WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:05.639 Today is the beginning of our mission series, and technically we weren't supposed to 2 00:00:05.639 --> 00:00:08.560 start until next week. So we have all sorts of really fun things that 3 00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:10.919 we're going to roll out next week, but we're going to take a soft 4 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:17.239 start today because we have a missionary in the house. For Heaven's sakes, 5 00:00:19.039 --> 00:00:23.760 we can't let this just roll ride on by. So today we're going We 6 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:28.679 have Sean and Lindsay at Mahawan, and Lindsay is currently back with the kids. 7 00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:32.880 And so hopefully if any of your kids come out of children's ministry today 8 00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:37.439 wanting to be a missionary, we succeeded. And your answer is going to 9 00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:42.520 be yes, yes, and amen. That's even better. I love it. 10 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:46.359 Yeah, none of this what you're gonna leave me? That's scary. 11 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:49.439 No, you talk bravery into those kids if they're here in a calling, 12 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:53.479 man, That's one of our biggest things as parents and as pastors of a 13 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:58.000 church is to get the call of God onto our children. We got to 14 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:00.880 get the call of God on our children, and we got to raise up 15 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:07.840 pastors, preachers, evangelists, missionaries, as well as engineers and teachers and 16 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:11.920 every other place of influence. A man, we raise our kids up to 17 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:17.120 be amazing. Okay, that's a whole other sermon. And I'm not even 18 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:23.000 the preacher today, but we are starting our mission series today, so I'm 19 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.400 going to give a little opening statement. I want to read a little passage 20 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:29.680 here, and this is going to be kind of our theme for the next 21 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:32.879 few weeks. And I want this to be I want to seed bed your 22 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:34.239 mind on your heart with this. I'm going to bring the word next week 23 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:37.760 and the week after that, and it's going to build off of this. 24 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:41.079 But this is our theme. This is kind of what we're springing off of. 25 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:44.719 And then I'm going to give them mic to Pastor Sean here. But 26 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:47.560 I want to read to you a passage out of Mark and this is out 27 00:01:47.599 --> 00:01:53.200 of the Passion Translation, and here you go Mark twelve, starting with verse 28 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:57.640 twenty eight. Now, a certain religious scholar overheard them debating, and when 29 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:01.840 he saw how beautifully Jesus answered all their questions, he posed one of his 30 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:06.680 own. Don't you wish you could ask Jesus a question right now? I 31 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:10.560 would have so much fun. I'd be like those reporters in the newsroom thing 32 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:15.240 with President by excuse me, excuse me, right, Well, this guy 33 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:17.960 got a chance to ask a question, so he posed it one of his 34 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:23.520 own, and he asked him, teacher, which commandment is the greatest of 35 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:27.560 all? Okay? So I want you to understand the word greatest. The 36 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:32.639 word greatest means the one in the supreme position, the one that is always 37 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:38.520 the first out there in front, the most important thing. Because there's a 38 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:42.599 lot of commandments that these people, by the time they hit Jesus's day, 39 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:47.759 we're trying to keep five hundred and some odd laws and religious regulations. And 40 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:52.280 this guy steps and goes, hey, what's what's the most important one? 41 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:55.400 Wouldn't you like to know? Because at least you could get the most important 42 00:02:55.400 --> 00:03:00.639 one, right right? So he's he asked which one is the greatest or 43 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:04.159 the most important? And Jesus answers him, and he says, the most 44 00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:08.479 important of all the commandments? Think about him. Don't swear, don't cuss, 45 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:16.560 don't don't uh steal, don't lie, don't kill, don't murder yet 46 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:22.400 right coming from the lawyer over here, Uh don't what else? Don't you 47 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:27.240 know? Don't don't boil your the your goat in its mother's milk. That 48 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:30.159 one is in there. I don't know why. But there's a lot of 49 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:34.840 them. There is a lot of rules and laws. But Jesus is going 50 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:40.280 to tell him what is the most don't you want to know? The most 51 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:46.319 important of all the commandments is this. The Lord yah Awah, our God 52 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:51.199 is one. And you are to love the Lord Yahweh, your God. 53 00:03:53.639 --> 00:04:00.120 That doesn't sound like a to do or a law. Love God's love. 54 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:06.280 Jesus puts loving above all of the rules and regulations and the doing and the 55 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:12.800 trying and the striving and all of that. He puts loving at the top. 56 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:15.479 And that word love is a god bay. And now he's going to 57 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:19.160 explain what he means by loving. Are you ready? You are to love 58 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:26.600 the Lord Yahweh, you'r God with every passion of your heart, every passion. 59 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:30.000 You're to love the Lord with every passion of your heart. Well, 60 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:35.079 you know, I kind of like I like shoes and I like jackets. 61 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:44.680 Right, So Jesus is saying, though you can love things, but every 62 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:49.199 passion of your heart needs to be for God. Amen, every passion of 63 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:54.120 your heart with all the energy of your being and with every thought that is 64 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:57.639 within you, and with all your strength. This is a great and supreme 65 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:03.800 commandment. And the second is this, you must love your neighbor. You 66 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:08.600 must love your neighbor in the same way that you love yourself. You will 67 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:13.639 never find a greater commandment than these. So I gotta love God with all 68 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:16.040 of my passions, with all of my being, with all of my strength, 69 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:20.120 with all of my mind, and then I have to love my neighbor. 70 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:27.199 That word love is the same word. So I'm asked there to love 71 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:31.079 my neighbor with all of my passions, with all of my strength, with 72 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:36.759 all of my mind, and all of my thoughts. And it also says 73 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:41.079 to do that as I love myself. So therefore I have to have myself 74 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:46.000 in alignment with myself. How many of you sometimes don't love yourself, or 75 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:50.680 maybe sometimes you love yourself a little too much. That sentence, that one 76 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:57.240 sentence fixed it all. We are to love God the way that just described 77 00:05:57.279 --> 00:06:00.639 He just described it. We're supposed to love ourselves and our neighbors that same 78 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:12.639 way. Who's your neighbors? Who's your neighbor? Somebody helped me out every 79 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:15.720 human being. Yeah, we had names coming out. My neighbors, Jeremy 80 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:18.000 and Denny and Wendy and a few others. At my house. You all 81 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:21.439 have different neighbors, right, And it goes out beyond and beyond and beyond 82 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:27.000 every human being on this planet, every person, every person, every person, 83 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:29.839 maybe the ones that knocked you down, maybe the ones that ran you 84 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:32.079 off the road. I don't care who they are or what they've done to 85 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:38.199 you. There is no clause in that, a passage that says, except 86 00:06:38.279 --> 00:06:43.120 for these ones here, it doesn't matter if they're your enemy, it doesn't 87 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:46.639 matter if they're your best friends, it doesn't matter if they don't look like 88 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:48.480 you. It