WEBVTT 00:00:11.600 --> 00:00:16.560 What a great morning of uh of worship, of time that we had together. 00:00:16.719 --> 00:00:19.839 Uh, I love what Pastor Brody said uh about Remembrance Day. 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:28.160 It actually really sets us up for talking about legacy and all that God has for us for those that came before us, so we experience the things that we can experience now. 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:31.759 So we got to remember them and honor those that gave their lives for that. 00:00:31.840 --> 00:00:35.200 And so we're just really grateful to be in such a great nation. 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:35.679 Amen. 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:38.880 Love our country, we love Canada. 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:49.119 So we are in our legacy giving season, and we have a few lanes, and my card is gone, but that is a-okay because I gave it away to Mel. 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:53.359 But we are in our giving season, and there's just a couple lanes that we want to talk about. 00:00:53.439 --> 00:01:01.679 And today, my honor is that I get to talk a little bit about our special projects, and so you're gonna see on the screen a picture of two different things. 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:03.759 KCC project. 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:13.519 So, what you see there is you see a KCC live stream, which we've actually just done some upgrading over these last few years to go from Stone Age into modern times to be able to do the stream. 00:01:13.600 --> 00:01:16.239 But this is this is something that's really important to us. 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:21.439 You see in this picture, um, that live stream has been reaching people all over the world. 00:01:21.679 --> 00:01:30.159 The last this last six months to a year, we've seen an improvement in it, but we've getting people from Africa, from the states, from Germany, just people that are just zooming in. 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:37.519 And the purpose of it isn't so that uh the purpose of it is so that people want to come watch online, but then they want to come see church for real. 00:01:37.679 --> 00:01:38.480 They want to be in person. 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:42.000 So we want it to be excellent at what we're doing and be able to get the gospel out. 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:48.000 And really, all that we do for the live stream is we want this to come out so the gospel gets shared across the world. 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:58.640 So when people come and look up a church and they happen to look one in local in Kelowna, this is a great opportunity for them to see who we are, a little bit of who we are, but love it so much that they want to come and be in person with us, right? 00:01:58.959 --> 00:01:59.599 Amen. 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:02.000 How many of you just love being in person, church? 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:03.359 Yeah, that's right. 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:10.960 The online is designed for those that just can't make it, that are traveling, that maybe can't get out of the hospital bed for whatever reason, but just want to connect with their home church. 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:15.120 And so we've the special projects through KCC Legacy Giving helped out with that. 00:02:15.200 --> 00:02:21.359 And then you're gonna see the other picture in there on the bottom one is our new studio that we built this year. 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:29.759 So after a few years of planning and talking about it and going through many different iterations, this is accomplished by a few things. 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:31.280 I wanted to make sure I get this. 00:02:31.359 --> 00:02:43.840 It was accomplished through the generosity of one of our donor families, the legacy fund, the partnership with our society and Flex Academy all brought this studio together so that we could actually be using it. 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:49.520 And out of that studio, we actually have our Mezzanine Floor podcast is recorded out of this space. 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:53.680 The foundations video that you saw for the testimonies was filmed in this space. 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:57.919 This the school is gonna be using it in this coming year for things that they want to do. 00:02:58.080 --> 00:02:59.520 The school, our IT department. 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:05.039 It is a place where we actually get to use it and actually make the gospel known out from where we are. 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:06.479 That was the purpose of it. 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:07.439 Amen. 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:24.240 It is not a small undertaking, but we believe that this is one of those steps in KCC's future to build for the next generation, is to take this and digitize and digitally build things that are actually useful and helpful and life-changing for people as we move forward. 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:26.560 So you see, those things are really important. 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:30.000 That's a really important part of who we are as KCC. 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:37.359 And I'm gonna say this is that after the service, if you want to have a look at it, they've cleaned it up to make it look pretty. 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:41.439 And you're happy would love to have you go up there to take a look at what we've done. 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:50.879 We have an outroom, we have an editing station, and actually the recording space that the team magnificently designed to be like seven different sets all in one room. 