WEBVTT 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:05.360 Welcome to the Celebration Church Orlando podcast. 00:00:05.519 --> 00:00:09.919 We are so glad you've joined us, and we hope you are encouraged by today's message. 00:00:11.119 --> 00:00:15.039 Hey, can you guys put your hands together for your campus pastors, Pastor Justin and Becca Todd? 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:17.120 They do an amazing job. 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:21.199 If you didn't know, now you know his birthday was on Friday. 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:23.199 And uh, so make sure to tell him happy birthday. 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:26.480 He also takes Bass Pro Shop cards in uh Academy Sports. 00:00:26.559 --> 00:00:28.719 If you want to bless him, hashtag blesslife. 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:31.920 Um also uh Pastor Keith and Megan, um, you guys are here. 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:34.079 And I just want to really hold on, hold on, hold on. 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:35.600 We're gonna do that, but just hold on one second. 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:46.320 I just want to tell you guys, uh, just publicly in front of everyone, um, thank you guys so much for how you have led us into this new season with so much grace, so much honor and wisdom and integrity. 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:52.000 Um Callie and I, the whole entire staff, the whole entire church, everyone, we are so thankful for you and how you've done this. 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:53.520 So you guys put your hands together for them. 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:54.240 Now you can do it. 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:55.039 Come on. 00:00:57.600 --> 00:01:03.280 But hey, today um I want to talk about something that's become really real to me over the past um nine months. 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:08.560 It was real to me before, but it's really real now because I got kids, and hashtag the struggle is really real. 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:10.879 Any parents uh agree with me in the house? 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:12.640 Um, I want to talk about prayer. 00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:13.760 Everybody say prayer. 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:17.280 And the simplest definition for prayer is this is talking to God. 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:18.480 Say talking to God. 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:25.120 Um, and I think it's really fitting that we're gonna talk about this today, the first Sunday after our Wild Standard series. 00:01:25.280 --> 00:01:26.640 How many of you guys enjoyed that series? 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:27.760 It was amazing. 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:31.920 Um but if I can be honest, here's what that series was for me. 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:34.560 By the way, if you missed it, go check it out on our podcast. 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:37.840 But it was very encouraging, but it was also very challenging. 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:40.239 Uh, and it challenged me to change some things in my life. 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:42.079 And I am an Enneagram three. 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:43.920 If you don't know what it is, it means I'm an achiever. 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:51.439 So I started mentally making a list of all the things that I had to change and how fast I needed to change it and how much I needed to fix it. 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:57.280 And then I came to church last week and Pastor Keith preached, hey, it takes time, no shortcuts. 00:01:57.439 --> 00:01:59.519 And then he said, There's no fast path to maturity. 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:01.040 I'm at a stink face like this. 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:01.680 I'm like, uh. 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:03.359 And he just kindred Labar me. 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:04.560 He was like, be humble, sit down. 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:05.760 This is not about you. 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:07.439 That's what happened. 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:21.919 But here's the thing on our journey, uh, becoming more like Christ, because Jesus is our standard, on that journey of trying to live and love and look like Jesus, prayer is our direct connection to the one who gives us the strength, the power, and the grace to change. 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:24.080 And so it's something that has really impacted my life. 00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:28.000 And I pray that as we talk about it today, that it would be something that impacts yours as well. 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:30.479 So if you got your Bibles, turn to John 15. 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:34.000 We're gonna read verses one through eight this morning. 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:36.000 We're gonna read eight verses of scripture in the Bible. 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:36.800 It's gonna be great. 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:39.599 Um, if you don't have your Bible, it'll be on the screen uh behind me. 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:41.360 I'm reading for the New Living Translation. 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:49.039 And Jesus, he's talking to his disciples here, and this is really the last conversation that he's having with them before he goes to the cross, John chapter 14, 15 and 16. 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:53.360 And in John chapter 14, he starts it off and he's like, Hey guys, I'm gonna be leaving soon. 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:57.520 I'm gonna go up to heaven, I'm gonna prepare a place for you, but don't worry, I'm gonna come back. 00:02:57.680 --> 00:02:59.439 And while I'm gone, I'm gonna send a gift. 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:05.039 His name is the Holy Spirit, he's gonna lead you, he's gonna guide you, he's gonna comfort you, encourage you, and he's gonna empower you. 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:09.360 In fact, you're gonna have more power to do more things than even what I've done here on earth. 