does not matter. We love. And that's what makes this 89 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:57.600 place so different than everything outside of this room. Amen, And so missions 90 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:04.079 missions is loving. Missions calls us out of our own hearts and our own 91 00:07:04.079 --> 00:07:08.720 minds, and our own worlds and our own needs, and out of what's 92 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:12.319 going on right here. You know, we get running the little rat race. 93 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:15.759 How many of you guys are running a rat race? Just raise your 94 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:17.800 hand, because it's every single one of us. We got our little circle, 95 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:21.600 and we're running in our circle, and we think our circle is really 96 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:25.279 important, and this is all that's there. But I will tell you what 97 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:29.720 God is so vast and so big. He's got people running all over this 98 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:34.360 whole phase of the planet spreading his word, and the light is growing and 99 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:39.560 the Kingdom is advancing. Amen. So when we do Mission series, the 100 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:43.360 fun thing about it is to hear about that. So I want Pastor Sean 101 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:58.720 to come on up here. Oh boy, thirty one years ago, hallelujah. 102 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:03.000 Thirty one years ago, this couple came through the door. She was 103 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:09.160 Native American and he was Burmese. Really Sean Sean, people, is his 104 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:11.639 name is? It's his namesake? Sh n Sean right here for the Sean 105 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:15.759 people came through our door over at the community center. You guys, some 106 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:18.480 of you guys drive past the community center back over there. We used to 107 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:22.120 have church there and we were having church with our little crowd of people, 108 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:24.839 and these people walk through the door. She's pregnant and they have a little 109 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:26.680 two year old dragon along behind, and we're like, oh, you know 110 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:31.160 anybody who walked through the door. We're like, yes, human beings are 111 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:35.159 coming to church. We're so excited, and we glommed onto them. We 112 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:39.759 loved on them. We got this. This young man's little brother born and 113 00:08:39.799 --> 00:08:41.399 within about a year or two year and a half, somewhere in there, 114 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:46.600 they had shared their heart to go back to being missionaries, and we shove 115 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:50.399 them over the ocean and back over to Thailand. And so in the time 116 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:54.440 being, you're going to see some pictures of what happened there. But this 117 00:08:54.480 --> 00:09:01.159 young man grew up. What do you think he grew up? And he 118 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:05.320 is unique, he's uniquely prepared to do what he's doing. So I'm not 119 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:09.559 gonna take any more time. I want you to share everything. Hallelujah, 120 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:13.279 Thank you so much. Oh let's get past a Joe a hand. That's 121 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:18.919 awesome. After that, I think I'll just close in prayer. You know, 122 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:24.240 well, it's so good to be home. It's so good to be 123 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:28.960 back. We head out to Thailand tomorrow actually to get back home. We've 124 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:31.519 been here for about five weeks and it's been fun. And I've had a 125 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:35.840 burger pretty much almost every male the last two days trying to load up. 126 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:41.240 And so it's an honor to be here, and it's honored to be speaking 127 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:45.159 this morning. And yeah, so my name is Sean Mahawan. I'm from 128 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:48.559 Thailand. I passed we passed a church over there and we have we have 129 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:52.000 an amazing team and ministry over there, and so I like to share with 130 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:56.480 you guys a little update before we get into the message and then we'll have 131 00:09:56.559 --> 00:10:01.840 fun from there. Huh. So the first picture sterling my man, awesome 132 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:05.399 man, So uh there's there should be like an old school picture, like 133 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:11.600 a vintage like me as a kid and my parents lined up. Yeah, 134 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:15.240 there we go. Yeah, so this is my family about thirty years ago, 135 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:18.000 like Passa Joe was saying, they felt the call of God to go 136 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:22.120 back to Thailand and start planning churches. As they were there, though um, 137 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:26.279 like some needs arise then God had had a different plan, and so 138 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:30.879 they ended up studying a children's home. In the bamboo huts that you guys 139 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:35.159 see in the back there are actually the first dormitories there on the property almost 140 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:39.000 twenty five years ago, I believe, or yeah, ish twenty two years 141 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:45.279 ago. And then the next picture. Yeah, so they ended up studying 142 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:48.399 a children's home had thirties and started out with thirty six boys soldiers and it 143 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:52.120 and it grew from there. And I'm skipping through a lot of facts here, 144 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:56.879 but I'm just kind of giving you guys a overview here. So, 145 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:01.399 and the ministry's name is Trump is a christ International and this is the kids 146 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:05.759 now. So we have about twenty kids. Uh here um now at the 147 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:11.600 property and there this photo is taken in the rice field, Patty and so 148 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:16.720 that's that is a new Horizon Christian uh center, new Horizon Church rice right 149 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:22.919 there. You guys funded that, so we harvested that and it's it's feeding 150 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:24.960 us for the next six to eight months, and so it's amazing. It 151 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:28.000 helps out with the budget and everything, and so I think we're going to 152 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:35.039 do another another rice um next year two. And then the next picture, 153 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:39.440 Uh, that's Sanan who's taking the selfie with the boys. Uh. We 154 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:43.120 had a fish farm and it was time to get the fish and so all 155 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:48.399 the boys went in the muddy pond to get all the catfish and and all 156 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:50.600 the fish there. So you know, boy country boys stay like that. 157 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:56.080 And then uh, this picture here, they just went to the beach last 158 00:11:56.399 --> 00:12:00.200 well this month. I told him that they couldn't go until I got back, 159 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:03.039 but they went instead. But this is just a picture of them when 160 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:07.840 they heard that they got funded to go to the beach. So a lot 161 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:09.399 of them saw the ocean for the first time. Actually all of them saw 162 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:13.679 the ocean for the first time. So super special form. And for the 163 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:20.240 last two years, Lindsay and I have been planning a church in Hingmai City. 164 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:24.840 It's the northernmost city, the largest city in the north and Thailand, 165 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:28.759 and it has over two million people. They're in the city, and so 166 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:35.159 we planted a church in the midst of three major universities in Thailand. There's 167 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:41.200 a great opportunity for us to reach the nation and especially the young people because 168 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:50.080 it's the first generation that's being educated and growing up in a modern society, 169 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:54.399 Western society. Therefore, they have a lot of questions and they're questioning the 170 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:58.679 tradition, the religion and all that. So they're searching for something that's real. 171 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:01.039 And we believe Jesus is real, and we believe that Jesus is the 172 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:05.879 answer for life and and and and all that. So it's it's a great 173 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:11.919 opportunity. And my parents just got back last October and so they they're pastoring 174 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:15.200 one of the churches that we have there and also running the children's home and 175 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:20.600 all that. Because Lindsay and I are focused on planning the church in Chennai. 