22.373 The criteria is the word of God. 00:24:22.373 --> 00:24:24.980 That's our standard, right? 00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:26.182 Anyways, go ahead. 00:24:26.589 --> 00:24:33.923 No, I was just going to say that Psalm 119, 130, the entrance of your words give light. 00:24:33.923 --> 00:24:36.237 It gives understanding to the simple. 00:24:36.237 --> 00:24:39.519 So the entrance of God's word brings light. 00:24:39.519 --> 00:25:02.796 So, if you don't know, even though Selena just laid it out really simple, when you read God's word, it brings light, it brings direction and it's like a mirror and it reflects back his standard and you're able to make changes and the Holy Spirit's able to reveal things to your spirit. 00:25:02.944 --> 00:25:06.906 Hey, some behavior changes something. 00:25:06.906 --> 00:25:10.209 Hey, the way you talk to your coworker needs to change. 00:25:10.209 --> 00:25:17.375 You had this conversation yesterday that didn't reflect well on my character. 00:25:17.375 --> 00:25:19.230 So make that change. 00:25:19.230 --> 00:25:26.653 And if you'll begin to listen to that, if you'll begin to make those changes, your character will match God's character. 00:25:26.653 --> 00:25:38.789 God's here to reveal his character on the inside of you and reveal who he is, so that we truly are and can begin to be Christ-like and everything we've like. 00:25:38.789 --> 00:25:48.172 Just in 2 Peter, where Selena just read everything, god's already given us everything. 00:25:48.172 --> 00:25:55.515 He's enabled us to share in his divine nature and escaped the world's corruption, amen. 00:25:55.515 --> 00:25:58.013 So we've already been given all the tools. 00:25:58.013 --> 00:26:03.153 All we have to do is receive them, and we receive them by meditating in God's word. 00:26:03.153 --> 00:26:04.769 Amen, amen, amen. 00:26:04.769 --> 00:26:09.056 You know, people really do have. 00:26:09.056 --> 00:26:10.510 They go through real things. 00:26:10.510 --> 00:26:12.390 They live a real life. 00:26:12.390 --> 00:26:12.932 So do we? 00:26:12.932 --> 00:26:14.849 We've been through some things. 00:26:16.964 --> 00:26:18.570 But I was gonna tell the story. 00:26:18.570 --> 00:26:20.810 Recently we were at an event. 00:26:20.810 --> 00:26:29.834 We were talking with a few other couples and later on we ended up sitting at a table and eating with these couples. 00:26:29.834 --> 00:26:50.335 And one of them was a couple they work at another church and they run a ministry and some other couples one other couple we knew the wife, and the wife is married and the husband is not married, and so I knew that and I knew the wife. 00:26:50.444 --> 00:26:55.733 But this was my first time to be around the husband and he was just a really different character. 00:26:55.733 --> 00:27:02.891 He had a super dry sense of humor and parts of his personality reminded me of James and that was my brother-in-law. 00:27:02.891 --> 00:27:10.472 For those of you who know James, and sometimes you just don't know if James is kidding, is he serious or is he kidding. 00:27:10.472 --> 00:27:16.058 And this gentleman had kind of the same personality. 00:27:16.058 --> 00:27:19.990 Should I go over there and ask that gentleman if we could switch hats? 00:27:19.990 --> 00:27:25.347 I mean, he really looks sharp in his hat and anyways, just going on and on and so. 00:27:25.347 --> 00:27:28.507 But I was really and I ended up. 00:27:28.507 --> 00:27:36.910 This is kind of not like me, if you know me, but I ended up kind of running the whole conversation at the table and I was I was oh, that's like you. 00:27:38.554 --> 00:27:39.355 Wait, did I say that? 00:27:39.355 --> 00:27:39.796 Just kidding. 00:27:40.404 --> 00:27:49.788 These other ministers were older than us and probably been in the ministry maybe longer, even two, and so I was trying to get to know them and kind of. 00:27:49.788 --> 00:27:56.692 But every time I went that direction with this conversation I was leaving out this unsaved gentleman. 00:27:56.692 --> 00:28:06.866 But several good things happened in that conversation and I asked a question and it spurred his wife to start giving her testimony and she got to. 00:28:06.866 --> 00:28:12.547 You know, right about the time that I was losing patience with this gentleman. 00:28:12.547 --> 00:28:13.770 I'll skip to the chase here. 00:28:13.770 --> 00:28:27.954 The Holy Spirit just showed me, hey, what is it like to not be saved, to be sitting here with the love of your life and listening to her tell her testimony, which was so powerful, and you not be affected by it. 00:28:27.954 --> 00:28:32.413 But you know, the Holy Spirit really did begin to show me how he was affected by it. 00:28:32.413 --> 00:28:35.192 And so a really long story short. 