WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:03.839 If you're like, man, Pastor, you talk about missions a lot, just buckle up. 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:06.000 The Holy Spirit has a lot for you today. 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:14.320 And so today, the passage is one of the passages that Jesus is sending people. 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:17.440 Did you know that we serve a God that sends people? 00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:22.800 He doesn't just expect for you to come in on Sunday morning, sit in your seat and do nothing. 00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:24.239 He expects you to go. 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:28.480 And so my wife and I, one day, my wife came to me. 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:31.359 And guys, does your your spouse ever do this? 00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:35.439 She'll come up to you and say, We need to do something. 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:40.079 But the we means you need to do something, right? 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:46.719 She's including her because we are one, but she really means I want you to do something. 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:48.479 And so we were on a trip. 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:51.679 Uh we got blessed to go with the the North Texas Assemblies of God. 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:57.520 We were we were actually on a train in Romania, uh, headed, headed from one place to another. 00:00:57.600 --> 00:01:06.719 Uh, and she said, We need to talk to Pastor Kermit, who was the assistant superintendent at the time, because I want our older two kids to go on a mission trip. 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:11.120 And I want and we need to take them, which means I need to take them. 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:18.959 So we went to uh the mission, we went to the assistant superintendent who's over all the missions and said, Hey, we want to take our kids on a mission trip. 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:20.000 What would be the best? 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:26.159 He said, Well, Latin America is really good because it's far enough away, but not a long plane ride. 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:31.040 So your plane rides are max five, six hours, but it's it's good enough. 00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:32.719 And so there were two options. 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:38.000 We had some missionaries in El Salvador and we had some missionaries in Guatemala. 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:44.159 So El Salvador weren't taking anybody, but the missionaries in Guatemala said, Yeah, y'all come. 00:01:44.319 --> 00:01:52.159 We didn't know until then that the AGWM cutoff is 12 years old, and we took both of our kids under the age of 12. 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:54.400 Shh, don't tell the assemblies of God. 00:01:54.560 --> 00:02:00.799 Uh so we took them down to Guatemala, and I thought I was just doing a honeydew errand. 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:01.280 Okay. 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:03.040 We had a good time. 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:10.719 We went and did Christmas programs with child hope, but little did I know that God was setting me up for bigger things. 00:02:11.039 --> 00:02:17.520 The other every time that you just kind of walk into something and you're and God's like, I've been here the whole time. 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:19.439 I've just been waiting for you to get here. 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:20.879 And that's what I felt. 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:27.520 We went from school to school to school, and God began to work on my heart. 00:02:27.759 --> 00:02:32.639 And he said, Todd, I want you to raise funds from America to do this. 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:35.360 And I said, Do you know where I pastor? 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:37.520 I pastor in Cleaver, Texas. 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:46.159 Did you know Johnson County is one of the lowest socioeconomic counties in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex? 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:48.960 And I was telling God why I can't do something. 00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:49.840 Y'all ever do that? 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:54.719 You ever stop and go, God, listen, you know, do you know how hard my life is? 00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:55.840 Right? 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:58.240 Do you do you know who I am? 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:04.159 Well, the one that formed the brain that you're using to speak to him, right? 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:06.400 And he said, I want you to do it. 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:09.280 And so you've probably heard this part of the story. 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:14.240 So as you know, we have financial directors, a board of directors here at the church. 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:18.080 Uh, and I kind of big decisions like that, I have to filter through them. 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:19.360 So I was like, you know what? 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:22.159 I'm gonna tell them, and they're gonna say, nah, I don't think we could do that. 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:25.039 Because you know, when I when we went, money was tight around the church. 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:31.919 So I sent them a long message, and I expected Monica to be the first one, go, nope, don't need to do that. 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:33.439 Guess what they did? 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:34.319 One after another. 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:36.000 I think we need to do it, Pastor. 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:46.159 Yes, and then I sat at my computer and went, now we gotta do it. 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:52.560 So I came back, and the first year, you raised$9,000. 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:55.520 Second year, 11. 00:03:55.840 --> 00:03:58.240 And this year,$13,000. 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:04.639 Why? 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:10.560 Because we aren't called to just watch what God is doing, we're called to be a part of it. 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:19.040 And this morning, what Jesus is encouraging his disciples to do is he's encouraging them to go. 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:22.480 Stop waiting around. 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:24.879 Jesus is saying, just go. 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:26.399 So that's the shift. 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:28.399 We go to a new chapter of Luke. 