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:54.400 You can change this room into seven different things or eight different things. 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:57.039 And so we're really excited to see what God wants to do with that. 00:03:57.199 --> 00:03:58.800 And it was just completed a few months ago. 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:03.280 So thank you for all of your support that came through Legacy, came through donors, through the school. 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:04.319 It's been amazing. 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:08.000 So we're really excited to see where God wants to move us forward in that. 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:11.680 And I just want to say this to you, church, is your support matters. 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:17.759 Your support matters, your giving matters, your serving matters. 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:24.960 Everything that you do for this house, that you put in the time and the effort and all that you do, these things matter. 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:27.040 We're here at this church. 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:28.480 I'm gonna go ahead in my notes. 00:04:28.640 --> 00:04:35.280 We're here because of what people did before us, that we get to do what we're doing now. 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:42.320 To be in this place because of what others did before me, before Pastor Brody, before Pastor Malica, before this team in church. 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:47.440 Other people came before us and built something that was amazing so that we could be a part of it. 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:49.600 And I'm so honored that I get to be here. 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:50.800 So I'm really excited. 00:04:50.880 --> 00:04:53.040 I just want to pray with us, and then we're just gonna move right into this. 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:54.240 Lord, you're so good. 00:04:54.400 --> 00:05:06.320 We're so excited to see the things that you're doing through our Mezzanine floor podcast, through the studio, through a live stream, and the people that are coming to have an experience with you because of these things. 00:05:06.400 --> 00:05:11.440 Lord, so this bless this time that we have as we talk about the future, talk about legacy and what that means. 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:13.120 Bless our time in Jesus' name. 00:05:13.280 --> 00:05:13.920 Amen. 00:05:15.840 --> 00:05:17.120 We ready for the word? 00:05:18.080 --> 00:05:30.240 Pastor Brody did a great job of setting us up last week and just pushing us to having our eyes open to what God wants, to see what God sees, to have compassion for what God has compassion for. 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:36.160 And so I want to start with this you either will build your legacy by default or design. 00:05:38.400 --> 00:05:44.400 A biblical legacy that we see, and I'm gonna lay this out for you, isn't measured by assets. 00:05:44.880 --> 00:05:49.680 Isn't measured by how much material you have or how much money you have or how big your building is. 00:05:49.840 --> 00:05:51.680 It's measured in impact. 00:05:52.480 --> 00:06:04.960 Every church plant, every worship night, every kid's ministry, every youth camp, every time we do an event, every senior's lunch, anything that we do from KCC is measured by the impact. 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:13.920 Local and abroad, the things that we do is meant to have an impact. 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:19.280 When we do missions trips, it's not so we can have a good time, even though we have a good time. 00:06:20.080 --> 00:06:22.640 It's meant to make the name of Jesus known. 00:06:22.960 --> 00:06:24.240 For people to experience him. 00:06:24.400 --> 00:06:35.600 When we do a youth camp, it's not because Malachi is just rare and he loves it, but he's just giving up his time and energy and outputting spiritually into these kids to make an impact. 00:06:36.400 --> 00:06:41.440 This is why you end up with 19 kids or 18 kids being baptized by the end of youth camp. 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:43.760 Because God is moving in this generation. 00:06:45.200 --> 00:06:46.560 This is what we do. 00:06:46.960 --> 00:06:49.840 KCC is known for doing good things. 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:51.280 We've planted churches. 00:06:51.520 --> 00:07:01.600 We have missions in uh Kenya and Mexico, and we have missionaries in Thailand, we have family churches that are in uh Hong Kong, not Hong Kong, Taiwan, thank you. 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:03.040 Wow, that was hard. 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:10.720 We have missionaries all over the world because of you giving faithfully and building the legacy of the future. 00:07:10.960 --> 00:07:15.920 We don't make a good name just for our sake, we make a good name because that's the gospel. 00:07:16.080 --> 00:07:18.800 We want the gospel to be pushed forward. 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:22.320 We exist to build the kingdom of God. 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:22.960 Amen? 00:07:23.440 --> 00:07:26.800 So you either build your legacy by default or by design. 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:38.000 Now, legacy doesn't start with just a success, it's built through choices, it's built through character, it's built through standing in faith, and every one of us is gonna leave something behind. 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:44.720 Legacy, biblical legacy is what happens when we let God shape our future. 00:07:46.320 --> 00:07:49.920 And that's not just true for individuals, it's also true for the church. 00:07:50.080 --> 00:07:55.280 The leaders who came before us, like you said before, didn't build buildings, they built believers. 00:07:56.000 --> 00:08:01.520 They built into people, and here's the thing there's a difference between uh inheritance and legacy. 