WEBVTT 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:11.359 What a tremendous, tremendous presence of the Lord out here today, amen. 00:00:11.839 --> 00:00:16.239 God is amazing, God is great, and he never fails, bro. 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:18.079 He never fails us. 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:20.480 So I'm gonna get right into the word. 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:22.879 Mike, I want to thank you. 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:23.920 I'll get into that. 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:24.960 Let me get into the word. 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:30.960 Today's sermon is titled The Ministry of Showing Up. 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:34.560 Tell the person next to you the ministry of showing up. 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:40.240 Yes, the ministry of showing up, right? 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:48.880 There's some people who will never forget the person who showed up for them when nobody else showed up. 00:00:50.399 --> 00:00:51.119 That's real. 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:55.200 You might forget the sermon you heard that day. 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:56.399 That's possible. 00:00:56.560 --> 00:00:58.880 You might forget the words that were said. 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:03.759 And you might even forget the details of the conversation of those one. 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:08.480 But you will never forget who that person was. 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:11.200 You'll never forget who showed up. 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:18.239 Because the reality is that ministry isn't about having the perfect words. 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:19.120 That's right. 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:21.599 It's not about having the perfect words. 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:24.879 Because if it was, inspire church with it in ministry. 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:25.760 That's right. 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:26.400 Right? 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:28.560 It's not about having the perfect words. 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:31.920 Sometimes ministry is simply saying, I'm here. 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:32.799 That's right. 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:35.920 I'm here. 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:41.040 Why ministry doesn't look a certain way? 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:44.000 No, ministry should look like I'm here. 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:45.439 Hey, I'm present for you. 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:46.480 You need me? 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:47.840 I'm here. 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:49.680 I'm here. 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:50.560 Amen. 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:53.760 And that's what I want to talk about today. 00:01:54.480 --> 00:01:58.400 Today's sermon is called The Ministry of Showing Up. 00:01:58.879 --> 00:02:11.520 So to get into it, man, I want to thank Just Mike, my man just like me powers, and for inviting me here today and allowing me to share the word of God. 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:12.080 Amen? 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:12.719 Amen. 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:14.960 I noticed something about Cairos. 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:16.400 I noticed something. 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:19.840 Cairos understand something so powerful. 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:21.919 I need Godstone, right? 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:27.039 People outside the walls of church still need Jesus. 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:27.759 That's right. 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:33.280 I believe that pyros understand, right? 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:37.520 That people outside these four walls still need our Savior. 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:43.280 People who've made mistakes, and we've all made mistakes. 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:51.520 And sometimes because we walk up in the church every Sunday on every service, we better be the ones outside. 00:02:54.719 --> 00:02:55.759 Maybe that was just me. 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:56.719 Let me keep going. 00:02:57.759 --> 00:02:58.879 Maybe that was me. 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:02.560 People who failed and still need forgiveness. 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:04.479 Still need forgiveness. 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:14.479 People who have been forgotten and still need somebody to remind them that they have not been forgotten by God. 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:21.919 And that's where showing up becomes a ministry. 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:24.879 Again, the ministry of showing up. 00:03:25.039 --> 00:03:27.439 This is where showing up becomes a ministry, Mike. 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:32.080 Because anybody can say that they care. 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:34.080 Ain't that easy to say? 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:35.840 I care. 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:37.199 Yeah, I care about this. 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:38.240 I care about that. 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:40.479 Anybody can say that they care. 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:43.120 But showing up proves that they do. 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:48.319 Come on. 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:49.759 Come on. 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:51.759 And that's just a little thing, Mike. 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:53.360 I'm trying to calm down. 00:03:55.759 --> 00:03:59.120 Anybody can say, I'm praying for you, dog. 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:01.360 How many times have you said that? 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:02.479 I'm praying for you. 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:03.439 Yo, I got you. 00:04:03.520 --> 00:04:04.639 I'll put you in my prayer. 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:05.919 Anybody can say that. 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:16.000 But there's something powerful about looking at somebody that's society labeled and refuted by their worst mistake. 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:17.360 Something powerful about that. 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:20.319 And looking at them and saying, I still see a person, God. 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:21.040 That's good. 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:23.120 I still see a person. 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:24.480 Yeah, you messed up. 