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:37.199 We feel like we've been in Luke chapter 8 the whole time, but Luke chapter 9, for eight chapters, the disciples have watched Jesus work. 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:40.720 For eight chapters, they've watched Jesus work. 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:47.680 Then essentially, Jesus turns to him and says, You've watched me work, it's time to get to work, buddy. 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:55.199 And this morning, I think what Jesus is saying to each and every one of you is you've watched me work. 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:58.000 Now it's time to get to work, buddy. 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:02.879 You've watched me do all these amazing things in your life. 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:05.439 Now it's time that you do something. 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:08.399 Now, this may come across a little harsh. 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:10.639 I know the saved people are in the first service, amen. 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:16.240 But y'all pray for the second service when I say this, okay? 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:24.160 I think we live in a world, we live in a nation that we expect everybody to cater to us. 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:28.720 We like our worship music the way we like it. 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:31.920 Heaven forbid Pastor Mo sings a song that we don't know. 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:34.079 If you didn't figure out that last song, I didn't know. 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:36.399 I was trying to sing along and I didn't know the words very well. 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:39.120 Uh my fault. 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:40.560 Mo had sent me the song. 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:42.079 I didn't listen to it well enough. 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:47.279 But, you know, heaven, heaven forbid the worship team sings a song that we don't like. 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:51.360 Heaven forbid the pastor preaches the message that steps on our toes. 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:55.680 Heaven forbid we walk into church and somebody sat in our spot. 00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:06.480 But here's the thing if you read your Bible long enough, you're gonna figure out this isn't about your comfort. 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:15.279 God calls us, he equips us, and then he sends us. 00:06:16.480 --> 00:06:20.800 Because Jesus eventually wants us to be sent. 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:34.959 Because Jesus doesn't call us to watch what he's doing, he equips us and teaches us to depend on him and send us into participating in his mission's work. 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:37.680 Now I know what you're all saying this morning. 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:39.439 Listen, Pastor, I don't have my passport. 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:42.399 I can't get on the plane in the morning with you to Guatemala. 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:43.199 That's fine. 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:45.279 I don't need you to do that. 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:49.920 But I do need you to be sent where Jesus is sending you. 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:55.279 Because yes, we as a church, we've sent money to Guatemala. 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:58.879 My most of my family is headed to Guatemala tomorrow. 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:07.680 It's kind of funny that this message ends up the Sunday before I leave, and I'm actually gonna turn around and preach this message in Guatemala City. 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:10.800 So I'm gonna tell Guatemalan people to go too. 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:14.480 But I can't tell them before I tell my own church. 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:18.480 Jesus is saying to you, just go. 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:20.879 That's the title of my message this morning. 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:23.279 If you're taking notes, just go. 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:25.199 Stop making excuses. 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:27.519 Stop saying, but Pastor, I don't know this. 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:33.439 But Pastor, I don't, but Pastor, but Pastor, but listen, you don't know how hard my life is. 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:39.680 I barely had enough money for my Netflix bill this month. 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:46.480 And this week, the TV asked me, Are you still watching? 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:50.480 But I barely have any time, Pastor. 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:55.519 So the Bible is telling us, just go. 00:07:55.600 --> 00:07:57.920 So if you have your Bibles, grab them, go to Luke chapter 9. 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:00.560 We're gonna start in verse one this morning. 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:03.920 If you've read the Bible long enough, you've heard this passage preached at you. 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:09.600 But if this is your first time with us at Hope Church, I want to invite you to tap the NFC tag on the chair in front of you. 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:19.680 There is a new are you new, or I think it's new here tab tag that you can click, fill out that form, and you will get a personal text message from me. 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:25.360 Uh and so if that's something that you want, make sure you do that and our team will make sure that your contact gets to me. 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:32.879 Uh, and whether I do it before I leave or I'll pay for the Wi-Fi on the plane to text you because Jesus tells me to go, right? 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:36.320 I'm gonna text you and I'd love to reach out to you. 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:40.000 Uh, we also have candy uh going out there for the trunk retreat. 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:41.279 Sign up for the trunk retreat. 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:44.320 That's all the announcements I have time for today because it's a busy service. 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:46.639 Luke chapter 9, starting in verse 1. 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:54.399 And he called the 12 together and gave them power and authority over all the demons to cure diseases. 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:56.399 Stop right there. 00:08:58.879 --> 00:08:59.919 Stop right there. 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:01.919 What more power do you need? 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:07.200 You know, I think sometimes we make excuses like, God, I can't. 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:18.720 The same power he gives to the disciples, if you are saved and baptized, you have that same power and authority over all demons and can cure diseases. 