WEBVTT 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:48.800 Even though we're online, we still want you to be loud. 00:03:50.479 --> 00:04:02.159 When you hear something like your friends and family to watch you, there's still ways for you to get you to visit our website at KCC dot you'll be able to get on. 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:07.360 Along with that, you can KCC now at 77977. 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:11.439 Or you can download the app to the app store and give you that as well. 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:13.680 KCC is the fun isn't over. 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:16.639 We've made it easy for you guys to bring charge at home. 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:21.839 We have interactive video lessons and principal activity pages that can be easily downloaded from our website. 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:24.639 Alright, KCZ, that's everything you need to know. 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:26.399 We'll be starting our stream shortly. 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:27.839 Enjoy the service. 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:52.879 See the image of them. 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:57.199 Serious prices forever. 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:00.639 Oh, we look to the sun. 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:08.319 Oh to the sun. 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:19.199 Some prices until we through the dead of night. 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:26.879 See the kingdom burst into color at the speed of light. 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:34.399 Speaking of the atmosphere. 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:41.759 As the saddles fade, nothing else could say of years. 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:51.519 The bridge in our eyes. 00:05:52.079 --> 00:05:54.560 The everlasting away. 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:41.920 See the hope of him shining like the rise of sun. 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:49.759 Now forever lift it up and set to light. 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:01.199 Be on the sky. 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:51.279 Love reaching out for us. 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:55.279 The everlasting one. 00:07:56.399 --> 00:07:58.399 Jesus our God. 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:03.199 Beyond the skies of love. 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:07.040 Love reaching out for us. 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:10.560 The everlasting one. 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:13.439 Jesus our God. 00:08:14.800 --> 00:08:17.120 Oh my God to the sun. 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:24.319 Oh my God to the sun. 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:59.519 Light in the darkness, my God, that is who you are. 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:08.320 Miracle work, promise keep. 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:22.480 Light in the darkness, my God, that is who you are here, touching every heart. 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:25.600 I worship you. 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:29.120 I worship you. 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:36.879 You are here, healing every heart. 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:39.919 I worship you. 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:43.440 I worship you. 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:51.039 You are here turning lies around. 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:54.240 I worship you. 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:57.360 I worship you. 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:05.679 You are here mending every heart. 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:07.840 I worship. 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:11.279 I worship. 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:20.080 You are wake up, miracle work, promise to keep. 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:21.919 I am the darkest. 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:23.440 My God. 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:32.080 That is to you on Wake of Miracle Work. 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:36.159 I am the darkness. 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:37.440 My God. 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:40.000 That is to you on. 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:50.000 I did the top test. 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:29.279 That is who you are. 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:32.559 That is too much. 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:36.399 That is who you are. 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:05.039 Even when I don't see it. 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:15.200 Even when I don't think that you work. 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:16.960 I never stop. 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:18.320 You never stop. 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:22.799 I never stop, you never stop working. 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:26.639 Even when I don't see it, you're working. 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:30.159 Even when I don't feel it, you're working. 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:33.759 You never stop, you never stop working. 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:36.799 You never stop, you never stop. 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:41.039 Even when I don't see it, you're working. 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:44.720 Even when I don't feel it, you're working. 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:48.320 You never stop, you never stop working. 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:52.000 You never stop, you never stop working. 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:55.440 Even when I don't see it, you're working. 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:58.960 Even when I don't feel it, you're working. 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:02.799 Never stop, you never stop working. 