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:12.639 But in John chapter 15, he goes, But there's something that I need you to do. 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:14.000 And this is where he starts off. 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:17.199 I am the true grapevine, and my father is the gardener. 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:23.039 He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit, so they will produce even more. 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:27.280 You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:30.000 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:32.879 For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine. 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:34.960 I just got ten thousand steps, thank you, Jesus. 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:37.520 And you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:38.400 I don't know why I did that. 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:40.560 Yes, I am the vine, and you are the branches. 00:03:40.639 --> 00:03:43.520 Those who remain in me, and I in them will produce much fruit. 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:45.039 For apart from me, you can do what? 00:03:45.199 --> 00:03:46.639 Let's say this together: nothing. 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:50.960 Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:53.680 Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:58.879 But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted. 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:01.280 When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:03.120 This brings great glory to my Father. 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:07.120 And I'll read verse 5 one more time, but in the Passion Translation, I love the way that it says it. 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:10.400 It says, I am the sprouting vine, and you are my branches. 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:12.479 As you live in union with me is your what? 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:13.840 Let's say this source. 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:18.560 Fruitfulness will stream from within you, but when you live separated from me, you are what? 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:19.600 Powerless. 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:23.759 Uh, this morning, if you're taking notes, the title of this sermon is Connect to the Source. 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:24.879 Connect to the Source. 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:28.000 Remember, notes don't get you into heaven, but they do get you in the fast past lane. 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:30.160 Let's pray, God, and we thank you for today. 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:31.600 God, I thank you for your son Jesus. 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:37.120 God, we thank you that because of what he did on the cross over 2,000 years ago, that we all now have direct access to you. 00:04:37.279 --> 00:04:45.279 And so, God, we ask this morning, God, that we would leave here changed, not because of anything that we do or not because of who we are, God, but because of your son Jesus. 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:50.079 Um, Holy Spirit, I ask that you would take my words and you would tailor and make them for every person in the room today. 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:51.839 And God, I ask that you would speak. 00:04:52.079 --> 00:04:54.560 Speak to us, God, we are listening in Jesus' name. 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:56.399 Everybody said, Amen. 00:04:56.480 --> 00:04:57.839 All right, how many people in the room this morning? 00:04:57.920 --> 00:04:58.959 How many have people have a cell phone? 00:04:59.120 --> 00:04:59.360 Come on. 00:04:59.439 --> 00:05:01.439 If you got a cell phone, go ahead and take it out, wave it at me. 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:02.639 If you don't want to take it out, that's fine. 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:03.360 Just wave your hand. 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:06.160 This should be everyone, unless you're embarrassed because you have a flip phone. 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:06.639 I understand. 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:07.600 Or if you're a child. 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:08.480 So let's try this again. 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:09.439 Crowd participation. 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:10.480 How many people have a phone? 00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:11.600 Come on, okay. 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:12.720 All right, that's good. 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:20.480 Um, speaking of kids, uh, two weeks ago, my oldest daughter, Olivia, she comes home from summer camp and she comes in the house and she goes, Daddy, it's no longer daddy. 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:23.199 She's losing her Nigerian accent, and I'm really sad, but she's like, Daddy. 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:23.759 I was like, what? 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:24.800 She's like, Can I have a phone? 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:26.800 And I go, ha ha, no, you cannot have a phone. 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:28.000 Why would you even ask that? 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:29.839 I'm like, you're you're seven, you're a kid. 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:35.279 And she puts her hand on her hip like this, and she looks at me and she goes, Well, Olivia L is six, and she has a phone. 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:41.279 And I was laughing on the outside, but on the inside, I was thinking to myself, Well, I'm not Olivia L's daddy, I'm Olivia E's daddy. 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:44.160 And Olivia E's daddy is saying, You ain't getting a phone because you're a kid. 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:48.560 But but since I was laughing and she put her hand on her hip like this, I go, where did you learn how to do that? 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:52.000 She goes, Mommy, and then she turns around and walks away like that. 