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:26.319 But I still see a person. 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:28.560 You know what else I see? 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:31.600 You know what we should see in the people outside? 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:33.439 We should see their value. 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:37.600 I still see overlooked. 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:39.600 We should see their value. 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:45.040 And I still see someone that Jesus died for. 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:58.079 Because sometimes as church people, because we church people, we're in the church, we forget that Jesus died for those outside the church. 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:01.680 And we forget that we were the ones outside the church. 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:03.680 We forget that. 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:05.120 Come on. 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:07.360 Now, what is ministry? 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:09.600 I'll tell you what ministry is. 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:11.279 Don't give us the definition. 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:15.519 See, I don't know how I do my thing, that's why you did that. 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:17.279 Ministry. 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:19.439 Look at what the definition says. 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:20.879 The work. 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:23.199 Service. 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:26.319 The profession of a minister. 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:34.879 And it is also a humble service to God and to other people in his name. 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:42.079 So you know what we see? 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:44.000 Off the right in the definition? 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:45.600 We see that ministries work. 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:48.399 Ministries work. 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:53.120 Notice that it says to serve God and to serve others. 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:59.519 So to be real with you, ministry is not about you. 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:00.079 Right. 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:06.480 Ministry is not about me. 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:08.800 Ministry is not about Cairos. 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:11.279 Ministry is not about inspired church. 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:12.160 No. 00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:14.480 Ministry is about them. 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:21.839 Ministry is about the one outside of the four walls of the church. 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:26.639 It's about those outside of these walls, guys. 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:31.839 It's about those that are confined and inside the prison system. 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:39.600 It's about those who were outside literally. 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:43.600 It's about those in need of service. 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:45.839 That's what ministry's about. 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:50.319 And the word service means performing labor. 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:54.240 Performing labor. 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:56.639 Obedience. 00:06:57.680 --> 00:06:58.720 Worship. 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:03.680 Or acts of love for God and other people. 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:05.680 That's what I mean. 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:07.040 But look at what it says. 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:10.879 It says, performing labor. 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:14.160 Service is performing labor. 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:15.600 You know what that made me think? 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:17.600 That service can get intensive. 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:21.279 Service can get tough. 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:23.759 Service can get draining. 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:26.639 Service can get tiring. 00:07:26.959 --> 00:07:27.600 Amen? 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:37.519 But at the same time, according to definition, it can get tiring, it's intensive, but it's an act of obedience. 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:41.120 My goodness. 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:45.519 It's an act of obedience. 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:47.439 To serve. 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:50.959 When you serve, you're dreamed. 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:52.639 How many have served? 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:53.680 Amen. 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:59.360 You don't have those moments where you're like, bro, every day. 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:01.439 Come on, man. 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:03.600 I really need to recharge. 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:04.480 Right? 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:06.480 But that's what it is, yo. 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:08.240 It's still an act of obedience. 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:14.560 So when you are a server, you're not selfish. 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:19.199 A server cannot be selfish, guys. 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:21.199 Server cannot be selfish. 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:25.839 Serving others in the name of Jesus is more than simply doing good. 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:26.959 Yes. 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:30.879 A person who is not saved can still do good. 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:31.439 That's right. 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:31.839 Say it. 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:32.480 Amen? 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:32.879 Say it. 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:34.559 That's right. 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:43.440 A person who has not had a relationship with Christ the way the church has can still do good deeds. 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:44.399 Can you believe it? 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:45.279 Oh yeah. 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:46.399 It's the reality. 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:51.600 It's a way of representing Jesus. 00:08:53.759 --> 00:08:55.519 It's a way of loving people. 00:08:55.919 --> 00:08:57.600 It's a way of loving people. 