WEBVTT 00:00:00.719 --> 00:00:02.799 Hey, could you stand with me this morning? 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:04.080 Everybody stand up. 00:00:04.320 --> 00:00:06.719 I need some energy in the room, man. 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:11.279 Hey, find three people you do not know or you've not seen today. 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:13.839 Shake their hands, let them know it's good to be in the house of the Lord. 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:14.880 You're glad they're here. 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:20.879 I need three people. 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:22.239 Hey Ruthie, good see you guys. 00:00:25.199 --> 00:00:26.640 Come on, let's see you guys. 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:30.320 I was talking. 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:32.000 Let's see you guys. 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:54.719 Yeah, y'all don't need a sermon. 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:56.159 The church is alive, amen. 00:00:57.759 --> 00:00:59.359 Hey Thomas, how are we doing back there? 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:00.320 Are we okay? 00:01:01.119 --> 00:01:03.840 As far as the slides go, because it is not sliding for me. 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:04.959 Are you good? 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:05.760 Alright, there we go. 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:07.439 Hey, you may be seated. 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:09.519 Shake hands with the person next to you. 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:10.959 Say, we're alive. 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:14.000 We better be alive. 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:17.280 We got too much to do on this earth to not be alive. 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:19.760 So, hey, I want to say welcome in everybody. 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:22.799 If you're a guest here, we want you to make yourself at home. 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:26.959 No, we'll never be a perfect church, but we really are following a perfect Jesus. 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:29.519 And we're excited about what God's doing here. 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:32.560 Uh, our youth event last Sunday, we had 47 young people. 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:33.040 Amen. 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:34.079 That's exciting. 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:35.359 That's a lot to be excited about. 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:36.159 You can clap. 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:37.359 Yeah. 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:41.519 It's just the beginning of what God's doing. 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:42.719 You look good today. 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:44.319 I'm glad you're here with us. 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:47.920 Uh, I know some of you that are new, you're probably wondering who's Darla? 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:50.719 She seems to do everything around here. 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:52.159 She does. 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:53.920 And she's good at it. 00:01:54.159 --> 00:01:56.560 But here's what I'm gonna ask out of you this week. 00:01:56.719 --> 00:01:57.280 You ready? 00:01:57.439 --> 00:01:59.359 Do not text and do not call her. 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:02.959 She's on vacation, she needs it, do not do it. 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:03.519 Okay? 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:06.719 And so if you need anything, you can call my wife. 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:07.760 No, I'm just playing. 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:08.960 You can call me. 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:10.479 You can text me. 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:14.000 Uh if you need to learn how to do the app, holler at me. 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:16.719 Whatever you need, I'm here for you this week. 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:24.479 Uh, we want to give Darla the rest that she deserves this week, uh, as she does do so much for our community here at Grace Bible Church. 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:27.759 But with that being said, there's a lot happening, there's a lot going on. 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:29.360 And I'm thankful for you. 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:31.280 I'm thankful for what God's doing. 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:37.280 I'm thankful for those that text, that called, uh, that sent gifts reminding me that I'm getting old. 00:02:37.439 --> 00:02:40.080 Um, I turned 34 this week. 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:43.039 My son Maddox turned 11 this week. 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:47.439 My daughter Navy, who stole my birthday from me, turned nine this week. 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:50.080 And so we're all just getting older over here. 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:54.000 But I just want to say a big thank you for all that you did for us this week. 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:57.360 And you know, if you didn't, I'll make you feel bad about it later. 00:02:57.680 --> 00:02:59.599 But I just want to say thank you. 00:02:59.759 --> 00:03:01.039 So, no, I'm just kidding. 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:03.520 Um, but God's good, amen. 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:06.319 So today we're gonna jump back into our heaven series. 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:11.280 Last week was a standalone message type and a better word. 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:14.000 This week I hope that it's a better word. 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:18.960 Heaven is a topic that we always talk about, but a lot of people don't know much about. 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:27.520 We spend most of our lives praying to a God that we believe wholeheartedly in, but we don't really know much about the destination that we're preparing ourselves for. 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:34.960 And so a lot of us have this skewed idea of what heaven really is from pictures of the Renaissance and everything else that were created for different time frames. 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:40.240 But I want to tell you that heaven is so much bigger than our minds can even begin to comprehend. 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:42.159 And it's important that we understand it. 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:52.080 But before we really get into that today, I want to break down a passage of scripture that you've probably prayed more times in your life than you realize. 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:53.439 It's the Lord's Prayer. 00:03:53.759 --> 00:04:11.360 And I think when we talk about it, sometimes we don't really break it down because what's happening in this moment is the disciples are coming, and I don't know about you, but the average American, uh, according to Barnes Studies, says that we pray an average of four minutes a week, and that includes uh prayer for our food. 