WEBVTT 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:01.840 Father, thank you. 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:04.639 Thank you for this opportunity. 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:06.400 I I just need your help now. 00:00:07.519 --> 00:00:13.199 And uh you are so beautiful and come when we need you so much, and I need you tonight. 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:30.800 Uh because this lesson is simple and I'm just gonna ask you to take it and and speak to my heart and our hearts and uh bring it home for us at the at the beginning of a new year, at the at the time when we we we get a fresh start, uh, a blank page to start filling in. 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:35.119 I I just pray that you would just help me with the little truths that you've given me. 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:36.159 In your name I pray. 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:37.840 Amen. 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:41.039 I've I've never preached this message. 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:49.920 This is a message I I wanted to preach to you because I know that this is a week where you talk about new beginnings, fresh start. 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:55.600 And so I thought I would share with you um a practice that I have in my own life. 00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:58.479 It's a it's a practice I've done now for over 20 years. 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:09.519 The last week of the year, I set it aside just for time of reflection, prayer, and and and reevaluating my year. 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:16.879 And then I take my calendar and I literally go over my calendar, uh, not only day by day, but hour by hour. 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:23.040 Every every day I go every hour, and and this is the person I met there, and this is what I was doing here. 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:32.319 And as I as I go through the calendar, I just keep my legal pad beside me, and I I write down things like, wow, that that was a that was a that was a good day. 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:35.200 Uh oh, this was a this I didn't do well here. 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:37.760 I this was I I I would like to have a do-over here. 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:40.959 Do you ever have times when you want to have a do-over? 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:45.760 And I I just I put things in different categories. 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:53.439 Uh times where I really sensed that that there was a real blessing of God on my life, the times when when I felt that I was living too much for myself. 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:56.719 And I mean, I go through a very thing, it takes me, it really takes me the week. 00:01:56.879 --> 00:01:58.079 I just evaluated it. 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:11.360 I one of the things I do is I take every special thing that Margaret and I did during that year, and I put it together, and then one night during that week I I pull her aside for dinner and I sit down with my list and I go through everything we did all year that was very special. 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:19.840 And it's just it's a time for me to reflect, it's a time for me to to evaluate, to look at my year. 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:28.479 And it's from that that I form my next year, as far as I put down, okay, this year, uh, here are lessons I learned from last year. 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:31.280 I don't have some of them I don't want to repeat, some of them I certainly want to do more. 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:34.879 Here's people I should spend more time with, this is something I should be thinking more on. 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:40.159 And I I lay out my entire year based upon the reflection of last year. 00:02:40.479 --> 00:02:47.039 And I ask God during this time for one word that would help me in the new year. 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:48.319 Just one word. 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:50.560 You say, why one word? 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:53.840 It's because I'm not smart enough to handle a sentence. 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:58.159 And a paragraph would be just off the charts for me. 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:08.719 So I ask him for one word, and and and uh that's something I just every day think upon and pray about and and and usually towards the end of the week, it begins to form. 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:17.680 And though, and the word that came to my heart this year that I think God wants me to focus on in 2015 is the word intentional. 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:43.439 He wants me to be intentional, he wants me to maybe more than ever before in my life, really focus on some things that are important and and and and live a life every day, not a day that kind of where I try to accept my day, but uh, but a day where I lead my day, where a day where I I focus on making sure that uh I really really put my intentionality where it needs to be. 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:46.479 We we all heard the expression, all is well that ends well. 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:49.120 I'm here to tell you all is well that begins well. 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:59.520 And this is the first of the year, and for many of you, this is this is your chance, this is your shot, this is your moment, this is your time, this is your opportunity. 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:04.960 All of you that are watching online, the different campuses, day start. 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:16.079 This is your opportunity, this is your time, this is your moment, this is your place for you to really begin to live an intentional life. 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:28.560 And then I ask usually for a scripture that goes with it, and and and so let's kind of dive in on on the screen, you'll see that the section I'm gonna deal with, Matthew chapter six, is all about focus and faith. 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:31.360 In other words, trust God and see things correctly. 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:32.480 Be intentional. 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:33.120 Okay. 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:36.240 Let's go with the passage of scripture. 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:38.639 Matthew chapter six. 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:51.199 If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers, most of which have never been seen, don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you. 00:04:51.680 --> 00:05:00.480 What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so that you can respond to God's giving. 