WEBVTT 00:00:02.560 --> 00:00:05.200 Thank you for joining us on the CCW podcast. 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:11.119 Make sure you connect with us on social media to stay up to date on ministries and events happening at CCW. 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:14.960 We hope you're encouraged, inspired, and motivated by today's message. 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:19.120 To find out how to connect with us, keep listening after the message ends. 00:00:24.399 --> 00:00:33.920 I am honored this morning to get to introduce to you my mentor who's going to come and preach the word of God in just a few moments. 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:47.280 But Danny Lovett and David Wilson together with their wives began the journey to creating the church at Chelsea Westover with the help of God 12 years ago. 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:50.960 And at 58 years old. 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:54.399 To plant a church at 58 is crazy business. 00:00:54.560 --> 00:01:07.439 And so I've talked to others, former longtime members, said without the energy to go, Danny literally went door to door all through this town at 58 years old and started with four. 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:09.920 And God just blessed that heart. 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:16.400 Go into the highways and hedges and compel them to come. 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:18.159 That my house will be filled. 00:01:18.239 --> 00:01:19.359 And I got it back. 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:20.640 I got it. 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:29.439 And he has just invested in this church, invested in my life. 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:34.719 And he's going to come with both barrels loaded this morning. 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:36.799 So I'm going to tell you, be ready. 00:01:36.959 --> 00:01:38.640 The word of God is going to be preached. 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:46.959 And I just want to say the faithfulness of God's people to stay in the ministry and the work of God blesses my heart. 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:59.760 I've been in the ministry almost 20 years now, but the faithfulness of almost 45 years and knowing what you go through, they planted a church in open door in Tuscaloosa and grew it to 1,500 from 35. 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:08.319 They went to Liberty University and helped grow the university there, and God has just blessed every avenue of ministry. 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:14.719 So, and I believe it's the genuineness of heart, the giving spirit, and the faithfulness to the word of God. 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:16.240 You're going to hear that this morning. 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:24.159 But before he comes to preach and cut it loose, you're going to hear all of that's great about Danny, but Susan's better. 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:28.800 Amen. 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:32.560 So she is precious. 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:37.680 They mentored myself and Heather and have loved us, and I'm so thankful for both of them. 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:41.280 Would you give Susan a hand before she comes and sings? 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:42.719 Love you. 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:45.919 Good morning. 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:49.840 I am so happy to be here. 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:55.280 I know it's birthday, I know it's anniversary, but it feels like homecoming. 00:02:55.520 --> 00:03:00.719 And you have to be my age to know what homecoming is, you know, when you go back to the old country church. 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:02.800 But this is coming home. 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:06.000 And so I'm just so excited to be with you guys today. 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:12.879 And I want to tell you that the sweetest time of ministry, Danny and I, I married my pastor. 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:14.879 And that's a story for another time. 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:25.439 But I married my pastor, and we've been in ministry all of our married life, and yet the sweetest years of serving the Lord together were right here in this place. 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:27.439 And it didn't look like this. 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:33.039 And it didn't have this building, and it didn't have that brand new spanking kitchen. 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:42.560 Um we used to have a little coffee bar and had a sink and a microwave, and we cooked meals out there and served a hundred people at a time. 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:43.680 It was awesome. 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:53.280 But we have so many blessed memories, but the best thing is those baptismal waters, and that people are still coming to know Jesus. 00:03:53.599 --> 00:04:14.400 And even in the trials and the hurts and the loss, because we've shared your stories to see you walk in joy and in peace and in celebration and growing up in Christ. 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:17.040 The worship this morning was fabulous. 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:18.639 It's so true. 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:21.600 God has a good plan for us. 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:24.240 Whatever you're going through, He has a good plan. 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:26.720 And He's a good Father. 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:30.399 I want you to pray with me as I sing. 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:40.480 I'm just going to sing the Lord's Prayer this morning, but I just want you to just pray with me as we just honor the Lord and say, God, you are our provider. 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:41.839 You are our Father. 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:43.600 You have everything that we need. 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:45.040 You teach us how to pray. 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:50.079 You teach us how to be in relationship with you and with each other. 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:53.279 And we're so thankful for all of that. 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:55.600 So this is normal. 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:57.519 Makeup's probably already ruined. 00:04:57.600 --> 00:04:58.560 I don't care. 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:02.000 Thank you. 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:06.079 I hadn't told Rick he can't say nice things. 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:07.279 All right. 00:05:07.839 --> 00:05:08.959 Lord bless you. 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:23.519 We chart in heaven. 00:05:27.600 --> 00:07:09.439 Hallow it be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be honest as it is in give us this day our day liber and forgive us our deaths as we forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil for that is the kingdom and the bigger. 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:38.560 Matthew chapter six. 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:43.439 Matthew chapter six. 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:51.680 The title of the message this morning is Who is God? 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:57.680 I travel a lot of different places. 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:04.639 And boy, God has just been blessing and the ministry at the cabin with pastors. 