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:12.000 Okay. 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:26.160 When you sit at the Watson table for dinner, my son Zechariah has a prayer that he believes he has to pray every time we sit down, to the point that it's become obnoxious. 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:28.160 I'll say that. 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:30.480 Maddox, can you say the prayer for me? 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:44.079 That's the prayer. 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:46.000 That's the prayer. 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:49.439 He's like, Dad, quit using me. 00:04:49.519 --> 00:04:51.279 I didn't tell him I was gonna do that. 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:53.759 Thank you, God, for giving us. 00:04:54.160 --> 00:05:11.279 And then my son, he does this other thing, though, now, to where he knows daddy's going to pray after him because I'm teaching my kids that we don't pray out of ritual, we don't pray out of tradition, we pray because we have intimate relationship with God, and we want that to be sincere. 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:15.439 And so after Zechariah finishes his, then daddy prays. 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:17.199 Not that his prayer isn't good enough. 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:20.000 In fact, sometimes his prayer might be heard better than mine. 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:23.600 But I don't want my kids to think it's ritual. 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:30.399 And I don't want it to just be every time we sit down, thank you, God, for this food, bless it, sanctify it, nourishment to our bodies in Jesus' name, amen. 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:32.639 Because that's what we tend to do, isn't it? 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:37.040 We tend to just do it really fast because it's just become a ritual, a tradition. 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:44.560 And so my son now, because I pray after, he sits down and he goes, Thank you, God, for giving us food, thank you, God, for giving us food, thank you, God, for giving us food, right where we are. 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:45.279 Amen. 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:47.439 And he'll do that. 00:05:48.079 --> 00:06:02.480 And today I want to walk you through the Lord's Prayer as we get into the scriptures, because sometimes I think our idea of prayer has become more ritualistic and traditional than it actually has been in relationship with the Father. 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:03.040 Okay? 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:06.720 So we're gonna go into this and then we're gonna we're gonna get through this and get into heaven. 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:10.160 But I want to help you here because Jesus said it this way in Matthew 6. 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:14.480 He said, and when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans. 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:16.560 Quit babbling. 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:26.639 If it's not sincere and it's not unto God, and it's all about you and it's not about him, quit babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:31.199 Do not be like them, for your father knows what you need before you ask him. 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:34.240 Jesus said, This then is how you should pray. 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:40.639 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:49.360 Give us today our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we have forgiven, have also forgiven our debtors. 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:55.519 13, and lead us not into temptation, but to deliver us from the evil one. 00:06:55.680 --> 00:06:57.920 How many of you remember praying that prayer? 00:06:58.079 --> 00:06:59.839 You you remember that prayer, right? 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:03.920 I want to break it down for you because we're gonna get into that within our heaven series here. 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:06.240 But we have to understand something. 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:12.800 You need to understand that Jesus is giving them an outline for how to pray. 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:16.399 And in this language, because of disciples, how do we pray? 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:28.720 Do you think that when God Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane, okay, and he was praying and he took some of his disciples with him, do you think that in the time of him being there, Jesus continually prayed? 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:31.360 Back it up. 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:36.000 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:38.240 Your kingdom come, you will be done, as earth is in heaven. 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:42.160 Do you think he continually just prayed that over and over and over and over again? 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:42.879 No. 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:44.240 No. 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:49.920 This is an outline given by Jesus unto his disciples to give the order. 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:55.040 I told you from the beginning, Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:57.600 No one comes to the Father except through Jesus. 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:04.639 So what he's giving them is a way to revelation to experience the truth, which will then give them life. 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:14.319 And what I'm gonna give you today is helping you in understanding what Jesus gave them because why it actually matters when we talk about the millennial reign here in heaven. 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:20.959 When we talk about our Father in heaven, we're not addressing some distant and personal force. 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:22.959 God is our Father. 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:30.720 That's how much he loves you. 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:38.240 You are one part of 8 billion current dispensation of the image of God in our world today. 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:39.759 That's you and I. 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:50.480 And he reminds us that this is not just my God that I'm praying to, it's our God that we're praying to. 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:56.320 That He's all of our God, He's King of King, He's Lord over all, He's God over all. 00:08:56.480 --> 00:09:00.559 And we have to understand that there's reverence in that. 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:11.600 So the first thing that Jesus outlines for us is for us to understand that we're praying to our Father in heaven, our Father. 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:16.399 And then He says these words hallowed be your name. 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:21.039 I don't think any of us have ever used the word hallowed in a sentence before. 