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:52.000 That is cool. 00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:56.159 That is who you are. 00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:59.679 That is who you are. 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:35.200 It's so it's faithful. 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:38.639 Oh, who you are is able. 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:42.720 Who you are is stronger. 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:46.399 Who you are is Jesus. 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:50.000 Who you are is faithful. 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:53.120 Who you are is able. 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:57.039 Who you are stronger? 00:16:58.080 --> 00:17:00.559 Who you are is Jesus. 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:34.640 I love your voice. 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:39.519 You elect through the fire. 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:43.039 And in darkest night. 00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:46.079 You are close like no other. 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:50.319 I've known you as a father. 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:54.000 I've known you as a friend. 00:20:55.039 --> 00:21:00.079 And I have faith in the goodness of God. 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:07.920 You have been faithful. 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:15.759 So good. 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:21.359 Silly brand that I am able. 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:25.440 I will see a look. 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:29.599 Yes, Lord. 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:35.599 All my life you have been paid for. 00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:53.039 I will see I'm a kid. 00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:10.000 From you deserve glory. 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:13.440 Oh, yes, you do, God. 00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:29.039 You are the loving of you are the loving of Jesus from you. 00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:53.759 Welcome, thank you for joining us today at Church at Home. 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.640 My name is Brian. 00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:56.720 I'm one of the pastors here at KCC. 00:26:56.960 --> 00:27:03.759 We just appreciate you being with us today that we get to be in your home as we're worshiping and we get to hear the word this morning. 00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:07.599 And we just wanted to start with saying thank you so much for all the generous giving. 00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:13.920 It gives us the opportunity to be able to do the things that we've been doing with worship and the word and getting the gospel out into all these homes. 00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:16.480 We're really glad that we have this opportunity to do it. 00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:20.400 Uh, while you're watching this today, one thing I want to encourage you is share. 00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:25.839 Share as much as you can, get it out there, share with your friends, your family, and pages, whatever you got. 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:29.279 We want you to share because that way the gospel goes out even to more people. 00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:32.160 So we're so excited that you get to be able to be a part of this. 00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:36.799 And today, I get to close out in the last of our series of good news. 00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:40.640 And it's been a fantastic uh whole series that we've had. 00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:45.440 Pastor Brody has really laid a really great groundwork when we come to talking about the gospel. 00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.160 What's next? 00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:48.319 We've had Easter, it's been really great. 00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:50.240 And so I get the pleasure of closing this out. 00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:58.160 And uh, I want you to know that the good news is exactly what we're going to be talking about today, what we've been talking about, that God loves you. 00:27:58.400 --> 00:28:02.480 God wants to set you free, God wants you to have a relationship with Him. 00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:04.799 And I want to talk to you from the book of Psalms today. 00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:07.599 And I want to start with Psalms chapter 46. 00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:13.920 It says, God is our refuge and our strength and our ever-present help in the time of trouble. 00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:18.160 If you're watching this from your home, you know that things just aren't the same. 00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:19.599 Things are a little bit different. 00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.640 We're having church. 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:22.240 I'm preaching to an empty room. 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:23.519 It's a little bit different. 00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:30.480 But you know that even as we're in this time, you may be feeling a little bit uh what I've learned to be called emotionally disoriented. 00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:33.119 It's a little bit strange that we're home all the time. 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:37.519 That uh maybe the you know that the normal rhythms of life have changed. 00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:41.279 You have kids at home, maybe your hours got packed, cut back at work. 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:42.880 We're having to social distance. 00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:45.680 One of the things that we hear all the time is that churches aren't meeting. 00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:49.759 Well, this building that I'm in right now isn't the church. 