176 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:22.080 Let's give your pastors a hand, by the way, because planning a 177 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:28.240 church is hard work. And and it's really tough. You got to prove 178 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:31.840 yourself all the time. And what else do I have to vent about about 179 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:37.480 church planning? Um? But so this picture here, Lindsay, my wife 180 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:43.240 who is here, just walked in from the kids ministry. She when I 181 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:48.759 can't find so backtrack. I passed it for seven years at a country church 182 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:52.559 before planning this church, and there I would preach in Sean gets translated to 183 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:56.519 the Thai language, so bilingual service, from worship, announcement, everything. 184 00:13:58.120 --> 00:14:01.080 And then when we moved to Chennai, I saw it preaching in English and 185 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:05.840 that gets translated to the Thai language. But sometimes we can't find a translator 186 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:11.200 or an interpreter. And therefore Lindsay here has learned the language too, in 187 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:16.320 such a way that now if I can't find an interpreter, I'll just preaching 188 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:20.320 Thaie and then she translates that to English. And so not bad for a 189 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:24.960 Michigan girl. She was the one good thing in Michigan, and I took 190 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:30.799 her out and they're going to in the next picture. And so, like 191 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:35.519 I said, we were based in the midst of three major universities. So 192 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:39.360 one of the universities says a great park and so we play volleyball there and 193 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:41.480 open it up for other people to play with us. And afterwards we'll go 194 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:45.679 out to dinner and soon we'll just share the gospel, tell them what we're 195 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:48.720 about, and you know, they get to know us as people first before 196 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:52.759 they get to know who we believe in and what we're about. Our church 197 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:56.000 slogan it's a place to be long before you believe. So we have a 198 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:58.639 wide open door for everyone to come join us. And but we are unashamed 199 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:03.639 of bowl about the gospel in Jesus Christ and going to the next site. 200 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:07.519 So we do prayer walks and prayer times at the university campus. And that's 201 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:13.159 me looking like a country star, UM, and we're worship and we're praying 202 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:18.639 over the campus and praying for breakthrough. And the next picture, UH is 203 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:22.120 there another picture? This is our team started out with just Lindsey and I 204 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:28.000 in an intern that we forced to come notice kidding UM, And now it's 205 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:35.399 grown to many UH different UH age groups from like high schoolers to young adults, 206 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:39.399 and they're all passionate about getting reaching their own generation. And a couple 207 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:43.639 missionaries that has planned in Shingmai has also joined in in serving the local church 208 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:48.440 there. And this is crazy because none of this was the plan that we 209 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:52.480 had, h that I had, especially my faith was started a small house 210 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:56.559 church with a guitar, and that was my plan um And but then then 211 00:15:56.960 --> 00:16:03.240 uh uh started talking to some people and then more people started giving. By 212 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:07.000 the time we were done, we signed a contract that we had no money 213 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:11.759 for. We raised around fifty to sixty thousand dollars about a bunch of equipment, 214 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:15.240 band stuff, no band, by the way, didn't have a band. 215 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:18.919 Had an opening service, twenty people showed up. Fifteen was from the 216 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:22.879 other church that we bust in. But we were pumped. Then COVID happened 217 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:26.879 and we didn't couldn't have service for about three months. And so we were 218 00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:30.759 preaching online thinking that the world was going to watch, but nobody was watching. 219 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:33.759 But and you know, every time I refreshed the page was like one 220 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:37.320 view, two view, three view, you know, and and so but 221 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:44.120 fast forwardating to now two years later, we've had a full band every almost 222 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:47.559 every week at our church. So we've been blessed in that way, and 223 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:49.759 we have over a hundred people now coming to a Sunday morning service. So 224 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:56.879 praise God, it's God. And yeah, so let's dive into the wood 225 00:16:56.000 --> 00:17:00.679 and then that way we can finish on time and go for lunch. Uh, 226 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:06.480 I'm ready, all right, let's go to Luke chapter five in verse 227 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:11.759 one. One day, as Jesus was preaching on the shore of the Sea 228 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:14.920 of Galilee, great crowds pressed in on him to listen to the world of 229 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:18.200 God. He noticed two empty boats at the water's edge, for the fishermen 230 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:22.799 had left them and were washing their nets. Stepping into one of the boats, 231 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:26.559 Jesus asked Simon, its owner, to push it out into the water. 232 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:30.640 So he sat in the boat and taught the crowd from there. When 233 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:33.759 he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, now go out where it 234 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:40.119 is deeper and let down your nets to catch some fish. Master Simon replied, 235 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:42.279 we worked hard all night and didn't catch a thing. But if you 236 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:47.279 say so, I'll let the nets down again. And this time their nets 237 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:52.200 were so full of fish they began to tear a shout for help, brought 238 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:56.599 their partners in the other boat, and soon both boats were filled with fish 239 00:17:56.640 --> 00:18:00.839 and on the Virgil sinking. When Simon Peter realized what had happened, he 240 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:03.519 fell to his knees before Jesus and said, Oh Lord, please leave me. 241 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:08.039 I'm such a sinful man. For he was awe struck by the number 242 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:11.359 of fish that they had caught, as were the brothers, as were the 243 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:17.079 others with him. His partners James and John, and the sons of Zebede 244 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:22.480 were also amazed. Jesus replied to Simon, don't be afraid. From now 245 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:25.839 on, you'll be fishing for people. And as soon as they landed, 246 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:30.519 they left everything and followed Jesus, I want to speak about nets and boats 247 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:34.240 this morning. Let's pray, Father God, I thank you for your grace, 248 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:37.640 thank you for your mercy. Pray Holy Spirit, that you'll help me 249 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:41.359 to minister your word this morning, Holy Spirit, do what only you can 250 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:44.319 do. In each and every one of us. We thank you and we 251 00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:48.960 praise you in the name of Jesus. Everybody said Amen, Amen, Amen. 252 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:55.640 So as for me personally, something that you'll get to know about me 253 00:18:55.680 --> 00:19:02.319 if you hang around me enough, is that I don't like surprises such as 254 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:07.119 Christmas like. I don't like the surprise of the present at Christmas like because 255 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:10.759 it's torture because you know it's coming, but you don't know what it is, 256 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:14.039 and so I really really want to know it is. So it's like 257 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:18.079 causes me a lot of stress and anxiety because like I'm just wondering what's in 258 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:21.519 the gift. So I'm proud to say. And and now, since the 259 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:23.960 age of twelve, I've always known what I'm getting for Christmas. I might 260 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:27.440 act surprise, but I knew what it was before I opened the package. 