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:20.960 What else do you need? 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:29.360 And then he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:39.360 So, point number one: if he sends you, he'll equip you, just go. 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:47.759 If he sends you, he'll give you the tools that you need, just go. 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:54.320 So Jesus calls the 12 together, he gives them power and authority, and he sends them out. 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:58.559 Notice, he equips them before he sends them. 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:05.200 Jesus never gives them an assignment without giving them what they need to do. 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:11.440 The authority of the 12 was unique, but the principle remains the same. 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:17.600 God never intended his church to accomplish his mission in our own strength. 00:10:17.919 --> 00:10:21.519 God is not expecting us to do it by ourselves. 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:29.519 We need the Holy Spirit, we need his power because Jesus calls you to it, he will equip you to do it. 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:36.639 How many times do I have to tell you I didn't want to speak in front of people? 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:40.720 In fact, I used to hide behind my guitar, just ask Cheryl, she was here. 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:47.279 I'd play one song, go to the next song, but God said, Listen, I've called you to be a pastor. 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:52.799 And now I talk so much that my wife's like, you know, you don't have to talk all the time. 00:10:57.759 --> 00:11:00.159 But think about going on a mission trip. 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:02.720 And you quickly realize. 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:18.559 When you quickly, if you've never gone on a mission trip, one thing you'll realize when you get to the country, especially when you go to a country like Guatemala and you know speake like me, you get there and you figure out I'm not enough for this. 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:25.519 I don't speak the language, I don't know the culture, I'm tall in Guatemala. 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:29.840 I feel like a giant just walking around. 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:33.360 In fact, I'm gonna move down there because I feel so tall. 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:35.039 I'm just kidding. 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:38.320 But here's the thing: I don't have all the answers. 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:43.600 I can't fix anything, but I don't go down there because I'm enough. 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:46.399 I go because Jesus sent me. 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:55.200 And I think sometimes we spend so much time trying to figure out if we are enough, and Jesus says, You're not enough, just go. 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:56.720 I'm gonna send you. 00:11:56.960 --> 00:11:59.440 I'm enough to make you enough. 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:03.840 Because the mission is bigger than we are. 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:10.080 But the one who sends us is even bigger than that mission. 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:18.480 So maybe this morning you've been waiting until you feel qualified before God can use you. 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:22.559 But the question isn't, am I enough? 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:25.840 The question is, are you willing to go? 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:30.159 Jesus isn't asking you this morning, you know, are you good enough? 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:32.559 No, he's saying, get to work. 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:36.399 You've watched all I've done. 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:38.720 It's time to get to work. 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:46.080 And a lot of people are like, well, Pastor, I can't afford to go on a mission trip. 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:46.879 Great. 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:49.840 You're sent to your workplace. 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:53.759 Kiddos, you're sent to your school. 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:58.080 God placed neighbors around you. 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:03.679 And some of you, he's put he's placed the most grumpy neighbors there is right next door. 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:06.320 Maybe I'm just talking to myself. 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:08.879 Uh she's a sweet lady. 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:09.759 I love her so much. 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:11.600 Jesus loves her too. 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:14.559 He sent you to the ball field. 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:21.759 Some of you are skipping church to go to the ball field, so you might as well minister in the name of Jesus while you're there. 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:25.360 Guys, those are all mission fields too. 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:29.360 Yes, I love what our missionaries do. 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:36.159 Yes, I love to get to go to Guatemala, but if there's not English-speaking people in heaven, too, we've not done our job. 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:42.240 So wherever Jesus has placed you, he can use you. 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:47.200 Listen, you are a far greater missionary than I could ever be. 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:51.519 Because all of my co-workers are supposed to be saved. 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:54.960 Now they would say that I don't always act saved. 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:56.960 They don't always act saved. 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:00.879 But your job is to go. 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:06.639 His job is to provide the power that you need to do the job. 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:09.600 And notice what he said. 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:14.799 Let's keep reading verse three. 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:16.080 Notice what he says here. 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:17.679 I'm getting ahead of myself. 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:19.440 I have the next line on the screen. 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:20.559 I'm getting excited. 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:21.519 Notice what he says. 00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:26.080 And he said to them, take nothing for the journey. 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:30.639 I don't know that he knew that I would be married to Crystal Barum. 