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:53.759 And I was like, You ain't getting a phone. 00:05:53.920 --> 00:05:54.800 Don't worry about it. 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:56.800 Um, but anyway, back to my original story. 00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:58.560 Um, how many Apple users do we have in the house? 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:00.399 Come on, God's phone, best phone. 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:02.959 Um, all right, Android users. 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:09.199 Okay, we're gonna have a deliverance prayer for you after service, and the BlackBerry users are gonna have the modesty blankets, it's gonna be great. 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:12.079 Um but listen, these phones, they're amazing. 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:20.720 I mean, there's so much that we can do with these phones, but if they've not been connected to the source, if they've not been connected to a power source, it can do nothing. 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:22.800 I mean, literally, it can do nothing. 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:28.319 You can go to your phone and you can check your calendar, you can check your email, you could check social media. 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:30.959 Some of you do that a lot, but I'm not gonna rail on social media today. 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:31.600 I promise. 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:35.519 I mean, you can go and you can watch Netflix, you can do almost anything you want. 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:40.720 You can play games, you can play Fortnite, but don't be surprised if you play Fortnite if you're 35 and you still live with your mom. 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:41.519 I'm just saying. 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:43.920 That's a prophetic word for someone in the house this morning. 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:49.040 But these phones can do anything as long as they have been connected to a source. 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:51.120 But but when they haven't, they can do nothing. 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:53.839 I mean, it's pretty much an$800 paperweight. 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:57.040 I want to propose to you this morning that our life is a lot like these phones. 00:06:57.519 --> 00:06:58.800 Our life is a lot like these phones. 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:05.839 And what Jesus is talking about here in John 15 is that like we could be capable of everything, but everything without Jesus, it equals nothing. 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:07.759 He's like, you need to stay connected to me. 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:08.560 I am your source. 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:10.480 I will give you power, I will give you strength. 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:14.639 And then he says, if you stay connected to me, you will bear fruit, but not just fruit, much fruit. 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:17.120 And sometimes when people say fruit in church, you're like, what does that mean? 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:24.240 Here's what it means: it means that our lives are starting to become like the life of Jesus, that the attributes that he portrayed, we would start to portray those attributes. 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:26.399 And he's like, This is the life that I have for you. 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:28.160 This is the life that I want for you to live. 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:30.879 And if you stay connected to me, this will be the life that you live in. 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:32.879 Oh, being glory to the Father. 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:39.199 And so for us as followers of Christ, this the way that we stay connected to the source is the same way that Jesus did when he was on earth. 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:40.560 It's through prayer. 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:44.800 It's one of the most important tools that we have to stay connected to the source. 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:54.000 But here's what I know you know, being in church for a long time, growing up in church for a long time, and being around people like this, is this is always what winds up happening is I think a lot of times we know that we should pray. 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:56.639 I think a lot of times we're like, man, we should actually pray more. 00:07:56.720 --> 00:08:01.920 And so then we kind of get this like low-level like guilt complex because we don't pray, but guilt never moves us forward. 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:03.360 Grace only moves us forward. 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:05.120 And so today, here's what we're gonna do. 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:09.920 We're actually gonna take a moment at the end of service, we're all gonna pray together, like all across the place. 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:13.759 Not like me praying for you, but you're gonna pray for you and you're gonna pray for other people. 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:17.439 And I believe that it's gonna kick start a new pattern in your life. 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:24.399 And I believe if you've been living in guilt because you don't pray, you don't know how to pray, or whatever it may be, I believe that grace is gonna move us forward today, and we're gonna pray together. 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:26.480 But before we do that, I have a goal. 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:27.519 My goal is this. 00:08:27.600 --> 00:08:34.480 I know a lot of times we don't pray, and we have a lot of reasons that we don't pray, is I'm gonna attack the top three barriers of why we don't pray. 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:36.799 And I'm gonna do like what it says on mortal combat. 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:37.679 I'm gonna finish them. 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:39.840 Like we're literally gonna do it. 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:41.279 And I that's what we're gonna do. 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:41.919 And here's the thing. 