WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:07.200 A few weeks ago, my husband Tab and I got into a very heated argument over pizza. 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:09.359 That's yeah. 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:13.199 It was actually a serious marital dispute that we had. 00:00:13.359 --> 00:00:14.480 Over pizza. 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:18.559 Has anybody had a ridiculous argument with their spouse or someone? 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:19.440 Anyone? 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:20.000 Okay. 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:22.320 One person? 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:24.320 Okay, okay, okay, thank you. 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:24.960 All right. 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:33.759 Um, yeah, over over pizza, which is it's funny when I hear myself say that on the microphone, because I said this to the 9:30 service and it doesn't get easier to say because it's kind of embarrassing. 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:36.880 You know, like it's like sometimes I just think I've come so far. 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:39.759 You know, like I've just really matured a lot in my life. 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:42.960 And then I say things like, I just got in a big heated debate with my husband. 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:44.399 It wasn't a debate, it was an argument. 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:50.719 I got in this heated argument with my husband over pizza, and I just realized how much further I have to go, you know, in maturing. 00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:51.520 It's ridiculous. 00:00:51.759 --> 00:00:53.200 But but it really did happen. 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:54.719 And um, it was a few weeks ago. 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:59.439 We were at the beach, we go on this annual trip with our family and Tab's whole family. 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:00.000 It's awesome. 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:01.200 We have a wonderful time. 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:02.719 And um, we have three kids. 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:04.400 They're young, they're all girls. 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:10.560 And uh Rachel's 10 and Lila's five, and then we have Emmy and she just turned a year a few months ago. 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:14.799 And um, so one day on the beach, we stayed a really, really, really long time. 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:17.760 Like we didn't get into the condo until 9:30 at night. 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:24.719 Which, if you have small children and it involves sand and a lot of sun, it's really not wise to make it that late of a night. 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:26.560 But we were having fun, we lost track of time. 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:36.319 So we come into the condo and we are tired and we are sunned out, and there's sand like everywhere, and our kids are losing their minds, and everybody's hungry. 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:40.079 And we're thinking, what are we gonna eat for dinner? 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:41.359 It's so late, what are we gonna do? 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:42.799 And so I'm like, hey, you know what? 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:44.000 Let's order a pizza. 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:47.920 And Ted looks at me and doesn't hold back, and he's like, that is not a good idea. 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:49.439 It is 9 30 at night. 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:56.000 If we order a pizza, it's gonna be 10:30 before the pizza comes, and then 11 o'clock or later before our kids go to bed. 00:01:56.239 --> 00:01:57.840 And I had a response for that. 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:00.400 Okay, he said, Why don't we just make a sandwich? 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:02.480 Well, I don't want to make anything, thank you very much. 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:05.519 I'm tired and I've sand in places I don't want it. 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:12.159 And I just want to order a pizza and have it come to the door, and I want to eat it. 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:13.759 Thank you very much. 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:19.919 So Tab and I are like, it's getting elevated and elevated, and our kids keep coming and interrupting, which kids are the reason. 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:21.199 They're the reason we fight. 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:22.879 I'm just telling you. 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:27.439 So Tab and I are going back and forth, and it's getting heated, and we finally just separate. 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:33.520 We go to our own corners of the condo, I go upstairs to our room, and I mean stomping like every stair. 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:36.479 And I walk in there and I am so irritated. 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:37.520 I'm irritated. 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:39.360 I'm you know, I'm I'm angry. 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:41.280 And I'm angry mostly for two reasons. 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:44.000 For one, I'm angry that I'm angry. 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:45.199 Do you ever get like that? 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:46.719 It's like, come on. 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:51.280 It's just so ridiculous that something like this has gotten the better of me. 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:56.240 You know, it's it's so it's so ridiculous, and I'm angry that I haven't come further than this. 00:02:56.400 --> 00:03:02.000 And the other reason that I'm angry is because have you ever like, are you well, okay. 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:08.080 I am really pretty good when I know I'm going into a tense situation to like handle it well. 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:12.240 And that's because I seek God and I pray to him and I'm like, will you please just fill me? 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:12.960 Will you guide me? 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:14.719 Will you will you just filter me? 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:15.759 And he always does. 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:19.439 And so when I know I'm coming into a tense situation, I do all right. 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:22.400 It's the ones that come out of nowhere, you know? 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:24.240 And I didn't expect this. 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:32.639 And so I am in the room and I am audibly complaining about my husband to God because God tells us to tell him and talk to him about everything. 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:38.719 And so I take him at his word, and so I am audibly talking about my husband to God and airing all my grievances. 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:42.159 And let me pause right there because I love my husband. 