00:28:35.192 --> 00:28:43.596 Later on we got to talk to her without her husband there and I just began to encourage her. 00:28:43.656 --> 00:29:02.612 You know like your love and the way you support your husband really spoke volumes to me, and you know there's a scripture over in 1 Peter 3 that you're gonna win your unsaved spouse by your character, by your decisions, by your love walk, in other words. 00:29:03.145 --> 00:29:18.287 And here she's actually living that out every day and she could have left, she could have divorced, she could have done a lot of things, but she's not giving up on her husband, and so that kind of love spoke volumes to Selena and I at that event. 00:29:18.287 --> 00:29:22.387 And, man, we've kind of been talking about it ever since. 00:29:22.387 --> 00:29:25.349 So we realized that you're watching out there. 00:29:25.349 --> 00:29:39.484 You have a totally different life, you have different pressures, you have different, but God has equipped you already and given you and graced you with his ability to love man. 00:29:39.484 --> 00:29:50.208 I just think of what it takes to be that woman every day, to wake up and love that man and not slap him across, you know, anyways, and wake up. 00:29:50.208 --> 00:29:52.394 No, but you know we're believing. 00:29:52.394 --> 00:29:56.733 I don't know, maybe you're watching tonight, I don't know but just we're believing with you. 00:29:56.825 --> 00:29:58.683 We have other people in this church. 00:29:58.683 --> 00:30:01.614 Yeah, brenda said never give up on anyone. 00:30:01.614 --> 00:30:02.115 That's right. 00:30:02.115 --> 00:30:05.451 That's right never give up on anyone and so God didn't give up on us. 00:30:05.605 --> 00:30:08.965 That's right, and so we're sure not giving up and so. 00:30:11.178 --> 00:30:11.820 Praise the Lord. 00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:24.463 And so, just, we realize that people face different things, but every single one of us, we've already been given these tools that Selena was reading, you know, to live a godly life. 00:30:24.463 --> 00:30:31.675 And I'm telling you so again, my point we'll move on to point two, because it moves right into that Point. 00:30:31.675 --> 00:30:34.480 Number one make sure your life lines up with God's standard. 00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:40.624 But, number two allow God's standard, allow that standard to mark you. 00:30:40.624 --> 00:30:44.680 You've been marked, yeah, amen, you've been marked by the blood of Jesus. 00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:46.204 We're not our own, that's right. 00:30:46.634 --> 00:30:58.583 And so in the Old Testament, the Israelites, they had to apply the blood with Hissab over their doorposts so that the death angel would pass over. 00:30:58.583 --> 00:31:04.384 And so, obviously, the death angel could see that the blood on the doorpost and would pass over. 00:31:04.384 --> 00:31:14.904 But think about, you know, the other people walking by and like, oh, they're Jewish, they've got blood on their doorposts, like it was an outward sign, a signal. 00:31:14.904 --> 00:31:19.065 And so think about it. 00:31:19.065 --> 00:31:32.922 You know, here we are in the New Testament and we apply the blood of Jesus with our lips, the Hissab, and the thankfulness and the gratefulness that comes out, our gratitude, through our praise and our thanksgiving, out of our lips. 00:31:32.922 --> 00:31:36.804 Yeah, and that's how we apply the blood of Jesus, that's right. 00:31:37.336 --> 00:31:39.278 And I guess I've preached a message on that not too long ago. 00:31:39.278 --> 00:31:44.942 But I'm telling you, praise and worship needs to come out of our lips. 00:31:44.942 --> 00:31:49.519 But what I'm talking about is that outward proof, that outward sign. 00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:51.444 Hey, you've been marked. 00:31:51.444 --> 00:31:57.924 It ought to be real obvious to just like the blood on the doorpost. 00:31:57.924 --> 00:32:01.285 I mean, if, do your neighbors even know that you're saved? 00:32:01.285 --> 00:32:04.605 Can they tell any difference in your house when they walk by? 00:32:04.605 --> 00:32:07.564 Or are you. 00:32:07.914 --> 00:32:11.397 There should be a difference between the world and Christians. 00:32:11.699 --> 00:32:12.301 Absolutely. 00:32:12.515 --> 00:32:12.875 A lot of times. 00:32:12.875 --> 00:32:15.444 Sometimes you can't tell a difference, but there should be. 00:32:15.444 --> 00:32:16.579 There should be a difference. 00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:20.435 When the world is depressed, we should be people of joy, amen. 00:32:20.435 --> 00:32:24.640 When the world looks to government, we don't look to government, we look to God. 00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.142 That's right. 00:32:25.142 --> 00:32:27.864 World doesn't care about your health, right? 00:32:27.864 --> 00:32:30.496 God does so. 00:32:30.496 --> 00:32:33.124 There should be a difference, a distinct difference. 