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:02.559 It's a way of participating in what God is doing in their lives. 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:04.000 Not only yours. 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:07.039 In their lives. 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:11.440 Just because God is working with you, don't mean he ain't working with your brother. 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:13.759 Don't mean he's not working with your sister. 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:14.720 He is working. 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:28.639 You know what happens? 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:30.000 You know what happens, bro? 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:33.919 We become the hands and feet of Jesus. 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:39.120 My big old 14s. 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:42.639 We become the hands and feet of Jesus, y'all. 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:47.759 Jesus calls us to serve people as though we are serving him. 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:48.480 Yes. 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:52.000 We receive from Jesus. 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:59.919 We receive his grace, love, compassion, and mercy, and then we pour it back out. 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:00.639 That's right. 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:01.759 That's right. 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:04.159 We pour it back out, we give it back. 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:06.559 We get it, and then we give it back. 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:08.240 That's what serving looks like. 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:09.120 Like that. 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:13.039 Matthew 25, 34, 35, and 36. 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:14.240 I'm gonna read them a little bit. 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:24.159 It says, then the king will say to those on his right, come who are blessed by my Father. 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:26.000 Take your inheritance. 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:30.320 The kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:31.519 35. 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:36.320 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:39.279 Oh, we won't die to be holding that. 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:46.159 I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:49.759 I was a stranger and you drink me. 00:10:51.519 --> 00:10:52.320 36. 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:57.360 I needed clothes and you clothed me. 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:01.840 I was sick and you looked after me. 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:06.159 I was in prison and you came to visit me. 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:13.039 There's a question that I'm gonna ask in the room. 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:13.840 Alright? 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:19.519 When God looks at your life, what do you think he sees? 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:23.120 I need you to reflect. 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:28.000 When God looks at your life, what do you think he sees? 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:30.639 Because people around you know what they see. 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:33.840 You know what you do, but what does God think? 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:34.720 That's good. 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:36.879 What does God think about what you do? 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:37.600 That's good. 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:42.720 Because we live in a world where people are concerned about what other people see. 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:43.440 That's right. 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:47.840 I'm feeling Pastor Les is guilty of that too from time to time. 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:49.279 I gotta check myself. 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:51.279 Forget about what they say. 00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:53.679 Les forget about that. 00:11:53.759 --> 00:11:56.480 Just keep doing God's glory, keep doing God's will. 00:11:56.799 --> 00:11:58.320 But we get caught up. 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:00.559 We care about how we look. 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:05.039 We care about what people think. 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:08.240 We care about our reputation. 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:12.960 We care about how many people know our name. 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:20.960 But Jesus, Jesus here in Matthew 25, he gave us a different perspective. 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:23.840 Give us a different perspective. 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:30.639 Because one day, one day, we're all gonna stand before the king. 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:31.360 That's right. 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:36.960 Not only the church, but the ones outside the church. 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:42.720 And not only the ones outside the church, but the ones confined in prison cells. 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:46.240 They will also stand before the king. 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:47.120 Yes, thank you. 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:55.360 And on that day, since we worried about so much, on that day, it's not gonna matter how many followers you have. 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:02.639 Y'all gonna be happy. 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:04.879 It's not gonna matter how pocket didn't work. 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:05.519 That's right. 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:06.879 That's not gonna matter. 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:10.080 It's not gonna matter how much money you made while you were here. 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:11.919 It's not gonna matter. 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:18.240 The question on that day will be what did you do with God with what God put inside of you? 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:25.679 When you stand before the king, all he's gonna do is ask you one question. 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:27.600 And what you do with that? 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:32.720 What did you do with what I put inside of you? 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:43.200 And the reason why that question is so important is because we, the body of Christ, we are a representation of Jesus Himself. 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:44.159 Yes, we are. 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:51.440 Now we may not be able to physically touch the Lord with Jesus, the Lord with our hands. 