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:51.360 I love my husband, and I'm telling you a story because I want you to understand something important, but at the most important thing, I honor my man, I love him, he is good to me. 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:52.879 Okay, but I was mad. 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:57.520 And I'm standing in the bathroom and I am just telling God all this stuff and how I'm feeling and everything. 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:00.080 Okay, well, let me just pause for just a second. 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:06.879 Something God has been showing me in my quiet time with him is this prayer of David, King David, that he prayed. 00:04:07.039 --> 00:04:11.199 And it's something that he has had me been praying every day for about three months now. 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:13.039 And so I'm gonna read it to us now. 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:16.000 It's Psalm 139, verses 23 and 24. 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:19.439 And David prays, Search me, O God, and know my heart. 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:21.680 Test me and know my anxious thoughts. 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:26.399 Point out anything in me that offends you and lead me along the path of everlasting life. 00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:29.199 Essentially, what this is saying is, hey God, check my heart. 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:34.959 If there's anything in my heart that is not where it should be, will you point it out to me and then lead me in the way everlasting? 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:36.560 Lead me to the right way to do this. 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:47.839 So, so in the midst of me telling God how I'm feeling and venting, really, he reminds me of this verse, which is really just irritating if I'm being honest, you know? 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:50.240 And I really didn't, I've tried to ignore it. 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:58.000 You know, it's kind of like when you were a kid and your parents would tell you something, and you're like, like, no, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, I can't hear you, I'm not listening. 00:04:58.160 --> 00:04:59.680 You know, that's kind of how I felt. 00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:04.480 Um, but I have been walking with the Lord long enough and I have seen his power and I have experienced it. 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:08.079 So I perked up and I was like, okay, you want me to pray this prayer? 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:08.639 Fine. 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:14.240 Because I went into this prayer thinking, oh, well, I didn't feel like I had done anything wrong. 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:17.680 I didn't think I had done anything wrong. 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:20.000 It wasn't, it wasn't my fault. 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:21.759 That's how I was feeling. 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:28.000 But the interesting thing about this prayer is that you cannot say it without really meaning it. 00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:30.000 And so I just kind of calmed down for a second. 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:32.639 I was like, all right, we'll do things your way, God. 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:39.199 Lord, is there anything in this situation that I have not done right? 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:42.879 Is there anything in my heart that I need to be corrected on? 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:46.079 Will you please point it out and lead me in the way? 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:48.720 Well, he didn't even let me finish my question. 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:58.720 He didn't, I didn't even finish my prayer before God clearly and swiftly said, stop talking about my son like that. 00:05:59.279 --> 00:06:02.079 And you might think, well, how do you know that was God? 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:06.639 And I've said this before and I'll say it again, because Elon would not say that. 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:14.240 I was mad, I was feeling a certain way, and it was driving everything that I was saying, thinking, and doing. 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:15.680 No, it was God. 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:18.560 It was God, and he was immediately humbling. 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:22.480 And see, next in the verse, it it says, lead me in the way. 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:27.680 Lead me in the way, really, to life, to experience success in life on this earth. 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:30.240 And I knew what I was supposed to do. 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:37.759 I knew I was supposed to go downstairs, and I was supposed to be the wife that I'm called to be and the mom and be delightful. 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:40.560 I knew that's what I was supposed to do to do and be. 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:49.839 And I'm really glad I did, because see, if I would have been the one to decide what to do, I would have, you've probably done one of two things. 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:56.879 I would have either gone to bed really angry and woke up angry and punished Tab and been in a sour mood all day long. 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:58.079 Anybody ever done that? 00:06:58.319 --> 00:06:58.639 Okay. 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:00.639 Yes, you have. 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:12.319 Or I would have gone downstairs and stomped around or huffed and puffed or acted a certain way or not been, you know, delightful, or tried to pick, oh, that's when I like to do. 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:13.759 You know, like let's talk about this. 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:16.160 Let's talk about what you said and how I felt. 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:18.639 Some things you just don't need to talk about. 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:25.360 But what's amazing about this prayer, it is it is a prayer of humility. 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:33.279 And it's not one that we always think about wanting to pray, but what's amazing is God's blessing comes as a result. 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:37.279 And it completely diffused the entire argument. 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:46.160 And I know it's something over silly like pizza, but let's be honest, we all have silly things that we spend way too much time and energy on and get all worked up about every single day of our life. 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:59.199 And I believe that it's because I got humble to God and said, just tell me what's wrong with me, what's wrong in my heart, and what's interesting, he didn't tell me that I had necessarily done something wrong in my exchange with Tab. 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:03.439 You see, it was what was inside here that was the problem. 