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:48.559 So, what I did when I was preparing for the sermon, I went on the Google, you know, that's my best research assistant, and I was like, what's the top reasons that people don't pray? 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:53.200 And the first one was this is that we think we don't have time. 00:08:53.759 --> 00:08:55.200 We think um we don't have time. 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:56.480 How many people have used that one before? 00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:57.919 I have, I'll be the first one to raise my hand. 00:08:58.000 --> 00:08:59.120 It's okay, no judgment zone. 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:00.159 All right, just me and Justin. 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:00.639 It's okay. 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:01.759 We're the campus pastors. 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:02.879 That's kind of funny. 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:06.080 Um, anyway, I'm sorry, I don't even know what I'm doing right now. 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:11.440 Anyway, so so many times we're like, we we don't have the time to pray, but again, back to the phone example. 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:15.759 We will literally rearrange our whole entire schedules to make sure that our phone gets charged. 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:17.840 We will have chargers in every room of our house. 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:22.879 We will have one in our car, in our glove box, in our cubicle at work, in our neighbor's cubicle. 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:27.840 Some of us get battery cases, some of you have a battery block in your purser in your back pocket right now. 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:32.399 Like, you'll do anything to make sure that your phone is charged and just let your phone get to 5%. 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:35.840 You will do something crazy to make sure that your phone gets charged. 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:41.840 I have seen grown men sitting on the floors in bathrooms, in airports just to charge their phone. 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:44.000 Not only is that weird, it's gross. 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:49.279 We will do anything in the world to make sure that our phones stay charged. 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:50.320 I mean, we will do anything. 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:54.159 What if we put in like even just half the effort to make sure that our soul stays charged? 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:54.960 What if we did that? 00:09:55.200 --> 00:10:02.960 I mean, so many times we're like, man, my phone's gonna stay charged, but my soul, I mean, I'll go days, I'll go weeks, I'll go months, I'll go years, not even think about that. 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:05.039 What if we put in the same time and the same effort? 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:07.840 Listen, when it comes to time and it comes to prayer, write this down. 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:09.679 Any time is the right time. 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:10.799 Just make time. 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:14.159 Listen, anytime is the right time. 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:15.600 Just make time. 00:10:15.679 --> 00:10:18.799 I mean, I've heard people get in theological debates about like, well, you're supposed to pray in the morning. 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:19.679 You're supposed to pray at night. 00:10:19.759 --> 00:10:21.600 I mean, you're supposed to pray like when are you supposed to pray? 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:23.679 When you look at Jesus, he just prayed all the time. 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:26.080 In Mark 1.35, Jesus prayed early in the morning. 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:29.360 In Luke 3.21, Jesus prayed in the middle of the day while he was getting baptized. 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:33.200 In Luke chapter 6, verse 12, Jesus prayed at night and he prayed all night. 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:36.639 In Luke chapter 9, Jesus actually prayed twice in one day. 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:39.279 I mean, Jesus, he just took the time to pray. 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:41.279 Any time is the right time. 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:42.480 Just make time. 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:46.000 And here's the other thing that happens with time as we go, okay, well, how much time? 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:47.600 How long am I supposed to spend in prayer? 00:10:47.679 --> 00:10:50.480 I mean, if you grew up like me, I grew up with those like all-night prayer lock-ins. 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:51.840 Uh we were Pentecostal. 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:52.960 Yes, it's exactly what it says. 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:54.960 They lock the doors and you pray. 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:59.840 And the preacher will be like this, Brother Ezael, you need to go check on Joshua, that he would watch and pray and not fall into temptation. 00:10:59.919 --> 00:11:01.200 I'm like, I'm eight, it's 2 a.m. 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:02.799 Of course I'm gonna fall asleep. 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:05.120 And so for me, I've kind of battled with that. 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:07.519 Like, how, how, how, how long, how much time? 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:11.440 And so here's the thing to kind of take that off your plate and to kind of free you up a little bit. 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:17.120 I heard a quote a couple years ago by an evangelist from the 20th um century, and he was known for his powerful prayers. 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:18.799 His name was Smith Wigglesworth. 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:19.759 And this is what he said. 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:24.480 He's like, I rarely pray for more than 20 minutes, but I never go more than 20 minutes without praying. 