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:52.240 This is just a place where the church goes. 00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:54.559 Where you are right now is the church. 00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:56.559 When you're sitting in your living room, you're the church. 00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:58.559 You're in your kitchen, you are the church. 00:28:58.640 --> 00:29:03.920 And so if you're watching this, just know the church is meeting and the reach has gone even farther than it's ever gone. 00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:07.200 But you know that this there's a lot of tension. 00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.640 There may things have changed. 00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:10.079 Maybe you've lost your job. 00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:16.559 Maybe you have someone in your family that's sick, or you're looking at your pantry and the groceries are just looking a little bit bare. 00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:23.680 Your kids are at home and you're actually having to homeschool for the first time in your life, or and maybe it's going really well, maybe it isn't. 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:26.960 But there's a lot of things that are are have really changed. 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:30.960 Businesses have changed, the economic structure of the world has changed. 00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:33.440 Maybe you yourself are in a tough spot. 00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:36.640 Maybe you are sick, or you know someone that is sick. 00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:40.000 Maybe your bills are mounting and they're just getting bigger and bigger. 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:45.599 Maybe your marriage is actually in a really tough spot right now because of having to be so close all the time. 00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:59.599 Just know this that the message that I want to share with you today is for those of you who are feeling the weight of some of that anxiety, who are feeling the weight of that fear, who are feeling really unsure with things that are happening in life, and that you may just be feeling alone. 00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:03.119 So I want to start this time that we have together with prayer. 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:07.119 Lord, thank you for everyone that's watching this right now. 00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:23.200 Thank you that they get to um hear your word through what I'm gonna say, Lord, that you just uh in the rooms and where everyone is watching this, Lord, that the your presence would be on them, that they would be ready to hear your word, not just to hear your word, but to do what you're asking them to do. 00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:29.519 Lord, and that you can be the one that is our help in the time of trouble, that you will bring peace to people as we hear this. 00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:36.799 Lord, thank you for the opportunity we have to gather, even if it's distant, that we are gathering and we're hearing your word this morning in Jesus' name. 00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.680 Amen. 00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:43.119 So, as you uh may suspect that we have spent a lot of time online. 00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:52.480 If you're at home and you're working from home, or maybe you don't even aren't even working, you're spending a lot on time uh on Facebook and YouTube, Instagram, whatever it happens to be. 00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:59.279 And I was actually reading uh a conversation that was be with someone who had recently just lost a job. 00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:05.599 And while she was on the chat, she was saying she's just feeling the the weight of not having a job. 00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:14.480 And she has kids at home, and she's not worried, she's worried how she's gonna pay for food, how's she gonna pay for the bills, just like a we're all maybe feeling that little bit of weight right now. 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:20.160 But she had someone in in the group or in the chat that was actually saying to her and just saying, Hey, you gotta trust in God. 00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.359 Gotta trust in God. 00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:23.599 This is this is something that's happening, you gotta trust in God. 00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:24.799 And this is what this lady kept on saying. 00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:30.079 So you could see that the woman that was encouraging her was someone who who believed in Jesus. 00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:35.680 But in that time, as she was going that, she was she kept on saying, Well, I'm trying to trust in God. 00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:43.839 I'm trying to trust in him in this time when I just I can't see that how do she's asking the question, how do I trust in God when I don't have a paycheck? 00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:48.000 How do I trust in God when I don't even see money coming in? 00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:50.000 Or how am I gonna pay for my car payment? 00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:51.920 How am I gonna get groceries for my kids? 00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:54.160 She's saying, How can I trust? 00:31:54.240 --> 00:32:00.720 And it's really easy for us to actually say to someone else, you need to do these things. 00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:04.079 It's kind of like the difference between major surgery and minor surgery. 00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:09.200 If Pastor Brody is getting major surgery, I'm gonna say things like, Oh, it's just a minor thing. 