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:07.839 People who don't know God and the way that he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:12.480 Steep your life in God reality, God initiative, God provisions. 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:14.800 Don't worry about missing out. 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:18.879 You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:22.959 Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now. 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:27.600 Don't get worked up about what you may or may not happen tomorrow. 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:33.040 God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes. 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:38.959 Intentional living means two things. 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:44.319 In this scripture, intentional living means, first of all, knowing God and how he works. 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:54.160 Jesus was very clear to say to us that if we want to live an intentional life, we have to know God and we have to know how he works in our lives. 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:59.360 I love the passage in Jeremiah chapter 9, verse 23. 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:01.439 Don't let the wise brag on the wisdom. 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:04.959 Don't let the heroes brag on their exploits. 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:07.519 Don't let the rich brag on their riches. 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:10.480 If you brag, brag of this and this only. 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:12.959 Let you understand and know me. 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:25.519 In other words, he he said, if you're gonna get excited about something, if you're gonna brag about something, don't brag about what you got, what you did, where you've been, who you know. 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:31.920 Just brag on the fact you know him. 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:38.480 In fact, I'll tell you what's fantastic is not the fact that I know him, it's the fact that he knows me. 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:41.839 It's amazing, isn't it? 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:48.800 God, the creator, God, omnivent, omnipresent, omniscient, God, he knows me. 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:50.879 And he knows you. 00:06:51.759 --> 00:07:07.360 And and and Jesus said, if you want to live an intentional life, you gotta, you've got to know God, and you've got to know the works of God, and and and you you've got it, you've got to live in his life, and and you've got to have him fully, you've got to be submerged in who he is and what he's wanting to do in your life. 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:13.839 So, what does that mean, knowing God and knowing how he works? 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:16.800 First of all, it means that God values you. 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:21.199 If you know God at all, you know that God values you. 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:27.040 In fact, look at your neighbor, you're sitting beside right now, and just say them, say to them, God values you. 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:29.199 Tell them that right now, God values you. 00:07:32.399 --> 00:07:37.040 A couple of years ago, I was privileged to open, do the opening session at the United Nations in New York. 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:47.519 And so I was speaking to all the leaders, the ambassadors of every country, and and I wanted to be sure to give them a message that they could that would really help them with their with their countries. 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:54.800 And and so I did a lesson that was basically entitled Three Questions Every Follower Ask of a Leader. 00:07:55.519 --> 00:08:06.000 And I shared with them, regardless of their culture, regardless of uh of where they were in the world, I would promise them that the people of their country, every leader within that country, they would be asking their leaders these three questions. 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:09.439 And the three questions are simple Do you care for me? 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:12.160 If somebody's gonna follow you, they want to know if you care for them. 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:15.439 Who wants to who wants to follow somebody that doesn't care for them? 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:17.279 Can you help me? 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:20.240 In other words, is it going to get better if I follow you? 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:23.600 If if I get in the leadership line, is it going to improve my life? 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:25.360 Can can you help me? 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:28.160 And thirdly, can I trust you? 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:34.399 In every culture, in every society, in every nation. 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:38.080 People ask those three questions of their leaders all the time. 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:42.000 You love me, can you help me? 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:44.320 Can I trust you? 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:51.759 And the greatest leader of all, Jesus, can say a resounding yes on all three. 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:54.879 He can help you. 00:08:55.600 --> 00:08:58.799 He loves you, and you can trust him. 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:06.559 And when you follow Jesus through the gospels, the thing that impresses you the most about Jesus is that he valued people. 00:09:06.879 --> 00:09:08.879 Jesus valued people. 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:11.360 Turn the pages of all four gospels. 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:15.519 Everywhere you go, you see that Jesus valued people. 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:19.919 The conflict between Jesus and the Pharisees was very simple. 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:28.000 They valued knowledge, and he valued people, they valued what they knew about the scriptures. 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:31.679 They were always thinking that life composed of a Bible quiz. 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:36.320 And Jesus said, wait a minute, you don't understand. 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:46.799 You gotta value people, you gotta you gotta see people, and there are so many examples of Jesus valuing people, but the one I love so much is the one that we know so well, the prodigal son. 