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:27.840 He said, I am constantly connecting to God in prayer. 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:30.000 I'm constantly connecting to the source. 00:11:30.080 --> 00:11:32.720 Listen, anytime is the right time, just make time. 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:42.080 I'm gonna keep on saying it because tomorrow morning when you wake up and that barrier of time pops in your head for why you're not gonna pray, you're gonna hear my voice in your head saying, Anytime is the right time, just make time. 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:44.159 Anytime is the right time, just make time. 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:46.879 Come on, anytime is the right time, just make time. 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:50.159 Come on, anytime is the right time, just make time. 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:54.879 We're trying to teach our girls this, and um, I'm really proud of them because they're catching on. 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:59.600 I mean, they we will be in publics and they will start praying for people out loud, like in the name of Jesus, be healed. 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:01.120 I'm like, they can hear you. 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:10.320 Um but they're starting to get it, and so the other day, um, they started to get rowdy, and here's what happens at my house when the girls get rowdy. 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:18.879 They get rowdy, they get rebellious, someone gets hurt, they have to sit and time out, and then it's like massive meltdowns the rest of the day, and like the rest of our day goes downhill, and I'm like, okay. 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:25.360 And so Callie goes, Hey girls, I need you to take a moment, I need you to decide how the rest of the day is gonna go. 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:30.000 And so the girls walk in the house, and Olivia comes in and she goes, Daddy, I need a moment. 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:30.639 Don't follow me. 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:32.559 I'm like, okay, we live in a college park bungalow. 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:33.600 How far can you go? 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:38.080 And so she goes around the corner and I can see her reflection in a picture we have on the wall. 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:47.120 She kneels down on the floor in the bath in the uh kitchen, and she folds her hands and puts her head down and she goes, Dear God, forgive me for not listening to my mommy and daddy. 00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:49.200 And I was like, Check bar, win. 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:55.200 And she's like, help me to calm down, help me to listen and obey, give me the mind of Christ in Jesus' name. 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:55.600 Amen. 00:12:55.679 --> 00:12:58.720 And I was like, hey! But here's what's awesome. 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:02.799 She stayed there, and she was silent for a minute after that. 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:05.440 And if you know Olivia, that's a miracle in itself. 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:08.799 And then she pops up and she comes around the corner and she goes, Daddy, I know what we're supposed to do. 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:09.519 I'm like, okay, what? 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:11.200 She's like, God told me we're supposed to take communion. 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:12.720 I was like, All right, let's take communion. 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:15.120 So we took communion, and the rest of our day went great. 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:16.240 But but here's the thing. 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:19.279 I was so proud of her because we're teaching her anytime is the right time to pray. 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:20.720 Just make time to pray, just do that. 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:24.240 And she chose in that moment to pray before it got crazy. 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.960 How many times do we choose to pray after it gets crazy? 00:13:27.519 --> 00:13:29.919 She chose to make the time to pray. 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:41.919 And but here's the biggest thing that I think we we we spend our time on, and it's kind of for me, I think it's it's my own thing that I that I know I deal with is we spend a lot of time connecting to resources, but not the source. 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:44.799 And it's dangerous because the power's in the source, not in the resource. 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:45.919 All right, let me explain. 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:47.279 Have you read that book? 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:48.559 This book is so good. 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:49.679 Does it have the Bible in it? 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:51.360 Oh, there's some verses you can highlight them, whatever. 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:52.240 I mean, like, whatever. 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:53.919 I mean, did you hear that podcast? 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:56.080 That podcast literally changed my life. 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:58.240 Did you hear this person's latest sermon? 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:00.639 Fire emoji, fire emoji, praise hands. 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:08.159 I mean, that's what we do, and we spend so much time connecting to the resource that we neglect the source. 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:10.399 But the power's not in the resource, the power is in the source. 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:19.519 And here's my fear is if we keep doing that in the body of Christ, what we're gonna do is we're gonna settle for thrift stop Christianity, which means we're gonna be living in somebody else's hand-me-down faith. 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:25.519 We're gonna be trying to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ based on someone else's secondhand revelation and expect first-hand results. 