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:08.560 Everything's just, it's unreal how it's beginning to pick up. 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:15.199 I'll be in Florida for two weeks in September, three weeks, October in Virginia. 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:20.879 And uh and people come into the cabin for us to minister to all the time. 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:22.879 It's just unbelievable. 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:24.959 And you are part of that ministry. 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:26.959 So thank you. 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:28.000 Thank you. 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:31.519 How you support us and help us. 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:34.879 And boy, do these young pastors need it. 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:45.120 There's never been a more difficult day, I think, to minister right now than in America right now. 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:50.879 America has tried to kick God out of America. 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:57.519 And I have people all the time say to me, Is it really a God, Pastor? 00:08:58.480 --> 00:08:59.679 Is there a God? 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:03.679 If he is real, where is he? 00:09:06.879 --> 00:09:08.879 So I want to bring a message this morning. 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:10.720 I got to thinking about that. 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:13.519 Who is God? 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:18.559 Pick up the reading with me at Matthew 6, verse 9. 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:25.039 After this manner, therefore, pray ye, our Father, which art in heaven. 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:32.240 Hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:39.039 Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:44.159 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:52.639 For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:54.639 Amen. 00:09:55.919 --> 00:10:01.279 So today I want you to ask yourself, you've got an outline, who is God? 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:06.399 Well, we see right here that God, are you ready? 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:08.159 Is our Father. 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:10.799 God is our daddy. 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:21.519 In Romans chapter 8, verse 15, he says that we are adopted into God's family and that he has become our Abba Father. 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:24.879 And the Greek word for Abba means our daddy. 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:28.559 In other words, God is our father. 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:30.639 God is our daddy. 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:32.159 Can I get an amen? 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:34.559 That's who he is. 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:40.799 In fact, the Bible says, listen to this, and I really believe this. 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:46.639 Our understanding of God determines. 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:49.039 Are you ready for this? 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:50.960 Our happiness. 00:10:51.360 --> 00:11:07.600 After 45 years of ministry, I am totally convinced that the understanding that you and I have of God determines, hey, not only our relationship with God, but it also determines our happiness in our life. 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:08.799 Now, how do you know that? 00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:19.440 The Bible says, Jesus said, These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:20.399 Amen. 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:30.080 And then he goes on and he says, In thy presence of God, our Father, our daddy, is the fullness of joy. 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:36.720 And then he goes on and he says in Nehemiah 8:10, for the joy of the Lord is our strength. 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:43.759 So the understanding of who God is determines our happiness and our future. 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:48.240 There's no doubt about it after 45 years of ministry. 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:59.679 So the key then is, and by the way, let me just tell you, Jesus came to this earth over 2,000 years ago, and you know why he came? 00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:00.720 Are you ready for this? 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:01.919 Well, this is good. 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:07.120 He came to introduce us, to show us who God is. 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:14.639 Because he says in John 10, 30, Jesus says, I and my Father are one. 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:19.279 So when you've seen Jesus, you've seen the Father. 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:23.440 And when you've seen the Father, you've seen Jesus. 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:25.279 So that's so important. 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:34.879 So this morning I want us to look at who Jesus really is, because if Jesus came to show us who God is, who is Jesus? 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:37.279 Number one, in your outline. 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:38.080 Here we go. 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:39.360 Get ready. 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:46.960 First of all, God, our Father, is a caring father. 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:50.080 God is a caring father. 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:51.679 1 Peter 5, 7. 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:52.399 What does it say? 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:53.440 Y'all know this verse. 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:54.240 It's an easy one. 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:55.759 Most of you memorize it. 00:12:56.080 --> 00:13:00.559 Casting all your cares upon him because what? 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:02.639 He what? 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:04.960 You can do better than that. 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:05.840 Come on. 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:09.279 Casting all your cares upon him because he's what? 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:11.200 Cares for you. 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:13.440 He cares for you. 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:15.440 And then listen to what he says. 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:28.639 Oh, in Psalms 103, verse 13, he says, as a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him. 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:34.879 So my hey, father is a caring, compassionate father. 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:36.159 Wow. 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:38.399 I got to thinking about that. 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:51.679 And I thought to myself, has there ever been a time, and I really believe this, that you've probably been in a situation and you've asked, does God really care? 00:13:53.279 --> 00:14:01.759 Have you ever been in a situation and you felt like God was a hundred miles away and you said to yourself, Does God really care? 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:05.279 Of course he cares. 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:09.600 There was a situation in Mark chapter 4, verse 38. 