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:10.480 But because I listened and I went downstairs, the problem was dissolved, and we went on and had a wonderful rest of our trip. 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:11.600 That was it. 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:12.800 And P.S. 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:15.360 I did get my pizza, just so you know. 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:22.399 There's power and humility. 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:31.120 And that is an interesting thing to say, because power and humility is not something that I think most of us would put together. 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:35.600 Weakness and humility, maybe, but power and humility. 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:39.200 No, you know why it's so foreign to us? 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:42.879 Because our world doesn't celebrate humility. 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:44.080 Pride. 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:48.159 Pride is what is celebrated in the world around us. 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:49.039 Pride. 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:53.840 Pride is the thing that says, I'm not saying I'm sorry. 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:57.200 I feel a certain way, so I'm not gonna say I'm sorry. 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:01.600 I'm not gonna do any kind of self-check to say, could I have done something differently? 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:03.519 I'm just gonna be angry. 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:04.960 And you know what? 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:11.440 Every single one of us, me too, obviously, we all struggle with pride in some form or fashion. 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:14.480 It's kind of the human experience, unfortunately. 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:20.240 The good news is, is our pride, if we will let it, will let us lean into our need for a savior. 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:22.639 And then it's amazing what happens. 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:24.720 But we all struggle with pride. 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:31.039 It may be a thought, it may be an action, it may be words, it may be something we think about ourselves or other people, it may be judgments, it's all sorts of things. 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:33.840 If you don't think we have a pride issue, look at social media. 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:38.960 And listen, I'm not here to dog social media because I think there's a place for it and I think there's some good that can come out of it. 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:41.679 I know that there has been a lot of good that has come out of it. 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:46.000 But the truth is social media celebrates pride. 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:48.480 It celebrates the me, the my, the I. 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:49.919 What do I think about this? 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:50.799 I'm right. 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:53.200 You can't tell me who I am or what I think. 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:58.559 It celebrates me, it celebrates my truth, not the truth. 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:00.159 And it's sneaky. 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:00.879 You know why? 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:08.639 Because it's the enemy is behind it, and he is sneaky and crafty, and he does things in such a subtle way and he hijacks our life. 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:14.240 If you don't believe me, the next time you've spent like a half a day on Facebook, which is like so true, right? 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:19.759 Because it's a time sucker, and you log off, just take a moment and think about how you feel. 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:23.200 I would bet you you're gonna feel one of three ways. 00:10:23.519 --> 00:10:31.279 Either you're gonna feel puffed up and arrogant, like, mm-hmm, I told him, or look at all the lights that I got, or look how good I look in that picture. 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:36.000 Or you're gonna feel insignificant and insecure. 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:40.399 Or you're gonna feel judgmental. 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:42.960 All of that is pride. 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:45.759 And let me tell you something, pride destroys. 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:53.600 It is a destroyer, it destroys and it's sneaky, and you know why? 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:57.120 Because pride puts a wedge between us and God. 00:10:57.919 --> 00:11:00.159 Pride is what makes Satan Satan. 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:03.279 Pride is actually what entered death into the scene. 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:05.759 You know, God's plan for us was not death, it wasn't. 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:10.639 But Adam and Eve just couldn't resist the urge to want to know and be like God. 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:16.320 And so they they took a bite of that fruit, and and and death enters. 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:18.480 Pride. 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:21.919 Pride destroys, and today we see it. 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:24.320 Pride is destroying our marriages. 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:29.440 We can't say I'm sorry. 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:30.879 We can't say, hey, what do I need? 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:32.559 What do you need from me? 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:34.559 We just can't forgive. 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:35.600 It's all pride. 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:52.000 It is destroying our marriages, it is destroying our relationships with our neighbors, it is destroying our relationship with our children, it is destroying our children, it is destroying our finances, it is destroying our careers, it's destroying us. 00:11:52.960 --> 00:11:54.320 It is a destroyer. 00:11:55.279 --> 00:12:01.840 Because power is not in pride, power is in humility. 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:05.200 Oh, to be humble is the most beautiful thing. 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:06.799 Just look at Jesus Christ. 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:09.840 Look at Jesus for just a minute. 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:16.399 He is the perfect example of the power of humility. 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:23.279 Here we have the God of the universe, power. 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:29.600 Humbling himself to be a human being and walk in all of our mess. 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:31.519 Humility. 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:37.120 We have the king of kings, power. 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:43.200 Coming here not to be served as a king, but to serve others. 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:44.480 Humility. 