00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.920 It's easy. 00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.880 You know, everyone does it. 00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:13.359 This is multiple, you know, they do this all day, every day. 00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:20.000 But the moment I have to get major surgery or my or any kind of surgery, it feels like a major thing to me now. 00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:23.759 And it's most like that sometimes we're trying to trust in God. 00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:41.279 Is that it's easy for someone else to say these things, and I can say this to some other people, but as soon as I'm the one that's feeling the weight of the financial, I'm feeling the weight of being stressed out, I'm feeling the weight of the marriage struggling, I'm feeling the weight of the kids being at home. 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:45.279 Things change because I now I'm feeling this weight. 00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:56.240 Maybe you've lost, you're sick, or you've lost a large part of your retirement just in this last few weeks of the things like maybe you have had your hours cut and you're not sure what's gonna happen. 00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:59.279 And we're at this time where we have to keep social distance. 00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:01.599 We always use our arms as a social distance. 00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:05.119 This is not six feet, it's like three. 00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.160 I'm not very tall. 00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:15.839 This is a really short arm, but we're not shaking hands because of coronavirus, or are we not shaking hands because we're not sure if that person has toilet paper? 00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.279 You're laughing. 00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:19.200 I can tell that you're laughing, it's fine. 00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:27.279 Any time in life is gonna be a little bit of a stress, whether or not you're in coronavirus, whether or not you're before or after. 00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:33.839 My mom always started every morning with reading Psalms and Proverbs, and she always said, I'm gonna paraphrase. 00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:37.440 She always said, a psalm, a psalms a day keeps the doldrums away. 00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:39.599 I'm not even sure if she said it like that. 00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:43.920 But the truth is, she would read Psalms every morning. 00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:49.839 And she would say that this was how she would learn how to do the practical things in life by trusting in God. 00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:51.279 And she always would always read. 00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:58.400 I'm pretty sure at this time in her life she's been through them probably 50 times, 100 times, 200 times, but she's read them, and that's what she always said. 00:33:58.640 --> 00:34:00.240 So I'm gonna start with Psalms chapter 9. 00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:05.359 It says the Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. 00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:09.599 Those who know your name trust in you. 00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:12.800 For you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you. 00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:16.559 Those who trust your name, trust you. 00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:20.880 Such a powerful one, just a few words, that's a super powerful statement. 00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:22.960 Those who know your name trust you. 00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:36.880 Which kind of makes sense because if you're not gonna just hand your kids to some stranger you man off the street to watch them or babysit them, you're not gonna hand your car keys to someone that just happened to drive or walk by and say, Can you drive my car home? 00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:42.079 You're not gonna hand the keys to your house and just let them watch it or watch your house if you don't know who they are. 00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:43.920 You want people that you trust. 00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:49.519 What we call someone tells us a lot about our relationship. 00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:56.079 Now, I'm married, my wife's name is Natalie, some of you know that, and I have many names for her. 00:34:56.960 --> 00:35:03.840 Some of her, uh sweetie, love, dear, honey, gnat, all those names and some other names that you don't need to know about. 00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:07.119 But that's what I call her because we have that kind of relationship. 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:08.719 We've been married for a long time. 00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:10.639 But it's an intimate relationship. 00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:13.440 I know her heart, she knows my heart, she trusts me. 00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:16.800 But what about say, well, we'll use me as an example. 00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.840 What do you call me? 00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:26.320 Well, if you tuned in to the live stream this morning or tonight, you may notice that you missed my name as it came up. 00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:31.360 And you could be thinking, oh, it's that Ryan Brandt guy, and that's who's speaking. 00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:37.360 Maybe you missed my name on the website and you don't even know that my name is Brian Grant, but you think, oh, it's that Ryan Brandt guy. 00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:43.920 Or know of those of you who know this church or you go to this church, you may know me as Pastor Brian. 00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:49.679 Or even if you're on the staff, you may even call me boss, but you know who I am. 00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:54.719 Said, uh, if you call me by my actual first name, you might actually be friends with me. 00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:58.079 You say Brian, we may have a relationship of some kind. 00:35:58.239 --> 00:36:06.639 If you know me really well, you're actually calling me some strange nicknames, like Briguy, Bri Aaron Anthony calls me Bryno. 