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:52.480 We can't do that. 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:54.159 But you know what we are? 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:55.600 Raise hands and feet. 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:56.159 That's good. 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:58.320 Raise hands and feet? 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:01.919 You can be the hands of Jesus. 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:04.720 You can be the feet of Jesus. 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:07.919 You, most importantly, can be the voice of Jesus. 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:08.720 Yes. 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:09.279 Thank you. 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:09.679 Come on. 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:15.519 And the most important one to me when I wrote down, I was like, yes, this is good. 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:24.559 You show the love of Jesus. 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:32.320 But when Jesus was talking here, Jesus begins talking about people who were hungry. 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:33.519 That's what he said. 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:35.200 We read it already. 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:43.600 People who were thirsty, strangers, the naked, the people that were sick, and the people in prison. 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:46.480 But here's what's powerful about that. 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:50.720 He said, I was hungry. 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:55.120 I'm going somewhere. 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:55.600 Hold up. 00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:56.240 I got you. 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:58.480 He said I was hungry. 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:00.320 He said I was thirsty. 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:01.279 That's what he said. 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:03.759 He said, I was hungry, I was thirsty. 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:05.840 He said, I was a stranger. 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:11.679 He said I was sick, and he said, I was the one in prison. 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:17.919 What we see from that is that Jesus made it 100% personal. 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:18.399 Yes. 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:19.039 Amen. 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:21.759 He made it personal when he said that. 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:23.120 But wait a minute. 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:27.279 You may be thinking, Jesus, when were you hungry? 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:32.559 How did I miss the time you were hungry, Jesus? 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:34.240 When were you thirsty? 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:35.440 And when were you sick? 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:36.559 Jesus, when. 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:40.799 But essentially, Jesus is saying this. 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:43.759 When you did it for them, you did it for me. 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:44.480 That's right. 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:46.320 That's what you say. 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:48.000 When you did it for them, you did it for me. 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:50.480 And that's a revelation, y'all. 00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:57.039 You cannot say you love Jesus while continually ignoring the people that Jesus loves. 00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:02.240 I'm going to say it one more time so it can hit you. 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:07.440 You can't walk around saying I'm a believer, I'm a Christian, and I love Jesus. 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:14.320 But when you know that person, you need to talk to, you need to show the love of God, and you ignore them on purpose. 00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:25.840 When you ignore them on purpose, you can't you cannot say you love Jesus when you act that way. 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:28.879 It's not Christ-like, y'all. 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:30.799 It's not Christ-like. 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:40.320 I feel like once, right, someone is out of sight, they are so out of mind. 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:41.919 So out of mind. 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:45.440 Now, why are we like this though, as people? 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:48.399 I think I found out why we're like this. 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:57.120 I'm a dare say that we're like this because we do not allow ourselves to see others through the eyes of the king himself. 00:16:58.639 --> 00:16:59.919 We don't allow it. 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:00.879 That's good, God. 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:02.320 God, yo. 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:06.720 The Holy Spirit wants us to see what he sees in others. 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:14.160 But because we're so in our high horse, we already passed that last trial we were going through. 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:19.200 Now we feel, we feel as tall as the highest skyscraper, you know. 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:22.640 And we look at the other one like, man, they love. 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:27.359 But God wants us to see them the way he sees them. 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:34.880 The king sees people that others overlook. 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:38.799 He sees people that others overlook. 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:41.359 Let's look at who Jesus mentions again. 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:42.400 I want to mention this. 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:43.519 I need y'all to get this. 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:49.599 He mentions the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the sick, and the prisoner. 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:56.160 These people that I just mentioned, and if Jesus mentioned heard me, they're not celebrated by society. 00:17:57.119 --> 00:18:00.000 When was the last time we celebrated a prisoner? 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:03.440 Tell me when we celebrated a prisoner. 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:06.480 They're not celebrated by society, y'all. 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:09.759 They're often people that society walks past. 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:11.759 I don't want nothing to do with that either. 