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:04.160 Inheritance is something that I leave to my kids. 00:08:04.320 --> 00:08:05.280 I leave to you. 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:14.800 We were before us, pastors came before us, and they left building, they left facilities, they left chairs and carpets and stages and music, equipment, they left all that, but you know what they left behind us with? 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:24.080 They left in us faith, they left in us worship, they left in us discipleship, they left in us salvation, they left in us that something. 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:26.880 There's a difference between inheritance and legacy. 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:35.279 Legacy is something you leave to someone, or uh inheritance is something you leave, legacy is something you put in someone. 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:37.200 That's the difference. 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:49.440 So we're building a legacy that carries the name of Jesus farther than ever will, longer than we'll ever even be here. 00:08:49.680 --> 00:08:53.840 Biblical legacy isn't measured in assets, it's measured in impact. 00:08:56.639 --> 00:08:59.680 And it's not just true for churches, but it's also for the individuals. 00:08:59.840 --> 00:09:04.399 What greater joy do we have than we get to partner with God in these things? 00:09:06.879 --> 00:09:11.600 This is what Proverbs 22:1 says: a good name is to be more desired than great riches. 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:17.200 At my funeral, I want people to show up, obviously. 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:22.080 I mean, thanks, Gene. 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:24.240 Gene's like, don't worry, I'll be there. 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:34.399 But at my funeral, I don't want it to be, oh, Brian was such a great guy, that's cool. 00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:40.720 But I want the end of my life and my life to be recognized for how I pointed people towards Jesus. 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:47.200 The impact that I had on people's lives, not how well I talked to them when they came into church on a Sunday. 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:51.759 I want them to know that, oh, that Brian guy, he made a difference because of God working through him. 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:53.040 That's what I want. 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:56.240 That's what KCC in our heart and our vision of this church is. 00:09:56.320 --> 00:09:57.360 That's what we want. 00:09:57.600 --> 00:10:01.360 So this is the thing is wealth fades, but character will multiply. 00:10:01.680 --> 00:10:04.560 Character grows, character triples. 00:10:04.800 --> 00:10:10.320 Legacy is built when your faith becomes a pattern in your life, not a side thought. 00:10:10.639 --> 00:10:19.920 Every one of us is building something, a career, marriage, maybe you're trying to build a social media brand, reputation, you're trying to build a business. 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:31.120 And those things, and those of you that are in the room that are just starting out, you're in high school or you're in college, I want to tell you, all of you that I see in the room, this is not just for those that have families that are moving forward. 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:33.840 This is for you to start your legacy now. 00:10:34.160 --> 00:10:37.200 You're in high school, you have a choice, you can start a legacy now. 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:39.440 You're in college, you can start a legacy now. 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:47.600 Build the disciplines you need, build the life that you need in Christ so that when you end up married, there's something to go to. 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:58.639 Every one of us is building something, but your obedience now is what makes the difference for God to use you to make an impact. 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:00.320 We're all building something. 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:05.759 And I would hazard a guess that many of us would like to have a life that actually means something by the end of it. 00:11:05.920 --> 00:11:09.120 Not by the end of it, but while we're actually living this life. 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:11.519 Lord, I want my life to matter. 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:18.240 I want the things that I do, the things that I say, the life that I live to actually matter. 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:23.279 But there's a truth that maybe some of us don't want to admit. 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:33.200 We can build a life, a whole life, brick by brick, stone by stone, wall by wall, step by step, and still end up with nothing if God's not in it. 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:37.040 What do we see in the cult in our culture all the time? 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:41.279 People build and build and they're left with nothing at the end of their life. 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:45.360 No family, no friends, no community, no church. 00:11:47.920 --> 00:11:52.000 Because only God builds things that can survive time and eternity. 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:58.960 So in my study this week, I found this quote, and it was attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte. 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:08.080 He conquered a part of Europe, and I guess he was saying they dominated a terrier uh territory of like 44 million people. 00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:12.639 And at the end of his life, he was exiled to an island because no one really cared for him. 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:16.720 So they sent him to an island for what 10, the last 10 years of his life, and he said this. 