00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:12.480 I'm not really sure what that is, but it sounds too much like Rhino, and I'm not sure about that, Aaron. 00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.519 But he calls me Brino. 00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:16.000 That's a nickname because we're friends, and he can call me that. 00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:19.920 I have three people in my life that call me a very specific name. 00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:21.679 They call me daddy. 00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:24.239 They call me daddy because I've been with them from the beginning. 00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:28.079 They trust me, they love me, they know that I'm gonna follow through in what I say. 00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:32.400 And I remember uh one time we used to do paper fights in my house. 00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:33.679 It's a weird thing to fight with. 00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:42.079 I would come home from work every day at 5, 5:30, and we would roll up construction paper, and me and my sons would proceed to wail on each other with paper. 00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:43.039 It wasn't hard. 00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:50.880 They were young, and so we'd just fight on the floor, and we'd be wailing on the floor, just doing all kinds of stuff and yelling and screaming, and they'd be giggling. 00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:56.639 I remember one time very particular, our living room was right here, and right off our living room was a set of stairs. 00:36:56.880 --> 00:37:06.000 And Rain and he was about six or seven, he just were wailing them on him, he's on top of me, and he turns and he said and he just starts running, and so he runs towards the stairs. 00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:08.559 And you know, me being dad, I'm not gonna let him get away from me. 00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:12.159 I need to capture my child and show him who's the most dominant. 00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:18.800 And so I turn and I run, I go up to the stairs, and as I'm reaching the bottom of the stair, he's on the sixth or seventh. 00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:24.400 He turns, looks at me, and says, catch me, and throws himself off of the stairs. 00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:30.239 Now I'm looking up like this, and I see this, he's not very heavy, but I see this body coming towards me. 00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:40.400 And I he hit me in my shoulder, I wrapped my arms around him, and I started going backwards as one foot slipped, and I turned and I fell my back and I slid to the bottom of the floor. 00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:45.280 And I'm out of breath because I hit my back and he's laughing like it's the best thing that's ever happened. 00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:46.480 Daddy, let's do it again. 00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:46.880 Ha ha. 00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:49.599 And my wife comes and she looks at me and she's like, You okay? 00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:53.199 And I'm breathing heavy, and like I'm fine. 00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:57.280 And finally I lift him up and I said, son, why did you do that? 00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:58.800 Why did you do that to me? 00:37:59.119 --> 00:38:00.800 I said, Because you're my dad. 00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:06.719 In that name, he looks at me with trust because he knows my name. 00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:12.960 He can trust that if he throws himself off the seventh step of a flight of stairs, that dad's gonna catch him. 00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:19.360 What we call someone tells us a lot about a relationship. 00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:21.199 What do you call God? 00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:28.480 In this time when we have so much more time to be able to focus on our relationship with God, our relationship with our wife or our kids. 00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:30.239 Let's focus on the one about God. 00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:32.159 What are you calling God in this time? 00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:36.480 Because there's some really interesting names out there about the name. 00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:39.119 People call him the big guy in the sky. 00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:42.079 I don't know, the second star from the left. 00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:43.519 I don't know what you're calling God. 00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:46.079 Jesus had a very specific name for him, and it was Abba. 00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:53.840 In Aramic, that actually, or Arabic, it actually meant uh father or dad or daddy. 00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:57.840 What we call God reflects our relationship with him. 00:38:59.199 --> 00:39:03.039 Psalms chapter 9 says, To those who know your name, they trust in you. 00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:14.079 So today I wanted to bring us through a series of you are statements that are actually the attributes of God, the character of who he is, and that he is someone that never fails, he's always with us, he's always near. 00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:17.519 You've heard me say before, he will never leave you nor forsake you. 00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:29.840 Today, these are you are statements that we can actually have in our heart in this time, and this is the best news you're gonna hear that the God of the universe, and I'm gonna say this again: the one that created heavens and earth wants to have a relationship with you. 00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.679 This is the best news. 00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:35.280 If you've given your life to Jesus, that's some of the best news. 00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:39.360 The other part of the best news is that God loves you and wants to have a relationship with you. 00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:44.639 Psalms 22 says, But you, O Lord, do not be far from me. 00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:47.760 It says, You are my strength. 