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:51.039 We know all about him messing his whole life up, but he's in a pig pen now. 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:54.159 Asking himself, what's a Jewish boy like me in a pig pen? 00:09:54.879 --> 00:10:02.960 And he says, I'm gonna go home to my dad, and but he's he said, if I'm gonna go home to my dad, I've got to have a speech prepared because I've certainly messed up my life. 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:04.639 And his speech was very simple. 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:10.159 He said, I'll say to him, Father, I've sinned against God, I've sinned against you. 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:13.679 I don't deserve to be called your son. 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:16.879 And he practiced it. 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:19.360 And I know he practiced it because you follow the story. 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:22.960 It says when he came to his father, he fell down and immediately said this speech. 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:25.919 I mean, he had been practicing all the way, all the way back to the father's house. 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:37.679 He was saying to himself, I don't do, I, I, I, I, I, I've I've sinned against God, I've sinned against you, I don't deserve to be called your son, I've sinned against God, I've sinned against you, I don't deserve to be your son, I've sinned against God, I sinned against you, I don't deserve. 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:42.879 He practiced, practiced it, and when he got to the father, he just fell down and he said, he gets his speech out. 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:45.120 Oh, I I don't deserve, I don't deserve to be your son. 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:51.600 I I there were only two people that believed that he didn't deserve to be called his father's son. 00:10:51.759 --> 00:11:11.039 The prodigal that was on his knees in a repentance stage, and the older religious brother, who said, You know, I've worked so hard and I've I've done so much for you, father, and and and and you're giving a party to to the to the kid that that went home. 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:23.679 And I have a message for you in 2015, and the message is beautiful about God valuing you, God valuing you online, God value you on every campus. 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:25.759 And here's the message, here's the message. 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:31.360 You can't disappoint God, you can't disappoint God. 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:39.440 Disappointment is the gap between expectation and reality. 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:44.320 When we're disappointed, it's because we expected something that we didn't receive. 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:45.120 Isn't that true? 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:54.000 And we say, Wow, I kind of expected that, and wow, I received that, and wow, it wasn't what I kind of thought it would be, and I'm a little bit surprised, I'm a little bit disappointed. 00:11:56.639 --> 00:11:59.120 That's why the prodigal practiced the speech. 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:00.720 I don't deserve to be called your son. 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:04.240 He said, Give me a bunk in the barnyard, I'll be a servant. 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:07.519 You see, get the picture. 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:15.360 The boy, the prodigal, was so disappointed in himself that he naturally thought the father would be disappointed in him. 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:20.000 And I just want you to know God's ways are higher than yours, and God's thoughts are higher than yours. 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:26.240 And don't dumb God down, don't dumb him down, don't bring him down to your level of thinking. 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:28.000 And the boy said, I know I'm disappointed. 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:32.639 I just I got God, the father's going to be disappointed, and the father's not disappointed. 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:37.120 In fact, the older brother, he can't understand why dad's throwing the party. 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:38.080 Can I tell you something? 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:41.200 Neither son knew the father. 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:49.840 If they would have known the father, they would have known how much he valued his boy. 00:12:50.960 --> 00:13:00.320 And I just want you to know that to live this year of 2015 in an intentional way, understand that God values you. 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:09.279 And remember this when you think of the older brother, legalism overvalues works and undervalues people. 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:12.720 I've seen it happen throughout my entire life. 00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:22.399 People, they're legalistic, they overvalue what they're doing for God, and they undervalue the people that God so beautifully, unconditionally loves. 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:27.759 So to live a life of intentionality, know God. 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:33.360 And know that He values you, and know, secondly, that He will take care of you. 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:37.600 That He will take care of you. 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:46.399 Every year, Margaret and I give our family, our children, our grandchildren, a gift for Christmas, and the gift is is a trip. 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:49.120 We we take them on a trip somewhere every year every year. 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:50.480 That's that's our Christmas gift. 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:53.600 We we want to create memories for our kids and grandchildren. 00:13:55.440 --> 00:14:00.480 So this year we we went and spent a week, we literally spent up to Christmas day in Hawaii. 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:03.679 And so we had the grandchildren there. 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:11.039 And so Margaret and I said, let's give our grandchildren, we have five, let's give our five grandchildren a verse this year. 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:22.159 And so we thought about them and talked about them and and we prayed about it, and so we we picked out a verse for each one of our grandchildren, a different verse based on where they are in their life, their temperament, that whole process. 