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:20.960 The disciples were in the boat, and Jesus had been teaching all day, and so Jesus had gotten the boat and said, Let's go back over to the other side so we could go back to Peter's house where he was staying. 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:31.279 And they were going as they were rowing across the sea, a terrific storm, one of major, major significance. 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:45.919 I'm talking about these were pro-professional fishermen, and they got so scared, and Jesus was asleep in the back of the boat, and they got so scared that they said, Wake him up. 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:55.120 Now listen, when you wake Jesus up, you better be ready. 00:14:56.159 --> 00:15:04.080 So they woke him up, and the first thing they said, it was bad enough to wake him up, but then they made a real mistake. 00:15:04.320 --> 00:15:05.919 You know what they asked him? 00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:11.039 Jesus, Jesus, we're about to drown, water's coming over. 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:13.360 Jesus, don't you even care? 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:15.440 Hello? 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:21.279 Now that was a dumb question. 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:26.000 If he didn't care, he wouldn't be in the boat. 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:27.039 Hello. 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:29.440 Call common sense. 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:30.799 Can I get an amen? 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:33.840 Which America needs some more of. 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:37.840 Don't get me started there. 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:39.120 I'm not gonna waver. 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:42.080 But anyway, hey, God cares. 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:44.080 He cares for you. 00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:47.440 Oh, hey, I'm telling you, what about you? 00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:49.279 Does God care about you? 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:52.320 Does God care about your health? 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:55.919 All right, that's not a quick question. 00:15:56.240 --> 00:16:00.879 All right, I'm gonna ask some things and you're gonna say yes if he does. 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:01.440 Okay. 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:03.679 It's a yes and no question. 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:05.360 Are you ready? 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:06.080 Ready? 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:09.759 Does God care about your health? 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:13.519 Does God care about your marriage? 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:17.039 Does God care about your relationships? 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:20.159 Does God care about your children? 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:23.120 Does God care about your job? 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:27.360 Does God care about, hey, your arguments? 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:29.200 Yes. 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:32.799 Uh-oh, that may be a trick question. 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:38.080 Does for you young people? 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:41.840 Does God care about your boyfriends and girlfriends? 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:42.799 Yes. 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:46.080 He cares. 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:49.679 He cares about everything. 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:51.759 Everything. 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:54.399 In Matthew 6, 31 through 32. 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:55.440 Remember what he said? 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:56.639 You're right there in Matthew. 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:57.759 You can even look at this. 00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:58.720 You know what he said? 00:16:58.799 --> 00:17:01.679 He's been talking about, he said, hey, even the birds. 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:03.279 Hey, I take care of the birds. 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:04.079 I feed them. 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:08.319 And he says, if I take care of the birds, don't you think I'm going to take care of you? 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:11.359 In fact, he says, you don't have to worry about clothes. 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:12.799 You don't have to worry about eating. 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:15.359 You don't have to worry about what you're going to drink. 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:18.480 Because I care for you. 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:25.599 And then he says in verse 33, because I care for you, you've got one thing that you need to do. 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:33.119 And he says, seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these other things shall be added unto you. 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:42.640 In other words, all the problems, all the situations, all the circumstances, God is gonna take care of you. 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:45.200 In fact, say that with me. 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:48.720 God's gonna take care of you. 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:51.200 I guarantee it. 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:52.160 I guarantee it. 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:53.519 It says it right there. 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.720 Oh, I love it. 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:57.839 Scripture says that God is interested. 00:17:58.079 --> 00:17:59.519 Are you ready, Benji? 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:05.839 God is interested in every little hair on your head. 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:09.599 You're getting there, buddy. 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:12.799 I even let mine grow out because I want to be like you. 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:16.559 Amen. 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:19.119 Be honest with you, I got tired of shaving it. 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:26.559 Hey, but he cares about every little thing, and ladies, he cares about your hair and every color. 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:27.519 Amen. 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:31.039 He cares. 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:33.599 Jesus cares. 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:45.279 I had a gentleman come up to me and he said, Preacher, I'm a Christian, but I just don't feel like I'm going anywhere in my Christian life. 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:47.200 You may be there right now. 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:50.079 You're a Christian, but you feel stuck. 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:52.319 You feel like you're neutral. 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:55.759 I mean, you just you're missing it. 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:57.359 You're missing it. 00:18:57.599 --> 00:19:03.200 And so I asked him, I said, Well, why do you think that? 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.880 What's the problem? 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:12.960 He said, Well, you know, I think the problem is I just don't love God enough. 