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:32.480 We can't take nothing for our journey. 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:37.200 We've got two checked suitcases. 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:39.759 We're taking a lot with us, okay? 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:41.759 But he says, take nothing for your journey. 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:47.759 No staff, no bag, nor bread, nor money, and do not have two tunics. 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:49.679 He said, Don't bring a change of clothes. 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:51.120 You don't need it. 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:56.000 And whatever house you enter, stay there and from there depart. 00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:58.799 How many of you are anal like me? 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:01.360 And if Jesus said you don't need anything, just go. 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:06.399 Listen, Jesus, I need stuff. 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:12.320 They were saying after worship, I don't know who brought it up, they were calling me a diva. 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:15.120 I said, I'm a divo, get it right. 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:20.080 Uh but I need things. 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:28.159 So the second thing is, you don't have all the provisions yet, just go. 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:34.799 So the first one is if he sends you, he will coop you, just go. 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:39.279 The second one is you don't have all the provisions yet, just go. 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:43.519 Then Jesus gives them some strange strange instructions. 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:46.720 No staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra tunic. 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:48.960 This wasn't a permanent command. 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:51.840 Later in Luke, Jesus gives different instructions. 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:56.399 He was teaching them dependence on the Holy Spirit. 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:57.600 Think about it. 00:15:57.759 --> 00:16:04.960 They were going to trust God for power over demons and diseases, but they also had to trust him for dinner. 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:10.159 They wouldn't have every detail planned out. 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:12.879 That already gives me stress and anxiety, right? 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:19.759 But they had to trust that God who sent them would provide for a meal. 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:22.240 Listen, are your kids like mine? 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:31.039 We're sitting there at a Mexican restaurant and we've got fajitas in front of us, and they're like, What's for dinner? 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:35.840 Eat the food I've given you right now. 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:38.480 Isaiah's the worst. 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:47.440 So if y'all see Isaiah today, can you say, you will have lunch, you will have dinner, everything will be okay. 00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:52.480 But some of us, we have to have that explanation. 00:16:53.039 --> 00:17:04.720 So if Jesus said, go and I'll make sure dinner's taken care of for you, you're gonna be like, Because some of us don't travel light very well. 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:08.160 Do y'all ever travel with people that don't travel light very well? 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:13.759 Recently we went on a trip with my mom and dad, and my mom had more luggage than all my kids. 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:24.319 She's okay, she's not embarrassed, but you know, some of you pack 15 pairs of underwear for three days. 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:29.759 What could possibly happen that you would need 15 pairs of underwear? 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:30.400 You know what? 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:31.920 I don't want to know, okay? 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:33.839 You don't have to tell me. 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:46.400 But something I've told Crystal Barham, and and we've had we've had the the delight to go to many, many far-off missionary destinations. 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:51.279 And I have a feeling that one day she's gonna be able to tell me, see, we didn't find this. 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:56.720 But I always tell her, if we forget something, we can find what we need when we get there. 00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:57.920 You know what? 00:17:58.079 --> 00:18:00.720 God has always provided for me as a husband when I say that. 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:05.279 Because, husbands, you know, if you don't find it, you won't hear about it, right? 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:09.599 No matter where we've gone, we've always found what we need. 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:14.240 Because if we're going with God, He takes care of everything. 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:24.960 In fact, one time, if you don't know, I have sleep apnea, which means you don't want to sleep in the same room with me unless I have my machine. 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:28.319 I see that hand. 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:36.240 But one night before we gone on a cruise ship for a family vacation, I think God even cares about family vacations. 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:40.079 Maddie will tell you, my CPAP machine stopped working. 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:43.119 How was the sleep that night, Madeline? 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:50.160 Ask the kids to do a reenactment. 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:51.119 It's pretty funny. 00:18:51.359 --> 00:19:05.519 But Crystal got on Facebook Marketplace and found a$100 CPAP machine, and we did a drug deal in the parking lot of the hotel with a CPAP machine and$100. 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:13.200 She was on the way to a Houston Texans game, and we said, here's$100, I'll take your CPAP machine. 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:15.039 I looked up on YouTube how to fix it. 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:16.240 Praise the Lord. 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:21.440 We will find what we need when we get there. 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:30.000 And sometimes God says to us, just go, trust me for what you need when you get there. 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:35.920 Because if you have to know everything before you obey, that's not trust. 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:37.440 That's control. 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:42.720 Some of us, myself included, that's tough for us. 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:47.839 So what are you depending on more than God? 