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:31.919 And then I looked up a quote that was similar to the verse that they could have, and then and then we we wrote a three to four line prayer for them based on that verse, and we laminated. 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:36.159 You have to know I laminate everything, so you just excuse me, but I just do. 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:41.600 And and and and we laminate with their favorite collars, and we sat with them individually during that week. 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:46.480 We sat down individually with them, and we read the scripture, we gave them the quote, we gave them the prayer. 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:53.519 And the theme that we had for our children this year was the theme of trust. 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:59.440 We just want our kids to know that God is a trustworthy God. 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:03.360 And I just want you to know you can trust him. 00:15:04.320 --> 00:15:06.080 You can't trust yourself. 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:08.240 Y'all right out there? 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:12.480 Sometimes you can't trust others, but you can trust God. 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:21.600 And all of the all of the verses were just based on helping them to understand that this God values them and that they can trust him. 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:26.080 When I pastored in San Diego, we had a beautiful African-American pastor named S. 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:26.320 M. 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:27.120 Lockreach. 00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:28.320 He's passed away now. 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:30.639 Old, beautiful preacher. 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:32.240 I mean, he could preach. 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:35.200 He had an oratory in his voice and his sermons. 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:38.399 And I mean, he preached like I'm going to preach when I go to heaven. 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:40.559 And I would bring him in. 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:45.440 When you have your beginnings here, Robert, we'd at the first of the year I'd bring him in and I'd bring his choir in. 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:47.759 And we'd have a night service just like this. 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:49.919 It was a it was a three-hour service. 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:53.519 It was a three-hour because it was a three-hour service. 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:58.639 The choir sang and until the glory came, and in our church it took a while sometimes. 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:00.799 And then S. 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:01.039 M. 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:03.440 Lockridge, he preached until the glory came. 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:12.399 And every year when I'd I'd call him on the phone and say, Now, Pastor, I need you to come to get our church ready for the new year. 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:22.240 And I'd say, now, I you preach anything you want to, but but I want you to take a time out to talk to the people about how they can trust him. 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:28.000 Because he had this amazing piece of oratory where he would tell people to trust God. 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:34.879 And so I I wrote it down, and and and I I can't preach, oh, can't even touch him, can't even preach like him. 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:37.840 But I brought it with me and I thought I'd try. 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:40.240 But you're gonna have to help me out. 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:43.039 I've got to have an African-American congregation here. 00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:44.720 You understand? 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:46.080 You understand? 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:49.840 Okay, you get you gotta, I mean, you gotta help me out. 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:51.600 You gotta you gotta talk to me. 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:52.320 All right? 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:55.759 Because there's gonna be every once in a while I'm gonna say, you can trust him. 00:16:55.919 --> 00:17:00.480 And when you hear me say you can trust him, you repeat back to me, we can trust him. 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:01.360 We can trust him. 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.080 You got that? 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:03.120 Let's practice it. 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:04.000 You can trust him. 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:06.640 Oh, okay, okay, you're ready to go. 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:07.440 You're ready. 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:10.880 Look at the person you're sitting beside and tell him, you just come to church. 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:13.519 Go ahead and tell him to man, you just come to church right now. 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:16.240 In fact, I'll get up. 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:16.880 I'm gonna do it. 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:18.640 Well, I can't do it like he did it. 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:20.960 But this will be this will be my pulpit for a moment. 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:21.279 All right. 00:17:21.359 --> 00:17:23.599 This will be my his, I mean this man. 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:26.079 When we go to heaven, he will be preaching. 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:28.720 Paul and he will be preaching. 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:30.480 Here's what S.M. 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:32.000 Lockard would say. 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:36.240 No barrier can hinder him from pouring out his blessing. 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:52.799 He's enduringly strong, he's entirely sincere, he's eternally steadfast, he's immortally graceful, he's imperial powerful, he's impartially merciful, he's the greatest phenomenon that has ever crossed the horizon of the world. 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:58.000 He's God's son, he's a sinner's savior, he's the centerpiece of civilization. 00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:01.039 I'm trying to tell you, church, you can trust him. 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:06.000 He does not have to call for help and you can't confuse him. 