00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:50.079 Here's our first you are statement. 00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:51.360 You are my strength. 00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:53.280 Come quickly to help me. 00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:57.760 When you are weak, God's strength is made perfect. 00:39:58.079 --> 00:40:01.199 When you are weak, God's strength is made perfect. 00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:13.360 Every weakness, and something I've learned in my life, every weakness that I have is an opportunity for me to experience God's strength, to experience God's power, and to experience God's love. 00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:17.679 Every weakness that I have, if I'm willing to let that go. 00:40:19.280 --> 00:40:21.920 We may be living in a time where it's fear-driven. 00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:25.840 Maybe you're reading the news, you're on YouTube, Facebook, all of these things. 00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:29.440 You know that maybe that's what you're feeling, and you're just feeling it anxiousness. 00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:33.920 But he's asking us that if you give God your weakness, he will give you his strength. 00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:35.679 And you just have to let go. 00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:40.400 I remember about a year and a half ago, I'm at the gym with my friend named Aaron. 00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:44.639 And uh, he's been told stories about now by Pastor Brody and myself. 00:40:44.800 --> 00:40:50.239 But he's taller than I am, quite a bit thicker than I am, got big arms, he's manly. 00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:53.920 And we're sitting at the gym, and I'd been going for about six months. 00:40:54.079 --> 00:41:01.119 And so I'm feeling pretty, I'm feeling like I got some skills, and there's uh, you know, I've been here for a while, I got some good endurance and strength. 00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:05.280 And I am sitting at the gym and we just finished our warm-up, and he's like, hey, what do you want to do? 00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:06.880 And I said, Hey, Aaron, you choose. 00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:15.119 So he decided that we're gonna do ascending, sitting shoulder presses, starting at 25, working our way up to 55. 00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:18.239 I haven't really done these very often, but I didn't want to tell him that. 00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:20.719 And this is just the second, maybe the third time I've done this. 00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:23.119 So we're doing the 25, and I'm doing these shoulder presses. 00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:24.800 I'm like, oh yeah, this is this is feeling good. 00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:28.400 I'm feeling like I'm I'm Superman because I'm doing 25 pounds on either arm. 00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:31.519 Then we get to the 35, and I'm like, oh, this is good. 00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:36.559 I get to about the number seven or eight, and I'm like, oh no, there's something going on. 00:41:36.719 --> 00:41:38.239 I'm feeling the weight of this. 00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:45.280 Then I get to the 45 pounds, and I could barely get them off the floor, but again, I'm just pretending that everything's good because Aaron's right there. 00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:50.480 And as we get to like number five, I'm six, maybe seven. 00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:53.440 I actually got to here and I kind of just let go. 00:41:53.679 --> 00:41:59.280 But I knew that Aaron was behind me holding on my arms so I could actually make the final one. 00:41:59.360 --> 00:42:02.000 So it made it seem in the moment that I actually did all ten. 00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:05.760 I only did about five, and he did the rest just by bringing my arms up. 00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:09.440 But what I did was is I was at the top, I knew that he was there. 00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:11.440 I trusted him and I let go. 00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:14.480 And he, with his strength, made sure that I was able to make it. 00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:15.840 He doesn't even know the story. 00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:19.199 He'll find out on this weekend that this is what actually happened. 00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:26.800 But I let go of my weakness and said, God, I want you to be my strength because you are my strength. 00:42:28.559 --> 00:42:29.920 Psalms chapter 31. 00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:32.800 I entrust my spirit into your hand. 00:42:33.119 --> 00:42:35.280 Rescue me, Lord, for you are. 00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:39.119 Here's the you are statement, you are a faithful God. 00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:43.760 Nothing in life is always faithful. 00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:46.159 But we know that God is always faithful. 00:42:46.639 --> 00:42:54.079 Circumstances change, people change, things happen in life, the economy, if we're looking at it, is not consistent. 00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:58.559 But this scripture says, Lord, you are a faithful God. 00:42:58.880 --> 00:43:03.760 One of the translations actually adds the word always in it, but you are always faithful. 00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:06.880 This is the truth about God. 00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:12.639 2 Timothy chapter 2 says, if you are unfaithful, he remains faithful. 