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:22.000 Interestingly enough, apparently he was well known to being quite arrogant of a guy, but he said this. 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:23.759 He compared himself to Alexander. 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:28.720 So he said, Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:32.080 But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:33.360 Upon force. 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:34.800 He used force. 00:12:35.040 --> 00:12:40.720 Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love, and at this hour, millions would die for him. 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:48.800 He realized that his whole legacy was built on force, and none of it was useful. 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:54.879 He destroyed lives and nations and countries all for his own gain. 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:57.360 And at the end, he was left with nothing. 00:12:57.600 --> 00:13:03.120 And he realized that Jesus Christ, there's millions of people that were willing to die for him in that moment. 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:07.120 That's an amazing, amazing thing for him to realize that. 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:09.360 This is what Psalms 127.1 says. 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:15.680 Unless the Lord builds the house, I'm gonna use this a few times today, the laborers, the builders labor in vain. 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:24.720 You can build a reputation, you can build a following, you can build a dream, an idea. 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:29.920 If it's not rooted in what God has for you, it will come to naught. 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:36.000 The second that there's the applause fades, that idea crumbles. 00:13:36.560 --> 00:13:43.519 Surrender to him isn't weakness, and our need of him isn't weakness, it's a strength, church. 00:13:48.560 --> 00:13:55.279 Heard a pastor say it this way: you can't build what God hasn't designed, and you can't design what God hasn't defined. 00:13:56.160 --> 00:14:00.320 You do not find what God has for you unless you're in a relationship with him. 00:14:00.800 --> 00:14:10.000 That's why every legacy that we have in our life, mine for my children, from as a husband, as a father, as a leader in this church, God, I need you. 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:12.320 That's where we start. 00:14:12.560 --> 00:14:13.920 God, I need you. 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:18.639 Every biblical legacy begins with acknowledging that we need him. 00:14:19.680 --> 00:14:21.200 So I want you to say this with me. 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:22.080 We need him. 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:24.720 Say it again, we need him. 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:28.080 This is what Proverbs 3, 5, and 6 says. 00:14:28.160 --> 00:14:30.960 It says, Trust the Lord with all your heart. 00:14:32.160 --> 00:14:35.360 Do not lean on your own understanding in all your ways. 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:42.160 Not some, not a few, not occasionally, in all of your ways, acknowledge him, and he will make your path straight. 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:46.399 Before God can build through you, he builds in you. 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:54.960 God's not looking for the most gifted builders, for the ones that are smartest, the greatest, that has the most character, the most charisma. 00:14:55.040 --> 00:14:57.759 He's looking for the most surrendered heart. 00:14:58.560 --> 00:15:02.960 The one that says, I don't have all of this together, God, but I need you. 00:15:04.160 --> 00:15:06.000 I can't lead this way. 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:07.200 I need you. 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:08.800 This is what we need. 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:13.120 That's what Proverbs 5, or this Proverbs, is really saying. 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:17.680 It's not a verse about getting a direction, it's about actually surrendering control. 00:15:18.160 --> 00:15:26.879 The one that always catches me is the one at the end where he's like, He makes my crooked path straight, as if assuming that my crooked path, that I'm crooked. 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:29.120 I take offense to that sometimes. 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:35.519 I thought this was a pretty good plan, but he is actually saying, I'm gonna take your crooked path and I'm gonna make it straight. 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:43.279 And if I trust in him, I'm assuming that he knows better than I do, and that my crooked one should be straight, but it's crooked and it's taking me off path. 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:45.200 That means I'm off mission. 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:47.440 I'm not doing what God's called me to. 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:52.160 Dependence on him isn't weakness, it's wisdom. 00:15:55.040 --> 00:16:08.560 When you realize, here it is, and I struggle with this, when you realize I can't lead, I can't parent, I can't be a husband without him, that's when God starts to move through you instead of around you. 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:16.080 God went around me for so long because I'm stubborn. 00:16:17.680 --> 00:16:19.759 Dependence isn't weakness, it's a strength. 00:16:19.920 --> 00:16:37.040 When you get to this point and you realize I can't raise these kids, I can't lead this team, I can't build this business, I can't finish college or high school, I can't do anything, I can't build this ministry, I can't even sustain my own faith without him. 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:38.560 Because of what did we say? 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:39.040 We need him. 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:40.000 Say it again. 