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:51.039 For some of you, it's money. 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:53.359 For some of you, it's a plan. 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:54.720 Some of you are like me. 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:58.880 You have every hour of every day planned out from now until eternity. 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:01.200 You know what stinks? 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:06.319 I had to learn when I'm a pastor that I actually have to let people interrupt my schedule. 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:09.039 Sometimes people interrupt my schedule. 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:13.039 And I try to be as nice as possible, but you some of you can see it in my eyes. 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:15.359 Like, I'm getting behind just talking to you. 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:18.640 But I know I need to talk to you because that's what I'm here for, right? 00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:25.039 Some of you trust your ability, some of you trust your security. 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:31.680 Listen, those aren't all bad things until they replace your dependence on God. 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:41.519 Sometimes obedience sounds like, God, I don't know how things are going to work, but I know you told me to go, so I'm gonna go. 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:48.400 Because if you could see every step and guarantee every outcome, you wouldn't need faith. 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:54.559 So if God is your source, stop carrying what he promised to provide. 00:20:56.960 --> 00:21:03.039 Some of you need to hear this when it comes to your time, when it comes to your finances. 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:08.160 Some people say, Well, well, Pastor, I don't have time to do anything for God. 00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:10.880 Well, you never will have time until you make time. 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:14.720 Well, Pastor, I don't I don't have any money to give. 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:17.680 Well, you're never gonna have any money until you give. 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:20.240 Because that's what Jesus told you to do. 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:25.359 Stop asking Jesus for a raise when you haven't started doing what he asked you to do. 00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:28.400 So let's keep reading. 00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.359 Last part. 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:31.200 Verse 4. 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:36.720 And wherever, whatever house you enter, stay here. 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:38.400 And from there depart. 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:46.640 And wherever you do not they do not receive you when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them. 00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:49.759 Some of you people love that verse, right? 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:56.079 And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere. 00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:59.759 Number three, this is probably. 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:01.200 The hardest part. 00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:04.160 You can't control the response. 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.599 Just go. 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:12.400 You can't control how people will respond to you, but go anyway. 00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:19.440 Guys, Jesus also prepared them for something that nobody likes: rejection. 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:24.960 Some people would receive him, others wouldn't. 00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:31.599 Jesus never promised that if they did everything right, everyone would respond in a positive way. 00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:38.000 He simply said, When they reject you, shake the dust and keep moving. 00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:42.240 They were responsible for delivering the message. 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:45.759 They weren't responsible for controlling the response. 00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:48.480 And guys, there's freedom in that. 00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:54.319 Stop taking responsibility for what God never gave you control over. 00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:57.119 You can't control other people. 00:22:58.160 --> 00:23:01.440 As a pastor, I've had to learn this. 00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:07.039 I can plant the seed, but I can't make it grow. 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:12.079 I can preach the word to you as hard as I can. 00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:15.839 But you're responsible for making it grow. 00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:19.039 I can preach the word. 00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.720 I can pray for you. 00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.839 I can encourage you. 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:24.400 I can even point you to Jesus. 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:26.880 But I can't change your heart. 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:29.440 Only Jesus can. 00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:32.000 And I've had to learn that. 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:37.920 You know, if you don't believe me, go look at the comments section of all my podcasts. 00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:40.400 They're such nice nice people on the internet. 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.960 So kind and encouraging. 00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:44.240 I love them so much. 00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:51.519 But I've had to shake a lot of dust, especially in the YouTube area. 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:53.839 But I plant the seed. 00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:56.079 God brings the growth. 00:23:57.839 --> 00:24:09.519 Who has God already put in front of you who needs an invitation, who needs some encouragement, who needs a prayer, or simply needs to hear what Jesus has done in your life. 00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:15.119 Here's the thing, guys, you don't have to be an amazing theologian to share the gospel. 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:18.799 Just tell them what Jesus has done that has changed your heart. 00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:22.799 That's more powerful than any preacher can ever preach. 00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:26.640 Life change preaches the gospel. 00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:32.880 That's why when we dump people underwater, we see there's not a dry eye in the house. 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.680 You know why? 00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:37.359 Because life change preaches the gospel. 