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:14.880 I don't want nothing to do with her. 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:22.160 And we say that in our minds, we're thinking and feeling, I'm better than that person. 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:25.279 We miss the mark. 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:29.680 And it's okay to say that we miss the mark because we do. 00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:31.119 That's the reality. 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:32.480 We miss them. 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:34.319 Ain't nobody in here perfect. 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:35.119 That's right. 00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:37.519 So we be missing the mark. 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:39.599 But Jesus says this. 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:46.240 So while we look past them, while we ignore them, while we don't want nothing to do with them, Jesus says, I see them though. 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:47.039 That's right. 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:49.599 I see them. 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:54.000 You can ignore them all you want, and I'm trying to get you to see them the way I do. 00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:58.160 You don't want to see them the way I do, that's good, because I still see them. 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.799 I see them. 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:02.000 The word see. 00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:03.839 Look at what it means. 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:09.599 To perceive or detect something using your eyes. 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:13.200 Somebody needs to hear this, y'all. 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:18.160 Just because people overlook you doesn't mean God overlooks you. 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:18.720 That's right. 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:19.279 Amen. 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:22.079 And I'm going to go further. 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:23.599 I'm going to go further. 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:32.000 Just because somebody in the church overlooks you and you know they did does not mean that God overlooked you because that person's a believer. 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:34.640 No, they're just people. 00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:38.079 And they fall short, and we're all going to fall short. 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:43.119 You may feel invisible. 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:45.440 How many of you feel invisible sometimes? 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:46.960 I've been ignored. 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:49.920 Nobody paid no attention to me. 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:51.039 I've been ignored. 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:53.279 You may feel like you've forgotten. 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:58.000 Like nobody seems, like nobody notices how tired you are. 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:00.960 Because I feel tired, y'all. 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:07.839 And nobody notices how much you've been helping everyone else but yourself. 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:10.480 Right? 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.920 But you know what? 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:13.200 God sees it. 00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:14.000 That's right. 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:19.359 If you're somebody that's pouring into people, oh my gosh. 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:23.279 And you feel right now like you're empty. 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:32.559 Let me remind you today that maybe people on this earth are not going to acknowledge your hard work, but God sees what you're doing. 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:40.000 And not only that, God sees the intention behind what you're doing. 00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:40.640 That's right. 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:43.039 He knows if you're doing it for cloud. 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:43.599 Right. 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:46.640 He knows if you're doing it for his glory. 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:47.359 Yes. 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:48.960 Or for yours. 00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:51.359 He knows. 00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:56.319 God sees the meals that you provided. 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:03.440 God sees the phone calls you've made, and I made a few this week. 00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:07.839 I made a few this week, but God sees the Holy Calls we got. 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:11.039 God sees the people that you encouraged. 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:14.079 God sees the prayers that you've prayed. 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:17.599 God sees the person that you forgave. 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.599 Sees that. 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:25.519 God sees the person that you helped when you didn't have much yourself. 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:28.160 Sees that. 00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:29.599 Sees it all, y'all. 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:34.000 Kingdom people don't just talk about love. 00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.599 And show it. 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.640 That's right. 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:40.400 Kingdom people don't just talk about love and they show it. 00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:41.359 This is my thing. 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:48.559 Jesus didn't say, he didn't say this. 00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:53.920 He didn't say, I was hungry, and you told me, I'll bring you. 00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.559 He didn't say that. 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:03.920 He said, I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.759 That's what he said. 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:12.880 He didn't say I was thirsty and you preached a sermon about water. 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:17.359 He didn't say that. 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:22.799 He said, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. 00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:29.359 Jesus demonstrated that actions do speak out of the words. 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.079 That's right. 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:35.680 There's nothing wrong with preaching. 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.920