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:43.519 We need him, we can't do any of it without him. 00:16:44.160 --> 00:16:49.279 This is the posture that God blesses that's broken before him. 00:16:49.680 --> 00:16:51.759 That says, God, I need you. 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:55.920 In order to succeed in anything that I'm doing, God, I need you. 00:16:56.879 --> 00:17:00.720 This is what John, there's two scriptures, John 5.19 and John 15.5. 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:03.360 It says, Truly I say to you, this one's not on the screen. 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:05.920 The son can do nothing of his own accord. 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:07.839 Interesting. 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:10.319 But only what he sees the father doing. 00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:13.920 He's only doing what the father is telling him to do, and he sees the father doing. 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:16.160 But then the father does, the son does likewise. 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:22.559 Then we see in John 15 5, I'm just gonna read the part of it, from apart from me, you can do nothing. 00:17:23.120 --> 00:17:26.559 Jesus himself said, Apart from God, he could do nothing. 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:28.640 Why are you trying to do it on your own? 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:34.720 Jesus is saying, I can't do it without him. 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:52.640 When we start from this place, from a place of understanding that we need him, we stop striving, we stop forcing, we stop trying to get that legacy on our own, and we start surrendering our life, and then he starts to work in you and through you. 00:17:55.360 --> 00:18:01.759 So we start that day with God, I need you, and then we add to this, God, I need you more than I need results. 00:18:03.120 --> 00:18:05.039 I need you more than I need results. 00:18:05.120 --> 00:18:06.319 This is how legacy start. 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:10.000 They start with you going to your knees before God, not on your keyboard. 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:15.120 So legacy begins with a choice, church. 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:19.519 You don't need the perfect start, you need the faithful response. 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:23.600 He doesn't need you at your very best, he just needs you at your yes. 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:26.480 That's what he needs. 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:28.720 He just wants you to say yes. 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:32.160 He just needs you to say yes to him, and he's gonna use you. 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:36.000 He's gonna help you, he's gonna heal you, he's gonna restore you, he's gonna change you. 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:39.839 You will be transformed by the Holy Spirit when you say yes. 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:45.360 My mom is gonna hate this next part. 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:49.839 I'm gonna brag on her for a couple minutes, and it's gonna make me happy. 00:18:53.360 --> 00:18:55.680 My parents split when I was like 13 years old. 00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:57.759 You probably know most of you know that. 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:04.559 But we left Williams Lake with no money, with well, very little money, uh, no home, no place to go. 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:10.640 And we left and we came to West Kelowna or West Bank back back when it was known as West Bank, not West Kelowna. 00:19:13.600 --> 00:19:16.720 So the separation was not friendly. 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:18.559 There was a lot of hostility. 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:29.759 But I remember mom moving us to Kelowna, and I remember all growing up and all the way through it, we always, always, always, always had enough food. 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:31.519 She may say different. 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:36.559 She always had enough food, enough clothes, always had shoes, even if they were Walmart shoes. 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:39.120 I like my Walmart shoes, thank you. 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:41.600 But we always had enough. 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:46.720 And I, of course, there was times that were really hard. 00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:52.240 Of course, there was times when the relationship between my mom and dad was really strained and it was not great. 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:57.600 But you know what I remember most from these times is how much my mom prayed. 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:13.519 How much my mom worshiped, putting on music when I'm angry downstairs in my room, getting mad at something, punching a dresser, and I can just hear worship music when I'm like 14 years old and I don't have dad, that's close. 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:20.079 I remember most is my mom praying, worshiping, and everything she did, she pointed me back to Jesus. 00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:24.960 There was a different type of peace in our home. 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:35.519 But she built a legacy in me that I remember now that helped form my direction because of the legacy that I built now or that she built then. 00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:39.839 It doesn't require perfection, it just requires persistence. 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:42.160 And boy, was she persistent. 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:47.759 I was not an easy teenager, and there were four of us. 