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:15.839 And a lot of us have said that. 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:17.759 I have said it many times. 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:19.119 I got news for you. 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:21.039 That's the wrong answer. 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:28.319 It's not that you don't love God enough. 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.759 Now don't you miss this? 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:31.119 This is powerful. 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:39.039 Here's the answer: it's that you and I don't understand how much God loves us. 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:50.960 He says, for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:57.440 That one verse is filled with how much God cares and how compassionate God is. 00:19:57.599 --> 00:20:01.519 For God so loved the world, hey, hey, it's plenteous. 00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:03.279 His love's plenteous. 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:05.359 Hey, everybody can get in on it. 00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.480 Can I get an amen? 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:10.079 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:12.160 It's priceless. 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:13.759 He gave his very best. 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:15.440 That's what love does. 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:18.640 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish. 00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:20.640 It's protective. 00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:22.640 That's what real love is. 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:25.359 But have everlasting life. 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:27.039 It's permanent. 00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:30.640 That's God's love for me and for you. 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:33.599 And that's why my God, I'm about to have a spell. 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:39.920 That's why my God is a caring, compassionate God. 00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:42.480 Say this with me. 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:44.160 He cares for me. 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.880 Come on, Hulk Hogan. 00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.200 Come on. 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:49.039 He cares for me. 00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:53.680 Some of y'all don't even know who Hulk Hogan is. 00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:57.920 Tells my age, Rick. 00:20:59.519 --> 00:20:59.920 Amen. 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:10.480 Secondly, not only is God a caring father, but number two, he's a consistent father. 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:12.880 Look at James 1:17. 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:19.440 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and cometh down from the Father of lights. 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:24.960 Now watch, who does not change like shifting shadows. 00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:26.559 In other words, he doesn't change. 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:28.160 You can count on God. 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:33.359 He's dependable, he's reliable, and he's worthy of our trust. 00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:43.519 Woo! You know, Pastor Rick and Pastor Danny, we would not intentionally ever try to let you down. 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:44.799 Never. 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:46.319 But I got news for you. 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:49.599 My wife's been married to me. 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:53.119 And I've been married to her. 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:56.640 Forty two years. 00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:58.240 I got it right. 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:03.440 I used to say forty-two wonderful years. 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:07.039 How about 40 wonderful years? 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:14.240 But there's been time in our marriage that I'm sure I have let her down. 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:22.559 And not on purpose, but just being selfish, wanting it my way. 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:27.279 But I know I'm the only husband that's that way. 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.559 Jesus. 00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:34.720 I noticed the women are awful quiet. 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:37.519 But you know I'm right. 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:39.039 But God got good news. 00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:43.759 Our father, I and by the way, my daddy, and I'm gonna get to that in a minute. 00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:47.119 My daddy, I didn't have a father. 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:48.799 He worked all the time. 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:51.440 I grew up without a father and a mother. 00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:54.880 So what I'm preaching is very sensitive. 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:56.799 But I've got good news. 00:22:57.039 --> 00:23:20.720 Hey, when my earthly father wasn't there to care, when my earthly father wasn't there to be consistent, when my earthly father wasn't there to be close, when my earthly father wasn't there to be capable, my God, woo! My daddy, named Jesus, was there. 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.960 He was there. 00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:39.200 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, lean not on thy own understanding, in all thy ways, acknowledge him. 00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:41.680 Now listen, and he shall direct our paths. 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:43.599 Proverbs 3, 5, and 6. 00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:45.359 Now notice something. 00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:52.000 Some of your fathers have been unpredictable, unreliable. 00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:58.079 There's always changing depending on the mood they're in. 00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:59.759 Inconsistent fathers. 00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:02.960 And you know what I was studying as I was putting this mess together? 00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:09.680 I was reading some psychology, uh, Christian psychology book by Dr. 00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:12.000 Hawkins, one of my mentors. 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:13.359 And you know what he said? 00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:16.640 And he wrote this down, and I wrote it down, and it's so important. 00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:24.079 He said, inconsistent fathers produce insecure children. 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:28.799 Let me repeat that again. 00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:34.079 Inconsistent fathers produce insecure children. 00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:41.119 For years I would have told you there was nothing insecure about me. 00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.279 Nothing. 00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:45.039 Because I was tough. 