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:22.399 Besides this. 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:26.799 So obviously we know the language is before us. 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:29.759 But it's not the language that's concerning. 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:39.840 See, to be hallowed, to hallow the name of Jesus, to hallow the name, to when we pray, this is worship and reverence first. 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:45.039 See, when I come to God and I teach my kids this, I'm not saying, hey, hey, Jesus, I need this. 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:46.240 And by the way, you're great. 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:48.159 I think you're great, but I really need this. 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:49.840 I don't do that. 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:53.840 Like, what have we taught our generations? 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.080 Like, like he, hallowed be thy name. 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:59.039 You are worthy and you were great, and you were God and you were king. 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:03.200 I am not deserving to even have this connection with you, but you gave it to me. 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:05.679 And because of that, I worship and I praise you. 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:09.840 Hallowed be thy name means to worship the King of Kings. 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:17.679 When you pray, you need to recognize that He's our God and He's worthy of worship first before you ever pray anything else. 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:21.200 You gotta have some reverence for the King of Kings, ladies and gentlemen. 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:23.279 We gotta have some reverence. 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:29.039 We need to understand that this is worship and reverence first, and that God's name represents who he is. 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:37.679 We're declaring that his character, his reputation, and his authority should be treated as sacred and set apart, not casual, not common. 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:44.399 So when you come to my dinner table, my son has no knowledge of it, but he's wanting to pray to the Lord, and I respect that. 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:53.840 But as a father who does have reverence for the King of Kings, we're not going to go through rituals and we're not going to go through traditions because I know the God that I'm dealing with. 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:55.919 And I reverence him. 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:57.679 And you better reverence him. 00:10:57.919 --> 00:11:00.879 He's the one that gave you life, he's the one that can take your life. 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:02.320 It's who he is. 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:17.600 And then we see after worship, we see that when we're worshiping him, that when we hallowed be your name, when we worship him, that he's going to give us revelation because it's about his kingdom first and not heaven first. 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:19.039 Keep this in mind. 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:25.360 Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:35.759 This is a really big key text for us today, because we're asking God to rule and reign and to break into our world and our circumstances and our situations. 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:38.879 In heaven, everything perfectly aligns with God's will. 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:42.720 But on earth, it often doesn't because sin surrounds us. 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:47.679 This is both a big picture prayer, okay, for Jesus' return. 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:58.240 It's a big picture prayer, but it's also a daily one that God would do what he desires to do in our lives and that we would not get in the way of that. 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:02.080 I want him to be my king because I call him my father. 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:04.399 If he's my father, he knows better than I. 00:12:04.559 --> 00:12:13.120 And because I worship him in spirit and truth, I want him to have his complete will from his kingdom into my life, not just in my life, but on earth too. 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:15.279 And I want to be a part of it. 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:22.480 So once we have those three parts right, we can jump into the next, which is to give us today our daily bread. 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:26.399 This is a humble request for provision. 00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:35.039 I don't know about you, but I don't have enough strength to get to my problems tomorrow because I'm trying to use the strength I have today to face what I'm facing today. 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:35.840 Amen. 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:37.679 You ever felt that way? 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:47.519 And what happens is when you come back to this prayer and you're in relationship with God, you understand that he's your father, you understand who you worship, and you understand that it's his will. 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:52.639 And if he's sovereign over those three things, you know today he's gonna take care of you. 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:54.639 He's gonna take care of you. 00:12:54.879 --> 00:13:00.879 So many of us are stressing out about tomorrow because we've not spent the first three chapters with the Lord today. 00:13:02.159 --> 00:13:10.799 We have to have a reflection and see the importance of what Jesus is really trying to lay out for his disciples. 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:13.039 And here's the next, here's the next. 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:14.879 We talk about the daily bread. 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:21.840 We acknowledge that he's the source of everything, we acknowledge that he's the source of food, health, financials, community, everything. 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:24.399 God is the source of it. 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:31.120 But then he says something like this forgive us our debts as we have also forgiven our debtors. 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:33.279 Now, this this precedes something. 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:37.840 We're saying, God, we know we're sinful, we know we mess up, we know we make mistakes. 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:46.960 But in doing that, you come to him knowing in your heart that you also should have forgiven those that have trespassed you. 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:48.960 This is a really big deal. 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:53.840 Don't prayer the don't do not pray this prayer if you're not willing to do verse 12. 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:55.440 Do not. 00:13:55.919 --> 00:14:01.840 Because why would you expect God to forgive you when you can't forgive those that He created to? 