00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:15.280 For he cannot deny who he is. 00:43:15.920 --> 00:43:21.599 What a powerful thing that God is faithful to even when we aren't, he still is. 00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:32.480 And there's been so many times in my life I've not been faithful, I've not been able to follow through, I've been incorrect, I've been I've been unfaithful in with the things that I promised God. 00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:37.840 And said that this is what Lord, I've failed you over and over, but he remains faithful. 00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:40.880 That's a powerful you are statement. 00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:45.280 Psalms chapter 65 says, You are faithfully. 00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:47.360 Answer our prayers with awesome deeds. 00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:49.039 Oh God, our Savior, you are. 00:43:49.199 --> 00:43:50.639 Here's the next you are. 00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:56.159 You are the hope of everyone on earth, even those who sail on distant seas. 00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:58.639 God, you are my hope. 00:43:59.280 --> 00:43:59.760 Our hope. 00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:07.840 Is not in a person, it's not in a leader, it's not in a movement, it's not in a government, it's not in a system, it's not even in medicine, it's none of those things. 00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:10.239 God, you are my hope. 00:44:11.599 --> 00:44:16.159 Our hope is in the one who is all powerful, present with us at all times. 00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:20.079 God who spoke this world into being, that's where our hope lies. 00:44:20.239 --> 00:44:23.360 And this is the God that wants to have a relationship with you. 00:44:23.840 --> 00:44:25.599 This is the best news. 00:44:26.159 --> 00:44:29.360 Because we can be free because of what He did for us. 00:44:30.639 --> 00:44:33.599 Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. 00:44:33.760 --> 00:44:34.239 I love this. 00:44:34.400 --> 00:44:36.960 Those who hope on the Lord, God, you are my strength. 00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:38.639 You will renew my strength. 00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:43.280 Soar on wings like eagles, run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint. 00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:44.960 You've probably heard that scripture before. 00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:48.719 This begins with the you are my strength statement. 00:44:50.800 --> 00:44:56.800 Those who know God's name, those who know him personally, intimately, will trust in him. 00:44:57.679 --> 00:44:58.880 So we have three. 00:44:59.199 --> 00:45:00.559 God, you are my strength. 00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:02.400 God, you are always faithful. 00:45:02.719 --> 00:45:04.960 God, you are my hope. 00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:06.880 And here's the next one. 00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:08.480 We thank you, oh God. 00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:10.960 We give thanks because you are. 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:13.440 Here's the next one, you are near. 00:45:14.719 --> 00:45:16.480 God, you are near. 00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:19.840 People everywhere tell of your wonderful deeds. 00:45:20.159 --> 00:45:24.400 The book of James says every time you draw near to God, he draws near to you. 00:45:24.639 --> 00:45:26.079 It sounds like a promise. 00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:29.039 These are things of the attributes of God. 00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:30.320 This is a promise. 00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:32.880 If you give God your weakness, he gives you your strength. 00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:36.400 You want to draw near to God, he will draw near to you. 00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:51.039 People have this view of God sometimes that he's far off, that he's distant, that he's not involved, but God, in fact, is a loving, caring, compassionate God that loves you and wants to be in relationship with you. 00:45:54.960 --> 00:45:56.320 What do you call God? 00:45:58.639 --> 00:45:59.920 My strength. 00:46:00.320 --> 00:46:02.159 God, you're always faithful. 00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:04.239 God, you are my hope. 00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:06.000 God, you are always near. 00:46:06.239 --> 00:46:07.840 Those who know him will trust him. 00:46:08.239 --> 00:46:10.000 Oh Lord, you are so good. 00:46:10.239 --> 00:46:11.760 This is from the New Living Translation. 00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:13.760 Such a good, they add the word so. 00:46:13.920 --> 00:46:16.000 God, you are so good to me. 00:46:16.639 --> 00:46:18.320 You're so ready to forgive. 00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:20.079 You're so unfeeling love. 00:46:20.239 --> 00:46:23.360 You're so full of unfeeling love for all who ask for help. 00:46:23.599 --> 00:46:24.559 God just isn't good. 00:46:24.719 --> 00:46:25.760 He's so good. 00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:29.360 He's a good God and He loves you. 00:46:30.559 --> 00:46:34.880 Even the unrighteous give good gifts to their children so much more that God gives us those gifts. 00:46:35.039 --> 00:46:36.559 He wants us to have the gifts. 00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:38.800 I remember sitting with uh Pastor Brody. 00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:45.280 We had um met with someone in the hospital, actually two people in this last year. 00:46:45.519 --> 00:46:55.679 And I actually had time to spend with uh actually with both of them beforehand, and so did Pastor Brody, but I remember he they passed away eventually of uh respiratory issues. 00:46:55.920 --> 00:47:05.280 But while he was sitting in the hospital, knowing that if God doesn't heal him, this is what's gonna happen, he said to me, He said, God is good. 00:47:06.239 --> 00:47:09.199 He knew in the worst time that God was still good. 00:47:10.000 --> 00:47:10.639 Why? 00:47:11.039 --> 00:47:13.039 Because he trusted in his name. 00:47:13.360 --> 00:47:17.440 He had actually built a relationship with God that had proven that God was good. 00:47:17.840 --> 00:47:24.880 God is good even in the times when economics are great, God is good even when the times and the economic times are bad. 00:47:25.119 --> 00:47:29.280