00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:43.839 You don't have to change their heart. 00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:46.319 That's God's job. 00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:49.519 Your job is obedience. 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:52.640 Jesus just told you to go. 00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:55.759 And the disciples went. 00:24:56.559 --> 00:25:00.720 So my question for you is what's your excuse? 00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:07.599 Because you're called to bring the witness. 00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:10.799 God's called to bring the results. 00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:17.680 What results need to happen because of your faithfulness? 00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:26.160 So what are transformational moments? 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:28.319 Well, I don't think I'm gonna have time for altar. 00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:29.920 I'll just go straight to prayer. 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:33.279 What are transformational moments this morning? 00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:41.519 Where is God calling you to go, but you've been waiting because you don't feel like you're ready? 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:48.720 Listen, if you are saved and baptized, you're ready. 00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:54.480 Jesus has called you for something greater than yourself. 00:25:55.039 --> 00:26:03.359 The problem is, Western Christianity has spent so much time telling you that you just need to, you just need to be fed. 00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.880 I just need to be fed. 00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.680 You ever hear that word? 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:07.359 Don't raise your hand, you don't have to. 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:09.279 Preachers, we we hate. 00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:11.519 I just preacher, I just want to be fed. 00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:14.240 Some of you, all you do is eat. 00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:21.599 So what would happen in your personal life if all you did was just sit and eat and do nothing? 00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.839 What would happen, Cheryl? 00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:28.880 You get real fat, is what she said unhealthy, I said fat, right? 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:32.559 So why do we expect our spiritual life to be any different? 00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:39.279 If all we do is eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, and don't do anything for the Lord, do we think we'd be in shape? 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:43.200 And so, yes, it's great to be fed. 00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:44.640 Yes, you need time. 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:49.680 And when you're encouraged, and listen, you need time to sit in the presence of God. 00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:54.559 But if that's all you ever do, you're not making a difference for him. 00:26:56.240 --> 00:27:01.759 You know, the reason I highlighted Haley is because Haley's been a force for the Lord. 00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:11.599 There's been five people that we've probably baptized this year, not because she's gone to Guatemala, just because she's sitting there cutting people's hair, going, Do you know Jesus? 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:17.279 It ain't hard, right? 00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:21.680 That's all you have to do. 00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:26.400 Haley wasn't even sure that we weren't a cult or not until about a year ago. 00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:29.759 She's like, All right, move on, Pastor. 00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.640 Stop talking about me. 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.440 That's enough. 00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:33.039 All right, number two. 00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:42.240 What are you trying to control that you need to trust God to provide? 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:49.920 What are you trying to control that you need to trust God to provide? 00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:54.319 Listen, here's the thing. 00:27:54.880 --> 00:28:01.680 I'm about to go spend two weeks in Guatemala, and I have no idea what's gonna happen when I get there. 00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:03.200 But you know what? 00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:05.279 I know the Holy Spirit is there. 00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:07.039 I already know He's working. 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:09.680 We're bringing two teams from Hope Church. 00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:11.920 I know God's gonna do an amazing work. 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.720 You know why? 00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:16.799 Because every year I've seen God move in people's lives. 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:19.359 And here's what's the crazy thing. 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:24.640 We keep saying, we keep saying, Oh, I just need to be fed, oh, I just need to be fed, oh, I just need to be fed. 00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:27.359 And you know when I'm fed the most, when I go. 00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:33.119 I leave mission trips and I'm I'm ready to go save the world, man. 00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:35.440 You know why? 00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:47.200 Because God meets us in our obedience, and He will always provide even more than we could ever imagine. 00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:55.680 And lastly, who has God put in front of you that you need to reach out to today? 00:28:56.400 --> 00:29:02.000 Now, instantly, you probably thought of one person you're like, ah, they're not gonna receive it. 00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:09.680 You're not responsible for the response, you're only responsible to go. 00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:20.160 And so if God's put somebody on your heart today, don't go to sleep until you've reached out to them. 00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:27.839 If God's putting something on your heart today, go into your job Monday morning and get everybody saved. 00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:35.039 Get so many people saved at your job that we have to have a special baptism just for your job. 00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:37.599 I'd love it. 00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:40.640 Water's expensive, but we'll make it work, right? 00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:44.480 So I want to ask you this morning. 00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:50.799