261 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:33.240 And that's because I can't stand it from from the moment that I have an 262 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:37.480 inkling of that the gifts are going to be bought. I'm checking the credit 263 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:41.319 card tab, I'm checking the bank account, and when when I'm younger, 264 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:44.279 you know, if it's under the tree, I'm boiling the water. You 265 00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:47.160 know. I'm putting the package so that way it would open it up and 266 00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:52.240 repackaged nicely so that way nobody would find out. And so I just hate 267 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:59.960 waiting for the endless anticipation and also waiting for mail. That's the worst thing 268 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:03.640 for me. That's why I don't online shop, because I'm more of the 269 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:06.119 kind of guy that I like to touch it. I like to hold it, 270 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:08.039 I like to try it. I like to put it on if I 271 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:11.519 and see if I look good, and then I'll just take it home with 272 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:14.799 me. Like the online shopping thing just doesn't work for me, because like 273 00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:18.680 I might like it, but there's it's like the anticipation of like would fit, 274 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:22.039 would be good? Will will work out for me. So that's why 275 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:23.799 when I had got a wife, I did it in person. You know, 276 00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:26.839 you had to touch it, you had to look at it, and 277 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:29.839 then you you just bought it and took it home with you, right, 278 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:34.440 and so so it's like and even uber delivery, I hate that too. 279 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:37.440 I'm the most impatient person when it comes to that. It's like, because 280 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:42.720 I ordered the food when I'm hungry, right, so I wanted then not 281 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:48.279 not twenty minutes later, and so and so then you get angry at the 282 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:51.640 guy because he's he's driving, and then he goes backwards and then he skips 283 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:53.839 buildings, and then by the time he gets there, you're like really annoyed 284 00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:57.440 at him. It's not really his fault, but but it's just I don't 285 00:20:57.480 --> 00:21:03.400 like the surprise when he's going to get there. Um. But I do 286 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:08.519 like surprising people with a gift or with with a um like an open door 287 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:14.599 or something, you know. I like like creating opportunities for people. Um, 288 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:18.200 and I also like scaring people and spooking people out of nowhere. I 289 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:21.799 mean, my wife is like my my victim right here. And so and 290 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:25.359 then I find out my younger daughter and my eldest daughter, who's six years 291 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:30.480 old, also loves doing the same thing. I'm such a proud father and 292 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:33.200 and so we I grew up in a children's home. And how the children's 293 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:37.720 home was set up was on one side of the property was the boys dorm. 294 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:41.519 On the other side of the property was the girls dorms. And and 295 00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:48.200 this this is because you know why and so so so, but every Christmas 296 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:51.839 or every holiday or every special moment, all the boys and girls will come 297 00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:55.400 together and we'll have a party with play games or all that, especially during 298 00:21:55.480 --> 00:22:00.519 Christmas time and it's days on end and and and then I had this idea 299 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:03.720 as a kid. I'm like, because every night, the girls would have 300 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:08.960 to go from the girl's dorm and then they'll walk to the boys dorm in 301 00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:11.720 groups. I don't know why teenage girls always walk in groups, right, 302 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:17.480 And so then so I'm like, what if I just wait randomly in the 303 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:22.200 middle of the road and spook them and scare them. So this was before 304 00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:26.160 a smartphone. Okay, this is how dedicated I was. I waited for 305 00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:32.079 hours for the ultimate surprise, right, So I would wait there in the 306 00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:34.680 bush, risking my life with the snakes and bugs and all that stuff, 307 00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:38.519 and just waiting for the moment to just jump out and go. And then 308 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:45.359 when they screech and yell my heart fails with joy and satisfaction that I've successfully 309 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:48.720 done this. And but the thing was, every year it would get more 310 00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:52.759 elaborate, and the planning and scheming it would be months ahead of time. 311 00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:57.759 This is how much dedication it was. Halloween world around and I'm like creepy 312 00:22:57.920 --> 00:23:03.319 clown mass. That would be awesome. And then and then I would like 313 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:07.200 keep on doing doing these things every year, and I would have so much 314 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:11.960 joy doing it. And just as much as I like surprises, I found 315 00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:17.519 out that God also loves surprises, because, if you think about it, 316 00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:22.400 a surprise, the ultimate goal of a surprise is to take your attention from 317 00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:27.519 what it was on to focusing on what is happening right now. Right It's 318 00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:30.440 like you might be walking like the girls, are you thinking about getting to 319 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:33.200 the door, and then all of a sudden Sean pops on going. You 320 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:37.240 go from thinking about going to the dorm to saying, who is this? 321 00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:41.640 What is this? What is going on? And God loves surprises. And 322 00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:45.759 just to prove to you, like how God loves surprises, is that For 323 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:52.160 example, Exhibit A is Mary and her wedding, the Mother of Jesus. 324 00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:59.519 She was planning her indie wedding, you know, earth tones for everyone. 325 00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:02.400 We don't have where shoes, we can bare foot over the grass. You 326 00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:04.839 know, nobody's doing that. Everybody's doing it. And then and then it's 327 00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:07.440 like, Joseph, it's going to be so special. We got a food, 328 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:11.279 beautiful wedding. It's going to be wonderful. And then an angel of 329 00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:18.400 the Lord appears and says, surprise, you're pregnant, and which means it's 330 00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:22.359 like, not only will you not have a wedding, but you'll be accused 331 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:25.160 of something that you haven't done. And Joseph is going to be mad at 332 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:27.519 you and he's going to be disappointed until the angel goes and tells him. 333 00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:32.720 But it was a surprise all of a sudden. Right, she had a 334 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:37.720 plan. Americans, we love our plans. Right. I'm like, I'm 335 00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:40.759 a type a person I like my plans. If the plan gets interrupted, 336 00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:45.079 I get mad. Mad's the Christian word for what I wanted to say. 337 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:52.359 But I get mad. And then so the angel shows up ruins all her 338 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:57.079 plans, surprised them. And then Jesus loves surprises because when he died and 339 00:24:57.119 --> 00:25:00.839 he rose from the dead, he told the disciple was to go wait and 340 00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:03.599 wait in the upper room. Now, he could have entered that room anyway. 341 00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:07.920 He could have knocked on the door and I would have surprised them, 342 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:12.759 but Jesus picked the creepiest way to enter the room, which was just to 343 00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:18.920 walk through the wall and show up. Right, he could have appeared, 344 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:22.160 you know, like glowing lights come up, but no, he just walked 345 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:26.799 through the rocks through the door. And so Jesus liked surprises too. And 346 00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:33.359 it also surprises me who got picks, because some of the people I see 347 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:36.240 doing the will of God, I'm like, how did they even get qualified 348 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:41.000 for that? Like like this morning, I woke up and looked myself in 349 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:44.279 the mirror, and I was surprised, one because of how amazing I looked. 