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:50.079 Imagine four me. 00:20:55.120 --> 00:20:59.839 But every she built a spiritual foundation that outlived the situation. 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:06.640 She didn't inherit her faith, she chose it. 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:11.839 Her decision to choose that faith, like I said, became my direction. 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:17.360 It's not that I didn't stray off the path for a while and make stupid decisions and do my own thing. 00:21:17.600 --> 00:21:20.079 But all I remember when I was growing up, that's there was hard times. 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:26.400 When my mom prayed and prayed and prayed and prayed and worshipped and prayed and worshiped and prayed, that's what she left me. 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:31.519 Legacy doesn't require for perfection, it requires persistence. 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:33.360 When you hit fear, you pray. 00:21:33.600 --> 00:21:35.759 When you hit lack, you pray and worship. 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:39.039 When you hit walls, you just keep going, you keep pushing. 00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:48.160 Legacy, one generation's persistence can write, rewrite, and then the next generation's possibility. 00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:55.519 I could have ended up in the worst place because of that history, because of that divorce, because of how I was feeling. 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:59.120 I could have made terrible decisions and gone a different direction. 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:01.200 But I remember what she built. 00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:04.480 Legacy is built on your knees before God. 00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:07.600 That's where legacy starts. 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:12.160 So, what this is what happens when one person Says yes to God. 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:14.160 She can change a whole future. 00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:18.319 Legacy outlives us. 00:22:19.120 --> 00:22:20.559 Psalm 78, verse 4. 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:29.120 We will not hide from their children, but tell the coming generation of their glorious deeds of the Lord and this and his might and the wonders he has done. 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:35.519 Legacy isn't about remembering you, it's about people knowing him because of you. 00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:39.279 Paul says about Timothy, I love this. 00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:42.640 He knew his grandmother and mother from that example. 00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.960 I wish I could remember the name. 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:46.880 Lois and Eunice, I believe their names were. 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:55.759 Timothy came to faith in Jesus because two people who knew Jesus, that lived a life, that modeled Jesus around this young man. 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:59.680 And that young man became one of Paul's top guys. 00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:02.640 Because of the example of it. 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:05.680 We keep pointing our family towards God. 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:14.720 The things that you do, grandmothers and mothers, the prayers, you aunts and uncles that are praying for people in your family, those things matter. 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:19.200 Don't think that they don't matter because you don't see change, or it's been 25 years since you sing. 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:23.039 I have a family member in my house that I've been playing in my family for 25 years. 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:26.079 I'm praying that God shifts his heart and it's still not changed. 00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:30.079 And there's times where I just feel like, okay, Lord, what are you doing? 00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:31.440 But we keep going. 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:39.600 Because we know that God is a God that changes, and we will just keep persisting in our faith, keep persisting in our prayer. 00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:42.400 Because God can do something even if I can't. 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:44.640 Especially when I can't. 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.000 Amen? 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:50.240 The world measures legacy by what you achieve. 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:52.400 God measures legacy by what you transfer. 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:55.600 Legacy isn't your resume, it's the ripple effect. 00:23:55.839 --> 00:24:01.120 It's what you throw in the pond and then watch the ripples of what you threw in there just change and make a difference. 00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:04.319 You're leaving something behind, whether you mean it or not. 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.360 And that's the truth. 00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:07.039 You will leave something behind. 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:11.519 This is what we're trying to build at KCC Church. 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:14.240 So we're not here just to build events or buildings. 00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:22.400 We want to build our own lives as leaders in this church that model to you where you're supposed to go so that you go out into the world and you make a difference. 00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:31.600 So that everything that we do, every decision that we make is driven to move our church into a place that Jesus has made known. 