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:27.840 The power's not in the resource, the power is in the source. 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:31.679 So if you're gonna take time to connect to the resource, take time to connect to the source. 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:33.279 Anytime is the right time. 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:34.879 Come on, just make time. 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:39.360 The second one is this is that we think we don't know how to pray. 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:41.120 We think we don't know how to pray. 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:42.879 Um, again, I grew up in church. 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:44.399 So this one, I use this one a lot. 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:46.159 I'm like, do I pray in the King James Version? 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:47.519 The New King James Version? 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:49.840 I really like the Rick James Version, that's the best one. 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:53.360 I mean, you don't pray in the message version where I was from where somebody would judge you. 00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:55.120 I mean, like, how how do I pray? 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:56.639 Do I need to get down on my knees? 00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:57.759 Do I need to fold my hands? 00:14:57.919 --> 00:15:00.240 I mean, do I need to close my eyes because I'm in traffic? 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:01.440 That's gonna be a problem. 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:05.519 I mean, we can put so many barriers in our way when we think about like how to pray. 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:09.440 But here's the thing if you can talk and you can listen, you can pray. 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.279 Listen, if you can talk and you can listen, you can pray. 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:15.519 Um, the other day, uh, we were praying. 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:17.519 Again, we're trying to teach our girls how to do it. 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:20.080 And so it was before the girls are supposed to wake up. 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:27.279 And uh, so when they whenever they get up before they're supposed to wake up, they like tiptoe out and they saw me out there praying, and they go, Daddy, can we pray with you? 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:29.360 And I'm like, Yes, you can pray with me. 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:32.399 And so they come over and we're praying, and they go hard, man. 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:33.759 They're like kneeling down like this. 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:34.879 They get on their face. 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:43.039 I mean, they're they're praying, they're doing everything, but then all of a sudden I look over and I realize my youngest daughter, Mia, she has on a shirt, but she has on no pants. 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:44.000 She's naked. 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:46.080 And I'm like, Mia, do you want to go put on pants? 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:47.440 And she's like, No, daddy, I'm fine. 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:49.039 I'm like, are you sure you don't want to put on pants? 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:51.120 And she goes, Daddy, I'm praying like David did in the Bible. 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:54.080 I'm like, what five-year-old kid knows that David prayed and thanked God naked? 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:54.639 I don't even know. 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:56.720 Listen, if you could talk, you can listen, you can pray. 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.840 You can even pray naked. 00:15:57.919 --> 00:15:59.039 Okay, just a little thing there. 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:00.000 It might help your marriage out. 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:01.039 Just saying. 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:03.679 I don't even know where that came from. 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:05.120 That's just like blue. 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:09.759 Um, but here's what I know. 00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:16.399 For me, for me, when I pray, um, I I tend to get distracted a little bit. 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:22.559 And so for me, one of the things that I have that I use in my life, it's a tool, it's a framework, it is not a formula. 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:27.120 I'm gonna say that again as I kind of use a plan when I go into my times of prayer with God. 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:31.039 And listen, Jesus' disciples, they asked him, man, teach us how to pray. 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:33.600 They could have asked him to teach them anything in the world. 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:35.360 They could have said, teach us how to change water into wine. 00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:36.399 It's a great party trick. 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:37.759 Teach us how to walk on water. 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:40.000 I mean, I'll make a lot of money in Vegas, but they didn't. 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:41.840 They said, teach us how to pray. 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:47.279 And what he gave them was a framework, and he gave them some things that they should consistently have in their moments of prayer. 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:51.519 And so I want to give you uh guys one of the things that I've used as I was 12 years old. 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:56.080 Um, and some of you may have heard this before, and it's okay, but it spells out the words acts. 00:16:56.240 --> 00:17:00.399 And it's kind of a framework for when we go to our times in prayer to help us not get distracted. 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:02.399 Um, the first one is this is adoration. 00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:03.200 Adoration. 