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:06.639 It's not me, it's the word. 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:11.440 Forgive us our debts as we have also forgiven our debtors. 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:17.840 Have you forgiven people that have hurt you, cursed you, lied against you, tried to run you, tried to destroy you? 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:18.879 Have you forgiven them? 00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:22.240 If you have not, we need to do that, church. 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:27.759 Because your life and your family and your generations that come after you are depending on you to do it. 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:31.440 I know how hard it is, I know how much of a struggle it is. 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:33.679 I know, trust me, I know. 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:46.720 But I have to do it because he is my king and he is my lord, he's not just my savior, he is the one that sits on the throne, and I will bow before him, and he will know everything that I've done and everything that I have not done. 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:48.320 Take it serious. 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:54.559 We're asking for mercy and cleansing from God in these moments. 00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:55.919 We're asking for that. 00:14:56.000 --> 00:15:00.799 But Jesus ties our forgiveness from how from God to how we forgive others. 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:04.320 Unforgiveness blocks the flow, the way, the truth, the life. 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:06.000 Everything is a spiritual flow in essence. 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:09.039 And when you don't forgive others, you block the flow of what he's trying to do. 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:09.519 Okay? 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.840 We don't get from verse 12 to verse 13 without forgiving others. 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:22.399 Please, please pray that God would have mercy upon your soul and would also help you learn to forgive others. 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:26.720 I know forgiveness is a process and it's hard and it's challenging, but we must do it. 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:27.840 13. 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:33.279 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:38.080 We're asking God to protect us from situations where we're likely to sin. 00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:39.120 Okay? 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:41.120 That's what we're doing here. 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:41.840 All right? 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:45.519 Guys, I've told you my past, I've told you my struggles. 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:46.320 All right. 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:48.879 I will not go near a casino. 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:50.000 I don't like them. 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:50.960 I can't do it. 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:54.240 I had an evangelist ask me to go eat at a buffet with them one time. 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:55.600 I said I can't. 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:58.960 It's not a good place for me because it's a temptation for me. 00:15:59.120 --> 00:15:59.440 Okay? 00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:01.519 Don't ever ask me to do that. 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:02.879 It ain't happening. 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:07.840 I'm raw with you in that because we all have temptations. 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:08.960 We all have struggles. 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:14.879 We all have places that if this is in front of us, maybe for you it's alcohol, maybe for others it's drugs, maybe it's pornography. 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:16.320 I don't know what it is. 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:23.440 I don't know what it is, but you know there is a temptation that the enemy uses against you to make you fall. 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:34.159 And it's in this moment that we are asking God to protect us, to not lead us into temptation, but deliver us, God, from the evil one. 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:41.039 The Bible says that we have a high priest who is not unable to sympathize with us because he was tempted and tried to. 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:45.039 He understands Jesus Christ of Nazareth was tempted. 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:49.519 If he was tempted, my friends, you are going to be tempted. 00:16:49.840 --> 00:17:00.399 And we pray this prayer for specific reasons because we know, we know that we cannot do this on our own. 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:02.399 We cannot do this on our own. 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:07.920 We need the spirit and the power of God leading us and helping us. 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:11.839 God deliver us from the evil one. 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:13.680 It's important. 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:17.519 And lastly, sorry. 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:23.440 Lastly, it says, for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:24.319 Amen. 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:28.960 This ending reminds us of why we can pray with confidence. 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:31.039 Everything belongs to God. 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:32.480 I'm sorry I got cut off there. 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:34.640 But everything belongs to God. 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:37.359 I want you to know that your life belongs to God. 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:43.359 And if you give full surrender to Him, He's going to do a great work in your life and through your life. 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:44.000 And you know what? 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:45.119 You don't have to be ashamed. 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:46.960 You don't have to be ashamed of your past. 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:48.559 You don't have to be ashamed of your sins. 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:50.319 You don't have to be ashamed of your struggles. 00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:54.799 I told you last week there's no sin that's uncommon to God. 00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:55.680 There's none. 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.880 You don't have to be ashamed of that. 00:17:57.279 --> 00:18:02.640 Some of you might look up here, I know Brooke hates when I do it, but some of you might look up here and be like, wait, Pastor was addicted to casino. 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:04.160 Like, I struggled with it in college. 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:04.720 Yes, I did. 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:05.200 And you know what? 