00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:39.920 That when you invite people to church on a Sunday morning, this is home for you, that they this becomes home for them because they experience Jesus. 00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:44.400 And when you take them to a Connect group, they find a place, they find a community. 00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:55.039 When you build and you serve and you invest in this place, you're investing in something that will still change lives even after we're gone. 00:24:55.839 --> 00:25:01.279 The question is, will your legacy point people to you or to God? 00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:14.880 There's one thing I want for my kids, is that they have a deep relationship with Jesus. 00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.920 Not that I don't want their success. 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:19.680 Don't hear Brian doesn't want their success. 00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:21.039 He just wants them to know Jesus. 00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:25.360 I want them to know Jesus so deeply that success comes from that. 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:36.319 That whatever they choose, whatever they do, that they make a difference where they are, because God has called them to that place because they have a relationship with him. 00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.759 That's more important. 00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:42.880 I want my kids to have a deep relationship with Jesus. 00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:48.640 That's the main prayer that we have all the time is like, Lord, we want them to know you. 00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:52.880 And if that thrives, then other things will come together. 00:25:55.279 --> 00:26:00.079 So here's the thing is we don't need to wait until we're older and wiser to think about legacy. 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:03.120 We can live in such a way that right now you're building a legacy. 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:08.319 This is what it says about laboring in vain. 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:10.079 I read it, I want to read it again. 00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:13.839 Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. 00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:18.079 Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stay awake in vain. 00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:24.720 You can spend a lifetime, church, building the wrong thing the right way. 00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:31.759 You can have talent, you can have resources, you can still be wasting energy if God's not in it. 00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:38.000 Laboring in vain doesn't mean that you're lazy, it just means that you've left God out of the planning. 00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:43.039 There's a story in the Bible about King Saul. 00:26:43.600 --> 00:26:46.319 And I just don't want to read the whole thing, but here's a short history. 00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:52.480 Saul's story is proof that you can have success and do things without surrender. 00:26:52.640 --> 00:27:00.880 He was chosen, he was anointed, he was celebrated, he lost his legacy the moment he replaced obedience with how he looked. 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:08.240 He lost everything because he chose people over what God had for him. 00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:12.000 David, we all know the story of David, or many of us know the story of David. 00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:13.600 If you don't, I'd love to tell you. 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:16.400 By contrast, he was built with dependence. 00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:18.880 His heart said, God, I need you. 00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:22.240 That's the foundation that God builds on. 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:28.400 Saul disobeyed God because he wanted to stay popular, to be respected by the people and accepted by them. 00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:35.519 He let the public opinion, what other men saw of him, other people saw of him, overrule what God had anointed him for. 00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:40.240 In other words, Saul's throne was massive, but his backbone was small. 00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:45.839 David built with dependence on a need for Jesus. 00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:49.920 And his lineage, because of that, carried all the way to Jesus. 00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:54.000 Saul wanted the approval of men more than he wanted the anointing of God. 00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:56.960 So what do we do with something like that? 00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:02.079 If obedience is the foundation of legacy, then faith is that framework. 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:05.759 We are obedient to what God has, we stand in faith that He's gonna build it. 00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:10.720 Saul showed us what would happen, what happens when we let fear be the determining factor. 00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:16.240 So the last 10 years that we have to live it like we mean it. 00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:18.160 That's what James 2.17 says. 00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:23.279 So also, faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:25.440 I want you to all agree with me on this. 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:29.680 I'm gonna ask you to agree before I tell you, because I'm assuming you're gonna agree with this. 00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:44.880 We can all agree that saying we need God is not the same as living like we need God. 