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:51.120 We have this incredible teacher who teaches his disciples, who has authority. 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:54.080 Power. 00:12:54.799 --> 00:13:00.879 And yet he does the lowest of the lows of the lows of the lows for any servant, and he washes their feet. 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:02.240 Humility. 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:08.559 God, Jesus, had every bit of power of God. 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:16.879 And yet we see him time and time again in scripture humble himself and say, God, I need you. 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:22.240 And that is because there is power in humility. 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:27.440 And I believe that David understood this when he wrote out this prayer. 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:32.720 You see what was going on in the time of David's life when he prayed this prayer. 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:35.279 There was, he was the king of ancient Israel. 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:38.960 And there was so much internal strife happening in that nation. 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:41.039 It was just falling apart. 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:45.519 People hated people, people hated the government, the government hated people. 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:47.039 Sound familiar? 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:49.519 It was a mess. 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:51.440 It was an absolute disaster. 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:53.360 They were on the brink of a civil war. 00:13:54.080 --> 00:14:06.480 But what I find so amazing and inspiring about this man, about David, is he understood something that I think if the rest of us understood, it would change our entire lives. 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:10.000 If we understood it and we believed it and we and we lived it out. 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:21.440 He understood that every dispute, every problem is not about you and me. 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:23.279 It was not about the people. 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:27.600 He understood that there is a spiritual component. 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:30.639 He understood that there is a spiritual battle going on. 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:48.320 He understood what we hear, what we read about the truth in Ephesians 6.12, which says, For we are not fighting against flesh and blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:52.320 David understood that this wasn't about people. 00:14:54.960 --> 00:15:07.919 He also understood that the spiritual tide of his nation could only go as high as the spiritual health of his own heart. 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:14.000 You see, David understood that the very people he was leading weren't the problem. 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:26.720 He knew he needed to write things in his own heart, and he needed his maker to be able to point it out because it gets foggy when we have all of our emotions involved, right? 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:30.480 And here's the thing we know about David. 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:36.399 We know that he was a man after God's heart, and we know that he experienced great blessing and favor from God. 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:37.519 We know that. 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:33.519 This is God basically saying, Hey, listen, if you will humble yourself and pray to me and seek me, guess what? 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:34.799 I'm listening. 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:37.919 I'm listening and I'm going to bless you. 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:40.000 He says he's going to restore our land. 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:42.080 Does anyone need restoration? 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:44.080 Only one. 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:45.759 Yeah. 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:46.720 Yeah. 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:53.759 We need restoration, and God is saying, hey, humble yourself and come to me and seek me, and I'm going to listen and I'm going to restore. 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:58.480 Proverbs 3.34 says, the Lord mocks the mocker but is gracious to the humble. 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:02.399 In the Greek version, it says, the Lord opposes the proud but gives grace. 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:04.799 To the humble, I need grace. 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:08.319 Grace is this undeserved favor that we all desire from God. 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:10.880 It's the blessings that we don't deserve but we need. 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:15.039 And the way God is telling us to get that is to come to Him in humility. 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:16.720 Proverbs 22, 4. 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:23.519 True humility and fear of the Lord lead to riches, honor, and long life. 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:26.079 I will take one of each, please. 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:27.039 Right? 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:29.279 Yes, yes, and yes. 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:32.000 And he tells us how to get that. 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:34.559 Psalm 149, 4. 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:36.720 For the Lord delights in his people. 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:39.440 He crowns the humble with victory. 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:41.759 Victory is winning. 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:46.960 I want to live a victorious life where nothing can take me down. 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:50.960 Not because of any strength Elon has, but because of Jesus living in me. 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:51.920 That is what I want. 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:55.200 And he is saying he's going to put a crown on your head and mine. 00:17:55.440 --> 00:18:00.880 When we come to him humbly, and we're going to have victory over every struggle that we have. 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:06.160 Proverbs 11:2, pride leads to disgrace. 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:08.000 But with humility comes wisdom. 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:11.440 Wisdom is one of the sweetest gifts in the whole entire world. 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:14.160 And it's ours when we come to him humbly. 00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:20.480 And Jesus Himself even said in Matthew 23, 12, those who exalt themselves will be humbled. 00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:24.799 And those who humble themselves will be exalted. 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:33.359 God's going to lift us up when we come to Him and realize who He is and how much we need Him. 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:47.680 You know, one of the struggles that I always have, kind of the night before a message, and really in the first part of the morning before I get a chance to really pray, is I always have this tug of war with feeling like I need to come in here and convince you. 