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:07.200 I'm not ashamed about that, because he did a great work through me and that. 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:08.480 I've helped a lot of people through it. 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:13.359 Your sin and your past struggles should not be a downfall in your life. 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:15.200 They should become a testimony for the kingdom of God. 00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:19.119 So you can look others and say, I've been there too, but it's in my weakness that he's made strong. 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:23.200 I have no, I have no shame in my game. 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:24.319 You want to know why? 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:26.240 Because I must decrease so he can increase. 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:28.400 This is the gospel of Jesus Christ we're preaching. 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:34.960 This isn't to look pretty, this isn't to look great, this is this is the dirty, this is your righteousness, is a filthy rags, guys. 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:39.519 This is the dirty message of the gospel and how he cleans us and we cannot clean ourselves. 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:40.720 Don't forget that. 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:44.160 So in this today, we're jumping into this heaven series. 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:55.519 Now that you have a better understanding of Matthew 6 and prayer, there's a portion in the scripture that says your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:59.759 Your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:01.359 What does that really mean? 00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:05.599 I want to talk to you for a second about the millennial reign, and then we're gonna get into the portion. 00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:06.640 I'm gonna hurry up. 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:12.160 People get so confused and caught in the weeds about things. 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:17.279 Post-tribulation, pre-tribulation, mid-tribulation. 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:25.039 People laugh at me when I sit down with them at Mexican oftentimes and I ask them, I say, are you pre-chip or post-chip? 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:28.720 Some of you will get that, some of you won't. 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:35.359 But I want to know do we pray before the chips or do we pray after when we get our food? 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:37.519 Because so many people get caught up. 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:50.319 You can listen to podcasts, you can listen to stories of people arguing, no, we're gonna be raptured out before tribulation, or no, no, no, we're gonna have to suffer the whole thing, or uh we're gonna be in mid-it's gonna be mid-tribulation. 00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:51.759 You know what I tell those guys? 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:52.799 You know what? 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:55.839 Whether you're right or wrong, I'm gonna keep living for the kingdom of God. 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:57.759 So we'll figure it out when we get there. 00:19:58.000 --> 00:20:04.319 I'm not gonna be trivial about it and do not come ask me that question because I can give you a hundred theories and you're gonna sit there and be like, which one do you believe? 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:07.359 And I'm like, it don't matter what I believe, it's only gonna matter what happens. 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.240 Okay? 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:13.440 But one thing I do know that happened is that his kingdom is going to come on earth. 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:14.960 And this is true. 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:20.960 And what's gonna happen here is that all the people who have died, and once again, I can't go deep into this today. 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:21.680 I don't have the time. 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:25.279 I could spend here two hours talking to you about this and eschatology. 00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:34.319 But what's gonna happen is that all the people that have died and went to heaven, and all the people that have died and went to hell, Hades is what it's called. 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:37.519 It's a it's a confinement for those that did not know Jesus. 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:48.240 But all the people that died and went to heaven, what's gonna happen is that Christ is going to come back, the new Jerusalem is going to come down, and on this earth we are gonna reign for a thousand years with Jesus. 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:52.880 And some of you have never heard this before, and you're gonna be like, you know, blasphemy. 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:54.160 I promise you it's not, it's the Bible. 00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:55.440 Come talk to me. 00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:59.359 He's gonna come down, and for a thousand years we're gonna be here. 00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:04.799 And all his new creation that that died and went to heaven, they're gonna be here in bodily form. 00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:10.799 And then all the people who made it through tribulation are gonna be here too. 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:17.279 You're going to have humans, and you're gonna have immortals. 00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:24.559 You're gonna have people that have a transformed body, you're gonna have people that have not had a transformed body. 00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:27.599 And people say there's no way this happens. 00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:29.680 Well, there is. 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:46.400 I don't know about you, but do you guys remember there was this guy named Jesus who lived for 33 years, died on a cross, rose from the dead, and then hung around with people for about 40 days afterwards? 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:48.799 You wanna know why he did that? 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:55.680 Number one, to be seen so to be testified by five hundred plus, but another reason was to set up what was originally going to be. 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:59.680 For the same way you see me now to sin is the same way you're gonna see me coming. 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:09.839 And he stayed on here as a resurrected body, but yet he ate with his friends, he visited with his friends, he told people about his second coming. 00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:14.880 He spent time with them to preset what's going to actually come in the New Jerusalem. 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:22.880 And so in this 1,000-year reign, the scriptures we're about to read, it's going to be a curse to die in the thousand years. 