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.960 We can agree. 00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:12.319 Our faith isn't proven in the highs, it's proven in the low. 00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:17.680 It's proven that when I want to quit, that's when I need to stand in faith. 00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:24.559 It's proven in the tough times, not the good times. 00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:27.920 It's proven when my bank account has one dollar left in it. 00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:30.400 And I have a five-dollar bill to pay. 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:32.400 Probably way more extreme than that. 00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:37.920 It's proven when I have family that's sick in the hospital. 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:42.000 It's proven when I don't know what I'm gonna do for a job. 00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:45.839 It's proven when we're at the worst. 00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:48.960 That's where diamonds are made, is under pressure. 00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:53.920 Faith, your faith, church, isn't proven by how loud you sang on a Sunday. 00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:58.400 It's not proven by uh what it's proven by what you do when no one is watching. 00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:06.160 It's proven by when I'm in my on my own and I have the opportunity to be tempted by some tempted by something I shouldn't. 00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:08.079 Lord, I'm gonna stand in faith. 00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.759 They're gonna walk me through this. 00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:15.600 You can raise your hands on Sunday, but your legacy is built on Monday. 00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:22.240 I I can honestly, I can, I think I've told you this before. 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:27.440 I can stand in church and and put on the mask like everything is fine. 00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.240 I'm a pro. 00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.519 I've been a Christian for a long time. 00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.960 I know all the right words to say. 00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:33.839 You'd never know what's going on in my life. 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:35.360 You'd never know that I'm struggling. 00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.480 You never know. 00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:38.240 Because I've been a Christian for a long time. 00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:41.680 I know all the special buzzwords to make it seem like I'm good. 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:46.000 Right? 00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:49.440 Your faith isn't built when you come to church on Sunday. 00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:52.640 This aids you, we teach you, we show you. 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:57.039 Hopefully, the Holy Spirit is convicting you, and you're actually gonna be changed because of this. 00:30:57.680 --> 00:31:03.360 But it's on Monday when now your face where the rubber meets the road and your faith is now running into something else. 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.920 That's where you're gonna be built. 00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:11.440 Faith that acknowledges need leads to obedience that acts. 00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:17.839 If I truly believe, church, we go back to this one here where we all agreed. 00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:21.200 Saying we need God is not the same as living like we need God. 00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:28.160 If I believe that I need him, then I'll pray like it, I'll act like it, I will live like it, I'll serve like it, I'll give like it. 00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:30.480 Because I believe I need Jesus. 00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:31.759 Amen. 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:39.680 That kind of faith only grows when you acknowledge that you need him and we're connected to Jesus. 00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:44.480 So it's not what I can achieve, but what he can do through me. 00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.640 John 15 5. 00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:48.079 I'm gonna read the whole thing now. 00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:50.960 I am the vine, you are the branches. 00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:59.120 Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:03.440 Legacy is not building my own platform, it's building God's kingdom. 00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:16.319 I love this part with the branches, because I was kind of just reading into it a little bit, and this is what happens is that when we actually separate the vine from the branches, the vine dies. 00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:19.759 You're the vine, he's the branches. 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:25.440 When you separate your vine from that branch, you will die. 00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:28.000 That's what happens. 00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:32.640 We weren't called to be impressive, we were called to be available. 00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:38.640 This is what he's saying through this whole thing is that you can't fake fruitfulness. 00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:44.000 You can't fake fruitfulness. 00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:46.960