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:08.640 So when Jesus starts to teach his disciples how to pray, he says, Say, our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:12.079 That word hallowed, what it means is to make great, to make much of. 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:15.920 So when we go to God in prayer, listen, again, you don't have to do it in this order. 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:18.160 These are just some things that will help you in your times of prayer. 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:20.640 But we can go to God and say, God, you are great. 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:22.319 God, you are faithful. 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:23.440 God, you were good. 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:26.319 I mean, sometimes I'm like, God, you are wise, and I am not. 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:30.880 I mean, whatever it is you're making great of the name of God, and maybe you're in here, you're like, I don't even know if I believe that yet. 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:35.359 Do you know that you can go to God and say, look, I don't believe it yet, but the word of God says that you are good. 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.960 The word of God says that you were faithful. 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:38.319 The word of God says that you were great. 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:40.960 So I'm just trusting that you are good and you were faithful and you were great. 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:42.559 We start off with that with adoration. 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:44.559 The next one is see, confession. 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:47.440 Confession, I think this is such a huge part of prayer. 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:48.640 I mean, it's in the Lord's Prayer. 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:51.200 It's like, forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:56.720 Also, 1 John 1.9 says, if we will confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us of all unrighteousness. 00:17:57.039 --> 00:18:05.200 I believe it's almost impossible to start focusing on the character of God and not realize some things in your life that you need to align with the character of God. 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:06.000 And so that's what it is. 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:08.960 I mean, we can be in prayer and maybe it's something big you need to say. 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:10.960 But maybe sometimes it's just like, you know what? 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:13.519 I got angry at my boss yesterday. 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:18.720 I mean, I got angry at my wife, I got angry at my kids, I got angry when I was in traffic on I-4. 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:19.599 I mean, what are they doing? 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:21.680 Why did they move to exit again? 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:27.440 It's just taking a moment to get things back right with God. 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:29.440 T at Thanksgiving. 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:30.880 I mean, this is like the old school thing. 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:31.839 You're just counting your blessings. 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:32.720 Anyone ever heard that before? 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.920 You're just counting your blessings. 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:36.880 And maybe you feel like you don't have a lot to like count your blessings with. 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:38.480 Maybe you feel like you don't have a lot to thank God for. 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:39.200 Just start small. 00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:40.799 Be like, God, I thank you that I'm alive today. 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:42.240 That's it, it ain't small, that's big. 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:44.160 I thank you that I got breath in my lungs. 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:46.079 I think you I have clothes on my back. 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:48.960 I thank you that I made it to this exam that I had on time. 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:49.839 God, I thank you. 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:50.720 I made it to church today. 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:52.000 Some of you made it to church today. 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:52.720 That's awesome. 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:57.039 Like, I think you made it to church on time, and my kids didn't kill anyone, whatever it may be. 00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:58.960 Listen, that's just a season I'm in. 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:00.960 You just start thanking God for those things. 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:05.119 When I was six years old, my dad taught me one of the things that I'll never forget about Thanksgiving. 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:08.319 And she said, Josh, it's hard to say thanks without a smile on your face. 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:09.599 Everybody say thanks really quick. 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.319 Thanks. 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:11.839 It's like a natural smile. 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:14.799 Something starts to change on the inside of you and begin thanking God. 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:16.880 And the last one is this is supplication. 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:21.839 And really what this is, it's a big word, but it's just asking God, petitioning God. 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:26.960 And really the word supplication, it actually means like going and pleading for the life of someone. 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:29.759 That's what it means in the Greek when it's used in Philippians 4 6. 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:33.279 But we're just asking God, asking God for the things that are important to you. 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:34.960