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:08.400 He doesn't need you, he doesn't need me. 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:11.599 He stands alone in the solitude of himself. 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:19.680 He's August, he's unique, he's unparalleled, he's unprecedented, he's supreme, he's preeminent. 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:23.039 I'm trying to tell you, church, you can trust him. 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:43.759 He's the loftiest idea in literature, he's the highest personality in philosophy, he's the supreme problem of higher criticism, he's the fundamental doctrine of truth theology, he's the cardinal necessity of spiritual religion, he's the miracle of the age, he's the superlative of everything good, and you can call on him. 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:52.960 I'm trying to tell you, church, you can trust him, he supplies strength for the weak, he's available for the tempted and the tried. 00:18:53.119 --> 00:19:13.200 He sympathizes and he sees, he guards and he guides, he heals the sick, he cleansed the lamb, he forgives the sinner, he discharges debtors, he delivers the captive, he defends the feeble, he blesses the young, he regards the aged, he rewards the diligent, he's beautiful, he's meek. 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:32.480 I'm trying to tell you, church, you can trust him, he's the key to knowledge, he's the wellspring of wisdom, he's the doorway of deliverance, he's the pathway to peace, he's the roadway to righteousness, he's the highway to holiness, he's the gateway to glory. 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:34.799 You can trust him, church. 00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:54.559 He's the master of the mighty, he's the captain of the conquers, he's the head of the heroes, he's the leader of the legislators, he's the overseer of the overcomers, he's the governor of the governors, he's the prince of princess, he's the king of kings, he's the lord of lords. 00:19:54.720 --> 00:20:34.880 I'm telling you, church, you can trust him, oh you can trust him, you can trust him, oh you can trust him, you can trust him, oh I like Jesus, oh I like Jesus, listen to me, listen to me, his office is manifold, his promise is sure, his life is matchless, his goodness is limitless, his mercy is everlasting, his love never changes, the word is enough, his grace is sufficient, his reign is righteous, his yoke is easy, his burden is light. 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:37.599 I wish I could describe him to you. 00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:45.279 He's indescribable because he's incomprehensible, he's irresistible, and he's invincible. 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:48.559 I tell you, church, you can't trust him. 00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:57.279 You can't get him off your hands, you can't get him off your mind, you can't outlive him, and you can't live without him. 00:20:58.400 --> 00:21:01.519 Pilate couldn't stand him when he found that he couldn't stop him. 00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:13.920 Pilate couldn't find any fault in him, the witnesses couldn't get their testimonies to agree, Herod couldn't kill him, death couldn't handle him, and thank God the grave couldn't control him. 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:17.519 I'm telling you, church, you can't trust him. 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:24.000 There was nobody before him, and there'll be nobody after him. 00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:27.920 He had no predecessor and he'll have no successor. 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:31.680 You can't impeach him and he's not gonna resign. 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:34.799 I'm telling you, church, you can trust him. 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:38.240 Let's give him a break. 00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:56.559 Oh, I like Jesus. 00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:58.640 Oh, I like Jesus. 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:01.039 Oh, I like Jesus. 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:04.720 Let me pray over you, Father. 00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:07.279 You are so beautiful. 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:12.720 When we just see you, everything in our life begins to change. 00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:16.799 You are a healer, you have forgiveness of our sins. 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:18.799 You are God, there is no other. 00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.400 There is no other. 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:22.880 Oh, no other at all. 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:25.680 Oh, Father, to the carpenter, you're the door. 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:31.279 To the art, to the strawberry, you're the bright morning star. 00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:35.599 To the artist, you're that beautiful portrait, Lord. 00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.319 Thank you. 00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:39.039 Oh, Father, we just worship you right now. 00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:49.039 We just lay our hearts before you and we say to you, as we approach 2015, we're going to live an intentional life, and we're going to make our life count. 00:22:49.279 --> 00:23:01.839 As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, and we will go in the strength and the might of a God who says, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:06.000 And if God be for me, who can't be against me? 00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:12.079 And so we rest on you, we rely on you, we live for you, we love you. 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:14.079 There is no other God. 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:23.440 There is no one else we want to walk with, there's no one else we want to talk with, there's no one else we want to live with, there's no one else we want to live for. 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:25.920 There is no other God by you. 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:34.160 And so we just now raise our hearts and we raise our hands and we proclaim you King of Kings, Lord of Lords. 00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:45.680 And Lord, as we look at 2015, I ask that we would live that intentional life that you can bless, that you can cover, and that we would live that life that would please you. 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:52.480 And at the end of the year, may we celebrate one more time your goodness and our faithfulness. 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:54.079 Hallelujah. 00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:57.039 All God's people said, Amen. 00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.480 Amen.