00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:27.519 And some people ask, is this the final heaven? 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.240 No, it's not. 00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:30.559 We'll get to that, but not today. 00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:35.839 This is a set-in-motion time into which it will be joyful. 00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:46.799 The people who had went to heaven before, they will be helping Jesus Christ of Nazareth and all of those there to operate this new earth in the thousand-year millennial reign. 00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:51.759 Along with those that still remain, they will be here too and over. 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:53.519 But there's something that changes. 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:55.519 Satan has been locked up now. 00:22:55.839 --> 00:23:00.880 Sin is hardly running at this time. 00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:04.960 That's why you're going to hear in a moment that curse is the one that dies at a young age. 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:12.799 This is a moment of a thousand-year millennial reign that you and I cannot wait for to be excited about. 00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:20.720 This is the moment that Jesus comes back and he looks at us that are still here and remaining and says, What have we done? 00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:22.079 Prepare the way of the Lord. 00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:25.680 You remember John the Baptist, he said, Come, repent of your sins. 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.960 The kingdom of God is near. 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:28.640 Which means an only length of the way. 00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:31.599 Peter was trying to prepare everyone for the kingdom of God. 00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:37.599 And all those that after Jesus Christ died and he saw them, they thought that the end was going to be like in two months. 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:39.200 It's going to be near. 00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:41.839 Some of you guys are looking at me like I'm crazy. 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.960 We're getting there. 00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:43.680 All right? 00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:45.920 Here's what the scriptures tell us in Isaiah. 00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:47.920 Maybe a little refreshing for you. 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:49.279 They will build houses. 00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:51.039 This is talking about the millennial reign. 00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:52.559 The thousand years we're together. 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:54.480 They will build houses and dwell in them. 00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:56.160 They will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.359 Some of you remember this. 00:23:57.519 --> 00:24:01.279 No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. 00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:04.480 For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people. 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:09.599 My chosen one, my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands. 00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:14.240 They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune. 00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:18.960 For they will be a people blessed by the Lord, and they and their descendants with them. 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:21.440 This is going to be a beautiful time for a thousand year reigns. 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.960 Now, I don't know about you if you have kids. 00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.839 I have four. 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:26.880 And they say this word a lot to me. 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.799 Bored. 00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:33.039 Dad, I'm bored. 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:35.440 Dad, I'm bored. 00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.880 And you know what boredom leads to? 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:38.559 Dad, I'm hungry. 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:42.079 Dad, I'm bored. 00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:43.279 Dad, I'm hungry. 00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:45.039 Dad, there's nothing to do. 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:46.799 Dad, what do I do? 00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.680 I don't know. 00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:51.359 You know, the crazy thing to me about my kids is that they have so much. 00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.400 You know? 00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.519 They have so much. 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:55.759 They say, Dad, dad, dad, I want this, I want this. 00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.720 And then you get it for them. 00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:59.599 And then two minutes later, they're like, Dad, I want this. 00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:02.400 They can't even enjoy what they have. 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:11.200 You know, from a child perspective to our perspective, I think we're kind of the same because no matter what we do, we can't get any satisfaction. 00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.240 You know? 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:14.880 We plan, oh, this vacation is going to be amazing. 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:16.319 I can't wait to go on vacation. 00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:19.039 And then on our way to vacation, we're excited about it. 00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:23.039 And then the day we leave vacation, we start talking about the next vacation. 00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:25.119 The next vacation. 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:28.000 My wife's already talking about Florida again. 00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:30.160 Two years away. 00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:33.279 Because we're looking to the next one. 00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.960 No satisfaction. 00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:37.759 Can you agree with me in some of this? 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:40.000 That we just can't get any satisfaction. 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:41.440 It's always the next thing. 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.559 The past was good. 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:44.640 That memory was good, but it's the next one. 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.839 The toy doesn't do it. 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:47.279 The vacation doesn't do it. 00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:48.559 I don't know what's going to do it. 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.599