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:48.960 I was all American athlete in all sports. 00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:58.079 But see what I was doing, I was taking sports and making sports my security because I had no security. 00:24:58.319 --> 00:25:10.799 Hey, because I had no father, I had no mother, so I was on my own, and it was in reality, I was in secure hunting security. 00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:18.960 A crowd this large watching online. 00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:24.960 You're sitting right there now saying yes, Pastor. 00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:28.000 I've been there. 00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:30.960 Some of you may be there right now. 00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:32.799 There's no doubt in my mind. 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:35.920 But I got good news. 00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.839 I got good news. 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:39.759 You got a consistent father. 00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:43.680 Hey, hey, you got a consistent father. 00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:46.480 God never has a bad day. 00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.079 Amen. 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:50.640 Listen, God never has a bad day. 00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:52.799 He never wakes up grumpy. 00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.480 He's not moody. 00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:57.599 He doesn't wake up on the wrong side of the bed. 00:25:57.839 --> 00:26:00.000 He's consistent and faithful. 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:01.519 Can I get an amen? 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:07.039 My Redeemer is faithful and true. 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:09.039 One of my favorite songs. 00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:12.960 2 Timothy 2.13 says this. 00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:17.839 If we are faithless, he remains faithful. 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:19.920 Woo! Think about that. 00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:26.319 If we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself. 00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:27.519 And do you know what that means? 00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:30.880 He cannot be who he's not. 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:34.400 God has to be who he is. 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.359 And guess what? 00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.240 Are you ready? 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:38.000 Are you ready? 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:42.079 He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. 00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:43.839 He changes not. 00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:49.200 He changes not. 00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:54.799 Hebrews 13, 8, Malachi 3, 6, I am the Lord, I change not. 00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:57.440 Woohoo! He's consistent. 00:26:57.599 --> 00:27:01.440 Hey, when you're unfaithful, he's faithful. 00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:05.119 When you're inconsistent, he's consistent. 00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:08.720 When you're unreliable, God's reliable. 00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:11.759 No matter what else is changing in this world. 00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:13.119 And God help us. 00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:19.200 I never thought I'd live to see what I'm seeing recently in the Olympics. 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:25.599 I'm surprised God hadn't sent down the fire from heaven. 00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.440 Hello. 00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:33.519 But I got good news for you. 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:37.680 When all this stuff is changing, somebody said, What are we gonna do, preacher? 00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.480 What are we gonna do? 00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:40.480 I said, I'm telling you what we're gonna do. 00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:43.599 We're gonna say, we're gonna stick with God. 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:45.759 We're gonna stick with Jesus. 00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:47.839 We're gonna stick with my daddy. 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:58.640 Because my daddy, even though my earthly daddy didn't know what to do, my daddy in heaven has got control and he knows exactly what to do and when to do it, and you don't have to worry. 00:27:58.799 --> 00:28:00.319 I've read the last chapter. 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:09.440 We win! We win. 00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.799 Same book with Dr. 00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:19.279 Hawkins. 00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.640 You ready for this? 00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:25.759 Inconsistent fathers produce insecure children. 00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:29.200 Well, there's another major statement he said. 00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:38.559 He says, the number one problem with children and parents, now I know most parents don't have any problem with their children. 00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:41.279 They're little angels. 00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:51.440 Well, for the last two years since I left here, started our ministry in Chattanooga and all over. 00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:54.640 Part of our reason was to be with my grandchildren. 00:28:54.880 --> 00:29:03.680 Because my oldest daughter, Mary, had just had two twins right after I stepped aside here, turned it over. 00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:06.000 And we just kept those two twins. 00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:12.799 In fact, we keep them, we usually go up there and keep them in their comfort zone. 00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:16.400 So we said, no, let us bring them to the chillet. 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:24.240 In fact, uh Declan said, I won't go to Nana's house. 00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:26.880 I won't go to Poppy's house. 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:28.720 So we said, come on. 00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:32.480 So we had the kids for the whole weekend. 00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:36.160 Now I got news for you with two twin boys. 00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:40.640 When they get up, you must. 00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:42.720 I said, you must. 00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:45.279 Stay with them all day long. 00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:48.559 If not, they color the whole house. 00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:54.319 When they are quiet, you better start looking quick. 00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:02.720 Can I get an amen? 00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:08.960 But listen to what Ron said. 00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:12.480 And it's so true. 00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:25.119 He says, what causes rebellion, resentment, and hurt feelings in children with their parents is broken promises. 00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.880