00:32:33.124 --> 00:32:38.601 Romans 12, too, says don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed. 00:32:38.601 --> 00:32:43.065 And transform means to be metamorphosized from the inside out. 00:32:43.065 --> 00:32:44.980 But how do you do that? 00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:51.928 By renewing, by reading the word, renewing the mind in the word of God, right? 00:32:52.335 --> 00:33:01.898 So allow that mark to be outward, to have proof on the outside that you are saved, that you believe this. 00:33:01.898 --> 00:33:08.104 And so, therefore, when the enemy strategies come in, they come in from all sources. 00:33:08.104 --> 00:33:10.518 They could come in through your boss, they could come right. 00:33:10.518 --> 00:33:22.146 The strategy of the enemy can come right in to your entire division where you work, and there you are being the standard rising up against it, amen, amen. 00:33:22.146 --> 00:33:32.784 And so you're ushering in that standard into your life, into every area of your life, into your thought life, into the way you love, into your love walk. 00:33:33.494 --> 00:33:37.298 And you're affecting everyone around you by what you say and how you say it. 00:33:37.298 --> 00:33:38.122 Right, that's right. 00:33:38.122 --> 00:33:40.604 Sometimes it's not just what you say, it's how you say it. 00:33:40.604 --> 00:33:48.760 So we can speak the truth all we want to, but if it's void of love, we're like a clanging symbol going around. 00:33:49.102 --> 00:33:50.499 Yeah, and it starts with us. 00:33:50.499 --> 00:33:51.462 It starts with your self. 00:33:51.462 --> 00:34:01.605 Right here I wrote in my notes be strict with yourself, like don't allow words of just whatever words, idol words just come out of your mouth. 00:34:01.605 --> 00:34:08.525 Make sure they're scripture based, make sure they're full of love and faith and hope and not. 00:34:08.525 --> 00:34:12.885 Well, there he goes again, doing that, again just negative. 00:34:12.885 --> 00:34:18.074 But no, make sure they're filled with hope and future Encouragement. 00:34:18.295 --> 00:34:19.179 Encouragement. 00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:22.358 Yes, we say that all the time. 00:34:22.358 --> 00:34:25.322 You can't be saved and not be a good cheerleader. 00:34:25.322 --> 00:34:28.164 You can't be saved and not be a good encourager. 00:34:28.164 --> 00:34:34.900 You're filled with the encouragement of the Lord and it just spills out to your kids, it spills out to your spouse. 00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:37.018 It starts at home. 00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.302 It should does. 00:34:39.117 --> 00:34:46.802 And then it spills out to your clients and in your business, or maybe you go to school, so to the students around you. 00:34:46.802 --> 00:34:49.501 It's obvious, to those around us. 00:34:49.501 --> 00:35:01.380 So allow God's standards to mark your life and so you're able to pick up that same standard, because, again, we are the standard and we're raising. 00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:17.822 It is the Holy Spirit, it is the Spirit of God, it comes from the throne of God, but he uses us, he flows through people, to raise that standard up against the enemy, against his strategies, and thwart his plans. 00:35:17.822 --> 00:35:20.322 His plans cannot come to pass. 00:35:20.362 --> 00:35:20.864 That's right. 00:35:25.103 --> 00:35:34.184 And so again that prophecy from Mark Hengins the enemy's strategies will be stopped and the church will arise with a new strength. 00:35:34.184 --> 00:35:41.623 For this season, today, for this season, yeah, for this season, so we're rising up, amen, amen. 00:35:42.135 --> 00:35:50.402 We've allowed this standard to change each individual's life to line up with that standard and then we've allowed that standard to mark us. 00:35:50.402 --> 00:35:53.402 So it's obvious to those around us, amen. 00:35:53.402 --> 00:35:58.639 So we lift our hands tonight, lord, we receive your word. 00:35:58.639 --> 00:36:06.021 It won't just go in one ear and out the other but, lord, we grab a hold of who you are and we are your standard. 00:36:06.021 --> 00:36:16.001 Lord, we get in position, we position ourselves, we refuse to be out of position, we refuse to be in the wrong place but, lord, we listen to your spirit. 00:36:16.001 --> 00:36:18.360 That leads and guides and directs us. 00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:20.760 Lord, that drives us. 00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:29.123 It goes back to Sunday morning's message that drive us into the right place, boom, right where you need us to be. 00:36:29.123 --> 00:36:35.365 Sometimes it's forceful, sometimes the Holy Spirit's not a gentleman, but he forces us. 00:36:35.365 --> 00:36:46.842 Boom right into it and we flow along with you and we refuse to be in the way, but we grab a hold of being the standard and the answer that people need. 00:36:46.842 --> 00:36:47.780 In Jesus' name.