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:53.839 And no wonder, no wonder that's a struggle, because my job is not to convince anyone. 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:54.640 It's really not. 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:56.960 That is the job of the Holy Spirit. 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:00.000 And he is way more capable than me. 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:02.160 No, you know what my job is? 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:04.000 My job is to equip. 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:25.519 And hear me, my heart, my heart every day of my life, and I mess up terribly many of the times, but but my true heart is to show people to help them access the power that they have, that you have, so that you can live the successful, we can live the successful lives that God wants for us to live. 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:26.640 That is my heart. 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:29.119 So right now I want to equip you. 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:37.279 And I really do believe that one of the reasons we struggle with this humility component is because it is hard. 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:38.720 It is hard. 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:42.880 But let me tell you something that we need to understand about our salvation. 00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:49.039 And before I do, those of you who don't, you're not really sure about how you feel about Jesus, I am so glad you are here. 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:50.480 I am so glad you are here. 00:19:50.559 --> 00:20:07.039 And all I would say is just listen in real closely right now to the rest of us who have said, we, you know, who are saved, which the Bible says that salvation comes when we believe in our heart and confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord, that he came down from heaven, died for our sins, and rose again. 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:34.480 Okay, when we believe that we are saved, and do you know what happens the moment, the instant we choose to believe, that moment, this this self, this human nature that tells us that how we feel is really telling us the truth, and we need to go and tell somebody how we feel and get mad and point blame and be angry and unforgive and hold a grudge, that self, that human self, that elon self, it actually dies. 00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:38.160 And we have a new nature. 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:46.559 In 2 Corinthians 5.17, it says, This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:50.960 The old life is gone, a new life has begun. 00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:55.279 Oh my goodness, to really understand the power that we have. 00:20:55.519 --> 00:21:07.200 The moment that we say yes to Jesus, we now are no longer a slave to how we think we feel, how we believe we've been treated wrong. 00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:10.400 No more, no more are we offended. 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:14.880 Because now we understand we have a shield we can hold up. 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.480 We understand that. 00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:19.039 And you know what else happens the moment we believe? 00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:26.640 God's spirit merges in ours, and he joins inside of our spirits. 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:28.640 First Corinthians 6 17. 00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:32.000 But the person who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him. 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:36.400 Oh my goodness gracious, if we even understood the power that we have access to. 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:53.920 The power of God, who created the entire world, who knit each one of us together, who knows how many hairs are on your head, cares so much about being close to us and giving us an incredible life that he actually is joining with us. 00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:58.799 The power that raised him from the dead is inside of us. 00:21:58.880 --> 00:22:02.079 And if you don't believe, It's at the tip of the fingers of your heart. 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:04.319 All you gotta do is just say yes. 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:09.359 And you have access to this, and we have access to this. 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:12.640 There is power in humility. 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:16.240 It is a powerful, beautiful thing to be celebrated. 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:26.640 And I believe that this prayer, oh, I believe it could change some things big time. 00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:36.559 Can you imagine the implication this would have just to say, God, okay, is there something that I'm missing? 00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:38.000 Is there something wrong in here? 00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:40.160 Am I doing something I shouldn't? 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:43.759 Can you please point that out to me and then lead me in the way? 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:47.839 Can you imagine the implication this would have on our lives? 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:50.480 Can you imagine our marriages? 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:56.400 Things that like pizza that could bother us just whatever. 00:22:57.359 --> 00:23:01.039 Can you imagine the implication this would have on our relationship with our children? 00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:04.160 Can you imagine, young people? 00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:09.599 The implication this could have on your parents if you didn't think you knew everything. 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:13.759 I say that in love, okay, but but I say that with authority. 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:24.400 Can you imagine our finances if we said, hey God, is there any way different that you want me to handle your money? 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:27.519 Can you imagine our careers? 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:32.720 Oh my gosh, we would be living careers that we're like, I was made for this. 00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:38.079 Because we would be actually seeking God on what He wants us to do. 00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:45.200 Can you imagine how we would feel about ourselves? 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.880 Oh, I'm sweating up here. 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:50.559 I feel like there's steam rising. 00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:53.680 Because this is so powerful. 00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:57.440 Think about your life for just a minute, okay? 00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:59.759 Worship team, you guys can come on out. 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:05.920 Think of an area in your life where you are struggling. 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:22.960 What if this week, every single day, you woke up and you said, God, this area of my life, uh, is there anything, is there anything I need to know from you? 