350 00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:51.319 A second was because of the things that I'm doing today. I'm surprised 351 00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:53.680 by the fact that I'm speaking on stage. I mean, some of you 352 00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:56.240 guys know me. When I was stuttering a lot, and like, this 353 00:25:56.319 --> 00:26:00.400 isn't like something I even thought about doing. But then when God comes in, 354 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:04.799 It's like, one day you'll do that. I'm like surprised. Not 355 00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:08.440 only that was like I had the honor of pastoring a church and learning how 356 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:11.200 to pastor in the country. It went from twenty people to more than one 357 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:15.920 hundred to now it's running over one hundred and twenty hundred and thirty regularly even 358 00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:19.079 without me there, and and and then now we started the church, which 359 00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:22.440 in Thailand it's a pretty good sized church, is fifty to sixty people. 360 00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:29.000 In two years, we're going over one hundred people almost every Sunday. And 361 00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:34.680 the whole time, I'm thinking, how like I didn't do this. It's 362 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:40.480 because if you think about it, there isn't one person in the Bible that 363 00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:48.440 God approached to do something for him that went yes initially. Because when He's 364 00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:51.119 going to come to you, no matter how much you prepare, it will 365 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:57.559 always be beyond anything you are capable of. And so and that's that's because 366 00:26:57.960 --> 00:27:02.559 in First Conrinthians up the one verse twenty seven, who says instead, God 367 00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:06.079 shows the things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they 368 00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:08.559 are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those things that 369 00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:14.559 are powerful. God shows things despised by the world, things counted as nothing 370 00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:18.400 at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. 371 00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:22.359 As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God. 372 00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:30.359 So it surprises me when we look at this passage in Looke, who 373 00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:36.839 God picks to be his disciples and where he goes because he didn't go to 374 00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:38.720 seminary, he didn't go to the senagoge, he didn't go to Bible school, 375 00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:41.680 he didn't go to a church. But he went to the beach. 376 00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:45.079 That's my kind of Jesus, you know, he goes to the beach. 377 00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:52.359 And so when the Bible says that he went to the edge of the water, 378 00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:56.680 and as he went to the edge of the water, there's Peter and 379 00:27:56.799 --> 00:28:03.519 his gang washing their nets, and the crowd follows Jesus. And on the 380 00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:07.400 edge there Peter and his his his guys were like on the edge of the 381 00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:11.319 water, but they physically but they were also on the edge spiritually alsole. 382 00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:15.279 They were on the edge of their purpose and destiny. They were about to 383 00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:21.000 transition from being fishermen to being fishers of men. But they had no clue. 384 00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:26.240 Some of you thought you were just coming to church for a normal Sunday 385 00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:30.359 service, but you're actually on the edge, on the verge of something new 386 00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:36.160 in your life. And the amazing thing is, and the amazing thing is 387 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:41.240 that they weren't. They were. They were frustrated. There's nothing spiritual about 388 00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:45.960 being frustrated. They're frustrated. They tried fished all night, they're washing their 389 00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:55.480 nets. They failed, but their frustration isn't a failure, because sometimes the 390 00:28:55.519 --> 00:29:00.559 frustration is a sign and a signal and an invitation to something knew that's going 391 00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:03.279 to be happening in your life, and that the very thing that you're doing 392 00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:07.359 might have been God and might have been for you that season. But God 393 00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:10.799 has a new season coming for your life, which is why you're frustrated. 394 00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:18.680 So as they were frustrated, Jesus is preaching. Then he shows up to 395 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:22.920 Peter's boat. He steps into the boat and asked Peter to do something. 396 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:26.000 Just as like you come to church this morning, you're probably like you know, 397 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:27.680 I just want to hear a good someone. I want to be in 398 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:30.359 a good service worship team. That great, and then I just want to 399 00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:33.880 go home. But in God's presence is here, and that's amazing. But 400 00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:37.640 when you encounter Jesus and when you encounter God, there's always a demand and 401 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:44.599 expectation that your life will never be the same again. And so so he 402 00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:48.400 shows up and then he asked Peter for a favor. I mean, that's 403 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:53.240 so rude. First of all, he didn't ask to sit in Peter's boat. 404 00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:57.680 It was Peter's boat. So he tells he not only didn't ask, 405 00:29:57.720 --> 00:30:00.599 but he steps in there, he sits down, and then he's like, 406 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:03.079 hey, Peter, could you do me a favor and push me out into 407 00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:07.000 the water. I mean, how would you react, I pastor Dwayne walked 408 00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:11.119 into your car all of a sudden when you're about to go to lunch without 409 00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:15.000 asking you, and then ask you for a favor to send him somewhere right, 410 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:18.319 how would you react? You would be confused, You might be angry 411 00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:26.200 if you were me and and noticed though that how Peter responds to this request 412 00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:33.160 will determine the trajectory of the rest of his life. Because there's moments in 413 00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:37.759 your life where your response would determine where you go to next. And if 414 00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:41.160 Peter was like you and I and maybe had the audacity to he'd be like, 415 00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:45.720 come on, man, Like like I just I just worked all night. 416 00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:48.400 I don't really have time for this. I don't know you notice, 417 00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:53.160 respect man, but I don't have time. Peter would have missed out on 418 00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:57.519 the biggest miracle of his life. He would have missed out in the greatest 419 00:30:57.519 --> 00:31:02.519 and the greatest internship that he could have, that any of us could have. 420 00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:06.799 I mean many of us would would would would give an arm to be 421 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:15.599 an internal Jesus, but he didn't know that. And just like Peter, 422 00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:21.279 Jesus is in some of your boats this morning, and he's not only in 423 00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:23.880 your life, but he's been asking you to do something for a while too. 424 00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:36.480 But you know what, Peter obeyed, because Jesus could have gotten in 425 00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:40.400 the boat and pushed himself off, but that's not the way God works. 