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:27.920 You know, is there any way in my heart that maybe I I'm I'm off a little bit? 00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:35.039 God, if there is, will you show me what it is and will you help me to know what to do next? 00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.839 Can you imagine? 00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:44.720 And let's say you're thinking of your life right now, and you're like, actually things are going really well right now. 00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:46.559 I am so so glad. 00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:48.240 Praise the Lord. 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:50.079 That is amazing. 00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:54.720 So then I would say, is there any area that you'd like like 10% better? 00:24:56.720 --> 00:25:01.119 I mean, what if we started our day every day for the next seven days as a family? 00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:10.000 Every single day for the next seven days, and we just started our day and said, Hey, whether it's something specific or not, hey God, will you just check my heart? 00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:12.079 Will you check my thoughts? 00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:18.079 And will you please point out, and by the way, he'll do it in a loving way because he's not mad at you. 00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:23.119 Because you're his child and he loves you, and he wants to lead you on the way. 00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:31.759 When my little baby gets too close to the edge, I don't yank her and berate her. 00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:35.440 No, I grab her by her sweet, precious, dimply little hand. 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:39.759 That's my I just want to eat you, face. 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:43.359 And I just ever so come on, come on, let's go this way. 00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.400 It's okay. 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:48.559 Because I know what's better for her than she does, and I love her. 00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:51.440 God's not mad at you. 00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:59.680 Just to say, hey, is there anything that I need writing in here? 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:10.240 And Lord, will you please just in your ever so gently, ever so gentle, loving way, will you reveal to me what that is? 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:12.640 And then will you lead me? 00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:14.799 Will you show me what I'm supposed to do? 00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:16.960 Because you know I've kind of made a mess of things. 00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:20.400 But it's not too late. 00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:22.400 Can you imagine? 00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:25.759 Do you know what's gonna happen? 00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:30.160 Do you know what is going to happen? 00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:35.519 You are going to be so blessed. 00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:40.079 It is not a promise that this little girl makes. 00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:45.039 It is a promise of the one who created you. 00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:53.440 There is something beautiful about saying, Lord, I don't hold it all together, and I don't even know what I'm doing, by the way. 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.880 But you do. 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:57.039 How freeing is that? 00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.559 It frees. 00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.920 It frees. 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:04.799 It breaks things off that you thought you could never break off. 00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:11.759 It allows you and empowers you to do things you never thought you could do, and it restores the land. 00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:14.559 It restores relationships. 00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:28.880 He restores, he will bless you, he will show his favor to you if you will come to him and say, look in here, God, and show me what I need to do. 00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:31.359 Oh my gosh. 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:35.200 It's gonna happen. 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.960 It's gonna happen. 00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:40.799 Christ Jesus. 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:48.559 Right now we're gonna go back into finishing that worship song, Lord, I need you, because the truth is, is that's humility. 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:51.119 It's okay. 00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:53.839 It's okay that we don't have it together. 00:27:54.640 --> 00:28:02.400 When we know the one who does, we have all the power in the world, but we've got to remember that we need him. 00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:06.319 We need him every hour of every day. 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.680 Amen. 00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:11.200 And so will you stand? 00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.880 Will you stand with me? 00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:33.440 As we sing this last part of this song together, let it be the cry of our heart, let it be our prayer. 00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:40.960 Jesus, I need you, we need you in every way and every day, all day long. 00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:45.680 And we're so thankful that you are a God who wants incredible blessings in our life. 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:47.920 You want to give that to us. 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:52.960 And we need your help because by human nature we are not humble. 00:28:54.559 --> 00:29:02.400 But thank you, Jesus, that we have a new nature in us that says we don't dictate how we feel. 00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:06.000 You have the power now and you live inside of us. 00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:08.799 And I thank you, Jesus, for that. 00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:14.319 And so we come humbly to you and we open up our hearts right now. 00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:20.400 And if there's something you need to tell us in this next few moments, Lord, make it clear, Jesus. 00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:22.079 Make it clear. 00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.759 Help us to hear. 00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:35.359 Lord, and then and then help us to open up the hands of our heart and receive this favor, this blessing that you want to give us. 00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:37.440 Change our lives, Lord. 00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:41.200 Change our lives in the name of Jesus. 00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:43.200 We pray this together. 00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.160 Amen.