426 00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:45.079 He'll make himself available and he'll bring your presence there, but he'll also request 427 00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:52.079 you to make the step. And so this morning, as we're talking about 428 00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:57.839 missions and all this stuff, I want to ask you can Can God use 429 00:31:57.920 --> 00:32:05.079 your boat? Can he use your business? Can He use your life? 430 00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:12.359 Can he use your social media for his glory? I'm telling you, if 431 00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:15.160 you would give room to Jesus, we have to live life. I mean, 432 00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:19.599 well, I think, uh think we're going to do like pledges and 433 00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:23.000 stuff for missions and gotten just It doesn't have just, It doesn't have anything 434 00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:27.400 to do with just Thailand. It has a like many countries, many nations, 435 00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:31.119 many missionaries. But like um, like I always challenge myself and challenge 436 00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:37.279 everybody in our church and in my life to always make room for Jesus, 437 00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:46.400 because sacrifice starts when it begins to hurt yourself. Like everybody got quiet obviously, 438 00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:52.079 but we always have to make room for God to step in. It's 439 00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:55.480 like, if God doesn't step in, then I don't know what we'll do 440 00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:59.279 as a family. I don't know what I'll do as an individual. I 441 00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:02.039 don't know what I'll do. But I feel like I need to make room 442 00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:06.400 for God to step in, because that's how you live by faith. If 443 00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:08.960 you can do it all yourself, then you're not living by faith. Amen. 444 00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:21.680 And so all bolt is is a vessel that can float where everything else 445 00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:27.160 is sinking in that's all vessel really is. So God is looking for a 446 00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:34.880 vessel that will float while other people are sinking. I know the world's getting 447 00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:37.000 darker and darker, but I believe the church is supposed to get brighter and 448 00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:40.799 brighter and beg and begin to be a beacon of hope, a city set 449 00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:45.880 upon a hill that cannot be hidden. And the only way that can happen 450 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:50.720 is Goda. The day is a one spiritual man on stage, but it's 451 00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:54.519 when the whole church begins to set to live life as sons and daughters of 452 00:33:54.559 --> 00:34:00.200 God and be a light in this world and be a witness. So Art 453 00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:05.400 is looking for a vessel, for a life that will that will give room 454 00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:07.480 for him so he can have you float in the midst of what in the 455 00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:13.679 midst of an environment where everything else is sinking in because because when people are 456 00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:16.440 struggling, and people look at you and they're like, why are you floating 457 00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:21.119 as You're like, because I've got Jesus in my boat. Why do you 458 00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:23.519 have peace in the midst of this economy? Because I've got Jesus in my 459 00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:27.440 boat? Why do I have cancer? Why? Why do you have cancer 460 00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:30.519 and have joy at the same time? It's because I have Jesus in my 461 00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:32.760 boat. Because because Dan, you'll be able to say, it's not by 462 00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:36.719 my mind, is not by my power, but it's by His alone that 463 00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:44.800 I stand. And so can he use your boat? If you can imagine, 464 00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.960 you know, Jesus is preaching from the boat. It says that he 465 00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:50.559 was sitting on the boat, he was preaching, and as he finished preaching 466 00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:55.719 and everyone's listening, Jesus is not only throwing the net out in the crowd, 467 00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:59.960 but he's throwing the net out on Peter because before he was just focused 468 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:05.840 on his nat and frustration. But now Jesus put Peter in a situation where 469 00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:09.320 he had no choice but to listen. I love Jesus because he'll do anything 470 00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:17.199 to get people saved and hear the gospel. And I'm I'm a champion of 471 00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:22.760 doing everything except for sin to get people to hear the gospel and accept Jesus. 472 00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:25.239 I've paid people's way to church. They're like, oh, I can't 473 00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:28.239 afford that because I got to go to work. Well, how much do 474 00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:30.119 you get paid that day? And I'll pay you because and then for you 475 00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:34.800 to come to church and come come see what we're about. Because I'm so 476 00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:37.239 so confident that when people come in a room that the presence of God is 477 00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:52.039 and they're having an encounter of Jesus. But the only reason why Jesus could 478 00:35:52.039 --> 00:36:00.039 sit in Peter's boat, the only reason why that Jesus is that Peter's boat 479 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:05.400 could be used as a pulpit, was because he had no fish in his 480 00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:15.760 boat. It's because he came out empty handed and he's frustrated. But he 481 00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:21.480 had room for Jesus in his boat because he didn't have fish. Because if 482 00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:24.199 you would think about it, I don't think Peter would have let Jesus in 483 00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:30.320 his boat because he was washing the nets. If he had fish, Jesus 484 00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:30.960 like, hey, could you do me a favor, you know, push 485 00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:34.760 me out. You know, Peter could be like, hey, man, 486 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:37.079 I got fish here, I got to get to the market, I got 487 00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:40.039 to sell, I got a donkey to pay off. I've got a family 488 00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:44.239 to feed, I've got kids to go to school. Like you understand, 489 00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:51.119 Like, I don't have time or room for you in my boat. And 490 00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:55.760 the only reason why that Jesus had room to step in and said was because 491 00:36:55.760 --> 00:37:06.840 he had no fish. The frustration the lack created room for Jesus to step 492 00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:14.159 into the boat. Can he use your boat? And as Peter was in 493 00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:17.519 the boat, you know, peters captured by Jesus at this point because he's 494 00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:21.719 just listening to him. And after he's done preaching, he turns to Peter 495 00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:24.199 and say, hey, can you throw out your net on the deep end. 496 00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:30.719 It's just one inconvenience after another. Right, they've had a bad night. 497 00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:34.639 Then this guy, who rabbi guy comes and starts preaching and annoying them. 498 00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:37.760 And then not only that, he steps into the boat without permission. 499 00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:40.159 Then on top of that, he also asked him for a favor. And 500 00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:43.280 then now he's done with that, and here he looks to him. He 501 00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:45.519 doesn't just end there. He says, hey, could you do the total 502 00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:52.159 opposite of what you know to do? Because they've fished at night. That's 503 00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:53.639 for a reason. Right now it's the daytime. You don't fish in the 504 00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:58.880 day. You fish at night. You also fish when you fish, and 505 00:37:59.000 --> 00:38:00.840 now you fish on the shore next to the shore because that's where the fish 506 00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:04.960 come up and feed. Therefore, right now it's during the day and Jesus 507 00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:07.400 is like, hey, just throw it out into the deep. It's the 508 00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:10.480 opposite of what he knew to do. And that's what God asks you to 509 00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:16.400 do sometimes, is that he'll come into your boat, he'll make himself available. 510 00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:20.000 He'll ask you to do something, and then he'll ask you to do 511 00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:25.119 something that's total opposite of what you know to do, the total opposite of 512 00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:30.199 what the world will ask you to do or advise you to do. It 513 00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:35.760 won't make sense, it will go against everything you know to do. But 514 00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:38.719 I love this story because Peter wasn't like, yeah, amen, hallelu yeah, 515 00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:44.079 let's do it. He was honest. He was like, look, 516 00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:47.280 we've done it all night and it didn't work. But at your word. 517 00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:54.599 See that's the key. But at your word. Another translation, another translation 518 00:38:54.639 --> 00:39:00.480 says, because you said so, Because you said so, I'll throw it 519 00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:05.199 out. See. The amazing thing about a Lord and savior is that you 520 00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:07.920 can be honest about who you are and where you're acting in your faith. 521 00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:12.599 As long as you're obedient, God will always bless and honor that obedience. 522 00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:16.239 You will never go wrong by obeying what the Lord has told you to do. 523 00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:24.199 Amen. Amen. Peter obeyed even when he didn't want to. It 524 00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:30.920 was inconvenient. It was inconvenient because he had just washed the nets. You 525 00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:34.360 know, how many times have we told God, like, ah, if 526 00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:37.880 you would have been a little earlier. You know, if you would have 527 00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:40.639 been a little earlier, I would be able to give, I would be 528 00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:45.559 able to serve. But right now that's an inconvenience because it wasn't inconvenience they 529 00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:49.920 washed the nets. I mean, how many times if my wife yelled at 530 00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:52.480 me and the kids. I've just cleaned the house, you know, like, 531 00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:55.920 and you guys have messed it up again, put your stuff away. 532 00:39:58.559 --> 00:40:04.280 I think that's a normal thing, right But if I could have the band 533 00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:14.119 come out, that would be awesome. Just one inconvenience after another. I 534 00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:16.000 hope you get it. At this point is that the boat is our life. 535 00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:22.639 You might be feeling feeling like your boat's empty. Maybe that's on purpose. 536 00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:27.760 Maybe that's that's because the Lord's supposed to step in that spot, and 537 00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:34.239 you're supposed to make a room for him in your family, in your finances, 538 00:40:34.280 --> 00:40:37.280 in your job, in your workplaces. I always challenge our church and 539 00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:44.360 our team and myself. It's like always making room for God to work. 540 00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:49.320 I mean I like to go play football, I mean soccer, but it 541 00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:52.039 will be referred to as football from now on since I have the mic and 542 00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:58.400 I'm right, and I would play football on Sunday nights. And I was 543 00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:01.440 really because you know, I'm a pastor. You know, I could like 544 00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:06.320 claim I'm always living for others and all that stuff. But then it came 545 00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:07.800 to football, and I was like, I just want to play football, 546 00:41:07.800 --> 00:41:09.519 you know, I don't want to be the pastor. I don't want to 547 00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:15.199 be anything. And I really just honed in on just having fun, which 548 00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:17.079 is nothing wrong with that. But then I started getting convicted. I was 549 00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:22.679 like starting looking left and right, and I was like, maybe I should 550 00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:28.800 start talking to people, you know, and letting God use that boat, 551 00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:34.599 which is football, to connect with more people. Not in a weird way. 552 00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:37.119 I'm just saying, just get to know people, say HI, be 553 00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:45.800 open to God using that boat to reach people. And it might be your 554 00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:50.760 family. I know this family that was it's just a normal family in the 555 00:41:50.840 --> 00:41:54.079 corporate world, but they had this kid that they took on vacation with them, 556 00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:58.320 and I was shocked by that because like, it wasn't their kid, 557 00:41:58.519 --> 00:42:02.960 it was just some random kid that would hang around their kids and and and 558 00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:07.960 for me, that was a big deal because I know that in America, 559 00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:10.400 in Asian families, we have like usually an open house where people can come 560 00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:14.400 in and out and we just include everybody. But but you know, in 561 00:42:14.800 --> 00:42:16.440 Western society, it's like this is mine, this is my house, my 562 00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:21.960 kingdom, and it's just like, uh, don't like, don't come unannounced 563 00:42:21.960 --> 00:42:27.000 because it would inconvenience me. And taking this kid who's not their kid on 564 00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:30.679 vacation was a like kind of like a big moment for me to observe. 565 00:42:30.199 --> 00:42:34.280 And so I asked the father of the house. It was like, hey, 566 00:42:34.599 --> 00:42:37.840 why are you taking him with you? Like, and he's like, 567 00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:45.239 wow, it's because we're the only family he's got where the only good example. 568 00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:47.239 I'm the only example of a good father in his life. Because when 569 00:42:47.239 --> 00:42:51.400 he goes home, he gets beat he gets ridiculed, he gets put down. 570 00:42:51.639 --> 00:42:54.519 But in our house, we raise him up, we inclurage him, 571 00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:59.199 and we include him in our family. It was just a small way. 572 00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:06.119 Let God use our boat. It's a small thing. It wasn't even a 573 00:43:06.199 --> 00:43:10.400 huge deal. But for that kid, it's like letting Jesus in the boat, 574 00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:15.920 Lord use my family, you know. And as we go into missions 575 00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:19.440 month and all that, it's like it might seem like a lot, and 576 00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:27.960 it needs a lot, but but the fishers and loves might not seem like 577 00:43:28.119 --> 00:43:31.400 much Like the boy in the hands of Jesus can feed five thousand people. 578 00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:36.800 We're not talking in the mountain the amount. We're talking about the Lord Jesus 579 00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:39.559 Christ. We can do more than enough. But he asked you to make 580 00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:45.079 the first step. And so Peter gets the catch of his lifetime right, 581 00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:49.360 and so so the fishing. He throws the net out, the net starts 582 00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:52.519 to break, Like how much fish would it take to break in the nets? 583 00:43:52.159 --> 00:43:57.280 How much fish would it take for a fisherman to call out to others 584 00:43:57.320 --> 00:44:01.440 to bring their boats to get the the abundance that Jesus has provided. How 585 00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:07.039 much fish would it take for nets to start breaking and boat and the boats 586 00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:13.599 to start sinking sinking. I'm so thankful that we have a God that even 587 00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:15.840 though we may not feel like it, we may not be full of confidence, 588 00:44:15.880 --> 00:44:20.280 but just because we're obedience, we begin to experience the favor of God 589 00:44:20.320 --> 00:44:23.480 in our life and begin to be a blessing. The boats are full. 590 00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:28.519 It's a fisherman's dream. If I was Peter, I was, and I'm 591 00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:30.679 reading this passage. I'm like, he's got to take selfies, he's got 592 00:44:30.679 --> 00:44:35.480 to post about this. He got to get the guys together do a selfie 593 00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:38.000 with all the fish in the boat. But he didn't do that. It 594 00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:43.559 confused me because he didn't thank Jesus. He didn't thank God, he didn't 595 00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:49.000 praise, he didn't say Amen. But instead he looks. The scripture says 596 00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:52.760 that he looks at the boat, and then he looks at Jesus. Then 597 00:44:52.800 --> 00:45:00.199 he looks at the boat again that's filled with fish, and then he looks 598 00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:05.559 at Jesus. And then all of a sudden it dawned on him because up 599 00:45:05.639 --> 00:45:08.760 until this point he knew Jesus as a teacher, Jesus as the rabbit by 600 00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:13.360 Jesus, the one that inconvinced it, inconvenienced him. But for the first 601 00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:16.840 time, it was Jesus, the Son of God. And right then and 602 00:45:16.880 --> 00:45:23.440 there he said, I am not worthy leave me. And so at that 603 00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:30.480 very moment he encountered Jesus, the Son of God, and even though he 604 00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:37.199 felt unworthy, he told Jesus to leave him. God doesn't want you to 605 00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:43.000 run away. God doesn't want you to flee from it just because it looks 606 00:45:43.039 --> 00:45:45.800 too big for you to do, too big for you to accomplish, Because 607 00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:49.599 at that moment, I believe if Jesus would have spoke, and he who 608 00:45:49.599 --> 00:45:52.079 would have said, like, Jesus, I know you would deny me three 609 00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:57.239 times. But I also see the Peter that on the day of Pentecost would 610 00:45:57.360 --> 00:46:00.880 rise up and step out and preach three thousand people get saved that day. 611 00:46:01.039 --> 00:46:07.800 I also see the Peter yet, Peter that would travel the world and begin 612 00:46:07.840 --> 00:46:09.920 to preach the gospel, and the very ink that comes out of his hand 613 00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:15.719 and pen would be called the words of God. Yes, I've see the 614 00:46:15.760 --> 00:46:22.519 flaws Peter, but I also see the potential you have. Some of you 615 00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:27.400 have been holding back from Jesus, and he's been in your boat for a 616 00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:31.440 while. But Jesus also asking you to do something. So what would make 617 00:46:32.440 --> 00:46:37.760 a man leave the biggest catch of his life and follow Jesus. It's the 618 00:46:37.840 --> 00:46:44.920 love of a savior that sees beyond his flaws and sees the potential of what 619 00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:51.440 he can do in you and through you. And so let God use your 620 00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:55.320 boat, because that's the only reasonable response when you begin to think about the 621 00:46:55.360 --> 00:47:00.440 grace on the cross and the love and the sacrifice that he made. He 622 00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:05.039 gave his life. The apostle pause is the only reasonable response is you would 623 00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:10.719 give your life. That's the only reasonable response. Not half your life. 624 00:47:10.719 --> 00:47:15.480 That's kind of an insult to what he gave. It's Lord here, I 625 00:47:15.519 --> 00:47:19.960 am use me, every party, every part of my life, my family, 626 00:47:20.039 --> 00:47:23.480 my kids, my marriage, might everything. Let this be a tool 627 00:47:24.320 --> 00:47:31.000 for you, Lord, and I like to pray for you this morning, 628 00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:37.559 and then I'll hand it back to Pastor Joel. Father God, a thank 629 00:47:37.559 --> 00:47:42.360 you for your grace. Lord Jesus, we welcome you into our bolt. 630 00:47:44.239 --> 00:47:49.000 Holy Spirit, provide us with the boldness and faith to say yes to your 631 00:47:49.000 --> 00:47:55.599 request. Let us begin to have your eyes to see those around us. 632 00:47:55.840 --> 00:48:04.440 Let us have your heart for those around us. We thank you for your 633 00:48:04.480 --> 00:48:08.239 grace and muscy and Holy Spirit. Do what only you can do in the 634 00:48:08.320 --> 00:48:13.440 name of Jesus. And everybody said amen, thank you so much, guys, 635 00:48:15.880 --> 00:48:19.320 thank you, good job. Hallelujah. Would you stay here for just 636 00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:22.400 a moment. I want to pray over you. Would you be willing. 637 00:48:22.880 --> 00:48:27.719 I have just been delighted today. It's been a little while since we've had 638 00:48:27.719 --> 00:48:31.119 Seawanna lindsay here or whatever, and I've had the privilege of watching him grow 639 00:48:31.199 --> 00:48:37.039 up, and I have sinsed all day today. First service a second that 640 00:48:37.159 --> 00:48:40.440 there is a something new on this young man, something new. Yeah. 641 00:48:40.519 --> 00:48:44.800 Jessica was like, yeah, yeah, yeah, there's something new on him. 642 00:48:45.480 --> 00:48:49.360 And I believe that he's there. They're getting on the plane tomorrow night 643 00:48:49.400 --> 00:48:52.039 and going to be on the ground by Tuesday. I believe that when they 644 00:48:52.119 --> 00:48:54.000 land on the ground, they are going to be walking into something new, 645 00:48:54.519 --> 00:49:00.440 something greater, something deeper, something broader. And I would love for you 646 00:49:00.400 --> 00:49:05.320 let's launch them. Would you raise your hand towards him right now, and 647 00:49:05.400 --> 00:49:07.719 let's just pray. Let's just intercede Father God. Lindsey, come on up 648 00:49:07.719 --> 00:49:12.039 to Father God. I just pray right now over these two. Lord. 649 00:49:12.440 --> 00:49:15.119 I ask you right now to just intercede in their lives. Lord God, 650 00:49:15.400 --> 00:49:21.519 I think you that the anointing doubles, triples, quadruples upon them. God, 651 00:49:21.559 --> 00:49:24.199 I pray right now, signs and wonders. I pray right now that 652 00:49:24.480 --> 00:49:30.320 these people would be so instrumental when they land over there. In Jesus name, 653 00:49:30.400 --> 00:49:32.440 God, I thank you right now that every outreach is filled with fruit. 654 00:49:32.880 --> 00:49:36.280 God. I thank you, Lord God, I thank you Lord Jesus, 655 00:49:36.320 --> 00:49:38.679 that their boat will be so full, that their boat would be so 656 00:49:38.800 --> 00:49:43.920 full that they've cast their net where they didn't think they should, and it 657 00:49:44.000 --> 00:49:46.559 wasn't in their right their plan. God. But I think you right now 658 00:49:46.559 --> 00:49:51.800 that you're gonna bring such a full, such a full harvest, Lord God. 659 00:49:51.800 --> 00:49:53.280 The fish are gonna be sinking their boat. They're gonna be calling to 660 00:49:53.360 --> 00:49:57.639 other churches, please come help us with this harvest. There's gonna be a 661 00:49:57.679 --> 00:50:01.159 great move of God in shang Mai, all across Thailand, all across the 662 00:50:01.280 --> 00:50:06.280 Asian countries. Lord God, I think you right now that the spirit of 663 00:50:06.320 --> 00:50:09.119 God is about ready to fall. The spirit of God is about ready to 664 00:50:09.199 --> 00:50:15.960 fall upon these in Jesus name, God, a mighty, mighty, miraculous 665 00:50:15.960 --> 00:50:21.440 outpouring of your spirit upon them. Lord God, May the Buddhists, May 666 00:50:21.480 --> 00:50:27.679 every God in Thailand bow their need to Jesus. God. I think you 667 00:50:27.800 --> 00:50:30.239 right now that there would be no longer rebellion, no longer false. God's 668 00:50:30.280 --> 00:50:34.760 no longer false darctor and Lord God, but I think you right now the 669 00:50:34.800 --> 00:50:38.199 spirit of God would be preached with eloquence and with clarity. God, I 670 00:50:38.280 --> 00:50:44.119 thank you that just the healing of his stuttering is a sign that the Word 671 00:50:44.159 --> 00:50:47.599 of God is gonna go forth in clarity and in strength. In Jesus Name, 672 00:50:50.760 --> 00:50:55.280 Hallelujah, hallelujah, God, I thank you in Jesus Name, Jesus 673 00:50:55.360 --> 00:51:02.440 Name. Every need is met, every dream fulfilled, every vision completed in 674 00:51:02.559 --> 00:51:09.840 Jesus Name. Amen, hallelujah, hallelujah. You're gonna say something, Yeah, 675 00:51:09.920 --> 00:51:14.239 I see. The Spirit of God has done a great work in you 676 00:51:14.280 --> 00:51:20.440 two. He's been mining your hearts, going deeper and deeper and deeper, 677 00:51:21.119 --> 00:51:27.519 and he's at the ore deposit that's in you. There's treasure in you that 678 00:51:28.480 --> 00:51:34.599 you haven't even experienced yet. That's he is now making available to the people 679 00:51:34.639 --> 00:51:38.599 of Thailand. You're going to be amazed what comes out of you two. 680 00:51:39.639 --> 00:51:45.719 Treasure for the people, Treasure for the people. The Lord has mind your 681 00:51:45.760 --> 00:51:52.280 hearts and prepared you to distribute like you've never known before. Blessings on your 682 00:51:52.320 --> 00:51:57.840 lives in Jesus name. And I will confirm that first service, I saw 683 00:51:58.000 --> 00:52:00.639 diamonds. I saw diamonds. That's like I could see inside of your chest 684 00:52:00.679 --> 00:52:05.280 any sodd diamonds. And do you know how diamonds are formed? Pressure? 685 00:52:06.199 --> 00:52:08.119 And that is what they have walked through. And I say, right now, 686 00:52:08.159 --> 00:52:10.679 God, in Jesus Name, God, I think you right now that 687 00:52:10.840 --> 00:52:15.920 every hard moment, every pressure, every troublesome moment, Lord, God has 688 00:52:16.000 --> 00:52:21.199 been forming diamonds inside of you. There's no bitterness, there's no guile. 689 00:52:21.719 --> 00:52:24.639 There's only diamonds that are just bubbling up. In Jesus Name, God, 690 00:52:24.679 --> 00:52:30.159 I think you that jewels come forth in Jesus name, beautiful things, beautiful 691 00:52:30.199 --> 00:52:37.679 things, treasures in Jesus name. Hallelujah, hallelujah. I would like to 692 00:52:37.719 --> 00:52:42.360 ask we as a body today we would give in to Thailand. So if 693 00:52:42.400 --> 00:52:46.000 you would for me, just if God has is also speaking into your heart, 694 00:52:46.039 --> 00:52:50.320 would you be willing to give If you would be willing to just give 695 00:52:50.440 --> 00:52:52.760 anything, five dollars, ten dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, 696 00:52:52.800 --> 00:52:55.599 I don't know, but would you be willing Every dime that we take 697 00:52:55.679 --> 00:53:00.599 from this offering right now is going to go straight to them, and their 698 00:53:00.639 --> 00:53:06.440 goal with this offering is to expand their outreaches, expand their going in and 699 00:53:07.480 --> 00:53:12.440 going into the universities and the different things. So if you would be willing 700 00:53:12.519 --> 00:53:15.840 right now, Sterling, would you please put up the giving slide because you 701 00:53:15.840 --> 00:53:22.039 can QR coded, you can text online all of that. Father and Jesus 702 00:53:22.119 --> 00:53:27.440 Name, God, we open our hearts right now in generosity to the people 703 00:53:27.519 --> 00:53:30.559 of Thailand and to this wonderful couple. LORDA, I ask you right now 704 00:53:30.599 --> 00:53:37.000 that mighty, mighty generosity would flood the gates in Jesus name even now. 705 00:53:37.119 --> 00:53:42.000 Lord, I pray strength upon them. I pray might upon them. I 706 00:53:42.079 --> 00:53:45.880 pray creativity. I pray they have answers in the night. I pray they 707 00:53:46.000 --> 00:53:50.280 dream in the night, and you speak to them in visions in the daytime. 708 00:53:50.320 --> 00:53:52.199 Lord God, I think you their children are blessed. God, go 709 00:53:52.360 --> 00:53:58.000 forth, go forth, speak God. I pray right now that when Sean 710 00:53:58.119 --> 00:54:01.559 and Lindsay open their mouths, order of the spirit comes forth and there is 711 00:54:01.679 --> 00:54:08.480 great harvest in Jesus Name and Shesus Name. Amen, hallelujah. Thank you 712 00:54:08.559 --> 00:54:13.159 for coming to church today. I hope that this has been a good day 713 00:54:13.199 --> 00:54:16.440 for you. Encouragement that so much is happening around the world. Amen, 714 00:54:17.000 --> 00:54:22.000 and just thank you so much. After the offering a buckets gone by, 715 00:54:22.039 --> 00:54:24.480 why don't you stand up and let's go out singing. Let's go out worshiping 716 00:54:24.480 --> 00:54:30.000 today and give someone a high five and a hug on your way out. Amen,